The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-02-19 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

COT TON.
},H.;,, Pon receipt of the Arabia's news, a good demand set
„a.id large sales have been daily made since ; prices
t,tr,'e advanced, and close this eveninz, at ie. per lb.
a --ve the quotations of last week, with but a limited
quantity offeeng Th buying has been chiefly specu-
lativ with a •
view* to reselling here, or shipping, in the
!vela ()fan early settlement of the war. Our domestic
?:11ners !lave taken a fair amount. The French and
e:intinental buyers have had no adviees Er +m their
rerreesponclents since the
SO not operi:tetainceg.prospects transpired,land
onsequently
• liTHEkx IVIAelc-cr • —The particulars of operations
will he g,,iittli,ered 'fr?in'i.the following
.
bal— . u. L.,Ans,Feb. I.—lti'll eei.lits.f-o-r the. week 31,000
ae "' same week last year, 50,409 bales. Arabia's
t e; 'uns to hand, market excited ; sales 29,000 bates,
ije" to
to le higher. 2nd : S Iles to day 18,000 bales,
. ri ivt,:e s
. tending upwards ; middling 91c. Freight to
''
lirl)"1, id in British. 9-161 in American vessels
bales, Feb. 2nd —Receipts. for the week 2_,
to' ' same Week List year 9,000. Total excess by our
ba,,e, "113 day, 660 000. Sales for the week, 30,010
receipt ' . Sales to day not included, 15,000 bales. After
a.l, of a ivices per Arabia, prices advanced ie.
lavre,4,nv, Bic to Bac• Freight to Liverpool, 17-32 d ;to
A.. 11,...
4' Exchange on London, 7 to 71 per cent.
lijeSales to•day, 2,000 bales. Mfi iddling, e.
NI since"l"vinc; IR a statement of the movement in cot-
„,.
p revi ous three years:—

1 956, 1853
'4P43 t-8 " the 0tt,..-' t 245 000 t 329 000-1.946 000
Ss o Gregreat7l3..ooo 614 000 407.000 /00'000
Franc... ........ 231,000 137 090 137,000 1:i 9,000
Total E zuort a . othpr For. Ports. 176 000 96 000 89., 00 128 000
e,. on hand ........... . 1.124.000 347.000 633 0001 087 000
• ............ 65',.000 3,15 00 516,000! 619,006
Of wit!

leh during the past week, included in the above

kMeiptr ..
t:rporta to Great Britain
" Fr4nce.. .......
Other Fur. Ports
Total R t:r ois

95 000 121,000 120,000
, 1.20.0e0
76.000 43,000 31,000'i L 73,000
8 000 9,000 Iq,oooi 1'.,,000
9,0,0 6 000 5.000, 10.000
93,000 58,000 52,600 93,000

fiu--------------
660 ItY : Receipts—lncrease at the ports over last year
zepo°r3t° hales ; decrease compared with 1853, 41,000.
to
Famel---Increase to Great Britain, 99,000 bales; decrease
94,000 dates in 1853, 107,000. Increase to France,
to
r... bales ; same time 1833, 92.000. Increase to other
'''''' Ports, 80,000 bales; same time in 1853, 48,000.
hay.aß ongTbGIITS to Liverpool have declined, engagements
leen made at 3.16 d.; to Havre. Vic. per lb.
W. P. WRIGHT.
AIuItP:ARSTUFTS.-141y last was on the 28th ultimo, per
k • lea ; and from that date until Friday, our mar-
sofor flour and wheat ruled firm. The transactions in
ar were chiefly in the fancy and extra brands, suitable
ffikr Ihe home trade, on which a slight advance was
nr,utl'lled ; hut in the absence of any export demand of
-Qasequence, no improvement took place in the corn-
co descriptions, of which our stock principally
eter/risista• The news brought by the Arabia, that
Russia had accepted the terms off red by the allies, as
the
"is for a treaty of peace, were telegraphed from
Halifax on Friday, and had an effect similar to that
sta
Produced in the English markets. There was a complete
gnation in business, and common brands of flour were
fr
erly offered at a decline of fully
'wheat 25c per barrel, and
at 5e per bushel, without buyers. Indian corn.
has been quUe
neglected,ne and on receipt of the Arabia
advices, was offd a decline of from 4e to 6c, with-
lout transactions To day, flour• wheat, and corn, ruled
n:tiglY dull, and owing to the unsettled state of our
_kito.v;st
jis iota tssible to give correct quotations.
of va
specuort7The market for pork, under the influence
of thel e demand, sliaittly advanced in the early
part
thence'haass airi, ain receded, and the
prices are now about same
Mail. There has been some ex quoted by
bestlast
port those
for the
brands of tierce beef, at front 20 dull to 23 dole, while
the other sorts the market is qui.,, quiet, and the price a
shade lower. In the early part of the week, considerable
sales of' bacon for shipment were made, at a slight
advance on my last quotations, but the market now
closes quiet, and prices have again declined. L rd is a
Shade easier, closing at lOie to 10lic. Cheese is dull, at
from 9c to 10e.
Ott,s

-....—There is a better demand for crude whale, but
Prices remain unaltered.
Oth sorqets are nealecteS.
OIL CAKE. —Small parcels of we-n thin oblong are
pffered at 40 dols to 42 dols, hn. there are no buyers for
expfirt. City is 11-14 firm at front 44 dols to 46 dols.
NASAL si. •ttEs. —Common rosin bas been sold during
The week at 1 dol 50c, but is now held with more firm
t)ess, at 1 ,iOl 55c. Turpentine and spirits are rather
dull at quotations. '
Rica is dull, and more freely offered, at from 41e to
Ai-c.
ImpoitTs.—There is a better demand for sal sodl, and
SRNi lots to arrive have been placed at from 1 dol 51ic
t 0 I dot 62c. Soda ash continues in inoderata request
at from 21c to 93c. Linseed oil is dull under the
at rivices reCeived -by the Arabia, and may be quoted
88c to 90c. Pig iron is hell firm, and in moderate
A. CAMERON.
detnand, at 33 dols to 34 dols.

ACCIDENTAL AND SUDDEN DEATHS.—Thonrs Ashcroft,
vibe was inkared by a wall falling en him, in Waer-street.
thp 9th inst, died yfiste-day in the Northern hospital.
Cook, a resident (if Lansdale-street, died suddenly yes-
daulY• There will be inquests held in both these casesthis
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