The Express.
London, England, 1853-03-23 00:00:00

MARKETS.

ST. PITHRSBURG, MARCH 12.
London letters, of the 31 instant, received. Bristles hav-
ing begun to arrive, purchases are making. Corn : Last
week a few thousand chetwerts wheat were taken at 24}r0.,
and about 30,000 chem. oats, for July and August delivery,
at 10.85r0. Deals without transactions. Flax: Since a
re-sale (some ten days since) of about 300 tons first and
second dealers' flax, at 120, 101, and 'JS, and a purchase of
about 85 tons 12-bead and 50 tons 9-head, of a minor dealer,
at 125, and 103ro. (probably for France), nothing has been
done, the dealers being up the country. About 200 tons
cedilla were at the mime time taken at 34r0., and 80 tons
tow, at 80 and 70ro. for Ist and 2d sort. Thera is no doubt
tile growth of the crop was very superior, and much of the
flax will prove so, both in colour and hart, but a good deal
has been injured by the early winter, and proves weak.
Hemp: Transactions bare been trifling, and it is steady;
for 60 teas by rail, Oro. has been paid. The continual
thaws and rain in the interior are reported to have damaged
much on its way to the rivers. Linseed: After the large
purchases a week ago, fully 2-5,000 chets. at 28 to 2bl for
lklorshansk at hand, and 28 to 264 for lower 'Volga seeds for
June and August delivery. The purchases on the spot and
on contract are estimated at 260,000 to 270,000 chets., and
the total supply at about 421,000 chets. Tallow has fol-
lowed the London advice,; hardly a transaction has taken
place the last few days, and the quotations arc nearly nomi-
nal, neither buyers nor sellers pressing.

SILK.—The course of this market is thus noticed in the
monthly circular of Messrs. Durant & Co.:—All goes favour-
ably in silk—the operatives, both in the mills and looms, are
fully occupied at improved wages; and the deliveries are very
good, better, perhaps, during the last three weeks than can
fairly be taken as a criterion of consumptien—the result of
accidental circumstances. In China silk the continued
large arrivals prevent any advance in prices, or desire to
buy in anticipation ; but fair current business is doing, at
the full prices of last month. In Bengal silk about 300
bales of new silk, of the November bund, have been re-
ceived, and the bulk of the g. od working classes have been
sold at full prices, 50 bales Commercolly having realised
195.; they appear to have been reeled with great care, and
of finer size than heretofore, hence more available for Con-
tinental markets. All silk difficult of winding, both of old
and new, remain unnoticed ; the scarcity of common and
coarse silk continues. In Italian silk the importations have
again fallen to the minimum point, with rather higher re-
tensions as to price. In Brutia silk the arrivals have been
130 bales, which have been taken at about previous rates,
a few of the timer sizes for export. In Persian silk the
arrivals have been 1,470 ballots, a large portion of which
had been sold for arrival. Deliveries up to date : Bengal,
titiO bales; China, 2,170 hales ; Canton, 150 bales. Arrivals
in February : Bengal, 310 hales; China, 4,013 bales ;
Brutia, &c. 683 bales; Italian, 314 bales. Arrivals in
March, to date: Bengal. 728 bales; China, 2,003 bales;
Diclia, as., 1,289 bales; Italian, lei bales.