The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-08-02 00:00:00

THE NORTHERN TIME S.---LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY.

decisions are to be final, and here we seem to get
a glimpse at the depth of the job. We are to have
a gaseous Bashaw, who is to charge all who go to
him certain fees, but without the power to prose-
cute or redress any one abuse of which the payers
of fees may have to complain. He is to be in his
office to hear the Burgesses' grievances, and to take
This is to be the ultimatum of the
gas enquiry, so far as the Corporation and Gas
Committee are concerned. It is just possible,
however, that some of those gentlemen, who are
large consumers, may keep photometers on their
premises to test the qualities of the light they
receive, and they will, probably, employ a gas
engineer occasionally to examine their meters,
burners, &c., while we shall certainly not forget to
remind the public that gas can be supplied in
sufficient quantities, and at a price which will
admit of its being introduced into every cottage
and cellar in Liverpool. Gas, at the Bolton and
Sunderland prices, is cheaper, more healthy, and
useful to the poor man and industrious family, than
any other description of light, and the monopoly
which withholds such a boon from the working
millions, will take more than corporate sympathy
to sustain it.

their money

No small share of attention has been devoted of
late by noblemen and gentlemen, of great public
spirit, to the sanitary and general condition of
the working classes, and cheap light is one of
those paramount necessaries of life, which cannot
be much longer withheld from the working man's
home. Engineers and projectors of gas com-
panies can no longer gull the people with their
old, stale, and thread-bare rodomontades about
the cost of gas works, the expenses of manufac-
turing and distributing light. Means must be
devised by the Legislature to control the pressure
at which gas is delivered to consumers, to prevent
the use of fraudulent meters, and to secure the
whole country a uniform Parliamentary standard
of illuminating power. These are the obviously
necessary changes gas reformers seek; we shall
not shrink from an agitation which has such great
national advantages for its object. The Liverpool
Corporation, and the Gas Committee, may think
that they have done all that is needful for the

protection of the consumer; but we regret, ex
ceedingly, that they should have stultified them-
selves so remarkably, by taking so narrow a view,
and have resorted to small expedients, in a really
broad and weighty matter.

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL,

LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY EVENING.
The Liverpool Cotton Market, which was very
dull in the early part of the week, has now become
very active, and the total sales of the week foot up
69,590 bales, of which 9,980 have been taken for
speculation and 9,800 for export. Prices for
American are a shade higher than on Friday last.
A moderate amount of business has been done
in the Liverpool Share Market to-day, and in
the early part of the day prices had an upward
tendency, but towards the close they became rather
easier, and left off as follows :—Aberdeen, 141 141.
Chester and Birkenhead, 16a 168. Caledonian, 30
301. Chester and Holyhead, 171 171. Eastern
Counties, 103 101. East Lancashire, 211 213.
Great Northern, 24 7-16 24 9-16. Ditto A, 91 10.
Great Western, 631 631. Lancashire and Yorkshire,
971 98. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 181
18-j. London and North Western, 1071 1071.
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 341 344. Ditto
New 6 per cent. Pref., 11-16 13-16 p. Ditto Pref.,
121 123. Midland Stock, 841 84-t. North British,
91, 98. North Staffordshire, 4141 d. South Eastern
and Dover, 221 221. York, Newcastle, and
Berwick, 211 211. York and North Midland, 304
311. Leeds Capital Stock, 181 181. Buffalo and
Lake Huron, 1 Ip. Dutch Rhenish, 21 2a-p.
Great Western of Canada, 251 26. Ditto New
Shares, 33 31p. Great Luxembourg, 91 9d.
Under the influence of fine weather, the Corn
Markets continue to show a downward tendency:
In Liverpool to-day; the amount of business done
was small, and the decline in the price of wheat
was fully 4d per bushel from the quotations of
Tuesday, whilst the decline in flour was from is to
2s per barrel. At Wakefield, with a very dull
market, the price of wheat declined five shillings
per quarter.

The following is a statement of the departures
for Australia, from Liverpool, during the past
month :—To Sydney, 3 vessels, 2,537 tons, 306
passengers. To Melbourne and Geelong, 7
vessels, 8,972 tons, 1,590 passengers. To Adelaide,
1 vessel, 377 tons. Total for July, 1856, 11 vessels,
11,886 tons, 1,896 passengers. Total for June,
1856, 10 vessels, 10,897 tons, 1,679 passengers.
Total for July, 1855, 12 vessels, 14,308 tons, 1,968
passengers. The following may be quoted as the
present rates of freight from this port :—To
Sydney, 30s ; Melbourne and Geelong, 40s to 50s
to the Wharf ; Adelaide, 355.

We have advices from Alexandria to the 21 inst.,
and from the circular of Messrs. Peel and Co. we
quote the following :

Our last circular was dated the 20th June, since which
date our Grain Market has been very active, and prices
have advanced, although there have been some fluctuations.
The contracts for deliveries in September and October
amount to-472,500 ardebs wheat from 81 piastres to 94,
or 30s Bcl to 35s 6d per quarter, free on board; 77,000
ardebs beans from 683 piastres to 78 piastres, or 25s id to
28s 7d per quarter, free on board ; 44,000 ardebs barley
from 58 piastres to 60 piastres, or 24, 4d to 25s 2d per
quarter, free on board. The highest rates are now well
supported. The sales on the spot amount to-18,000
cantars cotton, 340 cantars flax, 75,000 ardebs
wheat, 6,500 ardebs beans, 11,200 ardebs barley. Cotton :
The arrivals are falling off, and the short supplies
cause prices to be pretty well supported. The chief sales
have been at from $9,1 to $l2, or 524 to 71d per Ib, f. o. b.
Flax : The only sales have been 80 cantars dressed at
piastres 140, or £3B 12s per ton, f. o. b., and 260 can-
tars rough at piastres 60 to 68, or £l6 163 to £l9 per
ton f. o. b., for ordinary. The production of this
article appears to be disliked by the natives, and the fol-
lowing statement will show the falling off in the
past few years ; the quality has also deteriorated.
The quantities brought to this market from January
to June were—in 1853 cantars 43,254, in 1854
canters 36,380, in 1855 canters 12,340, in 1856 canters 5,880.
Wheat : The rates of the day are—Private Saidi on the
spot piastres 104 to 106, or 395"; 4d to 40s per qr., f. ob.,
Behereh piastres 95 to 98, or 36s 9d per qr., f.o.b. 9,900
ardebs from the first arrivals of the Sons of Ibrahim Pasha
have been bought at piastres 101, or 38s 3d per qr., f.0.b.,
without time fixed for the delivery. Beans are in great
favour ; the small arrivals have found eager buyers at from
piastres 75 to 80, or 27s 7d to 293 4d per qr., f.0.b., and higher
rates are now asked. Barley has fluctuated—the present
value is piastres 57, or 23s lld per qr., f.o.b. Indian
Corn, Linseed, Lentils, or Sessarne, nothing. Freights :
Several vessels have been taken up at 6a 6d to
78 for orders, 4s 6d to 5s 3d to direct ports, grain and seed
in proportion. Cotton is shipping at Zd per pound ; wool,
£3 10s ; flax. £2. Exchange on London piastres, 101 per
X. The foregoing calculations are at piastres 100 per X.
Weights and Measures : 1 cantar gross=92lbs nett cotton
=9.slbs nett flax. 100 ardebs.-----65 imperial qrs beans, 621
imperial qrs wheat, &c.

other deposits, decrease; 1,304,1771; seven days
and other bills, increase, 26,3561; on the credit side
government securities have decreasd, 1,085,0001;
other securities, decrease, 59,240/. Notes unem ,
ployed, increase, 481,745/. Actual circulation
20,447,8301, decrease, 414,800/.
The Foreign Stock Market has exhibited a very
dull appearance, and but a limited amount of busi-
ness has been reported at rather improved rates.
The subjoined are the closing quotations of the
Foreign Exchanges :—Amsterdam, short, 11 16
to 11 171. Do., three months, 11 191 to 12 171.
Rotterdam, do., 11 191 to 12 171. Antwerp, do.,
25 521 to 25 571. Brussels, do., 25 521 to 25 571.
Hamburg, do., 13 8i to 13 84. Paris, short, 25 271
to 25 321. Do., three months, 25 574 to 25 65,
Marseilles, do., 25 60 to 25 671 Frankfort, do ,
1191 to 120. Vienna, do., 10 20 to 10 22. Trieste,
do., 10 21 to 10 24. Petersburg, do., 376 to 371.
Madrid, do., 491 to 491.
The Railway Share Market preserves a buoyant
tone, with a moderate amount of business doing in
the principal lines, of which a portion is on account
of the public. The annexed are the prices finally
quoted for Railway Shares :—Caledonian, 601
60. Eastern Counties, 10 5-16 10 7-16 East Lan-
cashire, 86 88. Great Northern, 971 981. A, 80 81.
Great Western, 631 631 Lancashire and Yorkshire,
97/ 98. London and North Western, 107 f 108.
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 341 35.
Midland Stock, 84f 841. North British, 361 371.
South Eastern and Dover, 74 741. York, New-
castle, and Berwick, 87 88. York and North
Midland, 62 63.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

TURKEY.

From Constantinople, under date of the 25th
ultimo, we learn that Reschid Pacha, had arrived

in that city.
The most cordial reception had been given to
Marshal Pelissier at Smyrna, Athens, and Malta,
while en route to France

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. I

FRANCE

THURSDAY EVENING

Yesterday, the Minister for Foreign Affairs,
Count Walewski, arrived in Paris from his brief
sojourn in the provinces. It is reported he has
been summoned to Plombieres to confer with the
Emperor on Spanish affairs ; but this is generally
considered a mistake, as the Emperor usually
trusts to his own sagacity, and his ministers are
not his " advisers," but merely the agents through
whom his decisions are carried into execution.
People are apt occasionally to fall into this miscon-
ception, regarding the French Cabinet.
The Emperor is expected at Paris by the 4th of
August. His Majesty will be at Luneville on
Saturday.

A Council of Ministers was held yesterday at
the hotel of the Minister of Justice.

The Moniteur promulgates the bill passed in the
late legislative session for granting a sum of
100,000,000, to be accorded as loans for purposes of
drainage.

The Journal de Rouen says it is rumoured at
Dieppe that the Emperor will shortly pay a visit to
that;watering place, but that he will not stay longer
than two or three days.

A telegraphic despatch from Marseilles, dated
this day, announces the arrival of Marshal Pelissier
at Bastia, in Corsica. He is expected at Marseilles
at five o'clock to-morrow evening.

The Ambassador Extraordinary who has been
despatched from the Court of Persia on a mission
to France, arrived at Trebizond on July 9, with a
suite of sixteen persons. After a short stay there
he was going to Constantinople, en route to Mar-
seilles.

Marshal Canrobert has been feted to the top of
his bent at the baths of Aix, in Savoy. A local
paper gives long details of an ovation given him by
the officers of the Sardinian army, in the shape of
a ball and dinner. The only toast reported--
doubtless an omission on the part of the journal—
is, " King Victor Emmanuel," which was drunk
with more than Italian enthusiasm.

A considerable quantity of camp equipage was
yesterday sent off to Bayonne by the Orleans
railway from the military storehouses of Gros
Caillou,

A letter from Toulouse, of the 20th, says that three
squadrons of the 4th Lancers have marched
through the town for Perpignan.

The Memorial des Pyrenees publishes the follow-
ing communication on the subject of the formation
of the army of observation near the Pyrenees :
" The division of General Grobon, which has
formed part of the army of Paris, is about to
proceed to Pau, where its head quarters will be
established. The chief of the staff of that division
has received orders to proceed to Bayonne to make
the necessary arrangements. These troops will
be quartered in the communes round Pau and
Oleron, and the mayors are immediately to take
the necessary steps for furnishing them with ac-
commodation. As soon as the prefect shall be
informed of the day of the arrival of the troops,
and of the manner in which they are to be dis.
tributed, he will give notice to the mayors." The
division alluded to, has already commenced its
movement from Paris.

The Bourse continues very languid. The Rentes,
after a few unimportant fluctuations, closed at 70
40. Credit Mobilier shares, on the other hand,
were done as high as 15 70. Many people here are
confident that a formidable smash "is at hand.
Others, however, equally well informed, think such
apprehensions destitute of foundation.