The Express.
London, England, 1855-08-28 00:00:00

MARSBTS.

—Tag CORN TRADE.
(From the Auk Low Sorest.)
BRITISH.
With but few interruptions, another week's harvest
' weather has enabled many in the southern part of the
kingdom, and some occupiers of forward dists eta in the
nonb, to swan their crops of wheat, which in several Jo-
stases@ have tuned oat s better sample than raw oted ;
and many sales of new have been already made at fair
' prices, bat weights vary frvre 68 to 64 lbs. per bushel. A
good supply of old has also been kept up in various Flame,
I notwithetandiag the call for labour made for harvest work :
though markets generally from this cause, as well as from
• reduced stock, have made but a scanty show, and business
has continued rdstrieted. In Ireland the sickle hie been
busy under very favourable eiressastenoes, and potatoes are
better spokes of. A sommesonairat has also been made io
Scotland, where, however, harvest generally will not be
reaped for ten days or • fortnight. We are sorry to find
reports from) this country less favourable to potatoes ; end
. would recommend in all eases where only the stem or leaves
. seem affected to use the tubers as early as convesient, as
experience has shown they are not to be much trusted,
though looking healthful. Wheat prices have throughout
, the week presented great irregularity. The commence-
; meet was characterised by lower prime or doll reports ; but
as tha week advanced • higher range obtained, from a
variety of 'occurrent circumstasem. Among them the
visit of the Queen to Paris has had some slight influence,
the unparalleled concourse of strangers now in that capital
placing the French bakers in • difficulty for which they
were wholly unprovided ; as their system, like that of the
millers here, with slightly advancing markets, has been so
entirely from band to mouth as to leave them bare of
stink. The German accounts, too, of the crops have been
so seriously bad se to originate • demand for the adjacent
ports of Holland and Belgium, which, with a sudden fall-
ing off of both British and foreign supplies in the port of
London, gave an upward turn to the market scarcely
looked for; so that the fall of Monday has been more
than reooverid. The rains in North America, which were
so threatening sad did some damage, it appears have
imaged; and the United States still promise to
become a bountiful scores of supply, should Europe
seriously suffer. These several circumstances will, we
doubt not, be the means of shortly bringing large stores of
new wheat to market; but wetting our agricultural friend,
have another year of remuneration before them. July's
supply of foreign was unusually lugs, being 420,236 qn.;
and from the commencement of last harvest we have reached
2,461,696 qrs., the quantity with which we held it as our
opinion that the country would be safe until the new crop
was got in ; and this has sow become a fact, in spite of all
sinister forebodings. We hold sow the °piston frequently
repeated, that with fine weather we shall have about an
ge crop ; bat the crop of hat year was almost unpin-
cedented, and the like this year is not generally to be ex-
pected. Lest week's deliveries were 76,681 qrs., at 7.51. 9d.,
against 46 926 qrs. lest year. The week's imports of foreign,
to the 16:h of August, were 46,099 qn.
Monday commemed with the previous week's arrival
of wheat, amounting to 21,389 quarters; of this then wore
about 14,609 from the Baltic, and 1,200 front Eimyroa.
Harvest operations in the eastern counties only permitted
• very short supply from Kent and Ease:. This circum-
stance, with a broken appearance in the weather and some
rain, removed the downwark look of the previous Friday ;
and sales were consequently made at the 2s. reduction of
that day with more facility, though on the whole very little
mai doing. Several parcels of new appeared, and brought
from 6E4. to 78e. for the finest Essex. In foreign scarcely
anything was done, the rates demanded being beyond =B-
ien' price.. Oa Wednesday the supplies were perfectly
insignificant, those per meat being 660 qrs , end the foreign
only 690 qrs. Though the home trade was then far teem
active, bad accounts from the continent and the appearance
of some French buyers of flour gave tone to the market, and
the little left over from Monday was readily placed at fully
the previous rates, foreign being generally held for some
improvement. The whole supply on Friday exhibiting the
unusually low figures of 1,230 qrs. for the foreign, and 830
per coast—with a further demand from France, and
increased reports of damage to the crops in Ger-
many the market promuted quite • changed ap-
pearance, and the 2s. reduction of Monday was
folly recovered. In the foreign trade several transao
trans took place at a still greater advance, in consequence of
orders from abroad ; and prices were held to be 2s. to 3,.
higher. A speculative inquiry arose for floating cargoes,
which were held at 3s. to U. more money. Egyptian sold
at 445. to 48e.; bard wheat, 695.; soft to 635. ; Spanish
crapes were withdrawn for France, though it would have
been difficult to place large quantities of graneried parcels
at the enbeiwred rates. The Boar supply was 12,680 seeks,
including 370 foreign. More was doing in this trade than
ilon Friday, at the reduction of 2.. on Norfolk., and there was
la better inquiry for foreign. Some town millers, however,
consented to reduce the top price to 68a., while 70s. remained
the nominal prise with the rest. Wednesday's report gave
1,020 sacks coastwise, and 1,460 sacks foreign ; when the
urgency of the wants of Parisian bakers, from the concourse
of strangers in the capital, made them buyers of both
country and foreign samples at Is. advance. Friday's supply
of foreign niched 2,960 sacks, with scarcely any more per
coast; when the foreign demand continuing, another Is. was
readily obtained for Norfolk. and Spanish—the price of
the former being 520., the latter 601. From Denmark we
have had continuously good supplies of barley of late, the
week's arrival being 11,600 qn., the English being only
1,200. Used no longer ea a substitute fur Indian corn, the
trade has slackened ; and many cargoes being out of con-
dition, the difficulty of sales was increased, and le. less
money was generally accepted. Some new temples from
Kent appeared not very stout, but kindly; and the beet
brought 335. Through the remainder of the week the
supplies were almost nominal, and prices were in cense-
quince very firmly maintained. Malt bee uoderonne no
change of value, and remains a slow sale. Foreign oats have
still poured in abundantly, reaching for the week's supply
to nearly 60,000 qrs., while the United Kingdom only
furnished 1,000 qn. There was a greeter variety also of
samples, from the circumstance that about 10,000 qn came
from Stettin and Stralsund. Sill the majority are so out
of condition that sweet samples continued scarce, and were
hardly lower than the preceding week; hut all below that
stamp were 6d. to Is. cheaper, and those that were
not sold want to granary for improvement. On
Wednesday 3,000 qrs. of Irish got up, sad 4,400 qrs. of
foreign. The market then continued heavy, though not
described as lower in price. Nothing further being reported
on Friday, the relief was felt; and in some instances folly
6d. mote money was made for parcels in tolerable order, and
the whole market exhibited a healthier tone. Beans and
Cat
present diminished supplies—the former, foreign, were
bat 594 qr.., the English 410 qn. ; the latter, torsion, 990
qrs.; English, only 90 qrs. A fair sample of new English
white peas appeared on Monday, and brought 48s. The
unfavourable reports of this crop it Germany gave firmness
to prices; end both this article and beans have throughout
the week made quite as much money,with rather an upward
leniency. The linseed trade has revived, and is slightly
d , the East Indian suppiim being by no means answer-
able to those which formerly came from the Black Sea and
Baltic; and cakes hays continued in favour beyond prom
dent, at fall prices. More samples of new rapeseed have
appeared, of better quality, worth 431. to 446. Cloveneed is
sought at better prices, the limited stock *lone preventing
business. The failure in the crop of trefoil has made it
scarce and dear, and prices can hardly be said to he yet
settled—lay about 325. for good new. Canary has been
more in f . Hempseed firm. In other seeds no change.
The country markets this week present great irregulari-
ties, the prices having been g d by local supplies and
reports. Boston, Hall, Market Risen, and Osinaborough
were all either Is. or 21. lower ; Melton Mowbray 2. to 3,.
less; Spalding, Louth, Lyon, Newark, Leeds, Wolver-
hampton, Manchester, much as before; Liverporibeginning
dull, and something lower, finished briskly at a rise of 6d.
per 70Ibe. ; St. Ives also, with • fair supply, notes le. to 2s.
advance; Birmicgbam and Wakefield an equal rise; new
what at Newbury brought 784. to 82a. Norwich, 4a
dearer. With the almost only exception of Caithness, the
accounts from Scotland have been very favourable as re-
spects harvest prospects, though there were some local indi-
cations of disease among potatoes. Several fields of oats and
barley were cat in the neighbourhood of Glasgow, though
harvest was not g By looked for earlier than tea days
hence. Both wheat and dour were held there with
some firmness, the only grain with a downward tendency
being oats and Indian corn. Edinburgh much as last
quoted. In Ireland the It is forward, and progressing
satisfactorily, with far less complaints as to potato disease,
the fine weather having greatly contributed to this result.
Dublin prices were quiet, as well as Waterford, Cork, and
the markets generally, though old stocks of wheat seem
nearly consumed.

FOREIGN.
Recent reports from Faris describe the price of the four
marks of flour as having reached 100 franca; prices gene
rally being 961. to 100 f., with a very ready sale, in conse-
quence of the snivel of about 600.000 strangers during the
Queen's visit, assisted by a rise in the provinces. Wheat
has maintained its value, 661 per 120 kilos. being made of
good quality old and new Bordeaux; prices of new vary
from 64f. to 661. Some new from Saumor is of very bad
quality. Rye is firmly held at 301. to 311. per 115 kilos.
Barley, to 221.60 e. per 100 kilos ; Oats, to 29f. 500 per
150 kilos. In the north and west of France the yield of
wheat is by some considered one fourth short, Rye one.
third. There is a great variety in samples, some heavy and
some very light. Potatoes, also, were beginning to show
disease, and were considerably d . At Oran prices for
wheat were higher, :iof. to 35t. being paid for bard qualities
per 100 kilos.; soft, which are scarce. 341. Barley in
demand for the north of France, at 141. 75:. per 100 kilo,.
The rise in Marseilles has occasioned this movement.

iii;onitiontßsiiii;m---p;ieea war•;eryditnisTnd rye of
fins quality is seams at Antwerp, and in muck request, u
well as at Brussels. _

idviies&MVolland also note prices higher, both for
wheat and ryo—Rottardarn and Amsterdam motivg an im-
provement in quotations of 3t. to 4,. per qr. It is the
sews at Hamburg; quotations for wheat. 32f. to 31f. 50c.
per beet. Danish, from the Basta:oat of Holiteim, 25f. 26c.
to 30f. . .

Irregular weather had seaewhat retarded harvest opera.
floss at Stettin ; nevertheless the Market was calm for
wheat and rye, though rather d for barley. There had
been, however, a good deal of wbstA sold fur the interior,
as well as for timing.
At Berlin they bays bad variable weather, with rain and
fresh breezes prevailing. The prevalence of butainity began
to excite apprehensions, land holders were on the reserve.
Arrivals by tester were scanty, and demand on an extensive
Nabs ; a rise of 3f oa wheat end rye haviag pradued suck