Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-11-19 00:00:00

h. Cqtton to arrive ;..but the large quantity offering, and
desire,-. to realiSe shown by parti.4 laving
cOften'pn.the waY-,haVe tended to depress pnres, and
purchases can now be • mane on more. 'favotirable.
terms than- a fortnight since.. The accounts from
.America report a frost ; but as., the markets do
riot §cepa, ,to have been affected by it, it, is
thbreford mot sapposed to have had any serious effect
--upon tlie-crop,---1,47-0--AmericAnr4o—Suratr-and. 230
Egyptian, are reported to have been taken on specula-
1. ton; €4O Anieritan, 3,60 Surat, 20 and 50
Pernam, for export; so that the deliveries to the trade
TOVtheevieek have been about 33,600 bales.

, lii, the Liverpool .. Share Market much• per-
' Plekit.V- has been cauSed3latelY`by fEe"iincertain,
4tate.of foreign politics. Under the adverse in-
,
Ifluence thus ' produced, pries' 'ilve id.Windled
•t, . t,business
during; the week, and no busess of consequence
H•
has been done. To-day the market was heavy,
and prices closed with a flattening tendency.
ThelbuSin6st. fiansaefed t&-day included hales of
Great Westerns at 64 I ; Lancashire and York
shire, 961 1 1; Lancaster and Carlisle Con.
' Stocl ~71'973- ; 1-61-adii and North-l-gfeini79.,s7- ;
Ditto, Eight-Sintivs, 15-16 d ; Midland, 1061 ;
Grand Trunk of timada, 9 3:16 1; Great West-
. • f •• •
ern of Canada- 13 3-16 ; Chester and Holyhead,
leased by the L. and N. W.,: 44 eB2 ; North
[and, 14-1- ; North Union,
t,r; ,-anWiliVoNerhampton,
.t.: ..;:l.

Western, leased to Midi
'239 Oxford, AVereeste'

125 ; Pacific Steam, 731.
CLOSING
. 77 771
90;;9.1•
10Z- 11

PRIpES. _

N. Stafford 4,-.1 4 5-16 d.
N. Berl c, Stqck. 904, 911
Yoilc capital St6ck 75 764-fi,
tedds Stock 461 47-1
S. Eastern 23 23 1-16
Dutch Rhenish " 5 4id
Gt.Luxem. 6.13-16 615-1 G
G.'LCa'da ..9 1-16 9 3-16
G. W.Canada 131
, „ flaw shares 1-1-4 7d
Buffalo &L. Huron 4.1 5
_,Great Ship.... 13 0 14 0
The weekly traffic of the Grand TV Railway
df Canada for g -the week ending on' c 28th of
•
October last,was £12,428.55. 11d, with 880 miles,
of railway open ; against L 11,553 18s. 9d., with 880
miles of railway open, :for the corresponding week
of last. year. .- - I

Ches. & B'head.

.patedonian .. . .
E. Counties
E. L. Stock ....

G.,N.. Stock ...'
.102 103
Great Westerns.. 64,1 641
Lan. and York .. 96+, 964
Ln. & Nor. West. 951 951-
„ 4--shares .... 1 15-16 d
M. S. and Lincoln, 351 351
Midland Stock ..1051 1054
N. British St. .. 581 59f

The " general produce markets for the week
offer little ground for cOthment, beyond those
which, have been daily recorded in our columns•
The market for Tea has been, and continues dull
and inactive, with a lowering tendency. The
Sugar Market has been more steady.throughout
the week, and a considerable amount of business
has been' done. For Ruin there has been a fair

inquiry.
. The Ship-store Market has been heavy, and
inanimate. Beef has been slow, of sale, with ,
transactions entirely of. .a retail-character. -Pork
also has also been dull of sale ; but for Cheese,
extreme priceshave been obtained with readiness.
With respect to the trade in Timber, Messrs.
A. F. and I). Mackay in their circular of this
'day, say :
There is little to remark as to the general aspect of
trade beyond that which we notified in our last circular.
Business has been and still continues "good—steady
rather than active—but what is done is of a decidedly
healthy ,character. In nearly all the produce and
manufacturing markets . the demand has been fair,
although in almost every instance merely such as to
meet the requirements of consumers. Another pecu-
liarity, which is worthy of notice, is to be found in the
fact that the prices of nearly. every kind of 'merchan-
dise—agricultural produce probably excepted—are consi-
derably higher than they were at the same period of
last year, the advance having been attained, by slOw and
almost imperceptible steps. It is true that within the
last• few days, prices of the public securities, together
with railway and other shares, have sustained a shock,
occasioned principally, if not altogether, by sinister
rumours as to the secret intentions of the Emperor of
the French, with respect to the relations of that empire
with Great Britain. In several quarters it is held
that a 'rupture between France and, this country is
imminent ; and consequent on this rumour so arising,
consols have sustained considerable depression ; but
a growing conviction, which is prevalent 'on all hands,
that the Government and people of this country ' are
prepared for the worst that rAay befal; has had the
effect of re-assuring the nioSt and that ex-
ceedingly' sensitive barometer'-of the ,political atmog= •
phefe, the price of consols has again.begun to show
tokens of returning serenity, and confidence is tieing re-
established. What has been said with regard to trade
in general is, with some modification, not less true in re-
spect to the market for wood. The importwhich at first
was considerably in excess orthe demand, and threatened
a glut of most kinds, has latterly fallen off in some de-
gree, while the demand, notwithstanding the still conti-
nued strike in the building trades, has been steadily
maintained. These two circumstances combined have
produced a more favourable condition of the wood
trade than..could have been safely predicted A few
months or even weeks ago. This favourable position of
the trade promises to be continuous for at least some
time to come, unless some very unexpected events should
arise to alter the direction and state of general industry.
The' hope that the present promising aspect of affairs
will continue, receives additional countenance from the
fact that the -tempestuous weather which 16s recently
prevailed has had the effect of contracting the amount
of tonnage which would otherwise have been employed
in the colonial wool trade, and has so contributed to
lessen the prospects of future imports, partioularly in
those from Canada. Prices, without having greatly
advanced, exhibit an encouraging tendency, and should
the present condition of affairs continue, a decided im-
provement may with confidence be looked for.

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.
Friday Evening.
In the English Stock Market the transactions .
have not been numerous, nor have they been
characterised by very great fluctuations. Consols,
for the greater part of the morning, maintained
steadiness, but at a later period a disposition to
recede became apparent, and the present quota-
tion shows a fall of k per cent. from the final
prices of last night. Consols being now at 95&
to 96 for money, and 96 to k for account; Bank
Stock has been done at 2271 and 226 ; Reduced
Tdihtrteoe pr Cents., ; India Stock, 226;
Bills, 275. Debentures, 96k and 95i ; and Exchequer
and. 30s. prem. for large only.
In the English Railway Market business was
extremely quiet, and prices do not appear to have
varied from those of yesterday
afternoon, but are
on the whole steadier. :1 s
The Market for Foreign-Sii;elih'iias 'seen a mo-
derate amount of business done, and some varieties
exhibited rather more firmness, but in general
values are not fully supported. Mexican is a
fraction better, Spanish and Dutch are firm,
Original Turkish havet been deal in at 76 to 76z,
and. the Now Sixes at 651 and 61,1 ; New Vic-
tol:4 Lean is quoted 1091 to 110, and Ocean
Marine Shares at 1. to l 4 prem.
The quotation for French Rentes at a quarter