Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1821-11-03
THE MARKETS

az OoitaTs per DOL business brisk.
THE MARKETS.
| BALTIMeEE-Vhe Tranquility Of the Raj.
| timore market fer flour was destroy ed on
! Saturday morning, in consequence OF the
! supposed arrival below of the ship Frank,
| from Liverpool, bringing, as report went.
| accounts five or eight days later than The
New York dates. A considerable excite
nent was noticed among the specu!stors and
flour dealers, ana we are informed that seve.
raj boats were dispatched 10 meet the shin
az she was coming up the river. The sus.
pense waa not permitted to last long-for
! the keeper of the observatory, after rubbing
his eyes C'Ho which il is said some tn,sch!ev.
Gus wag had thrown handful of flour sno
taking second look. found that he had sais.
taken The signal of the ship Leda frem St
Uoe,, for that of the Franiia from Liver.
pool. The signal OF the latter of course
made room Tor that Of the former, bu, tn.
mistake had the effect In great measure Of
suspending dealings throughout the day
About dollars per barrel may be quoted a,
the average price of -four on Saturday.
Large Gales of gchcGt were made at 81 80
cents per bushsl. Whis.tey was very brisk
at ii6 cents per gallon. [ dner.
PniLnDEhraIA.-On Friday last our
was sold in that city at 81 SO, culr;-wheat
was offered a, 81 20 to 81 50; but no sales,
IL 10 stated, were effected at these prices
The following remarks. extracted from
the Philadelphia National Gazette of Fri
day, are worthy the perusal of such ct our
readers as are interested in the purchase of
bread stufis.
Son the subject Of the crops in the
United Kingdom, aud on the eontine Mt,
-o .ofst l. n
damage which has been sustained in
them, will be found to have been much
exaggerated. Bells (Londcnj weekly
eIessenSer, paper which has always
given particular attention to the agti-
cultural concerns of England, contains
an editorial article. OF some length, the
fruit Of di!igent inquiry, respecting
"the probable effects of tie state of the
weather upon the ilarvesis.n 1t repre-
seDts, upon the authority of private
letters, aud a comparison o? tie state
meuts ofmost of the country Bewspa-
Pers, that, in the three most aSreultH-
ral counties, Norfolk, Suffolk, and
Cambridgeshire, 'nise corn and harvest
bad scarcely suffered any injury from
the state of the weather." the
wheat and barley were abundant, aud
in excellent condition" In Kent,
three fnurths Of the wheat, were Ell
Their IN The barn or in the stack, and
had sustained very little injury the
crops were abundant, and the grains
heavy. Little corn had been sent 10
market, owing 10 The hurry Of getting
IN Tie harvest, and this had oceasioii-
ed The rise OF the markets, rather than
any just apprehension of a deficiency.
From Sussex, the intelligence was The
same, lu Nottiughamshire. the grea-
ter proportion Of the wheat was hous-
ed, and all in good condition. In
Heftfordshire, the case The same.--
From Huntingdonshire, the accounts
were, that the crops were good aud
heavy, land had suffered infinitely
less than was apprehepded, and that
the London papers had stated"-the
barley an immense crop. In Somerset
shire and Devoushire, all the wheat in
barn or slack, and in good condition.
In Dorsetshire, the crops were heavy
and abundant, but had suffered much
from the rust and smut. The editor
OF the Messenger remarks in eoDclu
sion. "sucb, therefore, is the general
condition Of the harvest up TO Friday
7ih inst. and with sach accounts be-
fore us from all quarters, we feel in
clined to atteibute the late rise in the
markets, TO any other cause than that
of real and sincere apprehension Of q
scarce and injured crop"
Admitting what is related Of the state Of
the weather between the 9TH and 18th, and
IT'S tendency Ia damage The crops, it is still
evIdsut IS lhe ebn,p rccur,t- onrroo,