Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-02-14 00:00:00

LOAN§.

Advan ed for xYIII rit)Nvards, for one,. tivO, 'Owe, or four'
years, on Personal. or.. Reta Security, ;at Five per Cent.
Interest,-ranted without delay. -

IN STIItt.;iCES.

FIRE AND POLICE'S, ..ANNUITIER 14VE13.61rONS, &c.
E r.vricrn‘sN TII R. "R(IYAT." AND " CONSOLIDATED 'NEU-
Coraismilts;.
.

•
Al ORTG.AGES.
Various s 1.1111 F.. of Money ready to be advanced by fermanent
and Terminating Building Soeicties, and privAtely,:on eligible
Property. ' . .
PROPERTY FOR RACE AND TO LET.
- RENTS COLLECTED.
For parlioutan apply as above.

IMPORTANT ,NOTICE,
LENPIELD PATENT STARCH.-7—This is the
kjr only Starch need in 'ller Majesty'a Laundry. As some
imprincipled pariles are now making and offering for-tale an
Imitatioh of the ,GLENPIELD STARCH, we' hereby caution
al our Customers.. to be careful, when pureliasing,.td see that
be word GLENruar n is on each packet, to copy which is felony
Wotherspeon ,and Co., cirlaiwow and,Liandon.

9 qo 'JIOLDFASY4 PYRE
p.iG
,SAFT,§ (nos-conducting,,v?.pourising„and corn-
' peneating-, dciuble, treble; and quadruple 'chambered, ) with all
the improvements under ,their Quadsuple Patents of 1840-
51-54., • and 1855, incliidirig their GunpOicder Proof, Drill .
Proof., Ilaril Steel .Piate, covered unpickablei Solid- Locke and
Lock C
asesand Doors; Without which no safe is secure.
aurr-cre9wer,er, BUIST,-AND CliZAPrit f:APEGIUAItDS•AOAINAT,. "
NIAIBEILY.AND
Upwards of 50,000 bit Minters'' Holdfasts keep the Cash,
Books, Deeds and Plate of Liverpool, Manchester,Wait.
gabs,' Ditfast, Leeds, Bradford, -Bro. • . .
MILNER:3' FJULNIX, ,§AFE woF.H.B, LivIAPOoL,*
The mosi extensive • arid' complete in the world, employing
more .bausls, .(assisted by-powerful, erigiltal, , and elaborate
machinery,- and severity-horse Ateain-power,) producing more
Safes than all the other Safe-makers together; and now cap-
able of ghetto-Zing one thbeissidid Workmen under their wings.
Milners' Loudon Depot, 48A, Moorgate,street, City. '
Circulars tree by post.

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-• RUPTURE:R.—BY ROYAL- LETTERS PATENT.
WBITE'S , LEVER TRITSS, is
rllowed by-npwardWbf 200 Mediail Gentlensen to be the,
most effective inTentionin the,eurtaivo treatment of HERNIA.
The Use of a steel spring, so hurtful in its effects, is here
avoided.; *soft bandagebeiiagworn ;round the ,bOdy; while the
requisite ,resisting` poWer is supplied by the MOC-MAIN
PAD and, PATENT- LENTIL. fitting • kith. scr Mirk' ease and •
closeness !Olaf it cannot in detected, and mn7 be worn during,
,SiceP, A liets9iPtive,eironlai may be had; and the Trost (which
cannot fail to if.t) forwardgd by post, on the circumference of
the body, two.i.nehes`below the-,hips, being sent to the Mann.*
facturer,
MR. JOHN WHITE; 228.. 'PICCADILLY, LONDON.
Price of a Single Trttss, 265. 6d a and 31s. Gd.
PQ SI4IW IS.
Price of a Pout* Zruss,Als.. 6c1..,, 425., and 6d. .
• - - • -• 'Postage Is. Bd.
Price of an UmbilicalTrusii, 425., and 325. 6d.. Postage Is. 10d.
• Post-office orders to be made papAble•to JOHN WHITE,
Post-office Piccadilly,
gtLASTIC STOCKINGS; KNEE,CAPS, &c:— •
. The. material of which- these ore made is recommended
y e Faculty as being peculiarly elastic and compressible, ,
and the best Myantion for givinvetticient and permanent sup-
port in alleases of weakness, and swellings of the LEGS,
VARICOSE-kW:l4i &c.,- It .is_ porous, light in
texture, and incapenslie, and is draWn on like an ordinary
;stocking. Prier, from 7s. 6d.:to 16s. each. Postage Gd. • -
4:014N WII4YE, MA,NusAert,-.tr,n, 228, PICCADILLY,
LONDON.

-LATEST,.FitOM AN ERICA

. %ARRIVAI, OF THE AFRICA,

oThe British and North American Royal Mail 'Steam-
ship Company's steamer, Africa, Captain Neil Shannon,
'arrived at -1. iverpool this afternoon from New York,
froin-whiek port she. sailed on thelliititttant. The
Africa brings 32 passengers, and $3°6,309 in specie.
The most interesting news she brings it from Wash-
,ington. The Speakership was still undecided; but
they had, at length, "got to within one voted?. the re-:
-quisite number fora successful- issue. in the House,`
on the 31st, Mr. Smith, of North Carolina, Withdrew
his name, and Mr. M'Clernand, of Illinois, was' held up
in his place .for the votes of that side of the House.
Mr: Pennington continued to be the strong candidate of
the Republican side, and Winter Davis, of Afaryland,
stood boldly and manfully forth and voted for him. This
caused consternation in the opposition ranks. The vote
was.as follows :—Whole number 3, 23 . Necessary, for
a choice, "117. Pennitigton, 116 ; Mr. M'Cler-
nand, 91 ; Mr. Gilnier, 6 ; Mr, 3.l*QlAeen; 6 ; Mr. Mill-
son, 6
; Scattering, divided among as many gentle-
men. With a Republican Speaker thus clearly in sight,
the Southern and Northern Democratic disorganizers, of
course, endeavoured to stop further voting, in which
they succeeded; under a promise of taking a vote next
-day.
The most noticeable feature of the ballot was the
going over. of Henry Winter Davis, a Southern Opposi-.
tionist from Maryland, to the republican candidate,
without a word of explanation. The entire session was
consumed 'in taking one ballot, and the House ad-
jOurti6d-with the understanding that the struggle should
be resumed to-day without debate. The republicans
„
are sanguine of success. •
In the Senate on the'sinie diiY, Mr. Hunter delivered
an interesting speech upon Mr. Douglas' resolutions
respecting the surPresthng of inter=state 'invasions and
conspiracies. A bill to carried out the fifteenth article
of the treaty with Mexico was introduced and referred.
. A considerable amount of business was transacted
in the Legislature on the 31st. Most of it, however,
was of a local character. In the Senate a bill was
introduced to amend the Cominon School law of this
'city.
The trade df the country continues highly prosperous,
though it is feared it may, as so often has been the case
before, be overdone. It is stated, for instance, that
"after a year 'of the most excessive importation of dry
goods which has ever been witnessed in this country, ,
and in. the face of a bitter sectional conflict that thrat-
tens to rend half of the commercial ties of the Union,
tire importers in this branch of trade are pushing
it *to a higher point than has ever been reached before." ,
The New , York herald of the Ist inst., says, with
Reference to the settlement of American claims ;on Para-
guay; Pretident Lopez has gained a march on our
government, and shOwn his readiness to comply with all
the stipulations of the recent treaty and convention for
the Settlement of American claims, before we are ready •
mom. side. _

Considerable efseitement is arising on the subject of
the approaching election of President. "It must' hhve
become .apparent by this time," says the 'New Fork
Herald, " to the most superficial observers,of the politi-
cal horizon, that there never has been amore critical
period in the history df the United States than the Pre-
sent.' Every intelligent citizen knows that the exist-
ence of the Union, m its integrity, will depend upon
the issue of the next Presidential ,eleetion in Novem-
'bet. If William H. Seward, .Or. any other stan-
dard-bearer of ' sectional discord, is elevated to the
Chief Maoistracy,- it is logically and morally certain
that.the ands which unite the States together will be i
rent asander with bloody violence, and -. 1 that an "irre
pressible colitlict "—a 'war of extermination- will ensue
between the North and the South, Destruction of:
commerce; annihilation of the internal and external
sources from which prosperity (Rows to our mer-:
chants, manufacturers, farmers, and capitalists ;!
the inauguration 'of a long period of " fire,
rape, and slaughters," would !have for their inevi-
table resdlt to reduce this now 'happy republic to the
lowest depths of degradation, rharbansin, and misery.
The massesnf•the people, in all sections of the North
as well as South, are therefore awakened to the impor-
tance of considering, practically, what ought to be done
immediately, without any delay in view of • the great,
vital, asid all-important interests ,that are at stake.
This, oftourse, is a.party view, the view taken by a
partisan of the present Government, and with the view
to the promotion of Southerninterests. Still it is pro-
bable there is only tee irtuell truth in it. - .

MONTARY AND COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS.
NEW YORK, Jan. 31,18 p.m.

The market for foreign exthange is dull and slightly
lower to-day., ' There has been a slight reduction from
yesterday on sterling, and sales have been made to a
'fair amount at 8, 60 days, end 94 forbilLs on demand,
but yet the demand from the regular buyers will not
come in at these rates. Francs have also been dull at
5 .181-, and prime bills have been, sold at 5 211 nett.
Closing rates for the Cunard steamer: On London.'6o
days Bankers' Bills, 1081 to 109; Commercial Bills,
.1034 to 1081 ; Southern or Canada Bank Bills, 108 - to
109:' Money continues easy at. 6 and 7 per cent. for Call
Loans,-and 7 per cent. for &Seounts. The,itock market
is buoyant. United States s's, 1874, ,sold at 1001;
Missouri 6's sold to the extent of $107,000, at
80.1 ; "California 7's, 831 • 'Brooklyn City Water
Loan, '991-4; . Erie . Railroad Convertible Bonds, 271 ;
Hudeen River, 801; Illinois Central Railroad. Bends,
884 ; Leleveland and.• Toledo Sinking Fund, 55 ;
Continental. Bank, 97-a ; Cumberland Coal, 151;
Delaware and Hudson, 34 ;,. • Pacific Mail, 774.
New`York `York Central opened.'very firm at 744, closing
however at a decline of per cent.,-with sales•Of 5,000
'iharefi; beading, 38,-1 ; Michigan Central, 38; Pantima,''
'l3l, an' advance of 1 per cent. ; Galena and ,Chicago,
594-I,Chicage and Rock Island, 631. The market.
eases nS' a little at the close; but there is evidently a
strong vupward' turn ; ,ho* long it will last it cl.aite
7anothenquestion. •At •the Second-Board there was quite
..an active movement and .better prices obtained. The
market ifiosed,with mere firmness We quote, as,com-
pared with yesterday, an advance.in Virginia Sixes, 1 ;
'Missouri, ; ,Reading,, a; Panama, I; Galena, 11;
Pacific
Asuns.--The market was quiet, and sales confined to
small hits :potS and pearls, at cle: for pots, and at sfic.
for 'pearls. - •
BaeAnsruPys:---Flour : The market was heavy, and
sales limited, while prices in general were without
change. 'The transactions eml-aced about 4;000 brls.,
closing within the range of the following quotations
Superfine State $4.90 to 5 00
Extra State 5 15 .. 5 20
Superfine ;We, tern 4 90 5 00
• Common to choice Western extra
Extra Geocsse
Mixed to straight SOuthern
• Straight to good extra ditto 5 75 ... 5 85
Choice extra family and bakers' brands 7 00 7 GO
Rye flour • 3 GO, 445
Corn meal
---Canadian Flour was heavy and sales light. .The tran-
sactions embraced about 250 -has., at $5 3fi to $6 7.5.
Southern brands were 'also heaVy and easier. The chief
demand: was for export:;to, tropical .ports. The! sates
• embraced 700 to:4300 brls., closing ,within' the range •of
the above quotations.. Rye Flour was steady, with sales,
of, 30Q. 1n.'5.... Cora Meal was steady for Jersey and
Brandy-wine within. the range itaotations..'.Wheat
was quiet and prices unsettled; while quotations, in the
Absence of sales, were nominal. .Corn was unchanged,
while the demand VAS fair, with sales of 14,000 bushels,
including Jersey and Southern at 78 to 89c.,. and white
Southern•do... at 78 to 80c.
Corron.—The sties embraced about 1,000 bales,
dosing quiet, within the range4of •the following quota-
tions :

NSW TQfRIE CLASSIFICATION.
Upland. Florida. Mobile, N. 0.4 Texas
Ordinary
Middling ll 11R 11 14
Middling fair 12 121 12 ' • , 33
Fair 12 12a . 13 13..

MoLAssts was quiet, and sales limited, without
change inpriceS. • The stock Feb. Ist was : Cuba mus-
covado, 834 }Aids); 'clayed, 1.161 hbds.; Porto Rico,
165 hbds, '•• all kinds, 5,784 brls. Total stock, 2,160
hhds., and 5,784 ,brls.
NAVAL SronEs.—Sales of 400 brls. spirits turpen-
tine were engaged at. 44c. to 65e. Rosin and crude
turpentine ware quiet and nominal. • •
Orm,—Linseed was selling moderately at 57c. to 58c.
Crude whale and sperm were in fair demand at full
prices.
PROVISIONS.--:-Pork The market was firm, but the
speculative demand was lessuctive. The sales embraced
500 to 600 brls., including old mess, at $l7 25 to
$l7 31, and new ditto at $lB to $lB ; new prime at
$l3 75 to $l3 874, and old do. at $l2 50, awl city prime
mess at $l6 25. Beef continued firm and in fair re-
quest, with sales of 700 to 800 brls., including country
mess, at Vi to $3 25 repacked, at $9 to $662k, arid

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- N()RTIIDAN DAILY TIMES.