The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-05-04 00:00:00

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.

LIVERPOOL, Saturday Evening.
The sales of Cotton to-day were 6 000 bales,
acluding 1,500 on . speculation. The Market was
ery firm, and prices were well maintained.

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In the Liverpool Share Market to-day there was
fair business done, and prices on the whole
'ere rather better than on Thursday last.
'he demand for Money to-dad was not so active,
3 the preparations for the " 4th" were almost corn-
leted. There was no relaxation, however, in the
ttee, nor can any at present be expected on the
toes Exchange. Out of doors as low as 5) per
ant has been accepted. There have been several
tiliires on the London Stock Exchange, and
[-day one of them was formally " declared." The
abilities of the party in question are not believed
D he very heavy.
The market for the Public Funds and Securities
as been rather firmer to-day, caused by the ex-
)risive supplies of gold which are advised front
.nstralio, together with the expectation that the
M ix of the precious metal to the Continent w 11
iminish. Consols for Money have been at 921
24, and after touching at 92,1, closed at the former
!ure For the June Aeeount, they were 93-a to
31; for, the 7th inst. 921 The New Three per
%ents were 911, 1, the Reduced 91#. #, and the
,lew Two-and a-Half p42r Cents 78 Bank Stock
emained firm at 214. March Exchequer Bills were
liseount to 2s prem., June ditto 5s to 2s discount,
ncl India Bonds 9s to 3s dis.
The following list shows the fluetations in
!oneols during the past week

Lowest Highest Closing
prices. prices. prices.
.. 928 931 924
• 93 931 93.
92; 921 921
• 92t 93 9.1
• 924 921 92
• 92 93 921
.. 921 924 93
.. 921 924 92
.. 92A 924 925
• 924 92/ 924
. . let May
. closed.
• 921 978 924

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transactions have been rather extensive, and'prices
on the whole are well sustained. Sugar has been
in active demand, both for home use and for
exportation ; and the large quantity offered for
public competition found buyers at an advance of
6d to is per cwt. on last week's rates; foreign
qualities have also realised full- prices. In the
lietined Market there has been an active demand,
and the rates have advanced about is 6(1 per cwt.,
compared with those current at the date of our last
weekly report. The Coffee Market has been quiet,
and the liberal supplies to hand have'tended to lower
prices. Both plantation and native Ceylon have,
ilerefore, been at easier quotations. Cocoa has
been moderately active, and the finer qualities of
St Vincent have found ready buyers at slightly
enhanced values. Rum has been active, at fully
former quotations; and Rice ruled dull at a slight
reduction. Spices have been in fair 'request, with
the exception of Cinnamon.; which at the public
sales declined 21 to 31 per lb on the rates realised
at the previous aeles. Ginger, Nutmegs, Cloves.
and Pepper ruled steady Tallow has been quiet,
and rather lower rates have been current for both
present and future delivery.
Trade in the manufacturing districts continues
very dull. At Leeds business has been very inani-
mate in all departments, with prices in almost all
instances showing a downward tendency At
13,•ad'ord the dealings in combing Wools were very
limited, and the Piece and Yarn trades were dull,
lower prices having in some cases been current In
Halifax no sign of improvement can be quoted,
and a very limited business had been transacted
in piece goods at barely previous prices. The
Leicester Hosiery trade was very inactive, and to
effect sales to any t x'ent lower rates had
to be submitted to. At Manehes er buyers are as
cautious, and operations' as limited, as they have
been of late, and the transactions of the week have
been much below the average. We hear of a few
small sales of 20's anfl 30's water twist, for China,
and, with this exception, very little has been done
in yarns. The Germans, whose advices do not
report favourably of the Leipsie fair, are keeping
out of the market, except•for doubled yarns, espe-
cially No. 60's, for which there is still some demand
where prompt delivery can be made, although not
at the extreme prices' current a fortnight ago. In
Cloth, the difficulty in making sales appears to
increase.'and is operating unfavourably on prices.
The business done in this department has, during
the week, been very trifling, and has generally been
at lower prices.
At a meeting, on Friday, of the domestic, T,
and long cloth manafacturers, held at the Clarence
Hotel, Manchester, to receive the reports from
Bacup and other districts, regarding the exten-
sion of short time working it was resolved that a
general meeting of the trade (spinning and weav-
ing-40's and under) should be called for Tuesday,
May 12th, with a view to carry out a general work-
ing of forty hours per week. The reports at the
meeting were so favourable for this object as to
induce those present to adopt-the above resolution
with confidence.

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The business' done in the London Railway Share
[arket to-day was not very large, yet on the whole
rites were rather higher than on Thuraday
aledonian, Great Western, Lancashire and York-
lire, and North Western advanced * to 1, and
oath Eastern about f. The other principal lines
are generally .at previous values. In the colonial
Larket also the dealings were limited, but Grand
runk of Canada were rather active, and improved
DM 4 to 1 per cent. Great Western of Canada
ere flat, and the East Indian declined 4.
he new undertakings were as annexed :-Ceylon,
to 11 premium ; Oude, par to 4- premium ;
entral Oude, 1 to 1 premium ; and Punjaula
i to 7-16 premium. Rigas were quoted at 1 to 4
remium. Foreign shares were generally flat,
Nina to the continued depression at Paris.
astern of France receded 1, and Paris and Lyons
'about a similar extent. Sambre and Meuse
ere alower, but Southern of France and Northern
r France were firmer ; the latter has risen 1 per
int. It is stated that the Paris and Orleans
omaany have ceded to the Paris and Lyons
ompany the concession for the construction'
f the Bourbonnais lines, by which means
'lct latter company will obtain a double
ernainus in Paris. The closing prices are
Lraberga:e, Nottingham, Boston, and Eastern
unction, 51, 51; Bristol and Exeter, 88, 90 ;
%aledonian, 691, 691; Chester and Holyhead, 34,
5: East Anglian, 18, 19 ; Etstern Counties, Ili,
14 ; East Lancashire, 97. 99 ; Edinburgh and
rlasgow,- 55, 56 ; Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee,
1, 32 ; Great Northern, 961 974 ; Great Southern
rid Western (Ireland) 101, 103 ; Great Western,
6 64; Lancaster and Carlisle 65, 70; Lancashire
hd Y,irkshire 101, 1011; London, Brighton, and
Null Coast. 110,, 111; Loudon and N Western,
041,1051 ; London and South Western, 10(4 101 ;
flauchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 391, 391;
lidland, 82, 824; Do. Birmingham and D.-!rbv.
'34, 5541; Norf. Ik. 60, 62 ; North British. 42, 43 :
Eastern-Berwick 854, 864; North Staffordshire.
5 die; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverharno-
-1,4", 29, 30 ; Scottish Central, 106, 108 ;
r• Midland, 70, 72 ; South Eastern, 744, 751
South Wales, b6l, 871; Buckinghamshire, 90. 92
41111
and Selby, 106 108; Eastern Counties ex:
Per Cent (No. 1) 4 pm ; East Indian, 107, 109 ;
Grand Trunk of C inada, 654. 664; Great. lodiati
„,eoinsula guaranteed 5 per cent.. 21. 211; Great
'Y estern of Canada Shares, 24, 244; Madras guar-.
l'enteed 41 per cent, 19. 20 ; Do. 44 'per cent ex. 1
Eastern
Par; Scinde guaranteed 6 per cent , 11. 21 pin ;
reistesn of France. 31. 314•; Great C:•ntrai of
France, 231, 231 ' • Great Luxembourg, constituted
h,Nres, 01, 74; Lombar-lo Venetian, 41,.5 pm ;
nitd Geneva, 80, 31; Namur and Liege,
`Torthern of France, 381, 38-1 ; Norwegian
1.4. 8i;
Prefere7 qe, 8,1 64; .L\ Paris and Lyons 58 584;
I.runk
aria and Orleans. 57' 59; Royal Danish, 17, 19 ;
West Flanders, 4a,Nitribre and Meuse, t. 74.1
(Wring the week reach
, The imports of specie
inont 650 0001:,-viz by the Asia from New York,
122 896 dole., or 65,000; the ,'thud from Bou-
„,04ho, 39 cases bullion; the Dolp.'l' Ant-
rrP, 40 cases bullion ; the Panther from' Boulogne
2 eases bullion : the BarodOsy 'from Ari!werflo
L'a cases bullion ; the Rhine from Boulogne,
voacs 16 cases bullion ; the Tonning from Con-
Aantinople, 6.,groups SPecie; the Magdalena from'
the West Indies, 2,637.145 dole. or 549 4001. .-
The exports have only be n about 88,0001, viz :
a 4501 to the Peninsula, 36,0001. to the West Indies,
1111,1148,4731._ to the Con'inent
The official return of the exports of the, precious
4letals from the port of London for the week ending
24'11.41.pril show a total of 7,160 oza of gold, and
0400 oxs. of silver.
Respecting the movements in Mines during the
wesk, the Mining Journal of to-day says-
" Owing to a few discoveries, which we noticed as having
been made during the latter part of last week, the market
opened brii.kty on Monday, with a good demand for shares
and prices well enpportW-_; but later in the week, owing to
tarious causes, some of the 'heavier description of shares
l'eaame flatter. Bt. Ives Consols, which have been quoted
~/te high as 185 left off at 170, sellers; Margaret Shares,
;,h which a large business was doing early in the week, at
t to 76, left off at 70 to 71 • Providence mines, also pre-
.7°llaly in demand at 84 to 86,left off at 80 to 82; West Setor,
220 to 330 t•el.ers: Buller, 370 to 380; Basset, 265 to 270 ;
8°111;:t Frances 330, and not much doing in either. East
wheal
Shares are at 2 to 21, and have been in demand. In
wheal OarriPt Shares a large business has been done, at
124 to 14,4; Trefusis, 8 ; Trewetha Shares have been very
Rat at 1 in 3, as there will be no dividend at the next
trlee,ing ; Wheal Wrey Shares keep up at 71 to 8 ;
Goomwaa, 164- to 17 ; Wheal Margery, 16 to 161;
t rambler and St Aubyn, 105 to 110. Trelawney
Shares have been in good demand at 24 to 25; Mqry
Ann, 45; Ciolt,s Kitchen, 44 to 41 ; Tincroft, 41 to 4-1,-;
%. Day United, 28s to 304; ex div of Is 6d per share ;
Poway Consols, 7-I to 7F; Wendron Consols, 42 to 45 ;
Trevoole Shares have been in demand, and the price has
advanced to about 10 to 11. West Stray Park, 7 ; Botta-
lack, buyers at 240;, West . B sset, 30 to 31; North
Basset, 20 to 21; Wheal Edward, 41 to 41; Rosewarne,
in demand at 421 to 45, but few setters; West Fowey,
to 91 Drake Walls, 2t; 'North Francis, 154 '0
464; Tamar Consols, 20s. ; East Margaret, 10 to \ 104;
Alien' 21, to 3; Cargoll, 13; Wheal Kitty Lelant, 184 to
194; Lelant Consols, 31 to 4 ; North Robert, 24 to 25 ;
South Ciradon shares have been in demand at 335 to 340;
in Balnoon Shares a large business has been doing, and the
Woe advanced ;to 64, leaving off at 6 to 61 ; Clijah and
entworth, 6 to 7; West Damsel, 120 to 130; Wheal
Evelyn, 4 to 41; West Grenv,lle, 5s to 60. ; South Condur-
tow Ga ; Wheal Grenville, 11; Kelly Bray, 4 to 1, Crad-
dock Moor, 40 to 44
Advices receiveo by the Foreign Mining Corn
ilanies this week afford satisfaction in some in-
stances. The report of the agent of the " Wild-
berg'' Corninny states that underground tht
Zorking plans were full of broken stuff, which they
ad not been able to getliway. crystallising would
commence on Monday, 28th A ptil, .vhen they would
be able to forward lead to market. The "1-ontiga.-
1u3,11(1" have a report of the 27th ult., which states
at the scopes and stributes were looking well,
and
1, giving a large quantity of ore stuff, but since
.r;t1.15 e r there had been a reduction of the female
urers ; if this had not happened they would
have sampled upwards of 200 tons of ore.
In the Produce Markets during the week the

A numerous and influential meeting of the
cotton spinners and manufacturers in the lessen-
dale districts. was held at Bacup, on Wednesday
evening last 11,1bt. Munn, Esq.i.manufacturer, was
elected to preside. He explained that the meeting
had been called at the insta,,ce of the committee of
the short-time movement, in Manchester, with the
view of obtaining the opinion of the spinners and
manufacturers of that district upon the question
of running short time. After considerable discus-
sion, it was unanimously resolved, " That in
consequence of the.very high price of cotton, and
the ruinous loss thereby sustained by the spinners
and manufacturers of coarse numbers, this meeting
approves of, and are willing to work:their engines
short time, say after the rate of 40 hours per week,
if spinners and manufacturers representing two-
thirds of the power of the manufacturing district.
of Lancashire. now spinning No. 40's and under,
will concur with this resolution "
The Magdalena has arrived at Southampton
from the West Indieq and Mexico with 2;637,000.
dots. or about 527,4001.. in specie on freight; by far
the larger portion of which is understood to con-
slst of silver This heavy supply will be most
nopertnni . a.s tendine_ greatly tn. dirni”ioli 'the
immediate withdrawals of silver from the continent.
It is not expected to be deliverable, however, for
about a week:
It is understood that the shipments of specie
and bullion by the Pera on the 4th inst. will reach
a total of about 530.0001 Of this sum only 2,0001.
is gold, the rest consisting entirely of silver. Yes-
terday was the last shipping day. The proportion
destined for China is unusually large, amounting
to about one-half of the total remittances.
Telegraphic intelligence reckived An-day from
Marseilles annoituces the arrival at, .Suez on the
19,b of April of the steamer. European, froth Aus-
tralia, with £50.000 in gold on freight. These
aclvices al o -mention the sailing of the following
vessels from Melbourne for England, viz , the Med-
way. February 17, with IS,OOO csz ; the Donald
February 20, with 12,000 nz ; the Stamboul
(steamer), March 3, with 45,000 oz ; the Steboe.
h.ath, March 8, with 6,000 oz. ; and the Sussex,
March 7, with 48,000 oz

By this opportunity intelligence has also been
received of the steamer Oneida, about the safety
of which so much fear has been expressed. This
vessel after meeting with an accident •to her
machinery, put back to King George's Sound,
where she arrived 36 hours after the departure of
the Simla.

We (Yorks,Yre Gazette) understand that some person or
persons entered Ra!`v Castle, the eat of his G'sce the
Duke of Cleveland, durityr Friday night last, the 24th of
April, and stole about £lOO or £l5O, in gol t a•ul silver,
from a drawer in the otlice of the house stewaril ; hut a
number of notes deposited in the same drawers were left.
We have not heard the particulars of the ro!lhery but every
exertion is being made to discover the burg'ars.
A St. Pe'er-burg letter, of the 23rd ult., in the New
Gazette of Prussia, says :—" When the Emperor
Nicholas visited England in 1844. be announced his
intention of giving annually a sum of £5OO sterling, to
purchase a silver cup to be run for at the Ascot races,
and the sum was given each year up to 1853. The
Emperor Alezan 'er has now d sided tha it sh o longer
he given. and that the cup intended for the year 1854
shall be run for at the races which are to take place this
year at Moscow."
THE TRIAL OF BACON.—The witnesses resident in Stam-
ford who are to g•ve evidence on the trial of Thomas Fuller
Bacon and his wife for the tnuttier of their children
received their subpoenas on Tuesday They are summoned
to the ses-i.ms of the Central Criminal Court, commencing
on the 11th instant, but it is intimated their attendance
will not be required till Wednesday, the 13th, and it is
probable the trial will not take place till the following day.
Mr Bodkin will be the leading counsel for the prosecution,
instructed by the solicitors to the Treasury ' • and Mr.
Metcalfe and Mr. Poland will be counsel for Bacon,
instructed by Mr. Atter, of Stamford. It is thought that
leg al aid will be assigned to Mrs. Bacon by the Sheriffs.—
Stamford Mercury.
An English gentleman recently incurred a fine of 600 f
and the seizure of his cigars for attempting to pass
eighty- cigars without declaring them at the gates of
Turin, and the authorities were with some difficu ty in-
duced to reduce the fine to 50f., on satisfactory proof being
given that the gentleman had no fraudulent intention, and
that he was in complete ignorance of the laws of Sardi, in
on this head. It should be mentioned, also, that all tra-
velers are liable to hays their baggage searched on enter-
ing Turin, and the presence t cigars and tobacco therein
which have not paid duty will bring the proprietor within
the action of the law, aithough he may himself have pur-
chas d the articles within the Sardinian Stales, the only
secnity against which is to buy always at the registered
.hrps for the sale of such government monopolies, and not
from waiters or other v nders of smuggled goods.
A LEOPARD AT LARGE.—On the morning of the 23rd
ult., ono of the leopards escaped from Wombwell's mena-
g.rie, Lincoln. It appears that the keeper entered the
den for the purpose of cleansing it, and negb-cted to fasten
the door or the cage. The animal pushed against the door
and opened it, and witAing out, and #in ing one of the
side doors open, stalked into the bhowyard, and there
passed a little boy and girl, whom he did not attempt to
molest ; but a little dog ru-hi' g forward and barking at
him, he snapped up, the noisy little belligerent and walked
into one of the drinking booths The dealer in drams,
finding what sort of a customer had intruded himself,
quickly became scarce," glad, as he afterwards said, to
leave the gentleman o help himself, cost free. One of the
keepers soon appeared in pursuit, and seizing the straying
brute by the nose with a pair of pineers, thus led him back
to the den.

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NOIZTHERN TImEsa_LivE;POOLI MON

LIVERPOOL V*'()()L. SAL

On Saturday, the quarterly wool salt`,4 ;I.n:e resumed. A
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large qua oil of wool was offered, and t. ted~The fol-
conipetition was keen and the bidding spit_
lowing is a list of the sales effected : tt the whole, the
T. AND H. LITTLEDALE AND CO.'S
-lb
Lot. Bales. Per lb Lot. Bales. Per lb.` Lot. Ba'es. Pe.
1 Id 102 135 1 111 d 258 4 644,
2 7 11A 1 6 9 10 269 5 6d
3 4 81 137 10 91 270 4 101 d
4 2 8f 138 9 94 271 7 81d
5 bl 8/ 139 4 8/ 272 3 71d
6 1 5 140 2 8r 273 3 9141
7 5 71 141 11 in 274 5 914 d
8 bl 7t 142. 6 l& 275 4 90
9 2 6/ 143 4 120 276 2 74d
10 1 81 144 13 12d 277 al 41d
11 8 8 145 2 91- 278 11 314
12 8 8d 146 9 4 279 10 sld
13 1 7d 147 6 841 280 10 32d
14 6 6 148 8 7/d 281 9 3d
15 2 6 149 1 44 282 9 3/d
16 2 91d 150 5 9 283 al 31d
17 1 81 151 6 8,: 284 1- 311
18 t 3 7d 152 1 61 283 8 72d
19 12- 71 153 3 7t, 286 9 5141
20 13 7/ , 154 1 7 287 2 51d
21 a 3 5.155 7 13 288 8 51d
22 8 51d 156 1 12 289 a 3
23 a 2 157 al 91 290• 10 51d
24 3 61 153 2 111:291 'lO 51d
25 5 st 159 al 9 292 2 51d
26 2 51 160 6 10 293 al 5d
27 1 2 161 4 81. 294 1 6d
23 1 10- 162 12 fit 295 2 nil
4 •

4,1

,3 4
8 6
8 544-
7 51
6 4.1
64 41
1 P 7

7 11
7 11
2 181,
6 14111
10 -14 d
9 13d
1 9d
1 8d
1 12d
2, 100
1 —l2O
1 111 d
: 1
2 44d
4 9id
2 8;d
8 81d
7 7d
5 71d
10 7d
11 6a
11 6d
3 sfd

a all fan ts. b twosor s. o pickings.

THE QUEEN.—On Friday her Majesty received vibits
from the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Cambridge,
and two other of her female relatives.

According to the Universal German Gazette, measurrs
are to he Luken in Saxony similar to those adopted in
Prussia, for preventing the circulation of foreign bank

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COCK FIGHTING.—At the Blarney Petty Sessions; on
Tuesday, before Nicholas Dunmcombe and Francis R.
Leahy, Es4re., William Green, William Butler, and
Cornelius Hogan, were indicted for being present and
aiding at a cock fight in the fair field on the 23d of Fe-
bruary last. The case was heard at the time, but Mr. C.
P. Wallis, who appeared for the defendants, contending
that the act which made the offence punishable did not
extend to Ireland, it was postponed for the purpose of
communicating with the authorities in Dublin on the
subject. Op Teesday the reply was read. It stated that
the law adviser who had been consulted was of opinion
that the act did extend to Ireland. Constables Spar& g
and Conway, of the Leemount Station, having deposed to
the participation of the defendants in the offence, their
worships sentenced them to be fined £1 each, or to be im-
prisoned and kept to hard labour for a month.— Cork
Constitution.
THIE GLUED DUKE CONSTANTIN/I.—A letter from
Marseilles gives some particulars concerning the Grand
Duke Cons, a.tine's proceedings in that city, It says :
" On Tuesday, molniug the prince, accompanied by the
autbori ies and by his suite, went to the new port, where
they embarked on board the Hermits steamer, and took an
excursion in the roadstead. After having proceeded as far
as opposite the Prado, the steamer turned round and
steered towards the new port. 'When the steamer was
passing between the Isles, a signal was given, and the
large mine of the Frioul was made to explode. The
detonation was exceedingly loud, and a column of smoke
was thrown up, which for several minutes completely
enveloped the part of the Ile de Ratonneau situate below
the to, t. rh's difficalc operation was attended withperfect
success, and it is calculated that the part of the hill
reached was not less than 150,000 cubic metres. An
immense number of persons had embarked in steamers
and boats to witnees the operation. The Grand Duke
afterwards proceeded to the port of TA Joliette, and after
having visited the new docks, returned to the Hotel
d'Orient. A. little after three o'elovk, his Imperial
Highness went. to Mempenti, to the exteusive foundry
at that place. He was received by the director and other
4 members of the company, and visited in detail the different
parts of the establishment. In the evening the Prince and
his suite visited the theatre."

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