The Express.
London, England, 1852-01-20 00:00:00

FOREIGN.

The gement tone of the advices from the continent con-
tinues lunch the same as before. The position of affair.
hero appears to be little regarded, and the high range of
prices is to be attributed to local speculation more than to
any caport demand ; indeed, quotations are now relativel►
so much higher abroad than sat this country, that at the
moment there is no prospect of business bring done in
grain between Great Britain and the continent with ad-
vantage.
Danzig letters of the 12th inst. state that the stocks of
fine old wheat had te•come reduced into a narrow compass,
and that holders had consequently asked very high rates—
say 48s. to 495. for the best, and 406. per qr. for very or-
dinary descriptions. The annual reports from thence all
agree in stating that the wheat crop had given a good re-
turn aq regards quantity, but that in point of quality the
result of the harvest had been decidedly unfavourable, very
few of the parcels of new wheat brought forward having
eseeeded 59 to 'lO lb.. per bush. in weight The export. of
wheat from Danzig, in Itlsl, had amounted to 34,897 lasts,
against 37.1 16 lasts in 11430. The stuck on band at the close
of the year was estimated at 14,350 lasts, being 5,:i00 lasts
less than was held at the end of 1850.

Advice. from Rostock, dated 1:1th inst., state that further
purchases of Wheat had been made there on Hamburg ac-
count, which bad enabled sellers to obtain advanced prices,
and moderately good qualities, weighing 61 to 611Ibs. per
ber.h., were then worth 38.. per qr. fret on board in spring.
The quality of the new Wheat hardly came so well as
expected, and it would, it was thought, be difficult to ship'.
a higher weight than 6111bc per husk. The prevailing
belief was, that even if Reqtlausl should not require sup-
plies, prices would be supported, as a continued demand
from the interior of Germany was calculated on, the exten-
sive failure of the potato crop having caused wheat to be
consumed much more generally than in ordinary years.
At Hamburg, on Tuesday, there was again a renewed
demand for wheat, partly on Stettin account, and contracts
were clewed for about 700 lasts to be shipped from Baltic
ports in spring. The prices paid weir higher than those
previously current, viz., 40s. for Holstein and Wismar,
■nd 41s. bd. to 41s. per qr. free on board for Pomerania
and Rostock. Rye was also in request at rising prices, and
spring turn of all kinds was firm. 1•or fel to ii4lbs. Danish
barley, equal tone. 3d. to 235. !hl.; and for Jutland oats,
of 31411.5. weight, 16s. fisl. per qr. free on board in spring,
was demanded.

From Rotterdam we learn that further purchases of
white Zealand wheat have been made for lkimam, which
bad caused prices to advance 2e. per qr. In red wheat
there bad not been so much doing, but the tendency had
been decidedly upwards. Rye had been in active request ;
and all other -inkiw had commanded full terms.

The latest accounts from France state that the supplies of
wheat from the growers had proved inadequate to satisfy
the demand, and that quotations had consequently ad-
vanced in all the agricultural districts. Meanwhile stocks
of flour were ',yearning short at the large consuming towns,
and the article was rising rapidly in value at Faris, Mar-
seilles, &c.
Letters from Naples of the 9th inst. inform us that a
vessel or two had been chartered to load wheat fur England
at 6s. 6d. per qr. Common qualities of soft Barletta wheat
alight have been bought at 301,., and flue at 345. per qr.
free on board. From the other Mediterranean ports wo
have no news to communicate.
_ .

The latest arrivals from America state that the supplies
of hreadstuffs at the ports on the seaboard had not increased,
and a tolerably active export demand for flour and wheat
having been experienced, prices had undergone a further
rise.

At New York superfine Rtates flour had risen to 4 dol.
We.. being about 204. per barrel, and other sorts had
realised corresponding rates. The prices asked being gene-
rally above the limits of the orders received from England,
the shipments had not been large.

11g.tturte ItEADIN64.—Mr. Henry Nicholls, who
has bei n for some two or three years favourably known to
the public as an elocutionist of much talent, gave last
night a reading of " Othello " at the Store-street Rooms, to
a numerous audience. On more than one occasion we have
noticed this gentleman's rendering of the Shakspearian role,
and borne testimony to his great dramatic power ; and the
entertainment of last night by no means detracted from his
well-earned fame. The delivery of the scenes of highly-
wrought snit phrenzird passion, with which the play of
" Othello " abounds, was powerfully given; and despite
the absence of those essentials, as we hold them to be,
scenery. dress, grouping of characters, and other stage
etfeets, went fir to realise the author's conception. Mr.
Nicholls appears to possess all the requisites of an actor—
goon figure, easy and natural gesticulation, powerful yet
musical voice, sound judgment, and Food taste, and in the
present dearth of theatrical talent it is a pity not to see him
on the stage, where, we are persuaded, he would soon be-
come a favourite. _ _

Twu BEAUTIFUL METEORS Were wren over Bombay
on Friday cvening—ose at heVVII, and the other a few
minutes afterwards. The first moved rapidly nearly across
the zenith from S to N.W. —it was considerably brighter
than Venus at her brightest. It swept un arc of about 20
deg., and left a long train of light, visible fur a few seconds,
behind it—it burst into fragments, which disappeared
almost immediately after the explosion. The form of tho

meteor was remarkable—it was not round,l;iit;Trregu far"'
oval, somewhat of the shape of a pumpkin or pear. The
second meteor was of about half the apparent site of the
flat—it moved with a comparatively slow motion from
north to almost directly south, and swept an arc of about
td deg., when it vanished without explosion, leaving, Ilk.
the other, a bright luminous streak to mark it. path ; it weal
visible for several secondx—bunsbay Time*.