The Express.
London, England, 1855-01-30 00:00:00

THE CORN TRADE AT HOME AND

ABROAD.
fry= the Marß-lim Arsirees4
BRITISH.
Another sudden movement has taken place in the
con trade, bat of a totally different character to that al-
luded to in our review of the 16:h hut., and continued in
our last, bolas ewe of as decidedly an upward character se
the other was of a downward one—with this difference,
that the latter was almost nominal as to real business, and
in the former much activity prevailed.
The supply of wheat at Mark-lane last Monday we,
short, both from Essex and Kent ; and the town millers
purchased it freely, at an advance of 4s. per quarter on
the currency of the previous week. The whole was cleared
ea, and did not prove much for any of the buyers. One
of them could have done with all that appeared, and there-
fore, divided amongst many, they must have bad little
each. As to the quantity coming forward by the various
railways, the article is worth more at home : and if deli-
veries in the agricultural districts do not iscrease, little
eta be brought to the metropolis to pay the expenses of
transit sad other charges attendant on bringing it OM
Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire by the Eastern Coantfes
Railway, or by the South Eastern Railway bum Omen
and other southern countiel. And from the present =FM
of trade, our town millers will have to look to oar remarks
for some assistance for some time to come.
The arrivals of foreign wheat have somewhat increased,
several vessels from the Baltic and northern porta of Europe
having got in. But the addition was not large ; and the
factors being very firm, and demanding high prices for all
choice qualities, the extent of business transacted was not
large, but at about 34. to 4a. per qr. enhancement in the
value of all fine old samples. New descriptions, being in
many instances of ieferier quality and light weight,
were only Is. to 21. per qr. higher ; and some cargoes long
on passage, not being in good condition, sold slowly at this
advance. Many of the imports going direct to the town
I millers, of *mane these parties were not buyers of the fresh
arrivals; and most of the business was transacted with
country buyers, who took small quantities for their imme-
diate use.
This completely altered state of trade had its wonted in-
Seance on all the country markets held on Tuesday, con-
suming as well as agricultural ; and an improvement was
universally established throughout the United Kingdom,
the advance obtained varying according to the extent of the
supply brought forward by the farmers; and in some in-
steam it was smaller, our account of the severity of the
weather, es, where much snow had fallen, deliveries could
ask be well made.
The aggregate arrivals at Liverpool in the week consisted
of 3,826 qee. of wheat, with 7.860 sacks of flour ; whilst
these of the corresponding week of last year amounted to
11,737 qes. of wheat, 26,625 qrs. of Indian corn, 6,125 sacks
and 64,379 brls. of Hoar. 'There was • fair attendance of
dealers, yet the high prices demanded checked business,
and sales progrened slowly ; but whest of all kinds realised
an advance of 3d. to 4d. per 701bs. English flour com-
manded la. to 2s. per sack advance, asd American and
Spanish 6d. to Is. per brl. and sack more money. There
was a great demand for Indian corn, and this article was ls.
per qr. higher, both for that already arrived and for the
floating cargos.. The export of this article to Ireland
amounted to 14,010 qn. Contrary winds may account for
no imports whatever from the United States. The imports
of the three last months, up to the 6th instant, in the
United Kingdom, show a very great falling off in the two
articles of wheat and flour, but =increase on maize—etano
ing thus:

WHEAT. MAILS. FLOUR
qrs. qrs. cwt.
Nov. 6, 1863.... 426,866 68,685 302,366
Nov. 6, 1854.... 76,517 41,732 29,066

Decrease 350,349 Decrease 16,953 Decrease 273,289
Dec. 5, 1853.... 411,128 . 46,714 294,212
Dec. 6, 1854 .... 114,907 69,241 43,718

Decrease 296,221 Increase 22,627 Decrease 260,494
Jan. 6,1864 .... 341,398 40,971 249,085
Jan. 6,1855.... 114,687 153,465 97,268

- - -
Deans' 226,711 Increase 112,484 Decrease 151,817

Decrease in three
months 873,218 Increase 118,058 Decrease 665,600
Reducing Flour
to Wheat 190,171

Total deereaae of 1,063,452 qrs. of wheat and Sour com-
bined.
The imports for the three first month, in the past year
were on an equally large scale with the preceding, and will
no doubt show an equal, if not greater, excess over the im-
ports of the same months in the present year with the three
months contrasted above. Admitting that the last crop
gathered in wee as large as it was generally represented to
be, the farmers have parted, since harvest, with so large a
portion of it that we question their ability to supply any-
thing near the quantity required for the remainder of the
season ; and as the stocks of old wheat in the hands of
farmers and merchants are all but exhausted, a severe crisis,
it is to be feared, will be experienced as regards food before
another harvest can be available. The eaormone importa-
tions of previous years must be kept in view, which were,
fur the twelve menthe ending—
Wheat. Maize. Flour.
Qrs. Qrs. Cwts.
Oct. 19, 1860 3,513,690 1,463,649 2,855,699
Oot. 10, 1851 4,333,127 1,664,160 6,018,356
Oot. 10, 1852 2,466,642 1,392,741 4,113,794
Oct. 10, 1853 4,847,364 1,881,710 4,494,104
Ott. 10, 1854. 4,342,922 1,682,633 4,696,387

Amounting to 19,491,646 7,984,883 22,208,338
And reducing the
flour to wheat 6,346,239
Total imports
Or
flour.
All of which may be said to have gone into consumption ;
for the stocks in all ports an extremely small, and there
doe. not seem much probability of getting them replen-
ished speedily from any quarter of the globe.
At Bull the imports consisted of 8,252 qrs. of wheat, 484
qrs. of barley, 3,949 qrs. of oats, 1,930 qrs. of beans, 818
qrs of peas, 637 qrs. of tarn, 617 qrs. of linseed, with 172
bags of cloverseed, and 109 tons of cakes. The merchants
there complain that they do not get their share of the pre-
sent arrivals from the northern ports, the vessels either
calling in Scotland or passing them, preferring the Thames
to the Humber. Be this as:it may, they get a fair quantity
of one sort of stuff or another, if we look at the above list.
Trade there was pretty good, and foreign wheat commanded
an advance of 4s. per qr. ; whilst the farmers brought for-
ward a fair quantity of their produce, and they obtained s
similar improvement in the value of all fine samples at
wheat. The other markets held on the same day were
generally very lively, and with short deliveries of wheat
prices advanced from 2s. to 6s. per qr., whilst an im-
provemeat of Is. to 2s. per qr. took place in the value of
barley.
On Wednesday the animation was not so manifest. With
short supplies of English grain at Mark-lane, and mode-
rately fair imports of :foreign, bunnies was:restricted,
although full prices were demanded for all [nicks. At
Bury St Edmunds trade was rather dull, at the advance
quoted oils. to 2s. per qr. ; but at Stockton-on-Tees a good
demand was experienced, at 3s. per qr. more money.
Thursday's markets were rather of a more varied cha-
racter. Birmingham alone was largely supplied with
wheat, and there trade was very dull, at former prices ;
whilst at others the deliveries were moderate, and prices
ranged at from Is. to ss. per qr. advance. The deliveries of
the week showed a considerable falling off, the quantity re-
turned being only 77,711 qrs., against 99,928 qrs. the pre-
vious week; and the next return will no doubt be con-
siderably less: testing whether the farmer were really
frightened at the Vienna negotiations, or whether they
considered it a complete " ruse."
At Mark.lane on Friday, there were only moderate fresh
snivels of English grain, but tolerably good imports of
foreign wheat, barley, and oats, with no flour. Trade
became calm on that day, and the business transacted was
Os limited character ; the few parcels of English wheat
esid were at the prices of Monday, but oats were not so
seedy a sale as the previous market day.
The Scotch markets held during the week have been
inter.
The article of barley has met a better sale, having taken
favour with some buyers, and prices have improved in
many districts Is. to 21. per quarter. The deliveries are
well kept up, the returns being 99,917 quarters this,
against 100,034 quarters last week; and no doubt the
quantity brought forward for some time to come will be
liberal. For the Int time for several weeks, a few car-
goes of foreign have arrived; and these will go into eon
sumption steadily, low grinding samples being wanted.
With the recent fleet of ships for two weeks, the greatest
number into this port brought oats; and there is now a I
much better choice than for a month past. The large dealers
are trying for a reduction, and may succeed when demurrage
is talked of ; we think they are all ready to replenish their
stocks, having had an opportunity of getting out of their
old stores pretty well. The stocks in the hands of the
factors are considered to be very limited, and the present
import is not likely to be followed up ; and it is considered
that nearly all the vessels are in with this grain.
Liverpool market, on Friday, was languid, although the
imports were of the most restricted character, and the cur-
rency was the turn weaker.
There were short arrivals of wheat at Wakefield. The
millers bought very sparingly, and in some instances they
succeeded in getting on rather lower terms.

THE LIVERPOOL Door ESTATE.—Yesterday was
the day appointed for the election of a successor to Mr.
Thomas Healing, who lately resigned his seat at the Dock.
board. Two candidates appeared, lir. Joseph Hubbask,
proposed by Mr. Powell, and seconded by Mr. Goodwin,
and put forward by the corn trade, and Mr. Robert Lemont,
the representative of the Steam-ship Association of Liver.
tool. About 1 p.m., however, a notice was received at the
Deck office (where the polling was carried on) from the
secretary of the latter body, stating that Mr. Lamont having
been proposed in ignorance that Mr. Healing had been the
only representative of the corn trade on the dock committee,
the Steamship Association withdrew Mr. Lament, and the
chairman (Chu. Turner, Esq.) declared Mr. Rubbish
dull elected to supply the vacancy.
TENDERS will be received by the Admiralty to
for the hire of two ships, of about 600 toss (A M.)
sub, for the mamma of hate from the river Thane, to
Heligoland.