The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-07-09 00:00:00

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.

LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY EVENING

The Liverpool Cotton market has been rather
more quiet to-day, though holders continue firm,
and prices are fully maintained. The sales
amount to 5,000 bales, and include 1,500 for
speculation and export.
The tone of the Liverpool Share market has
again been dull, and only a small amount of
business has been done. Towards the close there
was a slightly improved feeling, and prices closed
steadily at the following quotations!:—Aberdeen,
141 15. Chester and Birkenhead, 171 17g.
Caledonian, 301 301. Chester and Holyhead, 17
171. Eastern Counties, 10 7-16 10 9-16. East Lanca-
shire, 211 211. Great Northern, 24 241. Ditto A,
91 10. Great Western, 621 63. Lancashire and
Yorkshire Stock, 981 981. Liverpool, Crosby, and
Southport, 184 19. London and North Western
Stock, 109 1091. Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincoln, 341 351 New 6 per cent. Pref., 1 ip.
Ditto Preference, 121 121. Midland Stock, 84
841. North British, 91 9'l. North Staffordshire,
4-1 41d. South Eastern and Dover, 22 9-16 221.
York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 211 221. York and
North Midland, 321 321. Leeds Capital Stock, 181
191. Buffalo and Lake Huron, 11 Hp. Dutch
Rhenish, 21 2 13.16 p. Great Western of Canada,
26 261. Ditto New Shares, 34 31p. Great
Luxembourg, 81 81d.
There was a fair amount of business done in
the Liverpool Corn Exchange to-day, and price s
generally were higher than on Friday.
The Manchester Goods market has been less
buoyant to-day, and a smaller business has been
done in both Goods and Yarns, at prices barely so
good as were obtained on Thursday last.
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The following is a statement of traffic receipts
of the Great Western Railway of Canada, all in
sterling money, by passenger and goods trains, for
the week ending June 20, 1856, and for the cor•
responding period last year :—Week ending June
20, 1856, total receipts 10,6501. 2s. 11d., per mile
per week 371. 135.; week ending June 22, 1855,
total receipts 6,855/. 15s. ; per mile per week 281.
Os Increase, total receipts 3,7941. 7s. 11d., per
mile per week 9/. 4s. Aggregate gross receipts
from the commencement of the current half year
to date, 236,7361. 9s. 11d. Ditto for the corres-
ponding period last year, 167,197/. 13s.
Letters from France mention that it is a subject
of regret amongst commercial circles, that the
legislative session has terminated without anything
having been decided on the question of establish-
ing a trans-Atlantic line of packet boats, and it is
feared that the subject will linger through the next
session. It is probable that the financial crisis
during the month of June on the Paris Bourse has
caused the Minister of Finance to adjourn the
matter to a better opportunity, when the formation
of a new company will not add to the derangement
of affairs. In the meantime the trade of France
suffers, at it is in a measure dependent upon the
lines of packets trading between England and the
United States.

Accounts from Egypt, dated the 24th ult., are
very favourable with regard to the production of
cereals, and it is estimated that there will be
4,000,000 hectolitres available for exportation
during the present year.
Letters from Spain dwell at considerable length
on the revolutionary movements in several of the
provinces, which were becoming more serious than
ever.

The prospectus has been issued of a new com-
pany, under the Limited Liability Act, called the
" Indian Mercantile Agency," established for the
purpose of acting as agents in the purchase and
sale of goods and property, to make advances on
the same, and generally to conduct the business
of Indian agency in all its branches. The capital
to be thus employed is set down at one million
sterling, in 50,000 shares of 121. each, but only Si.
per share will be called for within the first twelve
months. The prospectus exhibits a fair statement
of the want of such a company, which there is
reason to suppose would be successful if judici-
ously managed. . .

The Metropolitan Railway has again been
brought before the public, as there are shares
amountiing to 520,0001 that were subscribed for
and paid upon by the promoters, which are now
offered to new applicants under a guarantee of 0
per cent. As this guarantee is well secured, these
shares will no doubt be speedily tai en up.
This day the half yearly meeting of the Green-
wich Railway Company was held, when a dividend
of 5s 2d per share was declared, payable on the
15th instant. clear of income tax. The accounts

showed a balance in favour of the company, after
paying the above dividend, of 321 16s 7d. A vote
of thanks was passed to the directors of the
company.
The first half-yearly meeting of the Bank of
London took place this day, and passed off in a
satisfactory spirit. From the report it appeared
that the profit made amounted to 37,0001, from
which the directors now made a dividend at the
rate of 5 per cent per annum, leaving 8,000/
to go towards a reserve fund. The report was
adopted.

The Funds were dull during the greater part of
the morning, at a reduction of k per cent, but in
the afternoon a rally took place, and the closing
prices of Consols were quoted at the closing prices
of yesterday, viz , 958 to 95*. The dividends will
be payable at the Bank to-morrow.
In Foreign Stocks the business done has been
extremely limited, and the subjoined are the last
quotations of the Foreign Exchanges :—Amster
dam, short, 11 16 to 11 17. Do., three months,
11 191 to 11 191. Rotterdam, do ,11 19* to 12 191.
Antwerp, do., 25 50 to 25 621. Brussels, do.,
25 50 to 25 62k. Hamburg, do., 13 91 to 13 94.
Paris, short, 25 25 to 25 324. Do., three months,
25 511, to 25 65. Marseilles, do., 25 60 to 25 674
Frankfort, ,lo , 120 to 1201. Vienna, do., 10 16 to
10 18. Trieste, do., 10 17 to 10 20. Petersburg,
do., 377-, to 374. Madrid, do., 494 to 491.
We are informed that the negotiations for
leasing the Great Luxembourg line to the Eastern
of France Railway Company have been broken off,
differences having arisen us regards some of the
details The Great Luxembourg shareholders
will, doubtless, be furnished with full details at
the meeting called for the 15th inst,
It is reported that the directors of the London
and South Western Railway Company propose to
distribute amongst the proprietors, at par, an
amount of old unappropriated stock, !at present
lying at the disposal of the company. It is stated
that the distribution will give about 51 new stock
for every 1001 now held- As the ordinary stock of
this company stands at present at 7 or 8 per cent
premium, the arrangement in question of course
involves a small bonus to the shareholders.
The half-yearly dividend on the 7 per cent. Pre-
ference Shares of the Crystal Palace Company is
to be payable on the 7th of August.
The Railway Share Market has been moderately
active, but prices have in many cases declined 4 to
I per cent. The following are the final quotations :
—Caledonian, 61 61.4. Edinburgh and Glasgow,
63 65. Eastern Counties, 10a 104. East Lancashire,
86 88. Great Northern, 95 96. Ditto A, 78 79.
Great Western, 621 63. Lancashire and Yorkshire,
98 981. Leeds Northern, 181 191. London and
North Western, 1081 109. Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire, 341 35. Midland Stock, 83i 84.
North British, 374 38. South Eastern and Dover,
75 75k. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 87 88. York
and North Midland, 63,i 64.