The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-03-27 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL STATIONERY which the law declares fraudulent, and the commer cial world execrate. We should, in fact, continue in that frightfully morbid social condition in which, if a mercantile epidemic should be raging, no one would venture to approach its victims but sharks and vultures. The one swallows any little amount of public securities the'trading classes may hold as a reserve, while the others fly off with his stock in trade. And on what terms we will leave Lord OVERSTONE, and others, who have made their 7,000,0001. within a half century which will be ever memorable for its frequent and sudden commercial 1 1 0 revulsions, to explain. SOLD BY CHARLES WILLMER, WHOLESALE STATIONER AND PRINTER, 19, SOUTH JOHN-STREET, LIVERPOOL, THE attention of Merchants, Brokers, Trades men, and others, is respectfully drawn to the fol lowing list of Cent PRiczs for LETTER PAPER Per Ream. For 3 Reams Superfine large thin Cream Laid Ditto ditto Blue Wove Ditto ditto Yellow Wo , Bank Post (Towgood's) for Foreign I Corresp ndence j Ditto] French, extra thi s. d. .e s. d. 6 0 0 17 6 6 6 0 18 0 6 0 0 17 761 1 0 FOOLSCAP OR CUSTOM HOUSE PAPER Thin Blue Laid Middle Yellow Wove Per Ream. For 3 Reams 901 6 0 1 7 6 ENVELOPES Laid Adhesive, full letter size. Thick Yellow Wove, ditto.... NOTE PAPER Superfine Large Cream Laid, 1 Ditto Ditto Blue Wove, 1 ss. per 1000 . 6s, per 1000, Jr 5 quires, or 3s 6d per ream 5 quires, or 3s 6d per ream LETTER COPYING BOOKS, Halt-bound, calf, paged and indexed, 400 leaves, 6s; 480 do, 7s ; 500 do, 7s 6d ; 580 do, 8s 6d ACCOUNT BOOKS, of every denrip'ion, mannfa best style, on the shortest no `ured on the premises, in the ce, and at prices equally low. Orders from the Country receive prompt attention WHOLESALE PAPER WAREHOUSE, 19, SOUTH JOHN-STREET, LIVERPOOL, Lord OVERSTONE labours under a very grave misconception if he believes that the measure of the Government owes its origin. to a mere flight of fancy, or a paltry spirit of pandering to popular clamour. The crotchets for which the noble lord contends have exploded spon taneously, and what has the continuance of unlimited liability in favour of Banks and In surance Companies done for the public ? We have had no remarkable failures of late among Insurance Offices ; but mark what has taken place in both the private and joint stock banking world. How far did unlimited liability avail depositors in STRAHAN and Company's case ? And how far will it relieve the dupes in SADLEIR'S ? The former has ruined hundreds, the latter the half of a country. The law, it is true, has not been enforced in one case as it was in the other. STRAHAN and his partners were seized, brought before the magistrates, and the charges against them heard in open court. SADLEIR makes away with himself in a perfectly sound state of mind, after confessing to the commission of crimes of a much deeper dye than those of STRAHAN, PAUL, and BATES, and yet his partners or partner is brought privately before a master in Chancery, at his dwelling-house, and the public are not allowed to know what transpired at the examination of the partner of such a man as JOHN SADLEIR ! This may be law, but certainly it is not even handed justice. Had STRAHAN, put an end to his existence, the chances are, that PAUL and BATES would have escaped the punishment they are now undergoing; and where exposure is dreaded, it is as well that the commercial community should remember that it is only necessary for one of a firm to commit suicide for the rest to avoid publicity. Apart, however, from the law, in one instance, and the practice in the second, we need only take the failure of those banking concerns to illustrate the folly and manifest danger of continuing to hold out the bugbear—" unlimited liability." In STRAHAN and his partners downfall, there was fortunately no one to suffer but them and their customers. Their victims must therefore be satisfied with whatever dividend their joint estates will pay. But what will the unlucky depositors in the Tipperary Joint Stock Bank get ? They may sue a few respectable shareholders, but how are they to fix them with the liability to pay ? We know this question is easily answered by an attorney well versed in the fiction of our joint stock legislation on unlimited liability, but what will the net dividend be when each claimant has obtained judgment and paid his costs ? Those who may like to test the extraordinary virtue of our unlimited liability system, as regards Joint Stock Banks, will be able to pick up some claims against the Tipperary Bank at a moderate rate, but before they go into the market we beg to tell them that the whale thing is a perfect chimera. There is no fixing those who NEXT WEEK MONDAY A.NINIAL CHARCOAL, To be SOLD by AUCTION, at Binyon and Fryer's Sugar Refinery, Chester-street, Oxford-road, Manchester, on 2nd day (Monday), 3rd month (March) 31st, 1856, at Twelve o'clock noon, About 200 Tons ANIMAL. CHARCOAL, all faults. Samples may be obtained, and further particulars learned, by application to FRANCIS REID & CO., Brokers, 16, Exchange-alley North. TUESDAY On account of whom it may concern Oa TUESDAY next, the Ist April, at Half-past One o'clock, at the Brokers' office, Corn Exehange•buildings, Bruns- wick-street, About 1270 Bag 3 Sour FLOUR, ~ 150 Barrels Stained DITTO, ex Druid, from Coquimbo ; lying in the Albert Dock Ware houses.—For particulars apply to GOLDING & NASH, Brokers. On TUESDAY next, the Ist April, at H df-past One o'clock, at the Commercial saleroom, Temple-court, 2000 Boxes American BACON, now landing ex sundry vessels, from New York ; 1000 Boxes American CHEESE. TRIMMER & GRAINGER, Brokers, Bank Chambers, Cook-street. i'dtYILSO9IIYN A%Vq.i.igt vereci in other mercantile failures, and hence the sham has exploded. The public have been made alive to the imposture, by the almost uniform exposure of the impractibility, of obtaining a verdict against ordinary shareholders, and even in joint stock undertakings. Let us hope, then, that when ML'. LOWE'S Partnership Bill is again brought prominently before the Elou e of Commons, that some member will move that its provisions be extended to banking and insurance enterprises, that the public may be no longer gulled by professions of safety which have no foundation in fact, and which can only be main tained to bolster up concerns which may be as rotten and deceptive as the two banks we have named. Erectors rase ithattittu 'Titues THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1856 LORD OvERSTONE is not infallible. The noble lord views Limited Liability as a holocaust, which could never have been dreamt of except in a season of the grossest commercial profligacy and national degradation. The enlightened Peer thinks it will let in capital in this direction, money out in that quarter, credit in at the front window, and debt and fraud in and out of every door with perfect impunity. But, like all men who overstrain their intellect, and endeavour to grasp more than their comprehension can encompass, the bullion lord becomes weak, metaphysical, obtuse, digressive, and at last utterly unintelligi ble. The Limited Liability Bill now before Parliament is, in Lord 0 verstone's opinion, a monstrous measure, not because it will bring more money into the legitimate channels of trade, but because it fixes the amount of capital, so that the public may know what they are dealing with, and releases men from all liability beyond the actual sum they may invest in any undertaking. Should any bona fide concern be overtaken by a commercial hurricane—such as the noble lord knows well how to appreciate—and shipwreck ensue ; the legislature are about to declare that all hands shall not be lost ; that there shall be some hope of escape for honest and innocent parties. There is something so just and intelligible about such a proposition, that it would take more logic than the whole of the two houses of parliament can command to defeat its becoming law . It is well, however, that an opposition has been raised to the Government bill, as we might other- THE NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY, MARCH 27 1860. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL, LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY EVENING The Liverpool Cotton Market has not undergone any change to-day. The sales reach 8,000 bales, and include 2,000 on speculation. The Liverpool Share Market opened this morn- ing with firmness, and gradually hardened during the day, particularly for Leeds and Dover Stocks. Prices closed firm as follows :—Aberdeen, 13413;. Chester and Birkenhead, 15/ 151. Caledonian, 30/ 301. Chester and Holyhead, 141 141 Eastern Coun ties, 9i 91. East Lancashire, 181 181. Great Northern, 23 23/. Ditto A 91 10. Great Western, 621 .03/. Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 84/ 84k. Liverpool, Crosby, and South port, 15i 16, London and North Western Stock, 100 100/. MancheSter, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 271 27?,-. Ditto Preference, 118 11a. Ditto New 6 per cent. Pref, , hip. Midland Stock, 718 72. North British, 8 Bk. North Staffordshire, 6 51d. South Eastern and Dover, 20'4 20 13-16. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 191 Ma. York and North Midland, 27,1271. Leeds Capital Stock, .15-8- 15 7 . Dutch Rhenish, Ditto New Shares, 2i 2Zp. Great Western of Canada, 256 25a. Ditto New Shares, 4 21p. Ditto 2nd issue, 2 5-16 2 7-16 p. Great Luxembourg, 71 7Zd. Commercial accounts from Holland state that trade generally throughout the country is steady, with a slight improvement in the prices of the chief articles of Colonial produce, but there are few large transactions taking place, either for home consumption or on foreign account, so that the socks on hand are greater than they usually are at this season of the year. At Amsterdam the supply of coffee is ample, but sales are limited to actual requirements. Good ordinary Java is 32e per kilo, and Brazil 28c to 30c for fine ordinary, 25 to 271 e for middling, and inferior sorts from 23c, but there is not much demand. In sugars the tendency of the market is to be easier. A . sale of 3,000 kranjangs of Java averaged one florin per kilo. Refined Sugar is firm in price, but purchasers are few at the present rates. A sale of 560,000 kilos. by auction, brought from 361 to 371 florins per 50 kilos. The market in Rice is without much varia tion. Sales of A rraean, of middling qualities, have been effected at 3 florins to 6: florins, and in other kinds prices are firm. In Spices not many large transactions have taken place. Nutmegs are rather heavy, at 156 e per kilo. ; mace, 140 c ; and cloves at 39c to 40c. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE PRINCIPALITIES Advices from Marseilles, of the 24th instant, The Moniteur of yesterday publishes an imperial decree, which postpones the reduction of the duties on French Colonial Sugars imported into France, according to the ordinance of the 27th March, 1.852, until a special law is promulgated for the purpose. Accounts from Lisbon state that the new law proposed by the Government, which regulates - the import and export dutieS on grain and othercereais upon free trade principles has met with the unani mous approbation of the country, excepting a few landed proprietors who adhere to the protection system. In all other commercial regulations the Ministry of the young King of Portugal shows the utmost degree of liberality, and especially in those departments relating to international treaties with the neighbouring kingdom of Spain. A telegraphic despatch from Madrid mentions that an error had crept into a recent announce ment, stating that the Cortes had finally agreed upon the question of finance brought forward by the government, as the point at issue is still under discussion ; but it is very probable that a majority will vote in favour of the measure. The Official Gazette has published the statutes regulat ing the new Spanish Credit Mobilier Society, as approved of by the government ; and the duration of the concession is fixed at 99 years, with its head quarters at Madrid. The Funds declined & to 4 per cent this morn ing, owing to the delay in the signature of the treaty of peace. In the afternoon, however, a re covery took place, and the closing quotations were a shade better than those of yesterday. Upon the whole the market is steady although business is 1121: Tii'die pproac of :1 1 5 1 Satur ay's instalment on the new loan has not yet occasioned any pressure whatever. At Paris to-day the three por cents rentes exhibited a further trifling declin-'. The Corn Market to-day was quiet at Monday's decline. The total number of cargoes reported since the 14th inst., however, is no less than 115, viz , 66 of wheat, 41 of Indian Corn, 6 of Beans, and 2 of Rye. Few of these cargoes having been disposed of, there is a large number pressing on the market. A project of a novel character is announced under the title of the Sunken Vessels Recovery Company. Inactivity still continues to prevail in the Railway Share Market, which however, remains steady. The closing prices of the day were thus quoted : Caledonian, 61 61/ Eastern Counties, 91 9a East Lancashire, 731 74. Great Northern, 94 941. - Do_ Class A, 79 80. Great Western, 62 63. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 81+ 84i. London and North Western, 100 100-,1- Manchester Shef field, and Lincolnshire, 27 27* Midland Stock, 71 711. South Eastern and Dover, 691 69i. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 761 77i. York and North Midland, 55 551. bring news from. Constantinople of the 18th Sixty Moldavian Boyards had petitioned against the local Divan of the Principality, and the Government of the Porte had rejected the petition. Prince Mohiki had, moreover, in the name of LIST OF PASSENGERS PER RoTtL MAII SHIP AMERICA, FROM BOST,N AND HALIFAX TO LIVERPOOL.—Mr. G Young, lady, infant, and nurse, Miss M. Armstrong, Miss Hill, Mr. E. L. Parker, Mr. G. Goldie, Captain J. B Breck, Mr. H. Cummings, Mr. W. Starner Captain E. J. Colby, Mr. Ferguson, DI A. Hill and lady, Mr. G. G. Tucker, Mr. L. Lambert, Mr. J. J. Carmichael, Mr. L. Fowle, Mr. F• H. Fowler, Mr. J. D. Heywood, Mrs. A. Bradley, Captain S. G. Davis, Mr. S. J. Stratton, Mr. S. D. Marsh, Mr. T. Robertson and lady, Miss L. S. Robertson, Mr. A. Anset, Mr. A. G. Ybanez, Mr. li. W. Austin, Air. M. J. Lewis, Mr. T. B. Ullinan, Mr. Ewes, Mr. R. Derby shire, Mr. Hetten, Mr. J. Duke, Mr. G. Lamer, Mr. J, Maxwell, lady and child, Lieut. Berchard, Lieut. J. Rendal, Mr. W. H. Robertson, Miss Crawley, D. C. G. Mylrea, Col Poole, Mr. West and lady, C a pt a i n W a lla ce , , M r. Morton, r. Warrington. the Sultan, threatened to repress every new demonstration on the part of the King. Two Chamberlains had been dismissed for having acted in contravention of the forms decreed by the Sultan In consequence of prevailing tempests there had been more shipwrecks of transports laden with materials, and steam vessels taking Russian pri- soners to Odessa had been obliged to re-enter the Bosphorus Eight thousand men had arrived from England to reinforce the army, and Admiral Stewart's squadron of the fleet was expected at Constanti- THE COST OF SHRIEVALTY. —At the Carmarthen assizes, it will be remembered that the judge, Mr. Justice Vaughan:Williams, imposed a penalty of RlOO on the High Sheriff of that county, for not providing a suitable carriage, and retinue to receive him on enter ing the bailwick, with the dignity requisite for the bearer of the Queen's commission. We find that at Bury St. Edmunds, the High Sheriff of Suffolk, A. Arcedeckne, was visited with a similar penalty by Chief Justice Jervis, who, in the course of his charge to the grand jury said :—I am sorry to be obliged to make an obser vation upon a subject which gives me great pain. I allude to the manner in which her Majesty's judges, the representatives of the Queen, have been received upon this occasion. I have no ground whatever of complaint against the High Sheriff, who has supplied adequate and handsome accommodation for the judges, and who, I believe, from what I. hear, has bein desirous of attending them with the retinue usual on these occasions—the retinue, in fact, which the law requires. I am told he has been persuaded by an association which he has joined to, take the course which has been followed on this occasion, and I'hope and trust the :asso ciation will support him as men of honour and gentlemen in that course. I find there are no javelin -teen or atten• dants of the sheriff to keep order in the court and neigh bourhood The judges of course care not how their attendants are dressed, and how few they are, if there be an adequate number of them to preserve order in the court, and to keep up the respect which is due to the administration of justice. In answer to my inquiries, I am furnished with a paper, which purports to be the rules of an association to diminish' the expenses of gentle men who are to serve the office of sheriff; and amongst others I find this rule, which calls for serious observation:—" The keeping of order in the courts of sessions and assizes being essential to the due admini stration of justice, and the proper conduct of county business, an arrangement may be made by which the county police may he employed in lieu of javelin men, and be paid by the county for such extra duty." In other words, the ratepayers of the county of are to relieve the gentry of the county from the burden of an office which it is their duty to serve, tie property and lives of the public are to be deprived of the natural pro tectors which the law affords, and those who are so inclined—knowing that the police are engaged at the assizes, as it may be upon this occasion for a whole week—may make an inroadinto the county, and commit their depredations without check or con trol. The thing cannot bear inquiry or investigation for a single moment ; it is wholly illegal. If it be said that policemen are here as witnesses, tho answer is th a t they cannot fill the double office of witnesses and attend ants upon the court; they cannot be looking after the witnesses, and conducting the public business, and at the same time keep order in the court. The object of the association—l entirely absolve the Sheriff from any par ticip Ltion in it—is to save the pockets of its memb .rs from the expense of javelin men. It is my duty to take care that that is not done, and I therefore fine the Sheriff £lOO, which I trust the committee of the association who per suaded him not to have the ordinary attendants will pay for him. nople THE FRENCH FUNDS PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING The transactions on the Bourse to-day closed at the following quotations :—Four and a Half per Cents., 94f. Three per Cents, 72f. 50c. FRANCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING The Congress has held another sitting to•d ay This is the first time that it has met on two days consequtively, and its doing so must undoubtedly be considered a proof of its desire to bring matters to a conclusion as quickly as possible. I have not heard anything calculated to cause it to be believed that any serious difficulties to the conclusion of peace have arisen, or will arise ; but some persons pretend to know that England shews no very great desire to smooth down such difficulties as unavoidably present themselves. The sub-com mittee of the Congress continues its labours, and I am told that Prussia, which was at one time excluded, is now permitted to take part in them, The affair of foreign securities on the Bourse has created a good deal of dissatisfaction. I understand that the courtiers who deal in them, and some of the principal capitalists who hold them, have made energetic representations to the government on the gross injustice of preventing them from being negotiated, and that the government has, in consequence, been obliged to promise to take their representations into consideration. The amount of French capital invested in foreign enterprise is, it is said, not less than £6,000,000 sterling. .01. La, L)avl j, F 1.1,11,3./ 1,-11,/1 4-/ DV ((GO, I.ICI, been summoned before the Director General of the Press this morning, to be blamed for having presumed to comment in rather sharp terms on a very insolent article in the Constitutionnel, on the birth of the Emperor's child. A very romantic adventure has, it appears, befallen Count Buol, the Austrian plenipotentiary in the Congress. A few days ago he received a letter informing him that a nephew of his held the humble situation of switchman on the Orleans railway, and requested to see him at his post on the line. The count had the good sense to go to see the young man, and he found that he was really his nephew. The young man, it seems, after squandering all his fortune in gambling, was reduced to such distress that he was glad to accept that humble place on the railway. It is added that ho invited his uncle to breakfast with his comrades, and that the Austrian Prime Minister went with him to a low public house and breakfasted with him along with a number of watchmen, stokers, engine drivers, &c. Of course he will not allow the young man to remain in his present lowly station. Some attention has been excited to-day by the Moniteur having given a positive denial to certain statements of the Tine as to the French army in the Crimea being in great want and suffering. The official journal publishes a detail of what was supplied in food and clothing, to show that the army wants for nothing, and suffers nothing except sickness. It remarks, somewhat maliciously, that if it had been in the position described, the English, who have abundance of everything, would have assisted them as they assisted the English. DISTURBANCE AT THE COLCHESTER CAMP.—We (Essex Herald) regret to announce that a somewhat serious- dis turbance has taken place amongst a number of soldiers of the militia and line regiments in garrison, and which it was at one time feared would result in the most disastrous consequences. It is stated that some unpleasant reflections were cast upon the 88 h (Connaught Rangers), on their march into the camp, by some of the militiamen, and which speedily raised the indignation of the 88th. In the evening a "row" took place in the street between the 88th, who were the most part Irishmen, and the Essex Rifles, when broken heads and bloody noses were the result, and six men of the 88th, and three of the Rifles, were taken into hospital. Some men of the 11th Regiment sallied forth to the assistance of the 88th against the Essex Rifles, although the best understanding had previously existed between them, as many of the Rifles had volunteered to the ranks of the 11th, and a fight took place, which lasted some little time, notwithstanding the efforts of Colonel Herbert, the adjutant-general, and the officers in camp to subdue it. The delinquents wore taken into arrest, and the injured men sent into hospital. The affair has occasioned considerable excitement in camp, and much talk in the town. IMPUDENT ROBBERY, —At the Worship-street police court, yesterday, a respectably attired young man, who stated his name to be Robert Hughes, was charged with the following impudent robbery. The . prosecutrix stated that she lived in Curtain-road, Shoreditch, and that on Monday morning the prisoner engaged a furnished apartment, and gave a reference at the west end of the town, stating that he had just been appointed to a responsible situation at the docks or customs, and must sleep at her house that night. tits appearance and general manner were of such apparent respectability that she did not trouble herself to make any inquiry, and, unsuspectingly, he was permitted to take up his quarters there. At an early hour that morning she heard some person creeping stealthily down stairs, and opening a door by which the prisoner must pass, she saw him with two bundles beneath his arms, and instantly intercepted him, with an accusation of robbery. He begged to be forgiven, but he was given into custody. The bundles contained all the bed linen and other articles were attached to a string fastened under his clothing. In fact, he had stripped the room of all the linen. In answer to the Magistrate, the prisoner said :—I am an engineer by trade, sir. Family dissension occasioned me to leave my relatives, who aro Very respectable inhabitants of Liverpool, and seek work in London, but failing, I resolved to return. Being with out the means of so doing, I certainly committed myself as stated, but would have sent tb , l value of the property back on reaching there. The magistrate committed the prisoner for two months, with hard labour, to the House of Correction. THIS DAY THIS I) 4Y, the 27th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Commercial saleroom, Temple-court, 70 Barrels 1 } French PRUNES, 100 Boxes just landed:exyrederick Gustave, from Bordeaux ; 3 Cases French PLUMS, in boxes, 3 Do. Do. DITTO, in bottles, 5 Bales Do. SHELL ALMONDS, 2 Cases Eleme Turkey FIGS. FLETCHER & FIRTH, Brokers, 4, Temple-court. THE COURT WINDSOR, March 25. —Major General the Hon. Sir Edward Cust arrived on a visit yesterday afternoon. In the evening the dinner party: included the King of the Belgians, the Duchess of Kent, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, Colonel the Hon. N. and Lady Mary Hood, Sir James Clark, Sir George Couper, Colonel de Moerkerke, Captain Prisse, and Dr. Ricken. The Queen and Prince, with Princess Alice, attended by the Countess of Desart, M ajor-General the Hon. Charles Grey, and Captain the Hon. D. de Ros' rode on horseback this morning. - His Majesty the King of the Belgians, attended by Col. de Moerkerke, left Windsor at ten o'clock this morning by the Great Western railway for London, proceeding from the Paddington terminus to Buckingham Palace. The King visited the Duke of Cambridge at his residence in St. James's Palace, the Duchess of Gloucester at Gloucester House, and afterwards went to Twickenham to pay a visit to the Duke and Duchess d'Anmale. His Majesty returned to the castle in the afternoon. COUNTY COURT, YESTERDAY. --The usual number of cases were disposed of in this court, none of which, however, pos sessed any public interest. BANKRUPTCY COURT, YESTERDAY—(Before. Mr. Corn missioner Perry).—G. P. Edwards, a linendraper, living in St. James's-street, came up for his certificate. After hearing some evidence, his honour granted the bankrupt a certificate of the second class. MILITIA APPOINTMENTS.—The Gazette of Tuesday even ing contains the following :--sth regiment of Royal Lanca shire Militia, Ensign Alf; ed Edmund Lawless to be Lieutenant, vice Holden, resigned ; Ensign Richard Horley to be Lieutenant, vice Mills, appointed to the Ist Royals ; Ensign James Gunning Plunkett to be Lieutenant, vice Bamford, appointed to the 29th Foot; March 19. It will be seen by our advertising columns that the Rev. H. S. Browr, will preach in the Concert Hall, Lord Nelson Street, on Sunday evening next, when a collection will he made for the Libraries of that most valuable and truly Catholic institution, the Liverpool Sunday School and Literary Institute. We would recommend this Institute to our young men, where they would find a good reading room, reference and circulating libraries, classes for lan guages, &c. SOUTHERN AND TOXTETH HOSPITAL.— WEEKLY REPOhT, MARCH 26, 1856.—1 n patients :—Discharged : cured, 13 ; relieved, 2; at own request, 2 ; irregular, 1. Dead, 1 ; entered, 9 ; under treatment, 44. Out patients: cured, 37 ; entered, 40 ; under treatment, 45. Treasurer, James Houghton, Esq. Visitors, T. Ingram., and T. Houghton, Esq. Honorary chaplain, Rev. D. T. Barry, B.A. Physicians and surgeons for the week, Dr. Cameron, an.t Dr. J ames P etr i e. House surgeons, Mr. C. Garland, and Mr. William Townsend. BIDSTON.—The annual vestry meeting was held on Easter Monday in the parish schoolroom in consequence of th e ehurch being in course of rebuilding, and was very num— erously attended. The Rev.NaCrdhdaernlsesacAcoa . u r s f ah m taken the ch a i r , t h e church a y v t a de r ds ‘ l , i t ro e . r t e i th e) r h e le a ar d t te H o e vi l nu r , rp es a ho n nw d : fr o n dr a e s nt s is e 2rl A j valuablev ote of t a r n t k h h s e a v l w i a n a s s g t r. s ohnH e r a vc r i tlees during Hind the past year, a n d th ey were unanimously re-elected for another year. A rate of three pence in the nix , 3 ear was unanimously adopted, and pissed, was stated would enabl e !he churchwa r d ens to w u i t ch th i e t tower, which is at present i n a v , ry d angerous state, into good and perfect condition, and as th e c h urch and tower pound for the would then require no more repairs for many years it was expected th it a rate of a halfpenny in the pound would be all that would be required for years to come. A wish was expressed to have a clock placed in the tower, which was much wanted, and which the churchwardens promised to consider. It was stated that the new church would be ready for opening about the middle of May. Apply to Apply to On Tnp.snAx next, the Ist April, at Half-past One o'clock' at the Commercial saleroom, Temple-court, 500 Boxes American CHEESE, 50 Do. Do. BACON, to land ex Andrew Foster, from New York.—Apply to James APHenry & Co., Merchants, or to tht ufbth a.t On TUESDAY next, the Ist April, at Half at the Commercial saleroom. Temple-court, 500 Boxes American CHEESE, ex Ellen Austen, from New York.—Apply to Messrs Bigland, Athya & Co., Merchants, or to TRIMMER & GRAINGER. Brokers, Ban!; Chambers, Cook-street, t One o'clock, EARLY DELIVERY OF THE " N,,RTHERN TIMES." subscriber within four miles of the Liverpo - il Exchange, or at Rock-ferry, Tran-nere, Birkenhead, Woodside, Oxton, Claughton, Seacombe, Egrernont, or New Brighton, who does not receive his copy of the "NORTHERN TIMES," by Eight o'clock will oblige the publisher by addressing a note to him at the office notifying the fact, in order that the cause of complaint may he investigated and removed. As —Any our messengers ry at five o'c )mmenee their de is completion if would area! y each mornir subscribers would have letter-boxes in their doors through which the papers might be dropped, as the detention at some houses is very great at present, and causes delay and disappointment to other subscribers. EVENING EDITION Or An Evening Edition of the NORTHERN DAILY TIMES is now Published every Afternoon, at Three o'clock, containing the Markets, together with all the News of the Day, up to the hour of going to Press. TRE ANNUAL SUBSCUIPTION TO 'TILE NORTIIERIN DAILY TEARS Is TWO GUINEAS m ANNUM. All the abomi _ en carried on within the wise prize the boon too lightly nable trickery w- ' last few months mig it be F •enacted with impunit and thousands brought to beg gary by the opposit ' present or rather Stock s_ys would have gone on adding its hundreds of millions to the wealth and strength of the realm, and involv ing hundreds of thousands in extricable difficulties and destitution. The trader who had spent his capital prudently in making a business, and only required the help of a comparatively small sum to render his success complete, would still be left to fall, as no man could aid him except by means AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICA The Royal Mnil steamship America, Captain Wickman, arrived in the Mersey last night, with advices from New York to the 11th, from Boston to the 12th, and from Halifax to the 14th instant. By this vessel there is no news of the Pacific. The steamship Africa, from Liverpool 23rd ult., arrived at New York, on Saturday, the Bth inst., at half past five o'clock r.m. The America brings 52 passengers, and 325,650 dollars in specie. On the 20th March, at 5.30 p.m., she passed the s.s. Emu, from Liverpool; and on the 23rd March, at 6.40 a m., she passed the R.M.S. Asia, 156 miles west of Cape Clear. The advices by the present arrival, are only two days later than those recently published. On the 10th instant, au interesting debate occurred in the Senate, on the bill appropriating 3,000,000 dollars fur increasing the armaments and munitions of war, and for the manufacture and alteration of small arms, in accordance with the recent recommendation of the President. Mr. Bell (Tenn.) did not think the exigency had arisen for such an appropriation. He Uid not wish to have it go abroad that the little speck of war has stimulated such proceedings. Mr. Weller did not apprehend war, but, while the treasury is full, it is well to make preparations for any emergency which may arise. Mr: Hunter spoke in favour of increasing the national defences, so as to be prepared for attacks ironi every quarter. _ _ - Mr. Cass said :—England has suffered so much in the war with Russia, that it is not at all unlikely that she may try to retrieve her reputation by a war on the Western Hemisphere. Mr. Hale said he could not believe in the propriety of the National Armories. Mr. Iverson defended the, bill, and ',thought there was imminent danger of a war with England. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading by a vote of 22 against 12. In the State Senate a new charter for New York city was reported. The following are the principal changes proposed :—The Mayor of the city to be elected for three instead of two years; a spring election to be held on the 10th of April ; a board of councillors, composed of the heads of departments; that the heads of departments shall hold office until their term expires ; abolishes the Board of Councilmen ; entitles heads of departments to select all their subordinates. The bill imposing a registry law upon this city, in order to preserve the purity of elections, was read a third time and lost by one vote. In the assembly a bill was introduced confirming the grant of the common council relative to the Broadway railroad, and authorising the immediate construction of the said road, notwithstanding the injunction issued by the court to the contrary. The subject was referred to the committee on railroads. The Pennsylvanian Democratic State Conven tion adopted resolutions endorsing the Kansas- Nebraska act, deprecating the agitation of the slavery question, and denouncing free soilism and Know Nothiugism. The Democratic members of the New Jersey Legislature have united in expressing their prefer ence for Mr. James Buchanan as a candidate for the Presidency. They do so without desiring at all to interfere with the views of delegates who may be chosen by the people. A bill was introduced in the Senate of Louisiana on the 28th ult., prohibiting the emancipation of slaves iu that State, unless the master furnishes a bond that said slaves will be transported out of the United States. An act has been passed by the Virginia Legislature, prohibiting citizens of that State from hiring their slaves in the District of Columbia. From Kansas we learn that the free State officers were sworn into office at Topeka on the 4th inst. A message had been received from the Presi- t hi; o.A-in t s on nvp....,..ir.tinkra 300,000 dollars for the suppression of hostilities in Oregon. The Boston Daily Advertiser says ;—We learn from an authentic source at Washington, that Mr. Crampton forwarded to London last week de spatches containing the information which Lord Palmerston said he was waiting to receive before laying before Parliament the documents relating to the recruiting business. Mr. Crampton. sends evi dence of a rebutting character, but altogether too weak to shake the proofs of his complicity in the matter; and it is thought that no doubts will remain, even after the publication of this evidence, that the enlistments were carried on in this country, under the sanction of the British Govern ment with as much zeal as ever, after the formal instructions to the contrary; and the English ministry will find it exceedingly difficult to sustain their conduct before the world. At Washington, on Sunday the Bth instant, a disgraceful affray occurred in ilia Ladies' Parlour of the National Hotel. A Mr. Stuart of Louis ville knocked down Mr. Mahon, a resident of Washington, who retaliated by firing a pist o l a t his antagonist. The ball did not take effect, and the interference of bystanders prevented further difficulty. The matter originated in a fancied affront. The lessees of the hotel have requested Mr. Stuart. who boarded at the hotel, to with draw from the house ; and have also forbidden r. Mahon the privilege of frequenting the Ladies' Parlour. The attention of Congress is now absorbed by the Kansas question, in which are involved all the difficulties that threaten our domestic peace. From a previous history of the state of things in Kansas, our readers have learned that the free State party, so called, held a convention last autumn. This convention adopted a constitution prohibiting slavery within the territory after July 4,1856. This convention also authorised the election of execu tive and legislative officers, and an application for the new territory to be admitted into the Union as a State. The pro-slavery party—and there are no means of ascertaining which faction is in the majo rity—took no part in these proceedings. A corres• pondent of the New York Herald says : Things are proceeding to a crisis. Lawrence (for the sake of effect upon congress) keeps an armed guard patrolling around the embankments and breastworks thrown up during the war. Topeka is to be armed and fortified. Tne members of the legislative assembly will meet at the latter place a few days before the 4th of March. It is said that Topeka is also to be fortified, as the supporters of the movement profess to have informa tion that a force of 2,000 men, from Missouri, will be in the territory at the time for the purpose of dispersing the legislature, and capturing the members. I think there is a great deal ot• humbug in the attempt. There can be no doubt in regard to an armed organisation in Missouri being ready to come into the Territory whenever the signal is given. All parties will leave the matter to the general government. Marshal Donaldson has received full instructions from Washington. A special agent from the President is now in this vicinity, and probably he is pro vided with conditional powers. There will be a show of arms ; but it is not likely that any civil war will ensue—no actual collision of armed forces take place. A majority of the members elect are conservative men, opposed to the abolition movement, and they profess to have accepted their nominations for the purpose of staving off any State organisation, or taking any exception able steps anterior to the action of Congress. They say they are willing at any time to surrender themselves to the legal authorities of the Territory when called upon to do so, and that one may make the arrest as effectua ly as a thousand. They will probably pass a resolution, prior to the 4th of March, to adjourn for sixty or ninety days, to give Congress time to act on the application for admission. The United States Senate will not countenance the move ment. The object of the meeting above mentioned was to make known the fact that the general government has taken charge of the whole matter, and there is, therefore, no necessity for individu it action at present. A feittful railway accident occurred at Norfolk on the 10th inst. The express train thence for Meldon went through a curve in the bridge near Marnardville, killing Messrs. Adams and Co.'s express messenger, Mr. Dougherty, mail agent, and Charles Neal, a boy. The engineer and several of the passengers were severely injured. The train, after the accident, took fire, and was en tirely destroyed. From Louisville we hear that on Saturday morning, the Bth inst., the steamer E. Howard came in collision near 'Troy, Indiana, with the steamer Henry Lewis, from Cineinnatti for New Orleans. The latter boat sunk, and several lives were lost. The Howard was but slightly damaged. All the cabin passengers of the Lewis were saved through her hurricane deck, but twenty of the u - - hands and deck passengers were drowned. T he boat and cargo are supposed to be a total loss. - - The lower cotton press in the city of Ne w Orleans has been dest r oy e d by fire. Loss, 180,000 dollars. Partly insured in New York. The weather is bitterly cold, and for the sear; of the year is unprecedented ; nor is it confine' to this latitude, but extends over an immense sec' tion of country, showi n g th a t it canno t be accoun t for by local causes, such as the presence of ice; bergs on the coast, but is caused by some v a d atmospheric perturbations, the laws a n mystery of which have no t as y e t b ee n discover'td by meteorologists. This sudden change has stl prised everybody, as it w as con fid e ntly expe cted . milder weather would se t i n i ns t ea d o f the hyP el ,, borean horrors we are su ff er i ng f rom . A cli rt r . soon may be confidently expected, thougb , "" De less, a snow storm or h eavy ra i n w ill interv e before it occurs. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE COTTON We have had a quiet cotton market in this city du ri l i g the past week, the business does not exceed 4,000 vvlng !n u , from store, and gen era ll y at a d ec li ne o f a i c perib' ners are not yet d o i ng muc h , an d exporters are d a . the chance of further decline in the event of more 'll,O. vourable accounts from Li verpoo l. S pecu l a tors are of The clearances of the past wee k h ave b een —to Live r t: 2 96; 4,480 bales ; Glasgow, 32 ; El s i nore, 935 ; H a mburg , . Rotterdam, 33; Gibraltar, 102. Total, 5,978 bales. you Cotton in transitu has further deelinel ac Per 1 ,",:',61eS sales for the week of about 8,000 bales, chiefly i❑ "" t t he and Orleans. The market is rather overstocked a „ c l. L '; moment, and a further supply of samples is expe_ the steamer now due from New Orleans. b oui Southern markets have bee n ac ti ve a t hi g h er rates, ; for cotton and freight, p ar ti cu l ars from each are 5 1 ,' ' ea elsewhere. By telegragh the following ha s received : NEW ORLEANS, March B.—Receipts for the 52,000 bales, same week last year 20,700 bales. Middling, 9} to 91. Freight —to Liverp 00l 11-16 d; to Ha Yie lie : to The prevailing opini on here and in the South se m ,',,,,t have settled upon 3,500,000 b a l es as th e p ro bable ex" of the crop to be received at the ports , ssir are RECEIPTS at the ports 1 - Jr the week under rev w o w oe 131,000 bales, increasing the excess over last r3ar time, to 810,000, the decrease as compared _with ,‘""- still 45,000 bales. c otton The following is a statementl o f th e : movem ent in t he since the Ist of September; last, as compared Wi t° previous three years : eRs 1856. 1855. „„5,,, 54- *,-- f , Receipts at the Ports.— .. ,2,19/,000 1,657,0uu 1.9 35 ,u_n -- '001. 1 .',,” Exports to Great Britain .. 979,000 846.000 635,0 t ," •!," n 3.00° Id France O OO Ar 01) 321,000 195,0110 191, ~,, ,70 0 II other For. Ports. 305,000 14,000 14 `," v i, 365, 0 Total Exports. 1,605,000 1,194,000 972,0 00 q 1 3,00 '_ Stock on hand. 650,00 357,100 07, 00 - Of which during the past week, included in the ab° Receipts at the Ports j 131,0001 82,000‘ 90,*,00 ' 3 6,00 Exports to Great Britain 1 59,0001 55,000 6 1 . 1 , 0 2 11, 0 _An France.. [ 4,000 7,000 6 00 1' " other For. Ports . I 27 , 000 1 4 000 20,‘'hu I 5 Total Exports I go,ooo, 76,000 88,000 SUMMARY: Receipts —lncrease at the ports over lass DUO 810,000 bales ; decrease compared with 1853, 4 ''''' as Exports—lncrease to Great Britain , 133,000 bales; d,,erenc, to same dates in 1853, 15,0. Increase to lra t iv 126,000 bales ; same time 1853, 128 000. Incrca.qe to 0 .1, foreign ports, 152,000 bales ; same timein 1853, 126,0001)'' iia yrer FREIGEITEL—To Liverpool the rate is Id, and to I' 2c per lb. et' o ,' , EXCUANGES are firm on Lond on , a t 1091- to 1091 1 P cent, and on Paris at 5.211. WILLIAM • MONEY AND STOCKS. • t The absence of news from Europe sufficientl eu , nle th to e to enable the forming a more decided opinion in rega rd well as to k° e'ld result of the Peace Conference at Paris, as diplomatic relations with England, has caused In! . timidity among stock operato's; and, notwithstandiogritio easy money market, there is a lack of animation in s ecu r er° for permanent investment, as well as in those o f 3 io speculative nature. The latter have shown weakfl`, s .: e ks prices, while the former are firmly held. In State ia we note a few limited transactions in Ohio 6s, 186° ,,, ; a5cl Virginia 6s, and in Tennessee 63, with a rather o P t o tendency. Illinois internal improvements ar e bal e demand at 112. City and County bonds st, been quiet. We note a few transactions in •,, Louis 6s and Cincinnati 63 at well m a i n t a ined p r ' it' Railroad Bonds : There has been a decided inactivi t i v a te Bonds done at the Stock Exchange, and is those at P r ;all —.I. ch.:, dom.nd has Loan very limited t in,l for verY 0 - „a amounts. There have been a few sales of Gael ° of Chicago Ist and 2nd mortgage, and of the various isu e ' Milwaukee and Mississippi Bondi. In Railroad transactions have been generally limited. Prices rather a downward tendency. Money is abundant fro to 7 per cent for loans on call, the first figure;it' general yet. First-class paper is from 7 to 8 per ,! co , DECOPPET BREADSTUFFS. t dorn FLOUR: Much firmness prevailed in our „ L on the week past, owing to the existence of a good t" w it! ation, , ,E., for tl-r1 home and Eastern trade, and on specif sal.' , 5 a fair inquiry for export. Very full, and in some in!, f ool slightly advanced prices have been paid. By the "',seg' arrival on the afternoon of the Bth inst , we are in 17- 110 e sion of Liverpool dates to 23rd ult. ;* her advicl.6,4o strengthened our market, and a nominal advance °, ,:bie 12frc can be reported. Common d State, 7u u i olg to goo e . 7 ' ~ to 7 dols 181 c; favourite and extra, 7 dols 25c ' 0 7 Jai -561c; superfine to fair extra Ohio, Indiana, So" . 0 dais 561 c to 8 dots 12#c; extra Genesee, 8 dols 75c mark. - . _ 75c. Southern,'Jnixed to good brands, 7 dols 811 c to '631- to 1 ~ 0 0 1 S 50c ; favourite and extras, 6 dols 75c o 9 dols 37i c : 9 cols lego & Haxall, 10 dots 75c. Canadian, 7 dots 0° to 25c for all qualities. rig 9" t "-- e WHEAT: A. good inquiry has existed for Irl to -b a my last, but for export little has been done, own of gO° firm and advanced views of holders. Sales ( do' riir, Canadian white have been made at I dol SOa to per 60 lbs ; choice do. 1 dol 95 to 2 doll. Prime ol7oc to white, 1 dol 95e ; good to prime southern red, 1 1 dol 75c. the loca l bituAti CORN : The dem an d h as b een fair fo r t ` b u t 9 " and eastern trade, with some i nqu i r y for exPa r ' n wh ite lower prices. The c l os i ng quotat i ons are —Soutle Wi od, 69c to 70e per 561bs ;d o y e ll ow , 70 c t o - 71c+ d ° „poi , 66c to 68c; western mixed (old) nominal ; j e rse9 l : o s. 70c to 71c. A LFRE D F• D E _,ales t s ASHES Remain quiet, without change in P, to 8 (1° 59 brls Pot at 6 d u ls ; an d a f ew P ear l, 7 do's 7 5 c ' h , C0 1)5 , 1 ' COAL : The stock of F ore i gn afloat is light , I t CO l3-1 derable remains in s t ore unso ld ; 75 t ons Liverpo°` sold on private terms. nd ioer COPPER: New sheathing is in b e tter suppli , a yP t l uar rates are accepted—we quote suits at 324- cents. 6 n os. metal is in good demand, and steady at 26 cen ii t a g v • e wen 150,900 lb. Lake Superior Refined Ingot - 4 T ail received and taken for consumption at 301 nen t6 ' el pecl e id from the wharf, a reduction, but as the quality CI. soon is small, the price is again advanced to 31 to Copper is in active request at full prices. • atl' e. IRON : The market is fi rm , b u t com p a ratively ra the n 1. LEAD: There is an improved drmand for .1 352. ':0ti fr er market has assumed a firmer tone, closing wi th a g ing ; sales 350 tons Lest English. been rbe PROVISIONS : The demand since our last h as ~n t s. ; moderate, and the marke - , has declined 2 5 ofiti in 'e stock is large and there is an increased supply prinir sales 1,200 brls, closing at 16 d o t s to 16 dols 5", f o r P r ' fci p; mess y 15 dots 75 c for Mess, and 14 dots to 14 doi s bu r O r ; prime. Beef is in fair requ es t f or th e home trn d , e t 8 l o i g is no export inquiry of m oment; sa l e s 1,00 0 br' s , - , 11 ";), 75c to 9 dots 75 c for country prime, 9 dots 7 5 c IVIC,Z for ditto Mess, 12 dots 50c t o 13 d o ts for Ver rno k - joP . c l Il dais to 13 duls 50c far repacked Western , and dull ` to 15 dols for extra ditto. Prime Mess Heelisrothilig nominal at 18 dollars to 23 dollars. of moment doing in Beef Hams , ar• range is 13 dots to 16 dots 50c Cut Meats'oal“ " cents Su • s al, . and wanted ; sales 650 pkgs, at 71 to i cen Ar ai, is and 81 to 9i for Hams. Bacon is scarce an d . `At 173 boxes. Long Middles, rib in, at 9 eel' s ' c losi c ' - ' 71 firmer, with a fair demand; sales 1,400 brls,, 74 to o 10i to 101 cents. Dressed Hogs are selling 3 , i ' a tter 3 cents for Western, and 7i to 8i for State. Cheese are quiet, and rather heavy. p RICE : We have another week of unusual (glit'o•: report. The only demand is by Ihe home lr a mediate use, and we know of no sales worth re-rue h h S d u s la t it hi t s The wee k market, 0 0 0 w d i o n p g r t o o s s l . a o drr and. arr i o v o a_l ,,i s ol y ° haa n s . I : e l; diem grades a concession of one-eighth of a u ` submitted to. w ith 3rl s irt „J FREIGFITS • The market generally is firM, ' ne ogag,'•ii tonnage; business siness and continued scarcity a thnnage ; few, if any of the American shiP s e 7cl" s ' , ,ti The allied transport service have, as vet, been Gauntlet, Alleghanian, E. P. St-ringer, 00`^,oveV Falcon have all been re-engaged by the Freual, Pout went until the last of August next, at 17s per ton a tti ,i,e , ' The engagem.nts to Liverpool include 600,1-1000 grain at 7d to 8d in bulk and ships' bags; 2 to .1 )0 0 flour, 2s 9d to 2s 10d; 500 do rosin, 2s 6J; c lo;'1 bacon, 27s 6d to 30s ; 500 tcs. beef; 4s ; 300 cs'e i tr. ° c) ,; ('' 15s ; 2,500 bales cotton, 7-32 d to id; 100 ton3A-0.275 35s ; 500 tcs. flaxseed, 30s ; and some heavy g° ° " ig s ; ft(' To London, 2,000 bbls flour, about 3s ; 30 ba. 1,500 bxs. cheese, 35s ; and heavy good s, 303 to 3--* SHIPPING INTELLIGENCH• Lyf , 111 ARRIVAL AT NEW YORK, ~.d.arcii oEscorl, from Liverpool, 61 das. ARRIVALS AT in BOSTON y i , March 7.—Austra!s9,,,,,yett from Liverpool, Jan. 7. March B .—Joh n PA Sampson, from Liverpool, Jan. 28. _mr