The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-02-11 00:00:00

The Equerries in Waiting

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MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL,

SPOOL, SATURDAY EVENING

The ship Dreadnought which arrived here to-day
has brought four days' later news from New York,
ample details of which will be found in another
column, and .which may generally be regarded as
satisfactory, both in a commercial and political
to 1 point of view.

ss Royal, Prince

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eirebbishop of Canterbury, Lady

de Speth, Lieut.-general Sir J
A. and Mrs. Gordon

the Hon.

out hunting this•morniniz.

The Arch:

ary left the Castle in the afternoon,

A.. and Mrs. Gordon, and Lieutenant-
J. Scarlett have also taken their

SATURDAY, Feb. 9.—Her Majesty rode on b'
this morning, accompanied by
Albert, and attended by the :,;aid of Honour in Waiting,
his Rood; iighness Prince
the Hon. Miss 14
;ng. His Serene Highness the Prince
Ernest:;i Leiningen accompanied the Queen and Prince,
who were attended by the equerries in waiting. The
younger members of the royal family took their usual
walks and rides. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Kent, with her Ladies in Waiting, Lady F. Howard and
the !Baroness de Speth, joined the royal party :at the
castle at dinner this evening ; the circle also including
Prince Ernest of Leiningen, the Duchess of Wellington,
the Hon. Misses Byng and Bulteel, Lady M. Hood, Gen.
Sir :E. Bowater, Major-General Bouverie, and Captain
Du Plat. On Monday her Majesty and Prince Albert,
with the court, will leave the castle for Buckingham

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CABINET COUNCIL.—On Friday summonses were issued
to the Ministers to attend a Cabinet Council, at two
o'clock ;on Saturday afternoon, at the Foreign Office,
Downing-street. Lord Panmare, who had been slightly
indisposed during the last few days, was able to attend
the meeting. The Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Argyll,
Lords Palmerston, Harrowby, and Clarendon, the Marquis
of Lansdowne, Sir George Lewis, Sir C. Wood, Sir Geo.
Grey, Mr.-Secretary Labouchere, Mr. Vernon:Smith, and
Mr. Baines were also present. The Ministers remained
in deliberation until past six o'clock.

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Poacomnanied by his private secretary, the Hon. Spencer
J. nson
Viviaby, and by Messrs. C. Spring Rice, John Bidwell
C. n, and Villiers Lister, all of the Foreign Office,
and by the Ron. Julian Pane, who is attached to her
Majesty's mission at Vienna. Mr. E. Hammond and
Lord Wodehouse,
remain the under-secretaries of state, will
Foreign _in London, and superintend the business of the
office during the absence of Lord Clarendon.
FIRE.—On Saturday night, about 8 o'clock, a fire broke
out in an extensive bottling store, occupied by Mr. Foren,
in College-lane. The cellar is divided into several com-
partments, which were stored with crates full of straw
and bottles, a large quantity of straw was also stored,
and great difficulty was experienced in also
at the fire,
it was, however, ultimately subdued in the
.C(parie of au
hour. The property was not insured.

The Liverpool Cotton Market has been steady
to-day, and with a moderately active demand and
a fair supply, the business done amounts to 8,000
bales, at full prices, and includes x,006 taken for
speculation and export.

The Liverpool Share Market was firm at
yesterday's closing prices, but after the official
closing, sellers came :forward at lower prices

upon - unfavourable news from America.—
Aberdeen, 12i 12i. Chester and Birkenhead,
131 14. Caledonian, 271 271, Chester and
Holyhead, 13 131. Eastern Counties, 10 101.
East Lancashire, 18 181. Great Northern, 221 23.
Ditto A Shares, 91 91. Great Western, 551 551.
Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 8111 811. Liver-
pool, Crosby, and Southport, 15 151. London and
North Western Stock, 1001 1001. Manchester,
Sheffield and Lincoln, 248 25. Ditto Preference,
114- 11g. Ditto New 6 per cent Pref., 7.16 9-16 p.
Midland Stock, 60?„- 691. North British, 7g- 71
North Staftordshire, 8 7FI. South Eastern and
Dover, 184 18 13 16. York, Newcastle, and Ber-
wick, 19 19+. York and North Midland, 25+ 251.
Leeds Capital Stock, 141 141. Dutch Rhenish, -4
Ip. Ditto New Shares, 2 2 1-16 p. Great Western
of Canada, 258 251. Ditto New Shares, 3 31p.
Great Luxembourg, 9 811 d.

The imports of specie during the week have been
by the Scandinavian, from Hamburg, 18 boxes of
bullion ; the Ravensbourne, from Antwerp, 20 cases
of bullion ; the Retriever, from Africa, 1,824 ozs of
void

)r 7,3001; the Shalimar, from Melbourne,
73,126 ozs of gold, or 202,5001. The exports have
been by the Tyne for the West Indies, 12,0001; the
Tagus for Lisbon, 13,0001, and Cadiz 6,2001; the
Ava for Alexandria and India 492,4001, of which

n silve

divided

as follows—gold to Alexandria 27001, Ceylon 27241,
Madras 2001, Calcutta 162/, Singapore 970, Hong
Kong 18,1401; silver to Calcutta 259,3911, Bombay
149,680/, Penang 1506, Singapore 19,915/, Hong
Kong 6362, Canton 19,826, and Shanghai 9890/.

The quotation of gold at Paris is 5 per mille
premium, and the exchange on London at short
25.30, making gold nearly the same price in Paris
as in London. The price of gold at Hamburg is
425 per mark, and the exchange on London at
short 13'61 making gold 0.87 per cent. dearer in
London than in Hamburg.

The international commission appointed to report
upon the practicability of cutting a canal through
the isthmus of Suez, to unite the Mediterranean
and Red Sea, have issued their statement addressed
to the Viceroy of Egypt, which contains some
interesting particulars. At first they proceeded
with their survey to ascertain if it was practicable
to cut a canal by way of Alexandria, but the
numerous engineering difficulties which presented
themselves, at once caused them to abandon that
line. After a careful examination of the bays on
the coast of the Red Sea, they found that the Gulf
of Peluse was not much further than the port of
Alexandria, from the town of Suez, and that the
intervening country presented few obstacles to
establish a navigable canal in a direct line. The

opinion of the commission was unanimous on this
point, and they set to work and finished their plans
accordingly, which propose a general depth of 8
metres, and a width from 1,600 to 2,500 metres.
The estimated cost of the whole when finished, is
laid down at 200,000,000 f. It is to be hoped that
the labours of this commission will not be wholly
lost for the want of capital to complete the under.
taking, the results of which are incalculable in
extending commerce.

The following review of the Silk Trade for the
past month is extaacted from Mr. H. W. Eaton's
circular :

The Silk market, during January has been extremely
buoyant, especially in Chinas, the probability of peace hav-
ing quickly dispelled any fears that might have arisen from
the report of unexpectedly large exports from China. The
operations have been very considerable, producing an advance
of Is to 2s upon best third and the lower sorts of Tsatlee,
and making Nos. 1 and 2 current at 193 6d, and 18s 6d,
with rather an upward tendency even in them.
Taysaams have fully participated both in the demand
and advance, and Chinese throwns, best qualities, are
again selling freely from 16s 6d to 17i. The letters
just received from China report the total shipments to
England todate to be 25,356 bales, against 27,641 bales
at the same period last season ; of these 13,000 bales
have already arrived. The shipments to other parts
are estimated at abort 3,500 bales, making the total
exports of the season 28,500, and fthc

but the rise in

exchanre would

nteract any benefit arising from
As regards our prospects, looking at the general

rcity of

silk throng-houi the producing countries of

Europe, and the analysis of cur Present stocks and those
afloat, with reference to the large deliveries, I am in-

ineti to think that the late advance will be fully main-
ined, and may be even susceptible of further improvement
More the new silk can be brought to market, should no-

thing political occur to check the currency of the present de-
mand. Bengal silk has experienced its share of the present
demand, but without a corresponding advance in price,
except for a few small parcel. of extra fine sorts. The re-
cent imports, however, as well as several other parcels, have
been taken freely at prices not I-
In Brntia silk there is nothing new,

,na every-
hing has been sold at 104. 9d. to I ls. 9d. In Italian
ag at higher prices, but the
well as imports, preclude any

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William Avens, in his weekly circular to-
7es the following report of the London Stock
and Share Market for the week :

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The markets for public securities of nearly all descrip-
tions have been characterised by general steadiness, although
fluctuations to some extent have been of daily occurrence
during the week. In consols there has been a tendency to
advance, whilst in several descriptions of railway stock and

foreign securities the dispositionehas been towards a reaction
he improvement which was noticed in my last. But --

from t

markets. of lower prices

within the
our present quota-
:. railway stock of coarse is liable to
Lied from day to day by expectations as to
alount of the half yearly dividends about to be declared.
The political circumstances that have exercised influence
during the week, have been first the undiminished prospects
of peace with Russia. and next the state of our relations
with the government of the United States. The war with
Russia is regarded as virtually at an end. At the same
time there is a visible amount of distrust lest the duration
intended armistice should be such as to afford Russia
of recruiting her strength, and so enable her
:fives to take high ground in the approaching
s. Already means have been found for re-opening
)f the Baltic trade, to the manifest advantage of
rcial interests. This is a circumstance which,while
some anxiety as to the issue of the negotiations, in-
spires hope, on the other han,l, of a trade most advantageous
to both countries in the event of a definitive peace. Mean.
while, the Mince of opinion being favourable to peace, the
effect on prices has been strengthening; and it is probable,
notwithstanding an adverse Money Market, that there
would have been a marked advance had not the misunder-
standing with the 'United States interposed a serious obsta-
cle to further improvement. The two questions at issue
with the United States Government—that as to central
America, and that as to enlistment into the British service
on American territory—are still unsettled ; and a fear has
been entertained that the temper of our own Government
will not permit any concessions beyond those already made,
but the observations made in the House of Commons last
night by Lord Palmerston were conciliatory though firm.
Chi the other hand, the United States Government do
not appear to be animated by a very pacific disposition
towards this country, as far as relates to the
matters in contention. The correspondence is
not yet closed, and this circumstance may give
time for the public opinion of both countries to be heard
against the impolicy and ruin of a war on such grounds of
difference. Money is still very dear with a brisk demand for
discount accommodation, both in Lombard-street and at the
bank. Rates are unchanged; and only good bilsl have been
taken. The acceptances due on the 4th, were generally well
met ; but some banking establishments had to note a much
larger proportion of bills than usual. One of the joint stock
banks in London is understood to have been placed in this
Position. Production is considerably upon the increase
in various important branches of manufacture, founded
upon the expectation of peace and of the opening
of extended foreign markets, and, as a necessary conse-
quence, large discounts have been required. Bankers,
however, are extremely chary of all paper presumed to
represent speculative undertakings or transactions. Still,
the legitimate trade of the country is ready to engage in
new operations ; and if money were but a little cheaper,
there is no doubt that the stimulus of genuine enterprise
would act favourably upon the values of all
descriptions of negociable securities. Consols closed
last night at 91?-7 to 1. The fluctuations, con-
sequently, have averaged about £1 per cent. The
settlement was arranged without difficulty, notwithstand-
ing that in some cases the differences have been equal to
nearly st per cent, but several failures have occurred in
the house. Railway Shares have been firm, but during

variations, go

NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1856.

the last day or two the tone has given shay. Great Western
have receded 3/, owing to adverse repsrts as to the dividend.
Caledonians are also lower from the same cause. Indeed,
in most other Stocks there has been more or less a decline
since Saturday ; but the fall seems now arrested. Traffics
are all good. The dividend of the London and North
Western will be at the rate of 51 per cent. per annum. In
Foreign Stocks the principal dealings have again been in
Turkish Six per Cents ; but they are now quiet. The
Four per cent. Guaranteed have not attracted much notice
during the last day or two. Joint Stock Banks still
maintain their prices with a tendency to further improve-
ment.

For most descriptions of colonial produce this
week the demand in Mincing-lane has rather
diminished, while front sortie of the leading staples
lower prices have been current. The inquiry for
West India sugar has again almost ceased, and the
result has been a decline of is to 2s per cwt. At
the end of last week the stock in London was
54 236, against 68,398 tons, at the same period in
1855. Coffee has been steady but quiet, and tea
has undergone no quotable change. Rice has re-
ceeded about is per cwt, spices have ruled dull,
and saltpetre had not impr)ve,d. Ruin, which was
dull early in the week, was more inquired for yes-
terday. Tallow advanced about ls 6d per cwt, but
the market has since declined.
The Funds remain very firm. Prices closed
to day at a further improvement of # per cent, the
final quotations being 919 911 Business was
limiteds but confidence was stimulated by the
increase in the bullion and unemployed notes at
the bank, and by the moderation of Lord Palmer-
ston's remarks of last night, with reference to the
American dispute. At Paris to-day, the money
price of the three per cent Rentes closed about #
per cent higher than yesterday. The importation
of the Precious Metals this week, amounts to about
132,0001, nearly all in gold. The whole of the
320,0001 ex Shalimar, was taken for exportation.
The announcement of the dividends of several of
the leading companies has not caused any change
in prices in the Railway Share Market, in which the
subjoined were the closing prices :—Caledonian,
55a 554. Eastern Counties 9 15-16 10 1-16. East
Lancashire, 72 73. Great Northern, 904 91. Do. A,
75 70. Great Western, 55Z- 551. Lancashire and
Yorkshire, 811 811 London and North Western,
1.009 100 k. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire,
241 251. Midland Stock, 69i 69k. North British, 29
30. South Eastern and Dover 621; 63k. York,
Newcastle, and Berwick, 76 77. York and North
Midland, 51 52.

SUDDEN DEATH.—Mary Brown, aged 66 years, the wife
of a tailor, residing in Thomas-street, was found dead in
bed at an early hour on Saturday morning. She had been
ail:ng for some time past.

SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—On Saturday morning a portion of
the wall of some buildings, which are being taken down in
Water-street, fell on one of the workmen, named John
Ashcroft, and injured him so seriously that his life is dig-
pared of. He was at once conveyed to the Northern
Hospital, where every attention was paid him.
On Friday, Mr. Hope, assistant surgeon of the convict
bulk Stirling Castle, in Portsmouth harbour, was murdered
by Thomas Jones, a convict, whn was received en board
the hulk last January. Jones had been removed by Mr.
Hope's order, from one deck to another, by which his
liberty was somewhat curtailed.

TRANMERE SCHOOLS.—We understand that Mr. Orred,
the Lord of the Manor, has just aranted a piece of land on
the Holt Common, Tranmere, for the erection of new
schools for the district of St. Catherine's Church. A new
building has long been needed, and now that Mr. erred
has added this further proof of his interest in the welfare
of the township (he having already assisted the outlying
hamlet of Limekiln-lane with sites for both church and
schools) the inhabitants will subscribe liberally towards
the new institution.

FREE CONCERT.—The " Campanalogian Band" give a
free concert on Thursday evening next at Hope ;Hall,
when they will perform on their famous bells. The
object of the concert is an excellent one—the Patriotic
Fund—and, although, the band perform gratuitously and
give the public free admission, yet their will be a box to
receive any contributions the audience may please to give
for the fund.

THE LATE SITICIDE.—We deeply regret to state, that in
our first impression of Saturday, an error in reference to the
above melancholy case appeared in regard to the name of
the gentleman. It should have been " Robert," and not
John. We hasten at once to correct the mistake, and to
assure the parties concerned, that it was farthest from our
thoughts to give any one the slightest pain in regard to the
unfortunate transaction, which we deeply deplore. It fur-
ther appears that there was an inquest held, and that the
verdict of the jury was " Temporary insanity."
LIVERPOOL ROYAL INFIRMARY.—Week ending 9th of
February, 1856.—Admitted : In-patients, 38 ; out-patients,
10; casuals during the week, 16. Discharged. In-patients;
cured, 18 ; relieved, and at own request,B ; made out.
patients, 8 ; irregular, 5 ; dead, 4. Remain in the house, 164:
House visitors: C. B. Robinson, Esq., and Rev. J. Stewart,
A.M. Physician and surgeon for the ensuing week : Dr.
Vose and Mr. Halton. House surgeon : Mr. G. H. Hal-
ford. Junior house surgeon : Mr. Cecil 'Webster.
Chaplain : Rev. 11. J. Garrod, B.A. Robert Hutchison,
treasurer.

DIOCESE Of' CIIESTER.—The Rev. William Hen ry Hop-
kins has been licensed by the bishop to the perpetual
curacy of St. Paul's Church, Werneth, in the county of
Chester, void by the resignation of the Rev. John Rodgers
patrons, G. and C. Andrew, Esqr.9. The Rev. Gilbert
Procter, M.A.,has been nominated to the perpetual curacy,
of Egton-cum-Newland, in the county of Lancaster, void
1 y the death of the Rev. William Morgan ; patron, J. P.
Machell, Esq. The Rev. Edmund Hampson has been
licensed to officiate in the licensed school-room in con-
nection with Price's patent candle manufactory, Brom-
borough Pool, Birkenhead, in the county of Chester, on
the nomination of the Rev. Charles Barton, incumbent of
Bromborough

THE NESi FRENCH SCREW STEAMER MEANDRE.—The
Meandre, a very rakish-looking iron screw steamer, has
been for two or three days moored off I3irkenhead ferry,
waiting for settled weather, before sailing for Marseilles.
The Meandre has been built by Mr. Laird for the Com-
pagnie des Messageries Imperiale of France, to run
between Marseilles, Constantinople, and the Crimea, with
troops, mails, and passengers. Her tonnage is 1,200, but
her hull is so beautifully proportioned that she looks
much less than that size. She is propelled by geared
trunk engines of 220 horse power, made by Messrs. Faw-
cett, Preston, and Co., of this town. The Meandre is a
similar vessel to the Borysthene and Jourdaine, -;„
built by Mr. Laird for the same cornpan::,
'snd Which
have made the fastest passage
uTh the Plediterranean
station. On her trill •
`... on Wednesday, the Meandre
proved hem': qulfe equal to those vessels in speed.
,AHNCTI OF Two GUN BOATS TO-DAY.-01.1T readers
are aware that Mr. John Laird, the well known builder
of this port, is executing for the Admiralty a large order
for wooden 'gunboats and iron mortar vessels. The first
two gunboats completed will be launched from his yard
at the Gfeat Float, Birkenhead, at one o'clock to-day,
with their engines on board and screws fitted. They are
220 tons and 60 horse power :the machinery being con-
structed at the well known foundry of Messrs. Penn and
Son, of London. They will be rigged as three-masted
schooners, carrying fore and aft canvas. They are to be
named, respectively, we believe, the Beacon and the
Brave, and will be armed with two guns of the heaviest
calibre. The Beacon and Brave belong to 'that useful
class of vessels which did such very effective service in
the Sea of Azoff, and at Sweaborg and Kinburn last year.
DREADFUL SHIPWRECK.—A telegraphic despatch was
received in town on Saturday, from Milford, dated the
Bth instant, announcing that the Great Duke, from New
Orleans to Liverpool, with cotton and Indian corn, was
wrecked at Port Slaughter Bay. She has gone entirely
to pieces. Twenty-nine lives are lost.

THE £lOO ROBBERY AT BIRKESIIE.AD.—IR this journal
of the 28th ult., the particulars of the audacious robbery at
Capt. Angell's, Price-street, Birkenhead, were given so far
as they had transpired. It will be remembered that the
house was entered by the,back door, on the previous evening,
when Captain Angell and his wife were at chapel, the only
persons in the house at the time being the servant girl and
a little daughter of Captain Angell. Subsequently circum-
stances transpired that led to the apprehension of the ser-
vant girl as an accomplice of the robbers, and, after several
remands, she was taken up before the Birkenhead
magistrates, and the whole of the evidence obtained by the
police brought against her. Captain Angell stated that his
loss was not so great as he at first supposed. The thieves
had taken £25 in Bank of England notes, £l7 in sovereigns,
an old fguinea,:five crown pieces, and twenty Spanish and
Amerie In dollars. A bank post bill for £OO had been taken
out of a drawer in his room, and dropped on the floor in the
back bedroom, but the robbers did not seem to have been
aware of its value. Mrs. Angell said that the prisoner
(Elizabeth Fairclough) had been twice in her service, but
she never had any occasion to suspect her honesty before.
Miss Deborah Angell, niece to Captain Angell, and who was
at Liverpool on the day of the robbery, stated that her box
was also broken open and some trinkets stolen,
which have since been recovered. Other ev;--
donee showed that on the Sunday previous
to the robbery a man named Daniel Doyle, and
another named Lindsay (an assistant at Mrs. Poncia's
photographic portrait rooms, 84, Lord-street), called at
Captain Angell's, and saw the prisoner. On the following
Wednesday the prisoner stopped in Liverpool all night with
Doyle. The day after the robbery this Doyle had his
portrait taken at Mrs. Poncia's, and he inadvertently left
behind him some trinkets, which turned out to be those
stolen from Miss Deborah Ingell's box, and were produced
in court. It was also stated a short time before the robbery
the prisoner went twice to the front door to speak to some
one, and that the prisoner, while in bridewell, confessed to a
fellow prisoner how the robbery was planned and carried
out. The magistrates committed the prisoner for trial at
Knutsford sessions, which commence to-day. She is a
married woman, and her husband arrived from sea on the
night of the robbery. Doyle and he had previously been
shipmates. The latter absconded when he heard the police
were after him, and he is still out of the way,

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