Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-08-24 00:00:00

FRIDA

On Friday next, the 26th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at Browne,
Hunter, and Co.'s Office, 2, Dale-street,
800 Bales JUTE,
& BROWNE, HUNTER, CO., Brokers.

31st inst. The following report will be submitted
to the shareholders :
In submitting the annexed half-yearly balance-sheet
and statement of accounts to 3Oth June last,- your
directors have to report a small increase in both the
goods and passenger traffic ; the former amounting
to £lO Os. 10d., and the latter to £6O Os. 10d. The
working expenses show an increase of £37, occasioned
by the extra expense for engine repairs. The whole
of the debenture debt has- bten renewed for five
years, on terms which effect a saving to the com-
pany of £l3O per annum, and part of the surplus
land, which Carefully attended fo,' has been sold to
Roger Hall, 'Esq., for £BOO. Your directors have much
pleasure in stating that all differences with the Newry
and Armagh Company have been amicably arranged.
That company has paid half of the expenses of the
" 1867 act," and a new agreement has been entered
into for the junction of the two lines at joint expense—
the whole of the requisite funds to be itt.7;an-ced, in
the first instance, Uy to Iv arrenpoint Company,—
the Armagh Company giving a debenture bearing
five per cent. interest for their half, payable in
two years. Your directors have further the satisfaction
of repotting that, on the faith of this agreement con-
tracts have been taken for the whole of the junction
works, to be promptly executed ;—and they cannot but
feel a sense of triumph in having thus advanced the
..neern through so many difficulties to this definite
prospect of appro-a-vt.fts sucees s•

The amount of Australian gold known to be
at sea on board five ships is £560,000, of which
£313,000 is due. The Avon, with £2 ,000, has
been out 93 days ; the Prince of the Seas, with
£105,000, 86 days; the Star of Peace, with
£40,000, '79 days ; the Eagle, with £126,000,
74 days ; and the Beechworth, with £BO,OOO,
72 days.

iii. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.
LONDON, Tuesday Evening

The tenders for the Indian Loan, at 5 per cent.
for £5,000,000, opened this morning, showed that
the investment was favourably entertained. The
Government minimum or reserved price was fixed
at 97 per cent. The applications at or above this
price amount to upwards of £6,000,000. The
whole of these are, of course, admitted, but the
allotments will be subjected to a pro rata reduc-
tion. Generally speaking, the Funds were firm,
though quiet. Foreign Stocks have not been in
demand, and in them only a moderate amount of
business was transacted. The demand for Money,
on Monday, was only moderate, and the best
bills were discounted -readily at 21 per cent.

THE FUNDS.-CLOSING PRICES

Consols, Money , 951 §
,) ,4
Account 951

Exchequer Bills 22'25

RAILWAY SIIARRS
Amb. Not. &E. J. 6
Caledonians . . , . 841 5
Dutch Rhenish . .

Eastern Counties. 57-4

East Lancashire. --
Edinburgh & Glas 74 5
Great Northern ..101 2

~ A. 84. 5

GC Westerns.... 601
G. Wes. of Canada 141 15
Gd. Trnk. of Calt. 81

Bank Stock... .223 4
Three per Cents 96

CLOSING PRICES

Gt. S. and West.lo3 5
Lancas. & York.. 96 I
L. & N. Western 151
L. and S. West'n 911 2
Leeds Northern.. 441 5
Man. Sheff. &Lin 351 6
Midland Stock 1051 61
North British .: 601 1
N. Staffordshire..

LIVERPOOL STOCK EX
There has been little
market closes with a firm

S. E. & Dover .. 754 6
York, New. & Ber 89 12
York & N. Mid.. 72

.CHANGE.

-AUGIJST 23

business to-day

CLOSING
Ches. & B'head.. 78 784
Caledonian Stock 841- 842
E. Counties lll
E. L. Stock
G. N. Stock ....100 I'o2
Great Westerns 60 xd 601
Lan. and York .. 961 964
Lon. &Nor. West. 951 95§-
. _

appearance

'RICES

„ 1-Shares . . . . 1 d
M. S. andMincoln 354 36
Midland Stock ..105,'4 1064
Nor. British Stock 60 604

North Staffordsh. 4''-ad 4 d
N. E. Ber. c. Stck 891 xd 90
Yorkcapital Stck 713 xd 724
Leeds Stock .. 434 ad 44
S. Eastern .. 221 22 13-16
Dutch Rhenish . . 5§- 52d
Gt. Luxem di 61
G. T. Canada 4
G.W.Canada .. .
// new shares 54 50
Lomb.-Venetian . 24 25p4
„ new shares 2t,

FOREIGN E
Amsterdam, short, .
Do., three months,
Rotterdam, do., . .
Antwerp, do., .
Brussels, do., .
Hamburg, do., . .
Paris, short, . . .
Do., three mouths, .
Marseilles, do., . .
Frankfort, do., . .
Vienna, do., . . .
Trieste, do., . .
Petersburg, do. . .
Madrid, do., . . .

XCIIANGES.
. 11 14 to 11 15
. 11 16f to 11 16-1,
. 11 164 to 11 1611
. 25 25 to 25 30
. 25 25 to 25 30
. 13 51 to 13 5i
. 25 74 to 25 12i
. 25 35 to 25 40
. 25 35 to 25 40
. 1174 to 1171
. 11 95 to 12 5
. 12 to 12 5

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.

.-ArGT3ST 23

To-day the Cotton market has been very quiet, and
with free offerings prices tend to favour the buyers.
The sales, including 30 Bahia at 7Z-d., 200 Egyptian at
Bd. to 81d., 500 Stoat at 4-ad. to 5-id., are reported
4,000 bales, of which 1,000 arc on speculation and for
export.