Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-04-12 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL

The English Funds opened this morning without recovery,
and soon experienced a further slight decline, but in the
afternoon a number of purchases by brokers, who frequently
act for parties receiving good foreign intelligence, caused an
improvement. The telegram from India to-day shows an
improvement of about 1 per cent. in government securities.
The rate of Exchange was without alteration.—Times City
Article, Monday Evening.
This has been another day of great agitation in the
Stock Markets. The English Funds opened with unre-
lieved heaviness, and a fresh fall of g per cent. was soon
established, making a reduction of fully 1 per cent. since
Friday afternoon. Towards the middle of the day, how-
ever, a sudden rebound ofd per cent. occurred. A report
of the receipt of some favourable intelligence from Vienna
was quickly circulated. The effect of this and other flying
rumours would probably have been evanescent but for a
continuance of speculative purchases by a house which has
extensive continental connections, and the still more remark-
able fact of a great rally on the Paris Bourse. In other
departments of the Stock Exchange great excitement and
agitation likewise prevailed, owing to the general impression
that the political crisis will be solved, either in a warlike or
pacific sense, within a week or two. At Amsterdam, this day,
a fall of no ess than 4 per cent. took place in the Austrian
Funds, making the extraordinary reduction of 9 percent. since
Thursday. The panic extends to the other Continental
Markets, all of which are excessively agitated. In the
Discount Market to-day the demand was active, but not
pressing. Good bills are still taken at the Bank minimum.
There were no gold operations at the Bank to-day.—Daily
News City Article, Monday Evening.
THE INDIAN LOAN OF £7,ooo,ooo.—Late on Monday
night, the official notification of the Indian Loan was
I made. The tenders are to be on or before next Tuesday,
for sums not less than £5OO. The loan is for seven years,
secured on debentures bearing interest at 4 per cent. One-
half of the seven millions is to be paid up by May 3rd, and
the remainder in Jnne and July. The debentures are
transferable by delivery or deed. The Daily News remarks
that the present loan may very shortly be followed by a
supplemental one of £5,000,000.
A telegram from St. Petersburg announces that the
exchange on London has fallen to 35 7-16 d, it being
probably feared that the critical state of politics may induce
the postponement of the Russian loan. The price of tallow
had advanced to 185 ro. for delivery in August.
FAILURE OF A PARIS BANK.—Advices from Paris an-
nounce the suspension of the Bank of Switzerland. It hac
a branch in London. Only a fortnight ago a dividend of
4 per cent, was declared ; and the Daily News says the
English gentlemen connected with the Bank should insist
on an investigation.

SPECIAL SADDINIAN MISSION TO ENGLAND.—The Herald
says—The special mission to our court with which the
Marquis Massimo D'Azeglio is charged, justifies that peace
may yet be preserved.

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AFFAIRS AT THE ADMIRALTY.—The Tunes asserts that
Sir Henry Locke, the new Lord of the Admiralty, has, in
return for his appointment, undertaken the dnty of cutting
out Mr. Bernal Osborne, at Dover , and Captain Carnegie,
another lord, has been dismissed the service because he
showed slackness in engaging the same enemy, saying that
he was a, seaman, not a politician. The whole affair .will
come out in the House of Commons.

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.
LIVERPOOL, Monday Evening.
The demand for Cotton, to-day, has been to a fair
extent, and a moderate business has been done at
full prices, the sales reaching 8,000 bales, fully 6,000
of which have been taken by the trade. The
following are the

PARTICULARS OF COTTON IN :THE PORTS OF THE UNITED

STATES OF AMERICA,
'From Ist Septeniber; 1858, to 30th Jfarch, 1859. Per Asia.
Total

Receipts. Clearances, To Gt. Britain. Stocks.
1858-9 . . 3,185,080 .... 1,874,314. . 1,140,435.. . .859,616
1857-8 _2,342,192 ....1,416,256 .... 934,704 .... 788,138
1856-7 .. 2,581,372 ....1,513,645 .... 949,135.... 608,817
There has been a fair amount of business done in
the Liverpool Share Market, but in consequence of
the very critical state of European politics, prices
have been very irregular, and generally lower. The
sales were :-Caledonian, 79 ; Eastern Counties,
11+, 11 9-16 ; Great Western, 57, 561, 57 ; Lanca-
shire and Yorkshire, 93, 92, 921, 92Z, 921, 92!71-
London and North Western, 93k, 92*, 94, 92Z-,
921, 93, 93+ ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln-
shire, 371 ; Midland, 991, 99*, 99,1 ; North Eastern
Berwick Stock, 89+ ; South Eastern, 203-, 20 9-16,
20+, 201, 20 7-16, 20+ ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 81 ;
Do. 7 per cent. 1872, 66+ ; Do. 7 per cent. 1867, 70+
Great Western of Canada, 157, ; Lombardo-Venetian,
5-16 p. Some transactions Were reported after official
hours, and included Lancashire and Yorkshire at 921,
London and North Westerns at 931, 93Z, and South
Easterns and Dovers at 20*. The final closing quotations
were-Blackburn, 11 b, 114 ; Chester and Birkenhead,
63, 63+ ; Caledonian, 79, xd 791 ; Eastern Coun-
ties, 11+, 113- ; East Lancashire, . 92, 921;
Great Northern, 101, 102 ; Do. A, 84, 86 ;
Great Western, 581, 581 ; Lancashire and York-
shire Stock, 921, 93 ; London and North Western
Stock, 93, 934; Do. one-eighth shares, 1, 1.5-16
d ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 371,
38; Midland Stock, 994 1004 ; North British,
56, xd 561 ; North Staffordshire, 44, 4+ d;
North Eastern Berwick, 891, 901 ; York and North
Midland, 741, 75 ; Leeds Capital Stock, 45, 451 ;
South Eastern and Dover, 20 7-16, 20 9-16 ; Dutch
Rhenish, 44, d ; Great Western of Canada,
151, 16 ; Do. New Shares, 41, d; Great
Luxembourg, 64' 6+ ; Grand Trunk of Canada,
8 7-16, 8 9-16 ; Lombardo-Venetian, p; Ditto
New Shares, kd,
The London'Stock Market has been very irregular
to-day, and considerable uneasiness was manifested
at the tenor of the advices received from the Conti-
nent. Great fluctuations have occurred in prices.
Consols opened heavily at the closing quotations of
Saturday, but soon showed a further decline of an
eighth per cent, but subsequently the telegraphic
accounts from Paris being read more favourably,
they improved, and prices rose a half per cent,
and dealers who had been sellers became
purchasers, but the market again gave way,
and the final closing prices for English secu-
rities were : Consols for Money • and Account,
944 to 95; Three per Cents, 934 to 94 ; Bank Stock,
223 to 225 ; Exchequer Bills, large and small, 32 to
36 pm

The London Share Market was influenced by the

same causes, and in the same way as the Stock
Market, and ultimately closed at a decline of about
an eighth per cent. The final closing prices were :
Ambergate, SZ-, 6*; Caledonian, 79,1,- ; Ditto
Preference, 99, 101 ; Eastern Counties, 57*, 581;
East Lancashire, 91, 92 ' • Edinburgh and Glasgow,
721, 73 ; Great Northern, 100, 101; Ditto A, 84, 86 ;
Ditto B, 131, 133 ; Great Western, 57k,
571 ' • Lancashire and Yorkshire, 921, 931 ;
Brgllton, 111, 113 ; North-Western, 93, 931 ;
South-Western, 91, 91* ; Manchester, Shef-
field, and Lincolnshire, 37*, 38 ; Midland, 991,
1001 ; North British, 56, 561; Ditto Preference,
107, 109 ; North Ea'stern—Berwick, 89*, 90 ; Ditto
Leeds, 45, 46; Ditto York, 74, 75 ; North Stafford,
474, 44-; South Eastern, 68, 681; Turkish Sixes,
87, 87* ; Ditto Fours, 102*, 103; Great Western
of Canada; 15*, 151 ; Ditto New, 51, 41, ; Grand
Trunk of Canada, Bf, 81.

LONDON CORN MARKET,

-APRIL 11

Warlike rumours have some influence on business. At
market, supplies are moderate. English wheat held for
more money, which checks the demand ; for foreign, better
prices were bid than last week, and some quantity was
withdrawn from sale. Floating cargoes, chiefly Egyptian,
off coast, and such, very firm. Flour quite as dear. Indian
corn decidedly firm, although the market continues slow.
Barley better ; trade off stands at 22s to 22s 6d per 4001bs
for Odessa and Danube sorts. Rye unaltered. Malt quiet.
Peas and beans in fair demand, at full rates. Oats
fully as dear as last week.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.—MARCH 11.
Compared with Thursday last, there was a decided
improvement in the demand for all kinds of stock, the
supplies of which were moderate, and in most instances last
Monday's quotations- were realised, the fall on Thursday
being nearly recovered. Beef sold at 3s 4d to 5s 10d ;
mutton, 3s 10d to 5s 10d; lamb, 5s 4d to 6s 8d ; veal,
3s 10d to 5s 6d; pork, 3s to 4s 2d; per 81bs, &c. Total
supply: Beasts, British 3,665, foreign 156; sheep and
lambs, British 21,180, foreign 1,230; calves, British 86.
foreign 43 ; pigs, British 330. •

LONDON MONEY MARKET.--.APRIL 11.
Consols opened 90 to 942-, declined to 941 sellers,
advanced to buyers at 91a, and were then steady at the
opening price. Shares declined per cent. Tone decidedly
weak. French flat ; Austrian Five per Cents, 60.1; Lom-
bards, 81 to 81; new, 71 to 74.

LONDON MINING MARKET.—APRIL 11.
In the mining market to-day shares in East Wheal
Russell are dull, at 94 to 104. Shares in Lady Bertha,
Wheal Margaret, East Basset, Tolsadden, and Stray Park
mines have met with some business, but the market
generally is quiet. In the Stock Exchange, Alfred Consols
shares are officially marked 61 ; Lady Bertha, 'll ; East
Basset, 229 ; and East Wheal Russell, 10, 104, and 94.
St. John del Rey Mining shares have been dealt in at
12g. Other foreign as well as colonial 'mining shares arc
inactive.

The prospectus is issued of the Great Central Mining
Company of Devon. (Limited), with a proposed capital of
£30,000, in shares of £1 each. The setts which it is
intended to work are situate in the parish of Ilsington,
near Newton Abbott, and are stated to contain valuable
copper lodes. The prospectus intimates that not more than
one-half of the proposed capital will be required.
Another new undertaking is the Devon Kapunda Copper
and Silver Lead Mining Company (limited), also with a
proposed capital of £30,000. The workings on this property
were relinquished some time ago, the Old Devon Kapunda
Company falling into embarrassment, after an expenditure
of upwards of £20,000. The purchase money is to be
£15,000, in equal portions of money and shares. A letter
from Mr. H. Hitchins, of the Devon Great Consols Mine,
speaks favourably of the prospects of the adventure.
Wheal Basset declared on the sth inst. a dividend of £6
per share (.0,072), leaving a balance of £2,153 17s 2d to
be carried to the credit of the next account.
The accounts presented at the meeting of shareholders
in Penhalls Mine, held on the sth inst., showed a debit
balance of £193 12s 9d.