The Express.
London, England, 1868-01-13 00:00:00

MARKETS.

COTTON.—Lrvzipoot, J. IL—Market very steady
at ed. advance. Sales, 12,000 bales, including 2,000 'peen-
lathe and export. 6,000 American, Rd. to sa.; 600
Perna*, ko., to ; 150 Maranham, 70. ; 100
Mamie and Bahia, 6jd. ; 600 Santos, 60. to add.;
600 Egyptian, 60. to 12d. ; 10 Smyrna, 60.; 3,9'20 Surat,
tid. to 61d. ; Bengal, !kinds, 40. to sd. ;
20 Peru, 60. Fair Dhollerah, 5 d. ; fair Oomrstruttee,
50. ; fair Broach, 6d. ; fair Be 40. ; fair Egyptian,
70. ; fair Peru*, 71d. ; Dolmas, 70. ;
middling Orisons, 70.

COTTON GOODS.—Msitenewren, JAN. 11.—We have
had a quiet and inactive market during the whole week ;
but though priess are a little easier there is hardly a
quotable change. Producers are rather free of stocks, and
many of them hold contracts extending over weeks, if not
months, forward, so that they are not unduly pressing
goods upon the market. A fair business was done in
yarns for export some days ago, but the demand has been
much tamer to-day and yesterday. For 16's to 32's water
twist, 40's mule, and some of the leading staples, sellers
would have to take rather easier rates to make lodes.
There has been no change in the value of home trade
yarns, but the demand has fallen off since Tuesday, and
less business has been done, producers accepting rather
easier rates in some cases. The cloth market sympathises
a good deal with the yarn, and business has been much re-
stricted during the last few days. Ordinary makes of 39-
inch shirting' for India have been doll, though some large
offers were made early in the week at rather lower rates.
These have now been withdrawn. Best 81b. 4os. shirting', I
however, have been in demand for China at full rates.
Makers of printing cloths are well engaged, and looms
employed on the inferior makes of shirtings have been to
some extent turned to the production of these fabrics,
which remain steady in value. Jacconets, mulls, and T
Icloths are slightly easier in value. Long cloths and
domestics are unchanged in value.

WOOL AND WORSTED.—Bunroan, Jax.ll.—There
has been amore hopeful feeling pervading the wool trade
during the week, though there is hardly an appreciable
improvement in business. There was rather more inquiry
for the better and finer sorts of wool, the supply of which
is rather scanty, and staplers are in a position to command
market prices. Quotations seem to have fallen almost to
the lowest point, and any further fall must be extremely
gradual. There is, therefore, a prospect of prices being
more steady than they have been for some time past.
Spinners, though bare of stock, operate with caution, as if
in expectation of finding prime, low as they are, still
easier. The worsted yarn trade has shared in the better
feeling. Many of the export houses have made more inquiry,
but the offers made in the common and better winnings
of super 30's were generally too low to induce spinners to
accept them. A steady business continues to be done in
low counts of genappe. Two-folds axe also in better re-
quest than single spinning.. Prices are rather more ..toady
than they were. The piece trade shows some signs of im-
provement in a better tone. Some of the large manufac-
turing firms have begun to work full time. The Conti.
nenta merchants receive more orders, and have been seek-
ing to place them at low prices. There is also more dis-
position, under the low quotations current, to speculate to
some extent. Heavy goods, especially lastings, are in
better demand, with a slight upward tendency in prices.
Both the home and the American trades continue with.
out any improvement. Prices on the whole are less ine.
and more steady.

HARDWARE.—BIIIIIINOHAM, Jas..ll.—The trade of
the town remains quiet. Business has now been resumed
at most of the manufactories, and orders are coming in on
account of the home trade, but they are for small quanti-
ties of goods only, and in that respect indicate the exist-
ence
of a feeling amongst the country shopkeepers that the
revival of trade will be slow. There are some few foreign
orders stirring. The gunmakers are well engaged. In the
metal trades generally slackness prevails, and in other
branches the number of people out of employment or who
are earning half wages is large. At the quarterly meeting
of the Brassmaaters Association on Friday it wu resolved
not to make any alteration in prices. Several failures
have been announced here since the commencement of
the year, but neither of them for large amounts.

CORN.--Oonaince, JAN. 11. -Wheat and barley
both rather dearer. Wheat, red, 68a. to 725. ; white,
76e. Barley, 40a. to 465. Oats, 255. to 30a. Beans, new,
Otis. to 48e ; old, 525.
CAIIISLL JAN. 11. -Tbere was a smell supply of
wheat, for which the demand was brisk, at an advance of
per bushel. The supply of oats was also small, and
the price 3d. higher. Barley, of which there was a fair
supply, was dull. Prices :-Wheat, white, new, 27a. 6d.
to 30s. • wheat, red, new, 2tis. to 28s. ' • barley, new
13a. 6d: to 14s. 641. ; oats, potato, new, 95.6 d. to I Is. 3d.,
per Carlisle bushel; flour, 2s. 7d. to :ie. ; oatmeal,
2e. IL to 2a 4d. ; ryameal and barleymeal, Is. 4d. per
stone.
Coutherna, JAN. 11.-An increased supply of wheat ;
the nle slow, at last week's prices. Of barley the show
was small ; prices fully maintained. Beans and peas in
moderate demand, at late prices. •
GCILDIPOILD, JAY. 11.-The quantity of wheat to-day
was limited, of barley moderate. Trade was brisk, and
on all sales effected rather more money was realised.
Wheat, 64m. to 88a. ; barley, 375. to 445. ; oats, 24a. to
30s. ; pen, 44a. to 465. ; beans, 455. to 525. per qr.
HSITTOID, JAN. 11.-A very small supply of grain.
Wheat trade not brisk, but there was • still further
advance in price of le. per load. Barley as before, there
being a fair supply, and not a brisk demand. Oats are 6d.
to Ia per qr. dearer for all sorts. Beans and peas as
before. Wheat, red, 40s. to 46.. per load ; white, 455.
to 31s. ; barley, 30e. to 365. per qr., for malting ; grinding,
to 50s. ; oats, common. 20s. so 265. ; fine, to 355. ; beans,
to 32e. ; peas, to XS per load.
banana, JAN. 11.-The quantity of wheat on offer
from the groom at our corn market trda wee tolerable
for the time of the year. In this
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young wheat plant is variously spoken of. Business was
inactive at last week's currencies. White rosined 775. to
82s ,• red, 69a. to 735. per 36 ens We had bur dr
mend for barley, of which the supply was small. Sellers
tried to make more mosey than buyers were inclined to
give. On the business done late rates were @lightly er
ended. Malting, 43.. to 47a. per qr. ; grinding, 38a. to
40s. inr 30 stone. There was a tolerable supply of eats
the demand for which was about as usual, and. no material
alteration occurred in the quotations ; old, 3ts. to 38s. ;
. new, 26.. to 32.. per 24 stets. A little more was done in
beans, and there Wag • limited show of samples, the ex-
, home rates of lan week were realised ; old, Ws. to 53e. ;
1, new, 445. to 4.95. per 38 stone ; fine flour, 545. to 55e. ;
seconds, 50s. to 525. per 20 stone.
Nawchinwripon•Ting, Jan. 11.-The weather since
this day es'anight bee been fee the mon part raw and
mild; yenerday we had freak end this morning we have
snow, with wind hen evadreast. At oar market this
seoning we had • ney buy empply of wheat from the
, the femme being tesmit to thrash, owing to
Vl:legsle sates peentliag, and as od
our arrivals from the
comet we ales lie a good extant, the trade lambed the brisk-
ness el Tuesday. bat at the prises of this day sleight
• near el sagas urea offected, the bed new fersisn' red
madame 1 .1n lie, end mars white flea Rh. to 84.
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to part with ponied Wm. whether Insialt ar ieraina,
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et
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fair in y, Med quite as hi.. Malt unsbenged, and
tits suns remarks will epply to been sad peas Oats en-
=mere niewarices, and mast he written Id. be is,
the adman leis mew wililngly pY mote wefts
foreign, fee which 3M. id. 7:4431110.0=L 1111, ant.
vale week 8,916 qn.
Swhp, esenwles, I,Bllff. Malt. eseatiriss, IS. orb, meg-
=soi ; %Nal& 1,015. Peas, eneenise, vs. Beam
133. Mari, asabrio, 1,612 auks.