The Express.
London, England, 1853-05-05 00:00:00

MARKETS.

COTTON.—Ltxzgroox, M tlif 4 —The market closed
rely firmly, and, compared with the currency of last week
prices of American were a turn agai,st the buyers, but
other sorts were without change. 'r he sales amounted to
8,000 bales, and comprise abut 5,000 Americans, 500 for
export. and 500 for speculation, 1,300 Pernams and Mayan-
hams, Gd. to 71d. ; 450 Bahia, 61d. to 63d. ; 400 Egyptian,
615. to 85.; 500 Surat, 31d. to 415. ; 170 Sea Islands, 215.
to 2s. Bd.

HIDE AND LEATHER TRADE.—The annexed
remarks are extracted from the circular of Messrs. T. J.
and T. Powell
LONDON, MAY 4, 1853.—The transactions in leather
during the past month, although not equal in extent to the
two preceding months, have been to a fully average amount,
and at prices generally quite equal to the quotations of our
April price current. We hardly know an article which
has receded, and in some few cases we have had an advance
to make in our present prices.—Foreign tanned leather :
The imports to which we have alluded as having been con-
siderable during the month, have consisted chiefly of sole
hides and sides, dressing hides, and curried shoe hides from
France and Germany, with fully the usual supply of calf
skins, tanned, and curried. These articles have toe large extent
found buyers at our quotations, but some considerable stock
is still on the market.—The imports during the past month
consist of 18 930 salted and 7,337 dry River Plate ox and
cow with 1,662 salted and 5,200 dry horse hides, 1.500 salted
Rio Janeiro ox and cow hides-15,610 salted Now South
Wales hides-3,517 salted Cape hides-4,481 drysalted
Br mil bides-6,300 salted Danish-513 salted Flemish-
-1,207 salted and 970 dry German-4,216 salted and 601 dry
Dutch hides-204 salted and 774 dry German horse hides-
-500 Calcutta buffalos-114,000 East India Kips—
,2l tons oak bark-154 tons Mimosa-200 tons Va-
lonia-13G tons Divi Divi, and 220 tons Gambier.—
Salted River Plate Hides: Two vessels from Buenos Ayres
have arrived during the past month, bringing 15,187 hides,
the greater par: of which are sold, or, to speak more cor-
rectly, had been purchased previous t.) arrival, and of course
at ericeswhich do not transpire. Beside these there have
arrived, via the continent, 3,131 hides, of which 100 light
ex were sold at 5101., and 253 heavy and light ox together
at 60.; it is also stated that 4,488 have been sold at
ed. for both heavy and light ox. The usual statements
give the import of the month as 18,930, the sales as 15;336,
sad the present stock as 3,883. But the system of buying
for arrival, which is alike injurious to the importer and the
manufacturer, destroys statistical accuracy, and leaves the
CMof the trade greatly in obscurity. English Oak
e have taken means to ascertain the prospects of
the bark trade this year, and have now before us numerous
reports from various parts of the kingdom, written by gen-
tlemen wham pursuits and intelligence enable them to give
opinions upon which we can rely. In so large
field as this, some discrepancies must of course exist,
but on one or two points almost the whole of
our correspondents agree. ' A full average fall'
is the report of more than three-fourths of our friends, and
with very few exceptions all bear testimony to its stripping
well, so far as it has yet gone, but intimating that the
season is scarcely enough advanced to determine its quality.
There is another point on which there is a great uniformity
among our correspondents—that the growers and dealers in
bark ask higher prices than last year. A few say ' last
year's prices, but by far the majority state that ss. per ton
more is demanded. Some are of opinion that the present
WO prices of raw hides is a guarantee that there will be
so permanent advance in bark, but from all we see, we be-
hove the price will much depend on the weather—our
manufacturers knowing how much they suffered in the past
year by the bad harvest, will buy very cautiously this yi ar
should the weather be unfavourable. To the present time
very few sales have been reported. In the ' Dean Forest'
about 2,000 tons of the government hark were offered for
sale, and there were sold 1,100 tons of tree bark at 31.55. to
31. 7s. 6d. per ton (of 20 cwt.) ana 600 tons of coppice at
31. 17s. 6d. to 41. us. As regards the present stack, it is
difficult to speak with certainty, but we believe the tanners
generally have about their usual quantities, and it is well
known that much of last year's greatly damaged is still in
dealers' hands, which may be purchased (hatched) at 41. to
51. per ton. Market bides have been gradually declining
in price during the month, and may be quoted 3s. per hide
lower than at its commencement. Market horse hides