Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-03-17 00:00:00

Fours,
16} ;

43-, 44

Turkish Sixes, 92, 921; Do
Great WeStern. of Canada, -151,
41; Grand Trunk of Canada, 8,

103,- 1034- ;
New, 4a,

The first series of public sales of Foreign and Co-
lonial Wool for the present year, was brought to a
close yesterday evening; about 35,204 bales have
been offered, composed chiefly of Port Philip,

Sydney, and Cape-of Good Hope wools.

There

was a fair attendauce of buyers, chiefly
the_ manufacturing districts ; but the foreign

trade was

scarcely represented

Previous to

the commencement of the sale it was gene-
rally anticipated that prices would show a
slight advance, but the unfavourable aspect of
political affairs on the Continent operated as a
check, and great caution was exercised, more par-
ticularly as the quantity of Australian wool in the
sale was limited, and large arrivals are expected for
the May series. Sidney and Port Phillip descrip-
tions brought full rates, and the better qualities of
Cape wools, in the absence of Van Dieman's Land
and New Zealand wools, sold readily at rates fully
equal to those realised at the close of the last
October sales.

An extraordinary meeting of the Australian Royal
Mail Steam Navigation Company was held to-day,
Robert Sheppard, Esq., in the chair. The report
was very brief, and stated that the vessels remaining
unsold were the Victoria and the Adelaide. The
former was coming home from the East, and the
Adelaide, it Was hoped, would be sold on
favourable terms. The Chairman stated that
they had in hand on the last occasion £26,000, and
that at the present time, owing to various out-
goings, the balanCe in favour of the company was
£1,300, in addition to the value of the ships.
HaVing expressed the anxiety of the directors to
keep Sown the expenditure in every way possible,
the report was adopted.
At Vienna, on Monday, the exchange on London
experienCed a further rise of nearly 2 per cent.,
whilst the Austrian funds fell ti per cent. At
Frankfort and Amsterdam the reduction in these
securities amounted to no less than 2 per cent.
The Discount Market yesterday was tighter. Few
bills, however good, were taken below the Bank
minimum ; and the dealers have been driven to that
establishment for advances to a considerable amount,
as usual at this period of the quarter. In the
Stock Exchange there was alsO a somewhat better
demand for Money, owing to the sales of Foreign
Stocks and Shares lately made by foreign houses in
this market.

An instalment of 20 per cent. fell due yesterday
on the Chilian Loan of 1,554,8001. The next instal-
ment of 12 per cent., leaving only 10 per cent. to be
paid, becomes due on the 15th April.
The Anglesea has. arrived from Melbourne with
98,8001. in gold, which will be delivered in a day or
two, and is expected to be taken for the Continent.
Only about 50,000 (comprising gold, Mexican
dollars, and English silver coin) of the 132,6001. in
specie brought by the Africa from New York reached-
London yesterday. The gold will be sent away.
About 12,0001. inlaurkish and Russian gold coin,
received yesterday, will likewise be despatched to
the Continent

Assuming that the 200,0001. in Silver just pur-
chased by government will be despatched to India by
the steamer of the 20th inst. the aggregate remit-
tances by that vessel may reach nearly 500,0001.
Further large imports of Silver from the Continent
will thus be necessitated, in payment for which Gold
will be remitted from this side. About 60,0001. in
Silver arrived on Monday from Antwerp.
Throughout the day the variation in Consols scarcely
amounted to 4- per cent., and the closing quotations were the
same as those of ,yesterday. In the other departments of
the Stock Exchange a certain degree of steadiness was
shown. The Discount Market to-day was tighter. Few
bills, however good, were taken below the Bank minimum.
The now Imperial address in the Honitcur is regarded as a
half menacing appeal to Germany to maintain a strictly
neutral attitude while France brings her quarrel with
Austria to an arbitrament, either by diplomacy or the sword.
The fresh fall of the Paris Bourse this day proves that in
French financial circles Louis Napoleon's professions of
moderation are little calculated to calm the deep agitation
of thi, publib mind. At Vienna, yesterday, the Exchange
on London experienced a further rise of nearly 2 per cent.,
while the Austrian Funds fell per cent. At Frankfort
and Amsterdam the reduction in these securities amounted
to no leSs than 2 per cent.—Daily .117-etve City Article,
Tuesday Evening.

The English 'Funds opened this morning without reco-
very from the increased dullness of yesterday, and
subsequently experienced a further slight decline. The
fresh protest in the Moniteur regarding the anxieties
incurred by France in the interest of- European tranquility,
and the painful, unjust, and contemptuous conduct of
Germany, in manifesting any misgivings on the subject,
produced no effect. . The applications for discount at the
Bank-iwere more mknorous to-day,:- and ate, likely t 6
anglog,nt :;the ,titrztAf; jlikm ;mg§ no,.
bullion operations at the Bank. As the Indian Loan Bill

will probably receive the Royal assent before the beginnin,,
of next week, an announcement may then be expected of'
the terms and dates at which the required £7,000,000 will
be taken. The East India Railway Company have notified
their readiness to receive loans on 41, per cent. debentures
for five years to the amount of one million pounds.— Times
City Article, Tuesday Evening.

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TRADE IN THE MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS.
HUDDERSFIELD, Tuesday.—The attendance of buyers
has been small to-day, and the market generally has been,

we think, somewhat quieter in tone. Several of our largest
shipping houses have requests for patterns, and in some
cases actual orders for houses abroad on hand,which they do
not feel themselves justified in executing in the present un-
settled state of affairs. This uncertainty necessarily induc
great caution on the
.part Or merchants and maim
generally. Business in the Cloth Hall during the morn
has been much complained of; the Manchester and Le
the only ones in attendance, pur-
chasing
very sparingly. The demand for middle-priced
trousersings has somewhat declined since we last re-

buyers, who a

starers

ported. them. Manufacturers of low goods and unions are,
nevertheless, in better employ just now ; the mills in Golcar
and other districts where this class of goods are manufac--
tured running full time. The wool sales in London close
to-night, and will leave the rates of wool much about as
they found them. In some few Cape lots a slight reduction
took place ; • bat, on the great bulk sold, prices have been
fully maintained, in some instances an advance having been
obtained.. Local staplers have been doing a quiet business
it the week. Prices of goods of all kinds in this market
Nothing new in the styles of fancy trouser-
In the latter, plain silk, steel and Oxford
to sell readily.
There was a fair attendance of mer-

'cumin firm

Lngs or coating!

'fixtures continue

LEEDS, Tuesday

chants in the Cloth Halls to-day, and they operated to the
satisfaction of the clothiers, although the parcels of cloth
that changedhandi were not individually of noticeable

portance. The articles principally in demand are the light
fabrics, for which there has lately been so great a run, and
a few unions also changed hands. The manufacturers of
really good woollens complain that for their first-cla,s arti-
cles for all kinds of
ion. The briskness

)nly a poo-?'demaad

.emain without noticeable al

in the district continues, the clothiers having, generally
plenty of work, and there being a

reity of weavers in

some parts of the country

LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKET.-MARCH