The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-04-02 00:00:00

gates of irtusbt
The homeward freights from India are daily
improving; outward, rates are rather lower, but
there is still a good demand for tonnage, a fair
business doing. Ships are wanted for Calcutta
for salt at ,Os and 6.5 s home ;. several ships have
accepted this employment; for. the Brazil rates
have fallen, 33s has been accepted this week from
Cardiff to Rio. Rates to the United States con-
tinue dull at our quotations. •
The following are the rates of freight for—
COAL : FROM LIVERPOOL OR BIRKENHEAD.
To To s. d. 2. a.
Malta . Trebizonde 17 0 ... 15 0

s. d. s. d.
16 0 ... 00
18 6 ... 0 0
16 0 ... 17 0
16 0 ... 00
nominal.
14 0 ... 0 0
15 0 ... 00
16 0 ... 00'
18 0 ... 0 0
14 0 0
37 6 ... 0 •
37 6 ... 0 0
16 0 ... 17 0
16 0 ... 0 0

Trieste
Corfu ~
Smyrna ..
Varna ..
Gibraltar
Leghorn... ,nom
Athens
Havannah
Cardenas
Monte Video
Buenos Ayres
Constantinople.
Satanic&

Sinope
Ancona
Ragusa
Venice
Genoa l7 0 ... 0 0
Naples nom. 16 0 ... 0 0
Rhodes
St. Thomas
Rio Janeiro
Bahia ' 29 0 ... 30 0
Cape of G. Hope 32 6 ... 0 0
Pernambuco
Galveston Rails 1101411141.

RAILS---BRISTOL CHANNEL. •
To Galveston 2ss. and 5 per cent.
To Mobile (nominal)...2os.
To New York
To New Orleans
To Peruandina (Florida)
To Portsmouth (nominal)
To Savannah
To Havannah (small cargo) ...30s. and 5 per cent.
To Alexandria 255.
GENERAL PREIGHTS.

....22a. 6d. and 5 per cent.
225, 6d, and 5 per cent.

' s. d. s. d.
Liverpool to Aden : Coal ' •4B 0 to 49 0
„ Hong Kong , bR 0 to 0 0
Ditto from Wales 57 6to Q 0
Chusan 6O 0 to 0 0
„ Ceylon : Iron 45 0 to 0 0
„ Bombay, do' o. 0 to 0 0
from the Clyde
~ Bombay : Coals _ 36 0, to 37 0
,
„ Suez , • ,• , -' 62 6to - 0 0'
„ Sydney or £3 7s. 6d. register ton.
Melbourne
„' - Singapore
,-, (tele
„ Shaselat..-........J... ............... , 57 6 to' 0 0
Ditto from Wales 62 6to 0 0
..,, •, • Calcutta: Salt without consignment 40 0 to 0 0
with ditto 44 0 to 0 0
„ Calcutta : Iron, Engines, &e. 5O 0 & 5 ele
Ditto, Coals .
~
~ 40 0 to 0 0
~ Ascension, from Wales
ff • Fernando Po, from Wales 29 oto 0 0
2 t Callao,
Flag Stonei 35 0 to 40 0
Woosung
Liverpool. to Madras Iron &c. 458. to 505., Clyde 50s , Cbusan 60s.
Do. Coals . 425. 6d.
Do. from Wales 455. .od.
Liverpool to Valparaiso for orders, to discharge there or at a
• "Port not North of Callao 335. 6d., sine_ ships.
Liverpool to New York, Cods, full cargoes, 14s. & 5 per cent.
, Moulmain 705., Teak to U. K. nominal.
Akyab, option of Rangoon, Bassein, or Moulmain, to U. K. or
Continent, 525. Od.
Calcutta to Liverpool, 655.; ditto on the round, L 5 to 45 55.,
with option of London. ,•
Guano from Chinchas to U. K. or Continent, 695.
Bombay to'Ltverpool or London; 455. to 808; •

We are indebted to 'l,4essra. Taylor, Tipper, and 'Co.
for the following rates of freight.to the United States

. , Boston:. . New York. Philadelphia,
a. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. cl. s. U.
Pig Iron, Bars, 1 .6.. 0 0 0 0...12 6 0 0...15 0
Rails, &c.... 12-
1
Chemicals and
Salt ' ' nominal. nominal. nominal.
Dry Goods ...... lO 0...15 0 10 0...17 6 0 0...20 0
Hardware - 12 6... 0 0 0 0...12 6 20 0... 0 0
Earthen Ware 5 6... 0 0 0 0... 5 0 0 0... 8 0
Passengers .. £3 15s Od £3 Is Od £3. lOs Od
Gross. Gross.' Gross.
• 4
• ' BaltiMore. Charleston. New Orleans.
—,-,-----
,- , s. d.-1). d.,, s. d. s. .d. s. tl. s. d.
Pi futin,Bac rb, I • 15- 0...17. 6 ' 15 0... 0, 0 -15 Q... ii 6
Chemicals an.ci 1 0 0 _l7 6 0 0...17 6 15 0...17 6
Fine Iron .... ) - ' .
Silt .
Dry Goads 2O 0... 0 0 0 0...25 0 0 0...15 0
Hardwax e 2O 0... 0 0 0 0 ..25 0 15 0... 0 0
Earthenware 0 O._ 8 0 0 0... 7 0 0 0... 6 0
Passengers £4 Os £5 Os. £4 10s.
Nominal. Gross. Gross.
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Zee Iron &abr.

The Iron trade of South Staffordshire is still
anguid. The hopes entertained at the beginning
of the year of a speedy improvement, have in no
degree' been realised, and the demand is rather
quieter than it was three months ago. For the
home market there is a steady but rather quiet
demand. The preliminary meeting of the Iron-
masters' Association was held at Birmingham, on
Thursday last. It was resolved to make no
alteration in the trade prices. We must report
the market for Pig Iron flat. There appears more
disposition to effect sales, but this can only be
done by a sacrifice in price. Purchases can now
be made at from 2s 6d to is Gd per ,ton less than
at the end of last quarter. The official list of
prices of Staffordshire finished Iron is as follows :
Common Staffordshire bars, £7los, at the works ;
best bars, £8 lOs ; sheets, £9 ; doubles, £lolos ;
nail sheets, £8 lOs ; latins, £l2 ; boiler plates,
L 9; best and best best in proportion; common
rods, £7 lOs ; hoops, £8 10s; , gas strip, £8 ;
Canada plates, Ll 2; . and all 'other sorts in
proportion. CUrrent , prices of Pig Iron,
Staffordshire cold blast, £4 lOs ; best native
hydrate Pigs, £3 los to £4 2s Gd ; first-
class all mine 'grey forge Pigs, £3 7s '6d to
£3 12s 6d ; good mine Pigs, with a modicum of
flue cinder, £2 17s 6d to L 3 Os ; 'mine Pigs, dete-
riOrated by cinder, £2 12s 6d to £3'; grey forge
cinder Pig Iron, £2 12s 6d to £2 los ; white forge
cinder Pigs, £2 8s Gd to £2 15s. Melters, Nos.
1,2, and 3,.£2 17s 6dto.t3 2s 6d ; superiormakes
of all mine melting iron £3 los to £4, according
to make.and quality. Favourite Shropshire and
Forest of Dean brands, £4 10s. The Iron Trade
of North Staffordshire : A steady demand keeps
the works in active operation. North Stafford-
shire common bars and boilerplates are selling in
Liverpool, in some caseS, at 20s per ton below the
official rates of South Staffordshire. • The 'lron
Trade of Shropshire: A steady degree of activity
characterises the trade,of this district. The New-
castle-on-Tyne and Middlesboro' District :. The
activity which the trade of this district has mani-
fested for some time has experienced a _slight
check. The price of Pigs, which had been sue-
oessively advanced for two or three months, has
gone down about 2s per ton. The following are
the present quotations in trucks at Middlesboro' :
No. 1, 555; No. 2,54 s ; No. 3,52 s ; No. 4,51 s ;
.M.' and W., 50s; refined, 70s. The Iron Trade of
South Wales : A shade of imprbvement in the
deftdoriwespnecodseigt:hlraopiinrigacportFd. The Glasgow Market
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' iron
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buyers asTiobttivable at 55s 3d cash ;
55s 3d ;.sellers, 65s L 6d; :141&:.1' wGa7Buts, buyers,
buyers, 549 9d; sellers; 55ii No:3' wGarrmanßts'
warrants, buyers, 54s 'l6d; sellers, 558'.' No. 19
,Gartsherric, 58s ; Glengarnock and .Coltoess
575, alt nett cash prompt. Copper: Ai we antiCi:
Fated last week, this metal has -tindergonb a
further,' reduction. On MotuNy a fall of one half-
penny per.pound on manufactured, and £5 per
ton on unmanutactured, was declared, making
best seleeted £lOO 10s, tough cake and tile £lO7
10s: The fall has not yet had the effect of
li3Ongluyieta;
£132. Spelter : Prices are a shade easier; some
Banco,creating'moderate, nominallyad6eaaactive
Ir3i dBEe; nn
Sgatlnirsdahi t; s , g:3l lOs to
sales have been effected for forward delivery, at
£2O 10s 6d ~ex chip, but slightly lower rates are
offered. "Lead: The-niarket is rather quiet, but

PricWs remain the same. Tin Plates: The market

Plele44. 44:i•4eCic4e4 change. 'Quicksilver : Price
£7 per bottle, less 3 pe* cent.-for cash. Swedish

sale for consumption, whilst the lower kinds
have been taken for export. Alpaca : Considerable
sales have taken place during the month, both of
what was on the spot and. to arrive, of prime
quality at full prices,lind the' stock is now reduced•
to a few thousand billotti bay; some of 'which are
second class, and lesseasilySaleable. MohairOfgood ,
quality is still in fairdemand, and coininanda
rates, whilst inferipOs more difficult of sale: In
River Plate nothing: to-report, the late. ariiv4als
being not yet phieed on themaiket.-. Russia Doiiskoii'
Besides 1,700 bales brought forward at the London
sales, and which sold at moderate prices, there are
Several sales reported by private contract at rather
better rates, and the stock of this class is now getting
into i'domparatifely small compass. Oporto 948
bags have arrived during the month, and the '
improved feeling in English Wools has caused a
better demand for this description ; and consider-
able sales of the better .elasS, and in good con-
dition, have been made at full rates, whilst inferior
qualities are Still neglected. Egyptian has been
in very good request, and some prime parcels have
realised extreme rates. Iceland has continued in
fair demand throughout the month, and the stock
is now very much reduced. Mogadore : The
cargoei referred to in our last report have found
ready buyers at the full market value. Eng-
lish Wools have been in steady request ; but
Prices being. comparatively' high, consumers have
bought with extreme caution, and only for imme-
diate wants ; but as we approach clip-time, the
effect of the severe winter upon the yield will
become more apparent, and may have a tendency
to influence the market. Scotch : Laid Highland
continues in but limited request, without change
in value; but Cheviot of a good class is still
inquired after. In Irish a fair business has been
done at late rates. Sheepskins : The arrivals
having been late in the month, are not yet on the
Market. - •