Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-08-17 00:00:00

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Brussels, do.,
Hamburg, do.,

Paris, short, . .
Do., three months,
Marseilles, do., .
Frankfort, do., .
Vienna, do., . .
Trieste, do., . .
Petersburg, do. ,
Madrid, do., .

LONDON ➢iINING

In the Mining Market to-day East Wheal Russell
shares are dull, at 91. Alfred Consols have been dealt
in in the Stock Exchange at 5, being also dull, and Great
South Tolgus at 141, showing an improvement. There
have also been a moderate number of transactions in
shares in East Basset, Stray Park, Wendron Consols,
New Seton, and St. Day United mines. Foreign and
colonial mining shares remain quiet. United Mexican
have been dealt in at 11.

LONDON PRODUCE MARKET,

-AUGUST 16,

SUGAR.—The market has opened with a quiet appear-
ancr, and the public sale of West India did not show
Iteration in prices. Refined steady ;

any material

lumps, 51s. to 538.
COFFEE.—The large public sales are progressing
steadily, and buyers show great confidence in the article.
TEA.—This articles is firm, but there is a want of
alacrity in the buying.

Rlci;, remains steady

RUM
active.

Prices are unaltered, but the demand is less

SALTPETRE.—Refraction n sold 38s. 6d. ; refraction
52, 375. ; iefraction 7i to 8, 365.
In other articles no material alteration ; markets
generally quiet.

L:VERPOOL COTTON MARKET
The Cotton market continues extremely quiet, and
prices show great irregularity. The sales including-
-10 Maranham, 94dd.; 200 Egyptian, Bd. to 84d.; 500
Surat, 40. to sd. 3,000 bales are reported, of which
1,000 are on speculation and for export.

AUGUST 16.

LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKET.—AuGusT 16.
We have had a quiet market for SUGAR, the business
being confined to 550 bags Cossipore, at 48s. 6d. ; and
thirty hhds. Cuba, at 425. per cwt.
Nothing has taken place in MOLASSES, Rum, or
COFFEE.

A further parcel of 170 bags Bahia COCOA is reported
at 435. 3d. to 455. (chiefly the latter price) ; and twenty
bags St. Domingo at 40s. per cwt.
'We have no sales to notice in RICE.
Of the JUTE offered by auction, about 250 bales were
sold at previousrates,

SEEDS.-320 bags Brown Bombay Rape, at 395., and
146 bags Scinde Mustard, at 375. 6d. per qr.
SAGO.-30 boxes large Pearl, at 17s. per cwt.

DYEWOODS.—No sales to report.
DRYSALTERIES, &c.—The -business has been on a
very small scale to-day, and for the most part is con-
fined to retail lots. A few casks Red Oporto Argots at
41s. Small' sales of Tartaric Acid at is. Md. per lb.
130 bags of Palermo Sumac at 11s. to 1 Is. 3d. 20
tons (thirds) Brimstone at £8 2s. 6d., and 50 barrels
Flour Sulphur at £l2 10s. 30 tons Nitrate of Soda
at 14s. to 14s. 6d. Ashes flat, and no further sales of
Saltpetre. 10 cases of India Rubber at 2s. 4d. per lb.
for fine. 60 tons Linseed Cake at £9 ss. per ton, both
for American and English.
OiLs, &c.—Palm £43 10s. to £l4. Tallow steady.
moderate business iu Olive Oil at late rates. 60 tierces

J. H. L

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WEDNESDAI', AUGUST 17, 1 859

THE DAY'S NEWS

At Milan, on Sunday, the King of Sardinia
gave a dejeuner to Marshal Valliant and 100
superior officers of the French army, in honour
of the Emperor's fete-day. Marshal Valliant
proposed the health of the King of Sardinia,
concluding with the following words

the chief of this fine and powerful army, the
standards of which were united on the Black
Sea, and on the plains of the Po with the French
Eagle, and which, on every occasion, as a noble
rival of our army. To the heroic King, who
holds the ancient and noble sword of the House
of Savoy, who made it shine with great lustre in
the sun of Palestro and Solferino."

According to the Hamburg correspond(
the Morino!), Post there are some indieatiom of
a better understanding between Austria; and

Prussia, which have originated, it is alleged, in
a " private and confidential" despatch titre ha's
been addressed by Count von Rechberg- fo, M.
von Schleinitz, the Prussian Minister for Foreign
Affairs, in which the amende is made to Prat-sia
fin. the doubts that had been expressed as to the
sincerity of her conduct towards Austria duraw
tfic late war. Of thils acknowledgment, however;,

no diplomatic use care be•made, as this would in-
volrcthe retractation of what had bten advanced by
the tmperor himself—a: course' digit would not
be consistent with those- Piles of etiquette by
whiele the affairs of courts- are accustomed to be
reomlarSed---but this will be. of the' less conse-

quence if it should otherwise lead ro that har-
moniour4 action between the' two povers in the
affairs ofGertaany which circumstancimmay ere
long realer' so- desirable; though,- judging from
the tone oft. the Austrian press, Which; has not
hitherto andergone that chaylge in its- xtrnarks
on Prussia that rnight have Tieen• expeattir the
prospect of this being realietrt might almost
appear to bes-us distant as ever.
A Berlin letter in the Times sa-sthere is a
deal of Cholira, the north atGermanN

crisis in the Xing illness was expected 'tante=
on Tuesday (yest&rday).
= Garibaldi hats sought and obtained' leave of,-A
sence from Piedzitentese service "'kir causes •Int-
Connected witlithis allegiance to that Crow4f

jfis, arrival in Cienteal Italy, to talk command oe
tikbjoint army thereria every day lii aked for:
11 Rambourg% member of the Le*lstive Bo&
and assistant j uCtAn of' the civil tribunal at Troyepo
bas•fust been condemned by the Fib- Chamber
o$ that court to wfirie 4,000 fr., witJ costs, for
writing insulting ~;letters to the Prefect of the
Anbe, on matters connected with the,exercise of
hii;furictions as P:l;efttet.:
The West India amliScouth Pacific mails' have
air fired in the Parana, ~which brings *1146,000 in
specie. The Pararnattni- was still on shore. At
us. ;dial, and confect

ce was

Jamaica, business
somewhat broken brrecerit failures. At Deme-
rain trade was The Trinidiad Sugar

crops were nearly Ciplhliipped.
At..the Police Gaert,. yesterday, thc.,:irivestiga-
tiopinto the allegetbdriowning of a child by a
yocaig girl, fifteen years of age, servant to the
mother, was resumea. The girl was emanitted

fortria

Let Eleventh Annmaf.Report of ti

`cior-law

Board just issued

t of wi

presents

favourablc

Rment

of the improved can ion of the poor irt England

and Wales. It shows decrease in the annual

number of paupers, of all classes, of aliaut 16 per
cerA.,, and of able-bed:le' d paupers of aliaut 32 per
indicates a decided ame-

his uncloubtal

liosation in the coa.Uion of the working classes

during the past year.- Every practicable oppor-
tunity has been made use of, the Report also
shows, to improve the, education of pauper child-
. ~.,that during
the past year nearly:7so,ooo more citildren than
usual have been vaccinated.

rer, Another satisfs.etor3

3SUIt IS. +1

The Twentieth Annual Report of the Registra—
tion of Births, Deaths, and Marriages.,.in England),
has just been printed, and an abstract of it will,
be found in another. column. The births for thy
past year have been in excess*, by 243,25 t
and the deaths also exceed those of previous
years by upwardS of 20,000. With respect to
marriages, it is. a very satisfactory circumstance
which is pointed out. in the Report, that those
celebrated accozding to the ritxal of the Estill.
lished Church- have increase& to the extent- of
2,588. Those in Dissenting places of worship,,
and Registration-offices, have* increased nim per
cent. The proportion of marriages under twenty--
one years of 'age appears to be increasing., The
progress of the women in education, it appears„,
has been gpeater than the, progress of the moia
and in some districts, not only in IN ailing and
writing, but in what mny be called /sariting) the
women decidely excel the men. Surely. this fact
ought to put " the. Lords of the CreatiOn" a little
more upon their mettle !