The Express.
London, England, 1853-05-31 00:00:00

THE FOREIGN CORN TRADE.

(Fos the Mork-lase Ispreee.)

•
The value of wheat continues to advance on the
continual, and it really would appear that the larp ship-
ments made to England have had the effect of redneing
stocks into an unusually small esispoes at many of the prin-
cipal foreign ports. Ihe only plows in the Baltic where
any quantity of wheat of importance is held is Dentate.
Prima WC nevertheless relatively higher there than in this
country, and we can hardly expect consigiusents vales' oar
markets should hereafter !sold out mote encouragement
than they eo at present.
The latest advice, from Duthie state that buyers bad
become rather unless to add to their stacks. Two
hundred qrs. of fine Upper Polish wheat, weighing 631 be.,
were taken on that day at 'cola to 50s. • and 600 qrs. of
Lower Polish wheat, 63 to 6310 k, at dis. per qr. free on
luatd. A parcel of indifferent quality (about 400 qrs.) was
placed at 425. per qr. free es lesoll. The weather had
been and was then negssial, sal Sirs prospects for the crops
were net considered favensebio.

Konigsberg letters of the 23rd instant state that no
effect had been produced there by the doll reports from
hence, and pricy of both wheat and spring corn had
tended up.ards. The opinion prevailed there that prices
would be higher, owing to the reduced state of the stocks
of grain in the interior. Good 62Ibs. red wheat wu then
worth 425. per qr. free on board. The nights continued
cold, and vegetation was not favourably.
Advice' from Wino& of Ileeday infbres us that
supplies of grain frees the famous bed sheet Nand, sad
that though there had been a dipeeltlea to 4,7 wheats the
want of supplies had prevented wales helm Mae,
which state of affairs gestations had team genital.
Spring corn had cesammilisi very ; Orr barley
equal to 24 per or.~ toes ea laud iced bees yid. The
few peas whisk halbert leensobt_lerenni bad hosaght 36s ,
and 375. per qr. bad beta reahred ter rye. The latter crop
was 41.ered to have be= extensively Injured by the dry,
parching east wind and cold nights.
Skims letters of Wakealayiniees us that considerable
contracts had been mewed fan lermiter forward delivery,
at materially &drained ream Wheat had also risea
value.

At the sear continental ports the tendency of prices has
likewise been upward. At Harahan, on Tuesday, 435. to
43.. 6d. per 480 Ihe was paid for upland wheat weighing
681Ibe. per bushel.
From the Lower Baltic ports there bad been no offers
of good fil the. quality, below 44e. to 46e. per qr. Rye had
been in lively request, and was la. tolas. per qr. higher
than on that day week. The inquiry for barley bad also
been god, and equal to 245. per qr. free on board bad
been offered for 63ibe. Danish. In oats there had not been
much passing, and 391 be Danish might have been bought
at 15e. per qr.
From iludidid the reports respecting the rye crop are not
favourable, and the article rose 2s. per qr. at Rotterdam on
Monday. Wheat was in better request than it had been
previously, end advanced Is. per qr.
The accounts from Belgium also complain about the rye
crop, and at Antwerp on Wednesday there was a good sale
for wheat and barley, as well as for the first-named article.
From France we learn that prices of wheat and flour had
tended upwards. At Paris, on Wednesday, the turn was
deciicdly egainat the buyer; and at the perts no the
northern coast when appear also to have shown a disposi-
tion to raise their pretensions. At Martell's a good deal
of excitement seems to have been caused by the political
state of affair in the eat, and is sense of the pro-
bability of supplies Gam Na Ilia Men interrupted,
a eousiderable ries led takes piste It prime of Polish
Ode•sa and similar sorts of wheat.
The most reeently•reetived advises from Oder* inform
us that large stocks of wheat were held there. Vessels
were beginning to become scarce, and freights were rising.
At Oalats, on the 12th inst., wheat was held firmly, but
Lelia. corn was rather easier to buy. Freights were ad-
vancing.
We advioes of late dates per steamer from America.
The parities of the flour trade does not appear to have
changed there materially. Supplies from the interior at
the ports on the coast had rather increased, but the demand
having b. en geed, prices bad continued to tend upwards.
At New Turk, ea the 14th Inst., fine brands of flour were
about 61e. dearer than on that day week; the price brought
into English Bleary would make the cost free on board
20e. 3d. per bat, with a 2s. 3d. freight to Liverpool. Fair
qualities of wheat were quoted 120 c. per 6010 s. (about
41e. 3d. per qr. free es board.

SCICIDE Of A

inquest was hold on

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Fritls', before Ise swims of Osereessid, relative to the
d.etb of 1111t.listay Pak Balorwa, hate surgeon to the
Ibloorers sellipsms ship, bowed S. Port Phillip, with
some 250 . The Assessed, who was rather
young in Lion, had bees • previous voyage to
with ea emigrant shin. He gave satisfaction to
the owners, and was appointed to the Hanover. He
came down the river on Wednesday with her from the
d.ss ka and abs was moored off Gravesend. It appeared
that he had been attacked with diarrhea, end seemed N
unwell that the government emigration officer suggested
the attendance of another medical officer on board, or at
least soul he ship got round to Plymouth, so u to see
whether he of better. In the noun of the evening ha was
heard to fall down in hie cabin. He was found insensible,
and • bottle so the medicine chest, which had contained
16u. of laudanum, was found empty. Mr. Russell, a war-
ren, came off from the town, and, by means of the
essouch pump, Sos. of laudanum were brought up. The
duseaussi, however, n recovered, and died the same
alight. The jury returned a verdict, "That the deceased
bid from taift as overdose of laudanum, bat there we.
met seldom* ssHaset before tindery to show what state el
setimd Ise

LAW inteUtaeiue.
COURT OF EXCIEFSIUER.—YESTERDAY.
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DAVILA T. THE MAYOR (AND OTHERS) OE SWANSEA.—
A SINGULAR CONTRACT.
This was an action of trover to recover (*.lain goods and
materials in the possession of the defendants. The ease
came before the court upon a demurrer to the defeeffants
pleas. It appeared that the plaintiff had entereff into a
contract with the Board of Health of Swansea to execute
certain works, comprising a sewer or culvert, and other
thing', for which he was to receive the sum of 1,6991., and
it was provided that if the plaintiff, from bankruptcy, insol-
vency, or any other cause, rhould be prevented from pro-
ceeding, or should not proceed to the entire satisfaction of
the s yor, it should be lawful for the defendants, after
three days' notice, to employ any other person to proceed
with the work; sod that the amount paid to the
it any, up to the time of such notice having been given,
should be sufficient without any further payment, and that
the materials then on the premises should belong to the de-
fendants. The first payment was to have been made when
the surveyor had certified that one-third of the work was
completed.
It appeared that the plaintiff commented the work, hut
did not proceed with it to the satisfaction of the surveyor,
and after three days' notice the defendants employed
another person to go on with the work, and took possession
of all the materials on the premises belonging to the plain-
tiff, to recover the possession of which the action was
brought. The defendants had pleaded the contract, and
the plaintiff bad (-marred to the pleas u insufficient.
Mr. Quin, in support of the demurrer, submitted that
the clause in the contract was most harsh and penal in its
character, and mast be strictly construed—that the whole
clause must be taken together—and that the words " any
farther peusenet " were sufficient to slew that it was not
in that a notice could be given, and that the de-
feadmatm could seise aad confiscate, as ;hey had done, the
plaintiff's property unless some payment had been made.
In the must case the plaintiff tied not received • far-
thing, and the defendants, without making him any cos-
peneatioa, had takes possession of all his materials and of
the work done.
Mr. Willem tsarists bees heard Ise the diffident, sad
haring esetesded Ise the strict enfareensent of the eoatrset,
The Chief Hama said there wee hardly any clam s►
tu=ejest, and contrary to all good faith, that pause
is
sot take open themeless to subscribe in order to
pt a contract. They seemed to think that if sash a con-
tract tome into a mil of justice, no court would, for eery
shame, end to enthuse it. All that the court mid
de, however, was to ascertain the nature of the contract be-
tween the parties, and to administer the law wording to
the plain, Misery sem of the words is the contract, how-
ever absurd it might he.
Mr. Baron Martin homed that by eating u the strict
construction of seek esstreste the east wear l be to lades*
parties to passe bolero they mitered late sash aboard mad
aujmist agreements.
Judgment fur the defendants.

COURT OF BANIERUFTC
Moat Ya Comm:mom
Is as Burr.

rrYEITEIDAL
Hogaorn.

This wee the certificate meeting in the ease el R. Batt,
owed
to of Mortimer-street, Ca Re
owed to unsecured creditors 1,445 L ; to the
NNW
rity, 943! ; the property held by the latter was
at 1,291/., from which some surplus has been derived. The
profits bad been 5751. ; losses, 49/. ' • trade and other ex-
penses, 660!. ; domestic and personal ditto, 9741.
Mr. Turner opposed, for the assignees, on various
grenade. The ease was one where the assets would be ex-
ly cull—only 651. • the expenditure was about
three the profits ; &nether' was a charge against the
bankrupt under the penal section (the 256th) of having ob-
teilied credit by false pretences from Messrs. Caldecott, to
whom he gave an untrue representation as to the amount
of his stock. He had also deposited goods with Mr. Pew,
a creditor, in consideration of a previous advance ; and
this, it was contended, amounted to a fraudulent prefer-
ence. The books had been well kept, and the bankrupt
mast therefore have known his position from day to day.
Mr. Lawrence, on behalf of the bankrupt, urged that as
he had failed before, it was a caution to the creditou, who
would of course extend their confidence the Ins readily.
Every one knew that the stook-takings produced by traders
under such circumstances were always very favourable to-
wards themselves, and no doubt Messes. Caldecott and the
other houses with whom the bankrupt dealt would take
this into consideration, especially on a stock-taking made so
long ago as 1850.
His Honour said the case was marked by some very bad
features. There was only one redeeming circumstance,
that the book-keeping had been good which ought not to
be urged agaiost the bankrupt. He hid compounded with
his creditors in 1847 ; he had to borrow money to carry out
this composition ; nevertheless he started in trade again in
six months, borrowing money from Mr. Pew and Mr.
Ford, with whom he deposited goods and gave other
securities. He stated that he bad resisted an ap-
plication for a further advance, which led Pew to
sue him and get an execution but this did,
not at all improve his position. He had been obliged to
borrow the small sum of 30!, in 'sly last—a circumstance
which should hue induced him to look into his position.
But the principal charge against hiss was the misrepresen-
tation of his stook to Hr. Davin, of the house of Messrs.
Caldecott. His excuse now was, that it was an old stock-
taking of 1849 or 1850. This ought to have been stated to
Mr. Davies, otherwise the offence was aggravated. Another
ground of complaint was the excessive expenditure; his
profits had been only 5751., while the expenses amounted to
between 1.6001. and 1,700/. It was the duty of the court to
pose a severe sentence in such a case, in order to prevent
traders from making false representations as to their affairs.
The certificate must be suspended for two years from this
time ; when granted to be of the third class, there being no
suggestion of unavoidable loss or misfortune in the case.
Mr. Lawrence asked for protection.
Mr. Turner said he was instructed to ask for a suspension
of the protection for a limited time, the cue being clearly
one of fraud. _ _

His Honour said he felt bound to accede to this applica-
tion, and would withhold the protection for three mouths.
He thought the public were indebted to the assignees for
coming forward to oppose in such a case.

SESSIONS.-YESTERDAY.

The sittings of the court for the May general adjourned
semis.., were resumed this morning at the Guildhall,
Meatneinster, by adjournment from Clerkenwell, before
Mt. Withers, tdeputy-assistant, judge, and a bench of
tn. Then we sixty-four prisoners for trial, the
.:Lt're
whom with the exception of two were charged
with felony.
Mr. Witham briefly charged the grand jury.
Joseph Redgraro, 35, was indicted for having feloniously
stolen a clock of the volute of tea shillings, the property of
Thomas Shipton.
The prosecutor and the prisoner were in the employ of
Mr. Younghusband, No. 4, South Wharf-road, Paddington,
as stablemen. The former had a clock of his own hanging
up in one of the stables, and on the evening of the 11th inst.
he missed it. He saw the prisoner coming away from
where the clock hung, and asked hint if he had got it,
which he denied, but the prosecutor told him he was a
false speaking man, as at that very moment the weights
were hanging out of his pocket, and taking hold of his coat
he took it therefrom. This took place at about half-past
five o'clock, and the next morning between four and five he
gave him into custody for stealing it. The prisoner said he
only took it out of "a lark."
The prosecutor appeared to look with great contempt on
Mr. Cooper when that learned gentleman eross-examined
him, so mach so, that until ordered by the court, he not
only would not answer him, but would not even tarn his
face towards the counsel box. When at length be did
*peak, be said he had said all he had to say, but on being
throned by the court to answer the questions put to him,
he said the prisoner bad been in Mr.Younghushated's ser-
vile two or three years, and that he himself had been in
the same employ about twelve weeks.
Kr. Cooper, in his address to the jury, urged that the
desk bad been taken by the prisoner not with any felonious
halsaties, but out of a lark, which bad been arranged be-
tween Ida and the other men, merely to annoy the pros/-
mane, who was a very disagreeable, ill-tempered sort of
Ms:TThe prisoner had all along said it was merely a
ad it was strange if the prosecutor at first thought
the intention was to steal, that he did not give the prisoner
into custody until nearly twelve hears alter he found the
Mock in his pocket. The secret of this was that the pro-
secutor was so snappish about being made the subject of a
joke, that at length in a rags of vexation he magnified the
thing into a theft and took his revenge by giving the pri-
soner into custody.
Two witnesses, stablemen, in the same employ, were
examined, and from their evidence it appeared that the
prosecutor had fixed up his clock in the stable, and if the
other men were not in at the right time he reported them.
This was not approved of by the other servants, and they
arranged to take it away to hide it—their object being a
double one, to get rid of the obnoxious clock, by which
they had to regulate their time, and to play " /lark "
with the prosecutor by " getting hies out " about his lose.
The prisoner went and took the cloak down, but happened
to be detected by the prosecutor. It was well known a
week before that the clock was to be removed.
Mr. Witham having summed up,
The jury immediately returned a verdict of .IVol Gee lfy.
Henry Rowley, 21, and Peter Weeks, 22, were indicted
for teeing 216 lbs. weight of lead, the property of the
President, Vice-Presidents, and governors of the Orphan
Working School.
William Francis Tarleton, the head master of the Orphan
Working School, Haverstock-hill, Hempstead-road, de-
posed that he, is consequence of a quantity of lead having
been missed from the intitution, watched on the night of
the 17th inst. in the octagon building, or well.houn, on
the roof of which about two tons of lead were deposited,
but he saw no one near until between G and 7 in the morn-
ing, when be observed the prisoners in front of the building
as if collecting chickweed. They were about to wheel
away •hand-cart which they had with them when he inter-
posed, and after some resistance on the part of the pri-
soners, he found a quantity of lead in the cart, covered
over with chickweed, lie seised Weeks, but the other
Prisoner escaped, and was afterwards taken at a beer-shop
iitßell-street, Edgware-road. The lead found in the cart
corresponded precise!: with that on the building.
The jury found them both Guilty.
• former conviction was proved against Rowley. Ib
1847 he was convicted at the Old Bailey of felony, and
sentenced to seven years' transportation.
Mr. Witham sentenced Rowley to be transported Is
seven years, and Weeks to six months' hard labour.