The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-03-28 00:00:00

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.

11.1'.VERP001; Friday Evening.
There was no change' in `the Cott )11 Market
to-day.- The sales were 8,000 bales, of whicirt,ooo
were on speculation and for export. Messrs
Wright, Jun., and Co., in their circular issued for

the Niagara, say :
Our
last circular ad vices of 20th inst. were peepired for
and forwarded by the .Asia. The quiet aspect of our Cotton
Market then and for four previous weeks forming the ruling
feature reported, has continued with Unmitigated vigour.
during the present.' To estimate the business by appearance
would convey the impressiOn of the most limited operations
h-ing in progress, and yet each day's report has fuoted up
5,000 to 6,000 bales, and including what has been-fora
warded direct from the ship's! sides has given spinners a
supply quite_ equal to their reduced consumption. Specula..!
tion is reAricted almcist entirely to parcels to arrive, which
change bands rather extensivtely at spree concession from
current rates of stocks in port, the good t working
portion of which is not pressed. for, sale, although, holders
have, in many instance., yielded the turning point in favour
of buyers ; in the lower glades of ordinary ,Catton, -how-
ever. a 4:1, cline of. id per_ lb mast be submitted to in order
to effect sales. The last received Americran advices failed
to have alp influenc?, and so much engaged are all classes
in the general elections, that a- week or two- must elapse
before business resumes its usual course. Money matters
Present 'no change, alternate ease and stringency fully
supporting the mininiutt Bank rate; of interest. The total
sales of the week amount to 43,290 bales, of which 29 820
are American. Spec deters have taken 470, and exporters
3.580, leaving 39,240 bales of all kindi to the trade. The
import for same time is 35.206 bales, of which 29,773_ are
American. The quantity known to be at sea from American
ports is about 230,000 hales.
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PRICES TO DAY':
New Orleans Fair; Bad Middling, 7 13-16 d Ord., 61 to 711
Mobile II 6 8 " ”-,d " 61 to 7d
'ltlati tic ' 71 "' 7 9 161 " 6d to 7d
8
1851. 1856.
"total taken for consumption, 454,680 bls. 544,880 bls.
" - Export (actual) 37,795 " - 49,395 "

Stock this day
American, 13ra2i1. gTvptian. E. India. W. India. Total.
276,400 .146,020 • 16,930 43,030 1,950 384,330
Same time 1856 :-
255,110 56,070 38,270 • 25,020 2,690 377,160
The Liverpool Share Market was rather dull
to day, and with only :a Moderate business doing,
prices were barely supported. The _transactions
wera as follows :-Caledonian, 311 ; Eastern
Counties, 11; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 101/ /,
, Lancaster and Preston / shares, 35ap i London
and North Western, 104/, 1; Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincoln, 381, 9 ; Midland. 831 ; North British,
11 ; Dovers, 22-1, 47 /,/, ; Great Western of
Canada new, 3an.; Back of Liverpool, 24. The
business done for the next account was=-Caledonian, •
342; Eastern Counties, 11 116; Lancashire and
Yorkshire, 104 ; -London and North- Western,
1051 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 39, ;
Midlands, 83.; Dovers, A 2, 15.16 'York! and ilforth
Midland, 314 ; Grand Trunk of Canada-,%144.06,
11-16, 1, 11-16. The following were the clOsing
prices :--Blackburn, 8 11-16, 8 ; Chester and
Birkenhead, 651 xd, 661; Caledonian, 341, xd & n
34' ; Chester and Holyhead, 18, 18i ; Eastern
Counties, 10 15-16 xd, 11 ; East Lancashire, 98a
xd & n, 99 ; Great Northern,; "231, 241 ; do. A
shares, 108, 107,-; Great Western, 68, 68a ; Lan
cashire and Yorkshire Stock, 1011, xd & n, 102 ;
do. 91. Shares, la, la p; Liverpool, Crosby,
and Southport; 19.• xd, 191: London and North
Western Stock, 104 a, 104/ ; ditto a Shares, 3-16, e d ;
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 39, 391 Mid-
land Stock, 82/ 824.; , North British, 11, 11 1.16 ;
North Staffordshire, 5", 41, d; South Eastern, 22/, xd,
•22 11-16 ; Scottish North Eastern, 12k, 13; North
Eastern-13erwiek, 214 1116;• 21 -1146 t York and
NOrth • Midland, 31i 311; Leeds Capital Stock,
19/, 20; Buffalo and Lake Huron, la, 1/ p ; Dutch
Rhenish, par, 1-16 p; Great Western of Canada,
26a, 268 ; do., New Shares, 31, 31 P ; Great Luk-
embourg, 10a, lOad Grand Trunk of
_Canada 141,
14a. The continuations paid were-Blackburn, 9d,
10d ; Caledonian, is 6d, 1.16, Is, 1-16, is ;
Eastern Counties, ls, 11d, 9d, 10d, 7141; East
Lancashire, ; Great' Western, 3-16 ; Lancashire
and Yorkshire Stock, 5.16, 5-16, I, 5 16s; London
and North Western Stock, a, 9-16, of 9 16 ; Man-
chester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire, a ; Midland
Stock, 1, 5-16, 5 16, 4,1; North.Biitish, ls, 1 16,
Is6d ; South Eastern, 2s, 2s 3d, 2s, is 9d, 2s;
North Eastern.-7Berwick, is 9d, 2s, is 9d ; Buffalo
and Lake Huron is 2d ; Dutch Rhenish, is; Great
Western of Canada, 2s, is 9d, 2s; do. New. Shares,
100 ; - Great Luxembourg, 81, 71d; 81; Grand
Trunk of Canada, 146, is 6d;, 1.16. -. • •
The following are the weekly • traffic returns

received up to this afternoon :—Bedale and Ley-
burn 96/, Belfastand•Ballymena 1,1291, Birkenhead,
Lancashire, and Cheshire 2,3531, Blackburn 893/,
Bristol and Exeter 5,319/. CaledortiAn
Chester and llolyhead 4.990/, Cork and Bandon
212/, Cork, Blackrock, and Passage 1751; .Deeside
2331, Dublin and Belfast J unction 1,0811, Dundee,
Perth, and Aberdeen Junction 891/, Dundalk and
Enniskillen 4381, Dublin and Droghedit 1,5571, ;
Dublin and Wicklow, and Dublin and Kingstown
9681, Eat Anglian 9201, East Counties and Eastern'
Union 22 3041, East Lancashire 5,799/, Edinburgh
and Glasgow and Stirling and Dunfermline 5,513/,
Edinburgh, Perth, Dundee, and Scottish Central
5,549/, Glasgow and South Western 6,315/, Great
North of Scotland 1,330/, Great _Northern 21,7831,
Great Southern and Western 5,8341. Great Western
25 115/, Kendal and Windermere 108/, Lancaster
and Carlisle 54314, Lanca shire and Yorkshire 21,6151,
Llanelly Railway and Dock 337/, London and
Blackwa,ll 1,2601,' London,- British and South
Coast 10,722/, London and North Western
57,5801, London' and 'South Western • 12,7071,
LondOn, Tilbury and Southend 8571, Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire . 8,864/, ',Manchester,
South Junction, and Altringham 707/, Maryport
and Carlisle 923/,_Midland 29,848/, Midlang Great
Western 3,5611, Newcastle and Carlisle 3,1421,
North British 46951, North Eastern 31,0361, New
port. Abergavenny, and Hereford 1,0531, North.
Staffordshire • Railway and' 'Canal 6,9461, North
Western 71.0/. Oxford, WorceSter, and \Volver
bampton 3 707/, Bt. Helen's Canal and Railway
1,451/, Shrewsbury and Birmingham 1,8651,
Shrawsbury and Chester 3,076/, Shrewsbury and
Hereford 1,251/, Scottish North Eastern (late
Aberdeen) 3.452/, South Devon 2,2061, South
Eastern -14 4281, South York and River Dun 2,668/,
South Wales 6,492/,. Taff Vale 4.6591, Ulster 1.3584
Vale of Death 1.5441,-Warrington and Southport
130/, Waterford and Kilkenny 380/, Waterford and.
Limerick 90.2/, West Hartlepool Harbour and
Railway 2,717/, Whitehaven and Furness 370/2
Whitehaven Junction- 4321- Foreign :- -Dutch
Rhenish2,24s/. Eastern of France (late Paris and
Strasburg) 35,468/, Grand Trunk of Canada
9,366/, Great LnxeMbou'rg' 8011,' Great Western of
Canada 10,623/, Northern of France 36,7621,
Orleans, Bordeaux, and Branches 46,066/, Paris and
Lyons 39,687/, Samllre and Meuse 9701, Western
and North' Western 28,831/.
There is a -.steady* and `continuous demand for
Money, and on the whole the Market may be said
to be very stiff. No violent changes occur, and
the absorption is principally occasioned by the
nommtreial operations and the dealings in spe:tiO.
When the vast extent of our trade is eonsidered,
na surprise can be felt at the reacly employment
found for capital. The official Trade. Returns
given in our paper this morning, prove that
although there is no excitement in the various
branches of commerce, we are engaged in more
• gigantic mercantile enterprises than ever before
known, and a proportionate increase in the means
for conducting it has of course been required.
The Bank Directors, at their meeting to day, as
was expected, made, no change in the, terms for
loans and dis Counts. 6 pernent. is in most cases
demanded, but • the very best billS are negotiable
at 57 per cent. In the drain of gold to the Con-
tinent, and- of- silver to the East, there is -no pro-
bability of any immediate diminution.
The Market for the Pablio Funds and Securities
to.day was firm. The transactions were but few,
yet :prices on the whole
_were well: maintained.
Consols opened for Money at 93-1 to 93k, and
remained so throughout. the day, elosipg steadily;
For the Account the closing rates were 93i to
93 .
• In the Lenden Railway Share. Market there was
• not. so buoyant a feeling as .that experienced
yesterday, and prices are rather , weaker. The
closing quotations were :--Arribergate, Notting-
ham, and East Junction, 4 3-16, 4 9 16 ; Caledonian