The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-02-25 00:00:00

trommernal THIS DAY THIS DAY, the 25th instant, at a Quarter to Eleven o'clock, at the Brokers' office, 11, Temple-court, 250 Boxes Messina ORANGE S , I ex Milan and Euphrates, 300 Cases Do. DITTO, 120 Boxes Lisbon ONIONS, ex Minho, 11 Barrels FORBIDDEN FRUIT, ex Llewellyn, 100 Bags Leghorn CHESNUTS, ex various steamers, 100 Do. Brazil NUTS, 10 Bundles Faro BASSETS. Apply to HOUGHTON & LEVY, Brokers. T O-M 0 R R 0 W. On accou nt of whom it may concern To- n - attow, the 26th instant, at Eilf-past One o'clock, at Daessrs. Golding and Nash's saleroom, Corn Exchange, Brunswick-street, About 437 Barrels Stained and Damaged FLOUR, ex Columbia, from New York.—For particulars apply to J. & M HARNETT, Brokers. On account of whom it may 0 TO-MORROW, the 26th instant, at Half-past One o'clock, at Messrs, Golding and Nash's saleroom, Corn Exchange, Brunswick-street, About 860 Sacks WHEAT, ex Clangregor, from Calcutta.—For particulars apply to • ROBERT CHRISTIE, JUN., Broker. WEDNESDAY On WEDNESDAY next, the 27th instant, at Twelve o'cloc!:, 40 Cases GUM ARABIC, 500 Bags Bengal SALTPETRE, at James WHenry.- - - - -Appli to BROWNE, HUNTER & CO., Brokers THURSDAY On account of whom it may concern. On THURSDAY next, the 28th instant at 19, North John-street, 100 Tierces Carolina RICE, all faults, ex Sylvia, from Charleston ; in Stanley Dock warehons Apply to MARQUIS, BAXTER & CO , Broke ;; at Twelve o'clock, FIRST EXHIBITION of the FRENCH SCHOOL of the FINE ARTS in Liverpool, including MAD'LLE ROSA BONHEVR'S GREAT PICTURE OF '•THE HORSE FAIR," Is NOW OPEN at the Livery place, Church-street. Admission is men's Season Tickets, ss. Ladies' Ditto, till Fire o'clock. Cie Sthirtijtru fitrtto Academy Rooms, Old Post•ofice- Catalogaes, 6d. Gentle -3s Ed.—Open from Ten B. FRODSHAM, Secretary, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1856 THE Town Dues Abolition Bill is to be read a second time in the House of Commons to-day. Sir FREDERICK THESIGER has undertaken to lead the opposition to this most nefarious measure, and to move that it be read this day six months. What fate awaits Mr. LowE's spoliation bantling in these days when men vote as they please on all questions, except the supplies and other equally Important subjects on which it would be con sidered little short of treason to raise a dissentient voice or to divide the House, it is impossible to sal In this instance, h great and sa cred prin- Ived. The rights of self-government are wantonly disregarded, and large local revenues ciples ar© it and patronage which, if interfered with at all, ought to be wholly abolished, are to be transferred to the Government ! Secondly—the rights of property are openly violated, and a precedent laid down to justify Parliament's confiscating all inheritances derived directly from the Crown. No one can dispute the power of the Legislature to take from the subject whatever may be required to promote the general good, provided they do no individual wrong, and give full compensa tion to those whose properly they from them If the House of Commons should this day, by its act, countenance the sudden and iniquitous reversal of this equitable principle, and allow the Executive to take !into their hands so vast an amount of patronage, they should bear in mind rid to r olitical treachery, it ha been shorn which, b, On such unimportant subjects as Passing Tolls and Town Dues, ministers and their hacks think they may do as they please. The Country Party, so long relieved of the emoluments of place, and who have suffered such a protracted loss of the dignities of office, may think to make peace with their political opponents, of the school, by giving Mr. LOWE a vote. have the Ministry, their hacks, and the quasi-Oppo icy rouse the Manchester But we would sition of the day, be municipal strength of t s country, and how the associate their names with one of the greatest deceptions that could be practised on the mer cantile men of England. Manchester would have the world b Mz•. Teowit's bill is a Free-Trad( lieve that e, second neasu pnly in importance, to the manufacturing districts of the North, to the repeal of the Corn Laws. But there are no Free Traders in Manchester, in the broad and intelligible acceptation of those terms. The world is beginning to discover that Mr. JOHN BRIGHT left off where Mr. RICHARD Coennx ought to have commenced the great work of social amelioration ! The shipowner finds it as difficult now to get employment for his tonnage, as he did in the palmiest days of " protection." The mer chant is enduring all the agonies which afflicted commerce in 1839 and 1847. The solvent trader is existing by selling the stock of the bankrupt shopkeeper, at an " awful sacrifice ;" while the working classes cannot understand what the Manchester politicians have done to secure them that employment in the absence of which the price of the loaf becomes relatively dearer and dearer, until, at last, bread at a penny a pound stands at a famine price ! The people, we say, have discovered this ; and let not Mr. BRIGHT or 'Sir. rO)3DEN, Mr. GIBS N or that precious economist Mr. WILSON, lead either branch of the Legislature further astray, by their intolerable claptrap. The shipowners and merchants of the North do not object to the burthens under which they are placed by the existence of Passing Tolls and Town Dues. But if they are to be delivered against their Will, and if those inestimable charlatans, Messrs. tLeos and LOWE, have discovered that sound policy demands that they should be released from the further payment of those imposts, let them be abolished on equitable terms , and hands not transferred a to a Ciovernrnent board, in would speedily beco me both o ppressive intol erable. Attempt no more Manchester Free Trade impostures! If they admit the soundness of the doctrine of a fixed price on any article of imp or t s tion—gold for example—let them reraembsr that this is a question of money, and that a fixed income cannot be swept away with less injustice to municipal ratepayers than would be done to the capitalist by abolishing the low mint price 6f gold as established by law. When the Manchester members talk of Free Trade, and making conces. slons to the shipowner, merchant, and manufacturer, Liverpool and every other maritime port and district in the realm know full well what they mean, and how far they dare venture to go. With them cheap corn and cheap money, cheap bread and fair wages, are all very different things, and therefore, we may fairly infer that local taxation, which is little more than nominal considering the enormous amount of trade from which it is derived, would, if increased threefold, be less oppres sive in the hands of the Government. Every honest Englishman must loathe that political juggling which commences with a programme containing one or two: catch-lines set forth in the most attractive characters to obtain an audience, whose time is to be wasted and sober sense outraged by witnessing a contemptible burlesque. Society is as sick of wonderful monkeys, sagacious elephants, strong men, pitiable abortions, and full-grown giants in politics, as the play-going public are of their profanation of the temples of THESPIS; To revive the pure text of the Free Trade drama with its veritable characters, would be death to that melo-dramatic sham, and shuffle school in which Messrs. BRIGHT COBDEN, and GIBSON, have won such renown. Their speeches to-day will shew their constituents B portior as of the people of Manchester lot been blinded by the dust of and whose ears have not the Ni New their representatives been deafened by the yelling of their Corporation, and the clatter of their town clerk--what amount of relief they intend to give to trade and com merce as a set off against the injury they would do to the port of Liverpool, which is the great depot to which the manufacturing districts owe their extraordinary pre-eminence over every other part of the kingdom We shall see what amount of taxation the thrE treat Free Traders, who date from the first city in orth, will seek to remove Dm shipping and commerce. If they only ask to transfer Passing Tolls and Town Dues from the hands of this Borough to those of the Board of Trade, the people of Manchester should remember tl have as much t u - overnment Burgesses this Borough. The interests of the two municipalities are identical on this head, and the Mr. BRIGHT and Mr. G-InsoN take this day must decide their fitness to represent any Corporate constituency in Parliament. If Mr. WILSON and Mr. LOWE have laid a trap for them, and if they fall . into it, let the electors of Manchester remember who first sanctioned the proposed inroad on their rights of self-government. As for Mr. HORSFALL, he must eat every word he uttered at the Mayor of Manchester's banquet. Fortunately, he has ample capacity for such a task, if for nothing more. He loves Liver pool so well, and being a freeman, sympathises so deeply with his craft, that though his former words were scented with garlic, and seasoned with gall, he will bolt them all, and show the innermost seams of his coat, sooner than not be th ought the worthiest of representatives. Mr. J. C. EwART, though he may blush like a rose, may approach the question with the conscientiousness of a lamb, and all he may say on the subject may be taken as the reflex of the actualopinion of his cons cours tituents And it is to be hoped that the voice of Liverpool viii be heard from that gentleman's lips, and be treated with the consideration to which its importance, in _ everything ever so directly, or remotely, connected with the commerce of the world and the interests of the Empire, is so justly entitled in the Senate. To-day we want a HUSKISSON and a CANNING to defend us ; and when the next election comes, let us remember the risk we run when we have less able men to watch over our millions of 'property and almost incal culable trade. NON-ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER PACIFIC AT NEW YORK- TWO STEAMERS SENT IN SEARCH OF HER. The advices by the Arabia report that the steamer Pacific, which left this port on the 23rd of January, had not reached New York on the 13th inst., although she had been over _ 1 • _ twenty days at Sea, Great uneasiness prevailed, and t search of her, as w seen by MONETARY AND COMAERCIAL. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY EVENING. There has been no change in the Cotton Market to-day. With a good demand and a fair supply a moderate business has been done, the sales amounting to 8 000 bales, of which 2,000 have been taken for speculation and for export. Prices have been steady. Messrs. Browne, Hunter and Co. have this day issued their usual monthly trade circular, from which we quote the following general remarks:— The uncertainty that still exists as to the result of the peace conferences, which are to be opened on the 25th inst. in Paris, has been productive of great evil in com mercial affairs, and, with the exception of cotton, wool, and Indigo, all descriptions of produce ha ve b een muc h depressed during the month, at a very considerable decline in prices. Those which are denominated war articles—tallow, oils, seeds, hemp, corn, &c., and which would be affected by the re-opening of the trade with Russia—have fallen to a much greater extent than might have been expected, as, in the event of peace being con cluded, some time must elapse before any supplies could be received ; whilst, on the other hand, produce that ought to be influenced in an opposite direction has shown no signs of improvement, on the contrary, it is now lower than at the date of our circular of the 23rd ultimo. The prospect of an early peace, therefore, so far, has been of more injury than benefit to our produce markets, render ing it apparent that the high rates of discount and the tightness of money, exercise a most injurious action on the trade of the country, by curtailing transactions and necessitating the disposal of imports, from the difficulty experienced in obtaining commercial facilities, the result of which, we fear, will be attended ere long with serious consequences. Hitherto, as has been affirmed, confidence and remarkable stability have characterised the mercan. tile community under the existing pressure; but it must be bore in mind that stocks have been unusually light, and prices remunerative to the importer. What the effect will be when the large imports on the way arrive to a considerable loss and depressed markets, if no mitigation meanwhile of the evil be afforded, must be matter for grave apprehension. It has been stated by Government, that, although it is not their intention to interfere with the Bank Charter Act in the preseat Parliament, they would not oppose the appointment of a comm i t t ee to inquire into its working ; the subject, therefore, is im mediately to be brought before the House of Commo is by an independent member, and, as it is one of such vast importance to all engaged in commerce, it is highly desir able that the fullest investigation should take place. The Money Market continues exceedingly tight ; there is, how ever, no alteration in the state ofdiscount, but the stock of bullion does not show any sign of increase. The chancellor has proposed a loan of five milliong, and the funding of exchequer bills to the extent of three millions, which has been taken at the government minnimum, equivalent in consols at ninety per cent., to defray iu part the expenses of the war service, which, being considerably less than was anticipated, has had a slight re-actionary effect on the funds, previously fallen two per cent. on the sudden ness of the announcement before particulars transpired ; but the short period that is given for thepayment of the entire amount is regarded as indicative that the present sum is only to meet immediate necessities, and that further loans will hereafter be required, or increased taxation be imposed. It is to be regretted that the entire financial exigencies of government,'and the mode by which it is proposed to meet them, are not at once disclosed, as the uncertainty that will exist during the next two months on the subject must tend further to paralyze trade and weaken confidence. The Liverpool Share Market has been firm throughout the day, closing steady at about the highest point. With the exception of a trifling speculative business, there has been absolutely nothing doing. The closing quotations were : Aberdeen, 12i 12k. Chester and Birkenhead, 138 14. Caledonian, 281 284. Chester and Holyhead, 12-i 13. Eastern Counties, 94 91. East Lanca shire, 188 181. Great Northern, 231 241. Ditto A Shares, 10 101. Great Western, 594 591. Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 82 821. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 15 158. London and North Western Stock, 101& 1011. Manchester, Sheffield and Lincoln, 248 25. Ditto Preference, 11 111. Ditto New 6 per cent. Pref., 2- p. Midland Stock, 70.1 70-Z. North British, 75.16 7 7-16. North Staffordshire, 7 64 d. South Eastern and Dover, 19 9-16 19a. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 191 191. York and North Midland, 26 261. Leeds Capital Stock, 148158. Dutch Rhenish, 11-16 4 p Ditto New Shares, 2 3-16 2 5-16 p. Great Western of Canada, 26 26k. Ditto New Shares, 31 3 a P. Great Luxembourg, 91 9 d. The imports of specie during the week are by the Ravensbourne, from Antwerp, 7 pkgs. bullion ; the Vesta, from Oporto, 2 cases silver; the Africa, from New York, $303,941, or 60,8001,; the Sultan, from Alexandria, 1 pkg. specie. The exports have been by the Alma, for Alexandria and the East Indies, 487,0331., divided as follows :—gold to Alexandria 1,3201., Ceylon 4 ,4001., Bombay 1,5001., and Madras 1,2501. ; silver to Bombay 291,8251., and Calcutta 186,788/. ; the La Plata, for the West _ _ Lisbon Sultana, for Cadiz and In the Mincing-lane market, this week, there has been rather more activity ; but no improve ment in prices has taken place. Sugar has been bought freely for home consumption, export, and, investment, and prices have advanced fully Is. The stock in London is 57,129 tons against 60,417 in 1855. Coffee has been flat, the prices, however, have not changed. Rice is still depressed, very little business being done ; some parcels have been sold at a decline of Is. per cwt. The stock continues to increase, and is now 17,265 tons against 5,720 tons this time last year. Spices underwent very little variation. The public ales of colonial wood are progressing at the .cement. The Indigo luction terminated on the 22nd ; ; the quantity sold of which 1,800 were for home use nand resale, and 3,000 for exporta .,3oo were brought in. The full report id prospects of the Tallow Market is from the circular of Messrs. Smith and Charles : Since our last respects, of the 18th inst, the tallow market has had a downward tendency, with very little doing either or consumption or speculation. The announcement yesterday of the failure of one house, and an event still more distressing in connection with another, supposed to be concerned in the Liverpool March tallow monopoly association, led parties to the conclusion that, at least, some of the tallow purchased by the members of that association would have to be sold ; hence forced sales were made by speculators here on a market little disposed to purchase tallow; and business was done .at 52s April and May; 535. March and April ; 58s February and March. At this last quotation there several sellers ; and it is reported that tallow was to be had at a still lower price. The supposition on which the speculative sales of yester day were made is, so far as we have been able to learn, incorrect ; and there will be, we are informed. no tallow to be disposed of by the parties to whom we have referred connected with the association or their repre sentative. The capability of abstaining from buying when the price on the spot is high, compared with that for a later period which has during the last few weeks, been exhibited in so remarkable a manner by the trade, would seem to have reach-d its limit ; and although we must, as f ar as practicable, expect them to pursue the same course so long as there is a difference of 51. per ton between the February delivery and April, still it is manifest that the stock lookthis dfoary, anything that time has the must, sooner or later, be exh austed, and will have to be r eplenished. If we may judge f rom the proceedings of arrived g ; although e a d n e d maod for thisw e season s n o o n t like of the year, we shall be surprised if the deliveries of the next few weeks do not considerably exceed those of the last month. To-day the market has been quiet, specula tively, and not much business passed. We leave off—Spot, new, 58s ; Odessa, &c., 528 to 54s 6d ; February and March, 58s; April, 53s to 545; May and June, 525; October and December, 50s 6d to 51s. We quote—Palm oil, 41s to 36s linseed do, 35s 6d ; tallow do, 37s to 36s ; do Blaine, 503 to 50s 6d ; cocoa-nut oil, Cochin, 37s • do, Ceylon, 36s to 36s 10d; town tallow, 51s net cash. The re was'a good demand at the public sales, which consisted of 1,822 casks, of which 832 casks were sold at and after the auction ; Aus tralian sheep, 52s to 48s ; do, beef, 45s to 489 6d; South American bought in at 539 6d. The deliveries to last evening were 574 casks; and the arrivals, 2,094 casks. The Commissioners of the Admiralty will receive tenders on Wednesday, the 27th inst., for the con veyance of troops, both officers and men, to Canada, Halifax, New South Wales, Melbourne, New Zealand, and Van Dieman's Land, at a rate per head. advance noticed at the comme The following are the Gazette average prices of Muscovado Sugar, for the week ending Feb. 19th, 1856, exclusive of custom's duties payable theron, on the importation thereof into Great Britain : From the West Indies, 92s 5d ; Mauritius, 248521 d ; - Si. Average price of the three ing descriptions, 23s 91d per cwt. The circular of Mr. William Avens, issued today, gives the following report of the London Stock and Share markets for the - .week : The principal event of the week has been the negocia- Lion of a loan for 5,000,000/land the funding ;of 3,000,0001 outstanding exchequer bills. It was generally expected that both of these operations would have been upon a muc'n greater scale, especially as the necessities of the government, as disclosed by the military estimates already laid before Parliament, the charges upon the consolidated fund, and the interest upon the debt, would require a sum of at least 19,000,0001 beyond the ordinary income of the country. This opinion was confirmed by official statements, to the effect that our preparations for continuing the war are increasing in magnitude. But, on the other hand, it was perfectly true that the immediate necessities of the country, up to the end of the financial year in April, would not require even so much 5 r 000 ? 0 00i.1 whilst the prospect of a pacifie terming- st Indies tion of the conferences in Paris, and consequently of the restoration of peace, justified the expectation that the expenditure of the country might hereafter be so much reduced as to leave a very moderate deficit, to be pro vided for either by another small loan or some addition to the taxes. Under these circumstances there has been considerable division of opinion as to the expediency of the course pursued by the Government, but on the whole they are considered to have acted in a way beneficial to the country, without producing any material disturbance in the Money Market. Messrs. Rothschild are the contrac tors for the Loan at the Government minimum of 90. Complaint, however. is made of the rapidity with which the loan is to be paid up. Little more than eight weeks are given for the payment of the instalments, whilst the two falling due in March are for 25 per cent. each, making 2,500,0001, or one half the whole amount. The Deposit,which was originally fixed at 20 per cent., to be paid next Tuesday has, in deference to representations from the City, been made payable in two instalments of 10 per cent each ; but no change is made in any other respect. The Money Market cannot be expected to show much ease during the pressure of these demands. Consols were at 90i before the amount of the loan was announced, but immediately afterwards they advanced to 91 to /, the smallness of the sum asked for having produced a favour able effect. But the funding of the Exchequer Bills, and the rapidity of the instalments produced a temporary reaction; and the final quotation was 901 to 91 for money, and 91fr to for the Account. The New Loan has been dealt in at 1# pm. ; last night it closed at 1 to pm. Money has been in great demand all the week. The rates on, the Stock Exchange have averaged 7 per cent.'; but during the last day or two the bank has been making tem porary advances on government securities; at 6 per cent. The pressure is now mitigated. Beyond a little flatness in the early part of the week there has been no material change in the prices of railway stocks. Generally speak ing, all descriptions are held with firmness ; and business is increasing. To-day's quotations will be found below. The traffics are uniformly good. Foreign securities are all steady. Transactions, however, are limited. Mexican stock is a trifle firmer. Joint stock bank shares present no new features. The demand is less, hut prices are un changed. The new undertakings, some of which have been at a discount, are all improving. This morning the explanatory statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the House of Com mons last night, from which it appears the deficit at the end of the financial year in March will only amount to 3,500,0001., has produced a favourable effect. The opening of the Conferences in Paris on Monday has also contributed to strengthen the tone, as it is generally believed they will terminate in peace. The markets, therefore, have been firm, with a rising tr_ , ildency, in nearly all descriptions of Securities. Business, however, has been rather animated, and the public are investing in Consols, whilst Railway Stock is more in favour. Consols opened at 911, the closing price of last night. They then steadily advanced until they were quoted at 91-,; to 4, at which they closed firm. In the Rail way Market all the leading lines are improving, and a steady business has been done. The announcement of an arrangement by which the great lines communicating with the manufacturing districts of the north will cease their ruinous com petition for certain branches of traffic has caused an advance in each of their shares. The rise in Great Northern was 31. per cent. Foreign Secu rities have not shown any particular movement, except Turkish 6 per Cents, which have been done at 94i, 94, 947, and 95. In Joint-Stock Banks business has been done in Australasian at 932 ; City Bank 69 ; London and County 36 ; Oriental 391 ; and Union of Australia 714. 1n the new under. takings the closing prices were Ottoman to /pm ; Alliance par to pm.; Egypt, Ito 1.1 pm, ; London and Paris 1 dis. to par, being an improvement of 31 since yesterday. The National Discount is at 5-16 to 3-16 dis. Money has been in less demand to-day. Exchequer Bills 2s dis. to 2s pm. Consol Scrip has been dealt in at 1 to I="4 pm. ; at the cl ose it was nto 8 p.m. Exchequer Scrip, 11, to pm. The French Three per Cents, which closed at 76f :.ise last night, opened this morning at 73f 60c; and the noon quotation was 73f 55c, being an im provement of per cent TRADE REPORT.-SATURDAY. LIVERPOOL COTTON : The market continues without change ; the demand to-Jay has been good, and with a fair quantity offering, prices are steady. The sales including 30 Pernambuco, 6,0; 20 Bahia, 64,1 ; go Maranham, 6-4 d; 300 Egyptian, 64 to 8,1 ; 2,000 Surat, 41d to 4a l, are reported 8,000 bales, of which 2,000 are on speculation and for export. BELFAST LINEN TRADE CIRCULAR, Drawn up by a Committee of the Linen Trade appointed under the sanction of the Belfast Chamber of Commerce. Belfast, Friday Evening.. FLAX : The supply in the country markets this week has been fair. The demand was good for fine and mcdinm qualities, and dull for coarse. In Armagh, Cootehill, Bally bay, and T :nclragee, about 120 tons appeared, which sold at Ss to 8s for handscutched, and 7s 3d to 14s for milled, per s tone of 161bs. Riga FPCM is quoted here at £46 103 FPLCM, at £47 10s. YARNS : During the week the demand for yarns has been steady, both for home consumption and export. Prices of warps are firm, and in wefts there is no change to note since last week. BROWN LINENS IN COUNTRY MARKETS : In last Bally mena market there was a good supply, a fair demand, and prices firmer. At Armagh the supply was not large. Middle-priced rough browns were very freely bought at the full rates of the past few markets. Goods, suited for Hol lands, in rather limited demand, yet holders would not give way in price. At Lurgan, damasks and diapers were in better request, but without change in price. Lawns in fair demand and scarce. WRITE LINENS: The home trade continues dull, but stocks are not heavy. BRITISH. AND FOREIGN' MARKETS : Flax and Tow.—At Dundee prices are still irregular, but holders have made con cessions' and an average business has b een d one in flax. Sales of PCM, at £4l 10s per ton; IVPHT, 445; PDC, £39--three months. Tow very dull, and prices declining. Arrivals of the week, 65 tons flax and tow. At Hull there is more inquiry for fl.tx, but little actual business done, spinners asking a greater reduction than holders will sub mit to. WCM quoted £4B ; WPHT, £43 ; Petersburg 12- heads, £4l to £44. Arrivals of the week, 539 tons flax and tow. Yarns.—Line yarns are in moderate demand at Dun dee tow yarns very dull, and lower. Linens.--Coarse goods dull in Scotland; others in fair demand. New York advices, to sth instant, report the spring trade interferred in its opening by long continuance of severe snow and frost, but promising fair. CORK BUTTER : Ist3, nil, 1183 ; ?ods, 12, 118 s ; 3rds, 36, 105 s ; 4ths, 93, 953 ; sths, 24, 82s; 6ths, 3, 725. THE PEACE NEWS IN WALL -STREET.—TREMENDOUS ENTHUSIASM —THE BULLS IN ALL THEIR GLORY.—Yester day was an extraordinary day in Wall street. For ten years there has not been such a day for stocks, and bulls, and lame (hicks. Every s t oc k b ro k er ' s office was crowded with buyers and ready money. Such confidence, such enthusiasm, such abiding faith in an early peace, wholly eclipse the timid demonstrations of the London Stock Exchange and the Paris Bourse. If such are the consequences here of the mere agreement of Russia to enter into negotiations for closing the war, what will be the result of a definite treaty of peace ? That's the question. Probably another epoch of inflations and speculations, ending some day in another general bank suspension and financial collapse, But with a peace in Europe, the faith of Wall street in Marcy's capabi lities to keep the peace with John Bull is unbounded. Seward's war speech is all moonshine in Wall street. The bulls are turned loose, the pigeons are flocking again to their old haunts, and the lame ducks are beginning to waddle about, with a knowing look, in the open air. Austria's protocol has proved the " open sesame" of Wall-street, and the grand rush of yes terday for stocks is but the foretaste of the grand kite-flying operations which peace with Russia will bring to these United States. The rebound from the late long.protracted pressure will surely be tremendous. Give every man a chance.—New York paper. PASSENDER2 PER R.M.S. ARABIA, FROM BOSTON' AND HALIFAX TO LlvErtpoor..—Mr. S. S. Macdonell and lady, Mrs. A. C. Lombard, Mr. J. Ferrier and lad 7, Mrs. George Webb, Mr. McLemont and lady, Mr. W. B. Mr. Charles Griffiths and lady, Mr. J. Armstrong, Mr. W. Mance, Mr. A. D. Bell, Mr. F. A. Calvert, Mr. George H. Hoyt, Mr. S. Martins, Mr. Casper Bulty, Mr. James Ruth, Mr. R. Sharpley, Mr. W. Benjamin, Mr, John Levy, Dr. J. R. Nichols., Mr. W. M. Kembell, Mr. De Blaeinire and friend, Miss Mary Olmstead, Mr. A. Howard, Mr. T. L. Olmsted, Mr. Jardine, Dr. Clark, Mr, Clark, Mr. C. F. Jarvis, Mr. J. Branon, Mr. J. Leverson, Mr. Mayers and Friend, Mr. E. Schniden, Mr. A Le Messurier, Mr. W. Thompson and lady, Mr. J. Boyd, Mr. G. Barrett, Mr. T. C. Orchard, Mr. James Lupton, Mr. David Hall, Mr. 3. B. Adams, Mr. Thomas D. Bennett, Mr. James Mercer, Mr. J. Appleyard, Mr, George F. Pratt and lady, Mr. Robert Mitchell, Mr. J. C. Beaver, Mr. J. Scholfield, Mr. W. M. Glensby, Mr. L. H. Short, Mr. Henry Price, Mr. E. Price, Mr. A. Flack, Mr. D. Moore, Mr. J. W. Bar row, Mr. Maskell, Mr. R. F. Jessop, Mr. W. G. Spicer, Mrs. Munro, Miss Harris, Mrs. M'Cormack and infant, Major Bub, Captain Mouton, Mr. S. C. Henley, Mr. T. Harter, Mr. Amerle, Mr. S. Kershaw, lady and child, Mr. 5, Brynd, Mr. G. Rontts, Mr. G. M. Atkinson, Mr. M. Gibson, Mr. S. W. Bunn, Mr. E. M intone, Mr. R. Barker, Mr. Dickey and lady, Mr. G. Starr and lady, Mr, T. B. Elliott, Mr. Prind, Mr. Fryer, Mr. Chapman, Mr. H egan , Mr. S. Niel, Mr. E. C. Pownall, Mr. Hutchins, Mr. Bell, Mr. MiTavish, Mr. Lawson, Mr. Whitmore, Mr. Car michael, Mr. W. Stacey, Mr. Elliott, Mr. Grant, Mr. Barron, Mr. Simpson. Mr. W. M'K een, Mi. Thomas Gambell, Mr. Tether - ley, Mr. A. Howard, Mr. T. L. Olmstead bombardiers John Macklin, and John Renshaw, LATES 1 1 INTELLIGENCE. THE PEACE CONFERENCES PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING His Excellency the Turkish Aali Pasha. has been received by the Emperor to day at the Tuileries. Under date of the 14th inst., we learn that his Excellency is charged to present diadems, formed of brilliants, to the Empress Eugenie and Queen Victoria, in addition to a stud of horses sent by the Sultan for th e E m p eror o f the F renc h. The Sultan has also forwarded for the acceptance of his Imperial Majesty a magnificent sword, en cased with precious stones. THE CRIMEA. By way of Constantinople we have intelligence from the Crimea to the date of the 10th inst. The fire from the north side of Sebastopol was continually kept up by the Russian forces. The Gunboats which had been at Kiuburn, had put into Kamiesch for repairs. The English army was stated to be ardent in their desire - for the continuation of the war. An order of the day issued by General Sir Codrington, and published at Balaklava, requests English officers to provide themselves with equip ments, so as to be ready to march. flowing rr~ ad on 5 J. Figuerias, Mr. Wilson, H. C. Sheldon, Mr. LiedEn, A W. Atwater, W. Macdougal, Mr. Pauchette and lady, G. N. Cutter, R. Haight, H. Getz, Mr. Steers, J. Barbour, lady and child, James Glen, 11. Dunn, A. Erving and lady, Mr. Kershaw. Mr. Ridgway, A. K. Carter, Mr. Hort', Mr. O'Rielly, Mr. Charlesworth, M. Charrinaud, W. B. Symmons and lady, Wm. Topling, S. B. Berridge, lady and child, Miss Jordan, Wm. Peel Reilly, H. Trimmer, Misses Heck, R. Espie, M. Lappa, G. Jordan, W. Whit taker, Cordosa Dorizano, Wilson, A. Moore, and Mr Le Grand Smith. )ni the New York, formal of Commerce.) ?AMSIIIP PACIFIC.—The U.S.N. steamship Pacific )00l -- on the 23d ult., with forty-six pass —gen hundred and eighty-four tons of carg enant Hartstein telegraphed, on Sunday to the S o. Lieu- he Navy, forpermiQsion to go' to sea with th steam brig Arctic, in search of the steamer Pacific, and for the purpose also of conveying relief to other vessels presumed to be locked in the ice in the vicinity of Newfoundland. Up to a late hour last evening no reply had been received from Washington. tarp o ins has New York rtered the steamship Alabama (of th nah 1:- ior a similar purpose, an d tour o'clock yesterday (Sunday) afternoon. Th( _owing is a copy of the instructions to Captain Briggs f the Collins line, who want in the Alabama:— Y. Y. & LIVERPOOL U. S. M. S. S. CO., Wall-street, Nev York, Feb. 10th, 1856. f CAPT. GEO. BRIGG DEAR SlR:—Believing the non-arrival of the " Pacific" is caused by the ice, we have chartered the steamship Alabama, Capt. Schenck, to proceed to sea for the pur pose of rendering assistance to the Pacific, if possible. An agreement with the owners of said steamer, is that Captain Schenck shall cruise with the Alabama, as you may direct. You will, therefore, proceed to sea with her below, and youas per may memorandum think proper.b at the earliest moment practicable, and cruise as long as put on board clothes, both of which haya ld e put th e onunderwriters board provisions have you will supply to any vessels that may be in need Ofht tunity offers for you to do so. --.1 am hea when an oppor i. K Memorandum of pro v i s i ons put on board ti COLLINS. l marked " Collins steam ers stores."-300 barastlabama, read, 25 do muttonflour, 10 do beef, 30 d o por k , 2300 lbs fresh beef and (Erom the New York Courier.) We have heard nothing of the steamship Pacific, now in her twentieth day from Liverpool. There seems to be only one conjecture as to the cause of her detention, and that is the ice. We hear no serious apprehensions ex• pressed for her safety. It is not generally known that all the Collins steamers are now divided into water tight compartments. A knowledge of this fact will go very far towards removing any anxiety which may arise from the prolonged detention of the Pacific. In addition to the measures for relief already reported, we have to state that the board of underwriters received yesterday a telegraphic despatch from Washington, authorising Com modore Bigelow, of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, to send out the propeller Arctic to the assistance of the Pacific. The Arctic requiring but little preparation, put to sea last night under the command of Lieutenant Hart stein. She will traverse the more northern routes of the European steamers. Local, SHIPPING DuEs.—The bill introduced by Mr. Lowe for the repeal of the local dues and tolls upon ship ping, will be brought before the House to-day. The contest between the government and the shipping interest of our great maritime towns will, undoubtedly, be a very severe one. Liverpool and Manchester, as in most other questions of a local cbarac!er, will be oppos e d t o eac h o th er, an d th i s has a l ready been signified by both corporations having con vened public meetings to discuss the question. The borough or. Liv erP° o l is undoubtedly in a position to feel the effects oltshteerpropwed measure to a far greater extent than Man aavned there are parties in the latter place who would move he ; earth parties f i a f e they tuv th T o n i t , the sale of Clotataodnworlder is not increasetb the way to view a the measure vc ". amount of proPerty of ti l l c e hextends itself over a vast t ho it wev United Kingdom. No man who is called upon to pay t appropiiated. Nearly 2,1300'2.7r 0 it t s wishes to . see them mis bankers, and traders of Liverpool the leac i ..;;g- i&rchants, the bill. The charge brought against have petitioned against subversive of the rights of public) thedmeasure is that it is if so, the question is a national for It private property ; ' puted that corporations have for It cannot be dis epen.turies the right to levy certain dues upon shi Pussessed various ports, harbours, &c of the tinitenk wdhich enter may in some instances have been misapplied : g b on t a ; these scarcely warrant the Qoverument in wholly abrogislititnhialo."4 rights merely to concentrate a power in the handsgotf the Board of Trade. The subject is one of great magnitude, and one embracing a multitude of interests,. which should only be ar proached with a due sense of its vast importance._ Banker's Circular. NORTHERN TIMES.—LIVERPOOL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2.5, isse PERSIA The latest accounts received from Teheran induce a belief that Mr. Murray, the British Am bassador at the Court of Persia, had gone to Bagdad. AMERICA. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) SOUTHAMPTON, FEB. 24. The Fulton, with the American mails, has arrived. The advices are to the 9th inst., and she brings 116,000 dollars. [The news has been anticipated by that brought by the Arabia, arrived at this port, and recorded in another column.] FRANCE. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING To the surprise of everybody the Moniteur this morning declares positively that it was not by error, as asserted by the Constitutionnel, that the article of the Sleek, recommending the destruc tion of Nicolaieff, the defence of the suffering " nationalities," &c., was reproduced in its columns. It says :—" The Constitutionnel was mistaken in ascribing to an error the insertion in the itioniteur of an article from the• We take advantage of this opportunity to de clare, that the Moniteur is the sole journal of the government. If an error were to creep into its columns, it would not leave to others the task of correcting it." Assuredly, it is not creditable to the Government, to have its official and semi-. official organs contradict each other on a matter of so much importance. Their contradictions evidently show that there is some mystery about the affair which ought not to exist. It is said that it was M. Fould, Minister of State, who ordered the article of the Siecle to be given in the Moniteur; that it was Count Walewski, Minister of Foreign Affairs, who made the Constitutionnel say that the reproduction took place "by error." and that it was M. Fould who made the Moniteur thunder forth this morning that there was no mistake. Malicious people ask if M. Fould were speculating on the Bourse for a fall, and Count Walewski for a rise? (It is, you know, no secret that French ministers do job.) Reflecting people ask if, in such a crisis as this, it is to be borne that two Cabinet ministers should entertain different opinions, in a matter of the highest importance ? and if they should be allowed to contradict each other in official, and semi official, journals ? People of this class want to know, too, whether it be Count Walewski who disavows the Sieele or M. Fould who endorses it, who expresses the real sentiments of the govern ment—that is the Emperor? En attendant in elucidation of these points, I can inform you that Count Walewski, as Minister of Foreign Affairs, has positively assured the Austrian Ambassador that the French Government does not entertain such views as the reproduction of the Siecle would cause it to be supposed. Reports are current that Count Walewski, or M. Fould, or both, may be expected to resign, but they are unfounded. A curious and important fact fhas come to my knowledge. It is that the Russian agents, male and female, in this city, having reason to suspect that the arts and flatteries they employed to induce the Emperor Napoleon to abandon the English alliance, will not be crowned with the success they anticipated, have set to work to flatter Lord Clarendon, in the hope of inducing England to abandon France. The thing seems so absurd as to be scarcely credible, but the Russians are in such a desperate plight that they catch at the merest straw. The Princess Lieven (venerable old dame !).is making strenuous efforts to wheedle his lordship. But it is probable that Lord Clarendon is not to be caught ; and even if he be caught, what then ? The noble lord is not the English Government, nor the Parliament, nor the nation. Count Orloff arrived in Paris last night, between ten and eleven ; Aali Paella has also arrived. The negotiators are now au 'grand complet, and the negotiations, as already known, will commence on Monday without fail. The Emperor during the last few days has passed numerous reviews of troops of the garrisons in Paris and the immediate neighbourhood. To-day he has passed another. A despatch from Frankfort says that the Ger manic diet has accepted the Austrian propositions as the basis of peace, but will not adopt the fifth point A despatch in one of the newspapers says that the Russian government has given orders that the School of Naval Cadets (apprentices) shall be removed from Nicolaieti to Cronstadt, and that orders have been given to suspend the building of the Maas 130 gun ship at Nicolaieff. Another despatch says the Russian vessels which were chased into the Amoor are still in that river ! I am told that a grave discussion has taken place to-day in the highest quarter, as to whether the Govenment ought not to adopt some measure against the Constitutionnel for its contradiction of the Moniteur. The result, lam told, was, that it would be advisable not to do more than has been done. THE LATE MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE IN THE EX CHANGE.—Ripen inquiry at the hospital last evening, we were informed that the unfortunate gentleman, Mr. Tatham, was fast sinking, and very faint hopes were entertained of his recovery. THE TOWN DUES ON Snirensct BILL.—On Friday last, deputations from King's Lynn, the Hull Deck Company, Hull Trinity House, Newcastle, Liverpool, Dover, and the City of Dublin, had an interview with Viscount Palmerston. The deputations were headed by the following members of parliament:—Viscount Chelsea, Lord Hotham. Mr. E. R. Rice, Sir a ohn Duckworth, Sir E. Derino., Mr. Deedes, Mr. F. Gurney, Mr. T. E. Headlam, Mr. George Ridley, Mr. George W, Bentinck, Mr. J. B. ITorsfall, Mr. J. C. Ewart, Sir Edward Lacon. Mr. T. F. Maguire, Alderman Cubitt, Mr. Watson, Mr. B. Moore, Mr. L. Davis, Mr. Gore 1 ang ton, Hon. H. Liddell, Mr. If. Berkeley, and Mr. Boarnish. The deputation from Liverpool consisted of Mr. Hornby, Mr. Tobin, Mr. Earle, Mr.. C Turner, Mr. Shand, Mr. Bold, and the Town Clerk. °MUSKIER —At the weekly meeting of the Board of Guardians of the Qrmskirk Union, present Mr. R. Ma wds ley (in the chair), Messrs. Tilsley, Baker, Parr, Atty, Bromley, Holcroft, Howard, Mercer, Clare, Stoner, and Ambrose, it was reported by the master of the workhouse that the number of paupers - .n the house during the past week was 95; number admitted, 5; discharged, 10; died, 1 ; remaining n the house, 89. With respect to out door relief, tho number of able-bodied recei v i ng i t was 112 ; of the not axle bodied, 228 ; and children, 330; making a total of 759. Mrs. aims was elected schoolmistress of the union school, at a salary of Xl5, with house accommodation and rations, and was directed to enter upon her duties on the s.th April. The Rev. Mr. Tallook appeared as a can didate for the chaplaincy of the union, and, on the motion of Mr. Stoner, the election was appointed to take place on • the itd April Aext. AMERICA. + ARRIVAL OF THE ARABIA The British and North A mer i can royal mail steamer Arabia, Captain St one , arr i ve d in the Mersey last night, from Boston and ga ll bringing 113 passeng ers , an d a d v i ces from NC York to the 12th Boston to the lath, and Halifax to the 14th inst., all inclusive. 00l The new steamer Persi a , which left Live r lZ at on the 26th of January, h a d arr i ve d ou t at .11 , s, York after a very seve r e p assage o f f our t e en "J a il but we regret to add that the United States 111 , 4 t steamer Pacific, Captai n Eld r id ge , w hich Liverpool on tbel23rd January had not rea ell a t New York, although she had been twenty deY s . s „ tv , sea. Great fears were entertained for her Si l ,`„i o and two steamers had been despatched Ir e v ot New York to search for her. The excitement in reference to her was probably increased I :r icit the fact that the screw propeller Canadian v ll ', er . left Greenock two days after the Pacific left L l ' se l pool, had arrived ou t a t B oston, and t h a t Yes had encountered very heavy easterly gales. t he The political and commercial accounts 11 ter , present arrival are o f a very sat i sfactory cherae co . h The Central Ameri can quest i on had again 'eils v under discussion in th e S enate, when it os observed by an eminent S enator that t h e re little danger of a rupture of their friendly rely fie with England, and intimated that the design ° f .„ 9 r, administration, in exciting apprehensions of " ate was to divert the attention of the people fro nl „ r se state of affairs in Kanzas. He thought the e ° , - „, e r of England in regard to the Clayton and 1 3 " 1 s t, treaty would justify the United States in ahled ing it entirely. The treaty had not accompli b a t what was expected, and he considered e d. the United States h a d b een ' owerreaq to The debate was ultimately further adjournqbe allow Mr. Clayton an opportunity for a replY. t he question engaged but little attention among j o American people, and a Waahington writer, ore noting the fact remarks :—lt i s aston i s hing all coldly the public receiv e a ll b e lli gerent demonsTLep tions on these episodi ca l i n t errupt i ons to the The flow of British, and American diplomacy. , pa e, discussion of the senate, illustrated as it haar t he by the learning, ability, and elo que n c e, 0' tae, leading members of the body —as Seward, Clew Cass and Foot—has not even arrested Vidept attention. No one seems to c are w h at the pres. l , 4 o r or any of the war party i n congress have sal" may say, on the British question. of The Congressional proceedings had not been t j a very important characte r . N o b us i ness had be e to y done in the House. In the S enate the 50,0.14, of War had been requested t o repor t w h a t, if '„e additional fortifications are r equ i re d f or t h e deleß oo of the harbours of New York and Brooklyn• mi e the motion of Mr. Sumner, the post.office e- t h 9 nittee had been directed to consider whether or e charges on letters carri e d on ocean steamers sad not unnecessarily large and burdensomee f whether something may not be done, and 1 , 130 e what, to secure the benefit s o f c h eap ocean pos t s It was generally believed a t W as hi ng ton ; c o Mr. Crampton was about to retire voluntarilY the office of British Minister at that place. t at General Cass had met with. a serious accide n t ba Washington, having fallen over the steps of 09 Patent Office there. For some time his liler despaired of, but by the l as t accounts, he wa s po sidered out of danger. Aid The Irish citizens of Ci nc i nna ti h ad turned Aid to congratulate the members of the Irish te rs, Society who have recently been t r i e d as filihns on their honourable 'acquittal. In case Of 9 . 0 10 between England and the United States , , et e hundred thousand Irish-A mer i can b ayone ts `r' promised for the conquest of Ireland. ine , President Pierce; had i ssue d a proclania ) ig setting forth that indi ca ti ons exist that fl tranquillity and the supremacy of the law in j' fICI A sas are endangered by th e repre h ens ib le acts ibe purposes of persons both w ithi n and w i t h e nt i ito territory, who propose t o di rect and contreeo9 political organization by f orce ; th at combinsitioe have been formed the re i n to resist the exee-cert of the Territorial laws, an d thus,'in effect, to sli" g ea by violence, all the present constitutional g il t legal authority. Th e persons residing w"-oo' the Territory, but near its borders, if . JO, template armed inte rven ti on i n t h e a thereof ; that other persons, inhabitan ts ,iog remote states, are coll ec ti ng money, egg roe men, and providing arms for the purpose; that combinations within the - 1- : r id tory are endeavouring, by th e agency of ernissillte and other means, to induce individual States Z6O Union to interfere in the affairs thereof in vir 4o ell of the constitution o f th e U n i ted States. st.i%-tiOr plans for the d e t erm i na ti on of the future 011.00 Lions of the Territory, if carried into executio n or within the same, w ill const i tute the fact of. lri „ air rection, and, 'if f rom w i t h out, that of invasoaire gression, and will in either case justify and rel the the forcible interposition of the whole power e,, s general government, as well to maintain the 11;: i irp• the Territory as those of the ' - ',;,f9 1 He commands all persons engaged in 101 '4; of combinations against the constituted autkeriTro the Territory of Kansas, to disperse and .5„,t 1 9° peaceably to their respective abodt s , and 7,ij01l all such persons that any attempted insurrt the in the Territory, or aggressive intrusion in same, will be resisted. r to % Madame Rachael Feli7; had left New J- ()-1 Havre in the new steamer Fulton. , ;fi gto! It is stated that Gen. ...tilmonte left Wast:ol for Mexico, hi s friends being of opinion tl': ier presence is requi re d t h ere in the - present e " 't posture of affai rs . ° The steamer Sta r o f t h e West had sailed. fr o" New York for Nicaragua with 300 fillibust e ' c i board. Marshal Hilyer boarded her but foul l A l P manifest all right. The crowd about the was immense. The filibusters all had ticke ts e" The steamer Prometheus had arrived a t otd Orleans fr om S an J uan, with San Francise n ct of the 21 s t. .Th e steamer Northern Light leh-o017; Juan on the sth f or N ew York, with 350,00tv feu in dust. The new s f rom California is 13°e'etterr important. The agricult ura l accounts were -0011' and the news from the mines continues e t : 10 iej raging. The legislature were having trou ev es' electing a United States senator; s , de r prominent candid a t es had withdrawn in, ,i-rae; to harmonize th e A mer i can party. Tile 01 ; Isabellita Ray ne was wrecked on the Btha a're captain and mate l os t ; t h e vessel a n d carge" %r ee" total loss. More fighting had taken place be silal the volunteers and th e I nd i ans at Wallt' ity Twenty-three of the troops were kille d % at wounded. Ma r k e t s unc h anged. A & lir 7 1 311 4 Nicaragua were qu i e t. The Governiner l. : n IP / suspended its relations-with Col. Wheeler, atl Minister. tl The New York Herald states that " ,„ tl3r e d. half, or a little less than one-half , of ti , c ,,,el ee , ? , millions due Mexico, which had been iv-% ei t ia to Santa Anna by certain capitalists of tl ri P ,; , was paid yesterday to Messrs. Hargous S °l ;d Rowland and Aspinwall, by our govrnmell"; time f ago the present Mexican governme n 'if or time to examine into the matter to se e Af tot fraud had been perpetrated on Mexi e° ,: ir taking two or three months, Secretary Ar al ;,', 2 of l ' ly io to the Mexican government that any 113 '7.,i0 13 0 time would be allowed, but that an early d ee " to tr i o the case was desirable. Before an ansWe r eP o - t despatch was received, an order came &e xil e -0160 to pay 1,306,000 dols of the claim. Of th e , 50 t o e d due, Messrs. Howland & Aspinwall elaina e . dols; Martinez del Rio & Co,. 250,000 d°. s 611 19 Col. Salaza r 50 , 00 0 dols, This last snr°f/teu Col. S. for sal ary and expenses while cog— t``•4 Mexican Commissioner in running the It ,t o boundary lines between the two reptrblies",,aid thought that th e 1 ,600,000 dols due - wi ll be o;e t a week o r t wo. " 21 19 " The latest report of the New York stoe.l Aye s. l‘ e is very f avourable. One writer says tto l j c not mmember for tw o or t h ree years pa s.. st „ reported so heavy a day's work at th v pati j o e i' Exchange, as thelist to-day presents, 11 " Q : i d n' l j 4 by the sam e genera l advance in prices, a-betll felting the same eagerness of speculatio n ' 0 ,1 0 , 10 1 5 and outside the Brokers Board. Th e 000 " e re record are about 30,000 shares, and - les W O' in bonds, but very heavy additional sa ir g S o o made in the street. There was ine rea , s e ct s TV, in the money market, and peace Pres,r,oll, or given quite an impetus to business gen e 'i r st c ar Exehange market was firmer—most of tilei them sterling bills on London selling at 109, a i ni so otii ket was well cleared o f C anad i an and