Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-02-24 00:00:00

YESTERDAY'S MARKETS

LIVERPOOL PRODUCE.—Colonial. &c. Our .Sugar
market is without change ; 70 hogsheads Demerara are
reported at 38s 9d to 40s 6d ; 1,100 bags Dates at 40s to
40s 6d; and 1,500 bags Pernams, in bond, at 24s 6d per
cwt. from the quay. Nothing done in Molasses or Rum.
Of Coffee, 200 bags Ceara have been taken at 47s 6d to
48s 6d per cwt. No sales have transpired in Rice. In
Dyewoods : 240 tons Jamaica Logwood at £3 17s 6d ; 30
tons Bombay Sapanwood, all faults, at £ll 12s 6d; a
small lot of Carmwood at £4O ; and 10 tons East luidia
Redwood at £5 5s per ton. Ashes quiet, at 29s for Pots,
and at 32s for Pearls. A fair business in Nitrate of Soda
at 14s 6d to 16s ; and of Saltpetre, 1,180 bags, for arrival,
have been placed at 41s per cwt, for five per cent refrac-
tion. Of Brimstone, 20 tons reported at £8 per ton for
best seconds. 30 bales Bengal Safflower at £7 to £9 ; a
small parcel of Tincal at 555; 200 bales .3funjeet at 36s to
38s ' • 400 bags Tumeric at 18s ; 640 bags Cutch at 38s to
38s 6d ; 800 bales Gambier at 15s 6efor sound, and at
14s !d per cwt for heated. 100 cases Castor Oil at 7d to
78d per lb; and 750 bags Myrabolams at 8s to 9s 6d per
cwt. Oils, 4-c. : Palm unchanged at £44 ; and small
sales of Sea. at £35 per tun; for tinged Tallow at 54s
per cwt for P. Y. C. Seeds : 3,900 bags Bombay
Linseed have been taken at 52s per quarter. We have
also to notice 10 tons Farina at 14s 6d per cwt ; and
1,600 bundles Rattans at 4s per 100 canes.
LrvEnroor. COTTON.—There has been a fair demand
for cotton to-day, and prices continue steady. The sales
—including 180 Pernambuco, at 7-0 to_N-d; 40 Bahia,

at 7d to 74d; 80 Maranham, at 714 to 7ld ; 60 Egyptian,
at 'rid to 8d; 300 Surat. at sid to 6d—are reported
8,000 bales,of which 2,500 are on speculation and for
export.
LONDON PRODUCE. —Sugar : The market has a quiet
appearance, but the small public sales are progressing
steadily. Refined without alteration. Coffee : This
article is very firm. Tea : The public sales concluded
to-day ; they went off briskly, at the full prices of yes-
terday. Spices : The small public sales went off irregu-
larly; but black pepper sold at fully previous rates.
Cotton : The market is quiet ; 100 bales only sold. In
other articles no material alteration.
LONDON CORY.—In Mark-lane to-day the attendance
of the trade was about as usual on Wednesday, the tone
firmer, prices of most articles unaltered. The supply of
home grown grain was fair, and the arrivals of foreign
grain into London since last Monday were nihil of wheat,
small of barley, and fair of oats. Wheat : English more
inquired after at about fast Monday's prices. Foreign
unaltered in value with an improving demand. Flour
firm at last Monday's rates. Barley retail sale at about
last Monday's prices. Oats : Demand quiet, but firm in
price, at last Monday's currency. Beans a slow sale, at
last Monday's reduced prices ; say is less than eight days
ago. Peas
.dull, and is per quarter cheaper than last
week.

BOROUGH HOP.—There was a good demand for Weald
Kent and Sussex stock ; fine samples bring higher rates.
lONnoist TaLLow.—The market is quiet. Town 'tal-
low is quoted 51s 9d, nett cash ; Petersburg Y.C. on the
spot, 52s .6d; February and March, 52s 6d; .March
only, 52s 6d; April to June, 52s 3d to 6d; October to
December, 529 3d, "buyers."
LONDON MINES :In the mining market to-day there is
again considerable excitement as regards East Wheal
Russell shares, which have experienced a further extraor-
dinary rise, being now quoted 19 to 20. East Basset
shares are officially marked in the Stock Exchange 208,
and Par Consols 161. There have also been some trans-
actions in Grambler and St Aubyn and West Par. No
change has occurred in foreign or colonial mining securi-
ties. At a meeting of adventurers in •South Carn Brea
mine, held on Tuesday, the accounts for September, Octo-
ber, November, and December, showed as follows : To 4
months' cost (including balance of £425 6s 2d due to
treasurers on last audit), £1,500 lis sd. By sales of
copper and tin ores, and on account of calls, £1,012 9s 11d.
Balance, £4BB is d, against which there are Bills in hand
not at maturity, and arrears of calls due amounting to
£433 15s sd. A call of 2s per share was made.
LONDON MONEY.—Consols opened firm at 958 to 951,
and advanced to 95i, and are now steady at opening
price. Shares firm in tone, and prices improved a little,
but with little animation. Canadians unchanged.
French steady, and a shade better in tone. Last quota-
tions of French Routes, 67f 70c.

CORK CORN.—White wheat, 22s to 235; red wheat,
21s to 22s 9d ; barley, 12s 9d to 15s; oats, Us 6d
to 13s 4d.

CORK BUTTER.— lsts, 130 s; seconds, 130 s; 3rds,
103 s ; 4ths, 84s ; sths, 61s. per cwt. 300 firkins in
market.

GLASGOW CORN. —The tone of the market was some-
what improved, but sales were few, and mainly in retail.
Wheat and flour sold at last week's prices. Marianonle
brought 23s ; Ghirkas, 22s ; Danube, 225. Barley,
beans, peas, and oats met a dull sale, and were rather
lower. Arrival small, but a large quantity of French
wheat and flour being on passage, adds to the present
inactivity.

GLASGOW PIG InoN.—Our 'pig iron market has been
very inactive to-day, but the •tendency is still drooping.
Warrants sold at 51s 6d one month open. Nos. 1 and 3
G 31 B, Ms 6d.

AN HONOURABLE DIED.—In 1852, a grocer, named
Ostler, resided in Northgate, Halifax. He failed in
business, and went off unceremoniously to Australia. Mr.
Collinson and Mr. Thompson, tea dealers, undertook to
wind up the affairs, and they paid in the end 55.. in the
pound to the creditors. Some time ago Mr. Ostler wrote
for the particulars of the balances unpaid; and

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