The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-04-09 00:00:00

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL,

LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY EVENING

The Liverpool Cotton Market has been mode-
rately active to-day, and the business done amounts
to 8,000 bales, of which 3,000 have been taken on
speculation and for export. Prices are firm and
steady. We subjoin a statement of the quantity
of American Cotton now at sea :

NEW ORLEANS,

APALACHICOLA.

Ashburten
Isabella'..

1608 Devon ...
2363 Livingston
2586 Benlomond
1325
1343

Jas. Nasmith
Polar Star...
Margaretta
Acta= .....

Horizon
J. P. Morse .
Roderick Dhu
Burmah...

1564
5117 savANNAH.
2769 New York Packet
2404 United Kingdom
2493 Lady Blaney
3627 Vanguard .
2200 E. Buckley
2091
2105
1910
1321

Ironsides ..
Goliah ....
Delft Haven
Tirrell ....
Refuge ....

Juniatta
Edmund

CHARLESTON.

18581Argy1e

Norman

Lochiel
Isabella
Orion

813 Ontario
1864 Royal Vic'oria
31621J0hn Fraser
4155

R. B. Summer

Glencairn

51,5861. F

Dster, jun

Ore;,on

lEnterprise . .
24021 W. Tapscott
2243
2629
4300
2392

Geo'ige Evans

Oregon

800-it:Luang
John Miller
Wm. Vail..,

25021 New Orleans

3106IAfobil

Sisters
Salem .
Woodstock
Marchmont

29,861
The Liverpoel Share Market continues to show
a gradually hardening tendenly. It opened steady
today, and continued to improve throughout,
closing a shade better, at the following quota_
tions :--Aberdeen, 134 14. Chester and Birken-
head, 16 161-. Caledonian, 301 xd 302. Chester
and Holyhead, 161 162. Eastern Counties, 104101,. East Lancashire, 191 191. Great Northern,
231 231. Ditto A, 94 104. Great Western,
641 641. Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock,
884 881. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport,
16 161. London and North Western
Stock, 1012 1014. Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincoln, 281 29. Ditto Pref., 11a 111. Ditto
New 6 per cent. Pref., 7-16 9-16 p. Midland Stock,
74,-11741 North British, 84 9. North Stafford-
shire, 6 51d. South Eastern, 221 21 13-16. York,
Newcastle, and Berwick, 19 11-16 19 13-16. York
and North Midland, 284281. Leeds Capital Stock,
16 164. Dutch Rhenish, 11, 1 13-16 p. Ditto New
Shares, 3i 34p. Great Western of Canada,
25f 251. Ditto New Shares, 21 2 13-16 p.
Ditto 2nd issue, 2 9-16 2 11-16 p. Great Luxem-
bourg, 61
The following is a statement of traffic receipts
of the Great Western Railway of Canada by pas-
senger and goods trains for the week ending 21st
March, 1856, and for the corresponding period
last year :-21st March, 1856-total receipts,
12,6231. 19s. 6d. ; 23rd March, 1855-do., 8.5711. 7s.
6d. Aggregate gross receipts from the commence-
ment of the current half-year to the above date,
66,4901. 7s. ; ditto for the corresponding period
last year, 44,7951. 6s 601.-all sterling.
The Red Jacket, arrived here from Melbourne,
has brought 120,000 ounces of gold, valued at
about 480,0001. The commercial accounts which
are given in detail in another column are highly
important and satisfactory. The Blackwall, which
left Melbourne for London on the 27th December
has 86,281 ounces of gold on board. In conse-
quence of the loss of the Schomberg the next mail
would be despatched by the Indian Queen, of the
Black Ball line of packets. The Albatross was
announced to leave for Liverpool on the 17th of
January, and the Gipsy Bride early.
Messrs. T. and H. Littledale & Co. have issued
their usual monthly circular to-day, from which we
sulierai remarks-
The all-but certainty of last month has become the cer-
tainty of this. Peace is restored, and the mutual forbear-
ance of all parties in the Paris Conferences-the manner
in which grave difficulties were overcome and the quick-
ness with which the pacific result was arrived at-show
the anxiety of all the great powers to put an end to war,
and afford, perhaps, the best assurance that it will not
soon be provoked again. But now comes the re-adjust-
ment of commerce, a matter next in importance to the
conferences. Such was the opinion formed of the vast
resources of Russia and her obstinacy, that a more
lengthened war was generally anticipated, and the opera-
tions entered into, in India and elsewhere, to supply the
vacuum in Russian produce had been on a very extensive
scale. Thanks to the telegraph, the news of the peace
propositions, which left England on the 26th Jan., reached
Calcutta on the 23d Feb. ! and would prevent further mis-
chief; but the large contracts for rice, wheat, seeds,
jute and saltpetre must be carried out-the quantities
already shipped were very heavy and an unusually large
amount of shipping was chartered in the autumn (pro-
bably 100,000 to 150,000 tons) for Calcutta, Bombay and
Akyab, principally for rice and seeds. These operations
combined, must result in very serious losses, and throw
discredit on certain firms known to be deeply interested ;
but it should be borne in mind that there is always a
tendency to exaggerate the evils of a revulsion of this kind,
and thus to bring about panic and disaster which a little
time and patience might possibly avert. The present
ruinous depression in the value of Rice for instance, will
put a stop to shipments from Calcutta, as it is much
wanted in other parts of the east, whilst its low price
here is already increasing, and will further induce ex-
ports to the continent. It must also be remembered that
the Calcutta trade was perhaps the most prosperous of last
year, and that this season the profits on silk and indigo will
go far to counteract the losses on other articles to the
general importer, and confine the mischief to those, who
have gone almost exclusively into rice, jute, and seeds.
The suspension of Messrs. Syers, Walker and Co. was
announced on Friday. Their operations, particularly in
chartering vessels for the east, have been amongst the
most extensive, and their liabilities will probably reach
£250,000. Money.-We anticipated: in our last circular
that the Bank of England would ere this have equalised
their rate of discount to 6 per cent; but though the
directors may have:thought that the stationary, position
of the bullion did not justify any change, the rates in
the open market have become decidedly easier during the
month on long-dated paper, and within the last few days
there has been an evident anxiety to get out Money for
long periods at present rates- a fair indication as to the
probable course of the Money Market for some time to
come. The Bank of France has reduced its rate per
cent. ; but her financial position would not seem to justify
such a step, as she continues to be a free buyer of gold at
a heavy loss ; it is therefore looked upon as a political
move to add prestige to the proclamation of peace, and
the birth of the imperial Prince. The stock of bullion in
the bank is 10,449,3331. against 10,599,6501. on the Ist
March, and the reserve of notes 5,289,7801. against
5,493,005.

117,784

The Liverpool Corn Market showed no important
change to-day. Sales of wheat were made at a
decline of Id per bushel, and flour was about is
per sack lower.

Commercial advices from France report very
little alteration in the state of trade, notwithstand-
ing the proclamation of peace. The most
imp ortant matter of the week has been the reduction
of the rate of discount by the Bank of France to 5
per rent, which has materially assisted commercial
enterprises. Meanwhile some export houses have
received new orders from England and Germany,
and the packets recently arrived, have brought
some important commissions from the United
States. The rise in the price of merchandise
which has continued for some weeks is not
arrested, which restricts the amounts of pur-
chases by foreign agents, who hesitate to give
the increased price excepting for intermediate
requirements, while on the other hand the
manufacturers are not inclined to lower their
prices while they pay the increased value for raw
materials. An extraordinary rise has taken place
in the value of diamonds, in consequence of the
demand for Russia. This rise is estimated at not
less than twenty to twenty-five per cent. on
previous prices, and has given great impetus
to the usually quiet business of the diamond mer-
chant. The demand for Russia is attributed to
the approaching coronation of the Emperor.
The same cause has increased the orders for
Lyons manufactures.

Accounts from Austria give the particulars of
the order issued by the Minister of Finance,
recalling all the small paper money in circulation.
All the kreutzer notes, except the Hungarian 10
kr, must be exchanged at the National Bank at
Vienna, on or before the 31st of August, 1856 ; and
in exceptional cases to the Ist of November follow-
ing. It is the intention of the government to issue
instead a copper metallic currency with the alloyed
kreutzer pieces, as at present in circulation ; at I