The Express.
London, England, 1853-09-02 00:00:00

THI WZATHiR AND THZ CROPS.

The annexed remarks an extracted from the eir-
solar issued by Mr. Geo. Dersheach
For two weeks in easeisuity the weather was unsettled
tail the last two days, and far from favourable to the harvest
—tor cod and wet to assist the ripening of the backward
crops, sod too heard and stormy to allow of housing the
cut core in good order. A great deal of rain fell last week
throughout the ecmatry, accompanied with high winds,
blowing a some parts a gale at times ; many corn fields
liars bees laid, sad harvest operations mach impeded; the
cagey of the crops hes not improved by the rough wee-
Mer, and the already deadest wheat crop appears still
further redsaid ia quantity. Some complaints are being
heard of mildew and blight is the spring-sown wheat,
which in many Meta of the rotatory has not yet rushed
inatancy. la SesWad and Ireland the weather has bees
much the same as in England, wet and stormy,
and anfanataMe to harvest operations. The po-
tato disease is lees spokes of, but reports state
that the esculent appease now in the Smith of Ireland wane
than in any port 01 the United Kingdom—the markets ma-
ticar abundantly supplied with good and cheap potatoes.
Farmer reports respecting the yield of the crops is the
Unard Kingdom are continued Wheat deficient; barley
end oats ; bens and peas an average; potatoes abun-
dant, hut partially diseased.
The continuanos of harvest work keeps the British mar-
kets sparingly supplied with lione-grown grain; the
arrivals of foreign corn continue abundant, Liverpool
alone in sal week imported 67,000 qrs. of wheat, 116,000
barrels and 11,100 sacks of flour. Off the coast, 61 grain-
ham vesseb are reported arrived from the south of Europe
hum the 34th to 30th August, and the number of vennh
lined to British porta passed the asead from the 13th to
Met August iselasin 1461 whose. sad S eats. From Ame-
rica large quantities of grain eat Bear an ea the way, bat
little from the south of Burge.
Last week a gnat excitement predominated in all the
British corn markets ; the price of wheat ran simultaneously
in all leading markets from 2s. to 6e. per quarter (Leleester,
61. to Se. per quarter.) The unsettled state of tie wea-
ther during the last fortnight, the heavy Islas and storms ;
the growing conviction of the shortness of this year's wheat
crop in this many as well as is the whole west el Europe,
Secluding France, Spain, Italy, sad Orestes; tie reliability
that during the nest winter the fordp supplies are likely
to be touch smaller than in ordinary maws, while a larger
quantity will be required to satisfy the wants of Great
Britain and other countries which of late Tan have bees
exporting; these are the chief causes which this week have
been at work, in rising prices and exciting the markets.
It is characteristic that millers who are believed to hold
small stocks and c insumen condense to buy sparingly,
while the late large purchases have been made by specu-
lators who ordinarily import, ad by Freseh, Belgian, and
Dutch merchants, who acted is eaticipatioa of a farther
rise in the prior of corn. Foreign markets have base like-
win meek agitated, and the escitemeat in Mark-lane has
ccramunicated itself to every important corn market in the
civilised world. The French and Belgians have bees buying
as largely is the Baltic as the ltaliaas at Odessa and the
Danube, outbidding the English."