The Express.
London, England, 1851-08-19 00:00:00

LOCAL SHARE MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL, Ato. IR.—There hat been littlo Inninesn
doina in .11. area tnaloy, the market L. wrath wor-e, and prier. are all
borer. The traneaetinn. are : • Birkenhead. I,isca.hlre, and the. Imo
(lath Chester and ntraeahrul), I'4 -Ea-t IA arealre. 134 i Lan.
volute ithd Vot U. hire, 47i I i -Dltt. tHrth..hartu , od. -Leeds aad
'lntroit, Ile -I..ureranl, (*.by, and snall.port. 11' d.-Lond,ut wad
Nunn W,aler et, Ile -11illo(twar I aharr..), .1 4i I a. -Alancheatcr,
shorleld, and Lanvin. 2G, -MielLand 9-lIItO ; • .41ctreo). 214 d.
- Swath Eauern amt lk,ver,2l le. 1201 I -Yerk and North Mid.and,
I:. lithat southern and WeSiern WWI: IN.

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MANCH PASTEU, Ace. 18.—We have not bad a large huni-
ne., awl priet-A are Adam r Aber Imam lay.la Mu* 4,4; Urest
21-rthern, 16; tan Lanni-hire, 131; 5ne19...41, 261; Midland, MI;
Caled. alas, lel ; South EJleerr. 21 J-16.

iIIIMINOIIA SI, A co. 18.—This market was dull to-day ;
Midland. wan done at as/ I.
IlutscoL, Auu. 18.—The nuuket nave way considerably.
Great We-tern Geist.; ;,harea being done at igi ea die. ; Altdiand
Stet at 29t ;:4 tutu t.latern and ll r. at ill.
. .

Lezon, Avo. tn.—Everything ai stall on the (tedium.
There hive been many transaction. hilt im.rittrat, hilt all en easier
term., the market hweinig or, weak, the eluting wiles were as 64.
hew.,—host ond Nest Yorkshires, 3; leitessithe and Yarkshires,
; Letdown! 'Lhasa.. Itl ; YWtavd -oak. .e.Ol, North British, of
East Luse..hirts, la. 34. id.; booth Eastern and Doter, 214,

A roCKET (ll' NEW lbws was 4ent to market on
Thursday last, the growth of Mr. WIIL.IIII Denham, last
Peckham. It was picked from a very curly plant brought
out by hint ulaiut six years ago, but is very unripe, and
would scarcely be lit to be picked in a fortnight', time. It
was consigned to Messrs. J .T. and %V. Noakes, Borough,
and sold by them to Messrs. H. Iterumicgton, 'fickell, and
Cu., at 101. 10s. per cwt.
PRIZE lilt E-BoAT.—The committee on life-
bouts haw, pr,,ented their report to his Grace the Duke of
Northumberland ; and the premium of 100/., which had
called forth a great amount of talent to tho competition, has
been awarded to James Beeching, of Great Yarmouth.

CoNVIrf PRISON AT PORTLAND.--Qlplttin K night,
superintesidunt of military priors in Canada, is now ap-
pointed superintendent of the mind, t prison at Portland, in
succession to Captain Whiny, promoted to be a member of
the board of guvernineat pnausis in Laidun.
StEAmmes BUILDING ON TILE Cieuv..—WO un-
derstand that among the numerous vessels at present build-
ing on the Clyde, there are no fewer than six large steamers
in the (mune of construction for the Mt...no. Bunts. Thom
include two paddle and four screw steam-ships, amount-
ing in their aggregate tonnage to upwards of 10,000 tons.—
Greenock .Idrrrtiscr.

Tin: BROADY or FOOT Gumws.—Thc second
half-yearly change of quarters of the brigade, which usually
takes place on the Ist September, will not take place so
soon this year. A. at present arranged the brigade will
probably change quarters in October.
THE GRAPE CROP IN IT.tLY ATTACKED UT
BLiiiitY.—The Genoa Gazette, of the lith, contains an article
by Professor Cantu on the grape blight which has imule its;
appearance more or less in almost every part of Italy, and
caused a good deal of uneasiness in the country. Professor
Cantu gives some interesting information on the subject.
lie has ascertained that the blight dots not affi et all kind,
of grapes equally ; that the bunches exposed to the math, as
well as those that are too much erideil by vine-leaves, arc
more subject to it than those of the seine vine having the ad-
vantage ut light, air, and a southern exposition ; that the
twigs and leaves of the diseased vines are covered with brown
spots, whence it may be inferred that the blight dues not
attack the fruit alone, but the whole plant; that the disease
consists 1/1 the development of a eryptogamous pniasitical
plant, which appears under the form of a whitish powder;
and, lastly, that trees and other plants growing near the
vines attacked with the blight appear to suffer trims their
vicinity. Professor Cantu adds that be is now engaged in
a reeks of experiments for the purpose of ascertaining
whether the blight is oontagiutis, and whether there is any
remedy for it; but that he may even now recommend vine-
growers to strip their vines of these leaves which impede
the free circulation of air and intercept the rays of the sun,
and to cut oll'and burn all the bunches which have been
attacked by the blight. The Academy of the Georg/Ali
of Florence held a sitting un the 3rd inst. to hear
the reports which had been prepared on the snb•
jest. Many interesting observations were made,
and the followina facts seem to have been generally
admitted as true:—The plant is of the family of the micro-
scopic fungi ; its power of reproduction is very great, but is
nowise owing to a disease of the vine ; on the contrary, it
attacks the healthy vine, and soon after causes the disease.
by intercepting light and air. Its effects arc highly disase
trous upon the grape in its earliest stages of formation, but
much less so when the grape has grown to its full size. It
has been proved, however, that this fungus gives no delete-
rious quality to the juice, and is perfectly innocent, in so far
as the health of man is concerned. Lime-water appears to
be a cure for, and a preservative against, the grape blight.
After a good dial of diligent research, it has been ascer-
tained that this is the first time the grape has been attacked
with such a malady in Tuscany.