The Express.
London, England, 1851-10-21 00:00:00

THE FOREIGN CORN TRADE.

Not the slightest influence seems to have been produced
on the wheat trade in the Baltic by the tone of the advices
from hence, and prices are relatively higher in that quarter
than with us. The supplies of new wheat had, it appears,
been inadequate to meet tho demand for the interior, and
parcels of old in granary. had consequently been held very
firmly. The defective yield of the rye crop, and the belief
that the potatos would net keep, are the reasons assigned
for the high value of wheat.
Danzig letters, dated 14th instant, inform us that the
purchases of wheat had not been extensive; the bargains
cloaca had, however, been at very full prices. Low quali-
ties had met with more attention than the finer kinds, and
equal to 375. to 375. 6d. per qr. free on board had been
paid for ordinary mixed, weighing only 601 b.. per bushel.
Fine mixed Upper Polish wheat in granary, of 621 be.
weight, had nut been sold below 395.; and Lower Polish,
of 6116., had been held at 38e. per qr. free on
board. One small lot of find new had appeared,
weighing 61 to 621bs. per bushel, which had realised equal
to 40s. per qr. free on board. Three vessels had been char-
tered for Amsterdam, and it was believed that the pur-
chases of the common aorta of wheat had been for Dutch
account. Hardly anything was being shipped for Ragland;
a vessel had, however, some days before, been taken up for
London at 2s. 4d. per qr.
Advises from Konigsberg, of the 11th instant, inform us
that the general result of the harvest in that neighbour-
hood was not considered satisfactory, the quality of the
grain having suffered a good deal by the cluing, able weather
experienced while the cern was in the fields. The common
runs of red would not, it wu expected, weigh more than
64 to 691b5., and few lots would, it was thought, exceed
60Ibs. per bushel. The white wheat having been better se-
cured than the red, would be heavier, probably 60 to fillbs.
per bushel. Old high mixed, 60 to 611b5., was then quoted
375. to 395. ; new, of the same weight, 375. 6d. to 395. 6d. ;
old red, 60 to 611 b. 36e.
36e. to 375. ; new, CA} to 601 b.., Me. to
36e. per qr. frescos hoard. Rye had been in lively request,
and had realised equal to 295. to 30s. 6d. per qr. free on
board.

WFrom
Stettin we have advice' dated October 13, further
purchases having been made of wheat for Berlin and Sax-
ony ; the extreme rates of the previous week had been sus-
tained ; yellow Silesian having realised equal to 361. 6d.,
and Pomerania red 375. 6d. to 38s. per qr. free on board.
The prices asked for spring delivery had been quite as
high, say 375. 6d. per qr. free on board for 611ba. yellow
Stettin. Barley had been freely taken for the interior, and
Glib. OderbnWs had brought rates which would bring the
price free on board to Ms. 6d. per qr. Freight to London
was only 2s. per qe.
At Hamburg, on Twooday, hulas. was satire, some spe-
culative purchases of wheat hauls* lima made for delivery
in spring ; altogether contracts for aboutl3,ooo qrs. had been
closed sines the previous post-day, and for good 611bs. red,
to be shipped from Pomerania sad Mecklenburg, equal to
395. per qr. free on board had bean paid. Barley had also
been in good request, about 10,000 qrs. having been bought
chiefly on Dutch and Boletus asmant, to bo delivered in
October and November. Fair roil 63 to 641bs, Danish,
20s. 9d. to 21s. per qr. free an bard lad bum paid. A few
parcels of oats, to be nipped ben hand, bad been sold
at 13s. 3d. per v. be Mlla quality, and he the same sorts
deliverable I. 14s. per v. had bons said.
In the Dna t.ets tin wheat trails bad, it appears,
maintained • lea tan ; bet at Rottman', ea Monday,
neither waits nor red wee dearer this as that day se'n-
night. A seep et wheat bed mired there tram London,
but no poises so Ems& By. led ben le peed request
for teal noes mod he the interiors eel the advance previ-
ouril eltebillned had bees well r
The asesente hen Preece ans.4l7aall the same therms
tar as let week, with bet littienZsa either wheat or
leer for export, the 4 et had nee father
do at the bat the dee wswards llea had
set leesefelleint gesteden and below these
4111114.4 nerben dean le onesgamill an ewe
menet et pelhabis heelless at
Letters he Marseilles et the rtilre.leateat, Mate that the
AWL. at Bleak Ilea wheat led bean named into a very
sinew =open sad that led esnenesetly benne
sinewhat Ammer. Then had Wine ben eine to darn Pella
Mama wheat at the eed et the year at Ws. aL to lb. In
per eparter tree on bend ; while Bean& whist an the
spot had bees held at ern to Ma. pie qt. ham beard.

ESCAPE PROM TCLLAMORE GAOL.—Tom Smith, a
native of Westmeath, who had been in Tullamore Gaol
under a sentence of twelve months for larceny, contrived
to give the officers of that institution a great dial of trouble,
While in prison, one of his first feats was to break open the
store and appropriate to himself a quantity of spirits and
brandy, never intended fur Tom Smith by the hoard of
Supenntendence. Not considering this deed sufficient to
win himself a name, he bade farewell to the governor and
turnkeys, and lett them to supply his loss, or account for
his disappearance, as best they may. Where Mr. Tom
Smith may next turn up it is hard to say ; it would not be
out of keeping with his general character if he'd present
himself at the gaol gates some fine morning, if it were only
for the purpose of trying his skill at escaping a second time.
—Leinster P.:rpress.

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EXTRAORDINARY CASE.—On the Ist of December,
1824, Lieutenant It. W. Croker, late of the 13th Light'
Infantry, or Prince Albert's Own Regiment, received a
wound from a musket shot at the storming of Rangoon, in
the Burmese empire. The hall lodged in the hone of the
right leg under the knee, and remained there until the 2nd
instant, causing the most excruciating and incessant pain.
Owing, however, to the care and skill of Sir Philip
Crampton, Bart., the Surgeon General, Mr. Croker has
been released from his sufferings. The ball has been most
skilfully extracted by that eminent surgeon, and presents a
most extraordinary appearance. It was half opened by the
force with which, it struck the bone, and it is partly
covered with a hard ossiferous substance mixed with iron.—
Saunders 's 'Veto Letter.

GOVERNMENT ANNVITIES.—Acrounts are opened
in the Bank of Ireland, Carlow, with every division of this
union, in reference to the government annuities and relief
advances. On the first day, out of a lodgment of 571., on
account of the divisions for which the rates had been
struck, only a sum of 101. goes to the credit of the union,
the balance, 471., being taken by the Lords of the Trea-
sury, under a sealed order of the Poor-law Commissioners.
It has been clearly ascertained that the new town division
requires ♦ sum of 11. 55. in the pound to meet its liabilities ;
nevertheless, the division is charged with its proportionate
amount of annuities.—Carlow Sentinel.
DISTRESSING SUICIDE AT NOTEINCHAM.—On Tucs-

day great sensation was excited in the neighbourhood of
Menton-street, Nottingham, by a rumour that Mr. James
Beardsley, a highly respectable chemist, had committed
suicide. Mr. Beardsley left home on Tuesday morning for
the purpose of going to his garden at Menton, and in the
afternoon his wife and eldest daughter went to join him.
Having arrived at the g.irden, near the summer-house they
I discovered the unfortunate gentleman suspended from the
roof. Every assistance was rendered, but it proved of no
avail, life was extinct. There is no doubt that temporary
derangement was the cause of this rash act.
THE NEW HALTING PLACE," FARRlNGDON-
sinarr.—Another " halting place," or lodge for public
convenience, companion to the one already in use at the
Fleet-street end of Farringdon-street, has been erected at
the Holborn end of the latter street. Similar oracular in-
scription' are engravers on the new lodge to those obser-
vable on the one which for some months past the London
porters and others have been accommodated with, much to
their comfort and convenience. The word " halt" is let-
tered iu black on the gas lamps surmounting the roof of the
new lodge, while along two sides of the walls of the small
building these sentences aro inscribed: " Rest, but do
not loiter." 2. "Do not leave your goods."
SOL'TLI WALES RAILWAT.—PEMBROKE, OCT. 18.—
Mr. Brunel arrived in this neighbourhood yesterday, for
the purpose of selecting a site for the terminus of the South
Wales Railway. He has both yesterday and to-day, in the
Cambria steamer, been all over the haven, taking the
soundings of every eligible spot, and will return to London
to-night, to make known his decision to the directors. In
all the investigations that have taken place both by himself
and Capt. Clayton, regard has been had to depth of water
sufficient to accommodate steamers of the transatlantic ton-
nage, for it is fully expected that as soon as the line reaches
the shores of Milford Haven, that port will be the station
for those packets. Its advance of Liverpool—some 6.5
marine leagues—will ensure its preference to that port, and
the avoiding any disembarkation, and consequent second
embarkation, its priority over all Irish ports.
CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.—The amount of compen-
sation in respect of certain lands in the barony of Gorbals,
belonging to the city of Glasgow that have been taken
under the compulsory powers of their act by the Caledonian
Railway Company, who have deposited a Mil of 20,0001. to
meet the claim, has been referred to the determination of
Mr. Anderson, banker, and Mr. J. Horne, land valuer of
Glasgow. The extent of land taken is 48,431 square yards.
The city claims lbs. a yard, and the railway company con-
tends that it is only worth 6s. a yard.
IN REFERENCE TO THE MARTIN ESTATES in Gal-
way, their acquisition was strenuously recommended to a
great capitalist, by a party who said the whole could be
had for 40s. an sere in fee simple, or at a price of 600,0001.
The reply was characteristic and instructive—. I can buy
the whole at 20s. en acre, or for 250,0001.; but who will
guarantee me a maximum poor rate, or insure against the
whole being swallowed up in feeding sturdy beggars 1"
Limerick Chronicle.
A PROSPEROCS OOLD-DIGGER.—The wretched-
ness of gold-hunters in the rich field of California is by this
time a hackneyed theme. Taira now, the picture of a tole-
rably prosperous goldseeker is Brasil. He goes into the
river wick • leaders jacket on, having a leathern bag
fastened beam kiss. In his band he carries • round bowl,
of fig-tree weed, skeet four le Ave feet in circumference,
and one feet dee& He roes ire dm river at a part where
it is not rapid, when it rakes a bead, and where it has
deep holes. Be pleased to reetember that. sad do not yet
Lee sight of what was beton sell Asir the heaviness of
gram. The gold-seeker Or, storlies la the water,
earn away with his bet the le or row and the upper
byre atter% sot Mrs to a beerilid et the old gresel.
Tide be shahs sad wader. sod awe= the upper layer
. the sold big the Ueda tide. is the bowl, sinks ; and
whoa he boa idea the err rear" which is attar a
gears" et an bide weds, we s=be_mite ire his pouch
the residual trestion whisk is alid. ea an average.
He say earn it this way ober TilLos hear—acs bed w
but, taken in eeneezion whit the odorsofthe work,
do not look esasediagly attissefwa Ewe there SE
1 inewse, at any rate--no lorery.—Dwers'e Hoteshohl
Womb."