The Express.
London, England, 1849-09-26 00:00:00

IRVIEW OF THE BRITISH CORN TRADE
DURING THE PAST WEEK.

Farina.—Sines Friday we have had a few
showers in this aeiglikeeriesed, but previous to that data
little rain appears toliaTe Idea in any part of the kingdom
since the 12tH last., and the weather hes during eight or ten
days been highly rapiers, kw the norther harvest; rapid
proper has consequently been ea ads is the late districts
' vitt. the in galleries of the rem sod, though there is still
some quantity of gear aMoed,theyeelialrilies are in favour
of the whole brag well seemed. The reports as to the yield
and quality of the crops rear the &Tearable anticipations
previa*, iedelged, and we bre no hesitation in estimating
the seders( Ibis Freshener above that of average season.
The tea d tkalift hr net yet been tried on a aufacently
ersesive stele seder an essenteJudgment r tore relative
produetivenom of tM dillereet Made of corn, but that the
general yield nerds that of good average years is univer-
se% sittistted.
g pewees, it is too early to speak peeitieely ; that
the disease has spread sines the eammenestnent of the pre-
ssed meth is settlis ; the blight is, however, by no means
so gear s'se is former serous, and this root having bra
rather estsesiedy grown, we are disposed to think that that
poetics of tie rep which has escaped will yield a larger
quantity et sewed petatees than we have had in either of the
prredis4 seem air the drat apse:ars of the dress.
Under Me sesTistieee led believing, as already stated, that
=xi.. poises elpain and pules affords a not nder
oesemeirpred with what have been wandered
feel moms, we are clearly of opinion that the effect of to-
rigs Impsiations must be to depress prior in this country
to a pin highly ialerieus to the native producer. We are
=atly at akr le sessene. es anything remosable
far the advisee whisk lee taken Pam in the miss
of wheel sista our last, sal moot podia whether the im-
provement will be maintained in say Month of tine. Oar
own isepresisa is, that good qualities et red wham me wet
likely to vale ever 40s. per qr., end, noterltissalliag lie
Ira tom whisk the traile me eranied, we should kg
the pries rather balm *an above that port.
VAllaseisiled that our oontleastal neighbours will keep
well
nver.... value of wheat has bosh more important la
the assiositseal Aileen this at the leading messing
towns. At the Was it has see esneded ls. to 2e. per qr.,
and that stream hr bees somewhat reisetahtly paid,
whilst et several of the farm& markets A. to 3e. and la
more initmees men is. per qr. ever previous rates has been
Insisted as, red, owing to the ihereame of the supplies,
obtained. That this improvement win bare the effect of
cawing more free deliveries is, we link, probable, and as
the quantity et beaks what el posse to this °quinsy is

not unimportant, it is more than likely that the supplies
will, in the coulee of • week or two, exceed what may be
Wanted for Immediate use, and es we can Namely calculate
on anything like a speculative demand, we are certainly not
sanguine of any farther advance. This view may perhaps
be deemed too desponding, but we have well considered the
matter, and should reined it alike unwise and culpable to
hold out hopes to our agricultural friends which we
feel fully satisfied would prove deludes. The effects
of free trade were sufficiently shown last year,
when, with defective crops in England and lamina
in Ireland, rendering immense importations necessary.
the supplies sore than kept pace with demand, and prices
never once rallied from the time the duties were abolished.
Our letters from t3ootlasid speak favourably of the wea-
ther and the progress made with harvest operations. Pota-
toes appear also to be going on well In that part of the king-
dom and noterithstaa the improved ton* of the advises
from: the south, wheat wee easier to buy at Edinburgh on
Wednesday then on ULM day week, At (Rogow, whim
comparatively small supplies of foreign bad been received,
the tendency of prime was upwards on War seday.
The accounts from Ireland, as regards the grain crops, are
on the whole of a satisfactory character; but in reference to
a the reports are decidedly worse than was the ease
sat week, and we much fear that tht failure of this root
will again iprove extensive in the sister isle. Meanwhile
large supplies of Indies earn were daily coming forward,
upwards of foty yeisels laden with that article bating been
reported at Cork in the course of a single week ; thts, and
plentiful supplies of potatoes, Ina acted as • check to any
advance in prices.
At Mark.lane business has remained quiet since Mon-
day, and quotations have undergone but little change.
The arrivals of wheat coastwise have been to • fair ex-
tent, 3,984 quarters having beta reported up to this (Sa-
turday) evening, nearly the whole of which has gone direct
to the millers, who have consequently had little occasion to
• come into the market to purchase. Having, however, a very
' small show of samples at Mark-lane by land carriage from
the hems counties on Wednesday, as well as on Friday,
factors remain firm, and quotations were not lower at the
close than they were in the commencement of the week.
The supplies of new wheat have hitherto hardly sufficed to
furnish our millers with as much as they have required for
mixing with the old foreign; and until the deliveries in-
crease ws may expect some competition to ware the best
qualities, whuk may CAWS present prices to be maintained
for • time.

The receipts of wheat from abroad have amounted to
20,000 qrs., and i good many cargoes are believed to be close
at hand. A large proportion of what has lately come for-
ward has consisted of good qualities, which has caused sales
fr.,ns on board to be effected with greater facility than would
otherwise have been the ease. The country demand has,
however, fallen off since our last, and the local inquiry has
also been slow ; it was difficult, therefore, oe Friday, to make
much progress, and the extreme rates of Monday were basely
maintained.

The bakers have bought flour rather freely this week, but
no improvement on former terms has been established. The
quantity sold is probably somewhat greater than the millers
have ready for delivery, and this may oblige them to pur-
chase wheat rather largely for the present.
The arrivals of barley coastwise have again been incon-
siderable, only 946 qrs. having been reported during the
week. The mobsters have, however, shown considerable
reluctance in paying previ All pekes, and business was by no
means brisk, either en Wednesday or Friday. Foreign
barley has come freely to hand, and considerable difficulty
was experienced tow..rds the close of the week in placing
even the best parcels ; factors declined, however, to give
way, and, where tales were effected, Monday's prices were
reafised. The transactions in malt have been on quite a
retail male, and no alteration requiring notice has occurred
in quotations.
The market has been liberally supplied with oak ; the
total arrival up to this (Saturday) evening amounting to
39,042 qrs., whereof 2,050 qrs. are from our own coast. 2,948
qrs. from Scotland, 306 qrs. from Ireland, and 33,738 qrs.
from abroad—the latter principally Russian. On Wednesday
the dealers manifested some disposition to continue their pur-
chases, and a fair extent of business was doze, at prices similar
to theme previously current. Subsequently the demand fell
off, and though really fine corn was not cheaper on Friday
than earlier in the week, the commoner deeeripions of
foreign were in some oases offered on terms which would not
have been accepted on Monday last.
Beans have excited very little attention, and with but
moderate supplies considerable difficulty has been ex-
perienced in placing the tamest former rates. The Inquiry for
peas has likewise bean slow, but the few lots of new -brought
to market have been held firmly at previous prices. Old
foreign have been quits neglected.
In consequence of an advance in the Talus of Indian torn
at Liverpool, parties having floating cargoes to dispose of
have raised their pretensions ; being, however, hitherto with-
out orders of any moment from Ireland, and few parties feel-
ing inclined to enter into speculative purchases, the bargains
actually closed at the advanced rates demanded have been
stnimpor taut.
Forearos.—By the latest advice@ from the United States
we lean that the wheat harvest had been nearly concluded,
and that the general result had proved favourable. In Ohio
and come of the adjoining states, the crops were not well
spoken of, but any deficiency in those distriets would be more
than compensated by an excess of produce in other quarters.
The Indian corn harvest was about to be commenced in the
northern states, and the weather was then auspicious for the
in-gathering ; a large yield was expected. The dull reports
from Europe, and the want of English orders, bad prevented
much business being done in bread stuffs; only. small supplies
having, however, been brought forward, prices had been
tolerably well supported ; indeed, since the sailing of she
packet.s.iip America, on the 22nd August, the value of flour
had rather advanced.

At New York, on the 4th September, prices ranged from
4 dole. to 25e. to 6 dole. 8711. per barrel, the latter rate being
for fancy brands of Western and pare Genuine,. Old Ohio
Wheat war quoted 110 e. to 115 e. in store, new Southern,
100 c. to 1200., and new Gennessa 12de. to 130 c. per 6011 w.
Indian cam had been in good request, and was then worth
62c. to 66c. per 661bs. The exports to Great Britain had not
been important.
At the principal shipping ports on the east coast of Ame-
rica, stocks of old wheat, Indian corn, &c., are small, but a
large proportion of the crepsof 1848 isetill held by the growers
in the interior, and to this is now added the produce of the
present season. It is therefore more than probable that
prices of bread-stuffs will give way on the other side of the
Atlantic, when it shall have become apparent that Europe
will not stand in nei d of supplies from Amara'.
The accounts from the Continent combine on the whole to
speak well of the harvest, and, though prices have hi:herto
kept up abroad, inconsequence of the generally reduced state
of the stocks of old grain, there is reason to believe that after
the new shall have begun to come forward, quotations will
be regulated by prices here. At many of the near ports an
advance has this week taken place in the value of wheat,
owing to the alight upward movement which has lately oc-
curred at Mark-lane. This affords a pretty clear proof of the
influence our market began the continental prices.
At the more distant ports in the Baltic, what, the news of
the slight rally which has lately taken plea here had not yet
been reteived, the tendency of prices was, by the most recent
accounts, rather downwards.
At Dantaic, on the 15th inst., quotations were much the
same as before, say 42.. to 435. for gad Volkynian, and
from 341. to 361. per quarter free on hoard for the common
kinds of new wheat. A mail or two had been char-
tered to load for London at 3s. 4d. to 3s. 6d. per qr. Only
&Tont 200 lasts of wheat had changed hands during the pre
ceding two days.
At Konigsberg, on the I4th Sept., there was not much
doing in grain for export ; comparatively little new corn had
come forward, but the cropa were reported to have yielded
well in quantity, and the few lots of new wheat which had
come to band had proved of fine quality.
From Stettin we have letters dated 17th inst. Nothing of
much interest bad occurred there since that day week, and
prices had remained nearly stationary ; 601 be. Silesian and
Marks
wheat bad been held at 36.. 6d., and 611bs. to 621 a.
Pomeranian and Umermarck at 37e. to 38s. per qr. free on
board. Freight to Great Britain was low, say for Wheat to
the east coast 21. 3d. to 2.5. 6d., and to London 2a. 6d. to
24.9 d, per qr.
At Hamburg, oa Tuesday, holders of wheat were
eel-
conraged, by the tone of the English advice, to dames&
more money, and good red Upland, weighing 6111te. pet
bushel, could not then be bought below 395. 3d. per qt. 61119
on board. Some purchases were said to have been made fir
Yorkshire account.
At the principal markets in Holland the ries at Hark-lane
MIMI to have been immediately followed. At Rottadem
whit* wheat was quoted le. to 2.. per v. higher, sad red'
realised prices rather above those previously current. At
Antwerp, on Monday, no advance could be established, but
sellers exhibited more firmness than the preceding week, and
old red Louvain, weighing 621te. to 631 be. per bushel, was
worth fully 395. per qr. free on board.
In the Yrene.h markets prices have not altered much of late,
and good qualities might still be purchased there at a cost,
free on board, of 365. to 38s. per qr.
By the most recent accounts from the Mediterranean it
appears that Polish Odessa and &miler sorts of Wheat had,
notwithstanding the total cessation of demand on British ac-
count, been held pretty firmly.-Mark Lane &press.

THE NEW AMERICAN ATLANTIC STEABI-SIIII%—
Within a year five of the largest steam-ships in the world will
be sent to sea. The two in the state of greatest forwardness
are the Ohio and Georgia, belonging to the New Orleans and
Chsgres mains,. These ships are shaped upon the most
beautiful model yet adopted in the construction of any
steam chip. Their capacity is stated to be 2,750 tons each.
Luger than um them are the two ships building leader the
entrust for the conveyance of the mail between New York
sad Liverpool, hold by Mr. E. K. Conine, the Atlantic and
Pacific, whisk ere now receiving their engines at the works
of Stillman and Allen and Allan and Co. These ship' are
rated at over 3,009 tons each, and will be capable, in the
opinion of their constructor, ot carrying a greater number of
passengers and more freight than any steam-ship ever built,
eat excepting the President and Great Britain. Another
very large ship that can soon be fitted for sea service, is the
Franklin, of 2,200 tons Her model is a very fine one, and
appears adapted for the attainment of great speed. She wu
commented by the proprietors of the Bremen line. but is'
said to have been Membered to Messrs. Fox and Livingston,
who design placieg her upon the route to Havre, rid South-1
ampton. Beide' Wee, four other steamers of the largest
clam are under mestract, and will be built as soon as prise-
ticable. Two eif Ikons will belong to Collins's line, and will
be of theme@ Mar es the Atlantis and Pude. One of
them, the Aiello, is nearly ready for laeaching. Here,
therefore, is to bee fleet of nine steamer', which, for Mused
costliarei, will emceed any yet brought into settles on this or
the other side oldie cosan.—/Vem York Port.
AtterSeLleit WMEAT.—The vessel Jane Francis,
arrived in the docks hula bmanceston, Van Diernsn's Land,
has brought 1,494 bp at wheat am a portion of her cargo,
thspodue et *it aftat *gory.

:ET FIRST OCTOBER
MEETING.

THIB DAY.--(By Blecuic Wectraph )

The GRANBY STAKES of 30 son. each, &c.
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SWEEPSTAKES of 10 IOW& each. R.M.
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Knight of Avenel
Brother to Epirote
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MR. BRIGHT, M.P.—This gentleman returned
from Ireland on Monday, having occupied upwards of a
mouth is a tour of observation and inspection throughout
the south and west of that country. In the course of his
tour, Mr. Bright has visited the counties of Dublin, Wick-
low, Wexford, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary, Clare,
Galway, Mayo, ROICOOIIIIOO, and some others. As might
have been expected, the union workhouses have been care-
fully visited, and the condition of the peasantry and of the
lard has been extensively obserred. With regard to the
existing relations between landlord and tenant, we have rea-
son to believe that Mr. Bright has seen enough to convince
him of the absolute necessity of • law to pies ►ecurity to the
tenant for the improvements be may create ; and it is not
improbable that, should the government refuse to legislate
on this all-important subject, Mr. Bright will be prepared to
bring the matter before parliament at the opening of next
session, backed by irlioential opinions from all parts of Ire-
land. We should be glad to bear that English members in
large cambers bad been visiting • country whose condition
so much demands their attention.—Manchester Examiner.

AN INSTANCE OF DEATH FROM SEA-SICKNESS
occurred oe Tuesday last, on board the Broken Castle, w►ile
passing the river Caine. A yonon gentleman tamed Ed-
ward Dakinr, grandson of the Rev. John Dahl's', once
rector of St. James's, Colchester, baying conceived a desire
to go to sea, left the Thames on Saturday for Chorley, in
Wass, and soon after starting became, as is usual in each
tam, very much indisposed. On Sunday, on landing et
Chorley, be appeared to recover from the ill eff.cts of the
voyage, and after partaking of a hearty meal, attended
divine service ; but on again going on board the following
day, the =limy returned, and he died beforo he could be
put ashore. An inquest was held upon the body at the Ship
at Lsunch Inn, at Wivenhoe, before J. M. Churchill, Esq.,
coroner, and a verdict of " Died from the effects of sea-Meh-
-1 nem" was found by the jury.—Easez Herald.

MONEY MARKET.

TUESDAY Ernallo.

The home funds were only lightly dealt in to-day ;
there was no animation amongst the (balers, and
Consols gave way a. They opened at the closirg
prices of yesterday, 921 to for Money, and 921
to a for Account, from which they soon declined a
fraction, and confirmed to the close quoted 921 to 1
for Money, and 92: to : for Account.
Exchequer Bills were marked as yesterday 35a
and 38s. prem. ; Indian Stock, at 252; India Bonds,
at 71s. and 745. prem.
The transactions in the foreign house were not
very numerous, and with the exception of Spanish
Bonds being done as low as 161, there was no par-
ticular feature in the business of the day, which was
the following: Brazilian at 8G; ditto, new Bonds,
1829 and 1839, at 86. Buenos Ayres at 47 and 48.
Chilian Six per Cents., at 99. Grenada, at 17 ; ditto,
deferred, at 31. Mexican ex coupons, at 271, 1, and
27 for money, and 27 and k for account. l'enivian
Deferred at 171. Portuguese live per Cents. at
82 ; Ditto Four per Cents. at 291 1 and 29. Spanish
Five per Cants. at 17, 1, 17, 161, and last at 17 ;
ditto Passive at 31; ditto Three per Cents, at 331
and 341. Two-and-a-Half per Cent. Dutch at 54
and 531.
In the foreign exchanges for this mail, the rates on
most pieces were somewhat higher, especially on
Paris. This was occasioned by the amount of bills
offering cxeeeding the demand.

By the Peninsular mail steamer we have advice'
from Gibraltar to the 15th of September. From
these we learn that the Deputy Commissary-General
would receive tenders, on and after the 18th inst., for
bills of exchange on her Majesty's treasury at 30
days' sight. Business generally was very dull. The
market was fully supplied with coffee, tobacco, and
tea. Buenos Ayres hides had realised 12 dole. to
13 dole. per cwt. ; Barbary salted ditto, 6 dole. 90. to
7 dole. 3c. per cwt. Spanish lead wa*.scarce at
3 dole. to 3 dole. 3c. The exchanges woo quoted on
London, 90 days, 501 d. ; on Paris, sf. 36c. ; on
Madrid, 8 days, at par; Spanish pillar dollar, lk per
cent. premium.
Letters from' Lisbon of the 19th date that the
crop of grapes for export was considerably ander the
usual average : and the crop of wine and oil was also
expected to be much smaller than usual. The Mi-
nister of Finance bad suspended the discount on
Lisbon bank notes, which the treasury were in the
habit of changing for coin. The discount had in
consequence fallen to 31 per cent. Not one-half the
sum of the propoael subscription loan of 400 contos
had been subocribed. In stocks and shares very little
business was doiug and the quotations were some-
what lower. I.a.iptions Five per Cent.. 561 to 58 ;
ditto Four per Cent., 47 to 48 ; ditto Three per Cent.,
43 to 45. Bank Shares, 455 dole. to 460 dots. Bank
of Oporto, 230 dole. to 240 dole. In Colonial pro-
duce the bus:ness was limited to the local demand.
The exchange on London was 53; to ad. Advice. had
been received there to the 16th August from Pernam-
buco, stating that the Neptune, with convicts on
board from Bermuda, bound for the Cape, had put in
there, owing to the scurvy having made its appear-
ance amongst the convicts.

At Seville, the trade with foreign countries was
completely suspended, and business altogether para-
lysed, whilrt the new tariff conth nod in abeyance,
and no versel had left the port for other countries
daring the months of August and September. The
quantity and value of oil and wheat taken from
Seville for other parts of Spain, duricg August,
was—of
Oil .... 80,210 arrobas, at 40 reale
Wheat . . 86,390 i &neg.'s, at 32 rests

Making a total value of mob 5,889,136
taken for home consumption of those two staples.

According to letters from Amsterdam we are given
to understand that the Tuscan government has opened '
negotiations with a well-known banking-house in
Holland for a loan of about three million dollars, but I
nothing positive has yet transpired to confirm this
report.
Leiparg letters of the 18th inform us that business
had already commenced, although the Michaelmas
fair will not be regularly ushered in before the 24th
instant. Nevertheless, daring the last eight days a
good deal had been done by the English houses and
the silk dealers in manufactured goods with the
buyers from Moldavia, Wallachia, and Poland, who
had assembled in animal numbers, and were willing
purchasers. The demand for sole leather had in-
creased, and sevircrlisleArarcels from the Netherlands had
already been die of at an advance of 5 to 7 dole.
per oentner.Everything promised well for the fair,
dad a scarcity of many articles of common consump-
tion was anticipated rather than an over-supply. The
cholera was nearly extinct : the deaths for the last five
days amounting to 9 only out of a population of
69,000 souls.
We learn by advices to the 20th from Stettin that
the subject of a reduction in the sound dues continued
to be agitated by the commercial community. Vari-
ous parcels of wheat had been disposed of at the
following rates: 90 and 911bs. weight at 54 dollars
and 64i B9lbs. at 63 dollars; New Silesian, 881bs.,
at4B dollars; ditto, 891bs. afloat, at 504 dollars. Rye
on the spot had obtained, 861bs. weight, 27 dollars;
87 to 881bs., 28 dollar. For September and October,
delivery of 851bs. weight, 254 dollars; for November
and December, 251 dollars were paid. Barley of
superio' quality, weighing 781b5., was sold at 251
dollars; and 761bs. at 24 dollars. Oats had realised
151 to 18 dollars; and peas, 26 to 36
dollars, according to quality. A few parcels
of spelter had exchanged hands at 4.14 sg.
South Sea oil had been disposed of at 114
dollars for branded. Freights had been concluded to
Scotland at 21. per qr., wheat; to London, at 2e. 4d.
per qr., wheat ; and s. 9d. per qr. oats : to the east
coast, lls. 6d. per ton of 'Alcamo.
The grain market at Dantsig on the 17th had not
been in the least affected by the more favourable se-
counts received from abroad. Some parcels of wheat
had nevertheless exchanged hands, but not at im•
• proved prices. For good coloured quality, of 1301bs.
' to 1311b5., the prices paid varied from 39011. to 3766.
per last. A further quantity had been disposed of,
' the price of which had not been made known ; and a
small quantity of peas under the same circumstances.
Bartley, of 1001* had been add at 1368.