The Express.
London, England, 1866-12-08 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.
(THIS DAY.)
(or BLICTILIC AND INTNANATIONAL TELEGRAPH.)
IFICoII OUR OWN CONNENPONDENT.)
Dlmin,t firm. Sxles, 15,000; bpeculation and export,
4,090 ; American, Is. oja. to 10. 3A.

TALLOW MARKET.—(TRIS DAY.)
The market is steady, at the following prices :—Town
tallow, ; Petersburg Y.C. on the spot,
December, 445. ; January to March, 441. &i.. March, 4Gs.
111AIIKET AVIA:A; EA. —Town tallow, 414. 9d. ; fat
ditto, 2a. 2P,d. ; yellow RUSRiII; 45.. Gd. ; melted sWff,
; rough ditto, 18s. lid.; greases, 1611. ; good dregs, tie.

COVENT GARDEN.—(THIS DAY.)
Heavy consignments of goods continue to arrive
from the continent, and hone- rows produce is Aso wadi.
cient forthe demand. Pine-apples remain abundr.t.t. Poem
still consist of Glou Morceau, Chauuiontel, 13. i.nr Diel,
and winter !tells apples of ribston pippin, Co orange
Pippin, and old nonpareil. Grapes, both hot,: "use and
Spanish, are arriving in large quantities, as are likewies
new oranges, which are selling nt front 4s. to ie. par
hundred. In Kent cobs there is a good trade. Vegetables
continue abundant. Portugal onions realise from te. to
12s. per 10Q. Flowers chiefly consist of orchids, alryos.
theniums, dahlias, pelargoniuuus, fuchsias, inignonettis.
and ruses.

FRUIT.
Nuts. Kent,t3obs, per 100 Ma,
li:os to7Os
Oranges, is.r 10.), 4' t t re
Pears. tier clown, 154 to Gs
I Pine Apples, per It , ;site as
'A IIL ES.
kinshronms, D. pott . IP ad WU
Mu.drerd & Cress, p 1.1.i.it., *I
Onl,.ne, per 1.t141 .:Y 1.. jai ed
Parsley, per e Meer, 7t IA to lit
Potatoes. York Reg. :,., p. toe,
loos to 140 n
Rocks, do., tom ta :Os
Ylukes, 110 s to 1405
other le.rls, Sir' to 8.1.4
Radishes, p. 12 hub , Is to lead
Sea Kale, p puns . 2. id to is
Spinach, per bush.. ''u to 34
Turnips, per bunch, :al to 4d

Apples. per bushel, 4s to Ks
Chestnuts, per bush., lUs to 18s
Grab s, per 10..2s to as
per 100, Is to 47
Melons, forei;;n, each, 3i to 6s 1
krtlcliiil:es, per dor.. ii b. 48
Mrt, ; er Is to 2s
I'abiriiscs. per ilia , 18 to 5;
Carr, ts, I.er fund., HI to ial
p doz., Oa to 68
per bundle. I'd to Is eid
ruelitolicrii, each, IM to :8
}Adis e, In r score, Is to Is Gil
Garlic and lihsllota. per II), ad
Herta, per burieb,
Nur:wit:oo,o,li bunil,tsGdto4s
ILrs•kii, per bunch, 3.1
Lettuces, 4,er score. is to le 61
tliht, per lauselo :id to 44

offered to public tender yesterday by the crown
agents for the colonies. The applications amounted
altogether to 313,300/. of which the sum of 70,200/.
was allotted at and abuse the minimum, which was
fixed at 95. It was announced that those who had
tendered below that rate would be afforded the
opportunity of amending their tenders up to 2
p.m. to-day (Saturday), and that after that hour
subscription lists would be open to the public for
the balance then remaining, if any, at 95.
We are informed that the official liquidator of
the Bank of London will make a.pplication to the
Court of Chancery next week for leave to declare a
further dividend of ss. 4d., which, together with
the previous dividend of Gs. Sd. paid in August,
makes a total distribution thus far of 12s. in the
pound. The dividend will be paid as speedily as
the necessary forms will allow, and of which due
notice will be given. At the same time a statement
of the position and liquidation of the bank up to
the present time will be circulated.
The liquidators of the Imperial Mercantile
Credit Association have filed a bill in Chancery
against the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway
Company, alleging that the irregularly created
bonds held by the association are valid.
With reference to the Agra Bank, intelligence
has now been received thatthe resuscitation scheme
has been adopted by meetings of the shareholders
and creditors hd at Calcutta, Bomby, and
Madras. The telegram from Madras only arrived
yesterday morning.
At the meeting yesterday of the shareholders of
the London Chartered Bank of Australia, the net
profits in London and the colonies for the six
months ended June last, were stated at 44,6851.,
being only 300/. less than for the corresponding
period of the previous year, notwithstanding the
late panic in England, the effects of which have
been felt throughout the Australian colonies. A
dividend of 4 per cent., clear of income tax, was
declared for the half-year.
The Caledonian Railway traffic return shows this
week an increase of 3281. over the corresponding
ad week of last year.
The traffic receipts of the Grand Trunk Railway
of Canada, for the week ending Nov. 17, amounted
to 29,3981., showing an increase of 541/. compared
with the corresponding period of 1863.
The arrangements are notified in preparation for
the payment of the interest to the 31st inst. onati thon
e
shares of the East India and Madras Irrig
Companies. On the 30th November an engine from Cawnpore
struction and Maintenance Company, and other 1 ..,
went through to Lucknow on the Indian Branch Railway.
A deputation of directors of the Telegraph Con-
-1 AvAILWAY TRAFFIC RECEIFTS.—The traffic Te-
gentlemen interested in submarine telegraphy, had' ceipts of railways in the United Kingdom anointed, for
an interview with the Secretary of State for I the week ending December 1, on 12,711 miles
India on Thursday, with a view to the improvement i to i,. miles folottnrzilpondoing
sh • 12,71
11
nofincretanye of
of telegraphic communication between England !
,012 ..,!
anal _t 31,4101. The receipts on the fol-
tation with the utmost courtesy, and showed a
and India. Lord Cranborne received the depu- vul:w7ilnn2eniesBfo2.urteen railways amounted, in the aggregate,
on 94173 miles to 57,530/. and for the correspond-
' just appreciation of the importance of this great ! ins
week of 1865 on 9,034 miles, to :,:a0..69Ft.„
question. I showing an increase of 139 miles, and of '....1,8331...
jon the Great Esitern to 8021. , on the Gres.t Northern
The following, on the silk market, ill from the The increase on the Caledonian amounted to. ;
circular of Messrs. Durant and Co. : on tho Great Southern and Western,
We have had a heavy market in silk, comparatively I r., iSI on the Great Western, to 1,113/. ;on
large arrivals and continued disinclination to purchase, '''
the La. ncaohire and Yorkshire, to 4.2 W. ; on the
while some of the importers hare been pressing sellers. i London
and North Western,
to 3,051W._; on the
This has resulted in lower prices for all classes of Tuttle.
London and Brighton to 1,681/. ; on the London
China silk except good and approximately good silk, of and South Western, eo 1,3011. ; on the Manchester,
which the quantity is very small. Within the last few
Sheffield. and Lincolnshire, to 1,45 N. ; on the Mid-
days we have had symptoms of a resumption of demand,
land to 390/. ; on the North British, to 779/. ; on
but buyers generally are more or less reluctant to come
the North-Eastern, to 1,860/. ; on the south-Eastern, to
forward. Japan silk seems for the moment to have lost . 41:23t—e21.. ;;
1,102/. total, Z 3,483/. The goods and mineral traffic on
its usual position in the general consumption. It may
be that it is only lately that we have had any of the those lines amounted to 332,6911., and for the
pending week week of 1866 to 341,7451., showing an increase
new silk, and perhaps, what more materially bears upon
of 10,946/. The receipts for rs, parcels, lac.,
the question, that hitherto continental mills have been
___ootoa to 224,—.
occupied with silk of their own locality. The prices of , `""' 5391 . against Kir,BlsT , showing an in-
crease of 12,8871. The traffic receipts on 52 other lines
Japan silk are not other than comparatively moderate. _,__,
0_ „ „..,
seise, to 107.6181.
and for
the
comae.
Canton silk has attracted considerable attention. Ala amaa.a..... a o,oal a.
pending week of last year, on 3,486 idles, to 100,04 U.,
portion of the arrivals are of short reel, and thns available . .
showing an increase of 81 miles and of 7,5771. The total
for general oonsumption, leaving the quantity for spewed
____,pta
of the
put
wuk
show u increase
of
703211.
as
machinery comparatively small. Bengal silk has shared in '""
compared with those of the preceding week, ending the
the general quiet, without any particular feature. The
snivels of the month have been chletly of thckßainy Bused I °
24th f November.

SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.—(THIS DAY.)
Mr. Charles James Eton reports trade slow at the
following prices : Prime closer, from 100 s. to 1154.;
inferior ditto, 90a. to 955. ; prime aseontl cut clover.
ties. to ; inferior ditto, Me. to 70s. ; prime meadow
hay, 755. to : inferior ditto, 555. to 70a. ; strew, 16i.
to 445.