The Express.
London, England, 1861-08-05 00:00:00

MARKET&

TALLOW.

(From the Circular of Megan. Cukernel!, Brooks, and Co.,
dated Friday Evening.)

The general tone of the tallow market since our last
weekly report of the 26th ultimo ham exhibited more firm-
ness, ad we have to notice some advance in the pries of
new Y.C. in most positions. Our last quotations, also, for
old Y.C. have been fully maintained, and the deemed for
the latter has been considerable, it having been the article
tsdientay in request by the trade for consumption. A eon-
quantity also has beau disposed of for the Co'e'
finest. The deliveries have consequently been large, and
business has been marked by more genre' animation. The
greater portion, however, of the transactions has spin been
' for future delivery • and the quantity of new tallow thus
disposed of has been unusually large, both to the trade
for actual consumption, and also on purely speculative ac-
; count. As the sales to meet this demand have been made
in almost every instance in the same speculative spirit,
by parties relying solely on the chances of the market, who
must further on in the seaman become large purchasers
themselves, some apprehension has been recently awakened
lest the extent of the late transactions may induce the Rus-
sian speculators again to operate in the market, and to re-
peat to a somewhat dangerous extent (to the bears) the
tactics of the last season. This impression, in connexion
with the continued and increasing demand for new tallow
for future delivery, has at length generated greater caution,
and sellers yesterday were by no means numerous at the
quotations. The course which the Russian monopolists will
adopt with respect to the new Y.C. tallow is still the chief
topic of interest and discussion in the market, and
many rumours, more or less extravagant, are cur-
rent upon this subject, their only point of agree-
ment being, that they are all founded on the
same purely conjectural basis. Not the least remarkable
of these rumours is the assertion that the Russian
government has consented to supply the monopolist.' with
the means of coming on their speculation. This appears
something more than "rear mkable, when we consider the
"difficulties" from which the finances of the said govern.
meet are even now barely escaping. We cannot help think-
ing that the only real support likely to he given to the
scheme in question will be found, if lotted at all, in this
market, in the now familiar form of a " bear account."
The market for New Y.C. to-day has been steady, and the
disposition to buy forward is still rather strongly manifested.
475. 9d. is quoted for October to December, and there are
buyers at Ue. per cwt. for separate months. This price is
also quoted for January to March.
The arrivals for the week ending the Ist instant were
2,319 auks ; deliveries, 2,443 casks ; stock 55,003 casks,
being a decrease of 124 casks.
Town Tallow has again been only in moderate request,
tines being relatively somewhat too high to ensure •
male. This evening the " letter " price is 49.. 3d., or
48s. per cwt, net cash. Fat, 2s. 53d. per stone of sibs. This
adman of 3d. per cwt. is merely the adjustment of an error
in the relative value for fat and tallow, which has hitherto
escaped notice.
The usual public sales of tallow, &c., were this week sus-
pended.
Old Y.C. has, as we have dated above, met with • good
demand, constituting the bulk of the week's deliveries. The
present quotations are 455. 3d. to 48e. per cwt.
(khan—Supplies are small, but it is not much inquired
for. Mutton is quoted 465. to 47a 6d. • bed, 44m. 6d. to
455. • mixed, 435. 6d. to 45e. 6d. per cvh.
South American is steady at its usual fair relative value,
475. being about the value of line quality, in pipes, with
the usual premium on prime box tallow. The demand
has not beau extensive during the week.
Australian.—The arrivals lately have increased, and fair
quantities are shortly expected for public sole. There is
no mutton offering. Pine ox brings 44m. to 445. 6d.; mixed
sorts, 43e. Bd. for good, to 445. &L and 465. per cwt. for
superior decriptions. is .
Pest Indi
a.—There little offering, especially of • quality
to command attention. Prices are quite nominal ; 47m.
per cwt. might be expected for a first-class article.
North American. —A few parcels are on the market, but
the qualities offered are regarded with some suspicion, their
genuinenessbeing more or lees doubtful. The general cha-
racter of this tallow has of late somewhat deteriorated.
455. &L to 465. per cwt. arethequotations for the natant'
now au hand.

Cocoa nut oil has upon the whole been well npported.
The demand.dnring the week has 'osen moderate, but prices
have meetly ruled as last quoted ; 445. 6eL to 45e. being
still obtained for good to fine Cochin. and 435. 6d. being the
general quotation for Ceylon. In Sydney there has been
nothing dose to merit particular notice, 41s. to 435. quoted
for good to Ike quality.
Palm oil has been steady, business has been done at
42a 6d. to 435. 6d. for hoe Lagos. Ordinary kinds are
diffiadt of sale ; good common oil of fair colour hie brought
40s. to 41s. per cwt.
Palm nut oil continues quiet at about former rates, say
3.1 e. to 36a. per cwt.
South American Hone Grease.—Sales are still effected at
38s. per cwt. in small quantities.

TALLOW.—arrinuar Arraugoow.—The market was
without change to-day, and prices closed the same as yester-
day. Deliveries to kat evening, 2,350 casks ; arrivah 1,755
casks.

COTTON.—LivEarooL. AUGUST 3.—Our market is quiet,
with a limited business ; prices are unchanged. The males
are 5,000 bales—including 4,100 American at 61d. to 91d.
200 Burst, 51d. to 71d. ; 200 Tippling, 9d. to 13d. ; 500
Bahia, 8141.-4 which 500 am for speculation and export.
Today's import is 49 balm.

COTTON GOODS.—MANCHESTER, AUGUST 3.—The
amount of business done this week has been comparatively
unimportant. The excitement in the Liverpool cotton
market having much abated, one result was immediately
to check the activity here, which had so largely depended
on the movement in the raw materiaL Apart from that
stimulus, there was little in the accounts from any foreign
market, or even in the present demand for the home trade,
to lead to such extensive transactions as took place in yarns
and goods for a week or two previous to last Tuesday,
when the pause became so manifest. Buyers have now
satisfied their urgent requirements, and sellers are in many
cams well supplied with orders, consequently there is •
general stiffness in quotation'. The few sales that take
piece in cloth are probably at the extreme rates lately asked
by manufacturers. The inquiry for domestics, including
both T cloths and longcloths, has been limited, but where
business is done no concession is made by the producers.
Printing cloth remains quiet and without change, prices
being steady. In shirting' 40 inches are light in stock, and
prices are rather burdening than otherwise. In 36 inches
the We has been evidently restricted by the high quota-
tans insisted upon. The yarn market has been tame all
the week, especially towards the close, and scarcely sal.
cieet demand now presents itself from any quarter to test
values fairly. In most cases the highest figures seem to be
adhered to. In I6's to 24's for export there is an apparent
dulness, and some home trade yarns are perhaps • shads
weaker in price. Doubled yarns continue steady, with a
fair inquiry.

WOOLLEN CLOTH.—Lcaos, Aucuirr 3. —The market
was moderately well attended this morning, end a faie
steady business was transacted to nearly all classes of goods
suitable for the fall trade.

HA RDWARE—BmiusGBAN, Ammar 3. - The trade of
this town is a shade better than it was • week ago, them
having been a sprinkling of orders given out on account of
the foreign markets. These bare been sufficient to keep
many of the manufacturers at work a moderate time, and to
enable other pasties to make up goods to order instead of
for stock ; but there are still occasional inquiries only about
autumn goods, and such of the manufacturers as are de
pendent upon the home trade are, for the most part, sleek,
and working short time in very many branches ; still, the
prospects of the harvest being good, it is thought that as the
seism advances a gradual improvement may be looked for
with much oonAdeoce. la the adjoining district business is for
the roost post as fiat u it is in this town ; in the neighbour.
hood of Wedoesbury it is better than it is in some other
localities. At Willenhall the lock trade is much depressed,
and at Walsall and West Bromwich the orders for the fall
trade bays op to this point been small. At some of the
foundries there is a moderate amount of business doing,
but in many parts of this district there is a good deal of
unemployed labour. The number of indoor poor in this
parish workhouse is 336 in excess of last year ; of out-door
paupers the increase is 1,754.

CORN.--CAMBRIDOT, AVOUHT 3.—Our market wee dull
to-day, with prices in favour of the buyer. We have had a
fine week ; reaping has begun in places, and if the weather
continues fine, it will be general in the middle of next
week.

AUGUST 3. —We had a moderate supply of
wheat, and small of barley and tab. Wheat met a ready
sale at fully last week's rates. Oata were slow of side at
the mins of last walk. Battey fair sale at about 6d. per
boded advanoe. Wheat, white, new, 21a. 6d. to 235. 6d. ;
red. bow, 19s. 6d. to 22e. Od. Barley, new, 13e. Od. to
148.6 d. Oats, potato, 10a. Od. to lls. lid. ; common, Bt. 9d.
to 9a. .Id.

COICHINTEB, Ammar 3.—A good 'apply of wheat and
warall of other grain. Wheat in a fair demand at last day's
prices. Barley, beans, and peas unaltered. Several samples
of new on sale : quality fair, condition good-68s. obtained.

GUILDFORD, AUGUST 3.—Then was a good supply of
'Wheat, which was only partially cleared off, the demand
being extremely heavy. We note prim without alteration.
Wheat, 30s. to 665. Barley, 27.. to 30s. Oats, 238.
to 295. Beans, 400. to 455. .

HERTFORD, ACGUST 3.—The harvest has begun in this
neighbourhood, and many farmera are busy in their fields.
consequently we had a small market and scanty supplies of
all grain. fine wheat was firm at late ratm ; other kiwis
the turn lower. Oats are lower ; and beans also a trifle
cheaper. Pose as before. No barley offering. Wheat
red, per load, 38a. ; white, 40s. Beans, 255. per load.
Oats, 20s. to 28.. per quarter.
Lxicsarka, Atone? 3.—There was an average show
of wheat for the time of the year, and the attendance
was on Um whole pretty Rood. There was a fair demand.
and wheat was fully as dear se la doe ;encoding week. Old
white made Vie. to Ms. ; new, fdis. to 885. ; old red, 58e. to
655. ; new, MOi. to 58s. per 38 stew. There was not much
barley exhibited, and the tone of the demand ruled languid
at no material change in prices. Malting, 38a. to 40s. per
quarter; grinding, We. to per 30 stove. The inquiry
fee oats woe stady, and the supply being mews peeme

were fully u high as on the week previoua. Fine hon.
made 32a. to 345. ; new, 245. to 2tts. per 24 stone. Then.
was a short show of beans, which met a steady sale, art
*old at extreme prices. Old, Zils. to :ids. ; new, 44a. to 50,
per 38 stow.

NawcastlM-tr9o9•Trfra, A ocurir 3.—At oar market thi:
morning we had a moderate show of wheat from the
growers, which was cleared off at about the rates of thi.
day se'onight. In south country or foreign so little wa
done that does may be written nominally unchanroL
Flour must be quoted Is. per sack cheaper, with wiry
limited inquiry. Grisding barley in limited request, se.;
the same remarks will apply to trans and peas. Malt re,;
little attention. Oata steady. The arrivals this week
are :—Wheat, coastwise, 1,886 qrs. • foreign, 2,1110.
coastwise, 7. Malt, coastwise, 294. Oats, coastwei,
346 ; foreign, 935. our, coastwise, 746 sacks.
NORWICH, Ammer 3.—At to-day's market wheat war is
fair supply, and the sale was slow at a decline of Is pc
quarter. n other grain there was but little passos.
Flour in favour of the buyer. White wheat, 545. to
red ditto, 48a. to 52e. ; damp and inferior ditto, 445. to
per quarter. Flour 38.. per sack.

_
NoTruvoisar, AVGUST 3.-There was a fair show of wheat
from the growers at our corn market to•dav, samples living
in moderate condition, es well as being of fair quality. The
trade ruled firm at the full prMes of last week for prune I,ort,
other kinds, Is, lower • white made 675. to 77a. ; old red,
62a. to 69e. ; new white, 475. to 61s. ; new red, 3S,
to Gla. per 38 stone. Of barley the show was scanty, and o
similar amount of activity pervaded the trade, prices bein;
about the same as set week. Malting nominal, grinding,
295. to 31s. per 30 stone. The show of oats was small, and
the demand proved firm, holders realising the currencies of
last week ; old, 325. to 365.; new, 38.. to 345. ; foreign, 25,.
to 325. per 24 dote. The demand for beans was steady at
fully former terms, fine samples making Ms. to I3os. ;
nary, 40s. to 50s. per 38 stone. Super flour, 46e. to 52.1. ,
tine, 355. to 41s. per 20 stone.
OXFORD, AUGUST 3.-There was a good attendance agai:
at market today, with a large supply of wheat and oth,
nom • but farmers refused to part with it, unless at la,:
weeks prices, which few were disposed to give, and bueinesi
was consequently very dull. The new corn was represented
by a single sample of hog peas (Nimble Tenors), what
were sold at 38s. per quarter ; they were in very dry con.
dition. Flour ruled from 40s. to 425. per sack.
.Harvest,
in wheat, barley, oats, and peas, has began in various putt
of the county and the neighbouring one of Berkshire, but
getting it in has been delayed in consequence of the late
rains. The potato disems is making fearful ravages in this
looahty.
PETERBOROUGH, Anal= 3.-At our market today we
had an immense supply of wheat, which met a dull sale at
N. per qr. under the prices of this day week. Barley none
showing. Oats rather dearer. Beans as List week. Prices :
Best red wheat, 545. per qr. of 5041ba. ; common do.,
36e. to 38s. per 4801b5.; oats, ls. 2d. to ls. 4d. per stone;
beans, 445. to 46e. per qr.
READING, A WNW 3.-There was only a thin attendance
at our market this morning, many bring engaged in have,:
operations. The supply of wheat was short and businai
ruled exceedingly heavy, though for what sales were effected
in the best qualities last weeks prices were fully maintained,
In other articles there was really nothing doing. There
I was no sample of new wheat at market, but Mr. Hathaway,
of Earley, had a good sample of new oats. The reports are
generally that though not a heavy crop of wheat, it will be
of good quality if favourably
ROCHESTER, AUGUST 3. -There has been little or no change
whatever in the state of trade, either as regards demand or
prices, this week. For both white and red wheats there was
asteady demand, at unaltered quotations. In foreign there
was not much pawing, but while the superior kinds were
held firm other sorts were slightly easier, but on the whole
the trade was without animation. No material change can
be noted in barley, and the few samples brought to market
were done at the same rate as bat week, for both grinding
and malting kinds. Oats were in moderate supply, and,
anything, a trifle dearer. From the accounts given of the
state of the bean crop, the price of that article slightly ad.
vaned. Flour sold slowly at the currencies of the last
market, and the trade in that article rather fiat.

02.Wwfitsc 'AUGUST 3.—The weather has been .variable
during the week, with occasional showers, and the wheats
have not come on quite so well as might have been expected.
We have had a good supply of wheat at market to-day ; and
for fine fresh millers' quality last week's prices were main.
tained,whilst the second and inferior qualities were hard to
selL Spring corn without alteration. The potatoes ace
showing the disease more and more.

WOBCESTAR, AUGUST 3.—There was a very large supple
of wheat from the farmers to-day, and English was the turn
in favour of the buyer, whilst foreign was Is. to 2s. per qr.
dearer. Weather unaltered. Barley taken in retail at
quite as high prices. More doing in oats at previous rates.
Beans fully as dear. Pets unaltered.
YORK, AUGUST 3. —The quantityof wheat exhibited at our
°STD market to-day was only moderate, and the attendance
of farmers and factors was hardly so large as usuaL Good
samples were sold at the currencies of last week, the tone of
the trade being firm. White descriptions were taken off at
51s. to 606. ; red ditto, 48s. to 51s. per 36 stone. Bailey
came to hand very scantily, but the supply was quite equal
to meet the demand, and rates underwent no important
alteration ; grinding, 32e. to 345. per 30 atone ; malting nil.
There wee a small supply of oats, for which the inquire
ruled moderate, and recent rates were fully obtained form!
good sorts ; fine, 30s. ; secondary, 28s. per 24 goo.. (if
beans there were not many offered, and with a firm demand
prime were the turn higher ; old, 525. to 545.; new, 4de. to
150 s. per 38 atone. Malt, 7s. to 7211.; rye, 36e. per quarter.

KIRKCALDY, Anonsir 3.—At our country markets this
week we had a moderate quantity of wheat offering, which
sold at lest week's prices. Very little of either barley or
oats offering; they seem 'about exhausted. Here, to-day,
we had, in consequence of the weather, small supplies of all
kinds of grain. Prices were very iuuch 10 last, taking
quality into account. Wheat, 36e. to 58e. per qr. ; barley.
30a. to 38s. ; oats, 96e. to 31s. _

Wanitroan, Acucar 3.—The weather has been very tin•
settled throughout the week. and our harvest prospects do
not improve. Reports of potato disease become more gene-
ral, but so far, with very few exceptions, only the leaved
, and stalks are affected. Our imports of foreign grain show
' • considerable falling off, and of our own growth the receipts
are limited to a few small parcels of oats. The trade has
been very firm for all articles, and on fine qualities of wheat
an advance of 6d. to 9d. per barrel uuiy he quoted. In-
ferior descriptions not dearer. Barley unaltered in value,
but oats have brought Id. per barrel more money for best
samples. Indian corn in moderate request at previous rates.
Flour fully an dear. Imports this week :—Wheat, 6.0
; Indian corn, 9,312 ; dour, 291 sacks. Exports this
week :—Barley, 60 barrels ; Gate, 3,095 ; dour, 461 sacks ;
Indian corn, 1,072.