The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-10-06 00:00:00

OBTAINED AT AUCTION.

Bales. per lb.
East India.... 9386.. White sold from 844 to 144 d
One hale, very superior ....,....... 15d
Yellow and tinged white.
Ditto, inferior 4/1 to Sd
Gray and Fawn.. sld to 81,1
Low black
Low gray
Flurry and refuse
Egyptian .... 500.. White Fleece
One bale, extra prime 15(1
Pieces 7d to 91d
Russia
Op°, to .... .. 417.. Cotta and lambs
Lisbon
Frontier .... 10x.
Entre Rios, Sze. 330.. Good quality
Middling ditto . .
Inferior ditto 6d to 103 d
Gr.disy ditto
Iceland ...... 150 Washed
Unwashed . . .
Gray
Peruvian .....4521
Turkey
Barb iry, &c
Cbittly withdrawn.
Sundries 771

T0ta1.... 18,280
The following are the prices current for Australian wools :
-NEw SOUTH WALES, per lb. :-Scoured fine, 23. 2,1. to
2s. 9,1. ; do. skin, ls. Bd. to 2s. Id. ; good to fine, Is, 1 Od. to
2s. 2d.; middling, ls. 7d. Is. 91. • inferior, ls. 4d. to Is. 6:1. ;
lambs', ls. 9d. to 2s. 6d. ; skin, ls. sd. to Is. 8.1. ; pieces and
looks, Is. to ls. 2d. ; grease, lid. to Is. 2d.
PORT PHILIP, per lb. :-Scoured fine, 2s. 2d. to 2s. Bd. ; do.
skin, ls. Bd. to 2s. ; good to fine, Is. 1 Od. to 2s. 4d.; middling,
Is. 9d. to ls. 10d. ; inferior, ls. 4d. to ls. 7d. ; ls.
101 to 2s sd. ; skin, Is. 6d. to is. Bd.; pieces and locks, ls.
21. to IP, 6d. ; grease, ls. to Is. 2d.

VAN DIEMAN'S LAND, per lb.—Scoured fine,
2s. Gd. ; ditto skin, Is. 81. to ls. 101.; good to fit
to 2s. 2d. ; middling, ls. 61. to ls. 9d. ; inferior, Is
Is. 6d.; lambs', ls. SI. to 2s. 4d.; skin, Is. 4d, to Is. (ft
pieces and locks, ls. Id. to ls. 4.1. ; grease, Ild. to Is. 11.
SWAN RIVER, per lb.—Fair, Is. 7d. to Is. Dd. ; inferior,
ls. sd. to ls. 6d. ; lambs', Is. Bd. to ls. 10d. ; skin, Is. 31,
to Is. 51. ; pieces and locks, Is. to ls. 2d. ; grease, 101
to Is.

28. 2.1. t;
Is 9,1

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN, per lb. : —Good to fine, Is. 9d. to is.
Ild. ; middling, Is. 7d. to Is. 8(1. ; inferior, Is. sd. to Is.
6d. ; lambs, Is. 83. to Is. 11d.; skin, Is, 2d. to is. .51 ;
pieces and locks, ls. to is 3d. ; grease, 10d. to Is.
NEW ZEALAND'. per lb.:—Fair parcels, Is. Bd. to Is.
10d. ; mixed and inferior, Is. 51(1. to Is. 61. ; grease, 10d. to
II d. HUGHES & RONALD, Vool Brokers.
PROVISIONS : The demand for American beef this week
is less active, and the sales do not come up to the average.
Prices have not varied ; and though holders are free sellers
they do not press the market. Pork moves slowly and
in small quantities. There are speculative buyers to some
extent ready to come into the market should prices recede
a few few shillings per barrel. Bacon winds up steadily,
and there is appearance of an entire clearance of last sea •
son's cure before new begins to appear freely. Lard is
in limited request, and prices have declined is to 2s per
cwt. A good demand for cheese at steady prices. With
regard to the Irish butter trade, we have to remark th it
the market here has improved considerably. An exten-
sive business has been done this week, and, choice quali-
ties being scarce, an advance of Is to 2s per cwt has been
obtained for favourite southern brands. Good middling
descriptions have also met a better demand at full prices ;
inferior sorts nearly neglected. Waterford and Dungar-
von, 108 s to 1094; second-rate brands, 100 s to 104 s ;
Limerick and Sligo, 100 s to 104 s per cwt landed. Im-
ported from Ireland, from the 20th to the 26th ult., both
inclusive, 13,336 firkins, 15 kegs, 564 crocks, 557 boxes,
130 barrels butter, 18 bales bacon, 10 hhds 3 tierces hams,
4 tierces 1 firkin lard. At Cork the demand has improved,
and better prices paid.
METALS : In the metal market copper continues in good
demand, and there is a good business doing. Iron generally
is flat, although the Staffordshire masters determine to keep
the quarter-day's prices unaltered. Scotch pig have declined,
and the shipments show a considerable reduction as compared
with the corresponding weeks of last year. Lead is without
change. Spelter maintains its price, the stock being only
1,094 tons. Tin has scarcely been so buoyant, some prompts
falling due have caused some parcels of foreign to be offered ;
the demand, however, is good, and the market is in
a very healthy position. Tin plates are very scarce
and enquired for, From a Glasgow quarterly report just issued
we extract the following—While the demand for all manner
of iron has been such as to stimulate the production, and cause
a few more additional furnaces to be put in operation, yet the
home consumption and exports have slightly exceeded the
supply. The stocks have in consequence decreased, and are
now only 47,000 tons in warehousekeepen,' stores, and 28,000
tons in makers' hands. The prices have, notwithstanding, in
the almost entire absence of speculative operations, been corn
paratively steady ; the variations exhibited have
reached 2s per ton either above or below the average price for
the quarter of 77s 6d for No. 1 Gartsherrie, and of 72a 6d
For mixed numbers G.M.B. iron per ton.

FIRE AT WEST DEBBY.—Yesterday, the greater part
of a stack of hay, belonging to Mr. Cook, farmer, of
Millbank, West Derby, was destroyed by fire. The
engine from the Temple Court station was soon at the
place, but the fire was nearly extinguished before its
arrival. How the fire originated, is as yet unknown.
ACCIDENT ON THE RlVER.—Yesterday, as the schooner
Iris was making across the river for the Waterloo Dock,
she came in contact with a vessel lying in the river.
The vessel's martingale was carried away, and, falling on
board the Iris, struck the second mate on the head, and
caused a compound fracture of the skull. On reaching
the dock, he was removed to the Northern Hospital.,