The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-09-20 00:00:00

THE COURT

BALMORAL, Sept. 17.—The Queen and Prince Consort
drove out yesterday afternoon, accompanied by the Prince
of Orange, and Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar. In the
morning the Prince of Orange went :out dear-stalking.
The royal dinner party yesterday included the Prince of
Orange, the Duchess of Kent, Prince Edward of Saxe
Weimar, Princess Amalie of Hohenlohe Schillingfurst,
Lady Augusta Bruce, and Lord James Murrray.

VICTORIA MILITARY HOSPITAL.—The whole of the
foundations of the Victoria Military Hospital, near
Netley Abbey, in Hampshire, are now laid, and the walla
of the building are rising above the ground, so that a
notion of the size and figure of the building can be formed.
About 500 men are at present employed on it, but next
year the number will be increased to upwards of 1,000.

ROYAL GIFTS.—In a Berlin letter published by a French
cotemporary, we read—ller Majesty Queen Victoria has
sent very rich presents on the occasion of the marriage
between the Princess Louisa and the Grand Duke of
Baden. The Princess is the only sister of Prince Fre-
derick William, who is engaged to the eldest daughter of
the Queen of England. Her Majesty, iu an autograph
letter, expresses her regret that she cannot be present at
the august ceremony.

LIST OF PASSENGERS PER CITY OF MANCHESTER FROM
PHILADELPHIA.—Mr. and Mrs. Podmore, Master Podmore,
Mr. J. Barber, Mr. Pearlman, Mr. Eder, Dr. W. J.
Brunner, Mr. Jacob Davies, Mr. W. J. Knore, Mr. Wright,
Mr. F. Maple, Mr. J. C. Armour, Mr. Emanuel, Mr. J.
Miller, two children, and servant, Mr. C. Zurenberg, Rev.
J. P. Kenny, Mr. J. Sullivan, Mr. Patterson, Mr. John
Tong, Rev. Mr. Dominick, Rev. Alzaews Gregg, Rev.
Thomas O'Connor, Rev. Henry Egler, and Mr. Johnson.

THE LATE INCENDIARY FlRE.—Yesterday, Patrick Kehoe,
the man charged, on his own confession, with setting fire to
the three corn stacks belonging to Mr. Aspinall, on Thursday
morning, was brought up before Mr. Preston, at the county
magistrates' office, Clayton-square. The evidence as already
given, was read over, and the prisoner was committed to
take his trial at the Assizes. The prisoner admits that he
did set fire to the stacks, but alleges that it was done acci-
dentally, as he was lighting his pipe.
CHILD DESERTION.—Yesterday morning, at the Police
Court, a man named David Roxborough, a tailor, residing
in Blackstock street, was charged by Mr. Hughes, the
superintendent of out-door relief, for having deserted his
child, a girl about 16 years of age. The facts of the case
presented more than the ordinary amount of unnatural con
duct in cases of desertion. It appeared that, about the year
1845, the mother of the child (the prisoner's wife) died.
The father then went away, leaving the child destitute.
The grandmother kept her for some time ; but not being
able to sustain her any longer, she went in search of the
father, whom she found, after some time. The man treated
the poor woman and child with great cruelty, and then
absconded, no one knew where. The child was taken to the
school at the poor-house, where she has since remained.
A day or two ago, Mr. Hughes discovered the father living
with a woman named Mrs. Vaughan, but not married to her.
The result of the discovery that Mr. Hughes gave him
into custody. Mr. Mansfield dwelt on the cruelty of the
prisoner's conduct, and sent him to Jail for one month.

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL

' LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY EVENING.
Throughout the past week there has been a
steady but quiet aspect in business affairs gene-
rally. The Money Market has been stringent, and
parties desirous of obtaining accommodation, had
to pay fall rates for the better class of bills,

altliot-igh bearing signatures of a "prime" charac-
ter. Inasmuch as the Directors of the Bank of
England did not increase their rate of
interest on Thursday last, rather more confidence

was imparted in the commercial circles, and the
Public Securities at once improved. Railway
Stocks and Shares have been dull and drooping,
but within the last .gay or two there has been

more activity. Sales were larger, and prices moved
unwat ds. In the demand for Breadstuffs there
was more activity, and owing to the absence of
supplies, holders were enabled to obtain rather
better prices. The Tallow Market was rather dull,
and there was some difficulty in supporting late
rates. _ _ _

With respect to the Cotton Market, we have to
remark that, as the trade continue to buy only in
supply of their immediate requirements, the
market has uniformly presented throughout the past
week a dull tame aspect ; prices, however, have
undergone no definite change in any description
from the quotations of Friday last. The sales of
the week amount to 48,580 bales, 35,790 of which
have been token by the trade, 0,240 for specula-
ti )r., and 6,550 for expol.:-. To-day's business is
estimated at 8,000 bales, 2,500 of which have been
taken for speculation and export. The committee's
quotations to-day for fair Cotton are the same as
last week, viz., Bowed, 6,-,d; Mobile, 6774 d ; and
Orleans, 71d per lb.
The Liverpool Share Market was not so buoyant
to-day, yet on the whole there was a fair business
done, and prices were well supported. The
transactions reported were as follows :—Black-
burn, 81. Caledonian, 93, 5-16. Edinburgh, Perth,
and Dundee, 8,7,-. Eastern Counties, 91, 7-16,
5-16, 1. Great Western, 641. Lancashire and York-
shire Stock, 971, 7,8, I, 1. London Stock, 103 a,
I, 34,, t. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln,
33, 8,1, 3,1, 3. Midland, 79*, 1, Ili, 1, 1. North
British, 9 11-16, 1. North Eastern, 201, 4 Dovers,
211,1. Dutch Rhenish, 21p. Great Western of
Canada, 23?:, 1. • Do., New, 14, Ip. Pacific Steam
Company, 35. The closing prices are thus re-
ported :—Aberdeen, 13i 131 Chester and Birken-
head, 15/ 154. Caledonian, 268 27. Cheste
and Holyhead, 181161. Eastern Counties, 9 5-16 os.
East Lancashire, 20 201. Great Northern, 231
23;1. Do. A, 101 101. Great Western, 641
641. Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 971 971.
Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 181 18a Lon-
don and North Western Stock, 1031 103
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 33 331
Midland Stock, 791 791 North British, 9 11-16 91.
North Staffordshire, 51 sd. South Eastern and
Dover, 211 21 13-16. York, Newcastle, and
Berwick, 20k 201. York and North Midland, 281
281. Leeds Capital Stock, 17a 17*. Buffalo and
Lake Huron, 1-16 d 1-16 p Dutch Rhenish, 21 21p.
Great Western of Canada, 231 234. Ditto New
Shares,•ft 11p. Great Luxembourg, 10'A 101 d..

The firmness in the Corn trade continues, but
we have little business passing, Millers having
previously supplied themselves very freely with
wheat. The same may be said of the othermarkets
of the kingdom, held so far this week, which report
an advance equivalent to that more early estab-
lished in London and Liverpool. The Gazette
returns of this grain, made up to the 11th instant,
show 90,282 quarters, being an increased quantity
from the farmers ; were it not for the greatly
exhausted stocks of old, there is little doubt, under
the tolerably favourable circumstances attending
harvest, that prices would ere this have settled
lower, and it seems yet to be the impression that
confidence on the part of large consumers to go
into stock at all steadily and extensively, will not
manifest itself until we establish some reduction
from the present range of currency. The weather
in this part of the country is rather unsettled,
but we are now nearly independent of its influence,
harvesting in this vicinity being all but completed
in other more northern districts it has been gene-
rally more favourable, and good progress towards
the final securing of the crops appears to have been
made. During the .past three days few foreign
ships have entered our port, and the fresh supply
of grain produce is altogether limited ; the exports,
in the aggregate, are moderate. A fair quantity of
Indian Corn is going coastwise, and a further
small shipment is reported to the north of Spain.
There was very little done at our market to day,
and prices of wheat declined from ld to 3d per
bushel, and flour is per barrel.
Air. F. G. Eaton, in his circular, makes the
following remarks on the Tallow Trade :—" The
market here has been dull throughout the week,
with only small sales P.Y.C. at 52s to 52s 6(1 ; and
South American, at 53s per cwt. Owing to advices
received in London of large shipments making at
St. Petersburg, at the close of last week there was
more disposition to sell on the spot, and 50s per
cwt was accepted ex-ship, and 49s to 49s 3d per
cwt Oct. Dec., since which a slight improvement
has taken place, and the closing prices are 51s
for present, and 50s 6d Oct. Dec. The half week's
delivery is 1,520 cks against 1,396 cks in 1855, and
the stock on the 15th inst. 11,025 CRS against 31,947
cks last year."
The Manchester Share Market was firm to-day;
the business, including the following transactions,
Leeds, 971, g. Dovers, 21 1316, Midlands, 791,
1. East Lancashire, 201. Londons, 1031.
There is still a brisk demand for money at former
quotations It is no longer apprehended that the
Bank will find it necessary to advance their mini-
mum rate of discount, and it is supposed that this
will have the effect of slightly relaxing the stringency
that has prevailed for some time past. Now that
the final instalment of the last loan has been paid
into the Bank, questions are being asked as to the
probable intentions of the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer with regard to an issue of Exchequer
Bonds or Bills, for which he has the requisite
authority. That such an issue, probably to the
full extent of 2,000,0001, will take place, seems
pretty certain, for, taking into 'consideration
the immense expenditure which resulted after the
cessation of the Russian war placing affairs on a
peaceful footing, Sir G. C. Lewis must, it is pre-
sumed, have had some difficulty in providing for
all the claims against him. The revenue, however,
is exceedingly large, and must, ere long, if it does
not already, greatly exceed the expenditure.
The Public Funds were flat today. The trans-
actions were on a limited scale, and the quotations of
yesterday barely maintained. Consols for Account
opened at 94-:, advanced to 941 and again receeded
to 94?,-, at which figure they remained to the close
of business. For Money, the rates ranged from 941
to 941, closing at the former figure.
In the Stock and Sharo Market the quotations
of yesterday were not sustained, a general decline
of about one half per cent. being reported. The
following are the closing prices :—Caledonian, 531
54. Edinburgh and Glasgow, 53i 541. Eastern
Counties, 94 f7=7,. East Lancashire, 80 82. Great
Northern 941 95. Ditto A.., 83 81. Great Western,
041 64 Lancashire and Yorkshire, 911 911. Leeds
Northern, 171, 18. London and North Western,
103 k 103. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln-
shire, 33 331. Midland Stock, 791; 791. North
British, 381- 391 South Eastern and Dover,
72 72i. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 801. York
and North Midland, 50 57. Consols fiat. Shares
idle, closing rather firmer in tone.

DANK OP ENGLAND RETURNS,

An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap
32, for the Week ending Sept. 12, 1856.

ISSUE DEPARTMENT.
Debit. Credit.
Notes issued .. £25,962,415 I Government
Debt ...... £11,015,100
Other securities 3,459,900
Gold Coin and
Bullion

11,487,415

£25,962,415

Total .... £25,962,415

BANKING DEPARTMENT.

Debit. Credit.
Proprietors' ca-
Government cc-
pital
Rest
Public deposits 6,609,292 Notes 6,210,725
Other 77 9,973,564 Gold and silver
Seven day, and
__ coin
.__
other bills..

653,895

887,179

£35,753,852

Total ..

£35,753,852

The foregoing bank returns show the following
results when compared with those of pr;?eeding
week :—Notes issued, decrease, 39,350/. ; bullion
in both departments,
.12,1.11,310/. ; decrease

37,457/4 rest, increase, 13,075/. ; public deposits
increase, 522,2241.; other deposits, increase
319,157/. ; seven days and other bills, decrease
45,2951.; on the credit side government securities
show a decrease of 149,1251.; other securities have
increased 797,3251.; notes unemployed, increase'
189,065/. ; actual circulation, 19,751,690/. ; decrease,
228,4151.

The following are the closing rates of Foreign
Exchanges :—Amsterdam, short, 11 141 to 11 1*
Do. three months, 11 17/ to 11 171. Rotterdara,
do., 11 17/ to 11 174. Antwerp, do., 25 27.1 to
25 371. Brussels, do., 25 271 to 25 371. Hamburg,
do., 13 7 to 13 71. Paris, short, 25 271 to 25 322'
Do., three months, 25 60 to 25 65. Marseilles,
do., 25 62 to 25 07t. Frankfort, 1c) , 1191 to
119. Vienna, do., 10 26 to 10 32. Trieste, do;
10 27 to 10 33. Petersburg, do., 374 to 37:4'
Madrid, do., 491 to 40a.
The Madrid has taken out 17,6851 in specie t
the Peninsula. The sum shipped on board the
Parana for the West Indies is only 5001

A decision of some importance was pronounced
t
by Mr. Commissioner Holroyd, in the Court o'
Bankruptcy, yesterday. It appears that where 9'
trader has come before the court under a petition
for arrangement be is not protected from ban
ruptcy, if it should appear that he has committed
an act of bankruptcy prior to the filing of his
petition.

An extraordinary general meeting of the share-
holders of the London and Paris Bank was be,_l(l
this afternoon at the London Tavern, for the
purpose of considering a report issued by the
directors, recommending the winding-up of tr'.
concern ; Mr. G. A. Hamilton, M. P., in the elltur.

Mr. Abell, the bullion broker, has published 5
pamphlet relative to the great bullion robbery °f.
,„.
May, 1855. It will be remembered that three
boxes containing gold bars and coin, despatched to
Paris via the South Eastern Railway, were broket_
open, and their contents abstracted to a greater i().e'
less extent, bags of shot being substituted. Tua
total loss being between 12,0001. and 14,0001, and
the means by which the abstraction was effecte.r
being enshrouded in much mystery, the fat„,4l,
excited considerable senation at the time. 11.,,,".
Abell details the usual system of the railway c°'Ai
pany in conveying bullion, and states a number Of
points on which he maintains that the system Wai
departed from on the occasion in question. Len •
proceedings being instituted against the comPswi
Mr. Abell agreed to accept the declared value °f
the gold, with 2001 by way of interest, the conllol
at the same time defraying sundry legal and °the
charges which had been incurred. Mr. Abell eonlci
plains that he is still left with a loss of 2,6001, ace.
that he has fruitlessly endeavoured to obtain solllr
further compensation from the company. IT",°„
these circumstances, he " believes a published sta'b";
ment may be productive of benefit, and mai,,te,'"
attracting public attention, lead possibly to an alt t
ration of system in reference to the bullion eWtb,
trade." He concludes by remarking :—" The S° he
Eastern Railway Company do, in reality, say to tt.'4o
bullion trade :—‘ You shall send your bullion in ,ter
manner and at the :times we think fit to dietatS;
and in none other; you shall neither send you
own courier in charge, nor shall you despatch it tio
merchandise, effecting insurance yourself; /ce
o
ourselves will take charge of it upon our 01%
terms and at our own rates.' This being the et 19,41
the bullion dealers are no longer free agents,
;ye
are subjected to an arbitrary and Q
ppress—
monopoly."

THE LIVERPOOL FESTIVAL CHORAL

SOCIETY

at
The fifty-fifth public performance of the LiverPe-
Festival Choral Society took place at St. George's 111111?
last night. It might have been expected from the Off,
uncertain, and, frequently, very inclement state of th
night, that no attraction would have been great enough to.
draw a considerable assemblage together. Notwithstandifr
the character of the weather, however, a brilliant atl6.r
ence assembled, so numerous that almost every Pert.:4s
the hall was-filled before the performance commenc°3'
within quarter of an hour all the seats were fully occUP?'
The performance for the evening, was—Handers
of "Joshua," an oratorio not very frequently performed, er
very popular in Liverpool, but which, nevertheless, The'
sesses all the characteristic attributes of the master. In
principal vocalists were—Mrs. G. Holden, Mrs. Merger.
Miss Lucy Gaskill, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Armstrong, and Au;
Scarisbrick. Mr. G. Holden conducted. Mr. C.+;;
Herrman acted as leader, and Mr. Best presided at
organ. The oratorio was rendered in the most effect...
manner, as regarded the: instrumental and choral the
tions, and if an occasional deficiency appeared le 60,1
solo parts, it was principally where the great extent
the hall rendered ineffective, voices which, within a 11°'..„-
rower compass, would have given every expression
quired by the music. This remark applied far less be
general to the female singers than to the male--lia
former succeeding, for the most part admirably' po.
overcoming the great difficulty which the ditto
sions of the hall present. Some of the duets
sung with exceeding sweetness and expression. The Pem
Orate!!
formers, it will be observed, are all, with one excePt'i;
well known to Liverpool audiences, and individtig
require no critical notice of musical capabilities
established. The performance, however, gave ocelot
for what we believe may be considered as the debut 01-7,i'e4)
Lucy Gaskill, who achieved a success the most deelie
and remarkable. Miss Gaskill possesses a voice of the
gular sweetness, purity, and flexibility, and With Arf
germs of a power and capacity which only rer to
gradual development to attain a degree Olt,'
ill
the other attributes which we have mentioned. In:00
first air which she sung, Miss Gaskill received the /14
acclamation of the whole assemblage. We do not tho'ior
necessary to enter into any detailed critique of a Per so
mance in which the merits of those who took a Pars,
so well known already. It is sufficient to say that -to
in every general respect, a full success ; and that pi
crowded audience frequently expressed, as distinetlol
an audience can, their entire approval of the Fes
Choral Society's musical display.