The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-03-17 00:00:00

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.

LIVERPOOL, Monday Evening.

With a fair demand, and only a moderate supply,
prices of Cotton to day were very firm. The sales
are estimated at 7,000 bales, including 1,000 on
speculation and for export.
We have not much change to notice in the sales-
in the Liverpool Share Market to day. The trans-
actirns reported were-Caledonian, 341 xd ; East;
ern Counties, 104 xd; East Lancashire, 96 xd
Great Western, 68 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 991,
9, 8:77, 9 ; London and North Western, 1044, 4,
Do e t-,hares. 3-16 d; Manchester, Sheffield. and
Lincoln, 371 1, 1. I, 4. 383; Midland; 811, H, sxd ;
North British. 11 7-16 xd ; Dovers, 224, 4,4, 4,4,
h xd ; Dutch Rhenish, 4p; Grand Trunk of Canada,
131; Great Western of Canada, new, 311 e ; Sambre
and Meuse, 94 ; Liverpool and London Insurance,
64, p ; Royal Insurance, 3 7 16, p. The following
were the closing prices :-Blackburn, 84, 84; Ches-
ter and Birkenhead, 661, xd, 67 ; Caledonian, 341-,
& n, 344 ; Chester and Holyhead, 181, 19 ; East-
ern Counties, 104, xd, 10 13-16; East Lancashire,
96, xd &n, 964 ; Great Northern, 234, 24 ; do. A
shares, 101. 101 ; Great Western, 671, 69 ; Lanca-
shire and Yorkshire Stock, 99, xd & n, 991; Liver-
pool, Crosby, and Southport, 181 xd, 19 ; London
and North Western Stock, 1044 1044; ditto 4 shares
3-16, kd ; Manchester, Sheffield. and Lincoln, 374
371 ; Midland Stock, 811. xd & n, 811; North British,
111 xd, 1 11; North Staffordshire, 5, 4111; South East-
ern and Dover, 221. xd, 22 5-16; Scottish North
Eastern, 134, 141; North Eastern-Berwiek, 211,
214; York and North Midland, 31, 311 ; Leeds
capital Stock, 191, 20 ; Buffalo and Lake Huron,
14. 1N p; Dutch Rhenish, 4. 4p; Great Western
of Canada, 261, 261 ; do. New Shares, 3 7-16, 34p;
Great Luxembourg, 101, 104 d ; Grand Trunk of
Canada, 131, 131.
The Funds were not so active to-day, and, with
only few transactions being reported, a decline of
1 per cent. had to be submitted to, but, in the
afternoon, they recovered to Saturday's quotations,
closing rather firmly. The Money Market keeps
stringent, and no relief is expected for some days
to come. Consols for Money at 934 to 934, de-
clined to 93, and afterwards reached 934, at which
figure they closed. For the account, they opened
at 934 to 94 declined to 934, and closed at 93g
to 934.
The general feeling prevalent in the London
Railway Share Market to-day may be described as
flatness, the transactions being limited. The
market, however, closed with more firmness at the
following quotations :-Ambergate, Nottingham,
and East Junction, 44, 41 ; Caledonian, 701 ;
Edinburgh and Glasgow, 56,57 ; Eastern Counties,
IN, 11 ; East Lancashire, 98, 99; Great Northern,
954. 96; Great Western, 671 ; Lancashire and
Yorkshire, 1021, 1021 ; Leeds Northern, 39, 40 :
London and North Western, 1041, 1041 ; London
and South Western, 1044, 1041 ; Manchester,
Sheffi.dd, and Lincolnshire, 371 ; Midland Stock,
811, 814 ; North British', 461, 474 ; South Eastern
and Dover, 744 744 ; York, Newcastle and
Berwick, 85, 86 ; York and North Midland, 62, (13.
Ater official hours the business done was at the
fol'owing prices:-Caledonian, 701, 701 ; Eastern
Counties, 104 ; East Lancashire, 974, 981; Great
Northern, 954, 96 ; Great Northern A. 86, 87 ;
Great Western, 671, 671; Lancashire and Yorkshire,
1004, 1001 ; London and North Western, 1044,
1049 i ; Manchester. Sheffield, and Lincolnshire,
274; Midland Stock, 814.811; North British, 461.
47:3; South Eastern and Dover, 744, 744 ; York.
Newcastle, and Berwick, 85, 86 ; York and North
Midland, 62ei.
There is a fair business doing in our general
Produce Markets, and prices of the leading articles
are firmly maintained. The Corn Markets held
to-day were very dull, and in London, Wheat
could not be sold unless at a decline of 2s per
quarter on the prices of Monday last.
The Asia arrived here this afternoon, with
advises from New York to the 4th inst. There was
an active demand for Money, but this being freely
met by the Banks, no very severe pressure had
been felt: Prinas of American Stocks had slightly
advanced during the week. The Cotton Market
had been very buoyant, and prices had advanced
1 to 1 cent. per lb during the week. A
fair enquiry existed for Flour, but, with a better
supply, prices were 10 to 15 cents per barrel lower
in the week. The demand for Wheat had been
languid, and a decline of two to three cents per
bushel may be noticed A good enquiry existed
for Indian Corn for export to Great Britain, and
prices were about "nominal. Freights were
steady. Exchange on London was quoted
at 1084 to 1081 for Bankers' Bills. The
new Tariff Bill was on the evening of the 2nd
• inst. perfected by the Joint Committee of Con-
ference between the two Houses of Congress, and
reported, as a compromise of conflicting views on
the subject, when it was almost immediately
passed, by a vote of 35 to 8 in the Senate, and 124
to 71 in the House of Representatives. The mea-
sure only awaits the process of enrolment and the
signature of the President of the United States
to bee ,me the law of the land-to go into full
effect on the lst July next, and the new rates of
• duties to apply to all goods imported, but ware-
housed, in the meantime, as though the same had
been imported after the 30th June. The imme-
diate practical results, aside from the main purpose
to reduce the present redundant Customs Revenue
about 14,000,000 dols. per annum on the current
scale of importation, will be to throw a large por
tion of the highly dutiable goods now on the way
from Foreign States into public store, to await the
operation of the new bill, and to postpone a con-
siderable share of the usual importations ordered
for May and June until after the Ist July. . Both
will necessarily lead to the reduced payment of cash
duties into the sub treasury. What the effect
will be after the new bill takes full force, it is dif-
ficult at present to see. The measure, however, is
well timed, as the Banks will be better enabled at
midsummer to supply the first demands of the
importing interest, to pay cash duties upon the
large sum of goods withheld from the market until
after the first July, than at any other season. The
subsequent importations will no donbt be heavy
for several winters, and the very serious apprehen-
sion is that the reduction in some of the schedules
of the act of 1846 may, while curtailing the revenue,
afford undue encouragement to an excessive scale
of importation.
The Admiral has arrived in the Downs from
Melbourne, with 40,687 ounces of gold and 40,000
sovereigns on freight, representing a total value of
about 20?,700/.
The usual half-yearly meeting of the London
and Paris Joint Stock Bank was held yesterday
in London. From the balance sheet it appears
that out of 18,0001 which the directors
received from the shareholders, only 4,7671 2s 2d
remains available for distribution on breaking
up the undertaking. Amongst the items
under the head of expenditure there appear 3,5981.
12s lld for " law charges an London and Paris,
including fees for charter and other expenses inci-
dental thereto
.;" 1,1861. Is for " expenses of depu•
tations to Paris, 40., and travelling expenses ;"
6,3531. 8s for direction, salaries, and wages to Lady
day, 1857;" and 1,5061. for office rent, furniture,
and alterations. The report was adopted.

Two men, named George Gm!ding and Joseph Goulding,
underwent the punishment of the stocks at Uctoxeter, for
six hours, on Thursday last. The offence for which this
punishment was inflicted was being drunk and disorderly.
The defendants were fined ss, and costs, and both preferred
this mode of paying the amounts .
THE POPULATION OF THE WORLD.—ACCOrding to the
American Almanac for 1857, the most reliable estimates of
the population of the globe are as follows : —Africa,
100,0000 000 ; America, 57,677,882; Asia and Islands,
626,000,000 ; Australia and islands, 1,248,000 ; Europe,
263,517,521 ; Polynesia, 1,500,000. Bat a comparatively
Small portion of this population have ever been reached,
eaen nominally, by the Christian religion. Not more
than 317,000,000 of the whole 1,050,000 are included in
all the Christian denominations of the Roman Catholic, the
Greek, and the Protestant Churches. The others, the great
mass, 72,1,000,000, with the exception of a few millions
Mahometans, are Pe gars 9f the 317,000,000 of
Christians, 159,000,000 are Reman Catholics, 08.250,000
Protestants, and about 70,000,000 of the Greek or Russian
Church. One half of the whole Protes ant population of
the world is contained in the British isles and the Unjed
States, and a moiety of the remaining half is found in
Prussia and the small German States,

Commerttal Intelitatnce.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.--MARca 16

The advices per Indian, together with the non-arrival
of the Asia, caused holders to supply the cotton market
only moderately, and the demand being fair, prices are
stiff. The sales—including 150 Perna:nbucos Sid to 8.13,
70 Bahias 8(1 to Sid, 50 Maran hams 84d, 250 Egyptians 9id
to 10c1, and 1,500 Surats 5d to 61d—are reported 7 000
bales, of which 1,500 are on speculation and for export.

LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARK ET.—MAncn 16
SUGAR has been in good demand, and large sales have
been made at steady rates ; including Saturday's business,
we have to report 600 hhds Demerara from 49s 3d to 525,
and at 56; to 57s for grainy, 50 hhds Jamaica at 51s to 55s
6d, 550 bags Benares at 54s 3d, 700 bags Ceara at 35s in
bond, ex quay, 2,400 bags Pernams to arrive, at 34s 6d in
store, and a cargo of 300 tons Bahia, also to arrive, at 36s
6d for brown, and 39; per cwt for white.
MoLAssEs : Nothing has occurred.
Rum : We have only to ❑otice 50 ';puns Demerara and
Jamaica at previous rates.
COFFEE: A small cargo of Rio has been sold for a near
port at. 51s per cwt, f p a.
RICE : The sales comprise 4,000 br.gs Madras at lOs 3d,
and 70 casks Carolina at 23s 3d to 24s per cwt.
JUTE: There has been an excited market, and upwards
of 5,000 bales have changed hands; at further advanced
prices.
GAMBIER : We have also to report 800 bales, to arrive,
at 18s to 18s 3d per cwt.
PIMENTO : 120 bags sold at 4il per lb.