The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-01-02 00:00:00

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.

LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY EVENING.
The Liverpool Share Market opened very firm
to day, and continued so to the close. The follow-
ing transactions were reported :—Birkenhead,
Lancashire, and Cheshire, 65 is Blackburn, n,
1-16, la, 9. East Lancashire, 23a. Lancashire
ani Yorkshire, 971. London and North Western,
107-1. 1 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 341
1\1.411m-14 831 d, I. North Eastern, 211,1 North
Staffordshire; 5.1. North Western, 71. Dovers,
2,2,1, I, 3. Ilaachester, Sheffield, and Lincoln £lO
Share's; 12k. North Union A, 237. Grand
Trio kof Caada, 141. Great Western of Canada,
24, 5,1; ditto New, 2* p.; Liverpool and London
r Ire and Life, 6* p. The following ate the latest
,quotations of the day, 1 30 p.m —New Year's Dry
Being invariably a half holiday :—Aberdeen,l3l, 132,
lackburn, 89, 9 ; Chester and Birkenhead, 65, 66.
-''tiedortian, 311312 Chester and Holyhead, 19 191.
rAstern Counties, 91 9 5-16. East Lancashire,
2:31 237,• Great Northern, 221 222. Ditto
.1117'1)1 945. Great Western, 691 692. Lancashire and
stiiorltsbite Stock, 971 971 Liverpool, Crosby, and
ou
iport, ist . London and North Western
.I.t°ek, 107?, 1074. Manchester, Sheffield, and
344 34;1. Midland Stock, 831 831 North
-dritish 10 10k. North Staffordshire, 5 411. South
Eastern and Dover, 223 22 7-16. York. Newcastle,
a,,nd Berwick, 211 211.10rk and North Midland, 30*
'9i. Leeds Capital Stock, 18i 18k. Buffalo and
Lake Huron, 11 21p. Dutch Rhenish, 11-16 ill
Great Western of Canada, 248 25k. Do. New
Shares, 23 2.4 p. Great Luxembourg, 102 104 d.
Grand Trunk of Canada, 141 14*.
As there are now decided symptoms of improve-
ment in monetary prospects, and the Directors of
the Bank have been enabled to extend their dis-
counts arid modify the terms, there is reason to
believe thatadditional ease will now be experienced,
as l that the course of commercial operations dur-
ing the new year will be satisfactoly to all parties
concerned.
The Funds to day were very firm, and the closing I
quotations of yesterday were current to day. The
favourable Revenue Returns, and the general
expectation of additional ease being felt in the
koney Market before long, have imparted a slight
degree of buoyancy to the market. Consols have
been 941 1 for the present account, and 942 for
the February account. The New Three per Cents
are 041 4, and the Reduced 94i -lg. East India
Bonds have been 2s discount to 2s premium, and
l'cliequer Bonds under 5001, 981
Very few transactions have been entered into
this morning in the Foreign Stock Market, but
pricey have ruled steady, and Turkish 6 per Cents
BightlY improved, being marked 951 to 96. Portu-
guese` 3 ner cents ex. div. are 431 4Russian 41 per
cents 952 ex. div. Spanish Committee's Certificates
end Dutch 21 per cents 641 1 ex. div.
The following are the nominal prices of Foreign
Stocks:— Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 7 ; Mexican,
211 2 ; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 77 9 ; ditto 3 per
sets , 54 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 43 5 : Rus-
"tan 5 per Cents., 106 8 ; ditto 4* per Cents , 94 6;
Spanish 3 per Cents., 40 41; ditto Deferred, 2384 i; ditto Certificates, 51 6 ; ditto Passive, 5! 6.
There was a good business done in the Railway
ohare Market to day, and prices ruled very buoy-
antly, An improvement of 71,- to 1 per cent may be
ququoted on some of the cheap lines. East Lanca-
sshire, Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, Great
orthern, North Western, Midland, North Eastern,
Lewick, and South Eastern, are about 5s to lOs
higher, and South Western and North Eastern
York, lOs to 1/. Paris and Lyons have improved
about 11, and Lombardo Venetian, it; Great
Central of
France ss. Grand Trunk of Canada
are
Joint 57 es,
- • and Great Western of Canada 25.
Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares rule
Tlery Well Ottoman Bank improved is Electric
eiegraPh brought 91, being a decline of 1/., and
The
"Insular and Oriental New Shares were 141
failure has been announced of the mercan-
Ve house of Mr. G. B. Rocca. The liabilities are
L',e,,ieved to amount at least to 50,0001, and the
:-nt is attributed to the suspension, advised
r
day,
of the house of Decio Trasciatti, of
to "este, in connexion with which Mr. Rocca is said
he under commitments to the extent of 30,000/
The
prospectus has been issued of the Oude
•L's 'thvay Company, with a capital of 1,000,0001, in
,z4O/ shares. The entire length of lines contemplated
4s 450 miles, but the company propose to commence
th a section of about fifty miles from Cawnpore
Lucknow. The fertility of the province is
unquestioned, and an application is in progress for
it i!uarantee from the India House, without which
is properly stated the project will not be pro-
eceded with.
s,
nTn to he Swiss Government have notified their inten-
e raise a federal loan of 480,0001. in virtue of
amhority recently granted, and which was to
ti,e extent of 1
,200,0001. Of this 480,000 C. the per-
-1)Y1 to be subscribed in Switzerland is 100,000/.
ii-truc,e. remainder to be raised abroad. The bonds
5 sr:' o be
of 20/, 40/, and 2001, and they are to bear
cent 01,
to be issued at par, and to be
redeem
annual in 20 years by a sinking fund with
drawion.,„ -
The
Ilrinry•Runyan has arrived from Sydney.
oing John7ooo of gold, valued at 108,0001.
_A, swill , ounces
44000/ er
portion of the gold per Red Jacket, viz.,
aria has been taken to the Bank of England,
Shoe'ttithough the next weekly return will no doubt
~,,ss a decline in the bullion, owing to the late
exhibit Ireland, Ireland, its successor may be expected to
".itat augmentation. There is still, however,
huE's°•°cl
r, demand for the Continent, where an active
opel;e:s is yet carried on in silver ; but as these
ezpro-,,'°113 are almost certain to continue, a steady
anti,'ation of gold from this side is fully
nneoprited
she Is
din. Board of Trade Returns show an extraor-
tier exPansion of business, and as the list of
of
former failures failures has not been above the average
solo rmer years, it is reasonable to infer that
.I,evnerative profits have been secured. The
t,,rnetinue, too, is highly encouraging, and the re-
lion. just published have excited general satisfac-
b
the yang the past twelve months the cessation of
isu,„ naturally acted as an incentive to specula-
xch°4.l at one period the dealings at the Stock
marketnge were immense. Latterly, however, the
measures s bsve become more tranquil, the restrictive
the °f the Bank having dictated caution in
ranfrenio'orsecution of speculative dealings. The
per cent ;actuation in Consols has been 10 to 11
it has in "rne of the English Railway Shares
her
amounted to 20 and 25 per cent.
tthe year iv 20
conflicting. - now opens the prospect is
ey
L' 'Notwithstanding the nominal peace
vo,,`,eur° 1-)e political confidence is wholly wanting,
at the same time the long continuance of
d:g.,4 rates in all the principal money markets has
;:seeartened every speculator. It is, however, the
j„,,itldstor only that is unable to see his way. The
1,1',1,1 'II ate merchant and mar tufacturer has acquired
d 1 Confidence from past experience that lie
read, ,
nothing but the disturbance to trade
that would result from the spirit of gambling being
%Rai u let loos
'as ever so r. It may be questioned if the country
IS eert • rich as at the present moment, and it
ain that thegeneralprofits of commerce and
agriculture t
ace ,u mg every branch of occupation into
profits
are beyond any former example. These
ut have encouraged all classes of producers,
ittwithst d•
tip at an mg the high rates of discount, to keep
least
r, to an ordinary average their stocks of
material
Every contingand3they are consequently safe from

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1.1 report.
A.ND TOXTETH HosPrrAL.—Wee—Y
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b-cenlb
vr, 31, 1g56 : In patients : Discharged, cured, 20,
!:2t!red, 24 • under treatment, 60. Out patients : Cured,
',', , entered', 34; under treatment, 32. Treasurer : James
1!oughtoo E,....
,i Visitors : Rev. T. Robhards, T. Rogers,
icl.s.cllonorary Chaplain : Rev. D. T. Barry, BA.
- '7; iaus aad Surgeons for the week : Dr. Cameron, Mr.
ita to T.
1. riouse Surgeons: Mr. Edward C. Garland and
r. Williain Townsend.