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E BRITISH CORN
TRADE.
the Mark-lane Erpress.)
nv no longer anything new in pur-
,t for sipm( nt to France, small
quan„Les having from time to time been taken in our
markets by French buyers for several months past, still,
a good deal of sensation has been caused this week by
the extent of the purchases for that- country. What
had been previously done had been on a comparatively
retail scale, but latterly a large proportion of the supply
brought forward at the shipping ports on the east coast,
has been bought for export ; and, should the demand
continue on the same scale, our own millers will have to
bestir themselves to obtain the quantity needed to keep
their mills going. The wheat trade is certainly in a
very singular position at present. Countries from,
which we are in the habit, in ordinary years, of
receiving supplies, are not only unable to afford us
assistance, but actually look to England for aid. On
the east coast, as already stated, wheat has been rather
largely bought this week fur the continent; whilst our
western ports have, for months past, been shipping ex-
tensively to Ireland. Under there circumstances, it Is
not surprising that stocks should have diminished
rapidly; and we fe.:l tolerably certain that less wheat is,
at this moment, held by farmers than has been the case
for some years at the corresponding time. There may
be, and probably are, exceptions in particular localities;
but, taking the kingdom collectively, there must, we
think, be a considerable deficiency. At no time :ince
the harvest have the growers bell back supplies; this is
proved by the quantities returned as soki at those towns
where the returns are made up for computing the
averages, and by the generally liberal manner in
which all the markets in the agricultural districts
have been supplied. It follow, therefore, that
if the last crop did not exceed an average
(and that it did nut is now universally admitted), im-
mense inroads must have been made in farmers' stocks.
There was, it is true, a fair quantity of ald wheat on
hand when the new crop was harvested, particularly in
the western counties, but not more, we believe, than in
ordinary times. The fact is that the consumption of
wheat has, in consequence of the want of potatoes, been
enormously great, in evidence of which we have merely
to draw attention to the almost total exhaustion of the
foreign stocks in warehouse. Taking London, for ex-
ample, when the new corn-laws were passed, duty was
paid here on upwards of 600,000 quarters ; of this
large quantity there are at present not more than
80,000 to 100,000 quarters left on hand. We have not
the means at command for ascertaining whether the
drain has been equally great at the outports, but, from
all we can collect on the subject, we can come to no
other conclusion than that stocks are decidedly short in
all parts of the kingdom, and that, however liberal the
American supplies may prove, they will hardly suffice
to place us in a safe position. The present value of
wheat being deemed hazardous for investments, very
few speculative purchases have of late i eau made.
Hence there has been less animation in the trade than
might have been expected ; indeed, had it not been for
the French demand, prices would probably have under-
gone a slight depression. The inquiry for export and
purchases
for actual consumption have, however, sufficed
to take off the supplies ; and, so far from any reaction
having occurred, the tendency has been decidedly up-
wards.

In the Scotch markets, no change appears to bare
taken place in prices of wheat; for whilst the lively tone
of the advices from the south had induced sellers to re-
main firm, an unwillingness on the part of the millers to
buy had rendered it impossible to establish an advance.
From Ireland, the reports are of a similar character
as before; the sufferings of the people had, in some
localities, been partially alleviated; in other districts
the distress is stated to be as great as ever, and
there can be no doubt that shipments of food, on an ex-
tensive scale, will have to be made from hence through-
out the summer.

Flour, of town manufacture, has not sold freely ; but
the millers have manifested no anxiety to press the
article, and its previous value has been firmly supported.
For ship flour, former terms have likewise been de-
manded, and the best brands of American have been
sold at slightly enhanced rates.
The arrivals of barley have not been very large, only
9,615 qrs. having been reported up to this (Saturday)
evening, including 6,667 qrs. from abroad. This grain
has, nevertheless, been very dull of sale, and even the
finest malting qualities have rather fallen in value,
whilst distilling and grinding sorts, whltel►,: are more
likely to be influenced by the expected supplieS frog the
Baltic, have been almost unsaleable.
The brewers have bought malt with extreme.caition
throughout the week, which, together with the very dull
state of the barley market, has caused a slight decline in
prices of the article.
The supply of oats from our coast has amounted to
5,032 qrs., whilst from Scotland 3,119 qrs. and from
Ireland only 539 qrs. have been received ; upwards of
26,000 qrs. having, however, come to hand from the
near continental ports in the course of the week, there
has been no scarcity of this grain. e principal dealers
being fully aware that importers will, if possible, avoid
incurring landing expenses, have acted on the reserve,
their object being to wait for the expiration of the lying
days, and thus force down prices. The transactions
have, consequently, been on quite a restricted scale, and
the turn has been decidedly in favour of the buyer.
Beans have met with very little attention, and no Va-
riation requiring notice has occurred in quotations.
Peas have been taken off in retail, at much the same
rates as before.

There have ben fewer ()trots of Indian corn to arrive,
and for cargoes rear at hand full prices might have
been realised.

TO THE PUBLIC.

Under the present awtul calamity of famine, accom-
panied
with fearful loss of human it is the bounden
duty of every individual to aid and a,sist his fellow men,
without regard to sect or creed; and more especially
does it behove each in hi:; re :nr..ctive station and calling,
to second the measures of the Government of his country,
irrespective of all poliic.d• fe:ling, in husbanding and
lessening the consumption of flour, and thus forestalling
the means of subsistence for the f,.rth-coming season ;
a season which, it is to be feared, will be most severely
felt by the labouring class of this kingdom, whose pri-
vations and wants are, from the high price of provisicns,
and the almost annihilation of the potato-crop, (which
constitutes about five-sixths of their food) increasing
with fearful and rapid steps. In the hope of being useful
for effectuating the above desirable end, the following
suggestions are strongly and repectfully submittt d to the
attention of the rich, that by their practical bounty and
example, they may incite and aff ird to the poor the
means of adopting them, which, under the blessing of
God, will greatly tend to decrease their sufferings, and
supply them with nutritious food.

Thwe following receipt for making bread, has been tried
and adopted, not only in the writer's family, but by
many others, who have been sw.plird with it, with the
most marked and decided success ; and it is in itself so
simple in its preparation, that it can be made available
by the poorest person, simply by their dividing it : thus
for example-141bs. of flour, with 141bs. of fresh coarse
bran, well boiled in one gallon of water, and strained off
with the usual proportions of yeast andf,alt, will give an
increase in weight to the bread of Vbs. beyond the ex-
cess made in the usual way, and the bran, although de-
prived of its nutritive properties, does not lose its drastic
or cooling ones, but is rather increased thereby, and may
be given to horses, for those purposes, with good effect.
Remove only the coat se flake bran from the flour; of
this take five pounds, and boil it in rather more than four
gallons of water, so that, when perfectly strained, you
may have three gallons and three quarts of bran water
clear: with this knead 56 lbs. of the flour, adding salt
and yeast in the same way and proportions as for other
bread.

When ready to bake, divide it into loaves, aid bake
them two hours and a half. Thus made, flour will itn
bibe three quarts more of bran water than of plain, so
that it not only produces a more nutritious and substan-
tial food, but makes an increase of one fifth of the usual
quantity of bread, which is a saving of one da)'s con-
sumption out of six; and if this were adopted through-
out the kingdom, it would make a saving of some millions
sterling throughout the year, reckoning the consumptioa
to be 200,000 bushels a day. The same quantity of flour,
which, kneaded with water, produces 691 b. Boz. of bread.
will in the above way make 831bs. Boz., and gain 141133.
At the ordinary price of flour, four millions would be
saved.

When ten days' old, if put into the oven for twenty
minutes, this bread will appear quite new again.
This being the season for sowing parsnips, no time
should be lost in preparing the ground, which only re-
quires to be dug to the extent of twenty-two inches, if
possible, and well pulverized. As it grows with a tap
root, whatever manure is applied should be placed at the
bottom of the ground, so as to supply the root with
nourishment. Four pennyworth of seed well sown and
trodden in, will produce more meals than four sacks of
potatoes, and, what is still more important, for that
quantity it will not require more ground than is suffi-
cient to grow half a sack of potatoes. There are three
sorts of parsnips, all of French extraction, and respec-
tively adapted for the depth of, and different soils. The
seed may be procured of any respectable seedsmatt,
which, independent of its being recommended as a sub-
stitute for the potato, it will be found extremely nourish-
ing, if well boiled, and of inestimable benefit to the poor
possessing gardens, or field allotments, the value of
which will be greatly enhanced by their respective land-
lords reducing the rents. 11. H.
March 5, 1847.

BURKE'S PEERAGE AND BARONETAGE FOR 1847.
—The new edition of this popular and important work,
which has just appeared, is acknowledged to be the most per-
feet record of the Noble Houses of the Empire ever printed.
Each family has its genealogical history, so comprehensively
arranged that every generation is described with minute
accuracy, their achievements fully recorded, and the interest-
ing traditions and anecdotes connected with the descent care-
fully introduced. All the existing branches appear in full,
and there is probably not a single member of the aristocracy
who cannot be here traced. The new Peers and Baronets
are amply given, and the various intermarriages of the no-
bility with the country gentry are fully set forth, along with
much curious information, which the authors' other great
work, " The Dictionary of the Landed Gentry," has enabled
them to add.

ACCIDENT TO Mn. GITNNING.— We are exceed-
ingly sorry to state that this venerable and highly esteemed
gentleman, who is now in his 93d year, and has held the
office of Senior Esquire Bedel for more than half a century,
met with a very serious accident on Tuesday evening. He
had written a letter at the,Philosophical-rooms, and was pro-
ceeding:ivith tbe post .oftrodcwbeti opposite Mr. Mutton's
shop in All Saint's-passage, he happened unfortunately to
tread upon a piece of orange peel, and-fell-with- considerable
violence upon the pavement. It was feared at the tittle that
he had either dislocated the hip joint or fractured the thigh
bone ; but the precise character of the accident had not been
ascertained when we went to press. He was removed as
soon as possible to his own residence, at Newnham, accom-
panied by his friend and relation, Dr. Thackeray.—Cambridge
Advertiser.