The Express.
London, England, 1853-10-25 00:00:00

MRS. CHISHOLM ON EMIGRATIOA:

Last evening a meeting of intending emigrants
and their friends assembled at the rooms of the Unitarian
Domestic Mission, in Spirevstreet, Spitalflelde, to hear a
farewell address from Mrs. Chisholm previous to her de.
parture for Australia on the conelowion of her missi.in to
promote emigration Irons the United Kingdom.

Mr. CIIAMLES Cucxtcsxa, as activemember of the
Unitarian mission, presided, and explained the °Neck the
saluting, and the important services performed by Mrs.
Chisholm two years ago (long before the commencement of
the gold fever), as the founder of the Family Colonisatioa
aaa Emigration Society, and in promoting emigration to
Australia, and protecting emigranu on their ' I, and
the great benefit those services had conferred up...n the
starving silk weavers of Spitaifields, many of whom had
by means of Mrs. Chisholm's society been enabled to leave
an employment in which distress and suffering were their
only prospect, and to take their places amongst the most
industrious, well conducted, and successful of the Austra-
lieu colimists.

Mr. Iltruxur, another member of the mission, prepoted
resolution offering to Mrs. Chisholm, on the part of the
meeting, a heartfelt welcome as the well tried friend of the
British emigrant, and expressive of their cordial symputhy
with her benevolent lebours, based as they were on great
practical wisdom and Christian humanity, and their earnest
Rid wishes that prosperity might crown her future efforts
under the unerring guidance of Supreme Wisdom.
The Bev. W. Bibtun seconded the resolution in &speech
highly eulogistic of Mrs. Chisholm, and in which Le en-
larged upon her claims to the grati•.ude of the working
cleats of this country.
The motion having been carried unanimously and by ac-
clamation,

Mrs. CiII3IIOLX addressed the meeting, and after ex
pressing her gratilicatinn at the approval which her
exertions had met with, at the success which
attended them. and that she had been permitted to carry
on her work of ameliorating the condaion of the

THE CORN 2RADE AT HOME AND

ABROAD.

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(From the Mark-Igne Erpreu.)
After a perisd of comp►rative calm, and • fraction of
about 2s. per qr. in the value of wheat, the trade has again
become animated ; the decline of the preceding fortnight
has been completely recovered this week, and present ap-
pearances are indicative of renewed activity.
The weather has throughout the week been exceedingly
unfavourable, and so great a quantity of rain has fallen
that the low lands are in many parts of the country flooded.
Out-door work has been wholly out of the question, and
there is reason to fear that the autumn sowing of wheat
will be unavoidably delayed to a late period. There is
cocsequsntly great danger of a similar state of things oc-
curring to that experienced I.e. autumn, and to which we
attribute much of what subsequently transpired. That the
continued wet has given rise to serious uneasiness in
regard to the future, does not admit of doubt ; sad
we are inclined to think that this has been the main

cause of eke renewed activity in the trade. Other
circumstances Lave, however, assisted to strengthen the
belief that prices may rule higher hereafter ; the most im-
portant of which is the certainty that the supplies of
foreign wheat—which have up to this time been on a
liberal scale—wfil now fall off. Nearly the whole of the
available stocks held at the ports in the Baltic earlier in the
year have been shipped to this country and France ; and as
the new wheat is not coming to hand in fit condition to
stand a sea voyage, we dirtiest expect to receive any further
aid of importance from that quarter until the spring of
next year. At the urar continental ports there is scarcely
anything left for shipment, and prices are relatively higher
at lfamburgh, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Ste., than in our mar-
kets. From France we learn that, after a short period of
inactivity, wheat had agnid begun to excite attention, and
quotations are rapidly rising in that country to a point Tio
leave a margin for profit on consignments from hence,
i,.deed, within the last few days mall purchases of bard
wheat have been made on French account. It would be
folly to endeavuur to disguise that Great Britain and
Franca will require iMillei.3o importations between this
end next harvest, and that the Baltic ports will have a
smaller surplus for export than in ordinary years. These
facts do not admit of dispute, and we regard it therefore as
certain that prices mart rule comparatively high, if all
other difficulties were removed. Irrespective of the proba-
bility of war, the extreme scarcity of shipping opposes an
closest insurmountable obst►cle to our ebtainieg the aid we
are likely to steed in such need of. The rates asked fur
freight from Odessa to the United Kingdom had, according
to the latest advice., risen to 20s. to 21s. per qr., and at (de-
lete 235. to 245. per qr. was asked. Stocks at those ports
are very large, and prices comparatively low ; but with the
freights named, and high premiums of insurance to cover
war risk, the cost here would be much more than the pre-
ss ut value of such qualities in our market.. It is conse-
quently not to be wondered art that very little wheat has for
some time past been shipped from the Black Sea for England.
Buyers from France and the Italian porta have, however,
purchased there from time to time; and of the vessels cleared
out with grain cargoes from Odessa, Cie., an unusually
small proportion has been destined for freest Britain. It
appears, therefore, that we shall have to depend principally
on America for assistance. The harvest there has fortunately
given an ample yield, and the United States and Canada
together will no doubt be enabled to furnish a large quan-
tity of breadatuffe. For the moment, however, the avail-
able necks at the ports on the seaboard are not very exten-
sive; and from all we have been enabled to learn, the fall
shipments are likely to be oa a much more moderate scale
than people on this side of the Atlantic have hitherto
reckoned upon. It appears, therefore, tolerably safe to cal-
culate on present prices being at least maintained, and
many autkorities of no mean repute reckon confidently on a
further material rise. The existing high value of wheat
wiil certainly cause this grain to be inure extensively sown
than it has been of late years, and the quantity required for
ceding the land will at once absorb a very important pot-
tiou of so deficient a crop. The scarcity and high value of
potatoes will also have a material influence, by increasing
the consumption of bread; for, dear es that article now is,
it is nevertheless relatively cheaper than potatoes, the pro-
hibition of the export from France and Belgium having
caused a rapid and important rise here.
Business. at Mark-lane commenced somewhat slowly on
Monday, but since then there has been a decided improve-

working classes, free from all considerations of creed
and country, proceeded to urge the formation of a Spit-
&Melds emigration club, which slat aid would operate
more beneLialy to the poor inhabitants of the neighbour-
hoed in ;novellas the means for their leaving this comae;
and emancipating themselves from their present difficulties,
than anything that had yet been done. fine urged
that one of the great difficulties in the way of persons
already in a colony in sendieg fur their wives
and families was now removed, inasmuch as all the colonial
banks received money fur tranemisei,e to this country ter
that purpose. There were however many instances in
which money, winch had been sent to pay for the passage of
the ri Wins of emigrants, had sever been applied for, or
where the partite nail refus el to go; and the society with
which she was connected was about to return a few Muse
heeds of pounds, in consequence of tie parties for wheels
benefit the money was intend( d refusdig to emigrate. Sow
of the bunk, were about to open branches at the gold dig.
pugs, for the purpose of receiving deposits fut the purposes of
emigratim, and it was expected that the poet-office money
order sputa would soon be in operatiou, by means of
which persons, if they wished, would be enabled to send
:mail sums, as low as five shillings. She was aaainus to
render the machinery more simple, by which husbands
could send fur their wives and their children. At present
complaints were often made of letters sent by emigraam to
their friends, or by those friends to the emigrants, mis-
carrying. In the latter case, however, the reopen too fre-
quently woe the manner in which the letters were directed.
When a man left this country it was common for him to
say to his friends here, " direct to see at the Yost-office,
Melbourne," but w:ien he gut there he probably went of
to Geelong, and from there to the diggings, and his letter
o'4l directed to the post-office, Melbourne, were never
inquired for, and of course never noshed him. •
paitudiee employo had shown her a packet of let-
ters addressed in this way to peewees whose names
commenced with the letter 8, which took him five
hours to go through. How was it possible that the
parties to whom these letters were addressed, scattered as
[bey were al: over the colony, could be found ? The nasal
practice was to keep letters a month at the poet-office, then
to open them and advertise them, registering those whisk
contained money; and if they were not then applied for to
destroy tram. The fault they would see, then, wee the
mother in which the letters were directed. This difficulty
it was proposed to obviate by mean, of a 'water
of ail We emigrants se they went out, so that those
who were connected with them might be sere
that the letters would arrive at their desenation. Ike
wags steel that it would be a very great advantage if the
shipowner* would enter into an arrangement by whisk
dm whole expenses of the conveyance of emigrant
lam them country might be included in one sum, so that a
man who sent for his wife or chilarin might know pre-
Weely what the whole cost would be, and have the opportu•
Oty of paying it down at once. She had spoken to several
et the railway daemon in this country, sad they were
anxious to co-operate in such a plan, provided they hod the
eseurity of some respectable house. She had it:perigees**, !
elifficaity of providing lodging. for LCIII4IIII at the shipping
peas whoa they arrived, previous to embarkation. At
Denthempton, for instance, she cad known women linen
as hail• pot eleven or twelve o'clock atnlght by the salleay
without having a place to go to,and whet beds were provided
for thAn, they were found to be too expensive. She was
happy to say that this difficulty was about to be removed.
A second class hotel was going to be established there, is
which persons of the description she alluded to might be
accommodated with a bed and three plain meals a day fur
three shillings There was a temperance hotel also at
l':ymouth, the proprietor of which was disposed to &frail
toe same accrminodation for 3.. 6d. or 35., where there
were a number of persons together. She hoped, toe,
there would soon be something of the kind at Gravesend.
If the shipowners would inilude ice their sherge a certain
.amber of days' provision at these places and the railway
fares, the emigrant* would know precisely what they
would nave to pay. She had known instances amen send-
ing handsome sums home to bring out their relatives,
which, when the delay occasioned by third clam trains, by
which they were compelled to travel, was taken into au
Moat and the additional expenses consequent thereon,
Were found wholly inadequate ; and but for the
eharity of *Galore, the parties would have been left
behind. What was wanted was, that a person in
Australis should know precisely what would be sufficient
I. bdag out a person from this country, including all 's-
=and that passage tickets should be issued there at a
rite of charge. If any shipowner or company would
adept such a system she was confident she could dispose
of two thousand tickets. It would be also desirable that
sheds should be provided in the colony to shelter the emi-
grants on their arrival, say for 30 days, at an expense of
Vs., which would pay 20 per cent. on he outlay; and this !
should also be included in the general charge. She dwelt
at some length on the advantage of providing means of
hiking out the parents of emigrants, the moral influence of
Whose peeseace over their children in the colony would be
incalculable. She would stand being pelted at for twelve
years if she could succeed in bringing out to Australia
• hundred grandmothers. (A laugh.) She urged the
neMeaty of strictly examining the food on board emigrant
ships and of avoiding idleness while on board. She suso
Ilenadered it of importance that provision should be made
Ise religious teaching during the voyage, for the vessel in
which she was going to Australia there would be a clergy-
man of the Church of England, and of the Roman Catholic
Church, and one of the Jewish persuasion who would take
!shame of a number of Hebrew girls who would accompany
hew an the voyage. In the same vessel a number of be-
WNW girls were going out whiesi intended husbands had
mos the means for their passage. These would be under
air superintendence, and she would take care not to :gee
eighl of them till they were married. (Hear, hear.) There
mosso more impropriety in a female going out to Australia
to be married than in ladies going to India for a
similar purpose, which was a matter of every day oc-
Willeaoe. When she went to India she haii ap-
gientions from five ladies to go out with the same view,
and solely on speculation. (Loud laughter) Whet, young
men emigrated, it was usually with a view of getting mar-
-1 tied earlier than they would if they remained at home; but
tke plan she would recommend under inch circumstances
was that they should leave a deposit of two or three pounds
with some respectable shipowner, towards defraying the
impasse of cony. hag out to them, at some future time, the
object of their affections. She promised that any girls who
were en-rusted to her care should he well looked after when
they arrived, and concluded by thanking the audience for
the attentiee with which they had heard her, and the warm
welcome they had given to her.
A vote 01 thanks was then pan,' to Mrs. Chisholm for
the information she had given them, and after some desul-
tory conversation the meeting se para:ed.

meat in the demand for most articles.
The arrivals of wheat coastwise Mao the port of London
have bean small, only 1,933 qrs. having been reported up to
this (Saturday) evening. The quantity exhibited on the
Essex, Kent, and Suffolk stands has been perfectly insigai-
Scan:, and tee imiallueu of the supply has prevented much
business being dune in English wheat.
The show of samples was so trifling on Wednesday as to
render ft difficult to give accurate quotations ; but it wu
gaitrally admitted that the turn was against the buyer,
probably to the extent of IL per qr.
The few lots which appeared on Friday were place 4
without difficulty at a further small improvement in price:
and we consider that all good dry qualities of new wheat
obtained Is. to 2s. per qr. more at We close than could have
been realised for the seas in the beginning of the week.
Two receipts of wheat from abroad have been tolerably
good, viz., 33,660 qrs. In addition to a good attendance of
local buyers we had several country purchasers at market,
on Wednesday, and the transactions were more extensive
than tassel on that day. The sales made were in most
cases at an advance of fully Is. per qr. on previous rates,
and the total quantity taken was rather important. On
Friday a fresh impetus was given to the upward move-
ment by the appearance of buyers on French account. The
rise quoted varied from 24. to 4s. per qr. on the sates err-
rest at the period of the greateat depression that has Sc.
caned during this month ; this, however, is • somewhat
vague manner of quoting the advance, and we prefer to
reckon the rise from Monday, which in our opinion may be
fairly estimated at fully 2s. per qr.
The transactions in floating cargoes have, is consequeoce
of the very high pretensions of 'ellen, been comparatively
naimportant ; nearly the shale of those arrived off the
coast have, however, been placed at full terms. For PoLsh
Odessa wheat arrived 603., Berdianski 655. 6d., and
Taganrog Ohirka 63e. to 61s. per qr., cost and freight, he.
been paid. The offers from the Hattie have been at tao
high rates to admit of business being done.
The nominal top price of flour has undergone no change
ai yet, but the millets have been unwilling to enter into
forward sales, deeming • farther rise probable. Household
flour was held Pa. to Ss. per sack higher on Friday than in
the beginning of the week, and enhanced rates were like.
wise asked for American. The arrivals from America have
amounted to only 14,000 barrels, and fresh qualities have
become exceedingly scarce. The price is still relatively
►ower than sect flour, though an advance of la. per barrel
has been established during the week.

Very little k nglish barley has coma to hand since Monday,
and the deliveries of this grain have been small at most of
the country markets. Fine malting qualities are evidently
by no means plentiful, and seem likely to command high
rates throughout the season. The few lots which have ap-
peared since our last have been readily plated at the en.
Creme rates previously current; and for the commoner de-
scriptions fully as much money was paid on Friday as in
the beginning of the week. Only a small portion of the
arrival from abroad has been offered for sale, the greater
part having gone direct to the distiller. The market is en
ceedingly bare of good grinding barley, and for the host
sorts high pricks continue to be given.
The scarcity of good malting barley naturally influences
the value of malt, aad the tendency of prices of the latter
article has been upwards.
The entire arrival of oats eoastwise has amounted b
only 138 qrs., and the receipts from Ireland have consisted
of 10,000 qrs. The foreign supply has also been small;
and as it is now pretty evident that we are not to be largely
supplied with oats from abroad—at least for a time—the
dealers have acted with confidence. Rather important
sales were m►de on Wednesday at a rise of 6d. per qr. on
Monday's currency, and since then prices have further ad-
vanced to quite the same extent, Archangel oats being as
dear on Friday as previous to the late arrival, and conse-
quent temporary decline.
The inquiry for new beans has not been active, and
Monday's reduced rates have bean paid somewhat reluc-
tantly. Egyptian baking are becoming reduced into a
narrow compass, and are generally held with great firmness.
The very high prices which have lately been paid for
white boiling .peas have attracted rather more liberal
supplies, the consequence of which has been a redaction
lof several shillings per qr.

LINLITHGOW SBOE&IAKERS' sTltlle E.—The result
of this sti,ke, which has lasted hes monne, confirms the
opinion, that demand alone earl permanently keep up the
pnee of goods, and afford adequate wages to those engaged
in their production. The principal mnten repudiate
alike master and journeymen nouns, but feeling the pres-
sure from without they have been and are paying from Id.
to ed. a pair, Or about 24.* week more for making hoots
and shoes than the other mashes who recognise the jour-
neymen'. union, and singular, too, a number of the men
prefer making boys' and girls' shoes for Edinburgh liospi
tale, to making for the non union inflaters men's and
women's boos and shoes—the latter at a wage yielding at
' least 3e. n week more than the former. Oa the other band,
the masters are transferring their work to other memo, and
it is to be feared, if this state of things continues long. Lin-
lithgow's staple manufacture rth.y depart.—North Brgssli
Mail. - -

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MURDER IN LIVERPOOL.—On Saturday night a
brutal murder was committed in Charles•street, Witanal-
son-squore, Lirerpool (a place a/motit entirely frequented by
the lowest prostitutes, thieves, dte.) Two sailors named
Crispin and Crimp, were standing with two femali it, and
" were slightly intoxicated, when they were suddenly attacked
by a foreign sailor, named Emanuel Montsrosi, said to he
a Spaniard, who stabbed both torn in tie left groin. nlm•iet
in the same place, and without the slightest provocation.
Crispin died from the effects of the wound shortly after-
wards, and Crimp lies in a very dangerous condition. The
raglan made off after radiating the wounds, but was arrested
tea Sunday night.

Indian corn has been held with increase,' firmness; the
arrivals have been small, and the operations not very exten-
sive. The price but paid was 40s. per qr., cost and freight.
(or Galata.

FOREIGN CORN.

The advice' from the Baltic ports state that stocks of old
wheat had been reduced into a very narrow compass, and
that supplies of new had COI= forward Out slowly, the pre-
valence of wet weather having caused gruwers to thresh no
more than was sufficient to furnish the requisite qnsatity of
stzsw. That which had come forward of the now mop had

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 25, 1853.