The Express.
London, England, 1860-08-28 00:00:00

BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS.

This morning were jawed the Board of Trade
returns for the month and seven months ended
July 31, 1860. We subjoin a statement of the
total declared value of the exports of British and
Irish produce and manufactures during the month
and seven months including only the " enumerated*
articles :

For the month. For seven months.
18158 ...... . . R10,310,3:94
1869
1860
Including the " uneuumerated articles," the ag.
gregate exports stand thus :
For the month. For seven months.
1858
1859
1860

lettierio3.—A petition has, it is said, been
Joked against the recent return of Francis Macdonogh,
lfor
AN B-ISISE FARMER ON THE WEATHER.—" All
Essex farmer" writes to the Times :—" f am a large fanner
in the county of Essex, and for days and days past I have
had the red prospect before me of the destruction of a
great portion of my harvest, my hay crop having been
already in • great measure destroyed by the wet..
In your. paper of Friday I observe a letter from Rent,
Mimed A Country Gentleman,' giving a led account of
the harvest prospects in that county, and sweating that a
day o hamdia boo and prayer be p2ointed for thepurpose
el inducing Almighty God to send us better weather. For
some Sundays past f have also observed that our clergyniaa
has repeated the prayer appointed to be used in rainy
seasons. Now, sir, I may be wrong, but it does appear to
me that thew prayers all imply a doubt of the wisdoms
and beneficense of Divine Provident*. The present
weather appears very disastrous to our limited comply.
hensiou ; but surely God knows beet what is good for us ;
and if those who have a superfluity will lenda helping
hand to those who have not enough, do not let us fear that
we shall wear through the present hard times and, by
God's providence (as in the case of the Irish potato blight j,
find ourselves hereafter all the batter for them.—l remain
your obedient servant, AN ESSEX PARSER."
Tax WEATHER IN SOOTLAND.--Saturaay and
Sunday were on the whole fine days ; rather cloudy and
breezy, but no rain worth mentioning fell on either day,
and both evenings were calm and cloudless. Though we
hear of rain in the south, therefore, we would fain hope,
as the barometer is still ruing. that the weather here has at
last " taken and that, the forty days of St. Swithia
having expirmL we may yet have sufficient drought and sun-
shine to ripen and allow the harvesting of the ample crops
which cover the ground.
The completion of the large warehouses and other
important works erected by the North.Fastern Rall
Company for facilitating and increasing the mat and goods
traffic at Tyne Docks was celebrated on Saturday by •
dinner, at which appropriate complimentary Breeches were
made by the railway official): and reprceeatatii es of the
anal trek.
MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD' AND LINCOLNSHIRE
RAILWA - The total expenses of this company'a railways,
including rents, tolls, duty, he., from July 1 to August 19,
1860, amounted to 44,481/., as against 42,7421. for 'the cor-
responding period of 1869. The proportion of the Mouth
Junction receipts accruing to this company from July 1 to
August 19 amounted to 4,1121., as against 4,0021. fur the
oorrespondieg period of 1859, and the expenses to 2,1141. as
spinet I,P6M.
'rim Firm Gr.yruntsw.—l fancy that peculiar
product of the peat, the fine gentleman, has almost
vanished off the face of the earth. and it is disappearing; like
the beaver or the Red Indian. We can't have fine gentle-
men any more, because we can't have the society in whirls
they lived. The people will not obey • the pa/setae will
not be as obsequious as formerly ; children: do not go down
on their knees to beg their parents' blessing; chaplains do
not say grace and retire before the pudding;
servant( do not say your honour and your worship at
every moment ; tradesmen do not stand hat in hand as the
gentleman passes ; authors do not wait four hours in gentle-
mee's anterooms with a fulsome dedication. for which they
hope to get five guineas from his lordship. In the days
when there were fine gentlemen, Mr. Secretary Pits under
secretaries did not dare to sit down before him ; but Mr.
Pitt, in his turn, went down on his gouty knees to George
IL ; and when George 111, spoke a few kind words to him,
Lord Chatham burst into tears of reverential joy and grati-
tude ; so awful was the idea of the menorah, and so gre4
the divtinctione of rank. Fancy Lord John Russell or Lord
Palmerston on their knees whilst the sovereign was reeding
• despatch, or beginning to cry because Prince Albert said
something civil !—Cornhill Maga:. ine for September.
Tug OUTWARD BOMBAY MAIL..—SOUTHAMPTON,
MONDAT.—The Mora left here to-day with the Bombay
mail. She took out about 80 passengers, amongst whom
were Sir H. Somerset, Major Brown, Captains Mailman,
Quin, Widdicomb, and Staines, and Lieutenant Edwards.
Amongst her cargo is treasure worth 31,8.. W., of which
30,0007. is in bar gold orll,feB/. in jewellery. watches, &e.
The Sultan also left here today with the Peninsular ruaiL
She took out about 40 passengers, amongst whom was Baron
de Mamarellee. Amongst her cairn were 11,873 sovereigns.
CliPtain Pritchard, Conimander Ellis, end Lieut. Jeayea
have been appointed Adelictity agents on the Southampton
station.
CRYSTAL PALACE. —ONE SELLING DAY.-TMON •
DAT, Amuse 27.—Admissions on payment.lo,s79 ; ditto by
season tickets, 1,021; total visitor; 11,600.
MWEROPOLITAN FRES HOSPITAL, DEVONSHIRE.
BQuAßE,Cni.—Thecangate number of pitied* seltirred
durbig week August TS was—Madiesilk 945 ;
surgical, 438 ; total, 1,1: ;of which 3d? wore ucw oases

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