Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-01-11 00:00:00

MONETkRiPANWI COMMERCIAL

iLIVERPOOL, Monday Ev'enint

There has been a, pretty good demand for CottoA
to-day, and prices of all descriptions, were firmly
maintained. The sales to-day. -were 8,000 bales,
including 2,000 on speculation and for export.

(F,-ont the

COTTON STATEMENT.

Veto'' York ~Sklayping.,_4Bt, of •Decein?ei

Reepts'. Expts" to Gt. Britain. 'Total•EX.pts
1853.. 1,632,000 ...... 477,000
1857... 1,341,000

Increasg 1291.06°

196,000

326,000

Stockg,'&c.
698,000

-In the Liverpool Share Market to-day, the
business done was limited, and prices were hardly
So good'. The following were the transactions:--.

Caledonian,: 88Z ; Chester And Holyhead, 481;
Lancashire and Yorkshiie, 981, 981; 98K ; London
and North Western, 97; 9G, 97, 974; Manchester,
Sheffield; and Lincolnshire, '391; Midland, 1032,
1031 ; Dovers,' 221 ; Buffalo and Lake Huron, 8 ;
Great Lifsernbourg, 71 ; Lierpool and, London:
Fire and Life Insurance, 9 p. The following were
the closing prices :—Blackburn, 111, 11Z.; Chester
and Birkenhead, . 671, • 674 ; 8811
89 ; Chester and Holyhead, 481, 481; Eastern
Counties, 12 9-16, 12 114 q ; East Lancashire; 951,
961 ; Do. L 9 ShareS,, 1,1 p; Gieat Northern, 106,
107 ; Do. A, 92, 93 ; Great Western, 57, 574-;
Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 984,, 984 ;

• • •
Do. £9 shares, A-, p London and North Western
Stock, 97, 974 ; Do. one-eighth shares, I,‘ 8
d;
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 391, 40,;
Midland. Stock, 103,1-, 103-f ; North .British,
611 612 , 'North :Western, 131 131 ; NprtNorth:, 4
. . _

Staford.siiire, 41, 4 d North BYstern---BerwiCle,
9410 941 York arid' North Midland, 781 7P
_ 4 •

Leeds Capital Stock, 481,
.490 ; -South ..Eastern
and Dover, 2`2k,• 22 9-16.; • Dutch .Rhenish, 4,
.d .; .Great Western of tanaii, 16a. 161;
Do: New .Shares, 3. , n d ; Great Luternbour'g,
7+, 7a ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 9 3-16,
9 5-16.

The Market for Public Securities, although Still
depressed, now exhibits. a quieter appearance, and
the. dealers and .brokers are busily engaged• with
the liquidation of the monthly account. It is still
expected that. the course of prices will be in-
fluenced almost exclusively by the fluctuation in
thellentes. The 'decline of Saturday vas merely
fractional, and a partial recovery would -no doubt
cause an immediate iimpreTenpnt 4 the English
Funds..,
is allayed

however

frequent change's are

likely io occur, notwithstanding the increased
easinesh of money and the piirehases of stock for
investment, which " have already 'been- actively
resumed. The settlement will occupy the atten-
tion of the -oPerators
.during the next few days, as
the outstanding:en,gagernents are of an_extensiye
description. The variations having been consider-
able, the:" differences" to be met on Wednesday
Will no doubt represent a larger amount than on
any previous occasion ,for many 'months past.
Consols have been quoted to-day at 96 for the 11th
inst., and 96 to 961 for the February Account.
At the • close there was increased firmness,
Consols being 96 to 961 for the 11th inst., and 961
buyers for February. sThe New Threes are 96 to
96a ; the Reduced 961 to 9Gti. India Loan Deben-
tures, 99a to 991 ; and Exchequer Bills, 40s to Os
premium: Bank Stock is 226 to 227 ; and India
ditto, 222. The transactions in Foreign Stocks
are rather more numerous, • and prices exhibit
an upward tendency. Turkish 6 per Cents. are
901, 914 ; ditto Scrip, 31 to 3 dis. ; Russian 5 per
Cents., 113 ; Sardinian, 861, 871; Spanish New
Deferred, 30Z, :30A- ; Venezuela 5 per Cents., 431,.
44; Peravian 4f per Cents., 92; Portuguese 3 per
Cents., 46/ ; Dutch 21 per Cents., 65/, 651 ; and
ditto 4 per Cents., 1011, 1011.
In the•• London Railway Share Market trans- ,
actions were on a limited, scale, and prices show .a
decline of about per Cent. Chester and Holy-
head, have declined to 481 ; Eastern Counties to
62x, 631 ; Great Northern to 1061 ; Great Westerns
to 56a, 56•,!,- 3: North Western to 961, 97 •, Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincoln to 391 ; North Eastern, Ber-
wick, to 941 ; and South Eastern to 741, 75.
Foreign and Colonial Markets are exceedingly in-
active, prices being in a great measure nominal.
East Indian are steady, at 108. Buffalo and Lake
Huron have declined to 81. Great Western of
Canada. New Shares to 91 ; and Punjaubs, to 41
Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares show
little animation. British North American are
dealt in at 58;1. Union of Australia have receded
toK. Electric Telegraph have improved to
1061, 107.

The General Produce Markets have opened this
week with much quietude, but there is not the
least change to notice in prices. Sugar, Molassa,
Rum, and Coffee are in 'limited request. About
5,000 bags Rice changed hands since Friday, at
lis to lis 6d per ton for fine to very good Bengal..
'The London agent of the Royal Insurance Office
of Liverpool writes to the following effect :
In the list of losses sustained by the various English
Insurance. Companies through the recent fire at Valpa-
raiso, I observe the statement that the

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Company has suffered to the extent of £54,000.in Thissurance is
not quite correct. Our total gross. liabilities amount to
£48,400, but as this company has always underwritten
half its risks at Valparaiso with another office.
bable net loss (allowinm --i!

our pro-

over insurance in certain cases) 'will not much °exceeti
£20,000.

The Tamar, which sailed this day (Monday), for
the Brazils, took out about £l,OOO in specie, nearly
all in silver.

The report of the Port Phillip and Colonial
Gold Mininr, Company, preparatory to their meet-
ing on the 12th inst., states that the balance at
the credit of profit and loss is 110,702, out of
which a dividend of ls. per share is recommended
on the 97,500 shares of the company. The profit
of the Clunes Quartz Crushing for the nine
months prior to July last averaged £l,lBO per
month, and during July, August, and September
it was £1,591 per month. The last accounts are
to the 13th of November, and are satisfactory.
In Birmingham and the district towns there are
unmistakeable indications that a good spring
trade will be transacted. The travellers who
returned from their journeys at Christmas have
not yet gone out ; but the letter orders which
have come in show that, in almost every direction,
the country trade is very active. The signs of
revival in the foreign trade arc also most decided.
Advices from Australia inform us that, although
the markets are overstocked •with some kinds of
goods, in general hardware the evil is less than in
any other department. Orders to a considerable
amount are on hand, and others are expected ; but
some degree of caution will be required to avoid a
repetition of the evils of last year. Moderate
shipments. regulated by good information, will
be sure to be remunerative ; buthap-hazard style of
export, which brought ruin to so many, must be
Carefully eschewed. The American merchants
and shippers are in good heart. Brother Jonathan
was taught a salutary lecson by the crash of this
time twelve months, and he seems now to be con-
ducting his transactions on a sound basis. Trade
has been steadily reviving. At present excellent
orders are being received, and a first rate spring busi-
ness is almost a certainty. The foreign trade other-
wise is steadily progressing. and altogether the
present year seems likely to prove one of emu_
parative prosperity.
The half-yearly meeting of the Union Bank
of
Australia took place yesterday, Mr. Cummins in
ofits of the half year were 94,214/ 4s 2d.
The report was satisfactory, and showed.
theth
e enheatiii;.r.
of
.
gradual, but
The Reserve Fund was 200,0001. The businesscauti ionnwtahses colons
usedtill
t vertrading.
Brest
The chairman pointed out the d • •
a visibility of taking
the Reserve from the New Three
per Cents., and
ea
placing it in the New 7 1
and Debentures, for
which purpose 117000/, more would have to be
taken to make up the nomintil
valueof
A dividend, at the of
rate 20 per cent., was de-
clared on the paid-up capital of the company.
The report having been adopted, a resolution
was passed for making an additional allowance
of 0 therectors wio/. per annum to di •
th a view
to a ffirther remuneration being made to the
Chairman of (..kimmittees to tharextent, if deemed
expedient.