The Express.
London, England, 1867-01-28 00:00:00

MARKETS.

COTTON.—LIVERPOOL, Jar. 26.—There is more tone
in our market at steadier prices. Estimated riles to-day,
10,000 bales, including 3 OW speculation and export. 3,000
American, 144 d. to ; 200 Pernam, lbid. to
151 d.; 50 Maranham, ltd. to 1644.; 200 31aceio and Bahia.
13& to 134 d.; 400 Egyptian, 12d. to 20tut. ; 300 Smyrna,
,or to 14d. ; 5,020 Surat, 0.1. to 134 d. ,• Madras,
10 d. to 12d. ; Bengal, &lode, &c., 84d. to 10d. ; China,
11 ;30 Peru, 131 d. toilsitL ; fair Dliollerah, 121 d. ; fair
Ooestrawuttee, 12d. ; fair Bsoaeb, 12d. ; fair Bengal, 84d.;
fair zupa. in, 1614. ; fair Pernam, 1544. ; middling
Boweds,- UN.; middling Orleans, 150.

COTTON 000DS.-141,,xeirEsvee, JAN. 2& —The mar-
ket for cotton yarn and cloth has been depressed, with •
downward tendency in prices during the greater part of
the week. Spinners and manufacturers, being mostly
losers on production even at last week's rates, have endea-
voured to resist the downward tendency, but the position
of some of them leaves less liberty of action than that of
others. Those who have still unfinished orders which were
taken at higher rates than are now current are more or
less able to assume an independent position, while others
have stocks and are obliged to press them on the market.
The consequence is great irregularity, so that the same
counts and qualities of yarn are offering at a difference of
1:d. per lb. In cloth there is also much the same irregu-
larity, and buyers who are making large offers at low
prices occasionally find ready sellers by persevering inqui-
ries, when other manufacturers have declined business
with them. There is evidently over-production.

WOOLLEN.—LEEDs, JAN. N.—There has been a small
attendance of buyers at the cloth halls this morning. The
foggy state of the atmosphere has prevented transactions
taking place in light fancy fabrics, the coloured hall being
almost enveloped in darkness during the early part of the
morning. Few parcels have changed hands, excepting in
plain cloths ; tweeds have been iu nominal request, and
the fancy coating department has also been in she same
position. The white market, although showing some
alight improvement upon the coloured hall, has been quiet;
in sonic few instances tolerably good parcels have been
made in the finer qualities of hairlists, though the aggregate
amount of business transacted in this market has not been
large. Prices have been well maintained.
WOOL AND WORSTED.—BRADFORD, JAN. 26. —The
wool trade during the past week has been characterised by
great inactivity. The buoyancy of a few of the earliest
markets in the north has quite disappeared. The more
active demand, so apparent and so inspiriting as to the
future, seems to have been already exhausted. The trins-
actions in wool have been on a very restricted scale.
Sellers have been more numerous than buyers. Wools ot
very choice quality and very small in quantity, still
required by spinners for their completion of contracts, have
maintained their value with firmness ; but, speaking gene-
rally, quotations have fallen about 10s. per pack from the
extreme rates lately current. The same quietness is ap-
parent in the other branches of the trade. In worsted
yarns, both home and export, buyers have done less busi-
ness, their operations being restricted to their immediate
and pressing necessities. Spin •.rs, who still remain well
employed, are indisposed to make any concession, but those
who are not in want of orders will accept them at a frac-
tion below the quotations recently current. In goods there
is little or nothing doing for any quarter. The sluggish-
ness which has characterised the market in this branch
since the opening of the year still prevails. The high rates
ot wool and cotton compel the manufacturer to maintain
prices.

HARDWARE. —BIRM IN.HAY. 26.—The trade of
this town is languid ; in no department whatever is the
least animation experienced. In the metal trades generally
business is slack ; such is the case with respect to the
Tthe edge-tool makers, and tin-plate workers.
The factors concur in reporting that the country shop-
keepers are buying very sparingly, and the orders they are
giving out are confirmatory of this. In the foreign de-
partment very little change has occurred of late; the ten-
dency is still in the direction of improvement with respect
to the German trade, but as to Italy, France, and the
Levant and Mediterranean markets, business is dull. To
the United States a good amount is being done.

CORN.-CAMBIttriCE, J.N. 26.-We had a good supply
of all corn to-day, and to effect sales lower prices had to
he subedited to. Wbeat, 625. to Ws. ; barley, 365. to
48s. ; oats, 245. to 28a. ; beans, 40a. to 48s. per yr.
CARLISLE, Jan. 26.-There was a good supply of wheat
and oats at cur market to-day, but small of barley. There
was a good demand for wheat, at last week's rates ; and
buthbarleyand oats sold also at fully last week's quotations.
Prices :-Wkitc wheat, new, 20s. to 25e. 6d. ; ditto, old,
2.55. to 265. 6d. ; wheat, red, new, 18s. 6d. to 225. 6d. ;
ditto, old, 'Lis. to 245. ; barley, ILNI. 6d. to 14a. ;• oats,
potato, 9a. to 10e. 3d. Carlisle bushel. Flour,
2.. 41. to 2.. 7d. ; oatmeal, 2s. to 2s. 2d. ; ryemeal and
barleytneal, la. W. per stone.
COLCHESTER, JAN. 26.-A large supply of wheat, with
a slow trade, at a concession of 22,. per qr. on damp parcels
and Is. oa dry. The show of barley was also heavy, and
business inactive at 2a. below late rites. Beans offering
freely, and prices in favour of the buyer.
GUILHIORD, JAN. 26.-There was a moderate supply of
wheat to-day ; the condition of most of the samples f eing
only middling, sales were slow, and last week's prizes
barely realised. Barley without change in value. Peas
tending upwards. Wheat, 625. to T4s. ; barley, 345. to
525. ; oats, 20.. to 295. ; peas, 41.. to 445. ; beans, 445.
to 48a.

Lgumermt, JAN. 26.—There was a limited trade done,
but all fine samples sold at the currencies of last week.
New red sorts were disposed of at rkds. to 6.15. ' • new white,
59s- to old red, 61s. to .775. ; old white, 675. to 71s.
per 311 stone. The demand for barley was by no means
brisk, and there was a limited share of business done at
little or no alteration from late prices ; malting, 395. to
to.. per qr. ; grinding, 325. to 3.55. per 30 stone. Of oats
there was a middling show. The demand was rather
quiet, but sellers generally succeeded in obtaining the
rates current this day week ; new, Vs. to 325. ; old, 345.
to 365. per 24 stone. Beans were somewhatr
saingly re-
presented, and there was a slow demand. under.
going no material alteration ; old, Ms. to 60s. ; new, 48s.
to 52a. per 3.4 stow. Fine dour, 495. ; woods, 46.. per
20 stone.
NiIWCA

I-TYNE, JAN. 26.—We had a large supply