The Express.
London, England, 1864-09-19 00:00:00

MARKETS.

COTTON.—Lmtirwox, San. 17.—We bare had tether
more doing, with prices a shade ewer. Salm to-day, 6,000
bales, including 3,000 apeculatioo and export. 500 American,
270. to 2844. ; 400 Egyptmo, 24d. to 270.; 5,100 Sent,
111 d. to 224. ; Bengal, Sande, Lc., 12d. to 13d. ; China,
154 d. to 170.

COTTON GOODS.—MAscaserza, Scrr. 17.—The im.
ports of cotton during the last few weeks have been very
large, and the sales having fallen off under the disturbance
of the money market and the rumours of • probable peace
in America, the stock in Liverpool has rapidly increased to
391,000 bales. The stock at this time last year was only
171,0(11 bales. The price of coerce at the same time has
decreased folly Cid. per lb., or nearly one-fourth of its value.
This market of course has undergone a great decline from
this cause alone, varying from 4d. to Bd. per lb. on yarns,
with little or no business worth =satiating. There have
been more inquiries towards the close of the week, with •
view of testing prices, but they have slily in • few cease
resulted in business. In fact it has been truly observed
that nobody makes • parches* who cars put it off, and the
business has been mainly confined to small current
orders. Blackburn 3'2's twist has been sold at
decline of 2d. per lb. on Tuesday's prices, and
iternsfs generally are ld. to 2d. down elan Tuesday last.
have bean many more offers for both cloth and yarn
dialog the last two days than of late, but generally speaking
they hare been made;at such extremely low prices that pro.
ducers have declined to accept them. The decline of the
Wt few weeks, considerable as it has been, bastaken place
without anything like panic ; the feeling for • long time
having prevailed that owing to too large • productiou as
compared with the import of cotton competition was too
much stimulated at Liverpool, sod that this most lead to a
reaction of greeter or lees severity. It has been severe, but
it does not occasion alarm. It would not surprise many
people that news may come from America that may send
down cotton much lower than it is at present, node: an im-
pression that the market is going to be flooded with the
stocks so long pent up there, but on the other hand well.
informed people foresee that, owing to the destruction of
railroads sod means of transit of all kinds, the stocks there,
however, large, would necessarily be slow incoming forward,
so that after the first effect of each startling intelligence there
moat be • considerable reaction in favour of sellers, and
that holders of yarns and goods seed not suffer very much
if they can withstood the effect of the first shock of the
panic fever.

WOOLLEN.—Laos, SEPT. 17.—The coloured hall thin
morales has been quiet ; few transactions of any import-
ance have taken place. The chief demand has been for
plain goods, together with a sprinkling of tweeds. The
white market has also been quiet, and hair lists have only
been very little inquired for. Winne; pilot., reversible',
and other heavy makes have been more freely inquired for
than List week, although the demand ham not been 6o large
as we have lately had to report. Rates are without alte-
ration.

HARDWARE.—Butwincllin, Sen. 17.—The trade of
this town continues io a healthy state, and the reports re-
ceived through the factors' travellers are favourable. The
number of orders in hand at this moment is not large, but
there is no stoppage at any of the manufactories, neither
ere goods being made up fur stock in any but a few of the
fancy trades, in which a certain amount of sluggishness is
always felt at this period of the year. As usual, also, when
afar the sad of the quarter, orders which are not pressing
are always withheld ; bat independently of that a large
amount of business is being done ; and in the nouns of two
or three weeks, when the regular fell trade has commenced,
therein every probability of increased arimetioo. The
foreign trade is active. In the course of the week there
have been merchants here from the Confederate States, who
have been purchasing goods extensively, chiefly general
hardwares. The order. for Central America have been
unusually large this meson. A fair amount of business is
being deo° on account of Canada, and with the River Plate.
In the state of the most important blanches carried oo here
sot much change has occurred of late. The lamp and
chandelier makers are getting busy. The edge-tool makers,
hollow-ware manufacturers, and tinplate workers, are alp
pretty well engaged. Most of the rolling nulls are
working full time, but if the colliers' strike continues much
longer this town will be much injured by it, am it is not un-
likely that sore* of the mills will be brought to a stead ;
already there is • difficulty about procuring • 'raciest
supply of fuel. In the venom manufacturing trades of the
adjoining district a good amount of business is being done.

COH.N.—Cattnittlan, San. 17.—We hid a very dull
market, and wheat and barley were cheaper, the latter in
large supply, quality good and very heavy, weighiog
to 591 b. tee liushaL Wheat, Xs. to 35.. per qr. Barley,
28e. to Oats. 22.. to 24.. Peas, 421. to 435.

CANTERBURY, SM. 17.—We had a good supply of wheat,
but owing to the 000tauumice of wet weather, it comes to
head is poor conditioa. Trade was slow mid prices ruled
from Is. to 2e. per quarter lower, for ell descriptioes, bar-
ley was warm, aid malting qualities firm, at late rates,
Oats sod beam without change ia value. Tares. cheaper.
No peer offeneg. White wheat. 40r. to 44e; red. 36e. to
41s. ; barley, .30.. to 3tia. ; oats 19s. to 254.; and beam, 3d,.
to 42a. per quarter.

SIR. 17.—We had a fair supply of all kinds
of grain at our market to-dav, and there was a brisk sale
for both wheat and tale. Barley *old freely at a reduction
of 6d. per Carlisle bushel upon last week's rates. Prices :
White wheat, new, les. to 17a. ; ditto, old, 16e. to 195. ;
Dew red wheat, 13.. 6d. to 16s. 6d. ; ditto, old, 15e. Gd. to
ltia tid. ; Dew barley, lls. to 12.. ; old ditto, lls. 6d. to
1.6. ; Dew potato oats, 7a. 6d. to 8.. 6d. ; old ditto, Bs. to
tid. ; oommoe oats, la. 6d. to 8..; rye, 12s. 6d. per Car-
lisle buobel. Flour, Is. 6d. to Is. 103.; oatmeal, IL 7d. to
Is. 54. ; ryerneal id berleymeal, Is. 44. per stone. The
weather has been very unfavourable for the prosecution of
bariesting operations on two or three days of this week.
Heavy raise have fallen daring %holiday, but the nights have
been nee and dry.

COLCHISTAR, SKIT. 17.—A large supply of vitalist, sad
Rood of barley. Wheat &dined L. to 2a, and barley
20. to li.

G CILDFORD, Starr. 17. -The supply of wheat to-day
was again moderate. apron which buyers sought • reduotios
of Is. 6d. to 2s. per qr. ; this, however, was resisted,
which caused the trade to rule dull ; ultimately the chief
' portion was disposed of at prices the turn in favour of
j buyers upon the red sorts. Wheat. 3145. to 41s. ; barley,
30s. 1634% ; oats, 19s. to 26a. ; hems, 425. to 435. ; peas,
40s. to 41.9. ; rye, 3tia to 365.
lIIIRTFORD. SIFT. 17.-A good supply of wheat. Trade
very heavy and prices 6d. to Is. per load lower. Good sew
, malting barley fetches former rates. New eats, of about
I 401ba. and upwards, make about Is. per stone. Old is
request at fully late rates. Beans sad peas as before, sad
• good demand for both. Wheat, red, Ms. to 255. per
load ; fine, 26e. ; white, 245. to 264. ; fine. 275. ; barley,
malting, new, per qr., 335. to 375. ; ditto, grindiog, old,
265. to 325. ; oats, coarse, 16s. to 22..; dfito old and fine,
28a. ; beams, per load, 225. to 240. ; peas, T 3 o. to 251.
LEICESITZ, Beer. 17.-At market today wheat of the
sew crop come well to hoed, end foxed baron at a derslino
of Is. per quarter on the previous week's cartoonist Old
also receded in value ; new sorts, 425. to 471. ; old, 445. to
41)a. per 36 stone. There was a good show of barley, aid
the trade riled **tenthly active, at • dachas) of la. per
quarter ; malting qualities, 325. to 3135. ; grinding, 265. to
295. per 30 stone. Not much passing in rota. at roam
under late rates. A small show oi beaus, and the trod*
firm at fully bat week's quotations-namely, 425. to 44a.
par 34 state.
NZWCAOTLE.I7POW-TTNI. B. 17.-M our market this
morales' we had • trifling supply of witest from the powers,
matopt whizit we observed about tot maples of tow, osa.