The Express.
London, England, 1859-06-02 00:00:00

ILARICE7S.

SILK.—The poeition of the sflk market is thus not in
the monthly circular issued the let June by ?deters. 11.
Waldman and Co. : "The silk market continued very quirt
during the arty part of the past month, and at one tiumsonia
few sales were forced at a decline of about la. per lb. ; but
the nnteveurable accounts t f the European crop soon
stimulated buyets and a lag* business has since bean done
at prima fully equal to ear quotations of the lot ult. The
deliveries for the month are 6,217 bales. The China Letters
received on the 28th ult. rep seitlemente for the month
6,600 bale., making the totel to date 71,000 bake spinet
64.600 boles at the some peeled lad year, and 79,000 bales in
1867. The shipment. wets 68,139, in addition to such some
2,800 bales were on board ships In port. Prices, owing to
the bad news received fromhence, kidhence, declinedi 20 to 25
thaw Unsold stock on the marset 8,000 bales. Exchange
at 13hangbse 6s. sd. M Bs. &I. Bengal Silk : There hoe bees
more business doing in the finest and best descriptions owing
to the scarcity of Italian silk, bat the medium sorts are still
neglected. In Italia& silk the stock an the marked le
almost ml, and prime are higher."

COTTON.—Ltwsuroot.., it as I.—Ths sake of Gotha
to-day ars estimated at 20,000 bales. There has beet a large
domed for ootton to-day with leas awing's* prices id. par
lb. darer than on Friday kat.

COTTON GOODS.—HAMICHTSTER, JONI! I.—MNIMIL
Rlberi Freeland and Biothrr, in their monthly circular of
this day, repoet :—At the Wool our last Circular our market
wee under tits 14211• DC-of a combination or causes catculebd
materially to depress Owe. The breaking out of beetilities
betwixt I'rsoce and Au.itria, the uncertainty and uneasiness
regarding diplomatic relstione between European powers,
and simultaneously a eudilen stringency in the motley mw
ket, causal a total suserneion of barker. Producers, how-
ever, having been well sold previously. were is a position to
withstsad the sudden shock without forcing sales. On the
other hand, buyers WOO totally indifferent about increasing

their engagements. This state of thiegs lasted during ITA
drat fortnipht of the month, when symptoms of moo in the
money market, end greater ccodidence as to the limit. of
the war setiog upon buyers, and at the Fame time accuom.
lasing .tucks terinning to press upon sellers, led toe point of
agreement resulting ia very extensive trussactioas on India.
and American account. The German beim', however, have
numbed almost entirely aloof. Purchases could not be made
now on equally favourable terms as those a week ago. The
exports of the month have been 96262 packages cotton
pieta good. and yarns, against 110,627 for the same time her
year. To Calcutta there has been an inures of 6,499 para.
ages, while Bombay shows a decrease of 14,221. There is g
large falling off to Hamburg of 3,764 balm, principally
yarn, end to Rotterdam of 1,362 as compared with the same
time last year. The following classification shows the pro.
portion shipped to the various markets of the world dune'
the month _ _

Pf CMG.
Cotton Conon
Plena Good. Varna
East Indies

chum l2 o

Control and South America 129 01
North America
9•1 I'l

West ladies

Coast ot Africa _ _

21

Turkey, Egypt, end Levant 9'6 .... 10 i
Germany and Holland .... 3.1 .... 37.3
Other European States.... 7'3 .... 22.0

CORN.—Boarox, Jcvi I.—Our supply of wheat Iris
at* large to-thy, and was disposed of at to. decline on the
rims of this day ttemeight, the market closing firm. Rod,
50e. to 62a. ; white, 64/. to 555. Oats, beaks, sad barley
same is last week. Beans, 495. to 50s. Barley, 32.. to 31e.
Oats, U. Id. per stone.

CATTLB.-4orrnAft., luxe I.—We had a study
busioem trade today at about last week's currencies. Beef
made from 24. ed. to 4e. lOd.; mutton, 3e. lOd. to 61.,
lamb, Si. 61. to 65.; veal, 4e. to be.; pork, 3e. to 4s. 4.1.
per stone of 81bL, sinking the offal.

LEATHER AND HlDES.—There was en increased
supply of leather at Leedenhall this week, and a rather
dlmutated number of buyers ; conseqcteetly the upward
totdency of prices was In some degree h ked, and there
was not so much business Iran/meted ; previous rates were,
however, well supported. The articles more prominently in
demand were the beet foreign butts, shaved hider, heavy
harness hides, end horse Wee. Calf skies of light weights
were also in request and some of beet quality made over
the previous weak. 'By private We 1,000 salted Buenos
Ayres Lid., have again made Dd. end 3,300 beet heavy
Australians have ben sold at 6d., with the usual tares,