The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-07-25 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES.

Sra,—My attention has been called to the copy of a letter
in your paper of yesterday, which, you state, will be forwarded
to a Melbourne house by the Eagle packet of to-day.
That letter is now a publication, and commences as follows :
" We find our corporation are negociating with the Lancashire
and Yorkshire Railway Company to build large stores on the
site of the old borcugh gaol, to hold 100,000 or 200,000 bales
of wool."

This statement is news to myself, and, I believe, to the
wool trade generally ; and the writer of that letter must have
been at least misinformed when he penned the statement.
Had h• taken the trouble to enquire in the proper quarter, at
the town hall, he would have learned, as I have since done,
that no such negociation as that he speaks of is in progress,
and therefore his statement as to the warehouses about to be
erected is quite illusory.
I make no comment upon the rest of his letter. Had the
writer signed his name we should have known what weight to
attach to his statements ; but I can hardly suppose him to be
a wool broker, as his remarks, however well intentioned, begin-
ing as they do with an erroneous statement, are not calculated
to advance the interests of the wool trade in Liverpool, but
rather to mislead the colonists.

We have already splendid wool warehouses. The Albert,
the Stanley, and now the splendid pile at the Wapping dock
are fully equal to any supply of Australian wool we are likely
to receive for some years, and when the emergency arises, no
doubt the wants of the trade will be promptly met, as in the
case of our dock space.—l am, sir, yours respectfully,
EDMUND BUCKLEY, Wool Broker.
Colonial Buildings, Dale-street, July 24th, 1856.

The Manchester Goods Market has been quiet
to-day, but a fair amount of business has been
done in Goods and Yarns, at steady prices.
The directors of the Bank of England have made
no alteration in the minimum rate of interest and
discount at their weekly board meeting to-day, and
the rate consequently remains at 41 per cent.
In the market for Public Securities to day busi-
ness has been limited, the dealings in Consols
having been for money at 95Z and 95a, and for the
account at 951 to 96. The closing quotations were
952- to 951 for cash, and 951 to 96 for the account.
The market for Foreign Securities has been
quiet, and prices have undergone no change of
importance

The Railway Share Market has been dull, and the
closing quotations stood as follows :—Caledonian
60i 61. Eastern Counties, 101108 East Lanca-
shire, 801 81. Great Northern, 97 98. A, 771 781
Great Western, 61Z 621. Lancashire and Yorkshire,
974 974 London and North Western, 1081.
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 341 341
Midland Stock. 838 83k. North British, 381. South
Eastern and Dover. 741 Tit. York, Newcastle,
and Berwick, 872 881. York and North Midland,
72 73k.

PENINSULAR MAIL.

SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 24

Ths Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
ship Tagus, Captain Edward Christian, has arrived
with the Peninsular mails. Her dates are Gibraltar,
July 15 ; Cadiz, July 16 ; Lisbon, July 19 ; Oporto,
and Vigo, July 20. .

The Tagus brings 77 passengers, and on freight
10 packages specie, value £2,242; 5 casks wine; 8
baskets onions, 125 chests lentons ; 40 bundles
palm, and 33 packages sundries.
During her voyage the Tagus experieneed
general fine weather. The Peninsular and Oriental
steamer Madrid, arrived at Vigo on the 20th inst.
On the 22nd instant, the Tagus passed the Indus
at 9 a.m. The English steamer Rechid was at
anchor on the 20th, at Vigo. Her Majesty's Ships
Centaur, Vesuvius, and Ariel, were at Gibraltar.

THE BALTIC MEDAL.--Her Majesty intends personally
distributing at Portsmouth, during the present sojourn of
the Court at Osborne, the Baltic medal.
QUICK PASSAGE 1,11'1114 VALPARAISO.—The clipper ship
Ellen Radford, Captain Wakeham, has just accomplished
the voyage from Valparaiso in seventy-six days, notwith-
standing sbe was deeply laden with copper ore. This is,
we believe, the quickest passage on record from Valparaiso
to this port. On her outward voyage she was only forty
days from the line.

-A
new comedy, entitled " Second Love," was produced at
the Haymarket Theatre on Wednesday evening with the
utmost success. It is from the pen of Mr. Palgrave Simpson,
who is at once an ornament to literature, music, and to the
legal profession in our own town. We hope Mr. Copeland
will be able to arrange for the production of" Second Love"
at the Theatre Royal.

THE WEATHER continues very unsettled, and most
unpropitious for the harvest. Heavy showers fall at
intervals, and there is hardly any sun-shine, which is so
desirable at this time of year. The atmosphere is very
close and almost oppressive. We trust, however, that this
state of the weather will not long continue. Yester-
day morning was fine, but from noon out it was excessively
wet.

S inns—A few days since a man Earned William New-
port, while in a fit of insanity, attempted to destroy himse If
by jumping into one of the docks at the south end of the
town. At that time he was rescued and conveyed to the
Southern Hospital. Yesterday while the nurse who hal
him in charge was absent for a few minutes, the man made
a rvsh at the window, out of which he jumped, and was
killed on the spot. An inquest will be held upon the body
this day.

TILE LATE PETER CHALONER.—The obsequies of this
deservedly esteemed and universally respected gentle-
man, took place at half-past nine o'clock, on Tuesday
morning last, at St. Augustine's Catholic church, Aig-
burth. Though in accordance with the wish of the
bereaved family the funeral was of a private character,
the church wai fully attended by a numerous body of
highly respectable persons, anxious thus voluntarily to
pay a last sad tribute of respect to the memory of the
departed. The c rtege was, however, one of becoming
solemnity without ostentation, and in this respect the
undertakers, Messrs. Pugh and Lewis, of Bold-street,
executed their task with taste and efficiency.
THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION.—The programme of arrange-
ments for the forthcoming meeting of the British Associa-
tion at Cheltenham has been settled. The first or opening
meeting will he held at the Cheltenham Proprietary Col-
lege, on Wednesday week, when the Duke of Argyll will
formally resign the presidency, and the inaugural address
wilt be delivered by the president for the year, Dr.
Daubeney. On the following day (Thursday) the first
converzazione will be held at the Pittville Pump-room.
On Friday, the Rh of August, the sections meet at
the College, and in the evening Colonel Sir Henry Raw-
linson wilt deliver a discourse on the recent researches in
Assyria and Babylonia, and on the results of cuneiform
discoveries. On Saturday the sectional meetings will
continue, and in the evening the second converzatione of
the members will be held in the Assembly-rooms. On
Monday (11th) the sections proceed as usual, and there
will be a lecture by Mr. W. Grove on the correlation of
physical forces. On Tuesday the section will resume their
scientific discussions, and the president's dinner will take
place in the evening. On Wednesday (13th);the proceedings
of those sections not formally closed on the preceding day
will be brought to a conclusion, and the general meeting
will take place, to make arrangements for the scientific
matters which will have to be proceeded with during the
ensuing year. The Cheltenham people give a grand flower
show this afternoon, and on Thursday it is expected
excursions will be made to the most interesting localities
in the neighbourhood.