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

NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, MONDAY, MARCH 8,1856.

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are included shipments for Cork, or Falmouth and a market,
to the extent of—wheat, 717,963 bushels, flour, 132,193

barrels.
Exports from the United States to Europe, from Ist Sept. to
31st August in each year, as above.
Wheat, Bushels Flour, Barrels
G. Britain & France & G. Britain & France &
Ireland. Continent. Ireland. Continent.
1851-52..2,712,120 No returns. 1,444,640 No retains.
1852 53...5,543,460 do 1,618,060 do
1853-54 .. 5,918,317 1,904,893 1,824,920 791,028
1854-55.. 317,713 4,972 170,329 7,763
The shipments to the Continent in the years 1851, 18.52,

1853, were practically nif.
Exports of Indian Corn to Great Btita'n and Ireland, from
Ist Sept. to 31st January, 5 months.
Ist Sept to 31st Jan, 5 month•.
52 1852-53 1853-54 1854-55
176,170 1,644,397 3.376,082
Ist Sept to 31st August, 12 months.
,749 1,517,087 6,215,936 6.843,242 -
Total exports to Great Britain and Ireland, from Ist Sept,
1816, to 31st August, 1847:
Wheat, bush Flour, brls Corn, bush Corn Meal, brls
4,015,134 3,150,689 17,298,744 847,280
ASIIES : The receipts continue light, and the business is
restricted' to small sales at 6 dols .50c for rot, and 7 dols 75c to
8 dols for pearl.
COAL : Liverpool is in good supply, but we have heard of no
sales. The last sale of best Orrel was at 6 dols 50c less 6 per

18.55-56
2,028,761

326,699

cent cash.
C6PPER : The supply of new sheathing is small, and the
market is firm at 33c. Yellow metal is steady at 28c 6 mos.
Refined ingot copper remains in small stole, and pri.lcs are well
sustained. 8,000 lbs of old sheathing, &c,, sold at 2fic to 27c
cash. . _

IrtoN : The business in Scotch Pig is very small, at 34 dols
from vessel and 35 dols, 6 mos, from yard. Last sale Common
English Bars, 62,50 dols ; Refined is offered at 67,50 dolt.
300 bdls English Sheet, singles, sold at 371 cents, 6 mos. The
Philadelphia North American of Saturday, says : " American
furnaces are generally producing well, and the demand for Pig
has been large; inquiries still continue, but holders are firmer,
and wo hear of no sales of No. 1 below 27 dols. Accounts
from the majority of the consuming trades are encouraging,
especially for this season of the year. Transactions for Pig
for this week 2,250 tons. Quotations were firmly main-
tained-27 dolt for No. 1, 25 dols for No. 2, and 24 dolt for
No. 3. For Bars and Axles there is an increased inquiry, at
70 dols for the first, and 85 dols for Rolled Axles. American
Rails are in good demand ; quotation firm at 62 dots cash.
Nails, Sheets, Plate, and Blooms are in moderate request at

former quotations."'
LEAD: There is scarcely any demand for, pig, and we have
but to note a sale of 100 pigs Galena at 71c cash. Bar sells
at 6'-4-c net, an& 7c, less 2 p-r cent caTh. Sheet and pipe are

unchanged.
MorassEs : There is a fair demand for home use, and we
have no change to note in prices.
NAVAL STORES : We hear of no foreign orders here for crude
Turpent'ne, and the market is dull. Spirits Turpentine is in
very large stock, and the market is not active, though prices
are about the same : stock, 17,000 barrels. Tar moves off
slowly, at prices within our ranee, thin being worth as much as
thick : st tck, 12,000 to 15,000 barrels. Common rosin is
inactive, but firm at 1 dol 55c per 3101bs, delivered.
OILS : We noticed in our last an extensive movement in
Whale at the Eastward, with sales of 8,000 to 10,000 bris,
part at 70c to 77c—the whole transactions, including those
since our last, reach nearly 20,000 bris, mostly on speculation,
the greater part at 78c to 80c, but including late sales at 81c
to 83c cash,—of the above, 6,200 brls, it is supposed, were
purchased for Bremen. Linseed is very dull ; last sales whole
parcels English 871 c cash, and 88c time and interest ; but
lower rates would now be acc'pted.
PROVISIONS : The market for Pork has improved slightly,
say 61 cents. with an increased demand, previous to yesterday,
part speculative ; tite supply is large, but being in the hands
of strong parties, with light r, ceipts, it is well held ; sales
3,100 bris, closing at 15 dols 874 c to 15 dols 931 c for Mess,
and 13 dols 87-4 c for Prime; including 500 brie Mess for
August, and 500 do for June delivery at 15 dols 50e : and
400 do. buyer's option, thirty days, 16 dols. The Beef market
continues dull and drooling, with sales of 600 brls at 9 dols to
9 dols 622 c for Country Prime, 10 dots to Il dols for do Mess,
13 dols to 13 dols 50c for Vermont Mess, 11 dols to 14 dols 25c
for Western, and 14 dols 50c to 15 dols for repacked
Chicago. Prime mess beef and beef hams are dull of sale,
and prices are without quotable change. Bacon is quiet, with
small sales short middles, rib in, at 81 cents. Clear are held
at 91c to 10c. Cut meats are dull, but steely in price; sales
400 hhds. and tcs., at 71c to 74-c, for shoulders, and nine for
hams, including dry salted and pickled. Lard is in fair
demand, and prices advanced one quarter of a cent yesterday,
on the better qualities ; sales 1,500 brls. and tcs., closing at
101 e to 101 c for fair to prime. Butter and cheese remain
quiet, and the market is steady.
RICE is in moderate request, without particular change in
prices, though if anything, there is more steadiness in the

market.

SALT : The receipts of all kinds are small, and prices are

well sustained

SUGAR : The market is very firm, and the sales, both
public and private, have commanded full prices.
TIN : The market for Pig remains very quiet. Banca is
scarce and firm, hold generally at 34 cents, cash, but Straits is
in good supply, and as the receipts expected are considerable,
buyers bold aloof in anticipation of purchasing at more
favourable rates—an invoice of 1,400 slabs, just received per
Inak Walton, was sold previous to arrive at 31 cents, cash.
Plates come forward very sparingly, and prices generally still
favour sellers. _ - .

TOBACCO : There is a fair demand without change in prices.
Sales 100 hhds Kentucky, at 121-c to 13c; 426 bales Havana,
23ic to 25c ; 42 cases seed leaf 11c to 13c; and 51 do Florida
10c to 20c, usual terms. The stock of manufactured is light,
and daily lessens, and the prospective receipts are small, as
many of the Virginian factories have been, and still remain,
partially, or wholly, idle for want of liquorice paste, sugar,
molasses, &c., the ice in their rivers (somo of which have now
been inaccessible nearly fifty days, an event, we believe,
unprecedented), having prevented supplies, the assortments in
this market are consequently broken ; agents are very firm,
and prices harden.

POLICE COURT.

SATURDXY.

(BEFORE MR. E. EVANS.)
AN EARLY BIRD.—The old saying of " An early bird
catches the worm," has been reversed in the following
case, for it would seem that it was the poor bird, and not
the worm. that was picked up. Police constable 277
placed in the dock a man who gave his name as George
Atkinson, and who had been taken into custody that
morning, about three o'clock, in the Park, having a
valualbe semi Cochin China game cock in his pos-
session, for which he could not account. He said he
saw the prisoner first in Henderson-street, in the Park,
at the hour stated, and thinking there was something
wrong in his movements, he followed him into North-
umberland-street, and after sundry twists and turns, he
arrested him ' • and his suspicions were more than con-
firmed, for he found the early bird just mentioned in his
possession, and as the prisoner could not tell where he
got the bird. he took him to the lockup. In reply to the
charge, the prisoner said he was walking about the street,

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when he promiscuously met the bird roving along the
flags, crowing like fun ! Seeing the " hanimal " desolate,
and in want of a roost, he thought he'd give it shelter
until he could find its master. The people in court were
convulsed with laughter during the above recital. The
prisoner was remanded for a week, and the officer received
directions to look out for the owner of the " early bird."
PLUNDER BY A WORIIMAN.—A painter, named John
Moore, who was in the employment of Mr. Bacon, of
Dublin-street, paint manufacturer, &c , was brought up
by detective officer Carlyle, on a charge of having stolen
a quantity of paint, the property of his master, and a
woman named Ellen Roach, living in Sawneypope-street,
was brought up on a charge of having received the stolen
property with a guilty knowledge. Mr. Bluck appeared
for the female prisoner. From the evidence, it appeared
that the man had been employed for nearly four years by
Mr. Bacon, and that lately property had been missed,
and an eye was kept on the man. On Friday, the
prisoner was engaged in painting a ship, and he got two
cans of white lead on the pretence of taking them to the
ship, but he only took one, and the other was sold to the
female prisoner. Carlyle went to the house of the femalo,
whose husband is a painter. and works on his own account,
and inquired if she had received any paint ? but this, she
strongly denied. He searched the place, and in the back
scullery he :found the stolen can of paint. The male
prisoner then confessed that he had been plundering his
master for more than three months. Mr. Muck contended
that his client had purchased the paint legitimately, an I
was acting undo,- the control of her husband. Mr. Bacon,
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in the kindest manner, begged that the magistrates would
deal mercifully with the man, as he had a family to sup-
port. Thr.i bench ordered him to be remanded for seven
days, and fined the woman lOs for not being able to
account for the legal possession of the paint.

(BEFORE MESSRS. EVANS AND BENN.)
Amongst eleven cases of affiliation which came before
the bench, there was one that attracted more than ordi-
nary attention, in consequence of the parties interested,
and the position of the defendant, a Mr. William Skim-
mer, described as a government tax assessor, whose office
is in Mount Vernon. The complainant in the case was a
female named Ellen Hardwick, whose personal appear-
ance was very attractive. She held a fine child in her
arms. The defendant did not attend, but Mr. Snowball
appeared on his behalf. The complainant stated that she
nad occasion to call at the defendant's office in Mount
Vernon on some business, and she alleged that in that
place the defendant had ruined her. She entered into
some details relative to the Paris exhibition, to which the
defendant, as she stated, promised to take her, but he did
not perform his promise, and she also alleged that he had
abandoned her, and refused to give any support for the
child. Mr. Snowball submitted a point of law (not dis-
puting the facts) to the bench, after which the further
hearing of the case was adjourned to next Saturday for
the production of a witness who the complainant said she
could bring forward to corroborate her case.

AUSTRALIA.

ARRIVAL OF THE JAMES BAINES

On Saturday, the telegraph from the south of
Ireland announced that the Black Ball line of
packet ship James Baines from Melbourne, had
arrived off Ballycotton, at five o'clock on teriday
evening, and landed four passengers, two of whom
arrived in Liverpool yesterday, via Dublin and
Holyhead. From them we learn that the James
Baines sailed from Port Philip on the 28th of
November, and that during the greater part of the
voyage she encountered nothing but a sticeession
of adverse winds. She has on board nearly 800
passengers, and it is said about 100,000 ounces of
gold, but the latest Melbourne papers state the
amount at under 75,000 ounces, so that the exact
sum cannot be known until the arrival of the mails
which have not_ yet been land-ed.
We have, however, received files of papers from
Melbourne to the 20th of November, which are
eight days later than the accounts we recently
received by way of Panama. The 'Tames Baines
got under weigh from Melbourne on her appointed
day, the 25th November, but just as she was leaving
the'harbour the Lightning, from Liverpool, with
the mails of the sth of September arrived in eighty
days, and Captain M`Donnell immediately brought
the James Baines to anchor, so that the letters
taken out by the Lightning might be answered by
the James Baines, and which was delayed until the
28th for the purpose.
The accounts of trade contained in the papers
now to hand are quite satisfactory. During the
week ending November 27th, there was no mate •
rial change in the complexion of business matters.
The demand for goods for the interior was pretty
brisk, and it was quite expected to continue so
during the summer season. The price of gold had
declined Oil per ounce, owing to the banks fixing
the rate of exchanges with England at par. The
transactions during the week were inconsidera-
ble. The gold entered for shipment on Nov. 25, was
12;261 ounces 6 dwts ; of which 7,244 ounces 2
dwts were shipped by the James Baines, and
5,011 ounces 19 dwts. for Calcutta, per Queen of
the East. The total quantity of gold shipped per
James Baines, for Liverpool, was reported on that
day at 75,037 ounces 13 dwts, of which the follow-
ing quantities were shipped by the several banks
and gold brokers :—London Chartered Bank,
12,000 ounces ; Bank of Victoria, 7,000 ounces ;
.Bank of Australasia, 15,000 ounces ; Union Bank,
4 000 ounces : Bank of New South Wales, 6,103
ounces 18 dwts ; E. Khull, gold broker, 614 ounces
16 dwts. Total, 44,718 ounces 14 dwts. The
accounts from the various gold fields are highly
satisfactory both as regards the yield of the pre-
cious metal and the generally prosperous condition
of the population. Two nuggets, the one weigh-
ing 220, and the other 240, ounces had been
found on the Alma; and a third weighing
730 ounces, had been brought to light at Daisy
Hill. Discoveries of new quartz-reefs were of
frequent occurrence, and indications were not
wanting of the presence of silver and copper in
theseconglomerates. Great activity was observable
in the works of the ironfounders in Melbourne,
and the men employed by the principal firms had
been working night and day, in order to keep pace
with the demand for quartz-crushing machines.
The quantity of gold brought down by escort was
as follows : Ozs.
Week ending October 27 ...... 52.288
do. November 3 43,712
do. do. 10 58,502
do. do. 17.. ........ 51.604
do do. 24 56,985

263,091

Irrespective of which, a large quantity found its
way to Melbourne and to other places, by private
hand ; besides what was smuggled over the
frontiers to avoid payment of the export duty.
The Ballarat Times gives the following paragraph,
in reference to the discovery of silver in the river
Lee

' Our readers will be surprised to learn that native silver
is been found, in paling quantities. in the river Lee,
;allarat. There is no mistake or humbug about this, as
.he particulars have been communicated lo us from a most
reliable source ; in short, a specimen of the silver, weighing
over 13 pwts. 5 gr., ia now in the Times office, and may be
seen by any one who doubts it. Further particulars will
soon be given."
The Flour market. after having gone through
treat excitement, had not only become more sub-
ued, but prices during the last week had been
unsettled, and a cargo of Chilian was offering
the market at £A3 per ton, being a
.cline of £7 per ton within the month.
,he supplies of oats had been large, and sales of
Scotch were on the 26th effected with difficulty at
previous prices, whilst in some instances lower
prices had been accepted. Hay was in excess of
the supply, and prices had declined. The price of
cheese had declined in consequence of the very
large supplies from England. In the spirit market
there was a good demand for Old Tom, and
Scotch whisky. There was a heavy demand for
light wines, particularly claret. The demand for
bottled porter was great. Mercantile transactions
generally had assumed a more healthy aspect, and
insolvencies were less numerous than they were.
The official returns of exports and imports 'to the
7th November stood thus :

For the week ended
October 20 ...

Imports.
273,026
160,248
216,789
158 691

Exports.
X
268 729
405,526
122,572
387.878

November 3

17
... ... ... 169.201 172,239
From Ist Jan.:to Nov. 17, E 1,633,528 10,915,417
Showing an excess of exports over imports since Ist
January of £2,281,8.99.
The governor had proclaimed the royal assent to
the new constitution act for the colony, and recom-
mended a general holiday in honour of the event.
The citizens universally suspended business, but
there was no special public rejoicings of any
kind. . . _

elections had been concluded, and the
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Governorl had delivered his speech at the opening
of the Legislature. Of the election in the digging
districts, the liftlbourne Argus says : .

Since our previous summary, the elections for the
Diggings have come off, and in every instance the result has
been perfectly satisfactory. The new members are, without
exception, just such men as we believe the diggers ought to
have chosen, and such as we have frequently recommended
them to choose,—men who really are the representatives of
their constituents, and not scheming place-hunters or
" compensation" seekers. Passive as they have seemed to
he for the last three or four months, the diggers have evi-
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men in each locality, who had resolved on preventing the
nawly-acquired and valuable privilege of the franchise being
sacrificed by neglect, or perverted by trickery. The manner
in which the elections were conducted, proved that the
diggers had deliberately chosen their members; and in no
case was a candidate successful who bad presented himself
with the design of subserving his own purposes. At Balla-
rat Messrs. Lilor and I.lumffray were elected because they
have been long known to their fellow-electors there.
At Castlemaine, Messrs. Pyke and Wheeler have been
chosen for a similar reason. At Maryborough Mr. Longden
carried the day against two competitors because be is the
local man. To readers in England it may seem a strange and
even dangerous indication of the state of feeling amongst
the Ballarat men, that has led to the unanimous and uncon-
tested election of Mr. P. Lalor, the commander-in-chief of
the "insurgents" stockade, who lost an arm on the ever-
memorable mornin r of the 2nd December last; and on
whose head, alive or dead, a price was once set by the Execn-
tivo government. Truly, it is a notable change to take
place in less than twelvemonths, for the chief of the Ballarat
" rebels"--the proscribed outlaw—to be seated in the
legislature as member for the district ! But it is not by any
Imeans an alarming change; it is reassuring, and an actual
guarantee of peaceful sentiments on the part of the

miners.
A considerable quantity of crown land bad been thrown
on the market by the government, but the demand had been
somewhat inactive, and numerous lots had been withdrawn
for want of an offer, while in many instances those who be-
came purchasers, forfeited their depo,its and neglected to
complete their contracts.
The cry of destitution had entirely ceased, and few com-
plain of want of employment.
The coming harvest promised to be a bountiful one.