The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-03-30 00:00:00

river or creek. The French fishing season will last from
April sto October 6. These are the principal points of
the Convention.

Bermuda advices to the 25th ult., state that the
egislature was to convene on the 2nd of March

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

NEW YORK, MARCH 18.

MONETARY AFFAIRS.—The demind for money continues
active at full rates of interest, and all the floating capital
off. ring is readily employed. The receipt of one million in
gold from California will increase the average of specie in the
banks, but they are still pressed by borrowers and find it impos-
sible to cut down their discount line as they would desire. We
quote :
Loans on call, stock securities

. 7 to 12

Do other good securities 9 " 15
Prime endorsed bills, sixty to ninety days
.:,
Do four to six months
10 °° 12
First class single signatures

Other good bills , ....
Names less known ....

12 " 15
. 18 " 25

Foreign exchange is selling slowly ; the bankers have large
settlements, and are obliged to purchase considerable for their
own remittance, but they find but few second class bills on the
market, while at the. same time their own hills are not much
in request. Towaids the close to-day the leading bankers
advanced their rates to 1081, and there was afterwards more
inquiry at 1081, at which the market closed quite firmly.
We quote: Bills on London 1071 to 108.1. The statement
of the New Yotk City Banks, of their average condition f,r
the week ending March 14th, shows an increase of 1,351,340
dols. in loans, and a decrease of 629,614 dols. in specie,
13,156 dols. in circulation, and 1,626,955 dols. in depusi s.
We annex the week's average, with a comparison of all the
statements since the opining of the year, together with the
average for the corresponding week of lat.yea •
_ . sr. _

Date. Loans & Dis. Specie. Circulation. Deposits.
Jan. 10, 1857 110,150,234 11,090,108 8.328.395 90,709 710
Jan. 17, 1857 110,860,401 11 955,154 8,017,065 93,035,766
Jan. 24, 1857 111,094,415 11 633,924 7,879,027 8S 614,575
Jan. 31, 1857 111.785,333 12,191,825 8.024,948 92,466,236
Feb. 7, 1857 112 874,713 11,141,894 8,426,817 96,029,439
Feb. 14, 1857 112,722,799 10,497,382 8,151,799 91,917 188
Feb. 21, 1857, 111,773,572 10,432,158 8,106,074 92.448,944
Feb. 28, 184 111,137,717 10,645,254 8,159 275 y 2,173 28'1
Mar. 7, 1857 111,899,649 11.707,346 8,465,697 95,858,222
Mar. 14, 1857 113,250,980 11,077,732 8,452.541 94 231,167
Same time last year :
Mar. 15, 1856 104 528,298 14,045,021 7,863,148 88 621.176
The total of loans is higher than at any previous date
the current year, while the specie has decreased.

COTTON.

The sales of cotton in store during the past week, in this
market, I estimate at 8,000 bales. Prices have been pretty
well maintained: No pressing has been apparent, except,
perhaps, for parce's of the poorer grades, and the market closed
steadily at the quotations of last week. The news per
Kangaroo and America has been in a great measure counter-
acted by the telegraphic accounts from the south,
The export for the week has been, to Liverpool, 6,076;
Antwerp, 608; Hamburg, 337 ; Cronstadt, 1,203 ; Stock-
holm, 5. Total, 8,229 bales.
Cotton in transitu is dull, and difficult of sale, at my
quotations of last week, holders, however, resist decline,
preferring to send the shipping documents forward, when
ales cannot be made at satisfactory rates. The bulk of
stock offering here just now is saddled with a higher rate
of freight than is current at the latest telegraphic dates
from the South. There is also a large proportion of poor
quality, which buyers seem anxious to avoid. The sales
for the week I estimate at 18,000 bales, closing quietly at
last week's quotations, which are now difficult to get.
Yesterday, after receipt of the telegraphic advises of small
receipts at Mobile am' New Orleans for three days, a
demand set in and the sales amounted to 6,000 bales.

Southern Markets are well supported at previous
prices. The accounts per America, quoting a slight decline
and a dull market in Liverpool have failed to produce a
corresponding effect.
New Orleans, March 14.—Receipts for the week, 40,000
bales ; same week last year, 59,000 bales. Sales for the
week, 27,000 bales. Exports for the week—to Liverpool,
28,000; to Havre, 12,000. Middling, 13i3 per lb. Stock
on hand, 314,000. Freight to Liverpool, 7-16 d per lb.
March 16.—Receipts the past three days, 15,000 bales.
Market very firm at full prices. Middling,:l3ic to 13ic.
Mobile, March 14.—Receipts for the week, 7,000 bales ;
same week last year, 21,000. Sales to day, 4,000, and for
the week. 15,000. Stock unsold, 45,000. Middling, 13ie
per lb. Freight to Liverpool 11.32 d to id per lb—engage-
ments at the lower rate. March 16.—Receipts for three
days, 1,000 bales ; 'market very firm ; very little offering.
Middling. 134 c.
Charleston, March 16th.—Sales to-day 2,700 bales, market
unchanged : 17,h, market firtn, middling 138 c.
CRoP.—I adhere to the opinion that the total will fall
short of 3,000,000 bales ; each week as the season draws to a
close furnishes evidence more and more in favour of such a
result.

ihrrniPTß at 4%,”
78,000 bales, against 123,000 same week last year, and 69,000
same week in 1853. The total deficit now amounts to 160,000
bales as compared with last year, and 151,000 as compared with
1853. The receipts at Charleston and Savannah together
this week are but 14 000 bales, against 34,000 in the corre:s.
ponding week last year. By telegraph we have the figures
for a week later at Mobile and New Orleans, which makes it
pretty certain that next week the deficit will be increased
to nearly two hundred thousand bales. From Mobile we
learn that the future receipts at that point are likely to
be very trifling. Cotton will continuo to be forwarded to the
ports freely, so long as there is any to send, and the season
will be brought to a close ac a much earlier period than usual.
Already some of the large buyers for English and Contin."ntal
account have left New Orleans, and taken passage in this mail
steamer for biverpaol.
Exports : To Uverpool, for the week, are to a fair
extent. The decrease as compared with last year is now
205,000 bales. To France and the Continent, the export is
still active and to a greater pro rata extent than to Qreat
Britain.

Stock is now but 8,000 bales, more than at the correspond-
ing date last year, while it is 123,000 bales below what it
was at the same time in 1853. A sensible diminution will
very soon be felt.
The following is a statement of the movement in cotton
since the Ist September last, as compared with the previous
four years :

1857.
Receipts at the Ports '2,460,000
Exports to G Britain 83 i3O
France 289,000
other F. Ports. 243,000
Total Exports 1 376,000
Stock on hand 651.000'
Of which during the past
Receipts at the Ports 78,000
Exports to G. Britain 53 00')
France 7,000
.‘ other For. Pts 23,000
Total Exports.

1856. 1855. 1854. 1853.
12,02 ~0001,700 00011,973,000,2,611,000
11,039,000 879.000 705,000'1,035,000
1 334,000 207,000 111,000 210,000
321,000 15 i,OOO 164,000 183,000
1 694,000,1.242 0001,080.000,1,433,000
0 613,0001 375,0001 645,0001 774,000
week, included in the above
123,000 73,000 68.000 69,000
69,000 31,000, 70,090 41.000
11,010, 12 000, 20,000, 17,000
11 17.000 3,0101 18,00 f. 9.100
98,000 48,000' 108,000 67,000

Summary : Receipts ; Decrease at the ports compared
with last year, 160,000 bales ; compared with 1853, 151,000.
Exports : Decrease to Great Britain, 205,000 ; compared
with 1853, 201,000 bales. D.creaso to France, 45,000 ;
increase compared with 1853, 714,000 bales ; decrease to
other foreign ports, 68,000 ; increase compared with 1853,
65,000 bales W, P. WitiGaT.

Rvelpts,

Exports to Total 9tooks,
Great Britain. Exports.
839,250 1,378 005 62,390
1,033 507 1 693,701 141,629

2 4 ;6.629
....2,618 937

Increase....
Decrease.... 162,308

199,257 315,696 /3239
B READSTUFFS. . .

FLOUR : The market has remained very inanimate dtping
the past week, and in consequence of the continued diScou-
raging tenor of the European advices with the prospect of
some supplies near at hand, holders have been more dis-
posed to realise, and have been obliged to submit to a
decline of 20c to 30c per brl. in order to effect sales.
Western Canal .and State, good shipping, 6 dots 10c to 6
dills pc per brl. Ohio, Indiana, &e., 6 dols 40c to 6 dots
75c. Canada, 6 dole Po to 7 dols. Southern, 6 dols 40c
to 6 dols 90c. Fancies and 'High Extras, dole to 3 dols
50c and S dole 750,
WnEAT : The enquiry for Spain has rather fallen off
during the past week, and unless buyers appear for those
markets, a considerable decline will have to be accepted
from our present highest quotations. Stocks however are
much reduced, and for anything but the best descriptions,
there is no change. Southern white, 165 c to 175 c per 60
lbs. Western, 160 c to 172 c, Western red and mixed,
133 c to 155 c. Southern red, 150 c to 160 c. •

INntAN CORN : The supplies from the south are rather
larger, and New Yellow and White are easier to buy.
Yellow, new, 72c to 73c; old, 76c to 78c per 56 lbS.
White, new, 72c to 75c; old 78c to 80c. Western old
mixed 74c to 75c. WoTwenseooN, KINOSFORD, eg• CO.
ASHES Pot are wanted for export, and as the demand
exceeds the supply, prices have further appreciated —sales
200 brls, at 7 dols 75c to 7 dols 874 c, mostly at 7 dols 81/c.
earl are without change, with sales of 100 brls at 7 dots
431 c to 7 dole 60c, mostly at the latter price.
Hoes : There continues a fair demand, and the market for
prime, for which the enquiry is almost wholly confined to,
remains firm ► sales 150 bales good first sort to choke at 9
to 11 cents ; 50 to 60 do ordinary, 7 to 8 ; and 100 do old
for export, 5, cash,
jaoN ; Scotch pig continues in request, and prices are
supported, with sales of 700 to 800 tons, part to arrive, at
31:dols. 50 cents to 32 dols, 6 mos, There is a large
demand for No. 1 American, in excess of this time last
year, and we understand the whole production s)f the
rennsylvania manufacturers for the season, say to August
or September next, has been contracted for at 27 dols. to
28 dols. There is atlll a good demand, and an order for
2,500 tons now in market for cf.,,rtin works, cannot be
executed, except at advanced rates. Barn renip.in scarce,
and wanted ; a small lot Welsh railroad brought 49 dots.
cash, in hood. English sheet is in request, and we notice
sales of 75 to 100 tons singles at 31 to 31 cents, 6 mos.
PitUvisioris: The market for Mess Pork has declined 20
to 30 cents, with more movement at the reduction, iu part