The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-03-15 00:00:00

heavy instalment upon. the new loam, has. passed GREAT
away. Short loans were obtainable to day at five " •
to six pet cent upon Government Securities. Pos7
sibly, comparativequietude may prevail until
towards the 29th, when the next instalment falls ,
payable. "The discount market, however, continues
light. The demand for commercial accommoda-
tion-was to-day very active. At Paris to-day-the:}
Three per Cent Rentes closed about per cent
bettet'. The dticrease,,in the bullion shoWn, by the
Bank Return, though small, amounting to 49,240/,
will be unfavourably viewed, since it occurs in the
face of the purchase by the -Bank- of a con.
sidertible portion of the gold brought in by
the James Baines. Remittances of gold have
lately been male to -Turkey on account of loan.
The Railway Share Market continues very strong.
The general tendency is still in the di •--
improvement.
The closing quotations were as I folloWs
Caledonian, 60.1 61. Edinburgh and Glasgow,
58 60. Eastern Counties. 9a 9-1::.• EaSt
Lancashire, 721 723. Great Northern,
93 94. Do. A., 781 79a: Great Western
631 63i. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 831 84. Lon-
don and North Western, 99199;;,. Manchester
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 26 261. Midland Stock
, 711 71. i. North British, 301 311. South Eastern
and Dover, 68,1, 683; York Newcastle,. and Ber-
wick, 761 771. York and North Midland, 551 561.
The London Consols closed at the following
rates :—Account, 92ei to 921; Money, 924 to 92Z.
The following were the final quotations of the
Foreign Exchanges : Amsterdam short, 1.1. 191 to
12 01. Do., 3 months, 12.21 to 12 21. Rotterdam,
do. 12 21 to 12 24. Antwerp do., 25 65 to 25 70.
Brussels, do., 25 65 to 25 70. Hamburg do, 13 112
to 13 111 Paris, short, 25 40 to 25 471 Do ;three
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o 11ranh— 121 to 1211 Vienna, do.,
10 26 to 10 31. Trieste; do., 10 29 to 10 34, Peters-
burg, do., 361- to 36i. Madrid, do., 494 to 491-,

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LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

THE CONFERENCES

PARIS; FRIDAY EVENING

The plenipotentiaries reassembled to-day, and
held their ninth sitting at • the Hotel of the
Minister: of Foreign Affairs.

HOSTILITIES IN THE BALTIC COUNTER-

MANDED

Despatches dated Kiel, the 13th instant, inform
us that the Firefly had entered that port with a
despatch from the British Government requesting
Commodore Watson not to engage in hostilities in
the Baltic.

AUSTRIA

Intelligence of yesterday's date has reached
stating that a new reduction of the Austrian army
had been announced.

THE FRENCH FUNDS

PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING

The business on the Bourse to-day closed at
the following quotations :—Four and a half per
Cents., 94f 75c; Three per Cents., 73f 25c.

FRANCE.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING

The intelligence I gave you yesterday, that it
was likely that Prussia- would be allowed' to take
part in the Congress, has received an earlier con-
firmation than was expected. A despatch from
Berlin informs us tl,at the French Ambassador
formally invited her yesterday, in the name of the
Congress, and that she at once accepted the invi-
tation. This statement is confirmed by the semi-
official journals of this evening. -It is, of course,
a proof that peace isylrtually concluded—there is, in
fact, no possibility, in presence of the well known
" attitude " of Prussia towards Russia, of supposing
anything • else. Another piice of news of a
peaceable character has also reached us by tele-
graph from Berlin to-day—it is that Count Orloff
had made known at St. Petersburg that an under-
standing had been
~come to on the 'fifth point (I
'old you this some days since), and that " peace
assured," The desPatchei, by the .way, say
gat this result is mainly owing to the despatches
,ent recently to Count Orloff. You may remember
hat I told. ycu that after the receipt of the
despatches, the tone of the Russ'iati negotiators
had undergone a, great change.
This news produced a favourable effect on the
Bourse, tut not 'so great as would have. been
caused if the market were not heavy.
The Empress received the communion this
morning, and the ,aidei-de-camp, and of eiers
d'ordonance are kept in readiness to summon the
great state dignitaries at a moments notice.
The Moniteur makes known that the govern-
ment has determined that .the gold deposits in
Guiana which were recently discovered, shall not
be worked without the' permission of the local
authorities. It says, however, that neither the
importance of them, or the quality of the gold
they produce, has yet been ascertained.
M. de Lesseps the projector of the scheme for
cutting through the isthmus of Suez, has arrived
in-Paris from Vienna, where he stopped on his way
frorn- Egypt. At Vienna he was received by
the Austrian . Ministers, and announced that' he
should reserve shares in his enterprise to the amount
of 25,000,000 francs, (a million sterling) to be
subscribed in Austria, and 40,000,000 francs
worth-for France and England respectively. He
took greit pains to persuade the Austrians thit
his;undertaking meets with every encouragement
in England.

Fourteen workmen were yesterday condemned
by the Tribunal of Correctional Police, to periods
of imprisonment varying from one month to five
years, and some of them to 261. fine besides, for
having formed a secret political society for the
overthrow of the government. The men were
Republicans and Socialists.
As signs of the times, it may be mentioned. that
a secretary of Prince Napoleon, formerly a jour-
nalist, has not been allowed to publish a pamphlet
against Russia; that the performance of the drama,
the Cosaques, in which the Russians are caricatured,
has been prohibited at Toulouse ; and that the
Charivari has had to suspend its anti-Ru'ssian
caricatures.
Prince Jerome is a- little better, but still in a
dangerous state.

PARISH LUNATICS AND MR LEATHEI

TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN TIMES

Sir,—lt appears, from what I have seen in the news-
papers, that a censure has been paqsed upon me for
neglect of duty towards a lunatic. I hardly think that this
account can be true, as I have received no notice to that
effect. I grant that I was called before the medical relief
committee, of which Dr. Bradley is chairman, respecting
this same poor man, whose case is as follows :—He was
brought to the workhouse between twelve and one o'clock
on Monday morning. February 25th, and was seen by Mr
Gaines, the assistant surgeon in attendance, forthwith,
and by him ordered to the asylum. I saw him in. my
morning visit in company with Mr. Games my assistant,
and he was perfectly tranquil ; on the 26th, (Tuesday)
I visited him again, about four o'clock, and found him
under mechanical restraint, to which I strongly objected,
and which, I rarely if ever use ; but having been informed
that he was discovered by Dr. Bradley balf-way through- the
window in the' padded cell, I chose the least of two evils,
and allowed him to remain in a strait jacket, after the
keepers had been ordered to place it on him, placed, be it
remembered without any authority either from Mr. Games or
may be permitted to observe, that the
myself. I hop I
dangerous position in which this man was found-, arose
from no neglect either on the part of Mr. Games
or myself, but simply from the faulty construction of the
cells, which, in their present state are altogether unfitted
for the reception of violent patients—so unfitted, indeed,
in my opinion, that dangerous ca-es are ordered .by me
to be constantly watched, night and day.
I beg to state to the public the true fac's of the matter,
through your columns ; but I shall demand from 'he justice
of the select vestry an enquiry into this painful case--:a
case upon which the so-called censure i 4 presumed to be
based.—l have the honour to be, your obedient servant,
PETER LEATILEN.
156, Brownlow-hill, March 14th, 1856.

WESTE

OF CANADA

The total receipts for halt.) earending 31st Janimry last,
amount to £272,154, aglinst, same time 1855, £161,652,
slawyiug au increase of £110,502. The receipts for the
three weets of the now current half-year are £24,929, as
against same time 1855, £14,176, showing an increase of
£lO "`

3 ; all sterling money.
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union. that the existing sh4reholders alone arc en

lave deetne'd it their duty; previously to Ulf

,malg•aimtition

av Company, and before

the outstanding convertible bonds are converted into stock,
to offer to the shareholders; -pro rata, the Whole' amount of
share capital which the company is• authorised to issue,
namely, the residue. of the unappi-opriated,slaar4 authorised
by their late act, and also the 20,000- shares authorised by
special act (April 22, 1853), for constructing the Sarnin

ihe.directors have therefore reSolv_ed to offer such shares
rateably to every proprietor of old' and new shares, whose
name stpod on the register, on 19th Feb. last, in the pro;
portion of.one new share for-every three shares previously
held, by him, on payment, on or before Yriday, 4th April
it, of a deposit of £5 10s • per share, together with -one
hare interest, from January 31st,

this issue being -entitled to dividend
on the amount' Paid up with the other shares of
the ComTany for the current half year, commencing Ist
February last. The 'certificates will_ be ready Ist May,
and the half-yearly meetings will be held'in Hamilton 12th
March, and in London 9th April—This issue will postpone
any call on the present new shares for some time to •come,

[lig and sixpem
April 4th,

payments in anticipa-

cn payments to carry
sip per cent interest.until2calls are made and payable, after

which to carry dividend

TRADE REPORT.-FRIDAT,