Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-11-19 00:00:00

NEW YORK MARKETS.—Nor. 7.

ASHES; —The market is a little easier, bat closes firmly.
COAL.—The market for Foreign is quiet; 100 tons
of Halliburton's Liverpool Orr el brought 8 duls 50c; and
100 ditto Can el, 10 dots 50c, four months.

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0 ,TTON.—The business continues extremely light, and
prices remain nominal. Whit business there is continues
at 121,c to 121 c for Middling Uplands. The Southern
Planters, it is understood, are holding back from market
their cotton, in the hope of obtaining better price!, and
thereby causing much of the financial embarrassment now
felt in New Orleans, Mobile, and other shipping ports of
the South. The New Orleans Bulletin asserts that many
factors in that city have been forced to yield to the blast
of the financial fury whick is sweeping over the country by
the defection of their planting friends, Who in the time cf
need withheld their shipments, thus failing to me.t their
city obligations. The heavy decline in cotton is ascribable,
to a single cause—the want of money wherewith to
purchase it; and this exigency was neither caused, ner can
remedied, by the factor. No planter's interest has been
sacrificed; On the contrary, the houses that have suspended
hive placed themselves in the disagreeable position of being
discredited rather than sacrifice the property of their
friends which was not subject to advances—in other ward?,
thee would not take he cotton of one planter to pay the debts
of another. The cotton factors have not only acted with
strict ft. lelity, but with extraordinary forbearance and
endurance. The arrivals have been from—New Orleans
28 bales ; North Carolina 339 bales ; Virginia 73 bates.—
Total 440 bales. Total Import since Ist inst. 3,807 bales;
total Import since Ist September, 19,554 bales. Export
from the United States:—Since Ist S-p ember' 1857,
120,379 bales; same time, 1856, 104,568 bales. Export,
from 1.3 t to 31it, October :-1857,14,226 bales; 1856, 8,358
bales. Export, from Jan. Ist to Oat. 31st :-1857,
166,102 bales ; 1856, 186,202 bales.
COPPEn.—There is but little inquiry fur either new
sheathing or yellow metal.
FLOUR AND MICAL.—The market for flour opened firmer
on Weenesday, but with an abatement of the export
demand; subsequently, a reaction ensued, and prices are
now in about in the same position as we left them at the
date of our las'. lia,ceipts large, though tbe stock does
not accumulate materially. The business for the three days
includes 35,000 brls, the market leaving off heavy at the
quotations. Canada flour is the shade easier on the low
graies, with sales of 2,600 brls within the range of 4 dols
90c to 6 dole 75c, as in quality. Southern flour continues
dull, and prices are lower, with sales of 5,100 brls at 5 dull
15c to 5 dots 35c for mixed- to straight brands, 5 dole 50c
to 6 dole 50c fur low to good fancy and extra, and 6 dole
75c to 7 dole for favourite and choice do.

Guam—The common grades of wheat have declined,
the demand for export being less active—choice qualities
are comparatively scarce al:el firm. The rye market is quiet ;
sales 2,000 bushels prime Northern at 75c, Barley is in
moderate request, and prices steady, with sales of 4,200
bushels at 75c to 80e fo: State, and 1,000 California, 86c for
inferior to choice. Barley malt is quiet, and prices are
nominal. The market for corn is lower ; sales 79,000
bushels, leaving cff at 750 to 75-Ac for sound Western
mixed. Oats are cull. in peas there is no movement.
We note further sales of 300 to 400 bushels State beans at
1 dol 68/c, cash,
HIDES.—Dry remain very inactive, the few sales making
being for immediate wants, and at a heavy decline on the
last sales of the same descriptims.
Hors continue in limited demand, at irregular rates.

litorq,—Tue market is almost at a B:and ;till, and we
can only learn of small sales. Scotch pig at 29 dots, 6
months, and 24 doll cash.
LE ATII —There has been more demand for Hemlock
and Oak sole within the last three (Lys, than there has
been at any timP, during the last six weeks, but without
any improvement in prices.

LEAD —For pig there is no demand, and prices are stll
nominal. Pipe and sheet are steady at 6 cents nett, and
bar, 51, less 2 per cent. cash.
MoLAsszs.— The demand fir home use continues pretty
good, but we see no particular change in prices.
NAVAL STORM.—Crucla Turp4ntin..s has bees in request
to frit some frtight engagements, and sales have been made
at 3 duffs 50c per 200 lb., which is still asked for Washing-
ton and New Berne—stock 2,500 brig. Spirits Turpentine
continued active on Wednesday and Thursday, with sales
at 42 to 43 cents, cash, (part in shipping order at 424 e to
43c) but yesterday, the market became very quiet, the
demand fur the moment being apparently eatisfied, and
Wes.: raturb COUW COL Cs rCUAS,Ii uy 1 Lu Z CUu‘b--SCOCK
3,000 brls. Common rosin is in fair request at previous
rates. White and p :le rosins are unsaleable, even to a
=eerie' d. cline from the rates obtained a short time since.
Tar is inactive, and no sales have tran,pired since those
noted in our last, except in a retail way.
PROVISIONS.—Prices of Pork aro irregular, sellers and
buyers are reluctant to yield a point, and the market is
consequently at a dead lock. Prime Mess Beef is more
active. Dressed hogs continue in active demand, and
sellers, if anything, have the advantage; sales are making
at 6/.; to 7i cents. Cat meats are quiet, and we have oniy
to note a sale of 36 bds. New pickled shoulders at 8
cents.

Elec.—The market continues dull, and piicea may again
be written 25c lower.

SALT.—Both bulk and sack remain very dull, and we bear
of no sales.

Suomi.—The market continues depressed, and prices
still retdia a down waad tendency, so that about all the
improvement recently noticed has been lost, and prices,
e:-tcept perhapS for the lowest and highest glades, now
stand as low as at any previous time this season. Refined
sympathises with raw, and prices also favcur buyers.
—Tile market exhibits the same apath. tic state, and
there have been no sales.

Tonscco.—This market ii still d&1, but an improved
state of things is believed to be not far distant.
FliEIGHTS.—There is no particular change in engage-
mews to Europe, bat we notice more activity in the
gene-at maiket for charters, Sze. The engagements to
I,verpool include 202,000 bushes grain, at 7-44 in bulk,
81 in shie's bags; 7,200 brls. flour, 23 to 2s 31; 1,800
b lies cotton 5-320, including some sea island, at 7-32 d ;
60 bales wool, 3-16 d ; 2,500 boxes, chese 2.5 s to 27s 6d ;
500 tierces beef, 4s 6d; 100 brls lard, 253; 49 casks
25s ; 500 brls rosin 23 6d; 500 do crude turpentine, 33;
80 tons rustic, 20s; 30 do salon wood, 30s ; 2,500 light
pipe staves, 303 ; and per steamer Baltic, 300 tierces beef,
73 ; 250 balc3 weul, 9-161 ;48 do sea island cotton, 1 ;
50 qr 10-xes Tobacco, 4s, and 42 cases indigo, GOs.
EXCR.tNolt.—There has been considerable business in
sterling for the Baltic; our bankers were mostly buyers,
and by raising their prices comrszreial bills commanded
higher rates. In continental exchanges not much was
dace; favourite bills were net abundant. Our importers
generally continue to buy very mode:ately. We quote
bills on Loudon, 6 to 9 per cent. ; France, 5f 40c to 5f
'3ou; Antwerp, 5; 30e to 5f 35e; Amsterdam, 391 to 4O;
Ilamburgb, 35 to 35i; Bremen, 75 to 76; Frankfort,
394 to 40 ; and Prussian Thalers, 69 to 70.

At LEWIS & 03IPA NY'S, Ranelagh-street,
BOYS are CLOTHED from the Ages of Six Twenty Years.

Prince Frederick William, of Prussia, arrived at Dover
on Tuesday evening, from Calais, performed the jouri ey
to London under two hours, and immediately started for
Windsor.

SUSPENSION.—The suspension has been announced of
Bardgett and Picard, an old house largely engaged in the
corn trade. Their liabilities are stated to amount to about
.£120,000, but the prospects of liquidation are not yet
known, heavy sums being due to them from America.
A HAUNTED ROUBE.—The 11,-;use of a working man,
named Baker, in London-street, Southwark, has been
surrounded with thousands of people day after day, a
report having gained general credence that it was haunted
by a ghost. The nuisance became so great that the clergy•
men connected with the parish wore acquain ed with the
circumstances. The Catholic priest attended, but would
have nothing at all to do with his ‘• ghostship." Mr.
Haucock, a gentleman connected with the District Visit-
ing Society, inquired into the ci:curnstanres, and soon
found out that the ghost was no other than the daughter, a
young girl about twelve ye 'rs of age. A communication
was made to the Rev. Mr. Martin, the rector of Christ-
church, and it was ascertained that she was a very bad
air], exceedingly idle and dirty, and fond of wandering
bout the streets to get into bad company. To prevent
her following her bad inclinations, she was confined to the
house. when she broke her father's crockery and farature
in such a mysterious way as to cause the report being
spread that the hcuse was haunted. The father, by the
aivica of other persons, give her into custody, and the
case was investigated before Mr. Combe, the magistrate,
who, by one queation, elicited the source of all the
crockery breaking previously shrouded in mystery. The
explanation was, that with hairs secretly attached to them,
the girl managed to pull the dishes from the tables and the
shelves—an ancient mode of procedure on the part of the
evil-disposed for creating a general belief that a house is
haunted. The sleight-of-hand delinquent was committed
for fourteen days to the house o correction.