The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-01-31 00:00:00

Bell. This is in addition to the sums previously
engaged. The aggregate shipments by the Heather
Bell will probably be heavy.
The advices received by the Overland Mail
from the Mauritius extend to the 27th December,
or only 33 days ago. The accounts from the same
quarter have previously averaged about 41 days in
reaching this country. A vessel had arrived at the
Mauritius with dates from Melbourne to the 15th
of November, or about 10 days later than those
received via Ceylon.
The Crystal Palace Company have issued a cir-
cular to their shareholders, stating the result of the
examination conducted by Messrs. Quilter, Ball
and Co. into the frauds of Robson, their late
transfer clerk. It appears that they amount to
10,9961 in respect of preference shares, 16,8901 in
respect of ordinary shares (taking the shares at
their par value), and 915/ in respect of receipts for
season tickets. It is also notified that arrange
ments have been made for converting the shares of
the company into stock, which will be submitted
to the next general meeting.
In the present state of affairs in China, the sub•
joined statement respecting the tea trade will .be
read with interest, which have been furnished by
a well informed and intelligent correspondent :
The Average Price and Stock of Tea in England during the

last Ten Years.
Average Price. Stoc'e in
d. Million Pounds
9 per lb. 52
8 lf 45
8 ~ 42
10 „

Years.
1817
1818
1849

1850 34
1851 ... ... 47
1852 ... n ... 52
1853 ... 12 54
n ...
Duty reduced to April, 1853, from 2.2 k per lb. to is 10d.
1854 ... 11 per lb. ... 65
A further reduction of duty in April, 1854, to is 6d.
1855 9 per lb. 70
... ...
An addition of 3d per pound in the duty took place this
year, raising the duty to is 9d.
1856 ... 9l per lb. 85
___...

The average price for the last ten years has been for
common Congou 10 per pound. The average stock for tie
same period, 54,000,000 pounds. I have left out the frac-
tional parts of the million in each case. The present stock
is 85,000,000, or 50 percent. over the average of ten years,
with the Challanger, bringing over 200,000 lbs. of tea ;
and Anglo-Saxon, 500,000 lbs., lately, into London. The
Tantou, Rallingwore, and Aden, three tea ships, are now
overdue for Liverpool. The average price is now 40 to .50
per cent, higher than that of the ten years past, with an
average stock of 50 per cent. greater than usual.
The committee appointed at the last half yearly
meeting of the Great Western Railway Company
have issued an advertisement to the proprietors,
in which they state that they intend to propose,
at the meeting on the 13th February, the following
resolution

That the reports of the committee of shareholders
appointed at the half-yearly meeting held at Bristol on
the 15th August, 1856, and of the directors in reply, dated
the 13th January, be taken into consideration previously
to the adoption of the report.

They will also propose a second resolution, to the
effect that Messrs. Baker and Potter be re-elected
members of the board.

The following meetings are newly announced,
viz. :—Northern Counties Union Railway Company,
for the 13th of February; British Rock and Patent
Salt Company, for the 12th of February; London
Necropolis and National Mausoleum Company, for
the 14th of February.
The average stock of bullion held by the Bank
of England in both departments during the month
ending the 20th of December was 10,525,9861, being
an increase of 848,9161 as compared with the pre-
vious month, and a decrease of 622,7061 when com-
pared with the same period last year. The stock
of specie held by the Scotch and Irish banks dur-
ing the month ending the 20th of December was
4,451,8721, being an increase of 74,4031 as com-
pared with the previous return, and an increase of
211,8821 when compared with the corresponding
period last year.

COURSE OF
Amsterdam
Ditto, three months .. 11 17i
Rotterdam ll 17e)
Antwerp
Brussels

EXCHANGE.
Gibraltar
Leghorn
,Genoa 25 75
Venice ....

s.ples
Palermo
Messina
Lisbon ........... ...... 51i
. .
I )porto ...... .......... 512
- i Rio Jr.neiro .. ..
Frankfort-on-Maine .... 119 3tienos Ayres.... .....

Hamburg
Altnna _ _
Paris
Ditto, three months
Marseilles .. .... 25 65
Bordeaux

Berlin ..
Vienna

... 10 31

New York, 69 days' sight
Philadelphia

Trieste
Petersburg . . 373. Foreign Gold, in Bars ..e.3 17- 9
Mad rid
Cadiz
o 5 la

Barcelona ..
Seville

New Dollars ...... 0 0 0
Silver, In 8ar5........ 0 5 2i