The Express.
London, England, 1850-07-30 00:00:00

REVIEW OF THE BRITISH CORN TRADE

DURING THE PAST WEBS.'

(Treat the Mark Loose Ilessresa.)
We have had very unsettled weather since Monday lest,
and fetus are naturally entertained as to the effect likely to
be produced on the crepe by so mach wet. The rain has
been general this week is all parts of the kingdom, and in
those districts when the tom had previously been leased it
has been farther beaten down, so as to render it c zesedingly
doubtful whether it will ever regain as upright pa ion.
Under these eircamitances, it is to be apprehended that the
quality of • porticn of the new produce will be coarse and
uu , however favourable the weather may hereafter be-
come, whilst a looser continuance of wet would Inevitably
prove very disastrous. The feet that large breadths of
wheat and a geed deal of the forward and keen barley are
badly laid, would alone be sufficient to give rise to aneui-
news respecting the probable result of the harvest ; but the
anxiety is considerably increased by the lateness of the
season, and the belief tar, owing to the high winds which
prevailed dating the time the what was in bloom, the yield
will prove short, molt of the reports from the agricultural
districts speaking of • miss in the ear. There are, besid.a,
rumours of blight and maggot ; and, after reeking due allow.
once for some exaggeration ,we must Boasto the outlast=
that the crop ef wheat will most likely prove inferior in
quality to, and less in quantity than, the produce of last year.
The character of the summer has eertairely not been layout •
able for whoa ; we have had intervals of Intense heat, but
these have been ashen duration, sad have invariably been
succeeded by heavy showers. Then has been too little sun.
shine, and too much wet, in our opinion, for a floe or heavy
want crop. In regard to spring-sown corn, the reports
an of a more satisfactory character ; but all kinds of grata
and pulse now require dry hot weather, and naiads we are
favoured with a remarkably floe menthol August, there will
he little chance of even a moderately good harvest.
The ruttier( of rye has commenced, sad some early pieces
of Oats, with • few patches of peas, have been cut ; but very
little wheat eon be fit to reap (or a fortnight from this time.
Hitherto there bee been much lean excitement in the urn
trade than might, seder the circumstances, have bon att-
racted, which we attribute to the feeling of uncertainty
which still prevails respecting the probable fauna range of
prices under free undo, and in how far a small deficiency in
our crops would affect the value now that our ports are open
to receive the surplus growth of the whole world. No one
seems to act with confidence, and in the absence of anything
like an settee &mud, and with geed supplies from abroad,
holden have experienced considerably difficulty in establish.
IMg any advance.
I At most of the provincial markets held previous to Thurs-
day, business was decidedly dull, an.: pikes had a downward
tendency ; but the heavy rain of Thursday, together with
reports of the re-appearance of the potato disease in the west
and south of England and in Ireland, had some effect, and
causing the value of the article to rim le. to 2s. per qr. at
several of the farmers' markets, as well as at some of the
ports where stocks a foreign us held.
Our letters from Scotland still speak well of the crops.
The weather throughout the summer has been much drier
there than in the south, and in some districts vegetation
has actually suffered from drought. A wadding& quo.
tity of rain, however, appears to have fallen in that part of
the kingdom rinse Wednesday lest, from which material
benefit was expected. The wheat trader was very dull, both
at Edinburgh and Glasgow on Wednesday, and at the first.
named place the tun wm in ham, of the buyer.
The seconnts from Ireland respecting the etas of the
potato asp us of such a amtradietorr and conflicting cha-
racter as to leave the matter Ia missiderablit doubt. That
syntoms similar to them which have marked the first ap
proaah of the disease in former mamas have manifested them.
solves is, however, certain ; bat whether any material portion
of the crop is likely to lost, we ban at present no sunset
wdgiag. That the potato would wholly mare thodieseder to
which it has been subject each moon shim IM6 was scarcely
to be expected, but we were induced to hope that the disease
would gradually dlmiaish front year to year—this it certainly
has done ever dam its first appearance—and we still hope
that the produce of 1860 will prove sumach superior to that
of 1849, as did the latter to that of the preceding season.
THB FOREIGN CORN TRADE.
The weather appears to have been much more
favourable on the continent than in this country, and most
of the advises 'peak wall of the crops. The disposition to
Byte is whist mto eta have in a great measure sub-
did, and badness bad becomes dull In the leading Baltic
porta.
limbic letters of the 20th tad. atata that the excitement
which had previously prevailed had subsided, and that only
about 460 hem had eirenged bands daring the week, at PriellS
barely equal to theme Jenks* aerrent—Upper Polish of
63 lbs. weight bating loin geld at equal to 431. to 44e, a
pascal of high-ming faked, weighing 611ba. to 621 be. per
bushel, at 41e., and Interior kinds at from 375. to 395. per
quarter free on board. Ne alteration had taken place in
the rate of freights, and vessels might have been chartered
at 2s. 9d. he the east most, 3s. foe Leedom, and 3.. 10d.
for the 9h 1.
At Kenleß, on the 20th July, holden of wheat were
flaw, end the weather had for upwards of eight
=Vltenurially fine, prises had ban well
Sigh-mimed wheat bad been held at 405.,
Mimi et fibs., end red at 365. to 36.. 6d. per qr. free me I
lime& Seeks of spring own had been ',dated into a
meow emespam, end fall terms had osaesquatly been ash.d
far leaky and oats.
Om Nettie Wen am of the thed July; the weather had
Ism 11.101118.11 k, lho_____OfeerVpa, and a good honest
was 4.1 M." woo reknit ha same sparingly to hand,
Whoa been ambled to Ismer terms, ger 41s.
he
ibe finest S. Peemeraniaa, sad alb. to 40s. per qr.
Snow heed fteseeddl to 6141 M. red BMWs mad Uskermark.
White &WM ef 61Ns. weight, bad bees finely bald at
ing,to 4fia per gr. Rem ma board.
autism item Reeleak an of a mush more eubdusd
demeater then Ism
leireseestiansmes of fine weather
elteeked She so speamiate, and fain quail-
itbilleraelred wheat bad aNsent et motel to 41s. per IF.
free an bawd whitest amides _altentien. The weather had
been flee and bee, with eauleall Mewls% and the grow-