The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-01-17 00:00:00

TONNAGE.

Freights have declined to £2 lOs and £2 12s 6d per ton
for cotton to Liverpool and London, and have a downward
tendency.

EXCEIANOR,

On arrival of the China Mail, bills sold at 2s 2 5-16th d.,
and advanced at 25 2,1 d, Local drawn paper has sold
chiefly at 2s 2id.
On Calcutta, Court bills, 60 days sight, 988,
Madras, 30 days' sight, 988.
China, 60 days' sight, 214.

CALCUTTA MARKET.
(From the Calcutta Englishman of Dec. 8.)
Since our last issue under date the 22d ult., we have been
in receipt of intelligence from London to the 26th October
last, first by the electric telegraph from Bombay and sub-
sequently by the arrival on the Ist inst of the mail screw
steamer Alma. London advises to the 10th ult. reached us
yesterday by electric telegraph from Bombay.
Mr. Lindsay's steamer the Tynemouth, which left
England on the 6th September last for India via Cape, is
still keeping out. Her arrival at Madras is not yet
announced.

During the past fortnight, our produce market has
scarcely shown signs of activity, and on the whole we have
but a limited amount of operations to report. Indigo has
continued in exsellent request, and at the two public sales
we have had buyers displayed much willingness to purchase,
many of the parcels fetching higher prices than previously
anticipated. Little has been done in sugar for Great
Britain, the high prices still paid by the native shippers
for Bombay, preventing English buyers from operating.
We have had little enquiry for saltpetre either for the
United States or Great Britain and the market has as-
sumed a downward tendency. Silk continued neglected
until the last few days, when some parcels of medium and
fine sorts were placed at previous figures, there being
hardly any demand for the low qualities. In Corahs very
little has been done, although the value is considerably
lower than at the date of our last. Jute has been in
better request and prices have an upward tendency. Lac
Dye and Shell Lac remain unaltered. Hides and Skins
have improved both in demand and value.

A fair amount of transactions have taken place
in our Import Market. For British piece goods
we have had a steady demand, though in some instances
holders have submitted to a reduction in prices.
Gray shirtings have been placed to a fair extent, but at a

decline of two annas a piece. Turkey red goods, together
with prints and chintzes, have likewise been in less
request, and sales have been effected at lower prices. In
mule twist we have not had much doing and dealers have
succeeded in securing their demands at a slight concession
All sorts of metals, excepting copper, continue very firm,
and an improved demand in fulfilment of orders from the
Upper Provinces has in some instances enabled holders to
effect sales at an advance.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

LIVERPOOL.
BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD.

CHARGE OF FORGERY. A person, named Francis
Fuller, was charged with baying forged certain notes,
alleged to have been seamen's pay, or advance notes,
whereby he obtained a sum of over £4O from a Mr.
George Mason, a coal dealer, in Dalton street. It
appeared from the evidence of Cozens, one of the
detective police, and other evidence, that the prisoner
and another person, not at present in custody, called on
the prosecutor, and stated that they had bills of sailors
and officers belonging to a ship called the Africa, Captain
Richards. Two of the bills were for £l2 each, and
two others for £lO each, making altogether £44. These
hills purported to be all drawn on the owners
of ships, Messrs. Dixon and Co., of Liverpool.
About twelve months ago, the complainant got
some bills cashed by the defendant, and these proved
all right, and in consequence of this, the complainant
bad no hesitation in cashing the bills which were
presented to him by the prisoner and the other party.
He gave the prisoner £22 45., and the
other person, who was with the prisoner, £lB for the
bills, making altogether £4O 4s for the four bills. It
turned out, however, that the bills were forgeries, as
there was no such ship as the Africa belonging to Messrs.
Dixon, but there was a ship belonging to the house,
called the African, Capt. Riehison,whieb arrived here from
Alexandria on the 29th of December, and the captain's
name is as above. A young gentleman, from Mr. J.
Dixon's, proved the latter facts, and it was shown that
there was no such person as the bills were alleged to
have been drawn for, and, these facts being established,
Mr. Clough said, as there was a conspiracy, he would
ask for a remand, in order to give an opportunity of
having the other party in custody. The prisoner was
remanded for seven days.