The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-15 00:00:00

REVIEW FOR THE WEEK.

Sugar.—The Refiners having come more freely into the
market, the sale of B. P. are rather extensive, amounting to
1350 Ude., but prices may generally may be quoted 6d easier
3000 bags of Bengal have also been sold at a similar decline--
Foreign.—The sales of the week are confined to 30 Mids. 60

brls. Porto Rico at 34s to 40s per cwt. duty paid, and 2700
bags Muscovado Manilla at 17s 6d to 18s in bond. Molasses
continue in good demand, and rather higher prices paid for 470
puns., viz. 16s 6d for indirect St. Vincent, 17s 9d for Antigua,
and IBs 6d per cwt. for fine Porto Rico, all from the quay.
Coffee.—The sale are limited to 50 tees. Jamacica, 100 bags
Bahia, and 100 bags St. Domingo, at steady rates. Rice.—
A small parcel of of Carolina sold at 23s 6d to 24s 6d, 1500
bags of Bengal at 14s 3d to 14s 9d, and 20,000 bags of Arracan
at lie 6d from the quay, and lis 9d per cwt in store. Rum.
is still in good request, and the market has been cleared of late
imports, at extreme prices, the sales being 200 puns. Jamaica
and 200 puns. Demerara.

Tea —There is a good demand for nearly all kinds of Congou
at rather improved prices, but holders are not free sellers, wait-
ing the delivery of the Overland Letters to-morrow. Some of
the new crop Congous have arrived in London; a few of the
finest have sold at 2s 6d per lb. ; they are deficient in strength
and make of leaf as compared with last season.
Nothing reported in Indigo or Lac Dye ; 170 chests of Shell
Lac have been disposed of at 32s 6d to 50s, as in quality, about
60 bales Turkey Gum Arabic at 51s 6d per cwt., 16 casts

Java Cochineal at 4s. per lb., 50 bales heated Cutch at 555,
250 bags Sago Flour at 21s 6d to 235, 250 bags Pearl Sago at
19s to 20s, 1200 bags Myrabolams at Os 6d to 13s 6d per cwt.,
and n few cases Cantor Oil at 3•1,1 to 4d per lb. A apaeulativa
demand has appeared for Saltpetre, and about 1500 bags sold
at 27s 6d to 30s 3d for 9 to 11 per cent. refraction, being an
advance of is to is 6d per cwt. Nitrate of Soda continues
steady, and 600 bags sold at 17s 6d per cwt.
In Dyewoods only a moderate business has been done, 'the
transactions consisting of 100 tons Jamaica and St. Domingo
Logwood at £5 to £.5 2s 6d, 35 tons Ceara Fustic at £6 12s 6d
to £7 2s 6d, 25 tons Lima Wood at £l3 10s to £l4. and 10
tons Sapan Wood at £l5 per ton. No sales in Turpentine,
but of Tar 500 barrels Stockholm have been sold at 20s fid per
barrel. American Resin still in good demand ; 2500 barrels
sold at 6s 3d to 7s for common, to 12s 6d per cwt. for fine.
Ashes have continued in good request, and 1000 barrels sold
at, 30s for Pot, and 28s per cwt. for Pearl. 500 bags Bombay
Linseed sold at 54s 6d per quarter, and sales have been made
in American Cloverseed at 49s to 50s, and German at •47, per
cwt. The market for Hides continues dull ; 1640 dry salted
Brazil have been sold at sid, and 2500 wet salted at 4d to
4P per lb., which are rather lower rates.
The demand for Brimstone has been limited, only small lots
having been taken, at previous prices. For Shumac there is
more enquiry, and about 1000 bags Sicily sold, chiefly to arrive,
at extreme rates. Argols are scarce, and command high prices.
Tartar has again advanced, Cream having been sold at 12.55,
grey at 9.55, and common brown at 90s per cwt. The transac-
tions in Turkey Madder Roots are too trifling to notice, but 300
bales Bombay are reported at 20s to 335, with all faults, and at
37s 6d per cwt. for sound. The business done in Olive Oil
amounts to about 60 tuns, chiefly in the common descriptions.
50 tuns Seal Oil are reported at the quotations, and 40 tuns
Cod at £33 to £33 lOs per tun. Linseed and Rape Oil are
quiet, without change in price. Spirits of Turpentine are in
fair request at 59s to 60s per cwt. A good demand still exists
for Palm Oil, particularly for arrival; about 800 tuns on the
spot have been sold this week at £39 5s to £4O, and 1500 tuns
to arrive at £4O per tun. For Petersburg Y.C. Tallow the
inquiry has been limited, but the market is steady at 58s 6d to
598; about 4(10 pipes South American brought 56s to 57s per
cwt. A limited business has been done in Lard at 59s to 60s
per cwt. Nothing worthy of notice has taken place in Baltic
Hemp, but 35 hales fine white Manilla have been sold at £5B
per ton. No sales reported in Jute.
COTTON : —There has been a more general demand for
Cotton this week than for a long time past, more particularly
since Saturday last, the sales since when having never reached
less than 7,000 bales per day. Spinners still buy merely for
the supply of their present wants, but as they are nearly all
out of stock, their purchases now reach a fair amount; for ex-
port and on speculation we have generally had demand for about
1,500 bales a day ; so that the business upon the whole has
been quite sufficient to sustain prices, and a better tone and
feeling has been manifested throughout the week. Political
affairs, as regards the Eastern question, are as unsettled in ap-
pearance as ever, and the labour question, immediately affecting
the Preston spinners, is not' likely to be arranged without a
"turn-out." The money market is a little less stringent. On the
other hand, the reports concerning the American crop are still
somewhat unfavourable. American cotton has been easier of
sale, and all qualities, from middling to fair, are a shade dearer,
more particularly New Orleans descriptions, which are be-
coming scarce. In Brazils there is no change whatever to no-
tice. Egyptians are still heavy upon the market, and difficult
of sale. In Surats there has been quite an extensive business
doing for •consumption as well as for export, buyers being
tempted by low prices, and all qualities are now a shade dearer.
3,750 bales American, 30 Egyptian, and 3,050 Surat, have
been taken on speculation and for export, and 30,470 bales2by
the trade. The actual export consists of 440 American, 40
Brazil, &c., and 150 East India • in all 630 bales. The im-
ports for the week are 14,122 bales, and the total sales 37,300
bales.

Pnowstorrs.—The transactions in Beef during the past
week have been to a moderate extent only, without alteration
in value. At full prices there has been rather more doing in
Pork, and holders show increased firmness. Bacon sells very
slowly, owing chiefly to• the unsuitable character of the stock
now left. In Shoulders there is no new feature. The sales of
Lard for the week• are reported at 50 tons, at former prices.
The demand for Cheese is far from active, and lower rates only
induce buyers to come forward. Linseed Cake is in active
demand. Tallow is in steady request, at the quotations. The
Corn Market has assumed a much quieter aspect, and prices
for all articles have slightly given way under a pressure to
effect sales by speculators desirous of realizing a profit; many,
holders, however, display much firmness, and anticipate higher
rates. We quoted a decline on Tuesday of Id per 70 lbs. on
Wheat, and is to is 6d per barrel on Flour, but yesterday
prices improved, and at To-day's market there was a steady
business transacted at the recovered rates of this day week,
ending with a decidedly upward tendency.

STAMPS ON PROMISSORY NOTES.—A question
having been put to the office of Inland Revenue, whether a
promissory note payable on demand, but not to bearer,
drawn on a penny stamp, with the impression "On demand,"
be a legal security, Mr. Keogh has replied :—" I am directed
by the board to inform you that the promissory note referred
to, is wholly worthless, and cannot be properly stamped, even
on payment of a penalty. The recent Act of Parliament,
imposing a duty of ld. on draughts, or orders for payment
of money to the bearer, or to order on demand, has nothing
whatever to do with promissory notes, the duties on which,
are unaltered by that act."