The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-03-25 00:00:00

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL

LivEapooL, Tuesday Evening. •
The Cotton Market was tame today. Still we
have no change to report in prices, which continue
very steady. The day's sales ivere only 4,000 bales,
all to the trade.

Although there was not 'pinch business done
in. the Liverpool Share Market to-day, prices
were well Sustained. The following t were
the transactions :—Blackburn, 8*; Caledonian,
841; e ; Eastern Counties 108 ; East Lancashire, 981 ;
Lancashire and Yorkshire,. 101 1, 101 ;-
Liverpool, Crosbyiand Southport, 9/. Shares,ll-16p
London and North Western, 1011, 4 c; Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 84 1,1, ;
82, LA, 2 ; North .13ritish, 111 ; North Eastern,
211 ; Dovers, 24 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincolnshire, (6/. new ShareS), 1 p ; Grand Trunk
of Canada, 13, 1116, 1,4, ; Great Western
of " Canada, 261 ; Do. New, 31 p ; Magnetic
Telegraph, 45. The
,following were the Closing
prices:—Blackburn, Ba, ; Chestei—and
head, 6t3,. xd, 661; Caledonian; 84 1.16 x l & n, 34
3"16; Chester and Holyhead, 181. 181; E. tern
Counties, 10 18-16 ad, 10*; East.,-Lancashire; 98/
xd & n, 99 ; Great Northern, 231. 241 ; do. A
shares, 101. 108 ; Great Western, 671, 681; Lan.
cashire and Yorkshire Stock, 101 k. xd & ni 101.4;
Liverpool, Crosby, anti Southport, 19. xd, 191;
London and North Western Stock, 1041,
1011; ditto 1 .shares, 1, fid ; Manehester, Sheffield.
and Lincoln, 381, ma Midland Stock, 'Bll
xd & n, 82 ; North British, 118, xd, 11.3,16;
North Staffordshire, 5,41 d; North Eastern—Ber2
.wit:k,' 211, 21/; York and North: Midland, 311;
311 ; Leeds Capital Stock, 194, 20; South Eastern.
and Dover, 221, xd, 22f ; Scottish North"
Eastern, 131, 13i; Buffalo thid take Hitron; 1/,
1.1 p; Dutch Rhenish, •par, k p; Great Western
of Canada, 268, 261; do., New Shares, 3it 319 ;
Great Luxembourg, 101, 1011 ; Grand Trunk
of Canada 131, 131.
In the Manchester Share Market h-day the
transactions were .rather limited -at the annexed
quotations :—Leeds, 1011, 1; Midlands, 821, 1;
Dovers, 22 7,46, and East Lancashires, 98/.

Money matters remain in a quiescent state.
Paper is still rather difficult of negociation, and in
no instance is it discounted under 6 per cent..
The Market for the Funds and Public Securities
were rather inanimate to-day, but prices, were
steady, and there is no change to notice in quota-
tions Consols for Money closed at 931- to 931
and for the Account at 931, ani after official hours
at 931 to 931, with a rather firm feeling. Exchequer
Bills were dull, and at one time' were as low as
3 dis, closing at about 1 dis to 1 prem.
In the London Railway Share Market to:-day,
the transactions were of a limited character,
but we do not lower our quotations in consequence.
The clOsing prices werei—Arnbergate, Nottingham,
Boston, and Eastern Junction, 44,4; Caledonian',
681 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 661, 671; Eastern
Counties, 101, lot ; East Lancashire, 98-99 ; Great
Northern, 961 ; Great Northern A, 86, 87; Great
Western, 671, 68 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1001,
1 • Leeds Northern, 291, 291 ; London and -North
Western, 104,1047, ; London and South Western,
1041; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 38/,
886; Midland Stook,' 811, 811; North British,
44, 45 ; 'South Eastern and Dover, 74;
748; York, Newcastle and Berwick, 85-86 ;
York and North Midland, 62,.621., After official
hours` the transactions were at ,the fol-
lowing prices :-- Caledonian, 681 ; Eastern
Counties, 104, 10Z- ; East Lancashire, 98. 99 ;
Great Northern, 961;, . Ditto A, 86, 87; Gi:eat
Western, 681, ; Lancashire and Yorkshire 104,
1018 • London and North Western, 1048, 1048; •
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 381.
3%2; Midland Stock, 811,. 82; North British, 44,
45 ;.T South Eastern and Dover, .741, 75 ; York,
NeWcastle, and Berwick, 85, 86 ; York and North
Midland, 621.

The Wheat trade throughout the country still
continues under the influence of dullness, and of.
consequent decline in a greater or less extent,.
according as supplies of home produce in the
various localities prove less •or more in excess of
the weekly . requirements of consumers ; notwith-
: standing the inducement offered by the reduction
of prices during several past weeks, tnillers still
seem to act with the titm6st caution, and until the
deliveries in the interior show some decided falling
off, we can hardly look for any meterially increased
demand upon the stocks of the ieutports. Foreign
arrivals, at the Moment, are universally light, but
,the prospect of the early opening of the Baltic, to
be followed by that of the Northern American
ports, combined With the satisfactory appearance
of our crops in the ground, will probably keep
prices in check for some time. Business here has
been generally quiet since Friday,. With Attic of no
change in the currencies of . any article, To,day,
at the Liverpool Market; Wheat Met with a decline
of 2d. to 3d. per bushel, and of ls. per quarter in
Indian Corn. Other articles were quiet, but
steady. At the various markets held throughout
the Provinces today, trade wag, hi general, very
dull, with a downward tendency in price: • •
The Manchester Market is quiet through elec-
tioneering, though dearer, compared with last
Tuesday, by *d. per lb., with an upward tendency.
Trade in the North of Ireland has been quiet
during the week. We cannot report increased
activity in the market, for Linens. White Linens
are not much sought after just now; and browns
at Armagh were without change. Coarse goods
were in fair request at last Ballymena market, and
fine dull. Lurgan market was not to say 'ani-
mated, but an average quantity of goods was
disposed of at former prices ; Lawns were. in small
supply and in good demand. The export of
Thread and Linen for the week is 1,402 packages.
Yarns have been scarcely as brisk as in past weeks,
the • demand ' for export continues, -and 400
bales left this port during the week. Tow yarns
are held at the late prices, and lines have slightly
increased in stocks. We do not change -our last
quotations. Flax this week is dull, notwitstand-
standing the small supplies forward at the several
markets last week; and a reduction has been sub-
mitted to by sellers of home grown fibre. Prices •
for Riga, on the other hand, have risen, and f.o.b.
rates.will not, it is now considered, be lower. The .
import considerably exceeds the export returns
of the week, the former being 269 tons, and
the, latter only 143. The fine • weather of the
latter part of the week had told materially in sales
of flax seed. Dutch is now held firmly for 95s to
97s 6d, and- there is little doubt that prices will go
considerably higher than Si per hhd. Riga seed
is sold at 50s for prime, and 55s for picked,
per barrel. Stocks are running .down very
rapidly, and. we learn, from inquiries among the
trade, that no further large arrivals are ex•
petted to come forward. We have to report
a further decline of a penny per. gallon in the price
of Irish made whiskey. Present rates are 3s per
gallon, 25 o p., for lash grain; and -2s 4d per
gallon for Scotch proof f.o.b . at Glasgow.
Agriculture in Ireland is pretty forward just
now. The young wheats are healthy,
and a large qnantity of ground has been upturned:-
A recent return stated that last year there were
under crops in Ireland the following quantitios of
land—namely, 529,363 _ acres of wheat, 2,036,181
oats, '218,503 acres of barley, here:rye, beans, and
peas ; 1,114,590 of potatoes, 354,362 of turnips,
99,873 of other green crops,- 106,286 of flax, and
1,303,983 acres of meadow and clover. The cereal
crops exhibit a decrease, between 1855 and 1856,
of 48,517 acres ; but- on wheat alone there
is an increase of 83,388 acres. The green crops
exhibited an increase of 114,435.. acres, and the
total nett increase in the extent of lend under crops
was 64,845 acres. The quantity of live stock in
Ireland, last year, was as follows; namely, 573,226
horses, 3,584,723 cattle, 3,688,143 sheep, and
915,933 pigs. There was an increaseunder every
head except pigs, which had decreased materially.
The total value of the live stock in 1856 was'esti-
mated at 33,088,7011, being an increase of
4,553,9021., as compared with 1852. The horses
were valued at Si. each, cattle at 61. 10, sheep at
1/. 2s, and pigs at 1/. 5s each. It is anticipated,
and with good grounds, that the returns for 1857
will show a large increase on these figures on
almost every item.
Considerable disappointment has been occa-
sioned by the announcement that, owing to the

uon arrival at St. Thomas' of the steamer froin.the
Spanish Main, the Parana has brought only 37•,341
dollars, or say. 7,400/, in specie on freight. The
missing supplies will doubtlesti come forward by
the next' steamer ; bnt, meanwhile, the demand for
silver for shipment to the eaf3t by the steamer of
the 4th April will necessitate the transmission of
large o7ders for the purchase of this metal on the.
continent. In payment of these supplies further
withdrawals of gold will probably'take place from
the Bank.

'About 30,060/. or tiiiwards, in gold, is believeO'
to have been taken from the Bank yesterday, for
exportation to the Continent, •
The Foam has arrived from Shanghai with..
543,600 lbs of tea, and 1,353 bales of silk on freight.
We under Stand that the terms conceded by the
Russian government to the Riga and Dunaburg
• Railway Company comprise a guarantee of 4 per
Cent. per annum upon a fixed capital of 1P,200,060
silver roubles, or 1,630,000/ sterling, including a
Finking fund of per cent for seventy-five years.
The company represent that they have the op-
portunity of letting the contracts to responsible
parties considerably within the sum aboVe named,
'and 'it is in this way that the five per dent nri=-
ginally set forth is to be made up. It has
already been, mentioned that the 1001 shareS were
to be converted into the lower denomination or
20/ each. These 201 shares, it appears, are to be
issued at a pro rata discount, in accordance with
the original proposal, and they are to be redeemed
in 75 years at par,.i.e , 201.
The Paris tidvices allege that the dismember-
ment of the Great Central Railway Company will
date from the Ist of January last, and that the
exchangOof each share of this company. for 2 1-3
obligations of the Orleans and.' Mediterranean
Companies is to be effected as soon as the treaty
of - ftision shall have been ratified at a general
meeting. • _ •

A notice has been issued in Paris, addressed ,to
to the holders of shares in the Galveston, Houstcn,
and Henderson = (Texas) Railway Company,
intimatincrthat the first section of the line is to be
opened ?or traffic on the Ist May next, at the
latest... The company will then come into posses-
.
sion of 255,700 acres of land.

The .folloWing were thq troSing quotations of
Foreign Exchanges:—Amsterdam; short, 11 15 to
11 13; ditto, 3 months, •1 t• 181- tq 11 19; 'Rotter-
dam, do., 1:1 18 to 'll 18! ; .Antiverp, do., 26 471 to
25 52 ';l3russels.do., 25.471 to 25 52i ;- Hamburg,
dd.', 13 71 to. 13 81.; - Paris. short, 25 221 to 25 27i ;
d0.,:3 .months.• 25 65 to 25 70 ;' Marseilles, do., 25
65 to 25 721; Frankfort, do , 1191. to 119 t; Vienna,
.d0.,'10.25 to 10 29; Trieste, do., 10 20 to 1,0 31 ;
Petersburg, do , 374- to 371 ; -Madrid, (16, 491: to 4.0 Z.

"A NOVEL INKSTAND new and very in'gcnians
stand has been submitted to our notice; by At simple but
ingenious, contrivance, the Ink is alwnyg clear and
Auid?'—Northampton Mercury.—Sold at is Si, 2s 61, and
34 6d each.—Advt.

FOLEY'S AMERICAN GOLD Pass.—Charles Will mer
wholesale and. retail staZioner, 19, South John. street
respectfully intimates' to merchants, traders, and cl-alers,
that he has been appointed sole agent for the save of Foley's
celebrated American Gold- Pens, whicti are universally
acknowledged to be far superior to any other manufactured
either in America or this country, They are -sold cheap r,
are linade of tim best kold, with suPerfor points, and are
warranted to wear. 'at least ten years. In America they
have been extensively.used for that period;' and are pre-
ferred to new ones.. The prices range froni :five shillings to
a -guinea each. Supplied wholesale by Charles Williner,
19. South John-street. Liverpool.--Aclut.

Tan CALIFORNIAN PEN.—The everlasting, question of
" is this a good pen" has been answered by Mr. E. 'F. Hall
of South John street, who has succeeded in pre...Mein a
metallic pen, t*; Bich -he deSignates—,not. inaptly—as above.,
There is hardly anything more annoying than a- bad pen—
every one knows the.misery. The pen made by Arr. Hall is
fit for any hand to use—light 'or heavy—and, what is of the
greatest value, it does not corrode; but will'Work *lib equal
facility in any ink. From experience of metallic pens, we
can say that this one, which 'is polished as -gold, and will
last nearly as long, is the best one we have ev r used. -One
Wox. Containing six dozen pens, sent free on receipt of 2s 6d
in postage stamps. Agents wanted toi the cAntry.—
Adv I,