The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-10-07 00:00:00

COTTON : The market opened this morning With a good
demand, and holders asked full prices ; since it has become
known that the Bank has raised its rate of discount from
5 to 6 and 7 per cent the enquiry has lessened, and more
disposition to effect sales has been evinced. Prices are the
same as on Friday. The sales—including 170 Marauhams
bid to 7d, 500 Babias 61d to Gld, 300 Egyptians 61d to 93,
1,000 Surats 41d to s&d—are reported 8,000 bales, of which
2,500 are on speculation and for export.
CATTLE :At to-day's market beef was 20s, and sheep is
to 2s a-head lower than last week. There was a fair
attendance of buyers, but the supply was too great to get
tolerably clear without the above reduction; a very few
wanadrdls4 ;
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superior beasts made 6id per Ib, but the great bulk of the
m'ddling and inferior classes were sold at much lower
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LONDON

The following public sales are declared for to-morrow
—Sugar : 450 hhds of West India, 7,300 bags of Mauri.
tius, 3,500 bags of Bengal, 1,800 bags of Penang, 1,000
bags of Madras. Coffee : 170 casks and 200 bags of plan-
tation Ceylon. Saltpetre : 1,000 bags. Rice : 2,800
bags.

The markets since Friday have been steady but inactive,
the public sales for the present week being large.
SUGAR: 500 tons of Manilla sold aflaat, the price not
named.
RICE Prices remain firm with a limited demand.
TEA : Large public sales are advertised for Thursday.
The market has a firm appearance.
FRUIT : Currants are quoted from 723 to 765. A cargo
of Valencia raisins, just, arrived, sold at 525.
COTTON: No sales reported.
In other articles no alteration.
TALLOW: The tallow market is steady, with but little
doing. The annexed are the quotations :--Town tallow,
51s 6d nett cash ; Petersburg Y.C. on the spot, 51 s ; last
three months, 50s.

Stock on hand......
Delivery last week,
Do. from Ist June.
Arrival last week...
Do. from Ist June
Price Y.C. per cwt..
Do. Town.. .....

PARTICULARS OP TALLOW

1855. I 1856.

31,368 26,476 7,963
1,450 2 746' 3.155
23 358 44,131 41,082
1,093 793 3,184
18,726 ; 19,885 32,065
633 Od 6►s Od 51s Od
64s 91 64s Od 54s 3d

Arrival for the week ending Oct. 13, last year, 4,426 casks, and
delivery 4 983 casks. The arrival I •st week comprised 8,398 casks
from Fuss a, 763 casks from Australia, and 3 casks from other
places. Total, 3,184 casks.
13,)/tOUGFI Hop The demand for fine Sussex and Weald
of Kent hops continues good at late prices. Duty,
£250,000.

CORN : The supply of English wheat by land carriage
samples from Essex and Kent was small this morning;
the bulk in bad condition; tine qnalities were 2s to 33 per qr
dearer ; other descriptions is to 23, condition considered.
In foreign wheat a fair business was done at is improve-
ment. American flour 64 to is dearer. Barley enquired
for at 13 to 23 dearer. Oats in short supply, and the turn
in pricelagainst the buyer. Beans and pease maintained
last Monday's quotations. Arrivals into London from
Sept. 29 to Oct. 4 : —Coastwise, English, 3,830 qrs wheat;
1,008 qrs barley ; 1,250 qrs malt ; 143 qrs oats ; 437 qrs
beans; 371 qrs pease; 1,167 sacks dour.—Scotch, 45 qrs
barley.—lrish, 31 qrs malt ; 7,260 qrs oats • 8 sacks flour.
—Soreign, 28,024 qrs wheat ; 3,337 qrs barley ; 16,871 qrs
oats ; 5,723 bras flour.—Eastern Counties Railway, 6,724
qrs wheat; 1,380 qrs barley; 5,099 qrs malt; 930 qrs oats;
395 qrs beans ; 381 qrs peas ; 12,071 sacks flour.—Great
Northern Railway, 1,581 qrs wheat; 102 qrs barley; 375
qrs malt; 2,291 qrs oats; 2,015 sacks flour.—Exported,
1,447 qrs wheat; 427 qrs barley; 67 qrs oats; 6 qrs beans;
150 qrs pease; 2,582 cwts flour.

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CATTLE : The number of beasts, although smaller than
of late, is still large. The weather is also unfavourable,
consequently the trade is dull. The choioest qualities,
being scarce, are rather dearer. The supply of sheep is
very short. Prices have advanced a little on all descrip-
tions. Calves are selling about the same as on Friday.
From Germany and Holland there are 2,517 beasts, 3,630
sheep, 166 calves, and 190 pigs. Ireland, 500 beasts ; and
1,700 from the Northern and Midland Counties. Beasts
at market, 5,410; sheep and lambs, 20,100; calves, 215;
pigs, 630.
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D3iNEs : The market for British mining stocks remains
quiet, with no material alteration in prices. Tamar
Consols, Tin Croft, Great Polgooth, and Great Wheal
Vor shares show flatness. In the Stock Exchange to-day
the only transaction recorded is in Cobre shares, at 57.
Subjoined is a list of Saturday's transactions in the
Mining Exchange :--Great Allred, 93, 7-16, 3 ; Nanteos
and Penrhiw, 1 ; North Downs, ; South Caradon,
282 ex div ; South Condurrow, list Wheat Edward, 2/
Wheal Mary Ann, 37, 3, 38; Wheal Zion, 3,21,3,3.