Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-10 00:00:00

THE BANK ISSUES INDEMNITY BILL,

The above bill, introduced by the Chancellor of the
Exchequer on Friday night, provides :-
1• All such issues of Bank of England notes as may hare
been made by the said governor and company, or by their
order or direction, since the said 12th day of November,
1857, although beyond the amount authorised by law, and
all acts don.; in relation to such issues, and to the acquiring
and taking since the 12th clay of November, 1857, securi-
ties in the issue department of the Bank of England beyond
the amount authorised by law, shall be confirmed and ma do
valid ; end the said governor and company, and all persons
who have been concerned in such issues or in doing and
advising any such acts as aforesaid, are hereby indemnified
and discharged in respect thereof, and all iniictmonts and
informasionF, act:ons, suits, prosecutions, and proceedings
whatsoever commenced or to be commenced against the
said governor and company, or any person or persons in
relation to the acts and matters aforesaid, or any of them,
wo hereby discharged and male void.

2. So much of the said act of the seventh and eighth
years of her Majesty as limits the amounts of the securities
to be acquired and taken in the issne department of the
Bank of England shall be and be deemed to hav3 been
suspended as from the 12th day of November, 1857, and
shall continue suspended until the expiration of 28 days
after tie first meeing or sitting of Parliament in the year
1858, subject to the proviso hereinafter contained, and
during such suspension the provisions of the said act in
relation to the issue of Bank of England notes shall be
construed and take effect as if the restriction on tho
amount of securities in the said issue department, and the
prohibition of the increase of such amount-, and of the
issue of additional Bank of Eng and notes thereon, had
not been contained in the said act : Provided always that
if before the expiration of the time hereinbefore limited,
the governor and company of the Bank of England give
public notice that they have reduced the minimum rate of
interest required of them below the rate of 10 per cent per
annum, the said suspension shall cease.
3. Upon or before the expiration or cesser of the sus•
pension aforesaid the excess of issues hereinbefore con -
firmed shall b reduced to the amount which would have
been authorised by law if this act had not been passed ;
and, subject to the indemnity and discharge hereby given,
all the provisions of the said recited act shall, after such
expiration or cesser, be and remain in full force.

The launch of the Leviathan, on Tuesday last, was
interrupted by the dense fog. The total distance accom-
plished was only 4 feet 9 inches forward, and 4 feet 4
inches aft.

ASSAULT OR MURDER,—Four women are in custody in
Glasgow, charged with causing the death of a young man,
by throwing him down the stairs of a brothel, in which
he had been.

The suspension is also announced of Hadend and Co., a
very old firm in the Manchester trade, with liabilities for
about £40,000. It is thought that the liquidation would
yield about 158. in the pound.

BOY'S CLOTHING MADE WITH GREAT TASTE AT LEWIS awl
COMPANY'S, Ranelagh-streotA.

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LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.—DlO 1,:..4,
The Cotton market continues extremely dull ancludg_rP'Bll
prices are fd lower than on Friday. The sales—incl dm
ti, at 64,8,1
nambnco at 6jl to Thl, 250 Babies at 60, 70 EXYD---,__lP 6,9, 0 •
and 800 Swats at 34d to 51d—are reported 3,000 u.
500 are on speculation and for export.

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LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARK-- ---pt
-
SUGAR.—A steady business cont'nues to be done, at ltig?,4oolot
rates ; 48 hhds. Antigua are reported at 365 61, 20 hhdsiradrsil!
40s. 600 bags dates at 405, 1,600 bags inferior Native biteP
631,f.11.0
brown,cas a nand
d44o,o2oboabgas
gßsapheiarn,
aimn
sbaotnd2
0,
satp
d.
MOLASSES, RUM, AND COFFEE.—NOthing 1,21 cwt
61.
Rice.-1,350 bags Bengal have changed hallo Tr-cwt.
_mil
Seco FLorg.-250 bags are reported at 155 31,P' This DOM"
CUM:T.—The business done at the public 010 0
small, compri.ing 250 bags Pegne, all faults, st 515. 02650
MADDER ROOTS —3B bales damaged Bombay,
Vl°
c lass.
SALTPRTR E.-70 bags, part all faults, at 385 per Vin,
LoowOoD —2O tons St. Domingo, at 43 17s 61
23 s;ig:

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"AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE MARD-L'-', DX
d• ,„ 1
Per stone, 201bs. Per 9011'1* ..,, 4 0 'l° I
s. d. s. d. Potatoes, Seedlins- , 3 s
Flay, 01d...... o7to 0 711 Ditto, KemPs •;:: 93 to
0
Ditto, new..
Ditto, clover
Green Clover
Grass 0 0 to 0 0; Ditto, cattle.....:. msi
Straw, wheat 0 31 to 0.31!per to'n 0 w 0
Ditto, oat 0 3 to 0 3slTurnips ............ 1; u
.. 0
Ditto, barley
..
Oats, in straw .
iManure ..........

LONDON PRODUCE MARKET.-4)sc"
weds
sing public sales are again large to-day, wedssing heavily at about yesterday's currency, which ahoy
Is on Friday'. prices. Reined lumps, 563 6d to 50.7 310'7
COPFEB.—The public sales are going off witll°'
material alteration in prices.
TEA.—Cominon congon quoted Ilid to l lid' d ld
circulars state that the present stock in the MIA
71.000,000 lbs against 85,000,000 lbs last year. an adrPlail
7,000,000 lbs less than last year. Public sales ,—,
tc-morrow. bQt
Rica.—Prices are nominally the same as yesterdll'
are dull.
Syron are dull of sale. •
gee,
Is other articles no material alteration. Markets

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LONDON TALLOW MARKET-700,1,
The market is flat at the following quotations
On the spot, 51a 3d ; December, 51s ; January to bi"

BOROUGH HOP MARKET.—Dc—' V.
fortr'reod
The demand for good 1855 and 1856 hops is inerelst mg 40.1.
lation, the former at about 30s. and the latter abort
New hops are firm at late prices.

CORK BUTTER MARKET.—Dze.
There were about 2,000 kegs and firkins offered for
9.
~o;
and the following were the current prices .—Firsts,
96s ; Thirus, 97s ; Fourths, 82s per cwt.

GLASGOW CORN MARKET—Dsc• 9 Of,
The market was rather dull to-day, and with 'MY' per
prices of wheat declined is to Is 6d per 240 lbs, itoUr•ogit4
and 23 per sack. The price of barley was nAninal',l,o,
rather easier, and beans and peas were unchanged in I"'
unaltered.

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GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET.— i
,„,red qa 6s
The market was very quiet to-day at the ann'-'O5
Ne. 1. 52a 6d to 539 Mixed Non., GI arrant°,' ton•
maker's iron, 51s to 513 6d ; No. 3, 493 to 495 6d Pu•

LONDON CORN MARICET.—D!...,,,-. 9,
The wheat trade in Mark-lane this morning was exnser,
the offers generally made for wheat were 2s or 33 help e
noted on Monday List, which sellers declined. The fe
were, however, on rather easier terms than on that day eta ' '
sale, and in the absence of transactions of monlent'to oats'
same as on Monday. The same remark will aPPIY
and peas quiet.
To lOC* ,V*
ARRIVALS INTO LONDON FROM DEC. 7
?A
English and Scotch Irish. il°
Wheat 990
••••
Barley 9BO ISr . • •
Oats . •• 20 1200
Malt • • 14t0 .• .•
Flour, —barrels, 1,200 sack".
LONDON WOOL RKET.--N
g
ot 01 DI
Messrs. Hazard and Sons have offerea 800 bales of
.e.
40 bales of sundries. Messrs. Bsline Lad Co. have b'-Iwi of
450 bales of East Indian, and fifty bales of sundries. di.
I ruled heavy, and only a portion of the wool was
prices varying from lid to Is 7d per lb.
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LONDON MINING M -u
ARKET.—'ry
ve
The market for home mining stocks to-day rep, q ;
inactive. In the Stock Exchange the only basinne yel.
North Bassett shares at 12. Other descriptions,,,d 38. p
Cobre copper shares are still offered, and are ntar"^-est, sn
and Australian copper shares continue in fair rell"-GreS; .
been dealt in at 11 toll. East Rosewarne. 16s 1711,;01
17s 6d, 19s; lady Bertha, 17s, 17s 6d, 193, 16s, 165 Xissl
Hills, 345, 355; South Cnddra, 16s 61, 17s 6d; ", wrefo
32s 6d, 345, 35s • Wheal Mary Ann, 48 ; 517110... pist?d,
A reduction of lid per lb, or .el 4 per ton has taketl;,l9 (111.4
price of manufactured copper. Present prices are, 12d
Messrs. Sims, Willyams• and Co. :—ManufactuLeugheopy
tough cake and tile, £lO7 10s per ton ; yellow utert.;o4
0„t,
bolts, lod per Ib; price reduced, lid per lb. iota"
15th
adventurers in Brynford Hall Mine is called for the