Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-06-29 00:00:00

Western of Canada Shares 24, 222 ; Madras Gua.
44- per Cent. 19, 20 ; Scinde Grua. 5 - per Cent. lit
2 pm ; Eastern of -France 281, 29 ; Great Central
France 24k, 25 ; Great Luxembourg Constituted
Shares 61, 6,1 ; Lombardo-Venetian 41, 41 pm ;
Lyons and Geneva .281, 29; ; Namur and Liege 8,
81 ; Northern of • France, 38k, 381 ; Norwegian
Trunk Preference 82, 91; Paris and Lyons 58-8-,
; Paris anti Orleans 57, 59 ; Royal Danish,
16, 18; Sambre and Meuse 8, 81 ; West Flanders
41, 5.
The imports of Specie during the week amount
to about 500,0001, viz., by the City of Washington
from New York, 112,564 dols., or 22,6001; the
Clarence, from Antwerp, two packages Specie ; the
Albion, from Boulogne, fifty-five boxes Bullion ;
the Rhine, from Boulogne, thirty cases Bullion ;
the Sienne, from Boulogne, ten cases Bullion ;
the Arabia, from America, 2,265,224 dols., or
453,045/. ; the Alhambra, from the Mediterranean,
.2,465/. ; th 3 Rhine, from Boulogne, fifty-three
cases Bullion ; the Flora, from Oporto, three cases
Specie ; the Coneardia, from Rotterdam, seventeen
cases Bullion ; the Baron Osy, from Antwerp, ten
cases Bullion. _ _

The exports during the week were—by the
Pers., for India and China, £1,142,616, of which
£2,145 was in gold, the remainder being silver.
The official returns of the export of the precious
metals from the port of London, for the week
ending 19th June, shos a total of 42,440 ozs. of
gold, and 1 400 ozs. of silver.
The suspension of Messrs. Smith, h ider, Smith,
aud Scrivens, of the Hastings and St. Lsonard's
Bank, was announced yesterday. It is an old-
established firm, having been founded in 1791, with
a fixed note issue of 38,038. Branch establish-
ments, open on market days only, existed at
Battle, Hawkhurst, Robertsbridge, and Hail-
sham. It is stated the firm enjoyed the highest
credit, and that the failure has been occasioned
through one of the partners having . become
involved with transactions connected with his
brother, who had embarked a considerable
sum in agricultural and other speculations.
From what can be at present ascertained, there
is a prospect of a favourable dividend, but until the
affairs shall have been fully investigated no accurate
statement can be made. The feeling with regard
to the firm is nevertheless of so friendly a nature
that there is little probability of a resort to the
Gazette. The total of liabilities is stated at 150,0001.,
and the assets at 75,0001, and the firm have funds
in the hands of some of the London discount
brokers. The present circulation of notes is about
25,0001.

The price of Y.C. Tallow on the spot closed
yesterday at 685., showing a rise of no less than
Is. per cwt. since last Friday. This remarkable
movement is solely owing to the current speculation.
The price of the same article for the last three
months of 1857 is 58s. 6d. _ _ _

The Dutch Trading Company have declared for
sale on the f23rd July '83,539 bags and baskets Java
sugar, and 7,377 bags Mauritius,
The London Produce Market during the week
has been-rather quieter, although during the last
few days a good demand has existed for most
articles. Sugar at the beginning of the week was
fiat, but some parcels were withdrawn from sale,
and this strengthened the market. Yesterday
afternoon, however, there was renewed heaviness,
and ageneral decline of is. per cwt. must be re-
ported. Coffee has been well supported, and
although the market has been abundantly supplied,
the wants of the trade and the export demand have
kept up the quotations. Tea-has been firmer, owing
to a speculative inquiry Cocoa has advanced, rice
is quiet at previous value, and rum continues
inactive. Spices have remained firm, and in some
cases an advance has been realised. Saltpetre is
dull, and tallow has advanced considerably, P.Y.C.
being now 665. on the spot. In other articles there
is no particular change to report.
Trade in the manufacturing districts is improving
and a more cheerful tone is prevalent, During
the week the shipping houses in Leeds were busy,
and their had also been a fair number of orders
from the country. At Bradford there was a con•
tinnanee of the improvement lately observed in the
piece trade. Business was also good in worsted
yarns for export, whilst cotton warp transactions
were more freely entered into. Combing and
short wools were at full prices. At Halifax the
trade in the Wool and worsted branches was active.
The rates were : hogs 190. and weathers 17d.
per pound. At Manchester the improvement
noticed on Tuesday continued, and there was a
steady demand for cloths of most descriptions at
very full rates.

Respecting the movements in Mines during the
week, the Mininy Journal of to-day says—
In the early part of the week there were many inquiries
made for shares in dividend and progressive mines, but
" bargains” were the chief things required, and, with the
symptoms of improvement in prospect, sellers have not
been so anxious to realise. Devon Great Consols were in
request at 445 to 455, Alfred Consols 16, West Basset 23
to 30, North Basset 15 to 16, Cook's Kitchen 4/ to 5,
Wheal Kitty 1B to 19, Basset 240 to 245, South Frances
290 to 295. Rosewarne shares have been flat at 35 to 37i,
Craddock Moor 45, East Bassett 36 to -37 k, Herodsfoot
7i to 7j, Mary Anne 431 to 431, Trelawny 24/, East Rus-
sell t 71, Wheal Edward 6. to 6/ Garreg shares have
been in request at ato 1, North Crotty 4to 4i. Trevoolo
shares are flat at 91; to 10, Wheal Margaret 50 to 55,
Tamar Consols 1i to
There 'has been a fair amount of business done
this week in the manufacturing districts of the
north of Ireland. Retail departments are below
par, but wholesale firms have no cause to complain.
The prices of the provisions which form the
food of the masses become gradually lower ; and
a very short interval only can elapse until
the national esculent will be accessible to the
masses. A few days ago, the price of the early
potatoes was at a figure that could only be reached
by an epicure ; now, they may be had by the mere
operative, but only as a rarity and a garnish for his
Sunday dinner. Work is obtainable to all who are
willing to be employed. Strikes, just now, have no
existence in Belfast. The Linen Trade may be said
to be in a satisfactory condition. Bleached goods are
not so slow in moving off as they were a few weeks
ago. The larger houses have been more actively
employed, and orders come in pretty freely.
There has been little turn in the handkerchief
trade. Light Lawns are more sought for, and goods
finished in the brown and coloured states have had
some fair clearances. In the public sales at open
markets a steady trade continues to be done, and
production of hand-loom goods is large. Power-loom
fabrics sell freely. All the foreign markets have
absorbed large quantities of such goods ; and,
were money at a more reasonable figure, we might
expect to see considerable additions made to the
existing factories for weaving linens. Yarns are a
shade firmer ; medium warps of top quality sell at
full prices ; wefts are unchanged. Flax, of Russian
growth, becomes more difficult to buy ; home-
raised is nearly exhausted.
The following are the Gazette average prices of
Muscovado Sugar for the week ending June 23,
1857, exclusive of Custom's duties payable thereon,
on the importation thereof into Great Britain :
From the West Indies, 44s 7:-Id per cwt ; from the
Mauritius, 43s 90 per do; from the East Indies,
48e 4id per do ; average price of the foregoing
descriptions, 45s 9d per do.

MARE A. NOTE OF.—ln a leader on the subj ect of the
Ohio slave case, the New York Express, at a part of the
narrative which the writer considers important, says,
" Stick a pin there"—an American equivalent for Captain
Cuttle's well-known phrase.
BRITANNIA'S TRIDENT GONE.--On Friday se'nnight, the
trident which was borne b) the figure of Britannia, on
the new building of Somerset house, suddenly disappeared
—not a splinter, or even the dust remaining ! Britannia's
figure still points upwards.
BRITISH BENEFICENT INSTITETION.—The anniversary
festival of this useful institution, the object of which is to
allow £3O a-year to the widows and unmarried orphan
daughters of clergymen, officers in the army and navy, and
other persons who have moved in a superior station in
society, took place on Friday at the London Tavern.
Mr. Sheriff Mechi, who was in the chair, pressed the claims
of the society on the support of the public, and his appeal,
and that of other gentlemen, produced a subscription of
nearly £7OO in the course of the evening. A grand bazaar
is to be held in support of the institution, on Friday and
Saturday, July 8 and 4, in the grounds of Westbourne
College, Bayswater-road, the programme of which presents
vftrip.4s attractions.