The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-08-24 00:00:00

tion of disinterested philanthropy. Maynooth Col_
lege, redolent as it is of the filthy and demoralising
heresies of Peter Dens, is a positive curse to Ireland
and to seek to suppress such an institution was to
study the best interests of the people of Ireland. In
spite of this overwhelming proof of a kindly disposi-
tion—in face of the magnificent sums thus appropri-
ated for the good of Ireland—the hoary demagogue
persists in abusing the English. When will the pet),
ple of Ireland learn to distinguish their friends from
their enemies ?

THE CORN CROPS.—Before we proceed to take a
survey of the prospects of the country in reference to
the harvest now in progress, we cannot refrain from
offering our cordial response to the following energe-
tic language of, our able contemporary, the Dublin
Evening Mail :—" We are not alarmists, and are
bitterly opposed to that nefarious system which makes
a public journal subserve to the baseand interested
objects of parties who speculate on human misery,
and purchase up food in the hope of creating famine.
That such wretches exist is but too true ; and we be-
lieve that at this moment a vast quantity of corn has
found its way into the hands of individuals not legiti-
mately engaged in the trade, who are solely influenced
by a love of lucre, and who make their calculations of
profit contingent upon the state of the weather, and
reckon their gains in the diabolical hope of a failure
in the harvest. That they may be disappointed in
their calculations and their hopes most sincerely do
we pray." In the justice of this language we most
heartily concur. The speculators in foreign corn,
who are now seeking to agitate the country on the
subject of the corn laws, and who, we doubt not, are
paying large bribes to the leading journals in the
kingdom for advocating the repeal of these most bene-
ficial laws, have L calculating upon a deficient
harvest. Feeling a demoniac of delight at this
prospect, they have been laying their plans most assi-
duously for extracting immense fortunes out of the
misery of the people. That their unhallowed specu-
lations may be frustrated we cordially pray. Indeed,
we have the strongest assurances, derk ed from various
and authentic sources, that these jobbers in human
wretchedness will be most signally disappointed. The

harvest is certainly a late one, but that circumstance
ought not to operate very materially upon the price
of corn, as there is still an abundant supply in the
country. It is a cruel fiction to assert that there is
any actual scarcity. The only way in w hich a scar-
city can exist is, through the retention in the ware-
houses of the speculators of the supply, which is well
known to be yet amply abundant for the demands of
the country. An extraordinary fact in support of this
remark is, the circumstance that thousands of quarters
of corn, in different parts of the country, have been
sold and resold several times without being taken out
of bond. This proves to demonstration that there is
more corn in the country than is actua ly wanted, and
that of British growth too: and the labouring popula-

tion of England have to thank the instigators of the
anti-corn•law agitation for the very high price of the
" staff of life." It is difficult to speak of this matter
without feeling the utmost disgust at the infamous
conduct of those who are thus labouring in the dis-
honourable vocation of deluding the people for the
sake of filling their own coffers.
In support of our encouraging view of the prospect
of the present harvest, we beg to refer to a very able
article which we have extracted from our talented
contemporary, the Newcastle Journal. We shall now
proceed to lay before our readers other information,
which may serve to allay the alarm which has been
designedly created by the speculators in corn. We
fancy that these "rogues in grain" wiil not derive much
satisfaction from the details which we are about to
submit to their notice. Still less will they be pleased
with the genial appearance of the heavens at the
moment we are penning these remarks. The smiling
sunshine must cast a deep gloom over their flinty
While all around them are gay and grateful,
le scowl of disappointed ambition sits on the brows
of these unsympathising monsters. Their hearts do
not bound with gladness like the rest of animated
creation, under the cheering influence of cloudless
skies : no ! far from it—they are straining their eyes
to catch the symptoms of an approaching storm, or in
examining the indications of their " family deity,"
the barometer—their ears are far more delighted with
the rumbling of distant thunder, than with the merry
song of the reaper, or the jacund lays of his feathered
attendants. We have spoken our mind rather freely
with respect to these gentlemen ; but we have not
done with them.

iearts.

In selecting our information respecting the state of
the crops, we have given preference to those journals
which are published in the corn-growing districts. This
neighbourhood produces comparatively little corn, ow-
ing to the denseness of the population and the neces-
sity which exists for a very large supply of hay and
vegetables. But even in the vicinity of Liverpool the
crop of wheat will be about an aver age one. As to
other parts of the kingdom the following extracts will
speak for themselves. The Leeds httellz;gencer in-
forms us that the price of wheat at Wakefield market—

one of the principal in the kingdom—had declined, on
Friday last, from 3s. to 4s. per quarter; and even at
this reduction wheat only found buyers in retail—an

evident proof that the warehouses of the speculators
had been gorged. P". is a most important fact. The

subjoined paragraphs are of equal importance :

At Romford market on Wednesday, the supply of corn
was plentiful, and the sample of this year's produce beautiful
in the extreme. The attendance of farmers was numerous,

and they appeared in high spirits at the forthcoming harvest
—Essex Herald.

The harvest in this part of the country is proceeding ra-
pidly. The crops generally are abundant, and they will, if
the favourable weather continues, exceed the most sanguine
expectations. Several fine samples of new wheat were sold
in the Canterbury market on Saturday, and on the average
of the day's business the fall in the price of corn was between
four and five shillings per quarter! In a few days the harvest
will be completed.—Kentish Gazette.
In spite of the gloomy reports of certain speculators, who
wished to sell their bonded wheat at once, before the influx
of the home produce into the markets should have materially
reduced the prices, and made them losers instead of gainers
by their speculation—the harvest throughout the kingdom
will be, in reality, such as to allay all apprehensions for the
future. 'We have taken pains to ascertain the state and pros-
pects of the crops in many of the counties besides our own,
of England, and also in Ireland and Scotland. and they af-
ford, we are happy to say, ample proof, that if the harvest be
not on the whole abundant, it will still be a very fair average
one. "Average" appears the word in nearly every instance,
and grateful ought we to be to Providence who has favoured
us with the late seasonable weather to mature the corn, and
aid the work of the sickle in cutting and securing it. On
the continent it is now generally understood that the crops
are favourable.— Western Luminary.
The harvest is in full activity in this neighbourhood (Pen-
zance), and ou Thursday last there was new barley in the
market, which was sold at 15s. a Cornish bushel.—Cornish
Paper.
The harvest is now in progress in the neighbourhood of
Boston, and all the reports we have received warrant the
conclusion that the crop is fully an average one. In many
places the yield is more than usually heavy, the ears beingi
well filled completely to the bottom. The reports spread l y
speculators and alarmists that the harvest this year willOn
prove
very deficient, is, we are satisfied, altogether unfounded.
Wednesday last new wheat was sold in Boston market for
60s. per quarter.—Boston Herald.
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menced on Saturday night last, since when we have enjoyed
fine "corn weather" uninterruptedly. If it should please
Providence to bless us with a continuance of the present fine
weather for a month or six weeks the harvest in this part
will still be an average one. The beneficial alteration in
the weather has extended to Scotland and Ireland also.—
Carlisle Patriot.

Harvesting is now very general in this part of the country.
The oats appear to be as forward as the wheat; and a good
average crop is fully anticipated.—Br/Often Gazette.
A very general, but we hope and believe a very unneces-
sary, alarm has been excited throughout the country, respect-
ing the prospects of the harvest. Speculation, we have not
the slightest doubt, has been the main cause of the recent
extraordinary rise of prices in the corn market—speculation,
the object of which is to enable the large holders of foreign
corn recently purchased at a venture, to bring their com-
modity on the market and to sell it at a handsome profit at
the expense of the home grower! It is not easy to follow
the cunning speculator through all the wily mazes by which
he contrives to effect his purpose—still more difficult is it to
detect the operation when carried on by the joint efforts of a
number banded together for the benefit of their own pockets;
but as it is beyond all question that such wicked and detest-
able trifling with the supply of a principal article (f food has
often been practised and with success, so there is no doubt
that the country is at the present moment suffering from the
effects of a similar conspiracy. If there be any truth in the
alarming deficiency said to exist in the present growth of
corn, we should be glad to know where it is to be found?
Certainly not in the Weald of Kent, as we can testify from
personal inquiry and observation—and as assuredly not in
other parts of the county, as we learn by the best information.
Certainly not in the other corn districts of the country; as Our
reports from Berkshire, Shropshire, Hampshire, Devonshire,
'and other counties fully testify—while in Ireland, in some
parts, the produce is represented as being uncommonly
heavy, and in Scotland only fine weather, which we have
since bad, was wanted to bring the crop to good average ma-
turity. Yet the speculators would fain persuade us that we
are on the verge of famine, and a special meeting of the
Common. Council of London must needs be called to obtain
the admission of foreign corn into the market duty free !
Most honest and disinterested proposition ! Here we have
a key to the solution of the mysterious success which has at-
tended the effort to "get up" a panic. Yes, if the worthy
citizens whose ample warehouses are stored with bonded
corn, could only succeed in an attempt which would give
them a profit of from 30s to 40s a quarter, we should no doubt
have a famine panic once a-year. We are happy to find that
a majority of the Common Council, probably seeing through
the manceuyre, scouted the flagrant proposal ; and we trust