Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-24 00:00:00

ARRIVAL OF THE GREAT BRITAIN.

This favourite and much-looked-for steam ship entered
the Mersey on Saturday, at noon, bringing 226 passengers,
and gold to the amount of over half a million staling,
besides 839 bales of wool, and two hundred and fifteen
tons of tallow. During the entire run from Melbourne
she met with nothing but the most adverse winds. From
Melbourne to Cape Horn the run was made in forty-three
days, the prevailing winds being from the north-eastward
and south eastward. During this time she had to lie to
nearly three days. She made St. Vincent in seventy-five
days, and put into that port for the purpose of coaling,
where she was detained two days. At St. Vincent she met
the steamships Hyda-pes and Oneida, which reported
having met with similar weather. Front St. Vincent to
Liverpool the Great Britain met with nothing but
strong breezes from the northward and eastward.
Notwithstanding the protracted character of the
voyage, all the passengers have passed the
highest encomiums on the ship and her justly popular
commander, Captain Gray. The cabin passengers have
presented him with an ?address and piece of plate, and the
second and third cabin passengers have also presented
addresses, thanking him for his kindness and attention to
them whilst on board. The third class passengers are very
emphatic en this point, stating that he acted towards them
more like a father than anything else. We may state that,
on the outward passage, testimonials of a similar character
were presented to Captain Gray, as a proof of his universal
popularity, The Great Britain was taken into the Grav-
ing-dock on Saturday evening, and will, in a few
days be again ready to start on her next voyage. Great
numbers of the passengers are most anxious to secure
berths for the next passage, should she proceed to
Australia.

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.

LIVERPOOL, Saturday Evening.
The demand for Cotton conijuues of a very
active character, and prices of all descriptions are
well maintained. The sales to-day were about
15,000 bales, including 2,000 o❑ Speculation; and for
Export.
In the Liverpool Share Market to-day, there was
not any activity, indeed, the reverse may be said to
have been the case, but prices on the whole were
steadily maintained. The following were the day's
transactions :—Caledonian, 992; Chester and

Holyhead, 171 ; Eastern Counties, 111; Lancashire
and Yorkshire, 99, 981, 99, 98f ; London and North
Western, 102,1, 102, 1021. 102 ; Manchester,
Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 391 391, ; Midland,
83i, 83* : North Eastern, 231; North Staffordshire,
411; Dovers, 21 e, 211. 211, 211 ; Dutch Rhenish
4,1 d ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 12a 14.
Although the Indian news is of a very unsatis-
factory character the Money Market was very easy,the
demand being but limited, and the supply good.
First class bills were negociated at 51 per cent.
The Market for the Public Funds and Securities
was rather unsettled, and a decline of to t per
cent occurred in the earlier part of the day. This
induced several purchases, and the market closed
rather firmer, at 90! to 901 for Money, and 901 to
901 for the Account, and the New Three
per Cents at 91 to 91i. The operations
of Greek speculators in public securities, are
gradually developing themselves through large
losses, and, in consequence, the fact has been very
damaging to their credit. Special instances have
of late occurred in which. through their inability
to meet their " differences" they have been com-
pelled to offer a compromise, and therefore they
do not stand in good odour with the brokers and
others who have transacted their business. Com-
plaints are ererywhere heard of the intrusion of
the Greeks into the various departments asso-
ciated with mercantile and financial enterprise,
and owing to the extensive nature of their
transactions, they generally, when speculatively
conducted, terminate in a liquidation. Evidence
of this has been afforded by the failures in
the Alexandrian and Constantinople trade, but
now stronger testimony is furnished of the danger-
ous character of their dsalings when almost each
account at the Stock Exchange produces a defaulter
from among this particular community, and these
. .

individuals, be it remembered, are not purely spe-
culators, whose ephemerial existence depends upon
the profits of the Consols or Turkish markets, but
they are alsomerchants, carrying oat an ostensible
trade the tone and position of which mustbe greatly
regulated by the currant reports affecting their pri-
vate transactions. So much gossip has prevailed
with respect to two or three parties who have been
placed in this unpleaseat situation that allusion to
the topic is almost unavoidable.
The following list shows the fluctuations in Con-
sols during the past week :

Lowest Highe-t Closing
prices. prices. prices.

._ . .
Monday Money ..... 914 914 911
Account _914 911 91
Tuesday Money .... 91 A
57-, 911
Account ....911 91t.. 9I

Wednesday -.Money .... 91- 91f 91,4
Account ....91f 91
91,i
Thursday ....Money .... 9071 911 91
Account ....91_ 91g 911
_ _.

11 91„
,
9O 901
90i 90a