Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-12-09 00:00:00

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LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.

. Thursday Evening,.
The market for English Securitieg to-day was
quiet, without any' general marking feature. No
alteration was made in the bank rate of discount:.
Consols opened at last night's quotations, and:
have not varied in any sensible' degree, the
present prices beimg 97 to / for money, and. 97/
61 for January. Reduced Three per Cents.
have been dealt in at 951 and 96 ; NeW Two-and-
a-half per Cents. Annuities, 811 ; India Deben-
tures, 97 96'4 961 961 and 5; the Bonds, 6s. p.m.;
and Exchequer Bills, 275. and 30s. for, all. New

Indian Five per Cent. Loan is steady at 105I'to
• Shares of the Ocean Marine Insurance are
s
quoted 1 prem.
In the English Railway Share Market the opera-
tions were limited, but shares generally maintained
their values: London and North-Westerns, with
Berwicks, have advanced about 2 per cent.; Great
Westerns are a fraction better, but South-Easterns
show weakness.

The Market for Foreign Securities has been
fairly sustained as to prices, but business was ex-
tremely limited. Chilian have advanced to 1
per cent. ; Mexicans are quoted 221 to a ;
Original Turkish have receded to 78, but the New
Sixes are firmer, having been dealt in at 66 to
66g.

French Rentes at a quarter past twelve were
quoted. at 70f., with a firm market.
The Swiftsure is announced to have arrived in
the Downs with 73,499 ounces of gold, vahied at
about £294,000.

THE FUN•DS.-•-CLOSING PRICES.
Consols, Money. 97k h Bank Stock... 226 8
Account 97 5-16 7-16 Three per Cents 95k 6
Lchequer Bills 27 30
RAILWAY SHARES.

Amb. Not. &E. J.. GI i I Lancas. & York. _994 2
Caledonians .. . 921 .1. L. &N. West... 981
Dutch Rhenish .. -- L. and S. West.. = 97i , 8
Eastern Counties. 56t, 71 Leeds Northern.. 481 2,,
East Lancashire. Man. Shelf. &Lin 371
24
Edinburgh &Glas 80} 81 Midland Stock _lOBl 2
Great Northern . .1051 61 North British .. :61 1
97 1) A. 95 6 iN. Staffordshire.. --
Gt. `Westerns.... 67 I I S. E. & Dover .. 71 I
G. W. Cana. .. .. 131- a York N. &B. . . 941 5
. -

Gd. Tk. Canada . 94- York &N. Mid... 7S
I
Gt. S. and West. 112 114

The following • appeared in a part of our
impression of yesterday :
MONEY
MARKET, &c.

Advices from Paris allege that the bills discounted by
the Bank of France have increased considerably.
The.. Lew Chew. sailed frum _Melbourne for-- Liver-
pool September 29th, with £112,000 in gold on freight.
Including the Swiftsure, now 85 days out, with £294,000,
the total amount of Australian gold known to be at'
sea is nearly £1,000,000.
The Stock Exchange to-day was by no means active,
yet the transactions were to a-fair extent compared with
those witnessed during the recent period of stagnation.
.In 4iery department great firmness prevailed, and in
many instances improved prices were quoted ; the funds
have again advanced 1-. per cent. All the markets left
off firm at the best Flees of the day. There was no
new feature in the discount market ; the demand at
the Bank was very moderate. About £5,690 in bar
gold was taken from the Bank to-day for exportation.—
Daily News.
The English funds have again been very buoyant
to-day, and nearly all other descriptions of securities
have likewise shown an upward tendency. .There has
been a fair, but not pressing, demand in the discount
market to-flay. A further improvement hai taken place
in the railway market' to-day, the principal British
stocks, with few exceptions, closing at zto per cent.
higher than yesterday. The tone was good to the last.
The exchanges from China, b-day, do not seem to
show any material' alteration. At Calcutta and Bom-
bay, the tendency is rather less favourable.--Times.

MONTHLY PRObITCE CIRCULARS.

Messrs. T. & H. Littledale & Co., in their monthly
circular, say :
SUGAR.—There has been a general inquiry for Sugar,
and prices have further advanced ls. per cwt., more par-
ticularly for all strong refining descriptions. The de-
liveries for home consumption continue satisfactory, and
the stocks in the four ports have again been reduced in
the month 15,000 tons, and amount to 110,000 tons,
against 85,000 same period last year. Good and fine
Cossipore are worth 465. to 475., Benares 435. to 465.,
middling to fine Date 395. to 435., an average cargo
of Mauritius 405., fine West India 425. to 445., and
good dry Brown 38s. to 395. per cwt. duty paid.
Clayed Manilla is worth 245. to 245. 6d. in bond, un-
clayed 19s. 6d. to 205., and Brown Brazil 21s. to 235.
The remark contained in our last circular, stating the
decrease in the Louisiana crop as likely to reach
120,000 hhds., as compared with the previous crop,
was questioned by several parties as being beyond pro-
bability. We have simply to say that we have full
confidence in our authority, and by the last mail he
further reduces the estimate of crop. The damage
alluded to was not from frost, but from the effect of the
long previous drought, though no doubt the frost of the
14th of November has also done injury. The crop from
Mauritius will be unusually late, as well as from the
Brazils ; indeed, from the latter, by letters just to
hand, the shipments for the time have ceased. Our
market closes with much firmness for all descriptions
suitable for refining purposes. Molasses have been in
good demand at extreme prices. Trinidads have realised
16s. 6d., and Antigua 17s. 6d.
TEA.—The past has been a month of great inactivity.
There has been a continuous decline on all Congous below
Is. Bd., holders being anxious to realise, without a
corresponding feeling on the part of the trade and spe-
culators to make purchases. The chief feature of the
month was the arrival of two cargoes of new crop Con-
gous from Foo-chow-foo ; the Charmer on the 9th, and
the Glen Clune on the 20th ult. About one-half of the
first-named ship were readily taken by the trade, at
prices quite on a par with London rates, say ls. 3d. to
-sliav• zsec,beeacucaot easier prices,
rdingtoq ualitye;e senciaseqllyuetnhte rsaleasd,
ehsowridevieng
below ls. 6d. Therehowever,
have been two mails from China.
The letters by the last w e delivered on 28th ult., with
dates from Canton to theerl2th4aattlidn Shanghaeo and Foo-
chow-foo to the 4th October,
season as 21,800,000 against 16,64,00e0 saexportsne date for
lastthe
year, which had a very prejudicial effect on home prices;
and as long as large shipments continue, ne improvement
is likely to take place. Blacks.—Common- Co ous
which were on the 7th ultimo at Is. 4tl. to is. 5d
are now at ls. 13d. to ls. 2d., but with little en-
quiry ; and the same decline may be noted on all ffavoury
reddish and blackish-leaf kinds up to Is. Bd., whilst the
finest kinds have nominally maintained previous rat es--
but to effect sales lower prices would have to be sub-
mitted to. The new scented Teas ex Charmer and Glen
Clune, sold readily at full prices—but old imports of
common to good quality from Canton may now be
quoted ld. to 2d. lower. Greens :No sales to note in
Canton-made sorts, which are neglected—a fair demand
exists for all good to fine Moyune kinds, stocks of which
are very light. On comparing prices with 7th ultimo,

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