The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-03-20 00:00:00

M.-LIVERPOOL, TWIRSDAY, MARCH 20, 1866.

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL,

LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY EVENING

There has been no improvement in the tone of
the Liverpool Cotton Market to-day, and prices
have been irregular, ata decline of 1-16th of a penny
per pound. The sales amounted to 6,000 bales,
and include 500 taken for speculation and export.
The Liverpool Share Market opened with a quiet
tone to-day, and showed no variation at the close,
when the quotations stood as follows :
Aberdeen, 13 131. Chester and Birken-
head, 151 151. Caledonian, 301 301. Chester and
Holyhead, 131 14. Eastern Counties, 9 91. East
Lancashire, 181 181. Great Northern, 23 231.
Do. A9l 10. Great Western, 62 62g. Lancashire
and Yorkshire Stock, 838 831. Liverpool, Crosby,
and Southport, 151 16, London and North
Western Stock, 100 1001. Manchester, Sheffield
and Lincoln, 261 261. Ditto Preference, 111 111.
Ditto New 6 per cent. Pref., 1 ep. Midland Stock,
71i 712-. North British, 71 71. North
Staffordshire, 61 51d. South Eastern, 20 7-16 201.
York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 19 3-16 191. York
and North Midland, 271 271 Leeds Capital Stock,
151 16. Dutch Rhenish, 13-16 Bp. Ditto New
Shares, 21 21p. Great Western of Canada, 25/
251. Ditto New Shares, 21 21p. Ditto 2nd issue,
21 21p. Great Luxembourg, 71 71d.
From Vienna we learn that the Money Market
has been exceedingly animated; all kinds of secu-
rities having risen in consequence of the news of the
birth of the Prince Imperial of France. That
event has produced a great sensation.
The audit required by the Board of Trade into
the accounts of the General Screw Steam Shipping
Company will be completed in a day or two, and
the directors will, probably, this week announce the
date when the declared bonus of 3/. per share will
be paid. The second instalment of 20,0001. for the
purchase of the eight large steamers of , this com-
pany is to be paid to-day, and a meeting of the
shareholders will be shortly convened to confirm
what has been done, and to authorise future steps
in winding up the undertaking.
Accounts from Trinidad, by New York, state
that a series of successful forgeries, to the extent
of several thousand dollars, had been committed
on the Branch Colonial Bank.

Advices have been received at Antwerp from
Rio Janeiro stating that there has been a consi-
derable rise in the price of coffee, in consequence
of the disturbed state of the country limiting the
quantity produced, and that there will be very
little for export to Europe this season. This has
caused a great demand for Brazilian coffee at Ant-
werp, and a corresponding rise in prices. After the
receipt of the intelligence purchasers came freely
into the market and gave an advance of I to I per
cent per half kilogramme on the prices of the pre-
ceding week. Transactions in St. Domingo and
Java were, however, limited. The total quantity
in first and second hands at the beginning of the
week was 62,500 bales, comprising 9.000 of Java,
11,000 St. Domingo, 41,500 Brazils, and 1,000
sundries.

Accounts from Stockholm mention that there is
to be an amalgamation of the Customs departments
in Sweden and Norway under one head. For this
purpose, a mixed commission of Norwegian and
Swedish officials have been for some time past pre-
paring the basis upon which it would be most
judicious to unite them ; and they have now pre-
sented their object to the government.
The produce of wine from the Douro district in
Portugal during 1855, was 13,945 pipes, of which
the greater proportion was exported.
Although business in the funds was inactive to-
day, the market was firmer. No tendency towards
fluctuation was observed, and the closing quota-
tions were 8 per cent higher than those of yester-
day. They stood thus :-921 92A,. The public
continue to invest steadily. In the Stock Exchange
money continues easy, but the demand in the Dis-
count Market was to-day more active. At
Paris to-day, the closing prices differ little from
those of yesterday, the chief feature is still
a preponderance of sales, on account of weak
speculative holders. Next Friday being Good
Friday, the business in Foreign Bills will be trans-
acted to-morrow (this day). By the receipt of
later Australian ad vices via Ceylon, we learn of the
clearances from Melbourne on the 10th of Decem.
ber of the ship Emma, of Liverpool, with 41,000 oz.
of gold on freight, worth about 164,0001. This
vessel would therefore appear to have been
as much as 100 days at sea. The Ad•
miral, Statesman, Blackwall, and other vessels may
likewise be daily expected, the wind being now
favourable. It will not be expected till the nex
Indian mails arrives that we shall have intelli-
gence as to the effect produced upon the Eastern
markets by the submission of Russia. The result
of the submission of Russia has been a collapse of
speculation ; the tallow market has been visited by
a panic. Throughout the day the market was
little more than nominal. The Corn Market to-
day was flat, and rather lower in price as regards
English wheat. The Railway Shares to-day was a
shade flatter, but scarcely changed in price.
At the close of the market the quotations stood as
follows :—Caledonian, 60! 60a. Eastern Counties,
9i 91. East Lancashire, 73/ 741. Great Northern,i
921 93. Do. A., 78-1; 794 Great Western, 62 621-.
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 83a- 831. London and
North Western, 100-1 1004. Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire, 26 268. Midland Stock 714 71t.
North British, 31 311. South Eastern and Dover,
664 661 York Newcastle, and Berwick, 761 77j.
York and North Midland, 55/ 551.

The inhabitants of Bath, at a public meeting, resolved
to oppose the bill of the gas company of that city, now
before Parliament, unless the maximum price be res-
tricted to 4s 6d per 1,000 cubic feet.

THE FATAL DUEL AT BERLIN.—The *Post Ampt Gazette
contains a letter from Berlin which says :—" A pamphlet
published by the librarian, Chas. Nohring, entitled ' The
Life, Actions, and Death of Chas. Louis Frederick de
Hinekeldey,' has been seized by the police."
The Lord Provost of Edinburgh has called a special
meeting of council for the purpose of considering the
propriety of voting an address of congratulation to
his Imperial Majesty, the Emperor of the French, on the
auspicious occasion of the birth of an heir to the throne
of France.

THE HASTINGS MURDER.—Particulars as to the pre-
♦ious life of the young man called Murdoch, who mur-
dered a jailer at Hastings, have been supplied by the
London police.iflt appears that the boy has been a young
thief, a sea apprentice, a labourer at the docks, a pick-
pocket, and finally a robber at Hastings. In the intervals
of his offences he professed repentance, and was rather
patronised by the London police, to whom he was useful
as an informer.

THE CONDEMNED CONVICT THOROGOOD.—On Saturday
an intimation was received from Sir George Grey, the'
Home Secretary, that the sentence upon James Thorogeol
was " respited until a further signification of her Majesty's
pleasure." This fact was communicated to Thorogood by
the chaplain, and governor of the gaol, when the convict
received it with apparent satisfaction, although he was at
the same time cautioned not to indulge in too sanguine a
hope that his life would be ultimately spared.—Chelmsford
Chronicle.

THE LORD LIEUTENANT OF IRFLAND.—Monday last
being St. Patrick's Day, the relieving of the guard at
Dublin Castle was, according to old custom, attended with
great pomp, and attended by a vast multitude of people.
Two military bands were in attendanre. and performed a
number of national airs ; and his Excellency the Lord-
Lieutenant, accompanied by his secretary and aid-de-camp,
appeared on a balcony, wearing, of course, a large tuft
of shamrock on his bosom. tie was enthusiastically
cheered by the people, and the scene passed off with all the
eclat of former days.

THE GREAT WESTERN OF CANADA RAILWAY.—A very
good idea of the traffic which seeks an outlet from the
States to and through Canada, by the Great Western may be
formed from the fact that at the present time there are
205,000 tons of goods lying at Detroit for carriage by that
railway. These have, in a great measure, accumulated
since the ice on the Detroit river obstructed the navigation,
so that the transit has been interrupted. Tha immense pile
of goods would 6.11 25,000 cars, and as each train is not
composed of more than 20 cars on an average, it follows
that it will take 1,500 trains to transport the load. But
there are only four goods trains per day running east from
Windsor ; and at that rate it will take 61 weeks to clear off
the accumulation, supposing that no other additions are
made to it.—London (Canada West) Free Press.
THE LATE COLLISIONS AT KINGSTOWN.—On Monday, in
the Admiralty Court, Dublin, Mr. Lee, proctor, applied
upon the part of the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company
for a fiat against the screw transport Resolute, under the
following circumstances : —He moved upon affidavit, which
stated that, about 4 30 p.m., on Saturday the 15th inst., the
Resolute, shortly after entering Kingstown Harbour, came
in contact with the schooner Virtue, lying at anchor in the
harbour, sunk her, and then came on and struck the steamer
St. Columda, the property of the City of Dublin Steam
Packet Company, about the port main rigging, carrvirg
away one of the shrouds, rail, bulwarks, and stauecheons,
and doing other extensive damage. The affidavit then
stated that this collision arose from the negligence, and want
of skill of those in the management of the screw transport.
The Court, upon hearing the Affidavit granted the applisa-
tioui

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

THE EMPRESS AND INFANT PRINCE

PARIS, WEDNESDAY

The official bulletin issued to-day announces
that the health of the Empress and the Prince con.

tinucs good

We append with infinite satisfaction a copy of
the authentic document :

" PALACE OF THE TUILERIES, Wednesday.
" Half-past Eleven o'clock.
" Her Majesty is going on as favourably as can
be wished.—(Signed)
" Dr. H. Conneau, Baron Paul Dubois, Rayer,
" Jobert De Lanaballe, P. Darralde."