The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-10-03 00:00:00

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.
oI..•.•MMINED

Lii-ERPOOL, MURSDAY tVENII4II.
but Cotton Market. tCAay Niral3 father steady;
with '.sales to a moderate extent, . at the full
currency of yesterday. The transactions sum
up 7,000 bales, 500 of which were on speculation.
The advices received by the Cambria this after-
noon, Nine ..to hand too- late to influence the
market. AtNew York, the sales averaged 1,500
bales daily, and prices had advanced lie per lb.
The Livepool Share Market was not so firm to-day,
With'a moderate amount of business doing. The,
transactiona.corisist of Caledonians, 271: 1. Great
Western,.6s. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 951, 2,1,
London Stock, 10171-, 102. Manchester,
Sheffield; -and Lincolnshire, - 32.. Midland,. 744,
1,7, 7, 61, 1,7, 7. North Eastern, 199.
Doveis, 201. Manchester, Sheffield, and. Lincoln-
shire, 916 pm. North Western, 151. shares, 22.
Dutch-Rhenish, 1 11-16 p. Liverpool Borough
Bank, 111. The closing rates aro thus reported :
-Aberdeen, 134134. Chester and Birkenhead
151 154. Caledonian, 271 271. Chester and Holy:
head, 154 164. Eastern Counties, 81.9. East Lan-
eashire, 20201. Great Northern, 234 231. Do: A,
10 101. Great Western: 044 65. Lancashire and
Yorkshire, Stock, 953 954 Liverpool, Crosby, and
Southport, 181 184 London and North Western
Stoek."101;1- 1018. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin-
coln, 314.32. Midland Stock, 764 77. North British,
91 04. North Staffordshire, 54 sd. South Eastern
and Dover, 201 20 15.16. • York, Newcastle; and
Berwick, 191 20: York and North Midland, 274-271.
Leeds Capital Stuck, 174. 171.- Buffilo and Lake
Huron, 4 id. Dutch Rhenish, 1 7-16 1 9-16 p.
Great Western of Canada, 221 xd 224. Do. new
ahares, 14 Ad 14p. Great Luxembourg, 111 11d.
-.The Directors of the Bank of England made no
further change at their meeting to-day, and there
is now an easier feeling with regard to the Money
Market. y The enquiry, however, is. still active, and •
them' semis every probability of continued pres-
sure during the next few weeks: It may be men-
tioned a3u.singular fact that, notwithstanding the
high rates .current yesterday, loans for short periods •
were obtainable on the Stock Exchange at 44 per
cent. The policy of the advance yesterday is con-
sidered sound, and, according to a London evening
cotemporary, it further restriction shall be carried
out, it will not create surprise but at present the
step adopted .may be considered sufficient to
produce premonitory caution. As this innovation
has only been. resorted to on special occasions, it
may be presumed that the directors were fully
conscious of its absolute necessity, and it is known
' that the demand for money at the Bank within
the last two. days has been exceedingly heavy.
The trade. of the country, however, continues
healthy, and there is little apprehension of any
unsatisfactory 're 'nits, even if the rate should be
carried to 51 or 6 per cent. The Funds are now
firmer,
.Consols being 921 931 for Money, and 934
934 for November. Exchequer Bills are 7s to 10s
prem., and East India Bonds, 10s to 14s prem.
• A very moderate business was transacted in the
London Share Market to-day, and prices were steady.
Caledonian, however, have rather improved, being
quoted 55. Great Northern A stock is 80 to 804.
Great Western, 611 MI. Lancashire and York-
shire, 941, 951, and 96. North Western,loll 102/
South Western, 1031 1031. Midland, 764 764.
North British, 37. North Eastern, Berwick, 784
791. North Eastern, York, 544 55, and South
Eastern, 691. The Foreign and Colonial Lines are
rather lower. Great Indian Peninsular are 21 to
211. Great Western of Canada, 221 224. Lom-
bardo-Venetian, 101 ; and Paris and Lyons, '44
Pernambuco are 54 54. Joint Stock Bank Shares
rule very dull, with little or no alteration in prices.
Bank of London are 614. City Bank 64. 'London
and County, 31 311; and Ottoman Bank, 71. Mis-
cellaneous Shares are inactive at rather lower rates.
Canada Government 6 per Cents. are quoted 111;.-.1
WI. General Steam, 121. National Dis-
c,,unt Company, lfl ; and New South Wales
Government Debentures, 1004.

In the Market for Breadstdffs there is no change
of importance. Prices keep pretty firm. From
the Customs Bill of Entry, we learn that the duties
received on corn, flour, and meal, imported into
Liverpool, in the months of August and September,
1856, were-32,4131 19 51, viz.: in August,
15,2761 18s 9d ; and in September, 17,1371 Os Bd.
The movements in the London Tobacco Trade
during the monthjust ended, is thus referred to in
Messrs. Grant, Hodgson, & Co.'s circular, issued
to-day:—

The market has not exhibited any change during last
month, sales may be estimated at 500 hhds, including
upwards of 70 hhds of export descriptions taken at
extreme rates, of new import ex Tempest. 60 hhds of
middling export leaf taken for home consumption, and
350 hhds of strips at full quotations. Transactions for
the trade have been generally of a limited character, and
independent of the general indisposition, under ordinary
circumstances, to purchase at this particular period, the
recent advance in prices has had the effect of materially
contracting business, and recent accounts of the un-
favourable state of the crop in the West, have not
influenced buyers to purchase beyond their immediate
wants. The sanguine expectations of importers have not
yet been responded to by the trade, and we do not antici-
pate any improved demand until sampling has made some
progress, and a more accurate judgment can he formed as
to the future state of the market. A small parcel of
strips, ex Tempest, has been sampled, and which may be
described as good middling quality, but deficient in
colour ; and we are of opinion that this will be generally
characteristic of the present year's importation.

Yesterday was "settling day" on the Paris
Bourse, when there was a general disposition to
sell Stock, rather than carry over to the next
Account, with a further decline: in the French
Funds of lf 5o in the 3 per Cents, and if the
per Cents. The rates of continuation .were very
heavy, and attain as high as 14 per cent, which
deterred many from holding on their stock. In
the Railway Market there was likewise a decline,
but not so great as it was in the Funds. Lyons
declined 7if ; Orleans, 71f; Midland improved 7-if;
Grand Central, 101; and Eastern, Old, tq. Bank
.Stock declined 151, and Credit Foncier, 301. -
The advices from Frankfort mention that the
committee appointed by the principal bankers and
merchants of that city, to enquire into the currency
question, for the purpose of relieving the Money
Market, have resolved, at a meeting held on the
27th ult., and which was confirmed at a general
meeting of their financial constituents, that the
silver coins of one-fourth and one-sixth of the
Prussian thaler, French pieces of two and a half
francs, and Dutch single florin and two and a half
florin pieces, will be received in payment of letters
of exchange. The rate of discount on the 30th ult.,
was 6 per cent.
Accounts from Vienna state that affairs on the
Bourse at the close of last month were recovering
from their depressed condition, but that the specu-
lators had lost seriously by the fall in the public
funds, as well as all other stocks quoted on
'Change. The public, however, had come forward
to invest largely at the reduced quotations, which
had the effect of checking the downward movement.
At the close of the Bourse on the 30th ult. the
Austrian funds had recovered l per cent, and the
Shares of the New Credit B Atilt had advanced from
324. to 332. Money was still dear, and the
premium upon the precious metals 61 per cent.
It is announced by the Austrian Gazette that the
government have resolved on adopting this basis
of gold for their system of metallic currency, and
it is probable that it will be adopted by all the
principal states of the Germanic Canfederation.

A New DODGE.--A young fellow imposed upon a mer-
cantile firm in this town, yesterday afternoon, by calling at
their office with a parcel (apparently patterns), addressed
to the United States, and directed to their care. The
charge demanded was 7s 6d ; and as the artful rogue
professed the parcel to have come from Paris, and brought
a delivery b Kik of the London and North Western
Rail way fyr register, it was immediately paid. It is scarcely
nee,ss iry to aid that the parcel contained nothing but some
tloithles - rubbish ; and as this ingenious yourg gentleman
will, no doubt, be trying the same tricks with tradesmen
and householders, they would do well to be on their guard.
THE BAZAAR, AT BIRR.E.NEIRAD.—thIritiZ the last three
days a bazaar has been held at the Town Hall, Birkihead,
in aid of the funds of the Vietoria•street Schools, attached
to the Hamilton.square Chapel. There were seven stalls,
laid out with great taste, and superintended by the ladies
belonging to the Rev. James Mann's congregation. The
stalls present( d a most brilliant array of tasteful and elegant
articles and fancy work, as well as a variety of curiosities in
science and natural history. The visitors have been so
numerous, and the sales so successful, that nearly £2OO has
been received from the disposal of articles, and from admis-
sion at the doors. Tho general arrangements of the
bazaar, and particularly the decorations of the room, were
under the superintendence of Mr. Skinner, and a committee
of gentlemen interested in the schools. To Mr. Skinner,
the committee, and the ladies, who so kindly and so
generously came forward with their cantributions, great
Traise is due; and, doubtless, the schools will soon be
relieved entirely from the incubus of debt.