The Express.
London, England, 1848-04-24 00:00:00

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360 seeks of Flour. From the farmers to-day there was a
fair supply of Wheat, which met a ready sale at last week's
rates. Tie best Wheats are worth 525. to 54s ; good average
parcel., 494. to 51.. ; end inferior qualities, 47.. to 48e. per
or. There is a free inquiry for south country and foreign
'nests at these rates. Malting Barley continues slow sole,
at 31s. to 32e. Oats in moderate request, at 21s. to 245.
Brans, 365. to Ms.; and grey Peas. a, 34. to 361 . are s'ow
sale. Malt, at 525. to hfis , not much inquired after. Flour
continues good sale, at 375. to 38s. for south country, and
351. to 365. for home-made. per sack. Airo steam may be
quoted at 28s. to 305.; and Indian Meal, IQs. to 17s. per
barrel.
WARMINSTER, April 22.-Wheat: First.rate quality of
white sold at 545. per qr. ; red, 525. ; some old Wheats made
50s. to 54e. ; inferior offered at from 44.. to 48e. Barley,
being scarce,dill offered soon .old at the top price: of last
Saturday. Beans Old ticks, 68Ihs. per bushels, sold at 475.
per qr. ; new Beans, 4,51. ; piceos, 435. Peas, best boiling,
465. per qr. ; grey and maple. 40s. to 42.. Oats, rather
scarce ; Poland,. 265.; black, 235.; feed, 21s. to 225. New
Tares, 7s. to 71. 6d. per bushel ; old, 51. 6d. to Gs.
WINCHESTER, April 22.-The hest heavy white Wheat,
weighing 631 h.. to 641bs. per bushel, sold at 141. to 141. 10s.
per load.; red, 131 lOs ; second-rate qualities, 121. 10e. to
131.; damp and indifferent, 11/. 15s. to 121. Barley, fine
br ght Chevalier sold freely at last week's prices; second-
rate, thcogh not so much in demand, cruld not be had at
lower terms. Beans, to eery old ticks. 661bs ' offered at 465.
per qr, ; new and best nitre° ; inferior, 3S. Pea., best,
boilers, 435. per qr. ; grey, 405.; common pig, 364, to 38s.
Osts: Although but a moderate supply, prices were with
difficulty sustained.
Wiliaacw, April 22.-The weather continue. wet and
unseasonab:e. Wheat is in good demand to-day, at Is. to
2s. per qr. more money than last week. Oats and Beans sell
at the same prices. Ihe supply is of ly moderate of any
article. Prices to the growers: Wheat, fine white,
611bs. to 621b5., 48.. to 51s. per qr. ; red, 47.. to 49.. ; good
runs, 6016 e. to 611b5., whits, 465. to 485.; red, 455. to 47v.;
common, 57Ibs. to 5911 w., white, 435. to 451. ; red, 425. to 441.
Oats, fine new meeting, per stone, 101 d.; good, new, feed,
10d. Beans, sew, 345. to 3.55.
WORCESTER, April 22.-We had a liberal supply of
farmers' Wheats at our market to-day, which met a dull
sale, at Is. to ls. 6d. per qr. above the rates of this day
se'nnight. lar heat, red, 19s. to 19.. 61. per bag of 9 stone
10 lbs.; white, 20.. to 20s. 6d. Barley in limited supply,
and prices firm. Old English Beans very scarce, at 21.. to
221. per bag of 10 score ; new, 161. t 3 17s. ; Freech, of good
quality, 15s. Nothing doing in Peas_ Oats sold readily,
at 6d. per qr. advance upon last week's priors.
YORE. April 22.-We had rather more Wheat offering
at our market to-day ; boyers were generally unwilling to
comply with the terms asked by farmers, and the business
done was limited, at last week's prices. Barley was scarce,
and ls. per qr. dearer. Oats and Beans, slow male at our
quotations. The prices are : Wheat, white, 501. to 535.
per imp. qr.; red, 48s. to 61s. Barley, malting, 311. to 331. ;
grinding, 28s. to 30s. Bean., 345. t.. 38s. Rye, 335. to 301.;
Malt, 60s. to 62.. Oats, 10d. to 11d. per stone of 141 k..
Flour, 365. to 40s. per sack of 280165.
Du SPIN, April 20.-As usual when our market is held out
of course, the supplies this day were very limited, and the
attendance thin. In the few transactions posing the terms
of Tuesday were fully maintained; and on the week see
must note an improvement of 6d. to Is. per barrel on Wheat,
and Is. to 2s. per qr. on Indian Corn. The following was the
currency :-Vs heat, white, 275. to 30s. ; red, 275. to 295.
per 2801 b.. Oats, 10s. to 11.. 6d. per 196 lbs. Barley,
14s. to 10s. 6.1. per 22416. Oatmeal, 10s. 6d. to 12a. per
cwt. Flour, seconds, 15.. to 16s. per cwt. Indian Corn,
245. to 31s. per 4891b5.
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BELFAST, April 21.-The sowing of spring corn, &c., has
been miterielly interfered with by the unsettled state of the
weather ; great exertions are, however, being made when-
ever au hour's sunshine CAR be had, so that, with all impedi-
ments, a large breadth has been sown. The Wheat crop
looks well and forward for the season ; and our advicts from
the country continue to speak of the exertions made to pro-
cure and plant good seed potatoes. The market is
barely supplied with grain, and yet the demand
is so limited, particularly for Wheat, that it is
no unusual thing for lots to be left unso.d from one
market to another. Wheat dull, and about 3d. lower. Home
lots tell at 101. to 101.55. per ton. Foreign Wheat, of good
quality, is wanted for mixing. Flour nominally as quoted
last week. Barrels sell at 28s. 6d. to 295. Gd. Barley main-
tains its value, and is in good demand for grinding and hull-
ing. Oats are in moderate &mend, and prices ere rather
well maintained. Lot., a slow sale. Oatmeal rather a slow
sale, at about former prices. Good yellow Indian Corn is
scarce, and sells freely, at an advance of 20. Gd. to ss. per
ton, whilst white maintains its value, and is in fair demand.
Yellow, 71. to 7!. Is. per ton ; white, 61. ss. to 71.
Coux, April 21.-Since our tart we have had some few
arrivals of Indian Corn from abroad. The effect has born to
throw a slight damp upon the trade in thisarticle, in which,
at the the close of last week, a decided improvement was
manifested. The Wheat market is vr ry firm, at an advance
of 61. to Is. per barrel; and, the supply being small, the
samples offering are taken off readily at the improve-
ment. A few email parcels of store Wheat have changed
bands at full prices, but in prepared Wheat we have no trans-
actions to record. Barley, although in small supply, is the turn
cheaper. Oats, on the contrary, are in good demand at an
advance of 3d. to 4d. per barrel. In prepared Oats we have
nothing doing. The nominal free-on-board price of blacks
is lls., but this figure is net obtainable. The Flour trade
remains exactly in the position noted last week. A moderate
consumptive sale goes on, but without any change in prices.
For Indian Corn we experience a fair inquiry, but the trade
is scarcely characterised by the same briskness noted last
week. Prices have not varied much, but the tendency is, of
the two, downward, 71. Is. having been obtained in the early
part of the week, whereas 71. 2s. 6d. is the extreme value
to-day. Indian Mist is in improved demand, and the article
is a tolerably free sale at last week's rates.
LIMERICK, April 22.-The weather continues extremely
fine, and the farmers are kept very busy tilling. The sup-
plies of grain have been very smell for the week, and prices
well maintained. A small quantity of Wheat at this day's
market: the millers required some fine qualities, for which
they paid full prices. The demand for Indian Corn has been
brisk, and, owing to small arrivals, price was well eustained,
and a small advance made in some instances. Indian Meal
dull, except for country consumption. Red Wheat, 14s. to
16d.; White, 16d. to lid. ; Oats, 84d. to 9d.; Barley, Ild. to
12d. pep st. Indian Corn: Oaf ate, 71. 15s. ; Ihrail, 71. 10s.;
American, 71. to 71. ss. ; lndien Meal, 81. per ton.
WATERFORD, April 2'2.-With small supplies of grain
during the week, and improved accounts from English mar-
kets, prices of every article in the trade have had an upward
tendency. At this morning's market the show of Wheat
was limited in the extreme ; the few samples on offer were
readily taken by needy buyers, at an advance of la. 6d. to 2e.
per barrel on the rates of Saturday last. In the value of
Barley no change can be noted. Oats, of which we had a
fair supply, were in active demand, at 2d. to 3d. per barrel
above the currency of this day se'nnight. Holders of Maize,
owing to the advance in Liverpool market, refuse to
sell except at an improvement of Is. to le. Gd. per
barrel, which is reluctantly complied with. Flour ie in mo
derate r, quest, at 6d. to Is. per sack over the rates
of last Saturday. Present prices of Grain, Flour, &c. ;
Undried Wheat, millers', per 20 stone, 265. to 275.;
shipping, 245. to 25.. Barley, malting, per 16 stone,
14s. 9d. to 15s. ; grinding, 13s. to 14s. Oats, white, per
14 at., 9s. Cal. to 105. 6d.; black, 10s. to 10s. 3d. Pre-
pared : Wheat, millers', per 20 at., 28s. to 292.6 d.; shipping,
15s. 6d. to 271. Barley, malting, per 16 at., 15s. 6d.
to 165.; grinding, 15s. to 151. 6d. Oats, white, per 14 at.,
lla to lls. Gd. ' • black, 101. 9d. to lls. Flour, superfine,
per sack, 36e. to 375.; seconds, 341. to 345. 6d. • ' thirds,
295. to 315.; fourths, 21s. to 2.5 e. Indian Corn, Danube,
per 20 at., 18s. Gd. to 19s. 3d. American, yellow and red,
18e. to 18s. Gd.; Spanish and Portuguese, 15e. to 16s. 6d. •
white, 15s. to 16s. Gd. ; damaged, for cattle, 12s. to 144
Indian Corn Meal, per cwt., 7s. 6d. to Bs. Oatmeal, pet
cwt., 104. to Ils. Bran, per 6 stone, 3a. to 31. 2d.
KIRKCALDY, April 22.-Monday and Tuesday were fine
days ; Wednesday was a wet day throughout, with the wind
from east; since then it has been cold and damp ; a few days
of fine weather, however, would enable farmers to finish the
Oat sad Barley seed. At our country markets this week we
have again to report very *mall supplies of all kinds of grain
the prices asked werehigher than could be afforded for export;
but, as the local demand is good, a small advance on last
week's rates was generally obtained. Hi re to-day we had
small supplies of all kinds of grain, more particularly Wheat.
Sales of Wheat and Barley brisk, at an advance of Gd. to Is.
per qr. Oats slow sale, at last week's sates Wheat, 445.
to 551. per qr. Barley, 28s. to 335. Oats, 20a. to 235. 6d.
Oatmeal, 335. 6d. per of 280Ibs.

P OTATOES.—SOCTIIWARK, WATERSIDE, April 24.
—Notwithstanding the very favourable weather for the con-
sumption of Potatoes, our trade is heavy, and it is with
difficulty the following prices are realised: York Regents,
140 s. to 1501.; Shaw., 90s. to 100 s. ; Wisbech Rc gents, 110 s.
to 130 s. ; Blues, 80s. to 851. ; Scotch Whites, 90s. to 955.;
Essex Regents, 120 s. to 140 s ; Shaw., 90s. to 100 s. ; Kid-
ney, 130 s. to 140 s. ; Blum, 120•. to 1301. ; Belgian Whites,
85s. to 955. ; Hamburg, 85s. to 90s.

WOOL.—LIVERPOOL.—There was a small auction
of 290 bales East India; it was tolerably well attended, and
the whole sold with fair spirit; good white fetched 71d. to
74.; dingy and coarser, 6d. to 6 id. ; middle yellow, bd. to
std. ; good black, brown, and gray, at 31d. ; the better
qualities sold at Id. lower than in March, while other
coloured were stiffer. By private, very little is doing
During the past week there have been a few arrivals from
Bombay, and the stock of East India now in Liverpool is
2,500 bales.
WINCHESTER, April 22.—Bather a better trade than on
this day week; best Down teg, lambs, and long Wools,
offered at 10d. to 1 ltd. per lb.; second quality, 9d. to 10d. ;
coarse and mixed, 7d. to M.

CATTLE, &C.—SMITHFIELD, Two o' aock.—We
have, for a holiday market, as this is generally considered,
a very large supply of Beasts. The weather also being
unfavourable, trade is very dull, at lower prices, 41. 6d.
being quite an extreme price for the best qualities. From
Holland there are 480, Scotland 300, Ireland 00, and
about 1,700 from Norfolk and Suffolk. Although the
number of Sheep is small, it is quite adequate to
the demand, which, owing to the circumstances above
named, is exceedingly limited. Rather lower prices are
submitted to, and a clearance with difficulty obtained. There
are about 500 from Holland and 83 Calves. Lamb is also
a heavy trade, and late quotations barely supported. Calves
sell slowly, at about the acme as on Friday last. The weather
is against the sale of Figs, and prices are ratker lower.
Per clone of abs. ad. s. d. Per Kona of Mb. s. d. a.
BOA Ocota, Herefords.. 4 1 4 9 Beet Dm. 4 Ilf..Lda fla 4 8 6
Beer Short-horns ...... 4 0 4 4 Bost Long-wools ...... 4lO 6
'.ce°C.st.‘gesnd..4..gaii. 'IT
............... 4 000 384 620 ZoospoD0Isod: eccobgboo,ooomd qivallt2...•• 0446 6000
0447 0
Bel No. & Half-brae 6 2 5 4 iambs
Pews at market. 11,054; WO and lotaha. 14,010; 041,10. 111
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