The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-04-23 00:00:00

MR MORTIERN TIMES.--LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1846

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.

LrtrEEPOOL, TUESDAY EVENING.
The Liverpool Cotton market has been firm to-
day, and prices continued steady, The sales
amount to 10,000 bales, of which 3,000 have been
taken for speculation and export.
There has been a quiet feeling in the Liverpool
Share Market, and only a small business has
been done. Prices closed as follows
Aberdeen, 128 134. Chester and Birkenhead,
151 154. Caledonian, 304 304. Chester and
Holyhead, 16 161. Eastern Counties, 10 104.
East Lancashire, 194 194. Great Northern
234 231 Ditto A, 94 94. Great Western, 634
64. Lancashire and Yorkshire, Stock, 884 88/.
Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 17171. London
and North Western Stock, 1004 101. Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincoln, 281, 284. Ditto Pref., 114
12. Ditto New 6 per cent. Pref., 8 4p. Midland
Stock, 744 744. North British, 8 11-16 8 13-16.
North Staffordshire, 6 54d. South , Eastern and
Dover, 24 214. York, Newcastle, and Ber..
wick, 194 194. York and North Midland, 284
284. Leeds Capital Stock, 15.1 151. Buffalo and
Lake Huron, 14 14p. Dutch Rhenish, 14 11.
Great Western of Canada, 261 261. Ditto New
Shares, 34"3p. Ditto 2nd issue, 31 34p. Great
Luxembourg, 74 7d.

•The following is a statement of traffic receipts
of the Great Western Railway of Canada by pas-
senger and goods trains for the week ending 4th
April, 1856, and for the corresponding period
last year :-4th April, 1856—total receipts,
13,3441. 19s. 2d ; sth April, 1855—d0., 10,1291. 14s.
5d.; Increase, 3,215/. 4s. 9d. Aggregate gross re-
ceipts from the commencement of the current
half-year to date, 92,9691. 14s. 2d. sterling ; do.
for the corrresponding period last year, 63,4551.
7s. do.

In the Manchester Goods Market there has been
a very buoyant feeling to-day, and with a good
amount of business, higher prices have been paid
for both Goods and Yarns.

The Belgian government has published the
revenue returns for the quarter ended 31st March,
shewing the progressive increase and decrease in
the receipts compared with the corresponding
quarter of 1855. The principal items are as
follows :—Total receipts in 1856, 23,291,927 f,
against 20,191,170 f in 1855. Not only does the
first item show an increase of 3,100,657 f, but it is
greater than the estimated income at 22,991,000 f.
The increase upon the quarter of 1854 is 6,800,000 f.
In that year the total receipts amounted to 89,000 f,
and according to the above, the receipts of this
year are expected to reach 110,000,000 f. There
are only two items which show a decrease, viz.,
the duties on wines and sugar, but these are
trifling. The returns from railways, canals, postal
communicalion, &c., present an increase of
1.200,000 f, and a million and a half in the Customs
returns.
The weekly trade reports of the principal French
markets state that buyers are now more numerous,
both in the chief manufacturing towns, and the

departments, consequently business is more active
than it was at the beginning of the month. Those
who had held back during the Conferences have
now come forward since the official promulgation
of peace. In the departments where many of the
retail dealers had limited their purchases, stocks
are quite exhausted, and they have become press-
ing upon the manufacturers to meet the increasing
consumption. Speculators, at the same time are
ordering goods of all kinds extensively, and the
prices are rising rapidly. Advices from the manu-
facturing towns on silk and cotton fabrics are
satisfactory. Those of Alsace and Rouen are
exceptional on account of the rise in cotton and
wool and other raw materials ; at the same time
the large arrivals of cotton from the United States
are expected to relieve the market. The demand
for cotton yarns is considerable, and there is an
advance in prices at Colim, Maberly, and Breale.
The trade of Paris has not much improved since
the announcement of peace, and the shopkeepers
complain of dull trade compared with the same

month last year; but this is accounted for by the
active season which prevailed before the opening
of the exhibition. The Parisian manufacturers
are busy with foreign orders; but articles of bronze
and bijouterie are not much in request.
The following were the closing quotations of the
Foreign Exchanges :—Amsterdam short, 11 19 to
12. Do., 3 months, 12 1 to 12 If. Rotterdam,
do. 12 2to 12 21. Antwerp do., 25 62k to 25 874
Brussels, do., 25 621 to 25 671. Hamburg do, 13 111

to 13 111. Paris, short, 25 ail to 25 45. Do., three
months, 25 721 to 25 771. Marseilles, do, 25 72± to
25 771. Frankfort, do., 1211, to 121±. Vienna, do.
l 0 20 to 10 26. Trieste, do., 10 21 to 10 25
Petersburg, 361 to 37. Madrid, do., 491 to 492-
The Funds continue flat, and prices to-day
experienced a further rise of -k per cent, the quota-
tions closing at 931 93±, attributable to the remark-
able dullness of business, and to the belief that no
improvement in this respect can be expected during
the greater part of the present week, owing to the
general eagerness evinced to witness the naval
review at Portsmouth. The non realisation, up to
the present time, of the expectation that the bank
would rescind its seven per cent charge for bills
over 65 days, has also given rise to a
feeling of disappointment. The delay in the adop-
tion of this measure is believed to be chiefly
traceable to the exceptional withdrawals of gold,
against the Turkish loan, and the impression thus
remains, that its announcement is merely a ques-
tion of a week or two. If it be true that the dis-
count business is at present being diverted from
the bank to Lombard-street, and other quarters,
the abrogation of the 7 per cent charge will be
hastened. Beyond this, however, there seems
little idea at present of any further alteration in
the rates of discount. In the Discount Market

to-day, there was a good supply of money. At
Paris to-lay, the Three per Gent Rentes closed
nearly I- per cent lower than the final quotations of
yesterday. It is stated that Mr. Henry Caldecott,
of the Stock Exchange, whose suspension was
reported last settling day, has since arranged
to pay all his liabilities in full. The

Freight Market continues 'without animation,
and with very little enquiry for tonnage at present.
The government has done nothing in the engage
went of sailing transports for bringing home the
army, horses, &e. It is presumed, therefore, that
the return of the army is uncertain, or that the
steam transports still in the service are considered
sufficient for the purpose. There is still an active
bnsiness doing in the Russisn trade, tonnage
being in good demand. Steamers are already return-
ing into the peaceful service of commerce. The
Railway Share Market to-day was sensibly weaker.
The prices of Railway Shares closed as follows:
Caledonian, 604. Eastern Counties, 10 10k. East
Lancashire, 76 78. Great Northern, 944 95. Ditto
A. 783 791. Great Western, 634 63i. Lancashire
and Yorkshire, 88i 888. London and North
Western, 1001 101. Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincolnshire, 28-1- 29 Midland Stock, 741-, 744.
North British, 343 35k. York, Newcastle, and
Berwick, 78 79. York and North Midland. 561 56/