The Express.
London, England, 1852-12-28 00:00:00

LANCASHIRE.

Christmas thy was ushered in with a storm of
wind such as we do; c.d feted:eat in 11.:s county sieve the
tempest of 1839, which was erotlu:tive of great loss
by the destruction of property. In iia:ece, near
Manchester, betel. newly-but:t, .r.t.nacted e.ttages,
such as arc rated at about 15/. a year, in •
piece called Wellesley-street, the property of Mr.
Shelmordise, were blown down cad ttdaLy destroyed,
The entire upper story of a mill ..lane oat hundred tett
long and twenty-three in breadth, was bloc n down "Moue
tour o'clock in the morning at Patricri,f., near Mancte-eter.
The building is the property of Mr. With ogmn, of Pen-
dleton, of the firm of NS ithington and Woitthead, and
was only in clone of erection as a eurm mill. It was
three storeys in height, but had not been ro-fed ic. The
walla of the two lower storey., which were left standing,
1111 in • very dangerous CAW. The violence ei the
wind yesterday morning gave rise to serious apprehensions
for their stability, as portions of them t been oh .1
to oscillate to and fro for several in:la.s. The damage
already sustained by the building will not fill MU': short
of 2,0901. in amount. About 4 o'cloek the Ma crieiney of
• brewery beloni,ing to the Oreenh.ys 11..te?, Einbden-
street, Manchester, was blown down, and the riot of the
building, not quite completed, was earn d away. Almost
the whole of the end of a house in Vine street was blown
in, and the roofs of six or seven others were much shattered.
The roots of a great number of houses in Mill:heater were
much injured. It was rumoured at Manchester yesterday,
and there cannot be much doubt of the fact, thet the now
mill 01 Mr. Geo. Smith, of Preston, was destroyed by the
storm, causing a loss of some thousand, ster:ing.
At Pineof-bridge, on the North Unitm itsilway, near
Prestos, the wooden parapets of the bridge were blown
across the rails, and the Linden and North Western mad
train coming up afterwards at great speed was thrown off
the line. We do not hear, however, that a-.y per-on was
seriously iujared. At Kemal-mu:, near Menthe irer, the
line new church of St. Paul, beak for :hs Rol'. H. W.
M`Grath, sustained a good deal of injury. '1 wo of the
pinnacles surrounding the spire were blown cff tXe tower,
and one Cl them went thriugh the roof, doing much
damage to the pews and furniture ins.de. The
injury was ss great that service eoa!d not be
prforreed there that day nor on the tiairdAy Kalowing, and
the cushions and books bad to be removed trent the pews.
A stone three-quarters of • ton weight fel throuzli the
roof, and the entire damage is estimated at The roof
will have to be almost entirely rebuilt. 'there were ru-
mours of much injury sustained at other ti:ace. n ar Man-
chester yesterday, but our correspon lent cm a not a...erten'
the particulars. Amongst the •SCO ants was err of a factory
destroyed in Yorkshire, another neat St. Helens, Lonna-
shire, and of seectal factory chimneys Laving been
blown over. The night which followed Christmas-
slay was calm, and heavy rain fell. ftnnilay wu
a fine clear day, however, up to a .ate then
rant and wind set in again and blew throughout
the night in heavy squalls, adding very seriously to the
damage before indicted. Two more piu..eLles are said to
have been blown off St. Paul's Church, fiersel Mo r, and
the chimneys of many houses were reported to have been
blown off. Many genial had aura", escines, 1).1t we did
not hear of any lives being lost. A new rI. qui it. coo; se
of erection for the independent. at Cheetaam-hil,
Manchester, was partially destroyed during tfun.l
night. A c msiderable portion of it of the eto •
walls was blown down, carrying with it partiens
of the beams and rafters, and much of the
internal work. We did not bear the am sent cf d !duo,
but it will no doubt be considerabie. The tele graOler
communication was much interrupted in c..r.,equnee ad
the wind having blown down the roma acd wires a: several
places on Christmas-eve ; and, after the tot,: •ati)%...naatir
had laboured hard on Chnstinartley and b.ii.:ey to restore
them, the second storm on Sunday night nearly undid the
whole of their work. The columnar...non wes cenievently
again 'upended yesterday.

LIVERPOOL.—During the past three days this town,
and neighbourhood hav, oven visited by u.a: of the moat
violent storms which it has been our duty far 110012 time
past to record. The storm commenced at aaa early ti..ur as
Friday morning, the wind being Lenin S L., which shortly
afterwards changed to S.W. and W.S.W., and continued
blowing from thst quarter during the day. About mid-
night on Friday the wind changed to W.N.W., and conti-
nued blowing in a violent manner throughout the day. Us
Sunday evening we had a heavy All of rain, vi hicli sLemed
for a time to have stayed the storm. Bat, alter the rain
had ceased, the wind changed to W., and hat since eon.
tinned to blow with gres•cr violence than eve r. Tue pectin
on the pier heads ant landing stages bailie, all .:eserip•
Lion. The water, at the time we write, is Itiu:nig over the
Prince's and George'. Fatheads iu toir,uto. Tnc tide,
which is Ott down at oixtern feet ono inch in the tables,
rose from seven to eight feet above the pls....Jibed In ight.
1 The ferry-boatr, with the exception r 1 tho,o to Wooit.ide
and Uirkenhearl, hate totted tanning. P.....ccfcrs abuse
business compels theta to cross the liver cuutilsr them.
selves very fortenate if they land at either side in asfety.
At en early hoar this m.•rning the brig Margaret, (NA
Belfast, drifted from her moorings and gat ;amid t!..
American ship Constantin:. The Margaret carried away
both inaintop•marts, besides receiving 0t1...r ,i.rua:r, nii.l
the Constantine lost her foretop-mast. The Margar . t was
towed into the George's Dock basin, where cur n iw lies.
The ship Denison, Captain King, which sail ql f this
port on Friday, got ashore yesterday, os t aitadliets,
Dank, near Lytham. At the time slie,,,, -,,m,:.onef \I,
she had lost all her spars and sails. AK tilt t kikirimoiri. i• ;
she commenced to thump heavily, when- litcatil e '., .
tot away, in the taut effort to r4drlVeri,,' '....'; j
.ee,
the *mikes of the captain and are* ' '.ef. •..1
avail, sad alss shortly filled. The sit-jtainitdat "1
3(
(with the exception of two bop, wlmiare _)1 .71
were laved. A large ship war earn et LyihaWa arri,43, A! ."'.,„
tines Ulf Denison was wracked, with les. rat tprialaia; tick' \/I
anal in dlatrem. Tho sttainer Nile was isase,lia.'hay.eskl±tri •11
, ...i iL..L...,2.../

IMO tow see tato PM. Its. tong Cal Ilal•
rise, from Ii for Liorrpool. with • cargo of sugar,
strati no U. Horse Bask, ow Bstardey inorwillt, ism
afterward. sent senors, neer Southport. Crew eased
the tioutl,p. rt litelsmt. Cada leaded in a damaged state
'f he Amerir snip Centurion aid the ld .oills, tu.th OW •
ward 4 wet, were its collision this te irning, wad sestet...it
itriou. deal .ge. As well es eon be made out from tee
heads, the Cestutiom appear, to hays Met bowsprit, Load,
eittwiter, seal MiStltallbi; mid, from the fact of • signal of
distre-i bring hoisted, it is bared Isar ball i. demigod. The
ldenills appears to be lejsred is the hull only, her masts
anal spars nil remaining standing. The steam-togs Powerful
end Indepeadence, sod the Liverpool lifeboat, 1111111 ,00-
pateted is their assistance, and, atter • groat deal of vier.
tion. the nesilli was towed Titer of the Continua. A
groat ,1,• .14 wood. chekd off Inns the sides and bows sit
rho two .tap, has been washed ashore, at the worth end of
PtiaTo't P. r. A large American ship, sui-p.ntel to he the
N. C. r,renton, for New York, west ashsre in Bootle Bay
shout mein uotley, with the loos of mast-. The barqui.
Ei.sebetti, which .stud for Savannah on W.doewley, sad
put bath writing, drifted from her moorings an the
risco and went ashore in Bootle Bay, when she still rte
male We base not heard of may damage, beyond the
telSne • f chaise) puts, elates, tilts, etc.. occurring to the
ductile:zit, chops, &c., is the town and neighbourhood. A
bersiao lad. a with mahogany, same uskuown, sank °lithe
well or the Ilialsekheed Wyk. We have swe heard "she.
Sher any litre were lost. The gates of tbe Gaston Dick
gave way this morntng, sad the dock was tilled full of
water

DAY NWIIT.—Thg stove which
raged r.olently list night, and incr. &rod to • bionic's.
early in, iurenmg, has committed a sokt amount of
dents..te lb.. tuna end its immediate neighbourhood.
• g unmet, r 011 the pfflll.*C• of the Ito)al GA. Cum
patty. -.o IT the Cheat IYektern that •ay station, was blown
rut ut the tank, knocking down the mimics brick pillar*.
i.od i•;ury upon the works to the extent of some
I.un•lrevis ut pound.. The men in charge .arrest their
woman ...O gratitude that the distraction of the gasometer
1,14•• I...,r,,,uipaui,d by an evido•ikm, mid consequent
further ; 'nu of property, if not sacrifice of lire. rot of
a ilda lard property in reaseod-strtet, belonging to the
Vowiiiiiks.onerl of Woods mil Forest., war blown off, and
the er, 'aims made still more raison*. Sever it I.rgo tram
II greet l'arl, and Windsor Forest have been turn up
by tit, rout., or blown down, and the Long Woik is evened
nub O.,ughs sod Owl's at trees, err mien to the delight of
the cr of wood ptherers. At Clown Kamer, the red-
dem. of l'..2taiu • loge oinsturstal tree was
Nowa 0141,0,, and the :tankage sueomed in the neighbour.
hod of S!. Leonard's...a-1e..1, the msesson et the Earl of
11, elk.. has been co...kJ/cable. The oldest inhabitants ran
mart.:y r abet a ...gam violent and so protracted at this
Onus of the year.

• _
roco.—Luis or Ltre.—lesterday the city of
Oalerd was Coated by use of the mom ternhc herricaaes
that ha. 13,s sperienced lee many years. On the sight
of ani.iley the rata eam.• down in torrent., ace..inpiniei by
wry wis.ht, which inemesed ti'.l within a few Mantes
of se 'ea o'irek this morning, when it brew a perfect hur-
ricane, awl mused 11117 great damage is sad around the
5.57 t.a.rersity. A poor W 003.0 named here, upwards
et 10 yrars ...I age. an inmate .it the rrorkhau.e, was killed
by a.a chisisey falling through the roof of the mum
she • ..t.ing is, mid harpists her in the ruing. &sera
bum.. the ei.y ham been partially unroofed, chimney.
pen. orertmN.was. nd the lead gutters rolled up. The
loileutitt Veserahl • the Prend-at of Msgasles
College has suffered considerably ; a largo stack of chirs•
aryl to 1, tram tbs ed.ct of the wind, on the root, and
through at into the drawing room, and has greatly datniged
the !iirniture. &c. The I dty elm tr., nearest the college
feast was b*.b,in dime at the semi time with a tremendous
cue).. bat fortunately fell to the lett of V.I. apleimid gate-
way rmestly erected by the late Dlr. l'egia. The lour-
costinued raise resat hare Men a material canoe of such
iteorisous tree baring been Shorn completely out of the
irtnninu, mats and all.

Su, .A%irrox.—A furious gale commenced blow-
ing et S rithassuos on Sunday night, and lotted until
std• lay y...erilay. It was at its height about two o'clock
Intent.; monolog. Southampton water woe then one
maw 01 I. .w. II name abase one hundred feet from the
quay era:: were eoversd with the spray of the waves. About
twenty b at. were souk, utony of them knocked to pieces.
A Southampton waterloos named Cosains, a worthy and
man, loot the large sailing( boat by which be
gassed a for hi. fauely. The boat was worth
Mr. It wt• eit!.rely broken up. Nearly ell the larger craft
In the river went adrift. A large brig called the Alacrity,'
at the tows quay, broke adrift, and knocked down the pier
toll imure. awl considerable damage to the pier and
quay "ra:.. The brig was much damaged. Two large
Frea,h ',tame weasel" were sunk clue to the quay. Each
cargo was wart< nearly 300/. The potato's are nearly
•alue..-o la Siuthaniyon Uocks the monster West India
steasiwr Oruro, broke .drtrt, ant C .plain Peacock, the
dock master Captain Barton, the West !edit superin-
tendent, and Captain Rant, the commander of the Orinoco,
had to be cal ad or, and !J get all the men gemible to se
cure bar. She damaged herself and the steamer Hullo,
&tisk' iy. The h• aCti and quay were strewn ynterday with
tLe tercet., of boats. Howe property we. mist estensieely
damage. al: over the town by the gale.

LEtt):, MuNDAY.—During the past night, and
throught-; to day, the wand has been blowing • perfect
burriesne. Many walls have bees levelled to the ground,
Louses part: illy unmated, chimneys brought down, trees
broken tip, haystacks ssattered, and other damage done,
but we behave tae extent of individual loss is not in any
instance great.

BItIsfOL, MONDAT.—This city was visited lost
night by 004 of the most terrific gales that has been expe-
rienced for veer many years, and airs'', amount of damage
!token dine in various directions. The day up to about
eight o'clock in the evening was fine and eicar. At that
time it I,erso to rile, and the run fell copiously for two or
three hoots. At abJut quarter past else en o'e.ock it bi gap
to Mow heavily from the westward, and the gale continued
to rage with great fury throughout the night. The cense.
possum were very severe, especially upon the heights,
were scarcely a house escaped without sustawing more or
ifOlof Janaage—ra •fs lief. partially dismantled, chimney.
pots blown down, and trees torn OD or broken down in all
directions. At Ciiftou the gibs war molt severely felt.
The windows of Caton church were forced in, the Boman
Catholic Cherch t f the Holy Apostles was denuded of a
part of its roof, and a long range of railings skirting its
churchyard and fronting, Merithan-place, were torn up,
and scattered a'aout the ground. la the l'arngon some
chimney stacks were blown down, and a Large tree torn up
by the roots ; a chimney stick was overthrowu at Aherdeen-
terrace. sal tea were broken cl.wn in the Horticultural
Gardena Victoria-square and elsewhere. In St.Philip'sfive
large stacks were blown down at the nail esenufactury
of Mr. Cool:sky, in Hor.on-street ; the barricades sur-
rereading an engine-house on the Bristol and Birmingham
linen( the Midland Railway, were demolished; a wall en
the preia'.its of Mr. Tippet, Orford-road, • chimney stack
of a house in Regent. street, and the barriesdiag adjoining
the 8t P-nays,bridge, shared a simil fate. At Bedmin-
ster, numerous trees were blown clown on the Ashtos-ro d
and is Buil.lane, end in almost every street ; throughout
the city aura boards were torn down, tiles tipped from the
roofs or casements, and window saihes shattered. Ores%
fears are entertained that we shall receive disastrous ac-
counts fawn the shipping in the channel, bat the vessels in
King-road escaped without injury, fur which they were, no
doubt, indebted to tile sheltered and rare nature of the an-
chorage ground.

NORIIIALLEKTON.-00 Christmas-day tbia town,
lin t►e North Muting of Yorkshire, was vi,ited with •
Mama hurricane. It conunenced about 4 o'clock in the
noosing. and continued till after 7 o'clock. Many houses
and boil liogi were partially stripped. windaws blown out,
chimneys blown down, the hoy and corn stacks in the
vicinity l!own over, and very serioui loss sustained by the
owner.. The sheet-iron rout of the tread•wheel of the
County G,.•1 was uplifted and taken over the ►igh wall, in
its proem+ knocking off the heavy coping of the wall, and
Lighting 1., I held opposite.

THE. Nonni-EASY CO tar.—TTNEYOUTH, MONDAY
Noun.-1 he toast of Northumberland has been visited by
a feului bale of wind sine* midnight, blowing from the
P.S.W. I.,fore daylight, tsom the S.W. @Mee. A number
a vessel, lilt the Tyne yesterday, and great eppreheasions
are entertained for their safety. ki fact, some of them are
so deeply lad•a Alt, if they get out mid-sea, nautical men
Lave so hope of their lining oat the gale, which km not
abated a. I write. The Hand of Providence, the Blacken,
sad the }Sete have got back to harbour this morning.
Some of the tiers in the harbour have broken
Lowe, sad • good deal of mischief ham been
dose. Ibe large steam ferries were amiable to ply for
some hours this moridog. A very extraordinary and
alarming fire broke out in South Shields Colliery shortly
alter misiuiglit to-day. The pit has hero of work for some
tints %simple, repairs, and workmen have been engaged
below ground improving the ventilation. About halt-peat
twelve, jest as the gale mu coming on, and fortunately be-
(seethe workmen west below, • fireman was (*mum a
trlievel fell of live teal across the pit mouth, when the gas'
Nat wag coatis' a? the *haft fired at it, aad buret into a for!
mestievia body of ihimit.which eras soon scattered about by the
fury of the bla.t, igniting the shafts and gearing in • very
Anti bum. A• alma was immediately given, and the
limeagon.s fro n the town brought out, hut from the fury
of the *sad t:.ey appeared to he of very little use. Bhottly
after Yew &etc, k the shafting and gearing fell doves late
tottti sad immediately alter the fog air was heard
rumbling up the shaft like thunder. As soots MI it
came se contact with the atm-welters it exploded with a
kind noise. smiling the dimes to • great height,
het leetunately knocking itself out. No eme mu
beet. The engine-bowel em burnt to Use
We had • ensile. gale of wind to this, and (ram IC=
einarege, en Christmas morning, which did a great
WINDOM Idiamcisiel in the harhours, roil, it is to be feared,
en the west A number of vessels broke loose, and did
sane Gensiderable injuraisinderland Harbour. A man
was tie killed by the ef a chimney, and a bowie
Irma parddly blows dews the mese town. Several
•••••••• doom est at *GT into the North Sea. The
Clumuse o east, c•••• in yesterday morning,
me* ar Mstew ebspreed • lades 'mei sad all
Mpaine
da of Santa& Fort on Saturday morning. A
NM was altilled IS the eaters pert of the meaty
soma 160
notaisah sad snob liglusimg woe seen by gni
'islet.

Birtrwasim XiAZ BILICIFITON.—A Coiragradent
llamas es that is tm Ld.t of tho toads gob of vim

w oat raged ataiti' tar south coast us res ',day eight an..
trowel's, a Portuguese vessel, named the Bosse Yeteve,
Wont from HenviLirgh became ucmanograble,
and, in spit* of the Wrung of her muter and ere e, weal
..11•.e t••• the lessen about bill way between (love ant
Snorehani, hdf 144 eight rs'ecek a in. F.orlor'lcly,'ha
was but Pehtly ....in, having on Inesed a cargo of
only
ters.vo ni ono'. 54,614.. ballast, and eoneequen•ly she ws.
washed•by the bruisers high up oa the silk gle • and thi
entire crew, consisting of sins hoods in all, beside the
master and his wit*, all l'ortaguese, were able to reach the
shore is safety. The woman escaped nearly in a state of
nudity ; and this whole of the poor fellows were taken to a
pablie-house at Hove, where they soon recovered the effects
of their disestet. la spite of the waves breaking over
the vessel all the sionsieg, the mew were eaa.
bred before the end of the day to recover a I
great quantity of their clothes and other property ;
and it is hoped thee. if the wind abates before the rust tide,
the 'noel may yet be saved from going to pieces. The eta'
running far too high to admit the launching the
Brighton lifeboat, even bed its *cerium bee. required.
Lieut. l'ratt, of the coast, however, was moon upon the spot
with an diciest alai ul men. The gale continued
unabated at no..i yesterday. and another small easel was
descried off Ktrieston, making Womb of distress; bat it
was hoped that she would be able to make the barb ur at
New Shoreham. Many of the shops along the 'splenetic,
soul other parts which lie expelled to the see and wind
(which is W.S.W.) closed all day as on Sooday, and
chimney pots were seen flying about in ever/ direction.
SHlrwarCk NEAR FOnTsWOUIII.—YOZTwItOUM,
Mosuar.—At a late hour last night a seven gal* began to
blow in this locality from the S.S.W., and, as the night
edvaeced, it so increased in violence as to become a perked
hurricane. The wind was accompanied by deluges et! rain,
which flooded the .creels and the moats of the fortifica-
tions. At an early hour this morning guns, evidently fe,to
some teasel in distress, were heard to fire, hut owing to the
high wind it was almost impossible to ascertain from what
direction they proceeded. They, however, doubtlessly
proceeded trent a trader named the Flowers of Ulric, Capt.
Mather, bound (rein Sunderland to Certhagenla, which tin-
fortunate', was driven on the Deans, a diaereses bank about
five tni.es to the eastward of this port. The crew, in order'
to ease and lighten her' cut away her masts at about four
this pluming, eel wed every other effort in their power to
save the vessel. cargo, and tittle own lives. They were,
however, ultimately compelled to abandon her, taking re.
rage on bow., a piiat boat, by which they were safely brought
into this port at ate n today. The hulk of the abandoned
vessel woe knocked about all day on the Deus till this
efterserm, when all remnant of her diunpeared.—Another
merchant vessel, the Beethoven, from Bremen to Lisbon,
found herself is a very perilous position in Stokes Bay. She
accord:ugly disp:ayed a signal of distresewhes her Majesty's
steamer Fury, at Spithead, was ordered down to her
assistan-e. the Fury got up steam, and went
down to Ere, and this afternoon towed her up
to the anchorage at the 3lotherbank. No report
has yet been received of the amount of damage this
veeeel has suffered. The ships composing the squadron at
Spithead have struck lower yards and topmasts. It is feared
that when further reports come in from the Channel, very
nurienoes and serioss casualties will be found to have re-
enlist from the violent weather of last night and this
morning.
PLTMOUTII, MONDIY, 8 rum.
During the whale of the day yesterdar there was
a fearful gale from south-south-west. Towairds evening it
increased. The Princina, Spanish steamer, lying alongside
Millbay pier, adrift—her ropes nut being good—ran foul of
We pontoon bndgs, and carried away bowsprit ; damaged
her stern. She was removed to Catwater for repairs.
The Camille, Irish steamer, was at the pier, but
sustained no damage. The Brother, of &rebuts,
schooner, broke adrift in Ilillbsy sad the latter,
with coals, is a perfect wreck. The momentary rise
of the tide was quite fourteen feet in Millbey. At 5 a.m.
a portion of the wail on the Milibay Pier was wasted I
down, and some bags of rice, butter, and empty barrels
were swept off, all of which, except a few bags of rice,
have been returned. The Sultan, Captain Reed, from
London, with wheat, become a wreck on the back of 1
Mount Cotten ; the crew and pan of the cargo
saved. The Ocean Queen, of London, bound to West
Indies with earro, wrecked in Wembury Bey Sound ; only
her stern boards shown; on which all souls perished. Smut
yacht sunk, and other damage done. The weather now
moderate. The Forerunner, African mail sterner, still in
Sound. Adelaide, Australian mail steamer, not likely to
sail before Thaw:lay.

THE CORN TRADE.
(1 rain the Nerkaatte Lima.)

BRITISH.

A dal. las succeeded to the activity which has pre-
vailed in the wheat trade for some weeks past, and a re-
action of Is. to 2s. ;er quarter has occurred in prices at
several of the leading provincial markets held since Mon-
day. This pause suggests the propriety of esuniniog the
peados of affairs, in seder to ascertain as far as practicable
whether the late rise has bees warranted by circumstances,
or has been founded on fallacious and anseand calculations.
The inquiry is one of importance, and we feel the respon-
sibility we incur in giving an opinion; we prefer, there-
lore to offer such evidence for the consideration of our
feelers as we thin. may assist them in arriving at • con-
clusion on this point.
That the low risuac of priors which has pnvailed in this
country since the auo:ition of the corn leas has had the ef-
fect of increasing tie consumption of bread, will be graerally
111114.1114. That such has been the cam is, we think, proved,
by the importations into the United Kingdom. For the
ten years eadiag 1846, the annual import of +beat ave-
raged 1,677,00 u quarters, and of dour 1,120,000 cwt..
in the year; 1847, it was 2,6,50,000 wheat, SEI 8,637.000
flour; 1848, 2,417,000 wheat, and 1,731,000 feat• 180,
3,872,000 wheat, and 3,493,000 Saar ; ISIS, &MAN
wheat, and 3,'35,000 doer; 1861. MOAN what, ttad
4.36d.000 dour ; and foe the twelve maths aiding St
staut dem upon three millions of quarters et wheat, sad
four Wiliam of cwts. of gear.

--That tie unreMsTat;iailviTpricie which have prevailed
may have caused a lees breidth of land to be cultivated
with wheat, we deem probable ; bat as this will have no
direct bearing on the gaieties we are now envied upon,
we will leave that point untouched at present. What we
want ta show is, that during the last Ave years Great
Britain has imported and consumed at the rate of three
millions of wheat, and nearly four and a half millions
lof Wm per annum. We now come to the relative pro-
ductiveness of the crops of 1861 and 1862. That
the last harvest has not yielded an average eau namely
be questioned, if we take into aixoent 'the very Feat
deficency arising from the lightame of the west ht
to the bushel, and the general inferiority ed the quality,
is all the largest wheat-growing counties ad the swath. Re-
narding this as a fact hardlradmittieg of a doubt, we are
aturally led to compact this state of Mb. with what
existed the year preceding. In the miasma 01161 we had
a very large crop of wheat bervessol, is egleadld oundttlea.
of heavy weight, and It to he kamealatrig nand, with •
comparatively trifling wisdom et ell. Neawidelemileg
these advantages, it wee nitameary Is import at the ram
shows above to keep down prime, and whoa \armee nab'
came road we had se leap steaks en timid.
We have new astiond on • new period of twelve menthe
consmageiss, with. at die wet. .a bare average coop of
wisest. Sod thee et me Mobr quality, that a great par-
tios cease be It IS pied 1111 Grief—with • more general
failure ef the Melo then is way souse aims Mk and with
so emu la the peadeso okay Mbar Mod alp* or pales.
Is this statemeat en highly deloused t We Ilink set. We
most neat take a glance at the =etas Dm dm next har-
vest. Owing to tee vary ista at wh ieb the last crop
woe secured, the preparation ifs hod km useesna sowing
was amorartly delayed balsa ebe sodium down sled very
sheeny titer wheat rowlng was issomensed heavy sub set
is latish matimusd with Mills lsessudades up to the
primal peeloL The et so pellsagtad • period of
wet holm wry Mooslesele lbelowilesiobsee
take mew, eel it los boos Se week She buoy
ear sob. Only a mil booed* of do
land intendsd wheat bee as yet bees odd,
and it is main that die wag ma be he. ozomively eel*
voted then be adiaary seensua.
Our poebble may, we iblsk be hlrly dosedhed se M
Mem—The weeks of *ld wheat mall, the bet wsep delh.
cleat is vismilty sand quality, end Os tar as soy jWmwt
ran at pressen be Maned) the gasped' far the seat far
from proaidstag.
Is this dreseiptioa d ties state of the country correct ?
If so the late edema sees certainly not with's% sufleiont
muse, and it will= very large importations to keep
prim hem *log
At Madobss we have had a quiet week ; but this Is
quite in the Mims, eaves el thew, the week imam-
Mats!, preseileg, sad that whisk fellows, the Christmas
holiday., bay usually periods la whisk little badness le
dose.
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arrivals isle the port of Lead's su 4* awls
op to Friday a*, the Castsubevre heat of emu
claw! on Ctgrbeauday. Of Bilge & wheat the qua-
lity viewed hew nostasted to only 3,113 gm, sad as
thew b Med mosey ssep hess Mg
essatesy Ms she hose semi lis
On Weinssiesisesi
swab were hare, and Me Lee ewe was We lbw
es Weed the dow he ewe Met Mea_ "NOSS
wove set Mused to bege Ise messy era New% sad
though the demand usage by say uses solested, pre-
visas prices was wepseed. Os YAW intim cos-
Witted in much the sen• ruts, the beam setsally dose
bsia quits Wag. sad *Mises verselalai weal oily
sealtgr,d.
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Tee rent pte of wheat bow And have Wes asistato,
tit. 13,431 qrs. Logan= haw= =a alma= edless boa
M has leastMehlzrl kat rasa yeaaary way hi Iswee
bare TM pewel ktiraseo• CW4.ll°
ass= to he bwankie lo set t ,ad I
I Owe le a diapesitioa to wall ety let a revival la the
isisrmi. The trowastleas la lanai sari= of
effielot law sat hosa warly so as this week ae earlier
la the sosath. TM aide= from the Bleak Bea ports off
be wait be.. hese ben& lad ter 481109$ M POMP
wins bass ashoi wey warty the am tabs a before, sot-
withebadby Ilillopolr la the isaisai.
These haw hos mks son Were of wheat bow the
Belie e wq geed Pobb be. bees offend se its. per qr.
bee es Maid at la =lag, sad (row Ratak, anal-
ered. Altar, wit= of red haw Ni awed
stabitgb. wry. boo = hard. The laelisatiew a make
pereltwoo semi. however, to haw qv= nab- I
A' sag owaperatively Nib bee bees bee la We Wench
. _

Quisling d towsusis test Yoe aft nein ; tM
r 1• Ms bus gm dose b • lissom do I s peisseoholdises
having Ikraiml ing Ink is et 1M M-
uni. TM ressipts st Sur mann bill bus Igligniy

gwed stool MT UM, 11/.1 UM caucus* terms thou pant tor
Norfolk aaJ similar qualities hove scarcely been main-
Miami. The inquiry fir American tsar to hold over has
Idea slakcind materially ; a.J, though sailers have shown
' ludo disposition to facilitate business by waking a slight
concession, too transactions base no: been by any MAD.
extensive. _ . .

'lns arrivals of barley coastwise have been tolerably
good, ►ut the greater part of the i,OOO ears. reported bee
',redirect into the ►eads of the masters and distillers,
hence but little has been sheen at Mark•lane. The de-
mand for this grain has not improved since Monday ; in.
deed, some difficulty hes been experierced in effectiog
sales of the secondary qualities at the rats. then current.
Foreign barley has likewise moved off slowly, but prices
were not quoted lower on Friday than is the beginning 01
the week.

The certainty that the malt duty is not to be altered
at present, ku caused this article to be held with in-
creased firmness, but we are unable to report a more active
inquiry.
The arrivals of oats have been moderate, the total quan-
tity received, including foreign, basing amounted to only
22,645 quarters. The dealer. hove acted with the greatest
cautious, but this has failed to influence factors, who have
shown more incaution to raise their pretensions han to
submit to any decline. The mles both on Viednesday and
Friday were on a strictly retail scale, but needy buyers had
to pay very full terms.
Friers of oats are higher in Ireland and at the neer
continental ports time la our 'epithets, and sinless a rise
tikes place here we can searc.ly calculate oe sufficient sup-
plies to satisfy the load demand during the winter.
Beans have excited little attention, andetheir value has
remained precisely es before.
Peas Wore been difficult of disposal, but have not been
Lff•red on easier tenses.

The woad of otf.•rs on reasonable terms has p d
much being lone in floating cargoes of Indian corn.

FOREIGN.

The quieter tone of tM advfees from hence appears to
have had the effect of cawing some decline at mast of the
principal continental marlets. 5411 prices of wheat con.
inn very high in the Baltic.
The latest accounts from Danzig state that large pur-
chases had taken place there during the preceding week,
but that the demand had subsequently slackened. The
principal 'toyer, had been the polies whose opentions in
the Baltic and Dutch market* have for some time past
caused so much astonishment. The prices paid had been
equal to 30s. per quarter free on board for 621 h.. high•mixed
qualities, and other sra in proportion. Vessels were
scsrca and freights high, as much as 6s. Gd. per quarter
having been paid for Loudon. TOe weather had continued
mild fur the season.
Konigsberg letters of Monday's date inform us that the
demand for wheat had not been quite ea attire as the week
before, aid that bnyen bad been enabled to purchase on
somewhat easier terms, sly 46e per quarter free on board
for good 611 he. mixed qualities
At Stettin, on Monday, holden of wheat were Arm, and
a renewed demand on British account was very confidently
calculated upon. Meanwhile full terms contrasted to be
joked by holders. White Silesian of 6141b5. weight per
bushel had not been offered below 481., and for good red
465. per qr., free on board in spring, bad been asked.
Stocks were not heavy there, but increased supplies from
the growers wen expected so soon as nit roads, which
were then in a deplorable state, should have become har-
dened by frost.
At Boston rather better supplies appear to have been
brought forward, but this had tailed to produce any influ-
ence on the minds of holden, who had insisted on previous
prices for wheat, and few were disposed to enter into con-
tracts to sell good 614 to 62Ibe. quality below 306. per qr.
cost and freight, free on board in spring.
At the near continental posts prices have remained nearly
stationary. The tendency has, however, been rather toward.
a decline.

Hamburg 'Men of Tuesday state that about 10,000 qrs.
of wheat had been taken the preceding week for export, at
much the same terms as before, bat that there was then
little pa‘sing. The.. had been offers from the Lower Baltic
ports at rather lower rates without leading to much busi-
ness. In spring corn a fair business bad been done, more
especially to oats, which bad commanded somewhat en-
hanced terms._

la the Dutch markets the export demand for wheat ap-
pears to have fallen off; sad the sales on Monday were not
important either at Amsterdam or Rotterdam.
Aotironingen, on Tuesday, wheat was decidedly easier
to buy. Oats had come forward pretty freely, hut the
supply had not been more than sufficient for the demand,
and previous prices had been steadily maintained.
In France the value of wheat has rather tended upwards,
and it is tolerably certain that a too favourable estimate was
formal at h time of the crops of that country.
In the Mediterranean wheat appears to have been in
lively request, and • letter from Leghorn, dated 16th,
instant, states that for 621 be. to 631bs. Mariaaopli, 435.
to 41s. 62.; for Ohirka, weighing 611 b. to 6111 be., 40.. 6d.;
and Polish, 40.. 6d. per r. free on board, had been paid.
Freights from thence to i oaden would be about de. per
quarter.
At ("slats, on the 6th instant, the beet quality of wheat
was obtainable at equal to 26e. 6d. to 265. Id., secondary at
21s. 44. per qr. free on board.
The latest advice, from America do not report any mate-
ri.d change in Use value of flour. Freights to Europe
continued oaf bigh, and as much as 3s. 6J. per brl. bad
been paid fee Liverpool.