The Sun.
London, England, 1847-10-21 00:00:00

THE CORN TRADE.

HULL, TvEsDAT.---The harvest in this district is
now entirely finished, and under most favourable
circumstances. The weather throughout was every-
thing that could be desired, and hence the condition
of all grain is unusually good. Wheat was sown
more extensively than usual, is an excellent crop ; a
full average, and of great weight ; it is yielding well
to the flail.

Barley is less grown than formerly; it is a very
good crap, and of nice malting quality. Oats, which
were thought ill of at one time, recovered much, and
may be written a fair average; the breadth of land
under this grain increases, while that of Barley
diminishes yearly.
Neither beans nor peas are so much grown as for-
merly with us, and this year they are very defective
indeed, but the quality and condition are good, though
the former are somewhat shrivelled.

Potatoes are deficient in produce, but of superior
quality. Turnips are a failing crop, but have par-
tially recovered since the late rains.

There was a very fair quantity of old wheat left
in farmers' hands at the harvest of 1846, but we be-
lieve that there is less held by them at the present
time than for some years past. Factors hold none,
and of foreign the stock for such a port is only small,
especially of fine qualities.
The past week has been marked by much dulness
in every branch of the trade. The monetary diffi-
culties, which have so long oppressed every branch of
commerce do not subside, and though Hull has for-
tunately kept clear of failures, or even rumours of
failures, every line of business is affected, and ren
dered unpleasant to the last degree. We trust that
there are signs of returning confidence (for that is
the element whose absence has upset so many) in the
commercial world, and this cannot fail to have a bene-
ficial influence upon our own trade.
At this day's market we had a small supply of
wheat from the farmers, field operations now en-
gaging their attention ; millers were expecting to
buy on much lower terms than last week, but farmers
being unwilling to submit, the business done was
limited, at about 2s. to 3s. reduction. Foreign dull
sale, though the quantity offering is not large : some
parcels of new keep arriving by steamer for sale,
and may be bought in the line.
Very little business done in malting barley, but
grinding is scarce and sells at extreme rates.
Oats are rather dull—new foreign of good quality
worth 215., weighing 3811bs. Russian may be
bought somewhat under this rate.
We have a fair demand for beans, though at a de-
cline upon last week's rates ; new foreign are worth
425. to 435. 631b5., Egyptian 375. the same weight—
of the latter a large and superior cargo is on the
market. Peas are very good to sell at full prices.
Rye meal continues to arrive,:and some small car-
goes from near ports having come in to be sold, lower
prices have been taken ; when these are cleared off
we may look for some improvement.
We have again good arrivals of linseed, of various
qualities, and a fair extent of business is daily done
at fully late rates : several arrivals of cake, chiefly
first quality : they meet a good demand at our quo-
tations—Hull made are held at high rates.
We are without rapeseed on the market—any arri-
vals being for crushers' account. Rape cakes may
be bought on easier terms.

No transactions of consequence in bones or guano,

DARING BURGLARY.

On Monday, four men of notorious character were
brought to Nottingham county gaol, charged with
having committed a burglary of a daring and extra-
ordinary nature. On Thursday morning last, at a
quarter before one o'clock, five men, with blacked
faces, smock-frocks, and otherwise disguised, broke
open the house of Mr. Richard Atkinson, victualler,
at Grassthorpe, seven miles from Newark, by re-
moving a pane of glass from the parlour window, and
forthwith they proceeded. up stairs to the chamber,
where the landlord and his wife were in bed. Find-
ing the door locked, they smashed the panels and the
lock, and forcing their way in, surrounded the bed,
holding up their lights and brandishing a plough-
coulter, and threatening to murder both the man and
his wife if they did not lie still, or made any resist
ance, The villains swore repeatedly that the old
couple should lose their lives if they did not at once
tell where their money was to be found. Two of
the gang went up stairs into the female servant's
bed-room, and, holding a plough-coulter over her,
insisted upon being told who were sleeping in the
house, and where her master put his money. Having
ascertained that there were only three inmates in the
house, a sentinel was left over the girl, and one
over the landlord and his wife, while the other three
secured all the keys of the doors, broke open the
boxes and drawers, and ransacked every room and
place, in search of booty. In the course of an hour,
after
refreshing they had collected thirteen
sovereigns,
a themselves,
five-pound note, several half-crowns,
shillings, and pence, a silver watch, half a dozen
silver tea spoons, a razor, two gallons of brandy,
four gallons of gin, and other property, with which
they left the house, going in the direction of Egman-
ton. The servant girl crawled out of her bed directly
after the sentinel had left her room, and saw the vil-
lains effecting their retreat. Information was given
the same morning to Mr. I'Vills, superintendent of
the county police at Newark, and a vigilant inquiry
being instituted, John Ashbourne and Robert Green,
of Egmanton, and George Herring and Hezekiah
Beardsall, of Retford, were all apprehended the next
day. A fifth man has absconded. The police con-
stable of Taxford saw five men on the morning of the
robbery, at three o'clock, on the road leading in a
direction from Atkinson's to Egmanton. On Satin.•
day the prisoners were examined before Mr. W. F.
Handley, a magistrate at Newark, and Green and
Ashbourne were positively sworn to, and Beardsall
had the key of the cellar-door found upon him. These
men form part of the Egmanton gang, who have long
been the terror of the neighbourhood, and Beardsall
is a returned convict. The prisoners were committed
to Nottingham gaol to take their trial for the offence.