The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-04-15 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL

COTTON : We have tl report a very active demand for
cotton to-day, the demand has been general and extensive,
the supply less liberal, and prices are td per lb higher than
on Friday. The sales—including 600 Pernambuco, 60 to
71d ; 1,400 B'thia, 6&d to 611; 800 Maranham, 61-d to
6P; 1,000 Egyptian, bid to 8d; 3,500 Surat, 4 1-16 d
to qd—are reported 30,000 bales, of which 10,000 are
on speculation and for export.

COTTON STATEMENT, FROM SEPT. 1, 1855, TO APRIL 2, 1856

Receipts.

Total 1 Exports to
Exports to I Stock and on
1 Great
Shipboard.
Ports. Britain. 1
Foreign

2,825,836 1
1,915,060

1,838,597
1,374 992

1,133,799 I
959,415

680,247
330,541

463,605

174,294

349 716

SCOTCH Pia IRON : Our market for warrants closes at
72s 61, cash. Market firm.
SUGAR : There is no change to notice in our market, but
the demand continues rather limited, and we have only to
report 140 hhds Bardadoes (chiefly new), at 40s 6d to 4.5 s ;
20 hhds grainy Demerara, at 41s ; 150 bags Dates, at 41s
6d; and 1.400 bags Pernams, at 24s 61 per cwt, in bond.
MOLASSES : There is nothing to notice.
Rum : Only a small lot of Demerara, at previous rates.
COFFEE : There continues a steady enquiry, and 650 bags
Rio were taken, at 42s 6d to 43s 6d per cwt.
TEA : We have no improvement to report, but there is a
fair amount of business passing.

RICE and SALTPETRE : No transactions to notice.
TURMERIC: 90 bags Bengal are reported, at 32s per cwt
PEPPER : 30 bags white, at 71,d per lb.
LINSEED: A small lot of Calcutta, at 50s per qr.
LOGWOOD : 25 tons Barbadoes,.at.£6 7s 6d per ton.

CATTLE : There was a brisk sale for b ef to-day, at an
advance in price of 20s a head. Sheep, of which there
was a very small supply, were sold at as high, if not higher
rates, than at any market this seazort. Beasts, 1,842, at .51d
to 6d per lb ; sheep, 4,359, at 7id to 81d.

LONDON,

The public sales declared for to-morrow are : —Sugar :
500 hhds Barbadoes, 10,000 bags Mauritius, 1,300 Beng.d,
and 4,000 bags brown Brazil. Coffee : 200 casks Plantation
Ceylon, and 600 half-bales Mocha. Rice : 3,000 bags
Rangoon.
The private contract markets have been inactive since
Friday, but prices very generally sustained.
SUGAR: A limited business done.
TEA : 600 chests common Congou sold at 9d.
COTTON: 1,000 bales sold at full prices.
SALTPETRE : A limited business done. Refraction 2to
4, at 375.
OrLs : Seal, pale, £54; yellow, £4B ; brown, £4O to
; sperm, £123 to £124 ; cod, £43 to £45; South Sea,
pale, £44; olive Gallipoli, £5l to £52; Spanish and Sicily,
£49 to £5O; cocoa nut, 383 to 395; palm, 363 63 to 393
6d ; linseed, 31s 61 ; rape, pale, 40s 6d to 51s 61; brown,
47s to 47s 63.
Coax : The supply of foreign wheat last week was large, con-
sisting mainly, however, of qualities but little adapted to the
London Trade, There was a fair quantity of wheat on sale
from Essex and Kent, and sales proceeded slowly at a decline
of 2s to 4s per qr upon the currency of Monday last. Foreign
wheat was only saleable in retail at a reduction of 2s to 3s
per qr. Flour must be quoted Is to 2s per sack, and is to
Is 6d per barrel cheaper, particularly for low qualities, of
which the bulk of the stock consists. Birley was in short
supply, and is per qr dearer. 0 its were unchanged in value,
with a steady sale. Beans and peas firm. Arrivals into
London, from April 7, to April 12 :—Coastwise : English,
2830 qrs wheat, 1888 qrs barley, 4033 qrs malt, 554 qrs
oats, 104 qrs beans, 35 qrs peas, 1465 sacks flour. Scotch,
49 qrs barley, 50 qrs malt. Irish, 107 qrs malt, 2850 qrs
oats. Foreign, 25,795 qrs wheat, 1,160 qrs barley, 9,237
qrs oats, 4,065 qrs beans, 9,632 brls and 342 sacks flour.
E. C. Rail., 2,999 qrs wheat, 1,848 qrs barley, 9,960 qrs
malt, 511 qrs oats. 100 qrs beans, 34 qrs peas, 11,384 sacks
flour. Gt. N. Rail., 850 qrs wheat, 69 qrs barley, 182 qrs
malt, 541 qrs oats, 4 qrs beans, 2,082 cwts flour. Exported,
790 qrs sshnat, 392 qrs oats.
TALLOW : The market is quiet to-day, at the following
quotations :—Town tallow, 48s, nett cash ; Petersburg Y.C.
on the spot, 48s 3d to 6d ; April to May, 48s ; May to
June, 48s to 3d; October to December, 48s 3d to 6d.
Arrivals for the week ending April 23rd last year, 1,601
casks, and delivery, 2,290 casks. The arrival last week
comprised 251 casks from Russia ; 897 from Australia ;
409 from South America ; and 99 from other places.
Total, 1,656 casks.
BOROUGH HoP.—Messrs. Pattenden and Smith report
that fine hops are in good demand at improved prices ;
middling sorts are also more enquired after.

YESTERDAY'S MARKETS,
CORK CORN : White wheat, 355; red ditto, 32s to 355;
barley, 17s to 19s ; oats, 12s to 13s 6d.
CORK BUTTER : Firsts, 150 seconds, 140 ; thirds, 135 ;
fourths, 125 ; fifths, 110 ; sixths, 94. No change.
BELFAST Coax : A very small supply of wheat and oats
at market ; the former 14s 6d, red, 15s ; and the latter,
white,lss 6d to 17s per cwt ; oatmeal, 13s per cwt.

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MILITIA APPOINTMENTS.—The Gazette of Friday contain'
the following :-3rd Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's
Own Militia : IT. C. Colgan, Esq , M.D , to be Assistant
Surgeon, vice Beaney, resigned. 4th or Duke of Lancaster's
Own (Light Infantry) Royal Lancashire Militia : J. Browne,
Gent., to be Ensign, vice Campbell, promoted. 6th
Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia : J. G. D. Minchin,
Gent., to be Ensign.