The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-03-26 00:00:00

THE COURT

WINDSOR, March 24.—The Queen and Prince walked in
the Home-park this morning.

A Cabinet Council was held on Monday at the Foreign
Office, Downing-street. The ministers present were
Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville,
the Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir George Grey, the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, Sir Charles Wood, the Right
Hon. R. Vernon Smith, and the Duke of Argyll. The
Council sat two hours.

REPORTED DEATH OF THE MARQUIS OF DALHOUSIE,—
Rumours which were current in London on Mon day that the
preparations for the return home of the Marquis of Dal-
housie from his Indian gove-nment have been frustrated by
the lamented death of that nobleman. Previous accounts
had informed us that the late Governor-general, worn out
with long disease and the exhausting duties of his high
station, had fallen into a melancholy state of weakness and
sufEring, to which, according to the latest tidings, it would
appear that he had finally succumbed. The new admini-
strator of our Indian Empire, Viscount Canning, reached
Calcutta, we believe, before the decease of his able prede.
cessor.—Morning Chronicld.

DEATH OF MR. NEELD, M.P., F.S.A., F.L.S.—This
gentleman died on Monday, at his residence, in Grosvenor-
square. The deceased had represented Chippenham, Wilt-
shire, on the Conservative interest, since 1830. He was
brother-in-law to Captain Boldero, the other member for
the borough, and brother to the honourable member for
Cricklade. He was married, in 1831, to Lady
.Caroline
Mary, the eldest daughter of the late, and sister of the
present, Earl of Shaftesbury

THE BOARD OF GENERAL OFFICERS. The inquiry into
the conduct of Lords Cardigan, and Lucan, and others,
which was to have been opened formally yesterday morning
before the Commission of General officers, has again been
postponed. From inquiries made yesterday it has been
ascertained that no day has been named for the commence.
ment of the proceedings. The reason assigned for the
delay is the continued illness of Lord Seaton, the intended
president of the board.

Previous to the Easter recess, the pupils at the select
school of the Misses Barry, Saint Anne Street, were
examined before a respectable company of ladies and gentle-
men, and from the manner in which the answering was
given, it ;proved the great care bestowed on them by the
principals of the academy. Prizes were distributed, and the
examination passed off to the entire satisfaction of every
one present.

There has been very little change .in the Share
Market to day. At the opening prices were
steady, and remained so throughout the
day, with Sheffield Stock in good demand.
Prices closed as under :—Aberdeen, 134 135.
Chester and Birkenhead, 154 15i. Caledonian, 301
301. Chester and Holyhead, 141 141 Eastern Coun-
ties, 98 91. East Lancashire, 183 183. Great
Northern, 23 234. Ditto A 94 10. Great
Western, 63 635. Lancashire and Yorkshire
Stock, 844 843. Liverpool, Crosby, and South-
port, 151 16. London and North Western
Stock, 100 1004. Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincoln, 274 273. Ditto Preference, 113 111.
Ditto New 6 per cent. Pref., 8 3p. Midland Stock,
714 72. North British, 8 85. North Staffordshire,
61 531. South Eastern and Dover, 20 9-16 203.
York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 194 19,3. York
and North Midland, 273 271. Leeds Capital Stock,
151 16. Dutch Rhenish, 13-16 3p. Ditto New
Shares, 24 23p. Great Western of Canada, 251-
25%. Ditto New Shares, 25 2%p. Ditto 2nd issue,
25 24p. Great Luxembourg, 7% 74d.
The Grain trade continues heavy, and at the
Exchange this morning wheat was sold at a
decline of 4d. per bushel, and flour from ls. to 2s.
per barrel and sack. Whilst Indian corn was
from 2s. 6d to 3i. per quarter lower.

In the Manchester Market there has been a
fair amount of business done, and prices have
bees steady for all kinds of goods, and particularly
Yarns, closing firm.
The committee of Ecuador bondholders have
issued the following circular :—" Notice is hereby
given, that an agreement has been made between
this Committee and the Ecuatorian Commission
of Agency, No. 11, Austin Friars, whereby the said
Commission undertakes henceforward the func-
tions which devolved upon the Ecuador Committee.
by virtue of resolutions passed at the special
general meeting of Columbian bondholders, held
at the London Tavern, on the 15th of March, 1852,
when the Ecuador Committee was constituted.
By operation of the settlement of the Ecuatorian
Debt now in progress, the certificates of sub-
scription to the Ecuador Committee, at the
rate of ls. per 1001. Columbian Bond, have
acquired a specified reference to the Pro-
visional Bonds or Land Warrants, issued in
part payment of the commuted Debt of Ecuador,
in the proportion of 1001. Provisional Bond or
Land Warrant for 1,2501. in Columbian Bonds ; so
that a sum of 12s Od represented by Certificates of
the Ecuador Committee, appertains to each 1001.
Provisional Bond or Land Warrant. Moreover, a
further sum of 7s 6d per lOW. Provisional Bond or
Land Wsrrant has been appropriated, and is to be
expended by the Ecuatorian Commission of Agency
in the Survey of Lands, and in the prosecution of
other measures analogous to those originally
contemplated by the Ecuador Committee. Con-
sequently, and in pursuance of the agreement above
referred to, on and after Friday, 18th April next,
every Provisional Bond or Land Warrant for 1001.,
on being presented at the Ecuatorian Commission
of Agency, together with Certificates of the
Ecuador Committee issued in respect of 1,2501.
Columbian Bonds, i. e. 12s. 6d., will be registered
and stamped as a Privileged Bond, in respect
of which the sum of 11. has been paid up
The said 11. will be credited as a con-
tribution towards the money capital of any
company or companies formed by or under
the auspices of the Commission of Ecuatorian
Agency. And to the bonds so registered
and stamped will appertain the privileges
and rights of pre-emption recited upon the
certificates of the Ecuador Committee ; that is to
say, they will be receivable, at the option of holders
for the time being, towards constituting the capital
stock of such company or companies, formed as
aforesaid, for the acquisition of lands and other
properties; for the working of public grants and
concessions ; for the development of the mineral and
other natural resources of the Ecutorian territories,
or for other objects of profitable enterprise available
to companies privileged under decree of the Ecua-
torian government, dated 24th September, 1852

Business throughout the Stock Exchange is
singularly inanimate, but prices, on the whole, are
steadily supported. The Funds were slightly
flatter to-day, but the reduction finally established
did not amount to 4 per cent as compared with the
closing quotations of yesterday. The quotations
stood at 922- to 92* The Discount Market remained
flat to-day, but a more active demand for money
was experienced in the Stock Exchange, where 6
per cent could be obtained on short loans on
government securities. This demand arises from
the preparations for meeting the instalment on the
new loan on Saturday next. At Paris to-day the 3
per cent Rentes closed slightly lower than yesterday.
The 190,0001 in gold brought in by the Admiral
and Lightning was in hand to-day and a portion
of it was sent into the bank. The gold by the
Emma is not yet deliverable. The ship Brilliant,
from iGeelong passed Port Philip Heads on the
26th of December for London, with 15,426 ounces
of gold on freight, worth 61,700/. A committee of
the Royal Swedish Railway Company announces
that in consequence of the unavoidable delay in
communicating with Sweden, the meeting of
shareholders to be held on the 27th inst„ is post-
poned until the 25th of April, by which time the
Swedish directors of the company will have arrived
in London. Since the date of the last report we
have had heavy arrivals of tonnage, and business
had been more active, but there is still very
little disposition to charter until the results of the
Conference are officially known, although peace is
so confidently anticipated. Most people are with-
holding operations until the results are actually
known. A few Russian houses have commenced
taking up tonnage, but at present very little has
been done. Outward freights to Australia con-
tinue much depressed. Goods offer very slowly,
and the vessels on the birth load with difficulty,
Shipments of fine goods have been made at 30s.
per ton. The Railway Share Market to-day
though very inactive, was well supported.
The closing prices of the day were thus quoted :
Caledonian, 694 704 Eastern Counties, 9 946 9
11-16. East Lancashire, 734 744. Great Northern,
934 94. Do. Class A, 79 80. Great Western, 624
63. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 844 84g. London
and North Western, 1004 1004. Manchester Shef-
field, and Lincolnshire, 27 274 Midland Stock, 714
724. North British, 32 33. South Eastern and
Dover, 684 69. York, Newcastle, and Berwick,
764 774. York and North Midland, 55 554.
The subjoined are the closing quotations of the
Foreign Exchanges : Amsterdam short, 11 19 to
12 04. Do., 3 months, 12 21 to 12 21. Rotterdam,
do. 12 24 to 12 24. Antwerp do., 25 60 to 25 65.
Brussels, do., 25 60 to 25 65. Hamburg do, 13 111
to 13 114. Paris, short, 25 37 to 25 45. Do , three
months, 25 80 to 25 85. Marseilles, do, 25 80 to
25 85. Frankfort, do., 1214 to 1214. Vienna, do.
110 28 to 110 32. Trieste, do., 110 30 to 110 35.
Petersburg, 36k to 361. Madrid, do., 494 to 494.

LONDON GAZETTE,

BANKRUPTS.—THOMAS &din{ and ELIJAH HEAFIRLD,
Stainsby-terrace Poplar, dealer. GEORGE WM. KNIGHT,
St. Andrew's road, Limehouse, builder. BENJAMIN WOOD,
Sheffield, boiler maker. BENJAMIN COOPER, Home
Selwood, Somersetshire, clothier. WM. SHIPHAN, Man-
chester, baker and flour dealer. THOMAS JOHN COOMBE,
Portsea, Southampton, baker and grocer. WM. ASHTON,
Sloane-street, Chelsea, chemist, druggist, and surgeon-
dentist. SAMUEL GREENWOOD, Bishop Wem mouth,
Durham, engine builder. JOHN BEST, South Shields,
Durham, spirit and porter merchant.

SINGULAR ACCIDENT.—A few days ago a collier boy,
whilst riding on an underground railway train of five coal
waggons, in a coal pit belonging to Messrs. Knowles and
Stott, at Kersley, near Bolton, was strangled under singular
circumstances. He lay upon the last waggon of the train,
tho bottom of which was formed of laths of wood, with
interstices between them of some inches wide. He wore a
comforter round his neck, the ends of which got through
one of the interstices, and which wrapping round one of
the axles of the waggon, drew his head firmly down upon the
bottom of the carriage, and there strangled him. The train
was drawn by a pony, which stopped with its load on
nearing the bottom of the shaft, and the unfortunate youth
was found quite dead. At an inquest held on Saturday, the
jury found a verdict of accidental death.