The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-03-12 00:00:00

ame as last account. The-following were the
Aberdeen, 131 131. Chester and
Caledonian, 29 3-16 29 5-16.

closing prices
Birkenhead, 15..15i

Chester and Holyhead, 121 13. Eastern Counties, 94
9i. East Lancashire, 18 184. Great Northern, 23 234
Ditto A Shares, 91 10. Great Western, 601 614.
Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 834 831. Liver-
pool, Crosby, and Southport, 15 158. London and
North Western Stock, 994 991. Manchester,
Sheffield and Lincoln, 241 25. Ditto Preference,
11.!. 111. Ditto New 6 per cent. Pref., 11- p. Mid-
land Stock, 601 691. North British, 74 71.
North Staffordshire, 61 61-d. South Eastern
20 9-16 201. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 19
198. York and North Midland, 264 261. Leeds
Capital Stock, 151 151. Dutch Rhenish, e Ip.
Ditto New Shares, 21 28p. Great Western of
Canada, 251 251. Ditto New Shares, 3 3-16 3 5-16.

Great Luxembourg, 8 Bd.
The Corn Market has been firm to-day, and most
articles were held for an advance. Sales of wheat
were made at 3d per bushel above the quotations
on Friday.
The accounts from Manchester report a firm
market to-day, with a moderate amount of busi-
ness, and prices generally inclining upwards.

Some discussion has been occasioned by a para-
graph in a Trieste journal, to the effect that local
pposition is made to the Bank of Egypt, and that
toted to the bank by the Viceroy has

asequently withdrawn.. This statement is

founded upon some misapprehension. The pro-
moters of the bank have never laid claim to the
possession of any firman or similar document.
Prior to granting a charter of incorporation to the
bank, the British government is known to have
ascertained that the government of Egypt is
favourable to the project, and the representations
made to the company's agents in Alexandria are,
we are informed, of a similarly satisfactory charac-
ter. The opposition is believed to originate with
Greek houses, which have hitherto profited largely
by their command of the class of business contem-
plated by the new institution.
A project is on foot for the formation of a new
joint-stock bank at Birmingham, with a capital of
£200,000, subject to increase to £500,000.

The annual meeting of the Royal Mail Steam
Packet Company, is called for the 10th of April.
Commercial advices from France show that a
feeling of uncertainty still exists among traders in
fancy wares, and the usual orders for bijouterie,
bronzes, &c , have been kept back, which has ren-
dered the season very dull to the manufacturers.
On the other hand, the silk factories at Lyons and
elsewhere are in full work, with orders from Ameri-
can and English houses, and on Russian account,
which will keep them employed for the next two or
three months. At Paris the sales of spring novelties
have not yet commenced, in consequence of the
backwardness of the season, but large purchases
have been made in woollen manufactures. In
the provinces trade has improved, and manu-
facturers of general articles of merchandise are
fully employed with town and country orders.
Those of Alsace and Rouen have had their stocks
so completely taken off that purchasers have had
a difficulty in obtaining supplies; and prices, which

had been declining for some time past, have
advanced. Generally speaking, such a steady state
of trade has not existed for some time, as there is
apparently all absence of speculative transactions.
At the same time, all are anxiously looking forward
to the close of the present month, when the result
of the peace negotiations will become known
Meanwhile, the feeling displayed in the commer
cial world shows that the majority are sanguine of
a favourable result
Tel

egraphic accounts from Hamburg state that
advices have been received there from Norway
announcing that a serious commercial crisis has
occurred there. In the city of Bergen alone
twenty houses had suspended payments.
The following are the closing quotations of the
Amsterdam short, 11 191 to

nn Exchang

Do., 3 months, 12 24- to 12 21 Rotterdam,
kntwerp do., 25 661 to 25 671.
25 604 to 25 671. Hamburg do, 13 111

Paris, short, 25 40 .to 25 474. -Do , three
months, 2 824 to 25 874. Marseilles, do, 25 824 to
25 874. Frankfort, do., 12l 1- to 122. Vienna, do.,
11 30 to 11 36. Trieste; do., 11 30 to 11 36. Peters-
burg, do., 36 to 304. Madrid, do., 496 to 494.
The Funds were rather flatter this morning,
owing to an increased demand for money. In the
Stock Exchange the demand was stimulated by
the settlement of the account in Consols. The
pressure in the Discount market was also con-
siderable, partly in anticipation of the instalment
which fells due next Thursday on the new loan.
Generally, the Money Market is tight ; neverthe-
less, the Stock Market in the afternoon excited
renewed firmness, and the closing quotations were
almost as good as those of yesterday, being 926.
Upon the whole, the Funds must be considered
extremely well supported. At Paris to-day the
three per cent Rentes exhibited a recovery of about
per cent. The Railway Share Market to-day
was rather flatter, owing to the approach of the
settlement, and to the apprehension that high
of interest will be exacted for
carrying over the accounts of speculative buyers.
The closing quotations were as follows :
Caledonian, 584 581. Eastern Counties 9 2-16
9 11-16. East Lancashire, 72 73. Great
Northern, 92 923. Do. A., 774 783. Great Western
60l 602. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 831 834- Lon-
don and North Western, 994 991. Manchester
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 25 251. Midland Stock
694 694. North British, 30 31. South Eastern
and Dover, 66 664 661. York Newcastle, and Ber
wick, 75i 764 York and North Midland, 52 524.