Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-11-16
From The London TI,ae, oct 24M
THE HARVEST OF ENGLAND AND THE TRADE OF
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From the London Times, Oct. SOL

On the first day OF this month the whole nation assem-
bed 10 perform solemn Of ,hnnk.g wing for the boun
tiu harvest. That harvest was believed to bc almost
without precedent both for quantity and condition. aud
nobody has yet vcnursd the truth Of that cs
mate. AT the time when the day of thank sgying wss
hhed the average price of wheat had fallen from 3d..
which We had known it very recently, below So. aud
even for the last week Of September the average was
below 56s that celebrated figure which has acquired au
historical interest the price which Sir Robert Peel wa.
supposed to promise the British under the opera
ton Of tree trade. But the fall from sOs to considerably
below Cos had led to very pleasant AMI natural re-
population Of these isles get their wheat at POS quarter
less then last year there would at once be saving
enough pay twice tho expenses of the war Such
was the state OF the market and such the prospects OF
the country, only month ago. As everybody knows
though nobody gay exactly Why the whole face OF
thirgs Is changed, rather everything else remsinng
the ame, the corn market is utterly chs gd There
pears 10 be race between farmer and farmer
between town and town, between London and the
provincial markets, which shall run up corn the
fastest. At Nark-ane told tina, the sup
ply Of wheat yesterday cleared prices fully lO per
quarter above those of this diy week The same story
has been repeated In all the from the country and
there have been informed, OF the wheat
being so'd second timt ~ day advance Of Is or
S' The beet wheat has returned TO 800. quarter
aud all other gram is IN proportion Thus appears that
We have already lost the abundance and cheapness
we're Supposed TO have gained 10y the harvest and We
Lave 10 sOoUer Acknowledged the blessing than IL ha,
been vnualy Withdrawn. To vast part Of the psop.
hugo prices famine, for their income changes little and
they are under the necessity Of bringing all their pen
ses within that nit. IL appears, then, that
afc once more the verge Of general distress. IL is
dearth now, and may soon be famine. Tho mstSet b.
buoyat aud IN the matter of food ouoyatcy OF price n
prs the sinking 81 strength, health, bope industry aud
nstionsl prosperity.
Ii is diucut pass such revolution wi,hou,
sone kiud Of rematk, though We are perfectly that
prices are very much ont of the hands Of the urn
The wish always believed 20 he father to thought
One wutr cndesvofs To persuade the public that
ought by rights TO be higher, aud he set down as
"irmefs freud :; another impugns the judgment Of tho
market exhibited 10 the price, and Is thoUgnt TO write
IN the interest OF the consumer. Accordingly, the
thihg IL done at ALL II s by referring the the fall
10 temporary TO impressions rather than facs
We are not goug Ia argue the matter with the armer-
That, indeed would he charming the deaf s1der" to
very little purpo-c II, too, there real gfouud. for
this fisc no possible good, but rather barmthat i.
greater eventual deah, would arise from fictitious and
unreasonable cheapnsss for month two. Neverhe-
less, VIC feel impelled to look about, aud SEX how II
bs all the country tbre has occurred this rise
10 the face Of good harvest Of updisputed quality and
yield In the face ofa state OF things generally
aud In the absence Of any prominent sufficient
to account for IT, IL IL remarkable that the has
red not only sl over the county with uniformity which
Our forea,hers would have thought almost magc,l but
with equal uniformity all the west Of Europe We