The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-08-15 00:00:00

THE ROYAL SQUADRON

PLYMOUTH, Wedne.day Evening.—Her Majesty the
Queen, Prince Albert, the Royal Family, and attendants,
went up the River Tamar to-day, so far as Cothele, in the
Fairy, and from thence to the Weir Head, in the Gypsy.
The royal party left the royal

steamer

oria and Alb•q.t. about ten in the forenoon, and
returned on board again about six in the evening. The

yacht V

band of the

on board the royal yacht

Should th,

calmer in the morning it is probable

the royal fleet will leave this port

In Manchester to-day there has been only a
limited business done, but prices for both Goods
and Yarns have been tolerably well sustained.

Notwithstanding the fineness of the weather and
the advices from Australia, aided by purchases on
the part of the Government Broker per account of
Savings' Banks, the Funds experienced little varia-
tion during the course of the day. Consols for the
10th September, which left off yesterday at 95•1 to
951, were quoted at the close of the Stock Exchange
at 951 to 95a, but after the regular hour the price
relapeed to 95 7-16 to 95g.
In the foreign stock market the chief feature
was an improvement in Turkish Six per Cents.
The " contango" on this stock was I to M per cent.,
and on the Four per Cents., 3-16 to 5-16 per cent.
Other foreign securities were steady.
Ottoman Bank shares showed renewed heaviness
to-day, but closed rather above the lowest point of
the day, at ato : prem. Bank of Egypt left off at
to Is prem. ; National Discount at 11 to 11 prem.;
ditto new shares at la to 1 prem. ; and General
Bank of Switzerland, at -I to dis. Western Bank
of London shares were weaker. Australian Agri-
cultural and General Screw Steam shares were
firmer, and Victoria Dock flatter. London Dock
stock is marked 104 k; and St. Katherine Dock, 89.
This was " Account Day" in the Railway Share
Market, and there was, consequently, little business
transacted ; the quotations, however, exhibit firm-
ness. With regard to the Riga and Dunaberg
Company, the Committee of the Stock Exchange
have not decided upon the question before them.
Meanwhile the call of 41 per share has been post-
poned from the 20th inst. to the Ist of Sept., and
the money paid by the shareholders will remain in
the hands of the bankers until the directors receive
further information from Russia, confirming the
advantages set forth in the prospectus. The pre-
mium upon the shares _of this company are
now from 1: to 18. The other quotations were
as follows :—Caledonian, 591 59g. Eastern Coun-
ties, 91 10. East Lancashire, 95 97. Great
Northern, 971 981. Do. A., 82-1 83i. Great Western,
63: 638. Lancashire and Yorkshire,9B;-?-, 98i. Lon.
don and North Western, 107f.-,' 1079. Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 341-, 341. Midland Stock,
842 MI. North British, 36 37. South Eastern
and Dover, 744 75. York, Newcastle, and Ber-
wick, 841- 851. York and North Midland, 601 601.
The Railway Traffic Returns for the past week,
as compared with those of the same period last
year, show the following results :-
1856. Corresponding
ENGLISH LINES. week last year,
Bristol and Exeter
Blyth and Tyne 1,307 .... 1.163
Cheshire Junction 3,025 .. 2,840
Chester and Holyhead
Deeside
Great Northern

Great Western
Kendal and Windermere

Lancashire and Yi
Hanelly

0,869 ..

30,426
311

. 25,732 22,529
419 . .. 413

London and South Western
London and North Western..
"London and Brighton

Manchester, Sheffield, &c.
Manchester and S. Junction l'4l .... 836
Milland 32,945 ..... 29,573

Newport, Abergavenny, 41e 917 ..... 652
North London

North Devon
North Stafford
Oxford, Worcester, &c
South Eastern ..
South Devon

South Yorkshire

Shropshire Union

Taff Vale
West Cornwall
West Hartlepool

• 653
7,509
.. 4.014
• 25,250

419
7..534
3,737
24,159

874
3,129
348

Whitehaven Junction
IRISH LINES.
Belfast and Ballymena .
Cork and Blackrock
lund4lk and Enniskillen
Londonderry and Enniskillen
Londonderry and Coleraine
Ulster

Waterford and Limerick
SCOTCH LINES.

Caledonian ....... .......
Dundee and Arbroath ...

.. ..... 13,595 .. .. 12,811
614 .... 636

Dun!ee and Perth . . 1,1,19 .... 955
Edinburgh and Glasgow ...... .. .. 6,123 .... 5,813
Glasgow and South Western....... 6,833 ..... 6,124
Great North of Scotland
Scottish North Eastern

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.
Grand Trunk of Canada ..
Great Western of Canada ..... 8,360 .... 6,141

Great Luxembourg
Norwegian Trunk..

An unsophisticated teetotaller being asked the meaning
of syntax, replied, " the penalty one has to pay for getting
drunk."
Theodore Hook said to an alderman who had already
surfeited him, and yet pressed him to partake of still
another course, " I thank you ; but if it's the same to you,
1,11 take the rest in money."

Colonel B—, who was very fat, being accosted by a
man to whom he owed money, with a " how d'ye do ?"
answered, " Pretty well, I thank you ; you find I hold my
own."—" Yes sir," rejoined the man, " and mine too, to
my sorrow."
A lady had a favourite lap-dog, which she called Per-
chance. "-A singular name," said somebody. " for a beau-
tiful pet, madam. Where did you find it ?" " Oh,"
drawled she, "it was named from Byron's dog. -17" T!

remember where he says, Perchance, my dog, will

howl.' "

•
OT A BAD ILLUSTRATION.—Not long ago an Englishman
observed a stone roll down a staircase. It bumped on
every stair till it came to the bottom ; there, of course, it
rested. " That stone." said he, " resembles the national
debt of my country ; it has bumped on every grade of the
community, but its weight is on the lowest."
A GENTLEMAN.—It rakes four things to make a thorough
gentleman. You must be a gentle,nan in your principles, a
gentleman in your tastes, a gentleman in your person, and a
gentleman in your manners. Na man who does not combine
the:e qualities can be justly named the true gentleman.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's screw steamer
Simla has been discharged from the Transport service, and
is now fitting out to be placed on the Alexandrian mail
packet line. During the last eighteen months she has
conveyed 10 000 horses—she several times bad between
500 and 600 horses on board at one time. Three times
she performed the voyage between England and Constan-
tinople and back again in a month. By burning at the
rate of 60 tons of coals per day she steamed thirteen and
fourteen kiots as hour.
WAGES.—The following, during the last fourteen years,
is the rate of wages paid tq common labourers, connected
with all- matters of house eonstruction about Glasgow
1850, 1851, end 1852, 12-1 per week ; 1853, 14s per week ;
1854, 17s per week ; 1855, 17s per week ; 1856, 17s per
week. The rise has been greater on unskilled that even
skilled labour, being 53, orupwards of 40 per cent. These
labourers are almost exclusively Irish ; and, strange to say,
that while in the north of Ireland, within 30 miles of
Belfast, labourers can be got from Is to 1s 6d per day, or
6s to 9s per week, with the cost of transit per steam to
Glasgow of from 2s 61 to 4=, the flow of Irish immigration
to Glasgow has greatly diminished. The following is the
rate of wages paid in the same city to carpenters and joiners,
from 1850 to 1855 inclusive :-1850 (average during the
year) 21s 61 per week of 60 hours; 1851 (average (hiring
the year) 21s per week of 60 hours; 1852 (average during
the yea?) 22s per week of 60 hours; 1853 (a i-r verae during
the year) 23s per week of 60 hours; 1851 (average during
the year) 24s per week of 57 hours; 1855 (average during
the year) 2-la per week of 57 hours.

At the Paris Corn Market on Wednesday there
was a fall of from 3f. to 4f. in the price of wheat,
compared with the previous week.

RUSSIA

LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING

A despatch from St. Petersbug, states that the
Imperial Government has given orders to all its'
foreign Consular Agents to give passports for
Russia, unconditionally, This step towards a new
policy has been taken on the ground of the coming
coronation of the Emperor.