score; heifers and calves, from £10 10s. to £13 10s. each; yearlings, £5 each; two-year-olds, £6 10s. to £7 10s. each. A few sheep offered; but few sales, if any, were made. The best store pigs at from 25s. to 35s. each; small, from 4s. 6d. to 8s. 6d. each; sows, with their yonng pigs, £4 to £4 5s. each. DUNSE HOGG TRYST.-The supply was fully an average one. The demand was good, and a great many sales were made. The following were the current prices: Cheviots from 16s. to 22s.; cross-bred from 26s. to 34s.; a lot of halfbred sold at 40s. There were a number of stirks in the market, which were selling at from £6 to £10 each. DUNSMUIR TRYST.-There was a large attendance of farmers, dealers, and others, and there was a considerable quantity of stock on the ground, which found ready purchasers on good terms. Prices of prime fat were 9s., down to 8s., according to quality. A very excellent lot of queys, considered the best in the market, were sold by Mr. Webster, Witston, to Mr. Welsh, Tilly toghills, at £16 16s., which was considered about 9s. per stone; and several other lots were sold at the same price. There was a fair supply of grazing cattle, which were for the most part disposed of fully above that figure. The other descriptions of cattle met a ready sale at reasonable prices; and, on the whole, the market was good. EXETER FAIR.-The attendance of agriculturists was good; and the number of beasts driven in was rather above the average. The trade, however, was not brisk, and a great deal remained unsold. Best beef fetched from 9s. to 10s. per score. Barreners, best quality, 6s. 6d. to 8s. per score; cows and calves, £10 to £16. There was a good supply of store sheep, and prices ranged from 30s. to 389. each. GLOUCESTER MONTHLY CATTLE MARKET.- An abundance of beef, mutton, and lamb, and purchasers were well supplied with every description of stock. Beef ruled from 6d. to 64d.; mutton, 6d. to 61d.; lamb, 8d. to 81d. per lb. HAY FAIR was a full one of stock. Young steers and fresh barrens were in good demand, but owing to the want of grass in the midland counties the dealers were not willing to speculate for fresh bullocks. Good cart horses were readily sold at very remunerative prices; there were but few good hacks, and for them prices were lower. HALTWHISTLE FAIR.-Shorthoru cows, milking or in-calf, made from £15 to £19; stirks, £7 10s. to £9. Galloway cows, in milk or about dropping a calf, from £12 to £15 -some prime ones a few pounds over the last figure; heifers, calved or in calf, from £11 to £13; stirks, £5 to £6 109.; two-year-old bullocks or heifers, from £7 10s. to £8 10s. Irish heifers, £5 to £7. Galloway cows, not in milk, ready for the grazier, £9 10s. to £11 10s. There was only a small show of sheep. Blackfaced hoggs ranged from 16s. to 19s.; Leicester hoggs, from 23s. to 278.; Cheviot ewes, with lambs at their feet, from 35s. to 383. a couple. The Leicester hogs were also good in quality. There were 23 cartloads of pigs, of average quality, which sold well. Pigs six or seven weeks old, from 11s. to 158.; seven to nine weeks, 15s. to 19s. and 20s. HEREFORD FAIR-Fat cows sold readily at 7d. per lb. for all on offer; fresh barrens and young grazing stock also commanded a ready sale, but lean steers and cows with calves, of which there were a large number in the market, hung on hand rather heavily, owing to ths lateness of the season and the high price of keep in some districts. There was a large supply of sheep in and out of the wool. Fat wethers, and all ovine stock fit for the knife, readily realized 7s. per stone in the wool, with a proportionate reduction in others for the absence of the fleeces. Ewes with lambs ruled about 46s. to 48s. per couple; a few very prime ones fetched over 50s. Lambs sold singly to the butchers from £1 to £1 88., according to age and fatness. Store pigs were numerous, and changed hands with celerity, at prices fully equal to those which have lately been obtained. There was a large horse fair; but besides a limited number of useful hacks, which met a ready demand, the majority of horses on offer were for heavy draught purposes; these also sold extremely well, according to age, condition, and quality. HOLBEACH FAIR.-A large show of horses; many of them very middling and interior, but for anything good (and there was a fair supply of these), there was a brisk demand, and rather better prices were obtained than have prevailed of late, the attendance of buyers being very great. IPSWICH FAIR.-The show of cattle and sheep w larger than seen for years. Owing to the recent flatness in the Metropolitan Market, trade opened dull and continued heary throughout the day. Fat beasts fetched from 68. 6d. to 78. per stone-store beasts from 3s. to 33. 6d. per stone what they will weigh when fat. Hoggets from 328. to 488.; fat lambs, 25s.; stores, 13s. to 22s.; couple from £2 28. to £3; stock lambs from 148. to 24s. Of cart horses and colts, there was about an average supply. KIDDERMINSTER FAIR.-An average supply of cows and sheep, for which there was but a moderate de mand. Only the best stock fetched previous prices, they generally being at lower rates; mutton scarcely realiring 64d., and beef 6d. per lb. A good show of pigs, which so!! at rather less than of late. KNIGHTON FAIR was very numerously supplied. Pres were obtained much superior to those of any neighbouring fairs. Mutton brought 64d. to 7d.; beef, 54d. to 6d. Store animals sold well. Wool fetched 1s. to 1s. 3d. per lb. LEDBURY FAIR.-A goodly number of excellent fat cattle, including some fine oxen. The supply of sheep was also tolerably good, more especially stores. which did not sell quite so well as at former fairs. Of store cattle also the supply was larger than the demand, and upon a kinds of stock a slight reduction in price had to be made before sales could be effected. The fair was also tolerably well supplied with store pigs. The fat stock was nearly a disposed of. Fat cows, 6d. to 63d. per lb.; ditto sheep, 6d to 6 d., and a few choice ones a shade dearer; store sheep 26s. to 38s. each; ditto pigs, 20s. to 40s. each. LINCOLN SHEEP MARKET.-A fair, though by no means a large show of sheep, and prices were fully 1s. to 2s, per head lower than the high rates realized this day fortnight. MUIR OF ORD MARKET.-The show of cattle w above the average of May; there was also an extensive show d hoggs. The prices of sheep, that is hoggs and lambs, wer slightly above those of last market, and a good many sales took place, buyers and sellers seeming equally eager to do business. In cattle there was an advance from the price of last market, varying from 5 to 10 per cent.; or, as it was loosely said on the market, of £1 10s. on the average stock. The prices were therefore not very much below thos of May, 1857-very different from what all but the most sa guine calculators had looked forward to. The heavy rain which have lately fallen all over the north have given farme assurance of a fair grass crop, and increased the upward t dency in prices commenced at the April market on the Muir. There were a good many south-country dealers present. The market was very brisk. There was not much done in the horse market. NEWARK FAIR. A large show of beasts and sheep. The former sold readily at advanced prices. The best stores for summer grazing made from £12 to £14 each. Milkers also realized good figures. Sheep were disposed of at liberal prices, but did not sell quite so well as at the previous market. Hogs 42s. to 45s. each. The horse fair was large, but it co tained many animals of an inferior order. The better sort of horses, of which there was a tolerable sprinkling, were very soon disposed of. NEWTON STEWART MONTHLY CATTLE MAR KET.-Sales were very brisk, and the cattle of each class (stirks and two-year-olds) brought good prices. Whether from the prospect of a plentiful supply of grass, or other causes, the prices obtained were fully beyond what had been anticipated, and if this one be taken as an earnest of our fe ture markets during the season, our farmers and graziers will certainly be well remunerated. STRATFORD-ON-AVON FAIR. - The number of fit cattle was small; the supply of stores was good; stirks, making from £4 to £10 each; cows with their calves were plentiful, and met with a ready sale from £14 to £22 together barrens brought from £10 to £18; calves, weaners, from SUS to 50s.; sucklers, from 25s. to 35s. each. There was a brisi demand for sheep, of which there were penned about 5,000 besides lambs of first-rate quality, and there were several re lots of sheep shown in the wool. They brought high prices Beef, 5d. to 6d. per lb. ; mutton, 54d. to 74d.; veal, 6d 74d.; lamb, 74d. to 84d.; pork, 640.; fat bacon rig, 6 to 9s. per score. There were very few horses shown, though much inquired after. Decent animals brought high prices. STURMINSTER FAIR.-A good supply of the various descriptions of stock, heifers and calves meeting with a brisk and ready sale, but the prices for fat stock were on the decline, and business in this way moved very slowly. The trade in barreners was very dull. TEWKESBURY FAIR was but thinly attended, and there was a short supply of stock. The sale of beef was flat, at from 5d. to 6d.; mutton met with a better sale at from 51d. to 7d. per lb. TOLLER DOWN FAIR.-The attendance was not so large as usual, in consequence of the rough weather. The supply of sheep also was not very extensive, hut there was a good demand, and they sold well. Very high prices were asked for horned ewes, and horned lambs fetched from 228. to 26s. per head. A large show of cow stock, but of a rather inferior description. Among the horses were some very promising animals, both cart and hack. WELLS FAIR was well attended by dealers and buyers. The show of cattle was not very large, and consisted chiefly of heifer stock. There was a good number of sheep penned, many of them shorn. Of pigs, also, there was a good show. Trade was pretty brisk. for fair average quality. This drop in the market will give GLASGOW.-There were seven carts shown in the bazaar, and 13 tons passed through the weigh-house scales. Sales were slow, and lower prices taken. Prime early-made, 48s. to 528.; late-made and inferior, 42s. to 45s.; new skim, 23s. to 248. per cwt. GLOUCESTER.-The quantity of cheese pitched was small, and the quality generally inferior. The prices obtained were: Skims 258. to 288., second 40s. to 468. No best quality on offer. YEOVIL.-Best cheese 56s. to 70s., household 20s. to 38s. per cwt. A good business was done. ENGLISH BUTTER MARKET. LONDON, MONDAY, May 24.-Since our last report we have had a considerable fall in the price of all sorts of Butter, which now leaves the market pretty steady 102s. to 104s. per cwt. 90s. to 96s. Dorset, fine .... WISBECH FAIR-A large supply of horses and good animals, not a few of which realized good prices. A great many bullocks were also brought to town, and for which large sums were given. The sheep were about the average PRICES OF BUTTER, price. WOODBRIDGE FAIR.—A very large attendance, and a good supply of stock. Good heifers and calves were in demand, and those offered sold readily at high prices. Barreners were also inquired after, and met a ready market. WOOLER FAIR.-Bred hoggs brought from 36s. to 438., half-breds from 278. to 368., and Cheviots frem 22s. to 268. Ewes, of which there were a good many small lots, were bringing readily, for ewes with single lambs, 50s., and with double lambs 60s., some few of the latter as high as 678. There was a small show of grazing cattle, but what there was brought good prices, considerably higher than they have been at the sales in the neighbourhood. Good two-year-olds were bringing from £10 to £13. The number of cows was larger than usual, but being principally old cows, there was a dull sale amongst them, except for two and three-year-old queys, calved and to calve, which were quickly bought up at from £10 to £14. IRISH FAIRS.-MULTIFARNHAM.-Prime beef was scarce, and the best was quoted from 56s. to 58s. per cwt. Store cattle were plentiful, and numbers were in first rate condition, but purchasers seemed particularly cautious in buying, so that sellers were obliged to submit to a reduction in prices. Threeyear-old heifers brought from £10 to £13 10s. each; twoyear-olds, £8 to £10 10s., and yearlings from £2 15s. to £4 10s. Good dairy cows were in active demand at full prices. Pigs were also brisk, and good Bacon sorts brought from 40s. to 448. per cwt. Stores in good demand, at fair prices. BALLIBAY was abundantly supplied with cattle of all kinds, except fat cattle; buying was exceed ingly brisk, and prices, except for young stock, which were rather dearer than usual, were equal to those obtained this month at neighbouring fairs. The demand for pigs was dull, both bacon and pork being sensibly lower.-CAVAN: A great many cattle were left unsold, and prices were on the decline. For sheep the demand was very brisk, and all sold. Pork was cheaper than at late markets.-BAILIEBOROUGH : All descriptions of cattle were plentiful, except beef. Few, if any animals, remained unsold, and everything maintained current prices.-HILLSBOROUGH was pretty well supplied with stock, excepting that beef was rather scarce. Strippers plen tiful, and prices looking down. Springers in good demand at 107. to 187. each. The prices of store cattle were tending downwards. Two-year-old heifers sold at prices ranging from 71. to 101. 103.; yearlings from 31. to 71. 10s. Pigs were very plentiful, and prices somewhat higher than during the past month. The supply of horses was smaller than usual at this fair; good animals were in demand at from 201. to 401. each. CARMARTHEN BUTTER MARKET, (Saturday last.) -A better supply of good fresh grass Butter brought to our market this day, and our farmers freely obtained 98%. per cwt. BUTTER, per cwt.: Dorset ..................100 Carlow................ Sligo..... 9s. to 13s. per dozen. CHEESE, HAMS, &c. CHEESE, per cwt.: Cheshire......... 64 80 Cheddar...... 104 Double Gloucester........ 56 72 HAMS: 98 Westmoreland........... 78 84 Irish FRESH, per dozen..10s. Od.to 12s.0d. .... 76 86 BACON: Wiltshire, dried 70 Irish,green POTATO MARKETS. 72 66 COUNTRY POTATO MARKETS.-YORK, May 15.Potatoes sell at 1s. per peck, and 3s. 9d. to 48. per bushel. LEEDS, May 18.-A short supply of potatoes, which sold at 15d. to 16d. per 21 lbs. wholesale, and 16d. to 17d. retail. MALTON, May 15.-Potatoes, 1s. per peck. THIRSK, May 17.-Potatoes, 6d. to 12d. per stone. RICHMOND, May 15. -Potatoes, 48. 8d. per bushel. SHEFFIELD, May 18.-Potatoes sell at 10s. to 18s. per load of 18 stones MANCHESTER, May 20.-Potatoes, 11s. to 19s. 6d. PERTH POTATO TRADE.-The export of potatoes to the southern markets has been going on to a small extent, but prices still remain the same as last week. Best sorts average from 228. to 23s. per boll, and inferior from 15s. to 16s. per ditto. REVIEW OF THE CORN The first half of the past month was cold and ungenial, vegetation being kept in check, and a yellow hue was spread over much of the young wheat and barley; but warm showers and fresh breezes from the west, with a good deal of sun, have materially changed the face of things for the better, the only fear now entertained arising from the too luxuriant appearance of the forward wheat on highly cultivated land. An abundance of straw and grass is now pretty certain; but without dry, sunny weather, an equal yield of wheat with last year cannot be expected. Durham and Northumberland appear exceptions to the generally strong appearance of the wheat plant, from the long prevalence of drought and cold. As respects prices, the month has shown little change; the utmost fluctuations have not exceeded 1s. per qr., and the balance of the four weeks is a slight gain. The state of the London and general averages shows a remarkable agreement, and the steadiness of prices throughout the entire country. To place the former on a par with the latter as respects time, they must be put one week back; and by so doing, we have this result: The general averages commence at 44s. 9d., and the London included therein were 478. 8d.; the general close at 44s. 11d., and London at 47s. 11d.; making an advance of only 2d. per qr. in the general averages, and 3d. per qr. in the London-London commencing at 28. 11d. over the general rate, and closing at 3s. over it. This small difference accounts for the slender supplies which have come to the London market, which is, however, well provided with foreign wheat and country flour. Future prices must greatly depend on the weather; but as the rates are much below the average of the last ten years, and the quality above it, we think farmers need not force off their stocks, as a good quantity of fine old wheat must be required for mixing, and foreign markets have lately been improving. The course of the deliveries for four weeks shows that less English wheat has lately been selling than during the same period last year. Last year's sales for a month were 439,893 qrs., this year they were only 402,861 qrs.-deficiency this season 37,032 qrs. Now as the importations, including flour, this year, for four months, have greatly exceeded the first four months last year -viz., to the extent of 607,818 qrs., or about 35,700 weekly and yet stocks of foreign in all shipping ports are small, it follows that the low prices, with TRADE an increased population, have produced a consumption not calculated on; and this is likely to continue. In The The prospects of a good crop abroad are not so promising as recently. Algeria has inproved by a timely fall of rain, but last year's abundance is not looked for. Spain, in some places, has been suffering from drought; and in Asia Minor this has been excessive, and quite endangered the crops. Piedmont, on the contrary, has had too much wet; and in other parts of Italy it has not been genial. France still looks well, and in the South the wheat is coming into ear. Northern Europe there are fair appearances, and American reports are generally favourable. The continental markets have been firm, or slightly dearer. France is decidedly so, the Paris four market having recently advanced about 28. pet sack English, from the low stocks in millers hands; and wheat has risen 1s. 6d. per qr. best flour was worth 31s. 9d. per sack, and wheat 42s. 6d. per qr. At Bordeaux, the price was 418. 9d. In Belgium the range was from 438. 9d. to 45s. 9d. for top quality. At Amsterdam, prices were 40s. 6d. to 52s. 6d. At Rotterdam fine heavy red was worth 44s. At Hambro', quotations were 40s. 6d. to 42s. 9d.; Stettin, 43s. 9d; Danzic, where large sales have been making, 418. to 488. for high mixed; Berlin, 42s. 3d. per qr. Navigation being resumed at Petersburg, prices für soft wheat have opened at about 40s. 6d. per qr. At Odessa, the new supplies are dropping in plen tifully; the quality is well spoken of, but rates have been firm, in consequence of the clearance of previous stocks. Polish wheat was held at about 35% 3d., Ghirka 39s. 3d. per qr. The trade at Galati is beginning with moderate quotations, 288. only being demanded. Sales from Varna have been made at 32s. Prices at Trieste, which had received Spanish orders, were 43s. 2d. Genoa had risen 2s. per qr., and literally nothing has resulted from the Neapolitan permission to export at a high duty. The different markets in Spain, from north to south, are firm, though lately all were expecting lower rates. At Alicante, Taganrog wheat was worth 538. 4d.; at Seville, 55s. per qr. With the canals open, New York is getting supplies, and flour has somewhat yielded; so that a moderate export has et sued. The wheat market looked heavy, but no quantity yet pressed on holders; the last quotations were about 48s. per qr. for the best Southern, and 42s. 6d. for Kentucky white. There is doubtless a good store in the lake ports, and the weather will influence holders there in their shipments; but with a return to monetary ease, and continuance of low rates, there seems no probability that exports will be very free. The first Monday's wheat market in London commenced on the back of moderate supplies, both English and foreign. Kent and Essex, in the course of the morning, sent up quite an average show of samples. Factors commenced by asking higher terms, and in some instances 1s. per qr.improvement was realized, but eventually sales were made at former prices. The good attendance from the country was disappointing, holders of foreign not being able to sell at an advance, and only a small quantity was sold. The country markets throughout the week scarcely made any change in the quotations. Liverpool, on Tuesday, was unaltered, and Friday's rates there were hardly equal to the previous day. The second Monday had better supplies, especially of foreign, a good deal of wheat being imported by millers direct. This circumstance was unfavourable to prices, notwithstanding a very small supply during the morning from Essex, and only a moderate one from Kent. For some time factors endeavoured to obtain the previous rates; but as the day wore, it was found necessary to concede fully 1s. per qr. generally; and there were offers at the Kentish stands at 1s. to 2s. per qr. less money, without an entire clearance. The business in foreign was very limited, at unaltered rates. | Manchester, Hull, Boston, and Bristol markets were all rather against sellers, Newark, Spalding, Louth, and Gloucester, and several other places reporting 1s. per qr. decline; but Birmingham, being scantily supplied, was in favour of sellers, and several of the Saturday's markets were 1s. per qr. up. Liverpool, on Tuesday, was without change; but Friday was decidedly easier, both for wheat and flour. tion being thought probable, from the liberal foreign supplies; the only fall, however, was 1d. per 70lbs. for wheat, and 6d. per sack on flour. On Friday, prices there were, scarcely so good. The fourth Monday was moderately supplied, the arrivals from Kent and Essex being limited. Early in the morning, fine parcels went off at full prices, but in the market subsequently the former rates were difficult to obtain, offers of 1s. per qr. less being refused by factors. The foreign trade was slow and unaltered. London remained unaltered to the week's close; Liverpool and several country markets quoted rather lower rates, but generally there was little difference throughout the country. The imports into London during the first four weeks were 20,154 qrs. English and 48,763 qrs. foreign, against 28,600 qrs. English and 20,067 qrs. foreign in May, 1857. The imports into the United Kingdom for April were 383,149 qrs. wheat and 364,769 cwt. flour, against 196,278 qrs. wheat and 189,172 cwt. flour during the same month last year. Flour during the first four Mondays in May has scarcely changed, town-made top quality remaining at the price with which the month commenced, viz., 40s. per sack. Norfolks have varied at from 30s. to 31s. per sack. The comparatively high range of prices at new York has so limited importations thence, that really fine qualities of this description have become scarce, and for this reason have rather risen in value; but French samples have been sufficiently plentiful for the dull state of trade, and have mostly left a loss to the importers, good qualities having brought only 32s. to 33s. per sack. The imports during the four weeks have been-in country sorts 68,402 sacks, in American 3,553 brls., with 9,287 sacks foreign, principally from France, against 71,448 sacks English and 3,761 brls. 110 sacks foreign in the same period last year. The barley trade during the month has little varied, prices of the best sorts having declined with the season for malting, with very little left over fit for this purpose, so that maltsters will be entirely dependent on the growing crop for future business. The large importations from the Mediterranean have kept these descriptions at rates much below oats, with which they have been freely mixed; and as the stocks of English seem nearly exhausted, a good demand must yet be experienced―equal, we think, to any imports. So, with the prospect of beginning quite bare of this grain, good malting sorts seem again likely to be high priced. The best foreign, fit for distillation, is now worth about 30s. per qr.; while there are parcels of light grind The third Monday was less liberally supplied, the foreign not reaching to 6,000 qrs. Kent and Essex also sent up but a scanty show of samples, and factors therefore required some advance in their offers; this, though generally reported, was realized in very few instances, and for picked samples alone, the general runs not being placed at anything over the terms of the previous week. Newcastle, Hull, and the early Yorkshire markets noted no change in prices, the tone being firm. Newark, Spalding, Lynn, and Market Rasen were 1s. higher. Birmingham, Gloucester, and Bristol did not raise quotations. Liverpool, on Tuesday, had a good attendance, a large reduc-ing, say 48lbs. per bush., to be had at 22s. The imports during the four weeks into London were 2,349 qrs. English, and 66,145 qrs. foreign, against 1,121 qrs. English, 51,415 qrs. foreign in May last year. The only difference in malt during the four weeks has consisted in a reduction of 1s. to 2s. per qr. on secondary and inferior qualities, the best Ware still slowly selling at 698. Oats, notwithstanding their relative dearness and large foreign supplies, have given way but little in price, in consequence of short arrivals for five months previously; the granary stores produced by the gluts of last autumn and winter being very much reduced, and had they not fed the market, a very high range of prices must have been obtained, notwithstanding the low value of wheat. The first Monday, though only 19,465 qrs. foreign were up, was better supplied than since 7th Dec.; prices, therefore, though they had previously advanced, were fully maintained. The second Monday gave a total of about 61,000 qrs.; prices receded 6d. to 1s. per qr.; but dealers had so long been waiting to buy, that nearly the whole was cleared at this reduction, and the market has since been well furnished, the fourth market being rather against sellers; and at the week's end there was a further decline of 6d. per qr., in consequence of further large arrivals. Ireland, in all parts of it, has been rapidly rising ; and as we have frequently noted a less growth in that country, it seems improbable that this grain can be cheap this side of harvest, for the Russian supplies coming late will be an almost exclusive dependence. The imports into London during the four weeks have been 1,403 qrs. English, 3,380 qrs. Scotch, 16,435 qrs. Irish, and 139,623 qrs. from abroad, total 160,841 qrs., against 1,598 qrs. English, 761 qrs. Scotch, 9,740 qrs. Irish, 55,328 qrs. foreign in May last year. Beans have been steady in value, a decline of 1s. on the first Monday being the only change that has occurred during the four weeks. Arrivals from Egypt have proved less than expected, and do not now threaten to be large. The imports have been in four weeks 1,963 qrs. English, 8,792 qrs. foreign, against 4,062 qrs. English, 936 qrs. foreign in the previous May. With the exception of a liberal arrival of white peas from the Baltic on the second Monday, this pulse has become quite scarce, nearly the whole English growth appearing to be worked up; but the high rates that have been paying for duns and maples has caused a liberal use of cheaper substitutes, especially in low barley, so that their absence has been little felt. Boilers, too, being past their season, have not rallied in price, and the month in this respect has been without change. The im ports of English into London were only 153 qrs, the foreign 3,575 qrs., against 407 qrs. English, 1,147 qrs. foreign in May, 1857. In linseed there has again been a rise, to the extent of 5s. per qr. on the month's course, in consequence of the large export demand. This advance has contributed to increase the value of cake, which was previously declining in consequence of the rapid growth of the meadows and all vegetation. The seed trade has been generally quiet, the low rates at which red cloverseed was forced off by factors and some holders having brought on a moderate speculation. American red has become worth 44s. to 45s. per cwt., and other kinds in proportion; white and trefoil have not attracted attention. Tares remaining scarce have sold in retail, at extravagant rates; and canary seed, from the same cause, has risen to five guineas per qr. Rapeseed, being badly spoken of abroad, has also risen; but it is thought the reports of injury have been exaggerated. White mustardseed remains dear, and brown quite neglected. Carraway, cor anner, and hempseed much as last quoted, and only in retail demand. |