Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-02-24 00:00:00

ired from him. which

Lebts and interest

following is a copy of the letter sent with the Money.;
East Brighton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Dec.
14, 1858. Messrs. Collinson and Thomp3on. Gentlemen
—As agents to my Halifax estate, I hereby forward you
a draw.Tht for £276, for discharging all claims against
the said estate, with 10 per cent. thereon. Your imme-
diate attention to this will oblige, yours, JOSEPH
OSTLER."—Leeds Mercury.
THE ENIPRESS EUGENIE'S FIVOUGIT

curious fact is reported of one of these reunions, which
took place on Sunday night. The youngest gentleman
standing up in one of the quadrilles was the Due de Saint

Simon, wlio, by'the way, -managed to tread. upon one of
the leather machines which encase the toes of M. Duni!'

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MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.
LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Evening.
The demand for Cotton to-day has been rather
more brisk, and a large business has been done,
the sales reaching 8,000 bales, of which 2,500
have been taken on speculation and export.
Prices remain without change.
The Liverpool Share Market has again been
dull, and with small transactions prices have had
a lowering tendency. The actual transactions
were as follows :-Lancashire and Yorkshire, 951,
951 ; Lancaster and Preston, 38 p ; Ditto One-
fourth shares, 22 ; Ditto New One-fourth shares,
B, 8 p ; London and North Western, 951, ; Man-
chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 371 • Midland,
1011, 1011 ; North British, 581 ; gouth East-
ern, 221 ; Dutch Rhenish, 4 13-16, 41, 4 11-16,
There was more business done after official
hours, and
.quotations were higher, the market
finally closing at the following prices :-Black-
burn, 111, 111 ; Chester and Birkenhead,
63, 64 ; Caledonian, 841, 841 ; Chester
and Holyhead, 48, 481 ; Eastern Counties,
12, 121 ; East Lancashire, 94/, 95/ ; Do.
£9 shares, 1, 1 p ; Great Northern, 1041, 105 ;
Do. A, 88, 89 ; Great Western, 561, 561 ;
Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 951, 951; Do.
£9 shares, 1,1 p ; London and North Western
Stock, 951, 953; Do. one-eighth shares, 7-, 13-16 d;
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 371, 371;
Midland Stock, 1011, 1011 ; North British, 581,
591 ; North Western, 131, 131 ; North Staf-
fordshire, 5 xd, 41 d ; North Eastern-Berwick,
931, 931 ; York and North Midland,
.78, 781;
Leeds Capital Stock, 48, 481 ; South Eastern
and Dover, 22 1-16, 221 ; Dutch Rhenish, 4/,
4,1 d ; Great Western of Canada, 16, 16/ ;
Ditto New Shares, 41, 4y d ; Great Luxembourg,
63, 61 ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 7=l, 7 7-16.

The Paris accounts to-day have been better, and
on the Bourse a much better feeling prevailed, and
the quotations for Rentes were higher, closing
firm at 68.5 for Money, and 68.20 for the
Account.
The tone prevailing in the London Stock Ex-
change to-day, was much more cheerful than
for some days past. The improvement was
chiefly ascribed to the announcement that Lord
Cowley was deputed to proceed to Vienna on a
special mission. Consols opened steady, and
improved during the day. The quota-
tions at noon were 954, 951 ; and at
the close 95, 951, at which they continued
after official hours. The following were the closing
prices for other securities : Three per Cents, 95g
to 96 ; Bank Stock, 228 to 230 ; Exchequer Bills,
large and small, 35 to 38 pm.
The London Market for Railway Shares was
favourably effected by the improvement in Consols,
and with rather larger transactions prices had a
tendency to advance. The following were the closing
quotations :-Ambergates, 64, 61 ; Caledonians,
841, 841 ; Ditto pref., 103, 105 ; Eastern
Counties, 60, 61; East Lancashire, 94, 96;
Edinburgh' and Glasgow, 701, 711 ; Great
Northern, 104, 105 • Do. A., 87, 89 ; Do. 8.,
137, 138; Great Westerns, 56, 561 ; Lanca-
shire and Yorkshire, 95, 951; Brighton, 109,
1094. London and North Western, 95, 951;
London and South Western, 92, 921 ; Man-
chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 37, 374 ;
Midland Stock, 101, 1011 ; North British, 581,
591 ; Do. 'pref., 112, 114 ; North Eastern-
Berwieks, 924, 931 ; Do. Leeds, 471, 481 •, Do.
Yorks, 78, 781; North Staffords, 5, 4:1 ; South
Eastern, 731; 731 ; Turkish, 901, 901; New,•lo2l,
103 ; Great Western of Canada, 16, 164 ; New,
41, 4 ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 7 7-16, 7 9-16.
The following Railway Traffic Returns have been
issued to-day : - London and North-Western.,
£60,110 ; increase £2,736. Lancashire and York-
shire, £23,280; increase, £2,817. Manchester and
Sheffield, £10,029; increase, £735.
The half-yearly meeting of the North Devon
Railway Company was held to-day, when a
dividend of 17s 6d per cent. on the ordinary stock
for the half year was declared, which would leave
a balance of £ll7 14s
,6d for the next account.
The nett revenue for the six' monthsliad increased
and was £2,555 Ils sd, from which the interest
of the preference stock would also be payable.
The report was adopted. .
At the meeting of the Southampton Dock Com-
pany to-day, the report, which recommended
dividend at the race of 31 per cent. per annum,
was adopted. The surplus to be cavied to the
next half year was £285. The nett revenue for
the half year was £6,996. There was a little dis-
• importance.
Transactions butit was not of
Transactions in the Discount Market continue
on a comparatively limited scale. In some direc-
tions there was rather more demand yesterday,
but it created no great influence upon quotations.
The average rate for advances by the bankers to
the brokers is 11 to 2 per cent., and their terms
range from 14 to 24 per cent. At the Bank the
applications were of the most moderate descrip-
tion, the inquiry in that channel having been
altogether unimportant.

The announcement was made yestesday that
the deputation from the Stock Exchange, re-
presenting a large amount of -Venezuelan debt,
have succeeded in inducing the Minister to
modify the term of his late proposal, and to
base the arrangement in the following manner :
Interest at the rate of 3 per cent. upon the
Active debt, and 3 per cent. upon all arrears, the
payment to be at the rate of 14 per cent. on the
Deferred. If this proposal shall be sanctioned,
the dividends to commence from the end of the
present year, 1859. The qualified agreement is
certainly less favourable than could be wished,
and very inadequate, considering the sacrifices the
bondholders have endured; still the state in which
the finances have been left through the pecula-
tions of Monagas has placed the new Government
in a doubtful position. It is, therefore, pre-
sumed that some allowance will be made for the
difficulty they have had to encounter, and for the
serious drawbacks that must be experienced before
they can restore things into a legitimate situation.
At the same time the Venezuelan authorities
must be made to appreciate the concession, and
rendered sensible of the great advantage they
will derive through the adjustment, especially as
it involves a question of several millions sterling,
though a portion of the debt is composed of
arrears.

About £13,000 was sent into the Bank yesterday
afternoon, and the greater portion of any fresh
arrivals it is thought will be retained in this
country. The demand for silver for the purposes
of exportation is likely to diminish since the receipt
of lower quotations from Calcutta, Hong Kong,
and Shanghae, and the price is rather heavy at
ss. I'4 d per ounce for bar silver.
The English Funds opened at a, further decline, but the
market closed with an appearance of comparative
buoyancy, at a recovery of a quarter per cent. It was
rumoured that some communication of a tranquilising
nature had been received from Paris, but the public, after
recent experience, will not be likely to place much
reliance upon it unless it be accompanied by an immediate
reduction of the threatening preparations daily reported
all parts of France.—Times City Article, Tuesday

Erening.

The Stock _Markets continue to fluctuate with the
varying rumours of the hour. Dealers are timid, as each

ar of a paci

fie tendency

has an immedia

;e, if only

momentary effect, and any project of permanent improve-
ment in the political horizon would probably cause public

The Ftinds, which ye3terday fell per cent., havredii;
day recovered per cent. In most of the other depart-
ments of the Stock Exchange, a partial rally likewise took

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE•

HIGH WATER.
Morn. Even. Height
.... 345 .... 14 7 .... 13 2
WIND
At LIVERPOOL,—N.W.—Moderate breeze.
„ HotrunAo,—N.W.—Gentle breeze.

THIS DAY

Chaseley

Conquest
Trenton

A.RRI

Maranham

Laguna

New Orleans

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Balbeo (ss) gam
Princeza Santel
Regulus
Pet ............

SAIED.
Invincible Brass L
Shamrock . .New Orlong
Africa Stettin Nuggett Borabal
Geo Washington ..Boston Challenge .... Monte Vide°
Merage long Kong Princess Royal ....Trieste
Celestial Union ..N York Nancy - Gibralt3r
North Briton (ss)..Portland

OFF THE PORT.
Busy (brigantine).
MARATIME EXTRACTS.
LIVERPOOL, 1, EB. 23
A fire broke out this morning in the cabin of
schooner Arrow, in the George's dock. It was
guished in about half an hour, having done much dam"-
to the cabin furniture.
The Arabian, for Melbourne, was left by the steer;
tug United States two miles off Tuskar, at 6.30 pin.) °
the 22nd inst. Wind, NNW, moderate.
s
SLIGO, Feb. 21: The Mary Eleanor, for Glae 4
(meal), got on shore last evening opposite Oyster Islal
and is full of water.
tiet
HAVRE, Feb. 19: Advices received from Gong t
state that two ships' nameboards have been picked uparea
Ushant, and brought to the former place : they ill
mos
2 metres 22 centimetres in length by 22 centimetres •
breadth, and bear the following inscriptions : Oa
..°lld
" William " is painted in white on a black ground; .r,k
on the other " Bothnia " is cut and gilded on a 131".'"
ground. They are covered with barnacles.
ST. ÜBES, Feb. 15 : The Margarita, Lowas tots
pez, fo,r
Cadiz for Harbour Grace (N,F.), (salt),
wrecked on this coast Feb. 2 ; crew saved.
BERMUDA' Jan. 19 : The American ship G. F. paten'
Mitchell, of Bath, 800 tons burthen, 67 days from Bri,ti
for New York, with 1,000 tons of railroad iron, arri
at the port of St. George on the 15th inst. in, distresg:
being under jurymasts, having lost bowsprit, foremast'
mainmast just below the top, and mizen top-gallantinas.',
with everything attached. This severe casualty oceurredlll
about lat. 42, lon. 60, while the ship was lying to dui
a heavy gale from the westward. The G. F. Patten le,,
Bristol Nov. 8, and had made favourable progress ea t°
Dec. 23, when she encountered the gale. Had been VI
to in the storm for 26 hours, when a heavy sea struc,.,
the ship on her port bow, carrying away instantaneoujj':
the spars and their gear, as above mentioned.
work of destruction by the sea was all done within Lr
space of a minute ; all the spars and rigging went
the side except the mainyard, which fell on deck, broken
into three pieces ; and shortly after this the troubles °p
board were augmented by the starting of the iron betw.e°o
,
decks. Owing to the high sea, and the ship labourint,
heavily, nothing could be saved from the wreck of
&c., which were all cut adrift ; and, after much lab
the iron in the upper hold was agai- -dp 0- Tile

..gain made secure.
ship kept perfectly tight. In the course of four or 'Ae
A,
days after the accident, amid almost constant
of snow and hail, something like juryan;
were got up ; but the heavily laden ship
very unmanageable. Endeavoured in this con'
dition to make for an American port; but fresh Me
having arisen, Captain Mitchell was compelled on rto
28th to bear up for Bermuda. Jan. 2 : Saw a slop„,
windward, and made signal of distress to her ; she a:if
proached within a mile and a half, and then made sig
without even answering her colours. Same day, sa
another ship, which came to the G. F. Patten's assistance'
it was the Cumberland, Merrill, of Portland ; was kin')
supplied with a coil of rope, a sail, and small storel;
together with offers of further aid. After parting with
the Cumberland, spoke the ship Marcia GreenleaLg
Merriman, and received kind offers of assistance there:
from ; but the relief from the Cumberland was sufficient.
Captain Mitchell expresses warm gratitude towards th
worthy commanders of these two ships.
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND (Sounrs) Jan. 18.—On the
14th, the schooner W. T. King, of Souris, Chevere, from
Halifax (goods), after being several days in the ice, being
near the shore here on Saturday last, was on Sunday
abandoned by the crew, after some of the cargo had
been landed. The Scottish Chief, M'lntyre, also from
Halifax (goods), was got on shore on Sunday last, DP!,.
Little Harbour; she bad been some ten days ju the le".
On the 18th, the brigantine Three Brothers, of Quebec'
appears to have been driven by the ice from some ",11,65.-
bour, as she is in a large field of solid ice, such as males
in harbours, and has a chain out at both bow and stern:
There was only about half a barrel of flour and the Saul!
of beef on board. Michael Campion and some four
five other men, went on board of her on Friday, and tooxi
some provisions with them, and I believe are on boar:
still, and expect to be able to save her. She had soln
four or five feet of water and ice in the hold. She w,
south
seen yesterday off the East Point, rather to the sol'
Side of it. The belief is, that if the wind blows from the
westward, she will be forced round Cape North, where
she will soon be clear of the ice. It is considered rather
a hazardous attempt.
CHRISTI iNSAND, Feb. 11.—The Elida, Thilker, fr°,lll
Aarhuus for Leith, has put in here leaking a little, 0.111
the pumps are choked, and it is feared the cargo (grallll
absorbs the water; she has therefore been ordered to OA.'"
charge. The Jonge Marie (s), Manning, from Landscrolai
for Amsterdam, which put into Mandal considerably
leaky
,Feb. 5, is discharging. The Nanna, Madsen, from
Horsens for Hull, which put into Mandal Feb. 5, leaky'
is discharging.
ANTWERP, Feb. 21.—The 8010, Scalia, which saile.a
for Genoa yesterday morning, 'put back into the basin Inthe afternoon, in colisequence of having been ashore.
CUXHAVEN, Feb. 19. Advices from the Duhnen stPe
that a vessel's deck, a mast, part of a long boat, a jollr
boat, a compass, and other wreckage, all without all
distinguishing mark, have been driven on shore here.

OUTP ORTS

GRAVESEND, Feb. 23 : Arrived : Nicodemus from Gotha'
berg ; Sophia, Halbeck ; Ingram, Seville; Friar Tuck'
Canton; Adona, Oporto ; Active, Prasloe; Elysees, Deme-
rara; Victor, Odessa; Alinuth, Emden. Sailed: Idrette for
Pernambuco ; John Barrow, Callao ; Adelane, Genoa;
Johan Herman, Kurrachee.
DEAL, Feb. 23 : Arrived : Alnwick Castle, from Cal-
cutta. Passed—Loda,from London for Cape of Good Sol ;
Guiseppina Francis, London for Cardiff; Raby Castle?
London for Calcutta ; Falcholette, London for Rouen ;
Mitchell, London for Malta ; Naviese, London for
Rouen; Bijou, London for Lisbon ; Ino Devasto, London
for Cardiff; Ahti' Shields for Constantinople ; Della
' (barque) Shields for Adelaide ; Partricia, Shields Or
Genoa ; Bullfinch, London for Launceston ; Marco Polo,
Shields for Venice ; Prince Albert, Shields for Barcelona,;
Agnes Garland, Mauritius for London ; Harrier (brigh
Pernambuco for London ; Broadwater, London 1,°,!
Hobart Town ; Stalie, Shields for Fiume ; Beaver, D''
Inas for London ; Aderate, London for Pernambuco'
Etheral, London for Cape of Good Hope Raven, London for
Cardiff; San Dionisio, London for Cardiff; Insulaneran'
Laguna for London ; Mahtoree, Cardiff for London'
Assyrian, Shanghai fOr Mondini ; Jane of Weymouth,
Weymouth for London. Sailed—Jupiter, Guidinid
Elphinstone, Mangerton, Ochertyn, Aquilst, Ellerslie, and
Mina, with nearly all the outward bound.
KINGSTOWN, Feb. 22 : Sailed : The A,
Flintshire Lass, London ; Sumatra, Rio Pongo.
QUEENSTOWN, Feb. 23 : Sailed : The E. Q., for Ile"
York"; Echo, for Hamburgh.
DUBLIN Feb. 23 : Arrived : The Faire
Jasen, Cardiff; n
Sylph (ss), from London,
BELFAST, Feb. 23 : Arrived, The
London.

for Lisbon

from Cara

Aurora (s s,

.). fr°Ul

WATERFORD, Feb. 23.—Arrived: The Emmeline, from
Cardiff; Lady Louisa, LlanellY , William 1101,11,:
Llanelly ; Emma, Bideford ; Malakoff (s) London
Sailed : The Camilla (s.s.), for Bristol ; James Hackett,
Thomas, Cork ; ,James Alexander, Cork ; Clipper,
Killarney (s), Glasgow ; Vesta (s), Liverpool!
• H.M.S. Cutter Eliza sailed at

Norway

N ewpor

G4BENOCK, Feb. 23 : Arrived, The. Coaster, from
Villa Nova ; Dickey Sam, Bahia ; Trelawney, Jamaica'
City of Dublin, Calcutta.

Diarnant, hence at Ostend, Feb. 20
Minho (ss), henco at Oporto. Feb. 15'

Jane F.