The Express.
London, England, 1853-08-30 00:00:00

10 THZ RDITOS OP 2111 EXPRESS.

Sta,—l address you as one of a numerous class of
tradesmen suffering under the infliction of a most unjust
and unbearable burden. I mean the grossly unjust prac-
tice of billeting the militia upon the publicans, more espe-
cially is the apportioning of them is the different towns.
In London I believe there are 0,000 licensed house•, end as
nothing like that number of men assembled, it follows of
**enmity that some of the houses were without a man. In
Liverpool the average was one man to each home in the
district where they assembled, whilst other parts of the
town escaped altogether. In Pmton the average was
but in Lancaster the average was 10 men each, whilst
princely Manchester escapee altogether. Now it is rather
too bad that one clue of tradesmen, and that clue the
highest rented sad rated of any tradesmen in the country,
should be annoyed and injured in their busi-
ness by the billeting of ten or a dozen men
on them for a month in every year. In the name of
common honesty, if the militia are for the protection of all,
why do not all alike bear the burden ? Why compel me to
find billets for twelve men, whilst my more opulent neigh-
hoer, because be happens to be a draper, or an ironmonger
maple altogether? Let barracks or tents be provided at
can, end thus place the onus of support on all alike ;
mad cossideriag the immense amount of material which the
geverusent have at their disposal on Chobham Common.
1 bops sossething will be done to relieve ns of n bunion
whisk presses with unjust severity upon us. There anasay
VINISOCA why the militia ought to be encamped, but meet
particularly on the grounds of religion and morality. The
seen are principally taken from the wry lowest walks of
life, and are not over-particular in their language
er demeanour. Is it not then abominable that
our wives and daughters should be subject to listen
to obscene jests and coarse remarks without any means of
redress? Ant the evil instead of being lessened is likely to
be increased if 15,000 men assemble more than were up
befogs. The injury inflicted upon respeetal•le families by
the presence of snob unprincipled men is inc►lculable; and
who knows to how many it may have been the means of
producing years of sorrow and disgrace? Another eons
plaint is the crowding of mew into small houses. Take my
own, for an instance. I occupy a small public•house, in
which, on the groucd•floor, there are two apartments, the
largest of which is 13 feet by 8 feet 3 inches ; in this we
have to cook and live. Up stain there are three sleep-
ing rooms, 9 feet by 10 feet 6 inches, and over these one
attic. My family consists of vii children, myself
wife and servant, and into this house, pinched as we are for
room, there were twelve men sent for twenty-eight dap,
some of them covered with filth and vermin. Now, sir, I
think L hear you ask where I put them. Why, I had to pay
an advanced rent for a house for the time they were up, in
order to save my own family from being thrust to the door;
whilst my neat neighbour actually bad to quarter hie family
amongst hie friends. There are many cases in Laseaster
worse than 11661. I mean where parties could neither get
an empty house nor yet procure lodgings, as even the lowest
hopes positively refused to take them M. Surely, then,
the severnmest, with their present ressurees, will not
again Meld such an injury upon us
I am, Sir, yours sincerely,
Lanceeter, August 26. A In:BLICAN.

BTuxoz FJAPEMENT.—As affair of this kind—
emeerbat teas sainhweia is the present day—has lately en-
siled smisitsunsumailka at Bangor. A dashing-looking
011110V1 Sad ea interesting young lady had been
Enthiesd MOM aye courting the summer breezes in the
masys and mt the bills, and had occupied apartments as
=an and wife, at ass of the lodging houses in Bangor,
when a &teeth* illiass arrived from Birmingham, end
made moms wary perffmalsr inquiries about them. At
length, the hem Nsimpsaied by Tomlinson, the local
Mbar, soomlsd time as Sunday afternoon, and endea-
voured to persuade the lady to separate from her com-
panion, and plats herself under their care, with a view of
returning to bsit Meads in Birmingham, but without
effect, SI she tmlialid. fa spite of their remoastrances and
permissions, is rimmishog with the gentleman ; and the de-
tective employed for her recovery was obliged to go back
without having the satisfaction of sucesediog in his errand. ,
It appears that the female is a lady of great expectations,
within a few months of attaining her majority ; and her
companion is is business as a boot and shoemaker at
Limerick. The parties, it appears, met at the Dublin Ba.
kihition, when the elegant appearance and blandishments of
the Irish Lothario overcame the delioacy of the fair one,
who, we understand, is highly connected, and the result
was an elopement. They left together on Wednesday for
Irsland.—NorM Wain Chronic/e.
FRIENDLY SOCUSTIEL—There is now in force an
set, by ',ekes* of srhidt friendly societies may now invest
OW, fiat olkerwiss remrecpaired_ by the Friendly Sods-
aim AM. Isaliamilling themselves of this sot, are not
Ss lavest_sse fss
amlisr parties sf their hods with the
Madoiri

TUE CORN TRADE DURING TUE PAST

WEEK.

(Frac 7'; .114r1. Ezpress.)
BItITISII.

The excitement in the wheat trade hu increased since
our last, and a farther important advance has taken place

in prices. The pr msry causes to which the upward move-
ment is to be attributed we have already more than once
endeavoured to show. Months ago we predicted that the
result of the harvest would prove unsatisfactory in qu in-
tity. Our reasons for this belief are not of recent origin:
our opinion was founded on the undisputed fact that not

more than three-fourths of the land intended for wheat was
seeded at the regular and natural period, and that the seed
went into the ground under very unfavourable circum,
stances. That the spring wheat sowing did little to com-
pensate for this great deficiency, that the greater part of
the summer was cold and sunless, and that similar weather
had prevailed over a lame portion of continental Europe
—these

we deemed sofficient to cease a
higher range of prices than we had had since the first year
of free trade. We do not pretend to have foreseen the
eatensive failure of the crops in southern Europe, or
that Franco would be compelled to import largely in-
stead of exporting. We do not pretend to have foreseen
the long-protracted difficultits between Russia and Turk( y,
and other matters, all tending to curtail our supplies ; but
as early as May and June we spoke positively of the pro.
bability of an impartant rise in the value of breadstuff..
What subsequently transpired changed probability to cer-
tainty. So soon as it became manifest that France would
cease to send us the supply of flour we had for several con-
secutive years been in the habit of receiving, it was
already, in our opinion, conclusive that prices here must
rise. The &Prance which has taken place the last few
weeks we attribute mainly to the steps taken by the French
government to protect that country as far as possible against
want. The suspension of the differential duties in the first
instance, and afterwards the removal of tonnage dues,
indicated plainly that the statistical returns of the result of
the harvest bad satisfied the authorities of France that
oo time was to be lost in endeavouring to secure all the

cein they could obtain by offering facilities to encourage
importations. We were not long in feeling the effect here ;
orders to purchue wheat and flour were received by
every post. At first the floating cargoes from the Black
Sea were cleared off; then considerable parcels of wheat
were bought on French account in the London, Liverpool,
and ether large markets, and those who were previously
incredulous began to believe. France was not satisfied to
confine her operations to England alone ; she loon outbid
us in the Black Sea and Baltic ports. English merchants
have been as eager to sell as French merchants have been to
buy ; and whilst the latter country has taken every precau-
tion to guard against scarcity, we have been gradually
allowing our stocks to be diminished. What we had pre-
viously bought on the continent we have freely mold, and
with the prospect before us of requiring larger imports
than in any previous season for years past, the facilities of
obtaining supplies have been greatly narrowed. Such is
our present petition ; there is no exaggeration ; the facts are
patent to all. It is consequently not to be wondered at that
the unfavourable chaage which has taken place in the wee_
they should have given rise to apprehension. We Cr. not
in a position to form an estimate of what proportion of the
wheat crop of Great Britain may have been secured up
to the present time, but we shall certainly be within the
mark if we compute that remaining out at' two-thirds,
This week very little has been carried. On Monday
night we had heavy sad continuous rain, which prevented
carting on Tuesday. On Wednesday there was a dense
mist and damp atmosphere until midday. Wednesday was
tolerably fine. Thursday showery. with a gale of wind
and heavy rain at night, which continued on Friday ; and
at the present moment (Saturday) the barometer is low, and
there are all the appearances of more wet. The grain
which may have been carried this week must have been got
up in an indifferent condition ; and the hopes thus far en-
tertained, that the superiority of the quality might in some
measure compensate:for the shortness of the quantity, have
therefore been greatly weakened.
The rise in the value of wheat at the principal provincial
market. has amounted to from 4s. to 6s. per qr., and quo-
tations are now higher than they were previous to the un-
accountable reaction which took place the first fortnight in
the month. That portion of the crop secured before the fine
weather broke up, is of superior quality ; in the Uxbridge
market some samples have been shown weighing 651 be. per
bushel, and we bear of high weights from other parts of the
country. Should the weather now clear up and become
settled, the damage might perhaps not be great ; and as
the yield of the Lent•sewa crops is not complained of.
farmers might, with the:advanced prices for wheat, still do
tolerably well; but a continuance of wet would prove truly
disastrous.

Much less has been heard about the potato disease, the
last few weeks, than earlier in the season, from which we
are disposed to believe that the disorder has not spread so
rapidly as was feared would have been the sue. That it is
less general in Ireland than on this side of the Channel
cannot be questioned; and as the crops of grain are re-
ported to be good in the sister isle, we may hope that the
produce of food there may suffice for the consumption of the
country, and that England will not be called upon to
furnish supplies to Ireland.
The arrivals of wheat coastwise into the port of London

have been small, viz., 2,565 qrs., and the quantity brought
forward by lend-carriage from the neighbouring counties
has also been unimportant. Part of Monday's supply having,
however, remained unsold on that occasion, the Emu and
Kent stands were tolerably well provided on Wedmeeday
with samples. Factors appeared very indiffinall about
realising, and refused to part with what they bed ti the
except at a rise of le. per qr., which 166 MOM INN Mr
willing to give; hence little actual busbies walikwa. The
unsettled state of the weather led to a teem ealaussaant
in the value of wheat on Friday, and that left over from
previous receipts was ultimately placed at rates 2s. per qr.
above those current in the beginning of the week. The
supply of wheat from abroad has not been large, the quan-
tity reported up to this (Saturday) evening having amounted
to only 24,442 qrs.
The town millers have throughout the week conducted
their operations with considerable caution : but having
bad some country demand, and a good export inquiry, the
aggregate amount of business done ben been important.
The sales made on Wednesday were at an advance quite
equal to that obtained on English, and on Friday there
was more doing, though a further improvement of le. per
qr. was insisted on. Moderately good red Baltic wheat
weighing 611 be. per bushel, sold on that occasion at 60e. ;
and for a cargo of fine Wedges*, jut arrived, 645. per qr.
was, we believe, made. Polish Odessa brought 605., and
for good Marianopoli 655. per qr. was refused. Danzig
wheat, which has until lately been greatly neglected, has
met with more attention this week. Some of the finest lots
have rises in value to 66e. to 68s. ; and moderately good
aslities could not have been bought below 635. per qr.
QariMbie transactions have taken place in floating
eeefteelal vilest free on board at Baltic ports, principally
• sieseant. The pries paid have been fully 2s.
pee v.WS GNPS sew at which purchases might have been
mob week.
11 • top price of flour has been raised to 555. per
Ink ll* bakers have bought sparingly, and the sale has
Sabi* not been extensive this week. Country house-
hold Sear has been in good request, and good Norfolk was
bat at 44a. per task oa Friday. The French demand for
allamnisse Ism be been active, and a further rise of is.
per bend Us bean established. Good brands have met a
ready sale at Ida. M SOL and for superior 31s. up to 325.
per barrel km boa paid.
The few into of WI barley which have come to hand
have been easily pined ea very full terms ; the quantity
thus far received lasa. however, been so trifling, that the
rates realised can scarcely be taken as a safe criterion of
value. Foreign barley, for grinding, has been in steady
request, and was rather dearer at the close than in the
commencement of the week.
The inquiry for malt has hardly been so active as for
some weeks put; the business done has, however, been
on fully aa advantageous terms for the seller as previously.

The iurrivaieaoits coastwise. and from Iriland, his.
been small, and the supply from *broad has not been parti-
cularly large. The greater part of the foreign previously
received has been cleared off the market, and good fresh
corn is by no means plentiful. A fair business wes done on
Wednesday, at the extreme rates of Monday, and these
were, in some initances, slightly exceeded on Friday.
Archangel oats, which were, at the period of the greatest
depression, sold at 10s., have brought 20s. Gil. per qr. this
week.

Berns have not excited much attention ; they have,
however, participated more or less in the general improve-
ment, and could hardly be secured on Friday on as easy
terms as before.

New peas have case forward very sparingly, and have
consequently bein bold at high prices.
There has wakes stash doing in Indian corn, but sellers
have, notwi dr want of activity in the demand,
shows more W raise than to lower their pre-
tensions.