The Express.
London, England, 1855-01-02 00:00:00

THE FOREIGN CORN TRADE.

Owing to the Christmas holiday; we have this week
very few foreign letters; indeed, sosreely anyone attends to
business in the Christmas week on the continent.

"ii:Tat7st7d;i7a;t7o73 the Baltic elate that tis weather
had become frorty, but not to each an extent as to inter.
fore with the navigation. The seareity of vessels and the
smallness of stocks had, however, prevented any ehipments
of importance being made. The oyesMae of the English
reports, of the 18th Deoember. had not been without effect,
and holders of wheat had rather raised their preteasions.
At Hamburg. on Tuesday, ner market was held : the pre-
ceding week business bad been rather dull, the English
advises being considered less favourable than the
week before. The last quotations wen, for 69} lbs.,
Mecklenburg wheat, 68.. 3d. • ditto of 611ba. weight, The.
6d. per qr. free on board. Thinn had beau several offers of
argots of wheat shipping from the Danish Islands; at
about 70s. per qr., cost and freight to the east coast, for
601 b.. quality. In Spring aura very little bad been done,
and both barley and oats had been neglected. The former
article, to be shipped in spring from Jutland, might have
been bought at SOs. 6d. to 31s. per qr., weight per bushel,
63165. Oats .of 381bs weight, from the same destination,
had been offered at 24e. Bd. par qr. free on board to spring.

From Wanes we learn that the-effset produced at first by
the prehibitioa of export had passed away, aad that a pa-
non of the decline is picas of wheat whin& was mused by
I that measure has been recovered. It appears tolerably
lain that steaks of corn are small in Franc*, and we deem
it more than probable that that coantry will have to import
on rather a large male before harvest. Paris letters, of
I Thursday's date, tutors us that flour had risen in value
2 to 3 frame sines that day sa'asight, and that wheat had
participated in the improvement.
Pros the Mediterranean we have nothing fresh to
notice. By the most recently received advises from the
Danube, it appear. that some business had been done in
wheat at(ulster and Ibraila, for spring delivery ; which
would appear to argue that some idea waa satirtaked
there that shipmate might, after a while, bemuse peso-
doable. At Ikons the steak of wheat wm aditalled le
consist of 130,000 to 140,000 qn., aad sales had bees saki
at 21s. 3d. to Ms. per qr. free on board. , Of blies urn
lug. stocks remised ea head, pertly the poises of 1862

and 1863. With all the money adesueed, purchases might
havellheen made at 13.. 10d. to 14s. 4d. per qr. free on
board in wpm.
Alexaedrian lettere, of the 17th December, quote wheat,
Faii.e, 48e. 2d. to 625. Bd. ' Debars, 44e. bd. to 495. Bd. per
qr. free on board. Stocks of Indian emu wet* exhausted.
but supplies from the interior were expected. The value
of the article wee thee 32e. 3d. to 355. per qr. free on board.
Beans were quoted 375. to 405., and barley 261. 4d. to 278.
7d. per qr. free on board.
The hart accounts from America are of a les' netted
character than those previously received ; stiU, up to that
time, the value of breadstuffe had soatinued to tend up-
wards. At New York, on the 12th Decemter, Western
Canal Flour was quoted 8 dole. 370. to 8 dole. ; and
Ohio and Geneses 9 deb. 26e. to 9 dole. 76e. per barrel.
Supplies of wheat had increased, and prioes had slightly
receded. Freight to London mu 2e. per barrel for Sour.
and 7d. per bushel for grain. Thi exports from the United
SUM to the United Kingdom had been from Ist Sep-
tember :

Flour. Wheat.
Brie. Bash.

Maize.
Brie.

315116 87:931 2,137,822
flame tine last year 689,776 3,663,862 616,124
The canal navigation was closed, and "tippling of Boar per
railway bad coma forward but sparingly.