The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-03-05 00:00:00

TOTALS,

918
1567
02
922
1264

New Orleans BBOB6
Mobile
Savannah ..... 18889
Charleston 11744
New York.... 5243
Apalachicola 3882
Galveston

154,076
e statistics of Cotton as
1853, when the American

1856. 1853: Decrease.
Re?,eipts at ports ... ...2,092,000.. 2 201.000..109,000
Shipments to Great Britain 835,000... 881,000.. 46,000
Stock remaining in ports . 554,000... 701,000..147,000

Stock in Liverpool ......
Weekly consumption ....
Price of middling Orleans

1854.
.. 269,000.. 310,000.. 41,000
.. 154,000.. 200,000... 46,000

As compared with....
Stock in Liverpool

269,000.
30,000.
61-1 ..

438,000..169,000
27,000..
51d.

Quantity at Sea ....

To make a crop of
3,300,000 this year,
1,200,000..1,400,000...200,000
the receipts must be,
after the latest dates

The Liverpool Share Market has been firm
throughout the day without any particular feature
worthy of notice. The business done has been very
limited and of a weak character. Prices do not
leave off at their best. Aberdeen,l4 In. Chester
and Birkenhead, 14-k 14k. Caledonian, 29 291.
Chester and Holyhead, 124 13. Eastern Counties,
9-,1 91. East Lancashire, 174 18k. Great Northern,
23 231. Ditto A Shares, 91 10. Great Western,
61* 611. Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 831 834.
Liverpool, !Crosby. and Southport, 15 15k. Lon-
don and North Western Stock, 99k 100. Man-
chester, Sheffield and Lincoln, 25 3-16 251. Ditto
Preference, 11 Ditto New 6 per cent. Pref.,
p. Midland Stock, 701 701. North British,
74. North Staffordshire, 0 0-1 South
Eastern, and Dover, 20 9-16 20,1.. York, Newcastle,
and Berwick, 191 191. York and North Midland,
26 261. Leeds Capital Stock, 157-, 16k. Dutch
Rhenish, 9-16 p. Ditto New Shares, 21i 21p.
Great Western of Canada, 26 261. Do New
Shares, 31 34p. Great Luxembourg,_9l_9ld.

There has been a very tame Corn Market to-day,
and in order to effect sales of wheat, a decline of
from 3d to 6d per bushel had to be submitted to.
Flour was 2s per barrel lower.
The Manchester Goods Market has been very
firm to-day, and a fair business has been done,
particularly in yarns, which would have been con-
siderable, but for the advanced rates demanded.
Letters from Constantinople state, that the Otto-
man government are serious occupied in

endeavouring to effect some change in the mone•
tary system of the country. Many projects have
been submitted to the Grand Vizier for regulating
the same. Some members of the government are
in favour of a new issue of paper money, but this
he decidedly opposes; and considers that it would
lead to greater financial difficulties. Others pro-
pose an issue of a new metallic currency, based
upon the decimal system. This would be the most
beneficial to all parties, both foreign and local, and
might regulate the exchanges better than they are
at present. To give some idea of the fluctuations
in the foreign exchanges, it is stated that in one
day, the pound sterling was quoted at 117 to 118
piastres in the morning, gradually rising to
127 at half-past one, and at four o'clock receded
to 120.

The following are the particulars of the specie
despatched by the Peninsular and Oriental
Company's steamer Euxine, from Southampton,
tv : Alextatlrta, gold, £3EO ; Bombay,
silver, £180,140; Ceylon, gold, £3,300; Calcutta,
silver, £38,898; Singapore, silver,
.R 45,250 ; Hong-
Kong, silver, £135,763; Ditto, gold, £18,090 ;
Canton, silver. £33,840 ; Shanghai, silver, £15,007 ;
Total, £471,098.

The remarks made by Lord Palmerston last
night with respect to the progress of the Con-
ferences tended better to check the sanguine
feeling previously entertained in some quarters,
and occasioned a reaction of f per 'cent. in the
funds this morning. A recovery subsequently
took place, but the latest quotations were still it
per cent. below those of yesterday. In general
character, however, the market remains very
steady, the closing prices being 911 Olt The
investments of the public continue, and no doubt
can be entertained that the new stock arising from
the loan will be rapidly absorbed. The impres-
sion produced by the speech of the Emperor of
the French is decidedly favourable. The market
is chiefly restrained in improvement by the con-
tinued demand for money. In the Stock Exchange
comparative ease prevails, but in the Discount
Market to day there was an unusual demand,
although preparations had been made previously
against the mass of bills falling due to-day, the 4th
of the month. The next instalment upon the new
loan will fall due on the 13th inst.. and amounts
to 25 per cent. At Paris to-day the 3 per cent.
Rentes closed at nearly f per cent. better than
yesterday. Austrian Stock rose yesterday 2) per
cent. The state of Monetary affairs in Austria is
evidently experiencing an important amelioration,
owing to the confident hope of peace. Were
the present war to continue the gravest financial
embarrassments might he looked for by Austria.
The following were the latest quotations of
Foreign Exchanges : Amsterdam short, 11 19 to
12. Do., 3 months, 12. 11 to 12 2f. Rotterdam, do.
12 2to 12 22. Antwerp do., 25 60 to 25 671. Brus-
sels, do., 25 60 to 25 67. Hamburg do, 13 llf to
13 111 Paris, short, 25 40 to 25 472. Do , 3
months, 25 822 to 25 87i. Marseilles, do, 25 822 to
25 871. Frankfort, do., 1211 to 12l it. Vienna, do.,
10 25 to 10 30. Trieste, do., 10 28 to 10 34. Peters-
burg, do ,36 to 361. Madrid, do., 491 to 491.
The tendency of the Railway Share Market appear
to be towards a steady improvement. Prices are
beneficially affected by the prospect of peace, but
apart from this, the extremely large traffic
returns inspire the utmost amount of confidence.
The closing quotations in the Ttailway Share Market
were as follows :—Caledonian,
578 581,. Eastern
Counties, 9/ oil. East Lancashire, 71 71). Great
Northern, 93f 94). Ditto A., 78 792 Great Western,
614.62. 62. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 831831. London'
and North Western, 09.1 100. Manchester, Shef-
field, and Lincolnshire, 25k. Midland Stock,
70i 701. North British, 302 31. South Eastern
and Dover, 66i 661 York, Newcastle, and Berwick,
170 77, York and North Midland, ali.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT,

HOUSE OF LORDS.—TUESDAY.
The Lord CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock.

ECCLESIABICAL COURTS

Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition, and availed
himself of the opportunity to advert to the necessity, for
a reform in the proceedings of the Ecclesiastical Courts.

The Lord CIA, CELLOR announced that, with the
assistance of the solicitor-general, he had prepared a
Divorce Bill, and a Church Discipline Bill, and expressed
a hope that the bills would be shortly introduced into
that, or the other House of Parliament.

The Turnpike Trustees Arrangement Bill passed
through committee.
The Commons luclosure Bill was read a third time and

passed.