The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-05-11 00:00:00

IirIOSTETAAY AND COMMERdIA4I

LIVERPOOL, Saturd4 Eyoning.
The Cotton
,Market to day *as very firm, the
siles were estimated at 8,000 bales, of which 3,000
were on export and for speculation, at unchanged

prices.
In the Liverpool Share Market to-day, although
there was not a large business done, the market
was very steady. and prices on some of the leading
stocks showed an advancinv,lendency.
The Market for the Public Funds and Securities
was rather steady to-day. At one period prices
showed a downward tendency, but the Government
broker investing sonic 30 , 0001. in Exchequer Bills'
gave a strengthened tone, anct the ii3arket closed
with an upward tendene,y.. TheßankßetUrns had
no infltence upon. prices, and the expectation that
the efflux of Silver to the. East, and, therefore, of
G.)ld to the,Con anent, will henceforth be on a modi-
fied scale, assists • the_ ascensional . movement.
Consols for' transfer were 93a f, 934 1, and finally
931 For the account they were 94-4• and 941 1,
at which they remained after hour::. " The.iNew
Three per Cents were 92ti L the Reduced 04 2, and•
the Five per Cents 1144 The June Exchequer Bill§
were 2s, dis to par (the Bank broker haying bought
at par), and the Bonds 9844. .India Bonds under
1,0001) brought 4s. discount, and Bank Stock was
2114 to 213.

The ioliawing list shows the fluctuations in
Consols during the past week :

Lowest Highest Closing
prices. prices. prices.
—.Money 921 93! 931
Account _924 - 93! ' 931
Tke;day Wney .931 931 931
__4 __!4 _A

Monday

• ?-, 93
Account . _931--
93
Wednesday ... Money 931 934 932
Account :931, •93 93f
Thiirsday ....Money 924 93: 93,1
Acc,lunt 948 9371
Friday ......Ifeney 931 93t
Account ; 934 94 941
Saturday ...Morey .... 932 951 931
Account g4f ' 941
The LOndOn 'Railway Share Market- has
.been
languid, bat we have no material change to notice
in prices. Caledonian advanded -1.tV.1; and Edin-
burgh and GlasgoW 1, but_ Lancashire and. XbrltL,
shire, Midland, and some others were at. rather
lower quotations. The foreign and colonial under-
takings have remained quiet, and at abou,t previous
rates. Great Western, of Canada...have
,been neg-
lected, and the. Grand Trunk have risen to,l. The
East IndianAines were firmer; and the new under-
takings were without change:- -The following were
the •closing prices :-Ambergate, -Nottingham,
Boston, and Eastern Junction, -51, 51f; Bristol and
Exeter, 89, 91 ; Caledonian, 714, 72 ; Chester and
Holyhead, 341, 351; Eastern CoUnties, 11a, I 1 b
East Lancashire, 98, 99; 'Edinburgh and Glasgow,
57, 59 ; Edinburgh, Perth, and Dandee,, *32,
.33 ;
Great Northern, 97, OS ; B Stoek; 12 123 ;
Great Southern and Western (Ireland), 102, 104;
Great Western, 66, 671; Lancaster and. Carlisle,
67,.72 ; Lancashire and„ Yorkshire, 1011; 102; ;Lon-
don, Brighton. and South Coast, 1.10; 141 -; London
and North Western-, 104, 1051; London and South
Western, 1001; .10 lt ;:Mancheitter, Sheffield, and
Linuoln,•;4ol.,' 41,1";• Midland 82-1,,•83 ;' Ditto,
minuham and Derby, 53:1, 544; Norfolk, 61, 63";
North British, 43, 44; North Eastern-Berwick,
861, 871;. North Staffurdshiro,,4lJ, 41 Ala; Oxford,
*Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 301, 311; Scottish
Caniral, 105,407; Scottish Midland, 70; 72 ; South
Eastern, 74, 754.; South Wales, 86i, 87. 'Leased lines
-Buckinghamshire, 91, 93; Hull and Selby, 106,
108 Preference-Eastern Counties ex. 5 per cent.
(No. 1), 1, f, pm. British Possessions-East Indian,
107, 109. Grand Trunk of Canada, 63, 65 ; Great
Indian Peninsula guaranteed 5 per cent., 21, 211;
Great Western of Canada Shares, 241, 241 ; Madras
Guaranteed 11 per Cent , 19, 20 ; Ditto, Third Ex.
Guaranteed 5 per Cent., -a, pm ; Scinde Guaran-
teed 5 per Cent., 2, 21 pm. Foreign-Eastern of
France, 32, 324; Great Central of France, 231, 241;
Great Luxembourg, Constituted Shares, 7, 71, ;
Lombardo-Venetian, 4/, 5 pm; Lyons and Geneva,
30, 31 ; Namur and Liege, 8, 81; Northern- of
!•France, 384;-39; Norwegian Trunk Preference, 83,
91; Paris and Lyons, 58, 59; Paris and Orleans,
57, 59; Royal Danish, 17, 19 x d ; Sambre and
Meuse, 81, 81; Southern of France, 311, 32 ; West
Flanders, 48 54.

The imports of specie dnrinci'' the week have been
moderate—about 370,0001, by the following vessels :
—Colombo, from the Mediterranean, 9,5001;
lA]urop,,an, from Australia, 50,0001; Washington,
from New York, 2,0001; from America, 156.0001;
Sultan, from the Mediterranean, 1,8601; Dolphin,
from Antwerp, 23 cases 1 parcel bulli-m ; Panther,
from Bouloune, 21 boxes silver bullion ; Thames,
from Melbourne, 4,780 ozs. gold, or 19,1201; Baron
Osy, from Antwerp, 26 cases bullion; Panther,
from Boulogne, 10 eases bullion.

The exports for the same period have been upwards
of 600,0004 viz., by the La Plata for the West Indies,
36,0001, of which 6,0001 was in silver, and the rest
gold ; The Pera, for Alexandria and the East
Indies, 551,151/, of which 2,4601 was in gold to
Ceylon, and the rest silver, divided as follows :
Bombay, 192,3251; Madras, • 6,2551; Calcutta,
124,5301; Penang, 1,6201; Singapore, 12,5411; Hong
Kong, 55,7951; and Shanghai, 155,6251;, the
Alhambra, for Cadiz, 15,0001; the McdWay, for the
Brazils, 35,700/,

With respect to the movement in mines during
the week the, Mining Journal of to day says ;
The market opened heavily this week, but improved
after a few days, though we cannot report any great
amount of business transactions, or any particular novelty.
Bottallach shares have advanced to 270, and will probably
go higher(; North Basset, 19 to 20 ; Alfred Consols are still
fiat, at 20 to 203 ; Great Alfred were largely dealt in at
63 to 6/, leaving off at 63 to 61 ; Drake Walls 2 to 3 ;
PhTnix, 300 ; l3alnoon shares have not been so firm at 6;
Par Consols, 223 to 23 ; Wheal Margaret shares have been
more freely c,ffered at 70 to 72 ; Providence shares are
also fiat at 80 ; Margery, 16 to 163 ; Pendeen, l to 4,-.;
Nanteoa, 3to la LEast Cornwall, 23 to 3 ; Wheal WreY,
73 to 8; Trewetha 2a ; Wheal Harriet, 12s 61 to 13s 6d ;
Gawton United shares have been deal in at / to 1 ;
Trelawny, 23 to 24, ex div. ; Mary Ann, 44 to 45 ;
Devon Great Consols have been in good demand at 450
to 455 ; Itosewarne, 43 to 45 ; St. Day United, 1 to
; Tincroft, 4,1 to 41; West Seton, 320 ; Basset, 260
to 270 ; Wheal Eiward, 4i to 4-1- ; Craddock Moor, 40 ;
East Basset 60; South Tolgus, 140 to 156; Bast Gunnis
Lake, 21 to 21,
During the week the reports made to the foreign
Mining Companies have been of a mixed character
The Fortuna agent states that the prospects are
encouraging, and that the produce for April will be
likely to be 170 tons. From the Marignita mines.
they state that the prospects at La Paz are bright-
ening, and expectations were held 'out of their
reaching the rich part of the lode. The Peninsu-
lar, Ibreian, and Castilian are not encouraging on
the whole. From the United Mexican Mines the
reports afford no news. of interest. Advices have
been received by the Port Philip Company stating
that quartz crushing had been continued at Dead
Horse Flat. At (Junes a lease for 21 years had been
obtained In the Assay department business was
proceeding as usual. The only foreign mining
companies' meetings in the past week were the
following :—The Alten Mining Company, of Nor..
way, at which it was agreed to dispose of the mines,
or rather to amalgamate their interest with the
Qumnargen Company; the latter company having
the ore in abundance, whilst the Alten had the
convenience for smelting ; the Australian Agricul.
tural Company, at which Mr. Leslie was chosen
deputy governor, in place of M. De Sales. who was
his opponent; and the Australian Mining Company,
in which the accounts showed a balance in favour
of adventurers of 718/. Qs. 4d. A resolution was
passed to further prosecute the Charlton Mine,
and a call of ss. per share was made for that
purpose, Quatnargen Mining Company to agree to
the amalgamation with the Alten Mining Company.
The resolution was passed unanimously.
Trade in the manufacturing districts is dull. At
Leeds very little change has taken place in the
prospects of the Woolen Trade, and business
generally was unusolly dull; few buyers were in
the town, and for spring goods there, was scarcely
any inquiry. At Bradford there was a moderate
demand for combing wools at about previous rates.
Piece goods, however, ruled dull, and the manu-
facturers generally are working " short time" to
prevent loss by producing stock. The Yarn and
Piece goods trade at Halifax ruled very dull, and
buyers appeared disinclined to operate to any extent