The Express.
London, England, 1853-08-04 00:00:00

THE CORN TRADE AND THE CROPS.

The subjoined remarks are extracted from the
circular issued by Mr. George Dornbasch, dated Wednes-
day evening:
The state of the crops forms at present the prominent
topie of conversation in the corn trade. As usual at this
season there is some excitement, and the barometer is
watched with intense interest. The weather since Wednes-
day the 27:h July has been very changeable, stormy, and
fair; rain again fell in considerable quantities. Since
Sunday, 31st July, the weather has changed (or the better,
'ln, and mild. There is still a great uncertainty as to the
final result of the growing crops. The wheat held. in the
southern districts of England are said to have, within the
last few days, much improved in appearance. In some of
the more favoured spots in Surrey the wheat plant is ripe
fur the sickle. Harvesting will become general next
week in the more favoured districts. As to the result
of this year's harvest in this country, the presumption is,
that there will be short wheat crop, considering the very
unfavourable circumstances which attended the growth of
wheat from the seedtime till now, the cold, wet, backward,
season, &c., and the small breadth of ground sown. Bli-
ley is spoken of as a heavy crop, hut much laid by the late
runs. Oats promise a fair yield. Peas promise abund-
ance. The complaints respecting the potato disease in
England are increasing, but it remains a matter of specula-
tiers how far the blight will extend.
In Scotland the weather within the last ten days has been
less wet than previously ; but the air was still wanting in
genial heat and sunshine to bring the crops to maturity.
Wheat is expected a shoe, barley a full, oats rather
under an average crop.
The crops in Ireland ero represented very favourably.
The potato blight has appeared in some instances, but so
partial as not to cause any serious apprehension, and a very
abundant produce of this esculent is expected.
In the south of France the wheat harvest is completed,
and said to be short of a v r ge. In the north the sickle
is now busy at work. The general result is

raneau markets have lately advanced very considerably.
It is a fact, alas, that extensive puichases of corn ware,
sad continue to be made at Otis sea and the Danube for
the Mediterranean, and that last Monday (Aug. 1) orders
were received in London from Italy to buy floating cargoes
of Indian cora of recent shipments (July), and that about
12 or 1.5 cargoes were thereupon bought on sreculation, at a
rise of la. to 2s. above the Mark lane ratan of last week, but
the apprehensions of short crops are not confined to Eng-
land, France, Spain, and Italy ; Sweden is also threatened
with a .1"!.7t, and a decree has just been issued prohibit-
) tog the distillation of spirits for ;our months, in order to
check a further rise in the price of provisions in Sweden.
The crops in the eastern parts of Europe continue, in
general, to hold out prospects of sufficiency. From the
Baltic no serious complaints are heard. Odessa, and other
southern ports, will probably have plenty to export, but
there the Mediterranean is likely to outbid England. The
United States of America are said to have heavy crops of
corn, sufficient for all the wants of western Europe, and so
fat no actual want is to be feared, but supplies are likely
to be much restricted by the high freights and scarcity of
shipping room.
To-day the weather is highly propitious to the maturing
process of the crape. The arrivals of floating cargoes off the
coast frem the 27th July to 2nd August are s 1 cargoes, viz.,
41 cargoes of Tacit, 23 cargoes of maize, 4 of barley, 3 if
rye; making a total since the 15th June of 723 cargoes;
the arrivals oft the coast since Monday are confined to 3
cargoes, but the arrivala of foreign corn into London is
large.
In arrived floating cargoes some sales are reported to-day.
Ibrail Indian corn, 295. Gd.; Breit wheat, 41s. On Mon•
day and yesterday the f. llowing prices were stated at hays
ing been paid : Ibrail wheat, 41s. 6d.; Odessa, Ohirlea,
464. ; Said, 38s. Indian corn recent shipment was bought
on Italian accout : !brad. 30s. Gd. ; Oalatz, 32t. 6d. to 335.
Liverpoul was yesterday rather lower for wheat ; at Hull,
prices declined Is. per quarter.

BIIIPP.INGt INTELLIGENC.H.

CASUALTIES.

Auriga, Willis, from Singapore to Melbourne, struck on a
sunken rock, about June 9, 'north of Banca Island, but
was got off in an hour, and returned to Singapore.
Royal Supreme (sloop), of St. Valery, Locos, from Seabam
to Bordeaux, was abandoned in r.e North Sea, and soon
afterwards sank ; crew saved.—lleal, August 3.