The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-07-17 00:00:00

by no

Honeydesi has declined,

proved.

GROCERIES. OILMEN'

generally ar

Sheep-wash

_ ..es : There hos
been some._speculation in this article, awl prices have
improved, especially for Price's patent Belmonts
Nevas. By some misapprehen.lon if was stated in
last that the agents for' Neva candia- held
They held for a higher fizure, and sales t
at 2s 2d. Feast's bottled fraits has

STORTS, &C

ns firm

—Cand.

dozen quarts. and Mu

are improvin

133, and pi

soul at 14A pi 4

.Liverplol char

ire reoorted at .t 6. (
Engli,h loaf stvz

staren is
by W. M. Tennunt and -Co:"nt auction, on the 2:L
Sydney crystals realise £4.i per t n. The m

R sold

sugars generally has been tested by auction Sales, and a
considerable decline is-- indicated. Con-
lately offered, and was boUght in at
Vinegar.: The highest price realised for Feast's quarts is
12s 9d.

zou tea was also

2s 6d per chest

BREADSTUFFS, {&c.---pilot bread is quoted at 4,1 per lb.
Lately holders attempted to raise the price of fl nir el or
<e2 per ton, but the copious rain.: have prevented couniry

advance can be ("noted

3 per barrel,

0,4. last we reported Haxall and Gallege
but afterward:; heard of a large sale at £2 15s,
are now holding, however, at £3. Oats :
eg colonial ports there have been large
which are being forc•'d at auction and otherwise; .c 31 to
6d under our quotations. Scotch oats also are very dull.
There are no American in the mai ket. English barley is
worth 5s 6d to 6s, and Chilian or Californian, ss. Bran
has advanced slightly. Potatoes are worth only £4 per
ton.. Rice: Thera are now in the market several cargoes
of Patna rice, in first hands, and large quantities are
expected_ &ern Calcutta. The value of a cargo is now
lOs to e 1 6 ss, according to quality.
PaovlsloNs.—There is more demand for American
hams. American beef and pork are lower. The specula-
tion in butter has ceased, and though sales are reported
at our quotations, they are not readily obtained. Pre-
served salmon has been sold as high as is 81 Feast's
•
lobsters in lib cans realise is Bd per lb.
PAINTS, OILS, AND CoLoues.--Linseed oil in drums is
firmer. Chalk is unsaleable. Whiting has been sold at
42 8s pefton.

ehbouril

Several
From the

arrivals,

best brands of bar and bolt iron are very
scarce, also Muntz patent sheathing metal.
BUILDING MATzniazs.--Thera. is a good, demand for
plate glass.

DRUGS ANT) cnrmrcAt.s.—There is no sale for arsenic.
BOOTS AND Snots.—ln consequence of heavy arrivals
from San Francisco and the Eastern States, American
boots haie declined. English winter goods are, however,
scarce.

SUNDRIES.-American tubs and brooms have advanced,
also American spades, L. II shovels, and cooking stoves.
Pinks are dull. Stockholm pitch is advancing. American
turpentine is lower. Raven duck and gunny bags are
improving.
MELBOURNE LABOUR MAURET, 12th April, MM.—The
deniand for all kinds of unskilled labour has been very
active during theweek. Ploughmen, agricultural labourers,
married couples, road and railway hands, have been
frequently enquired for, while the supply is far from
sufficient. Married couples, with or without children, are
in great req

emale servants are

asking very high rate

cs are finding readie

emOloyment, but t

employ,

Icre are still

MELBOURNE WOOL MARKET.—Since our report of the
7th ult., per Mermaid, of 'Which duplicate was sent also
per Marco Polo. the wool offering weekly has been gra-
dually falling off in quantity, and we may now fairly con-
sider that the whole of this year's clip is already Shipp, d.

Since that date we have ha 4 about 1000 bales offered for
sale by public auction, prices have remained firm, and
good wools in particular have realised high rates, 191 has
been paid by auction on good conditioned wool rather
burry. There has been a great deal of private enquiry,
and we have passed several large parcels weekly through
our hands by private sale since our last renort. The

quantity Mope., „
From Oct. 10, 1855, to Feb.
;, Feb. 23, to April 5, ItV)6

,en as follows

23. 1856...7.765 197

.£499,-04
129,914

10,021.815...

are per Customs bill of entry. We stilt quote spices as
before, viz. :—For superior flocks. ltild to 181 per lb: fair
to good, 15d to 163 per lb ; inferi,m to average, 123 to
14id per lb; scoured, 16d to 191 per Ib; handwashed and
slipe, 121 to 141 per lb ; fleece in grease, 71 to Bid per lb,
TALLOW and HIDES are in demand, the market loo”
latter article depenclini in a great measure
tonnage offering for

upon the

ch freight causes considertiile fl t

tuation in prices, .
town cured hides, and lOs 6.1 to 123 64
The J. A. Cole, which we have laid on th
about clear the market at the above rates.
yet a considerable enciniry,:with few rood u it

Of tallow

)0.1 parcels in shipping or
X4B to

moved, and price

to

are, for b

Freights are now ruling
allow and hides, 453 to 503 I

rciELAN

t r ht,av

ther

cim last

50, and mutton

CLOUGII & CO,

communication the Provin

astonishment of

1. pro.

EALAND

ouncil have, much to the
gly. The progress
party were met at the outset' of t hereat session with a great
deal of factious opposition from the Constitutionalists,
but I am happy to say, thanks to the fair, temperate,
and conciliatoor policy of the Superintendentoably car-
ried out by the Executive, an amalgamation has lately
taken place, and all bawls seem heartily in earnest to
advance the real interests of the province. Several
very useful acts have been passed, viz. :—" A. Sheen
Act," " Impounding Act," " Interpretatip Act,"
" Merchant Seamen's
.Act and °thee; of an
equally important character, are nearly through the
ho.r.se. The new waste land regulations have not yet
passed, and until they are finally agreed to, I will not
trouble your readers with a sketch of their principle.
The estimates have gone through the house merrily,
and, notwithstanding the.
_frequent assertions of some of
the most rabid of the apposition,.of a want of 'confidence
in the executive, all the money a;ked for has been voted.
and even more. Truly, to entrust the ,superintendent
with large sums of • money, to be expended for
the benefit of all,'' does not show any great
lack of confidence in him. This is a great test,
.and a sere 'one ; all the rest is " leather and prunella."
The arrival of the Denny with Out an English mail has
almost ceased to be a disappointment. It is a great pity
that the post, office authoritiesin. Sydney do not detain
the mail for the steamer. On this occasion it was put
on board the schooner Sporting* Less, which has not yet
arrived, although she sailed.Sourteen days before the
Denny. It is time that another .steamer were on the
line. •

ROBBERY OF CURIOUS AND VALUABLE
GOLD AND SILVER, COINS.
At the Liverpool Police Court, yesterday, before Mr.
Maxwell. William Munay and Jane Edmondson, were
charged with stealing the following gold and silver
coins from the bouae of Mr, John Bennett, No. 38, West
Derby-road :—£s piece of William and Mary ;£5 piece
of George II ; nine 211 s pieces of James I ; five 20s pieces
of Charles I ; three I.os pieces of James I ; 7s piece of
George HI ; spade ace half guirea ; standard half
wo spade ace

autnea; 6inneas standard
.
George ; dragon...E2 p ece of G, ore' TV ;
also a standard £2 -piece of George IV ; 10 di-ll:r piece
of Chili ; two American Aden, dollars ; an oil Portu
geese dolar ; a Tuedsh dollar ; a Belgium dollar;
three Roman, one plain, with a head on ; a Greek 2is
piece ; two large East Indian coins, ona with a dr 'goo ;
also a number-of Greek silver coins, among wh'ch is one
'with a large head on; also a number of Roman silver
coins; and a large namber,of English, consoling, of
William, William Rufus, Edwart. Henry, Elizabeth.
Charles, Philip and Mary. Cromwell, Charles 11, Anne,
James 11, George_ I. 11, .111, anit.lV; two Queen I.nne
farthings, one a silver imprssion of 1713, the other;
bronze of 1714 ; a 5s piece of Victoria, of the
florin impression ; three lOs . pieces of Charles I.
the value of the whole buing- some Immix-11s of poands.
The female prisoner, who appeared-to be about seventeen
years of age, was servant at Mr Bennett's, and the male
prisoner keeps a beerhouse in Sk:llhorne-street. Froni
the evidenc,i of Cozens one of the detective officers,,and
Inspec'or Horn, it appeared that Mr. Bennett's family
left the house sntne time since for another locally,
leaving the girl in care of the- place,. She stated to the
police that she was afraid of being left alone, and went
to her mother's from Saturday to Monday, havitig pre-
viously locked up all the place. On her rot tun she
found the cabinet broken, and the coins •c-, . The

izuinel of

officers c-uld not find any external, marks o; violence.
about the 'house, and concluded that :he gir: most he
concerned in the robbery, and therefore th.l arrested
her. Horn sound that the male prisoner had sold two
parcels of the coins at Franklin's, in the Crescent ; one
lot for £lO 15s, and the second for £3 7s 6d. These
coins the officer recovered, and arrested Murray, who
"uld not give the least account of how he came by
them. Mr. Bennett was examined, and seemed to feel
deeply the loss of the valuable collection. which he said
he bad been 24 years in making. The thieves had
passed over one secret drawer of his cabinet, leaving a
valuable collee!ion of Rowan coins untouched. (Ile
would be very glad to pay any tradesman, shopkeeper, or
other persstorationon, who ntirtht have got any of the coins, for
their re.) The prisoners were remanded.