The Express.
London, England, 1853-08-23 00:00:00

TRH CORN TRADE.

(1',..•= 7 •11, .71dra lame bpress.)
BRITISH.

The great feature in the wheat trade has this week
be is an csien•ive de to for exportation. This inquiry
kite been rqietpally en Fr. nrh ace nat, and by the latest
&deices from thence it would appear that further orders
may be calculated on. The harvest in that country is
earlier than with as, more especially is the southern de-
part neut. ; sad as .t .ti-tics of the result are collected then
with great care and aecuraey, it has no doubt been ascer-
tained that tee yield has turned out deficient. Under these
Circumstances, it is more than probable that the govern-
ment have deemed it prudent to endeavour to guard against
scarcity, and we shall certainly not be surprised to learn
that a part of what has lately been bought in the English
markets has been taken on account of the French govern-
ment. ,'bother this be the case, or whether the purchases
have been made by private individuals, the effect,
ea far as we are concerned, will prove the same.
Not only have large (loyalties of wheat and flour
been taken off our markets, but a great number
of cargoes on passage from the Black Sea and the
Baltic, originally intended for England, have been bought
for France. That this will till hereafter cannot be ques-
tioned ; and there is reason to believe that the decline
which took Alen in our prices in the early part of the
month will be fell y recovered ; indeed, it is to be happre-
hended that we may later in the year have to pay igher
rates than we are now obtaining from our neighboun to
r(eace what is at present so freely parted with.
in proportion as h operations are proceeded with,
evidence of the shorten. of the wheat crop increases, and
we fear that our estimate of probable deficienev—vic, a
fifth to a fourth- -may prove below the mark. the wea-
ther thus far has been mo.:crately auspicious fur harvest
work. The rain on Tuesday did no harm, and the carting
of even was resumed on the following day. There has
consequently been nothing to cause speculation as
far as weather has been concerned, and the firm
tone which holders of wheat have assumed at ell
the markets in the agricultural districts, in spite of
the serious fall which took place at Mark-lane on Monday,
may be regarded as a strong manifestation of the opinion
entertained by farmers of the unsatisfactory mull of the
crop. These remarks are intended to apply only to wheat.
Spring corn will, we are happy tosay, gives much better
return. Indeed, the reports in regard to barley and oats
are with few exceptions of a favourable character. Beans
and peas are also well spoken elf ; but, on the other hand,
potatoes chow increased symptoms of disease, and we fear
that a good yield of other articles will do but little to com-
pensate for the extensive failure of the potato and the un-
questionable deficiency in the produce of wheat. We
scarcely recollect an instance when a fall such as thst
which took place at Mark.lene on Monday produced so
little (Erect nn the provincial markets.
At Lies rpool prices of wheat and flour were quite as
high on Tuesday as on the previous market day. Subse-
quently a rise took place, and ac former article was quoted
the turn, and BOUT 6d. per barrel higher on Friday.
The advice. from Yorkshire are of a similar character;
and at Birmingham, Bristol, and other markets in that
part of the kingdom, the London reports failed to cheek
the upward movement. The fact is, that we have thus far
had more than the ordinary proportion of the supplies from
abroad, and whilst foreign wheat has been abundant at
Mark-lane, it has been comparatively scarce at the other
large consuming towns. We are inclined to think that this
state of thing, will not exist much longer : the purchases
already made for export have made serious inroads on our
grasitried stocks, and there is reason to believe that a
meted falling off will take place in the supplies from the
Black Bea, whilst the destination of many of the cargoes
from the Baltic his been altered from English to foreign
ports. We have oertainly no desire to create groundless
alarm, or to encourage speculation ; and in the foregoing
remarks we have endeavoured to steer clear of anything like
exaggeration; but at the same time we cannot conceal from
ourselves or oar readers that the country is placed in a
somewhat awkward predicament. To have lost the sup-
ply which we have of late years been in the habit of ob-
taining from France, would of itself have been al/Beata to
make a great change ; but when, as at present, that coun-
try takes largely from no, and outbids the English buyers
in the Baltic and Black Sea, it would be vain to expect
that prices here should not be influenced. It will be for-
haute if nothing else should occur to cause excitement :
wet weather would greatly add to our difficulties by render-
ing the new wheat unfit fur Immediate use. That hitherto
monied has been saved in excellent condition, and is so
dry that it may be ground with a very small mitten •
of old.
The arrivals of wheat commis* into the port of London
have been small, and but little has been brought forward
since Monday by land-carriage from the home counties.
Then was nevertheless • good show of samples on the
Ern and Kent stands on Wednesday, consisting of what
had been left over from previous receipts. The millers
were evidently more disposed to buy than before, of which
factors were not slow to take advantcge, and about Is. per
qr. of Monday's decline was recovered. On Friday
the firmness of holders was further increased by
the glean, accounts from France. The smallness of
the quantity of English wheat on sale prevented much
being done, but there was evidently more disposition to
purchase, and no dinicalty was esperieneed in obtaining Is.
to 2s. per qr. advance es Monday's currency. A few more
samples of new have appeared. mostly of good to flee
%inlay, which have been readily placed at extreme terms.
The supply of wheat from abroad has been good, but a very
large proportion ef the same MOS to hand early in the
week, and fur some days past the arrivals have been small.
A fair amorist of bushier was done on Wednesday, at terms
not previously obtaiaable. On Friday there were nume-
rous inquiries oa French account, and several large sales
were made for shipment at rates about 2s. per qr. above
those at which puniness might have been made in the be-
giants( of the week. For the commoner kinds of Lower
Bettis eel wheat, 625. to 64. • and for fine, 565. to 68.. per
qr. was realised. There wee also a lively demand fur wheat
tree on beard at Baltic ports or ea passage from thence ,•
She. par qv., ant and freight, was asked for fine high-mixed
Deena, and fur a superior parcel, 66e. per qr. was de-
manded. In Black Sea wheat comparatively little business
was done, owing to the very high rates asked by sellers—
say for l'ulish °deem, 48s. to 605.; for Ohirka, 4•&. to 615.;
and for Berdisaski and Marianopli, CJs. to 645. per qr., cost
and freight.
The sale for town-made fine has not as yet improved,
but there has been a lively demand for American; sad
stocks of the latter having become reduced into a very nar-
row compass, sellers have raised their pretnsions. Several
thousand barrels were taken fur Frazee on Wednesday and
Thursday, at an advisee of Bd per brl.; and on Friday a
further rise to the same extent was readily paid by buyers.
Good sweet qualities have become scarce, and 295. to 30s.
per brl. is asked for the best brands.
Only a few small tots of new barley have hitherto bean
brought forward, and supplies of old have completely
ceased; there has consequently been but little done in
English, and prises have andergoae no change requiring
eeriece. Foreign barley h..s been in steady request for
grinding purpose*, ant has sold quite's. well as before.
There has been a fair inquiry for malt, and the extreme
currnicy of Monday has been realised.
The arrival of oats eosetwise and from Ireland have been
small, and nearly the whole of the 28,000 qrs. received from
abroad came to hand in the beginning of the week. The
trade for this grain has in a great measure recovered from
the depression of Monday. A good business was done on
Wednesday, and prices were obtained which could not have
been realised in the commencement of the week. The de-
mand coniinued active on Friday, and considerable Wes
were mods at an advance of quite Gd. per qr.
The transactions in beans and peas have not been of
much importance, and quotations have undergone little or
no vanatioe.
Indian corn has bee* held with great firmness.
FOREIGN.

The reports from the Baltic, generally, represent the
wheat trade as arm, the Oat accounts from hence having
had little ineueocer, orders to buy wheat on French, Dutch,
and Belgian account hating been received.
Dantsic letters of Tuesday hut inform us that the supplies
of wheat from the interior had begun to fall olf ; and the
large shipments which had been made having caused •
material decrease in the stock., holders had shown • dia-
position to raise their pretensions. Though telegraphic
despatches bad been received, imparting the tact that wheat
had lallen 4s. per qr. at Mark lane, buyers on French
aceount bad continued their operations ; and 4,31/0 qrs.
wheat chs-ged hands on that day, at prices varying from
43.. up to 51s. 6d. per qr., free on hoard. Freights con-
tinued high.
At Stettin, on Tuesday, the weather was wet, which
caused some excitement ; prices were, however, much the
seise as on that day week, and good qualities of fel heat
(weighing 6llbe. per bashel) might have been bought at
equal to 475. per qr., free on board. Harvest we. in active
progress; bat the rain would, it was feared, interfere with
the carting of corn.
Rostock letters of Wednesday inform us that a consider-
able proportion of the wheat, and nearly all the rye ia
that neighbourhood, had been harvested mostly in good
order ; respecting the yield, it we. considered too early to
say anything positively. Prices were about the same aon
that day week.
At Hamburg, on Tuesday, there was a good deal of busi-
ness doing on French account in wheat, at higher prices
than the English houses had been disposed to pay. .i$ lbs.
red, weighed up to 60 lbe., had been bold at 63e.; and foe
UOl lbe. natural weight equal to Us. 6d. per qr., free oa
board, had been paid.
From Rotterdam we learn that • lively inquiry for whist
had been experienced from the Rhine provinces, and that
equal to 6/1.. per qr., free on board, had been obtained.
The advice* from France are of a very exciting nature.
There cau no longer be • doubt that the crop is very sh rt
there. Even in those districts most favoured by the sea-
sons, wheat is reported to be deficient, and the prevailing
opinion appeared to be that prices would continue to rise.
At Peri.. on Wednesday, Cur was in lively roped for
Intel eonaumption, and, stocks having become very much
reduced, prices romp 6to 6 francs per sack. This naturally
11:18WHICud the value of wheat, and the latter article was
quoted 1i to 2 francs per sack higher than on that day
week.
From the

we learn that the fear of mucky
and very h 4 i=t had ineremeil, and eatravarrat rates
appear to hare gad.
A letter frees halm of the 9th inst. informs as that lot
the 14th. crew wisest beought hit ear.l 12f. per rabbit. (equal
to 41s. 44. per r.), bee as board, had bra • resisted, and
that eastraeta bad ortuallg been closed hot 14f. per rabbi°
(ogled to 117 s. pet qr.), fret on lasso!.
The secouata from the more distant ports on the Black
S.a reps* as active inquiry for wheat. The trop is southern
Kuria refit, we are inclined to think, give a good yield ;
and U 'MAN; should COCIIf to interrupt supplies from that
wrier, large shipmate will no doubt be mode from Woes,

&c., before the close of the navigation. The great draw-I
back to business has, thee far, been the want of ships ; and
this it will, we tear, be difficult to get over. The latest ad•
vise. tram Weiss quote Polish wheat 345. to 345. (Id. per
qr., frie on bo,,rd, at which pu-chasis had been made ca
French account. There were only about a dozen vessel.
loading, and none uncharte red.
At tfiriata, on the 4th instant, our advice. state that the
weather was dry and parching, and that great fears were
entertained respecting the crop of maize, in which a large
business had been done. Wheat had also been in good re-
quest.
The Is'est reports from America speak favourably of the
probable result of the harvest ; but the accounts from Eu-
rope being regarded as encouraging, holders of wheat and
flour had raised their pretenrions.
At New York, on the 6th of August, there was not quite
so much doings. there had been a day or two before, owing
to the advanced rates asked. The exports from the lit to
the 31st of July had amounted to 187,132 bets. flour, 607,092
bush. wheat, and 12,066 bush. Indian corn.

Kato intelitatnce.

NSTER COUNTY COURT.
BtT•NT •. CRACIN.

The plaintiff in this ease is a linendraper residing at
Kensington, and the defendant, Mr. Henry Winfield
Crate, banister•ahlaw, and clerk to the Commissioners of
Land and Assessed Taxes, residing at 19, Buckingham•
street, Adelphi. The investigation, as will be seen from
the subjoined report, disclosed some most distressing cir-
cums
Mr. Gent, who appeared for the plaintiff, stated that
this was an action brought tor the purpose of recovering
the sum of W. 14s. 4d., an amount incurred by Mrs. Crate,
the wife of the defendant, from whom he was separated—
from whom, indeed, she had recently obtained a divorce
on the ground of adultery. He understood that the de-
fence would be that the wife was living away from the
husband, but he should show that Mr. Crane was liable not-
withstanding.
Mn. Martha Crate was called and examined by Mr.
Gent. She said she was the wife of the defendant, and
had ordered end received from the plaintiff the goods for
which he nos sued. She was married to Mr. Crate at the
British Ambassador's at Paris in 1837. About 13 or 14
years after marriage Mr. Craft turned her out of doors.
That occurred at Oakbrook-house, Hammersmith, a plate
which was bought with her money. She found her hus-
band intriguing with her housemaid. They were locked
in the bedroom together, and she expostulated with him
on the subject, being very much exasperated at
his conduct. It was on the 10th of February, 1832,
when her husband turned her out of doors. Since that
time Mr. Croce bad not allowed her a single shilling.
Previews to her marriage, Mr. Crises was • clerk in
the Tax-ofloe at 40/. • year. She hid two houses of beau-
tiful furniture, and she thought she had enough money to
maintain herself and her husband in a state of respecta-
bility, more especially when he promised to be true and
faithful until death. (Here Mrs. Croce sobbed bitterly.)
Mr. Craft did not settle any of his property upon her at her
marriage. He could not do so as he had not a shilling in
the world. Mr. Crate acted the part of a good hasband
until the housemaid of whom she had spoken came into
their service, and thee all was changed. He then turned
her out of her home, deprived her of the whole of her
wardrobe, and left her literally without clothing. At that
time she had 3001. or 4001. a year. On the day after she
was turned out the called upon her husband, but he refused
to eft her, and she was compelled to obtain the articles now
sued for from Mr. Bryant to supply her pressing necessities.
Mr. Creels was now clerk to the Commissioners of Laud and
Assessed Taxes, at a salary of 3001. a year.
Mr. Needham, who appeared for the defendant, crew-
examined Mn. Cram. She stated that when the plaintiff
came to her for money, she referred him to her husband,
who was undoubtedly liable. She had prosni.ed to
pay plaintiff for the geode if he failed in procuring payment
from her husband. She had now 124/. a-year, of which she'
paid 1001. a-year for her house, leaving her only 241. a-year
to live upon. She took proceedings against her husband in
the Ecclesiastical Court, and obtained an alimony of 501.
a-year, but of that amount she bad not received • farthing.
"On my oath, before my God," exclaimed the witness pas-
sionately, " I have never received • shilling from Mr.
Crass sines that time." _

Mr. Needham handed to the witness a receipt to which
hernias' was appended, and inquired whether the signa-
ture was in her handwriting ?
Mrs. Crane—Yes it is. They sent me that receipt, and
mid if I returned it signed, the money should be forwarded
to me; bet I have not had a farthing.
Mr. Needham.—Do you mean to tell the court, Madam,
that you were defrauded out of that receipt ?
Mrs. Crane.—l do. I was defrauded out of it most
cruelly.
By the Judge.—When she was turned out she had no
clothes. It was a few days after she was turned out that
she went to Mr. Bryant's for the things. Certainly before
the decree of alimony wee obtained.
Ana Foley, a servant in Mr.. Crace.s service, confirmed
in every material respect the statemeut of her mistrro ;
and the delivery of the goods having been proved by the
plaintiff, who stated that Mr. and Mrs. Cruces bad fre-
quently been his customers before,
Mr. Gent said that was the case for the plaintiff.
Mr. Bryant was fuelled by the judge, who inquired
whether at the time he supplied the goodsl he knew of the
separation between Mr. and Mrs. Crate ? He stated in
reply that it was six months after supplying the goods that
he first heard of the separation.
Mr. Needham then opened the case for the defence, and
contended that when Mr.. Croce left ter husband she took
with her sufficient clothing to supply her necessities, and
that consequently there was no OCCA‘iOII to contract the
debt with 3lr. Bryant. He should not consider it his duty
to go into the unfortunate and wretched circumstances
connected with the ease, but should content himself with
bringing evidence to bear upon dry facts.
Mr. H. Winfield Crace, the defendant, examined—He
was the husband of Mrs. Craze. He separated from her, ,
in point of fact, as long ago as July, 1851. After their
reparation Mrs. Crate continued to live at Oakbrook
House, a furnished residence. It was a newly-fur-
nished
house, furnished comfortably and respectably.
He found that the goods were being carried off
by cart loads, and that Mrs. Crace was causing it
to be done. That was his sole cause for saying she
should not go into the house again. She had a most
extravagant wardrobe, consisting of eight velvet dresses,
30 or 40 ClOl6l/, satin dresses without number, satinets
dimes, silk drew—in het, a wardrobe much beyond her
means. She took her wardrobe away with her when she
left, the things being taken to the house of a Mrs. Walker,
at Notting-hill. lie bad been applied to by several trades-
, meal, who had supplied her with goods—such as dresses,
bonnets, and millinery. He had paid 1004. for debts in-
caned by her between the date of their separation and his
citation to the Ecclesiastical Court. Her income derived
from her marriage settlement was nearly 1501. a year. All
she had at the time of her marriage was settled upon her-
self. He deprived bet of a single farthing of her
property. Jut before the decree, namely, from July, 1861,
to January, 1862, he bad paid for her 1031. 18s.
Mrs. Crsoe—That is not true.
The Judge said he regretted that the course of conduct
Mrs. Creee had pursued compelled him to order her out of
court. She had frequently interrupted the proceedings, and
he had no alternative. (With the decision of the judge,
Mrs. Crate very hesitatingly complied.)
Mr. Crace cross examined by Mr. Gent—When he was
married he was clerk to the tax commissioners at 1201. a

year. Mrs. Crace bad about 1,0001. in the funds. In 1842
he started a carriage and a pair of horses. Hie salary at
that time amounted to about 5001. a yt ar, and Mrs. Croce
had at the time about 1501. a year. Her general property
might be estimated at 5,0001. He separated from his wife
because he could no longer live with her.
Mr. Gent—Have you since been living with another
woman?

Mr. Crate— I decline to answer that question.
Cross-examination continued—He had not made an allow-
ance to bis wife since his separation. She had received her
separate income, and he had paid all her tradesmen's bibs
up to the date of the citation. The value of the dresses she
took away was about 2001.
The Judge said it appeared to him that he must make an
order for the plaintiff.
Mr. Needham submitted that there was no evidence to
warrant that decision.

Mr. Oent applied for costa, which were immediately
granted, and then asked for an order for immediate
payment.
Mr. Needham asked for a month, on the ground that his
client had nearly been ruined by his wife's conduct.
The Judge--Very likely ; we have heard quite enough of
this gentleman's stfairs.
It was then ordered that the amount should be paid in
a month.