The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1861-01-08 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL.

LIVERPOOL, MONDAY EVENING.
Etc grain area.
The Liverpool Cotton Market to-day opened
with a good demand, at hardening prices, which
was, however, suddenly checked by the advance
in the rate of discount to 7 per cent. The sales—
including 70 Maranham at 81d to 81d, 500 Egyp-
tian at 8d to 90, and 500 Surat at 41d to 51d—
smouuted to 10,000 bales, of which 2,000 were on
speculation and for export.

stare Bute.
The Liverpool Share Market to-day was firm
at the opening, but gave way upon the announce-
ment that the Bank of England had raised the
rate to 7 per cent. The tone at the close was
quiet, with prices nearly 1 per cent. lower. The
transactions before three o'clock included—Birken-
head, 82, 11; Great Western, 74, 3f, ;4; Lanca-
shire and Yorkshire, 1191, 181, , I.
;
London, 8., and South Coast, 116/ ; London and
North-Western, 1012, loot i, 1,100 f ; Man-
chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 553, 6,1, I, /,
66, 6, St ; Midland, 137, 61, I, 1, I, 6; North-
Eastern, Berwick Capital Stock, 106/, /, 53 ;
South-Eastern, 261, 7-16, g ; Dutch Rhenish,
2 13-18 d ; Liverpool United Gas, 199 ; Pacific
Steam Company, New Shares, 18p.
The market closed at the following prices:—
Railways. CicAing Prices. Sales after 3
'
Birkenhead &Cheshire Jn. 81; vi ciock •
Caledonian ....... 97 Int 97,- i
Eastern Counties
Great Northern ll2 113
Great Westerns
181 1 -
18
Lancashire & Yorkshire
London &North Western ,) apt 1001 VA e
Manchester, She, & 44 66
Midland Stock
:13621 1314.1 136
)
Ditto new share,
North British.
North Staffe;rdshire 24, —21 d
North Er4teni—Berivick 105 i 105' 1051 I
Do. Ycerk and N. Midland 95 951
Do. Leeds Northern 66.

South. Faster e ... 26 261 26_k
Oxf.ord, W.& Wolverhptn 481 —40 i
lA-Pitch Rhenish
Great Luxembourg
Grand Trunk of Canada 5 11-16 5 13-16 5;
Gt. W. of Canada lOl 109
Blinoia Central
Buffalo and Lake Huron 5 SA. _
(3ceat Ship
Thames & Mersey M. 00. li - q,p -
ACCOUNT OR TICKET DAYS POP. JANUARY, 1861.
London. 15th & 30th) Liverpool.... 15th & 30th
PAT Days—Liverpool, 17th Jan. and Ist Feb.
DAYS FOR BUYING-IN_POR THE ACCOUNT, the 27th Dec.

Scrip ....31st Dec. I Transfer.. 7th Jan.
LAST DAT FOP. 15TH JAN. ACCOUNT... 14th Jan.

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In the Liverpool Colonial Produce Market since
Friday the business in Sugar (on the spot) and
Rum was limited, and we have nothing to report
in Molasses; for Rice the market remained inac-
tive except a sale of Saltpetre, nothing to notice
in. any other article.
Sugar; Busiuess on the spot was confined to
$5O bags late at 425, but a cargo (12,000 bags)
of unclayed Manilla was sold for arrival at an
outport at 35s per cwt.
Rum: Only 40 puncheons Demerara were re-
ported, without change in prices.
Saltpetre : 100 bags Calcutta realised 37s 6d to
40s 6d per cwt. for 101 to 7 per cent. refraction.
Up &tilt Narita.
At the Liverpool Cattle Market to-day the
supply of stock was less than on last Monday,
consisting of 2,121 Cattle and 7,196 Sheep. The
demand, was very good for both Cattle and Sheep,
prices, especially for prime (1.111 • I
at much higher
Quotations—Beef, M. to 71a per IL
~;
6kd to 81d per lb.