Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-04-19 00:00:00

nothing of the silver, gold_flnd of

and Central Amc

cent, in a maritim

the occupation of the Missi
and of the Gulf of Mex ,
transits of Tehuantepec, Hondura
would give to this Souther]
impoing position among th
commercial and naval Power.'
certainly all mighty fine, as a
,fable, it is un-
doubtedly very entertaining. - And it has its moral
too, riven as it stands, and much the same moral as
that (which is conveyed by old /Esop in the well-
known words of advice, " Reckon not your chickens
before they are hatched." No State, or Federal
Union of States, formed on the distinctive principles
of any such iniquitous system as that of the slave

t, and of Cuba,

nd of the Isthmus
5 and Nicaragua,
confederacy a most
nations as a great
As a dream, this is

" a most
as a groat

cquire

tyadd and slaveiy
imposing position amor
commercial and naval Power." These distinctive
princ4ples would constitute a canker which would
eat the heart out of any such Power, in no time.
But gee need not take the trouble to speculate upon
what_ is not likely to arise. The great body of the
people are too much alive to their own material
interests to give any sanction to so desperate and
unprincipled a device, magnificent though it may
seem.

There are those, however, it seems, in the ranks of
'
the democratic party, who cannot wait the issues of
any of the processes which have been proposed for
acquiring Cuba, but - have it at once; and it is
stated in a genejaalliy:mwuell:informed journal. on such
matters, that report is tn. circulation that an
extensive filibustereiPn
of which is the filibustering organization exists, the
objectconquest of the island that
for this purpose arms and ammunition have been
provided, and that strong bodies of volunteers are
parts
ready to embark simultaneously from different
of die Union—that secret agents in Cuba
prem.-red to co-operate with the invaders—that New
York is the head-quarters of the enterprise—that theew
chief of the conspiracy are here, but that the
principal materials are stored away in Southern
cities. And lastly, it is reported that probably by
the next steamer from Havannah final instructions
will be received, whereupon the signal is to be
Fiven. for the departure from our shores of the
invading expedition." If all this be true,
it is a formidable affair, certainly. But the New
York
Herald says, regarding it, that, so far as the
question of invading the island of Cuba is concerned,
we have no hesitation in pronouncing this magnificent

organisation an unmitigated humbug. The last
terribly fatal expedition of Lopez taught these
Cuban filibusters a lesson which they have not
forgotten, and will not soon forget ; but it taught
them another thing, which they have used and will
continue to use to the fullest extent as long as it
can be made to pay. In a word, it taught them
how to live the life of genteel loafers, patriots
and heroes upon other people's money. Thus,
the funds subscribed by credulous advocates
of a' filibustering occupation of Cuba, during
the last six or seven years, have been expended
by vagabondising filibusters in the restaurants
and oyster cellars of our seaboard cities.
To this business of subsistence. we may safely
limit the present Cuban filibustering juntas,
plans, contributions and materials within the United
States." This may be all very true, as respects the
former composition of Cuban filibusters. But times
and circumstances are changed. The necessity of
its acquisition is now proclaimed by the President
himself, and the proclamation has been endorsed by
Congress, and responded to, with acclamation, by the
whole democratic party throughout . the Union.
" Cuba must and shall be ours ;" and they who use
such language as this, whether at the White House
at Washington, or in " the restaurants and oyster
cellars of our sea-board cities," must, in their hearts,
wish success, and even through their purses lend
help—so long as they can do it "on the sly " to
any means of accomplishing so ardently longed-for
an object.
Many experiments are in course of trial in this
republic, as well as the great experiment of the
republic itself. Among other things, as you know,
prison discipline is being experimented upon in
various ways. Some few years since, the practice
of flogging prisoners for unruly behaviour in prison
was given up, as being too degrading towards the'
ciCtms of a free republic. The Assembly of the.
State Legislature of New York, however, have just
passed a Bill, by a majority of 74 to 14, which is
likely to b.come law, which contains a provision
giving the officers of the prisons discretionary
powers in respect to the mode' of punishing
convicts,—in other words, permitting them to use
the whip when, in their Judgment, it may be
advisable. It is stated, in justification of this
course, that although there is especial public odium
attaching to the whip as an instrument for punish-
ment, and it is* regarded not only as cruel, but even
as degrading to convicts, yet experience appears to
militate against this sentiment. " Those who are
charged with the control of the prisons," it is
observed, " find government : more difficult in the
absence of the whip. They express doubts whether
anything is gained on the score of humanity, even,
by its disuse. The substitutes, backing, yoking, and
the shower-bath, are all liable to strong objection ;
while the laxity of discipline which has of late
prevailed has made it necessary to use the musket.
Influenced by these and such like considerations, the
Legislature seems disposed to fall back upon the old
system." The fact is, that human nature is still the
same, under whatever institutions it may exist; and
a convict is often too much a reprobate and a ruffian,
even under republican rule, to be managed without
punishment that he can feel in his body—his mind,
if he has any, being past feeling.

A somewhat remarkable ca-se of imposture has
just been exposed in Warren County, New York. A
woman, one Mrs. Hayes, has for two years or more
gulled the natives with the notion that she was
enabled to live without food. "Much of her time,"
say the accounts of her, " was spent in a state of
trance. She talked much of God and religion, and
set herself up for i prophetess. Her sustentation
she did not fail to attribute to the direct agency of
the Almighty in attestation of her supernatural
mission. Those about her were awe-struck. Phy-
sicians certified to her absolute abstinence, and com-
mittees testified that they had watched her week in
and week out, the result being their positive certainty.
that she ate nothing. Thousands of people flocked to
see her, and went away with the settled conviction that
there existed neither motive nor possibility of deception.
The witnesses of her condition were respectable and
trustworthy. Who could disbelieve them-? Who
could suppose that the Prophetess would herself
deceive ? The idea was preposterous." •At length,
the other day, a fresh investigation of her apparently
extraordinary case was undertaken. Six gentlemen
were allowed to watch at her bedside for that purpose,
who were to remain with her, two at a time, day and
night, for twenty-one days, when, as she informed
them, a great and miraculous change would
take place in her condition. In the course
of two days they caught her taking - food - they
detected her eating meat and bread ! Of course the
whole affair blew up at once ; and loud and long is
the laugh at her credulous dupes, who, in their turn,
are, in no slight degree, mortified and indignant at
so gross an outrage on their credulity.

AMERICA.
ARRIVAL OF THE NIAGARA

The Royal Mail steamer Niagara arrived here
yesterday afternoon, with Boston dates to the 6th
inst., 76 passengers, and 31,250 dollars in specie.
The advices from Washington contain information
relative to important movements on the part of the
government with reference to the difficulties with
Nicaragua. -Mr. Runnels, the -newly appointed.
Consul at San Juan del Sur, had left for Central
America, with despatches to Gen. Lamar, and the
commanders of the Home and Pacific squadrons. The
instructions sent out to these agents of the government
are said to be of a peremptory character, arid such
as will hasten a settlement of the questions pending
betweem the two republics. It is reported that an
opinion has been expressed in official quarters that a
necessity for an extra session of Congress'may occur,
owing to the condition of the foreign relations. The New
York herald of the sth inst. says: "A special messen-
ger leaves to-day, by the steamer for Aspinwall, with
instructions for General Lamar and the commoflores
of our Home and Pacific squadrons ; and should the
private accounts that have been received in relation
to the recent negotiations in Nicaragua turn out to
be correct, that government, as well as the others in
Central America, will soon find out that there is
some other power in the world than that wielded
by the Anglo-French alliance. In view. of the
possible necessities that may grow out of the compli-
cated state of affairs in the may
of Mexico and the
Caribbean Sea, orders have been sent to the several
navy yards to prepare a large number of. vessels for
immediate service. In taking this energetic and
prompt course Mr. Buchanan has exhibited a clear
conception of the true character of those irresponsible
institutions called governments in Central America,
and if our diplomatic representatives there compre-
hend the President's views, and
_do not permit
themselves to be humbugged by diplomatic palaver,
they will soon bring the unscrupulous rulers of those
republics to a sense of the fact that there are rights
which must be respected, and which they must
respect. An energetic demonstration now, insisting
upon the immediate recognition of the claims of our
citizens, and a disposition to do them justice, will
have a greater effect upon the unwise rulers of those
States than even a declaration of war would at a
later period, and will doubtless save us from such a
resort. The course Mr. Buchanan has determined to
pursue is just what was required in the present
emergency, and we have no doubt will bring Presi-
dent Martinez to his senses."
The trial of the Hon. Daniel E. Sickles, 'who is
charged with the homicide of Philip Barton Key, on
the 27th of February last, was commenced in the
Criminal Court at Washington on the 4th. The
court was crowded with spectators. 'The demeanour
of Mr. Sickles was characterised by his habitual self-.
pos-

- The election in Connecticut for State officers,
members of Congress and the Legislature, took place
on the 4th, and resulted in the complete success of
the republicans.
The steamship Cahawba arrived at New York on
the 4th, with advices from Havannah to the 30th
ult. The war steamer Francisco de Asis had landed
General Planar, second in command to the Captain
General. The city was healthy, but the fashionable
season having ended, visitors were coming north.
The Prussian war frigate Geffion sailed for New
York on the same day as the Cahawba, having a
German Prince on board, whose name is not given.
The Prussian Consul at New York, Mr. John W.
Schmidt, states that the vessel is on her way home
from a scientific cruise, and he is not aware of any
distinguished visitor on board, unless her captain

may be the Prince alluded to. The British flag-ship
Irdus was at Havannah. Sugars were very dull,
with two hundred and seveh thousand boxes on hand.
There was a rumour that several sugar cane fields
were on fire in different parts of the island. Freights
had slightly improved.
Our New York commercial advices state that
business continued moderate in most departments of,
trade, and not sufficiently active to call into request
the large amount of unemployed capital in the
market. The supply of money continued to increase,
and the market favoured the borrower. Sterling
exchange was firm at 1094 to 109;1. There had been
a lull in the New York Cotton Alarket, caused by the
advices of the Persia, which contained the announce-
ment of a decline in the Liverpool market. Before
the steamer sailed, however, holders submitted to a
reduction of ic per lb., and a fair business was done
at this decline. Middling Uplands, on the spot, were
quoted at 121 c per lb.

COMMERCIAL.
NEW YORK., April sth, 1869,

COTTON

On Wednesday, the day on which our last circular was
issued, we received letters' per Niagara, via Halifax and
Boston, dated 12th, those per Kangaroo, dated 16th, and
those per Persia, date:ll9th March. The Liverpool cotton
market was reported ed lower, caused mainly by the con-
tinued uneasiness in the political world, and by less favoura-
ble accounts, commercially from India. The favourable
feeling in regard to cotton and its future prospects, which
for the last five weeks had been entertained in this country,
was suddenly brought to a stand, and for two days the
transactions were on a limited scale, without change, how-
ever, in price ; holders see no reason for pressing their
stocks on market, and all the advantage buyers on the spot
have been able to obtain, has been the acceptance on the
part of sellers of offers previously refused. The sales for
the week have been 4.000 bales, chiefly tbr export and home
consumption. The better grades are held very firmly at
extreme rates. The clearances tbr the week have been for
Liverpool, 4,325 ; Glasgow, 228 ; Havre, 1,142 ; Bremen,
418 ; Hamburg, 142. Total, 6,255 bales.

COTTON IN fIiANSITLI : The sales were checked by receipt
of the news per Persia; buyers were willing enough to go
on, but demanded a decline which sellers were not disposed
to accept ;_ hence for a day or two the business was brought
to a siand. Later on, as soon as it was known that at
Mobile and New Orleans' only a fractional .lecline had been
submitted to, the business again became large, without
much change in quotations from last week, particularly in
grades about low to strict middling. For the lower qualities
there is less ready sale, and a decline of 4c tole per lb.
.must be submitted to effect sales. We q'iote on.the basis of
7-16 d freight from New Orleans, and lid from Mobile, as
follows :—Strict middling, 124 ; average middli to., 12; low
middling, 111; bare low middling, 114; good' ordinary,
101; ordinary, 94c. The sales for the week are estimated
at 15,000 bales; the market closing yesterday with much
firmness on the part of sellers, but without any great desire
to proceed with purchases. ..

-SOUTHERN AlA.uxurs : By telegraph we have the
particulars of the business for a week later. Some
"April Fool" succeeded in palming off on the
southern papers a report, said to have emanated
from the highest sources at Washington, that hostilities had
actually commenced in Europe, which report had for a day
caused an uneasy feeling to prevail, and led to a decline in
Charleston of is to -lc, in-Savannah ;lc, in Mobile 4c, and
in New Orleans kc per lb The uncertainty as to the
result of the war question in Europe, exercises a very mate-
terial influence on price in this country. Was thii removed,_
the feeling in favour of cotton would be developed in a
remarkable degree, notwithstanding prices are by no means
moderate

NEW ORLEANS, April 2.—Receipts for the week, 22,900
bales (net); same week last year, 40,000. sales for the
week, 37,000 Middling 120 per lb. Exports for the week :
To Great Britain, 43,000 bales ; to Havre, 3,000. Stock
on hand, 410,000 bates. Totalincrease in receipts at all the
Southern ports, 797,000 bales. Freight to Liverpool,
7-16 d per lb. P.M. : Sales to-day, 6,000 bales, at a decline
of ic per lb. Middling. 111-a. April 4th : Sales to-day,
5,000 hales; market steadier; prices better. Overflow re-
ported worse than last year. Freight to Liverpool, ',ld.
Montt.g, April 1. : Receipts for the week, 8,030 b des ;
same week last year, 12,000 bales. Sales for the week,
11,000 bales. Middling, 12,710 per lb. Export for the
week to Great Britain, 13,000 • bales. Stock on hand,
13.5,000 bales. Exchange on London, 108 per cent.
Freight to Liverpool, 5-16 d per lb. 4th : Sales to-day,
350 hales. Market dull. • Middling, 1177.- to 12c.
RECEIPTS for the week amount to 71,000 bales against
100,000 bales in the same week last year The excess is
consequently reduced 29,000 bales, and now shads at
814,000 bales as compared with last year. • The receipts at
Charleston and Savannah are large, but they are kept up,
as we have before remarked, at the expense of the stocks
in the interior. At New Orleans,,for a week later, we
have receipts of 22,900 bales against 40,000 bales same week
last year ; and at Mobile, 8,503 bales against 12,033 in
the corresponding week last season.
Expoters for the week amount to 87,000 bales, of which
66,000 are tnr Great Britain, 2,000 for France, aid other
foreign ports 19,000 bales. For next week we have already
43,000 bales for Great Britain from New Orleans, and
13,000 from Mobile. Some of the detained vessels have got
over the bar at New Orleans, but there are still detained
there over 100,000 bales for Liverpool.
The following is a statement of the movement in cotton
since the Ist September last as compared with the previous
four years :

1859. 1858. 1857. 1853. 1555.
Receipts at Ports 3,256,000 2,442,000 2,622,000 2,909,000 1,09.5,000
Ex. to G. Britain .1,206,000 1,017,000 1,0 3,000 1,2./0,000 984,000
„ to France ... 311,000 215,000 321,000 365,000 254,000
„ other F. P.... 415,000 218,000 293,000 563,000 173,000
Total Exports ... . 1,962,000 1,511,000 1,62 i ,030 1,933,000 1,411,000
Stock on hand . 817,090 780,000 537,000 653,000 357,000
Of which during the past week, included in the above :---
Received at Ports ... 71,000 100,000 41,000 83,000 92,000
Ex. to G. Britain . 66,000 82,000 54,000 6 ,000 21,000
„ France ... 2.010 2,000 13,000 10,000 5,000
„ other F. P. ... 19,000 Ix,ooo 10,000 18,000 6,000
Total Exports .2. 87,000 91,000 77,000 94,000 32,000
SUMMARY. - Receipts : Increase at the ports compared
with 1856, 347,000 bales. Exports : Increase to Great
Britain compared with 1859, 6,000 bales ; decrease to France,
14,000 ; increase to other foreign ports, 47,000. Total
increase in exports, 29,000.

FItEICIIITS firm, at 3-16 d for cotton to Liverpool, and
to Havre.

EXCHANGES on London steady, at 109/ to 1095 per cent.,
and on Paris at 5.111 • W. P. WRIGIL r & Co.
. NEVI ORLEANS, April. s.—The cotton market to-day,
under the New York advices, fully recovered from the
effect of the Persia's news ; sales 24,000 bales, closing with
an advance of ic ; sales of last three days 12,000 against
27,500 last.year ; exports same time 30,000, and receipts
12,000 against 27,500 same time last year ; receipts at this
port ahead of -last year 190,500, and at all southern ports
772,000. Mess pork declined 50c ; sales at 10 75; gunnies
104. Freights to Havre 6c. Exchange—Sterling 108}
to 1094 ; drafts on New York, 60 days, 1 die ; sight, par to
1 prem.

Flour, receipts 8,247 brls, sales 6,000. State and Western
heavy, and lower for common ; unsound $4 to $5 15c, super
State $5 to $5 Nic, extra State $6 to $6 50c, round hoop
Ohio $6 50c to $6 65c, common to good extra Western $6
10c to $6 650; Southern very dull, sales 900 brls mixed 46
good $6 10c to $6 60c, fancy and extra $6 70c to $8 25c";
Canada extra $6 50e to $7 50c. Corn lower, sales 19,000
bushels mixed Western nominal at 88c, new yellow Jersey
and Southern 84 to 87 choice yellow Jersey 88. Oats
dull and lower, Southern and Jersey 48 to 54.
Northern and Western 55 to 60. Beef firm, sales
340 brls country mess $7 50e to $8 75c, prime $6 50c
to $7, "repacked Chicago 59 50c to $ll 25c ; prime mess
17 to 21. Pork easier, sales 2,300 brie, including 500 brls
mess fur May and June at $lB, mess $l7 75e to $l7 85c for
new, $l7 40c to $l7 50c old ; prime $l2 50c to $l2 65c.
Cut meats firmer ; hams 81 to 91; shoulders 6,-; to
Lard heavy, 700 brls 11* to 111,. Butter steady, Ohio 10 '
015, State 14 to 24. Whisky 252. Rice firm, 200 tierces 3A- to
4*. Sugar firm, sales 329 hhds; N 0 61 to 71, muse 61 to
71 ; by auction 938 hhds New Orleans 61 to 8, 90 days -and
4 mos. Coffee quiet and firm, sales Rio 101; to 121, St.
Domingo, 91 to 10. Molasses steady, sales 150 hhds, N 0
40, Plt 37. Spirits Turpentine dull, sales 250 brls 53 to
53}; common rosin firmer, sales 2,200 brls to arrive $1 624 c.
Iron heavy and lower, sales 400 tons, Scotch $25 to $26.
Oils dull, Linseed 64 to 66 ; lard 93 to 971; sperm, sales
500 brls crude part at $1 40c. Tobacco steady, Ky 7 to
11. Tallow quiet, 102 to 10t.

PASSENGERS per Niagara Mrs. C. L. Adams,
Mr. W. H. Borden, Mr. S. H. Russell, Mr. Henry Tim-
mins, Mr. R. P. M'Evoy, Mrs. D. Turnbull, Mr. Edward
Brader, Mr. 11. Thompecker, Lieut. S. Boyd and lady,
Mr. J. T. Burr, Mr. D. P. Ives,-Mr. C. Chadwick and lady,
Miss Chadwick, Master Chadwick, Mr. Theodore Palt, Mr.
J. A Connor, Mr. James Wheelock, Mr. Haggerty,
Mr. J. B. Holderman and lady, Mr. Henry C. Johnstone,
Mr. A. Dessommes, Mr. W. Hastings. jun., Mr. Matthew
Howland, Mr. B. L. Marsh, Mr. H. W. Taylor,
Mr. G. W. Warren, Mr. S. T. Dana,, Mr. E. W. Rowlands
and lady, Mr. Alexander Stewart, Mr. T. F. Von Armin,
Mr. D. C. Winter, Mr. J. A. Marsh, Mr. J. A. Eppingen,
Mr. J. W. Gerard, junr. • Mr. E. E. Delany,. Mr. J. W. P.
Jenks, Mr. Jas. H. Babbitt, Mr. C. A. Covell; Mr. Jas. W.
Norton, Mr. W. E Savery, Mrs. Anne Brown, Mr. Casper
L. Hentsch, Mr. C. Delalain, Mr. W. B. Edgar, Mr. David
Thomas, Miss Margaret Reade, Mr. J. Job and wife, Mr.
T. Ormandy, wife and son; Mr. James Clarke, Mr. T. H.
Hicks, Mr. E. T. Sanborne, Dr. Tupper, 62d Regiment,
lady, two children and servant ; Mrs. Stoker, Mr. Patman,
Mr. Stephens, Mr. SaMuel Johnson and lady, Mr. Geo,
Hawley, Mr. H. H. Warden.

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL,

LIVERPOOL, Monday Evening

The Cotton Market remains very quiet, but
steady. To-day, the sales were estimated at 6,000
bales, including 500 on speculation and for export.

NEW YORK COTTON STATEMENT

From lit September, 1858, to 6th April, 1859: Per Niagara,
Total •

Receipts. ClCarances' To Gt. Britain. Stocks.
1858-9 _3,259,778 ....1,963,932.. 1,206,362....829,975
1857-8 ..2,440,000....1,516,000.. 1,022,000.... 780,000
1856-7 ..2,623,094....1,619,389.. 1,002,821.. _559,607
The Liverpool Share Market was rather firmer
to-day, although the business doing was very
limited. The following are the transactions re-
ported :—Laricashire and Yorkshire, 921, 93 ;
London and North Western, 931, 934, 934;
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 38+;
Midland, 100 k ; Copiapo and Caldera, 160.
Annexed are the closing prices : Black-
burn, 111, 111 ; Chester and Birkenhead,
• 62, 02+ ; Caledonian; 80, 80+ ; Eastern Coun-
ties, 11 9-16, i 1 y ; East Lancashire, 92, 92l ;
Great Northern, 101, 102 -; Do. A, 84, 80 ;
Great Western, 571, 58+ ; Lancakhire Yor7.7shire
Stock, 92k, 93k ; London and, North We ;tern Stock,
93.', 94; Do. one-eighth shares, 14-, 1 1-16 d;
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 38,
38+; Midland- Stock, 101, 101+ ; North British,
564, 57 ; North Staffordshire, 4', 49 d ; North
Eastern—Berwick, B+, 90+ ; York and North
Midland, 741, 75 ; Leeds Capital Stock, 45, 451; ;
South Eastern and Dover, 20+, 20 9-16 ; Dutch
Rhenish, 5, 4- d ; Great. Western of Canada,
151 2.(1, 15;-; Do. New Shares, 5!, xd,4,-7,.d:' Great
Luxembourg, 61. 64; Grand Trunk of ..Canada,
84, ; Lombardo-Venetian, 13-16, 1 1-16 p ; Ditto
New Shares, +, 1 p.
The Liverpool Produce Markets have been pretty
steady. Sugar is without change ; .40 hhds Deme-
rara are reported at 37s 6d to 39s 6d ; 300 bags Date
at 41s 6d; 80 cases 500 hairs low dark brown Bahia
at 223 to 22s 3d ; and 1.000 bags Maceio at 23s 9d
per cwt. Of Molasses, 300 puncheons Cuba Musco-
vado have been sold at 163, and 400 puncheons
clayed (off the Coast) at 14, 6:1 per cwt. Nothing
has taken place in Rum or Coffee. There is still a
good inquiry for Rice, both on the spot and for
arrival; 3,000 bags Ballam, of the new crop, to
-arrive, have been placed at 9s 61; also a cargo (420
tons) Arracan, of the new crop, at 93 3i per cwt.
The remainder of the Saltpetre offered by auction
on Friday (650 bags), has been sold at 424 for 41,
and. 38s 6d per cwt for 9 per cent refraction. We
have also to report 70 bales common Jute at 141
per ton.
The Market for the Public Funds and Securities
opened lower this morning, and receded during the
day, but afterwards recovered, and closed steadily at
about the opening prices, viz., Consols for Money
and the Account., 941 to 95; New Threes, 90 to 933;
Bank Stock, 223 to 225; and Exchequer Bills 33 to
36, prem.

The London Railway Share Market opened
weaker, but become better with Consols and finished
firmer. Lombards fell to par, but rallied again.
Foreign Stocks began and finished much the same.
In Banks, Union of Australia was lower. Mines and
Miscellaneous Shares were slow With little alteration
in price. Ambergate, Nottinghlm, and I

Junction, C. 7
6 ; Caledonians,.73
79.1, 80; Eastern
Counties, 57, 58; East Lancashire, 90, 92;
Edinburgh and Glasgow, 714, 721 ; Great Northern,
1004 ; Ditto A, 85, 87 ; Great Westerns,
57Z, 581.; Great Western of Canada, 151, 15T, ; Grand
Trunk of Canada, 8!, 81 ; Great Southern and
Western, 1051; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 92.1,.
93 ; London and North Western, 93,1, 944.; London
and South-Western, 904, 91 ; Leeds Northern,- 454,
46 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 381 ;
Midland Stock, 1011; - North British, 551, 561;
South Eastern and Thyver, 6-44, 684 ; York, New-
castle, and Berwick, 891, 90; York and North
Midland, 741,174.1; Lombardo-Venetian, prom;
.Ditt:i New, S,
The London Corn Market was rather firmer to-
day, and holders of Wheat insisted upon an advance
of. 23. per quarter, ultimately realizing fully ls..per
quarter above this day se'nnight's rates. Barley and

Oats-were quiet;and PiOur very firm.
It is computed that the remittances of Silver by
the Calcutta steamer of the 20th inst. will almunt
to about £650,000, of which more than one-half
will be on government account.

The West India steamer Parana will take out only
£SAOO in specie.

The shareholders in the Red Sea and India Tele-
graph Company express the deepest dissatisfaction
at.the result of the proceedings in the House of Lords
on Friday evening, and the impression in general
circles is one of great surprise. At a period of sore
national need, when the Indian mutiny still excited
intense anxiety, the result of the general cry for the
establishment of telegraphic communication with
India was the formation of this company, under a
special contract with the British government. The
terms conceded were undoubtedly liberal, but not
more so than the exigencies of the moment absolutely
required. No one dreamt that the ratification of the
contract by Parliament involved more than a series
of. forms. The bill has passed safely through the
House of Commons, yet at the eleventh hour, when
the shareholders have actually paid up one half of
the capital, which is represented by 1,800 miles of
cable on its way to its future resting place, a cry
is suddenly raised in the House of, Lords that the
terms accorded are too good, and must be " recon-
sidered." This proceeding, if countenanced, would
involve a clear breach of contract, to the vital preju•
dice of the company, which has been so unwary as

to trust the government of Great Britain. To pra-
lyse the operations of the company, which (according
to the official statements made on Friday night) hopes
to complete the line between Suez and Aden by the
end of next month, would be evil enough ; but the
mischief may not end there, for the national good
faith is involved in the slur cast upon the under-
taking.

The— second ordinary zeneral meeting of pro-
prietors of the Agra and United Service Bank has
just been held. The report stated that the net
profits for the year amounted to £131,056, and
enabled the directors to declare two dividends at

the rate of 10 per cent. per annum each, and to add
to the last a bonus of £1 per share, leaving a sur-
plus of £22,891, of which £10,464 has been placed
to the credit of the reserve fund, thereby increasing
it to £175,000. The remainder, £12,426, has been
carried to the credit of the present year. A branch
has been opened at Shanghae. The report was
agreed to.

-The half-yearly report of the directors of the
Sambro and Meuse Railway Campany recommends
a dividend of 3s per share.
The ordinary general meeting of the Zealand
Railway Company is called for the 18th May, at
Copenhagen.

The Fuiids to-day were firmer in character. The advance
in Consols was limited to k per cent., but the appearance of
the market at the close was firm. In the other departments
of the Stock Exchange a tendency to improvement was also
manifested late in the afternoon. About £45,000 in gold
was this day withdrawn from the Bank for exportation to
the Continent. The £14,700 by the Arno was taken for
the same destination. It is computed that the remittances
of silver, by the Calcutta steamer of the 20th inst., will
amount to about £650,000, of which more than one-half
will b-e
-on Government account.—Daily News City Article,
Saturday Evening.
The English Funds opened at a slight improvement, and
closed firm-- at an advance of .. The Railway Share Market
left off with, in most cases, an advance of I to-3, per cent.
The liabilities of White and Co., Haymarket, bankers, and
East India army agents, who were made bankrupts, are
estimated at £30,000, with assets estimated to exceed that
amount.--Times City Article Saturday Evening
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LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKET

,-APRIL 18

Colonial, &c.: The Sugar market is without change ; 40
hhds Demerara are reported at 37s 6d to 39s 6d ; 330 bags
.Date at 41s 6(1; 80 cases 500 bags low dark brown Bahia
at 228 to 22s 3d ; and 1,000 bags Maceio at 233 9d per cwt.
Of Molasses, 300 puncheons Cuba Muscovado have been sold
at 16s, and 400 puncheons clayed (off the coast) at 14s 6d
per cwt. Nothing has taken place in Rum or Cofee. There
is still tit. good inquiry for Rice, both on the spot and for
arrival ; 3,000 bags Ballarn, of the new crop, to arrive, have
been placed at 9s 6d ; also a cargo (420 tons) Arracan, of
the new crop, at 9s 3d per cwt. Of Dyewoods, 80 ;oils
Savanilla Fustic at £5 2s 6d. Only retail sales of Ashes,
at 31s for Pots ; a moderate business in Nitrate of Soda
at 14s 6d to 16s ; and 650 bags Saltpetre taken at 42s per
cwt, for 41 per cent refraction ; nothing has taken place is
Brimstone; a few casks Spanish Bid Argols reported at