The Express.
London, England, 1862-09-02 00:00:00

great heaviness prevailed is business at Dancic, and prices i MANCHESTER CHAMBER or COMMERCE.
during the week bad yielded from Is. to 2e. per qr. About
8,000 gra were sold in the week at from bbi. to 61s. ; rye
4,000 qrs., 30,.. to 3.5 e. ; peas 100 qrs., 355. to 365. A meeting of the directoni was Lehi yes:. ,•i..)
News being less favourable from Loudon and Marseilles, There were present Mr. M. (ILADeTUNL, li.e vice. ,ern •. e.
Odessa bad been very dull, without, however, much change (in the chair), Mr. eliestbans. Mr. Cassells, Mr. Esters.•
of value. Soft wheat brought 32a. 6d. to 395., Ghirka to Mr. legatees. Mr. lappos, and Mr. W. K. Wood.
38.. 6d., rye to 19a., maize 21s. Though but few ships were The BECRETAIIT (MEAL FitteinE) fled the dish of e
direogeg4 freights were dull. memorial praying the goveriaueut to expedite the lase.
Stocks of grain at Uoustantionple were too low for eaten- mission of correspondmioe between this vuotry, Brazil, and
sive busitess, to which there was no inebucement by European the River Plate.
prices. The draft was adopted, and the document ordered to !
Wheat at Alexandria heed been giving way, but the decline engrossed.
brought an extensive demand both in Behan and Saidi quell- . THE BELGIAN 71ILATT.
ties, for December delivery. Sales of the latter had been ' A letter was read which bad been received is. Mauch., le,
made at 295. 6.1. to 30s. :3a. For beans, to deliver in Ciao- from a hrm at Brussels, calling attention to :, thr.ateeed
her and November, contracts had been made at 265. Barley limitation of the benefits of the new Belgian tisety. .b.
was 3d. to 61l per qr. lower, but as high as 19e. had been heavy complaints of the Belgian manufactur re of . are slut
made for November delivery. The shipments to the United oottoo goods having wrested from the Belgian Tiaietei a
Kingdom in a fortnight were 56,039 ardebe wheat, and 16,573 promise to "try to obtain" from the English government
ankle beaus. Freights 6s. to 7s. per or. the restriction that this clam of gouda el.+ll not en '.,v the
The Trieste market noted a further declioe in wheat, and advantage of the new treaty before a period uot execraw:4.
greet calm, but freights were the same. Banat and Hun. (it is believed) two years.
priau wheat, 78. 70c. to M. 35e. per staja. Stocks, 72,000 It was resolved that a letter he addrerert to the Beard .4
staja. 34 stajaequal 1 or. ; the florin, le. 71.1. per qr. I Trade, praying that attention might be gives to the, matter.
Without any marked decline at Venice the corn trade I
woe dull. The week's sales included 5,000 pa. native wheat CO/TON CCLITHE :N MULL
at 48.. to 57.., to deliver. Romagna, to deliver in October, 1 Mr. Money had an interview with the directors, it, the
50s. Gd. to 53e. ; Danubian maize. oa the spot, 1,000 qn,,, , course of which he submitted a scheme for the pro
30s. 61 ; also, 3,300 qra., to deliver in the new year, at motion of cotton culture is India.
321.6 d. to 33e. 6d. I Mr. MONET argued that the main oietacle to the .x
No fine soft wheat had been offering lately at Algiers. I tensionand improvement of the Indian cotton culture
Ordinary merchantable qualities 27 to 28 franca per 100 . by European buyers on the spot was the wee from
kilos. (46.. 6d. to 51, 61per qr. ) ; WA, 24f. 28r. per no fraud and litigation, and which wee sine to U... 'sot
kilos. (Ha. to 513. Gd.); western barley, 17E C.oe. per 100 .of ooOttoood offietel eunfieirt •Itm••• lb• coin! matal,.
kilos.; from the plain. 17f. Oats to 18f. 150. ; beans, 21f. !of 'weave monopolists.
.His phis wee to emirs tbui cun•
per 100 kilos. Flour to 41e. per 28016 e. I tinned support by making the European °Woe huyer a
ported firm ; but
From Castile the wheat market. were
,government receiver of the land tax, thus giving him ~I.
Santander was very dull fur flour, re
with almost pc, order. i influence over the ryota is: counterbalance that of the eau...
Barcelona was dull ; but there was some demand for the money lender. He (Mr. Idocey) would aerate the hum...it
Mediterranean AL Alicante. of the local European officials by giving them a per ve..1.4.•
The prices of flour were lower at New York for certain en the result of that reoeiver'e operation. Mr. Mee.,
system himself, as au wiped
qualities ; but thereremained every extensive export demand would establish and direct the
for wheat-especially for spring sortie of which the stock member of the supreme executive council in India, cleise..i
principally consisted. TEe harvesting of the winter wheat tog to the wooer of the plan for his own reoluortattou
was completed, and was very generally well reported. Extra from "mall sham of th, percentage.
State flour, fit for export, was getting scarce. Baltimore, Tho board h*..ttoll attentively ttotfood to Mr. 11" he, 'a
5 dol. 30e. to 7 doL (equal to 21s. 9d. to 28s. 9.1. per barrel); steams", a sl294°.Manin. Wan aPriatid to Conu'k: it.
Chicago wheat, 1 dol. 12c. to 1 dol. 20e. per bushel (375. 4d.
to 40s. per qr.); Milwaukie club, 1 doll lee. to 1 doL 22c.
(38s. Bd. to 40s. Rd.) ; amber lowa, 1 dol. 22c. to 1 dol. 24e.
(40a. M. to 41.. M.); green Bay ditto, I doL 25c. (41s. Bd.) ;
winter red western, 1 dol. 29c. to 1 dot 34c. (435. to
44e. 8d.); amber Michigan, 1 dol. 35e. to 1 doL 36e. (45e.
to 455. 4d.) ; white, I dol. 41e. to 1 dot 42c. (475. to
47e. 4d.); white Kentucky, 1 dol. 50e. to 1 dol. 55c. (50e.
to 51s. Bd.-all per qr. of 4801 b.). Maize, 51e. to Mc. per
bushel. Exports from the Ist to the 12th of August :-
Flour, 144,155 barrels ; wheat, 1,448,324 bushels; maize,
389,313 bushels.

AGRICULTURAL PROSPECTS.

Tbere bar been a continuation of most favourable
weather throughout the week, and a great breadth of land
has been cleared of corn, in generally fine condition. Our
&deices on the whole are more encouraging than those pre-
viously received, and another week of such weather will
finish harvest in all the early districts. The wind has mostly
prevailed from the N.N.E., with at times a strong breeze
drying the sheaves nicely. The only stoppage arose in the
north, from some thunder showers, which from Thursday
would prevent carting.
On Tuesday, from Suffolk, our advioes stated :—" Gene.
rally since our last we have bad fine harvest weather, sod
but for the fact that the corn exposed to the late rains
required much field room to dry it, a very large clearance
would have taken place. Carting to-day in
favourably." From Yorkshire, on the same L7Pirwas
remarked We shall have some good wheat and
bailey in these parts, but more especially on the
medium soils. Yesterday, on going round some dia-
-1 tance in the corn districts, the crops were found better
than previously expected, and all ready for cutting. Har-
vest work throughout Yorkshire may now be said to be in
full operation."
From Devonshire, on Wedonday, the following informa-
tion was communicated :—" During the pest ten days the
weather has teen all that could be desired, and harvest is
ErMg most vigorously. Should there be no rain, one-
flhe wheat well be safely housed at the close of this
week. As regards theyield it I, an impossibility to give any
account as yet, as none has been thrashed ; but I think,
from various information obtained, the yield will not, with
the increased breadth under cultivation. be found to turn
not much below an average crop. Barley and oats are ge-
nerally cooaidered the best for many years, and decidedly
above the average. Beans end peas a fair and full average.
Potatoes are said to be diseased in many districts, but as yet
not much amiss. Turnips and mangel-wurzell are looking
very floe."
From Suffolk, on Thursday, our informant says :—" We
have had a week of brilliant weather, and all the wheat
carted since Monday last has gone up in fine condition.
Barley harvest is making rapid and with this
grain we promise to take our us ly high position. Our
reports this aide wheat thrashing are still exceedingly un-
favourable ; quality varaide and yield bed."—From Wor-
cestershire, on the rune day, our correspondent remarks :
"If my ideas of the crop be worth your notice, I give you
them without reservation, but they do not comprehend any
territory beyond this county of Worcester, and my own
parish and two or three adjacent in South Shropshire. I
have examined much wheat in the fields during cutting.
What little white there was came early to the sickle, but
was a good deal blighted, and has proved wretched in
quality WA yield, though the total of that growth
is insignificant. Red wheat is our staple, and
none of any moment having become ripe until
the 11th to the 20tb, I consider the bulk of it
will prove goodie quality, and could it be housed in
floer condition. There has been no rain in my parish, save
eight hours (which kept our root crops alive) on the night
of August 6th, for five weeks past, and very httle in the
aggregate since June 30th, though we had frequent showers
for the first three weeks of July. Now, as to our crop of
wheat, it suffered much on retentive clays from the wet of
March, and subsequeutly. in June aid July, from gales of
wind, accompanied by nun ; but the improvement in wheat
sad barley (the latter especially) since the 20th July, when
the temperature got higher, is truly great. There are mono
acres of wheat lad fewer of barley in this county than
I ever remember. We now know well the produce
of our 1861 wheat crop. I call it four-fifths or eighty
hundredths of an average. 1862 will be per acre, as far as
I can thus early judge, 15 to 20 per cent. better than the
said 1861 crop, but not fully up to it in quality. Barley
will be 20 per cent. under the crop of 1861. Beans very
good. Peas a partial failure. Oat, an average crop.
Splendid weather. I think more than half the wheat of
Worcestershire will be secured by the evening of the 30th
inst."
From Lincolnshire, on Friday, it was remarked :—" We
have had magnificent weather of late, and a deal of wheat
is stacked in good condition hereabouts, but scarcely any
barley. The quality of the wheat in also find rate ; yield
said to be foie, though scarcely equal to anticipation.
Saturday proved a favourable day and • good finish to
the week's work in the harvest field. The wheat first
secured may have to remain io stack, or if now thraabed the
sample will be damp; whilst that secured this week will be
in the primest order pcesible ; and if dry weather continue,
the thrashing machine may be busily occupied next week.
In such (DSO the first large delivery will take place within
the next fortnight, when millers will have an opportunity
of replenishilig their exhausted stocks, eullieg and picking
out the best qualities, and leaving inferior samples for the
starch-makers. The quality of the flour made from this
year's wheat will, in our opinion, be superior to that of last.
—Mark-lone Express.

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WAR AOAINST THE PIGEON& —We understand
that upwards of 1004 boa bean alreadysubscribed by tenant-
fanners is East Lothian towards a fund for the purpose of
extirpating, or at less; keeping within doe bounds, those
most destructive of field pests—wood pigeons. That this
comparatively large sum should have been collected in a
fortnight without having nearly exhausted the list of per-
sons who, it is expected, will most readily subscribe, is
very strong testimony as to the disastrous effects these
gluttonous birds have upon the growing crops. It is to
be hoped that the conference which the committee
of the East Lothian Apiculture] Society are to hold with
the proprietors as to the beet means of ridding the
country of these destroyers will be a satisfactory
one—that the latter will not only encourage the attempt,
but afford liberal aid in carrying it out. In • bad year, as
the present is certain to be, following the only middling re-
turns of last season, farmers can ill afford to ha put to ex-
pense in protecting themselves from an enemy which
friendly co-operation on the part of proprietors would soon
free them from. How best to.et about their destruction is
• stuestiou that must be left to the landlords. Either they
can encourage the breeding of magpies and nrvens, which
devour the eggs of the pigeou, end this perhaps would be
• speedier nuAri ; they mightiostruct gamekeepers to shoot the
birds anatomy the nest, ; or permit, wider soy necessary me-
trictions, boys to go into the plantations and destroy the
eggs. That pigeons were originally migrants to this coun-
try during the winter months is • pretty generally received
opinion ; but there can be no doubt that whether, owing
to the great extension of the growth of those pleats npoo
which they delight to feed, or to Dome other cause—they
are now largely resident amongst us. Every plantation and
coppice attest their presence during the breeding months ;
and the large flocks that are popularly supposed to have
come from Norway when the winter sets in have in man
cases, we believe, had oo farther flight than from the high
wooded grounds of Peebles or other elevated county whose
woods supply the necessary summer shelter, but fail to
yield the requisite winter food. All proprietors who have
wooded policies may readily convince themselves that they're
each in his measure responsible for the propagation of
the species. We have seen a letter from that distin-
guished naturalist, Sir W. Jardine, to a well-known East
Lothian fanner, in which be states the belief both of bite-
self and Br. Selby, of Northumberland, that wood-pigeons
do not come from Norway at all. But, without den
their migration, it may be safely asserted that, if those bred
in the country were destroyed, the farmers themselves
would easily dispose of the interlopes without aping upon
the proprietors for assistance. Tim terrible ravages from
the enormous flocks of pigeons thst have this year settled
upon the fields, when not kept oil by ociastaot watching sad
discharge of fireanns, may be imagined from the feet that
pigeons is Esst Loth= have been abet with betimes 700
and floo piles of barley in their gullets, and with as many
as a dozen young potatom.—Scottiek Partner.

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