The Express.
London, England, 1865-05-31 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL CORN MARKETS.

HIILL, MAT 30.—At tedAy's market a mode
supply of English wheat, which mills slowly at ls. at
e.o
per qr. below last Tuesday's currency. Foreign neglected,
and to make sales • similar reduction must be quoted.
Barley slow sale at prices in favour of buyers. Bans
steady. Peas slow sale. Oats rather emisr, except really
choke lots, which maintain late mummy. Forgive arrival
for the week :—Wheat, 9,920 gm ; barley, 1,721 ; oats,
2,477 ; beans, 1,564 ; peas, 1,320 ; tares, 210.
IPSWICH, MAT 30.—The supply of wheat MU 904 larp
here to-day. Farmers were reluctant sellers at any deolim,
and rely little changed heeds at barely last week's vitae.
Beam and peas fully es dear.
LEEDS, MAT 30. —With lea favourable weather, the tone
of the trade is no worse, and on sales made, Friday's rata
are maintained. All spring corn unaltered in value.
Lynx, Mat 30.—At our market to-day we had an
average attendance. Under the Influence of fine weather the
trade for wheat was slow, at 6d. to is. per qr. under last
week's rates. Spring owe of all daseriptions, prices
in favour of buyers Wheat, white, new, 63lba.
to 64Iba per imp. hue., 445. to 46a. ; ditto, red. 631 be. to
&lbs., 40a. to 41s. Barley, best Chevalier malting, 551 be.
to nibs. Ms. to 34e. ; ditto, rum. Chevalier ditto, 541bs.
to 551te,, 29.. to 32.. Oats, 3611 e. to 421b5., 22a. to 246.
I Beans, old, 631b.5. to alba, 40a. to 43e. ; ditto, new,
631 be. to 641ba.. 375. to 381.
NZWCARTLZ, Mat 30.—The weather has spin assumed
au unsettled appearance. Yesterday we had a snaking day,
causing the low lands to be flooded. Tcoday the wind is
north, end very cold. At our market this morning we had
a moderate show of wheat from the growers as well as from
the meet, and notwithstanding the very discouraging re-
wet from Mark-late the trade remained quite usaffeeted,
lectors firmly resisting my further decline, go that in the
I business done Saturday's rates were quite sustained, via :
445. oar 504114., for extra south country yellow up to 48a.
for choice white. New ill-coediticeed foreign quite neg-
lected. Old hold very firmly. Flour unchanged, and the
, same remarks will apply to other articles.

THE BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS.
(THIS DAY.)

This morning were issued the Board of Trade
returns for the month ended April 30,1866, and
four months ended the same date.
We subjoin a statement of the total declared
value of the exports of British and Irish produce
and manufactures for the month and four months
in the last three years :
For the mouth. For the four mouths.
1863 £11,897,177
1864
1865

laettnres DEBTEITC7IOI( OF ESPARTO GRAH&—TWO 1
very destructive fires have occurred.n the
have Dock of '
the North-Eastern Railway Company hieh have
is immense quantity of esparto. or Spaabb grass,(l=l
DOW extensively used q
papermaldog. Great uantities
of this grass are brought into the Tyne by ships frets
Spain and stored in this dock, whence it is dispatched by
rail to all the a
re broke distriets in the Idngdoes.
' Oa Saturday a fi out among this grams In
a large warehouse at the weal side of the
which is entirely burnt down. On Monday night a
wsond
Ire occurred in one of the large number of stacks of the
grails stored In the northiwatern portion of the dock sad
rapidly spread. The dock eogbres end the miens et the
fire brigades from Shields sad filietr with a large
engine belonging to the Rivet Tyne 00111, wise
brought into play to stay the fire, but it was Doi eat-
' 'cashed until a large amount of miechief was dem The
. shipping escaped uninjured. bat the &drudges of the fibre
was wry great. -