The Express.
London, England, 1847-09-06 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS.

SUGAR.—BRIISTOL. Sort. 4.—There hu been a better
demand for gagers this week, and about MO casks of British plants-
Lon have been disposed of, at about the recent email advance. The
rum market has been likewise more brisk, and some large sales have
teen effected at steady rates,. The imports this week have been 213
hbds, 124 tierces, and 34Na. West India, in the Thomas Crisp, from
Trinidad ; and 3,064 bags East India, la the Mary Aro, from Calcutta.

COTTON. —l.lvairroor., SEPT. 4. —The sales to day
were 2,0 t 0 tales. Price. steady, Tic New Oric&ns, 60., ad.
Bowed Georgia, Etd., lid. ; turate,_4ld., Ctd.
MANCHESTER, SEPT. 4.—There is but little business
doing in either yarn. or cloth, and the market continues ha the same
languid state that has ebaracterlaed it for some time past. There are
considerable orders in hand for the Greek market, but with the money
difficulties in the way, and with the present uncertain state of prices,
the holders of them decline to execute their commissions. The
failure of a respectable and rather large holm in the Manchestee
trade, in addition to the other and more serious stoppages of large
mercantile finns elsewhere, at this critical period, tlffida rather to
weaken confidence. The short supply of ettron, too, hangs like a
dead upon our course, and as the limited demand hitherto made for
it has been pretty newly proportionate:to the last year's crop, there
Ulna a gloomy proepeet till a supply of the present year's growth
skill come to our relief. A meeting of delegates from the
class of people employed in the mills met at the beginning of the
week. and made a proposition that their employers should commence
working abort time more generally now, If shorter time tees to be
resorted to at all, front the want of the raw staple, rather than that
the evil day should be staved off till winter. It does not seem very
likely, however, that this will produce much effect. There are acme
houses that bare a good demand for the peculiar style of goods they
manufacture, eves In these had times, and as long as ootton and pro
late hold out an inducement to continue running their mills it la
hardly to be carted that they will lose the opportunity. A &insular
agitation that Just now oceanic. the manufacturing districts is one
from the retas trade, for ST inches to the yard of cloth (or the
thumb's breadth as It is called). but the custom has nearly fallen into
decay. and manufacturers do not mem dimmed to lend a hand to its
retied. Perhope, them agitations will neither of them end in aDy- •
thing practical, or may be regarded rather as characteristic of the
uneasy feeling that peisades the trade In all direction., and in its
various ramilleatkme, than anything seriously calculated to benefit
the parties seeking relief by their instrumentality.
WOOLLENS.—Leaps, SEAT. 4.—There was a good
attendance of merchants at our Cloth Halls this morning, some of
when mode extensive purtha-en in cloths of the drier qualities;
indeed the demand woe exceedingly brisk for all descriptions of goods.
The slate of the provision market, and the improved woollen markets
that wo have recently had to report, lead to the hope that the de.
preedon which has so bog exffited In the staple mmulagare of the
district is at an end. Priors, however, remained without alteration.
HARD WARE.—Busietwous.rt, Serr. 4.—The depres.
don in trade which, war referred to under this heed last week seems

le Iss sow dirties halt throughout dour every dqtartroeut of our
arareotares—.o ark so. that to portioularke individual branches
year ~a sow wargiady eaperlaer ; sad la the rower ensatishie-
tory rroef.t.rirarrLiterele rye ages probabUtry
of sa Ws ere raw or earn like bro-
ader through the ruettr. mg k plerarrle lo be aarbied to re-
port the continued atddhsteryeesof the kat trade ; the de.
mend te steady The bergearseir, and et a esoriary
mammas aiiikle Not sow ltd rad* reeti-
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eras that kr graft to goer there all be so drip reareat
worth arks agepoltrea keit obretar Otetearttlea la per
ter okaserlartes; ft Yrotuels mirk' eorelve wig mum un-
very r isseelaboari Mai IA ism & r earters. lied to
et prier. — ~ dieprelorworthyastatton
whirr, barb le preeellor etik the eurtmetion ot task raw
Ifeed.lh• satrallremers kr arrests de nibs, which ar• Adly
appreir la the aswarpre se eallskattp talkative that for a bog
Um the deaterl vat bertalp- haven.atlyMammala
several ter Imisallurrila, her oprookekt cootetaparry,
which are alegileill to sere la Wadi rem without my
polars breed& are Mel ell Mat that thin Is •

r` mania fur incresing the quaritities of iron produced ;" for "eaten.
sire additions and enlargements at works," ior increadng the
means of melting and munidactring ;" md for "extracting from
old pits, long since abandoned, any remnant' of coal or true stone ;"
the boghear conjured up to a remit ib "over production." " large,
melees erections ;" heavy incumbranse," dec.,eosionaithe amount
of coosumptioi return. to Its natural limit. Now, bathos acquainted
with the actual state of trade, and its tattoo prospects, nothing can be
more fallacious than these deduction', which are seemingly sot up
only for the sake of checking industry and enterprls. There
is no probability that, until a ronsiderable period of time has
elapsed, the amount of consumption will have returned to its 0110,11
hinds; and, basing in mind the serious drawback which the
'Unties high price of iron has upon thole trade. where the goods
manufactured are mostly for export, it is purely DO very !Siemer,
meereare to seek to increase ea far the production of the commodity
that there may be In sqpne manure relieved ; having In view, too,
the fact that the pregeorprice of lean It sock as to allow of • eery eon-
adenine margin for reduction, still producing • large profit to the
matter. Perhaps acutely so many words were essential to convince
the initiated of the ridiculous character of the argument that no
attempt must be made to increase production, lent the price of bar
iron should be reduced from upwards of ltlf. per Inn. The demand
Iran abroad coalitions as steady as for the home comumption; sag it
may be worth while to announce that the contractors for iron wire to
the Electric Telegreph Company have recently received order* for
many hundreds of tans of their material, and that there is • prospect
of • very large quantity helm required for this new purpose for some
Ume to come. In short, from all the inform:otos we have been able to
Mean on the subject, the trade is in as flourishing a condition es could
he desired.