The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-07-25 00:00:00

THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY.

increasing the trader's means of discharging debt,
nor give greater solidity to the ordinary banks,
whose business they take away; and, to dub
such concerns with the name of " commercial"
societies, and then suffer them to be used for
purely political purposes, is giving a degree of
scantity to a monster sham, which, it is hoped, will
not gull the sober people of this country, or expose
their authors to the utmost ridicule and contempt,

both at home and abroad. Our London specula-
tors are about to participate rather largely in the
Free Trade in usury ; but without all the other
addenda of banking business, they will speedily
find their level, and before any serious mischief
can be done to ourselves or others.

MONETARY AND COIIIATF,PCI Al

LIVERPOOL. THURSDAY EVENING

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The Liverpool Cotton continues without change
in tone, but a moderate business was done at
previous quotations, the sales amounting to 7,000
bales, of which 1,000 have been taken for specu-
lation and export.

The Liver-pool Share Market opened with a
steady tone, but subsequently became easier, and
closed flat, but not at the lowest point of the day.
The following were the latest quotations :—Aber-
deen, 141 141. Chester and Birkenhead, 161 17.
Caledonian, 308 30:. Chester and Holyhead, 174
171. Eastern Counties, 10 5-16 10 7.16. East Lan-
cashire, 211 211. Great Northern, 231 24. Ditto A,
9: CI. Great Western, 628 63. Lancashire and York
shire, 97: 971. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport,
181 183. London and North Western, 108 1081.
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 343, 343 Ditto
New 6 per cent. Pref , 13-16 15-16 p. Ditto Pref., 12
11-16 12 13.16. Midland Stock. 831 831. North
British, 91 9: North Staffordshire, 48 44d. South
Eastern and Dover, 221 22 5-16. York, New-
castle, and Berwick, 21 22. York and North
Midland, 311 311. Leeds Capital Stock, 18 181.
Buffalo and Lake Huron, I Ip. Dutch Rhenish,
21 29p. Great Western of Canada, 26 261. Ditto
New Shares, 34 31p. Great Luxembourg, 91 9d.
By way of Havre, we have nearly a week's later
advices from the Brazil, full details of which will
be found in another column

On Wednesday, we published the copy of a
letter which was forwarded to Melbourne by the
Eagle, in reference to the Australian Wool trade,
Thct letter was handed to us by the writer, and we
complied with his request for its publication, with-
out at all endorsing the statements it contained,
and relying wholly upon his good faith. We have,
to-day, received the following, addressed

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

SPAIN.

The steamer Cid, just arrived at Marseilles,
brings news from Barcelona to eight o'clock in the
morning of the 23rd inst. Notwithstanding the
tranquility which pervaded the town, the troops,
who had become masters of all the provisions,
remained under arm-,3.

The struggle is described as having been most
bloody. The commander of the Cid calculates the
number of killed and wounded on both sides at
not less than 1,200.

Families were continuing to abandon Barcelona,
and seek shelter at Marseilles, but not in such
large numbers as was the case a few days ago.

THE FRENCH FUNDS.

PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING

At the close of business on the Bourse to-day,
the following were the quotations :—Four and a
Half per Cents , 94f.; Three per Cents., 70f. 85e.

BELGIUM.

THE FETES

AT BRUSSELS

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
BRUSSELS, MONDAY EVENING

The illuminations last evening were splendid in
the extreme, especially those of private houses,
and they were more numerous and general than
are often seen on the Continent. The weather
was magnificent, and vast crowds paraded the
streets until the night had far advanced. The
British Embassy displayed the British and
Belgian flags, and the letters " V.R." in variegated
lamps. The King and Royal Family visited
different parts of the town, and were every where
received with the greatest enthusiasm.
To day, Brussels has presented a spectacle
which, I verily believe, no other city on the
Continent could possibly produce. A grand
procession has paraded the town, amidst myriads
of spectators who filled, not only the streets, but
every window of every house. To describe the pro-
cession at length would fill columns, and would
require the pen of a Walter Scott; but the follow
ing are the chief features of it :—A. splendid car
drawn by eight horses, from the province of Lim-
bourg, symbolising the expulsion of the Romans
by the Franks about the year 488, the car being
preceded and followed by Roman prisoners and
Frank victors, in the costumes of the epoch. Then
came a car from Luxembourg, representing
St. Hubert preaching the gospel, and the house-
holds and followers of the first Count of Luxem-
bourg, preceding and following it ; the car was,
besides, accompanied by huntsmen, and a pack of
hounds. The next car was that of the province of
Hainaut, and contained a gigantic statue of
Baldwin, seventh Count of Hainaut, ninth Count
of Flanders, and first emperor of Constantinople ;
the car was followed by sixty minstrels. The
next car was that of Eastern Flanders, and in it
was a statue of the great patriot, Van Artevelde ;
it was preceded and followed by horsemen.
Then came a cortege from Western Flanders,
representing the institution of the Order
of the Golden Fleece by Philippe le Bon,
Duke of Burgundy, on his marriage with
Isabella of Portugal. The next car was that of
Brabant; it was in the form of a gigantic ship,
and contained, with a number of attendants,
Charles V. seated on his throne, with his aunt
Marguerite of Austria, his sister Mary, his son,
afterwards Philip 11., his principal courtiers, &o.
Then came a car of Antwerp, containing all the
principal artists at the time of Albert and
Isabella ; the next was that of the town of Namur,
followed by a splendid cavalcade. Then came a
series of seven cars,—one containing agricultural
productions and implements, peasants, and even
sheep,—another filled with locomotives, works
in iron, &c.,—a third containing the arms of
Liege,—another devoted to horticulture, &e.,
and so on. In some of the cars were busts of
the King crowned with laurel, and in others
were large inscriptions of " Namur to Leopold the
Wise," " Grateful Hainaut to the King," " Twenty
five years of peace and prosperity," " To the King,
protector of labour." And each car was preceded
and followed by troops of peasants, miners, fish.
women, wool dressers, workers in iron—in a word,
workmen of all trades, all in their respective work-
ing costumes, and carrying the implements of
their different callings. In the course of the pro-
cession, there were no end of banners, and at
intervals were bands of music.

As I write, the procession is still parading the
town, amidst the acclamations of thousands and
tens of thousands. The sun is shining gloriously.
The fetes terminate to night by a grand display
of fireworks.

The style in which the different cars are con-
structed and elevated, the arrangement of the
cavalcades and groups are really magnificent. The
dresses, too, are splendid in the extreme; most of
them are quite new, and those of the " olden
time" are in velvet and silk. All the banners, the
designs of which are historically exact, were manu-
factured for the occasion—some of them at
Lyons.

SWEDEN.—From every part of the kingdom the accounts
of the state of the crops are most favourable, so that no
fears are entertained of a scarcity of provisions of any
description.
THE CASE OF JAMES SADLEIR.-..DUBLIN, Wednesday.
—The Lord Chancellor to-day granted an application
for the appointment of a receiver of the property of
James Sadleir ; and Mr. Macdowell, the official
manager, was then appointed.
POSTAGE STAMPS.—A correspondent of the Times asks
" Why, for four or five weeks, the Post-office and the
Stamp-office have been without 4d. and ls. adhesive
stamps ; and at neither place can we gain any information
as to when they are likely to have a supply." [lt seems
that the public in the metropolis is in the same dilemma
in this respect as the residents in the provinces. A great
fault lies somewhere. and ought to be immediately
corrected.—ED. N. T.] _ _

DORCHESTER ELEJTION.—Mr. Charles Napier Sturt
was duly elected M. P. for this borough on Tuesday last
without opposition, in the place of H. G. Sturt, Esq., who
had accepted the Ohiltern Hundreds prior to offering
himself for the county. to supply the vacancy occasioned
by the death of the Right Hon. George Bankes. Mr. S.,
in returning thanks for the honour cenferred, said he was
unconnected with party, and hoped that the connection so
happily begun would be consolidated and strengthened as
time went on—that by straightforward conduct and
honesty of purpose he should merit their esteem, and gain
as a reward their confidence and support. Thanks were
voted to the Mayor, three cheers given for the Queen,
and three for the member elect, and the proceedings
terminated.

EXPENSE OF THE PARES.—A return has just been pub-
lished of the expenditure, in detail, of the sum of £19,391
on St. James's, the Green, and Hyde Parks, for the year
ending the 31st of March, 1856. Of this, £5,185 was ap-
propria•ed to the repair and maintenance of the roads and
paths ; £1,812 to watering the roads ; £1,328 to the wages
of constables and watchmen ; £2,086 to general works,
including the repairing of seats, fences, and hurdles, and the
purchase of grass seeds; £1,207 to lightning;
_£B7B to a
new iron post and railings on the South side of Hyde Park ;
£721 to new footpaths in Hyde Park; £2,450 to taking
down and rebuilding the lodge at St. James's-street, Buck-
ingham-gate, erecting new gates and piers, and improving
the approaches to the park ; £155 to filling up the old basin
in the Great Park ; and £2OO to the salary of the superin-
tendent. The liveries of the constables cost £172, and the
food of the aquatic birds £B4.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOTJSE OF LORDS,-THURSDAY,

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock.

A discussion arose upon the Commons' Amendments
to the Lords' Amendments to the Parochial Schools
(Scotland) Bill, in the course of which it was agreed,
on the motion of the Duke of BuccLEucu, that the
clause continuing the religious tests in the appointment
of schoolmasters, which had been rejected by the
Commons, should be re-inserted and insisted upon.
A long series of bills were advanced a stage of pro-
gress, after a miscellaneous discussion, and their Lord-
ships rose at a quarter past seven o'clock.