tablés will, I think, clearly show. The first time they
were worked lately, was in the year 1838 ; the years
1833-4-5-6, having produced average crops, there
was no importation of foreign wheat, except in small
parcels for seed, &c.; but the harvest of 1837
having proved considerably below an average crop,
it was soon evident that foreign corn would be
wanted, and speculation became rife. The holders
of foreign. corn having been locked up nearly five
years, a release was eagerly looked for, and it was
thus obtained
But, before proceeding to an explanation, I must
observe that the annexed tables are of wheat only,
that being the most important article ; and are con-
fined to the London market, that being the leading
market of the kingdom : although simultaneous
operations were going on at all the principal pro-
vincial markets, as Liverpool, Hull, Bristol, Leeds,
Wakefield, Newark, Boston, Newcastle. &c. Kec.
In the first column of the Table, No. I, I have
given the weekly date of each return; in the se-
cond, the arrival of British (including English,
Irish, and Scotch) wheat in the port of London ; in
the third, the actual market prices, copied from the
factors’ printed price currents, forwarded by them
each Monday to their farmers and correspondents
in the country ; the fourth column contains the re-
turn of British wheat sold in the London market, and
the weekly average price—to this column, in compa-
rison with the two preceding ones, I wish to direct
the reader’s attention, as supporting my allegation of
fictitious sales at fictitious prices being returned to
the inspector by the factor, at the instance of the
merchant ; the fifth and sixth columns show the
general six weeks’ average, and the duty resulting
therefrom ; and in the last column is shown the arri-
vals of foreign wheat in London, and in this column
the reader will, I think, see at once that the mer-