The daily gazette., 1880-03-31
THIRD EDITION
Londo,. Latter.
am Our Regular Correspondence.

From Our Regular Correspondence.
LONDON, England, March II, 1880.
The course of the past week has been
msrked by an unusually milo anu
equable temperature, bright sunny days.
and little or no rain, In short, the
weather has been fine and spriug-hke in
the most genial acceptation Of the term.
Hkyine discarded for once the leonine
voharaeterlstic with which the we'll
known adage invests It's advent marcn
has brought with 1t snmistakeabie TO-
keus Of an early spring, as seen In the
mark, d nd vance of vegetation, and the
aager provecutiou of all rield work. Ad-
vices from the agricultural districts are
unanimous on the subject OF improve
sment, as even the heaviest soils are
rapijly getting into workable Order
and the farmers are doing their utmost
to make up for lost time. Spring tillage
has been actively carried on throughout
She United Kingdom, and the pros
pect. Of q genial season are thankfully
hailed by ali whose Interests ate CEN
tered In agriculture. Good progress has
: been made with the sowing OF barley,
beaus and peas, as the land has been in
fine condition for the reception OF these
orops. The recens surmises as to the
probable Injury 70 the autumn-sowns
the winter months, have in most cases
proved unfounded, and the future crop,
Although retarded somewhat in its de-
evelopment appears to otfer no reason
. able ground for alarm a. the present
as to It's ultimate product. AFTER the
n Id rain AZ the beginning OF the mon'h
y. and the subsequent sunshine, the pas
n lures have wonderfully improved, and
are now looking green and fuil OF nfe.
Scotch advices are equally favorable,
ploughing being well advanced, and
barley and oat sowing have commenced,
sswhile the grass has been growing rapid
ly aod looks greener than 1t did month
later last year. Having been almost
=. exclusively occupied in the preparation
Z Of the land and spring sowing, farmers
have had little time TO devote TO thrash
ing, and the offerings OF homegrown
wheat have consequently been very
ANAL, both at Marx Lane and the pro-
ylncial Exchanges. The range of prices
has been very extended, owing TO the
ifrsgulArity of the samples, and little at
tention has been given TO Inferior pro-
duce, but fua parcels have maintained
last weeks prices, both in London and
/. in the country. The deficiency OF last
years crop and the present. condition Of
the wheat trade should render holders
- careless Of selling apy sound corn tt for
, milling purposes. OF foreign wheat the
imports have again been on quite a
moderate scale. Mondays list showed
little over % 900 qrs., nearly all of which
was from America, and the subsequent
arrivals up to Friday have not exceeded
5000 qrs. AT the beginning of the
week lower prices cabled from America
z unsettled the trade, and deprived values
& of the Increased buoyancy, which i'm
Iroved demand at the close OF the prece-
DING week led holders to suspect would
ripen into an actual advance. An ande.
cided tone has prevailed during The past
few days. and millers have adhered to
their settled plan of only buying from
hand to mouth, and this, in face OF the
light imports and rapid depletion OF
stocks. The position is critical aud di III
cult TO gauge. as although the enormous
requirements of this country between
now and harvest are admitted by all, lht
demand has shown few signs Ut i'm
= provement, and, until America show
= her cards, which she seems less thar
ever inclineG to do, In spite of the re
oent signs of weakness shown by thu
"rinR." 10 hope for speculation is out U
the question.