The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-03-28 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION

gr An Evening Edition of the NORTHERN DAILY
TIMES is now Published every Afternoon, at Three o'clock,
containing the Markets, together with all the News of the
Day, up to the hour of going to Press.

Eire Athrtiorn

FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1856
♦

The London Times exhibits a fixed determi-
nation to go to war with America, under the leader-
ship of Lord CLARBNDON, its newly adopted " great
man," or, it may be, future Premier. Never did
ill-requited legal genius, or discarded moral
philosophy, hold forth with greater vehemence,
or more profound ergotism. Our cotemporary
would allow Mr. MARCY, and the government 'to
which he belongs, to take both the public law of
nations, and municipal law of the United States,
to decide the illegality of the British Ministry's
recruiting, within the territories of the
Union; but having taken both, and subse-
quently having, out of deference to the long
cherished prejudices of Europe waived their own
sovereign regulations, and grounded their charge
on public law, the London Times contends the
States are not entitled to the protection of either !
This logical conclusion was no sooner arrived at
and the true popular opinion of England on
the American enlistment question falsely
represented, than we find the United
States, and the Danish Sound Dues
difficulty brought forward in the same
insulting and warlike strain—M,.. MARCY
again declared to be in the wrong. Mr. CRAMP-
TON'S return to his Government being all that
could be asked in reason, has settled the
enlistment squabble, but not satisfied with the
" solution," and bein
American war-at-an

in favour of an
same London

journal makes a prominent feature of the Sound
Dues' wrangle, and labours hard to show that Mr
MARCY is altogetlu

er in error, in urging on the

States not to pay a piratical impost levied on the

navigation of the high seas.
England must beware of these workers of
bloodshed. We must receive their arguments as
we do their scandals. England not only advertised
for recruits in the United States, but British agents
actually did carry men out of the Union with a

distinct understanding that they were to serve as

soldiers in the British army. In this we openly
violated the neutrality laws of the States, and we
were bound, morally and politically, to .make any
reasonable reparation asked by those whose laws
we had broken. ThiS has been done ; and yet
the London Times continues its insolent attacks
on the Americans, through their foreign
In the American intelligence

MONETARY 'AND COMMERCIAL.

LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY EVENING

There has been no change in the tone of the
Cotton Market to-day. There has been a fair
thimand, and prices remain without change. The
sales amount to 7,000 bales, and include 1,000
taken for speculation and export.
A firm tone has characterized the Liverpool
Share Market with improved quotations for Leeds
and -Dover Stocks. Throughout the day
there was considerable steadiness. The closing
prices were as follows :—Aberdeen, 131 13g.
Chester and Birkenhead, 151- 151. Caledonian, 307
30k. Chester and Holyhead, 144 141. Eastern Coun-
ties, 98 9 11-IG. East Lancashire, 18 14. Great
Northern, 23 234. Ditto A 91 10. Great
Western, 621 631. Liincashire and. Yorkshire
Stock, 84i 85i. 'Liverpool, Crosby, and South-
port, 15i 16. London and North Western
Stock, 100 1004. Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincoln, 271 274. Ditto Preference, 111 11a,
Ditto New 6 per cent. .Pref, s &p. Midland Stock,
72 72y. North British, 8 1-16 8 3-16. North Stafford-
shire, 6 51d. South Eastern, 21 218. York,

Newcastle' 'and Berwick, 191 York and
North Midland, 27-a 271. Leeds Capital Stock,
154- 151. Dutch Rhenish, 13-16 ir,p. Ditto New
Shares, 2 2,7,p. Great Western of Canada, 25i
2.5;?. Ditto New Shares, 2,1 2-ap. Ditto 2nd issue,
21p. Great Luxembourg, 71,-7d. -

The amount of business done in the Manchester
Goods Market has .not been very extensive, but
considerable steadiness prevailed, and prices were
about the same as on Tuesday.

Commercial advises from St. Petersburg to the
15th inst:, have come to hand. The state of trade
was not so buoyant as the prospects of peace had
led many to expect, still it was sufficiently marked
to show that a pacific result to the Conferences at
Paris was generally entertained. For Tallow prices
have had a rather downward tendency, but this
may be accounted for, as the recent high quota•
tions were partially nominal. Many sales had been
effected during this month for delivery in August.
Flax is in demand at 24r for delivery in June, and
24f to 25 for delivery in July. Linseed is also in
request at improved prices, being 7r 30 kopecks to
71r for money sales.

-Accounts from Prague mention that the commer-
cial and financial community of that city are about
to found a Bourse there, in consequence of the
increasing trade and banking business throughout
Bohemia. Already they have obtained the sanction
of the local authorities, and are only awaiting that
of the imperial government to put the establish-
ment on a proper footing. Meanwhile a provi.
sional Bourse, with temporarily authorised brokers
has been arranged, and monetary transactions in
the Austrian Funds and industrial Companies will
be quoted as at Vienna..
The annual meetin,, of the British American
Land Company was held yesterday. The report,
which was adopted, states, that 17,263 acres of
land have been sold during the year, which realised
£11,505. (Halifax currency), averaging 13s 4d
per acre. The income was £.1.2,435, although there
had been a falling off in the operations of the
company. From the accounts it appears that the
cash in hand, or reserve, was £24,004. A dividend
of five per cent., on the paid-up capital was
agreed to. _ _

At a meeting of the proprietary of the Chartered
Bank of Asia yesterday, the directors presented a
report detailing the progress of the arrangements
for amalgamating with the Mercantile Bank of
India, London, and China. To assimilate the
shares of the two banks, those of the Chartered
Bank of Asia are to be converted the rate of
four 251. shares with Si. paid, for one 25/. share
with 201 paid. Bothinstitutions also apply jointly
for a substituted charter. The report was adopted,
'as was also a proposal for declaring a half-
yearly payment, in the shape of interest, of 2s 6d
per share. _

The Railway Traffic Returns for the past week, as
compared with those of the same period last year, show
the following

ENGLISH LINES.
Bristol and Exeter
Blyth and Tyne
Chester and Holyhead
Deeside

East Lancashire
Great Western

indermere
TV

Loudou and Brightou

1856. Corresponding
week last year.
£5,472 ... £5,290
• 894 .. 701
• 4,582 .... 4,353
▪ 230 . 154

5,577 . 4,658
24,230 21,977
21,016 19.696
169
21,403

18,280
12,463 .... 10,833

. ,
London and South Western
London and North Western..
Manchester, Sheffi,2ld, &c.. 8,605 .... 7,999

Manchester and S. Junction
Mi:Rand
Newport, Aber

708
26,392

North LOr

866
29,077
1,060 ..... 519
2,044 2,036
4,647 4,453
6,555 .
.6,015

rth British

venny, roc

North Stafford

, 2,07313,,24163
..•
...
.. •..
Oxford, Worcester, &c
Shrewsbury and Birmingham .... 1,520 .... 1,090
Shrewsbury and Chester
Shrewsbury and Hereford
South Eastern
South Devon
Shropshire Union ..
Taff Vale
West Hartlepool 2,323 ..... 1,833
Wes:Cornwall
IRISH LINES
Belfast and Ballymena .
Cork and Bandon
Dublin and Wicklow 417 .... 206
Scowl' LINES.

Aberdeen .
Caledonian
Dundee and Arbroath .. .
Edinburgh and Glasgow... .
Glasgow and South Western.
Great North of Scotland
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL,
Demerara

3,360 2,809
10,756 .... 10,634
• 529 .... 429
▪ 5,404 .... 4,529
..... 5,912 ..... 5,396
• 974 .... 640
.... 717 616

Great Luxembourg

In every department of the Stock Exchange
great firmness is maintained. The general
tendency is rather in the direction of improve-
ment, but, pending the final announcement of
peace, operations are much restricted. The Funds
experienced scarcely any variation throughout the
day, and closed a shade better than yesterday. We
quote the closing prices as follows :-92 11-16 92
13-16. Money in Lombard-street was to-day
active, and will probably continue so during the
week. In addition to Saturday's instalments
on the new loan, preparations are made for the
liabilities incidental to the 4th of April, which are
expected to be heavy. At Paris the
three per cent rentes, recovered 4 per cent. . The
whole of the gold brought in by the Admiral has
been presented for purchase at the Bank of
England. The supply of the Emma will not be in
hand till to-morrow.. The Railway Share
Market to-day, though inactive,. was very firm.
The closing prices-of the day were thus quoted :
Caledonian, 501 51. Eastern Counties, 901 902-
East Lancashire, 731 74i. Great Northern,
94 941. Do. Class A., 79 80. Great Western, WI
63:-7. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 85 85k. London
and North Western, 100 1001. Manchester Shef-
field, and Lincolnshire, 27 271 Midland Stock, 72
721. South Eastern and Dover, 70i 71. York,
Newcastle, and Berwick, 761 77i. York and North
Midland, 55 551.

THE AMERICAN MAiLs.—The royal mail steamer Cambria
will sail to-morrow for Halifax and Boston, with the Cana-
dian and Ameican mails. The letter box at the General
Post-office will be open in the usual course up to ten, and
up to eleven o'clock with late ffes. The box at the landing-
stage will be open to twelve o'clock with additional fees.
DVENTIMES OF £lBO IN BANK NOTES.—Some
days ago a lady—she must have been one, when she had
£lBO in her pocket—went into a certain public house near
Siint John's Market, where, through anxiety, excitement,
and certain other causes, she—we don't like to use hard
terms, but truth must prevail—got drunk! She became
rather pugnacious., the assistance of the police had to be
resorted to, and she was removed to the station. Jest
hen outside the door of the public house, she dropped u
notes, containing £lBO. In a short time
a 1 was picked up by a pcor barefooted bey,
it to a pertain market woman, to awertain
She told him it was waste paper, but, at the
resented him with a sovereign, out of, as she
to get a pair of shoes. -When the owner
of the cash became conscious next mottling, of course she

com;lained of her loss. The matter w.s referred to an
inspector of the detective force, and with his usual sagacity,
he was not long until he got en the right went, and soon
had the market woman in a state of surveillance at Dale-
street office. She at first stoutly denied .dl knowledge of the
affiir, and threatened what she wou!d do. However, she
sent for her attorney, and, after a brief consultation with
that named individual, she consented to restore every pettily
of the money, which she did. So the only thing she
gained (as an Hibernian friend once said) was the loss of
her sovereign. She was set at liberty.

FRANCE.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
• PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVLNING

In the best-informed quarters it bad been confi-
dently expected that the sitting of the Congress
which has been held to day—the third in three
successive days—would be the last, that the treaty
of peace would be signed on it, and that an
announcement to that effect would be sent to the
Moniteur for publication in to-morrow's paper.
But I am positively assured, in the highest quarter
to which a newspaper correspondent can have
access, that the sitting of il;is day has not led to a
definitive understanding. What has prevented it
I do not pretend to know; but I hear that Prussia
raises difficulties about this, that, and the other;
that Austria does All she can to annoy her, and
thwart her wisheS ; that Turkey :objects energet-
ically to many things that were considered
settled ; and that, in short, matters have
assumed such an appearance that. there is no
present prospect of the treaty being signed, for
this week at least. Nay, more ; I hear that the
Emperor has declared that he will call in another
power to take part in the deliberations, in the hope
that in the multitude of councillors, there will be
safety, and what ,is not lesq, important under
existing circumstances—despatch.

Many persons here will, no doubt, be disposed
to consider that the delay that has arisen must be
considered as a proof that peace will not be ob-
tained after an, but I am told that peace is not the
less sure now than it was days back.
I hear, but not from a source that I can guarari-
tee, that the Moniteur will probably announce to-
morrow, or next day, a prolongation of the armis—
tice.

A despatch from, Marseilles says that news had
arrived from Constantinople that a good deal of
agitation prevailed in the Danubian Principalities,
owing to the desire of the people for the union of
the two -provinces.