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they could
.rave themselves from trouble and annoyance,
than the people of :this coutitry. Tee rise of cities and
markets Ia India has been as as elsewhere. Trale
has changed its channels wilt a change of. circum-
stances, ItS in Eutope ; and the enormous traffic which
now r as:,c4.the Ghauts, has sprung- U;, within a few
years ago, as also has the opium trade tram Malwa. All
-classes are eaget, to alault, in the pursuit ef commerce
Am! of gain ; indeect, I believe, in the absence of any pre-
iet,t great interests, and looking at, the simplicity of the
pe plc's habits, they would at once attach themselves
to any new channel of trade affordingthe inestimable ad-
vantages of speed, certainty, and security, combined with
ecenomy. At the present time grain scarcely commands a
price is some parts of the interior; but though no direct
export of this commodity were to take place, )et an% Con-
siderable increase in the pr. duct ion of cotton and other ex-
portable produce, would, of course, give a value to gram in
those districts, as it would create a local market for it with
the producers of other commodities, but who are now
themselves engaged in the cultivation of grain. In short,
it may be study raid, that it a market be opened, and a
value be found for any one produce in the interior, ever),
other class o f the surrounding commit ity w ill participate in
the bone ft derived fr. m it, from whence it becomes ex-
pedient that every kind of production should be madeon
of tlie •
subject of inquiry. With regard to the consumption
the interior, the chief at tide its H eight is salt, as noted, by
Me. Clial man ; and a further idea of the inland trade may
be gaMco from the account before adverted to, t f
that of the Bliore Ghaut. But it may be safel.%
assumed that the imports would keep pace with
any increase of exports, and that every sntplus in
the hands of the cultivators would be expended
in the purchase of goods chiefly of Briti-h manufacture.
That with regard to passengers, it seems to be assumed by
the Court of Directors that but few will travel by the rail-
way; though we have. not the advantage of habits induced
by the long; establishment of road conveyances, nor the fa-
cidtv thence arising of estimating the extent of travelling, it
is not to be a,sumed that there would not be on this side of
India very considerable travelling by a railway, for the
causes from which travelling arises ih,England are in exist-
race, though not operating to the same extent here. The
trading classes of the community are in general migratory,
and in the habit of visiting their native country, as well as
other places, for commercial purposes. The met chants are in
the habit of keeping up agencies about the country, or of
empto~ing travelling- agents. The people migrate in search
of employment, many travel to visit places from religious
motives and for change of climate, also to visit at particular
festivals; ar,d, as regards Bombay, probably three-fourths of
the whole pepulaton are foreigners, visiting at intervals
their native country. But if the means were at hand, and
instead of kurne)ing for a month they could reach their
homes in a day, there would be no indisposition to travel
there, for however small their earnings may be, it is not to
be supposed that they have theretize no surplus wages. That
they tind money for occasions, is shown by their great ex•
penditure on maniages and other ceremonials. It is their
characteristic to be thrifty for a year, that they, may be ex-.
travagant for a day. Inquiryfilloold, therefore, betnade into
the numbers of the travelling population, and the present'
state of travelling, its cost; and the delays and the vexatious
that travellers are compelled to suffer.
THE EAST INDIAN.--The Committee announce that, Mr.
Stephenson, the managing director, and three engineers, are
in India, with Mr. Sims, the Government engineer, for the
purpose of entering into negotiations with the Bengal Go-
vernment, to whom the question of railway communication
has been referred by the East India Company.. Should tie.
great trunk from Calcutta to Merzapore be adopted, exten•
sions will be made to Jubalpore. -
GREAT NORTH INDIA-N.—This line proposes to connect
Delhi, Agra, and Allahabad. The line is intended to com-
mence at Allahabad, the point where the steam navigation of
the Ganges terminates, and will form from that city a
grand trunk line to Cawnpore, Agra, and Delhi, and with the
proposed line froth Calcutta and Mirzapoor, is designed to
complete the trunk line from Calcutta to the north-western
lrontiar. A line is also to be run front Madras to Arcot, with
a probable extension to Vellore.

HULL AND HOLYHEAD DIRLUT.

4 gent: al meeting f the Provisional Comma:cc of the
Holl and Holyhead Railway Company, was hula ye,teld.iy
ut the Lomlen Tavern, for the purpose of electing a Ccnimit-
tee of 3lanagement. k,.horoly after twelve o'clock,
Loan Duxnol NE took Vre t hair, and, in opening the pro-
ceedings, said he was happy to see so many gentlemen pre-
sent, as it-bowed a determination on their part to carry out
their e ommon object.. He had had the he noun to be con-
nected with the company from its formation, and be firmly
I believed now, es he originally did, that it was as well cat-
cubtted as any other company to promote the welfare of the
public and the advantage of the Shareholders—(Hear, hear.)
He had paid considerable attention to the affairs of the corn•
pany, and the nature of the project they_ were carr.ling out,
and being fully impr: ssed with a sense oe its utility, he was
decrinined to exert himself as much as possible in promot-
ing ir.—(Cheers.) Front the earnestue she saw evinced by
those pr• s:nt, he fully believed that they were alto simi!arly
disposed. This wcs the first meeting of the company. They
w.sembled for the important purpose of selecting a Cont-
mitt. e of Ma:.age mem, anti he hoped the gentlemen chosen
would be zed,:us and active in the di, charge of their dna, s.
It was not htended to comptimeht any one on this occasion,
by placing lis name on the Cumuli; tee o; .Management, and
he (Lord Dunboyne) trusted that every gentleman would be
:old:: influenced in Lis choice by the:me it. of the individual
for whi m he night vote. Lvetything dilei.d«l on tho,e
ho had to manage the of airs of the ci inpat.y. here were
other matters connected with the it stituti:m, of which tiny
would hear more precisely and correctly front the !ilia of the
solicitor w;tose zeal, taleot, and act:vity, were unequalled.
Mr. JAcsois the :olicitor of the Company, having briefly
acknowledged the compliment paid him, said a great deal of
the merit ascribed to him was owing to the active co-oi,era-
tion of the gentlemen who had come forward as Provisional
Directors; to their energy and zeal was also owing much t f
the present prosperity of the Company. That morning's post
had hr-tight hitn ~everal letters trout those members f the

Ptovi,ional Committee who v ere unable to attend the meet-
ing. Mr. Jacobs then read a letter front John Rauch, Esq.,
Aiayor of Maccle,field, and another from a gent:email re-
siding in Sheffield, both of whom expressed their regret at
not being present, and their confident opinion that the line
would be of great convenience to their respective locali-
ties. These gentlemen, continued Mr. Jacobs, occupied pro-
minent, if not, conspicuous, positions in their respective
towns. He (Mr. Jacobs) was happy to hearfrorn Mr. Watts,
who had just c,me front Macclesfield, of the importance of
the line to that town. He (Mr. Jacobs) was happy to inform
the meeting of the general opinion entertained by the public

of the prac—ticability of the line. The engineer was now en-
gaged with a numerous staff in completing the surveys, in
order to comply with the standing orders. Mr. Jacobs then
red some extracts from the engineer's report to the effect,

that none of the new lines coulfbear a moment's comparison
with it. He had gone in detail over the ground, and had no
doubt of the practicability of every part of it, aml no tunnels
would be required. He •(Mr. Zlavobs) had als9 received
various communications from owners of pmpeity in the dif-
ferent places through which the line would pass. There
could not be the slightest doubt, not only that this line
would pass, but that it would pass in the next session of
Parliament. He had blunted to the secretary a list of those
gentlemen o had occupied themselves from day to day in
promoting the interests of the county. He had received
most valuable assistance from them ; they were well ac-
quainted with everything connected with the project, and
it was moat important to the interests of the Company
that their services should be secured on the managing com-
mittee.

Air. WeAss then moved that the following noblemen
and gentlemen do constitute the Managing Committee of
the Hull and Holy-head Direct Railway, with power to add
to their numbers, and that they be fully authorised to adop:
such mea,ures as they may deem necessary to carry out the
project :—The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Ingestre, Lord
Dunboyne, Hon. H. F. Berkeley, M.P., Sir J. E. Anderson,
William Butler, Esq , master- cutler, of Sheffield ; J. Row-
bottom, Esq., Mayor of Macclesfield ; Mr. Alderman Sidney,
S. J. Waley, Esq., Mr. Shadbolt, W. Collins, Esq., M P., H.
Chayter, Esq., E. Davis, Esq , T. K. Watts, Esq., Maccles-
field ; C. Appleby, Esq., Sheffield ; J. E. Chayter, Esq., and
J. D. Hopkins, Esq., Bedford-square.
ADAM STARK, Esq , of Gainsborough, seconded the motion.
'Mr. HAnntsos objected to a list of names being put be-
fore the mewing, as it would be invidious to object to any
of them, and suggeAed that the names of the persons com-
posing the Provisional Committee be read, and that the
C m ittee of Mai ;agemen t: be :elected therefrom.

RESIGNATION OF MR. SERGEANT
MURPHY, M.P.
Mr. Sergeant Murphy has yielded to the Repeal brawlers
of Cork, who are now at liberty to look out for a Mernber to
their own hearts. The Southern Reporter—a thorough Re.
peeler, " regrets" the Learned Sergeant did not follow his
advice and remain in statu quo till the next general election.
He adds :—"We have lost an excellent practical represen
tative—one whose services were at all times at the disposal
f t:is constituents, who gave universal satisfaction to this
great commercial community, from his extensive knowledge
of their interests whose political creed was extreme
Radical."

Mr. DAYRELL seconded the amendment, which, after con-

siderable discussion,' was put from the chair, and IoA by a
small majority.
The thanks of the meeting were then unanimously given
to Lord Dunboyne for presiding, and the proceedings ter-
minated.

OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVERHAMPTON.
WORCESTER, TUESDAY EVENING, OCToRER I4.—The first
general meeting of the proprietors of the Oxtbrd, Worcester,
and Wolverhampton Railway took place this day, the
Guildhall of the ctiy of Worcester, fur the purpose of trans-
acting the general business of the company, and on other
special ni,tters contained in the report.
Deputations, consisting of Charles Bousfield, Esq., F. F.
Bingley, Esq., and James Ogle, Esq., Leeds; George Os-
born, Esq., John Learning, Esq., and W. Beaumont, Esq.,
Bradford; T. Henry Heaps, Es 1., and other gentlemen, froze
Huddersfield and Halifax, for the purpose of hearing the ad-
vantages to he derived from the proposed plans of the Direc-
tors to the Yorkshire Shareholders, who hold to the amount
of 10,000 shares.
J. Rufford, Esq , the chairman of the company, took the
chair at one o'clock, and was supported by J. P. Barlow,
Esq., W. Polhill, Esq., Directors, and C. Saunders' Esq
secretary of the Great Western Railway Company, the Mayor
of Worcester, and oil. r gentlemen forming the Board of Di-
rectors. Mr. Brunel was also present.
The CHAIRMAN, after alluding to- the late party contest,
referred to the necessity of appointing anuitors, and th,
recommendation of the Directors that Mr. Noel Thoms:,
Smith should be elected their secretary, at a salary of 6001.
a Year, and proceeded to state that the Provisional
Committee had deemed it desirable, for the interests
of the company, to secure an extensive and important
traffic by entering into a conditional agreement with
the Stratford and Moreton Railway Company fine a
perpetual lease of that RaiLvay. The amount of this
lease would not be very large, not exceeding 50,0001.
They had als ) entered into an agreement. with the Stratforo
and Avon Canal Company and the Stourbridge Canal Cont.
pang for the purchase of their respective canals. ihe cost etl
the-fo:mer would be 160,000/., whilst that of the latter woul:.
not exceed 150,000/. They had also deemed it necessary t,
proplide the formation of a company for making the railway
to Cheltenham, in connection with that line from Shipton-
under- \\ hichwood, and had agreed to take one-sixth of the

The Reporter is evidently ashamed of the course pursued
towards Air. Murphy. "We were," says that journal,
opposed to coercion, because no honourable mind would
yield to it. We deprecated the personal hostility by which
some parties were influenced; and though we received a
severe reproof on that occasion, from one whom we venerate
and respect, we still continue of opinion that our course was
as judic.ous as it was honest and patriotic."
'lire folio% ing is the Learned Gentleman's address :

TO 1-11 E ELECTORS OF TILE CITY OF CO1:K.

" Gentlemtn,— You have been for some time aware that it
is my intention to resign, before the next session, the repre-
.sentation tit 3 our city. I (teem it respectful to lay before
yuu the rcasuils which have induced line to adopt this
cuurse.

" It will be in your recollection that, when I first solicited
the distinguished honour of being your representative, many
objections were made to my eligibility. By some the sin-
cerity of my political professions was questioned—to others
t appeared impossible that one so little conversant
ith mercantile details, could discharge efficiently the
• lath s required by a mercantile community—whilst many ob-
ected to me on the ground that my residence in this cam-
ry deprived ne of toe necessary inthrmation en your local
natters, tu enalne me to ascertain and minister to your local
wants. The flattering testimonials cf approval which have
ueen tendered to me by all sections cf your community
tormed the best answer to these objections, and, as a conse-
quence of this reaction, a most kind feeling has sprung up
.ind subsisted between us for some years. Believe me that
.he severance of our political cunnexion will create no dimi-
nution of that feeling; on my part.
"It was impossible I could shut my eyes to the probable
effect of the Repeal movement on the next elections in Ire-
;and. having been elected your representative, nutwith-..
.sanding;
my declining to take the Repeal pledge at the
outset of my political career, I had expected that your
,licision in that regard would have been postponed until
the next election. lied that been so, it would have been
thy duty at all sacrifices to have remained your
representative until the dissolution of this Parlia-
ment. I had experienced in my own case that, however
graceful en appendage a seat in Parliament may prove to-
many distinguished friends of mine, who have attained the
highest walks of the profession, to one, like myself, struggling
nwards in the race, it operated as a serious disadvantage ,
tell I should have been prepared to have borne this disad-
vantage, as well as my exclusion from a lucrative branch of
professional employment, had not the resolution, conveyed to
ac in June last, by intimating that I had forfeited the con-
fidence of a large and influential portion of the constituency
removed all grounds of difficulty.
". I am anxious, therefore, by retiring before the next ses-
sion, to give you an opportunity of selecting as 3 our repre-
sentative a gentleman whose views shall be more in conibr
mil), with your own, and who shall, therefore, command your
confidence, and for.years to come it is my intention to abandon
political life, and devote myself exclusively to professional
I pursuits. will not affect to deny that sacrifice I
thus make is a painful one. I had hoped that it might
have been in my power, under the guidance of a more
matured Parliamentary experience, to have redeemed
efforts that I cannot but consider as crude and ineffectiVe It
may, however, happen that an alteration in your views, as
as well as in my own individual circumstances, might induce
me at some future time to ambition the distinction of a seat
in Parliament. In such a case I shall venture to appeal to
I my thin- years of zealous services, so often kindly recognised
as a claim for future confidence.
" I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, your faithful servant.
" FRANCIS S. MURPHY.

capital thereof, anumuting to 60.000/., and with the Great
We:tern Company to guarai.tee 4 per cent. on the capital
After eferripg to the probability of the line being extendtd
through Wotce,ter to North Wales, the Chairman alluded
the necessity of making a call of 101. per share, in order t.
enable the company jo carry out the works, and called
attention of the Proprietors to other matters which he said
would be found embodied in the report about to be lain
before the meeting.

NOEL T. the secretary, then read the report,
Which went. at length into those subjects to which the chair-

man hart alluded.
The CHAIRMAN proposed that the report read be adopted
and printed for the use of the shareholders.
Dr. BEAUMONT, of Huddersfield, :‘aid that, before the ques-

tion was put. he \a as desirous, with the permission or the
chairman, of propounding one or ,two questions, answers to
which, he thbiught, were essential to the interests and well-
being of the-company. First, Was the line actually leased
to the Great Western Railway Company, or, if not, was it
the intention of the direction to leave the line. and if so, o;
what terms? Secondly, How many shares bad actually
been issued, and how many were held by the proprietors oi
the Great Western Railway Company? lie (Dr. Beaumont)
asked these questioee in the name of Shareholders present
from Huddersfield, Halifax. and Leeds, holders of more than
10,000 shares in the Company.
The CSIAIRMAN said that Dr. Beaumont had misread the
prospectus, the meaning of the paragraph alluded to being
to obtain the approval of the Great Western Company; he
would find it was capable of a very diffetent construction,
aid that the agreement was not subject to the approval of
that proprietary, but of the Great Western proprietary. He
might here remark that at their first outset they were beset
with difficulties so great that it was only by the assistance ol
the Great Western Company that they coend proceed. 1 hat
assistance was given conditionally, on the understanding that
the line should be leased to them at three-and-a-half pet
cent., end half the surplus profits. He (the Chairman)
thcaght it was the best thing for that company that cook
have occiu'red. They could not enter into the question of
the agreement then, because that agreement was the basis of
the existence of the company; and as it was introduced into
the subscribers' deed, the Shareholders, and not the Directors,
were responsible for it.
Mr. W. BARKER, in a lengthened address, eulogised the
advantages of the line, and contended that it ought to be
dealt with as an independent company.
Mr. DouGLAs, of Birmingham, tecommended that the
should petition rather than dictate the terms to the Great
Western Company.
Dr. BEAUMONT then followed in the same strain as Mr.
Barker, caging that the company ought to be unshackled,
and placed upon au independent footing With other impor-
tant trunk lines.
Mr. TIIORNEYCROFT said before they came to any deter-
mination upon this matter they must remember that a:
the time they c,ntracted with the Great IA estern Company
the London ; nd Birmingham Company bad tefused them all
redress, and hod they not entered into that contract they
would have been literally bankrupt.
• Mr. SAUNDERS, the secretary of the Great Western Com-
pany, briefly urged the meeting not to adopt any steps
which should create a disunion amongst themselves or tend
to promote discord bets een the two allied companies. The
projectors of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton
Company would be the first to feel the ill effects of holding
out any threat of repudiation towards the Great Western
Company.—(Hear.)
The report was then adopted, as were the various other
resolutions proposed by the Directors.
A vote of thanks being given to the chairman, the meet-
ing separated.

" 3, Sergeants' Inn, October, 6, 1845."
There is a second communication from the Learned Ser-
geant, directed to the chairman of a meeting of the Repeal
wardens, who resolved that " the best thanks of the members
of this hall be given to Sergeant Murphy, for his very
efficient services during the four years that he has been our
very excellent representative, and that we deeply deplore
that circumstances should occur to sever the tie that existed
between him and his constituents."
_ "TO ANDREW F. ROCHE, ESQ., ALDERMANi CORK.

"My dear Sir,—l trust you will not attribute my delay in
replying to the resolution, which you were good enough to
forward to me, to any disrespect toyourself, or to the body from
which that resolution emanated. I considered it would IA
more formal to make public my intention of resigning, before
I acknowledged an,, resolution, forwarded cn the mere ru-•
meur cf sach an intention on my part, unauthentic:•ted
uy my own announcement of the fact. I accept with
satisfaction tie kind expressions of the body of which
you acted as the organ, because whatever speculative
differences may exist between us, I cannot but recognise
in all the members of that body, men of high integrity, moral
and political honesty, and conscientiously devoted to what
they consider the best interests of the country. It is, there-
fore, a source of great pleasure to me, to carry with me into
retirement the regret of such men, and know that I have so
shaped my political course as to merit the friendship of those
who oppose me on public grounds.—Believe me, dear Sir,
"F. S. MURPHY.
Oct. 6, 1895."
yours,,,3;
Sergeants'very f aith flunl

Pumism.—Yesterday the fight between Chaffey.
of London, and Cain, of Leicester, came off near West Dray-
ton, in the presence of a select number of the pugilistic fancy.
Cain led off by planting a blow on the mug of his antagonist.
who retaliated with equal courtesy. Cent gained the first
knock-down blow and first blood. The men contested with
determination for upwards of an hour. when Cain was de-
clared the victor, Chaffey being deaf to time.
SOMERTOI4. Willi= Pinney, Esq., of Somerton-
house, with his usual liberality, has given up the whole of
the rent due this year to him from the holders of his poor
allotments, amounting to thirty in number, in consequence
of the potato disease; and on Saturday last the whole of the
abourers on the estate had one guinea e: ch, in additio..
to an excellent suit of mourning, presesented to them agree-
abli with the wish of his deceased father.— Sherborne Journal.
TRURO MONTHLY CATTLE MARKET.—This mar-
ket was held on Wednesday last, but in consequence of the
previous Summercourt fair, and the approaching Michell fair,
there was a small attendance, and but little business was
done. The supply of cattle was less than usual, and the
sale generally dull ; fat cattle sold from 455. to 50s. per cwt.,
cows and calves at high prices. There was a good supply of
sheep, but very few buyers; sellers were asking from 54d. to
6d. per lb.—Penzance Gazette.
WELLINGTON STATUE.—We are almost ashamed
to state that this work 4.f art has been again subjected to
injuries, wilfully and recklessly committed by some person or
persons as yet unknown. The bas reliefs on the pedestal
have been defaced in a manner more serious than they
were a few weeks ago, when we had to announce a sio.ilar
outrage--4everal of the bayonets on the guns of the soldiers
have been broken off, others have been torn from the sides
'of the figures, and the scabbard on one of the equestrian
figures has also been destroyed, besit!es other injuries of alike
nature. This act of vandalism was perpetrated in the course
of Friday night; but, so far as we hare heard, no trace of
the offenders has yet been discovered. It will be seen that
the Committee on the statue have offered a reward of 100/.
for the detection of the guilty party or parties; and it is to
he hoped that it may prove successful in bringing them to
punishment.— Glasgow .Argus.
SERIOUS CAB ACClDENT,—Yesterday afternoon,
a serious accident occurred to a man named Edward Scully,
aged 52 years, in the employ of Mr. Golding, carman, of the
London Docks. He was delivering some goods at one of the
wharfs in Lower Thames-street, and whilst coming to the
street from under the gateway, he was jammed between. an
iron post andthe wheel of a cabriolet, which was entering at
the moment. He fell to the ground in a state of insensibility,
and in that condition was removed to Guy's Hospital, where
he remains without hopes of recovery, having sustained
noiere injury in the abdomen and died.

COURSE OF EXCHAI
Amsterdam CF. 12 9i
Ditto, at sight l2 7i
Rotterdam 2U. 12 10
Antwerp 26 15
Ramburgh T.B. 1314}
Altona

Paris, 3 days' sight 25 75
Ditto, 3 months 26 5
Marseilles
Bourdeaux 26 10
Frankfort on Maine 1221
Petersburgh, 3Us —
Berlin —
Vienna, effec. £o lO 6
Trieste, ditto
Madrid 36*
Cadiz
Bilbao —

GRAVESEND ATMOSPDERIC.—Yesterday, a ldrge assem-
blage of the inhabitants of Gravesend, amongst whom were
the principal magistrates and members of the town council,
met in the large room of the Town-hull, High-street, fur the
purpose of hearing en exposition of the merits of the projected
(PiWrote's) Atmospheric Railway from London to Gravesend.
Dr. Hewlett mitt into a lengthened detail of the principle of
Pilbrow's atmospheric propulsion, in the course of which he
exhibited a model to explain more fully the process of apply-
ing the atmospheric pressure. At the conclusion of the
learned gentleman's remarks, a vote of thanks was passed to
the Mvyor for his kindness in granting the use of the Town-
hall, when the assemblage broke up.

Barcelona
Seville -

TRE SUN, LONDON% WEDNIRSDAY EVEINING, OCTOBER 1,53 1845,

REVIEW OF THE BRITISH CORN
TRADE DURING THE. PAST WEEK.
The very wet, unfavourable weather experienced during
the week has done so much injury to that portion of the
crops still abroad in the northern counties, as to render it
next to impossible for the grain to be secured in any other
than the worst condition, however auspicious the weather
may hereafter be, ome. When rain occurs early in the -
season, its effects may, frequently, be almost wholly re-
medied ; but the year is now too far advanced to admit us
to hope that the mischief done in the present case can be
repaired : the shortness of the days, the diminished power
of the sun, and the heavy night dews, all tend to prevent
that which has been thoroughly saturated with wet being
easily died, except by artificial means ; the corn which
has been exposed in the fields to the frequent heavy
showers of the past flirtnight (and the quantity is, we are
sorry to learn, coneiderable). must therefore inevitably be
carted in a damp state. in some localities, where there
have been heavy floods, a portion will be entirely lost, and
that pert saved can scarcely be expected to be in fit order
fur thrashu:g for months to come. So far, therefore, from
any improvement having taken place in our prospects,
there is reason to fear that the result , a the hea-
ve. t—t eking the kingdom colectively— will prove
even more unfavourable than was before apprehended ;
and there can no longer be any doubt that fine old wheat
will' become more vemtible in proportion as it is found to be
required fur mixing with the damp. inferior qualities of new
That the quantity 1-ft over of last year's crest is trifling; is
generally admitted ; whilst it is en undoubted fact that of
free foreign very little remains in the country. It is true
that' we have about half a million of quarters of wheat in
bend in the kingdom, and it is possible that somewhat about
100,003 quarters may anive before winter puts a stop to
shipments from the Baltic ; but even were the whole of this
quantity immediately released, we doubt whether -it would
have any material influence on price=. Lt the present posi-
tion of affairs it is not likely, however, that importers
will enter for home consumption, as by leaving their
property under lock, they will be in a position to take
advantage of the fall which must., later in the year, occur in
the duty.
The trade in Wheat has, since our last, been active ; and
not only has the previously established advance been main •
tained, out a -further rise in prier s has taken place at many
of the principal markets. Notwithstanding the inducement
held out by the pi esent remunerating rates, farmers have
manifested-very little anxiety to part with their wheat, and
the deliveries have rather fallen off than increased ; buyers
have, on the other hand, dt erred it prudent to make further
addition to their stocks, and, at present, we can discover no
symptoms of a re-action.
At Liverpool, on Tuesday, the best dry qualities of new
Wheat were readily placed at terms fully 3d. per 701bs. above
those of that day se'nnight ; and old rose to about the same
extent. Bonded parcels were sought after; but, in conse-
quence of the very high rates demanded, the actual transace
tions were not extensive. On Friday the inclination to make
investments was more general than in the early part of tin
week ; and for a parcel of ordinary red Baltic, in bond, 7s.
per 701bs. was paid.
The reports from Leeds and Hull, of Tuesday, though of a
decidedly firm character, are less animated than might have
been anticipated, considering the quantity of' rain which has
recently fallen in Yorkshire. At neither of the places last
named were the millers willing to pay enhanced rates, and
sellers declining to accept former prices, the operations were
comparatively unimportant; the case Nem., however, different
at Wakefield on Friday, the continued wet having created
much uneasiness for the outstanding portion of the crops. On
the whole a fair amount of business was transacted there, and
Wheat realised from ls. to 2s. per quarter more than on that
day se'nuight.
The advices from the western and north-western markets
report a material rise in quotations. At Bristol, on Thursday,
all kinds r f Wheat advanced Is. to 2s per quarter; and at
Birmingham, on the same day, the enhancement amounted
from 2s. to 3s per quarter. Letters from the last-named town
inform us that a good deal of Wheat, a proportion of the Peas
and Tares, and neatly the whole of the Beans, are still abroad
in that neighbourhood.'
As already remarked, only moderate supplies have this
week been brought forward by the growers; and at the ship-
ping ports on the east coast—from whence the growth of
Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, and Norfolk is dispatched to
the chief consuming markets—the supplies have fallen some-
what short of the demand. At Spalding and Lynn, on
Tuesday, the turn was decidedly in favour et* the seller; and
at Boston, on Wednesday, the advance amounted to fully 2s.
per quarter.
Our advices from Scotland speak very despondingly of the
weather, and the progress made with harvest operations in
that country. Even in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh
much of the corn, we are informed, is still in the fields; and
in the backward localities, immense injury has, it is feared,
been done by the heavy and constant rain ; as, however,
the prospects in respect to quantity were previously very
good, it was still hoped that—though the quality would be
inferior—about an average produce would be secured. These
remarks apply more particularly to Oats, the steple crop of
the country ; Wheat appears there, as with us, to have
suffered from the want of warmth and excess of moisture
during the summer months, and is therefore expected to be
short in yield. There was considerable excitement in the
grail trade at Edinburgh on Wednesday. Wheat was
quoted 2s. per quarter, Barley Is. to is. 6d., and Oats ls. to
2s. per quarter higher, with an active demand for each. At
Glasgow business was also lively on the day named, and the
rise in price was quite as great at the last as at the first men
tioned town.
Ireland appears to have been visited with similar weatherto
that experienced on this side of the Channel; and a good deel
of injury is said to have been done in the later districts, not
only to the corn remaining abroad, but also to the Potatoes.
These reports, and the rise in the English markets, hadcaused
holders of grain to demand higher terms; and at the prin-
cipal markets, the value of Wheat and Oats bad tended
upwards.
The arrivals of Wheat coastwise into London have slightly
increased; 6,785 quarters having been reported up to this
(Saturday) evening, against 5,83 G quarters the preceding
week. A considerable proportion of the supply is from Liu
colnshire, the greater part of which has gone to the millers
direct. From the home counties the show of samples at
Mark-lane has been very small; indeed so trifling, that the
buyers have experienced some difficulty in securing the
quantity required for present use. The few lots exhibited on
the Essex, Kent, and Suffolk stands, on Wednesday, were
easily placed at prices not previously obtainable; whilst on
Friday a rise of ls. to 2s. per quarter on the rates current in
the beginning id* the week was insisted on, and very gene-
rally realised for really good qualities, whether old or new.
The damp condition in which much of the new Wheat has
come to hand I as rendered an extensive mixtureof old neccs-
satv, and the finer kinds of free foreign have been, therefore.
a good deal sought after; holders of the latter have conse-
quently raised their pretensions; and the sales made at the
close of the week were at prices Is. per quarter above those
at which purchases might have been effected on Monday.
A lively inquiry for bonded Wheat has prevailed through-
out the week, and had importers been disposed to have
accepted former terms, extensive transactions would probably
have been entered into. Ihe very high rates asked have, to
a certain degree, checked business; still some rather large
sales were concluded on Friday for good to fine high mixed
Dantzic Wheat at 565. to 665. per quarter, and for a lot of old
red Konigsberg 525. Gd. per quarter was paid. There was
very little Lower Baltic Red Wheat offering as low as 505.,
and for tine heavy Rostock sellers declined accepting less than
525., making the rise from Monday fully 2s. per quarter.
As yet the duty remains at 18s. per quarter, but the ave-
rages are now coming high even from the agricultural dis-
tricts, and a fall must take place before the end of the month ;
whilst, from the present position of affairs, we are inclined to
think that Wheat will, ere the. termination of the year, be
admissible at 10s. or 125., if nut lower.
• The millers have shown some unwillingness to enter into
forward contracts to deliver Flour, expecting a further rise in
the value of the article. Ship Flour was decidedly dearer on
Friday, as was also Canadian and United States.
The arrivals of Barley have yet but siightly increased.
and, as the time is now drawing near when the maltsters
usually commence threshing, holders of the little hem have
manifested a dispesition to insist on enhanced prices. Fine
qualities were certainly the turn higher at the close of the
week, and even old foreign samples were held for more
money. Barley is at present relatively cheaper titan most
other kinds of grain, and it is therefore reasonable to calculate
on some advance in its value.
The scarcity of fine old Malt has caused the better kinds
to be sought after, and a further small improvement on Mon-
dav's quotations has, in partial instances, been established.
'The total supply of Oats has amounted to only 7,213 qrs.
during the week; et' which, 1,306 qrs. have been received
froin our own coma, 670 qrs. from Scotland, and 5,267 qrs.
from Ireland. From abroad there have been no arrivals.
Though that portion of the Oat crop which was secured
early yielded well to the acre, and proves of good quality.
so large a proportion of the harvest is yet abroad in Ireland
and Scotland that it has become doubtful whether the total
quantity will come up to the estimates formed of the yield
earlier in the year. This, and the disease by which the po-
tatoes have everywhere been attacked—a circumstance
which must cause a greatly increased consumption of oat-
meal--may account for the firm tone which holders of oats
have this week assumed. On Wednesday few factors were
willing to sell at former prices, and on Friday an advance of
Gd. to Is per qr. was established without difficulty not only
on home gie wn, but likewise on free foreign Oats.
In the early part of the week the price • of Beans had rather
a downward tendency, but the continued wet weather, and
the probability of the outstanding crop being much injured
thereby, gave rise to a more lively demand on Friday, when
the slight depression was completely recovered.
Peas were also much more sought after at the close than in
the commencement of the week, and neither white, blue, nor
maples, could be secured on so easy terms on Friday as on
Monday.—Mark-larie Eaprtss.

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A CURIOSITY.—An ordinary earthenware dish, pur..
chased at the Cambrian pottery, in this town, about 16 months
ago, by Williams, a tailor, residing in Goat-street, has excited
a considerable portion of curiosity in the minds of sonic of our
townspeople during the past week. It appears that a short
time since a great number of small crystalized substances,
having the appearance of flowers, or miniature mushrooms,
were observed to grow out of the dish, breaking through the
bard glazed surface. One or two of these grew to the extent
of an inch, but were accidentally broken, Others are now
budding forth, covering nearly the whole surface of the dish.
The taste is very similar to that of common salt. The oldest
and most experienced individuals engaged in the manufac-
tures of earthenware in this town do not remember witnessing
such appearances on any prtvious occasion. A potter, who
also keeps the Compass public-house in High-street, pur-
chased the article from the original owner for 1/. 55., and has
issued bills announcing it for exhibition.
The gt:neral-
pression in the upper region of our town i i s, that it is a "be-
witched dish ;" but we opine that chemists, upon anal) sation,
would be able to account for these curious appearances, by
the accidental presence of some chemical ingredient not usu-
ally found in the materials from which such articles are menu-
faCtured.—Ccnbrian.
CHURCH ROBBERY.—Yestaday information was
given at the London police stations that on Saturday night
the parish church of Great Wymondby, Hertfordshire, Vag
broken i.nto. and robbed o 1 the communion service, consisting
of a plain silver plated cup and a plate.