Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-02-05 00:00:00

without changt in value.

supported jaiE

of 2d to 3d p
110

in Corn was 1(1 t

ivy- 2d to 3d d
Juld
and 2d better. The (
ices Brothers, in alluding to the introduction of the
led. cental, say

The introduction of the cental, on Tuesday, as the sole
denomination for the sale of all descriptions of breadstuffs,
was, as was foreseen, attended with some temporary in-
convenience, but ere the market had closed, buyers and
sellers had satisfied themselves of it utility, and business
flowed smoothly through its new channel. In Manches-
ter, yesterday, it was cheerfully acceded to by the York-

approval of the who
neonsid

itt, With

exception

laracte

have taken a fair quantity, the shipments having been to
the thief ports; the following—to New Orleans, 7,907
efil'annah, 2,932 tons; Baltimore, 2,334 tons;
2,086 tons ; New York. 1.538 tons : Philadel-

tons ;
Mobile,

phia,. 1,438 tons; Charleston, 1,241 tons ; other ports,
1,757 tons, showing an increase of exports, with last
January, 1858. The Calcutta trade has been suspended
for the present, owing to freights been too high for
shippers. The African and Australian trades keep
moderate, the former rather on the, increase, and the
latter on the decrease. The. North of Europe ports being
all closed ; the coasting trade is the last to notice, the
total being, to ports in the United Kingdom, 5,006 tons,
being a small decrease from last year.

'dere was a special meeting to-day of the British
Telegraph Company to confirm , the resolution
passed on the 31st December, 1858, for the trans-
fer of all the property and privileges of the above
to the British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Com-
pany, in consideration of a delivery of class B and
C shares in the latter for distribution amongst the
shareholders of the British Telegraph Company.

The resolutio
adjourned.

!fit the hal

ie meeting

rly meeting of the Electric

International Telegraph Company,
a dividend at the rate of 6

.eld to-day,

Der cent. per annum

was proposed out of the net balance of revenue
for the half-year, viz.., £24,647, and the report was

adopted

With referent

securiti

follows

to the market for American
D. Bell, Son, and Co., rc

The market for American securities during the p
week has not been particularly activ

are generally firm, and in
our quotations) have improve(
A general impression that the 'Queen's Speech would
contain some definite statement- to diminish the' prospect
of a war, caused English Funds to open at a recovery of
1: but the publication of the document was followed

seen by

neral dis

►tless expected that the English Ministiy, instead of
3rving complete silence on the present prospects of
►pe, would have been able to announce that they had
ht and obtained from the Emperor of the French a
surance of his desire to maintain peace.—Times
7' Thursday Erening.

Arti

Idvam
Queen's Speech, b
heaviness prevaile
prices from Paris,
than on Wednes
The Discount Ma

ed' 1-16 per cent. noon
it soon relapsed. I
d, owing partly to the. arrival of low
and finally left off 1 per cent. lon

lay, with an unfavourable anben
Aet.. was easy, and

;lass Sills

in Australian go
pared with the cli
a to t per cent
a demand for Me 3
upon the annonn

Id was

quotations of W,

Ineiday

t. took place. On the- Paris
mean Bonds sprung up in the afternoon
Icement, in the Qua
are to be resorted te.--Dttily News

Sneed]

summary measut
Tht

City A

A.ccount, pur

d Bth Victoria
Tina Wednesday, Feb.

cant to the Act 7th

.e 'week en

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