The Express.
London, England, 1855-10-29 00:00:00

MARKETS.

COTTON.—LivnisgooL, Ocr. 27.—The market elomd
with more tone sod confidence, and prices of every
sort of cotton are unchanged from yesterday's quotations.
The ;isles to-day are 8,000 bales-600 for export and 1.000
tospeculation—includin 130 Promos and fdaseohasn. 6d.
61d.; 120 Bettis. 614. tg o 61.; 400 .11gyutian, s}d. to 84.;
and 1,000 Surat, 314. to 4+d. per lb. 10,000 bales have been
imported since Thursday.

COTTON GOODS.—MANCHISTEA, Ocr. 27. Oar
market continues dull and depressed, but the feeling hu
been rather more cheerful yesterday and this morning than
on the previous four days of the week, and there has been a
little improvement emus-limbed in the demand of both yarn
and cloth. This improvement is partly owing to the respite
given to traders by the Batik of England on Thursday, in
not further advancing the rates of discount, as had been
ezpectsd. The drooping character of the cotton market has
also been chaeged to one of rather more firmness, and this
has had the effect of brisging a few orders upon the market,
which would probably have otherwise been kept back
some time longer. The prime of goods have sot improved,
however, though rather steadier then in the earlier
part of the week. With all or nearly all of the milli of
this district in full employment the production is on
too large • scale, with the present limited demand,
to expect any improvement in the value of goods. It is
stated in the price current of • respectable house here, that
" the beet remittent' six months' bills from India h►ve bean
charged with a oimount equivalent to nine per cent. per
annum, whilst an inferior else of paper would doubtless be
charged still higher, if discountable at all." It may be
conceived that such twee must place • enn•iderable barrier
in the way of our foreign trade. On the other hand houses
in the home trade are prepared to exxect, from the high
rates which bread and almiist all the necessaries of life base
risen to, that consumers will e to market with diminished
means during the winter and ensuing spring, and are ac-
cordingly making their preparations on a more limited
scale.

WOOLLEN.—Lszno, Oar 27.—We hays no alteration in
the woollen cloth market.. They continue to wear a quiet
aspect. There has been a very thin attendance of merchants
in the Cloth halls this morning, which may partly be attri-
buted to the wet and uncomtortable state of the weather ;
hat the transactions did not appear in the 'mega*. to
' have suffered any @WM.I diminution as compared with
what bas been the average boat. ess transacted during several
weeding market days, but which is, however, much below
what we have been aseustointd to cuspids, an average trade.
HALIFAX, OCT. 27.—1 n wool, w gated, and yarns no
alteration to day. Business is eseeedingly dull, sad only
few buyers are in the mark t.

HARDWARE.—Bintittroaate, Oc-r. 27 —The home
orders fur our manufactuies are not quite so huge as they
were three or four weeks a nee. The constry shopkeepers
seem to be ordering cautiously, from an anticipation pro-
bably that trade will he slack during the winter, to conse-
quence of the high price of nrovieione and the tightness of
the money market. Upon the whole, however, business
here cannot he said to be in a depressed state; most of the
mactifeetnture have sufficient orders in hand te keep the
bands fully employed. the instances being exceptional in
which they are working abort time, and there are compara-
tively few people unemployed. There are some good or,ters
in from Australia, and it is understood that the merchants
have others in hand to give out. As regards the die riet,
trade there is in a tolerably healthy state ; the iroo trade is
a little firmer than it was lest week ; the orders which have
since come in have made the producers of the common
kinds of bar iron more confident, and there is less anxiety
to sell on the part of this section of the trade. It appears
to be pretty certain that the prineipil houses
have contracts which will consume almost the whole of their
quarter's make, a 3 that, under ordinary cirentestaneee,
prices will remain steady for • time. 8011116 of the mill and
forge men gave notice for an advance of wages; the notice
expired last Saturday. end a meeting of the trade was held
a day or two since, for the purpose of taking the subject
into consideration, but the doeisien was postponed for a few
days. At pretiont the men's wages ere higher in proportion
than the pries of iron. so it is not probable that the advance
will be conceded. Coal is in great demand both in Ste&
ford.hire end Shropshire ; the prime is firmly maintained,
with an upward tendency. Staffordshire ironstone averages
20e. per ton.

CORN.C4IIIIIIII/0111. OCT. 27.—Oar market was gene-
rally lower for wheat, bar quite as gond for all spring eorn.
Wheat, "ds new. 74.. to 82e. ; old, 80.; white, Ms. to 88e.
Barley. 3ila. to 435. Beans, new, 40*. to 48e. ; 01d,545. to
561. Peas, 48s. to 50a. Otte, 235. to 345.
CAUTTRWRIST, OCT. 27.—We bad a good supply, end
prices about the its... Brown wheat, 751. to Ms. ; white,
Ms. to 90s. Barley. Ms. to 441. Oats, 29.. to 354. Beane,
60e. to fris. Pon, 50e.
Co:mamma, Oar. 27.—A. good supply of wheat aad
other grate. Floe qualities of wheat obtained last week's
prior; mend or iaterior declined ls. Barley, beams, sad
peas realised fall prises.
Oiounarrsa, Ocr. 27.—At oar market torch ywe ob-
served a rather larger supply of new wheat, and. 'millers
were reinttaat boyen at last week's rates. loreigs without
shrunk Beaky was the term cheaper, for bosh grlediag
anal salting sorts. Very little &tog an'lndiam core. Irish
este salatalsed last week's prima, bat not mask doing.
Lament at the week oaths, Oct. 27 :—Wheat, 4,670 vv. ;
betley, 498 ; eats, 6,171.
Ovn.meroan, Oar 27.—We bad a math larger arrival of
whom, whisk ems la rilaset ; Imo sorts bolsi worth quite
mob so last week, bet esfisadary doosipslow woo lip. to