The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-03-29 00:00:00

REVIEW OF THE WEEK,

Tea : The market continues very inactive, and common
Congous are neglected ; some few parcels of the flavoury to
good blackish-leaf kinds have been taken by the trade at
rather easier rates; in other descriptions of blacks and
greens the sales are small at barely previous prices. There
has been but little done in East India drysaltery articles ;
the chief sales consist of 15 chests Oude and Kurpah Indigo
at 3s 3d to 3s 4d, also 40 serous Guatimala at 3s 7d to 5s
3d per lb, a few chests Bengal Safflower at 955, 50 bales
Gambier at 17s 6d, 60 bags Turmeric at 325, a few bags
Gum Senegal at 55s 61 per cwt, 40 bales Senna at 34c1 to
30 per lb. 300 bags of Sago Flour, at 20s for arrival, and
22s in store, also a small lot of pearl Sago at 26s per cwt.
Of Saltpetre, 500 bags brought 34s for 8-1 to 94
per cent. refraction, being again rather higher, and
350 tons of Nitrate of Soda 16s 6d to 17s per cwt.
The transactions in Dyewoods are very small, but in price
there is no alteration, and consist of 60 tons Campeachy
Logwood at a 10s to £8 12s 6d, 20 tons St. Domingo at
£7 2s 63, 35 tons Cuba Fustic at £7 15s to £B, 12 tons
Spanish at £5 12, 63, 1 0 tons Red sanders Wood at £B,
10 tons Bar wood at £6 7s 63, and 7 tons Cam wood at
£25 10s per ton. No sates returned of Turpentine, and of
American Tar only 130 brls at 12s to 16s per brl, according
to size. The sales of American Rosin are limited this week
to 900 brls, at 4s 9d for common quality, to 8s per cwt
for the better descriptions. 250 brls Pot Ashes sold at 35s
63 to 36s per cwt. Linseed continues in limited demand ;
500 quarters Calcutta have been sold, at 56s to 60s
for rather inferior to good quality, and a small parcel
of inferior Bombay at 60s per quarter. No inquiry. for
Rapeseed. There are no transactions to report in Hides.
Brimstone has been in fair demand, and 400 tons sold at
£5 7s 6d to £5 Its 6d per ton, one half to arrive. In
Argols a small business has been done ; retail sales Oporto
red were made at 43s 6fl to 465, and in fine white at 85s ;
a few casks Cream Tartar were taken at 110 s, 10 casks
discoloured at 106 s to 108 s 6d, and 7 casks grey at 945 to
102 s 6d ; 250 bags Palermo Sumac changed hands at 12s
to 12s 6d, and 50 bags Tyrol at 8s 33 ; 27 bales Persian
Berries are returned at 58s 6d, and 15 bags blue Galls at
70s per cwt. A good business has been done in Olive Oil,
but the inquiry still runs on Lisbon ; the sales are 190 tuns,
and last week's rates are maintained; some Galipoli, how-
ever, has been sold, but prices are not reported. Nothing
worthy of notice has taken place in Seal Oil. Linseed
Oil continues in moderate request at 34s to 31s
6d, and pale Rape at 508 per cwt, 200 barrels American
Spirits of Turpentine are reported at 34s to 35s per cwt.
300 tons Palm Oil sold at £3B to £39 per ton. Small sales
of Tallow are reported, at 51s to .52s for Petersburg Y.C.,
and at 49s to 51s per cwt for South American. 150 to 200
tons Lard sold at 54s to 56s per cat. There has been
rather more disposition to do business in Jute, but prices are
still very irregular ; 1,200 bales have changed hands during
the week, the prices of which have not been allowed
to transpire. 100 bales Bombay Hemp are reported at £l6 to
£l6 15s, and 1,300 bundles Coir Yarn at £22 2s 6d per ton.
Grain.—Wheat has met a fair consumptive inquiry during
the week, at a decline of about 3d per 701bs• on inferior
descriptions ; in the finer qualities there is no change to
notice. Flour has only experienced a moderate sale, at a
reduction of about is per barrel and sack. The recent
arrivals of Indian Corn not having yet appeared on the
market, only a small amount of business has been transacted,
at a decline of 6d to Is per quarter. Oats and Oatmeal each
dull, and the latter must be noted 6d per load cheaper.
Egyptian Beans have been more dealt in, at a decline of is
per 4801bs.
ENSUING SALES BY AUCTION.—Monday, 31st March :
1 cask Tartaric Acid; 200 tons Animal Charcoal, all faults.
Tuesday, Ist April: 35 bales Jute; 20 tons Spirits of
Turpentine ; 15 do Rosin Oil ; 1,000 brls Rosin , 10 tons
Vegetable Wax ; 40 do Fish Oil ; 1,300 bags Niger, and
2,000 pockets Gingelly Seed; 773 dry salted Hides.
Wednesday, 2nd : 8 casks Tartar ; 66 ewes Cowries; 100
tons Lima Wood ; 163 serons Gum Gedda ; 72 sacks
Farina ; 54 chests Lac Dye ; 26 do brown Tartar; 62 bags
Cutch ; 4 cases Red Dye ; 38 do Wood Oil. Thursday,
3rd : 20 tuns Sperm Oil; 12,220 bundles Rattans. Friday,
4th : 186 tons Boxwood. Tuesday, Bth : 6,000 dry salted
Kips. Thursday, 10th : 40,000 Ox and Cow, and 5,000
Buffalo Horns.

The Paris correspondent of the Times, (Wednesday
night), says—The Congress meet to-day again, the third
day consecutively since Sunday, and it will very pro-
bably continue to meet from day to day till the conclu-
sion. The writer refrains from naming any day for the
signing of the treaty, but is of opinion that everything
will be arranged this week. In order to avoid accidents
from the resumption of hostilities on the 31st, a message
has been, or will be, sent to the Crimea, directing that
hostilities are not to be recommenced without further
orders.

THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.—We have received files of
papers from Cape Town to the Sth of January inclusive.
Everything is going on satisfactorily in the colony. The
cape tun rii of the Bth of January says :—" Our intel-
ligence from beyond the borders has now for a long time
been confined to works of peace, with scarcely an indica-
tion of trouble or discontent. This, we trust, is as much
the effect of justice and kindness as of force, though
force is present, and ready to repress commotion at any
moment."

THE CHURCH RATE QUESTION.—A fcw months ago we
had occasion to state that church rates were virtually
abolished in the large towns of Northumberland and
Durham by those vestries that were open to the
parishioners; for some of the vestries are ruled by
ancient select vestries, self-elected. The Dissenters are
now carrying their operations into the rural districts, and
where the question is raised the farmers mostly back
them. At Walisend, and at other places this Easter,
after stormy meetings, church rates have been negatived.
NAusricious OMEN IN FueNcE.—Not only he well-known
chestnut-tree in the gardens of the Tuileries this year
was in leaf on the 20th March, but a number of others,
principally cherry, peach, and apricot trees, were in
Sower,