The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-05-18 00:00:00

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.

LIVERPOOL, Saturday Evening.
The Cotton Market keeps steady. The sa
to-day were 6,000 bales, of which 500 were on
speculation and for export. There was no change
whatever to notice in prices.
In the Liverpool Share Market there \is not
much alteration to notice ; the business done was
slight, and the prices paid were not so good. The
sales were—Blackburn, 9; Caledonian, 3647 -8-;
Eastern Counties, I lA 13.16, N ; East Lancashire,
98i ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 102, li, 2 ; Len-
don and North Western, 105, H ; Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 43,21, I. 1, 1,1; Mid.
land, 831, „,-5-; North British, 101 ; Dgovers, 224,
; GI and Trunk of Canada, 16, 8,1, 13-16,1, 13-16.
11-16, I ; Liverpool and London Fire and Life
Insurance, Sip ; Royal Insurance, 31p. The fol-
lowing were the closing pric6s : Blackburn,

9. 9 1-16 ; Chester and Birkenhead, 67, 67i;
Caledonian, 36,1, 364-; Chester and Holyhead, 174,
18; Eastern Counties, 11 13-16, 11 15-16; East
Lancashire, 98, 98ij ; Do. 91. shares, 11-16, 13-16 p;
Gr,!at Northern, 241, 24i ; Great Western, 67i, 671;
ancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 1014, 102 ; Do.
91. Shares, 1 1-16, lip ; Liverpool, Crosby, and
Southport, 191. 111; London and North Western
stock, 1051, 1051; Do. 8 Shares, 1.; 1-163 ; Man-
chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 424, 42k ; Midland
Stock, 83-,1., 831; North British, 10 11-16. 10 13-16;
North Staffordshire, 5, 4FI; North Eastern—Ber-
wick, 21-,7-„ 22 ; York and North Midland, 33, 331.;
Leeds Capital Stock, 20,-1, 201 ; South Eastern and
Dover, 22 9-16, 22'Fl; Scottish North Eastern, 14,
Buffalo and Lake Huron, Eid. alp; Do. New
Shares, bl, in; Dutch Rhenish, 1, 15-161 ; Great
W-atern of Canada, 24, 241 ; Ditto New Shares, 2,
2p; Great Luxembourg, 107-„ 10Id ; Grand Trunk
of Canada, 16-1 161.
The Money Market is rather active, and full
rates are insisted upon The pressure for money,
and the fear that the efflux of silver to India and
China may increase, occasion a little uneasiness.
which partially neutralises the cheerful tone that
previously existed. It is, however, not to be
presumed that the market will experience much
further disturbance, unless the speculators should
become frightened and:realise. The gold arrivals,
if they speedily take place, will go far in assisting
the market, and in a few days there is likely to he
some mitigation of the excessive enquiry for loans
in the house. Out of doors there is a full demand,
but the supply being ample, no difficulty is felt in
obtaining accommodation Very little business
is now in progress, and the operators for a rise are
still sanguine of a rally, and .an additiCnal
improvement besides. With a steady accession of
strength on the part of the. Bank authorities
it is contended that the Funds must rise,
especially as we can afford to spare a portion
of the gold en route from Australia and America,

hould it be required for the Bank of France,

the purchase of silver or any other purpose. A
further declime.of k per cent has occurred, Consols
being now 931 931- for Money, and 94* 94f for the
Account. The New Threes are 92i 92/ ; and the
Reduced, 921 921. The general demand for dis-
count accommodation in Lombard-street is main-

tained. On the Stock Exchange the inconvenience
arising from the scarcity and dearness of money is
still felt The jobbers refuse to purchase stock,
owing to the the high rates which have to be given
for the means of payment. The bank broker
has again purchased 30,000/ Exchequer Bills
of both issues. The public are bona
,fide sellers,
and the speculators purchase, and the
operations of the former as usual have most weight.
Consols are 931 938 for Transfer, and 948 94/- for
Account: The New Three per. Cents are 924 931;
and the Reduced 92-7, 922. Bank Stock is 2134 214;
and India Stock 220 The March Bonds have
been 2s to 5s prem., and the June par. to 3s prem.
Foreign Stocks are dull, and continue flat. Turkish
Six per Cents are 941 95, and the Four per Cents
Mi.,. Russian Bonds are 106, Mexican 22i, Buenos
Ayres 871. and Dutch Two and a-Half per Cents 65
to 601
The following list shows the fluctuations in
Consols during the past week :

Lowest
prices.

Highest Closing
prices. pri,es.

Monday Money
_ . .

Account 94 94Z 941
Tue3day A4-ney
Ai 941

.ocounk J4=
Wednesday —.Money

Account 94-L 948
Thursday ....Money 944 94
Account 941 944
Friday __Money 934 94,1 94
Account 941
Saturday .....Money 938 934 93
Account 94 944 94}
The London Share Market was rather dull
to day, but we do not notice any decline in
the prices :—Ambergate, Nottingham, and East
Junction, 51, 51; Caledonian, 734; Edinburgh and
Glasgow, 61, 63; Eastern Counties, 114, 12; East
Lancashire, 98, 99 ; Great Northern, 97, 98 ;
Great Western, 671; Lancashire and Yorkshire,
1014, 102; Leeds Northern, 401 41; Loudon and
North Western, 1051, 1054; London and South
Western, .1001 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin-
colnshire, 421, 431; Midland Stock, 838, 84 ;
North British, 434 ; South Eastern and Dover, 754 ;
York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 874, 88 ; York and
North Midand, 66 After official hours the prices
paid were ;—Caledonian, 731 ; Eastern Counties,
11 ; East Lancashire, 98, 99 ; Great Northern,
971-, 98 ; ritto A., 90, 91 ; Great Western,
671; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1011, 101 k
London and North Western, 1057, 1051 ; Man-
chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 421, 434 ;
Midland Stock, 83Z-, 834 ; North British 43, 44;
South Eastern and Dover, 751 ; York, New-
castle, and Berwick, 87, 88 ; 'York and North
Midland, 66i
The imports of specie reached about 250,0001.
during the past week—viz., by the Arabia, from
America, 1,032,212 dols, and 2001. in silver, or
146,4001 ; the Albion, from Boulogne, 30 cases
bullion ; the Dolphin, from Antwerp, 14 cases 1 bag
bullion; the Vesta, from Oporto, 4 boxes specie;
the Brenda, from Sinyrna, 1 box specie, or 17,5001. ;
the Britannia, from Corunna, 1 box specie; the
Rhine, from Boulogne, 17 cases bullion ; the City
of Washington, from America, 70,000 dols or
14,000/. ; the Avon, from the Brazils, 8811.; the
Ethicpe, frum Africa, 8,000 guld, ur 14,0001.,
the Pantber, from Boulogne, 15 cases bullion; the
Tagus, from the Mediterranean, 2,7051.; the Ellen-
borough, trom. Sydney, 30,0001. ; the Fulton, from
New York, 111,000/.

The official exports of the precious metals from
the port of London, for the week, ending MI May,
show a return of 4,360 ozs. and 3,8501. in gold, and
2400 ozs of silver.

•
In the manufacturing districts we do not notice
much change in the supply or demand of the
various articles. At Leeds in the Foreign Market
there is nothing new to report in the demand, but
the improvement in the Public Sales will probably
give greater confidence tp Ole manufacturers in
their purchases.

From the north of Ireland we learn that trade
during the week has been far from active. Many
causes conspired to produce depression ; but not-
withstanding all the depressing influences, pros-
pective and retrospective, the trade of Belfast for
the week, thotigh not active, is what might be
reasonably termed healthy. Large transactions
have been entered into, and the manufacturers of
our staple commodity will be kept pretty busy for
some time to come: There is an agitation among
the operatives in several trades, which had better be
stilled before it comes to a collision. In these
outbreaks the stronger party always gains, and the
fable of the brazen and the earthen pots is repeated.
Respecting the Linen trade we learn that the
production of goods is at present up to a point
never before reached in this country Not only are
the hand-loom operatives able to work a much
larger quantity of cloth than was usual in other
days, but the rapid advance in power-loom
mechanism has given quite a new character to the
staple trade of Ulster. The style of goods now
brought out exceeds the most sanguine anticipa-
tions of manufacturers ; and the superiority of the
fabrics so produced is telling well at the foreign
markets. The home consumption is still quiet ;
food is yet too high to give the trade a favourable
field in the local markets of the United Kingdom ;
but the demaad for all qualities of fabrics for the

Colonial and foreign trf.,rte is brisk, and returns of
sales are pretty satisf Flax spinners have
been busily engaged 1•1.• the last three months.
Medium and coarse warps sell at fair prices. Fine
yarns, of the Nos. above 100 lea, are not easily
moved at a profit—the extreme rates for fine flax
acting much against spinners.

Cominercfal Ent titivnre.

COTTON MARKET.-MAT 16

The market to-day pas been quiet but steady, and
with a moderate business, prices are same as yester;
day. The sales—including 120 Pernambucos Bid.to Rid,
60 Maranhams Bid to Bfd, 800 Surats bid to 6d—are
reported 6,000 bales, of which 500 are on speculation and
for export.

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE MARKET.—MAY 16.
Per stone, 201bs. Per 9011,5. s. d. s. d.
s. d. Potatoes, Seedlings 4 9 to 5 0
Hay, 01d...... 0 6i to 0 8i Ditto, Kemps 4 6 to 5 0
Ditto, new........ 0 0 to 0 0 Ditto, Whiterocks. 4 9 to 5 0
Ditto, clover .... 0 63 o 0 7i Ditto, Balshaws 4 9 to. 5 0
Green Clover .... 0 0 to 0 0 Ditto, Beldrums 0 oto 0 0
Vetches - 0 0 to 0 0 Ditto, cattle 0 0 to 0 0
Straw, wheat 0 3a to 0 4 Per ton.

- -. ....
Ditto, oat ........ 0 3 to (1 3}'Turnips - 0 0 to 0 0
Ditto, barley .... 0 0 to 0 23 Carrots
Oats, in straw ... . 0 0 to 0 0 Mangle wurzet 29 0 tr., 31 0
!Manure 5 0 to 7 0