Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-03-01 00:00:00

COTTON srrATEIcEN.T,

(From the New York Shipping List of February 16.)
Reepts. Expts to Gt. Britain. Total Vxpts. • Stooks, &c.
1859.. 2,627,133
1858... 1,607,290

Inermse 1,019,843
The Liverpool Share Market was dull and
unsteady during the day, closing at the lowest
point. The transactions were —Eastern Counties,
11 15-16 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 94, 934 ;
London and North Western, 934., 934, 93,1- ;
Midland, 991, 991 ; St. Helen's Railway and
Canal, 88f ; Dovers, 21 7-16, 211 ; Dutch Rhenish,
4 11-16 d ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 71 ;
Great Luxembourg, 74 ; St. Helen's Canal
and Railway E Shares, 991. The follow-
ing were the closing prices :—Blackburn,
1171, 111 ; Chester and Birkenhead, 62, 621;
1 Caledonian, 81, 84 • Chester and Holy-
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head, 48, 481 ; Eastern Counties, 111, id
111 ; East Lancashire, 921 xd, 93 ; Do. L 9
shares, 8 xd, Np ; Great Northern, 1011 xd,
1021; Do. A, 87 xd, 88 ; Great Western,
551 xd, 55a ; Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock,
93/ xd, 94 ; Do. L 9 shares, a ad, p ; London
and North Western Stock, 93f xd, 931; Do. one-
eighth shares, 19 xd, 1 1-16 d ; Manchester, Shef-
_ _

field, and Lincolnshire, 371, 37-A ; Midland Stock,
99 xd, 991; North British, 581, 581 ; North
Western, 13k, 131 ; North Staffordshire, 5,
d ; North Eastern—Berwick, 902- xd, 91i ;
York and North Midland, 751 xd, 761 ' • Leeds
Capital Stock, 46; xd, 471- ; South Eastern
and Dover, 21 5-16 xd, 211- ; Dutch Rhenish,
4 13-16, 41 d ; Great Western of Canada,
151, 16 ; Ditto New Shares, 4&, 4 d ; Great
Luxembourg, 61, 6a ; Grand Trunk of Canada,
7 7-16, 7 9-16.
In the Liverpool Produce Markets a quieter
business is going forward, and prices are steady.
About 8,000 bags Sugar have been sold since

Friday,- at 45s 3d for Demerara, 25s 6d to 28s for
Havannah (in bond), and 30s 6d for Madras jag-
gery. Ceara Coffee brought 47s 6d to 48s 6d, and
St. Domingo Cocoa 39s per cwt. In Linseed a
fair business is doing, at 52s per quarter for
Bombay. The stock of Sugar in Liverpool
on Saturday was 26,673 tons, of which
9,362 tons were BP, and 17,311 foreign,
against 19,623 tons, of which 9,796 tons
were BP, and 9,367 tons foreign, in the corre-
sponding date last year, being an increase this
year of 7,050 tons.
The market for the Public Funds and Securities
opened very steadily this morning, but afterwards
became weak, and closed at a decline. Consols
opened at 954 for both Money and the Account,
and had declined to 954 by noon. At the close
they were quoted at 951 to 954. The decline was
fully ti per cent. Exchequer Bills were steady
at 34 to 37. The New Threes were quoted at 9614
to 964.
The London Railway Share Market sympathised
with Consols, and, with a very moderate business,
prices were somewhat lower. The following
were the closing quotations : —Ambergate, Not-
tingham, and Eastern Junction, 64-, 64 ;
Caledonians, 844 ; Eastern Counties, 111, 114
ex. div. ; East Lancashire, 92, 94 ; Edin-
burgh and Glasgow, 701, 714 ; Great Northern,
I 1011, 102 ; Do. A., 87, 89 ; Great Westerns,
551, 554 ; Great Western of Canada, 154,
154 ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 291, 301 ; Great
Southern and Western, 103 104 ; Lancashire
and Yorkshire, 934, 93;7-, ; London and North
Western, 934, 994 ; London and South Western,
924 ; Leeds Northern, 474 ; Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire, 374 ; Midland Stock, 991 ;
North British, 581, 59 ; South Eastern and
Dover, 714, 714 ; York, Newcastle, and Berwick,
9142; York and North Midland, 764.
At the London Corn Market, to-day, the supply
of English Wheat was moderate; there was a fair
demand, at fully last week's prices. Foreign met
a more ready sale at full rates. Flour was firmer,
and Barley wanted, at high prices. The supply of
Oats was small, and the demand good, best de-
criptions being rather higher in price. Other
articles of the trade were steady.
The private letters from America were delivered
this morning. From them we learn, that a slight
concession had been made in the price of sterling
bills. Money was in ample supply at late rates.
The Breadstuff trade was rather more active,
and Wheat was buoyant. Indian Corn was
unsettled, and generelly quoted lower. .The
Provision Trade was dull, and Scotch Pig Iron
maintained late rates. Freights were firm.
Commercial advices from Calcutta to 23rd
of January state that the demand for Indigo was
brisk, at full rates, and Sugar was very firm.
Corals were dull and lower. Saltpetre trade larger,
at easier prices. Silk firm. Linseed and Rape-
seed tending downwards. Jutes, Lacs, and Cutch
firm. Safflower wanted. In the import trade
we may notice that Piece goods were very
brisk, and Metals firm. Advices from China state
that the China, from Whampoa for London ; Celes-
tial Gem, from Foo-Choo for London ; Beemah,
Testimonial, Runnymede, and Scawfell, from
Shanghai for London, and Scutari and Swordfish
for the Channel, had cleared—leaving a tonnage
of 189,442 tons unemployed in Chinese waters.
The ministerial declaration that Lord Cowley's mission
is one of peace and conciliation, has had a powerful effect
on the Stock Exchange. Consols at one period obtained
a rise of to -74 per cent. ; and notwithstanding the very
remarkable absence of response on the Paris Bourse, the
English Funds left off f: per cent. higher than yesterday.
In railway and all other departments of the Stock Ex-
change, speculative animation likewise prevailed.—Daily
New City Article Saturday Evening.
The ministerial statement on the Italian question has
been followed by a rise of 4 per cent. in the English
Funds. The rise would probably have been greater but
for the fact that the quotations from Paris skew that
the sanguine feeling shewn here is very feebly shared on
that side. About £40,000 in bar gold was withdrawn
from the Bank to-day for exportation.—Tunes City
Article, Saturday Evening.