Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-12-31 00:00:00

Saturday, Deepipbpr -liT54 Js.sga

ton, which remark also applies 7to Wplsh. bars, 43;;they may
fairly be placed in the same' category; the price tieing regu-
lated by the exigencies of the makers as regards specifications.
• 'NI Plates have been subject to rather more fluctuations,
the highest and lowest 'Wipes of the year being reef ectirgy
248, and 265, coke, 29a. 6d. and 525. charcoal, for ordifbirit..
brands.
The business, it is alleged has been very niaremunerative to
'the manufacturers.
In 'tin, there have been six declared adVances, and four
declared reductions ; establishing in the aggregate, rul advatee'
of £l5 per ton, on common, and £l2 per ton on refined, on the
opening prices of the year.
Copper has been advanced thrice, and reduced twice Ad; per
lb. each time on mannfactured; leaving the quotation per ,
lb. higher than Ist January last, and a fufther advance' is'
considered imminent.
Lead: Pig• has ranged during the year from £2O 10s. to
£2l 105..; Sheet, from £22 10s, to £23; Shot, from (£25 to
£25 .10s. per: ton; , ,
Scotch Pig Iron, being,soinuch more speculative than ,•the
articles already enumerated, has -experienced more •violent
oscillation, the lowest sale made here being 87s. per ton
mixed numbers warrants,. f. Q. b. ;in the Clyde, delivery all.
the year round, at seller's option, and the higlie,t, 58s. 9d.
per ton. cash, whio. was pahrm9lasgorc both on Wednesday,
and Thursday. This rxMining, heie; 58s. 9d. 'cash; and alSo
two months
,open, was paid ;:,hut before , the Close there. 7.7 p
quite a collapse, sellers at 58s. Per ton. two months open, and`
bUyers at,not,oxer 575. per ton. ca5h......
Shipments this week, 6,226 tons, against 6,174, tone-cornet
sponding perfdd of last year. - - •''
On the, whole, the prospects; for the cOrniiag year' are Very
encouraging. During the present the Home Trine Wu; been,
healthy, and the stocks are moderate in seyeralforeign markets;
hence the eagef buying fo`ethe Levant: ' ' •
r • Althougff'flie shiPinelifFtci'the United States bare-greatly
,Oxeeeded last year's, it must not.-be forgotten that the effects of
.the panic had not then subsided; 'and .tilfere are reasonable
grounds for -stigposing that; the-- e?rtgorts to the-Airieictur'
•ntarhets, next year, will not fall short of the,present.
, The folloWingraYe the quotations j,ll •ta a:bud
Welsh Bars, £6 • ss; to £6 7s. '6d. Gd. to. arrird',vrECUPato
£6 126. Ort. ex witielaattSe. - -TUOrr.4. .c
Staff.!. Best Bars, £7 10s. to £B ss. (according to quality)`;.
nail rods; £7 to ,£.7 7s.- 6d. hoops; E 11,411. iktotb.si9 et5e.1,0
sheets, £9 to £9 15s. `i
Scotch. Pig .Iron, No. .1, G.M.8., Os., per ton, _
Copper',Sheathing,' pet /b. ; Cake Tile saiNqn-jOill
£ll2 best; selected, £115; Yellow Metal Sheathing, 101 d.
Ptq' lb. , .1
.Lead (Pig), £2l 10s. ; sheet, £22 10s.; shot, £23 pe,- ton.
(Conunon), 412.8.;. refined, £142 per ton.. , ?a4
Tin- Plates, 255. 6d. to 275. ; Charcoal, ,318:, 04%1
525: per, ton ; delivered.l.f.o,b.phere usual termsk..,-, .-; refill
, 7 ,

' • ' • " 'RIDE S, &b. . - - '"" ' 1
Leases. Martin. and CO., in their. *Mai
give the following .acoottnt
,of said, this week
B. A. ox Hides„ average- 63 lbs, at Btd per lb; tare 6 lbs ; 51
salted B. A. bulls' Hides, average 84:i to sa lbs, at 71d per IS
tire 7 lbs ; 1,000 salted M. V. 'ox Hides, average 66! 1b,4, at
per lb, tare 6 lbs ; 940 salted M. V. ox Rides, average,67 lbs,,
at 8d per lb, tare s.lbs ; 3,125 salted B.A. horse Hides, average.
35 lbs,-at 12s 6cl each; 347 salted 3P. V: hOrsellideg,' 'average'
30 to 30 4-7 lbs,-, at Os 6d to. 10s,9dr,each; 460 salted
horse Ilides,,average 24 lbs, at, 9s 9d each;, 434 E. L
/Kips,
common d.s., average 'lok lbs,' al sd. per 'lb ; 210
Australian Sheep. Pelts, at 2s 7d per. dozen. • 7,500.. Iti(0
ditheiro' Horns,' average, os..,each,, 21s 6d per 123.
2 bales Horse Hair, prime mixed, at 16d, fair at 12d pe;:. lb._
92 piped S. A. Tallow, fair colony, at,,,A7s to 58,,ye110w at 56s •
per cwt. 35 bags Smyrna Valonia (new crop) at £l6 15; Per'
ton ; 380 tons Smyrna Valonia at- £l3- LOs to £l5 15s
per tool 75 toss Morea Valebit at g9,lss.pex ton,- Lip:bags
Curacoi Divi at £12,10s ; 27 tons Carthagena Divi at £lO to ,
£lO 100 'per Jon,
,270 tells Bones, common, at ZA 01'4;
thighs,lEs to '£s 2s 6d 'per ton ;- 205 tons ealCined'BO' es We
£7 75 per ton. 130-Yon's, Cork Tree-Bark at $6 10s. • i-

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LONDON PRODUCE MARItET..--DEa. 30.
suGA it.--=Alitige buSliiisi his 'again. been done' in this article
at a slight advance. Refined brown- lumps 525. A much
larger dinomit of business, has been done in this article than
during the holiday; week last year.
Coe4c.---Prices have been fully supported.
...,....., „,
TEA..--Holders eontinue to ask full prices. Coraraorieougou"
__—_...„.._ ._
quoted ls. 3d..t0 Is.. 31d. per lb. .
SAL4Ers.E.---Refractinnl2 to fine 3 sold at 375. to rifi. `)
"RICE continVei firm, ' Viith h'fair iiiio' wit .Of Vusineis dkine. 71
. Stroie..---The importations, 1859; hale been 23441684 T;
against 228,7207 tons in 1858; - the• deli eries for home - con-
'i
suraption, 215,226 tons, against 217,416 ohs IA 1858 ;:ditto fCir,
export, 13,66# tons, against 13,012 in 185., The present stock
is -59;70# tons; against 54,716 1n1,858, shoVeing an' increase- in
'the importations of 6,148 tons; a decrease in the deliveres. of
1,638 tona,_nna.andiloeLase in the stock of 4,988 tons. -
The holiday, week. ha‘ closed with ,an improved aspect, for-
.
most articles. . r' s--..q ..11)"."..1....i.i.1 :fall:
.--r--7-r-717,2, .T ~,, I. .17.4" vrf 19iivepc 1
LONDON TALLOW MARKET.—DIic. 30: tr
The .Market exhibits-little improvement in tune ; prices are-
now quoted as follows.:---ToWn Tallow; 575., net cabh ; Peters-
' burg, 17'.C., on the spot, 575. 6d. to 575. 9d..; all' the month,.
57s..3d.1;,,Tantidiy to March,, 51b. ; March alone, 575: Get to 58s,
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LONDON' MINING MARKET.—Dac. .30:
In:the :Mining: Market to-day. East Wileal„Rtt..isell, shares
remain:quoted lli to /. Wheal BURY' dOnsols areillis4ed.22s.
to:23s. 1 East Basset have been dealt in at 125 ; . Great Wheal
Alfrecl. at 11; .and "Par..Congols. at 111..' Sharest in Wendroa
Consoh4, Fravidente, ()rambler, and-St.: Aubyn, and Tendren
Consolki tninei havelilso been dealt in. Foreign and. Colonial
miningishareS remain steady. Great Nbrthern,CdPper ('South
Australia) are markedi and 1 prem., and English and'AuStra-
iisin Copper, 11. ; ' 1 , .:0;:o..i Y..11142..,1 ALIT
. ' 1'.., - 4 •,':' i ' ! ..,.....-..V. V" "! .'T r 7-i ",-,T Inirt:. -'1-
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BOROUGH. HOP MARICET:-DEc. 30.

There iSlWltea!ty 4emand for most nelv ITops, at the late ad-
vance in the- quotations. Fine yearlings command . extreruf
rates. •
*nolo?.
~••4 IT`.• ;!:. .iffT ocinono:a sibvr.,
LONDON CORfsr ;744ARKErii-,Ek5v.,,304
),T4 .• eo
Wheat : the suifplies are sotiffluig,that`iYe -note
no alteration ifit>ifr quotations:: Foreign firm,. and in fair-re-:.
t.ul deMand. •'gr..lloFiting cargoes there was no'dikniositiOn. to.
buy at a slight decline on .the week. Flour, nominally*`,
altered. Indian Corn continues favOur, • at. fulii Itqe.
Barley : To.press sales of foreign, Is. per 'quarter, decline roust,
be submitted-to-4-- tine malt nisintained its value. Rye quiet..-
No change. in Bin or Peas. Oats in moderild tontigttptivoit
demandilwlnigwOneigqgbtations ; Irish regleoteth.t VIAL('
MANCHESTER SHARE MA RKET.retDro.
Londons, 9s.l;wriati.',lool;qtriffilks, igt."f virigAT. : • .1.
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MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT.—DEc. 30.
This day elimieei a .4vieli.6t evearat 'this
season of the year, for there has been ,during its course, and is
to-day very little doing; yet business must be in' a very
healthy state as the engagements of 'producers enable the great,
body of them to'maintainVeven,to-day, .a better I position than
they have sustained on, the average on: the year, as• the prices
of to-day- will testify. While middling :OrLeans. is to-day a
farthing below Yarnsond goods are almost without exceptitua
above the average oftlke.year.
WAKEFIELD.. CORN. MARKET.—DEc....3O4;
Wheat steady, at. last -week's. prices, but very; lit!lesloiog,
Bark* and Beans .stqw, 'and. rather. more ,mougy., Qats, and
StiellLag unaltered,. aeiJiaaqa
, •: t hiceea daidw
CORK*CORN- MARKET.—Dte:: gor2o-= •
White Wheat; 265. to 28s. ; Red, 20s. tch:26si
t0,.185.; Oats, Us. 3d. tolls.

' SCOTCH IRON TRADE, .
Of the Scotch Iron Trade for the year, Mr. Thomas Thor-
born of Glaigow, in his circular dated this day, says :- -"The
_ . ,.
history riof -the Iron Trsde is emphatiCally a histoty of progress.
A I,lntudretl" years agog the first furnace Was completed in
Ssittland, the iron irdtistry• of ' which, by reason of the juxta-
position of coal, tren.stone, lime, strong* theft,. and cheap
transit•-•'-(a combistation not yet known to exist in the same
;Perfection in - any- ether country in the world),. 'has
since„ although only of cone aratively late yeara,•• as-
sumed a • : magnitude , truly .astonishing: Down ;tu,
LiB2o, the Janual production had seavely attained 30,090.
• tons, though the prices . during that long period. of ;tit:l,e
footnoted, between £6 and Ell per. ton, Theregter,..whilst the
Infinite uses. of iron began more rapidly to extend, every fv.,11 in
price 'stimulated invention, to cheapen and enlarge ilamatni-
! facture., TO-day there are 125 furnaces in blast; assl:thO com-
puted make' for the year just closing amounts, to the guprece-
cleated quantity of 050,000 tons. „Notwithstanding the disturbed
state of Europe, and the consequent great de ci Case in there;cports
to the Cntinent, the Shipments and local' consumption ieachett
915,000 tons, being 'the largest in any year, excepting-1853,
and showing an increase of 105,000 tons over. last year, and of
72,000 tons-over 1857, when the priec..avertiged 7.05. per tou.
The stocks are therefore now only '330;000 tons" lying. in wore -
housp-keepers' and makers' Shires. —lt' will be observed that
the aggregate total deliveries are nearly on a par With the
Aproduction, and that wen , shipments were, 6p,000., tuns,
,
0 month, as in March, April,' and Ik•inflo's'e;Lrfie'suplilY- from
the itiakbba 'prbiVect)itisdequate*,,,eonseqdentlyotrtroadswefit4
shade upoii the,stookolu store,;whiob.„!is.•44o(o; tO6utltthaPd
AWCIVC-plontLa ago,iThroughptlit the, Y SP%ttF : AttePY., iPP:
Iffor)i.a and Foundries have continu§4oAll-3F";..=r•t ,IlkYt.,.
and lrecently contracts to the extent ai. r'ast 3raullu'"ll'terlitg
hovel hepu, initfjagfpgi iron 4,14b.P0MiX4,7r. -;.t is.i:
therefore to be hoped that one or °IF to 1,,,,,, rlltalle, ,
able'Works, which has stood tale sin
ere 'Pm rtoadve 241,),r44.,pgra-01,16F,,a50ft10 w.iith, !`i Jean ;sin..

The Hudson's Bay Seal Skin Cloaks and Jackets
One Guinea each, at the New Shawl and Mantle Ware-
houe, 40,—801d-:stfeset.—Shellard and Ifolg,son, Pro-
prietors.-

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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1859.

• • •--•7ItIE DAY'S NEWS.

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A great deal, of speculation respecting the ap-
proaching Congress is still afloat in Paris, to
Which the mysterious pamphlet on the Popedom
continues to contribute' in no slight degree. There
has been a rumour current that the Pope's Nuncio
had' threatened to demand his passports; but it
is now said that this rumour was devoid of truth.
.. .
There.is no doubt that considerable anxiety pre-
. vails in the Aiplomatic circles ofthe French capi-
tal just now, to which the arrangements- for the
-COngresPlilive given rise ; but: very little reliance
is to be placed upon most of the reports that are
circulated. ,: , - .
~..
- The India maiL has brought us accounts of the
organisation, at Calcutta, of, the expedition to
:ilia,. It is probable-that the expedition will
not much.exceed ten thousand men, half of whom
ltrill be . Sikhs. Several regiments of Bengal
..eh
„Europeans will also be called upon to serve
riti. China; and it is also stated to be in contem-
- elation, to despatch a reginient from Bombay. It
'Ts apprehended that one great difficulty will be the
-means of transport into the interior of the countTy,
1 since the Peiho is not navigable for steamers,
•
further": than . Tientsin, - a hundred miles from
—a lig
~...• ~ •
Pehin, distance. whiekk nita have to be tra-
versed
by land. An ;idea is prevalent in India,
thatit will be a campaign beset with many diffi-
enlties and trials, and the War, in consequence, ii I
oriot p pillar there-... the expedition contemplates-the
..
''necessity of an attack on. Pekin, 'which will demand •
Allarge siege-iiiiiii; and other appliances, which
those-who kfiaWthe countrfapprehendit will be
most diffioult:fg *rovide. Let us-hope, hoWevei,,.
,ftt the Chinese Government will see ; the pro-'
urt k r
prii.Ay of granting such redress, on the appear- ,
ante pf the expedition in! their waters, as to. . 1
render recourse to that extremity no. longer ::
Is 1,1 i
necessary. . . i.; :, • •
.z.ghe , Aldersii4 affair . is now under investiga-
tion by a -Coroner's inquest on the Militiaman
:"..wlio si.libi,hofi:if 'and the' 24th Regiment; which
appears to.. haVe :been mainly at fault, has been ,
Porclered.to-proceed'irFim.ediately to Ireland. ~' ,iW
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'We record- in; our columns to-day, with much 't
regret, regret, the death OfiLord Macaulay. His lord-
ship
had been suffering freina ill health, it would- ';,/,