The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-26 00:00:00

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL

LIVERPOOL, . TUESDAY EVENING.

The repeated announcements of the arrival of
bullion which we are called on to make, are
scarcely lessurgent or important than the
,satis-
factory intelligence we receive from abroad respect-
ing the supplies of corn. From France, we learn
that the government has very considerately granted
provisions to the proprietors of pigs to feed their
stocks gratis, on the acorns •of the royal forests.
ThiS measure will very materially economise the
grain and potato supplies. From Paris, we find
that while the price of bread has been rising there,
a fall has taken place in the Gers and Tarn-et-
Garonne, the Basses Pyrenees, and the other
neighbouring departments. At Miranda the fall
has been 3fr. the hectolitre. And what is still
more satisfactory, it is now admitted that the
quality of the wheat this year is superior to that
of the preceeding year, giving from 15 to 20
per cent. more in bread. By the lalest advices
from Ancona it appears that the yield of wheat has
been this year, in that province one-third less than
in 1852, namely, 86,601 measures (rubbia), in place
of 134,192. But no corn whatever has been alloWed
to leave the province during the present year, a large
quantity of foreign grain has been imported into it
already. From Madrid we learn that the price of
Wheat had fallen. from •50 to 40 and 45 real per
fanega. From the Bannat the latest news states,
that this year the harvest is more than sufficient
for the wants of Austria, and that a great quantity
of corn can be exported. In Hungary prices are
falling. While the price of bread at Brussels for the
next week is fixed at 49c the two-pound loaf first
quality. This is the substance of the European
intelligence which will be conveyed to America
from these several points by the next' mail, and the
influence it must have on prices must be clearly
foreseen; while it ought to serve as'a guide to our
own markets. We still recommend caution.

We yesterday gave a return of "the Cotton on sea,
from the United States to Liverpool," and we have
now to report the quantity of gold on sea from Aus-
tralia to this country as follows :

Ounces.
From Sydney— Surge 6,320
Do. American Lass 6OO
Melbourne Marlborough 69,267
E 50,911

Do. ...ssex oo,t.
Do. Port Wallace lO,lOB
" Geelong Royal George... 16,395

• Total 153,601
These arrivals will amount to about 614,4001., to
'which:We shall. have to add the specie which will
be brought by the Cleopatra and Argo steamers,
which are hourly expected to arrive. The specie
brought by the Charlotte Jane, is ascertained to be
worth 155,2881., which makes the aggregate amount
received from Australia within the last two days,
411,2881., which does not include the amount
brought by the Portland Bay, which has not yet
been reported. •
The London Stock. Market improved consider-
ably when it became known that the arrivals of
bullion had been so large. The business done,
however, was of a speculative character. Consols
for money and time were done at 91,-1 to 911. New
34 per Cents., 921 92k; Reduced, 904 904 ; Bank
Stock, 212; India Stock, 2454 249; India Bonds,'
2s. dis. ; Exchequer Bills par to-4s. prem.
There was little done in Foreign Stocks, with the
exception of Mexicans, which rose 1 per cent.,
owing to the receipt of a telegraphic message, by
way of New Orleans and < Boston, that the
Mexican Government had arranged for the
immediate payment of one dividend, and
a remittance of 50,000/. had been sent forward for
that purpose by the English packet to Col. Facio.
The Three per Cents. improved to
.248 244 ; ditto
Account, 244; Russian Bonds Five 'per Cents.,
114 ; -ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 964; ditto
Small, 964 971 ; Dutch Exchange Two-and-a-Half
per Cent, 62 628. _
Railway Shares have generally improved. Cale-
donians 491. Eastern Counties 114. Great North-
erns 75, but fell to. 744: Great Westerns 794. Lan-
cashire and York Shire 624 62. London and North
Western 1014 1024. Midland 58 584. South East-
erns 574. French Railway Shares have also im-
proved.
Mining Shares were also better. Banks, &c. show
an improvement. Australian Companies steady,
little doing.
The Liverpool Cotton Market was not so brisk
to-day, as it was yesterday, but prices were well
sustained. The sales amount to 5,000 bales, of which
500 were taken for export.
Our Share Market showed some slight indication
of revival but the business done was of a specula-
tive and limited kind. We again repeat that a bet-
ter state of things may be anticipated, and that
speedily. The current quotations will be found in
another part of our paper,
BULLION MARKET AND FOREIGN EXCHANGES,
We give the current prices of Gold, as follows, to
assist the merchant in calculating the rates of
Foreign Exchange, by the actual current rates of
bullion,. as last reported :-
London, 775. 9d. ; Paris, -; Hamburgh,-; Am-
sterdam, -; Vienna, - ; St. Petersburg, - ; Ber-
lin, -; Milan, ----; Constantinople, - ; Alexandria,
-; Bombay, -; Calcutta, - ; Hong Kong,- ;
Sydney, 745. 9d. to -s. ; Port Phillip, 775. 6d ; Adelaide,
-; Victoria, 775. 6d. ; Ovens, 765. 6d..; Montreal, -;
New 'York, ---; Boston, £3 17s. 9d.; San Francisco,
; Mexico, -; Brazils, -; Geelong, 775. 6d.
We subjoin a return of the Foreign Exchanges,
calculated according to the London Mint price 'of
£3 17s. 104 d. the ounce
Amsterdam, short, 11 164 to -• 17 ; do, 3 months, 11 18,
to - 19 ; Rotterdam, 3 m. 11 181 to - 194 ; Antwerp,
3m. 25:35 to 40 ; Brussels, 3m.2535t0 - 40 ;
Hamburg, 3m. 13 61- to - 74; Paris, short, 25 sto
- 10 ; do, 3 m. 25 35 to - 40 ; Marseilles, 3 m. 25 374;
to 42i ; Frankfort, 3m. 1204 to 120 i ; Vienna,. 3m. 11 15
to 19 ; Trieste, 3m. 11 18. to 11 22 ; Petersburgh, 374
to 37i ; Madrid, 3 m. 494 to 50 ; Cadiz, 3m. 50 to 501- ;
Leghorn, 3 in. 30 10 to 30 20 • Genoa, 3m. 25 15 to 25 50;
Naples, 3 m. 41t to' 42; Palermo, 3 m. 1241 to 1241;
Messina, 3 m. 1244 to 125 ; Lisbon, 3 m. - to 541 ;. Oporto,
3m. 53k to 531 ; R. Janeiro; 60 days, 28 to 291 • New
York, ditto, 1094 to 110 ; Boston, ditto, - to - ; Foreign
Gold in bars, £3 17s. 9d. ' • Mexican Dollars, Cs. Od. Silver
in bars stand, Os. Od. ; East India Company's Bills. House
Bills 60 ds ; Calcutta Co's Rupee, 2s: 44d. ; Bombay do. 6 mo.
Os. 15-16ths, ; Madras do., 2s. 44d ; Hong Kong, 6s. 9d. to
Os. 104 d. ; Sydney, 30 ds.l dis., 1 pr. ; Adelaide, 30 ds. 1 dis.,
0 pr.; Launceston, 30 ds., 1 dis. 1 pr. ; Hobart. Town, 30 ds.
0 dis. 1 pr. • Wellington, &c., 15 ds., 1 dis., 2 pr. ; Geelong
05 de., 4 dis., * pr. ; Alexandria, 991; Shanghae, 7s. Od. to
Os. ld.; Canton, to