Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-04 00:00:00

251 12501 1280

... 6821
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... 315

There is a considerable increase in the number of beasts,
hut no improvement in the quality ; consequently the
choicest kinds are not much lower. Trade is very dull
for inferior des-criptions. We have a few more sheep and
lambs, but the demand is pretty good, and nearly all are
sold at about late rates. Calves are rather lower than on
Friday. From Germany and Holland there are 1,100
beasts, 4,110 sheep, and 220 calves. Spain, 243 beasts;
Norfolk and Suffolk, 500; and 1,400 from the Northern
and Midland Counties.
Per stone of Sibs. s. d. s, d. Per stone of Sibs. s. d.
Rest Fcot+, Herefords 4 6 4 S Best Dos & lif-bred .. 4 10
Best Short-horns 4 2 4 4 3est Lon.r,voals .... 0 0
Second quality beasts 2 8 3 8 Do. do. Shorn .. . 4 6
Calves 3 8 4 S Ewes and 2nd quality 0 0
Pigs
Best Ons & Hf-breds 0 0 0 0 Lambs 5 4

Baatts at market, 4,135 ; sheep and lambs, 27,360 ; calves,
pigs, 190.

LONDON MINING MARKET.—AuausT 3.

s. d.
5 0
0 0
4 8
0 0
4 4
7 4
293

Business in home mining stocks to-day is very quiet.
There are a fair number of inquiries for some of the
favourite descriptions ; but the actual transactions are
limited. In the Sti ck Exchange the only business reported
this morning is in Great Wheal Vor shares, which are
marked 31. In foreign and colonial descriptions there is
no movement whatever. Subjoined is the official list of
the closing prices in the Mining Exchange. At the prices
quoted there are, respectively, buyers and sellers :—East
Russell, 323 61 to 33s ; Wheal Edward, si. 4 ; Wheal
Harriet, 124 6d to 1.55 ; Wheal Margaret, 67i► 70; Wheal
Wrey, I. In foreign and colonial mining shares no
variation occurred. The undermentioned dividends have
been announced during the week, in addition to those
already reported by es :—South Caradon, per share ;
Wheal Trelawuey, £1 per shlre. The calls of the week
include the following : —Wh-al Grenville, 24 63 per share ;
West Alfred Consols, 93 per share; East Rosewarne, 3s
per share. A general meeting of the shareholders in the
West Par Consols Copper and Tin Mining Company is to
be held on the 12th August.

GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET.—AuGusT 3

We had a quiet market to-day at the annexed prices :
Warrants, buyers 715 6d, sellers 723; No. 1, buyers 735,
sellers 73s 6d ; No. 3, buyers 68s, sellers 693 per ton.

WEEKLY REPORT OF TIM MLTAL MARKET.

Copper is in better demand, and the smelters have been
compelled to pay an advance on the price of ores. Iron is
in very fair demand. The orders for Welsh bars having
been given out more freely, the market is much stronger
than for some time past in Wales. Staffordshire iron
con inues firm and well inquired for. Lad is quoted a
trifle lower in some instances, but the demand is by no
means deficient. There have been one or two transac-
tiocs in speller at £3O 10s, but this metal is still dull.
Foreign tin has fluctuated somewhat from the operations
of speculators, but on the whole the feeling is scarcely so
buoyant as last week. English is in good demand at
current prices. Tin plates have advanced in consequence
of the price of tin, and there is a fair demand.
The fourth annual meeting of the Wildberg Great Con.
sondated Xining Company is called for the 21st August,
at Cologne, when a resolution will be submitted for
•iner easing the capital of the company by 200,000 thalers.
A special meeting of the Cealances and Grand-Clos
Mining Company is called for the 17th August, at Paris.
At the meeting of the Mariquita and New Granada
Mining company, the report and accounts were adopted,
and a dividend of is per share declared.
At a gezteral meeting of the Lady Bertha Mining Com-
pany, held ,on the 28th July., after including in the assets
a sum of 440 ;44 lid, described as "cash in the hands of

Taking the average of the last five crops as the basis of
our calculation, without regard to the late spring frost of
the present season, the result will be as follows :-
1852 Crop in bales 3 ',62,900
1853 • : . 2,930,000
1854 if '2,847,300
1655 If 3,527,800
18Z:6 „ „ estimated 2,950,000

Average of ab3ve 3,123,800
Acids per cent for increase of cultivation 156,200

3,279,800

But if the fall frost should take place at the average
date, 26th October, the growing s'eaton will be only six
months and three days, one month short of the average,
and we can only expect a propJrtionally short crop.
1857 Average crop in bales 3,279,800
D,duct 14 per cent for one month short of average
growing season 459,000

Leaving for the actual crop, only 2,820,800
From the above I conclude that even if the fall frost
should be protracted to the 19th November, the latest
period for the last 32 years, the growing crop cannot ex-
ceed. 3,275,000 bales, which would be much short of the
commercial wants of the world, and if the fall frost comes
at the average period of the 26th October, or, as often
occurs, before that time, the crop will not exceed 2,830,000.
The Kontgorninery (Ala.) Messenger has similar tables,
estimating the product at 3,491,684 bales. The opening
of:new cotton lands in Texas and Arkansas, it thinks, will
add a large per centum to the quantity.
From our exchanges we glean the following information
concerning the present condition and prospects of the
crop. The .Memphis (Tenn.) Bulletin of July 15, sayet—
A. jaunt of a few days into the interior, through portions
of Shelby, Fayette, and Hardeman counties, has given us
a better insight into the condition and prospects of the
crops than we had been able to form from hearsay. The
cotton crop generally looks well and healthy, but we have
never seen it so small in size, even at the last of June or
the first of July, as the average of the stand, judging from
what we saw, is not more than six inches in height. In
our opinion, the season from this on must be unusually
favourable, and the fall very late, in order to make a full
average crop of cotton, and this is the opinion of all with
whom we have conversed upon the subject.
The F, tar's Pant (Tenn.) Planter says :
The cotton crop in this region is said by the planters, to
be recovering from its pros rated state, caused by the
backward spring, cold nights and insects. The planters•
opinion now is, that the cotton yield will not be so much
as it was the last crop, though it looks exceedingly well
when we take into consideration the unfavourable
season.

The Vicksburg (Miss.) TVhig says :
We regret to hear, as we do from our planting friends
in many directions in this State and in Louisiana, that
the cotton crop is being damaged immensely by the rust.
The late heavy and protracted rains have also injured the
crop extensively; causing a luxuriant and sappy growth
entirely destitute of fruit. The grass, meantime, grows
apace, and the battle between it and the planter waxes
fierce and furious.

The Kosciusko (Miss.) Chronic/a of the 10th, remarks :
With regard to the cotton crop, our planters have
pretty generally worked out of the grass, but the plant is'
very small, being fully one month later than usual in its
growth, and with favourable weather a tolerably good
crop may be made, but if the present cold nights continue,
the crop will be cut short consider.bly of an average
yield.
The Greensbro' (Ala.) Beacon says the cotton crop in
that section of the State, " though small, for the season,
is generally looking very well." The Louina (Randolph
Cu.) Eagle says, ,• cotton is generally from six to eight
inches high, with a dead appearance, and very little
prospect of ever coming out. Without a heavy rain very
goon, there will be hardly any corn or cotton made in this
part of the country." The HantsuiEe Democrat says :
Planters complain much of the lice on the cotton pro-
duced by the cool nights. The plant is very small, and
the prospects for a good crop are not, i❑ this region,
flattering. The weather now is warmer, but still too
cool.

The Houston (Texas) Telegraph of the 10th says:—
The accounts of the growing crop are not as encouraging
as we had hoped to receive at this time. East of the
Brazos the cotton, considering the lateness of the season,
is looking generally very well, and from three quarters to
a full crop will be made. But west of the val►ey of that
river reports are quite discouraging. Letters from
Washington, Caidweli, Fayette, Bastrop, and other coun.
ties assure us that three quarters of a crop is the outside
that can be made anywhere, and many fields will only
come up to half a crop by hard pushing.
The Marshall (Eastern Texas) Republican says :
We understand that in some portions of the country
there has been little or no rain, and the crops are much
injured. In the county at large, however, the cotton
crop, we have reason to hope, will be something over an
average yield. The season is about three weeks behind,
owing to the late spring.
A. Cummins (Ark.) correspondent of the Savannah
News gives the most favourable report yet noticed. He
writes :

This is, indeed, the planting section of the south. Back-
ward as has been the swot), corn is already tasseling,
and cotton is on the average above Imoe high. The
lands are certainly richer than one can i Aagine without
witnessing the production. The planter has also the
advantage of a feeling of security after obtt.. ing a stand
—the season never failing.

The Concordia (La.) Intelligencer, of the 10th, says :
The cotton crops have suffered materially from a
disease called the rust ; and we are informed that many
planters have had their stand of cotton much injured by
it. We know from observation that the cotton crops on
the lake, in the vicinity of Vidalia, have suffered greatly,
and we have information from a large planter on the
Tensas river, that the rust has extended its ravages eyeu
to the fresh and fertile fields of the swamp.
The Shreveport Southwestern of the 10th, says :

We regret to learn that the cold nights and mornings
which have prevailed during the past ten days, proved
most detrimental to the young cotton, both in this parish
and Bosier, having caused the rust to make its
appearance. This is the case to a great extent, particu-
larly on the river plantations. In the uplands there are
great complaints of the drought.
The Savannah Georgian learns, from a gentleman
recently from the northwestern portion of the State, that
the cotton, though some two weeks later than usual, is in
a healthy condition, and with favourable seasons may
produce art average crop.

The Cheraw (S.C.) Gazette says the weather is very
dry, and cotton is small.