The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-04-12 00:00:00

LONDON

SUGAR : The market has been dull this week, and a decline
of fully 6:1 has been established on the small amount of busi-
ness done, yet it should be observed that the importers have
shown firmness and bought in a large portion of the quan-
tity offered in public sale. Refined, dull of sale; grocery
lumps, 53s to 555.
COFFEE : The public sales have been rather large this
week, and we reduce our quotations 6d.
TEA: This article has also been dull of sale, and prices
with difficulty supported. Common congou, 9d.
RICE has sold at rather higher p:ices, and opinion seems
against the article at present.
SALTPETRE : The removal of all prohibitions on the
exportation of this article has been favourable, yet there
have been few sellers, and we do not quote any advance.
Prices are from 34s to 37s according to refraction,
SncEs have sold rather heavily, but we do not alter
general quotations.

- COTTON : A small amount of business done at previous
rates.

RUM : Prices have been with difficulty supported, and
but a small quantity sold.
TALLOW : The market is quiet at the annexed quotations,
viz. :—Petersburg Y.C. on the spot 48s 3d ; April to May,
48s 31; May to June, 48s 3d ; October to December, 48s
6d.

BOROUGH HOP : Fino coloured hops are much sought
after and very scarce; prices improving; the middling sorts
are also more in demand.

CORN The quantity of English wheat on sale this morning
wds not large ; the trade, neverthel,, s, was dull at Monday's
rates. Foreign wheat was in very limited request, and its
value underwent no change. Flour was whbout alteration.
Barley in short supply, and its value was well maintained.
Oats were a steady sale at the quotations of Monday last.
Beaus and peas unchanged. Arrivals into London from
April 7th to April 11th :—Wheat, English, 2,310 qrs. ;
foreign, 17,310 qrs. Barley, English, 1,990 qrs. ; foreign,
1,160 qrs. Oats, English, 20 qrs. ; Irish, 1,850 qrs• ;
foreign, 6,300 qrs. Malt, English, 1450. Flour, 9,630
barrels. London averages : Wheat, 71s 2d ; barley, 38s
4d ; oats, 23s 6d ; rye, 423; beans, 38s 9d ; peas, 38s 9d.
METROPOLITAN CATTLE.—TO-day's market was very
scantily supplied with beasts, and the demand for all kinds
ruled steady at folly Monday's quotations. The supply of
sheep was limited, rnd the mutton trade was brisk, at an
improvement in value of 4d. per 8 lbs. We had a better
feeling in the demand for lambs, the show of which was
limited, at fully Monday's currency ; about 120 came to
hand from the Isle of Wight. Calves were in moderate
supply and sluggish request, at unaltered prices. Pigs
moved off slowly at late rates. Beef, from 2s. 10d to
4s. 41; Mutton, 3s. Bd. to 53. 4d. ; Lamb, 6s. to 7s. ;
Veal, 4s. to ss. d. ; Pork, 3s. 6d. to 4s. 10d.—per 8 lbs. to
sink the offal. Total supply of beasts, 810 ; foreign, 70.
Cows, 115. Sheep and Lambs, 4,180 ; foreign, 35.
Calves, 190; foreign, 98. Pigs 300.

YESTERDAY'S MARKETS.
WAKEFIELD CORN ; Wheat trade slow, at is decline.
Barley and beans very firm. Oats dull.
BELFAST CORN : Supply of wheat and oatslarge, both were
8d to 6d per cwt lower on the week ; oatmeal, 3d lower.
At Corn Exchange, attendance fair ; buyers for Indian corn
at a decline of is per qr. No change in other articles:
DUBLIN Coax : Primo wheat is the only article in
d. emand at this day's market. Every species of grain was
in a dull state, and little doing, except at a slight reduction.
DROGHEDA. CATTLE : There was a large show of black
cattle. Prime beef, GOs per cwt, sinking offal ; superior,
46s ; store heifers sold from £lO to £l2 ; strippers, from
£9 to £l3 ; springers, a large supply, prices rather receding;
the general price from £9 to £l4 ; one or two sold as high
as £l6. Store bullocks; from £lO to £l3. The swine faicwas
well supplied ; prime bacon pigs at 54s per cwt ; ,he
demand for stores brisk, and many sales effected ; .eit
rates, for wedders, from 6d to 7d per lb ; ewes, from to
6d ; lambs sold at high prices. The horse fair hay,. yly
just oommencedi the wetness of the day is detrimentilteit '

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THE SABBATH QUESTION

. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES.
Sir,—A writer in your paper of to-day, s
who sign
himself " Enquirer," with very little tittle
name, makes a comment on the reply Of rur
correspondent " B." to Dr. M`Neile's Pamphle6;
He wants to know, he says,
What day in the week it was which St. John speaks of it
his Book of Revelations, where he says, ,6 I was the
spirit on the Lord's day to the

There is no question about it. It was th
day in the week, the present Sunday,
" Enquirer " were not ignorant of the opini

either

chooses to criticise, he would know that
" B." nor his friends have denied or doubted the
plain fact, that the first day of the week, being that
on which our Lord was raised from the dead
called the Lord's day, in Apostolic times.
When " Enquirer " can prove that the tc
or practice of the Apostles, concerning this

day was, in exact accordance with Dr
notion of the Sabbath, he will help his

of a difficulty, and do good service to a

cause

Enquirer" remarks, afterwards, that St

ays "he was in the spirit;" " which

r.,,, d's

:er out
v bud

he, " a very different state of mind to wilitL'•"- e
correspondent B' recommends in the observOe

of our present Sabbaths

&ny orthodox Cl)!

I have no doubt it does.
mentary on the Apocalypse, or, I suppose, Etl3l,
heretical one 'either, will tell your corresponderk_b
that the phrase, " in the spirit," signifies that stllt:
of supernatural ecstacy in which it pleased God t
Imake revelations to his prophets. I ant

lot aware

that Christians, even if they be Sabbatarians, '333 a
any right to expect to find themselves in the stiff

mental condition now.
Tho facts of the matter are just these
first day of the week was called the 'Lord's ‘ll/1`
and on that day St. John received his revelation
Well, no one doubts it; but what does that Pr°y

about music in St. George's Hall.
natiso
I do not write this reply to " Enquirer" ve--
his letter deserves such a notice, but because''
i
the gross ignorance which prevails on this subject,
s,
i,
it seems well to answer even childish iluesti°4llo
since, peradventure, some lioneEt men 1113 Y
their eyes opened to the foolishness of such -of
tempts at argument, and perceive the Glut/

enquiring with real earnestness and humilitY• ,
lam looking curiously for the effect of )3*
e.
very able articles upon Dr. APNeile and his bra:
thren, and I cannot do better than recoglelito,
" Enquirer" to read those articles again, au'ae-
compare them with the pamphlet they have
molished. If the clergy have got no answer ready
tsof
their case is at an end, and the opponen
tile
Sabbatarian bigotry have only to exercise a lit
patience in waiting fort the triumph of their callse•
10th April 1856.