The Express.
London, England, 1853-12-19 00:00:00

The arrivals of tonnage into the port of London have been
very heavy during the last seven days (10th to 16th Dec.),
comprising a total of 384 shim registering 79,247 tone, ex-
clusive of steamers and coasting vessels. By far the greater
portion of these vessels are from the northern ports in the
Baltic and Gulf of Finland, and the majority foreign bot-
toms. The close of the Baltic trade has brought a large
amount of tonnage into the coasting trade sod occasioned a
decline in coal freights, which will probably continue for
some months. Chartering business has been very active
during the week, but with ne symptoms of any weakness in
the rates of freight; indeed, it is the prevailing opinion
that the supply of shipping at the present moment is quite
inadequate to the rapidly increasing demands of our com-
merce. For a long period high freights have prevailed in
all trades, the enhanced rates which, in former years, were
exceptional, being now the standard. That Australian de-
mands have contributed in a great measure to this result
cannot be questioned ; and the movements of freights in
this trade, which is often considered the kiyotone of others,
are of great interest. The tonnage now un the berth for
the Australian colonies comprises :—ln London, 86 vessels,
registering 49,360 tuns • at Liverpool, 35 vess.ls, register-
ing 20,891 tons ; at Glisgew, 6 vessels, registering 1,778
tons ; at Hull, 2 vessels, registering 731 tons ; at Greenock,
1, registering 500 tees •, said at Aberdeen, 1, registering 350
tom. There are thus 130 vessels, of the combined
register tonnage of 73,610 tons, now loading at
ports in the United Kingdom with supplies
for the Australian markets. These supplies being
drawn from all parts of the world have occasioned
greatly iacreased imports and consequent demand for ship-
ping in almost every trade. For the week 10th to 16th
Dee. the tonnage cleared outwards from London for Aus-
tralia comprised eight vessels, registering 3,834 tons, of
which live vessels, registering 2,643 tons, were for Port
Phillip, and the remaining Oren bound respectively for
Hebert Town, Swan River, and Sydney. The number of
vessels entered out for the colony during the same period
was nine, registering 4,73.5 tons ; ef these seven were for
Port Philip, one for Adelaide, and one for Portland Bay.
It will be seen, therefore, that the supply of tonnage keeps
pees with the clearances. Rates of freight have continued
very firm throughout the week, in some measure owing to
the nature of the advice, brought by the Victoria steamer,
which it is expected will give a fresh impetus to the export
trade to the colony. We quote as usual from the current
number of the " Weekly Shipping List" the rates of freight,
es furnished by the brokers in the trades, on the 16th test.
By a comparison with the rates of this day week, it will be
found that in no instance has any decline occurred, while in
several trades there has been • material advance. _ .

The rate is in all cases foe fine measurement goods, with
the accustomed primage in each trade. Freight of rough
goods or dead weight per agreement.-Per ton of 40 feet :
Australia - Adelaide, 90s. to 100 s. Australia-Hobart
Town, 80s. Australia-Launceston, 90e. Australis-Mel-
bourne or Geelong Wharves, 120 s. to 130 s. Australia-
Melbourne or Geelong, 90s. to 955. Australia-New Zea-
land, 80s. to 100 s. Australia-Portland Bay, 120 s. Aus-
tralia-Port Fairy, 120 s. Australia-Swan River, 70s. to
80s. Australia-Sydney, 80s. to 100 a. Alexandretta, 355.
Alexandria, 255. to 30s. Algoa Bay, 50s. Alicante, 50s.
Ancona, 60s. Antigua, 395. Antwerp, 10s. Athers, 30s.
Barb/adore, 30s. Barcelona, 40s. Batavia, 60s. Beyrout,
30s. Bilbao, 35e. Bombay, 45e. Buenos Ayres, 60s.
Cadiz, 30e. to 355. Calcutta, 50e. Canton, 80s. Cape
Towo, Cape of Grad Hope, 455. Cartbegena, 355. Con-
' staatinople 30s. Copenhagen, 20s. Danube (Galata and
Thrall), 40:. Demerara, 30e. Genoa, 30s. Gibraltar, 15s.
Gijon, 351. liambarg, 12s. to 14s. dead weight. Haven-
nab, 40s. Hong Kong, 80s. lonian Islasda, 401. Jamaica,
30e. to 40e. Leer, 13s. to 15s. Leghorn, 301. Lima, 50e.
Madeira, 40s. Madru, 50s. Malta, 25.. to 30s. Malaga,
355. Marseilles, 30s. Masulipstam, 60s. Matanzas, 40s.
Mauritius, 455. Messina. 401. Monte Video, 60s. Naples,
40s. Natal, 85e. New York, 30s. Odessa, 30s. Palermo,
40s. Rio Janeiro, 30s. San Francisco, 755. to 100 s. San
Sebastian, 365. Shanghai, 80.. Seville, 40s. Sierra
Leone, 4bs. to ,6s. ;myna, 30s. St. Vincent, im. St.
Kitts and Nevis, 30s. St. Lucia, 355. Byra, 301. Tarra-
gona, 50s. Tobago, 30s. Trieste, 3.55. Trinidad, 30s.
Valparaiso, 60s. Valencia, 60s. Venice, 355.
The rates paying by the emigration commissioners arc
also tending upwards-recent engagements being at 191. 10s.
to 201. per head, and with the large tonnage which it is ex-
pected the East India Company will shortly require for
conveyance of 3,000 troops to India, no decline is anti-
cipated.
Freights for the Mediterranean and Black Sea trades de,
dined slightly when Eastern affairs assumed a somewhat
more peaceable aspect, but are attain firm ; and we are now
quoting 245. kr wheat from the Danube ; 51. 155., tallow,
from Odessa; Smyrna. 601. ; Valonta, Constantinople, 125.,
wheal i Leghorn (tor several vessels), 70., wheat, to a direct
port, 7a. 6d. if required to call for ordsrs ; Sicily, sulphur,
at 445. ; Marseilles, 325. Gi. flour.
In Brazil. freights, 45;., and 5 per cent. for coffee,
from Rio Janeiro; 665., hides, from Rio Grande ; 60s. and
6 per cent., sugar, from Pernambuco.
In East India freights we note • moderate business, at
91. 15s. from Calcutta ; Akyab, 41. 10s. ; Bombay, 31. 10s. ;
Madras, 31. 155.; Moulmein, 61. (timber).
Outward freights from the coal and iron ports are without
alteration, and we refer therefore to our quotations of last
week for information in this particular.