The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-07-01 00:00:00

return of those national distortions and miseries

he witnessed in the crisis of 1825. But where is

n that memorable epoch and
he present time ? Is the over inflated, over-
loaded bullion bubble going to burst ? Are we
going to loose our absurd standard of value, and
return to a natural, and more rational state, with
gold reduced, once again, to the level of a simple
commodity ?

the analogy betty

Lord OVERSTONE will hardly survive such a

magical return to a p

.imitive state of things in
money. He sees, very clearly, that gold cannot
remain much longer " the scarcest and least
" variable of all commodities." Providence seems
to have forbidden it, and will not suffer us to
continue in the weakness and wickedness of our
monetary ways. We have to prepare for a more

ual distribution of the comforts of life—a greater

developement of human genius, and a vast
transition in the moral and social condition of the
millions generally. Great Bear bankers will be
nowhere, when it will no longer be in the power of
the crafty Bullionist to make money scarce and
dear. The substance of the nation will not be
subject to the sudden depreciations we wit-

Our national securities and railway
stocks will become staple property, instead of so

ness now.

many counters for gambling jobbers. Th(

of the realm will have a chance of add ir

g the taxes on

le common

The produce of

AICEETARY AND COMMERCIAL.

LIVERPOOL, MONDAY EVENING

To-day the Liverpool Cotton market, owing to the
tenor of the American advices, has shown increased
activity, and a large business has been done at very full
rates, the sales amounting to 12,000 bales, of which
4,000 have been taken for speculation.
The Liverpool Share market continues to manifest a
very good tone, and with a good amount of business to-
day, prices have shown a hardening tendeflcy, and closed
der :—Aberdeen, 15 15k. Chester and Birkenhead,
8. Caledonian, 31, 311. Chester and Holyhead,
61. Eastern Counties, 111 11 5-16, East Lanca-
-211 213. Great Northern, 24 244. Ditto A., 91
Great Western, 6:3 64. Lancashire and Yorkshire
c, 9S 99. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 13-i
London and North Western Stock, 1071- 1071.
....chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 351 35;3. Ditto New
aer cent Preference, ;3p. Ditto Preference, 12 121.
North British, 9& 10. North
South Eastern and Dover, 23 1-16

, . Newcastle, and Berwick, 22-,1 22i. York
ad North Midland, 311 32. Leeds Capital Stock, 191
Buffalo and Lake fluron, 12 Qp. Dutch Rhenish,
a. Great Western of Canada, 261 26k.
res, 3 7-16 3 9-16. Great Luxembourg,

Diu() New

moors recently current that the Austrian
of Finance, Baron Bruck, would shortly resign,

ted to be without foundation. It appears, bow-
by the Austrian journals, that this emminent
r had some serious intentions of resigning office,
e of the resistance given by other members
Is plans of commercial reform, and
)tain the admission of Austria into
It is said that the Emperor,
st confidence in the judgment and
n•ould not lis'en to his resigna-

estv

kely t

2Wion

that Baron Bruck in remaining in office is
ncounter no further opposition to his financial

The trade report from 'Prance to the close of the week
show a sensible improvement in the state of business,
both at Paris and in the manufacturing departments.
Merchants from the provinces, who have abstained for
some time to make purchases, now begin to buy largely.
The retailers have been less busy, as the sales of novelties
for the season had terminated ; but the return of fine
weather has influenced the ordinary branches of trade,
which is added to by the purchases made by foreign
visitors. The trade in silks has experienced an
important rise in prices. It is said that within the last
fifteen days this advance is not less than twenty per
cent on raw silks. Other branches of trade are improv-
ing, and the depression caused by the inundations is
quickly passing away.
'the total amount of specie brought by the two vessels
which have arrived from New York, viz., the Niagara
and the Washington, is 1,010,670 dollars, or about
£202134. The Atrato has arrivad from the West
Indies with $2,134,646._

This day the second ordinary meeting of the pro-
prietors of the Bank of Asia was held, at which a report
was presented, stating that whilst the company had been
in its present state of suspense, the directors had exhibited
the greatest regard for economy. It is also stated that
the differences of opinion which had existed in the detail
of arrangements to be carried out for the amalgamation
of this with the Mercantile Bank, had been arranged, so
that a joint application had now been made on the part of
this bank with the Mercantile Bank, for the purpose of
procuring from the Privy Council a substituted charter
for the amalgamated companies. The accounts were as
as follows:—Capital, £79,958 14s ld, and the expendi-
ture £365 4s, leaving £79,565 9s 2d. The report was
adopted.
At tite close the prices of Railway Shares were quoted
as follows :—Caledonian, 681 68!. Edinburgh and
Glasgow, 60 62. Eastern Counties, 11,1 111. East
Lancashire, 84 85. Great Northern, 47 471. Do. A,
79 80. Great'Western, 631 64. Lancashire and York-
shire, 99 991. Leeds Northern, 191 20. London and
North Western, 1071 108. Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincolnshire, 33 36. Midland Stock, 85 8.51. North
British 39 44 South Eastern and Dover, 761 771.
York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 89 90. York and Nor:h
Midland, 63 64.

WEST INDIA, MEXICAN

AND PACIFIC

DI AILS

The royal mail company's steamship Atrato, Captain
Woolley, arrived at Southampton at two o'clock, a.m.,
yesterday. with the mails from the West Indies, Mexico,
and the Pacific. Her dates are—Vera Cruz, June 4 ;
Greytwn, June 5 ; Demerara, June 9 ; Havana, June
10 ; Jamaica, June 10 ; Barbadoes, June 12 ; Trinidad,
June 12; An!iqua, June 13; St. Thomas, Jung 16.

The Atrato, hrings 197 'passengers, and in freight
1,638,113 dollars in specie (silver), 490.533 dollars in
gold dust and bars, £493 jewellery, £BOO silver plate,
670 serons cochineal, 63 serons jalapa, 18 serons indigo,
3 casks coffee, 2 casks balsam, 4 cases succades, 147
cases cizars, 126 bales tobacco, 7 cases tortoiseshell, 14
turtle, 150 bales sarsaparilla, 831 bales bark, and 148

packaites
From Mexico we learn that the Spanish squadron,
'-n• of nine ships of war, had arrived at Vera
andinir payment of the amount due to Spain
den. In default of immediate payment, they
aed to seize the Custom house, and appropriate
to the payment of their demand.
ate g-.vernment of President Comonfort is now estab-
le,' and he has called on the priests at Puebla to pay
out of he convent funds the expenses incurred by the

Cruz. 1
from 1%

siege of that p'aee.
The West India islands were generally healthy. At
Jamaica great quantities of rain had fallen. Exchange
on London were quoted for 40 days at per cent. pre-
At Demerara, the crops had been injured by
rains had fallen in large quanties
►ast few days previous to the departure of the

mium

dry weather, but

during the
mail.

From Trinidad, we learn that the crops are in fine
condition, and about 30,000 hhds of snzar had been
made. Lieutenant Jones of the 69th Regiment, had
committed suicide by stabbing himself.

The Royal Mail Company's screw steamship Wye was
ashore at Guadaloupe, and every exertion was being
made to float her. No person had been hurt, and her
mails, &c., had been sent forward by the French war
steamer Le Grondeur.

The Atrato brings the following intelligence respect.
ing her Majesty's ships of war at the various West India
stations : On the 13th June H.M.S. Arachne was at
Trinidad, having conveyed the Wye's mails there from
Barbadoes. The Vestal was cruising among the islands,
and the Scorpion was at St. Lucia, At Greytown, on
the sth nitimo, there were H.M.S. Eurydice, and the
United States states steam frigate Susquehanna, Com-
modore Paulding. The Hermes, Espiegle, and Imaum,
were at Port Royal ; the Termagant and Malacca having
gone on a cruise.
On the 28th June the Atrato, at eleven a.m., in lat.
48 56 N., long. 12 1 W., passed and exchanged colours
with the English ship Electra, from Calcutta, the Eng-
lish ship Rose of Sharon, and the French ship Mar-
guerite, all in com any and homeward bound,