The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-05-01 00:00:00

:lad of giving local com-

igement of their

own affairs

Albaist

erial logicians

..:ash and all, wholly out of
the peoples hands. These modern philosophers of
political fame would reduce the merchant to a
qsion agent, and the

would take them, t

sort' of govern

nt comrni

shipowner to a nominal Proprietor of so much
canvass, and so many planks, spars, and ropes !
The design 'cis not altogether devoid of science,
nor beyond the practical skill of those who direct
h e work of the present House of Commons,

owners'

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hypothecated

Yesterday, a very numerous meeting of the members
of the Liverpool Shipowners' Association was held, for
the purpose of considering the differences at present
existing between the Local Marine Board and the
Board of Trade. .Among the gentlemen present, were
Messrs. J. A. Tobin, Robert Rankin, James Tyrer, F. A.
Clint, Robertson Gladstone, James Smith, Farnworth,
Fisher, Lamport, J. Booker, Imrie, C. Maclver, Holder-
ness, J. Longton, George Kendall, and Grainger. James
Smith, Esq., occupied the chair. A report from the
members of the Local Marine Board who recently
resigned, and which had been addressed to the Ship-
Association, explaining the cause of their
retirement, was read ; whereupon, three resolutions, we
understand, were unanimously adopted. The first of
these set forth, that the Board of Trade was attempting
to assume powers not conceded to them by any clause in
the Mercantile Marine Act, but which belonged to, and
should be exercised by, the Local Marine Board. The
second approved of the course taken by the members of
the Local 314rine Board, in resisting the attempted
encroachments upon self-government; and the third,
embodied a request, to the members who have resigned,
to allow themselves to be again put in nomination at the
ensuing election. We also learn that Mr. Holderness
presented a requisition to them, which was signed by
most of the leading shipowners of the port, to the same
effect.

O'CONNELL'S PISTOLS, —Th e Limerick Observer contains
the following paragraph :—" The pistols which O'Connell
used on the occasion of his celebrated duel with D'Esterre,
in days when duelling was a practice which the laws of
society enforced upon gentlemen under the pmalty of loss of
caste and honour, were sold by auction in this city last
Thursday, by Mr. Coleman, at his auction mart, to Mr.
Gleeson, P.L G., for 27s the pair. This case of pistols
was purchased previously at the Cahercon auction by a
person present, and were subsequently pawned in Limerick."
A IkIEMORIAL CHURCH AT CONSTANTINOPLE.—On Monday
a public meeting was held at Willis's Rooms for t►ie pur-
pose of taking measures for the erection of an editke at
Constantinople for ecclesiastical purposes, as a memorial
of the services of the British army in the late war. His
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge occupied the
chair. The room was densely crowded. His Royal
Eighness having opened the proceedings, resolutions in
unison with the objects of the meeting were moved by
E:irl Granville, the Duke of Norfolk, and the Bishop of
Oxford, supported by Admiral Lyons, the Earl of Elgin,
and Mr. Sydney Herbert, M.P. Along list of subscrip-
tions was then read by the Rev. Mr. Glegg, the chaplain-
general—the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of Portland,
and Mr. Montague, appearing as donors of £lOO each.
The proceedings then terminated.nCiai
LeanTit._

AND COMMERCIAL.

LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY EVENING

The Liverpool Cotton Market has been again
dull, and prices must now be gnoted one sixteenth
of a penny lower. The sales to-day have been
8,000 bales, of which 1,500 have been taken for
speculation and export.
The Liverpool Share Market opened this morn.
in g with a very firm feeling, and prices for most of
the heavy stocks advance from 2to per cent.,
the Great Western of Canada shares particularly
commanding attention. The closing prices
were as follow :—Aberdeen, 121 131. Chester
and Birkenhead, 154 1511 Caledonian, .291
294. Chester and Hotyhead, 151 151. Eastern
Counties, 9b 10. East Lancashire, 19 191.
Great Northern, 231 231. Ditto A, 91 91. Great
Western, 62 63. Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock
88 881. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 164 171.
London and North Western Stock, 1001 1001. Man-
chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 28 281-. Ditto
Pref., 111 12. Ditto New 6 per cent. Pref., i ip.
Midland Stock. 74 741. North British, 82
8. North Staffordshire, 6 51d. South Eastern,
21 5-16 215. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 19_t
194. York and North Midland, 271 28. Leeds
Capital Stock, 151 15k. Buffalo and Lake
Huron, 2 1-16 2 3-16 p. Dutch Rhenish 1 7-16 lip.
Great 'Western of Canada, 261 263. Ditto New
Shares, 31 38 p. Ditto 2nd issue,3 34p. Great
Luxembourg, 6 15-16 6 13-16 d.
The following is a statement .of traffic receipts
of the Great Western Railway of Canada by pas-
senger and goods trains for the week ending 11th
April, 1856, and for the corresponding period
last year :-11th April, 1856—total receipts,
15,563/. 7s. 4d ; 131 h April, 1855—d0., 10,8021. 14s
3d. ; Increase, 4,760/. 13s. ld. Aggregate gross re-
ceipts from the commencement of the current
half-year to date, 108,533/. Is. 6d. sterling ; do.
for the corrresponding period last year, 74,257/.
14s. 10d do.

The arrival of the West India mail at Southamp-
ton is announced this evening. She has brought
940,000 dollars in specie, of which 395,000 are on
account of the Mexican Dividends.

An important financial measure has been passed
in the Prussian Chamber of Deputies relative to
the Bank of Prussia, which extends the issue of
paper money to that establishment, and the reduc-
tion of treasury bonds. The first paragraph of
the new law states that the amount fixed by the
regulations of 1846 was 21 million thalers, and the
third authorises an issue of 20 thaler and 10 thaler
notes, to an amount regulated by the specie or
ingots of silver in the bank coffers. This measure
has given umbrage to the liberal party in the house
as an undue monopoly held by the bank, which
drew a reply from the Minister of Commerce, who,
as chief of the bank, stated that the proceedings of
the establishment were under the control of a cen
tral committee appointed by the government, which
was a sufficient guarantee that the power held by
the bank would be only acted upon for the public
good. The chamber also adopted a measure,
diminishing the State Debt by 15 million thalers,
and authorised the issue of Treasury Bonds bear-
ing interest to the amount of 66,598,000 thalers,

At a meeting held this day of the creditors of
Messrs. Syers, Walker, and Co., who recently sus-
pended payment, the following balance sheet was
submitted :
Dr.
To creditors on open accounts £12,737 0 0
Creditor; on bills payable
not scoured
Less expected to be retired
by the (parties for whose

account to be accepted 6,200 0 0 60,250 0 0
To creditors on bills payable
partly secured

ESiima.ed value of goods

for France,

consul has perished

65,647 0 0

...
--- 27,199 0 0
To creditors on bills payable fully secured
Estimated value of—
Goods hypothecated ... ,
Amount of bills

To contra .. . .
L;abilitie3_on bills receivable £199,192 0 0

Of which it is expected there
will be duly honoured.... 142,440 0 0 56,752 0 0
Less Cash Balance in the
hands of Itobarts and Co. 619 0 0 66.133 0 0
---£146,319 0 0
By cash balance in hand £1,504 0 0
Debtors' goods . 7,262 0 0
Ditto doubtful £1,975..
Bill receivable on hand,
office, furniture, &e. 204 0 0
Eitimated profits on

.5,000 0 0
charters
Bills of lading in hand valued at 1,000 0 0
Balances on consignments esti- •
mated at 20,273 0 0
Surplus from goods hypothe-
cated against hills payable
per contra 4,5251.
£35,243 0 0
_ _

Lessamonntsunder 10/., rents,
rates, &c. 232 0 0

£35,011 0 0

A composition of 4s. in the pound was offered, and a
committee was formed for the pnrpose of investigating
the accounts prior to its acceptance. If the committee
considered the offer a fair one, there was a general
disposition to adopt this plan for the arrangement of
the estate.

The funds showed a decided tendency towards
improvement to-day, and prices gradually advanced
until the termination of business, finally closing 1
per cent. above :the best point of yesterday.
,The
quotations were 921 02g. The disposition to
purchase was stimulated this afternoon by a
rumour that a new loan is postponed for the
present. Money continued in much demand in
the Stock Exchange, however, in connection with
the settlement of the account in shares and foreign
stocks. At Paris to-day 3 per cent. Rentes closed at
an advance of Ito 1 per cent. It is officially an-
nounced that the Stock Exchange will be closed
to-morrow (Thursday) according to custom. A
further considerable quantity of gold was to-clay
sent into the Bank. Of the late arrivals, the
portion bought for account of the Bank of France
is compuratively small. Most of the country Corn
markets aro firmer, and in some cas* a slight
advance has been established. Very few floating
cargoes have arrived off the coast lately. The
French Corn markets are reported less animated
after the late rise. The Railway Share
market to-day was decidedly better, and at
the close prices were quoted as follows :
Caledonian, 591 60. Eastern Counties, 91 H.
East Lancashire, 76 78. Great Northern, 94/ 95.
Do. A, 79 80. Great Western, 62 621. Lancashire
and Yorkshire, 881 881. London and North
Western, 1001 1001. Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincolnshire, 271 281. Midland Stock, 731 74.
North British, 34i 354. South Eastern and Dover,
711 711. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 77 78.
York and North Midland, 551, 551.

THE MAINE LIQUOR LAW REPEALED. The Lower
House of the Maine Legislature, some days ago, passed a
new temorance bill, concurring with the Senate by a
vote of 78 to 68, after a seemingly careful and deliberate
examination of the subject. The bill was strongly opposed
by the advocates of the prohibitory principle, which it
repudiates.— Washihgton Intelligences, April 14.
THE ALLEGED SUICIDE OF FOSCHINI.—On Tuesday,
Mr. W. Carter held a long enquiry at Mr. Wentzell's,
the Ship Tavern, Lambeth, on the body of a man sup-
posed to have been Foschini. More than usual interest
was attached to the investigation. The learned coroner
enquired how old Foschini was, and his height. He was
answered 5 feet 8 inches in height, whil,t the deceased
was only 5 feet 3or 4 inches. The initials on the shirt
were " H.F„" which would stand for " Henri Foschini."
The learned coroner said it was quite clear that the
deceased was not Foschini. Ho would advise the jury
to return an open verdict, as the deceased had not been
identified. The jury did so,
OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVERHAMPTON RAILWAY,
—The report of the Shareholders' Committee of Inves-
tigation, which has been some time anticipated with
anxiety, was issued on Tuesday night, under the signa-
ture of Sir S. M. Peto and the other members of the
committee. The report recommends a policy of peace
and of friendly relations with all surrounding com-
panies. To effect this, as far as the Great Western is
concerned, it recommends that provision should be made
for laying down the double gauge line throughout : it
proposes to obtain an outlet for traffic by means of a
junction with the South Eastern (Reading and Reigate)
at Reading, over the narrow•gauge lines the Great
Western are required to lay do'vu from Oxford to Read-
ing; it proposes the immediate completion of the
branches from the main line to Kingswinford, and from
Worcester to the Severn, and with a view to complete
these and other works, and to pay off existing liabilities,
it proposes to raise £350,000 by a new stock, being
nearly £400,000 less than was proposed to be raised by
the directors. The report then recommends an entire
change in the direction.

ES..LIVIZEPCOL, THURSDAY, MAY I, 1866

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

RUSSIA.

lAd vices from Berlin, dated the 28th ult , mention

that a letter from St. Petersburg states that Count
Adlerberg has been appointed to succeed Count
Orloff as chief of the Imperial household. Prince

Eristoff and General Zanlosski, who constructed

Sebastopol, have lately died

A foreign diplo-

matist, who has relations with St. Petersburg,

has mentioned that the Russian government have

already received applications for 40,000 passports
for foreign countries, three quarters of which are

The Journal de St. Petersbourg, of the 22nd ult.,

publishes a long address from the Emperor to the
militia forces, on their being disbanded.

THE DISTURBANCES IN NABLOUZ

Accounts from Jaffa of the 16th, state that on the

previous day another sanguinary fight had taken
place at Nablouz ; the governor had finally beaten
the rebels. Assistance had been demanded from

Jerusalem, but the Pacha of that city kept for him-
self his troops and cannon, in the anticipation of
disorders which might break out. At Jerusalem,
moreover, the energetic attitude of the Pacha and

of the consuls, promised to conjure away all danger

In the disturbance of the 4th at Nablouz, the con.
sular flags were pulled down, but the houses of the
English agents were alone burned down. It is the
father of the Prussian Consul, and not the Consul,

who has been killed. The Greek church and the

English chapel have been abandoned, but no

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THE FRENCH FUNDS

PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING,

The transactions on the Bourse to-day, closed as

follows :—Four and a-half per Cents, 93f. 75c.;

Three per Cents, 74f. 10c.