The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-02-03 00:00:00

THE COEN EXCHANGE.

It has been long a matter of complaint ansonget /teeny or the
most respectable persons in the Corn Trade, that the diffiealty of
getting possession of stands in the Corn-market amounts almost Ll
an impossibility. Tice Old Corn Exchange was erected seventy
years ago, as a private undertaking, and the management of it was
vested in a Committee, consisting mostly of corn-factors. It might,
at the time it was erected, have been large enough for the purposes
for which it teal intended, but of late years, the immense in-
crease of business has rendered the proper transaction of business
extremely unfrequent. The Committee exercise an unbounded
control over the Exchange, and accommodate with stands only
those from whom they apprehend no censpetition. Several meetings
hare been held by Gentlemen, who ate interested for :he purpthe
of adoptir.g some measure by which the public good, as well as
the Fivate benefit, of the ger.eral body (Items-factors might be ad-
vanced. They egreed to make a proposal to the Committee to
enlarge the Exchangs, with:it now only contains sixty-eight stani!,,
to a size adapted to the accommodation of all who are at yzee:nt
fuvoured with stands, and of all who hay:: burn for several years :n
effectually employed in endeavouring to obtain so eligihk a place
for exhibiting their samples. They argue, that, if the monopoly
were removed, every one who had cora fur sale, would be sure of
getting a market price for the commodity, and the public would
have the option to judge between a very extensive variety of the
article. They assert that so strong is the prejndice in favour c"
purchasing in the Corn Exchange, that a cam-factor vho boa au
stand in the market, has in many instance' been obliged to sell at
upwards of 6d. a quarter leas than he would have got, tad not the
monopoly been in The way. A respectable factor, who sells up-
wards of 100,000 quarters of wheat in the year, has suffered con-
siderably by this decisive check upon competition. Although the
rent of a stand is no more than 101. a-year, N. would willingly gie-:
1,0001. to obtain possession of one on such terms. The Committee
have hitherto rejected the proposition, and declare that the market
is sufficiently large for the business of the metropolis. It bgt
therefore been determined to apply to Earlisn.ent upon the subject,
and the question is to come on in the present session.

CORN EXCIIA iriDSISDAY. FFI3. 2.
Our market has been pretty Iva supplied with Grain tins w:ek.
The Wheat trade waseztremely heavy to-day, but not cheaper to:
hue samples. There was considerable briskacss in the Barley
trade, as, from the low returns received from the country, all hopes
of the ports opening for this article are at an end ; an advance at*
Is. to 2s. per quarter was realised on all descriptions. The priced
Of Oats, BUMS, and Pear, ruled much as on Slouday, with but
little business doing in either article.
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STERLOGIZAPIIV.—WiIIiam tied, a goldamith, of Edin-
burgh, in the year 1133, made a plate for every page or
sheet. He printed two praver-hooks and an edition of
sanuat. He Ives ruined, and lwt project appeared to bar
died pith him.
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