Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-02-10 00:00:00

Peru, at. £4 per ton, our farmers could haie it delivered—
through 'the country; after allowing freight, Merchants'
*fits,. insurance, carriage,' Sic., at Ell to £l2, when the
demand would .exceed" the supply: We consider £4 'a
fair . price, as, up to 1852, it did not nett the Peruvian
government more than £3 10s.; the sales up to 1856,
when the prices were high, averaginc, .£4 165,, viz.-
1,626,405 tons sold, producing £7,850,927: -These
figures are taken from their own returns in Lima..; A
movement has been made by the Peruvian legislature to
Open the trade, in compliance with wishes of the Aine-
ricans and English, the f.o.b. price named by' thogovern-
ment being,L6; but this is much above the nett proceeds
of their sales up to 1856.- Our Chamber of Commerce
has received a reply' from the Board of Trade, stating
that they had no official intimation of the' Openinm. of' the
trade, althongh various journals gave the proceedings of
the 'Peruvian congress on the subject. The example of the
Belfast:Chamber of Commerce ought to be followed by
those of Dublin, Cork, Limerick, and other public bodies
in Ireland, as well' as 'by Glasgow, Liverpool, London,'
Hull, Bristol,' Newcastle; 'Sze. Our farming friends also
ought. to be up and stirring, in petitions, -through' their.
representatives, to the House or Commons.' `Mr. Caird,
last.year, brought before the House of Cothnions. the dif-
ference of prices here and in the United States, the freight
and. charge-s being the, same, when it was promised to Mr.
Seymour Fitzgerald that they were to be equalised for
the future. They reduced the prices here from £l3 5s to
£l2 ; bUt the last quotations are, viz.
Tens: New York. London.
thicler 30 ......... £l2 0 0 £l3 5 0
Over • 3O ........... 12 0 0 .......... 12 '0 0
Over 1,100 . _
_lO 0. l2 0
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Thus, it will be seen that, in Small and large quantities,
tho American agents are charging the merchants 6,nd
farmers much less than the English.—Belfast N‘les
Letter.

More steadiness has -prevailed through the Stock
Exchange; and, in some..departments, improved prices
havo been established. Generally, however, there is still
a gi-eat want of confidence. ••The English Funds, after
several slight fluctuations, closed e per cent. below
the four-o'clock quotations of Monday, but it per cent.
above • those established at a late hour on Monday
afternoon. Dulness was induced by the absence , of.
elaSticity shewn by the French Funds, as. Well as by the
pecuniary demands anticipated by India, for the British
navy, and from foreign dominions.. About £32,000 in
gold was taken into the Bank • to-day ex Jura • and,
Niagara. Oa 'Change this afternoon bills on Holland
and Belgium were quoted more favourably for this

_country:Thu. the other hand, the rates for paper on
Hamburg, Vienna, arid Trieste were a trifle lciwer. On
the Paris Bourse to-day the. Three per Cent Rentei,closed
at one price, both for money and account, almost exactly
the same price as -Monday afternoon.---Dairy -News City
- Tuesday Evening.

Artie'

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This has been -settling day in the English Funds, and
there has been: some considerable • fluctuation, but the
market opened at an improvement, and' the tendency has
been towards Steadiness. In the Discount market tran-
sactions have taken place at a fraction below 2 per 'cent.'
Austrian scrip 'this morning was quoted 1 to 1i prem.
Lists for this loan • have been opened. at Berlin and
Amsterdam. At Vienna, on Monday, there was a recovery
of nearly 1 per cent. Gold is about three-tenths dearer
at Hamburgh than in London, and at Paris it is about
two-tenths per cent. dearer than in,London.— lymes City
Article, Tuesday Evening.

The Lammermuir has arrived from China with
1,090,000 pounds of tea.

The quarterly sales of indigo commenced on Tuesday
with much heaviness, owing to the state of politics.
The half-yearly meeting of the London and North
Western Railway is called for the 18th inst.

LOftot OF £lo,ooo,ooo.—The Daily News says—
According to one rumour the British Government will
propose a loan of £3,000,090 to £4,000,000 in Exchequer
Bills
.or BOnd, and another of-£6,000,000' or £7,000,000.
ANOTIII6I AUSTRIA.:4 LOAN.—The Herald says that
letters from Vienna mention that the preSent loan of six
millions, if successful, will be immediately followed by
another for four millions.

THE CONTEMPLATED ALTERATION IN SUGAR DUTIES.
The City Article mentions, as a report, that the
Chancellor of the . Exchequer contemplates a change in
the Sugar duties-that discriminating rates are to be
abolished. The simple plan has been suggested which
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prevails with regard to 'tea and other articles, of
charging one duty without reference to difference in value
on quality.

WEST DERBY AGAIN.
JUSTICE, EQUITY, AND COMMON ; SENSE

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES

Sir,—Being a person who has a good deal of leisure
time, I occasionally stroll about to see and hear what is
going on in and about this good old town ; so, the other
day, I strolled in the neighbourhood of Low-hill, where I
met with a friend, who (with a number of others) had
been cited before their " betters" (?) to show cause why
they did not pay their parish rates. They were chiefly
poor women (widows, &c ), some ,of whom, no doubt,
have hard work to keep off the parish, and others, think-
ing they were overtaxed, came, under the idea that the
"Justices" would do justice,, if they only stated their
case to them ; but it proved, so- far as I could learn,
a " forlorn hope" in every case, for, as usual
in such cases, they could not " get a hearing."
As a specimen of the way in which they settle matters, I
will give you an account of one case as I heard it.
" One sapient gentleman," I think he was said to be an
overseer, but certainly he was not a very clear seer, said,
" Oh, Mr. —, you can't call this high rated for that
large public-house," alluding to a house kept by a person
of the same name, which house is worth about four
times as much as the one in question. Surely, the gen-
tleman had been imbibing some of the spirits of the
public-house, and could not -oversee the paper in his
hand And so justice and equity is sacrificed, to arrogance
and stupidity ; and, although the party still pushed his
case for further consideration, he could get nothing from
the " justicers" but—" we can do nothing for you, we
have no power." Well, perhaps that was true, but I
should like to know, Mr. Editor, how it is that the
assessor has power to fix what value he pleases, and
afterwards alter it if he choses, and yet those
who arc appointed to administer the law have no
power to rectify a palpable injustice when brought
before them. Verily, it is a " grand farce," and is
another proof of the need there is for reform both of men
and things, so that the public may have justice and equity
administered to them by men of common sense.

If you could spare a corner of your valuable paper for
the insertion of this, you would greatly oblige, sir, your
obedient servant, APPIDAN.
Liverpool, 7th February, 1859.

WIRRAL WATER WORKS

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES

Sir,—Will you allow me space in your paper to
insert a few lines ? Mr. Cunningham, the
Company's Engineer, told the Rock Ferry meeting
on Thursday. last, that about £15,000 or £16,000
had been already paid up ou account of the capital
—£40,000.

Believing this to be an entire mis-statement, I
addressed a note to Mr. B. Arkle, a partner, I
understand, in the banking-house of Messrs.
Leyland and Bullins, they appearing to the world
as the company's bankers, and in whose hands I
thought the money, or any part of it, would
naturally be ; for that if such were the fact and
vouched for, public confidence would be inspired,
which at present, it seemed to lack very much ;
as according to the statement of the com-
pany's solicitor, the promoters had not been
able to rake together as much money as would
meet the L 4 per cent. Parliamentary deposits when
required. My simple object in addressing Mr.
Arkle, was to set the public mind right, and so,
perhaps, prevent an infinitude of mischief upon
innocent parties embarking their money upon the
faith of Mr. Cunningham's declaration. Mr.
Arkle, in his reply, and a great curiosity it is,
shelters himself from affording so important a bit
of information, no doubt dictated by the highest
principles of prudence, under the plea, " that he
is not going to reveal the secrets of his banking
house to gratify impertinent curiosity"— no doubt, a
very convenient one, as it has been so often proved
a disastrous one to thousands, of late years. I
leave the public to draw their own conclusions.—
I am, sir, yours, &c. W. WARING PERREY.

Low MI, Feb. 9, 1859