The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-02-29 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL, &c., MARXETS, YESTERDAY,

110R0t-GH HOP. —Market generally very inactive ;
prices, however, without quotable change. Show of
samples is tolerably extensive.
CORN NI ARKETS.--Hum. : Short supply of Wheat,
which met a. fair demand at last week's prices. All
kinds of spring Corn in request.. For Seed full prices
are paid. NEWCASTLE: 'English Wheat offered at
Saturday's prices, hut",transactions limited. _Flour. little
doing, and Saturday's prices barely obtainable. Malting
Bailey is more active, and finemualities ls. per quarter
dearer. Oats quiet, and last week's prices made with
diffic'ulty. Beans and Peas saleable at late rates.
LEEDS : Large arrivals, but the Wheat trade firm, at
Friday's prices, with a moderate business passing. No
change in other articles. Conic : White Whe4t, 27s 6d
to 27s 7d ; red. 25s 9d ; Oats, 12s 2d to 14s 7d.
CORK BUTTER.—Ists, 1365; 2nds, 1365; 3rds,
115 s; 4ths, 102 s ; sths, 96s ; 6ths, 74s ; 200 in market.
MANCHESTER TRADE.—Quiet hut firm market.
Rather more ...inquiry for Tarns suitable for Eastern
markets. Cloth—=no change from last week.
GLASGOW IRON:—No. 1,58 g. 9d. to 595. ; War-
rants, 595. 40: to 595.. 6d., prompt No. 3,58 s. 6d. to
58s. 9d. Market good ; shipped this week 5,500 tons,
last year 8,200 tons.
MANCHESTER SHARE.—Great Western, 691, ;
next account, 69Z 701 ; Shethelds, next account, 401,
; Ditto Pref., 125; ; Ditto, Redeemable Six per Cent,
2 P.

A valuable discovery, says the Town. Talker of the
Illustrated ;Yews', has just been made in the vaults of an
eminent London banker. The discovery consists of a
large box of letters containing the correspondence of
Mr. Bradshaw, secretary to the Treasury in the reign of
George HI., a man very well known to the readers of
Walpole's Letters and of the Seeret History of the,
Court Intrigues, when Queen Victoria's paternal grand-
father wa.s King. The letters arc of the most confiden-
tial nature—written by men like the Duke of Grafton,
Lord Bute, Lord North, Lord Rockingham, Lord Hills-
borough, Lord Bairington, Richard Rigby, Sir Philip
Francis, and Mr. Boswell's Dr. Samuel Johnson. John-
son's letters relate to his pension ; and there are traces
of "Junius" in this valuable box of letters.
THE IMPERIAL FAMILY of F.RA.NCR.—A Paris cor-
respondent says that at the late ball at the Tuileries the
Empress wore at once a peculiar and beautiful dress.
Over the familiar skirt of tulle bouillonne was thrown
a shod upper skirt of white watered silk festooned up
on both sides with wide bands of black velvet, embroi-
dered with gold. Upon her head was placed a high crown
'of polished gold, upon which were imprinted in black
enamel some Egyptian hieroglyphics. There .were a
necklace and bracelets to match: The Princess Clothilde
was present. Her Imperial - Highness is' far from
pretty, but a distinguished French political economist,
speaking of her at the ball, declared he considered her •
the most extraordinarily endowed lady in Europe. She
speaks fluently five languages, and is a thorough Greek
and Latin ,seholar ; is well acquainted with the works of
all the ancient and modern poets, mid is particularly
fond of quoting Shakspeare. Her character, in spite of
her extreme youth, is very firm—this her face indicates.
The Bmpress is very fond of this he young relative.

The HudsOn's Bay Seal Skin Cloaks and Jackets,
One Guinea each, at the New Shawl and Mantle Ware-
house, 40, Bold-street.--Shellard and Hodgson, Pro-
prietors. -