The Express.
London, England, 1855-05-28 00:00:00

MARKETS.

COTTON GOODS.-16*ffcetnena, MAT 26.—We con-
tinue to have a heavy market for sloth., but there has been
an humped helium in heavy domestics fat the home trade,
and also a better demand for the lighter kind from shippers.
There has also been a hula more activity in printing cloths.
In both domestics and printers oar manufacturers have sac-
seeded is obtaining a slight advance, bat it is not nearly
eoromensurata with the increased cost of production caused
by the advanced price of cattail. In easdapollams, T clothe,
and sem other fabric*, there has Ma no advance in price
obtainable, the quotations remising the same, and in some
few instances lower than they were flve weeks sip, notwith-
standing the greatly increased price of °often. It is strongly
illustrative of the depression in prima that these goods are
'keeper by 60. to Md. per piece, or 16 to 17 per cent , than
at the oommencement of last year ; while the pries of India
long girths, which have advanced 3d. to aid. tear piece
duds, the lest flee weeks (through the increasing
prices of cotton) are 74d. to le. 63. per piece cheaper v.an
they were lost year. Ta• bssieees this week in 40 inch
India skirtings has not been large, bat manufacturers have
been coasuained to ask higher prices, through the greatly
iocreased oast of production with dear cotton, though it is a
singularly discouraging fact that the last quotations at
Rumba, bring the selling prioes of these goods there at 2d
to lid. per lb less thee the sties they can now be purchased
at here. bet in
and mulls higher prices are also
obteined, in these, as in all cloths, there is no realising
an advance adequate to the increased cost of production. In
yarns there continues to be a very fair demand, ensbliog
keep more alongside cotton brokers, and the ad-
vance of the weskit' from id. to $l, per lb. With a demand
arldharat to carry off the production, spinners decline tr,
accept contracts in face of sioostinued upward course of the
cotton market.

COTTON.—LIVIIIIPOOL. MAT 213.—Tbir market closed I
with opward tandrney, and prune of all kinds of sotto°,
ours es
Asierions sad Busts, are dearer, though
not quits id. per le. Ti. sales noshed from 20,003 to
2,-0 OW nabs-2,000 for capon and 11,000 on speculation—
outs' p ~,,, g 400 Prrnam sad Maranhao, 61 1. to 71 t. ; 400
BA- ta, i.; 200 Santis°, 6} 1. to 70. ; 6,000 Burst, 44.
IQ 611. and 100 Bra blood, lid. to Is. 4d. par lb. Imports
aims Thursday. 16,000 bales.

WOOLLEN CLOTH.—Linna, MAY 28.—We have bad
• tisel market to dsy. There was • good atteedsnee of
merch.ais in both the cloth balls, and an animated business
has beta none in most kinds of heavy goods. The trade in the
I warehouses has been rather quiet during the current week.

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LINEN 000V8.—M•ttaaa•na, MAY 26 —The linen
trade ul Manchester during the present month is reported
.s stesdy, wi.b a fair demand fur home consumption and •
vlightly improved shipping trade. " The 000tiou•d blockade
nl tbo Baltic and Whit* 8.• ports," say Meters Richardson,
Tee, and Co., is their monthly report, " priclodes the
&butte of es becoming cheaper, but buyets of cloth are
not apprehensive of higher rates, end they merely buy f r
their inunedist manta. The question as to a bather the
sootily through Prussia should be stepped or not, tailed to
stimulate inquiry for goods, and no speculative sales are
Wag made fer any asarket."

HARDWARE —Biamtsonam, MAT 26.—The trails of
this lbws is Still very math depressed; the soustry orders
are comparatively trilling, and the export trade has not
h►eo Co fist for many years; in feet, there is eterosle any-
thitig doing. There ars a great number of workpeople out
•,( .00.),, and mill, others have not more than a couple
nt d■ts' • ork a week. From the district we have reports
that tits ;too trade is a shads firmer, hot confidence bra been
tj two, ohaltes by r. oust oommercial disasters and by
rumours of Ober difficulties Impending. that some time
mum .I.pr, wears healthy emits vas be restored.

CORN.—CAimilmaL MAT A.—Wheat met . dell Ws
at • Maeda' of IL !nu Ira *sok I ober Kink as baton.