Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-05-31 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL.

ko.le upward movement in the Stock Markets to-day was
/54te decided than for a long time past. Its basis is still
otd;2Ale investments, which are stimulated by the extra-

L4ary easy
a.

princ9a

kt," clay was in Mt
11 e 5 in stances Ito 1 per cent. The English Funds
ti,eattained a fresh rise of no less than per cent. With
tps'allk rate still at 41 per cent., first-class bills up to two
til,,laa are taken at 3 per cent. The bullion operations at
ttiC
btank to-day consisted of a withdrawal of about £lO,OOO
Thar 'old.—Dailg News City Article, Monday Evening.
ha English Funds-have experienced a further remarka-
korn',lllProvement to-day. The general buoyancy in the
Pkt ,111 g was attributable chiefly to numerous additional
C4l.-

ailway

3, whi

1 rose in

es of moderate amounts by the public. There were
lj jePorts that there will be no disturbahce of the
at the opening of Parliament, and the tone of the
1401,filerital accounts was less discouraging. The Exchanges
firraness and a ise of 2 per cent. in,the Austrian
Se: 8) this mo'rning, atr Amsterdam, led to new surmises of

176 Peace arra4e7 ments being 'contemplated through
ii`44 agency —Times City Article, Monday Evening.
etaCORN MARKETS.—According to the Daily English .Yews city
wheat sold slowly on Monday at Mark-lane.
ty Cetion of 2s. to 4s. per quarter from the rates of Mon-
!, 23rdinst. The Times says the decline was from

)f government and contractors

tlepa;n°vi employed in the laboratory and military store
N gent of Woolwich Arsenal amounts to nearly 10,000
A ande boys. The number was again increased.
Z4tOtoner's inquest has been held at Shorncliffe Camp,
Itkie body of Lieutenant Thomas George Keogh, of the
41oh_,tillfNlilitia. Verdict returned, " That deceased destroyed
n a fit of temporary insanity."
14A, 1,0 Pllsiderable increase has taken place during the past

the number of seamen arriving in Portsmouth, who
Pcirt
volunteered for the royal service at the different
`4'or t 4 Above 80 have arrived from Liverpool, and
,Ti:Cis!rom Sunderland, Shields, and Hull.
'ger, Ew HOUSE OF COMMONS. —The Herald gives a
tiiity prepared list of the new House of Commons,
ik,44 lt divides as follows : Miuisterialists, 306 ;
irl! Liberals, 65 ; Palmerstonians, 107 ; Russellites,
at tl; 'qr. Bright's followers; 28. The Herald contends that,
Ala e very worst, ministers will command a majority of 20
Ttld' confidence motion.
IN Run SEA TELEORA.PII.—The cabel is at this time
tObly laid to Perim, about 1,260 miles from Suez, and
ty'eqrst section of the undertaking will be completed when
Itctil°o miles from Perim to Aden is laid. The second
Ve' Will be from Aden to Kurrachee, where the cable
t once be in communication with every part of India.
ETA 111 be proceeded with as soon as possible.
v:.kTLA.NTIC TELEGRAPH.—The Times states that the
4,`lllllent are ready to guarantee a dividend of 8 per cent.
141,04;1,11 ni for twenty-five years, provided the cable is in
4r-'4l, operation and capable f conveying 100 words an
44 'also that they will pay £20,000 per annum for
k Sao°,
Tl 4 p° • The company moreover are to eontinue to enjoy
00 of the original arrangement for a payment of
'dey ;° per annum from the United States Government.
iL,4ltetl to guard, by a policy of insurance, against
;tli j'ts or loss from the process of submerging the cable,
;etill)l4ls that the contract for its manufacture shall he ac-
:*i:llied by provisions for its efficient electrical working
400",°44iderable period. The new capital is to consist of
in £5 preference shares.

L.A.TEST TELEGRAMS.

NE WAR IN ITALY.

Tt SARDINIAN BULLETIN.
AysMay 30th.—The Piedmontese army has
'44 RlBthe Sesia in the face of the emeny who were
644:(1 at Palastro

.4)24,,7 a severe conflict, our troops, under the
91e4-`l4and of the King, took the village from the
IlYe, and made many prisoners.
T, details of the victory are still wanting.
e
Olit) Emperor has to-day vi :fed the soldiers
• ;e,d at the battle of Montebulio, who are now
aespital of Alessandria.
'otdi• distributed money among them and spoke
tilt, of consolation. •
tloa_ Majesty subsequently departed at
P.m., for Vercelli.