The Sun.
London, England, 1837-10-30 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1837.

MARKET INTELLIGENCE•

lie sales, and fair to very- good went at 3fid. a 52d.
at 3d. a sd.
On.s.-The demand for the common descriptions of Fish
Oils has much abated. Pale Seal and Cod may be purchased
at 501., fine Southern at 421. ; all the ships have armed from
the Fisheries, and the production is only 603 imperial tuns
Southern, and 200 tuns Greenland.-Sperm remains at 841.,
but the demand is limited. Linseed 303. per cwt. This after-
noon Southern found buyers at 231. to 411. for low and fine,
being 40s. to 60s. below the prices obtained last week.
COCHINEAL -The demand has become very moderate.
Black at a reduction on former rates of 21 per 11,., ord. and
good Honduras went at 6s. 61. to 7s. 61 silver sold ld.
under previous prices, Honduras low and good mid. at 6s. 3d.
to 6s. 6d., foxy ss. 101 to 6s. 2d. ; Vera Cruz ord. and mid.
6s. to 6s. 3d._,• Garbling went at 21. 3d. to 2s. Bd. per lb.
Itintuo.-The demand for East India has been again very
moderate. Some ssiall sales have been made at last sides
prices to 3d. advance. Guatimala went at 3d. per lb. under
former prices ' • low Cortes to good Sobres sold at 2a. 2d. to
ss. 3d. per lb.

Madras

( From the New Lone ,n Price Current of F..iday. )
Sunea.--=British Plantation has fully supported previous
rates, and in some instances a slight advance has been obtained,
and the importers show little inclination to sell at present
prices, but the operations have been to a less extent than Las
been the case of late ; the demand from the grocers as well as
the refiners has become very moderate, which may be attributed
to the prompt of this week still falling due on this side of the
',resent year, and the attention of the former being directed to
the Tee 'ales ; at auction on Tuesday 121 hhds. Barbadoes
went with spirit at prices 6d. to Is. above those obtained at the
previous sale, tins sold at 665. to 675., mid and good 625. 6 I. to
639. Gd. ; by the last returns the deficiency in the stock was
not to that extent it was in the previous week, it being 11,822
hhds. 997 trs. and 1,123 brls. under that of last year, which was
occasioned by the landings at the docks being 950 hhds. and
trs. greater than that at the corresponding period of 1836. but the
arrivals this week having been light, amounting only to 199
hhds., which is 600 hhds. less than during the same time last
year, the deficiency in the stock will by Tuesday next be again
increased, and will continue so up to the end of the present
season, when it is estimated it will be nearly 16,000 hhds. and
trs. under that of the former year ; the deliveries for home
consumption continue very large, and last week were 660
hhds. arid trs. greater than during the same period in 83
up to the present period 13,000 hhds. and trs. more have been
delivered this season than last ; prices, notwithstanding the
late advance, are now 7s. to Bs. for brown, sz. to 7s. for low
and mid. jellow, and 4s. for good and fine lower tnan they
were on the e7th October, 1836, and the grocers and refiners
in both town and country heirsg very scantily supplied, causes
holders naturally to expect higher prices; the lowest point of
the Market for ord. brown is 565., even at which difficulty is
experienced in purchasing ; no public sale of Barbadocs is an-
nounced for next week.
This afternoon, owing to the cause stated above, there was
very little doing in either grocery or refining descriptions, but
prices continue very firm, and the 'purchases for the week are
1,900 hhds. and trs.
In the Refined Market there has been less activity this
week, but in prices no variation has taken place, goods being
still extremely, scarce, and are likely to continue so, few of the
houses being at full work ; -mad sonic of the refiners, in con-
sequence of the unremuneraing rates they obtain, owing to
the high price of the raw material, talk seriously of working
out. The demand from the grocers since our last has been
moderate, at 76a for Lumps passing, 753. for those rather
under the standard, and 725. to 735. for brown Lumps ; for
exportation the inquiries have much abated, and only a few
small parcels of double Crushed have been disposed of at 355.;
there are several buyers at 345. 6d., at which there are not
sellers. Pieces continue to sell freely at former rates. Bas-
tards have been in active demand, and rather higher prices
have been obtained ; the lowest price is now 48s. There con-
tinue ready buyers of Treacle, and rather higher rates have
been obtained for common descriptions ; best sorts have fully
maintained former quotations. 13 Dutch Crushed Sugar
there has been nothing doing ; 335. is still required.
MAURITIUS. -There has been a good disposition evinced on
the part of buyers to purchase, and fully previous prices have
been freely offered, but the demand has been rather checked
by the importers asking advanced rates; still there has been a
good business transacted at prices Is. above those obtained at
the last public sale ; none has been offered at auction this
week, and nothing is advertised; there have been no arrivals;
the deliveries last week for home consumption greatly ex-
ceeded those of the corresponding period of 1836.
EAST bnin.-Bengal, subject to the 245. duty, has been in
brisk demand for home consumption, and prices have again
advanced 6d. to Is. ; at auction, 2,195 bags duty paid sold
with much spirit, good yellow at 625. 6d. to 635., low to mid.
white 635. 6.1. to 665., good to fine 675. 6d. to 70a., very supe-
rior with strength 71s. 6d. to 755. 6d., fine damps 71s. Gd. to
725. 6d., low to good 625. to 675., very low heavy brown worse
than Bastards 475. to 50s. ; for Manilla there has been an im-
proved demand at previous rates, and the private purchases
have been I,Boo.bags at 183. to 18s. 6d. for good brown ; in
Siam or Java there is nothing doing.
FOREIGN. -There is still little disposition evinced to pur-
chase, and in the absence of public sales the transactions pri-
vately have been very trivial, but the stock here being light,
nothing is offering at lower prices ; only 100 chests yellow
Havannah has been sold at 275. 6d., and a floating cargo of
Bahia at 275. 61 for white, and 18s. for brown deliverable at
Antwerp.
MOLASSES.-The demand for West India has been much
checked by the short and indifferent supply at Market; there
are ready buyers, particularly for fine qualities, at fully the
rates previously established ; some parcels of very ord. dark
thin St. Kitts have been sold at 325. to 325. 6,1, and fine
345. tin. ; 300 puns. Demerara are now landing.
COFFEE.-The transactions in the clean descriptions of
British Plantation have been on a more extended scale this
week than last, and a fair business has been done, principally
in the mid. and best descriptions at fully the rates previously
established, and some small sales of good ordinary qualities
have been effected for exportation to our colonies at 755. ; un-
clean sorts the trade take sparingly, and the greater portion
at auction was taken in for want of buyers, but holders cos-
tiaue to require fully previous prices ; at public sale 436 cables
have been offered, Jamaica clear, good middling went at 117 s.
to 118 s. ; low mid. and mid. 965. to 103 s. ; good to fine ord.,
675. to e6s. ; Dominica mid., 975. ; fine ord., 89s. to 955. ;
I3erbice low mid., 965. to 983.; good ord., to 80s. ;
only IS casks have arrived since our last ; the only public sale
announced for next week is 156 casks for Thursday. The
demand for East India with certificate has much improved,
and former prices has been fully maintained, and in some in-
stances stiffer prices have been obtained for good descriptions;
Ceylon has been in very brisk demand by the grocers : pri-
vately the purchases amount to 3.500 bags at 625. to 683. for
lew to good ord., besides 2,617 bags at auction, which went
with much spirit, very fine yellow at 87s. 61 to 945., find
ord. 695. to 705., fair and good ord. 665. to 60e, rather
brownish, 655., low ord. mixed and country damaged, 635. 61.
to 61s. ; Mocha has been taken less freely by the grocers, and
former prices have been barely obtained ; 300 bales at auction
were only partly disposed of at 755. to 753. 6d. for small
mixed) efiow, 78s. to 81s. for mid., and 70s. for ungerbled,
uneven greenish was taken in at 745. ; 2,046 baskets are an-
nounced for auction on Tuesday next; for shipping there
are still few orders for Semarang or Ceylon, and of Su.
metre only a few small parcels have been disposed of at 30a. to
345. for ord. to fair ord. Foreign is held firmly at last week's
rates, and the supply has become short, particularly of the
coloury descriptions, but the accounts of the Continental Mar-
kets being unfavourable, the transactions here privately con-
tinue limited, and have been confined to 300 bees Rio at 395.
to 403. 6d. for good ord., and some small parcels of St. Do-
mingo at 403. to 40s. Gd. for similar quality ; there have
been no public sales.
This afternoon there was no public sale of any description,
and with the exception of the clean qualities of British Plan-
tation, which are enquired for, there was very little doing pri-
vately prices unaltered.
Cocoa.-For British Plantation there has at length been
an improved demand, and 54 brls. 154 bags Trinidad at auc-
tion were ell disposed of at rather stiffer prices, fair and mid.
grey at 395. Gd. to 425. 6d., mid. and good red 435. to 455.
6d., ord. 41s. ; the stock is now rather under that of last year,.
Of Foreign there is still no supply, and none expected; the
stock at all the Continental Markets is very light.
Rum, BRANDY, AND 110I.LANDS.-The demand has been very
limited for Jamaica Rum, and former prices have been barely
maintained ; Leewards have been in steady request at fully the
rates previously established ; the transactions in the former
have been only 100 purrs., 28 to 33 per cent. over proof at es.
to 4s. 2d., 34 to 36 over at 4s. 3d. to 4s. 4d., and 300 puns.
of tire latter proofs to 2 per cent. orer at 2s. 41d. to 2s. 5d.,
3 to 8 over 2s. 61. to 2s. 7d., 9to 12 over 03. Bd. to 23. 9d., 15
to 18 over 2s. 10s. to 2s. I Id., 20 to 24 over 33. to 35. 4d. ;
the arrivals since our last have been only 110 puns. Brandy is
in good demand Geneva flat.
SALTPETRE.--Rough has been in fair demand, Calcutta
went readily at 265. for fine quality, 4 per cent. refract ion, and
245. a 245. 61. for good 104 per cent. do. ; British Refined
has been taken sparingly.
TALLOW. -Prices continue firm, but the transactions for
forward delivery have been very trivial ; 593. Gil. to 395. 9d.
is asked for the next two months, and 403. for January, Fe-
bruary, and March next year ; for consumption there has been
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395. Gd. to 393. 91. for Petersburg!' Yellow Candle of first
quality, and some fine parcels hare been sold at 40s. per cwt.
The deliveries last week were large, exceeding those of the
corresponding period of last year, being 277 casks; the
stock is now 11,138 casks greater than in 1536 at this period,
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a 2s. 101., fine 3s. a 3s. 61., superior 53. v
2s. a 2s. 3d. ; Souchong, ord. Is. 3d., good 2s. 4d. a'
Orange Pekoe, faint I Id. ; Gunpowder 3s. tP,-d. a 5s • 8d..;
Imperial 2s. 9d. a 4s. 3d. per lb. This afternoon there* ; . was
an increased animation in the biddings, and higher prices by
Id. per lb. were obtained ; Canton Baca
selling at Is. 21. a
Is. 3d. ; Fokien Is. Bd. a Is. 9141. per lb.
Seices.-The demand privately for Black Pepper continues
good very moderate. Malabar taken in at 4d. per lb. for half
heavy ; for Cassia Lignea there are very few huvers ; Nut-
megs at public sale went at 53. 2d. to ss. 3d. ; ;Mace at
for good seconds; Pimento went at 30. to 31d. for 53*3d*
to good quality. East and West India Ginger unaltered middling
value; Bengal sold at 215., and Jamaica whaite t in
61. for ordinary to middling. Cloves, Bourbon, 3/. 18s. to
bought in at
ls. Id. to Is. lid. for middling.
RICE.-For export there has been much inquiry
India, and 12s. freely offered for mid. white Bengal, for East
demand has been checked by the holders requiring 123. but the
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COTTON. -There were very few buyers of East India ex-
cepting at lower prices, at which, there are some orders.
Surat sold at P. a 13. per lb. under the rates of
the last pub-

AGRICULTURAL REPORT FOR

OCTOBER.

The season has proved moSt. gorgeous ; amply have we
been compensated for the rigours of the spring, and a most
useful lesson has been afforded. Henceforward lot no one
anticipate evil by the fingerings of ►winter. We may be permit-
ted at the time to regret the slow approaches of summer ;
but the late summer has presented irrefragable proof that
tardiness is not destruction; on the contrary, that super-
abundance may rapidly be conferred on those who have
yielded to ungrateful misgivings and gloomy anticipations.
Every private account has confirmed our o►wn ►widely-ex-
tended observation. In the south, wheat was safely har-
vested ; barley and oats, though they suffered in point of
colour, sustained no material injury, and every other crop
was duly secured. But what shall we say of the north
Nothing but what may be conveyed by the single word—
perfection ! Scotland suffered exceedingly during the
autumn of 1836 ; but her harvest of thd present year
has been carried amidst the splendour of one of the finest
seasons that the agriculturist could witness, or his most
sanguine wishes anticipate. Of the present crops—their
prospects at least—we need only remark that everything
on the ground is looking well, if we except the turnips.
We grieve to say that, although there are many fine ex-
ceptions, numerous plots are again ravaged by a grub,
which, it is the opprobrium of the farmer to say, no one
appears to understand. Its attacks are fearful. As soon
as the bulb acquires the breadth of half an inch, it is as-
sailed by herds of this demon ; ten, twenty, and thirty
attack it on every side, pierce it with innumerable wounds,
destroy the fibres, and detach it from every source of
nourishment. The Swedes arc peculiarly the prey of this
insect, which possesses a tenaciousness of life, and an
elastic strength of texture, that no chemical agent can
effectually assail. Our experiments have forced us to con-
clude that nothing hitherto discovered can rescue a field
which has once been invaded. The grub is " the rook-
worm ;" and to those birds we must look for a re-
medy. They seek it in flocks, they turn up the
surface of the soil, and devour every individual
which their eager exertions expose. If man ever suc-
ceeds in abating the nuisance, he must attack it in the pa-
rents, not in the progeny. It is the cockchafer, a cole-
optuous beetle, which emerges from the earth in May, that
causes all the evil, and therefore should become the object
of unsparing destruction. It is the duty of the farmers to
compare notes, in order to ascertain whether the insect
(a sort of grey caterpillar, long known in the gardens) be
everywhere the same. Ireland is also a fellow sufferer,
and a very little exertion would decide the fact. We have
proved that the fields of Berks and Buckinghamshire have
one and the same enemy, which we have every reason to
conclude assails the eastern counties. This reiterated at-
tack affords another cogent reason for an improved system
of agriculture ; and nothing presents itself so obviously as
an extensive convertible routine. Old pastures should be
broken up, arable land should for a time be converted to
pasture, and every expedient resorted to, to change the
order of cropping, thereby improving the fertilising power
of the soil. But we must again return to the subject of
the crops. While the land teems with abundance, the toc-
sin of alarm continues to be sounded, and the reporters of
the metropolis make the press a vehicle of mischievous,
selfish, designing fallacy. To the never-ceasing assertion
that the bad condition of new wheat renders kiln-drying
a dernier resort, they have now added the torror-confer-
ring prospects of ruin to the newly-sown wheat. The
seed, forsooth, is '• malted" in the ground ; it has sent forth
a root, but for lack of rain, has been powerless to protrude
a blade. We laugh at the latter complaint, especially as
the rain has conr,, and drowned the alarm of these " fear-
ful adversaries ;" but really it is pitiable to be annoyed

with the eternal sing-song of " kiln-drying." Here and
there, no doubt, a moist sample has been produced, and a
solitary fact or two may have presented itself, thereby
enabling the interested parties to " lie like truth." But
what say those who observe who really know the bearing
of general facts ? What, in. a word, do the honest re-
ports of the country testify ? A few faithful extracts
shall furnish the answer, and prove an antidote to the
libel of metropolitan ignorance, or something worse.
Of Scotland nothing need be said ; the facts are too po-
tentially conclusive. Of the midland counties, our corres.
pondents in llerts, Derbyshire, &e, confirm our own posi-
tive observations as far as respects Barks, Buckingham, and
Oxfordshire. From Bath reports we trace that " wheat had
been most successfully harvested throughout the greater
part of this neighbourhood. The crop is excellent, the bar.
ley harvest has commenced, the potato crops are abundant.
The turnip-fields are one mass of green, and we trust be-
yond the reach of the fly. The orchards are generally pro.
ductive ; in short Providence has been most bountiful to
us." This, be it remarked, was long before the confirmed
line weather. A second notice observes—" According to
accounts from all parts of the country, the harvest seems to
have been completed in the most satisfactory manner. The
recent fine weather, while it shortens winter, affords addi-
tional sources of gratification to the husbandman. All the
autumnal crops are in a luxuriant state, and abundance is
everywhere acknowledged. The crops of potatoes, turnips,
and mangel-wurzel, are luxuriant, and the market gardens
have all the freshness of spring."
We may add that stock is heathy, and every possible
species of food for winter sustenance promises to be abundant.
How long shall we continue to be amused by tales of kiln-
dryinff and ground malted corn ? If, however, any farmer
has been so negligent as to suffer his shocks to be damaged,
we pity him not—the hooding, or capping sheaf, always re-
sorted to by his wiser brethren of the north-western counties,
would have warded off the temporary evil.
On the subject of improved husbandry, leading to assured
increasing production, and with that to the blessing of cheap
bread (that scriptural mercy), with amply remunerating.
profit to the grower, we should be remiss in not copying
the following extract from the New Farmer's Journal :
" SPADE HUSBANDRY.—At the late meeting of the Bri-
tish Association at LiVerpool, Dr. Yellowley read a paper
on spade husbandry in Norfolk. A farm of 317 acres, be-
longing to Mr. Mitchel, was cultivated with eight horses
and twenty men, under a system of spade husbandry, which
had required twelve horses and twenty men with the plough ;
and the general results were, better wages to the workmen,
and an increase of one-third in the produce of the farm.
Mr. Mitchel attached a garden of a quarter of an acre to
each of the men, from which they derived a profit of 3/. 3s.
a year. Sir Edward Kerrison, in Suffolk, had made 200
such allotments, which were sought after with avidity.
The rents were paid with great regularity, and the im-
provement in the condition and character of the cottagers
was very manifest."

It is reported that to add to the novelty and brilli-
ancy of the Royal procession, it is the intention of many to
send up small balloons, at the going and returning of her
Majesty from the city.

At this late period of the season the trees have
scarcely begun to shed their leaves, and the herbage in the
fields near the metropolis looks fresher and more plentiful
than it did in the month of May. Last year we had snow
and frost long before this time.

As the harvest has for some time been brought to a
close in this quarter, it may now be proper to state the
results, as ascertained from the best-informed sources.
The weather throughout has been uncommonly favourable.
Although we bad a good deal of rain, yet it seldom conti-
nued beyond a few hours, and was always succeeded by
drying winds and a fair portion of sunshine, for the ad-
vanced period of the season. The consequence has been
that the grain crops have been cut down and secured in
the barn-yard under circumstances the most propitious for
the farmer, particularly as regards the comparatively small
expense in securing his produce and the excellence of its
quality. Wheat, however, was thin on the ground, and ex-
hibits a degree of inferiority, being from one to two pounds
per bushel below the average weight. Sixty-one and a half
pounds we believe to be the heaviest samples yet produced
in our market. Barley, although lighter than when taken
from the stook, is still above an average weight, and yields
well. Oats also aro productive, both in, the barn anti at
the mill, 17, 18, and even 19 pecks of meal have been re-
turned from the boll of the Flemish and potato varieties.
Beans, which were above an average in bulk, are found to
be very productive, well filled, and clear coloured. Soma
of the parcels, although not yet perfectly firm, weighed
6411i5., which is at least 4lbs. above the average of last year.
Potatoes are all dug in the carse lands, and wheat sown in
their place, and seldom has that process been finished un-
der more favourable circumstances—the ground being, as
the farmer expresses it, " just the thing, neither too wet
nor too dry." The potatoes are also finding their way fast
to the pit in the dry field. Indeed this valuable article is
both abundant and of excellent quality. Turnips have im-
proved much, and will also be fully an average crop.—
Sliding Journal.