The Express.
London, England, 1855-09-11 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS,: TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBEti 4855.

. nut HARVEST.

.MARKETS.

6TktifottDennis:7—h the neighbourhood of IR-
Weiner, the bay barveet is over, and on the whole has been
s good one. Cove is now being got in very fut, thwart's
several farmers are much in want of labourers. The crops
are good, but oa cutting it b found that in some plum the
wet weather has damaged the grain to a considerable esteit
The potato cup is abundant, bat the dimes* has made its
mcpsersoce in the earlier kinds. In the neighbourhood of
Tarowortb, the roster part of the areal crops will be safely
homedduring Um prevent week. The very abitadanco of
the wheat and barley crops will la some instances prove to
.he a timortmekoialle u coassquance of their being very
mesh laid, the grain will be of a light and inferior quality.
Had lt been otherwise, the yield in some Csus would have
been almost fabulous. sad altar making every allowance,
the barns and crowded stookyaas will well
repay the labours of the spirited and intelligent agricultu-
rists with whim this district so happily abounds. The
grin scope continue prosperous, and though there is more
talk of the potato disease, it is thought that this invaluable
root is at present but slightly affveted.—Siefordshire
44deereiler.

TAR CORN TRADE.

(7ro the Mark Lane Duress.)
_ _ _ BRITISII.

Another week of fine h *• weather, extending its bene-
fits, with namely any exceptions, to the whole of the
United Minnow, is a subject if great thankfulness a con-
siderable quantity of every description of grain being sow
out of danger, and that still to be inhered having e better
prospect of timely attention, from the rebuts of thou hands
whieh were required for earlier operations. New simples,
however. apppear nowhere to have yet arrived in quantity,
but canines to exhibit a great variety as to weight, which
in itself serve. to explain the onlicting accounts which
ban rushed us from so many different quarters; so that in
this respect the yield regents us with a contrast to the last,
which was u math distinguished for its equal aed floe
quality as for its peat abundance. Scotland and Ireland
—from the longer cestinionce of rain, do not seem kW',
to give is au sposimens of new wheat as England ; end
it would, therollsor, seam, from the generally interior crops
of Os ,RsMsd, and the north of France, that
samples of the beet quirt, must be scarce, excepting sup-
plies from America sad Spain. Field operations keeping
markets but scantily supplied, the general tendency of
prices has been upwards; and those who reduced their
stock to the lowest point, in expectation of a fall, have had
to payment money without an equivalent remuneration in
the pies of flour, which, comparatively, has kept its value
wealtered in the midst of wheat fluctuations. Ws are sorry
to observe as tunas" of potato disuse am ug the later
kinds in this country and in the south of Ireland, as it must
serve to make a heavier demand upon the crop of wheat.
Yet as the partial failure of this escu'ent, where it is used as
a neeessary of life, may be made up by a liberal supply of
the lower descriptions of wheat from Egypt, or the main of
America—which has been cultivated to an unusual extent
this year—we KO no nun at present far the anticipation of
scarcity, or a greatly increased pressure in the way of price for
the coming year ; and should 'vests in the East result vic-
toriously, as we believe they will, we may again see a lower
range of pekes; though Russia is itself complained of this
year as unblest with be usual harvest ; and agricultural
pursuits must in that country have been considerably de-
ranged by the war, while vast stores have been destroyed
by the Allies' lamentable necessities.
The last week's deliveries were 72,085 qrs., at 72.. 7d.;
last year's being 68,964 qn., at 621. 3d. The week's im-
portations of foreign were 40,783 qrs.
Monday's market for wheat commenced on a supply for
the previous week of 13,460 pa , of which rather more than
one half was English, and the remainder from a number of
foreign ports in the Baltic and Mediterranean. The exports
in the MN time were 1,410 qrs. The supplies for the morn-
bog from Essex and Kest were small, and consisted mostly
of new, so various in quality that the extreme values dif-
fered about 20e. per qr. It, however, sold readily at full ls.
'dosses; and picked parcels, both for seed and milling,
realised an improvement of 2s. per qr. Old brought in
some masterless rather over the previous rates ; and foreign,
where holders were disposed to sell, obtained fully la, more
money. Many withdrew their samples, and high prices
were generally asked for thou on offer. On Wednesday the
supply coastwise was only 410 qrs., the foreign about 6,000.
Without an active bushing, Monday's rates were then fully
obtained for all descriptions, and holders of foreign were
hedifferent sellers. By Friday about 1.000 qrs. more had
arrived coastwise, with about 7,000 additional foreign ; when
the trade assumed a livelier aspect, and a fair amount of
business was don* at quite as much, or something beyond,
the previous rates for English sorts, and fully le. advance
for foreign. Floating cargoes were scarce, and held high,
two being placed for Germany. Spanish Blaoquillo wheat
was held at 80e., omit, freight, and insurance; and 83s.
demanded for fine old Rostock. Thus were still foreign
inquiries.
The supply of country flour was rather less than of late,
amounting to 8,600 sacks ; but there were 2,200 sacks from
Spain, and about as many barrels from New York. The
export', however, nearly equalled these foreign supplies,
reaching to 2,264 maks ; no SelnUldl was noted in the rates
of any description, nevertheless, the top
_price of town-
made remaining at 68s. to 705., Norfolk at 55t., and Spanish
at 61s. Oa Wednesday the arrivals per coast were 920
sacks, with nearly 3,000 sacks from Spain. There was then
a fair business, without, however, a rise in quotations. On
Friday there wen 740 more sacks per coast, as well as 1,600
more from Spain ; and the market showed an upward ten-
, deny, Norfolka being firmly held for Is. advance, though
there was not any considerable buiness.
The whole supply of barley was under 1,000 qrs., about
half being English. These repeated short supplies gave
increased firmness to prices ; and all descriptions realised
an advance of le. especially sweet heavy grinding panels.
On Wednesday 6,600 qrs. foreign were reported; and there
was a consequent quietness in the market, without, how-
ever, any disposition to lower rates, which were well main-
tained in the few transactions that took place. By Friday
there were 460 qrs. per coast, with 6,003 more foreign,
which threw a little dulness over the market • but holden
maintained Monday's advance to the close of the week.
Malt, after being so long stationary as to value, has shown
some disposition to advenee; and there is every prospect
of its being quoted higher.
The supply of oats was vmewhat improved, reaching to
21,600 qrs., iscludieg 4,000 Irish. There were exports,
however, of this grain to the amount of 3,300 qrs. A better
tone pervaded the metket; and in the absence of specula-
tive inquiry, oessemers and country dealers found them-
selves under the neemaity of paying 6d. to Is. per qr. more
money. The foreign stocks of old on the continent must
now be puffy reduced ; the quantity here insignificant
and quality mostly inferior. In several puts of Ireland
the new crop I. said to be of light weight; and as bay brings
high rates, we don't eta how oats can well be low-priced in
the coming season, especially sweet old. On Wednesday,
with scarcely say per coast, there wen shout 29,000 qv..
foreign reported, when a fair business was transacted at the
previous pries. By Friday, with the English supply
scarcely machine 400 qrs., the foreign for the week
amounted to 48,000 qn. Yet the market stood the arrival
well ; and there being a good variety of samples, dealers
took their opportunity, aid a greet many parcels were
pieced without any rednetiou on the terms of Monday.
Beau ban only arrived I. small quantities-900 qrs.
from Megadoe sad 118 qrs. English being the week's
supplies. Though little has been passing here, the rise in
the country markets seems at last to have been felt in the
metropolis, and priest have generally advanced Is., but still
without a brisk trade.
_ _ _ •

DURRAII.—We have bad a week of glorious harvest
weather, and great progress has been made by the fanner in
reaping his crops. It is feared that in this country, r In
Fraser, we shall have but a moderate wheat barest ; and
our neighbours have also to regret the loss of their grapes—
not from the vine disease, bat from the effects of the winter
and spring.—Goreasod Obserese.
Psarn.—The present splendid writhes has enabled the
farmsra to get on rapidly with the harvest. In Ibis neigh-
bourhood most of the crop is cat, and fully more than half
already is the stack. yerd.AWe have herd great complaints
sf the oat crop not being nearly as average crop—the straw
is abort and the heads not well filled. Wheat is a good crop,
and the grain of fine quality. Although the potato disease
may be detected in almost every field of potatoes, still it is
sot seen to say great extent, sad confined, as fare we have
i noticed, to Um I . A far greater qu.ntity of the seer
lent having been planted this year than last, there is little
fear of this valuable root being high Is price during the
winter.—North Britieh Jloil

WIII7IIIORILAND —We have bad another week of delight-
ful harvest weather, and large tracts of grain have been both
cut and housed in cruellest conditios. It seems to be ge-
morally admitted that oats fall a deal lighter than was at
one tima impeeted, but both wheat and barley—particularly
barley—are quits, if not above, an averse. crop. Another
week of fine weather will see the harvest at an tad in this
neighbourhood and tte atop securely housed. Reports
were rife about tea days ago that the potato disease had
again made its appearance. A fanner near Kendal had a
field attacked ; it presented the usual black and withered
appearance, and be said that the stench " was past o'bidin."
The other day It* began to take them up, bat ka has bras
agreeably surprised by scarcely finding a bad one; for the
stew bad only been attacked and the tubers were quite
bound. This is the ease, we are glad to say, in
nearly every instance that has come to our knowledge.
We have also the authority of a gentleman who stands high
in public estimation for hielvarions.agricaltaral attaiaments
la saying that the soundest and largest crop that has bee;
grown in the county of Westmoreland sines the &sous first
made its appearance, will this year be eentrad.—An
rural:gentlemen in oar neighbourhood boa yearly planted
about two loads of " fiat reds" ever sines the misenteamment

of the disease. fil.mte 'Gan he scarcely got u limey good
tuben u served for the next year's seed, but, nothing
daunted, he persevered again sad male, and this year' he
sale, " they are • splendid crop, and, as yet, quite free
from dice,.." The flat-red potato" is sow almost
satinet. It used to be • great favourite in our market, ma
well as in the Lancashire markets, and its healthy
r. a= amongst us would be hailed with delight.—
/Cassini Merestry. . .

CAMBBIDOZBUIRII —We sever remember to have re-
ceived more conflicting accounts of the harvest than those
which Aare reached us this year, whether from our own
country or from abroad. In the neighbourhood of Cam-
, bridge the harvest is secured in excellent order, and, so far
as our own observation pee, from a ride of some hundred
miles or so through Csmbridgeehire, Bedfordshire, and
Handugdonshire, there is nothing to complain of either in
quantity or quality, while in plasm there is great abundance ;
on the other hand, in some part of the Pens there is not
above a fourth of a crop. Surely this uncertainty shows the
necessity fur agricultural statistics, and we are not sorry to
bear that the Committee in the House of Lords on this
subject have recommended a very full and decided measure
for the purpose. All kinds of vegetables are now very plen-
tiful, sod we hear nothing of the potato blight. Oolong •
large othp ; apples and walnuts scarce. flops abundant and
line quality.—Canthridge Independent.
COMB/ARLAND —ln the neighbourhood of Penrith the
hue's' has become general. /hearers have got es far as
3s. 6d. to 4s. per day ; bat if the weather continue favour-
able the bulk of the corn will be out this week. Potatoes
generally look well. It was remarked that during the
years of the disease no crabs were ever seen oa the tops,
but this year crabs may be seen ia chaste's, so that the
potato has now its former healthful appeeraoce. There is
• very large crop both of apples and store fruit, and the
famous black cherries of Martindale have been produced in
unusual abundance. _

In the Whitahaves district the weather still continues
most favourable for harvest operations, and should it
continuo another week, the greatest part of the crops
is this part of the county will be secured in expellent
wreditioa. It wu currently reported to-dsy that the disease
has already made its appears's.' among the potatoes, sad
that is some districts during the preseut week the havoc hits
bees more extensive than in former yens, yet to-day there
wee as abasdaat @apply at our market, ranging from 13d.
per stone. They exhibited no symptoms of disease
Carlisle Jcmwes. _ _ _

P113111101112111/4/1. —WO have been fivoured with "even]
days of splendid harvest weather, and a large proportion of
the mope which wen eufliciently ripe have been cut. The
eon oni the late soils is now ripening fast, and should we
have a continua of the present weather for another
fortnight we aspect the harvest will be nearly ever. We
an as yet hardly to a position to give an opinion as to the
yield ud quality of the grain, but from what we learn we
fear the what crop is light and not generally good, the
crop of barley and oats ea the contrary is heavy and the
quality ineelleak—Coreserthen Journal.
YORILIMIRIL—Operations are in full proems, and the
sal fear is, if the line weather should continue, that labour
will sot be ',Saintly plentiful to carry them on with
rapidity. Generally speaking the crops are looking excel-
, lent, and if the yield prove at good as the promise, there
will he above an avenge produce. Very little damage has
hen sustained by the small portion that was laid by the
rains.— Torkshiresteu.

Pres have appeared still more seantily—the foreign and
Eaglish together Wog ender 230 qn. Those for hog !ted-
ium have therefore brought la. more money, and white for
boil erg being badly spoken of, both as raper. the crop here
es well as in the Baltic, have resolved an enhancement of
value of fully 2s. per qr.
Linseed has maintained its prise, but has looked less
lively during the week, and cakes sestinas to sell freely
at hill rates. All other description of seeds show rather •
tendency to edemas than otherwise, especially remised,
cloverseed, sad canary, though there is no inereemd vales at
present quoted. Trefoil remains scarce end dear ; mustard,
Itempmed, and stowaway, without alteration.
The country markets this week have presented generally
an improved appearance at moderately enhanced rates—
the fins weather proving a check to eztensive operations,
better supplies Wing geserally anticipated en the final close
of harvest week. At Leeds prices were oily ire, the new
coming more plantifelly to market. At Bat= it was much
the same—the new selling from 76a. to 80s., weighed 63 lb*.
per bushel, which gives a mesh better view of the nearness
of its value that London. At Newoutlr, Birmingham, and
Manchester, prices remained aneltered. At Spalding,
Bristol, end Liverpool wheats were oily Is. per qr. dearer ;
at Lynn, Hull, sad Newark, Is. to 2..; at Melton, New-
castle, and Wakefield, 2.. per qr. dearer. Spring son has
generally bses 'quoted somewhat higher. Indian corn at
Live rpool closed at last week's quotatios s.
Ice Seotiesd, sines the 29th ult., the weather has taken
up, sad L iseidedly fine, and the fears of damage previously
ententekel have bemuse greatly abated, bet it is not
timed ems sow that as average quantity or quality will
be Mailed then. The harvest, instead of being late, as
was fully isposted, is gather earlier that their lest, and
about the average time. Great firmness has therefore
generally chaneterised the markets, or some improvement
is value. At Glasgow the cheap qualities have found the
retest run--ecisar hadicatios that the preemie of prices
is felt, as sash sorts are relatively dearer than the leer
qualities, autritioa mosidered. Spring corn km also slightly
participated la an advance; oats and barley to the talent
et 6d. per hell.
In Ireland, the impediments to harvest, on the more of
weather, have passed away, and a great deal has bees cut.
Reports however, are lees sanguine than of late as to the
quality of the grain, a good deal of which has bees sadly I
laid ; and there are local complaints shoat the lightness of
oats and the audition of the wheat. In the north, potatoes
seem slightly effected ; in the south worse atemots are coo-
Usually being received ; and though there is a great hulk
in the crop, a good deal will be lost. The markets have
been steady and firm ; at Cork and Waterford they were
lively sad dearer. At Dublin there was more demand for
wheat and Indian corn, at rather higher rates. Oats and Bert
were 6d. per qr. dearer. Belfast white wheat, 16s. 4e. to
16e. 6d. ; red, 16s. Bd. to 16s. ; cats, Ss. to 9s. 6d. per cwt.
Cork while wheat, 38s. to /Se.; red, 375. to Gs. ; Oats,
161. to 17s. per barrel.

Tun NORTH or ISCOTLAND.—Oar agricultural eorrt-
*pendent says that in the west end of the county, harvest is
now plural, and finer crops of oats and Dere could not be
desired. At Doonst, Scartekerry, Ham, Greenvale, and
Ratter, all are at work with both scythe and sickle ; and
from what is already cut and in stook, the crop must
prove abundant, well filled, and well ripened; and, if
got safely harvested, the yield will be good, and turn oat
well in the barn. Owing to the heavy rain., all the late
sown turnips have suffered • severe cheek, bat the present
favoarable weather may yet prodsco an average crop.
The flax crop looks tolerably well, bat not so clean as it
should be, partly occasioned by the wet summer. Where
oats are not lodged there will be • heavy crop, but in some
parishes it will be deficient in straw. Oar Hans correspon-
dent writes on Tuesday :—Shearing commenced hero en
Monday, and will be pretty general in the neighbourhood
about the end of this week, and we have the prospect of a
most abundant crop. There is some anisette about the
potato blight, but very few signs, ff any, of its oilstones
are yet visible; the fear is more than the hurt. Potatoes
have a most splendid appeenunse in the sham, and it is to
be hoped that deco they have so bug held out, the calamity
may be averted for • season. There is • much greater
breadth el lead in this quarter under that crop this MILKS
than tee many years past.—John o' Groat's Joisnua