The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-05-14 00:00:00

THE OVERLAND MAIL,

By the arrival of the Tamar at Trieste, we tiruitli
receipt of the Bombay journals to the date of the lto
ult. From the summary of the Bombay Times of
date we quote the following:— intelli.
The past fortnight continues, in matters 0f hfp
gence, a blank. Dost Mahomed continues at Canuaa
djs
where he has narrowly escaped assassination, au of
suffering from the usual embarrassments of an late
treasury and mutinous army. He is said t° the
written to Persia, that he asked the friendship e,'
British government because of their possessing se
op
posts in his neighbourhood, and because the SOB'. its
not at the time applied for his favour. The report Is „.
dicta; €
all likelihood untrue; if not, the reply is contra ts
We have heard nothing of late of the movelVenceo,
Persia, we have at present no reason to suppose her gyp.
ings towards us hostile, but it is matter of the Inc tha
preme indifference whether they be so or not. Wile°ootli
hon. company's steamer Victoria left Bushire on the ••ce,
of March, the town was being put in a state of defeino,
but not certainly with any very alarming degree ofs'ill',
There were rumours at Bonder Abbas that Dost I‘l3oo-4
med had been beaten at Herat, where forty of his bane'
had been captured, and 20,000 of his people.
,fh-rjeic
no reason whatever to believe that the Ameer cow,' "ihat.
such a force into the field at all, or for that matter 7 ly
he had ever got beyond Candahar. There is certely
f thy
nothing in the way of exaggeration on the face 0.
earth like a Persian rumour. •raci
Profound peace continues to prevail throughout doe
and we have heard of no disturbance of any deeuiiPnro-
on any of our borders. The arrangements in Otlue pro'
teed peaceably and quietly, as they have done Iffop3 tha
first; and it ought to be considered something foe
re-
integrity of the press of India, that in spite of tu
and
sources at the disposal of the dethroned monarch, pot
the lavishness with which he seems inclined to eTrtb
them, scarcely a single journal among us has ste°d of
in his defence. The preliminaries for the absorptioa
the Baroda dominions are beginning to be taken• ato
Heavy showers and thunderstorms have begu the
make their appearance up and down throughot.l%
of
country, and we now begin to hope for an early la'

rain. said tbst
The Governor-General is at Calcutta • it is hot
he proposes remaining in Lower Bengal 'during the Try to
weather and rains, proceeding to the upper Oull„ected,
November. Lord Harris is at Madras, but is,esr Dort'
to proceed on a short visit to Ootacainuna.
Elphinstone remains at the seat of government'w y but
The pressurg in the money market h:.ls given
the state of the market for cotton-piece goods
1 11-.; °-
encouraging. Freights are firm.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
BOMBAY MARKET, from the 2nd W the 6th APit, fort'
The pressure on our money market has, during din our
night, abated to some extent, and, as anticiPated
last report, the banks have reduced their rates of fi;
2 per cent. all round; and, as bullion in clegancopiaiell
ng both from England and China,
arriving
that a further reduction in rates must take place s°°
IMPORTS.
we ate 0'
A fair amount :of business has been done, 13 most
pally owing, however, to the desire felt by close
holders to sell off, owing to the rapidly approanhiegoviq
of the season—the market for cotton piece goods, mote'
assumed a dull appearance, and the prices la %ref
being now obtained with difficulty for grey goeus ;1105
shirtings of 40 and 45 inches have declined; madaPe long
and T cloth are in fair request, at a slight decline ;40,
cloths and domestics of all descriptions are dull of s'eood
BLEACHED Goons--Shirting, low to middling, 11105 to'
demand, but fine rather dull—the same remark 313137dight'
Madapollams. Satin spots are in fair request at 1/ -
decline

COTTON WOOL. —T h e 2xm
aPrOkßeTt s h. a awe
ear.
re r nanabi n
tilt:het
eejilligo_rio;stel I,ll°'
last advices from home caused an advance 10, : oiS"—
Dhollera, Oomrawutty, to 105 r., 100 r., and Wir— .1
tmh eesneirk,
EhEopwse
wv e ro, 0
LI h
is
ihnavveer
yd
good
demand; 0 11/1"
r ague
ehaveted. advanced,i,ile l
att er butis AB leaarr Ichorasgraosolo
as last
HEMP.—Rajapore and Ghattee, for local ,:i rio1:1:4
are in good,demand. Theye is no change in qa."1.01 .g°vs.
000,•-,
PER.—Bhutcole and Malabar are bet°
change
in c
ImolagLndd
i.
demand,
:pmi
Dr
he Pag
nE
good
s is
'reel
sai .cn—eds,L.
andinse e
Niger;
i geandr: r
isa pseeaarreee both;
udu 1 1 . i s 110
,i
COCHINEAL is somewhat difficult to be put off• t all.
SAFFRON is very dull of sale, and in no enquirf_yaourablo
OPIUM.—Last accounts from China were so 1„11„st ,fc'r
that prices have advanced, and we now 1.; 1e,17;.
Mundleiseir, 1,135 r. to 1,140 r. ; and for Io'°"-' off_
to 1,130 r. paPer A
EXCHANGE.—Advanced to 2s 2d for first-olas-.
Cv ',nano—,
arrival of the China mail, and at that rate has bias Su
steady, although we heard of purchases of baonkla; 04
2s lid ; local credits were let off at 2s 2id to 2s "60 Ws
documents may be quoted to 2s Nil ; on Calcutta)
sight, 99r ; on China, 60 days' sight, 218 r. ter irate
FREIGHTS.—There is a backwardness :to enter the
fresh engagements, particularly for China, whither he
rate is entirely nominal, and none can be Warn ed '°t.
Liverpool and London tonnage may be obta,—seed at
immediate shipment at £4 5s per ton, and for 10, 1_ _ate.
£4 lOs ; otherwise £4 7s 6d per ton is the currea'

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THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. inclL.
Cape of Good Hope papers to the 22nd March ,.v
sive have come to hand. On the 13th his ' of
viceneo...,
the Governor, Sir G. Grey, opened the third Scssirifur-
itnhe first Parliament of that colony, with the ususiraffr
alities. Peace and prosperity prevailed, The ". dIY
chiefs expressed a strong desire to continue frieoliugb
relations with the British Government, end though
his
every dependence was placed upon their tvert”nieut
Excellency declared that the executive Goverrl'ihat
would not be lulled into any
unwise security o break
account, but at all times be prepared for auy ou,
.
that might be made, though at present not at all e.
i 1
i
peeled. The exports of colonial produce had riselip '
1
's
~,
value in one year from 666,0001 to 970,0001. The hs ee
wool alone bad increased during that period 446,000
634,0001.