The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-05-20 00:00:00

r.knY AN D COM NI

Ta,sday Evepiog.
The_ Coi,ton Market NVitti to-day, but we
do not notice any change in pries. The sales are
estimated at only 3,000 bales,- of which 500 were
on speculation and for export. -
In the liverpool Share Market there was very
little change to notice to-day. The business was
limited, and prices exhibit a slight deel;ne.
We notice the following sales :-Birkenhead,
Lancashire, and Cheshire, 68 ; Caledonian
363, 4, 5-16, 4 ; Eastern Counties, 113 ;
Great Western, 674 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire,
1013, 4, it; London and North Western, 1054 ;
Manchester, Sheffield,. and Lincolnshire, 423, 1. ;
Milland, 833, 4,3, 4; Oxford, Worcester and Wol-
verhampton, 151; ScottiSh North Eastern, 13 1.16 ;
Dovers, 221, -4, ; Manchester, Sheffield and
Lincolnshire £lO shares, 113 ; Dutch Rhenish,
1-16 d. ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 101, 3, 5-16 ;
Great Western of Canada, 233. 7-16 ; Do. New,
14 p ; Liverpool and London Fire and Life, 84 p.
The following were the closing prices, which it
will be perceived, were the lowest quotations
of the day : - Blackburn, 81, •9 ; Chester
and Birkenhead, 68, 684 ; Caledonian, 364,
301; Chester arid Holyhead, 173, 18 ; Eastern
Counties, 113, 11 15-16 ; East Lancashire,
98, 984 ; Do. 9/. shares, 1146, 13-16 p; Great
Northern, 244, 244 ; Great Western, 663, 674 ;
Ancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 1014, 1013 ; Do.
91. Shares, 1 1-16, 14p ; Liverpool, Crosby, and.
Southport, 191, 191; London and North Western
Stock, 1054, 1.054; Do. 8 Shares, 3-16, 41; Man-
chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 424, 424; Midland
Stock, 831, 834; North British, 10 11-16, 10 13.16 ;
North Staffordshire, 5, 431 ; North Eastern-Ber-
wick, 211, 213 ; York ani North Midland, 33, 334 ;
Lee,is Capital Stock,2o4, 203 ; South Eastern and
Dover, 223. 22 7-16; Scottish North Eastern, 134,
Buffalo and Lake Huron, 4], 4o; Do. New
Shares, 4d,ip; Dutch Rhenish,l 3-16, 1 1-16 d; Great
Western of Canada, 233, 231; Ditto New Shares,
11, lip; Great Luxembourg, 103, 103 d; Grand
Trunk of Canada, 16 5.10, 16 7-16.

The Funds have declined a quarter per cent to-
day, owing to some heavy sales, coupled with the
uneasiness felt at the increased shipments of silver.
to the East. The other departments of the Stock
Exchange were singularly inactive, and rather flat.
rho Government broker has again bought 30,0001.
of Exchequer Bills.• Consols for Money closed at
932; to 931 ; and for the Account at 941:; and aster
official hours the same prices were current. Ex-
chequer Bills were done at 3 to 6 premium, and
the New Three per Cents at 92,1 to 92a.
The London Railway Share Market was ex-
tremely dull to-day, and prices were rather lower.
The folio win were the closing prices :—Arnher-
gate, Nottingham. and East Junction, 51, 51 ;
Caledonian, 722-, 72k ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 61.,
63; Eastern Counties, 1.176, 12 ; East Lancashire,
97, 99 ; Great• Northern, 072. 974 ; Do. A. 89, 90 ;
Great Western, GO, 07 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire,
1018. 1014-; Leeds Northern, 41. i; Londoa and
North Western, 1053", 1052.; London and South
Western, 99, 991; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin
colnshire, 424, 422, ; Midland Stock, 831, 831 ;
North British, 43, 44; South Eastern and Dover,
741, 741; York, Newcastle, and Berwick,
86, 88-; York and North Midand, 6Ga After
official hours the following were the- prices paid,
viz. :—Caledonian, 721, 72i; Eastern Counties, 11 '4,
; East Lancashire, 97, 99; Great Northern,
97, 98 ; I iito A., 89, 90 ; Great Western, 661,
661; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1011, 101 N ;
London and North Western, 1.051, 105',71, ; Mart-
chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 421, 424 ;
Midland Stock, 831; North British 431-; South
Eastern and Dover, 744, 7.14-; York, New-
castle, and Berwick, 861, 87 ; York and North
Midland, 651, 661
The weather, with occasional rain in several parts
of the kingdom and a higher temperature, con-
tinues to he most favourable for the country ; the
appearance of all crops is well reported of, and
though those of spring corn are. necessarily rather
backward, the genial season will bring them on
rapidly. The influence of so beneficial a change.
makes naturally an impression upon the grain
markets of the kingdom, more especially after the
acquirement of the advanced values lately realised
under opposite circumstances, and when millers,
having stocked themselves in some measure, pause
from operating in the presence of a good home
supply ; for some time past, however, the stocks
of Wheat at outposts have been sensibly diminish-
ing, without the prospect of their being efficiently
replaced by foreign importations, and it is consi-
dered probable that a slight further fall will be
promptly followed by renewal of large demand and
a fresh tendency upwards. The American markets '
are again reported rather dearer, and very little
shipping; the arrivals at calling ports, from the
eastward, are likewise scanty of all grain, which is,
speedily absorbed by British and Irish demand,
This week we have a considerable accumulation of
supply of Wheat, Indian Corn, and Flour, by over-
due ships from America ; in other respects, our
fresh imports are inconsiderable, while the exports
of the two former articles are about as large as usual
of late. Since Friday the trade here has been quiet
for wheat, but it has been difficult to purchase
cheaper than on that day. Flour very dull of sale.
Indian corn in much improved request, and 61
to is per qr. dearer. Our market to.dsy
was decidedly rather firmer, with a fair business
doing at advancing prices. In the markets in the
inland towns' the tone was not so firm, and in some
of them a decline must be noticed.

The advices from Manchester state that the
Market for Manufactured Goods is very dull indeed
—no business of any consequence passing.
At the meeting of the Waller Gold. Mining Com-
pany yesterday, a long discussion took place as to
the propriety of raising further money to prose-
cute the works on the plan of Captain Hoskins,
when it was finally agreed to allow the directors to
mortgage the property in Virginia to the extent of
4,0001, with a view to pay off the remaining debts,
and prosecute the works.

The traffic receipts on the Great Western Rail-
way of Canada for the week ending the Ist of May,
amounted to 12„005e, being 4,706/ less than the
traffic in the corresponding week of 1850.
The traffic receipts on the Grand Trunk Railway
of Canada for the week ending April 18, amounted
to 4,8601, being 1,5081 more than the traffic in the
corresponding week of last year.
The following are the latest quotations of
Foreign Exchanges :—Amsterdam, short, 11 17
to 1118; Do. 3 months, 12 to 12i ; Rotterdam,
do , 12 to 12 ; Antwerp, do., 25 571 to
25 65 ; Brussels, do ,25 571 to 25 65 ; Hamburg
do , 13 81 to 13 9 ; Paris, short,•2s 271 to 25 32/ ;
Do., 3 months, 25 50 to 25 75 ; Marseilles, dn.,
25 721 to 25 771 ; Frankfort, do., 1.191 to 1194 ;
Vienna, do., 10 32 to 10 36 ; Trieste, do., 10 33 to
10 36 ; Petersburg, do , 361 to 37i ; Madrid, do ,
48! to 49.
The Orinoco. from the West Indies and Isthmus,
has brought 759,015 dollars, or about 151,800/. in
specie and bullion. Of this sum about 64,9001. is
understood to be in Mexican dollars, and 85,8001.
in gold.

The 80,0061 in specie brought by the Vanderbilt,
from New York, has been purchased for exporta-
tion to the Continent. This remittance consisted
of American eagles.
The Hero has arrived from Geelong, the Wel-
lington from Hobart Town, and the Fleda from
Portland Bay; but these vessels have no gold on
freight, The dates are old. The wind is now
favourable to homeward bound vessels.

The. Spray of the Ocean has arrived from Shang-
hai, with 842.2001b5. of tea, and 1,029 bales of
silk on freight.

Adviees from Marseilles report a continued de-
mand for grain for Spain In the south of Spain
the crops are suffering from a protracted drought,
and the government has consequently extended
the period for
the free importation of foreign grain
until the 31st December next. _ _ _

We noticed that at the date of the last accounts,
as many as 600 vessels were in the Bosphorus,
bound for ports in the Black Sea, Sea of Azof, and
Danube, chiefly
to load grain.
The scrip for shares in the Russian Railways is
in course of delivery.
In examining the railway traffic returns referring
to last week it must be borne in mind that the