The Express.
London, England, 1868-03-09 00:00:00

MARKET&

COTTol4.—Lrrustroot., MARCE 7.—Estimated sake
today, 15,000 bale., including 4,000 speoulatioe sad
export. 8,000 Atneriosn, 9d. to 10Id. ; 500 Perilous,
&e., 10d. to Ild. ; 200 llarsalsaos, 1141 ; 500 Egyp-
tian, /OK to 20d.; 20 Smyrna, 70.; 100 Peru, 100. ;
5,880 Surat, 7d. to 81d. ; Madras, ; Banal, Made,
7td. to ltd.

COTTON GOODS.—MSNCIUnirEIt, MAItCH 7.—The
market has undergone some fluctuation' in prices this
week, which have done much to interrupt and prevent
business. The great decline in prier last week continued
up to Tuesday morning, when buyers showed but little
drspeeition to accept offers from velars at about 14d. per
lb. lower for yarns and cloths than they had been quoted
st seven or sight days previously. On Tuesday afternoon,
however, there was a sadden and quite unexpected change,
and this reaction continued up to Thursday (remain. At
iirst buyers who had been dallying with low offers from an
impression that they could do better by waiting, were
somewhat eager to renew negotiations, and some rather ex-
tensive purchases were made on Tuesday evening and in
the early part of Wednesday ; but as prioes continued to
advance till Dearly the highest point of the former move-
ment was &raised, burner fell of very considerably.
From Thursday we have bad • very quiet and fanfare
market. Buyers are unwilling to be dragged into • business
speculative prices and the market Mora with little
doing, but with prices per lb. higher than on Tuesday.
WOOL AND WORSTED.—BitaDrOan, MARCH 7.
The InU apparent last week has bees broken during the
present. Several circumstances have tended to create •
zieater confidence, and there has been rather more in-
quiry for wool. Wool sales in different parts of the
mountry, the strength of the Liverpool cotton market, and
more than all, the dearness which was felt at the Bristol
wool market, have all tended to inspire • better feeling
as to the future, and to give a marked degree of firmness
to prices. Some particular sorts, such as long and tine
wools of good colour, which are scarce, are quotably
dearer. There is hardly • corresponding improvement in
wonted yarns. The late advances in wool have -rendered
it necessary on the put of spinners to seek an increase in
prices, but, as the advance sought is not adequate to cover
the increase in the price of wool, the poetics of the
.pinner is decidedly worse than prier to the late advance.
Vbe prices sought are not realised, end the offers made
by mercruinta are so low that they cannot be accepted.
l'be consequence is that business done is very restricted.
If late rata could be accepted, considerable business might
im done. Old stocks have been cleared and spinners are
pretty generally employed, and therefore are very firm in
their demands. There has been an improved tone in
pieces aranufacturers generally decline the low offers of
march: rats, and burner is consequently very limited
in every department. There is more doing than of late
in plain other sad fancy goods.
WOOLLEN.—inane, MARCH 7.—There has been •
moderate attendance of buyers at the cloth halls this
morning, and although the transfer of goods has not been
very extensive, • fair amount of business has been done
for this advanced period of the season. We have not to
report any alteration in the demand, which consists prin-
opally Mr tweeds in various shades and white diagonals.
Phis latter make is at present claiming a fair share of
attention, and may be said to take the second position in
the market. Fancy unites coatings have not been in such
large request, although a moderate busintes is still doing
in them, and deliveries are yet made from the ersunfac-
tories. Plain cloths and hair-list her been slightly upon
the increase, and in a few Instances some tolembly good
paresis have changed hands. Prior remain without mash
Alteration.

HARDWARL—Blalunotuir, Ifsacu 7.—The trade of
this town is improving, the manufacturers generally are
better engaged, and the reports received front the factors'
travellers are upon the whole more encouraging then they
have been for some time put ; the country ahopkeepers,
whose stocks are almost without exception low, evince
more disposition to make them up, and although they are
not buying largo quantities of goods the wades now in
band on that ammo* are bettor than they bate been for
several months. In the metal trades generally theta is
evidence of returning vitality ; the Inassfonnders are doing
better in every department ; the eleetroplaters, who hate
experienced extreme slackneu for some tune, report that
business is looking up, a fair quantity of coders baring
recently oome in on account of some of the foreign mar-
kets ; the edge-tool makers anti tintplato workers are also
more actively engaged. The foreign trails is reported of
more favourably, except as regarde the American branch
of it. Another failure in the iron trade of this locality is
reported; this is on the part of Mean. Tinsley, Wright,
and Co., of Tipton, whose liabilities are put down at
30,0001. A meeting of the creditors is called.

CORN.—CAnsams, Yolk% 7.—Wo Lade short np-
ply of all emu, and everything was dearer. Wisest, red,
72a. to 745. ; wbIN, 80s. to 84e. ; barley, 40a, to 481. ;
beefs, 48e. to b2s. ; oats, 28s. to ay.

Omani, MARCH 7.—There was *fair supply of wheat
at our market Ms morning, .ailing steadily at last week's
quotatioss. Barley sold well, at an &drawee of 411. ; but
oats, of which the supply was sold slowly at a slight
'eduction. Prices:—Wbeat, whitelarge, 275. to 31a. ; red,
Ma to 98a. ; barley, 13a. to 16a. 6d.; potato, oats, 10a.
to 12s. per OarliAs bushel ; lour, 2s. 7d. to 3s. ; oat.
meal, 2s. Id. to 2s. 4d. ; monad sad barleymeal, le. Bd.
per atone.
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Cotonou, MARCH 7.—A good supply of wheat and •
fair demand at Is. per qr. below UM week's quotations.
The show of barley was very small, and rims were Is.
per qr. higher, with a ready sail ; a short supply of beam
and peas, and prime were the turn In favour of the seller.
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GUILDFORD, Kaaca 7.—Tho supply of wheat to-day
was moderato. Trod* was not brisk, but late prices were
obtained. There was a large qaaatity of barley on offer,
and • fair ago effected at barely late prise. Wheat, tits:
to 844 ' • barley, 404 to 45e. ; oats, 2U. to 31s. ; beans,
450. to Ha per qr.

liastoosi, lama 7.—A =all market, sad sisigily of
all pan limbed. Whoa& trade dull, but meat prizes are
=Waned. Bewley is firma sad prose rather inclined to
&demos. The seats st cats, sad hard grain scam
Besets sad peas steady bads. red, to 48a ; fins
white, to 51.. per load ; barley. 365. to 48s. per qr. ; oats,
Us. to 38s. tor qr. ; beans, 31s. per laid.
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Lmaantai, KAMM 7.—Wheat was lo moderate supply
to•day, and there was considerable variety of sample.
Baines was net seam bet late Floes were mostly sus-
Seised. White easy be clouted at 78s. to 81s. ; red, 725.
to Nei. per 35 ells.. .We bad a middling show of barley,
sad some of the grain was oat of eendmicm. The prisea
of Mot weak were well maintalaed. Halting made 445. to
Mia per pw. • grinding, 40a. to 425. per 30 stone. The
Mtity of eats vs :arid rood ; the desnaad was of •
eharestra, sellers were able to sake remunera-
tive masa New, 27e. to 33e. ; old, 311 a to Ns. per 24
stoma Then was a nesdarahe inquiry for hens, the am-
yl, of wide was small, at &heat last walk's earrissigh
The supply it per wee Unita Prises as bd.'s.
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