Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-01 00:00:00

The Liverpool Share Market keeps firm, with an
upward tendency, the business consisting of
speculative purchases. Grand Trunks have
improved. The following were the day's transac-
tions :-Blackburn, 9 ; Caledonian, 38, 391, 39/,
391, 39 ; East Lancashire, 88 ; Great Western, 52,
524; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 92, 92L 921 ;
Lancaster and Carlisle New Third Shares, 74 p ;
London and North Western, 96; do. 8 Shares,
15-16 d; London and South Western, 831, 81, 84*;
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 36, 361 i
North Eastern, 23a ; Dovers, 19 1-16, 19j, 19 1-16,
19, 19 1-16, 198, 19 3-16 ; Dutch Rhenish, 5,1, 51c1 ;
Grand Trunk of Canada, 91, 9 11-16, 9i, 9 13-16, 91-;
Do. new shares, 2-Rcl ; Great Luxembourg, 6, ;
Great Western of Canada, 181, 18 5.16; Do.
new shares, 2/, 28 d ; St Helens Canal
and Railway, Five per Cent, 100. The follow-
ing were the closing prices :-Blackburn, 9, 91;
Chester and Birkenhead, 631, 63/ ; Caledonian,
38/, 391; Chester and Holyhead, 15-1, 16 ; Eastern
Counties, 11/, 111 ; East Lancashire, 88k, 89; ; Do.
91. Shares, par, 1 ; Great Northern, 231, 231; Do.
A, 91, 10 ; Great Western, 51k, 521 ; Lancashire
and Yorkshire Stock, 911, 92/ ; Do. 91. shares,
par 1 p ; Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 181,
18 ; London and North Western Stock, 96, 96f ;
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 361, 36-7,-;
Midland Stock, 831, 84 ; North British, 111, 121;
North Staffordshire, 41, 4/ d ; North Eastern -
Berwick, 231 231; York and North Midland,
401, 41 ; Leeds Capital Stock, 241, .25 ; South
Eastern and Dover, 19/, 191 ; Dutch Rhenish,
sa, 5/ d ; ,Great Western of Canada, 18i, 18/ ; Do.
new shares, 21 24 d ; Great Luxembourg, 6, 61 ;
Grand Trunk of Canada, 9/, 10.
Increased buoyancy has prevailed to-day in every
department of the Stock Exchange. The Funds
show a rise of about per cent., but in English
Railway Shares the advance is in many cases equal
to I and t per cent. Several circumstances are
adduced in monetary circles, to show that a per-
manent monetary and commercial recovery has set
in, and it only requires some such unmistakable
indication as a reduction in the rate of Discount,
to reassure the public mind. Consols for Money
closed at 91/ to 912., and for the Account at the
same figure.
There was a fair business done in the London
Railway Share Market, and prices show a slight
advance. The following were the closing prices :-
Caledonians, 761 ; Eastern Counties, 551 ; East
Lancashire, 88, 90 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 59,
60; Great Northern, 921, 931 ; ditto A, 77, 79 ;
Great Westerns, 511, 52; Great Western of Canada,
181, 18,12-; Grand Trunk of Canada, 391, 401; Great
Southern and Western, 97, 99 ; Lancashire and
Yorkshire, 911, 92 ; London and North Western,
951, 96 ; London and South Western, 88/, 89 ;
Leeds Northern, 51; Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincolnshire, 351, 36/; Midland Stock, 831, 84 ;
North British, 48, 49 ; South Eastern and Dover,
62, 631; York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 93, 94;
York and North Midland, 811 82k.
A rather better demand has existed for General
Produce to-day, and prices are very well sup-
ported.
The Breadstuff Trade is also very steady with
a moderate business doing.
The steamer Orinoco is expected to arrive at
Southampton to-morrow from the West Indies and
Mexico, and will probably bring a considerable
quantity of gold and silver.
Transactions took place in bar silver on Saturday
at ss. 11d. per ounce standard, showing a reduction
of itl. compared with the last printed price.
The Challenger has arrived from China, with
451,000 lbs. of tea and 3,102 bales of silk.
The screw steamer City of Manchester, bound
for Calcutta, with 520 troops on board, arrived at
Table Bay on the 7th of October. The steamer
Gandhi, with 672 troops, also for Calcutta, arrived
at the Mauritius on the 10th of October. The
former vessel sailed from England on the 26th of
August, and the latter on the 15th idem.
The directors of the Northumberland and
Durham District Bank have published in the local
papers the following advertisement, which is pre-
sumed to refer to the intended establishment of a
private bank under the auspices of some of the
principal shareholders.
NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM DISTRICT BANK.-The
parties having accounts with this establishment, and the
public in general, are respectfully informed that arrange-
ments are in progress for the transaction of the business
heretofore conducted by the bank.-District Bank, 26th
November, 1857.

The accounts from Australia are very satisfactory
as far as the yield of Gold is concerned. In the
first nine months of the present year the shipments
were 1,880,230 ounces, and as the various mines
were being most successfully worked the remit-
tances during the remainder of the year were likely
to be very large. Several new discoveries had
been made, and in some instances they are ex-
pected to prove exceedingly rich.
There is still a good inquiry for discounts in
Lombard-street and at the Bank of England, but
as the supply continues to increase bills are more
readily negotiated. The relief thus afforded is
productive of much good, several firms who were
embarrassed being now enabled to surmount their
difficulties.

The report of the Trust and Loan Company of
Upper Canada, issued preparatory to their meeting
on the Ith Dec., states the profits of the half year
at 8,9181., making with the previous balance in
hand a total of 9,2311. Out of this a dividend is
recommended at the rate of 74 per cent, per annum ;
one-half the surplus profits over 6 per cent. is to
be carried to the reserve fund, which- will then
amount to 14,8921. ; 2501. is to be applied to the
Preliminary expense account, and 1461. will remain
to be carried forward. The 21. remaining unpaid
on the new shares is to be called up.