The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-02-20 00:00:00

MOBILE.

Sutlej
Planter
Arasp • 3268
Granito state ... 3116

13,489 1
TOTALS.

Bales.
Ntm Oilcans

Mobile

13',389

. ....
Galveston ...
Apalachicola
savannah . „ ........... 12,244
Charleston
New York

Total
The Liverpool Share Market was moderately
active to-day, and prices of all kinds were firmly
maintained ; indeed, in some instances, rather
higher prices were paid. The transactions con-
sisted of—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire.
691, ; Blackburn, 8 11-16, 13-16 ; Caledonian,
33,i, 3 ; Eastern Counties, 10 3-16, 1; Lancashire
and Yorkshire, 90k, 9, 1 ; Lancaster and Pres-
ton 1 shares, 20t ; London and North Western,
107 k, 8, 78, 8 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin
colnshire, 35 ; Midland, 83! ; North British, 10t
11.16, 1,8, 15-16 : North Eastern, 218 ; Dover. 22i,
; Great Western of Canada, 25i ; Ditto New,
2 15-16, 3 p. ; Liverpool and' London Insurance,
np. The closing prices were as follows :-
13)ackborn

a
4
Chester and Birkenhead .. ...... ... 69f, .. 70
Caledonian 334-;.. 331,
Chester and Holyhead
Eastern Counties
!.

East Lancashire........ ......... 241 24

Great Northern - ... 23t
Ditto A shares - .. 91,-
Great W, stern
Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock .. .....
Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport . 19 ... 1.9 i
London and Not th Western Stock ... 1071 .. 1071
Ditto at shares
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln
Midland Stock .... .... .......

North British 10! .. 11
North Staffordshire
South Eastern and Dover ... 221 .. 22-Z-

Scottish North Eastern
North Eastern Berwick
York and North Midland
'•• _ 31-4-
__2 _ _ f

Leeds capital Stock
Buffalo and Lake Huron....
Dutch Rhenish .. -16 .. sp•

Great Western of Canada ...... 251 ..
- Ditto New Shares
Great Luxembourg . 10.1 .. 10-a d.
Grand Trunk of Canada
. The following are the weekly traffic returns,
received up to this afternoon _ .

lii.dale and Leyburn
Belfast and Ballymena:
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire
Blackburn

Bristol and Exeter
Caledonian .
Chester and Holyhead

4836
11890
3993

Cork and B .ndo-n ...
•
Cork, Blackrock, and Passage
Deeside .... 199
Dublin and Belfast Junction
Dund, e, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction
Dundalk and Enniskillen
Dublin and Drogheda
Dublin and Wicklow, and Dublin and Kingstown .. 1078
East Lancashire

„....
Edinburgh and Glasgow and Stirling, Dumferline.. 4880
Edinburgh, Perth, Dundee, and Scottish Central .. 6287
Glasgow and South Western
Great North of Scotland
Great Northern
Great Southern and Western (Ireland) ...
Kendal and Windermere
Lancaster and Carlisle . 5374
Lancashire and Yorkshire . 21753

Llanelly Railway and Dock
London, Brighton, and South Coast
London and North Western .
L-ndon and South Western
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire •
Manchester S. Junction and Altringham 766
Midland ... 27362

Midland Great Western
Newcastle and Carlisle
North British
North Eastern
Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford ....
North Staffordshire Railway and Canal
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ,
St. Harm Canal and Railway ~.. 1624
Shrewsbury and Birmingham
Shrewsbury and Chester........
Shrewsbury and Hereford
Scottish North Eastern (late Aberdeen)
South Devon
South Eastern U., .
South York and River Dun ....• ••• • ...... 2125
•. .
SJuth Wales
Ulster .
Warrington and Southport 133
Waterford and Kilkenny
Waterford and Limerick

West Hartlepool H. and Railway

3014

We do not notice any particular change in
connection with the business transacted to-day
in the general Discount Market, but accounts differ
with regard to the character of the demand. In
some quarters it is found that the pressure is quite
as severe as for soma time past, while in others
accommodation is not so actively sought for,
and first class bills are negotiated at a fraction
under the official minimum. On the whole,
therefore, the market may be considered rather
satisfactory, although it is not generally presumed
that much additional relief will be felt. The
arrangements connected with the remittances to
be made by the Colombo, which proceeds to India,
have tended to augment the inquiry, and towards
the end of the month the preparations for the
commercial engagements then falling due *ill, no
doubt, keep the Money Market in a stringent
condition. It is expected that, in the course of a
few days, there will be extensive arrivals of both
gold and silver from Mexico and Australia, and
this, combined with the intimation given in Louis
Napoleon's speech, that there will be no fresh loan,
has increased the confidence of those who predict
an early change for the better in Monetary and
Commercial affaii s Transactions in speculative
securities have not been very extensive, and quota-
tions have exhibited but little variation.—
The improvement, however, which commenced
yesterday afternoon, has continued, the clos.
ing values of Funds, being at a slight ad-
vanpe. Ilather more confidence is, on the
whole, felt in the Money Market ; for, although
no material diminution in the demand is an-
nounced, it is thought that a favourable tendency
will em long become apparel* This disposition

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to look more favourably upon future prospects,
augments the firmness of the funds, and the
speculative operations for a rise consequently
occasion a marked effect.

To day the Market for Public Funds and Securi
ties was pretty active, and closed very firmly ; not,
however, at the best quotations of the day. Consuls
opened at 931 to 94 ; for advanced do., 94 to 941 :
and afterwards declined to 931, to 4 for both money
and account, at which figure they remained until
the close of business. The new Three per Cents
were quoted at 94 to 94k, and Exehequer Bills
1 to 4 pm.
The London Railway Share Market was very
firth to-day, particularly for Caledonians, North
British, and Berwicks ; but Northerns were rather
heavy. The closing prices were.
Ambergate, Nottingham, and East Junction 4 A ...
Caledonian
4_ _ 4

Edinburgh and Glasgow
Eastern Counties .... . •• .
East Lancashire
Great Northern ..

Ditto, A
Great Western.... .....
Lan.•azhire and Yorkshire

Leeds Northern

10 10.
97 ... 98
921 .. 931

77- .. 79-
681 631
99t .. 991

Lindon and North Western , lo7i ..108'
London and South Western
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 3SA .. 36
Midland Stock
North British

South Eastern and Dover
York, Newcastle, and Berwick .
•, • • 9
York and North Midlapd
-

After the official hours the business transacted
was at the following quotations:—
Caledonian .
Eastern Counties .
East Lancashire
Great Northern
Ditto A ..
Great Western.. 68'

.1.
Lancashire and Yorkshire....
London and Nor h Western
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire
Midland Stock . B3l .. 83i
North British

..681

South Eastern and Dover 73 761
York, Newcastle, and Berwick
York and North Midland 63 .. 63!
The Produce Markets were steady to-day. with
a moderate amount of business doing in the leading
articles of consumption.
The Grain Trade seems to have become more
active, and the prices of last week were freely paid
at the various markets held to-day. The transac-,
tions, however, are still very limited.

A correspondence has taken place between the
British Consul at Chicago, and the American
Customs authorities, respecting the obstructions
to trade, via the St. Lawrence, between Great
Britain and the Western States, and it is stated
that measures are being taken to have these matters
satisfactorily at ranged. In anticipation that
such will be tha case, the merchants of Montreal
have conceived the idea of running a line
of Propellers between their city and Chicago. In
this plan they have been both advised and assisted
by the merchants of the latter city, who 11172
recognised the great benefits likely to arise from it,
both to their own business at that place, and to the
business of Montreal.

The London public sales of Tea advertised for to-
morrow have been withdrawn, apparently owing to
the wish to ascertain the intentions of government
relative to the duties. The Lombardo Venetian
flailway Shares, together with those of the Car-
meux and Toulouse Railway Company, were on
Tuesday admitted to the privilege of official quota-
tion for cash on the Paris Bourse. The Lombardo
Venetian is the first foreign undertaking that has
been introduced upon the Bourse during the last
twelve months, and its admission is interpreted as
indicating that the stringent but wholesome
regulations adopted by the French government
last March will no longer be so strictly enforced.
The directors of the Eastern Steam Navigation
Company, in their report, express a " confident
conviction" that the company's great ship will be
launched before the next half yearly meeting.
. .

A project Of a somewhat singular character is
announced under the title of the " Life and
Property Protection Company (Limited)," with a
capital of 100,0001., in 21. shares, on which the
deposit is fixed at lOs per share. The promoters
profess to be possessed of an invention " efficient,
inexpensive, and simple," which, besides giving
timely and effectual warning against fire, affords
a valuable safeguard against burglary.
The half-yearly meetinti of the Great Northern
Railway Company, called for the 28th instant, has
been postponed until the 12th March. This meet
ing will be male extraordinary " to receive a report
from the directors on the subject of the forgeries
and frauds committed by Leopold Redpath on the
company, and to authorise the directors to make
application to parliament, and take any other
measures they may deem advisable in reference
thereto."

Another great Foreign Railway undertaking is in
contemplation. We understand that an influential
association is in course of formation in London for
the construction of the system of European Rail-
ways recently conceded to Mr. . Layard. The
Imperial firman has already been received in
London. The project commands considerable
local support, and it is stated that the capitalists
of Constantinople have expressed their willingness
to subscribe to the extent of one million sterling.
A call of 6/. 7s. per share has been made on the
contributories of the Universal Salvage Company,
now winding up
The PublioSales of Indigo terminated in Lon
dort to day. ITheir progress and result are thus
reviewed by Messrs. H. W. Jewesbury and Co. :
The interval between the last October sale and the one
just terminated was not marked by any particular feature ;
prices remained steady at the rates then established, but
there, was no disposition whatever shown to speculate, and
the trade bought only for immediate requirements—they
considering that prices were too high to offer any
inducement to buy in stock, particularly with the
continued high rate of money, and the small
profit to be made at the present rates paid
for dyeing ; on the other hand, importers were fully
justified in holding for full rates, considering the position t,f
the article with regard to the present stock and future
supply. The sale opened flatly, and it soon became evident
that orders both for home use and for foreign acc mr,t were
very limited. In the absence of speculation, and with a large
quantity to get through, it was necessary for importers to
give strong support, which they did, by withdrawing hrge
parcels as the sale progressed: this had the effect of sup-
porting prices, but did not give animation to the sale,
which continued tit throughout; prices for certain descrip-
have rated higher than in October last; of these, the new
parcels of Bengal of good medium quality so'd at an advance
of 2(1 to 31 per lb. Kurpah also, on account of the mode-
rate quantity in the sale, sold at 3d to 4d per lb higher, and
some good Bimlapatam at 41 to 6:1 per lb higher. Madras
was neglected, and a large proportion was obliged
to be withdrawn or bought in, the quantity sold above 3s
per lb. was very small, but towards the close of the sale
there was a better demand for qualities ranging from
2s 3d to 2s 11. d per lb., which sold with more animation
from par to 3d per lb. decline upon October rates. A
parcel of Bengal, mark J & RSV (162 chests) sold with
fair spirit from 6s 3d to 7s Ild irr lb., being
about last sale's prices, The attendance was small,
both from the country and from abroad. Of the quantity
brought forward, it is estimated that 3,280 chests
have been bought in, 4,658 withdrawn, and 4,971 sold,
to which may be added about 500 of the bought in,
making the total quantity sold about 5,500 chests, of
which MOO are estimated for export, and 2,000 for home
use.

A correspondence between the Government and
the Bank, just printed, shows the only advances
on deficiency bills during the year to have been
2,000,0001 in the quarter ending the 31st of March.
In the December quarter the Bank agreed to pur-
chase at par 2,000,0001 out of the 4,000,0001 of
Exchequer bills authorised to be created last ses-
sion, btit the amount negotiated was ultimately
limited to 1,000,000/.

The year 1856 was by far the most prosperous in
the history of British commerce. Its more
prominent features are embodied in the trade and
navigation returns for the year and for the month
of December, which are made public to-day. The
declared value of the produce of the United
Kingdom exported in 1856, was 115,890.8571, as
Compared with 95,688,085/ in 1855, and 97,184,7261
in 1854 ; in other words, an increase of
something more than 20 per cent on the
latter of those years, and of very nearly that

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OPTICIAN, 54, 4uth Castle•street, 'Liverpool.
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