The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-03-30 00:00:00

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.

LIVERPOOL, Saturday Evening.

There Was very little business done in our Cotton
Market to-day> in consequence of the election.
The sales were only 4,000 bales, of which 1,500
were on speculation and for export:
The Liverpool Share Market was slightly
buoyant, and prices were well supported. The
following .sales were reported :-Blackburn 84 ;
Caledonian 341, ; Eastern Counties 11 1-16,
- ;
Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport 191 ; Do 91
Shares 11p ; London and North Western 1044,.4 ;
Midland 821, 1 ; Dovers 221, 1,3, 24. The busi-
ness done for the next Account was-East Lanca-
shire 100; Lancashire and Yorkshire 104, 1, 3 ;
London and North Western 1051, I; Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincoln 391; Midland. 831 Dovers
22 15 10, 3 1.10, ; North Eastern; 211; York
and North Midland 321 ; Grand Trunk of
Canada, 141 The following were the closing
prices .-Blackburn, 81, 8 ; Chester' and Bir-
kenhead, 651, xd, 601; Caledonian, 345, xd and n,
311 ; Chester and Holyhead, 171, 18; Eastern
Counties, 111, 111 ; East Lancashire, 991, xd
and n, 991 ; Great Northern, .231, 241 ; do. A
shares, 104, 101; Great Western, 68, 681 ;
Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 1021, 1024 ;
do. 91. Shares, 1 3-16, 1 5-10 p; Liverpool; Crosby,
and Southport, 191. xd, 191; London and North
Western Stock, 105, 1051; ditto k Shares, 3-16,1 d ;
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 391, 391 ; Mid-
land Stock, 83, 831; North British, 11 1.16,11 3-16 ;
North Staffordshire, 3, 41 d; South Eastern, 23, xd,
231; Scottish North Eastern, 121, 13 ; North
Eastern-Berwick, 21,7, 211; York and North
Midland, 311 32 ; Leeds Capital Stock, 101, 20;
Buffalo and Lake Huron, 11, 11 prem.; Dutch
Rhenish, par, 1.-16 p; Great Western of Canada,
261, ; do., New Shares, 34, 31 p ; Great Lux-
embourg, 101, 101-d ; Grand Trunk of Canada,
14.1,15.
We do not notice any change in the condition
of the Money Market. At the banking houses the
inquiry for general trading purposes is not so ac-
tive, but at times the dealers at the Stock Exchange
seek assistance on an extensive scale, and then the
terms are proportionally increased. The value of
accommodation is now fully supported at the Bunk '
rate, but 61 to 61 per cent. has been paid for short
loans on Consols whenever the jobbers have
required supportt The tendency of speculation
being still in favour of a rise, this feature is readily
accounted for, and, under these circumstances, no
diminution in the general value of accommodation
can be looked for, and the withdrawals of gold from
the bank have not been discontinued, though
they have assumed a less important
amount. The influx of money from the provinces
and other places, will, it is thought, balance the
sum in the vaults of Threadneedle street. The
approaching " fourth" of the month, together with
the further remittances which are expected to be
made to the East, will probably produce temporary
stringency in the market during the first few days
of the month, and the public must therefore be
prepared for any variation that may then be
apparent. It is calculated that the steamer on the
4th proximo, to India and China, will take out at
least 600,000/ , and 45 pprella.§ of silver will hay
to be made to supply this total, the arrangement
following the settlements at the end of the month;
in the Foreign Stock and Share Markets, may have
the effect of causing the demand to be for a time
continuous. Great caution is now exercised by bill
brokers in the paper they select, owing to the new
failures that have taken plado, and the• effects
they are likely to create both in the country and
the metropolis.
In the Market for the Public Funds and Securi-
ties to-day there was not much done. The Bank
of England return, however, the news from Suez
to the effect that the Emperor of China is desirous
of terminating hostilities at Canton, gave an
increased firmness to the market, and prices were
well maintained. Consols for May were 931, and
as high as 931 to 931 for the account.
The following list shows the fluctuations in
Consols during the past weels

Lowest Highest Closing

prices. prices. prices.
Monday ..... Monty 934 931 931
Account 931 934
Tuesday Money .. 931 934 934
Accouot 931 93;1 931
Wednesday Money .. 931 934 034
Account 931 93% 934
Thursday Money 931 93k 934
Account 93- 931 93t
. Money 934 931 934
Account .. 931 931 934
Saturday Money 931 93i 934
Account 931 tin 034
There was rather more animation in the London
Railway Share Market, the preliminary arrange-
ments connected with the adjustment of the
account having been in progress. Caledonian,
Eastern Counties, Great Northern, Great Southern
and Western Uf Ireland, LanCaShire and Yorkshire;
Brighton, North Western, Norfolk, South Eastern,
and in fact all the principal lines were at fuller
quotations, the ad-Vance in many cases being 1 per
cent. In the Foreign Market very few bargains
were recorded, but Northern of France sod
Southern of France were buoyant, A good business
was done in Colonial Shares at fully previous rates.
The following were the closing prices :-Amber-
gate, Nottingham, Boston, and Eastern Junction
44, ; Bristol and Exeter 90, 92 ; Caledonian
664, 694 ; Chester and Holyhead 35, 37 ; Eastern
Counties 11, 111; East Lancashire 99, 100 ; Edin•
burgh and Glasgow 56, 57 ; Edinburgh, Perth, and
Dundee 36,364 ; Great Northern 901, 974 ; Great
Southern and Western (Ireland) 104, 106 ; Great
Western 681, 681 ; Lancaster and Carlisle 70, 75 ;
Lancashire and Yorkshire 1021, 103 ; London,
Brighton, and South Coast 108, 109 ; London and
North 'Western 1041, 1051 ; London and South
Western 1031, 103:1 ; Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire 301, 394 ; Midland 821, 83 ;
Midland, Birmingham, and Derby 54, 55 ; Norfolk
56, 58 ; North British 44, 45 ; North Eastern-Ber-
wick 86, 87 ; North Staffordshire, 5, 44 dis ; Oxford,
Worcester, and Wolverhampton 30, 31 ; Scottish
Central 100, 111 ; Scottish Midland 73, 75
South Eastern 76, 77 ; South Wales 87, 88 ;
Buckinghamshire 92, 94 ; Hull and Selby 107,
109 ; Eastern Counties Ex 5 per Cent (No 1) I 4,
pm ; East Indian 110, 112 ; Grand Trunk of
Canada 58, 60; Great Indian Peninsula Guaranteed
5 per Cent 211, 214 ; Great Western of Canada
Shares, 264, 264; Madras Guaranteed 41 per Cent
194, 20 ; Ditto Third Ex, Guaranteed 5 per Cent
;I- pm; Scinde Guaranteed 5 per Cent 2, 24 pm;
Eastern of France 341, 344 ; Euphrates Valley, par,
1 pm ; Great Central of France 241, 244'; Great
Luxembourg Constituted Shares 61, 64; Lombardo
Venetian 54, 6 pm; Lyons and Geneva 331, 341 ;
Namur and Liege 84, 9; Northern of France 404,
414 Norwegian Trunk Preference 9, 10 ; Paris
and Lyons 614, 614 ; Paris and Orleans 59, 61 ;
Sambre and Meuse 9%, 9%; West Flanders 41, 5.
A rather improved tone was observable in the
Market for Foreign Securities to day. Turkish
Six per Cents. were 98, 4,4, for transfer, and after
being 994, 1, for the 17th proximo, they receded
to 4 per cent., viz., to 984, I. The cause of this
re action was an unfavourable rumour respecting
the New Turkish State Bank, but the statements
circulated were of an indefinite character, and in
well informed quarters they excited little attention.
The " contango" on the securities is heavy as it
includes the income tax, The Four per Cent.
Guaranteed were 101. Russian Four and a half per
Cents. receded to 96. Portuguese Three per Cents.
were 45 to 454. Austrian Five per Cents. 811,
Belgian Two and a Half per Cents. 55. Ditto Four
and a half per Cents. 981, and Dutch Four per
Cents 99 to 991. Brazilian Five per Cents. were
102, and Mexican remained flat at 224, 4.
Assuming that the dates of sailing previously
fixed were adhered to, the steamer Royal Charter,
from Melbourne, has now been at sea 71 days, the
ship Austral 92 days, the White Star 87 days, and
the Anglesey 85 days. This batch of vessels will
doubtless bring a large quantity of gold.
With respect to the movements in Mines during
the week, the Mining ,Journal of to-day says:-
We have had, as we fully anticipated we should have,
a particularly dull week in the Share Market, and prices
have shown a drooping tendency, though on Thursday
and Friday there were symptoms of improvement, and a
demand for a few mines. Perhaps when the elections

t'riday