Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-02-23 00:00:00

ST. GEORGE'S HALL. TO THE EPITOE. OF THE NORTHERN TIMES Sir,—As the boundary-wall round St.. George's Hall is being completed, we can judge o f its i beauty and imperfections, Had I a voice n the ma tter, I should protest , most strongly , against the east and south ends of the wall being broughtto sharp angles, as being most dangerous to life and property. Suppose any horse, or horse s , i n a ca rriage, should take fright and run against one of these corners, destruction is certain. As one of the car-drivers said the other day, "'Us the best corner for n smash he ever saw ;" and, after a few have taken place, it will, no doubt, be altered. If the corner's were rounded, and the lions placed on the centre of the circle, they would look as well, suppose they do not in some people's minds. Are not a few lives worth a little appearances S—l am, sir, Tours, &e., E. D. P,S.—How would the Duke's Monument look at the south end of St. George's Hall, where the big lamp stands. Liverpool, Feb. 19, 1859. WATER FOR _TRAM ERE. TO TEE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES Sir,—As usual in this township, when anything is proposed calculated to secure health, and make this wretched place something like a fit place to dwell in, the very effort to do the smallest possible amount of good is invariably marred, owing to the feeling which exists in one party against the other, and this feeling is generally so comfortably kept up, that any one anxious to stand aloof and work out what little good he can, can do nothing at all, unless he boldly fli9closes himself either a Montagu or a Capulet —a plague on both your houses, say I, give us ~s onze water as quickly as it can be got, and as cheap as we can get it. I munt certainly say, the Wirral Company were first in "the field, and if the promoters had been content with something less than 7,-j- per cent. on a rental up to £25, and not have introduced such a clause as that, if there are fifteen houses, and only one is willing to take the water, he cannot-get it, and must be content to be without, just 'Because a lot of dirty folks don't want water, or, what is more likely, 'don't want to pay for it ; and have put the poor man, at all events, on a level with the rich, as to price, or, indeed, somewhat lower. What right has a man at a rental of £lO per annum to pay so much as 15s. a year for the i ouantity he will use ? I•desire water, and I am 'willing to pay for it, whether it comes from the Wirral Company, or under the Local Act, but "want to pay a moderate price ; indeed, I think -my L landlord ought to pay it. He, like others, has advanced the rent of my cot tage during the last three years, more money than 'would pay the whole of the rates on the house, including water rate ; and it is a pity that there is not an act, local or otherwise, that would compel every builder of cottage property to sewer and drain, and sink a well for water, before he is allowed to build. In conclusion, let us have water either under the Local Act, or from the Wirrall Company, under a modified arrangement, and I must confess that I have not much faith in two or three of the parties who are busying themselves about the Local Act, and, notwithstanding all Mr, John Williams's eloquence, I think, while the grass is growing, as far as the Local Act is concerned,, the steed will be starving.—Yours obediently, Mr. GROSVENOR STREET. Editor THE BANK ACTg. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES Sir,— Skilled labour, manual as well as mental, can generally earn on an average a pound a week. Hence our pound sterling, which embodies in the handy compass of itself a primary or intrinsic value as standard gold bullion, and a secondary. or current value as a legal tender coin, appears to , be more suited than the silver florin to circulate in our currency as . the standard unit of monetary value. At the Royal Mint £1,869 sterling .are coined from 40 lbs troy of standard gold bullion, thereby legally and properly establishing the weight and fineness of the pound sterling ; but that £1,869 sterling should be given to the bullion dealers in exchange for this 401bs of gold bullion, is really very absurd, for what is there in this standard gold bullion to make it an exception to the general laws of free trade, which would em power the Royal Mint to purchase this bullion at its market or world-wide priee, and not as now, at the fixed and par price of £3 17s laid per ounce. Say that our Government had to their credit, at the Royal_ Mint and its affiliated branches, an aggregate reserve of standard gold to the extent of fifteen million pounds sterling, and that a reserve of this amount should, in the opinion of bankers and others well able to judge, be deemed sufficient on which to found a Government or Royal Mint issue of bearer notes promising to pay therefrom to the bearer, on demand, sums of £5 sterling and upwards, surely it would be time enough to extend the issues of pounds sterling, as represented by these bearer notes, from the pay ment of the public expenditure to the purchasing of standard gold bullion at its par price, when the aggregate reserve .of this bullion was under, and not when it was over, this large amount of fifteen million pounds sterling ; because, if the bearer notes failed to maintain the .Government reserves of gold at any desired amount, recourse could be had to exchequer notes to effect the purchases required, or the bearer .notes might, at the option of their holders, be exchanged for exchequer notes, at their relative and comparative values, 'ex-gratia 101 or 51 45 exchequer notes for 100 or 50 £5 bearer notes. This substitution of exchequer notes, which would be issued for sums of one pound and upwards- for bearer notes, which would be issued for sums of £5, and upwards, would, in times of monetary pressure and panic, keep down the rate of dis discount on mercantile bills of exchange, and, as observed in my letter in the Morning Chronicle, of London, Thursday, December 31st, 1837, effectu ally check the hoarding and exportation of gold, not by prohibiting, nor by imposing any d u ty on its withdrawal or export, but simply by outbidding the foreigner or forestaller in our own markets— that is by giving a better price for it in our own currency, say sixpence or a shilling above its par price, £3 17s. 103 d. per ounce. With respect to the reeoinage:of our home coins of gold, which, through wear and .tear, should have become too light _ for further circulation; these I sovereigns and half sovereigns would be exchanged for similar ones of full weight, at a reduction of three halfpence per ounce from :their par price, but foreign coins and standard gold bullion at their market, or world-wide price, which might vary perhaps, froma shilling under to a shilling over the aforesaid-par price. The bullion dealer imports gold into this country, and - whether. the currency requires it or not the Bank o f E ngland, as the agent of the Royal Mint, is compelled by law to make it a part of the cur rency, by givin g its legal tender Bank of England Nofes in exch ange for the same, at the fixed price of £3 17s 9d per ounce, which is three .half-pence less than the par price of the gold at.the Royal Mint. These bearer notes the bullion dealer lends out, tem porarily to the public, on the deposit of .consols, warrants for goods, bills of exchange, or other Money equally negotiable securities. thus becomes cheap, the rate of discount lo w , consols and ' lli ed lake a g g o oou s i generally ris e i n va l ue , an d m erc h ants n profit out of the articles they sell. A ll of a such©n these loans are called in, the bearer notes taken the bank, and the gold taken out of the coun-t,',,0 to play the same pranks abroad. Mon e y at 1104 thus becomes dear, the rate of discount of high railway shares fall, and here and there merchants find themselves ruined by the sudden, and, to them, unaccountable depreciation of the stocks they have Such is the innoutrovertible operation :k Charter Act of J 844... It was to pre vent this disastrous state of things, this unneces sary fluctuation in the value of money, that I in han of the B pro - posed, as well in your columns as in those of the Morning Chronicle, of March 13th, 1856, these amendments of that act, viz., the occasional and substitution of exchequer _ notes for necessary bearer notes in the bank, purchases of gold from I the public, and the consequent wifixing of the price of standard gold bullion represented by the samc. The motto of the present act being, " takc cam of the notes, and the gold will take care of itt4elt" and the motto of the amended one being, "‘ take care of the gold, and The notes will take care of themselves." Gold, then, being the basis of our currency, it is _ of the utmost importance that we should retain a sufficient quantity of it in reserve, so as to ensure the immediate eonvertability of the bearer notes, which, upon the faith of such conversion, we circulate at par with the gold itself. The issuers of our legal tender notes, require the authority to keep up their reserves of gold in the same way . that Water Companies are authorised to keep up their reservoirs of water — by inducing the water or gold to flow in as fast as the exchanges of the ecnntry require this same water or gold to flow out. And the influx , of this gold into the Royal Mint, in exchange fat its bearer notes, should . as near as possible be simultaneous with the re turn.-cf these notes in exchange for the Mint gold. The whole of which should be purchased with beater notes and exchequer notes. Because, if this gold be otherwise borrowed or purchased by the Royal Mint, as by the sale of its 3 per cent. Government stock, the legal tender notes which we require in our currency will be returned to the Royal Mint, and withdraw from our circulation rst ;home, and thus we should be conferring a benefit -on the Mint at the expense of ourselves. The same objection applies to exchequer bills bearing interest of so much per day. The British nation furnish their government with the means of spending on an average —one and a quarter : million pounds sterling per week ; but seem afraid to trust their government with a ten week's supply beforehand, for fear this trusted reserve of twelve and a half million pounds sterling should not be kept in hand. This mistrust, which perhaps is too well founded, might be got over by the institution of a Royal Mint and Exchequer Bank with COM missioners appointed by the Joint Stock and Private Banks, to see that no part of this reserve was issued from the Government Bank, except in payment of the public expenditure as ordered by -a Reformed House of Commons; and in the purchase of standard gold bullion at its market or world wide price, which would be regulated by the state of the bank's reserve, and the quantity, of gold offered to it for sale. But the institution of this bank, , with the exclusive right delegated .to it by the Legislature of issuing legal tender notes as well as legal tender coins, need not interfere with the present issues of established banks, nor with the prospective issues of any future one ; for banks and their customers would be more free than ever to interchange their respective promissory notes, and banks to endorse their customers' bills of exchange, upon the payment of a premium, so as to ensure the promised payment of the same. Thus, also, by depriving the. Bank of England note of the privilege which it never ought to have possessed, of circulating in our currency as legal tender, can the much desired repeal of the paper duty take place.—l am sir, yours, &c., THOMAS FURNIVAL. 17, Victoria Park Square, London, N.E. TRUE STATEMENTS FROM NEW BRUNSWICK. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES. Sir, A letter addressed to the editor of the Morning Post (London paper) has made its ap pearance in an obscure Ideal New Brunswick paper, the advocate of the projected, so called, liberal government of that province. It is headed The North American Federation, and is written, it is presumed, by a person who only very lately came into the country, whence very few know. How he comes to know so much, as his pretensions seem to boast, of American politics, is alike a mystery. He has, however, been a active partisan of the present very respectable liberal party since his advent, and has gone through fire and water to bespatter their opponents with his Billingsgate in the said local paper ; and he has had his reward for so doing, and for beleaguing his patrons, by enjoying their substantial patronage. It is not difficult to see that he has again had his cue from those patrons in his late effusion, called " The American Federation." It is part and parcel of the policy of the present executive of this province to try to bully their present chief, the Lieutenant- Genqral of the province, on all occasions, and to try to intimidate, or seem to intimidate, the Colonial Officer, and Home Government. This is the little secret which will interpret the whole of that and similar other epistles of this gentleman, who, whoever and whatever he may be, or may have been, resembles not a little, and has, it is said, been mistaken by his appearance for, one of the old indigenous tribes of this province. Now, is the press; and is the public of Britain to be mislead on such authority as this ?—on what, it is fair to admit, are matters of vast importance to these colonies, and to the mother country ? Are not only the upper classes who read the Morning Post, but even the lower orders who may feel disposed to emigrate, under the mistaken notion of bettering their position an d for tunes, to be gulle, as they surely will be, if they pin their faith to this writer from Frede rictown, who, it may be presumed, ought to know, but either does not know, or wilfully mirepresents the true state of matters here. It is certainly most erroneous, not to say untrue, that -" the day labourer who digs one's garden, thrashes one's oats, can earn 10s. a day in this province in the wood's during winter, and from 58. to 7s. 6d. a day at the mills in the summer." This -is very, very far from being either correct on the long run, or true ; and the way it is put, not as an open assertion—which, however he wishes his readers to take it for—is most disingenuous and cunning. " The day labourer," he says, " who digs one's garden, thrashes one's oats, or ploughs one's fallow, and can earn 10s. a day in the woods during winter (that is, if he could), and from ss. to is. 6d. a day at the mills in the summer, although bimanous and biped, possessing a single stomach, and three kinds of teeth,' differs very much from the gray-haired English drudge, with ' a grandchild by his side,' the delight of the poetical Mr. Bontes." Now this, evidently,' is all hypothetic. It is so in language, and more, it is so in fact; for such wages in this province, even in currency, do not exist, and, more, have never, to my knoweldge, been realised in this province. The present promised rate of wages in the woods is from £2 10s. to £3 103. currency per week, and, be it known to all English labourers, that this the week, or even by the month ; but may, or may not, be received even in May or June, when those labourers are professed to be settled with by their employers. No ! They are almost invariably compelled, by their necessities, and by the dread of being finally cheated out of their hard earnings, to take out their pay from lumber stores, or orders in provisions or clothing for their families, at enormously enhanced prices ; and for this sad state of things, in the present state of the lumber system, there appears to be no remedy, since those who make the laws in the House of Assembly are, as the ma jority, mostly large lumber-men themselves, e is not paid I )r intimately Conneefed with the lumber system hence the really degraded and oppressed condi tion of the . lower or working classes generally, agricultural and lumbering, of this Province. For myself, I have been tolerably well acquainted with : the state of the labouring ,classes in the Old Country as well as in this. In these country I know the state of the agricultural portion intimately, from being closely connected with it; ,1 know, too, the state, the endurance, ind the ;,.any vicious customs, usuages, the and sufferings of, the lumbering community, koth from neighbourhood and from the knowledge .derived in a magisterial capacity, aixd I do not hesitate to say, that there is much more oppression, and at times, much more privation among the labouring classes of this province, than among those of a sim i lar class i n Br i ta i n. ,he state of ed ucat i on, too, i s very muc h mis re T far piesented, The p eop l e of the Old Country have more Privileges and advantages in educational matters than here. instituted. I t i s a rash No and cfomparison can be ound l ed insinuation that tens o f th ousands of unfounded insinuation that tens of thousands of the children of New " _ Brunswick, attending the common geography have imbibed grammar, land surveying, history, book' district Outrages ; upon schools, PiPusuration, keeping, French, geometer y, 'navigation, :algebra, and other subjects not prescribed."' All that is monstrous—moonshine—rage. Oh! how infinitely is the reality here, below that described by Dickens, at the Lancashire Institute. And the picture of the mixed workman emigrant, of some ten or fifteen years, drawn by the Federation writer, is equally beside the truth. What a melancholy picture does the reality present? Let the adver tising columns of our local papers, and of the Royal Gazette, be consulted, and what a tale do they tell, either of stricken down poverty, in the very sadly numerous notices weekly of persons taking the benefit, so called of a " whitewashing act" of last session, or of unmitigated villainy. No, no. The fortunate owners in New Brunswick of a white cottage on the hill, or in the valley,• with a large barn, three or four cows, pigs, horses, waggon, poultry, turkey, geese, and one hundred acres of freehold land, of which ten or twelve are under the plough. Your sons work overtime at the mills, carrying home to their parents £9 7s 4d per week, after ten or fifteen years residence, is a most sadly overcharged, and yet a most ludicrously overdone picture. Few and far between must any such in stances be. Nay, I challenge the writer for Fede ration to produce one single existing instance like the foregoing, to redeem his veracity, It is really lamentable to have to expose such a prostitution of any man's talent. And as to the political posi tion of the population, it is not bettered by any of the so-called privileges of the franchise for parlia mentary or municipal •eleetioneering. The same aids of bribery and corrupt voting prevail here as elsewhere—the same corruption—and more incapa icity. In the Lower House the ballot is no protection, and men are even -now sighing for a return to the old system of a few years back, when the magistracy in session appointed the parochial officers. Charles Fisher and Leonard Filley, and other worthies of that stamp, are really and truly held in very moderate estimation. The blunders of bye-gone years of liberal yearnings are not un lamented, and men would, if they could, retrace their steps. While I write, petitions, in prepara tion for the approaching session of our local parlia ment, are in progress, actually praying for a return to those old forms and institutions among us, which Charles Fisher, at ed omne genus, not so very long ago succeeded in beguiling the people to consent to destroy. There will certainly be a political change among us, and that at no distant day. ut, until times mend among us, let no poor unfortunates come out as emigrants, to rue the day they were beguiled to do so by the Federation scribe. York County, New Brunswick, Jan. 15, 1859 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE PROGRAMME OF THE FIRST DAYS RACING AT LINCOLN. LINCOLN MEETING.-WEDNESDAY. The TRIAL STAKES, of 5 sovs each, with 25 added ; for three-yr-olds, 7st 31b ; four, Bst 101 b ; flve, 9st 51b six and aged, 9st 101 b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b ; and maiden three-yr-olds, at theotime of starting, allowed 41h ; four and upwards, 71b. The winner of 100 sovs in any one year to carry 51b ; twice, or 200 sovs, 101 b extra. One mile. 15 subs. Yrs 1 Yrs Yra Enfield .. Contract 3 Tournament 5 Layton Lifeboat.. . 4 Vault .. .. .. . 3 Joyeuse fby Stockwell— Burlington ..... 3 Indifference Ter rona . The Speaker . 3 The BROCKLESBY STAKES, of 5 sous each, with 40 added, for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies and geldings, Bst 41b. A winner before starting to carry 81b extra. The straight rim in, about half a mile. 27 subs. Captain Christie's Spicebox Mr. C. Drave's Norton, by Snow- Mr. Christy's b f Rosalind i den Dunhill , . Mr. A. Douglas s Sunbury Mr. Saxon's ch f Ratlagoom Mr. J. Ward's b f by SWeetmeat Mr. Singleton's ch gDanielßoyes —Maydaf by Kinson (Mr. J. Jackson's be by The Cure Dr. Browne's bc by Grecian-1 —Crazy Peggy Pantheon'sdamby Dromedary Mr. John Osborne's br c by Mr. Gulliver's b c Macbeth, by Mick?) , Free - Blemish's dam Magnes - Avon Mr. Thomas Bell's Cremorne, by Mr. Gulliver's b c Perfidy Hermit Mr. Hall's Canticle Mr. Devereux's b c Earl of Essex Mr. Stephenson's fby Pelion— by Newcourt Tufthunter's dam Mr. Hopkinson's b f Miss Deans Lord Strathmore na Balloon, by (late Little Hobble) The Flying Dutchman Mr. Birrall's Argyll Mr. Merry's Madrid Mr. Eastwood's ch f Buttercup, Mr. Merry's Lady Falconer by Daniel O'Rourke . Mr. Merry's Thormanby Mr. T. Parr's b f Fairy Captain Bayley's Circassia Mr. T. Parr's Pescatore Hr. Seymour's Infanta The GRAND STEEPLECHASE (Handicap) of 10 sovs each,. 5 forfeit, and only 3 if declared, with 80 added; the winner of any steeplechase of 100 sovs after the weights are published, to carry 71b ; twice, or 300 sovs, 101 b extra ; the second to save his stake. Not to exceed four miles, over a fair hunting country. 33 subs, 5 of whom declared and pay forfeit. Escape . . Old Dog Tray Odiham Shvlock Milkmaid Hiss Harkaway Tease Little Wonder Fanny Omar Pacha Dayton Tamwarth (inc. 71b ex) Chehnerton ...... Annatis THE ALL AGE SELLING STAKES of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added ; for three year olds, Bst.; four, 94. 101 b.; five, 10st. 61b.; six and aged, lOst. 121 b.; mares and geld ings allowed 31b.; maiden three year olds that have started twice allowed 41b.; four year old ditto, 71b.; the winner to be sold for 100 sous.; if entered be sold for £BO, allowed £7lb.; £6O, 121 b., £5O, 171 b.; £4O, 211 b.; £3O, 281 b. One mile. To close and name on the evening of February 22. THE CITY HANDICAP, of 3 sovs. each, with 40 added ; the winner of any race after the weights appear (Feb. 9) to carry 71b. extra ; the second to save his stake. One mile and a quarter. Yrs st lb Tournament Mr. Sykes a 7 9 Lancaster . Tame Deer Apollo 4 7 6 Appendix .......... , Little Cob .5 7 4 bf by Stockwell—Ter- Dusty Miller .5 7 2 rona The Earl . . a 7 2 Lady-well Verona • 7 0 The Greek Trabuco 4 613 Nosegay .. , Stapleton .. 4 613 Burlington ........... Princess Royal 6 12 Madame Moet English Rose .... 4 612 Northumberland Du- Missflt Salonica Bellefleld 4 6 7 . Joskin br cby l'h e * Fano w • BuCk Attraction ............. 3 4 12 Subterfuge ... .. 4 6 6 Vigo .. 3 412 ...4 6 5 Brusher ....3 411 ...3 4 8 ..3 4 8 3 4 8 a.. 11 a.. 11 4 a.. 11 4 a.. 10 11 a.. 10 ( a.. 10 0 6..10 0 a.. 9 11 Whistling Willie ..... a.. 9 6 ireyling Barney Williams (h b) a... 9 4 Wildair ihance ... a.. 9 3 'brain.. Alfred the Great.. Spring Blueskin .. . a.. 8 13 Flatcatcher (11 b) .... a.. 8 13 Ratcatcher .. Sauey Boy b m by Vortex—Clo rinda a.. 9 9, 9 7 9 7 a.. 9 7 a. 9 6 a.. 9 6 Yrs st lb 3 5 5 3 5 5 3 5 4 3 5 4 3 5 4 3 5 2 .3 5 0 3 5 0 3 5 3 .3 4 13 ....3 4 7 ... 3 4 7 . . 3 paid . .. 3 paid Queen B Physician Vault ... , Basilisk .. Ochiltree I select the following to win TRIAL STAKES : Contract or Tonrnament, whichever run. THE BROCKLESBY STAKES : Circassia. GRAND STEEPLE CHASE : Annatis. CITY HANDICAP : Appendix. A FRIEND TO THE MAN IN THE MOON. Captain Wedderburn ...4 6 4 Skipjack : ... 5 513 oh g by Pyrrhus th 4.5 9 First Butterfly 4 5 9 Weatherwise 3 5 5 Brookside... 3 5 5 The Poet.... THE EXTRAORDINARY SEDUCTION CASE. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS .-YESTERDAY. ESTERDAY. GARDNER v. GODFREY.—This extraordinary and painful which has created so'much interest as to its result, was resumed yesterday morning. After the examination of several witnesses on the part of the defendant, who were not examined last night owing to the lateness of the hour when the. court adjourned, much to the surprise of the vast number of persons who crowded in the expectation of hearing Mr. Edwin James reply, Mr. Barnard, his junior, asked that the case sh ou ld b e postponed on account of the absence of his leader (Mr. Edwin James), who was unable to attend and address the court, owing to a very severe hoarseness. He (Mr. Bar nard) felt himself in a very great difficulty in proceeding without his leader, and would ask the indulgence of the court to postpone the case. Mr. M. Chambers objected to the postponement, on the ground that it would entail great anxiety on his client. The Lord Chief Justice said it was most inconvenient 'to postpone the case, but looking at its importance, he thought the application was reasonable. The case was then adjourned until this day. The Brighton Railway traffic return shows, this week, an increase of £1,404. The contest for Marylebone, between Colonel Romilly and Mr. Edwin James, is expected to be a sharp one. Lord Cowley had an interview with the Earl of Derby, on Monday, at his official residence. MONETARY.. AND COMMERCIAL LivEitroot,'Tued4 Eiening, The - tone of - the Liverpool - Cotton - Market - . has, - not undergone any change. to-day, and, vntb, , small business, prices have again been in fav, our o f buyers. The sales amount to 5,000 bctos, and include 1,500 taken for expert and SPPAtilation. A very 'limited amount of busr , ...ss has again been done in the Liverpool Share .Market, and the tendency of prices all day • has, been at a lower point, particularly some of 4 1).'e leading class of stocks. Sales of London, and. North - Westerns have been made at 941, 9.41 z, Lancashire and York shire have been dealt ;,a at 94, 94Z, but were after wards done at 95k. Midlands were sold at 101. The following were the, actual transactions of the day : Caledonian, 83;-, 83/ ; Eastern Counties, 12 ; Lancashire ard. Yorkshire, - 95, 911, 95; 94-Z, 95, 951, 95, 95k-; Lancaster and Carlisle, 86 ; Ditto one ,third shares, 122 p. ; Lancaster and Preston £lll shares, .51 p. ; London and North Western, 941, 95, 94!, 95 ; Midland, 101; South Eastern, 214 ; butch Ithenis . h, sd. ; Grand Trunk of Canada, ; Ditto 7 per cent. 1867, 59. - in the general Produce markets there has been no great amount of business done, but the feeling of the market was not more depressing than for some days past. At the auction sales this morn ing there was a moderate competition for Coffee, but most of the finer qualities were taken in for higher prices than those offered. 900 bags of Ceara were sold at from 45s 'to 49s for ordinary to very good ordinary ; 1,000 bags of loiv Arracan. Rice were sold at 6s 3d. The Jute offered by auction was not sold, the biddings being below previous quotations. Very little business was done in either Sugar or Molasses. The transactions in the Corn Exchange to-day have been very limited, and the trade presented no new feature. With the limited demand for both wheat and flour, holders continue to show great firmness, and hence there was no material change in the Price of either article. _ _ In the Manchester Goods Market to-day, there has been no change of importance. Owing to pro ducers being under heavy contracts for India, China, and Germany, the demand continues tolerable, but the uncertainty which still attaches to conti nental politics materially checks operations, and the amount of business actually done has not been large. At Bradford, on Monday, there was less animation in the Wool Market, but still a good feeling prevailed. There was a fair busi ness done in Worsted Yarn, for home consumption. Prices generally showed no change. At Roch dale, on Monday, there was only a small business done in Wool, in anticipation of the forthcoming sales in London and Bristol, where, it is expected, the high prices will for the most part be main tained. Prices in Rochdale - from the highest prices that have prevailed there skins have declined one penny, and brokers from a half-penny to three farthings. Short wools have not fallen quite so much. The demand for flannels was generally flat, but a healthy demand existed for the home trade. Of the Scotch Wool trade, we have the following report from Glasgow : The wool market during the past week has continued steady. A better feeling exists amongst spinners, wher show a little more inclination to go in for good parcels. The uneasiness produced by the war feeling has not yet subsided, and caution is exercised in purchasing. Stocks throughout the country are very high, so that consumers require constantly to purchase for immediate wants. Blackfaced laid and white continue firm ; laid washed Cheviots are in good demand, as spinners using this class, have considerable orders on hand. Good parcels are soon picked up. There is not much doing in white worsted wools. Skin wools are firmer, .there being an improved demand for this class of wool in the Yorkshire districts. The London Stock Exchange continues to show that a strong feeling of distrust still prevails as to the ultimate issue of the present unsettled state of continental affairs. To-day the market for. Public Securities opened heavily, and with no disposition to enter into operations, but towards the close of the day the tone was better, and Consols improved about a quarter per cent. At noon Consols for Money were quoted at 94k. but they closed at 94 to 951, and finally left off at the same point. The quotations for other securities were :--Three per Cents, 95a 951 ; Bank Stock, 228, 230 . ; Exchequer Bills—Large and Small, 335, 338. The London Share Market showed much the same tone as the Consol. In the early part of the day there was no disposition to do business, and prices were quoted lower, but in the after part of the day they improved, and closed tolerably firm as follows :—Ambergates, 61, 64 ; Caledonians, 831, 841 ; Ditto pref., 103, 105 ; Eastern Counties, 591, 601; East Lancashire, 94, 96; Edinburgh- and Glasgow, 704, 711; Great Northern, 104, 1041 ; D o . A., 87, 89 ; Do. 8., 137, 138; Great Westerns, 56, 561 ; Lanca shire and Yorkshire, 95, 951; Brighton, 109, 1091 London and N or th W es t ern , 941, 951 ; London and_ South Western, 911, 921; Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 37, 371 ; Midland Stock, 101, 1011 ; North British, 581, 581; Do. pref., 112, 114 ; North Eastern— Berwicks, 921, 931 ; Do. Leeds, 471, 581 ; Do. Yorks, 78, 781 ; North Staffords, 5, 41 ; South Eastern, 73, 731 ; Turkish, 901, 901 ; New, 1021, 103 ; Great Western of Canada, 161 ; New, 4', 44; Grand Trunk of Canada, 7 1 7 1 2 . The following is the traffic return of the Grand Trunk Raihvay of Canada for the week ending 29th January,-1859, and corresponding week 1858 1859, £8,245 4s 91d ; miles open, 880. 1858, £7,987 lOs 84d; miles . open, 809. Increase, £257 14s ld ; miles open, 71. The Paris Bourse opened flat this morning, with prices for Rentes an eigth per cent below the closing quotations of the previous evening, which subsequently was increased to a quarter per cent. In the afternoon there was a fractional improve ment, but still great uneasiness prevailed. FOREIGN EXCHANGES, Amsterdam Short . 11 ... 151- to 11 ... Ditto Three Months:. .11 ... 17 ... 11 ... 18 Rotterdam 11 17 ... 11 ... 18 Antwerp If 25 ... 32. 25 Brussels .. Ilamburgh Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort Vienna Trieste Petersbur Madrid 2 ::;25 37 6 ... 13 6 25 ... 15 .Short.!!. Three Mouths... 25 .. 364 ... 25 37 25 ... 32a ... 25 .. . 37 - ... 118 11 5 11 ... 10 11 ... 5 ... 11 ... 10 No movement of importance. has occurred with regard to the value of money, and the supply is every day becoming more abundant. The fact is especially recognised in the discount market, in which business has lately greatly diminished through - the restriction of transactions and the small prospect there is of recovery. The discount companieS and the private firms have now each afternoon large sums over, and the joint-stock and.private banks seems to be placed in a similar position. Through this redundancy loans can be obtained on the most moderate terms ; and at the Stock Exchange there .is an equally limited inquiry for accommodation, animation having almost wholly disappeared. It is announced that the Stock Exchange Com mittee have appointed Thursday next as the settling day in Austrian Script, but it is not to be quoted in the official list. At the same time it has also been intimated that the stock cannot be bought in against any of the parties who have dealt in it. From this proceeding it may be inferred that the contractors have declined to state what amount of the loan has actually been subscribed, and that consequently there is hardly any hope of a good bona fide business. The quotation was very dull yesterday afternoon, and at the close it was marked 11- to 1- discount. It seems to be understood that some of the members of the Stock Exchange who represent a considerable interest in the debt of Venezuela have had a further interview with the minister, and it is stated that he has promised additional modifications in the terms, wmch were to be com municated this day. -The value of both' the Active and , Deferred Stock slightly improved when this circumstance transpired, and it is yet hoped that a satisfactory arrangement may -be , arrived at. It will be much to the credit of the - Venezuelan Government if this question is adjusted without further delay. About £428,600 in Australian gold is known to Fie 'still at sea. The Red Jacket has been out 83 ditYs, with £168,400 ; the Morning Light 70 days With X 54,80 0 -; the Tornado; 69 days, with £116,600 ; and" the Anglesea, 67 days, with £98,800. e . - . The Calcutta exchange presentS no striking alteration; but, the China exchanges have sustained the important decline of 3 to 4' per cent. This, movement will probably reduce the future ship ments of silver from this side. The gloom in the Stock Exchane is deepening. The warlike alarms incessantly raised- on the Continent, countenanced as they are by the well authenticated accounts of universal armaments, are evidently sinking more deeply into the public mind. The Funds have fallen -1 per cent., and in nearly every other department of the Stock. Exchange decided depression prevailed. English, French, and Lombardo-Venetian Railway Shares present a general fall. In nearly every instance the closing quotations were the worst ot the day. The supply of money is still far in excess of the demand. First-class Bills were discounted to-day at 2 to 2,4 per cent., and in exceptional instances even a fraction lower. About £14,000 in gold was sent into the Bank. At Paris, to-day, the Three per Cent. Rentes showed a fresh fall of Fto per cent. At Frankfort, Vienna, and Amsterdam, on Saturday, a fresh fall of to 11 per cent. took place ; in the Austrian .Funds. The Calcutta i Ex change presents no striking alteration but the China Exchanges have sustained the important decline of 3 to 4 per cent. , This movement will probably reduce the future shipments of silver from this side.—Daily Hews City Article Monday Evening. The signs of apprehension in the Stock Exchange con tinue every day to become more manifest, and the English Fads have closed this afteraeoa with great heaviness, at a further decline of : I per cent. The increase of distrust to-day was chiefly attributable to the visit of Lord Cowley to London, coupled with the warlike preparations on the Continent. The Continental Exchanges, especially from Holland, Hamburgh, and Paris, present a firm appear ance. The various purchases in London of saltpetre and other articles of produce connected with the requirements of war have assisted in producing the tendency. The telegram from India and China to-day reports a fall in the rates of Exchange, which will tend to lesson our exports of silver. The decline has been equal to 1 per cent. at Calcutta, more than, 2+ per cent. at Hong Bong, and 2 per cent. at Shanghai. The new Austrian loan has fallen to 14 ta 1- 4 1 , discount. Thursday is appointed settlin g day, but the stock is not to be quoted. in the official list, owing to the subscription having been in complete.—TimesCity Article, Monday Evening. The Chieftain has arrived from China, with 742,000 lbs. of tea. YESTERDAY'S MARKETS LIVERPOOL PRODUCE.—Colonial, &c. The transactions in Sugar are confined to - a small parcel of Benares at 45s 3d per cwt. Nothing has been done in Molasses, and only a few puncheons of Jamaica Runs have changed hands at previous rates. The CeYee offered by auction this morning met with fair competition, but the finer descriptions, being held for higher prices, were taken in ; 900 bags Ceara found buyers, chiefly at 45s to 49s for ordinary to very good ordinary; 430 bags Bahia at 38s to 41s 6d; and 200 bags St. Domingo, at 48s for sound, and at 46s per cwt for first-class damaged. No disposi tion was evinced to purchase the Cocoa, and it was all withdrawn. In Rice, the business is confined to 1,000 bags Arracan, at 6s 3d per cwt. No sales have transpired in Dyetcoods. Of Ashes, only 20 barrels indirect Pearls, taken on secret terms. In other drysaltery articles we have nothing to report. Oils, 4.c.: Palm quoted at £44 per tun ; of Olive, 80 tuns have been disposed of within the last few days; at late prices. Tallow unchanged; and of Lard, 23 casks Leghorn at 58s, and a little American at 62s per cwt. Rosin : 750 barrels common at 4s 10d to 5s per cwt. The Jute offered by auction was not sold, the biddings being below the previous value. We have further to notice, 10 tons Savanilla Divi divi at X 9 ss; 78 bags Camatina Valonia at £l7 lOs per ton; 280 bags Baltimore Bark at 7s 6d per cwt. , 30 tons Upper 'Peruvian Guano at £7 lOs to £7 12s 6d per ton ; and a small lot of Timothy Seed at 30s per cwt. LIVERPOOL CorroN.—The cotton market continues dull, but without any material change in price. The sales—including 40 - Pernambuco, at 74d to 8d ; 130 Bahia, at 7d to 74-d; 60 Maranham, at 8d to 81-d ; 110 Egyptian, at 7-id to 8d; 800 Surat, at 51d to sid—are reported 5,000 'bales, of which 1,500 are on speculation and for export. LIVERPOOL CORN.—This morning's market brought an average attendance. The trade was far from active, but ,holders of wheat were quite indifferent about selling, Ls the feeling gains ground that the changes are in their favour. Oats slow - same applies to barley and peas, as also Indian corn. Beans firm. Sack and barrel flour in moderate request at unaltered rates—same may be said of oatmeal. FOWLER & FREAN. LIVERPOOL SCOTCH PIG IRON.—OUT market for warrants closes without animation, at 51s 6d for cash ; sellers at 51s 9d, cash ; and 52s 6d 3 months open. Shipments from Glasgow last week, 7,226 tons.; ditto corresponding week 1858, 10,490 tons ; do do, 1857, 9,389 tons. Total shipments from Glasgow from Ist January, 1859, to date, 55,159 tons ; same period 1858, 70,248 tons ; decrease, 15,089 tons. Price this time last' year, 575. MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT. —Less animation than prevailed last week, but prices perfectly steady, and some articles are even firmer than they were on Friday last. LONDON PRODUCE.—The public sales have commenced with a firm appearance, and the Barbadoes went off with spirit. Refined dull; lumps, 52s 6d to 545. Coffee : There has been only one public sale, consisting of Mocha, which went off steadily. Tea : The public sales are progressing, at fully previous rates. Cotton : 100 bales sold. Rice : The public sales went off heavily, at about former prices. Saltpetre : In public sale, refraction 6d to 81d, sold 40s to 41s 6d. Rum : the market is dull In other articles no material alteration. Markets quiet, to-day. BoitouoH HOP.—Fine new hops are mostly held for more money, and the demand for them may be considered steady. Other qualities are in fair request, at full prices. LONDON TALLOW : The market is quiet. Town tallow is quoted 51s 9d, nett cash ; Petersburgh Y.C. on the spot, 52s 6d ; February and March, 52s sd; March only, 52s 6d ; April to June, .52s 3d; October to Decem .ber, 52s 3d. LONDON MINES : In the mining market to-day, a fair amount of business has been done. East Wheal Russell shares exhibit a fresh improvement, being now quoted In to 13i. There have also been transactions in shares in East Basset, East Rosewarne, Wheal Mary Ann, South Caradon, East Tolgus, and Par Consols. Bon Accord Copper shares are marked prem, and Mariquita 15s. Foreign mining shares are inactive. A special meeting of the Great Tragune Consols Mining Company is called for the Ist March, "to receive important commu nications respecting the present favourable position of the mine, and on matters of finance." LONDON MONEY.— Consols very inactive ; they opened at 948 to 95, and have advanced. to 95, and are now steady at 95 to 95k. Shares still very inanimate, but the character of the market has improved, and prices generally have advanced upon the depressed quotations of yesterday. Canadian's without change. HULL Coax—Wheat was unaltered in value, and the trade slow. Barley met a fair sale at full prices. Beans is to 2s per quarter lower. • Peas and oats the same as last week. LEEDS CORN.— Good supply of wheat. Fine dry qualities held for last Friday's rates, Trade slow. All damp Barley as Other samples Continue very difficult to - quit before, Beans : limited demand at former rates articles unaltered, NEWCISTLE CORN.—Small supply of wheat, but fully as dear as Saturday. Trade dull. NEWCASTLE CATTLE.—The supply of beef comprised 693 head; trade brisk, and prices higher. Sheep 3,240, demand active at id per lb. advance. Pigs 640, soh freely at full rates. Beef, 6s to 8s 3d per stone, pork 5s 6d to 7s id per stone, Sheep, 71d to Bid per lb BELFAST Poxx.—Number of pigs, 562 46s to 55s Prices, DUBLIN ConN.—Home wheat in very small quantity and quickly cleared off at late rates. Oats, slow sale ; no change in value. Barley not so good as last day. Foreign wheat ; Attendance of millers is very limited ; holders firm. Maize retail ; sale prices gradually creeping up. CORK - CORN.—White wheat, 22s 3d to 24s ; red wheat, 21s 3d to 21s 9d ; barley, 12s 6d to 15s 6d ; oats, lis to 13s. CORR BUTTER.—The supply to-day was about an average, the numbers bein g 200 firkins. The quotations were : - lsts, 130 s ; seconds, 130 s ; 3rds, 105 s ; 4ths, 86s ; sths, 60s. GLASGOW PIG TuoN.—The market to-day has been a shade weaker, 51s 6d cash accepted, closing with sellers 51s 9d one month, and buyers at 51s 3d' cash. Nos. 1 and 3 G B, 50's 9d, A good story (and what is better, a true one) is told in Boston. A wealthy merchant, a brother of the late United States Minister to the Court of St. James, but who is now, a fraudulent ba,nkrqpt, and a voluntary elite from America, was purchasinz wool in Ohio, and the holders at the West were desirous of learning his standing in Boston. They accordingly telegraphed to an agent, and received, while Mr. was held in pleasant con versation in their counting-rooth, the following pithy reply--' 4 Note—Worth ? Word---N9t worth a SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. THIS DAT HIGH WATER WIND gven. Reight 3 23 15 4 At LIVERPOOL, —W.N.W.—Moderate breeze „ HOLYH EAD,—N.W.— Ditto. ARRIVED. Anistel Bata%ia EI! , - Alice Wilson Mobile Elba (ss) Ann Mulvery-lionte Vic .0 I John and Mary.D Brothers ' ' , ~ ileoth J Eleanora Cairn Smyrna Cagliari ari , on Nantes Orsini City of Brooklyn ..Mobile Her' - Majesty Constitution.. New Orleans HumphreyNelson.Chinchas Favourite FrancOs Ceara Scottish Maid Rouen Callao Rouen Aliddin SAILED. Calcutta I Orion Barcelona orr Triß PORt. Chaseley (ship) ; Conquest (ship); Julie. from Laguna lIARATIME EXTRACTS, LIVERPOOL, FEE A ship's headboard, about ten feet long, With " David Harrison" in gilt letters on it, has been picked up near Port Logan. (Mem. The' David Harrison, Jackson, sailed from Liverpool to Bahia, Feb. 8, a n d p u t into Milford on the 16th.) Two balks of timber, about 30 feet - fong, and part of a jibboom, were passed on the 20th Feb. in SL George's Channel. The Margaretta, from Cadiz to Harbour Grace, New foundland, has been wrecked at St. Übes. The Bess Grant, for Africa, has put back. The Liverpool trader Virago, while onher passage from Liverpool for Clyde this week, had a collision with a schooner belonging to Fleetwood, which, had it not been for the coolness and skill of the master of the Virago, would have been fatal. The Virago was uninjured, and the other vessel received very little damage. The Sutlej, James, from London, which caught fire at Calcutta on the 14th Janua r y an d sank (as previously reported), was only partly loaded. She had on board . 200 tons saltpetre, 100 tons jute, indigo, and Assam tea. She was surveyed, and recommended to be sold as a wreck. The fire is supposed, to have been caused by spontaneous combustion, and the ship sank in half an hour, owing to the saltpetre blowing the sides out. A letter from Stornoway states that there are five. vessels ashore on the island of Barra, one of which is the William Sorlie (previously reported). The Johanna Boag, of Belfast, from Rangoon, has been lost, in lat. 15 N, lon. 95 E. (Mem.—The Johanna Boag, Bennett, sailed from Rangoon Nov 8, for Nicobar). CARDIFF, Feb. 22. The Black. Eagle (steam-tug), boiler exploded 7 • five persons r ep or t e d kill e d ; an d a s many injured, including the owner. HOLYHEAD, Feb. 22.—Put into New Harb o u r yes terday : The King Arthur, Trute, from Liverpool to St. Michael's, with loss of jibboom ; and Charles. Sou chay, from Liverpool to Oporto, with pumps choked. J IBLIA.---KOORIA-MOOII.IA, Jan. 11.—H. C. Kidston sailed Dec 19th with a full cargo for England. The Europa is loaded, and will sail in a day or two. The following vessels are loading :—Black * Douglas, Cairn gorm,,Roscoe, Thomas Fielden, Recruit, Great Britain, Cumloden Castle, Moutgomcry, Grampian, The Wolf, Susquehanna, and Palestine. , D LTN.3IO RE EAST, WATERFORD,, Feb. 18:" WSW, light. Off Waterford Harbour, where she landed a chan nel pilot, the ship Frank Flint, Robinson, from Liver pool for New Orleans ; also the barque Vulcan, from Swansea for Cork. APALACHICOLA, Jan. 31': In the case of the. Esperanza (British brig), from Minatitlan for Liverpool, which was assisted in here • in, October last, the court have decreed the salvors 20 per cent. on the value of the ship and cargo. aocnaN, Jan. 13 : 430 casks of cocoanut oil (out of 476 shipped) and 100 casks of fish oil (out of 195) have been saved ex Koh-i-Noor, Toshack, which took fire in the roads January 4, and was scuttled, and will be for warded per Julindur. About one-third of the bales on board have been recovered, • and some of them are being sold to-day. The wreck of the Koh-i-Noor is advertised for sale on the 31st January. LISBON, Feb: 15, : The Newnham, Hamilton, from Mogadore for Liverpool, which put in here Feb. 12, with loss of foremast head and all above it, maintopgallantmast, sails, rigging, and gear, was assisted in by the French steamer Ville de . Lisbonne The Portuguese brig For tuna, Cordozo, from Loanda, being in danger off the bar, was assisted in, Feb. 12, by the Portuguese steamer of war Infante D. Luiz. About 80 packages of the cargo ex Ignez de Castro (ss), from Glasg3w, on shore near Peniche, have been saved. The vessel has broken-ill" two. OPORTO, Feb. 15: The Po r t uguese b r i g F ortuna, i n going to sea yesterday for Gonaives (general cargo), got becalmed on the bar, drift e d on t o the bank, and remains. The cargo and gear aloft have been saved, but it is very doubtful whether the vessel will be got off. No lives lost. OUTPORTS HOLYHEAD, Feb. 22 : Sailed: The Royal Arch, for Africa, in tow by steam-tug Retriever. GRAVESEND, Feb. 22 : Arrived, The Adler (s), from Bremen ; Nowall, Baltimore ; Earl of Elgin, Calcutta. Sailed, The Broadwater, for Hobart-town ; Hotspur, Melbourne ; Raby Castle, Calcutta. DEAL, Feb. 22 : Sailed : lona, for Calcutta ; Almora, for Bombay. Passed : Cornelius Grinnell, London for New York ; Osborne, Shields for Genoa ; Ladore, Lon don for Calcutta ; Maria, Newcastle for Genoa; Auto matie, Sunderland for Odessa : Ulysees, Demerara for London ; lonia, Gibraltar for London ; Reveal, New castle for Marseilles ; Elizabeth, Newcastle for Genoa. Anchored: Guadiana ; London for Cape of Good Hope; Elphinstone, London. for Honduras ; Stella del Mare, London for Leghorn ; Langerton, London for Rio Janeiro. • KINGSTOWN, Feb. 22 : Arrived pool for Carnarvon. Agnia, from Liver- QUEENSTOW', Feb 22: Arrived, The Energy from Malta ; Vulca n , S wansea : 'S a il e d , The Regulus, and Trenton—both. Liverpool ; Brothers, Ilingroad ; Na viskik, Sligo ;- Stephen and Sarah, London; Andrea, Clare. Arrived DUBLIN, Fl from Arenburg Anna Christiansund, , o WATERFORD, Feb. 22 : Arrived : Elma, Ablide, Sarah and Ann, Ha r m on y, P ear l o f Days, Donne, Ranger, Sophia, and Georgina, all from Cardiff; Double X, Pandrey ; City of Paris, Milford ; Wellington, Newport; Seer, and Messenger, both from Sydney; H.M.'s Cutter Eliza, Kinsale. Sailed : Malakoff, for Milford; Col lector, Llanelly. GREENOCK, Feb. 22 : Arrived, The Coquet, from Ibrail; Thomas Varich, Rouen. VESSEL'S REPORT. Report of the ship Susan G. Owens, thirty-two days from Ipalachicola : Feb. 13: Exchanged signals with the steam-ship City of Manchester, bound westward, in lat 46 20 N, lon 32 50 W. Feb. 19: At 4 p.m., Tuskar west, distant 10 miles, exchanged signals with barque Guyana, and ship. Morning Star, both bound down Channel. ea FOREIGN PORT Balbec (ss), hence Minerva, hence at Helvoet Ruggeiro . , hence at Gen Jane Smith, hence at Smyrna Morden, and Sarah—both hence at Trieste Giovanna d'Ario, hence at Venice • • African (ss), hence at Malta, and sailed for Syra Laconia (ss), hence at Piraeus, and sailed for Salonics Margaret Ridley, from Lisbon at Harbour Grace Lindisfarne, from Pernambuco at Ceara Western Ocean, hence at Calcutta, Jan. 8 Conway, from Melbourne at Calcutta Ann Bridson, from Moulmein at Calcutta, Jan. 14 Andromache sailed from Calcutta for Colombo, Jan. 8 Henry Moore sailed from Calcutta for Mauritius Jan. Statesman sailed from Calcutta for London, Jan. 10 Sir Allan McNab sailed from Calcutta for London, Jan. 10 Ganjam sailed from Calcutta for London, Jan 15 BANKRUPTS. John Manley, miller. Exwick, near Exeter James Tyson, hosier, Birmingham. William Fowler, builder; New Cross, Kent. Thomas Glennie, boarding-house keeper, Harley- London. George Wheller, draper, Curry Rival, Somersetshirc George Ridler, provision dealer, Cardiff. Thomas Madeley Harrowwell, calenderer, Manchester. Barman Matthew Milton, livery stable cab proprietor, Walwortb. - John Edwin Simester, grocer, Cardiff. John Bennett, ironmaster, West Bromwich, Staffordshire- James Schofield - and Lewis Horrie, grease manufacturers, Rochdale and Keighley. BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. Thomas Fitt Balls, omnibus proprietor, Brixton. John Abram, upholsterer, Manchester. Mathias Smyth, carpet manufacturer, now or late of Halifax. Failures continue to take place in various parts of France. The .most recent is that of Messrs. Bodin, Lich tenstein; and Co., of Marseilles. nit NORTHERN TIC S, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1859