Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-03-31 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKET.-MARCH 30

Colonial, &c.: The sales in &gar are confined to 55 hhds
Demerara at 40s 3d for Muscovado, and 44s for grainy, and
1,000 bags Ceara in bond at 24s per cwt. Nothing further
has taken place in Molasses, Ruin, or. Cope. Of Rice, only
1,150 bags Bengal sold at lls 3d per cwt. In Dyewoods,
300 tons Savanilla Fustic at £5 2s 6d, and 20 tons Manilla
Sapanwood at £9 10s. No transactions in Brimstone. 50
tons Nitrate of Soda reported at 14s 6d to 16s. A few
casks Cream of Tartar at 125 s to 126 s 6d ; 5 hhds Philadel-
phia Quercitron Bark at 10s ; 400 bales Gambier, to arrive,
all faults, at 15s 6d; 30 bales Munjeet at 37s 9d for first-
class ; 150 bags Sago Flour at 14s to 16s per cwt ; and 10
tons Mother-of-pearl Shells at £l5 55 per ton. 10 pipes of
Lemon Tuice,were forced off by auction at 9-16 d per degree.
Oils, &a: Small sales of Palm at £45; nothing to notice in
Olive ; and 100 tons Linseed Oil, taken within the last day
or two, at 30s to 30s 6d per cwt. Tallow quiet, at 54s 6d
for PYC. Of Rosin, 1,300 barrels at 9s to 11s for medium
quality, and a small lot of common at 4s 6d. 100 barrels
Spirits of Turpentine have been sold at 41s to 41s 6d per
cwt We have likewise to notice 500 bales Jute at £l5 lOs
to £l9 ; 70 bales Mexican Fibre at £26 ; and 20 tons
Linseed Cake. (English make), at £9 per ton.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARXET.—MARcn 30

There has been a good demand for cotton to-day, and the
market continues steady, but withoutanimation. The sales—
including 200 Pernambuco, 80 370 Bahia, 72d; 200

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Maranhim, 8d; 300 Egyptian, 7P to 9-1-d ; and 900 Surat,
511 to 60—are reported 10,000 bales, of which 3,000
aie on speculation and for export.

LONDON PRODUCE MARKET.-31AucH 30

SUGAR: The market remains steady, but there is a great
want of activity about it, and it requires firmness on the part
of the importers to sustain
_prices. _ _ _

COFFEE : This article is ffrm, and has an upward tendency.
The cargo, 3,000 bags Rio, sold freely at 6d to is advance ;
casks 70s to 74s ; bags 63s to 735. Good ordinary clean
native Ceylon has been sold at 565.
TEA : We are without transactions of importance to
report. The samples of the large public sales to commence
to-morrow, had occupied the attention of the trade
RICE : The market is dull and cliff
No sales reported.
SALTPETRE has deelined fully 6d
SPICES remained steady

dealt of sale.

COTTON

LONDON CORN MARKET.-MARCH 30

At this day's market the supplies of old grain were mode-
rate. Weather wet. Wheat : English slow, at Monday's
prices ; foreign unchanged. 'Floating cargoes in small
compass, and good millers' wanted. Egyptian strong, at
the prices of Monday's advance. Flour steady ; a fair con-
tive trade. In Indian corn no alteration ; very few
es on the coast, but a fair quantity for the season of
itb• NiihZ 'flimitei.irt—iiva tcd'reLi's

altered. Oats : Prices rawer in favour of buyers, but a
,ady rate for all fresh foreign arrivals.

BOROUGH HOP MARKET.

MARCH 30

There is an improved demand for all new hops, and
prices have an upward tendency, 147 s per cwt. having been
paid for fine East Keats, Other qualities support yester-
day's quotations.
LONDON TALLOW MARKET.—MAucx 30.
The market is firm: Town tallow is quoted 52s 6d
net cash ; Petersburgh Y. C., on the spot, 53s to 63s 3d ;
all this month, 53s ; April only, 53s ; April to June, 52s 9d ;
October to December, 53s 6d, " buyers."

LONDON MINING MARKET.—MARCH 30.
In the mining market to-day, shares in East Wheal
Russell are firmer, at 15 to 16. There has also been some
business in shares in South Basset, Pednandrea, Wheal
Margaret, North Roskear, Wheal Grenville, And North
Downs mines. In the Stock Eiehange, Great Wheal
Alfred shares are marked 21. Cobre Copper shares are
rather more offered, and have been dealt in at 36. Port
Philip Mining are marked 12s 6d.

LONDON MONEY MARKET.—MARcu 30.
Consols steady all the morning at 95i to 95k. Shares
dull ; little doing beyond settlement of account. Canadian
firm ; French steady.

CORK CORN MARL
White wheat, 23s 6d ; red,
14s 3d ; oats, 13s 4d to 14s.

LET.—MARCH 30.
21s 9d to 22s 6d ; barley

GLASGOW CORN MARKET.—MARCH 30.
Trade very dull, and prices of wheat and flour barely
supported. Barley steady. Beans rather lower. Peas
firm. Oats dull, and offered at a small reduction.

GLASGOW IRON MARKET.—MARCU 30.
No. 1,52 s 6d to 52s 9d; warrants, 62s to 52s 6d;
makers' iron, 52s 6d to 52s 9d ; No. 3, ditto, 52s 6d to
52s 9d. The market is quiet.

QUARTERLY

REPORT OF THE SCOTCH IRON

TRADE

The increase of 135,000 tons in the stock of pig iron in
1858, combined with the apprehensions of a continental war,
caused, at the opening of the year, extensive operations for a
fall. There was, therefore, a downward drift of prices until
the beginning of this month,when the quotation touched 50s
6d per ton, and when the feeling was one almost of panic,
its impulses being guided not by considerations drawn from
the inherent stability of the iron market, but by the fluctua-
tions on the Paris. Bourse. The range of prices, however,
did not exceed 2s per ton, either above or below the average
rate of 52s 6d per ton for the quarter. The average price
in January was 53s 6d, February 51s 11d, and March 525,
against 54s 7d, 56s 3d, and 57s ld in these months respec-
tively last year
Thou

gh there has been a falling off in the exports to
France, Italy, and Germany, in consequence of the per-
turbed position of Europe, still the 'total deliveries of pig
iron amount to 208,000, and show an increatt not wily of
25,000 tons over 1858, but of 15,000 tons over the corres-
ponding period of 1857, when the price was 75s per ton,
and when trade had attained an unprecedented extension.
Owing to the stoppage of several furnaces, the production is
only 232,000 tons, and shows a decrease of 19,000 tons
when compared with the preceding three months The
stocks have, nevertheless, from the retardment of shipments,
increased 24,000 tons, and are now 320,000 tons lying in
makers' and warehouse 'keepers' stores.
It is worthy of observation that, although Scotch is equal,
if not superior, to Staffordshire Pig Iron for foundry pur-
poses, the prices here are about 15s per ton below those
prevailing there. It is thus that our local consumption is
rapidly enlarging, and now averages fully. 7,000 tons per
week. Several large contracts have recently been made
here on Russian and Indian account, for cast-iron pipes and
railway chairs.

The stock of iron now decreasing at the rate of about
2,500 tons weekly, conjoined with the general belief that
the result of the Congress of the European Powers will be
the maintenance of peace, has within the last few days
caused a large demand for iron, and the price has advanced
nearly 2s per ton. But altogether apart from any political
events which may interpose to mar our prospects, the iron
trade more than confirms the anticipations formed of it
before the end of 1858, and is showing signs of activity
concurrently with the expanding commerce of the country.
Prices are to-day as follows No. 1 Gartsherrie, 56s ;
No. 1 Coltness, 55s ' • No. 1 Glengarnock, 55s ; No. 1 Cal-
der 54s 6d; No. 1 GMB, 53s 6d; No. 3,53 s to 63s 6d.
Last Coast brands, 53s to 54s 6d; Ayrshire brands, 53s to
545. Bars, £7 5s to £7 15s. Rails, £6 15s to £7 ss.
Railw.ay chairs, £4 2s 6.d to £4 ss. Iron pipes, £5 to £5
10s. THOU AS TUORBURN, Glasgow.