The Express.
London, England, 1862-04-21 00:00:00

MARKETS.

COTTON GOODEL-3(ANCEIESTIZ, Arm 19. The
market for cloths is very firm, and prime are stronger, owing
to the advance in cotton and yarn, bat buyers are cautious,
and any attempt to exact higher rates has the effect of
checking business. This is more particularly the one for
India shirting'. Long cloths, T cloths, and domestics are very
firm. For prmten there is some inquiry, and *comets are in
moderate request ; prices have slightly improved. Yarns
maintain the advance of id. per lb. obtained on Thursday,
and there is a fair business, including doubled yarns from
Ws upwards. la singles, except for fine numbers, there is
a fair demand both for home consumption and export. In
the absence of any stirring news from America the opinion
is gaming strength that the war will be protracted so as to
keep back cotton, and hence producers are encouraged to
hold for higher pieces, but buyers are still cautious and un-
willing to increase their stooks. The home trade continues
dull, though it is believed the supplies us the hands of the
retell are very insignificant.

WOOLLEN.—Larne, Aran. 19.—Th • markets to-day,
though both very quiet, were folly as good as mold he
expected during the Easter holidays. The attendamos both
of buyers and manufacturers was very small, and the
amount of business trammeled little more than nominal.
There wore a few inquiries in the white market for maniples
of whoop; and other heavy fabrics for the autumn, though
these of coons are as yet limited, it being too early to de•
termini with anything like precision whet turn the autumn
trade may take.

HARDWARE—Suuriroulax, Aran 19.—The trade of
this town has exhibited but little change for the but two or
three weeks. Quietude is still the prevailing characteristic
as regards she country trade, but notwithstanding that ooe-
dition there le au undoubted improvement as compared
with a month or six weeks ago. In the departments for
fioyoods there is more stirring, and at the manufactories
generally
the men are working more nearly to full time
upon orders ; in fact there is very little doing in the way of
making goods for stock. As the country shopkeepers con-
' thane to act cautiously, buying goods in small pm:tines
only, it is not unreasonable toexpect •steady trade through.'
imbibe summer, though it will most likely be moderate. In
the South Staffordshire district bush:sea is doll ; the numbs*
of furnaces out of blast moot a great nearrity of employ-
ment ; to add to this, the sailers, to the number of many
thousands, are out on strike, and the disputes about wagm
between the chain-makers and their employers have not yet
bees arranged. The returns of pauperism for this parish
show that the number of indoor poor at the workhouse last
work wee Sgt In excess of last year ; of outdoor paupers
the mom over 1861 was 2416.

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001M—Cmemunaa, Ann, 19.—Wheat was Mier
dam, Usable% week ; barley inquired far, ead IL to 2s.
ea
dearer. Wheat, We. to GIL per qr.; W, lea. to .; , 'e
owe Palilbed by Wilma Lute Ham, et Nola _____-----
bras, 40s. to 411. ; oats, 10e, to Ma isp I Yid
teeebanielieet. la the ay of UAW" 'rioter. at
Otateam, Aran 19.—There was a m empty an et WI 0w,,„ ;„ 1,„,,b..44;r05. to th. how., of whitefrian•—
'ads of grain this aeormag. Wheat sad eats awned as ltwintr. area IL ism.

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