Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-03-18 00:00:00

official hours

at 941, Midlands at 100, and South
Eastern and Dovers at 21-1. The final closing prices
- —Blackburn, 111, 111 ; Chester and Birken-
, 63,1 ; Caledonian, 831, 841-, ; Chester and
48, 481 ; Eastern Counties, 11 15-16,
; East Lancashire, 93 93 ; Do. £9
p ; Great Northern, 1021., 1031 ;
A, 88, 89 ; Great Western, 571,
Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 944,
Do £9. shares, 7, p ; London
iNforth Western Stock, 94:4, 941,-; Do. one-
eighth shares, 15-16, 1d ; Manchester, Sheffield,

and Yorkshir

head, 63

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12 1-1

and "

and Lincolnshire, 371, 37*; Midland Stock, 100,
1001 ; North British, 581, 59.; North Western, 133,
131- ; North Staffordshire, 41, d ; North Eastern

—Berwick, 914, 911 ; York and north Midland,
76, 761; Lee& CApital Stock, 46, 461 ; South
Eastern and Dover, 21,4-, 21 3-16 ; Dutch
Rhenish, 4Z, d ; Great Western of Canada, 151,
16; Do. New Shares, 41, .41 d; . Great Lux-
embourg, 6 11-16, 6 13-16; Grand Trunk of Canada,
82-, 8 ; Lombardo-Venetian, t,H p ; Do. New
Shares, t- d, 4 p.
- - _ -

The fondo-nStock Market opened flat, and so con-
tinued until noon, when Consols were quoted at 954
to 95,1, but they subsequently became firmer, and
finally closed, buyers at 95 11-16.
The Loudon Share Market has not been active,
and prices have not been sustained. The closing
quotations were —Ambergate, Nottingham, and
Eastern Junction, 64; Caledonians, 844 ; Eastern
Counties, 591, 600; East Lancashire, 924, 934 ; Edin-
burgh and Glasgow, 714, 721 ; Great Northern,
1024, 1021; Do. A., 88, 89 ; Great Western 574, 574;
Great Western of Canada, 154, 16; Grand Trunk of
Canada 81, 81; Great Southern and Western, 102,
104 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 944, 941; London
and North Western, 944, 941 ; London and South
Western, 924; Leeds Northern, 451, 461 ;
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 371 ;
Midland Stock, 1001 ; North British, 584, 581 ;
South Eastern and Dover, 701, 701; York, New-
castle, and Berwick, 914, 911 ; York and North
Midland, 751, 76.

The following is the return of the average price
of grain in England and Wales, for the week ending
March 12th, 1859 :—Wheat, 40s 3d ; barley,
34s 4d; oats, 23s 3d; rye, :32s 14d; beaus, 41s 8d;
peas, 40s Bd.
The, demand for Money in commercial channels is
increasing, and scarcely any transactions take place
below the Bank minimum. We hear of advanced
rates being granted for loans for fixed periods by
some of the moneyed establishments. At the Bank
the application yesterday were considerable, includ-
ing many from the money dealers themselves, but
were less numerous than on Tuesday, which was the
busiest day experienced at that establishment for
many weeks past.
The 98,8001. in gold by the Anglesea, though
not delivered, has been sold for the Continent, prin-
cipally to pay for silver.
The overland Australian telegram is now overdue.
The English Funds opened this morning at the dull prices
of yesterday, and soon experienced a further fall. Before
the close there was a partial recovery, but it is evident that
both here and on the Continent the general distrust
increased daily. Money has been in increased demand
to-day, and Messrs. Overend, Gurney and Co. have
advanced their rate for loans at call to two per cent. The
whole of the Indian Railway loan of one million was
subscribed this morning in a few hours. After the closing
of the list, transactions took place at half to one and a-half
premium. The shipments of silver for India and China, by
the steamer of the 20th, will, it is stated, amount to
between £600,000 and £700,000.---Tidaes City Article,
Wednesday Eveniny.
No intelligence of a reassuring character has been
received from the Continent. The Paris Bourse continues
to fall. The position of the Derby Government is con-
sidered critical. Some bona fide realisations of English
Government securities have been effected with a view to

investment in the India Loan, and the broker of the Court
of Chancery has sold £IO,OOO or £50,000 Consols for im-
mediate delivery. These considerations have sufficed to
occasion a fresh fall of :I- per cent. in the English Funds,
notwithstanding the support afforded by the investment on
account of the savings'., hanks of another £20,000. In the
other departments of the Stock Exchange more or less
depression prevailed. The market for British Railway
Securities is the firmest of any, owing to the steady increase
in the traffic. The demand for money in commercial
circles is increasing, and scarcely any transactions took
place below the Bank minimum. The £OB,BOO in gold by
the Anglesea has been sold for the Continent, principally
to pay for silver. There were no. gold operations at the
Bank to-day. The scrip of the Austrian Loan has fallen
—Daily News City Article, Wednesday

from 3 to 2 di
Bveninq.

The -.Tiered says that the amount of foreign bills in the
market is increasing, and that they are of rather longer date
than those circulated since the panne. The inference, there-
fore, is, that trade and confidence are increasing.
RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS..—The London and North-
Western shows, this week, an increase, of £4,151 ; the Great
Northern, au increase of £4,681; the Great Western, an
increase of £3,216 ; the London and South-Western, an
increase of £1,694.

LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKET.-MARCH 17,

Colonial, &c.: Our Sugar market continues dull, and the
transactions reported consist. of 2,000 bags Rio Grande and
3,220 bags Maceio, the price of which has not transpired,
the latter having been sold in the early part of the week. A
cargo of new clayed, Cuba Molasses has been gold from the
quay at 15s 6d per cwt ; and of Ruin, 75 puncheons Deme-
rara taken without change. 200 bags of ordinary Native
Ceylon Coffee reported at 54s per cwt. Bice : We have had
a fair inquiry, 9,000 bags Necransie having been taken at
75 per cwt. Dgewoods : 10 tons Jamaica Logwood at £3
15s, 35 tons Jamaica Fustic at 12s 6d to £5 15s, 50 tons
Maracaibo at £5 2s 6d for sound, and £5 for damaged, with
20 tons Laguna at £6 lOs per ton ex ship. Ashes are dull,
and without change in prices. 15 tons Nitrate of Soda sold
at 14s 6d to 15s 3d per cwt. Of Brimstone, only
small •sales are reported, at £8 5s for thirds, and £8
lOs ber ton for best seconds. 7 casks Cream of Tartar at
122 s to 124 s ; 21 tons African red Gum Copal at 80s'per cwt
for washed ; 20 casks Cotton Seed Cake at £7 2s 6d per ton ;

.ou per uegree. (JIGS, ac.
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