Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-22 00:00:00

respects, but b e does not give the respective cost
of the engines . The permanent character of the
important bria 'gee on the Grand Trunk, will be
productive o f great saving over the wooden
bridges erect ed on other Canadian and American
railways. A dditianal traffic in engine accommo-
dation is re quired. The Trois Pistolea extension
is condense d, as only wanted in connection with
the origina 1 inter-colonial system of railway run-
ning throe gh British territory to the seabord at St.
Johns. Tl:e.e completion of Clete Victoria Bridge at
Montreal, by uniting the several portions, will
remedy a detect which opposes -a serious obstacle
to the development of through traffic. Connec-
tions at 'Prescott and Kingston require to be made,
as also rit Montreal and Quebec ; at the latter it is
well kncnvn that the railway is on the south side of
the port , without wharves for shipping to moor at,
they co. nsaquently discharge and load at the north
side, at id the whole car oes of upwards of 330 sail
of ship s, which had arrived up to the latest advices,
have heen forwarded by water up to Montreal.
These wants, long pointed out by practical men,
are otily briefly alluded to by Mr. Gregory, as his
inquiley related solely, as it appears, to the fulfil-
ment of the contracts. Mr. Blackwell, who is
appoire'Led to a seat at the Canadian board to repre-
sent I.le English shareholders and directors, will,
with_ the general manager, no doubt take steps to
sup ply the appliances necessary to secure the fair
sha re of the enormous-through traffic which exists
in goocls ; in the meantime, the officials of the corn-
pzary, both in Canada and London, have loss no
time in organizing a very perfect system of through
booking for nasseitere, and to have arranged for
the Great Eastern's first trip to Portland, with
a train of ten thousand passengers. When the
Grand Trunk is finished to Sarnia, the vast pro-
ducts of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota,
mast naturally flow over it to the sea-board at
'Quebec and Portland,
The Liverpool Corn Market continues to be well
Ia ttended, and a fair extent of business is being
ransacte•. The late heavy thunder storms have
)ceasioned floods and damage in various districts,
bit a return of fine weather has somewhat abated
previous anxiety, and prices, which had an ad-
vancing tendency, have quietly settled down again
to about last week's currency, at which, however,
only a consumptive demand for all articles is
experienced, to-day's business being quite of a
retail character.

Trade at Manchester is operated upon by events
which are taking place here, and the increasing
value of Cotton has strengthened the position of
producers. Goods are firmly held for advanced
rates, and Yarns are buoyant at I ton 1 per lb.
more money, with an improved demand in almost
all departments. The market at Bradford does
not present any peculiar features, but is neverthe-
less steady, and legitimate hopes are entertained
of an ultimate improvement in its tone.
Messrs. Pilkington, Brothers' circular of this
evening thus records the freight market :
With the exception of outward Coal freigts to the East
Indies there has been very little done this week in the
freight market The Troop ship Gosforth was taken up
yesterday for B.mabay, at £l3 lOs 61 per head, and the
stores by the same ship at 28s and lld per ton. Sixteen
other ships were tendered at rates varying from £l4 is to
£2O for men, and from 20s 3d to 36i for stores. A few
small ships can still be plsced from the Rice ports to U. K.
or Continent at from £3 12s 61 for U. K. t 5s to
Conti: ent, and from the Mauritius one small ship with
Sugar to U. K. at 60s, at d from tl e other East India ports
at our qnnations. From the Danube suiatable vessels are
enquired for at 13s to 13s 61 per qr. for India Corn or
Wheat, and from Odessa or Kertch at 55s to 56s per ton
for Tallow, with option of Azof at lOs per ton extra. From
Alexandria 6s 3d to 6s 6d per qr. for Beans.
Rather more activity has been experienced in
the markets for Foreign and Colonial Produce this
week, in consequence of a disposition on the part
of the importers to meet the buyers by reduction
in the quotations. For some time past the trans-
actions in sugar have been very much circum-
scribed and holders having found it difficult to
effect sales have at length found it necessary to
submit to lower prices, At the public sales during
the last two or three days a decline of ls. per cwt.
has taken place. Coffee has remained tolerably
steady, but Costa Rica has declined fully Is. per
cwt. Cocca has been rather dearer. Tea remains
dull and rice is at rather lower rates In spices
there has not been much activity and there is no
alteration of importance in values. Saltpetre has
realised full prices, and tallow has scarcely sup-
ported the late advance.
A day or two ago we took occasion to notice some
failures which have taken place in this town, and
to point out an error which the comme:-vial editor
of the Times had committed, in connecting a lately
deceased Liverpool sharebroker with certain
forgeries. The Times' city article, of yesterday,
makes the following remarks :—" The rumour
lately circulated of a merchant at Liverpool having
died suddenly, leaving liabilities for 300,0004
which 100,0001 had been found to be forgeries,
appears to have been an exaggeration com-
pounded from two incidents. A sharebroker is
extensive business was found dead in his bed, as it
now appears, from disease of the heart, on the
morning of the last settling day, when he had to pay
large differences, and it has since been ascertained
that he has left his affairs in a very unsatisfactory
state. A few days previously a partner in a re-
spectable mercantile firm disappeared, having, it
is said, forged acceptances for 25,0001. In both
cases the details are kept private, and, as is usual
under such circumstances, they have created need-
less excitement and alarm. Daring the last few
days two other failures in connection with the
deceased gentleman have been bruited about
'Change—one is that of a house engaged in the
corn trade, and the other a general produce
broker."

The following are the latest quotations of Foreign
Exchanges :—Amsterdam, short, 11 16 to 11. 17 ;
do. three months, 11 194 to 11 191; Rotterdam,
do., 11 191 to 11 101 ; Antwerp, do , 25 35 to
25 42i; Brussels, do, 25 35 to 25 424 ; Hamburgh,
do., 13 oto 13 8i; Paris, short, 25 20 to 25 25 ;
do , three months, 25 65 to 25 65; Marseilles, do.,
25 60 to 25 05 ; Frankfort, do., MI to 119! ;
Vienna, do., 10 30 to 10 32 ; Trieste, do , 10 31 to
10 34; St. Petersburg, do., 304 to 304 ; Madrid,
481 to 40.

BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS.

Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap.
82, for the Week ending August 14, 1857.
ISSUE DEPARTMENT.
Debit. Credit.
Notes issued .. £25,075,765 Government
Debt
Other securities 3,459,90 i
Gold Coin and
Bullion

£25,075,765 1 Total .... £25,075,765

BANKING DEPARTMENT.

Debit.
Proprietors' Ca-
pital
Rest
Public deposits 5,530, 867
Other „ 10,685,829
Seven days, and
other bills.. 733,090

Credit.
Government se-

curities £10,593,654
Other securities 18.203,498
Notes..
Gold and silver
coin

659,141

Total .... £35,139,033

Total £35,139,033
rns of the previous week,
ults

Compared with the reti
we have the following re
Active circulation
Decrease

£19,393 025
154.425
11,259,906
23,848
Rest ....
Increase
Seven day and other bills
Decrease
Public deposits . 5,530.867
Decrease 769,904
Other deposits
Increase
Government securities 10,593,654
Unchanged
Other securities
Decrease
Notes unemployed 5,682,740
Increase
Later advices have been received from America
by the Steamer Ariel, which has brought 35,000/
in specie for England, 25,0001 for France, and
2,4001 for Bremen. It is stated that the amount of
orted to Europe Tropp
specie exp the commencement

Bullion
Decrease . .