The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-10-31 00:00:00

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.

LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY EVENING,

The demand for Cot ton continues rather active;
and holders have, still the advantage in price.
To-day sales reaching 9,000 bales were reported, of
which speculators and exporters took 3,000. The
market closed with steadiness, holders kinking for
further advices from the United States.
The Liverpool Share Market to-day opened with
an improved feeling, and as the day wore on, there
was a strong demand for several of the leading
stocks.' 131aCkburns were done at 84. Lancashire
and Yorkshire were opened at 941, then receded to
9443., a rise then took place, and the following
sales were reported, 94/, 4. London and
North Western Stock, 104, 3a, 1. Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincoln, 341 t. Midland Stock was
in good request, and sold as folloWs : 781, 9, Bac,
9, I, ,9, 81. Berwick Capital Stock, 20i, 20
Eastern, 214,,
the closing ' rates :
and Birkenhead,

South

The following tiro
Nbercieen, 12, 121. Chest

151 14' Caledonian, 277 271. Chester and
Holyhead, 168 168. Eastern CountieS, 0 94.
East Lancashire, 201 207. Great Northern, 238
237. Ditto, A. 'shares,' 10. 101. Great Western,
631 64 Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 941
941. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 171. 18.
London and North Western Stock, 1030 1031.
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 341 347.
Midland Stock, 781 79. North British, 9+, 9.5-16.
North Staffordshire -'1 South Eastern,

and Dover, 21 1-16, York, Newcastle, and
Berwick, 20 20,1. York and North Midland, 281
281. Leeds Capital Stock, 171 171. Buffalo and
_ _

51 5
211 t.

Dike Huron, 4 Id. Dutch Rhenish, 11 ltp.
Great Western of Canada, 24a 241. Ditto, New

res, 22- 2/p. Great Luxembourg', 11 lid.
here is still much tightness in the Discount
.ket. The settlement in the account in shares

pl stocks does not appear to lead to any

particular pressure, short loans being obtainable
on Consols at 5 to 51 per cent. The Bank of
England directors, at their meeting to-day, did
not make any alteration in' their rate of interest.
The public securities continue tolerably steady, as
they'derive support from the recent withdrawals
of stock by the public. - To-day Consols for the 6th
of November ranged from 924 .to 921 and for
Money from 921 to 921. The sales comprise,
Consols for Account, 92-4-, 921 ; do. for Money, 921,
9n%. The market cloSed steady-at the following
prices :—Consols for Account, 921 921 ; do. for
Money. 921 92k; Dealings were made in the
New Three per Cents at 913, 91-1, closingat 914 91k.
'Exchequer Bills were quoted at par to 4s premium.
The London Railway Share Market has had a
tolerably healthy feeling, particularly for some of
the' heavy stocks. We note the following sales:—

Chester and Holyhead, 34c. Great Northern, 93c.
Great Western, 644 c , 31 account. London and
North Western, 1031 c ' 103. i account: Midland,
789, 9 account, 79, 81. York and North Midland,
57. Dovers, 21-1. The following are the closing

prices ;—Caledonians, 544, 2. Edinburgh and
Glasgow, 51i to 523. Eastern Counties, 9, I.
East Lancashire, 80 to 82. Great Northern, 93,
04; ditto A, 83, 84. Great Western, 643, . Lan-
cashire and , Yorkshire 941, / London and North
_2_

Western, 1038, 8. London and South Western,
1041 e, 1051 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln,
34, 341. Midland Stock, 781, 9k. North British,
37, 1. Dovers, 701 e, 71. York. New:astle, and
Berwick, 701, 801. York and North Midland, 56
to 57.
Interest is excited in the Corn trade by some
considerable purchases of foreign grain in this

market, which are attributed by report to the
French government. Including some transactions
effected on Monday, and several parcels of
Kubanka wheat which were sold yesterday at
to 68s. 6d per quarter, it is estimated by some
parties that these purchases represent a total of
twelve to fifteen thousand quarters.
. .

It is estimated that the msecured liabilities of
Messrs. Fox, Henderson, and Co., whose failure

was reported yesterday, amount to 150,0001., but
the aggregate liabilities must be very much larger.
It is feared that the failure will be severely felt
in Birmingham. The Birmingham Journal, allud-
ing to the matter, says :
' We regret at length to state-that the frequent rumours
respecting the stability of this important firm, and which,
singular :enough, died away when their confirmation was
at.hand, cannot now be denied; the firm is unable to meet
its engagements. On Saturday the fact became known to
one or two in Bil;mingham in the confidence of the house,
and the suspension is made known to the public in our
columns to-day. »• The liabilities unsecured amount to
£150,000, the principal creditors being Glyn and Co.,
Crampten, the Ebbw Vale Iron Company, &e. According
to the statement of Mr. Coleman, the accountant, the
assets are more than sufficient to pay 20s in the pound ;
and it is said that the plant and stock are valued very
moderately. A few of the largest creditors mot in London on
Monday, and the position of the business was thoroughly
discussed. The best feeling was manifested towards the
firm, and, although such a meeting was not competent to
carry resolutions, and nothing therefore was decided
upon, it was understood that it would be expedient to
pay all the small debts,,up to .WIOO, and the larger credi-
tors by instalments. The firm have large and profitable
contracts on hand; and it is probable that there will be no
stoppage of the works, which, in the event of an arrange-
ment, will be carried on under insPection: This Unfortu-
nate suspension has been caused principally by a serious
loss,:amounting to about £70,000, by the Royal Danish
Railway,: for which the house contracted. The local
bankers with whom the firm kept their account hold secu-
rities for the full amount of their advances.

• The Overland Mail reports a decidedly unfavour.
able movement in the exchange at Shanghae on Lon.
don. According to private but highly trustworthy
telegraphic despatches, the rate, which by the
previous mail was quoted at the slightly reduced
figure of 7s 3d, has now risen to 7s 7d, showing a
difference of 4-id. This considerable advance is
calculated to stimulate the efflux of dollars to that
port.

To-day the market for Mexican dollars
was consequently very firm, and several small
parcels realised 5s 2d per oz. This, it will
be remembered, is the price at. which
the bar silver brought in by the last West
India steamer was sold on the 22nd instant.
Letters' from Beyrout announce that the branch
of the Ottoman Bank established there would be
opened on October 16, and with every prospect.of
doing a sound and profitable business. The
comptroller had issued circulars in French and
Arabic, 'which have attracted no small attention,
inasmuch as, besides stating the terms on which
the bank proposed to conduct its operations, they
contained copious extracts from the welt-known
work of Mr. Gilbart on Banking in Western Europe.
This fact furnishes a striking illustration of the
exceptional influence at present exercised by the
extraordinary appreciation of dollars in China, for
the price of Mexican' dollars ordinarily rules consi-
&rably below that of. bar silver. It is anticipated
that the shipments of silver by the steamer
Candia, which will leave Southampton for
Alexandria; with the India and China mails, on
the 4th of NoVember, will be very heavy ; and
the underwriters have, consequently, raised the
rate of insurance to 45s per cent. At this figure
the rate shows. an upward tendency. Indeed, it
would appear that the remittances of silver by this
steamer will be only checked by the scarcity of the
metal in the market. Nearly all the available sup-
plies have already been engaged, and for further
remittances recourse .Must Be had .to withdrawals
of silver from the continent. The stipplieS of
dollars 'expected by the Parana, which is due at
Southampton from Mexico on the Ist November,
will not arrive in time for shipment by the Candid.
The exchange at Canton is repdrted by private
telegraph at 4s. 100., showing the unimportant
reduction of id. from the price reported by the
previous mail.

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EXTRAORDINARY RUN FROM HALIFAX TO VALENCIA.—
The Balcon, schooner, bound from Nova Scotia to Liver-
pool, made her passage from Halifax to Valencia in 15
days, of which time she lay to for two days, thus making
but 13 days' sailing between the two ports, and without a
square sail, which would have still further shortened the
time.—Trake Chronicle.

THE AGAPEHONE.—The Somerset papers relate some
curious particulars in reference to the leading persons in
i
this institution. Brother Prince, who sat its head, was
educated at St. David's College. Lampeter, and was after-
wards ordained and made curate of Charlwich, near
Bridgewater, of which parish Brother Starkey, second in
command at the. Agapemone, was at that time rector.
`While acting as curate, Mr. Prince preached extraordi-
nary doctrines, divided his congregation into two classes,
the blessed " and " the cursed," and administered the
sacrament of the Lord's Supper to very young children.
This course of conduct brought down ecclesiastical cen-
sure upon him, and he retired from his curacy. While at
Charlwich he made such a deep impression on the. mind of
Mr. Starkey that he gave up his benefice and joined with
Mr. Prince in the delusions which they have since that
time so assiduously propagated. Mr. Thomas, who ranks
third in importance at the Agapemone, was also at one
time a clergyman of the established church, officiating in
Somersetshire.

FOREIGN INT-ELMO-ENO'

FRANCE.

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PARIS, TUESDAY E 14 0
Ith is to Turkey and Spain that the attend )0 to
the Turk
hi her political circles is turned to day. AS to
urkey, it appears that the government has reoeit of
information to the effect, that the announcr:ll4l
t e. Yienna telegraph, yesterday, that the: Va.cba,
FMinistry had resigned, is not correct. Alit: re
gli
First Vizer ; Fuad Effendi, Minister of y /fet,
Affairs; and another miiiis;er, whose naive -1; `ccf to
offered their resignation, but the Sultan roils`ffice.
in otoid,
aept it, and they accordingly remained
Theh mason they wanted to resign was,
assador, ito of
Stratford
e anger manifested by our Anal)
k tratford de Redcliffe, at their having, in SP t a 5
(not a protes ;0;
his remonstrances, sent a circular
has been stated) to the European Powers,' slect
that, at the end of the month, Turkey vv°lll' etbe
ted by it
to sod the Danubian Principalities evacu
u trians, and the Black Sea by the riglis ll'
~,,,
Austrians, eoda"
was, I am further told, on the express roceln—silitau
Lion of the French Ambassador. that thejiivf,
refused to accept the resignation. Thus, in 'nrittolY,i'
France and England are, for the moineuic, esl-061:
thing but good terms, and fears are e.,,i'l tii3'.
ronsv-itio,
(perhaps, however, without sufficient
thew dissention may assume serious Prerh,i tit°
What is very probable, I am assured, i, Vocerly
newspapers, in the interest of the Freud' Austriol
ment, will not only renew their a'. tacks 00 `-ntipiteu
and with greater vigour, too, for her c%14 slbY
occupation of the Principalities, but will Zak of tbo
England, in spite of the Treaty of Pails, 31.1,1: fllael
wishes of Turkey, continues to occupy t's.

Sea.. . Vent,'ji
With regard to Spain, I learn that tlieli t the
GovernMent has received intelligence th"fi, ocer„
thrown, Narvaez
Cabinet will very probably seen '- e s"
nrtliifig,
rown, and tit it will, be replaced
labsolute in principle, that it will attenaPw -o°ecilf-
ess.than to effect a union between the `virlliers'
party and the Montemolinista ; or that, l'by All
the overthrow of Narvaez will be folieWeT"„bell9"
attemptrrh to destroy the throne of Queen ""„—secl t'Y
e French Government is strongly 0119 1 til
bothtold these measures, and i. 3 determined ‘lll9l °I.
on good authority) to precent then, by eOO
in its power, even, if nect:,ssa
means rl'
.nic,l

armed intervention. DP"
No tidings of the actual departure of „O
the French Minister, from Naples, has yet 1'; vert'l;
Paris; but, as. I told you yesterday, tileciooS 61-
ment has'no doubt that it took place yester—•
27th. He is coming direct to France by se6Priehe:
The Bourse has been firm to-day, BP-
d
have left off at. a new advance. That :11
Three's is 400 for the end of the month. is„sytlls`d;
The Customs' returns, publi shed to-day, su:'ciutiei:
in the month of September .last,.the imPor'oAtt,'
amounted to 15,229,481 f., whilst in the saillad eat
of last year they were -11,875,065 f., and, the
13,404,848 f. For the first nine'months t yO7
they were 129,85'32,006f. ; same period ilea 7,813
151,139 275 f., and of the year before 101 P aredt"
The falling off in the previous year cab pd th"
the last is in a great measure to be'ascribe
Universal Exhibition. ..In these totals u 0
appeared for 15,664,038 f., 14 `282,73°,f
13,743,888 f.; navigation returns show coo:
feriority of French shipping to foreigrithos:!4"/:101
tinues. In the first nine months of
year only 7,287 French vessels, of 1107,2,;(; foreigAlfs
entered inwards, Whilst there were 110,;(;
vessels, of 1,982,919 tons, and only 4,5 Z, ilre-j
vessels, of 7/3,776 tons, sailed, whilst.ti—r
6,237 foreign vessels, of .913,784, tons.i_ res.o,.le,
Constantinople news -to the 20th utly"„tio"d
Marseilles to-day. The-Journal, of Consta,7o PZ;
which is, I mistake not, the organ d ‘;l3- at
list]. embassy, says that it is not tire°,
English squadron was about to leave. Turv'eber'',o'
ambassador to Persia had arrived -fr01:13 033'
he had, was said, couneelled.. the Shall .;
poace with England. •

PARIS, WEDNESDAY k;Vr'`. bev,
Owing to the great 'sensation which 106 the
caused by the recent note in the Monitegr, 190 00
a lie" 4 calumnies, of the English PressfrePostithii;
French Governthent, it is said that the Nl~l h 4
.zonnel, or some other semiloflicial organi:;,4l
instructed to publish an Lydda .in svu,';e 0'1;
grievances of the government will be ra-biell
jt
specified; and perhaps the papers 'of rned'
particularly complains, be, if not Inellti°-
least indicated

11 the ,°

As I told you would be the, case, al." 00,1:0
.eofficial papers publish articles insiso`l",;9l3 P:4
amand made by Turkey, that the Eng'n 8' rya
shallleave the Black Sea, and the .A.llstr,i36" er
Danubianthe Principalities. They eV-Pt -1;1',4
ure of the recent attempt to upset of
ministry., and speak, with some sharpness' til°l
Stratford de Redeliffe's share in it ; si3stoel:o trti
of a contradiction which, it appears 1%. figh'lSo
telegraph, the Austrian ai'rrespondenee
given thern;. they * positively assert that r chsit
ummoned, either in the form of a eir,-,cirtiela
England and Austria to reel- of t►.
forces frOm her territories. The Presse' e 1113'0
evening; • though a liberal, and, theref°r„lo
whichgovdrnaiental paper; publishes an 31;;;,,iewiy.
England and Austria . are
accused
of a gross violation of treaty 02
hag, tooccupy the said territories. 314!
to
have learned nothing new about all' tills
The_ speech of Sir Robert- Peel, before to
f rd Militia, which has become know!' volt
has created not a little sensatic,u lii

protest

ag
circles.
The• Bourse has been in a very bad go
the Threes 'have fallen .450., Crediiti
3
shares au, and railways from Cif. to 171

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SOUTHERN AND TOXTETH ecivel, "A;
Jet. 29, • 1856.—1 n Patients-:Discharged :0 , dee‘cool
relieved, 0 ; at own n quest, 0 • irregcloV,Ti' ts • pill
entered, 23 ; under treactuent, 65,'
Out P.-ul'oer, di P.
59 ; entered, 55; -under treatment, 65. Trqsq.. 11'0 Al'
Houghton, Esq. Visitors, 'T. ,Farnworth, Bard, 011
Martin; Esq. Honorary chaplain, Rev. D• rilaraer°Al/1 011'
Physicians and surgeons for the week, Dr; flarlo3° a
Mr. - Mr. Churton. House Surgeons, M
. tlO eo'
Mr. W. Townsend. arf,asooo
On the statement of a Newcastle cotenre,. r,or „ „(
"more mature and chastend inclinations 0',"1110"4.0
Vane-Tempest now incline towards the. voente'fiotly
Guardian remarks,... We believe that the to tiled, at
dismissal from the army constitutes a bar, order,..lole'j
lord's entering the universities or taking WY t jes,`Dotcal•
THE CANADA CLERGY RESERVES.—The Of„s distrket n
of the proceds.of the clergy reserves has beet ion ;Dili'
to the municipalities, sunder the Secular's "4 a - 1
1854. They will yield, • altogether, at lea ' •ure
r Dig
sterling.
THE OUTRAGE IN PARLIAMENT-STREET'. 11t
man, Richard Cope, had a disturbed 114'00 s
assailant had been confronted with hitnit-appevvrto'ir,
evening, and was not so well on Wednesday fell° d
excitementspßiedanerern daa b
tdl eoHr he
Holt,
elckt wnsaseabenssqi run in subjecting the Pee': 0, 3° h°r.
bell
subjected to so trying
critical condition in at the ,ad
yeitionnregtnatrarrougmpeoannLhonisdoenxahrooastifoiat,ta.ltio,
ag trek
expressed his disapproval of the tient'S
tingliisledc
Southampton,l C
vocalists
at which
w was
shuienahgn
Sims
rt
yPf Reavess
,;c110:10elie ft Ilr
01 lid;
ordeal while
eg. eve oh
LADIES NEARLY DROWNED.—OwI r
which he still contint4, 501 moo
Six
a grand given at 'the vlei othef 013,
and fortune, residents at.Lymipneton, about -T.,0341 a"easicr,t
Southampton, attended the con Cert. The hie fes-03
. for home in an omnibus specially hired OF "roaec
ttToheesttrhwievoierord.n,e
calf!,
awi
nl
but the driver of the vehicle mistook h's,,c; are; eercti
a water,di
milesea,from Southampton:
One of the horses of the omnibus was droollers we .10',.0
DOUBLE MURDER.—Two barbarous murue„ iast',.
inantdheinracroronewelYrt cierseerci c
mitred in the Isle of Alderney, S turdaJ re" 105
on a labou 0, j 5,
Langlois. a publican, and Louis Thiesse, whoa' 01°0
murdered by Timothy Kelly and Nugent se of oef r,
labourers. Thiesse was stopping at the hotled at 0 00
On Saturday last Kelly and Coughnan cac for tilito°sh9o
o'clock at night, and demanded admittaue ill the de tee
pose of obtaining drink. A sick child w3l erstOr vier,
and Langlois and Thiess° went outside to reorroe „ear,
two Irishmen to go away, when the two apticoei;
stabbed by the two latter, and died instantlY•the 10,; 30;
that there had been some ill feeline betweeellars of a'-'OOl.
and Langlois. Kelly is only seventeen Y been 0
Loughnan only twenty-one. Both have • hesot
01" 1
hended. 4eroi P •ite'
A BRAVE BOY. —The Journal de E,04'10 ex"filre Vr°ll°
remarkable instance of presence of 1z.1,,e, ireo.,tog
Fumet by a little boy only seven years 01 at' chilt ,e
twee otitre,
out in a small detached house, where t aloe. the r,
eldest only five years of age, were shut uP seeitig. de.o
boy in question, who happened to be near:tied to trio be'to
and hearing the cries of the children, ru' 11,,sinisagp
but found that it was locked, rnd that the, frope'ta 13"
thrust in under the door so far that it worda thew._ 01;0
ened t/roS,
reach it. He called to the children and
out the key, which they did. He then led
rushed in, and rought out the youngest child,
after Watubor
the cradle, and b
then saved the other two:,
*OO a 5 flier
went and gave an alarm to the neighbourstw doubt
'
and extinguished the fire. There can b e
his conduct he saved the lives of the three oodre
ll