Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-04-11 00:00:00

small. Cochineal still goes steadily into consump-
tion. Safflower is firm, from the limited quantity
offering. Other Dyes attract little notice. Gambier
has advanced to 16s 9d per cwt. The enhanced
price of foreign Tin has been fully maintained, but
the Metal Market otherwise is dull, and Scotch Pig-
iron has receded in value. Except that the fine
weather has checked the demand for Rape, no altera-
tion has occurred in the Oil trade. Tallow is generally
well held ; and although the weather has been
against consumption, prices have scarcely receded
more than 3d per cwt.
SECOND

D

TION.

ORTHERN TIMES OFFICE, MONDAY,

SPECIAL MISSION OF THE
SARDINIAN AMBASSADOR
TO LONDON.
The Daily .21rews has received the following tele-
gram from Turin :--
" TURIN, Sunday, 4.20 a.m.—Cavaliere Massimo
D'Azeglio is to be sent to London on a special mis-
sion. He leaves Turin in a couple of days."

INDIA AND CHINA.
The despatches received by the Daily News are
from Calcutta to March 9th.

HONG KONG, Feb. 27.—The Government at
Calcutta has increased the import and export duties.
The Calcutta import markets continue depressed.
The fives 12 per cent., and the fours 23 per cent.
discount, Exchange 2s 113 d. Freights were dull.
At Hong Kong business was dull. Exchange
4s 7d. The advices from Shanghai are to Feb. 19.
The Import Market was quiet. Silk had advanced
10 taels to 15 taels for Tsaklees, and 5 taels for
Taysaams. Exchange, Gs 2d for bank bills. Tlle
supplies of tea very short, and prices higher at all the
ports. There was a decrease in exports to Great
Britain of 4,528,000 pounds.
There was no political news of interest from China.

Lord Elgin did not accompany the late expedition
up the Canton river, but started 13y the Furious to
Hainan.

GREAT APPREHENSIONS OF
WAR.

The Times says the preservation of the peace of Europe
appears, to the closest observer, to become from day to day
more desperate, and all probability favours the belief that
the struggle is even now upon the eve of its commencement.

The Advertiser publishes a despatch from Berlin, which
states it is asserted in competent military circles, that by the
Ist June, Louis Napoleon will have 600,000 men ready to
march, of which 150,000 are to be used in Italy ; the
remainder for other eventualities. The tone of the Berlin
press is expressive of apprehensions of a general European
war.

The Paris correspondent of the Herald says that war is
now considered inevitable, and it is expected - within a fort-
night at latest hostilities will have begun.
The Post, in a Paris despatch of last night (Sunday),
states that Sir James Hudson, British ambsssador at Turin,
had just left Paris for London. The Post has a despstch
announcing that the Austrian troops continued to advance
towards Piedmont, and were taking-up formidable positions.
The 7th Army Corps has transferred its head-quarters from
Verona to Bergamo. Thhe 3rd corps which had
arrived only a few days from Vienna and established
its head-quarters at Breccia, hes changed them
from there to Lodi. The sth corps still has its head
quarters at Milan, but has commenced its march towards
the banks of Lago Maggiore. The Bth corps, which was
at Padua, is to be replaced by the 9th eorps, now expected
from Olmutz.

The City Article in the Times conjectures, from the
movements that were taking place, that something has
transpired to reveal, a few days before the time, the plans
of the Emperor Napoleon.

THE GENERAL ELECTION.
Mr. Lowe has withdrawn from Kidderminster, Mr.
Huddleston.being the more popular,
,candidate..
Lord Ashley has appeared as a candidate at Cricklade.
Mr. Caird's retirement from Dartmouth is reported.
Sir Lytton Bulwer, Sir G. Grey, and General Peel, are
again offering themselves to their old constituencies.
The Hon. George Fitzwilliam has withdrawn from Peter-
borough.

Mr Ileathcote has withdrawn from Tiverton, where the
second son of Lord Dennian has offered himself.
Mr. Thornley retires from Wolverhampton
probably be succeeded by Sir Richard Bethel'

and will

THE QUESTION OF THE DISSOLUTION

The Star says Lord Palmerston and his friends will make
an effort to get the dissolution put aside.
Ths Post repeats its statement that ministers intend to
postpone the writs for a new Parliament, it may be for a
fortnight after prorogation.