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      vail , and without which it would be idle to hope for any permanent prosperity in the trade . i ¦ The doth markets have displayed no particular change from last week . Business has not been brisk ; the sales have been somewhat below the usual average at this time of the year , but prices haye been well maintained . The foreign corn trade has been tolerably active , owing to considerable arrivals from the United StatesThe wheat and flour whicli have recently

      There is very little doing in the warehouses , most branches partaking of the depression . Manufacturers are prudently abstaining from increasing stock . The hosiery trade is still buoyant , both as respects the shipping and home departments , and prospects of a continuance are cheering . AH good workmen are fully employed . Material ( both silk and cotton ) remains firm .

      . arrived are not of very superior quality , and the reason assigned is , that the finer sorts of grain command as high , or even higher , prices there as m our own markets . The imports from foreign ports , especially of Indian corn , have been liberal , but a brislc trade has not been done , buyers restricting themselves in the provincial markets to the finer qualities . The produce markets have offered no particular feature that calls for remark . The supplies seem to be full , but prices are not in all respects very well

      sustained . . . The inference to be drawn from our provincial advices , and from peculiar sources of information in the metropolis , is , that trade is gradually settling into its usual channels ; that the late depression is thoroughly wearing off ; that confidence is showing itself in all directions ; and that in consequence of the great caution Which has been displayed on all sides during the present year a brisk and profitable trade will develop itself in the spring . The shipping interest is represented in some

      quarters to be in a state of great depression , arising from the authorised competition of foreign vessels in the carrying trade . The shipowners' society of Sunderland have had a meeting on the subject , at which resolutions were passed that the society should co-operate with the General Shipowners' Society of London , and with other bodies , for the purpose of agreeing upon some united plan of action , with the view of taking such steps as will carry out the principle of reciprocity hy putting into operation the clauses of the Navigation Act , and placing foreign vessels on the same terms as British vqssels in the

      ports of foreigners . Cotton . Goods . —Manchester , Nov . . 4 . —Less favourable reports of trade from Calcutta have had a depressing effect on business here , and sellers have made a concession equal to about l ^ d . per piece on long cloths , T cloths , shirtings , and other fabrics . A decline of id . per lb . on yarns , and which is general on all kinds , has led to a fair business , the principal purchases being for China and Germany , for the home trade very little has been done . There have been some moderate sales of cloth as well as yarn , but the market on the whole is reported to be flat . Woollen . —Leeds , Nov . 4 . ~ The attendance of buyers has only been limited , and but a moderate business has been transacted .

      Liverpool ., Cotton .- ^ -November 4 . —There has been more doing in cotton , and the sales have been good . Prices are fully £ d . to $ d . per lb . lower than last Friday . Holders continued to offer their stocks freely , and prices had declined fully id . since last Friday . Liverpool , Wool . —Foreign wool continues in fair demand , and anything of a saleable character can be readily disposed of at enhanced rates . Scotch continues in moderate request , without change in value .

      Liverpool , Metal . —The undernoted are the prices for metals in to-day ' s market : —Scotch pig iron : Gartsherrie , No . 1 , f . o . b ., at Glasgow , 21 . 19 s . 3 d . per ton ; good brands , No . 1 , 21 . 13 s . 3 d . ; do ., mixed Nos ., 2 / . 14 s . ; do ., mixed Nos . three months ' open delivery , 21 . 15 s . per ton . Other iron : merchant bar , f . o . b ., in Wales , per ton 6 / . ; do . f . o . b ., in Liverpool , 6 / . 7 s . Gd . to 61 . 10 s . ; do . Staffordshire , 6 / . 15 s . to 7 / . ; hoop , 8 / . 5 s . to 8 / . 15 s . ; sheet , 9 / . to 10 / . ; nail rod , 71 . 5 s . to 71 . 15 s . ; bar , best crown , 7 / . 5 s . to 8 / . ; boiler plute , 9 / . to 10 / . per ton . Tin plates : charcoal , 1 c , f . o . b ., in Liverpool , per box , 1 / . Us . ; coke , 1 c , 1 / . 5 s . per box . Copper : bolt and sheathing , delivered in Liverpool , lid . per lb . ; tile , 98 / . ; tough cake , 081 . ; best selected ditto , 101 / . per ton .

      Halifax ,, October 29 . —We have no material Alteration to report in the yarn and piece trades since last Friduy ' e notice of the market . Clothing wools aro not equally active at present , and but a more shade dearer in prico . Leeds , November 8—There is a continued activity in the demand for all kinds of combing . wool , and prices for bright-haired sorts somewhat higher . The woollen trade continues steady , and without any noticeable change . Leicester , November 4 . —The hosiery trade is etill in a healthy condition , and a fair business is transacting at the warehouses . Confidence appears to be perfectly restored , and most branches of tlie trade are in a satisfactory state . Material continues Mgh ia price , without any sign of diminution .

      • Nottingham , November 4 . —The ln , co trade tot mains in a very ilull state , and manufacturers do not look for any material Change uatil after Christmas .

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      derable proportion was left unsold . Beef of really pnm quality brought former prices readily , but inferior de scriptions were dull of sale and irregular in price JIutton was a steady sale in the early part of the week but less disposable at the close . The veal trade wa especially dull , and prices 2 d . to 4 d . lower . Prim < small porkers brought late rates , but coarse heavy pigi were cheaper . Monday . Beast . Sheep . Calves . Pigs . 5 , 688 22 , 253 109 700 4 s . Od . to 4 s- lOd . 4 s . 0 d . to 5 s . od . 4 s . 0 d- to 5 s . Od . 3 s . 4 d . to 4 s . 2 d

      TlIUBSDAY . 1 , 200 4 , 150 212 180 4 s . Od . to 43 . 10 d . 4 s . 0 d . - to 5 s . 0 d . 4 s . 0 d . to 4 s . 8 d . 3 s . 2 d . to 4 s . 2 d Provisions . — -At Newgate and Leadenhall the supplies of country killed meat are large , and trade slow , at rather lower prices for any but best qualities . Beef . 2 s . 8 d . to 4 s . ; mutton , 3 a . to 4 s . 2 d . ; veal , 3 s . 8 d . tc 4 s . ; pork , 3 s . 4 d . to 4 s . 8 d . per 8 lbs . by the carcase Irish butters have sold steadily at 106 s . to 110 s . foi Carlows , and 90 s . to 98 s . for iLimericks . Foreign advanced to-day to 118 s . to 120 s . for fine Friesland Irish , bacon is Is . to 2 s . dearer ; Waterford , 54 s . to 56 s . per cwt .

      REVIEW OF THE WEEK . Mincing Lane , Friday Evening . Trade continues dull in most departments , but not more than usually so for the season , except in the almost entire absence of speculative operations . The customary closing of accounts at Christmas commonly leads _ holders . to realise about this period , whilst the disinclination to enter upon fresh prompts necessarily restricts the buying more closely to actual wants than is usual at other times , and the result is generally that irregularity and lowering tendency in current values which have been the prevailing features of the present month . Meanwhile , the deliveries from warehouse continue to evidence a large and progressive consumption of all the primary articles , and augur well for the future course of the markets generally . lish

      Corn . —With only limited supplies of Eng grain , and not more than average imports of foreign , trade at Mark-lane has been depressed . Kent and Essex wheat declined Is . to 2 s . per qr ., but towards the close there was rather more disposition to purchase at the reduction . Prime white was quoted 48 s . to 49 s ., good , 45 s . to 46 s ., red , 41 s . to 44 s . per qr . Foreign wheat was also rather lower ; white Dantzic , 50 s . to 55 s . ; inferior , 47 s . to 48 s . ; and red , 44 s . to 45 s . ; French red , 43 s . to 44 s . ; St . Petersburg , 44 s . to 45 s . ; common Russian , 35 s . to 37 s . per qr . The top price of town-made flour was lowered 3 s . per sack , making the present quotation 40 s . Country marks are also lower ; best , 33 s . to 34 s . ; seconds , 30 s . to 31 s . ; Norfolks , 28 s . to 29 s . American being scarce , commands 25 s . to 26 s . for best brands . Barley meets a moderate inquiry at about late rates . The business , in malt is confined almost exclusively to choice qualities at about steady prices ; Arrivals by Eastern Counties Rail were 6688 qrs . against 5715 qrs . delivered . Beans are purchased Sparingly without change in value . . Peas have been in slightly better demand , in consequence of the lower temperature of the weather . The market is still well supplied with oats , but with a better demand prices have rallied Is . per qr . on Danish , and Is . to Is . 6 d . on Swedish . To-day a considerable business was done in floating cargoes at 40 s . to 43 s . for Taganrog Ghirka , and 44 s . for Marianople wheat , 27 s . 2 d . for Ibrail , and 28 s . to 29 s . for Odessa and Galatz maize . LONDON AVERAGES . Qrs . s . d . Wheat SG 43 at 45 3 Barley ,.. 2296 „ 36 10 Oats 08 'l „ 23 1 Rye — — Beaus 381 „ 37 4 Peas 69 „ 46 8 ¦ week ' s arrivals . English . Irish . Foreign . Wheat qrs . 2110 — 10 , 950 Barley „ 1990 — 6480 Malt „ 440 — — Oats „ 960 4440 51 , 960 Flour , sacks 1880 — 2880 , Ditto ...,, brls . — — — Seeds . —Clover seed is inactive ; a few samples of new uro on olFoi :. Canary declined to 74 s . to 80 a . per qr , Winter tares scarce and denr . Of linseed the arrivals ars 8700 qrs . from the East Indies , 1250 Black Son , avid 1700 Arohangol . On tho spot , 558 , to 56 s . taken for Bombay , 51 s . for Calcutta , and 53 s . Patna . The Archangel is inferior , and gooa to granary for want of demand . Black Sea off the coast offers at 60 s ., doliveraWle U . K ., but 48 s . to 49 s . are tho buyers' terms . Rape seeds aro n shade lower , fine Calcutta 54 s ., fine

      Bombay 62 s . to 62 s . 6 d ., inferior to mid , 44 a . to 56 a . Oil cakes aro difficult of sale , best bag cako offered at 10 / . 6 a ., brls ., to 10 / . 10 s ., and Wostorna 01 . 5 a . per ton . Potatoes . —Tho aupplioa aro generally ahort , arrivals being principally by rail ; prices aro consequently firm , although trade ia not ovor brisk , and easier ratea aro anticipated in tho course of tho next three wooka , , York Rogonta aell at 75 s . to 95 a . ; Scotch , 70 a . to 90 s . ; other Homo Regents , 70 » . to 95 a . , Shores , 60 s . to 70 s . ; French , 60 s . to 65 a .: Belgian , 55 a . to 60 s . per ton .

      Hops . — -The official duty is somewhat under expectation s , boing 251 , 000 / . This has tended to give a slightly flrmor stone to tho markot , but business is still inactive . Mid And East Konts , choice , 80 » . to 120 s . ; common , Q 5 a , so 80 a . ; Would , 50 a . to 50 s . and 78 a . ; Sussex , 4 . 5 s . to 48 a . and 00 s . ; Farnhain 70 a ., to 100 s . ) Country ditto , C 5 a . to 95 a . Stock . —Tuo supplies of live stock have increased , and ( Uo tradg boing Anything but brisk , a rather

      consl-Sugar . —Considering the increased supplies brought to auction , the market has shown a good deal of strength , the decline in prices having been but partial . West India descriptions have sold at late rates to 6 d . reduction ; Mauritius at 6 d . to Is . reduction ; Siam at slightly easier rates ; and grocery Penang at full prices to 6 d . advance . The deliveries are satisfactory , and the stock contrasts much less heavily with that of last year . West India . —The sales of the week are 1797 cks ., including low to fine yellow , Barbadoes at 35 s . 6 d . to 44 s . 6 d . ; Crystallised Demeraras at 43 s . 6 d . to 46 s . 6 d . per cwt . Mauritius . —7181 bags were chiefly sold at and after public sales—low to fine brown at 32 s . to 37 s . 6 d . ; low to good yellow , 37 s . 6 d . to 42 s . per cwt . Bengal . —Of 6700 bgs . offered , about 4000 sold , grainy at 49 s . 6 d . ; Sirops , 453 . to 46 s . 6 d . ; low to good

      yellow Gurpattah date , 39 s . to 42 s . per cwt . Penang . — 7224 bgs . suitable for grocery purposes sold with spirit at 36 s . to 39 s . ; for mid . to fine brown , 36 s . to 39 s . ; and low to fine yellow , 39 s . 6 d . to 45 s . per cwt . Foreign .-r-2100 bgs . £ iam r part sold at 44 s . to 44 s . 6 d . for good and fine yellow ; 500 hds . Porte Rico , mid . to fine brown , 34 s . to 38 s . 6 d . ; yellow , 40 s , 6 d . to 45 s . 6 d . ; 4703 bgs . 50 cs . Brazil were bought in Pernambuco at 45 s . 3 d . to 49 s . 6 d . ; Bahia , brown , 38 s . 6 d . to 40 s . ; yellow , 45 s . to 4 " 7 s . per cwt . Of 4370 bxs . Havannah , about half sold : brown , 38 a . to 40 s . ; yellow , 41 s . to 45 s . 6 d . A floating cargo low white Bahia sold for Gothenburg at 29 s . ; insurance f . p . a . Melado . —300 casks have sold at 31 s . to 35 s . per cwt . Refined . —A moderate business has been concluded at about late rates . Brown lumps , 52 s . to 52 s . 6 d , ; titlers , 53 s . per

      cwt . . " Coffee . —The market is dull , and Plantation Ceylon kinds have sold on easier terms , but rather large supplies of fine East India have sold with fair spirit . The clearances progress satisfactorily , and the stock is now 700 tons less than last year at this time . The October deliveries in Holland were 126 , 000 bags , leaving 185 , 000 out of the last sales to meet tho requirements of the next four or five months . The Continental markets are however dull , and have an adverse influence

      on the markets here . The principal business of the week comprises 1283 bgs . Cannon ' s Mysore at 80 s . 6 d . to 80 s . Gd , for smallish to good bold well made ; and 70 s . 6 d . to 78 s . 6 d . for other grades ; 970 bga . Mun * zonvbad at 73 a . to 79 s . 6 d . for bold pale ; 500 bgs . other East India at 87 a to 89 s . for long berry Mocha ; 55 a . to 56 s . for groyiah Java ; and 60 s . to 56 a . for Malabar and Mysore kinds ; 200 cks . Plantation Ceylon at irregular prices ; and two floating cargoes , tho one 3540 bgs . Rio at 41 a . 9 d ., tho other , 2880 bgs . Santos at 4 . 2 s ., both for near ports .

      Cocoa . —495 bgs . Trinidad sold cheap at 50 s . to 52 s . < 3 d . for grey , and 54 s . to 05 s . for mid . to fine rod . Tka . — China letters have comnrmed tho telegraphic reports of 9 , 000 , 000 , to 10 , 000 , 000 lbs . deficiency in tho shipments , but allude to some vnguo accounts of rathor important snpplies ' . in tho vicinity of the shipping ports . Tho news has however little effect on tho markot , which is dull , tho regularity with which public sales aro brought forward inducing the trade to reserve tbeir purchases for such opportunities . Auctions are nlroady declared for Thursday next . Common Cogou is quoted steady at 10 £ d . to 10 | d . per lb .

      Sago is dearer , 670 bis . realising 20 s . 6 d , to 21 a . for largo grain , small being held at 19 s . per cwt . Saltpetre .. —Calcutta letters , roferring to short supplies , caused a temporary firmness early in tho week , but sales being forced , pricos have sinco given way 2 s . to 8 s . per cwt ., and are now 6 s . to 7 s , under tho highest point . Bengal refractory , 0 to 4 por cent ., sold at 89 s . Cd . to 41 s . Cd . por owt . Jut « . — -6900 Dftle ? Iiav 0 8 oJcl at » teft ( iy P Ho ? , c < V JT mon to g ' , 15 V , 158 . to 19 / . 10 s . ; with email assorted lots , 20 / . to 2 U 10 s . por ton . „„ ,.., „„* HBMP—St . Potorsburg olortn ia to moderate request , ftt ~ Slnoo tho delivery of the , OlUna . malls , forced aales Uayo boon mmlo at 1 « . to Is . U * ]>« lb . decllao .

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      No . 450 , November 6 , 1858 . 1 THE LEADER . 1203

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      HOME , COLONIAL , & FOKEIGN PRODUCE MARKETS .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 6, 1858, page 1203, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2267/page/27/