The Express.
London, England, 1860-04-18 00:00:00

2dARLBOROUGHZIREEL

MARKE7 S.

OOTTON.—LivEaroot., APRIL 17.—Our market is very
quiet to-day, with • limited business at yesterday's prices.
The sales are 5,000 hales—including 4,000 American, at
4id. to BN.; SOO Surat, at 3d. to 51d. ; 100 ptian,
at 80. to 10b1.; 100 Parma, at 70. to Bid. ; 100 Bahia,
at 71.1. ; 20 Maranham, at 91c1.—of which 1,500 are for
speculation and export. The week'. import is 59,172 bale

COTTON 0001n8. —llcsciinicfna, APRIL 17.—The con-
tinued inactivity of the raarket war curiously exemplified
to-day by the course of conversation on the Exchangs,which
ran much more decidedly on "the great fight,' as it is
called, than ou essiniueirial toMcs. The market has, indeed,
been extremely flat. The high rates of discount are stop-
ping the trade for India altogether, and the whole business
in 40-inch ahirtings has been confined to the better class of
theme gool suited to China; the transactions for this
branch of the Eastern trade even being confined
to purchases of very moderate extent. In addition
to the depressing effect of the high discounts, the state of
the cotton market is seriously calculated to influence
buyers to inactivity, the large stocks now accumulated
leaving a constant tendency to lower prices and encourage
hopes of a corresponding declension in the value of yarns
and cloths. Many buyers are ostensibly holding back in
this view of the case, and are only giving orders to meet
pressing wants. This applies to cloths both for home and
export markets, and nothing but the large contracts still
uncompleted in the hands of manufacturers prevents a se-
rious decline in prices. In yarns there has been quite as
dull a market as that for cloths, but there has been very
little giving way for any class of these go ids. Spinners ap-
pear to think that by pertinaciously hulling on to their
late quotations they shall weather the present lull, but
buyers are quite as sanguine the other way, and the current
business is much restricted. For India there is less busineet,
probably from a desire to wait for the telegrams now due
in anticipation of the overland mail.

WOOLLEN.—LEgoe, APRIL 17.—We have had no fea-
ture of importance in the market this morning. A fair
steady business was done, mostly in summer fabrics. The
attendance was au average one.

WOOLS. —HUDDZILIFIELD,A PSIL 17. As the next London
sales are announced to commence on the 3nl of May, and a
heavy ads is expected. manufacturers are holding almost
entirely off buying, and the amount changing hands is small
indeed.

MANUFACTURES. —HtIDI/Elle/IEL% APRIL I7.—The
market today has been duller than usual, the only branch
in which there is any amount of busing& doing being fancy
tree/68rings and noddle unions fur shipping. The ware-
house; have had a moderate laminae dunng the week.

OORN.—Hum., APRIL 17.—At to-day's market a small
supply of English wheat, which is taken off by Its-al millers
at 2s. per qr. over last week's prices. Foreign held firmly
at the advsnce noted during the week, but business some-
what restricted. Barley supports Lite rates, with a good
damn,' for both malting and grinding. Beans and p.m
meet with buyers at fully former currency. Oats seams,
and rather dearer. The foreign imports last week are as
under :—Whest, 532 qrs. ; barley, 21,025 ; oats, $l6 ;
beam 1347 ; tares, 30'2 ; linseed and rapeseed. 4,321 ;
ml rakes, 386 tons ; bones, 645 tons.

Lana, Aram 17.—We are moderately Ituppliocl with
wheat, for which there is a feir sale at an advance of 2a. to
de. per quarter on new, and fuUy 2s. on old, from the rates
of la 4 Tuesday, with perhaps hardly the freedom of de-
mand for the latter which we had at Wakefield on Friday.
Barley quite as dear. Ode and beau make full rates,

CATCLE.—SALISBUILY, Antic 17.—At our market to.
day there was an unusually short supply of beasts, tort nu.
lady of the best quality, and there being a tolembly goal
demand, a quick ale was effected at an advance of
about 6d. per more ; of sheep there was an average .upph,
all of which sold well, at an advance of 2d. to 4d. per an"
We had a very large supply of stock cows and calve., which
met a ready inquiry at very high prices. In the pig market we
may mention a very full supply, and with numerou.
buyer., a large amount of business was transacted, fully
supporting former terms. Best ox beef realised lle. 6.1. to
121. 6d. per score ; cow and heifer ditto, 10e. lid. t.,
lie. 6d. ; best down mutton, out of the wool, 9d. per lb. ;
other breeds, 7d. to 70. ; veal, 7d. to 70. ; fresh pork,
Id. to Bd. ; malted ditto, 7d. to Bd. ; and 10s. to 10s. 61.
per more ; green bacon, &1. to 81d. per lb. ; aol dry ditto.
90. to 10d. ; sweet *Mad hams, 90. to 10d. ; quarter
old store pigs, 14s. to lie. sash ; cows with calves, 14/.
to 181.