The Express.
London, England, 1859-10-07 00:00:00

THE CORN TRADE.

BIRMINGHAM, OCT. 6.-During the past month new
wheat Improved in value 2a. to 3e. per quarter, the demand
for this article having been greater than the supply. Eng-
Ink wheat of this yeses mop proves superior in strength or
working qualities to that grows for many years pest, and the
comaraptson hes been ommequently anuaelly great of this
description, old end foreign wheats being now quite es low an
at en times since lament. The yield u, however, mock
aampama of, sot °sly se below that of lest year, but under
an avenge; and we bear proms who have bought growing
crops complain of having lost considerably from the produor
proving so much leis then they had estimated. The quantity
of old wheat britwato =what Is still double that of new,
confirming the we ham repeatedly etmemed that the
wheat mop ot 1 was the greatest ever grown. Bement amounts
confirm the former reporter to the deficient produce of the
French harvest ; some of our correspondents describe it as
one-fourth below en avenge. Though the farmers of France,
like those of this country, are mid bold considerable stocks
of old wheat, the prices have risen so much above ours that
same speculative purchases on French account are reported
to have been seeds ma this country. The German crop la now
comidmed to have been over-rated, and some reports dee7ribe
that of Amnia, including the great wheat district of the
Banat, as under oewhilt an average. In Southern Ruses
the yield of wheat is less than was expected ; end of barley
very deficient both is quantity and quality. From the
United States we ham more favourable actoonte of the har-
vest, and their prices are lower than for some months, bat
still too high to admit of shipments to Ragland. In fact,
though our weekly arrivals are still so large, there is, we
ball no country from which wheat an now be
shipped
to Omit Britain, except at • heavy kes.
We have now every prospect of fine weather for sowing
wheat, thus laying a good foundation for the meat crop. Oer
present prices are-now English red, 6a. 4d. to 6a. 6d.;
white, 6a. 6d. to Os.; old red, 6i. 2d. to 6e. 6d. ; white,
80. SC • French 6s. Id. to 7d. per 62Ibe. at Birmingham.
No alteration Imo taken place In the value of grinding barley
during the race*, bat fine qualities of month* are very
scams, sad worth more than the best wheat ; a large pro-
portion of this year's crop being very thin. Wit have had a
demand for sweet heavy grinding barley, et 265. fid. to 26e. for
French, other kinds la proportion. Our stook of this is sow
cleared oat, and the stouter descriptions are much wanted at
Olososster ,• but the market is overdone with light
especially basted end stale Mediteeranous and Black Sot
produce. Early in the month all descriptions of oats,
except Am old, gam way le. to 2e. per quarter, from the large
'importance of light Russian oats into London; this fell
owed ea improved demand, and most of the new grey with
some queatity of the old lying st Glouorater, was disposed of
at 20a. Id. to 225. for groy, 21e. to 24. for white, and
21s. for Nook, all per 3121 b. at Olonosster. Fins Dutch
Pokeds an still worth 27e. to 28e per 3121 b. Since harvest
farmers have brought ea unusually large quantity of new
beans Into market, causing a reduction at 4s. per quarter in
the prim, so that French and Egyptisa are become very
difficult to sell, except la small low. The pea crap append
to have bean a very good one, and the breadth sown un-
great ; the farmers' sapplire have consequently been
sad the prk• hes declined 2a. per quarter. We have
only a slow eels at 14. 6d. to 16e. 6d. per 1961 h., in Bir-
mingham. ladles eon, befog so much cheaper than base
or peas, sells more readily, and la largely sad far fleas
The vase is now from 1 Is. 6d. to 12s. 6d. per
mr.:- .1 Gloucester. Dal sad Millet only dad buyers is
limited quantities; the former st lle. 6d. to 12a. 6d., accord-
ing to quality ; the letter at 10e. 6d., both 19616. at Bir-
rainghare.-(Frons Massie. Sturges ar.)

TRAFFIC RETURNS.

1411116T5. IlUr Per Mar- Telma. Total.
CIO& SIMMS &Man& Ving. Ir 4.
Ws& miles Istiambie IL 44‘111
Mow se. Sara — 6.14? 1676 7.1166 UN
roomers _ .. 431 673 1.447 1,614

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Mart tad dayoner di 721 497 1.218 Irl
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49141 Ream 741 17.166 17.6119 41.493 19.996
Waitron! and Ladd 77 717 728 1.441 6,163
wa 47•199 _ ..... mi TAT
89adelea aargies - 1.116 6,617 7.673 OW
aset name 0990 bar 2.
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1.744 1.717 2,171 OM
away Ossallialertak. sad
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Lab MI6&
1.4.1.1 Omni . - 1 739 1.662 Lail L 273
AMAIN 13•1977.- .....
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Oar, - 1.091 174 1.776 1.664