Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-12-10 00:00:00

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advanced, and 5Tls.-.6d. irer ton' cash 'was paid--;
closing sellers, 555. Od. per ton, one month open.
The large launders of Lancashire, and— the
dealers who supply: the smaller class, haVe been
chary of at the ports—the Cleveland
houses not having made any change in prices; in- -
the Manchester -districts, this ‘-apathy is riot --sur-
surprising, and the ,Scotch makers have not been
reluctant sellers during the active period. 'The
shipments from the Ch'de this week, 10,459 tons,
against 19,431.t0n5,-earresponding period last year.
Copper and Tin are steady, at the late advance.
On Our 'Change, no sellers of Refined Tin.at the
list price. - Lead is dearer, and in moderate
demand. _ Tin Plates are held-- firmly, and the
makers generally ask higher prices for both Coke.
and Charcoal, but the buyers do not yet res-
pond freely. The-following are the quotations
Welsh 8ar5,:£6.2i..6d. to £6 55., to arrive ; £67s: 6d.
to £6 10s., ex warehouse; Staffordshire Best
Bars, 10s. to -£8 55., according to quality;
Nail Rods, £7 to £7 is. 6d. ; Hoops,
£8 is, 6d. to £2 ; Sheets, £9 to £9 10s. ;
Scotch Pig Iron, No. 1 G.M.8., 625.- per ton.
Copper; Sheathing:l2ld. per lb., Cake, Tile, and
Ingot, £112; best selected, £ll5 per ton. Yellow
Metal Sheathing, 10-IcL per lb. Lead, Pig, £2l 10s.;
-Sheet, £22 1-05..; Shot, £25 per ton. Tin, com-
mon, £135; refined, £139 per ton. 'Tin Plates,
I.C. Coke, 255.-3d.-tO 20s. 6d.; Charcoal, 31s. to
325. per box, delivered f.o.b. here, usual terms.

LOND ON STOCK EXCq.-VNGE.
Friday Evening.
•

The Market for English Securities, up to an
advgliced period of the day, was moderately active,
at well-Tmeintltined prices ; but -towards the close
a more S:ubdtced. tone prevailed, although riot, suf-
ficiently so to interfere with the_. previously esta-
blished favourable feeling,. At the :close,:ConSOls
were quoted 951 to 96 ex div. for the Jantary-
account-. ' Reduced Three per Cents. have been
dealt in at 96 and 93'1 ; New Three per Cents. at
same; Long Annuities (30. years) 17y;• India
Bonds under £l,OOO, 3 prem.; and Exchequer
Bills, 275. and 30s. 'prem. New Indian Five per
Cent. Loan is firm at 106!, to for honey, and
1061 to .107 for account. Sliar of Ocean Marine
Insurance are Still quoted lt to 4; prem.
In the English Railway Share Market business
-.was quiet, but prices were firm, or rather favour-
affected. Tastern Counties and Great- Nor-
Oerns have advanced per cent. Great Westerns,
with Bristol and Exeter, are about per cent.
better. South-EasternS. have not materially
varied..

The Market for Foreign Securities was net
active; but, on the whole, values more fairly sup-
ported ; Brazilian Fives have advanced per
cent. ;-Mexicans are steady at 24 ; Spanish rather
firmer; Original Turkish have realised 781 to 781,,,
and the New Sixes, 661 and 1.
French Rentes in the early hours of business
were quoted '7of, 45c., whence they advanced to
70f. 50e., with a very firm and animated market.

The steamer New York, from New York, brings
specie for Bremen only to the amount of £l,OBO.

THE FONDS.-CLOSING PRICES.

. ..._......._
Consols, Money ,r Bank shut. Stock.... 226 8
„ Account.. .. . 951- 6 Three per Cents 951 6
Exchequer_BilLs 27 30 __ _

Anib. Not. &E. J.
Caledonians .. . _ 3'
Dutch Rhenish . .
Eastern Counties. 57 ti
East Lancashire. --
Edinburgh &Glas 80 81
GreatNorthem 1051 61

ItWILWAY
92*

)7 7) A. 95: 6-,
Gt, Westerns.... 671
G. W. Cana. .
Gd. Tk. Canada .. 9d a
Gt. S. and Vest. 112 114-

SHARES.
Lancas. & York. 991
•L.& N. West... 9S+, 1
L. and S. West.. 97 8
_Leeds Nortkerii.. 481
Man. Sheff. & Lin: ;36/ .
Midland Stock -.1084
North tritigk 61.1,
N. Staffordshire..„—
S. E. & Dover . • 'Bll-
York, N. &B. . . 94* 5
York & N. Mid... 78.1,'',9

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GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY COMPANY OF
CANADA-:

In reference to this, the following circular has.
been issued :
London; Bth December, 1859.
Six,-I beg to inform you that from some,'at pre-
sent, unexplained cause, the return of Traffic Receipts
of the Grand Trunk Railway Company, for the 'Week
ending .19th November, has failed to reach me, but. I
learn by telegram " that they are £2,100 •in excess ,of
those of the' corresponding week of last your,- which
were £10,296 12s. 1.1 d;, making for the week in question
about £12,400, in round numbers.—l am, sir, your
very obedient servant, C. P. RONEY, Secretary.

BANK OF ENqr:
(From :Last IN
• ISSUE DEP

,AND RETURNS.
fight's Gazette.)
'ARTMENT.

DEBIT.
Notes issued....

30,743,815

CREDIT.
Government Debt.. 11,tlfy,100
Other Securities .... 3,459,900
Gold Coin and 16,268,815
other Bullion ...

£30,743,815
• MANKING DEPARTMENT.
DEBIT. „ CREDIT.
Proprietor's Capital 14,553,000 Govt. Securities..... 10,925,157
Rest 3,139,380 Other Securities 19,350,811
Public Deposits 8,608,2/5 1 Notes 9,593,410
Other Deposits . 13,444,361 1 Gold and Silver. Coin 668,000
Seven dp.:y and other 1 792,422
Bills

1430,743,815

£10,537,3781 - 7-740,577,378
The Bank Returns in last night's Gazette show, on
the usual comparison :

£ •£
Active Circulation 21,150,405--Decrease
Bullion (both depart.) l6,936,Bls—Decricase 81,697
Rest 3 139 380—;-Inereqsc, _7,610

Seven-day and other Bills. 792,422—Decrease 29,589
Public Deposits . B,6oB,2ls—Decrease 71,100
Other Deposits 13,444 361—Increase
,
Government Securities .... 10,92a,157—5ame as last week.
Other Securities l9,3so,Bll—Decrease 25,628
Notes unemployed 9,s93,4lo—lncrease - 13,285

FOREIGN EXCHANGES.
Amsterdam, short ll 13. to 11 131
Do., three mouths ll 151 to 11 151
Rotterdam, do.
Antwerp, do. 25 221 to 25 30
Brussels, do. ' 25' 221 to 25 30
Hamburg, do l3 5 to 13 51
Paris, short. 25 7/ to 25 12/
Do., three months 25 30 to 25 35
Marseilles, do 25 321 to 25 373/4
Frankfort, d 0...
Vienna, do l2 CO to 12 66
Trieste, do l2 (13 to 12 70
Petersburgh, do.
Madrid, do 4l to 491

The following appeared in a part of our
impression of yesterday :
THE MONEY MARKET.
The English funds to-day have shown a further
increase of animation. In the new India Loan another,
rise of nearly per cent. has been established. The
demand -for discount; continues steady, but not very
active. In the foreign market the principal feature is
a further advance in new Turkish 6 per cents. The
railway market has again improved, and closed firmly
at the best
.point of yesterday. The only stocks
showing heaviness were South Eastern and Caledonian,
the farmer having declined fully -1 per cent., on the
belief that the nerroeiations with the London, Chatham,
and Dover willTil:terminate unfavourably. The chief
improvement to-day was in Great Western and Great

The improvement in the Stock Exchange has to-day
made further progress. Purchases still. predominate,
and money which had been locked up Ls coming for-
ward for investments, now that the voice of Europe
has pronounced strongly in favour of peace. The up-
ward movement to-day was almost general. The funds
rose h per cent. The several markets closed with firm-
ness at the best point of the day. 'The demand fo
money continues moderate, The applications at th