The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-03-06 00:00:00

them in Parliament. Should they survive a fair

and searching scrutiny, well and good ; if not, or
if that obviously necessary duty should be
neglected by those whose business it is to see
that nothing is done in haste, and without
mature consideration, it will then be time for the
Press to speak otit and expose what is faulty.
We have not heard that there is to be any oppo-
sition to the bill in question, ; nor is it likely that
there will be, considering that the Liverpool Dock
Committee are its promoters. The Dock Trus-
tees may, however, become ORLOFFS and BRUNOWS,
and enter a protest against peace being restored to
the Mersey by amalgamation and concessions.
But, should, they bow to the hard necessities of
the times, and yield a little to the force of public
opinion, the bill may be what is generally called
" smuggled through Committee," and we may hear

nothing more of it until some large ship is found
stuck in a dock-gate, or wrecked in a Birkenhead
sluice. Such things have occurred on this side of
the water in a Slightly modified degree, and for the
sake of all parties interested in the safety of ship-
ping, the high perfection of our port and
dock accommodation, we shall endeavour,
should no one else undertake the task, to
give in detail, what we conceive to be the leading
features in the proposed plan. Of this, we hope
to be relieved by hearing of some explanation
being given before the Parliamentary committee,
previous to the legislature sanctioning a measure,
which so materially affects a navigable river of
incalculable value, and the trade of the greatest
seaport in the realm.

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.

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LIVERPOOL, W

DNESDAY EVENING

The Liverpool Cotton Market continues to show
great firmness, and with a fair supply offering;
prices show a gradually hardening tendency. The
sales to-day reach 10,000 bales, and comprise 3,000
taken for speculation and export.
The Liverpool Share Market has been steady
throughout the day, closing firm at the best ; the
b-lsiness still, however, is entirely speculative, and
very limited in extent. The following were the
closing prices :—Aberdeen, 131 131. Chester and
Birkenhead, 141 14*. Caledonian, 29 291. Chester
and Holyhead, 121 13. Eastern Counties, 91 93.
East Lancashire, 178 181. Great Northern, 23 231.
Ditto A Shares, 91 10. Great Western, 611 611.
Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 83* 831. Liver-
pool, Crosby, and Southport, 15 151, London and
North Western Stock, 991 100. Manchester,
Sheffield and Lincoln, 251 25f. Ditto Preference,
114 118. Ditto New 6 per cent. Pref., 1 Np. Mid-
land Stock, 701 701. North British, 71 71. North
Staffordshire, 6a 6:41. South Eastern, and Dover,
20 9-16 20,1-. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 19 3-16
19 5-16. York and North Midland, 26 261. Leeds
Capital Stock, 15-'4- 16. Dutch Rhenish, 8 9-16 p.
Ditto New Shares, 21 21p. Great Western of
Canada, 25: 251. Do New Shares, 31 31p. Great
Luxembourg, B',l 81d.
The half-yearly meeting of the Great Western
Railway of Canada is to be held at Hamilton, on
the 12th inst„ when the directors will issue their
half-yearly report, and make a declaration of divi
dend in conformity. We give below an estimated
result of the half year's working to the 31st Jan.
1856, which will compare well with the best of ou
English Railways :
Total receipts (1855 '161,452) 1856
Balance from last half-year..

,R 272,154
1,875

£274,029

Less working expences, 48 per cent ,
same as last year
Debenture debit £1,133,000 6 per
cent.
... Government debit £770,000, 6 per
cent......
... Redemption of debt, 3 per cent.-- 11,550
199,2

£130,434

Leaving for dividend
Amount of share capital, old and new, t 1,424,000,
at 10 per cent £71,200
Bonds converted during 3 year, say
£lOO,OOO, but really less, say three
',._months at 4 per cent 1 000

72,200

To carry forward 2,552
After paying off ..€11,550 of debt, and ten per cent. per
annum to shareholders.
The West India Mail arrived at Southampton
this morning with 1,100,000 dollars in specie.
The International Association for establishing a
uniformity of weights, measures, and moneys
throughout the civilised world are going to resume
their labours at Paris. The Minister of Agriculture
and Commerce has reserved a hall for their meet-
ings in the Institution of Arts and Manufactures.
It has been a question for some time past with
the Prussian Government. as to the formation of a
monopoly of tobacco throughout the dominions.
For this purpose a committee of the Lower House
was appointed to examine the question. Their
report being unfavourable, the government have
abandoned the project.
The Funds showed a little flatness during a part
of the morning, but soon recovered. In the after-
noon increased firmness was manifested, and the
closing quotations were A per cent. higher than
those of yesterday—namely, 914, to 918. Pending
the negotiations at Paris, business in the funds is
very inactive. The retention here of a portion of
the recent arrivals of gold is a favourable feature.
After the pressure of yesterday, the demand for
money in Lombard-street was less active to-day.
The rates, however, are fully maintained. The
arrivals of specie, ex the James Baines, to-day, and '
100,0001. worth which was in hand, is known to
have been presented for purchase at the Bank of
England. Of the specie, ex Persia, the bulk goes
to the Continent. The amount of specie
brought in by the Parana, from the West
Indies and Mexico, is stated at about 219,0001.
At moss of the country markets held yesterday
wheat fell 4s. to ss. per quarter. At Paris also a
decline of 2s. 6d. to 4s. per quarter has taken
place. The prospectus of a Turkish Gas Company
is issued. The Railway Share Market to-day was
firm though not active. The following are the
closing quotations :—Caledonian, 581-. Eastern
Counties, 9 91. East Lancashire, 71. 72. Great
Northern, 92 924 921. Do A., 781 79 Great Western,
61a. 61i. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 838 831. Lon-
don and North Western, 991 1008. Manchester,
Slireffield, and Lincolnshire, 244 251-. Midland Stock,
701 7Q. North British, 308 31. South Eastern
and Dover, 664 661. York, Newcastle, and Berwick,
76 77.