Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1839-11-14

liam, at his magnificent seat i'm Yorkshire
Thence they will GO to Raby Castle, and at
forwards to the Earl and Countess of Car
isles, on visit.
The ship Ayres, 500 tons, has left London
LOT ieNas with great many emigrants OH
board.
The hcreditarial Grand Duke of Russia. is
to marry the princess Mary of Hesse Darius
tadt
Lockhart Is to marry the rich Miss Coutts.
Louis Philippe still thinks of marrying
one OF his sons to the Queen of Spain.
The imperial Bank at Manchester has
stopped payment.
United States Bank shares sold at eco. ON
the 9th of October.
THE EAST.
The harvest had generally failed through
out the Ottoman Empire, of the fine wbeats
in particular. The price of grain was increa-
sing In the markets of the Black sea- The
government had contracted for supply of
wheat at Tagonrog, at 244, the kilogramme.
THE HARVEST.
Extracts from Scotch, Irish and north of
England papers state that the harvest was
better than had been generally anticipated
The greater part of it was housed on the 18th.
The potato crop had proved to be very large
one, and it was believed that the price of the
article would be one half less than il was
last year.
The Corn TRADE AND THE CRops.-Mes-
srs. Surge of Birmingham, in their monthly
circular, issued on October 10th, say-ssTbe
accounts from many parts of the kingdom
concur In stating serious deficiency in the
crops, especially in the northern districts OF
England and III Ireland. In a few counties i,
1DOp1rS fp
on the whole the yield will probably be bet
ter than, from the condition of the weather.
could have been expected, but the bulk Of
straw is less than was supposed before har-
vest. We have had little variation in the
price OF wheat during the past month, but
there has been general indisposition on the
part OF miilers to purchase beyond their i'm
mediate wants, partly owing TO the continued
pressure on the money market, and partly to
lhe low price OF flour, compared with wheat,
the last few weeks. There is now no proba-
billty of the duty coming to Is. Sd. at present,
and we think 1t may go to les. Sd. nv the
end OF the present month. The stock of
wheat In Gloucester, which may nearly ali be
considered as free, consists of near $4,000
quarters of hard, and 6 200 to O,O0O quarters
OF soft, chiefly Odessa. Last week sales of
Eng. old were made AT 9s. to 9s. Cd for red,
and Is I'd TO 9s to ed for white; new red Ga
I'd to 9s Cd; old white 9s to 9s Id: since
which the great fall in Mark Lane has sus-
pended operations.
From tie Ne,o York Times.
The subjoined extract of a letter from an
Intelligent correspondent, gives an account of
the state of things in England somewhat
different from that contained in most of the
letters we have seen:
LONDON, Oct. l9, 1899.
Although the weather has been more favor
BILE during the last fortnight, it is now pretty
well ascertained that the harvest will not en-
coed an average, and that large portion of
the wheat was housed an a acet state, and will
require the intermiXture of dry grain before it
can be used. Under these circumstances
large orders for grain have already been Civ
en-, and considerable tonnage chartered to
bring it home from the continent TO meet
the drain these importations must produce, the
Bank certainly has not in its Golfers tyy o mil
lions in gold. The consequence therefore, if
these premises be correct, appears evident
She will be brought to stand still, and will
have recourse to the issue of one aud two
pound notes. This, however, is only pallia-
tive, and will not cure the disease; and am
afraid the only effectual remedy will be found
in tile suspension Of cash payments. This is a
gloomy view but | cannot help entertain
ing 1t; and if the winter be a severe one, the
suffering among the lower classes must neces-
sarily be very great. The manufacturing Ia
borers have for some time past been employ
ed only three days in the week.
The Philadelphia North American pub
fishes letter from a Liverpool correspondent,
said to be an experienced acute observer, dat
ed the 2Sth September, in which we find the
following statement relative to the grain crops
of England:
''The fears of bad harvest have no doubt
encouraged many large operations in foreign
grain. This necessarily creates anxiety as to
a further and great expectation of specie. A
few weeks will, it is expected, dispel or les
sen these fears. Looking fairly and dispas-
sionately to the prospects of our domestic
supply of bread stuffs, there is little doubt
but that in quantity it will exceed our wants.
Some may be more or less injured, still, there
is the food-and besides we anticipate a crop
OF potatoes surprising all recent production.
Again, with the present protracted harvest
we come on the consumption of the existing
crops nearly two months later than the aver
age of past years, and again the late high pri-
ces will and have caused great economy in
the consumption.
Under these circumstances, similar results
may follow to what occurred in 1921. Then,
the harvest was as late or much later than the
present IS, occasloned by continued rain; the
wheat was bad and very QEch sprouted so
mich so as to keep down the average, and
prevented the entry of foreign corn for home
use. In October, 1921, from these causes,
old FnuIieb wheat cold tl,;e ,,,rI,o. -