Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-06-23 00:00:00

7.Tcr'TF,TARY AND COMMERGIA.L

LIVERPOOL M,-; 13ay Evening,

of Cotton to-day were 8000 bales, a
which 4000 were on speculation, and for export
Prices of all kinds were firmly maintained,

COTTON STATEMENT.

(From the New York Shipping List of 15th June.)

Receipts.

Exports to
Total. I Stocks and on
Great
clearances Shipboard.
Britain.

1857 2,849,128 1,292,331
1856 3,364,258 1,683,842

2,029,774
2,612,551

278,442
337,946

873,130

391,511

582,777

The Liverpool Share Market was rather. dull to-
day, and prices show a slight decline. The day's
transactions were as follows:-Caledonian, 84, ,
1,-; Eastern Counties, 111; Lancash!re and York-
shire, 1001,1; London and North Western, 1031;
Ditto one-eighth shares, d ; Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire, 444, 4,7,, 1,4, 31, ; Midland,
831; North Eastern, 234; 4Dovers, 224, 8, ;
Grand Trunk of Canada, 14 13-16, 11-16, 1 ; Bank
of Liverpool, 241. The following were the
closing prices :-Blackburn, 8, 81; Chester and
Birkenhead, 701, 71 ; Caledonian, 37 7-16, 374 ;
Chester and Holyhead, 181, 181 ; Eastern Coun-
ties, 11 11-16, 111 ; East Lancashire, 97, 974 ;
Ditto £9 shares, 13-16, 4 p ; Great Northern, 241,
25 ; Great Western, 641, 65 ; Lancashire and
Yorkshire Stock, 1001, 1004; Do, £9 shares, 1,
1-16 p ; Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 194,
194 ; London and North Western Stock, 1031,
1031; ditto one-eigthth shares, 3-16, 4 d ; Man-
chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 434, 434 ;
Midland Stock, 831, 831 ; North British, 101, 104 ;
North Staffordshire, 5, 44 d; North Eastern-Ber-
wick, 23 1-16, 23 3-16; York and North Midland, 351,
354; Leeds Capital Stock, 224, 224; South Eastern
and Dover, 22 0-16, 221 ; Scottish North Eastern,
121, 13; Buffalo and Lake Huron, 14, 1 d; Ditto
New Shares, 4, 4 d ; Dutch Rhenish, 24, 21 d ;
Great Western of Canada, 221, 23 ; Ditto New
Shares, 11, 14 p; Great Luxembourg, 11 5-16,
11 3-16 d; Grand Trunk of Canada, 14 11-16, 1.41.
The market for the Public Funds and Securities
to-day advanced about 4 per cent., owing to the
large arrivals of bullion from the United States.
Consols for the account closed at 934 to 934.
In the London Share Market to-day there was
not much business done, and we must quote prices
rather on the declining scale. The following were
the closing quotations :-Caledonian, 744, 751;
Eastern Counties, 114, 114 ; East Lancashire, 97,
98 ; Great Northern, 984, 991 ; Great Western,
644, 641 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1004, 1001 ;
London and North Western, 1031 1031 ; Man-
chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 434, 44
Midland Stock, 834, 84; North British, 434, 434 ;
South Eastern and Dover, 754, 76 ; York, New-
castle and Berwick, 924, 93 ; York and North Mid-
land, 714.

The General Produce Markets remain very firm'
with a moderate amount of business going forward
There was a slow demand for English Wheat at
the London Corn Market to-clay, at last Monday's
prices. Foreign steady. Spring Corn was in
moderato request, at late rates, Norfolk Flour was
held at 40s to 50s.

We are daily in expectation of arrivals of gold
from the Australian colonies. The Frances
Henty, with 100,0001., is now out 94 days; the
Champion of the Seas, with 131,0001., has been
out 77 days ; and the Roxburgh Castle, with
122,0001, 79 days—in all 353,0001.
Last week's Railway Meetings were not of much
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importance. The shareholders of the Lianidloes
and Newtown Company have passed resolutions
authorising the construction of a railway from
Caersws to Machynlleth, and powers were given to
the new company to use the Lianidloes line from
Caersws to Newtown, and for'both companies to
enter into traffic and station arrangements. The
Shrewsbury and Welshpool shareholders have
approved the bill for the line from the Lianidloes
and Newtown Railway to Machynlleth. The share-
holders of the Great North of Scotland Company
have agreed to the several bills before parliament,
including that for extending the Banff, Macduff,-
and Turriff Junction Railway from Turriff to Banff
and Macduff. By this arrangement there will be
direct communication between Aberdeen and
Banff.

The next telegraphic depatehes from India and
China are expected about the 27th of June. The
present is a slew vessel, however, and it may be
delayed to the 29th.

The latest arrivals from the rapidly-progressing
colony of New Zealand furnish most satisfactory
information in reference to all the provinces, but
especially so in respect to the province of Wel-
lington. His honour the superintendent J. E.
Featherston, Esq., is pursuing vigorous means to
develop the resources of the province, and to
urge onward both trade and commerce. The
loan of 100,0001. originally contemplated by
the provincial government is not, it appears,
sufficient to enable the superintendent to
carry out without delay all his designs for the
public benefit, and a bill has therefore been passed
by the Council, authorising the government to
borrow an additional sum of 25,0001., of which
10,0001. is to be expended in erecting a lighthouse
at Pencarrow Head ; 5,0001 in building a bridge
over the Wanganni river ; and 2,0001. for the bridge
at Wai.o-hini, and 5,0001. for survey contracts. Of
the original sum, the largest proportion will bo
spent on immigration. In the two months imme-
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diately preceding the despatch of the last
advices the arrivals from England had been
heavy, including the Oliver Lang, Rose of
Sharon, Indian Queen, Myrtle, and Mon-
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soon, and their cargoes cleared off at remunerative
prices. The Customs revenue showed a large
increase, amounting to upwards of 3,0001., for the
preceding quarter. The Oriental Bank has estab
fished a branch at Wellington, and another bank
was expected to form a connection with New
Zealand. Public works are prosecuted with
spirit, but of a revenue of 183,0001. the Repre-
sentative Council has appropriated no less
than 168,0001. The amount appropriated for
public works during the past four years
is as follows :-1854, 8,9501. ; 1855, 34,2561. ;
1856, 28,000/. ; 1857, 168,0001. Ptmcarrow Head
rises 400 feet above the level of the sea, and the
intended lighthouse upon it will be seen at a
distance of eighteen miles. A fine building in
the Gothic style is in course of erection at
Wellington, to form a council chamber, and

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chambers for the Legislative Council and House
of Representatives of New Zealand. The build-

ing will be from forty to fifty feet in height.
The site is one of the most picturesque and
commanding in Wellington. Arrangements for the
ensuing season had been contracted for by Messrs.
James Baines and Co., of the " Black Ball Line,"
who, it was expected, would introduce in eight
ships, at intervals of about six weeks, 2,000 adults.
The immigrants already introduced into the colony
have been, it appears, freely absorbed in the dis

tricts within easy distances of Wellington.
The Mediterranean Electric Telegraph Company
invite tenders for 79 per cent. bonds, to the
amount of 50,0001, redeemable at a premium of 25
per cent.

Messrs. Baring, Brothers, and Co., advertise the
half-yearly dividend on the Russian Sterling Four-
and-a-Half per Cent. Load, Canada Debentures,
Nova Scotia Sterling Six per Cents , New Bruns-
wick Sterling Six per Cents., Virginia Sterling Five
per Cents., South Carolina Sterling Five per
Cents., Boston City Sterling Four-and-a-half per
Cents, and Eastern Railroad of Massachusetts Five
per Cents.

At the meeting of the Turkish Gas Company to-
day, it was agreed to wind up, and return is 6d of
the deposit to the shareholders. There was no

hope of doing anything with the Turkish Govern-
ment. In starting the company the directors took
a deposit of 2s 6d per 1/. share, and contemplated
the expenditure at ls. 6d. in their endeavours to

secure a concession, but the result showed that the

current expenses did net exceed is per share,

leaving is 6d to be returned. The resolution to
wind up- and make the proposed return were
agree I to unanimonaly. A. vote of th,iz:lti
passed to the chairman, Mr L. , the
directors.

The advices by the Arabia, d:liv,-el
be considered satisfactory. Cotton, however, was
at a stand still, holders refusing to sell at the price
offered. Tho grain crops are reported to promise
abundance. Wheat was firm. Flour was un-
changed, iron quiet, tobacco firm. Freights con-
tinued dull. Telegraph accounts from New
Orleans to the 9th of June report that day's sale
of Cotton 1,100 bales, receipts 540 bales; middling
quoted at 13i cents. The decrease in the receipts,
as compared with the same date last year, is 237,000
bales at that port, while at all the southern ports it
foots up 547,000 bales Freights were stagnant.
Sterling exchange 10i premium.

Cominerttal Entelltynce.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.-JUNE

There has ban no change to report in the cotton market today,
the business has bean fair and prices are arm. The Sales—including
200 Pernambuco's Bid to 9d, 150 Bahia Bd, 400 Egyptian 9.0 to 102 d,
800 Surats skd to 6jd—are reported 8,000 bales, of which 2,000 are on
speculation and for ex} ort.