The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-09 00:00:00

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We are very glad to learn that Lord Adolphus Fitz-
clarence continues to progress favourably. In conse-
quence of the noble and gallant lord's serious illness, the
band of the Guards doing duty at the Palace, have for a
time discontinued the usual musical performances.

THE TRAGEDY IN THE AIINORIES.—At the Central
Criminal court yesterday, the grand jury returned a true
bill against Thomas William John Corrigan, for the
murder of his wife, Louisa Corgi igan, the day after Christ-
mas Day, in Church-street, Minories. It is understood
that the trial of the prisoner will be postponed until next
session.

HE PEACE NEGOCIATIONS.—The Dresden Journal of
the 7th instant, states that the telegraphic accounts
received there from St. Petersburgh represent the state
of negotiations as not altogether unfavourable, there
being no reason to fear that Russia will peremptorily
refuse to take the new peace proposals. Oa the other
hand, accounts received at Berlin from St. Petersburg, of
the. same date, are announced to us " less and less
favourable to peace." The preparations for defence are
prosecuted with an energy and expense almost incredible.
The appointment of Prince Menschikoff to the command
at Cronstadt is merely an indication of the predominance
of the old exclusive Russian party. He will be under the
surveillance of Admirals Panuitine and No wosilsky, with
the assistance of the best officers lately at Sebastopol.

THE EAST.—Advices dated Marseilles, January 7, three
p.m., announce the arrival of the Euphrate, with advices
from Constantinople of,the 31st, and from the Crimea of
the 29th December. She brought 125 passengers. A
letter from Constantinople, under date of December 31,
says :—Letters from General Williams, of the Ist of Decem-
ber, announce his arrival at Gumri, in good health. Omar
Pacha had re-entered Batoum, and the question of replacing
him was discussed at Constantinople, but that measure was
deemed impossible. In a council held on the 26th the Divan
decided that a new and numerous army should be sent
into Asia in the spring. At the departure of the courier,
70 Turkish vessels were lying at Constantinople, laden with
munitions of war, ready for transport to Soukoum-Kaleh.
The latest accounts from Constantinople state that the
Austrian Internuncio, M. Prokesch Osten, has evidently
received orders to be on the best terms with the French
Embassy. It is believed here, that Austria would be much
pleased to see the influence of England decreasing at Con-
stantinople. A disease among horned cattle, imported into
this country from Poland, is working such ravages that it is
very possible communication with the Russian frontier will
be placed under severe restrictions.

THE COUNCIL OF WAR IN PARlS.—General La Mar-
mora will arrive in Paris this day, and take up his resi •
dente at Meurice's Hotel. The General will proceed to
England probably after the Council of War has taken
place in Paris, at which the Emperor Napoleon and
General Canrobert will assist. The precise day of meet
ing is not yet fixed, but it is believed it will be some
time between the 11th and 15th of this month. The
Globe of last night writing on this subject says :—" The

object of this Council is not to settle a plan for the new
campaign, but to advise the Allied Governments
upon the subject. It will comprise officers who have
held important commands both in the Baltic and
the Black Sea during the present war. Aided by their
experience of the past, they will give their opinions
after due discussion and deliberation upon the question,
as to the manner in which the war may be conducted
this year with the greatest advantage to ourselves, and
loss to the enemy. When the sittings of the Council
shall have been concluded, its reports and observations
will be laid before the two governments, who will, of
course, give proper weight to recommendations proceed-
ing from such a source, in finally determining the course
to be pursued. The council will thus, as far as possible,
bring the collective wisdom of the commanders of France
and England to bear upon our future operations, and we
look hopefully to the influence which it is likely to exer-
cise upon the events of 1856."

ARREST OF A FORGER.—Yesterday a man named
Brian McManman, who was engaged as a scripture reader
at Ballyeroy, Achill, County Mayo, was arrested in this
town, on a charge of having forged the name of the Rev.
John N. Constable, of the above named place, to a cheque
for £33, which it appears he got cashed by a shopkeeper
at Westport, Mayo. The prisoner was transmitted to
Ireland last night. It appears that in this case. " ill got
was ill gone," for the delinquent lost all the money in a
disreputable house in this town.

LIST of PASSENGERS PER BALTIC.—Mr. E. S. Munro,
bearer of despatches ; Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Halsted. Mr. and
Mrs. C. Heath, Miss Jessie Hammond, Mr. Le Grand
Smith, Dr. White, Messrs. A. Crawford, W. 0. Lamson,
H. Young, J. L. Fitch, G. F. Wright, H. B. Robson, A.
Berger, Greenberry, J. De Hay Hill, Jos. Roberts, R.
Linsley, W. Gillespie, A. Gillespie, C. W. Field, Gisborne,
H. J. Trowbridge, 0. Von Hoffman, J. H. Denring, Myers,
J. Tinckler, Dr. Perry, Messrs. Bengal, Picrey, F. Binze-
man, A. Cameron, H. A. Fanshawe, A. Michael, G. Eschen.
Luker, A. Frazier, Jas. Webster, H. Tucker, Dr. Tucker,
Messrs. A. Ronald', A. Santine, A. Arcolin, P. Basaznio,
J. Ciaspale, J. W. Benson, Jas. Murphy, H. Hank, P.
Barber, Chas. Weller, W. Newberger, Jas. Johnson, W.
Lord, 11. Van Seeman, Capt. Boyle, Messrs. F. Yes, R.
Donaldson, L. B. Gunn, Wild, and Davis.

Tim REV. DR. ScortEsey.—We understand that Messrs.
Gibbs, Bright, and Co. have just received from the Rev.
Dr. Scoresby the following flattering opinion of the steam
clipper Royal Charter, in which vessel that eminent scienti-
fic gentleman will sail on the 17th instant., for the purpose
of ascertaining the deviation of the compass in iron ships.
Dr. Scoresby, who has give❑ leave that his letter be made
public, says : —"All my anxieties, as to preliminary deter-
mination of the magnetic condition, or compass deviations
of the Royal Charter being now removed, I beg to congra-
tulate you and the Liverpool and Australian Navigation
Company on this important attainment, of which, with
the blessing of Providence on our voyage, I do humbly
trust that many others may derive practical guidance and
benefit. It is now a great satisfaction to be able to say
that all the appliances for safe compass guidance that
mo lern science has pointed out, and all, therefore, that I
could desire personally, has, I believe, been adopted, and
adopted in their best forms, on board of the Royal
Charter."

ST. MART'S SetrooL, KIRKDALE.—Last evening a very
large number of the inhabitants of Kirkdale assembled in
the school-room, for the purpose of hearing a lecture, to be
delievered by Mr. W. Rushton. The lecture was addressed
to the members of the Working Men's Reading-room and
Night School. Mr. W. Brown, M.P., presided. The room
was most tastefully decorated with flags and banners, on
most of which were inscribed the names of some of the
recent victories in the Crimea. The Chairman, on entering
the room, was warmly greeted. He said their excellent
clergyman (11r. Lister) had done him the honour of asking
him to preside on that occasion, and he had much pleasure
in accepting the invitation, because he believed it
to be the duty of all
,to do their utmost to promote
the social and moral condition of each other. The
recent deplorable scene which had taken place in the
township, would tell them how much need there was for
educating the great masses of the people. He had recently
seen the chaplain's book, and be found that there were
many in the prison who were not aware of an after life
and many of the children did not know the name of their
Maker! He hoped each would use every possible means of
obtaining knowledge, because knowledge did not only
ascend, but it descended, and all ought to have as much
as possible. Unfortunately, the country was then engaged
in a war with Russia—all wars were more or less demora-
lising, therefore it behoved them to do their utmost to rise
in the social scale, so as to prevent as much as possible, the
demoralising effects of war. Mr. Brown concluded by
introducing the lecturer. Mr. Rushton then came forward,
and delivered an interesting lecture, chiefly to the working
classes, which was very attentively listened to. A vote of
thanks to the chairman and to the lecturer, concluded th e
business of the evening.

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.

LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY EVENING,

The tone of the Cotton Market has again been
heavy, and the amount of bussinoss done has been
very small, the sales amounting only to 5,000 bales,
of which 1,500 have been taken for speculation
and export. Prices have been irregular.
The Liverpool Share Market has been dull and

inactive, and in the same languid state as yesterday,
pending the absence of news of a definite and
reliable character from St. Petersburg. The closing
prices were :—Aberdeen, 11 Hi. Chester and
Birkenhead, 13134. Caledonian, 261 27. Ches
ter and Holyhead, 111111. Eastern Counties, 81
81. East Lancashire, 171 17i. Great Nor-
thern, 22 224,. Ditto A, 91 01. Great Western,
511 52. Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 76k 761.
Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 138 14. Lon-
, don and North Western Stock, 031 93k. Manches-
ter, Sheffield and Lincoln, 231 231. Ditto Prefer-
ence, 131.13 i. Ditto New 6 per cent Pref., 7-16 if).
Midland Stock, 630 63k. North British, 74 71
North Staffordshire, 81 81d. South Eastern,
16 15-16 17. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 164 168•
York and North Midland, 221 221. Dutch Rhenish,
d. Great Western of Canada, 241- 24.-1
Ditto New Shares, 2k 21p. Great Luxembourg,
101 10d.
In the Manchester Goods Market there has
been a very quiet feeling to-day, and but a small
amount of business has been done in both goods
and yarns, but prices have not shown any impor-
tant change.
The steamer Baltic has arrived from New York
with dates to the 26th ult., and has brought 360,000
dollars in specie, but chiefly on Continental
account. The:Baltic did not leave New York until a
day beyond her usual time, and hence her deten-
tion. It may be mentioned as a singular coincidence
that last year the Pacific at the same time, was de-
layed one day, and arrived here this day 12 months.
The Commercial accounts now to hand may
be regarded generally as of a satisfactory charac-
ter. The tenor of the news received from Europe
having been of a more favourable character than
was generally anticipated, had imparted greater
buoyancy to the Stock market, and money, although
not abundant, was readily obtainable, on good
security, at moderate rates of interest. The market
for Foreign Exchanges had ruled rather lower,
and Bank Bills on London had been sold as low
as 1081, and the best signatures at 108. t. The
quotations for Commercial Bills were 108 to 1084.
The last return of the New York City Banks was
considered favourable, notwithstanding the in-
crease in the stock of specie was less than had
been calculated upon. The figures are as follow :
Loans and Die. Specie. Circulation. Deposits•
Dols. Dols. Dols. Dols.
Dec. 15. 93,800,018 11 54,075 7,701,052 76 82 ~517
Dec. 22 93,044,667 11,971,333 7,520,215 76 508,868

Increase.
Decrease,

755,351

387,258
180,837

311,649

In Freights there was rather less activity—
Flour was quoted at 35., and Wheat at 9d., to
Liverpool.

The loans now stand rather lower than two
weeks since, while the specie shows a small
increase.

Certain Gold Statistics had been read before
the New York Historical Society, and extensively
copied into the papers, from which it appears that
the total of Gold now in America is 241,000,000
dollars, and in reference to which a New York
writer remarks :

We believe this figure as nearly correct as the uncertain
character of part of the data will authorise. A table
attached to the report on the Federal Finances, made to
the last Congress, arrives at the same general conclusion,
though assuming a higher sum in Gold and Silver as in
the country previous to the discovery of California—Silver
being then a good part of the specie currency. Since that
report another year's product has been added from Cali-
fornia, and another year's remittance been:made to foreign
states—the two sums not differing in amount more than
about two millions of dollars, or as $58,313,281 produced,
is to $56,247,343 seat abroad. The reported amount

In the Banks of United States, 1854
In circulation

$60,000,000
181,000,000

Total Treasury estimate, 1854 $241,000,000
Historical Society to Nov. 1, 1855 241,000,000

GOLD STATISTICS TO DEC. 31, 1855

Gold in Circulation and Bank, 1848.
Mined in California to this date 356,556,000
Foreign imported—
Official 7 years to June 30, '55. 37,403,056
First quarter new Treasury year .. 623,000
Estimate second quarter 600,000

38,626,056

Total
Export 7 years to June 30, '55.. 0210,231,160
To Sept. 20, '55, official
Estimate to Dec. 31, '55

Left in country

$234,002.160
. $241,179,896

PRODUCT OF CALIFORNIA.