The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-04-01 00:00:00

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.

LIVERPOOL, Tuesday
The Cotton Market remains steady, Withotit any
alteration in the extent of the 'demand or in the
value. The sales to day were 5,000 bales, of which
1,000 were on speculation and for czport.
In the Liverpool Share Market to day there Was
a thuilh better feeling, and priceit of the leading
Stocks and Shares advanced. The transactions
reported were-Caledonian, 35; Eastern Counties.
111, 7-16, 1, o=l6 ; East Lancashire, 9/ shares; 11 ;
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1024, 1,3, 4,3, 21, 34 ;
Liverpool and Crosby, 01 shares, 111.8 16 P; Lon-
don and- North Western, lOn 4,1, 7 ; do. k shares,
1-16 d, par, 1-16 d, par; Manchester Sheffield and
Lincolnshire, 314; Midland, 834, 1. 11 North
Eastern, 211. 2 ; York Capital Stock, 321 ; Dover,
23k; Dutch Rhenish, 1 p; Grand Trunk of Canada,
151, ; do. 6 per Cent. Deb., 89; Great
Western of Canada, 26L 4; do. New, 31 p. The
following were the closing prices t-Blackburn, 81,
8.; ; ClieSter and Birkenhead, 661, 661; Caledonian,
34 1346, 341 ; Chester and Holyhead; 18, 181 ;
Eastenn Counties, JAI, 111; East Lancashire, 100,
xn 1001; do. 9/ Shares, IR. 14 p ; Great Northern,
231 241 ; do. A shares; 101, 104 ; Great Western,
67z. 681 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock. 1021,
1031 ; Liverpobli Crosby,. and Southport',•lol 191;
do.. 9. Shares, 1 3-15, 11 n ; Leaden and North
Western Stock, 1061, 1071 ; dittol Shares, 1.16 d,
par. ; Manchester; SheM•4l, and Lincoln, 304,, 394 ;
Midland Stock, 831, 834; North British, 114,111.;
North Staffordshire, 5, 47-1 d; North Eastern--Ber-
wick, 22:224 ; York- and North Midland, 32%,
33 ; Leeds Capital Stock,' 201, 201; South Eastern
and Dover. 23 1-16, 234 ; Scottish North Eastern.
13, 131; Buffalo and Lake Huron, 14, 14 p ; Dutch
Rhenish, 1, 1 p; Great Western of Canada, 264,
261; do.; Nett Shares,
.3, 31 p ; Great Luxem-
bourg, 10,4, 101 d ; Grand Trunk of Canada,
15 9.16, 151
The Market for Public Fund and Securities to-
day was slightly active, and the advanced prices
of yesterday were fully sustained ; indeed, in mans
instances higher rates were current. Consols for
Money opened at 931 to 934, advanced to 931, and
closed firmly at 931 to 94' For the Account the
opening price was Olt, and afterwards advanced
to, and dlosed at, to 031.
In the London Railway Share Market a good
business was done to day, and higher prices
were in most 'instances current. The closing
quotations were as follows :-Ambergate, Notting-
and East 3unction. 51;51 ; Caledonian, 691, 70 ;
Edinburgh and Glasgow, 56, 57; Eastern Court.
ties, 111, 111 ; East Lancashire, 101 ; Great
Northern, 971. 981; Ditto A, •87, 88; Great
Western, 681, 681 ; Landashire and. ,Yorkshire,
1031; Leeds. Northern, 101, 114 ; London and North
Western, 1068, 107; London and South Western,
1031, 104; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire,
391, 40 ; Midland Stock, 831, .831 ; North British,
45, 46 ; South Eastern • and Dover, 761
/11 ; York, Newcastle and • ' Berwick, 873;
881 ; York and North Midland, 65, 66. After
official hours the business transacted WAS at the fol-
lowing quotations :--Caledonian, 135 a, 65%; .Eastern
C')unties, 11 9-16, 11 11.16; East Lancashire, 1001,
101; Great Northern, 971, 98; Ditto A, 87, 88 ; Great
Western, 681, 681; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1031
1031; London and North Western, 1074. 1071 ;
Manchester, Sheffield. and Lincolnshire,,39l, 40 ;
Midland Stock,' 834, 831 ; North British, 45. 46 ;
.South Eastern and Dover, 764, 771 ; York, New-
Castle, and Berwick, 871, 881; York and North
Midland, 65, 66.

The Grain trade throughout .the kingdom closed
heavily with:the past Wee It • the various markets
being tolerably Well -supplied with native produce,
but the progress of thOaectiona has very generally
interfered with business ; andi with inferior con-
dition still prevailing, Willies have again almost
uniformly declined, for Wheat •Is, In settle 4ases
more, per quarter ; from the same °Mises Mark
Lane-yeSterday is reported a dull and lower tra-de,
but-here the firmness we had occasion to notice
on Friday last haS Continued,. and for good and
fine Wheats, which have -been in demand for
Ireland.and- along our own Cen.st, ail
.adV-ace of
id to 2d peilatishel on that day's rates has even
been Made ; Indian Corn ruled also more steady,
partially recovering the decline last noted, though
no business of importance is recorded. The
American Markets are lower, but
.those in the
South eSpeela4 are 'much too high for this
country ; the failure of the Maize crop in the
district, of which New Orleans is the outlet.
showing itself by limited supplies, and an excessive
range of prices. With a change of wind; which.
brings more Springlike weather, we have some
additional importations of Wheat, Indian Corn,
and Flour this week from A.merido, including a
few small parcels of Wheat from Denmark and
Egypt, and. of beans from the North of Europe ;
the arrivals coastnise and from Ireland, being at
the same time, eettparatively very limited in
amount. At our Market to day a better business
was done in Wheat, and prices must be'noticed Id
per bushel higher Other articles were un changed.
In the country Markets, however, trade. Was
dull and a decline took place. in Wheat.
The directors of the Wycombe Itailwdy Corn
pany have announced that the rent received for
the- six months ending the 31st of December last,
after deducting the income tax, amounts to 1,6801,
which is subject to payment of 6451., being
interest on loans and rent charge, leaving a balance
of 1,0351. for the usual expenses and the payment
of a dividend, Which it is recommended shall be
at the rate of 3s per share clear of income tax,
They express regret at their inability, in conse-
quence of the continued high price of money, to
reduce the interest on the loan debt,

The following are the 'closing quotations of the
Foreign Exchanges :—Amsterdam, short, 11 151 to
11 l 61; Do. 3 months, 11 181 to 11 18i; Rotter•
dam, do , 11 181 to 11 181; Antwerp, do., 25 424 to
25 50 ; Brussels, do , 25 42 to 25 50 ; Hamburg,
do., 13 71 to 13 8 ; Paris, short, 25 221 to 25 271 ;
Do., 3 months, 25 624 to 25 674; Marseilles. do.,
25 621 to 25 674; Frankfort, do., 1.191 to 1191 ;
Vienna. do., 10 27 to 10 29 ; Trieste, do., 10 28 to
10 30; Petersburg, do., 37 to 371 ; Malrid, do ,
49 to 494.
At the present moment there is rather less
pressure on the Money Market, but the late rates
are generally maintained.
The Queensberry has arrived from Foo chow-
foe, with 813,4001b5. of tea on freight.

The following notice has been posted at Lloyd's.
The specie, ex the Trent, it will be remembered,
ought to have been brought to England by the
Parana, which arrived at Southampton on the 23rd
inst.: "A letter received from the master of the
Clyde (s.), dated Navy Bay, Feb. 26, states that on
the previous day she had met the Trent (s) halt
way between Colon and Carthagena, with her
intermediate shaft broken, and steaming with only
one engine ; she would proceed to Jamaica."
We are informed that Mr. Alderman Wire has
joined the direction of the Western Bank of London.
Mr. Roebuck, M.P , hls been recently appointed
chairman of this bank, in the room of Sir E. B.
Lytton.
The half-yearly general tneeing of the Linares
Lead Mining Company was held this day. The
report stated that the returns of the mine were
very satisfactory, and that the increase in the price
of lead would lead the committee to anticipate
larger profits by the next meeting. The costs and
the returns for the past six months were : Costs
in Spain and England, 41,0911 19s 9d, and returns
46,2911 lOs 4d, showing a profit in the six months
of 5,199/ lOs 7d. A dividend. of 5s per share was
declared, and the accounts were passed.
The meeting of the New Granada Company,
fixed for to day, was adjourned to the 28th of April,
in consequence of the last West India mail not
bringing the usual letter bags.
The committee of Mexican bondholders have
received advices from Mr. Whitehead, dated
Mexico, the 18th ult. The decree of the 23d of
January last had come into force, but the exact
amount of the encumbrances to be paid off out of
the first receipts of the bondholders had not yet
been fully ascertained. On the strength of the
anticipated • loan from the United • States, the
Mexican government has obtained an advance of
500,000 dollarS, and it was thought that, in con-
nexion with this transaction, an additional duty of
2 per cent. on the export of dollars would be