26 JANUARY 1839, Page 10
The price of wheat in the London market is rather
lower this week than last ; but this reduction is partly owing to the inferior quality of the-grain offered for sale. It is said to be " generally out of condi- tion." Yet, for this unwholesome article, the Londoners are payiug 79s. 7d. per quarter, In Paris, bread is cheaper by 70 par cent. than in London ; but, alarnted by the prospect of scarcity, the French Go- vernment has issued a decree prohibiting the export of grain from all the maritime ports of France. So the supply from that quarter, as well as from the Neapolitan dominions, is cut off.