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THE NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1866

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.

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LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY EVENING

The Cotton Market has been heavy to-day, and
prices must be quoted a 1.16 th of a penny per
pound lower. The sales are 6000 bales, and
include 1000 on speculation and for export.
The Liverpool Share Market has been very strong
throughout the day, particularly for Lancashire and
Yorkshire stock, which advanced at one time 2 per
cent above yesterday's price. The buying was
almost altogether of a speculative character, but
still stock may be considered scarce. At the close
prices firm, at a shade under the highest point.
The following were the closing prices :—Aberdeen,
14 131. Chester and Birkenhead, 141 15. Cale-
donian, 304 301. Chester and Holyhead, 128 13.
Eastern Counties, 91 9,7 i. East Lancashire, 181 18/.
Great Northern, 23 231. Do. A9l 10. Great
Western, 62 64. Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock,
831- 83,3,-. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 151 154.
London and North Western Stock, 1001 1001
Manchester, Sheffield and Lincoln, 251 26. Ditto
Preference, 114 111 Ditto New 6 per cent. Pref.,
Midland Stock, 71 71k. North British, 71
North Staffordshire, 6,1 67d. South Eastern,
204 20 9-16. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 194
192 York and North Midland, 274 271. Leeds
Capital Stock, 151 151. Dutch Rhenish, a al).
Ditto New Shares, 24 23p. Great Western of
Canada, 254 251. Ditto New Shares, 24 24p.
Great Luxembourg, 8.4 84d.
_ _

In the Manchester Goods Market to-day only a
moderate business has been done, but prices for
both goods and yarns have been firm.

The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the
Bank of England was held to-day,,J. G. Hubbard,
Esq., in the chair, when a statement was read,
showing the net profit for the half-year ending
29th February last to be 705,3251. Bs. 7d., making
the amount of rest 3,728,3791. 16s. After providing
for a dividend of 5 per cent. for the half-year, the
rest would be 3,000,72.91. 10s. The dividend was
was agreed to unanimously.

The Funds to-day shocved increased firmness
An advance of *to per cent. was temporarily
attained, but the quotations at the closing were
scarcely an II- per cent. above those of yesterday.
The prices finally stood ut 92-a, 92/. The prepon.
derance of operations is still on the side of pur-
chases, a sanguine impression prevailing as regards
political prospects. The announcement that
Prussia is to join the Conference at Paris
is favourably viewed, inasmuch as it is
assumed that her admission would not
have been permitted had not Russia previously
made all necessary concessions. The Money
Market continues tight, but both in the Stock
Exchange and in Lombard-street, to-day. the
demand was less pressing, notwithstanding the
instalment falling due on the new loan. At Paris,
to day, the Three per Cent. Renter closed at about
-k per cent. below the final quotations of yesterday.
From a statement made up to the 3rd instant, and
just issued by the Admiralty, we find that the
full number of vessels in the service of govern-
ment, as transports, at that date, was 244. of
which 110 were steamers, and 134 sailing vessels.
The Railway Share Market to day was very ibuoy-
ant. Large speculative purchases have been made
for the new account. Investments and speculative
purchases are induced by the belief that the
scrutiny to which the management, whose under-
takings have lately been subjected, will be produc-
tive of much future benefit. The closing quotations
were as follows : Eastern Counties 10-1.
East Lancashire, 72 731. Great Northern,
931- 931. Do. A., 79 80. Great Western
62i63. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 85-a- 858. Lon-
don and North Western, 1004- 1001. Manchester
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 25.1 26. Midland Stock
7041 718. North British, 30! 34. South Eastern
and Dover, 681 York Newcastle, and Ber-
wick, 761 773. York and North Midland, 54k.

TRADE REPORT.-THURSDAY.

LIVERPOOL,

COTTON The Cotton market continues quiet, the demand
to-day has been moderate, holders offer with considerable
liberality, and prices are irregular at 1-16 d. per lb. decline.
The sales—including 100 Pernambuco, bid to 7d ; 20
Bahia, 6id : 70 Maranham, 64d ; 200 Egyptian, Gd to 71c1;
500 Surat, 4td to 4-td—are reported 6,000 bales, of
which 1,000 are on speculation and for export.

Sco•rea PIG IRON : Our market for warrants closes at
693 61, cash; and 695, one month, fixed; 703, one
month, open.
SUGAR: We have no change to notice, and the sales are
confined to 70 hhds Antigua at 383 6d, 40 hhds Demerara
at 363 3d to 375, with 100 bags grainy at 40s 6d per cwt
MOLASSES

There has been rather more doing, 350
punchec..is clayed Cuba being reported at 17s 31, and 90
puncheons Antigua at 17s 61 per cwt. from the quay.

Rum : 50 puncheons D:merara have been sold at pre-
vious prices, 25 puncheons Leewards at 29, and 70 hhds
East India at Is 10d per gallon proof.
COFFEE: We have only to notice 120 bags damaged
Bahia.

TEA : The market is without alteration ; common Congou
93 to 9d per lb.
RICE : 1,000 bags Bengal have realised lOs per cwt.
INDIGO : 150 chests Kurpah offered by auction this
morning, about two-thirds were sold, consisting chiefly of
the middling to good qualities, which realised full London
rates, but'the lower kinds were unsaleable, and had to be
withdrawn.

PEPPER : We have to notice 550 biga Singapore black,
to arrive, price not reported.

HEMP : 700 bales Manilla on the spot, the price not
reported.

LONDON.

SUGAR.—The public sales of foreign are progressing
steadily at yesterday's prices. Refined grocery lumps 503
to 525.

COFF2L—There has not been a public sale to-day. The
market is steady.

TEA.—We are without transactions of importance to
report to-day.
SALTPETRE.-500 bags of Bengal of good quality sold at
full prices. Refraction 7to 8,33 s 6d to 345.
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Rim—White Bengal sold in public sale at 103 61
Madras, 9s to Ils, according to quality, a part bought in
at 8s 6d.

PIMENTO: sold steadily 4: to 41, which scarcely sup
ported previous rates.
PEPPER 1 500 bags black offered and bought in at 51.
SAGO : Pearl sold at 24s to 24s 6d.
COTTON . No sales reported.
IRON : Scotch pig quoted 693 to 70s.
In other articles no material alteration.

TALLOW : The market remains quiet to day, at the
following quotations, namely :—Town tallow, 31s net cash.
Petersburg Y.C. on the spot, 573; March to April, 53a ;
April to June, 51s 6(1; October to December, 51s.

YESTERDAY'S MARIZETS.

MANCHESTER CORN: The attendance at our market to-
day was moderate. There was a good demand for wheat,
at an advance of 3s per qr. Flour was firmly held for an
improvement of 2i per sack, but the sale was limited. Oats
were id per bushel, oatmeal is per load, and beans fully is
per quarter, dearer.

GLASGOW CATTLE : We had a large supply of cattle at
market today, which soil freely, at rather better prices than
last week, best Scotch bullocks brought 6d to 611 ; best
Irish, 51(1 to sil ; 2nd quality, 5d to 5-1 d ; inferior, 41 to
4d per lb sinking the offal. The supply of sheep was
moderate, and prices fully maintained—best black faced
wedders, 7d ; 2nd quality, 61 to qd ; ewes, 5d to 5d per
lb. Beasts 928, sheep 1,956 —all sold.

DUBLIN CATTLE : The market was largely supplied. The
demand for Engl and and for home consumption active, and
rates steady to the late quotations. Pigs were numerous,
and prices looking. down.
CORK CouN: 90 brls white wheat, 363 to 375; 90 do
red wheat, 36s to 363 61; 359 do barley, 16a to 19s ; 350
do oats, lls 83 to 123.

Hrs Tonic SOCIETY.—Th's society met last night, in the
grand jury room, St. George's ; Mr. Danson in the
chair. Ladies were invited to be present, and a large
number of them availed themselves of the opportunity to
witness the proceed ngs of the society, and hear the
exceedingly interesting papers noted for the evening ; one
being a " Na r ttive of the d scovery of Cruciform Inscrip-
tions, and the mode of interpreting them," with illustra-
tions, by M. Oppert, late surve, or to the French Oriental
expedition; the ether, a " Continuation of the paper on
Liverprol manners, custom=, and population a century
ago," by James Boardman, Esq. Several articles of
c iri ,sity, chiefly to the lady visitor, were exhibited. Among
the donations received were : from the Manchester Literary
and •Phileso;.hical Society, se oral volumes of their trans-
action,; from Lord Lonsbarongh, Misctllanea Graphics;
from Charles C. Babington, Es j., F.R.S., a copy of his
Manual of British Botany; from Dr. Thom, two numbers
of the Rambler, published in Liverpool in 1837, &c. M,
Oppert's paper, which was read by the Rev. Dr. Hume,
was of a deeply interesting and instructive character. It
will, no doubt, he rublished in the annual volume of the
society, and will he one of its most valuable ncords. An
interesting discussion, in which the Chairman, the Rev.
Dr. Thom, the Rev. Dr. Hume, and Mr. E. Heath fel-
-1 lowed, on the subject of the paper.

THE CRIMEA.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

SEBASTOPOL, FEB. 29

Since I last wrote we have been enjoying a few
excitements. The ground, which this time last
week had attained a most unusual consistency,
tempted our generals to a little display of the
"pomp and circumstance of war." Whether the
choice of the day for this military ebullition was
either politic or wise, it is not my intention hero
to discuss ;in a time of war, religion, I am well
aware, must ever be content to follow humbly in
the rear, happy if she can in any way alleviate its
miseries, or soften its blood-thirsty spirit, and she
must resign herself to the lot of often having to
see her rites:and solemn duties disregarded, for the
imperative necessities of military places, or the
sudden movements of a campaign. But whether
the act on Sunday last, of depriving the army of
the short space of time it enjoys during the week
for asking God's protection, and imploring His
blessing on its arms, and devoting that
time to a numbering of all his forces, be
judicious on the part of the Commander
in-Chief, is a question that has arisen in more
minds than my own. Putting aside the religious
nature of the question, and looking at it in its
social effect on the army at large, it seems to me
an unwise (even if it be not an impious) proceed-
ing; while the servile imitation of the manlier of
our Allies can gain us no respect in their eyes, and
must seem to them a strange satire on the reality
of our Protestant religion. On Sunday last—for I
conclude description will be more to the taste of
your readers than digression—a grand review was
held of the greater part of our army in the Crimea.
Late on Saturday night orders came out counter-
manding the church parades on the following
morning, and ordering each brigade to parade at
10.30 a.m. preparatory to being inspected by his
Excellency the Commander-in-Chief. From their
private parades the regiments in each di-
vision marched to Conybeare's Hill, and
there awaited the arrival of Sir William
Codrington. It seemed to me there was
something very significant in the spot chosen for
the review.; if you were to land at Balaklava, and
.march straight across the country for Sebastopol,
you would cross in your path, the heights that go
by the name of Conybeare's Hill ; from the plateau
on the summit of:these heights, there is, perhaps,
the most splendid view in the whole Crimea.
Looking towards the south, you have beneath you
the beautiful level plain of Balaklava, the scene of
the far-famed cavalry charge, bounded by the
fantastically shaped hills and towering heights,
that stretch their brown outline from Balaklava
up to Baidar, while the Genoese fort, that marks
where Balaklava harbour lies, rises totally on a
peculiar conical hill, and comes out in fine con-
trast against the dark horizon of the Black Sea.
Turn more to the north, and you have in one view
the valley of the Tchernaya, the battle-field of
Inkerman, and a collection of the most strangely
shaped hills surrounded by Mackenzie's heights,
and the frowning summits of Inkerrnan; while
on the west, there stretches one vast expanse of
tented fields still in the distance.

Sebastopol—still gorgeous in appearance—
glistens in the setting sun. Well, then, might it
stir up one's British blood—phlegmatic though it
be—on such a spot, with Balaklava on the right,
and Sebastopol on the left hand, to see 20,000 as
fine British troops as ever drew the sword, march
past in brilliant array, as conquerors of the land
on which they so bravely trod. At about eleven
o'clock a.m., the whole of the divisions had
marched on to the ground ; they were drawn up in
brigades in the following order :—The Ist division
on the right towards Balaklava ; then the High-
land Brigade, the 2nd division, the 3rd division,
the 4th division, and last, on the extreme left, the
Rifles, and the Light Division. Shortly after they
were formed, General Sir William Codring-
ton rode up with a numerous staff, and
an escort of the 11th Hussars. His
Excellency was mounted on a white charger,
which made him the more easily distinguished.
He first of all began the review by riding slowly
aloUg the front rank of the whole mass of troops,
and seemed carefully to inspect each man as he
rode along. lie began with the Guards, who
formed the Ist brigade of the Ist division, and rode
along the whole extent to the end of the Light

Division. The band of each brigade struck up as
he approached, and its Brigadier rode alongside of
him, till he came to the next. It was a very grand
sight, as the old general rode slowly along a few
yards a-head, followed by a numerous staff, and
an indefinite crowd of non-descript horsemen of all
descriptions: After inspecting the whole length
of the line, the general rode round at full gallop,
to a mound about the middle of the plateau.
'He here placed himself, with his staff behind,
and the whole army marched past him in

the same order, the Ist Division leading,
and the Light Division bringing up the
rear. I stood close behind Sir William Codrington
on the mound, and the view of the troops as they
marched past, was the most magnificent thing I
ever beheld. The band of each brigade, as it
marched up, played its own brigade past, while
the Brigadier wheeled round and stood by the side
of the Corrimanderin-Chief till the band of the
next brigade was heard approaching ; he then
saluted, and rode on. The effect of seeing the
troops come down the slope—a space of about half
a mile, to where we stood—was very fine. After
the whole of the troops had marched past, General
Codrington rode to another position, and they
again marched past in double quick time on their
way to their respective camps.
This
.ended the review ; but such a review of
such an army, and in such a spot, is a sight a man
may well be proud to have seen.
Where all looked so well, it were almost invidious
to mention particular regiments; but some excited
more attention than others. The Guards were much
admired as they came on in the van of the Ist
division; the 56th Regiment also, in the 2nd
brigade of the Ist division, attracted some atten-
tion, by the fine appearance of the men and their
much torn colours. The whole of this brigade
looked very well, being composed of some of
the strongest regiments in the army. But what
excited the beholders most, was the appearance of
the Highland Brigade. Scarcely had the band of
the 2nd brigade of the Ist division ceased playing
a stirring English march, when the peculiar shrill
tones of the bagpipes was heard, and on, with a
light springy step that told of their native hills,
there came the Highlanders—c. the wives of the
men on grey horses"—as Sir Colin Campbell
described them to an inquisitive Russian. Owing
to the dryness of the ground, there was not a speck
on their white gaiters, and most picturesque did
they look, as about 2000 marched past in their
Highland costume. They seemed no ways fatigued
by their long march from Kamara, but were remark-
able for their brisk and active step. After them the
sober red coats of the Second Division looked
somewhat tame; but the attention was again
attracted to the Third Division. This division is
composed chiefly of Irish regiments, and they
came up, with Sir William Eyre at their head, to
the appropriate tune of the "Irish Emigrant;" and
as the " Royal Irish" marched past, you might
almost fancy them, with the glorious scene around
them, keeping time to the words, " not forget
Could Ireland, were it fifty times as far." After
they had passed, the Fourth Division, under Gen.
Garrett came; followed by the Light Division and
Rifles, who marched past with trailed arms, and
brought up the rear of as fine a body of men as
ever drew swords in the Queen's behalf. The
Rifles, in their dark dress, formed a striking con-
trast to "the Lights," who looked very neat, and
stepped remarkably well together. The number
of men out was between 18,000 and 20,000. This
was by no means the full force of the army, as
a great many were necessarily absent on
duty; for instance, only four Highland regiments
were present, the rest being necessarily detained
in camp for the defence of the Kamara heights.
Sir Colin Campbell, who came with the Highland
brigade, looked freshened up by his trip to
England.
During the whole of the review, General Pelis-
sier was present, and seemed much interested.
He was, as usual, in his four-horse carriage,
attended by a dashing escort of chasseurs d'Afrique
and his Arab sheik. At the cad of the review, a
soldier of the 90th regiment, who brought up the
rear of the light division, was taken up to him, and
the General inspected his musket, weighing it, and
examining it carefully. The day, though cold,was

bright and fine, and the ground in first-r ate
order.

The day before the private of the 77th regiment,
whom I mentioned in my last as having murdered
a man in hospital, was hanged ; he died as he bad
lived—impenitent and reckless to the! last. I
heard from the officer in command that he showed
no signs of fear, but kept time to the " Dead
March" as they played him to the grave. He was
only 19 years of age, ani according to his own
statements his father and mother were both
hanged before him. _

The review came off just in time, for on Tuesday
the weather changed, and we had snow, frost, and
sleet. The ground is once more nothing but
slush, and I write with snow on the ground, my
fingers deadened with cold, and all the signs of
the depths of winter around, " ninaiunt ne crede
Crinvea."

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

THE CONFERENCES

ADMISSION OF PRUSSIA

Advices dated Berlin, Wednesday evening, con-
tain the following :

" Prussia has been invited, in the name of the
Congress, and for reasons of European interest, to
send representatives to the Paris conferences, and
she will accept the invitation."
In corroboration of the above, a despatch from
Vienna also, dated Wednesday evening, makes the
following announcement :
"It has been definitively settled that Prussia
shall be admitted to the conferences."