Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-11-26 00:00:00

CLOSING PRICES.

Ches. & Whead.. 771 77 N. Stafford .. 41d
Caledonian .. .. 91. E 911 N. E. Bei. c. Stock 91,1 9.21
E. Counts. .. 11 11 1-16 York capital Stock 751 76
E. L. Stock .... Leeds Stock .. . . 46/ 471
G. N. Stock .. . 102 103 S. Eastern 23 3-8 23 7-16

Great Westerns.. 651, 651 Dutch Rhenish .. 5 4•d
Lan. and York .. 971 977,1- Gt. Luxem. 6-4 7
Ln. & Nor. West. 95.---t 951 G. T. Canada.... 9 91
, -1-shares 15-16 id G.W.Canada .... 131 131
and Lincoln 351 351 „ new shares 7 6d
Midland Stock ..106 1061 Buffalo &L. Huron 41 5
N. British St. .. 59 591 Great Ship.... 12 013 0
The General Produce Markets have offered
few topics for remark. Rice has been rather
less in demand, without much if any change in
value. Drysalteries have not exhibited many
reasons for remark, although a considerable
amount of business has been transacted during
the week. Tallow has been in moderate demand,
at about previous market rates. Lard has been
steady. Palm Oil has been rather, negle2ted,
without marked deterioration of price.

In Ship Stores the business has been rather
dull. The arrivals of Beef have been heavy,
causing dealers to hold off in expectation of lower
prices. Fine Cheese is dearer, and actively in-
quired after.

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.

Friday Evening.

The Market for English Securities, up to an
advanced period of to-day, maintained a steady,
if not, indeed, an improved and improving char-
acter ; but at a later period rather less firmness
was shown, and Consols, which opened with pro-
mise at the closing prices of yesterday, subse-
quently showed weakness, but eventually reco-
vered to 961 1 for money, 96f, to for the account.
Reduced Three per Cents. have been dealt in 94;4
95 and 944 ; NeW Three per Cents. at the same ;
India Debentures, 961 ; Exchequer Bills, 30s.
and 275. pm., and 275. pm. for small. The New
Indian Loan is quoted at 1041 to 1, showing a
slight decline. Ocean Marine Shares have been
dealt in at 14 and la.

In the English Railway Share Market, though
the business done was not large, values were main-
tained with firmness, and showed a tendency to
further improvement. Great Northerns with
Berwicks and South Easterns, have advanced
per cent. ; Eastern Counties and Lancashire and
Yorkshire are marked, each 1 per cent. higher.

The Market for Foreign Securities has been
almost at a stand, and values in the limited
transactions of the early part of the day suffered
a relapse. Brazilian, with Original Turkish,
are I per cent. lower, and the New Sixes have
fallen 9 per cent, having brought 65! and 66
only ; Russian present an exception, and are
quoted 1 per cent. higher than last night.
The quotation for French Rentes, at 12.10,
Was 70f. 20c., and from thence to 70f. 25c., with
a firm market.

THE FUNDS.-CLOSING PRICES.
Consols, Money . 96/ 4 I Bank Stock.... 226 8
Account 964 o 1 Three per Cents 941
Exchequer Bills 27 30

RAILWAY

SHARES.

Amb. Not. &E. J.. 6 4Caledonians . . 91
Dutch Rhenish . . —-
Eastern Counties. 55.1
East Lancashire. -2
Edinburgh& Glaa 781. —9l
Great Northern; .102! I
»A. 92 3
Gt. Westerns. .. .
G. W. Ca'da 13 9-1611-16
Gd. Tk. Canada .. 9k.
Gt. S. and West. 110 111

Lancas. & York. 97-
L. & N. West... 954
L. and S. West.. 95
Leeds Northern.. 47 1
Man. Sheff. &Lin 35
4 4.
Midland Stock ...106 =-
North British ... 594 /
N. Staffordshire..
B. E. & Dover .. 774 84
Y .
York, N. &B. .. 921
York & N. Mid... 75,1 61

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FOREIGN EXCHANGEs.
Amsterdam, 'short ll
• lal to 11 13,
Do., three months ll 15
to 11 18
Rotterdlm, do.
Antwerp, do. 25 25 to 25 27
Brussels, do. 25 25 to 25 27
Hamburg, do l3 4 to 13 5
Paris, short 25 7i to 25 124
Do., three months 25 32 to 25 33
Marseilles, do 25 324 to 25 35
Frankfort: do 1171 -- tO 1174 --
Vienna, do l2 65 to 12 75
Trieste, do l2 65 to 12 75
Petersburgh, do.
Madrid, do 49/ --to 50

SAMUEL HOLT'S METAL REPORT,
(For the week ending 25th Nov., 1859.)
Our market, as usual, at this period of the year, is
free from any great excitement, and leaves nothing to
record of any special importance ; the wants of buyers
being readily, met by the dealers, who are still disin-
clined to purchase, in anticipation of orders. Tenders
have been invited for about 2,009 tons of waterlipes
for one of our North American Colonies ; and it is not
improbable, from the advantage following low freight,that
the Scotch- Founders will be the successful competitors.'
They are required for shipment from the beginning of
March to the' middle of May next, and a very good
quality will be imperative to bear the prescribed pressure.
Scotch Pig Iron has been very active, and a larger busi-
ness done in Warrants, from 525. 6d,, as quoted in our
last, to 535. 6d. cash, and 545. 3d., three months open,
the same influence being at woi k, which caused the move-
rtent---the uncertainty of a strike aniong the colliers, as the
masters resolved at the adjourned meeting, held to-day

LIVERPOOL CONSERVATIVE DAILY PAPER.
THE "NORTHERN TIMES." _
HIS well-established Daily Paper,—the first that
was attempted in the Provueees,—is now, under a new
proprietary, devoted to the interests of the great Conservative
party. Its principles are those so forcibly expressed by the
Earl of Derby, at the recent Liverpool Banquet, when he said;7
"I speak of that Conservatism which is not obstructive, but
which is the best promoter of safe and gradual social improve-
ment,—of that Conservatism which, strenuously adhering to
the old machinery of the Constitution, adapts from time to time
the various parts of its mechanism to the real requirements and.
the real capacities of the age in which we live,—of that Con-
servatism which should give to all orders and degrees of men
within this realm their due weight, authority, and preponder-
ance,—of that Conservatism which loves the interests of the
_people at large but will not be led away by the noisy_denuncia-
tions of blustering demagogUeS, either to shrink at the voice
.of menace, or timidly to make concessions to large bodies of
men for the purpose of obtaining a temporary popularity, when
in our hearts we believe the concession of those coveted boons
would be the worst injury we could iefliet upon the classes it
is sought to benefit." Such is the Conservatism of which the
Northern Times is new the faithful and unflinching advocate :
and never, perhaps, was t'aere a moment when a temperate
and judicious application of the Daily Press to the espousal of
its cause, and the dissemination of its principles, was capable
of serving more beneficial purposes.
_ Hitherto, the Daily Papers of Liverpool have, one and all,
been exclusively in the so-called Liberal, that is, the Whig and
Radical, interest The Conservative cause has now got its
representative, and its advocate, in the local Daily Press. '
It rests with the Conservative party of Liverpool to decide
With what efficiency this their Daily organ of the Press shall
be maintained. Its success has so far been considerable,—
the circulation already secured is large and increasing; it is
about three times more than it was when it came into its pre-
sent hands,---and if all who are Conservatives will only sup-
port it with their advertisements, and use their active influence
to make it a profitable advertising medium, its prosperity, and
therefore its influence, will Soon be powerfully strengthened
and confirmed. •
The late Derby Banquet cannot but have aroused the Con-
servatives of, Liverpool to a more active course of public duty ;
and the obligation, in times like the present, to sustain a Daily
Paper in their important interest, cannot fail, to be :acknow-
ledged, and ought therefore to be acted upon.
Office for subscriptions and advertisements, 13, S9UTH Jour-
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THE DAY'S NEWS.

The Times of yesterday, writing upon the
treaty of Zurich, bore very hardly upon the two
more prominent parties to that negotiation,—the
Governments, namely, of France and Austria.
The latter power, it is contended, has sold Lom-
bardy- to Piedmont for ten millions sterling.
" This is," it adds, "up to the present time, the
only certain result of all that has been done and
suffered; and even in this transaction Austria pro-
bably considers that she has an equality of redemp-
tion which at some more fa,vourable moment she
may utilise. However, she has to ken earnest of the
money. Europe reads with all the respect which
large sums impose that upon the day when
the ratifications were exchangid M. Armand
deliVered. 'to the Austrian Plenipotentiary a
draught at sight for two millions sterling."
Doubtless; two millions sterling is itself a hand-
some sum. The leading journal is of opinion,
that in the eyes of an Austrian Minister, it must
be a tremendous sum, and wonders what he- will
do with it, how he will guard it,---where he
will bestow it. And yet this is but one instal-
ment, be it remembered, of the entire amount,—
one of five ; for it is not two millions in all, we
repeat, kit ten, which is to be the price-, And
we cannot but agree with our contemporary, that,
"as an outlying property, with very great out-
goings, upon the' whole it was well sold ;"' and
that perhaps, "the best thing for the seller to do
is to pat away all recollection that he ever pos-
sessed it, and to stifle all idea of ever recovering
it."

France has sent a new Ambassador to Austria.
The Marquis de Moustier has been appointed to
that high post. He is understood to be well
instructed in the policy-which his Imperial master

will henceforth pursue towards a Power with
which, he has his own reasons for being, in time
to ,come, upon as, friendly a. footing as possible.
With respect to the French and Austrian
interests at the approaching Congress, it is now
understood that while France will be represented
by one or more of the ablest of her diplomatists,
Austria will 'have the advantage• not only of
Count Reichberg's, but of Prince Metternich's
services also.

Some interesting experiments with hollow
shot have just been performed at Pbrtsmouth,—
it is said, with entire success. These hollow shot
are found to have dreadful penetrating powers,
and in naval warfare, therefore, nest be exceed-
ingly destructive. .
The inquiry instituted by the Board of Trade
respecting the circumstances connected with the
loss of the Royal Charter closed yesterday. The
investigation, judging from the evidence adduced,
has obviously been a flir and searching one. The
patient and impartial painstaking on the part of -
Captain Harris, on whose professional knowledge
so large an amount of the character of the inquiry
depended, was as distinct as it was satisfactory—
we had almost said pleasing, forgetting that little
of a pleasing nature could come out of such an
inquiry. While according so much to Captain Harris,
we should be direlict in duty to omit a commen-
dation of the proper judicial spirit evinced by Mr.
Mansfield, who, throughout the whole of the in-
tricate investigation, showed the most careful

solicitude to maintain the balance of justice even.
To offer an opinion on the merits of the moot-
points of the inquiry would now be improper—
indeed impertinent; but we cannot refrain from
directing. attention to the pointed encomium so
deservedly paid to all on board the ill-fated ship
by Mr. Maa.sfield. It is also pleasing 'to know,
that he declared his utter unbelief in the calunf-
nious attempt to fasten the stain of inebriety on
the memory of Captain Taylor. _
The Volunteer movement shows no sign of
faltering in its course. We have already had the
gratifying duty to perform of recording the en-
thusiastic manner in which the general com-
munity, and many of its various sections have
come forward to declare their resolution to pre7
vent aggression, and to 'mulish insult—should suoli
be offered to our shores. To-day we chronicle,
with equal pleasure, the patriotic feelings which
have induced our resident Welsh brethren to
emulate the other members of the community, and
to offer themselves as a contingent corps of the
Liverpool Volunteers. The meeting, which was
presided over by Mr. Alderman J. Buck Lloyd,
was most enthusiastic, and the termsin which the

different speakers evinced their loyal nationality,
was at once characteristic and gratifying. Besides
the general, fervour of spirit displayed at this
meeting, it is almost equally gratifying to record
that the " sinews of war" were not forgotten on
the occasion, but that in little more than ten
minutes, donations to the extent of £265 were
received, while £35 a year were subscribed to
the annual subscription list.

FROM two guineas to :seven-and-sixpence, from
Lord DERBY to Mr. BRIGHT—Iet us at alfevents
congratulate the projectors of the coming fete on
having achieved at the onset a great consistency.
We may be granting them a Virtue out of their
necessity ; but we can afford: to be generous.
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