The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-04-21 00:00:00

the demand at six to eight per cent on call,. and
eight to ten per cent for good business paper.
Foreign Exchange was dull, and quotations on
London had a downward tendency. The
principal' transactions for- the Canada were
done at 109; and a few sales - 'above 1094
Notwithstanding the news froth Europe, which was
considered,nnfavourable for the hdlders of Cotton,
the falling of in the receipts hadisustained prices,
which are reported steady. ' Freights were tuii,
and:the r-atei to Liverpool werci. barely so good:.

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In--Flour--the- market was heavy" for7cOmMon.
brands, but the better detcriptions firm. The
arrivals moderate. state brands selling at 6 dols,
50c. to i dols. The features of the market for
Southern,brandS much the same as for the Western..
(3-66 a and standard.brands Western, 7 dols. 25c. to
7 dols. 75c. Good Wheat firm, and in moderate
stocl&- There was an-export enquiry. A sale of
12,000. bushels good Red Western Was made at
dol. 70e. Corn was better, With more enquiry for
expoM sales at 60c. to 604 c.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,—N, YoRK, April 8

COTTON.—Our last circular was dated 2nd instant. On
the same day "we had the Atlantic's advices from Liver-
poOl to tht 18th ult., reporting the cotton market there
even duller
~than before.' The Asia's later intelligence
reached here on the 4th inst., confirming this, and quoting
a dedline of 1-lad to Id on the middling and' lower quali-
ties during the week, while the higher grades being
scarce, remained unchanged. Middling, New Orleans, was
quoted at :51d. Mobile, 5/1. Peace was considered a
certainty. These advices nave prtidticed no -hange on
our.market. Prices are unchanged, and a fairly active
business has been done throughout the week, the falling
receipts Qdi

to neutralising the effect of the decline at

Oat
rs had rath

_raphs show that, the
a falrourable effect ht New

'Ahern t

Orleans, than otherwise. The week's receipts at all pdrtS,
amount to 88,000 bales, against 92,090 last year, and
59.000 same week in 1853. The shipments to Great
Britain have been 55,090 bales, against 21,000 last year,
and 41,000 same week in 1852.

R'pti for Since Fo'gn Exp'ts Since Of which to Stock
the week Ist Sep. for week. Ist Sep. G. Brt'n on hand
New Orleans, 53,000 1,404,000 45 000 1,032,000 62 ~000 301,00')
Mobile, 9,000 546,000 15,000 332,000 211,00)' 127,000
Other Ports, 26 000 956,000 32 000 550,000 338 000 219,000

Last Season,

88,000 2,9n6,000 83,0001914.0001,184,000 647,000
92,000 1 895,000, 32,6001,141,000 084,0)0 357,000
59,000 2,821,000 .61,000 i,620,000 1,141 000 757,000

1852-53,

It is thus apparent that, as compared with last year,
there is now an increase of receipts of 911,000 bales ; an
increase of exports to foreign ports of 503,000, of which
200,000 are to Great Britain, and an increase of
stock of 290,000 bales. As compared with 1852.3 there is
now an increase of receipts of 65,000; an increase of
foreign exports of 294,000, of which 43.000 are to Great
Britain, and there is a decrease of stock of 110,000 bales.
The advicea of a dull and declining' market at Liverpool,
brought by the last three steamers, have failed to exert the
slightest influence upon the value of cotton on this aide' of
the Atlantic. Here the'previous firmness of the Market has
rather increased, without any further quotable advance this
week, but at all the southern ports prices have steadily
tended upward, and the quotations have been advanced in
no case less than Ac, but at Mobile' and the Atlantic ports
about ,1-c in the fortnight, ending at the latest telegraphic
dates. This advance is caused in part by a • decline in
freights, but it is t hiefly dila to the falling off in the receipts,
affording indubitable evidence. that in many sections the
crop is nearly all delivered. Upon the fu lest estimates, the
quantity yet to be delivered is not large, and for this all
classes of buyers are competitors, the desire being general
to secure a full share of this large crop, in view of the
extensive consumption of the world which is considered to
be fully up to the capacity of even this crop, to supply,
aided, as it is, by the large reserve of old cotton which
remained over from last year. For so far English buyers
have shown less appreciation than most others of the
advantage of operating, while our markets were freely
supplied, and thus, as shown above, they_ are left far short
-otth-eiereqiiirements, and for the -Wince', it Is apparent
they will have to,piy liberally. This posifibn of affairs has
already become apparent—to-the planters, and some are
talking of 121 c,. as a probable price for middling cotton,
and holding' back a portion against [Mai- an expectation.
Any such movement must inevitably defeat itself, by
checking consumption, but the existence of the feeling goes
to corroborate the view we have all along. Apticiied, that
however large the crop, the last quarter of it would be the
subject of a gieat deal of speculation, and it may suggest to
our friends, that if prices continue reasonable in Liverpool,
it may be wall to secure a supply in that 'Market.
NEILL Buos. & Co.