The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-05-27 00:00:00

'or Moni,y, and 93f to 931 for donsoCs wt Account.

After hours tho sEhue.pripes prevailed.

There was not much business done in the Lou-

London Share Market to day, and prices are not so
firm as on 'o3s erd ay. The closing prices were:—
Ambergate, Nottingham, and East Junction, 51 4 ;

Calednnian, 72, 73; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 59

Eastern

Counties, lll, lli; East-. Din-

eashire, 971 981; Great Northern, 96i. ; Do.
A. 88, 89 ; Great Western; 66k, 664 ; Lancashire
and Yorkshire,looZ-, 1018 ; Leeds Northern, 401 41;
London and North Western, 104 t, 104 x; London

and South Western, 981, 981; Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 421, 43 ; Midland
Stook, 83-1 ; North British, 421,- 434 ; -South
Eastern and Dover, 741, 75; York, Newcastle, and
Berwick, 86; York and North Midland, 65k, 664.

After official hours the 'following were the prices
paid :—Caledonian, 72k, 72i; Eastern Counties, 11
11.16, I t 13-16 ; East Lancashire, 97/, 981; Great
Northern, 901, 97k; Do. A., 89, 90 ; Great West.
ern, 66/, 67; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 101 f ;
London and North Western, VAL-, 1044 ; Man-
chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 4271, 43 ;
Midland Stock, 83t, 83:1 North British 421, 43 ;
South Eastern and Dover, 741, 75e ; York, New-
castle, and Berwick, 86, 87'; York and North
Midland, 65i, 66k.
The weather, with occasional rain in several
parts of the kingdom and a higher temperature,
continues to be most favourable for the country,
the appearance of all crops is well reported of, and
though those of spring corn are nwessarily rather
backward, the genial season will bring them on
rapidly. The influence of so beneficial a change
makes naturally an impression upon the grain
markets of the kingdom, more especially after the
acquirement of the advanced values lately realiSed
under opposite circumstances, and when millers,
having stocked themselves in some measure, pause

from operating in the presence of a good home
supply; for sothe time past, however, the stocks of
Wheat at outports have been sensibly diminishing,
without the prospect of their being efficiently re-
placed by foreign importations, and it is considered
probable that a still further fall will be promptly
followed by renewal of large demand and a fresh
tendency upwards. The American Markets are
again reported rather dearer, and very little ship-
ping ; the arrivals at calling ports, from the east-
ward, are likewise scanty of all grain,, which is
speedily absorbed by British and Irish demand.
Considerable attention ham been excited by the

announcement that the Count d'Argout, Governor
of the Bank of France, has at length resigned, and
that his resignation has been accepted by the
Emperor. M. d'Argout's advanced age is currently

assigned. as the reason for his retirement, but it is
somewhat singular that the event should be notified
at a time when questions of the greatest importance
to the institution over which he has presided for
some quarter of a century are in course of
agitation. M. d'Argout has ever been regarded
as a man of the greatest integrity and

talent, and the skilful way in which he has guided
the institution through times of trouble have caused
the financial world of Paris to look up to him with
equal respect and confidence. - The important
questiOn now is—who is to be his successor ? The
appointment will be anxiously criticised, for there
is a growing distrust both of the stability of the
French financial situation, and of the orthodoxy of
the financial views entertained by certain members
of the government,
At Amsterdam and Berlin, on Saturday, an ad•
vance took place in Russian stock.
Frisay next, the 29th inst., has been appointed
special settling day for the hares of the Nassau
Railway Company, which aro not to be officially
marked.

At a special meeting of the European and
American Steam-ship Company held yesterday,
at the London Tavern, R. W. Crawford, Esq.,
M.P., in the • chair, the votes authorising
the directors to issue six per cent. Preference
shares to the Extent of 180,0001. were for-
mally confirmed. The chairman stated that
s the preference shares hid not been fully applied
for, the directors would be obliged to obtain the:
balance by debentures at current rates of interest.
After some discussion respecting the election of a
director, consequent upon the death of Captain
Pitcairn, and some general statements referring to
the success of the company hitherto, the meeting
separated.
The annual meeting of the British Sperm Candle
Company is called for the 3rd of June.
The 40,0001 in Russian gold ex the Adonis from
St. Petersburg has been purchased for the Bank of
France.

The steamer Minna his arrived from Constanti-
nople. This vessel is known to have upwards of
42,0001 in sovereigns on freight ; but if the remit-
tance is sent into the Bank, it will still be inade-
quate to repair the deficiency occasioned by the
demand for sovereigns for the .Brazils and the
Cape, whither upwards
.of 150,0001 in gold is
alleged to he now in course of transmission:. -
Satisfaction is expressed at the magnitude of the
specie remittance —viz„%1,534,580 dols , or about
307,0001., brought by the Africa from Nev York.
A. good portion of this sum, however, is under-
stood to be on French account. . The exchange at
Ncw York on London closed steadily at 1001 to 1001.
The Alhambra. Has brought 2 8571. in specie from
the Peninsula.
The amount .of bills drawn by the East India
Company on their respective presidencies, from
the II th to the 25th instant (yesterday?, is as
follows :

Rate of Exchange.
Bent:;?, 524,709 6 8 )
Madras, 3,277 12 10c 02,1. per company's ru ee.
p
Bombay, 527 18 42i ld. per ditto,

Total, £23,51417.10
The half-yearly interest is advertised on the
Panama Railroad 7 per Cent Bonds of 1854.59.
By the Sutlej, advices have been received from