Excerpt from The Friend, 1861, Vol. 34: A Religious and Literary Journal The wheat harvest had commenced in the south of England, and the crops were reported good. The wea ther, however, continued wet and unsettled, and warm sunshine was much needed. In the House of Commons', Gladstone moved for an additional vote of for government require ments, by way of exchequer bills. He said this increase in the estimates was attributable to the prospects of the harvest, which, if bad, would entail additional expandi ture on the government. After some Opposition, the te solution was agreed to. The Liverpool cotton market was firm. Breadstuffs had an advancing tendency. Consols, a 93. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.