Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-06-18 00:00:00

THENORTWERN TINES *gATLIRDA:I, JUNE 18, 1859

MONETARY AND 'COMMERCIAL.
latrEttrooL, Friday Evivling.
The rcent improixemettt in the Cottot Market
has be fully sustained :to-day, and c-foir 'business
has bora done, the *ales footing up tO'S;f.,oo bales,
including 1,000 takovvibr-speculation anti-ho port. Of
the week's business we 'quote the following report
fronethe Circular of Tirmsrs. Wright, itttior and Co. :
Oar circular advises cif the 10th instatt, per Persia,
reputed a quiet feeling -,as the prevailing'l'eature in our
Cotton Market for the-week ending that 'date. The same
evening ministers were defeated in P-6-liament, which,
conpled with the Whitsuntide holidays, tended to keep
matters in check for some days following. The expectation
of the new administration forming a ttrong government,
and tho growing belie in the-war beinrconfined to Italian
Lou,l imparted more -cheerfulness as the week progressed,
and a more buoyant tone in the Manchester market was
followed by enlarged ttransactions in the raw material, the
trade purchasing fredy, and :with increasing confidence.
Speculators and Exporters have not participated in the
business to the extent necessary to produce any excitement
but the

general character of the market presents an improved
aspect, and prices, particularly of clean lists, middling and
upwards have advanced 4d. per lb., and have a rising ten-
dency. The import is again -liberal, and freely offered,
although our tetal-otock is not eepial to the holdings at the
same period last year, and if there be an increased quantity
at sea, there is also an enlarged consumption and less to
draw from in the Trincipal shipping port of America ; the
deficiency may, however, be made good from East India
ports, from whence the supply-is likely to be extensive.
Money matters continue easy for ad practical purposes,
although the circulation rnight.be-more widely diffused with
advantage to the taercantile interest. The improvement is :
fully supported at to-day's market, which closes firmly at
the 'highest point,3and with .a hardening tendency for all
good useful qualities. The sales are estimated at B,ooe
bales, 1.000 to Speculators and -Exporters. The total sales
of the week, in-chiding what ,has been brought from the
ship's side, amount to 65;710, of which 53,950 are Ameri-
can. Speculators have taken .4)8'80, and Exporters 6,340,
leaving 54,490 bales of; all kinds to the trade. The Import
for same time is 819889 bales, 'of-which 71,462 are Ameri-
can. The quantity known to ,he at sea from American
1 ports is 195,000

PRICES iTO:iiIMY

Great 'Western of Cautitia,
Tntiks,43l,
BA'Alc OF EI'N'tfIIASTD RETURNS.
• ISSUE DEPARTMENT.
_ _ • 0111 M.

in, 14 ; New,i6l,

Note ite

a.
31,741,1*

CREDIT

.government Debt ... 4,1,(1114100
Other Securities. "3,4139,900
Goßullionld Coin and other 17 266085
1

£31,741.,M1 I
BANKING tI)LPARTMENT.
-TEBrr., £ CREDIT. , £
Preprittor's Capital 14,553;000 Government Secul 11,28157
Rest
Public Deposits
Other Deposits
Seven-day ii 199 other 1 ,I Gold and Silver Coin. 884,856
Bills

Z317741,Y85

L 41,895,671 I Total £11,895,671
Compared with the returns of the previous week,
the• above-shows the following results :

Active Circulation
Bullion
Rest
Seven-day & other
Bills
Public Deposits
Other. Deposits ..
Government Secu- 11,281,376—N0 change
cities
Other Securities .......
Notes unemployed... 11,...
Cash to liabilities 493—Increase ..
per Mil
Rate of interest 3 per cent—No change

20,524;215—Decrease
17,551,011—Deareese
3,l6B,6o2—lncrease

799,224—Increase

B,s77,B43—lncrease
14,757;501—Decrease

18,712,469—Decreas(
16,970—Increase

Amsterdam Short

1,353,44:
1,415,26

Ditto, 3 months

Rotterdam

Antwerp

Brussels.

Hamburgli

Paris Short

FOREIGN EXCHANGES.
11 124 to 11 ... 13X
11 15 ... 151
11 .. 15 .. 11 151
25 ... 15 ... 25 ... 22:1-

Ditto, 3 months

Marseilles

Frankfort

Vienna

Trieste

if ... 56
14 ... 63

St. Petersburg

Madrid

25 .. 22
13
25 12.
25 ... 321

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The Funds opened with a stronger appearance. ~ At one
period a recovery of nearly 7,- per cent. was Shown. The
market continues, however, extremely sensitive to alarms
from Germany, and a few bona fide sales caused a reaction
nr,-7- to I, per-cent. Towards the close there was a return
,of steadiness, and the latest quotations -were s per cent.
above those of yesterday. Other markets show coniider-
able firmness; supply of money not so 'heavy as of late.
best bills still per cent. belo4 the Bank-rate. There were
no gold operations at the Bank to-day.—Daily Netos City
2tetiele' Timrsday Evening.
The English funds opened at an improvement of per
tent., hut It was not maintained, and the final quotations
were the same as those of yesterday. The heaviness was
attributed to the progress of the French naval preparations
against Venice, the report that the German Confederation
will intervene if the French army cross the Mincio, and
the, zeal with which the allies appear to be fomenting
revolutionary-movements not only ih Italy but-in Hungary,
and also, it is feared, in the Danubian principalities.
The letters 'from the principal German cities show consider-
able discouragement, mixed, however, with indignation at
the readiness with which the suppositien is entertained in
Paris and London that Austria will soon giveln. Accord-
ing to some writers the French must be at Vienna 'before
a surrender of Lombardy .will be listened to.—Timos City
Thuielay Evening.
RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURXS continue good. The
Midland return shows an increase of £3,809; the Sheffield,
an increase of £1,099 ; the Lancashire and Yorkshire, an
increase of £2,388 ; the East Lancashire, an increase of
£639 ; and the North Eastern and Newcastle and Carliale,
an increase of 13,120.