The Express.
London, England, 1855-11-29 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL AND MARIETS.

-THIS DAY.

616
6.7711
NT

13II0A.1.—The market remains suipsaded ; there has not
been any offered is pablis sale, sod we are without truss&
ties. is the private contract market.
with-
Corns —The public sales Ors progressing heavily,
out say material alteration in prices. Native Ceylon
quoted 625. to 635.
Tas.—The market is steady, but rather inactive. Com-
mon orogen held at 9}4. anal terns.
ETCl.—The market has Wane dull, and priors have de-
Weed fatly dd.
Item matinees Arm
COTTON remain out of demand.
SALTPITRI —The denied unties's limited.
Eirtois Ors steady at last week's pries'.
Is other ankles no material alteration.

TALLOW ILARKET.—THIB DAY.
' Te• • Market h very ins to-day. at dm bteressed
pastiest rejoined, vis. :—Tomn tallow, 69.. sett cash;
Potembsvet Y.C. ott the spot, 70e.; November to Deem.
liar, 70.. within ; January to Karel'. 706. burin.

SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.—THIS DAT.
Yr. E. I. Davis ripest; the supple lane, aad trade
battry ; prim without alWretioa. Prism ;meadow bay,
106 e. to 110 s.; superior. 116.. to 120 e.; taferter,9lll. to
100 e.; rows.. Mr. to 100 a; clover, 100 s. to 140 e. ; .road
sat, 100 s. te 110 s.; straw, 27.. to 10e.

MONEY MABILET.-THIS DAY.

Two o'Caosi.
The English stock market continues to advanaa
In the morning an improvement of 1 per cent. was

1.
established, and prices are now quoted i per cent.
better than they closed yesterday. Business
_ .

is quiet. Console, after advancing to 801
to 1, are now quoted 891 ;to for
money and the 6th December. The " contango '

'to the New Account remains the same as yester-
day, and the price for the 10th January is quoted
89a to 1. The Three per Cents. Reduced have beet
dealt in at 88 to 881; the New Three per Cent'.
at 881 to 1; Bank Stock at 209 to 210 ; India Stook
at 226; Exchequer Bonds at 97/ to 981 ; Exchequer
Bills at 7s. to 3s. dis.; and India Bonds at Bs. dia.
Foreign stooks are steady. Turkish Six per
Cents. have been dealt in at 80; to 811 for money,
and 811 to 1 for the 14th of December ; ditto New
Four per Cent. Loan at n to 3i dis. for money;
Danish Three per Cents. at 81; Portuguese Four
per Cents. (Small Bonds) at 45 to 46; Russian Four-
and-a-Half per Cents. (Small Bonds), at 881; Spanish
Old Three per Cents. at 391 to 15 and Dutch Two-
and-s-Half per Cents. at 64 (exch. 128.).

•
The Madrid has taken out 20,5601. in specie to
Cadiz and Lisbon.
The Phainician sailed from Sydney on the 21st of
August for London with 13,702 ounces of gold and
11,209 sovereigns, representing a total value of about
66,0001.
The East India Company have made a further re-
duction of id. per rupee in the rates at which they
will receive cash for bills on India. The rates are
today fixed at 2s. Old. per rupee for bills on Bengal
and Madras, and 2e. ld. per rupee on Bombay. The
latest previous alteration was on the 31st October,
when a reduction of Id. per rupee was announced.
By the calculation in the note attached to the
Board of Trade returns given in yesterday's Express,
the apparently extraordinary increase in the month's
exports is rectified. Eveb taking the " enumerated
articles," however, at this calculated amount of
6,293,3301., the increase over the figures for
the corresponding month of last year is 718,4621.
According to the above " note," the decrease
on the ten months in the enumerated articles
is 3,224,6191., and in the grand total of exports
3,401,8071., as compared with the corresponding teh
months of 1864. The rate of decrease indicated b
this latter comparison is only about 4 per cent.
Bearing in mind the burthens of the war, the high
price of corn, and also the fact that during the month
of October the Bank rate of discount was raised from
5 to 6 and 7 per cent., this elasticity of our aggregate
export trade is calculated to excite surprise. The
increase over the corresponding month of 1844 is in
some measure explained by the great dulness which
at that time prevailed as regards exports to Aus-
tralis.

Examining into the chief items of these exports,
we arrive at the subjoined general figures for the
month, viz.:

Month ending sth Nov., 31st Oct.,
1863. 1864. 1865.
£. £. £.
Cotton manufactures .. 1,663,791 1,713,538 2,498,487
Cotton yarn
Linen manufactures .. 363,761 248,201 409,540
Linen yarn 98,781 66,096 73,494
Woollen and wonted
mosufactures 620,387 472,078 672,624
Woollen and wonted

149,017 188,909
97,207 132,035
882,496 1,218,392

yarn 121,694
Silks
Metals 1,958,216
Leather, unwroughtand
manufactured
Haberdsabery and mil-
linery .... . ... •
Hardwaree and cutlery
Coals aad calm 124,768 161,275 217,129
Beer and ale
Machinery and millwork 193,270 122,871 233,937
Stationery
Wool
Oils
In considering these figures due allowance most be
made for the feet that the month ending 31st Oot.,
1855 (as explained above) is five working days longer
than the corresponding month (from 11th Oct. to the
sth Nov.) in 1853 and 1854. It is a great pity that
the statistical department of the Board of Trade
cannot pot these figures into a more comprehensible
form. After making the requisite deduction on this
score, the increase over last year is chiefly observable
in metals (especially iron and tin plates) in cotton,
linen, and woollen manufactures, and in machinery.
On the other hand, hardware and cutlery and leather
manufactures exhibit a falling off.
Annexed is a statement of the quantities of the
chief articles of food taken for consumption during
the month:
Month ending 6th Nov., 31st Oet.
1868. 1864. 1866.
Cocoa lbs. 321,196 826,962 340,994
Coffee lbs. 2,634,214 2,639,681 2,987,374
Wheat qrs. 425,866 76,618 132,772
Flour owts. 302,365 29,067 127,882
Currants own, 6,068 13,987 16,868
Butter cwt.. 36,996 39,137 42,219
Bice owes. 64,680 61,421 110,684
Cheese ewts. 36,425 36,163 44,736
Pepper3o9,B22 337,02.5 402.471
I Bum gals. 243,669 260,686 278,094
Brandy pls. 160,116 169.301 161.882
Sugar, narefined,cwts. 661,018 696,232 666,899
Tea
Tobacco lbs. 2,200,761 2,216,604 2,839.443
Wines gals- 675,693 688.233 636,614
Eggs no. 7,833,818 5,827,400 7,336.000
After making allowance for the extra five days, it
will be found that many of the items exhibit WON
comparative reduction. In the important articles of
sugar, tea, and tobacco, however, the movement is
satisfactory. Rice is more largely consumed,: owing
to the high price of bread. The consumption of
foreign breadstuff4 this year is shown to be much lees
than in 1854 or 1853. The quantity. of foreign wheat
concerned during the ten months is only 2,298,131
qrs., against 3,239,152 in the ten menthe of 1864,
and 4,198,783 in 1853. Of flour the quantity for the
ten months is 1,457,276 cwte., against 3,538,712 in
1864, and 4,103,110 in 1853.