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

_FOREIGN:

Large orders laving isia rescued at most of the Baltic
ports for the prase* if wheat II French account, • fur-
ther sad imparleat Are bed takes place in prices. The
weather agpsese le have heemeheageable ; and the hervest
not hating bees sespisbodopene apprehension had arisen
as to the ultimate m t. Dm, will certainly be no excess
is the praises of wheat is that quarter, sad most of the
reports are to the MO that the crop will prove below as
sweep.
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cargoes of wheat had been bought there on French ac-
count, which, with the more animated reports fr us Great
Britain, had caused holders to rare their pretensions, and
fine high mixed, weighing 62Ibs. per bushel, could not
then have been bought below 57.. 6d. to 68s. per. qr.
free on board. Four vessels, capable of carrying about
5,000 qrs., had been chartered for French ports. There
was comparatively little wheat being shipped to England.
Konigsberg letters, of Monday last, inform us that the
potato disease was spreading rapidly in that neighbourhood,
sad that the prospects for the wheat harvest were far from
promising; prices had consequently continued to tend up.
wards, and for ordinary 601 be. red wheat, equal to 625. 6d.
per qr. had been paid.
From Stettin we learn, under Tuesday's date, that some
speculation had taken place, which, with orders from
France, had caused pekes of wheat to advance 3s. to 41.
per qr., and good to tine qualities of red were then quoted
.7t2s. 6d. up to 345. per qr. free en board.
At Rostock the upward movement had, it seems, been
equally great. and there can be no doubt that we shall have
to pay very high prices to secure any quantity of wheat at
the Lower Baltic ports.
N home the value of the article has also risen mate-
rially.
At Hamburg, on Tuesday, prices were at least 2s. per
qr. higher than the previous post day, and at that advance
considerable purchases were made for France and the
Rhine. The stocks at that port are represented to hove
been reduced into a narrow compass. Good red Upland,
on the spot, weighing 6011bo. per bushel, had brought
equal to 601. 9d. • and Wahren, of the same weight,
Gls. Gd. per qr. In spring corn there has not been much
doing for export.
In the Dutch markets prices of wheat have run up very
rapidly, owing to large purchases for the Rhine provinces.
At Rotterdam, on Monday, as much as 675. per qr. for prime
Rhine wheat, and 60s. to Ste. for the bast Zealand, was
paid.
From Antwerp the acconnU are of a very excited charac-
ter, and quotations are higher there than in the English
markets.

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From France we learn that the great rise which had in
the course of a few weeks be►n established in prices of
wheat had materially had the effect of inducing caution on
the part of buyers. This had failed, however, to check the
upward tendency, and at Paris, on Wednesday, flour was
two francs per sack higher than on that day week. We
have similar accounts from other markets in France, and
all the reports agree in describing the result of the wheat
harvest in that country as very unsatisfactory.
From the Mediterranean we lays nothing fresh to com-
municate. There can le no doubt that the crops in Italy
have given a v. ry bad return, and that large quantities of
Black Sea wheat will be needed there.

From the Black Sea port. we learn that great activity had
prevailed, owing to orders from Great Britain, France, and
from several of the Mediterranean ports. At Odessa, on
the 12th inst., fine Polish wheat had risen to 375. to 38s.
per qr., free on board.
Freight to the United Kingdom was 17.. per qr. for
wheat.
The most recent &deices from America report the trail,
in breadstuff. quiet. This had been caused by the more
subdued tone of the English advice., and the ecizeity of
MOM.

CITY OF LONDON MUNICIPAL REFORM.
A general meeting of the recently-formed Associa-
tion for Promoting Municipal Reform in the Ci of Lon-
don was held last evening at Farringdon-hall, Snow-hill.
Mr. AMU Marrnnws presided.—Mr. Acland, the seers-
rpro leas., reported that the association now numbered
,r 137 members, including two members of the Court of
Common Council—Mr. Abraham, of Broad-street, and Mr.
Webber, of Lombard-street—and among them 624 members
were parliamentary electors on the register for the City of
London. Recently a motion bad been submitted to the
Common Council, which would have given the reformers
newly all they wanted as regarded the franchise ; its oppo-
nents procured its discutsion with closed doors ; and then
only four voted for it, including Mr. Abraham and Mr.
Webber, although the motion did not go further than the
bill promoted in parliament by the corporation themselves
two years ago, and defeated by a combination of the livery
companies. Formerly all occupiers in the City bad the
municipal franchise ; and it was only by an act of parliament
pained in 1728, in violation of the rights and in opposition
to the wishes of the inhabitants that the distinction was
first made between freemen and non-freemen. The am-
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elation, therefore, only sought a restoration of their ancient
rights. After the bill was defeated in parliament by which
the corporation sought to meke all occupiers freemen they
had turned round, and, in the face of their own act, had
taken proceedings against 4,032 persons to compel them to
pay 61. 6s. 4d. each for their freedom. In some cases they
had proceeded to extremities ; they had distrained on the
goods of Mr. Gentry, of Cannot-street, though he, as a
dealer in provisions, was exempt under one et their own
ordinances. The object of this association through its com-
mittee would be to collect and strange evidence to be
placed before the commission of inquiry about to sit, at the
head of whom would be a judge, assisted by two gentlemen
of highly liberal and intelligent minds. It would also be
the duty of the association to see that the object of the
commission was not frustrated, but that the livery companies
were brought under its scrutiny. The meeting then pro-
ceeded to the appointment of officers. Mr. Effingham
Wilson, bookseller, of the Royal Exchange, wee unani-
mously chosen treasurer of the association. Some discussion
Mee on a proposal that a subscription of 10s. each member
should be entered into ; but the feeling of the meeting was
that this was a premature step, and ought to be left to the
decision of the committee about to be appointed. A com-
mittee of management was than nominated, and the meet-
ing adjourned.