The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-05 00:00:00

Midland stock, 6

North_British. 7+ ;1.7,

North. Staffordshire, 8i Md. South Eastern,
17 17 1-16. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 1f 16?-,.
York and North Midland, 224 221 , Dutch Rhenish,
Great Western of Canada, 241 24t1-,, Ditto
2tip. Great Luxembourg, 10,1 91, d.
rrade has been most inactive duriufi

iccept lower prices

hi
.to 2cl per bill
. .

=day, however, there was a

f buyers, and wheat improved
ibel, and flour is per barrel

India mail steamer Tyne, which
thampton this morning, has brought
ars in specie, and dates from Deme-

to the 10th, ult.
At the former place, the accounts state that the
Sugar crop had nearly all been gathered in, and
quence of the scarcity of shipping,
freights ruled high. At: Jamaica, trade was not
active. The steamer New Grenada had arrived at
Panama, with 180,000 dollars in specie.

that in cons

Commercial advices from the Cape of Good
Hope to the 15th November have come to hand.
These contain the official returns of the exports
and imports of the colony for the half year ending
dune 30th, 1855. At that_ date the declared value
of imports amounted to 879,788/, and the exports
440,816/., showing a balance of trade against the
colony amounting to 438,972/, or nearly 50 per
cent. This state of affairs is nothing new in the
commercial history of the Cape colony, for it has
been gradually increasing during the last thirty
The deficiency is ma.de,up by the large

years

government expendittire, and that of Indian and
other strangers visiting the colony. At the same
time there is an accumulated debt, which
has now reached the sum of 700,0001. Com-
pared with the corresponding half year

of 1834, there is an increase in both
the imports and exports ; the, latter being
respectively 622,218/. and 315,579/, and the im-
ports for the whole year 1,640,1421, which is likely
to be exceeded this year proportionately with the
increase in the first six months. The chief
exports of the colony, wool and .wine, continue to
exhibit a., favourable increase, and the article of
copper ore recently added to the 'customs list bids
fair to become an important item' in the' export'
trade. The value of these during the half year
was :—wool, 297;888/. against 221,8651. in the cor-
responding six months of 1854; wine, 33,1691.
against-13,425/. in.the previous year; and copper
ore troth 4,120/.-in‘lBs4, to 14,1791. in 1855.

The shipments of bullion during the six months
eliding December 31. acceraing to 'a statement'
prepared-by. Messrs. Haggard and Pixley, made up
a total of 9,462,2101. against 4,671,830/ in the
period,of last year. During the last twelve
months the exports were 14,221,610/, and in
1854, 10,902,8741., shoWing an increase in the past
year of 3,321,7331. These totals are; of course,
irrespective of the large sums sent by way of
Folkestone and Dover to France, which, according
to the Custorreturns, amounted in the last six
months of 1854 to 6,366,0101:,'-and in the like
period of 1855 to 10,821,4501.

BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS.
An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap
32, for the Week ending Dec. 29, 1855.
IssIIE DEPARTMENT.
Credit.
ed £24,664,465 Government
Debt

Other securities

£11,015.100

)1(1 Coin and
Bullion ....

3,459,90

£24,661,465

10,189,465

BANKING DEPARTMENT.
- Credit,

Goven

£14,553,000

4?4;04,465

X 10,425,29

deposits

3,235,328 Other
5,813,932 Notes
12;362,512 Gold and silver

a day,

arities 19,777,860,

other

802,908 I

£36,797,680

I coin

5,963,850

630,678

Total £3,6,7,67,680

'1
The foregoing Bank Returns show the following
results when compared with those of the preceding
week :—Notes issued, increase 819,8701; bullion in
both departments, decrease 161,6021; rest, increase
25,4511; public .depoSits, increase 499,1791; other
deposits, increase 121,0551; seven days and ether
bills; decrease 48,180/. On the credit side; govern-
ment securities have' increased 496,0961; other
securities, increase 573,7371. Notes unemployed,
decrease 300,8551. Actual circulation, 18,700,6151;
increase 1,320,4701,
One •of the most interesting changes in the
weekly balance sheet of the Bank, is•the increase
of 146,0951. iu the. government securities held
by the Bank. This feature would be fully
explained upon the presumption that the Bank
is assisting the Treasury to meet the heavy
disbursement incidental to the season. It will
be noticed that the sum standing at the credit
of government shOws an increase- of almost the
identical amount.

The English Stock Market to day exhibited
renewed heaviness. At one period a fresh decline
of 1 per cent. was established, but at the close the
reduction from yesterday's final quotations did not
exceed *per cent. The closing prices were 87 87i.
Any tendency 'towards improvement is checked. by
the continued sales, some of which are attributed
to the requirements of Governthent. The prospects
of the Money Market are also regarded with less
confidence. Pending the Czar's definitive
.reply,
some. dispoSition is still . shown to support the
market. The .general demand for money to day
was again extraordinarily active, this being the 4th
of . the month. In the Stock Exchange, however,
money was :rather easier, at about 5 per cetit: on
Government Securities. At Paris, to day, the Three
per Cent. Rentes rallied about per cent. for
money. The final quotations for the account was
slightly lower than that of yesterday. There was
still some enquiry'to-day for gold for exportatiOn.
The improvement to-day in the Exchange
on Paris is attributed to the large ,amount of
Australian and other gold lately remitted from this
side. The heavy arrivals of silver by the Tyne
may,have had some influence. The following are
the closing quotazions of the Foreign Exchanges :
Amsterdam, short, 11 16,1 to 11 17. Do ,
:three
ition'th-s,/11 19 to 11 19. Rotterdam, do., 11 16
to 11 191. Antwerp, do., 25 40 to 25 45. Brussels,
do., 25 40 to 25 45. Hamburg, do., 13 98, to -13
91. Paris, short, 25 274- to 25 35. Do., three
months. 25 70 to 25 75. Marseilles, do., 25 70
to 25 75. Frankfort, do., 1194- to 120. Vienna,
do., .11 12 to 11 18. Trieste, do., 11 15 to 11 28.
Petersburg, d 0.,.. 341 to 35. Madrid, do., 49
The Corn Market to-day was firmer. A great
portion of the numerous grain cargoes lately
arrived have been disposed of, The Railvimy
Share Market to-day was d-all and inactive, but
was -generally steady in prices, and little affected
by the flatness, of Consols:Caledonian, 54 541.
Eastern Counties, 81 8-Z-. East Lancashire, 691 704:
Great Northern. 87A 88. Ditto A, 73 74. Great
lnd. Yorkshire, 761
London and
Sheffield.

Leeds

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and Berwick, 6t

orth Alidlaml,4