The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-04-13 00:00:00

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.

LIVERPOOL, Saturday Evening.
The Easter holidays have interfered with busi-
ness operations here, and no transactions can be
reported in Cotton, Stocks, Shares, or general
produce. The Markets re-open on Moiaddy.
The demand for money to day was not so active,
yet rates were still stringent, both at the banks and
in the private discount houses In the Market for the
Public Funds and Securities to day increased firm
nes3 was the rilli'ngfeattire At first some large sales
were effected by speculators, who • imagined that
the Bank return would produCe a .ftirther
,de!!line,
but as the changes exhibited in that balance sheet
were fully anticipatiid; purchasers soon afterwards
appeared who supported the quotations. Still later
in the day the tone of the market decidedly
improved, and the. Beari in many instances closed
their engagements, thereby imparting additional
buoyancy. Several of the principal operators were
absent, and the amount of transactions was on this
account rather circumscribed. Consols for transfer
were 921 to
.1, and after touching, 92-,t a, they
officially closed at 92g. I. For account they were
934 to a, and " after hours" 93t, to tr. New Three
per Cents were 9la I, and Reduced 91, March
Exchequer Bills were at 3s premium, and the June
6s discount. The Bonds were 984, K. India Bonds
under - 1,060/ were 5s to Is discount. Bank
Stock 2164.
The following list shov,s the fluctuations in
Consols during the past week :
Lowest Highest Closing
prices. prices. prices.
934- 93Z- 931
93h 93-z- 93g
921 921 921
921 933,- 931
921 92$
924 931
92i,
921 921 921
92i 931, 931

Money
Account
Tuesday ,.Money

.onday

Account
Wednesday Money

- Account
Thuredap
• • • ..Money
•• • 'Account

Friday
Account ..
Saturday • Money .. 924 924 924
Account .. 934 934 934
A moderate business was transacted in the
London Railway. Share Market to-day, and in most
instances the quotations have shown some im-
provement upon those current on Thursday.- On
the average the advance in the heavy shares has
been about 4 per cent, and a better.feeling has
pervaded the market. Caledonian, Edinburgh,
Perth and Dundee, Manchester, Sheffield. and
Lincolnshire, Norfolk, North British, North
Eastern and Berwick, and Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton were all better, but after the
official hours increased firmness was manifested.
In Colonial Shares very few dealings took place,
but East Indian and Madras were supported,
while the Grand Trunk of Canada improved
fully 1 per cent. Great Western of Canada remained
at previous rates. The closing prices were :-
Ambergate. Nottingham, Boston,- and Eastern_
Junction 54, 5A ; Bristol and Exeter 90. 92;
Caledonian 684, 691 ; Chester and Holyhead 35, 36
Eastern Counties 114, 114 ; East Lancashire 984,
994 x n ; Edihburgh and Glasgow 56, 57;
burgh, Perth, and Dundee 334, 344 x d ; Great
Northern 96, 97 ; Great Southern and Western
(Ireland) 104, 106 ; Great Western 664, 674 ,
Lancaster and Carlisle 68, 72 : Lancashire and
Yorkshire 1014,` 102; London, Brighton, and South
Coast 107, 109 ; London and North Western 105,
1054 ; London and South Western 1004, 1014 ;
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 39, 40;
Midland; 814, 811 ; Midland; Birmingham, and
Derby 53, 54 ; Norfolk 58, 60 ; North British 44,
45 ; North Eastern-Berwick 86 87 ; North Staf-'
fordshire 5,. 4, dis ; Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton 294, 305 ; Scottish Central 106,108,
x d; Do. Midland 71. 73.. x d; South Eastern 745, 754 ;
South Wales 87, 88; Buckinghamshire 94; Hull
and Selby 107, 109 ; Eastern Counties ex. Five per
Cent (No. 1) 4, wpm ; East Indian 108, 110 x n ;
Grand Trunk of Canada 60, 62; Great Indian
Peninsnla Gua. 5 per Cent 214, 214 ; Great Western
of Canada Shares 264, 264; Madras Gua. 44 per
Cent 19, 20: Scinde Gua. 5 per Cent 1%, 24 pm ;
Eastern of France 344, 35 ; Euphrates Valley par,
pm ; Great Central of France 234, 241; Great
I .uxembourg Constituted Shares 64, 64 ; Lombardo
Venetian 54, 51 ptn ; Lyons and Geneva 32, 33 ;
Namur and Liege 84, 84 ; Northern of France, 40,
405; Norwegian Trunk Preference 9, 10 ; Paris
and Lyons 624, ; Paris and Orleans 60. 62; Sam-
bre and Meuse 94, 94; West Flanders 44 5
The imports of specie during the past week are
over half a million sterling, viz , by the Dolphin,
from Antwerp, 19 cases 3 bags bullion ; the Siene
from Boulogne, 38 cases bullion ; the Gibraltar,
from Corunna, 3 boxes specie ; the Albion, from
Boulogne, 49 cases bullion ; the Indus, from
Alexandria, 7,8001 ; the Etna, from Alexandria,
5,000/. ; the Candace, from Africa, 1,241. ounces
gold, or 4,864/ ; the Simla, from Melbourne, 21,250
ounces of gold, or 85,000/. ; the Australia, from
Melbourne, 6,393 ounces of gold and 30,000 sove-
reigns. or 55,570/. ; the Orwell, from Australia,
220,0001; the Derwent, from Australia, 66,000/. ;
the Marco Polo from Melbourne, 25,1301 ; the
Batavier, from Rotterdam, 8 brls. of bullion ;
the Africa, from America, 40,0001.
The exports of specie were about 150,0001 viz,
by the Alhambra for Lisbon, 28,0801; the Teviot
for the Bipzils, 86,6701; the Fulton, for America,
40,0001.
The official returns of the exports of the pre-
cious metals from the port of London for the week
ending 3rd April, show a total of 27,570 ozs of gold,
and 200 ozs of silver. Business generally throughout
the manufacturing districts has been dull during
the'week. At Leeds, for the spring trade, hither to
there has been very little business done, very few
buyers being in the market. With more genial
weather, and a settled aspect of political affairs,
an improvement is generally expected. At Brad-
ford business ruled dull, the late advance, in the
rate of discounts having had a prejudicial influence
upon business. In Wool and Piece Goods there is
no! alteration in prices to report.* At Manchester
laUsiness ruled every quiet, but sellers evinced a
dispoaition to realise both in the raw material and
piece goods; prices, however, are nominally un-
altered, At j,eicester the Hosiery trade continues
dull, but for a few descriptions of patent goods
there is a moderate demand at full rates.
With respect to the movements in Mines during
the week, the Mining Journal of to-day states
The market opened this week with a more buoyant appear-
ance, but the further advance in the rate of discount, and the
apprehension of still greater tightness in the Money Mvket,
caused general unensines., and business became dull and
shafes heavy. Wheal Margery. Shares . have been in
good demand at prices varying from 164• to 174, leaving off
at 17 ; Margaret -at 774 to 80, but left off at 75
to 77 ; Great Alfred Shares, after reaching 9, left off at 74 ;
Wheal Trelawny, 244 to 25_,- Tin Croft Shares have been
more in demand at 41 to 5; Wheal Edward. 44 to 44 ; North
Basset 28 to 29 ; West Bassett 32 to 33; Alfred Consols have
been pretty extensively dealt in at 221 to 22i, and left off at
221 to 224 ex div ; Basset, 260 to 270 ; West Caradon, 155
to 165 ; South Frances, 325 to 336 ; Collecombe, 50 to 55;
Devon Consols, 450 to 460 ; far Consols, 224 ; FoWey
Consols, 64 to ; West Fowey, 10 ; Cargoll, 47 to 50 ;
Rosewarne, 40 to 42 ; Mary Ann, 44 to 45 ; Lelant Consols,
to 4 ; East Alfred, 2 ; Trewetlia. 34 to 34 ; Wheal
Wrey, 74 to 74 ; Botollack, 230 ; Wheal Emma in demand
at 75 to 8 ; !Ay Bertha, 5 to A ; Grambler and St Aubyn,
1024 to 1075 ; porkellis United, 6 to 64 ,• Trevoole, 75 to
i 3 ; Tavy Consols, ; Wheal ittY (Lelant), 'l9 ;
Gonamena, 17 ;` Herodsfoot, 64 to 7 ; Calvadnach, 7 ; Noith
Lvov, 50.
Thee accounts from the Foreign Nines! rpceived
by the companies this week, are on the whole
favoutible. The New Grand Puchy of Baden
Company's report states tbat. they were getting on
well in clearing the Shindler lode, The ground
in the pitches was offering fair wages to the men,
and would leave a profit to the adventurers. The
Peninsular Company! report for March states that
the men were making little way, op fteconnt of the
hardness of the ground, but tliey.liad dressed
eight 'tons of lead ore during -March, The
Castilian return would be about twenty tons
of lead or for the same month -lhe Iberian
would have eight tons of the lead ore pre-
pared by the end of March, but the prospects
were not very encouraging. The report made to
the Wildberg Company states that the ore was
sent to market in considerable quantities, and the
total
tons of 35 per cent ore.- The report of the Pontgi-
quantity dressed in March amounted to 180
baud Silver Mining Company is satisfactory as to

GOOD FRIDAY.

the mining prospects. The Rancoule " lave: it s'
-were at work, and-the-benefit would be seen in-the-
returns for the coming' month. It was expected
that the sampling for March would be upwards of
180 tons of ore: Accounts from the Levant Mineral
Company state that sales of emery to the extent of
tons:bad..taken place, , From.Seuth Australia
accounts have• arrived of 'further gold. discoveries.
The only Foreign Mining Company's • 'meeting
thc.t took place this week was the " Imperial
.Brazilian,"•a~ which. after some discussion, it was
agreed to wind up the ..61ThirS of the' concern, the
Chairman,•Capt. Vernon, having stated that until
more scientific means were adopted they•could not
make a profit;. it would not. do to pay a guinea for
a worth of go!d An amendment was proposed
that the dissolution was• premature,''• but it was
lost by a large msjcrity. A. committee of pro.
prietors was appointed to co-operate with the
directors in the liquidation of the company's

affairs.
Agricultural operations in the north of Ireland
are very backward. The budding hedgerows and
the increasing greenness of the pastures give
gratifying evidence of the approach of summer, but
the fields which should have been tilled during the
last month remain still untouched ; and unless
-there be some weeks of fine weather, farmers will
be unableto proCeed with tillage. The rains have
been Continuous, and April, from the evidence
afforded ~up to the present, seems determined
on “. weeping herself into May." For the
crops' in the, ground the . present is splendid
fructifying .weather,.. and the.. farriers' should
endeavour to- take every.. advantage of the
intervals of sunshine to Oa up for lost time
The Linen trade•has not. been very brisk. White
Linens are iri moderate stock; and prices- almost
stationary. The home trade;,.. since the elections
coin inenced, has been. _dull in the. extreme ; and as
reg.trds the 'export' •trade, business; though tole&
abiy good, does. not come up -to the ayerage,of
corresponding seasons. Far -Ainerioftri Houses
-
there is nothing doing, buyers in the Great
Republic waiting till after the-80th June, when the
new tariff comes into operation, in order to take
advantage of ihe * * 'Ballymena
market, on Saturday last, was dull, and except for
low goods, prices were -decidedly in favour of the
buyer. This tendency has, for some weeks past,
been manifested. At Armagh, on Tuesday, there
was a large supply of goods, and prices were the
turn easier. Lurgan, on Thursday was a large
market; ---and- the -supply-of bird- eye Diapers was
beyond what it has been for some time, and was
bought at full rates ; Damasks were in gooddemand
but prices underwent no material change. The ex-
port of Thread and Linen for the week is 2 771 pkgs.
Yarns have been steady, with a. moderate amount
of business done,- and no change •in -prices. Tows
are scarce,. prices high, and tdethand • continues
in excess of production. Flax• eomeeto.market in
less quantity thart:for some' weeks past; and the
price seems rather.to advanee, although we cannot
quote any material alteration. Too much rivalry,
in fact, exists among the buyers' for the repective
houses, and while that is the. case the article must
fetch more 'than its market value. We quote 6s to
7s Bd. for hand se:11'011A, 'Firkl.7s 0.1 to 13s for
milled perstonei•in the markets. of the Belfast
district. The export of homegrown produce is
only 73 tons, while we have imported during the
week not less than 314 tons foreign. The stocks
of the latter are, however. inconsiderable. •- • • •