The Express.
London, England, 1863-03-02 00:00:00

MARKRT&

TALLOW.—.SAITIIDAT EVIIIIING.—The market WU quiet
today. Spot, 43a. 9d. to 44a. ; March, 43a. 9d. ; Aprtlto
June, 44a. ; Odobar to Daosatbar, 465. 6d. to 46.. 9d.
Deloary to last 'Young, 883 auks ; arrivals, 976 caste.

COTTON.—LrsuPooz, Fix 2&—Oar market is *gain
quiet, with little business at previous priceL 'The sales are
5,000 bales, including 500 American, lit to 190. • 3,610
Surat, tol. to 16Id. ; 300 Egyptian, 1 to 26d. ; 530 Fer-
min, 19d. to 204 d. ;60 Marsabass, id. ;of which 2.000
are for speculation and export. To-day's import is 1,098
bales.

COTTON 000D6.—Mxncoisren, FEB. 28.—The mar-
bet has been one of unvarying flatness throughout the week.
We hear of exceedingly few sales, either of cloth or yarn,
and those few are of unprecedentedly small amount to be
dope through wholesale houses. Whether the impression
is well founded or otherwise that the American civil war is
near • close, buyers am certainly acting on a principle of
such extreme caution that it may be said they are fully pre-
paring for the panic in prices which has all along been so
generally anticipated whea the first news arrive, of the
struggle having reseed. With regard to spinners, main-
facturers, and sellers generally there is • good deal of Ann-
DIM displayed in individual flounces, but as • rule prices may
be quoted weaker. l'bere is hardy a quotable change, butstill
buyers bare no difficulty in laying hold of either yarn or
cloth, from people more or less anxious to sell, on easier
terms than they could last week. There are special excep-
tions to this rule, se in cases of first-rate makes of T cloths
and other fabrics. In some cease these goods are held by
makers who closed their mill mouths ale, and have berm
gradually selling off whenever prices have risen to the valise
they bed originally fixed. Some of these have found the
floctuatioria or values serve their purpose su well that their
holdings are now reduced to a comparatively ,mall risk, and
they adhere to their prices with great tenacity. The same
remark applies to yarns. Doubled 40's, and fine numbers
are in some cases very steady in value.

WOOLLEN.—Lsaue, Fmk 28.—The markets this morn-
ing were only indifferently attended, and a very limited
amount of business was transacted ; the little there was
done being chiefly in diagonals and low meltons, with a
sprinkling of light 00-inch tweeds. The white hall was
very quiet. Rates remain without material alteration.

llAR.DWARE—Breminonam, Fen. 2S.—The trade of
this town has rather improved of late; orders are coming
in more freely from the country, and with the north there
is undoubtedly more business doing. The foreign
trade is a little better.; there are some orders in hand on ac-
count of Canada, and thole is a fair amount of business
doing to the West Indies ; as to the eastern markets there
is only a moderate trade doing et present ; the principal
continental orders in are from France, Italy, and Spain.
With reference to particular branches, there are orders
enough to keep the full complement of hands at work at all
the manufactories; the rolling mills are fully engaged,
and the liollow-ware manufacturers and tinplate workers
have quite an average supply of orders. Upon the whole
the state of business generally here Is a great improvement
upon but year. The reports relative to the traits of the
district are more satisfactory ; all the large works are in ac-
tive operation ; the casting trade is tolerably brisk, and for
railway fittings there is fair supply of orders in. The sad.
dlers ironmongers of Walsall report more favourably as to
the state of that branch, and at Itedditch the needle-makers
are busy.

OORN.—eaIIDIUDGE, FEB. 28. —With the exception of
maltiag barley, wlikb was in short supply. and la. dearer,
all corn wu very dull and slow of sale. Wheat, red. 40e
to 41s. ; white, 48e.; barley, 31s. to 425. ; beau, 38e. to
40s. ; oats, 90s. to 275.

Calmat; Pl 3. %. —Thar, was& fair supply of wheat and
oats at our market to-day, and small of barley. Wheat was
slow of sale at last week's prices. High prices were asked
for eats, which rather checked sales, grinding bringing last
week's prices, but about lid. advance was obtained for seed
samples. arley met a ready Dale at about 6d. advance.
Wheat, whits, sow, 178. 6.1. to 19s. ed.; red, new, len. Od.