The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-04-21 00:00:00

MaYETARY AVD COMMERCIAL

LIVERA)OOI., Monday Evening.
There is a fair demand for Cotton, without change
in prices. The sales to day were 7,000 bales, includ-
ing 2,000 on speculation and for exports
The Liverpool Share Market was rather tame
to day, and prices must be quoted a shade lower than
on Saturday. Towards the close, however, it became
rather more animated. The day's sales were as
follows :—Blackburn, ; Caledonian, 342, ;
Eastern Counties, 11 7.16, 14 ; East Lancashire 98,1 ;
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 10111 ; London
and North Western, 105, 48, 51; Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 39k, 91; Midland,
821, ; Dovers, 22t, e, 2; Grand Trunk of
Canada, 161, 3 -16, 1.; Great Western of Canada,
251, ;do New Shares, 24p ; Liverpool and Lon-
don Fire and Life, Bp. The following were
the closing paces :—Blackburn, 8 11-16, ; Ches-
ter and. Birkenhead, 64, 67 ; Caledonian;
34 11-16, 841; Chester and Holyhead, 171, 18i ;
Eastern Counties, 114; 11 916 ; East Lanca-
shire, 984 99 ; Do. 91. shares, 13-16, p ; Great
Northern, 241-16, 24 5-16; Ditto A shares. I.oa, ;
Great Western, 66k, 67 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire

Stock, 101, 1012 ; ditto 91. Shares 1 1-16, 1 3.16 p ;
Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 19-Z, 19 2;
London and North Western Stock; 105, 105/ ;
do. B Shares, A, 1-16 d; Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincoln, 391, 39! ; Midland Stock, 821, 821 ;
North British, 11, 11 1-16 ; North Staffordshire,
5, 4td ; North Eastern—Berwick 211, 211 ;
York and North Midland, 32k, 321 ; Leeds
Capital Stock, 20, 201 ; South Eastern and Dover,
221, 22 9-16 ; Scottish North Eastern, 13, 131 ,
Buffalo and Lake Huron, 2, xn p; Dutch Rhenish,
3 16, 1-16.1 ; Great Western of Canada, 251 xd 251;
do. New Shares, 2, 11-16 xd, 2, 13.16 p ; Great
Luxembourg, 102, 1011 d ; Grand Trunk of Canada,

16 3.16, 16k. -
In theniarket forth() Public Funds and Securities
to-day, there was a moderate business transacted,
and towards the afternoon it becatne more active,
and prices closed at an advance of k per cent. on
Saturday's quotations. Consols for money at noon
were quoted-928 to 921, and at the close they had
advanced to 921 to 93. For the account the price
paid at noon was 938, and at the close 938 to
,931.
The New Three per Cehts were quoted at 91i to
92.

In the London Railway Share Market to-day there
was no new feature noticeable. The transactions
were limited, but prices were firmly maintained.
The following were the closing quotations :
Ambergate, Nottingham, and East Junction, 51,
; Caledonian, 694, 694 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow,
56,57; Eastern Counties, 117 16, 41 9-16 ; East Lan-
caShire, 984, 991 ; Great Northern, 96, 97 ; Ditto A,
87, 88; Great Western, 664, 664 ; Lancashire and
Yorkshire, 103, 1018; Leeds Northern, 394, 401 ;
London and North Western, 1044, 105 ; London
and South Western, 1011, ; Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire, 391 ; Midland Stock, 824; North
British, 44 ; South Eastern and Dover,7sl ; York,
Newcastle, and Berwick. 861, 871; York and North
Midland, 654. After official hours the business
done was at the following prices :—Caledonian, 694,
604; Eastern Counties, 111 114 ; East Lanca-
shire, 984, 994; Great Northern, 964, 97 ; Do
A, 86, 88 ; Great Western, 664, 661 ; Lancashire and
Yorkshire, 1014, 102 ; London and North
Western, 1041, 105 ; Manchester) Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire, 391; Midland Stock, 821,
821 ; North British, 44, 45; South Eastern
and Dover, 754 ; York, Newcastle and Ber-
wick, 864, 871 ; York and North Midland, 654.
The letters by the Europa were delivered this
evening. The New York Money Market was with-
out material change, but capital was more readily
obtained at previous rates, and there was a
tendency to a further decline. The best class of
notes were: being negotiated at 84 to 9 per cent,
with occasionally% transaction at 8 per cent for a
choice signature. Foreign Exchange had advanced.
A great advance had taken place in Stocks; but the
day previouS to the steamer's departure a sort of
panic had set in, and a decline was the consequence.
In Cotton a large business was being transacted, and
prices were decidedly higher. At Charleston the
sales on the 4th inst. were 1,000 bales, at 1440 for
good Middling, and 141 c for middling fair. On the
6th the sales were 800 bales. At Now Orleans, on the
6th, the market was firm,With sales of 3,500 bales. In
Breadstufl's there was not much doing, and prices
of Flour had receded 5 to 10 cents per barrel in
the week. Indian Corn, however, was firm, whilst
some descriptions of Wheat had slightly advanced.
The provision trade was firm. Freights to Liver-
pool were quoted, Cotton 5-32 d, and Flour is 10d.
The total value of exports from the province of
New Brunswick during 1856 was 1,073,3511.
sterling, of this amount 713,2621. was the value of
goods exported from St. John. The quantity of
Flour exported from the province was 11,492 brls ;
the value of fish exported was 64,311/. ; grindstones,
8,094 ; haberdashery, 26,174/. ; sheepskins, 5,863/ ;
boards.and scantling, 32,655,500 feet; clapboards,
2,214,000; deals and deal ends, 279,291,031 feet;
ship's knees, 16,515 ; laths, 25,966;800 ; lathwood,
2 665 cords; pickets, 5,767,600; shooks, 92,510;
staves, 59,800 ; shingles, 127,967,000; spars, 9,331;
timber—birch, heckmatac, spruce and cedar, 16,243
tons ; pine, 103,852 tons.
The English prospectus of the long expected
" Grand Russian Railway Company " has at length
been issued in London. The public are already
familiar with the main features of this gigantic
undertaking, and a very brief recapitulation will now
suffice. The first issue of capital is fixed at
12,000,0001 sterling, represented by 600,000 shares

of 201., or 125 silver roubles each. There is a
guarantee from the Russian government of 5 per
cent. for interest and sinking fund for 85 years after
the completion of the lines. The subscription
is to be open from the 28th instant to the
tth of May, " and," states the prospectus,
" due notice will be given before applications can
be received , by Baring Brothers and Co. for an

amount not exceeding 100,000 shares." This
would be equal to two millions sterling, but is
apparently exclusive of the amount taken
directly by Messrs. Baring and their immediate
supporters. If we recollect rightly, an additional
amount of 70,000 shares, or 1,400,0001, was
originally proposed to be allotted in London.
The first call is fixed in the prospectus at 6/.
per share, althou,h in some quarters it had
been rumoured that a deposit of only 21.
would be required, with a view to tempt specu
lative applications. The names of the original
contractors and board of directors have already
been published in our columns, and we therefore
refrain from repeating them. A point for the con.
sideration of intending subscribers is that the ad
ministration is essentially foreign. The board,
which comprises twenty members, consists chiefly
of Russians, and the only concession made in
this respect to western subscribers is comprised
in the appointment of a committee of nine, sitting
in Paris, Moreover, the general meetings of
the company are to be held in Russia, where
foreign shareholders can only be represented
by proxy. Subscribers must also bear in mind
that the present issue fol ms little more than one
fourth of the aggregate capital. It is a serious
question what effect fresh issues, up to the
enormous amount of 44,000,0001, may hereafter
have upon the market for the stock The company
now organised, be it remembered, binds itself to
complete the whole system of railways in ten yeses ;
and the embarrassments into which another
leviathan undertaking, the Grand Trunk Railway
of Canada, fell, should operate as a warning against
embarking hastily in so colossal a scheme of
railway construction.
In connexion with the launching of this scheme,
some remarkable features are presented in recent
advises from Russia. We learn en excellent
authority, that Russian bank notes, which are of
course obligations of the government, when pre-
sented at the Imperial Bank for specie, are only
cashed to the extent of twenty half imperials, or
about 161 sterling for each applicant. Persons
wishing to convert a larger sum than 161 into
specie, are compelled to have recourse to the
money-changers, and even there, though paying
an agio of 1 per cent , can obtain very little more.
This state of affairs easily explains the mainten-
ance of the prohibition against the exportation of
specie from Russia, and indicates that such portion

Arrival for the week ending April 28, last year, 411 casks
and delivery 1,897 casks. The arrivals last week comprised
35 casks from Australia, and 54 casks from other places
—Total, 89 casks.

BOROUGH HOP MARKET.—APRIL 20.
The demand for fine hops continues good, at last
week's prices.

LONDON CORN MARKET.-APRIL 20.

The supply of English wheat was short this morning,
and the firmness in the wheat trade noted last week increases.
Most of the country markets held at its close were is 2d
per quarter dearer: All good dry parcels were readily sold
this morning at 2s advance, and secondary and inferior lots
at Is to is 6d higher. The better qualities of foreign were
likewise is to 2s dearer. Barrel and sack flour must be
quoted is higher.
Barley was in fa

it request, and is per quarter dearer.
sale at a like improvement.
irm.

INDON FROM APRIL 13 TO APRIL 18

Barley. Malt. Oats.
qrs. qrs. qrs.
685 4194 47
7 .... 329
30 84.0
20873 .... 25731

Beans Peas Flour.
qrs. qrs. brls. I seks
1101 80 2228

451 .... I 621:

64 16062 126 j
• • 633 gb

9;I &21

.111472

....129 6
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