Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-21 00:00:00

MONETARY. AND COMMERCIAL.

LIVERPOOL, Thursday Evening.
`The demand fur Cotton continues active, and
Prkfes are very firmly maintained. The sales
tc•.day were fully 12,000 bales, of which 3,000 were
o'A speculation-and for export. There is at present
l:sown to be over 20,000 bales of cotton at sea—
Viz., from

NEW 'YORK.

NEW ORLEANS.

Bales.
Baltic 736
Emerald
J. A. Westervelt
R. L Lase .. 366
Fidelia „ .

Bales
Lueonia
Lexington ... 1,091
Simoda
Warbler
John M. White
Addie Snow
Bamberg .

CTIARL7BTON.

Helios . .. .. 1,007

SAVANNAH.
Lady Raglan ...... 59

MOBILE.
South Carolina , 1.722

temperature and the pressure of superincumbent
water, instead of injuring the wires as had been
predicted, actually facilitated the electrical opera-
tions of the company, and improved the telegraphic
signals. In considering the position of the com-
pany, it must not be overlooked that they have
secured exclusive rights over all the accessible
positions of British North America, and even of the
State of Maine, and perfected their arrangements
with the governments of England and the United
States, whose cordial assistance will doubtless be
freely extended at every stage of the undertaking.
The following memorandum is from the Euro-
pean and Indian Junction Telegraph Com-

Dany :

Lieutenant Arthur Hawes, of the Hon. East India
Company's service, and other officers, have left for Bag-
dad, with the sanction of her Majesty's government and
the East India Company, for the purpose of commencing
the construction of the line of the European and Indian
Junction Telegraph Company, northward from that town,
in compliance with the recommendation of Sir W. B.
O'Shaughnessy, their consulting engineer.
The Newry and Enniskillen Railway Company
now ecomes the "Newry and Armagh Railway
Company•," the act authorising the company to
continue its line to Armagh having just received
the royal assent. A meeting of the company,
under its new title, is to he shortly called.
The official returns of the trade of France for the
month of July are as satisfactory as could be ex-
pected, considering the dearness of money and
the dull state of most of the foreign markets.
During that period the import duties amounted to
15,706,790 f., against 16,490,497 f. in the same period
of 1856. The reduction was apparent in coffee,
cocoa, colonial sugar, cotton and wool, oil, tallow,
iron, and raw silk; but there was an increased
supply of foreign sugar, linseed. indigc, &3. The
export tables show an augmentation iu almost all
articles of manufacture.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.—Auo. 20.
The cotton market continues very inanimate, and prices
are id per lb higher than on Friday last. The sales—
including 150 Pernambucos 91d, 200 Bahias Esid, 150
141aranhams 914 to 101, 200 Egyptians K] to 11.1,
1,500 Surats 4il to 71d—are reported 12.000 bales, of
which 2,000 are on speculation and for export.

LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKET.—AuG. 20.
SUGAR : The market has been rather quiet, and the
sales are confined to 135 hhds and ICO bags grainy
Demerara at 56s to 56i 6,1 per cwt.
MOLLASSES, Rum or COFFEE . No transactions are re-
ported,

Mee : The business consists of 4 600 bags Bengal at 93
31 to I Is, and 5,000 bags Necransie at 10s 91 per cwt, with
a heavy market.

IF.Di-Go : There was a good attendance of buyers at the
sales to day, and the biddings were very spirited,
particularly for fine goods ; out of 400 chest, offered, (con-
sisting of 300 Bengal, good Consumers and Shippers, and
100 chests of Oude), 350 found buyers, at an advance on
the London July sale of 3,1 to 6(1 on the Oudes and middling
Consumers, and 9d per lb on the Shipping descriptions ;
chests of Manilla also found buyers at 3s 6d to 43 lld per
lb.

ArOTIIER-rr-PEARL : We have also to report 45 cases
Manilla at. £5 15s to £5 16s per cwt.
LINSEED. 1350 bag: Bengal, to arrive of which the
price has not transpired.

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE MARKET.—AuG. 20.
Per_stone, 201135. I Per goibs. 2. d. s. ri
s. d. s. d.'?otatoes. Pink Eyes() 0 to 0 0
bray. 01d...... 0 7 to 0 8i Ditto, Kemps .... 2 4 to 2 9
Ditto, new...,,.., 0 5 to 0 7 Ditto, Whiterocks. 0 0 to 0 0
Ditto, clover ~ 0 oto 0 0 Ditto, Balshaws .. 0 oto 0 0
Green Clover 0 2 to 0 23' Ditto, Beldrums .. 0 0 to 0 0
Vetches 0 0 to 0 0 Ditto, cattle 0 0 to 0 0
Straw, wheat........ 0 3} to 0 31 Per ton.
Ditto, oat ........ 0 3 to 0 4 Turnips
Ditto, barley .... 0 0 to 0 0 Carrots
Oats, in straw , ... 00to 0 0 Mangle wurtel
Manure 4 0 to 6 0

MANCHESTER CORN MARKMT—Aua. 20
There was only a limited inquiry for wheat and flour
holders insisting on an advance on the former of 2s per
qr on foreign, and 3i per 701bs on English, and Is per
brl on the latter. 0 Its and oatmeal were both in request
at extreme rates, Beans and Indian corn were unchanged.

LONDON PRODUCE MARKET.—Aua. 20.
SUGAR : There has not been a public sale to day, but
the market has a steady appearance.
COFFEE : The large public sales are progressing without
showing any material alteration in prices.
TEA : The market is dull. Common congou is 24d to
Is 20 per lb.

RICE'` This article remains inactive, and but a small
portion of the public sale of Bangal sold at lOs 6d to
Its 6d.

SALTPETRE: A fair amount of business done at ful
prices. 400 bags, refraction 3 to 5 sold at 54s to-day.
Rum continues in fair demand. Prices are unaltered.
COTTON : 700 bags sold yesterday on 'Change.
In other articles no material alteration.

LONDON TALLOW MARKET.—Am 20,
The market is firm to-day. Town tallow is quoted at
64s nett cash; Petersburg Y.C. on the spot, 633
August, 635; September, 623 6d; October and December,
593 6d.

LONDON MINING MARKET.—Aua. 20.
The home mining stock market remains quiet. There
are inquiries to-day for North Basset and Wheal
Trelawney shares ; the former are marked in the Stock
Exchange 18j, and the latter, 25. Most other descriptions
are steady. St. John del Rey shares are inquired fur, and
have been dealt in at 121 to 12/. Santiago are marked 2i.

BIRMINGHAM CORN MARKET.—Aua 20.
There was a large supply of new wheat, which gave
away is to 2s per qr ; old was held firmly at previous
rates, but no progress could be made on sales. Barley
was only taken in retail; oats were less in request, but
no lower; beans and peas were a fair demand, at previous
rates.

CORK CORN MARKET.—Auu. 20.
The weather is fine and moss favourable for maturing
the growing crops. The trade is quiet, and prices may
be quoted as follows :—White wheat, 31s to 34s 61; red,
31s 6d; oa s, 143 2d to 153.

CORR BUTTER MARKET.—AUG, 20.
The supply to-day coniistel of 2,000 kegs and firkins,
and sold at the following prices, viz :—Firsts, 108 s
Seconds 1033; Thirds, 98s; Fourths, 925; Fifths, 80s
Sixths, 03s per cwt.

GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET.—Ata
The market was quiet to day at the following prices :
Warrants, buyers. 693'; sellers, 70s; No. 1, buyers, 703
6cl; sellers, 71s 61; No. 3, buyers, 66s ; sellers, 66s 6d
per ton.

For BorNhay silver, 345,2621; and gold, 4501. For
Ceylon : gold. '6,250/; for Madras : silver, 35,6001;
and gold, 5,647/. For Calcutta : silver, 216,883/.
For Penang: silver, 667/. For Singapore : silver,
110,6701. ; and gold, 4,0001 For 'Hong Kong :
silver, 222,992/. And for Shanghai : silver,
'148.5521.

Tit e subjoined exhibits the aggregate remittances
by each of the last six steamers :
June 4, per Indus
-Jane 20, per Pera
.July 4, per Colombo 851,220
July 20, per Indus
August 4, per Ripen .. ..... .. .. 1,012,963
August 20, per Colombo
It will ba noticed that the amount now de-

snatched is somewhat less than that by the Pera
on the 20th of June, but, with that one exception'
it is the largest ever sent by this route. Insurances
to the extent of between 400,0001 and 500,0001 have
already been opened for the packet of the 4th of
September, but it is still thought that the remit-
tances on that occasion will not equal those by the
Colombo, unless further unfavourable advices come
to hand from India.

An important meeting of the directors of the
Atlantic Telegraph Company took place at their
office yesterday. The shares of the company,
which yesterday stood at about 3001. discount, were
yesterday firmer, at about 2501 discount. The
recent panic in the shares would appear to be ex-
cessive, since the extent of the actual loss sustained
by the company is limited to about 200 mile 3of
their cable. As a set-off against this, they have ac-
quired some valuable practical experience, which
points to the perfect practicability of the undertak-
ing under suitable conditions. For instance, it has
been proved that the combined influence of a low