The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-04-14 00:00:00

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Conference—namely, France, Great Britain, Sar-
dinia, Turkey, Austria, Prussia, and Russia. In a
council so composed, what is the weight of Con-
stitutional or Protestant Europe ? The question
is not asked in a heated political or fanatical
spirit, but by those who really desire to see a long
season of unbroken peace and reason. Civil
liberty, and religious toleration, are the peculiar
landmarks of the present age, and yet Great
Britain alone is left to represent them in a secret
council ofnations, composed of all the great Powers
which are opposed to both. Should Lord CLARENDON
return with the ratification of the treaty ofpeace, Lord
CowLEY, or some other individual selected by the
British Cabinet, will be appointed to the Confer-
ence, which is to be called a " commi ssion"—to ad j ust
the " details" of the future of Europe. We view
these historical incidents as matters worthy of
being recorded, in order that we may have, at
another day, all the links of the diplomatic chain
which may be coiled around political rationality
and religious moderation.

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MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL,

LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY EVENINC

The American news received this morning has
given an additional impetus to the Cotton trade,
and the result has been a large business at an
improvement in price of one-eighth of a penny per
lb. The sales reached 15,000 bales, and included
7,000 taken for speculation and export.
Notwithstanding the very unfavourable Bank
Return, there has been a fair amount of business
done in the Liverpool Share Market, which
opened steady, and gradually improved through-
out the day, closing firm at its best.
—Aberdeen, 131 134. Chester and Birken-
head. 154 16/. Caledonian, 304 xd 30/. Chester
and Holyhead, 16-,1 16a. Eastern Counties, 104
101. East Lancashire, 19/ 191. Great Northern,
231 231. Ditto A, 98 104. Great Western,
644 65. Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock,
88,1 89. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport,
16_1 175. London and North Western
Stock, 101 101/. Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincoln, 288 29. Ditto Pref., Ha 111. Ditto
New 6 per cent. Pref., 7-16 9-16 p. Midland Stock,
741 75. North British, 8 9-16 8 11-16. North Staf-
fordshire, 6 51d. South Eastern, 21 13-16 21 15-16.
York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 19/ .19 13-16.
York and North Midland, 28/ 282. Leeds Capital
Stock, 158 16. Dutch Rhenish, 1 11-16 1 13-16 p.
Ditto New Shares, 31- 31p. Great Western of
Canada, 264 268. Ditto New Shares, 3 38 p.
Ditto 2nd issue, 2 13-16 24p. Great Luxembourg,
7A. 7/d.

The imports of specie have been large this week.
amounting to nearly 700,000/ , and comprise the
following :—Brilliant from Geelong, 15,426 ozs.
gold, or 00,7001. ; the Arabia, from America,
125,000 dols., or 25,000/. ; the Hermann, from New
York, 10,000/ ; the Red Jacket, from Melbourne,
100,668 ozs. gold, or 402,700/. ; the Pollux, from
Hamburg, one bag coin; the Holland, from Ostend,
two packages bullion ; the Baron Osy, from
Antwerp, 36 cases bullion ; by the Persia, from
New York, 117,000/.
The Blackwall, from Melbourne for London, with
nearly 90,000 ounces of gold on board, we learn,
put into Pernambuco for fresh provisions, on the
18th of March. _ _ _

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