Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-28 00:00:00

THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, MON DAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1857.

had moderated, after an oppressive heated term,
by refreshing showers of rain. The island was
very healthy. Planters were sustaining heavy
losses by a wholesale running off of slaves, who
escaped the vigilance of the fort sentinels by
swimming along a line, under water, to a boat, to
which the end of it was fastened. NEws of the
approaching abolition of el tvery by the Dutch
government had been received, but it was thought
that no great shock would be suffered by the
trading community in consequence of the change.
From Hayti, we have also some interesting intelli-
gence relative to the progress of the revolution in
San Domingo. It appears that the partizans of
Santana have gained important successes in the
field, and it is moreover stated that Baez had been
obliged to hastily quit the country, and that quiet
hid been restored. The Hay tien government
took no part in the quarrel. It is therefore pro-
bable that Santana has been re2alled from exile
and reinstated in the Presidency.
Our files from Bermuda are to the 2nd instant.
There was no local event requiring notice. The
weather was exceedingly mild, with cool north-east
breezes. The country was rejoicing on account of
abundant rains.

By taegraph from New Orleans we have later
advices from Mexico. The embarrassments of the
government seem to be daily increasing. A new
difficulty had occurred with the British Charge
d'Affaires; resistance to the civil authorities by the
partisans of the church had been attended with
bloolshed, and the revolutionists in Yucatan were
gaining ground.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW YORK, SEPT. 16.

MONETARY AFFAIRS.

Since our last advices of 7th instant, we have
had a week of severe pressure for money. The effect
of this has been very great upon the prices of
every kind of security dealt in at the Stock Exchange.
We quote them all, with trifling exceptions, lower than
last week. The low prices have, h waver, attracted out-
side buyers. and very large purchases of State Stocks and
Railroad Shares have been made for permament inve•t-
meats Since the last few days confidence has become
partially restar d, though much uneasiness still exists.
State Stocks —Prices are all lower, with the exception of
Indians State 5s and Ohio 6s. The movement has been
large, chiefly in Missouri 63, Virginia Os, Tennessee 6',
and Ohio 6s of 1886 In City and County Thuds we
have no sales to mention. Railroad Bonds have been
inactive with the exception of Illinois Central Construction
Bonds and the insecured issue of the Erie Railroad. We
quote them all considerably lower than in our last. At
private sale we have nothing to mention. In Railroad
Shares there has been lest activity, most of the sales being
for cash. Tae priacipal operations have been in Eris,
_New York Central, Reading and Cleveland and Toledo
—all of which we quote lower. Money continues
in great demand, bet there is less of first-class business
paper offering. We quote business paper 15 to 24,
according to class. DECOPPEr & CO.
Since our last ad vices o' 12th in.tsnt, the condition of
t'e banks has materially improved, they now have actu-
ally over 13,000,000 doll in specie. and their discounts
htv s fallen 10,000,00 e dots below what they were on the
22nd August. But confidence is not yet restored, and the
general posit;aa of the market has experienced no relief.
There have been several important suspensions among the
d.fferent commercial classes, and money remains exceed-
ingly scarce. The very first class paper is selling at 15 to
18 per ceat , and second class is almost• impossible to ne-
gociate outside of banks. Owing to this extreme scarcity
of money, foreign exchanges have farther declined, and
transactions are restricted. The ex?ort of the precious
metals will remain suspended as long as this state of things
continues, and in a short time the export of breadstuffs
will commence, to be soon folio ced by that of cotton.
There is, therefore, scarcely probability of a large drain of
specie to Europe dur ng the y ear. This circumstance,
addel to the present strong position of the banks, cannot
fail shortly to restore confidence, and relieve, if not remove,
the present crisis. But, as the movement, of the crops is
the South and Western states, must carry off an important
amount of specie from our bake, money will, no doubt,
still continue in good demand to the close of the year.
Toe transactions in the stock market have been more
limited, and the fluctuations have become less violent.
Money : A stride less difficult far loans on call at 7 per
cent Fret class paper 15 to 18 psr cent ; second class.
difficult to sell, even at 21 per cent. In exchanges rates
are loser, but closed fin Business mode -tee. London,
1071- to 1081, chiefly 1,071 to 103. Pa-is 5.221 to 5 171.
MARIE AND KANE

The Cotton market in this city, still influef,ced by the
stringency in money matters, has through >ut Vie pact
week ruled Excessively dull and inanimate The demand
has been light, and mostly to meet the necessities of our
home consumers, who con inue to operate only to supply
actual reqairements. Holders have not p•essed their
stocks for sale, preferring in sone instances to ship to
Liverpool—price's have b.en irregular and ,else, at the
quotations annexed. The sales for the week I estimate at-
-4,000 bales, and the export for the same time has bean to
Liverpool 1,641 ; Glasgow 28. Total 1,669 b les.
The annual Cotton statement for 1856-7, plates the total
receipts into the ports at-2,939 519 bales, against 3,527,815
last' year, and 2,847,389 in 1855. By making certain
deductions, the amount actually grown is shown to be
3,014,000 bales, against 3,335,000 bales last year The
total export to Great Britain is stated at 1,428;870 bales,
against 1,921,386 bales last year, and the exports to all
places 2,252,637 bales, against 2,954 606 bales last year.
The amount consumed in the United States during the
peat season exceeds that of any previous year, amounting
to 702:138 bales ; last year it was 652,739 bees— The
maximum year's consurnpion previous to this was 1853,
when it reached 671,009 bales. •
The quantity of new cotton re'eived up to the let Sept,,
as will be seen from the following tablo, is smaller this
eat on than to, the same time for the previous twelve years.
1857, 100 bales ; 1856, 1,800; 1855, 34,079 1854,
1,890 ; 1853,116 ' • 1852, 5 125 ; 1851. 3,20); -1850, 255 ;
1849, 575; 1818, 3,000; 1847, 1;121 ; 18.6, 200; 1815;
7 500. •

NEW. ORLEANS, September 12.—Receipts of the week,
3,200 bebop, of which 3,000 were new crop. Same week
last year, -1 1,800 bales ; market more active ; salei to•day,
1,200 bates, at 13.1 c for middling. 'Freights to Liverpe 1
nominally Id.
MOB LE, September 12 —Receipts of the week, 200 bales,
all new crop ; same week last year, 2,400 bales. Middling,
153 c Freights nominal; to Liverpool, id.
CROP.—Tne position of the crap is uncertain ; too much
rain has fallen in some localities, in others the boll worm
is doing damage; generally, howev,r, the weather during
the past four weeks has bAen fine, and if the p!cking teeesen
is good, and frost holds off un it a late period, a fair aver-
age crop may yet be secared. Should the frost occur prior
to Ist November, a serious loss in extent of the crop will,
of necessity, be the celseqeence, as from its backwardness
it is more than usually susceptible of injury. All estimates
in figures at this stage of the plant, should be entirely dis-
regarded, no apirmatuate guest oven can be made until
after a killing frost, and the effects thereof are fully known
RECEIPTS, EXPORTS, &e —The new crop, CMOs slowly
to market, fully proving the erreme beckwariness of the
crop. Up to the latest mail dates. only 2,003 bales have
been received, against 10,000 to same time last year, and
30,000 bales the year before
The exports to G vat Britain are, and must continue on
a very mode-ate scale for .some time to come; receipts are
light, and our stock on hand in all the ports of the United
States, is but 4 ),000 bales.
- The following is a statement of the movement in Cotton
,since the let September last, as compared with the pre
vious four years :

1857 185 G.

45- ; do. red (winter), 1 dol 23c to 1 dol 28e; red (spring),
1 dol to 1 dol 10e.
INDIAN CORN : Western mixed, 76e to 78c per ,56 lbs
Southern white and yellow. nominal.
ALFRED F. DE MIZE.
HOPS are very dill ; the sales are confined to small lots
prime old at 90, and new Eastern and Western 121 c to
14c, cash. The Coopergown Journal, of the 11th inst.,
says—" Hop-picking has commenced throughout the great
dieriet of this State, and will bs continued for about three
weeks. The crop will prove as good in quality, on the
average, as any which has been pic)ted in years. In
amount, it will come somewhat short of a fall yield, the
number of acres devo'el to hops being less than in
1854 5
IRON —The market generally is dull. In Scotch pig
there is little doing since the sale of 600 tons last week at
26 d ils cash. 28 dols 50c to 29 dols, 6 mos., is now a
fair qrfotation. Bars remain very quiet. We notice,
besides, 500 bils English sheet dmbles, which are scarce,
at 4e ; and 300 packs first quality Russia, in good order,

111, d mos., actual taro.
NAVAL STORRS : Crude Turpentine is in small stock
(say 2,000 to 3,000 brls), and there is some inquiry for
export, but we have no s -les to report-3 dols 871 e was
refused yesteiday for North Country, 4 dols being asked.
Spirits Ttrpentine has not varied since our last —there is
considerable going forward to London and the Continent,
but the rise in freights has a tendency to check shipments
—stock 3,000 to 4,000 brls. Commonßosin is held at 1 dol
83c for cargoes afloat, and 1 dol 871 c to 1 dol 90c for lots
from yard, but the market is quiet in consequence of the
higher freights demanded. White Robin is scarce, and
Pe ime Pale is wanted at rather higher prices, the foreign
advices being favourable. Tinged White are in fair supply,
but shippers avoid them. Tar is only wanted in small lots
for home use at prices within our range.
Oins.—Crude Whale is held firmly, but the market is
very quiet. The late sales of Sperm, at New-Bedford, for
export hence to London, reach 7,250 brls at 1 dol 30a' •
1,000 gallons here brought 1 dol 32c cash. Linseed is dull,
and rather nominal, at 78 to 79 cents cash, for American
in lots. Oliva sold at 3 dols 15e for quarts, and 4 dols 371 c
4 mob., for pints.
PROVISIONS: The market for Pork has been characterised
by inactivity since our last, and prices remain sub
stentially as on Friday last. The stock is moderate, and
being concentrated in few hands, there is no disposition
realise at the expense of any decline. The Cincinnatti
Price Current in its emusl review states that the past
season has been a most profitable one to their packers, no
losses made but generally large profits. In regard to the
coming season the feeling is in favour of high prices, and
large entracte were made el ,sing at 7 dole. for .Novembar
delivery, until the financial troubles took place. The facts,
however, are in favour cif a la-ge crop of hogs, as the
inducements to raise have never been so strong as they
have been the last nine months, and with the prospect of
an immense corn crop, the mesns to fitten were never
more abundant. The demand for beef continues extremely
moderate, and holders have been obliged to yield a con-
cession of 25c to 50c per brl ; at the reduction only a
moderate business was done. The market is bare of prime
mess beef. Beef hams remain inactive, and prices are
nominally 23 dols 50e, at which price the last sales were
made Cut meats a e dull at 11c to 11c for shoulders,
and 12e to 121 c for hams. Bacon is neglected, and prices
are nominal Lard has declined one quarter of a cent ,
with a moderate inquiry at the redaction, closing flat at 15c
to 15ge cash
FRICLGEITS —Rates for grain to Liverpool receded some
what to-day, from various causes, and 20,000 bushels
were taken in bulk at 51 to std ; nothing was done in
bag erain--neminal rate 61 ; 300 bales cotton were taken
ist 5-321; 2,000 brls. flour is. 61.•' 30 tons quercitron
b irk, 20e.; 20 hhds tallow 12s. 6d. To London, 500 tons
cake 22s -61. ' To Glasgow, 10,000 bushels grain in
bulk, Bd.

NRW ORLEANS, Sept. 15 1857.
COTTON.—SaIes to-day, 3,000 bales, taklng nearly all
the new in thia market ; prices are stiffer, but not quot-
ably higher ; good middling is quoted at 16e. to 16c.
Sterling exchange, Sic. per cent. premium. Other articles
unchanged.

FRANCE.

PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING.

The effect of the announcement of the approach-
ing meeting between the -Emperors. of Russia and
Austria is to confirm the belief already entertained
by those who. view the matter dispassionately, that
the interview at Stuttgardt is an interview of peace
—of peace, that is to say, not only between Napoleon
and Alexander, between Russia and France, but for
Europe in general. This is the evident and
not unnatural impression, and it only agrees
with that already taken by most sensible and
unprehtdie,ed , persons. before it was kugAn
•I.s.:t the interview :at Stuttgardt was so soon.
to be followed up by one at Weimar. Thee,
however, the apparent latent hostility between
Austria. and Frawe, and Austria and Russia,
rave som:,what of a colouring of probability to
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the sngge:stions of certain parties who would gladly
have seen a formidable combination against the
future welfare of the-Empire: of Fiona§ Joseph

Of those parties the Weimar meeting disturbs the
combiuttions and weakens the hopes• There can
he no. ddubt that it is to be looked upon as
_a

friendly rapprochernent—as a return to amicable
relations, for some time past troubled and over-
clouded. Th 9 conciliatory overture may be con
sidered .to cmale from Vienna, since General de
Parrot was scot to break the ice by complimenting
the Emperor of Russia on: hs passage through
Darmstadt ; hut Alexander apppears to have met

the proffered hand half way---t-o have received the
General, whomu he had formerly known in Russia,
with particular graciousness, and, if we are rightly
informed, to have been the first to express a wish
for the meeting to which 'the General's mission
wo.s douhtless iwende 1, to lead. It will not be sur-
prisir,g if the effects of the two interview's,now immi-
nent should not be confined to theS-.v,rreigrts- who
actually twet, but should rwerfully tend to re-
store a general feeling of cordiality among all the
important members of the Europt an farniiy, There

is no valid reason foe any es!:rangement i-etween
England and Russia, and Nird know that efforts are
already making to dissipate whatever :ill feeling
exists between. Austria and France. Our friends'
friends should be our friends, and of this the three
Emperors will have ex3ellent opportunities of re-
minding each other at Stuttgardt awl at Weimar.
• _Tee Spectitteur has an article suggested by the
latest aceoums receive ,1 here from the island ,of'
Mauritius, which are up to the 20th August The
news of the Indian insurrection had 'caused great
excitement in the island, and some of the letters
express serious uneasiness as to the disposition
of the large body of Rindoos' employed on the
sugar plantations The 33rd Regiment, which
garrisoned the island when intelligence of the
Bengal mutiny arrived, ,was embanced im-
mediately. and its,.departure was followed by a
certain' agitation among the CoOlie's. According
to the Spectateur, proclamations were seized,
and some priests were arrested for preaching mas-
_sure and pillage. A strong feeling of alatin was
growing up, when it. was relieved b - the arrival
of the '4th Regiment from the Cape. But this
corps, we are told, has just been summoned in
its turn to India, and the situation of the 20,000

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Europeans, chiefly Ft ench or of French extraction,
who are thus left with only two companies to pro-
tect them, among 200,000 Hindoes and emanci-
pated negroes, excites the very serious apprehen-
sions of the Spectateur, which considers the peril
immense, and perhaps imminent, and suggests as
an effectual precaution against it, a French garri• '
son at,Port Louis as long as the war in India lasts.
The Spectatcur foresees no objection to this plan that
might not easily be refuted, but abstains from
insisting on, i-,,me,rely reminding England that if,
from the neglect of a precaution easily taken,
disasters occurred to the European population of
the Mauritius similar to those lately witnessed in
India, there are thousands of French families who
would never forget it. Tt is presumable that the
British Government is not unmindful of the safety
of the Mauritius, and that the fears of the Spectateur
will prove unfounded.
The vintage has now begun almost everywhere
in France; in some places it is already over. From
all parts the accounts are hitherto highly faior-
able. Concerning the quality there seems no doubt
we aro assured that it will be first-rate, and cer-
tainly, if sun gives flavour and richness to the
grape, it onght to be so. Respecting the quantity
we shall know more in a few days; but there
already seems no ddubt that it will be larger than
was lately anticipated. This will be the, case in
Burgundy; in the Maconnais the vineyards are
yielding from a quarter to a third more than the
growers expected.. In the Haute-Garonn a where
the grapes are gathered, they reckon only on a

good half-crop. A letter from Chateau. Laffitte,
says that the quantity will be rather less than
was hoped for; but that the quality will certainly
be better than was expected, and greatly superior
to recent years.
4lhe number of applicants at the Chancery of
the Legion of Honour, in Paris, for the medal of
St. Helena, is so great the, up to a day or two ago,
th)se whose names begin with the letter A had not
been got through. One sees it on the breast of a
good many old gentlemen who certainly have little
else that is military in their appearance, and whom
one would hardly suspect, but for the honoulab:e
badge, to have belonged to the valiant legions of
the republic or the empire. There is a talk of
changing the form of the medal, and of giving a
silver one to officers.
Despatches were received to-day at the French
Foreign Office from the Viscount des Meloizes-
Fresnoy, French Minister at the Grand Ducal
C )urt of Srx .-Weimar, and were brwarded imme-
diately to Count Walewski, at Stutt_gardt.
The Danish Minister at Paris, when presenting
the Grand Cross of the Order of the Elephant.
to Count Walewski, told him that he was
charged by his Government to thank him for
hSving so strenuously defended the just rights of
Denmark.
The first Council of Ministers p"esided over by
King Jerome will take place to-morrow.
Letters from Lisbon speak of the alarm prevai!-
isg there on account of tho appearance of the
yollow fever, believed to have been imported in
merchandise from S nith America, and which the
heat of the weather is thought to have fostered.
A person lately arrived from the Brazils tells me
that this terrible malady, unknown in that
country until within the last two or three years,
seems to have naturalised itself there. It causes
great terror, and some foreign residents had even
abandoned the country in consequence of it.
The following despatch has been received :
TRIESTE, SEPT. 24.

Infelligence has been received from Constantinople to
the 19.11. Omar Pasha has been nominated Governor-
General of Bagdad, the other persons thought of for the
post beiug definitely set aside. lie has been directe to
establish steamers on the Euphrates an 4 Tigr's, and to
protect the commerce of these rivers against the Arabs.
The English have brought the materials necessary for the
telegraph of Euphrates. The Presse d' Orient affirms that
the Arabs are determined to *ear dawn the posts, through
sympathy for the Indian insurgents.

ports and with home, the collecting and dressing
reports of the commerce in the various parts of
the empire, originally the principal object of the
appointment of Consuls, and almost their only occu.
pation out of Turkey, alone suffices to supp y abun-
_thint occupation for one man All consular fees
will henceforth belong to Government, and serve
to .pay the expense of the Consulate. The loss to
the Consul-General and ,to the two Vice-Consuls
from this head is compensated by an increase of
salary. The Consul-General will, in future, receive
1 8001. a year, and the two Vice-Consuls 6001 each.
Of the two Vice-Consuls, the senior, Mr. Ward,
who is Vice-Consul-Claancellier, will be attached to
the Embassy, and becomes distinct from the Con-
sul-General's immediate department. The other,
Mr. Drummond Hay, will continue to have charge
of the shipping departtnent.
In all these new arrangements one omission has
been made, which, indeed, amounts to an act of
injustice. Mr. Robert Cutnberbatch, who, for
more than twelve years, has, in some capacity or
other, been attached to the consulate, and rendered
himself conspicuous by the efficient discharge of
his duties, and who, two years ago, received the
appointment of acting third vice consul, is alto-
gether left out. The promise of an appointment
is made to him, it is true, but a promise sometimes
is a long time before it becomes a reality. It cer-
tainly would be very ungracious if the Government
were to overlook Mr. Robert Camberbatch's claims
to emploYment.
A few days ago, the arrival of a small Russian
flotilla, created some sensaion in the harbdur.
The flotilla consisted of three corvettes built at
Cronstadt 'since the peace, within the limita-
tions prescribed by the Treaty of Paris, for
service on the Black Sea. They are somewhat
heavy-looking ships; with enormous masts and
yards for their size. They are each provided
with a screw, but evidently intended for sailing,
as well as steaming. The principal peculiarity
about them is, that their bottoms are lined with
zinc instead of copper—something unusual in a
inap-o:'-war. The flitilla, which is under the orders
of Ciptain LichatehotT, has entered the Black sea
this morning. Three more corvettes, on the same
model, are expected shortly;
The works of the Aidin Railway are expected to
commence very soon—nex week, it, is said • A mile
and a half of railway will be laid down immediately,
and a small engine, with waggons, employed to
bring down the earth from the cuttings to the sea
shore, where it will be made available when the
construction has commenced.
A considerable number of liustendgi railway
shares have been taken up by the public here
during the last week, and several of the native
bankers are amongst the largest purchasers.