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

fin Osoar.—a.so.a in Ramat au.
The court this morning gave directions that Lord Rant-
latch should, in the usual course, ester into his own recsur;
nigances in 1001., and find two sureties in 501 each, fur his
appearance to take his trial for misdemeanour.
An application was made to his a day fur the trial, hut
the court ileclinctl to du sac, stating that it would be takes
in its regular turn with the other mistleaneariours, after the
telunies were gut through.

EAST INDIAN RAILWAY.
TATS DAY.

The fourth half-yearly meeting of the proprietors
was held to-day, at the company's office., No. 40, Old
Broad-street, Mr. J. Cattley, a director, in the chair. The
business was of a purely formal character.
On the mutiaa of the chairman the report (which ap-
peared in our columns on Aug. 15), after being read by the
ea ervtary, v i, adopted unanimously.
A cute of thanks to the chairman terminated the pro-
ceedings.

REVIEW OF TUE BRITISH CORN TRADE,

DIALINU TILE VASE WEEK.

(From the .Vort L..e Ermyss.)

With acontinuiture of highly favourable weather,
farmers have been enabled to make rapid progre. with
harvest, and a vast amount of work has been completed
during the week in a very satisfactory manner. A few
thunder-showers have tarn experhmeed in different parts of
the kingdom, but the amount of rain which hay fallen has
not been sufficient to interrupt the carrying of cum, and a
very large quantity of grain has been safely got into the
stack-yards. In proportion as n aping has been proceeded
with, the evidence in favour of a good yield has increased,
and it is now marly certain that toe acreable produce of
wheat, as well as of spring corn, will be quite equal to that
of good average years. As regards the quality, the reports
arc likewise of II Eivour.thle character ' • hut hitherto the
supplies of new grain brought forward have not been mall
cient to admit of a very accurate judgment being formed on
that point. We have, however, heard of instances of great
wvi4ht, which may in general be regarded us a tolerably sure
indication of lion: quality. the' great advantage resulting from
the uninterruptedly fine weather with which we hove been
favoured during the lust three weeks has been, that the corn
irlaith had berm laid by the high winds awl heavy rains of
July has become thoroughly dry, even in those localities
wbcre it was dinged so Iradly a to prevent its regaining an
Wight position ; we allude more purticulorly to the pro-
duce of the lin hinds of Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire.
Under them:

the mi,ehi,f which %t un

time threatened to he so serious will be comparatively
trifling; sprout and mildew have been prevented, and
though the quality nosy iu certain localities he somewhat
coarse, the east coast farmers will be much better off than
they were last year. The only serious drawback to the
generally promi ing prospects is the state of the potato
crop. The blight is certainly spreading as well in the cast
as the west of England, and the reports from Ireland have,
within the hit eight ur ten days, become rather alarming.
Without being disposed to place itivilicit reliance on all
that has been ',id alas written on this subject, we are never-
theless inclined to believe that a considerable proportion of
the potato crop will be unfit for storing, which will be a seri-
ous loss to the growers, inasmuch us it will oblige them
to force large quantities on the market, and sell at low
prices.
The immediate civet of this state of things will be to
decrease the consumption of other kinds of loud, and con•
sequently to lower the value, temporarily, of wheat and
other sorts of grain, which wiU alleet the smaller class of
farmers (who arc obliged to thrash soon alter harvest) dis-
advantageously. On the whole there is .ittle prospect of
higher prices thou those now current, and in [way the wea-
ther should continue line, so is to allow the harvest to he
finished as favourably as it has been commenced, we should
probably have a lower range of quotations for all kinds of
corn ilunng the nest twelve months than we have had from
the harvest of POO to that of 14.31.

Though the supplies of wheat from the growers have
been very small since our last, and theatricals from abroad
only moderate, a further decline has taken place in priors
at all the provincial leadiug markats.
The provincial markets during the week have experienced
a slight dcc,ine.
The arrivals of wheat coastwise into the port of London
have been very small, only 2,214 qrs. haviog been re-
ported during the week sawing on Saturday evenin. A
few parcels of new have been shown since Monday, gene-
rally in good condition; tut what has hitherto been brought
forward hat not been sufficient to afford data for judging of
the quality of this year's produce.
The quantity of wheat exhibited at Mark-lane by land
carriage samples from the ueighbouring caunties has been
small, but the &meld has berm very circumscribed, and
trifling as has been the supply, it has proved more thau
sufficient to satisfy the inquiry. A portion of the wheat
offered from Kent on Monday was left still unsold at the dose
of business on Friday, and we question whether the
millers would have been induced to have purchased even if
the factors had been willing to accept lower terms. There
was, however, no disposition to give way, and the few
trifling bargains closed on Wednesday as well as on Friday
were at prices aimlar to those current in the beginning of
the week.

The arrivals of wheat from abroad have been moderate
of lute, but the stock in warehouse at this port is *nil con-
sideruble, the country impiiry having for seine time past
been quite unimportant. The local inquiry has throu•dbout
the week been slow, many or the town millers having still
Lair quantities of foreign wheat ou hand. Importers are
evidenly becoming somewhat anxious to realise, but they
have refrained, thus far from attempting to press sake, and
needy buyers hail to pay us much money for good qualitWs
at the close of the week won Monday. The dry condition
in which the crops are being harvested is di cidedly mraiust
holders of old wheat, and if what is still abroad should be
seennd on i.0111.1111y us that already carried, there will
not be much occasion to employ old for mixing. The
operations in floating cargoes arrived off the coast have
not been numerous, but sellers have in general insisted on
similar terms to these previ 4444 staked—say 33.. prr qr.,
cant and freight, for l'olish Odessa ; and a cargo of Barletta
has been sold this week at 375. per qr. Most of theatricals
off Falmouth have been ordered to proered,to different ports
on the coast, on Owner.' account. . .

The miller* report a very claw sale for flour; thy bare,
hoverer, held the article at former rates, and no alts rctiou
bac taken place iu the toil price. Country markt have in
some caw+ been offered rather cheaper than last week, and
secondary kinds of American dour have been sold wines hat
lower. . .

The arrieale from abroad have consisted of 1,360 sacks
from France, and 2'1,618 barely from the United States.
Sanely a sample of English barley has hen exhibited
since last Mondry, and in the absence of business prices hare
remained nominally unaltered ; but we queatiun whether,
when supplies of now increase, the rates realised last Mon-
day will he supported. The receipts of barley from abroad
have nut been particularly large, and the downward move.
mint in prices noticed on Monday has been checked.
The operations in the article were out esteusive either
es Wednesday or Friday, but needy buyers had to pay
quite former term..
The inquiry for malt has not been active during any
period of the week ; and though prices have not been quoted
lower, the turn has been in favour of the purchaser.
The arrivals of home-grown oat* have been moderate,
having coneisted principally of a few lots of new. From
&hived the supplies have been much less abundant than the
preceding week, and a firmer tour has been assumed by
sellers. Most of the English new oats brought farw aril
have been of tine quality and heavy weight, and this crop
ke:peeled to turn out well in this country as well as iu
Ireland. A large proportion of the lately received supply
of foreign aids having been landed, the pressure uu the
oserket bas diminished, and full terms have been asked this
week far good sweet qualities.
The business dime on Wednesday was at about previous
passes; and though slightly enhanced rates were in partial
Instances obtained on Friday, the rise was not sufficiently
general to render any alteration in quotations necessary.
The few small lots of English beans brought forward have
been sold without giving nay in price. Egyptians have met
with very little attention.
Yeas have been freely offered at Monday's reduction
without leading to business.