The Express.
London, England, 1860-10-30 00:00:00

AGRICULTURAL PROSPECTS.

The weather this week has been of a somewhat
more favourable character, having been mostly fine up to
Thursday, end then showery, hut with no heavy rain. The
temperature has been much higher, the wind varying from
the 8.8. E. to the 8.8. W., thermometer averaging about eilt
and barometer 30 dogs., the greatest part of the week.
Under these circumstances much of still-remaining grain has
been housed, end the cutting of beanie in many counties
proceeded
with. The corn, however, has been carried too
to be in good condition, and any thrashed at prefent
mart come to market damp and soft. It can be only brought
out to secure the present high rates for this article.
Eventually it will be found there is a great difference in the
value of this year's growth and fine old qualities. The latter,
being invaluable for many purposes at this period of the
season, have for the pant two weeks commanded extravagant
rates.

Ploughing has been mulled forward vigorously on all light
soils, and some portion of wheat has been got into the
ground. The farmers, manifeeting much anxiety to secure
this essential work as early as possible, take advantage of
every dry day to do something, and a few weeks of favour.
able weather would enable them to complete sowing more
satisfactorily than they anticipated a short time back.
Whilst they are thus engaged they have no spare beads
to proceed with thrashing any description of gram, and the
markets are consequently not likely to fill this year so soon
after humid as is generally the case. For, beyond the re-
tarded_paiods of securing the crops, the land was of neees-
elty allowed to be to a very bed state as regards the hl-
lows ; and beans will scarcely be off in time to allow of
wheat-sowing sufficiently early.
Lest year the wet weather prevented the usual quantity
or idlest being planted, as, with the continued high price
d Mr*, the farmers thought that if they were driven to
this grain they would bare more time to get their land
in a better state. A portion, however, was planted with
Talavera earlywheat:Lt as poesible, and the nursery wheat
sown in April ed very well, in fact almost the
best of any, so thatultimately not so much barley was
planted as was at one time expected. Still there was a
greeter breadth than in the two previous years • and new
every bushel will be wanted from the general c;nismialstion
of all descriptions now going on.
At present the deliveries of engrain are little over ball the
quantity brought forward at the corresponding period °fleet
year, although the average prices areso much higher.
Our accounts of the yield become the more urn
avowable
as thrashing is proceeded with ; and the complaints of the
quality of dour made from new wheat are very nume-
rous, rendering a greater admixture of old absolutely
Fromry the westward our friends speak thus of the
" We hear from some who go much amongst farmers =7—in
country districts that the crop of wheat in Devon and
Cornwall is not half a crop. This we thinks a strew
amnion ; but we are not surprised to hear it. Some few
barleys arc being picked up by our msltsten at 43. to 445.
par qr. ; but their growing qualities have not been reported
to us." In other counties the complaints of barley not
yet germinating are pretty general ;the imitates, however,
ask for that grown on light land as the mod likely to snit
them, and to sprout in due time. lint with all this, barley
is more run after than anything else, and every description
sell' readily at comparative) y prices. On the whole
this will turn out one of the most expensive years the
farmers hove ever experienced, while the advanced rates pay-
ing for all grain will not nearly maks up for the deficiency
in the yield of the naps.—Mark-Lane Express.

MIIIIM7II or PATIINTIR BORTH K ENSINOTON.—
Masher of visitors for the week ending Oct. 27, 3,066 ;
total number since the opening of the museum free daily
Play 12, 1868), 286,317.
WATCHER AS A BRANCH or FINK ART MANllT-
racrcugs.—.. Having emended our search through the Westend
and the City. after en ordinary pond Engllah wet h. possessing
an artistic design, we have come to the conclusion that but very
few of our English watch maaufacturers have yet property ap•
predated the advance of the public taste for a AhrMr order of
ornamentation front improved designs. Small though the watch
is, It yet affords ample scope for the (Replay of the genius of as
artist. It is, therefore. with much pleasure that we btu mention
osa maaufacturer who has given especial attention to the artistic
ornamentation of watches. and whose productions manifest •
decided advance in regarl to rules of art and the requirements
of an educated taste. The manufacturer here alluded to is Mr.
J. W. Benson, whose recently enlarged show-rooms, at 33 and
Ledgenahill, form ono of the conspicuous features of this gent
City thorottgbfare. The display of gold and silver watches, to-
gether with ormolu clocks of rare designs, Is quite linpostag to
the passer-by. Here the humbug, of • watch is afforded even
facility of choosing one salted to his purpose and ma nn and
postesaing at the muse time all that can be desired be deli
taste, and deellm."—Olobe. Beason's Illustrated Pamphlet, past
tree for two stamps, la descriptive of every construction of watch
now made. Watches sate by peat to all parts of the globe.—
(Advertise-Dent'

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