The Express.
London, England, 1849-12-04 00:00:00

FOREIGN CORN TRADE.
By the latest amounts tram the north of Europe we learn
that winter had met in, and that the navigation of some of
the principal rivers had already become impeded by ice. The
general impression appeared to be, that further sl.ipments
would be impracticable, and as lev. supplies were en-
peeled from the grewen, prices would, it was believed, give

At Danzig more &zanies had, it seems, been displayed
than at the ue rer ports, and quotations do not seem to have
varied much there. About 750 lasts bad changed hands
during the week at terms similar to those prevloutly cement:
tin 61 to 62 lbs. ; Polish new had realised 38s. tit 39i. and
the common kinds 355. to *s. per qr. free on board. Up to
the 24th of November the frost had not been svvers. and the

harbour was still free. A ample of vessels had been
chartered to load what for London at 3,.31., and two
more for London or the east 41101111 t at 31. 6d. end 31. 3d.
Per r-
Atrl Stettin, ow the 24th Nov., the weather was very cold,
gad Mere was then elrt ady much floating ice, so that an im-
mediate stoppage to the navigation was anticipated. Wheat
had met with a fair share of attention, and had brought
nearly former rate', but it was the prevailing belief that after
the dem of the shipping season holders would become more
tractable. Pommeranian and Uckermark 62 Pis. wheat was
then worth Wis. to 365.; and 61 to 62 lbs. Silesian, 335. to
34t. per qr. t ee on bard.
At Konigsberg, on the 24th Nov., holden of Wheat
showed mole anxiety to sell than they had previously dis-
played, and supplies having rather increased, quotations had
tended downwards. High mixed, weighing 61 to 611 lbs.
per bush., might then have been bought et 37s 6J. to
38s. 64. ; mixed, 60 to 61 lbs., at 34a. to 365. ; and red, of
the same weight, at 33e. to 365. per qr., free on board.
Freight per qr. for wheat was 4e. 64. to 4s 94. to the east
roast aside. 6.1. to 6e. to the west east of Great Britain,
with Is. baste. Barley and cats bad been in mo 'crate
request, the former at 13a. 64. to 14s. 9d., and the latter at
10s. per. qr.
At the nearer parts, from whence we have more recent
dates, we learn that the frost had incr. seed in intensity.
The direct mail tram Hamburg, of Toadies, bad not ar-
rived up to a late hoar (Saturday), but we hare letters from
thence rid Holland, which inform us of the partial close of
the Elbe. Frost appears to have set in about the 24th ult.,
and it bad been sufficiently intense to impede the navigation
of the river.
Rostock letters of the 26th November state that the wea-
ther had become very severe, and that there appeared 1 the
prospect of further shipments being mad* from thence till
spriiir. Supplies from the growers had increased, and the
local demand having proved inadequate is clear off the same,
prices had given way about Is. per qr. The disposition to
purchase had in a great measure subsided, and it was the
prevailing belief that prices would, later in the year, recede
materially.
From Griefewald and Stralsund our advice,' are only of
the 24th ult. Up ti that time there seems to have been
little frost; but supplies having rather increased, prices hail
slightly receded good 61 to 62 lbs. wheat having been offered
at equal to 33a. to 345. per qr. free on board.
The advice, from Belgium and Holland are of a similar
character, and the tendency of prices has latterly been down-
wards ad ovar Europe in consequence of the depressed state
of the British markets.
Letters from Antwerp of the 27th Nov. inform us that the
continued dull reports trom hence had had some influence
on prices of wheat in that market, a decline of Is. to 2s.
per qr. having been submitted to without It adios to large
transactions. New red Louvain, weighing 62 to 621 lbs. per
bushel, might then have been purchased at equal to 375. 6d.,
and 62 lbs. red Antwerp wheat at 36e. 62. per qr. free on
board.
In the Dutch markets prices do not appear to have varied
much, but there was vary little doing for export at Rotter-
dam on Monday last, Stocks of new Rhine wheat had rather
accumulated, but previous rates had been tolerably well sup-
parted : 60 to 62tbs qualities were then quoted 341. to 3Gi
and superior 624 to 631bs. parcels, 371 6d. to 38s. 34, per qr.
free on bard, Oats were fully as dear there as the week
before.
In the French markets very little change had occurred,
and the quantity of wheat and ibUr shipping for England
was not large. In the Mediterranean prices are much about
those current here. At Marseilles, on the 22ed, Polish
Odessa wheat was quoted 31s. 6d. to 32a. 3d. per qr. free on
board ; and at L-gborn, on the 24'h Nov., 621bs. Msrianopli
wheat could MU be bought below 375. 9d. per qr. Freight to
London was 4s. per qr.