The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-04-03 00:00:00

THE COURT

Her Majesty will hold a Privy Council on Friday next,
at Buckingham Palace. The Queen and the Prince Consort,
accompanied by the Prince of Wales, the Princess R'Jyal,
Prince Alfred, the Princesses Alice, Helena, and Louisa,
Prince Arthur, and Prince Leopold, left Windsor Castle at
half-past three o'clock on Tuesday afternoon for London.
The royal party travelled by a special train on the South
Western Railway to the private station at Vauxhall, and
from thence proceeded in seven of the Qaeen's carriages,
escorted by a party of the 3rd Light Dragoons, to Buck-
ingham palace, where the Queen and Prince arrived a t
twenty minutes before five o'clock. The Prince of Wales
and Prince Alfred visited and inspected Mr. Ibotson's paper
mills, at Wraysbury, on Monday.

BIRKENHEAD CoarmsslON;lts.—The observations attri,
bated, in our report of the proceedings of this board
yesterday, to Mr. Bryant, were made by Mr. Bradley.
THE CRIMEAN MILITARY COMMIBSIONERS.—We under-
stand that the Crimean Commissioners will meet to-day
pro fortha at eleven o'clock, aad will then adjourn to
Monday next.

THE IRISH BENCH.—The motion fur the issue df a new
writ for the borough of Athlone in the House of Commons,
last night, announces that Mr. Keogh, the present Attorney
General for Ireland, has accepted the puisne judgeship of
the Court of Common Pleas, vacant by the death of the late
Mr. Justice Torrens. Mr. Fitzgerald succeeds Mr. Keogh
as Attorney General, and, in consequence, a new writ was
last night moved for the borough of Ennis,

LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY EVENING,

There has been an active demand for Cotton to-
day, and with a liberal supply, prices have been
fully maintained. The total sales reach 12,000
bales, and include 4,000 taken for speculation and
export. -
The Liverpool Share Market opened this Morn-
ling with a very firm tone, but during the day it
became rather easier, closing steady at the
following quotations : Aberdeen, 131 .14.
Chester and Birkenhead, 152 16. Caledonian,
304 301. Chester and Holyhead, 151 151. Eastern
Counties, 10 7-16 10 9-16. East Lancashire, 198 191.
Great Northern, 23i- 231. Ditto A9l 10f. Great
Western, 641-; 65. Lancashire and Yorkshire
Stock, 881 881. Liverpool, Crosby, and South-
port, 16 161, London and North Western
Stock, 1021 1021. Man Chester, Sheffield, and
Lincoln, 291 92. Ditto Preference, 111 111,
Ditto New 6 per cent. Pref., a fip. Midland Stock,
751 75k. North British, 8f 81. North Stafford-
shire, 6 51d. South Eastern, 221 221. York,
Newcastle, and Berwick, 191 20. York and
North Midland, 281 29. Leeds Capital Stock,
151 16. Dutch Rhenish, 11 lip. Ditto New
Shares, 38 np. Great Western of Canada,
25 1-16 25 3-16. Ditto New Shares, 21 23-p. Ditto
2nd issue, 21 21p. Great Luxembourg, 78 7 d.
The following is a statement of traffic receipts
of the Great Western Railway of Canada, by pas-
senger and goods7trains for the week ending 14th
March, 1850, and for the corresponding period
last year :-14th March, 1856 total receipts,
83071 13s 2d ; 16th March, 1855—d0 74301 Os ld.
Increase, 8771 13s ld. Aggregate gross receipts
from the commenement of the current half-year to
above date, 53,86617 s 6d ; do. for the correspond-
ing period last year, 36,2231 19s, all sterling.
In another column we give details of news from
Australia to the 7th of January, by which we have

a confirmation of the news of the loss of the
Schomberg, and the announcement that the
Sultana, of the White Star line of packets had
arrived out at Melbourne from Liverpool after a
passage of seventy days

- We-quote the following report of the London
Tobacco Market for the past month, from the
circular of Messrs. Grant and Hodgson :
With a comparatively quiet market, and very limited
demand for Home Trade last month, previous prices were
fully supported. For Exportation there was more enquiry,
and sales which may be estimated at fully 250 hhds.,
chiefly Virginia, would have been further increased, if suit-
able descriptions bad been obtainable. Sales for the month
nr2y be stated at 600 hhds., 250 hhds. for Exponation, and
350 hhds, for Home Trade ; of the latter upwards of 200
hhcls. were Western Strips, mostly of old imports. As we
stated, after the sampling of the last importation of Virginia,
that a very large portion consisted of middling and ordinary
sorts, and that although the import was considerable, the
quantity of good and fine constituted not more than one
third, it is now very apparent that the remaining stock con-
tains a very limited quanti y of the latter, and difficulty is
already experienced in making selections. Advices of the
3rd ultimo, from New Orleans, state that " the arrivals are
trifling, and with a market bare of stock, the transactions
are necessarily of an extremely limited character; prices
firm. Stock in warehouse and on shipboard not cleared,
1,857 hhds.

Commercial intelligence from Batavia by tele-
graph, via Trieste, has been received to the 10th
February. The coffee plantations are reported to
be in a favourable condition, and their produce
purchased at advantageous prices to the grower.
Best qualities at the rate of 32t per pereul, and
ordinary sorts at 30f. The ruling prices at the
close of the market, for delivery, was Mfrs. In
sugar, trade is brisk; 250,000 piculs sold for 16t;
and 200,000 piculs at 15f. Rice is in demand, and
good qualities realise advanced prices. Sales of
3 000 coyangs brought 200 to 205 f. for prime, and
170 to 195 f. for inferior sorts. Indigo was also in
request at an improvement upon fine qualities,
which realised at the rate of 3f. 75c. per I kilo.
Accounts from Havre state that notwithstanding
the conclusion of peace, and the general rise in
raw materials for manufacturers, the cotton market
was exceedingly dull on Monday. Holders of
stocks were expecting an advance of 1 franc per 50
kilos, but there was not much disposition on the
part of purchasers to give it. However a sale of
Georgia of middling quality brought 50e advance
on previous quotations.

The foreign wool trade continues buoyant, and
there has ben a slight improvement on Russian
produce—at 63 to 74 tha,lers for inferior sorts,
and 95 to 102 thalers for good qualities. At
Marseilles there has been an average advance of
about 15 per cent this year on the ruling prices of
last year.

A reduction in the minimum rate of discount
having been made by the Bank of France, it is
very generally anticipated that the directors of the
Bank of England—at their " parlour" meeting
to-morrow will remove the restrictions on long
dated paper imposed in October last. This
measure, it is contended, can be adopted without
the least difficulty, and will materially tend to
produce an easier feeling in the general Money
Market.

The Committee of Mexican Bondholders have
received adviees from Mr. Whitehead, dated
Mexico, the 3rd ultimo. Congress was installed
on the 18th of February last, and confirmed the
nomination of General Comonfort as President
Substitute. His Excellency the Minister of
Finance writes that a government force of 10,000
men is besieging Puebla. which is expected soon
to surrender. The packet brings 45,000 dollars
from Vera Cruz, 12,400 dollars from Tampico, and
13,584 dollars from Mnatlan for the dividend
fund.

The closing quotations stood as- follows;—Caledo-
nian, 614 611 Eastern Counties, 10 5-16 10 716
East Lancashire, 76 77. Great Northern, 94 94k.
Ditto A, 79 80. Great Western, 64i 65. Lan-
casire and Yorkshire, 884 8877. London
and North Western, 102 102 k. Manchester Shef-
field, and Lincolnshire, 291 291 Midland Stock, 75
751 North British, 34 351. South Eastern and
Dover, 721 731 York, Newcastle, and Berwick,
79 80. York and North Midand, 571 571

L kTEST INTELLIGENCE,

THE PEACE CONGRESS

PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING

To-day the Plenipotentiaries again assembled
in Conference, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
and there recommenced the discussion on the
several points which yet require and remain for
their consideration.

Of these deliberations it is needless to add that
nothing in the shape of results was promulgated,
♦

TURKEY

A despatch dated Constantinople the 25th ult.,
received via Marseilles, informs us that a Te Deum
was chaunted in that city on the receipt of the
gladsome intelligence of the birth of an Imperial
Prince of France.

On the same evening a grand banquet took
place in celebration of the event at the French
Embassy. Our Envoy at the Ottoman Porte,
Sir Stratford de Redcliffe was present, and
delivered a speech bearing upon the subject which
had created the hospitality.
The quarters at Pera were brilliantly illuminated
in honour of the occasion.

Omar Pacha was about to proceed to the
command of the army in Asia.

THE CRIMEA

Through the same source of intelligence, we
learn that the news received from the Crimea
serves to confirm all the statements which have
previously reached us with reference to the
improved sanitary condition of the troops, and we
rejoice to be apprised that the improvement still
, continues.

Ou the 16th ultimo, General De La, Marmora
arrived at Balaclava, and a review of the allied
forces had taken place at Eupatoria.
THE PETNCIPALITIES.

Our news from the Principalities reiterates the
intelligence that the Russians had permitted 163
vessels, detained in the Danube, to set sail.
Wre regret to learn that at Kustendjee there had
been some heavy disasters fallen the shipping.
From Kertch, under date of the 17th ultimo, we
arc apprized that the expedition which had been
projected and designed against the Spit of Arobat
had been postponed, until such time as a certainty,
with respect to the peace negotiations at Paris,
should be arrived at.