The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-09-08 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

PERNAMBUCO, August 18.—Money is plentiful out of
doors, and bills are sought for at 61 to 7 per cent. prem.
Exchange is steady at 27d on credit, and 271 i cash, thirty
days. The import market is quiet ; the arrivals of produce
are limited. Prices of ly,ef have undergone a decline, and
Rio Grande is now retailing at 45000 to 55500 per arroba,
at which priers the demand is soon expected to increase ;
inclusive of the 11,300 arrobas, per Mathilde, advised in
the P.S. to our last number as having arrived, the stock of
this quality comprises about 20,000 arrobas. Of Buenos
Ayres there is none on hand. The prices of cotton
during the week e' have been 635200 to 65500
per arroba. The entries in same time are 634 bags.
Hides: 'We hear of sales of 3,000 dry salted at 231 rs per
lb—none held in first bands. The shipments of dry salted
to 17th instant since Ist November last have been 89,674 ;
against in same period 1854 to 1855, 90,867; ditto 1833
to 1854, 56,769; ditto 1852 to 1853, .57,928, and ditto 1851
to 1832, 58,369. A good demand exists for River Plate rum
at 905000 per pipe. The following monthly review has been
issued for the sailing of the Tamar : Sugar : On the
arrival of the news from Europe on 25th and 27th ult., the
market was swept of all the sugars it contained, since then
we have had no entries worth naming, and we have nothing
in the interior of the old crop to come forward, the little
that does enter daily, is eagerly bought up for consumption
the first arrivals of new sugars are expected to take place,
about the middle to the end of October, and that only to a
small degree. Cotton : The entries during the week have
been 634 bags, which have been bought up as usual on
arrival at from 65200 for regulars to 65500 per arroba for
picked ; a reduction of 2 per cent in duties upon this
article has taken place recently, say from 10 to 8 per cent,
which facility will be an advantage to this province, and
allow it to be on a better footing with its neighbouring
provinces, where the duty has never exceeded the 8 per
cent. Maceio and Parabia Cottons : Sales of former
amounted to about 6,500 bags at from 65100 to 65200 per
arroba, whilst of latter only about 2,500 bags changed hands
at about 65600 per arroba, all f. o. b. Hides : A good
demand has been exhibited generally throughout the month
at from 230 to 235 rs per lb, in outports about 8,000 dry
salted changed hands at about same price, the demand is
still good. Rum : The entries throughout the month have
been small, and the demand for shipment to the River Plate
has been animating, causing prices further to advance
about 4 per cent on last months rates. Freights : 10 vessels
have been chartered during the month, viz : 1 for the
Channel, 6 for Liverpool in ballast from this and Paraiba
and cotton from this, Paraiba and Maceio, and 3 for the
River Plate with sugar and rum. Exchange opened at
27d at which £13,000 were passed at a credit 60 days' sight,
it followed with £6,000 at 271 d 60 days—S23,ooo at 271,d
60 days' sight and £2,000 at 371 d 90 days, 6,000 at
27d seven days, and a trifling at 270 sixty days, in all
about £54,000. Discounts : Money is being freely offered
out of doors, and in many instances transactions have taken
place at six per cent per annum ; Bank rate continues at
seven per cent, with lots of cash in the coffers. Jerked
Beef: The receipts during the month have been 39,227
arrobas, of which about 20,000 arrobas have been sold for
consumption at high ruling prices. Butter : Of French,
the first arrivals of fresh quality have been 943 ferkins per
Alma, for which holders are asking 500 rs per lb, but we hear
some transactions have been made at 450 to 480 rs per
lb; of old quality there is still a considerable stock held,
slowly moving off at as low as 400 rs per lb; of Irish, the
receipts have been 675 firkins, part of which sold at about
800 to 840 rs per lb. Codfish : At the commencement of
the month, retail prices had advanced to as high as 185000
to 205000 per drum, when several arrivals made their
appearances, causing prices to decline to 175000 to 185000 ;
the receipts have been 9,111 drums, of which 2,597 drums
went southward, whilst the remainder were sold at about
155000 to 155300 per drum; about 3,700 drums have
been sold for consumption within the month. Flour : The
receipts have been 932 barrels from Spain sold at 225000,
and 200 barrels from Lisbon sold at 235500 ; and 12,391
barrels from the United States, of which 7,525 barrels
proceeded southwards, 2,000 barrels were sold at about
225000 to 245000, 1,077 ditto by pubic auction at 125000
to 125600, 500 barrels by ditto at 205900 to 195000 per
barrel, and the remainder is retailing by the importers we
estimate the sales to our bakers and for shipments to the
adjoining provinces at about 6,000 barrels. Manufactured
Goods: The total receipts have been 2,034 packages, of
which, from Liverpool 1,647, from Hamburg 252, from
Havre 54, from the United States 77, and from London 4
packages

1110-4NEnto, August 14.—The transactions in exchange
upon London have been of importance, the ruling quota-
tions has been 27. Upon France, btisiness has been done
for this packet at 347 to 355 direct and indirect bills. The
sales of coffee have been large, amounting to 235,000 bags,
prices, in which there have been little variation, we quote as
follows ;—Superior new, 51100 to 51200, first good, 41900
to WOO, regular, WOO to 41700; superior old, 41900
to ssooo, first good, 46650 to 4sBoo, regular, 41300 to 45500;
stock, 30,000 bags. The stock of sugar is 1 600 bags.
and we quote lumps white and second at 3sBoo to 41400,
Brown 2000 to 31400. There is only a moderate supply
of hides at market. The price of light and heavy varies
from 330 rs to 340 re, and tanned hal hides 41000 to 51000
Since the departure of last Southampton Mail until the end
of last month business has not been much animated, and
the charters closed were done at 50s to 55s for the Channel,
and 45s to 50s for `Antwerp. After arrival of the Tamar
larger trar sections have taken place, but freights have
declined on account of the abundance of vessels : the ruling
quotations have been—Channel, 25s to 35s ; Hamburg, 35s ;
London, 30s ; Constantinople, 653 ; Marseilles, 54 frs to
GO frs; United States North, 30c to 70e.
BUENOS AYRES, August 2.—The import market has
undergone considerable change, heavy arrivals having taken
place from the United States and Europe, so that almost
all articles from these countries have declined. Exchange
on London is quoted at 66s 6d to 68s. Exchange at Monte
Video ranges at 42&d to 43d per dollar:

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
PERNAMBUCO.—Arrived: July 20, Henry Curwin, from
Liverpool; 25th, Emma; 27th, Miranda, both from New-
foundland ; August Bth, Britannia, from Liverpool; 11th,
Seraphina, from Liverpool. Sailed : August 1, Esk,
for Paraiba, to load for Liverpool. The Miranda, and
Henry Curwin, for Liverpool, vie Paraiba, cleared at Per-
nambuco August 6th, the former with 2,054 bags of brown
sugar, and the latter with 1,612 bags; lath, the Eugenie
cleared for Liverpool, via Maoeio, with 2,150 bags brown
sugar.
Rio JANBlRO.—Arrived : August 13th, the Albre', from
Liverpool.