The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-04-29 00:00:00

MONETARY AND, COMMERCIAL.

LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Evening.
The Cotton 'Market remiiiiS iri-a very quiet con-
ditiOn; and there is • no-change to :.report in prices.,
The sales to-day' .were-5,000 bales, of which 1,500
were on speculation and for export.
• The Liverpool Share Market was dull to-day,
and a still further decline must be noticed in prices
The day's transactions were as. follows :
Caledonian, 34k; Eastern Counties, 11k; • East
Lancashire, 97; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1002,
8, 100 ; London and North Western, 134
2; ditto 11 shares, 3-16 p ; Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire, 384, ; Midland, 81t, -1;
Norfolk, 60 ; North British, 10 13-16 ; North East=
ern, 21?-3, 2,1; York Capital Stock, 322; Doers,
221, 4, I, -1-; 'Dutch' Rhenish td ; Grand Trunk
of Canada, 15 716, ; Great Luxembourg, 11
1716 ; Great Western of Canada, 24, ; Bank
of LiverpJol, 23753:: The-busitiess done •forthe next
accourit.was :—Lancashi re and Yorkshire, 1008;101,
1002; 'tondon. and North Western; 1042; Man
chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 38 9-16. 2 ;
Midland, 812, -I, 2. 2, ; Dovers, 22 5.16, ILYork
_ _

Capital Stock, 323 g ; Dutch Rhenish, 1d ; Grand
Trunk of Canada, 15 13.16, 7. The following
were the closing prices :—Blackburn, $:, .;
Chester and Birkenhead, 66, 661 ; Caledonian
41, 341 ; Chewer and Holyhead, I 76, 18:1
i.:stern Counties, 11. 7 16. 114.; East Lancashire,
oq, ; Do. 9/. shares, fi , 1, p ; Great Northern,
231, 9.4 ; 'Ditto A shares. 1.0:, Great Western,
66, 661 ;.L•tacasliire and Yorkshire Stock, 100, 1001- ;
ditto 9/. Sllares, 15-16, 1 p ; Liverpool, Crosby, and
Southport, 191, 19; London and North Western
Stock, Jll3/„1.01 ; do. Shares, 3.16, d ; Man-
chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 38t. 384-- ; Mid-
_ _ . _ _

land Stock, 81 k, 811; North British, 101, 104 ; North
Staffordshire, 5,44 d ; South Eastern, 22, 224 ;
Scottish North Eastern, 13,-134 ; North Eastern—
Berwick 2.11, -214 ; York and .North Midland,
324 324 ; Leeds Capital Stock, 194, 204 ; Buffalo
and Lake; Mixon, 4, 4 p; :Dutch-Rhenish,- 1,4, d ;
Great Western of Canada, 244 xd 244 ; do. New
Shares, 24 xd, 2-2 p; Great Luxembourg, 11, 101- d ;
Grand TrUnk of. Canada, 15 11 -16; 15 13-16.
The following. were the Continuations paid :
Caledonian, is ; Eastern Counties, 9d ; Lancashire
and Yorkshire Stock, 4, 7-16;- London end North
Western Stoek, 4; Manchester, • 'Sheffield, and
Lincoln, .3s, 3s 6d, 1-16 ; Midland Stock, 5-16. 4,
, 5 16 4;-•South'-Eastern,• ls 9d.; Great Western of
Canada, is 6d ditto New Shares, is ; Grand
TrUnk of Canada, Is 6d. .

There was a very animated demand for Money
to-day, and the market has become more stringent
than haS been .krioWn for some year's past. As high
as 8 per cent. has been paid in many instances.
This unfavourable state of affairs has no doubt
been partially brought about by thdannouncement
today that the Bank of England would only lend
on Government Stock for seven days. An opinion
now generally prevails that the :demand will be
kept up to a high point until the commercial bills,
which fall due next week, are taken up, and the
speculative settlements will also assist in prevent-
ing any immediate relief. There is no new feature
•to comment upon in relation to monetary affairs
beyond this renewed pressure, although the Indian
exchanges have indtieed art impression in some
quarters that the shipments of silver from this
side will . henceforth be on a moderate scale. The
present rates, however, will no doubt attract a
considerable amount, and on this account some
anxiety is evinced to ascertain what arrivals are
likely to take place. from Mexico We learn, by
way of New York, that a " conducta" had arrived at
Vera. Crui on the 11th ult. .With .2.300,000 dollars.

If this large supply should speedily arrives it will
supply the FaStern demand for some time. It is
expected that in the course of the next two months
the arrivals of gold from Australia will amount
altogether' to a sum considerably above half a
million, which is advisod as being on the way
home from that colony; so, that if the efflux to
India and China subsides, we may soon find our
supplies of the precious metals accumulating in
the Bank of England. A disposition exists, how-
ever, to look at affairs in rather an unfavourable
light and there appears some cause tor, doing so,
which cheeks all buoyancy in the markets for
speculative securities.
The market for the public Funds and Securities
fluctuated today, at one time an advanceofl per cent
took place, but on the Bank's announcement alluded
to above, there was a sudden reaction, and prices
declined to a lower pant than that quoted last
eveninq, The price of Consols for Money at noon
was 92i to 921, and at the closing hour 92i for
the Account; the closing price was 921, to 921,
In the London Railway Share Market there was
not much business done to day;and we must quote
rather lower. The following were the closing
prices :—Ambergate, Nottingham, and East Junc-
tion, 51 5t ; Caledonian, 681, 69 -; Edinburah
and Glasgow, 97, 98 ; Eastern Counties, 11, 110 ;
East Lancashire, 97, 98 ; Great Northern, 951 ;
D'.3 A:, 861, 88 ; Great Western, 651,. 66 ; Lanca-
shire and Yorkshire, 1001, • Leeds Northern,.
391, 40 ; London and North Western, 103 f, 104 ;
London and South Western, 100 k, 101 ; Man
chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 39-1, 40 ;
Midland Stock, 811; North British, 43, 44; South
Eastern :and. Dover, 7334. 741; York, Newcastle, and
Berwick, 85,86; York and North Midland, 62k, 63.
The following are the closing rates of
Foreign Exchanges:—Amsterdam, short; 11 16 to
11 17; Do. 3 months, 11 .19k to 11 19?; llotter•
dam; do , 11 191 to II 19/ ;Antwerp,' "do., 25 42k to
25 50 ; Brussels, do ; 25421 to "25 50 ; Hamburg
do , 13 81 to 13 81; Paris, short, 25 221 to 25 30 ;
Do., 3 months, ,25 '65 to '25 70;' Marseilles. do.
25 671 to 25 721 ; Frankfort, do., 1191 to 1191 ;
Vienna, do., 10 32 to 10 35 ; TrieSte. do., 10.33 to
10 36 ; Petersburg, do., 361 to 371 ;' Malrid, do.. 49
to 491.