The Express.
London, England, 1855-01-01 00:00:00

.o the Admiralty on the
nth January, for the supply of 20,000 lbs. of tea, 100
tens of sugar, and 10 tons of tobacco.
The half-yearly meeting of the Paris and Rouen
Railway Company is to be held at Paris on the 31st
Jamey, at which it will be proposed to divide the
present shares into shares of smaller amount.
The half-yearly dividends on the stock of the
United Ripples Life Assurance Society are to be
payable en the 16th Jan.
The shares of the Australian Agricultural Company
were rather weaker to-day, other land stocks remain-
ing steady. Australian Bank shares in some cases
showed Oatmeal, and a fall was established in the
stocks of the Bank of Australasia and Union Bank of
Australia. Crystal Palace shares closed at 31 to 3:.
St. Katherine Deek stock has been dealt in at 90.
Amara is an abstract of the commercial advice.
received by Messrs. Draper, Piet'roni, and Co., from
Galatz and other ports:
Oar est advices from Galati bear date 2nd (14th) Decem-
ber, when our friends wrote as follows :
We find it impossible to give you reliable information
to the stocks of grain existing here and at Ibrail ; were we
to Lizard an opinion it would be most inexact. We can,
however, assure you tbat the stocks of wheat at lbreil are ex-
hausted, and purchases far the army are now being made
in our market, from whence two cargoes have alreaol been
shipped swiss to Ibrail ; the stock of wheat here is assumed
to be 60,000 kilos, about 139,000 quarters, ircluding old
and new wheats, and prices are quoted from 115 to 135 p.,
equal to 21e. 31. to 255. per quarter, free on board, in-
cluding warehouse rent to next spring. If it be impossible
to name In figures the stock of Indian corn, we can ray that
the quantity is enormous, both here and at Pared, being
the greater part of the crop of 1952, that of 3553, which
was small, and the abundant crop of 1854 ; of the latter pur-
chases are being made for delivery in May next, all cash
down, at 66 to 63 p., equal to 13s. 101. to 148.41., free on
board, in the spring. There are, however, but few sellers.
As to tallow and linseed, we can say nothing, far there is
none at all, the trade being entirely lost to us ; the former
owing to the disease amongst the cattle, and as to the latter
our gruwere have found it more advantageous to sow other
seed or grain. Owing to the' disease amongst cattle it also
is very difficult to get corn down from the interior ; had it
been otherwise, we should have abundant SLOW in the
spring.
From Naples oar friends write under date Th.c. 19 :-
Tallow-Purchases for delivery up to August text have
been made at from 60/. to GU. per t cost and :reight.
Hemp stocks are diminishing, and to-day's /nee' are
equivalent to-511. Agana° and Paessn ; 50/. Pataano, and
of second quality and other sort; 46!. black hemp. Brim-
stone has advanced in trice in Sicily: let quality Licate,
61. 19s. to 61. ; 2nd ditto, .51. 108. to 51. 17. 81. ; 3rd ditto,
51. ss. to 51.65., pet ton, cost and freight, taking the latter
at 208. and 10 per cent.
From Alexandria our friends write utiles. date 17th
December:-Orrin has been less lively, but superior quell-
, ties are unchanged in value. Wheat-Saydi, 458. 2.1. to
62. Bd. per qr. free on board ; Behers, 448..54. to 491. Sd.
free on board. Indian Corn-There is none at present on
hand, but it will shortly begin to come forward ; prices
nominal, at equal to 325. 3d. to 38e. per qr., free on board.
Beans-Saydi, 375. to 408. per qr. free on board. Barley,
251.4 d. to 278. 7d. per qr. free on board. Lenti:r. 40s. 4d.
to 428. 2d. free on board. Linseed, scarce at Gil.. 10d. to
625. 9d. per qr. free on board. Gessamuna seed, 725. 24. to
755. 10d. free on board. Flax wanted, but little arriving;
private dressed, 41,. 2d. to 425. 51. per cwt. free on board ;
government machiae, 458. 2d. to 48s. per cwt. free on board.
Wool-Washed white, 81d. to 8 9-134. per lb. free en board ;
wished black, 5 3-104. to 5 6-104. free on board. Freights
dull at Si. to Gs. for beans.