The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-02-12 00:00:00

AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICA The steamer America, Capt. Little, arrived at this port yesterday from Boston and Halifax with advices to the 29th ult. from New York, and to the 30th from Boston. She has also brought 77 pas sengers, but no specie. The steamer Arabia, from Liverpool, had arrived ° lit at Halifax and proceeded on to Boston. ball it is confidently stated that th e B on . G . M . dere as has accepted th e m i ss i on to England, ten d him by the President, vice Mr. Buchanan, who has resigned, as already announced in this Country. At the l atest date the House of Representatives 'as still unorganized, no speaker having been el ected. On the' 29th ult., several resolutions and propositions were offered with a view to a settlement a of the difficulty, but no sa ti s f actory result was ttained. Quite an animated discussion took place 0 . 1 1 some of the propositions. There was one ballot ing for Speaker, on which Mr. Banks lacked seven Votes of an election.' , Th e President had Si uongress respectin, Principally a inarrr already know'n. too late to be available—that Congress pass an a ct auth or i z i ng the holding of a convention in the ; I c err itory for th e f ormation of a State Constitution. Ile alludes eulogistically to the principles embraced in the Kansas Nebraska act and the system of government, and the laws passed to put it into operation, and adds that while Nebraska was suc 9essfully or ganised, th e organ i sat i on of Kansas by being long delayed, was attended by serious diffi cult naladies and em barrassments, partly from lo ca l !ministration and partly from the unjustifiable interference ' of the inhabitants of some States with Yi 4 ews foreign to the interests and rights of the ''erritry., IlThe steam ship Star of the West had arrived at e' York from San Juan bringing dates from San have to the sth January. From the mines We 4 Ve their -nest cheering accounts ; the resent rains of:given the miners plenty of water and plenty wrk• Year have The exp or t s o f w h eat during the past P be._arrela en quite large, equ i va l en t t o 132 , 566 ' of flour. Th e total amount of wheat raised j a n i ' California durin g th e past year i s estimated as ge to gil as 2,525,411 b ushels. The legislature was to et at Sacrame n t o on the 7th ult., when the new governor will be inaugurated. vt The d • rida ces from Central America state, that, er Walker, it is said, has now :850 Americans a rro ,. The suburbs of the city of Granada sold been laid out into building lots, and already " A pier is being built into the lake, to be ready early in the month of March for use. Schoon erst f°l. -Vir gin Bay and San Carlos are advertised 1 -`, ) , sail three times a week between those ports. Y it aiker has lost two of his finest officers by cholera, die l t Davi dson and Lieut. Col. Gilman. They very s othe et uddenly, within a day or two of each artv r ' of - ,,? 1 . Pry, who went out with a scouting P rnir uu !nen, to march to a point about 108 es north of Granada, has been surrounded. Thes report is that he has cut his way through, and wa retreating toen. Walke addition towards Granada, with a loss of 11 laststeamer an r has received by the 120 in all. to his forces of 105 men, besides 15 officers, Th e of Jan Mexican advices are to the date of the 22nd a i Jaguar from Vera Cruz. Talirey had con at red to overthrow the Government and establish b e e4l Pire, but was arrested before his plans could es caPut into execution. He subsequently, however, wt .,. P il ed, and Was joined by a powerful army, with ul, - ; h pect "e was ss besieging Puebla with goo d pros -8 of succe. special me COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEE YORK, JAN, %OM MONEY AND STOCKS. n eY het4lo -Y after our last report of 14th in s t., th e supp l y o f the a MONEY more abundant. Th e i mme di ate cause of iaotkheeta existing dullness being thus removed, the stock busi,„ aSsurned a more cheerful aspect , with an increased tie - ` l .,ss In almost. all descriptions ot marketable securi den; - ' - ' ll rit . ig the first few days of the fortnight the ten of t, 7 °f prices was upward, but the unfavourable tenor i n ..ue financial accounts received per Baltic - on 24th inst., arl*nneetion with the apparent abandonment of the hope rtVatisfactory result to the pendiug peace propositions, adv' ee d a pause, which was followed. on receipt of later all thle:B per Africa, by a greater or le ss decline in almost rnore speculative inquiries. The prices of state st9cks are - e . , A n.e..; nerally well sustained at nearly the highest points. sho ura Parison of the present with our last quotations ly.irw:a.n improvement of 2 per cent. in Indiana'S's, i in ac e g i als, and li in Missouri 6's. There has been some ti on s °I S. 6's, 1867-8, p ri c e, rivate purchasers at a this the government but the demand from this a re 'ree has been supplied. New York State s's of 1874, anr_lield at 104 —an a'lvance of 2 per cent. Considerable a substitute of this loan have been purchased by bankers as t t!nstitute for 13 S. stocks, which have been forwarded 11.30,.t.t1e.... treasury for redemption. In the price of Rail . 1i.,,n Bends there is little or no change. Erie Sinking tn .' 4 o 4 .r u_s have been in demand, and advanced to 902 —an im eentrlent of 2 per cent. upon our last quotations. Illinois at Bllia Construction Bonds have been moderately active bond s ( 2 81i, closing at the former rate. Free Land privilege, sop ~.. at 87 with, and at 83 without, the stock uctu-7F . The largest transactions and most important Rail lit I'3" h ave, as usual, occurred in the market for a gen oad Shares. When the upward movement ceased, ce4t.efal advance of 2 to 3, and in a few instances 5, per bwua_ctl.beeo realized, the greater part of whi ch has are .. 3 „In the subsequent reaction. Reading Ra il R oad i i ,_ , ;oarter the re-opening of the transfer-books on . Arles t se frora 83i to 88 ex-dividend ; but the closing that 0 day, shows an advance of only 6 per cent. upon s lit of 14th instant. Erie, Cleveland, and Toledo and hi ,vall itie and Mississippi are each about 1 per cent. a lan gler i Ther e . is a decline of* per cent in Michigan Central G ale In Illinois Central R. R. The present quotation of of 5 Ila and Chicago is ex dividend. An extra dividend pe r cent. in stock has been declared by the Cleveland, S .I:nbus, and Cincinnati Railroad, and regular semi- C,7al diyidends of 4 per cent. by the New York Central, semi- Ca Celt. by the New Jersey, and 3 per cent. by the ill o rea and Amboy Railroad—all cash. Although the Wer e ( market is easier, there is no change in the rates . of t 1;... _ St, and we still quote loans on call at 7, and d i scoun t ttuililt class paper at Bto 10 per cent. The aggregate doi s loans, as per report of 2(lth inst., were 96,887,2 . 21 t.. , and the specie balances 12,733,059 dols, being an in -1,07,8e, since sth inst., of 1,023,831 dols in the formpr, and pa rt ), o Bs l , 0 dols in the latter item. There is no foreign ex gold. CAMMANN & CO. COTTON. t: nee 8i Friday:last there has been an increasing disposi "oll 0 Th e __, e Perate more freely in Cotton in this market, and ?ricer s have been larger than for some time pas. tre ws, Yesterday were i t :: to ic per lb higher ; the Africa's Peet ' h°w ever, being unfavourable, and rather unex ..._ .ed, this advance is lost and the quotations of last is no are once more renewed. Our stock of unsold cotton Inet,„ Pear small, that the market is independent of advices, and holders evince no desire to sell , t r 3 B full prices are obtained. The sales since Friday I great B r itain- The clearances during the same time have ii - wl, for Liw!fnool, 3,091 • Havre, 501; Antwerp, 313 ; the"len, 371—total, 4,276 bales.' The market this morning , and the quotations 'annexed cannot now be obtained; .seris, however no pressing. trintEnbr MA,BatETs have again been active during the Week un,LT review, particularly so at Mobile and New Orleans, w h er ,; an advance of lie to ie per lb has been establshed. Cli ar i e ,:ton and Savan n ah h ave b een also p r etty lively, without - n h at ;ze in quotations. For further particulars, I refer to reports tr •,:"1 each. The following is a statement of the a,s: since the lst September last, as compared witu , three years: , venient in cotton 'he previous 185 g. 1855 1854. 1855' Receipts at the v0ru..... • • 1,733 000 1,048 00 1 112.000 1,708,000 Ea )orts to Great Britain 587.000 525 000 332 000 6,1.000 1 114 France 2ll 000 121,000 109,000 110,000 .. other For. Ports 159.000 T 70,000 78,r DO 184 000 on hand. 'looo 519 . 000 996.000 of Exports. 948.000 7 6,7,000 316.300, 507,000 606,000 Stock uring the past week, included in the above : Receipts at the Ports .. E xports to Great Britain 107,0001 - I 7 , 00 0, 114 :.8.0001 51,0001 34,0001 51 : 000 22,000, 12,000 1 19,0001 5,000 14,0001 10.000 11,0001 10,000 91,00 W 89,000 64,0001 66,000 " France.. • Total F other For. Ports ports. .--'l7 - --------_,___ BUDIMARY : Receipts —lncreage at the ports over last year 5 ,000 bales ; over 1853, 25,000. B rports —lncrease to Great Britain, 62.000 b a l es; decrease to same dates in 1853, 105,000. Increase to Fiance, 90,000 bales ; same bales; 1853, 101 , 000 . I ncrease to other foreign ports, 80,000 same time in 1853, 46,000. 45 ' 4 E 1 0111.5: To Lirerpool are firm, at id for compressed a nd uncompressed baler, and to Ha vre , at lc per lb. ExcuaNcEs are dull on London, at 108 to 108 i per cent, and on Paris, at 5 21i. W. P. Winona. BREADSTUFFS. I' "UR--Our l ast c i rcular was ' of the 15th Jan., since th e Mien the re h ave been eGant fl bb l uctuations in price s , th e per greatest advan _.actuations in the inte rva l amoun ti ng to 37de ~ but closing at an improvement of only 25c per the quotations is day fortnight. ..IYREA.T.—In steady demand at former rates. ItINDIAN CORN. —Without change. aaLty.-120 to 128 c p e r 48 lbs. R YE. -130 to 132 e per 56 lbs. letoaN MEAL.-4 dols to 4 dols 25c per bhl. Itx Ftouu.-6 doffs to 6 dols 75c . ser bbl. WOOTHERSYOO)r, KINGSFORD AND CO. Baton uett LATEST BY TIZAILISAPH. 11 --.. sales 800 bales, aid uplands 91, NO 9! e affairs of Kansas tive of event [lost of which are mmendation NORTHERN Tiiiii.-LIVtiI,POOL A TUESDAY, 1. - Qq,' . IIUARY 12, MM. discussed the case sufficiently for me. lam quite satisfied to lay the, American pretensions before the world on the argument between Lord Clarendon and Mr. Buchanan. The annals of American diplomacy do not exhibit a specimen of stronger, clearer, argument th a n that presented in the ast despatch of Mr. Ba lt is conclusive. It had its effect. 'What chanan effen t ? It silenced his adversary ; and although he may remain in the position of .a man " convinced against his will," it is hardly to be imagined that he was not convinced by that argument. Sir; before I proceed further—and I do not phrpose to address the Senate at length—let us look at the'position which Viscount Palmerston and his friends in England have occupied since they have been _known to us as public men. I need go back no further to illustrate their character as statesmen than to the period which Lord Clarendon points out in his discussion with Mr. Buchanan as the period when she first commenced the assertion of her claims on the Central American coast, to wit, the years of 1838, 1839, and 1840, instead of which, Mr. Buchanan aids 1841. I have no doubt that on the files of the Foreign Office there are to be found what Lord Clarendon states in his letter to Mr. Buchanan, declarations and assertions of title in portions of Central America made by Great Britain in 1838, 1839, and 1840. Her design was then formed and fixed ; and simultaneously with that, the same men who, with all the sagacity which is so highly charac. teristic of them, were grasping territory on the Mosqhito coast, were directing their attention to the East as well as to the West. It was during that very period that they com menced and prosecuted their cruel and unjust wars against Affghanistan. It was during that very period, too, sir, that they carried on their wars against the Beloochees, and the people of Calm!. It was at that very period that thh seized the fortification and city of Aden, which controls the Straits of Bab-el-Mandeb, through which the waters of the Red Sea run into the Arabian and the Indian Ocean, controlling, by the single key of commerce, all the treasures which, flow to or from that great gulf by the coast of Arabia Felix, the Arabian Desert, Beloochi s t an , and the countries beyond the Indus ; and, sir, on mo dime omni s—under what pretext were those seizures made at Aden, among the Aff ghans, the Beloochees. and the people of Cabul? Was there a reasonable pretext of right on the part of Great Britain, for instance, when she took and seized the fortification that commanded the Straits of Bab-el-Mandeb P Sir, I will not read from an American work to disclose the character of British aggressions, lest I should be charged by Englishmen with having taken an unfair authority against them, but I will read a few sentences from a British work, and an able one, Blackwood's Magazine for the year 1843, which show the grounds and miserable pretexts upon which they seized this town and fortification of Aden. On page 484 of the fifty-third volume of Blackwood, for the year 1843, you find the whole subject discussed. The writer says:— The process by which we obtained this footing in Arabia was strictly in accordance with the maxims of policy adopted by the then rulers of British India, and which they were at the same time engaged in carrying out on a far more extended scale in Affghanistan. In both cases—perhaps from a bene volent anxiety to accommodate our diplomacy to the primitive ideas of those with whom we had to deal— The good old rule Snfficeth them, the simple plan That they should take who have the power, And they should keep who can was assumed as the basis of our proceedings; and though the brilliant success, which, for a time attended our philanthropic exertions in the cause of good order and civilization beyond the Indus, so completely threw into the shade minor glories of Aden, that this latter achievement attracted scarcely any public attention at the time :of its occurrence, its merits are quite sufficient to entitle it to a more detailed notice than it has hitherto received in the pages of Maga. The author then proceeds to show the modus operandi by which Great Britain has extended ber power and her pro tectorates over the world, until she now rules more than one hundred and thirty millions of people on the globe. I recommend to every man who wishes to understand this sul)ject, to the perusal of this article. After showing the utter want of all just pretext for attacking the Arabs at Aden, the writer concludes , among other observations, by saying many things whi c h could wish to read, but lam compelled to condense what I have to say, and therefore I shall only read a few more sentences. After informing us that all his statements are taken from the of dial accounts published by order of the government, he says : In whatever point of view we co ransaction, we careely be denied that it reflects little credit on the national character for even-handed justice and fair dealing. Even if the tact and savoir faire, which Captain Haines must be admitted to have displayed in an eminent degree in the execution of his instructions, had succeeded in intimidating the Arabs into surrendering the place without`resistance, such a proceeding would have amounted to nothing more or less than the appropriation of the territory of a tribe not strong enough to defend themselves, simply because i t was situated language when I refer to it. Oar own minister, Mr. Law rence, was told by Lord Palmerston to rely on the Chatfield statement, which positively alleges the validity of those treaties; and Lord Palmerston himself, in his letter to Castillon, relies on the validity of those treaties through out, and the acts of the British Parliament in 1817 and in 1819, and the treaties of the British government in 1814 and in 1826 had recognised the same treaties ; and then, when pressed hard in the argument by our minister in Loneon, he tells us that the same treaties were abrcgated by a war with Spain, which terminated even so far back as 1809, and that they have been a dead letter ever since ! Mr. President, I could go on and consume the time of the nate by pointing out other inconsistencies in the argu ments and statemer ti of the British Ministry as monstrous as this, bat 1 forbear. I only wish now, before I have done, to call the attention of the Senate to one other subject in this connection. Lard Clarendon contends with Mr Buchanan that the principle on which the Ame rican and British governments have always here tofore acted, that by a revolution the territorial rights of the mother country, as in our case and in the case of the Spanish American colonies, devolve on the revolted colonies when they have successfully maintained their in dependence ; and that they become virtually the heirs of the rights they have asserted by the declaration and main tenance of their independence, is not to be now upheld. He is driven so hard in the argument that ho denies that pro position ; and what is the effect of the denial ? To give his government, instead of a usufruct, an unlimited right of sovereignty and dominion in Belize. It is further to deny the right of Nicaragua and the Central American States to the rights which Spain had in the country before the revo lution of the Spanish American republics. We all know, as men,who have read something of the law of nations, how little credit is to be giv,en to such doctrines as his lordship contends for. Bat I desire now to present still further conclus ive evidence of the territorial rights of Nicaragua. It would be a little too much for me to suppose that the British Foreign Office did not contain a copy of the treaty which I am about to read to you. On the 25th day of July, 1850, Mr. Marcoleta, the Minister of Nicaragua conclud-d with Spain a treaty which gave toNicaragua a ll the rights which Spain ever held in the whole country between the Pacific and the Caribbean Sea. Mr. Cass : What is the date of that treaty ? Mr. CLAYTON : The 25th of July, 1850 • and if gentle. men wish to know how I obt a i ne d i t , I wil l that I had it from Mr. Marcoleta himself; and I now present it before the Senate in his own handwriting in Spanish, with an English translation. As I know of no other method of putting it on record, I will read that part of the treaty which cedes the whole territory to Nicaragua, so that Sen. ators may judge of the candour of any Briti s h Minister who shall hereafter overlook this treaty, and contend that Nicar agua has not the territorial rights which Spain had, because they had not devolved on her by the revolution. Here is the paper : Extract'of a treaty between Spain and .Nicaragua, signed on the 25th day of July, 1850, by the Marguis:of Pidal, Sec retary of State . of her Catholic .Afojesty, and Mr Marcoleta, Minister Plenipotentiary from Nicaragua ; Ratified on the 21st of March, 1851. ARTICULO PRIMER°. ARTICLE FIRST. Su Majestad Catolica, usando Her Catholic Majesty, malting de la facultad que le compete use of the faculties belonging to por el decreto de las Cortes Gene- her, from the decree of the Cortes rates del reino, del 4de Diciem- General of the kingdom, of the bre, de 1836, renuncia pars 4th of December, 1836, renounces slempre, del mado matt formally for ever, for herself and for her solemne. por si y eus sucesores successors, the sovereignty, la soberania, derechos y acciones rights, and actions which be. que la corresponden sobre el long to her over the American territorio Americano situado territory situated between the entre el mrr Atlantico y el Atlantic• an i Pacific seas, with Pacifico, con sus iSlas adyacentes the adjacent islands, known be conocido antes bazo la denomi. fore under the name of the nation de Provinciaj de Nicara- Province of Nicaragua, now the gua,` hoy Republica del mismo republic of the same name, and nombre, y sobre los drmas terii- over the other territories which torsos que se hablesen incorpo- had been incorporated in the rado a dicha republics. said republic. _ • ARTICLE ISECOND. ARTICULO SECUNDO. r In consequence. Her Catholic En consecuencia, su I)l,.jestad Majesty recognises as a free, in- Catollea reconoce como nacion dependent nation the republic of litre, soberana e independiente Nicaragua, together with all the ala republica de Nicaragua con • territories which belong to her todos los territorios que la per- from sea to sea, and the terri tenecen demar a mar, o pie en torte; which may, la the future, lo sucesior la pertenecieren. belong to her. And now, sir, I dismiss the subject of this letter of Lord John Russell with this single remark. In a note of Mr. Buchanan to Mr. Marcy, of the 16th February, 1855, he says : From a conversation which I casually had with Lord Aberdeen, on the day before the vote against his ministry in the House of Commons, I was confirmed in the belief that the Central American question would have been settled bad he remained in power a few weeks longer. The letter of Lord Russell of course expressed the senti ments of Lord Aberdeen, who was the Premier at the time it was written ; and we therefore know that the question would have been settled on the principles stated in that letter, without any attempt to confine the treaty to a pros pective operation, if Viscount Palmerston had not, most unfortunately for all parties, then come into power to renew his rapacious policy, in utter disregard of treaty obligations. While he remains at the head of the British government, it is impossible this question can ever be settled amicably between the two nations. Mr. Cass moved the postponement of the question until Monday. (" Agreed, agreed.") Mr. Clayton : I am perfectly willing that the motion shall be postponed to Monday next, as gentlemen desire it; but I wish to have the letter printed; and I hope that by unanimous consent an oiler will be made for printing it, so that we may have the letter before us while we are speaking upon it. I move that the letter be ordered to be printed. and that five hundred copies, in addition to the usual number, be printed for the use of the Senate. The motion was agreed to. The subject was again taken up in the Senate on the 28th; but the papers now to hand do not furnish a full report ; the telegraphic account states that Mr. Cass used strong language denunciatory of the positions assumed by the British Government relative to the Protectorate in Central America, characterising its pretensions in setting up a king over the Mosquito Indians as mere mockery, under which England alone exercised real sovereignty. This statement was corroborated by Mr. Clayton, who read C ex o t n r s a u c l ts wa fr s o t m he documents rntoor ofsh o xr w os t q h u a i t to d th a e u ßritishVi l c e e s gave titles to land in his own name. Mr. Collomer gave his views relative to the construction of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, and coltended that there could be no possible pretext for the present assumption of England, that the occupation she agreed not to exercise was only prospective, and had no reference to the occupation which she then held. He, however, thought the time for legislative action bad not arrived, inasmuch as the Presi dent, in his annual message, expressed hopes that there might still be an amicable adjustment of the controversies between this government and Great Britain. Mr. Seward obtained the floor, when the subject was postponed, and the Senate adjourned until the following Thursday. Lord Cowley and suite arrived at Dover, from Paris, yesterday afternoon. A Quicx. VOYAGF.—Tho Spirit of the Deep of Liver pool, Hewitt, from Croton, has arrived in the Downs, having made the voyage hence to Calcutta, China, and London, in seven months and twenty days, exclusive of detention in port. A letter from St. Petersburg of the 29th ult. says, that the government does not at all relax in the precautions to meet the eventualities of war. On the previous day the nobility had given a grand banquet to Prince Gortschakoff. As the Prince was the first to utter words of peace to his sovereign, this demonstration is regarded as a proof that the nobles share in the pacific sentiments entertained by the Czar. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.—Mr. Adam Black, the Whir.. candidate, was on F r id a y returne d for Edinburgh by Whig majority of 643 over his opponent, Mr. Brown Douglas, the numbers being for Mr. Black 2,439, and Mr. Brown Doug las 1,796. At the close of the poll at Rochester, on Friday, the numbers were, for Mr. Martin (liberal) 547, Mr. Bod kin 489 ; majority 58. At Cambridge Mr. Denman retired from the contest on Friday evening, at which time the poll stood as follows :—Walpole 886, Denman 419. HERR RE ICIIARDT.—The numerous Liverpool friends and admirers of this talented artiste will be glad to hear that he is engaged as first tenor for the Italian opera season at Edinburgh, where he is a great favourite. On Monday evening, he made his first appearance as "Jean of Leyden," in Meyerbeer's opera of the Propitete, and according to the Edinburgh papers, his performance of that most difficult character was all that could be desired —both vocally and histrionically. Now that Mario's voice is nearly gone, and Tamberlik about leaving Europe for the Brazils, Herr Reichardt will hold the highest rank in his profession. We hope to see him at Covent Garden next season. FIRST EXHIBITION OF THE IMAM SCIIOOL OF FINE ARTS. —The private view of this exhibition took place on Saturday last, in the Academy Exhibition Rooms, Old Post ofrice-place. Amongst the company were the following:— The Earl of Sefton and friends ; Major-general the Hon. Sir E. Cast; Hon. Joseph Canard; Rear-admiral J. P. Grenfell; J. J. Blackburne, Es.q,; the. Mayor; Aldermen Bennett, Bold, Parker; Councillors A. Shand, Hornby, Picton, Crosthwaite, Littledale, Nicholson, Sheil, J. G. Livingston, T o bi n, M•G u ffi e , Fi nne , Kitchen ; Rev. J. B. Macnaught, J. Tobin, A.M., C. Wray, A.M . , John Stewart, A.Ni., &C., & c. ; W. B. Rathbone, Esq. ; Charles Langton, Esq. ; J o h n M oss, Esq ; E. Moss, Esq. ; W. Clare, Esq.; John L. Clare, Esq. ; E. Arnaud, Esq. ; R. Horsfall, Esq., J. Aiken, Esq. ; R. Livingston, Esq.; J. HEyworth, Esq.; John Miller, Esq.; R. Bright, Esq.; John Pilkington, Fsq.; G. Rae, Esq. ; D. Rae, Esq. ; H. Aikin, Esq. ; G. Aike, Esq. ; B. Aickle, Esq. ; S. J. Arnold, Esq. ; James Lister, EA.; 3. B. Neilson, Esq.; C. Pemberton, Esq ; R. J. King, Esq. ; 3. Kin g , Eq. ; \V. King, Esq.; R. Swainson, Esq ; W. Pearce, Esq.; J. Atkinson, Esq. ; J. Penlington, Esq. E. Cropper, E.q.; S. 11. Thompson,.E , q.; J. L. Ifausburg, Esq. ; Dr. Dickenson ; Dr. Sheridan Muspratt ; G. B. Leonard, Esq. ; J. Crossley, Esq. ; S. J. Winstar.loy, Es q . . W. D. M'Andrew, Esq.; W. Shuttlewortb, Esq. ; Jo se ph Evans, Esq.; Josiah Evans, Esq.; &c., &c, ar—Medium grades State and Western a shade firmer with a moderate demand for export and home consumption : salee - 8,1500 brls ' com. to extra State 8 to 8 31, com. to good Michigan - 8 to 81, good to fancy and low grades extra Western 81 to 81. extra Genesee 9 to 11 ; 400 brls Canadian 84 to 10; 900 do. corn meal $4. Rye 129 to 1 31. Bar ley-800 bush. fair two-rowed 1 22 1 Shipping cJrn a shade es 17,000 bush. at 81 to 84 for Jersey yellow, 86 to 92 for new Southern yellow and white, and 90 in store ed Western. Oats lower, 44 to 47c and 48 to 52. r firmer, 34 to 35c. Pork—Sales 600 brls, mess 164 prime 141. Beef barns-100 brls $l2 to $l5. ness beef more active, 1,000 tcs Ohio and Illinois ?3. Dressed hoes 74 to 7-4. Cut meats—Sh ou ld ers 1. hams 81-, to 9 4 . Bacon--400 bxs 04 for city Lard-650 brl 101 to 114-. Sugar-200 bhds Cuba olasses— 200 brls N 0 41 to 45c. Spirits. turpen -50 Hs 414-0. Iron-70 tons Scotch 33 to $34, Ems. i-40 hhds Ky 9to 13c. Rice firm, 80 tcs 42 to weights to Liverpool quiet, flour 2s 61, grain 71 to )n 7-32 'to ;to Havre nominal, flour 75 to 80, to 18, cotton to I, rice 5 10, lard Ito Be. quite dull, and sales confined to wants of brokers. not plentiful, but a fair supply at full previous rates. exchange 108 to 1081. NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 29.—Sales of cotton up to noon to y, 1000 bales; demand fair at unchanged prices. Freights to Liverpool 1d by British vessels. Sterling THE CENTRAL AMERICAN QUESTION, PROCEEDINGS IN THE AMERICAN SENATE On the 24th of January, in answer to a call from the Senat?, President Peirce sent to the two Houses of Congress a message communicating the letter of Lord John Russell to the American Government, under date of January,' 1853, and which was as follows : RD JOHN RUSSELL TO MR, CRAMPTON LONDM, Jan, 19, 18.53, Sift—ln treating of the affairs of Mosquito, I must in the first place refer you to the despatch of Lord Malmesbury of the 6th of July, 1852, upon this subject. It is evident that since Great Britain first assumed the protection and defence of the Mosquito Indians, the position of all parties has changed. First—Spain, instead of exercising absolute sovereignty over Central America, and prohibiting all commerce on the coats under her sway, has entirely lost her dominion over the con- . Cape Horn to Florida, The Mosquito Indians, instead of governing their Second own tribe according to their own customs, furnish a natiie and title to Europeans and Americans who carry on trade at Grey town and along the Coast of Mosquito, according to the usages of civilised nations. Third—Great Britain, instead of having an interest in the defence of the Mosquito Indians, for the sake of rescuing part of the territory of Central America from Spanish control, and obtaining an authority for her commerce, has no other interest in Mosquito than that which is derived from an honourablq regard for her old connection with the Indian nation of Mosquito. Her Majesty's government has for several years endea voured to suit her engagements to the altered circumstances of the case ; but every proposal that has been made with this view has encountered some insuperable obstacle. The contentions in Central America between Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Hon duras ; the absence of any authority with which any permanent agreement could be made; unfounded jealousies of Great Britain, and various other circumstances, have prevented the settlement of this vexatious question. In conformity with the o. inions stated in Lord Malmes bury's despatch of July 16, to which I have already referred, I have to state that the committee of government of Greytown are in fact the real power that exercises authority in that part of Central America. To her Majesty's government it would atter of indifference 'whether that authority was exer the name of the King of Mosquito or in name of Grey self. But it is desirable that what is apparent should eto conform as far as possible with what is real. What •ent is that the King of Mosquito exercises sovereignty over Greytown. What is real, is that ho has no authority there whatever, but that the committee of Europeans and Americans carry on the government of that port. What her Majesty's government should consider a good and be mad flee and independent port, connected with Mosquito by such relations of friendship and alliance as may be agreed upon, Second, thnt indemnification, or advantages equivalent to those laid down in the project of convention of the 13th of April, 1852, shall be assured to Mosquito in return for its withdrawal from its present position with regard to Greytown. Third, Britain and the United States, without guaranteeing L -1 be ready to act in concert to defend the that Gr of the free city or port of Greytown, from what t might be attacked. What is essential and of iportance, is that the authorities of Greytown should be ready to assume either unqualified independence, with an engagement to defend Mosquito, or qualified indepen dence, owing allegiance and support to Mosquito. For this purpose, some person qualified to treat should proceed at once to Greytown. Whether a naval officer of her Majesty's service, or a civil one would be 3n to be entrusted with this mission, I must leave .ride. It would be desirable if the government of Pfates should concur in these views, that a nes f the imaccente4 a fitter g►rcem en t ualified should be sent by that zovernment the same object y further to say that indemnity to Mosquito be not made in money, but in greater security 'd territory within which the free port of Grey. by her Majesty's ships of war, might manage to defend the Mosquito nation: The Governor General of Canada and authorities in other of her Majesty's North American possessions have made, from time to time, agreements some what similar. The President of the United States has frequently made conventions with the Indians to the like effect. The peculiarity of this case is, that certain neighbouring States deny altogether the independence of Mosquito, and the Mos quito nation are liable every day to new incursions upon their territory. We can make no complete provision against this danger. Our policy is to do all that honour and humanity require in behalf of the Mosquito nation. But we intend to adhere strictly to the treaty of Washington of tho 19th April, 1850, and not to assume any sovereignty, either direct or indirect, in Central America. J. RUSSELL. 4EMORANDUIII IN MR. EVERETT'S HANDWRITING Mr. Crampton authorised me to communicate this to Congress in any way I thought proper. After the reading of the letter, Mr. Clayton rose and said.— Mr. President, I desire to move the printing of that communication. I hope that the Senate will order that five hundred copies, or some other moderate number, in addition to the usual quantity, be printed, and that it will be referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. I shall make such a motion before I sit down; but my immediate object is to call the attention of the Senate and of the country to that letter, particularly to the concluding sentence of it, and to its whole tone and spirit. The declaration solemnly made by the British government to ours on the 19th day of January, 1853, then was, that Great Britain " intends to adhere strictly to the provisions of the treaty of Washington of the 19th April, 1850, and not to assume directly or indirectly, any sovereignty over Central America." Sir, we could ask no more ; that is precisely what was meant by the treaty ; and that is the lan guage o f one o f those who was a rleading man in power at the time when the treaty was made. I say, sir, that it was under the administration of this gentleman and his friends that the treaty with Great Britain of the 19th April, 1850, was made; and it to all fair men, whether they who made the treaty not better competent to put a fair construc tion on it than those who came in afterwards under a new administration, hostile to that, and were never believed to he friendly to the objects of it. True it was that Lord Palmerston was at the head of the Foreign Office at the time the treaty was formed, but his letters were subject to the direction of the Premier; he could write nothing which the Premier did not approve of, no more than I then could Lve written anything of which the President of the United States ,f,id not approve. Shortly after that letter was written, Lora; Tohn Russell went out of the Foreign Office, and Lord Clarendon -7. 11 nn in of Lord Aber and Lord Pal m erst on , i ns t ea d 'een or Lore; n'hn Russell, stood at the head of the administration of the Briz;1! eovernment. From that time, and not until then—from the - time of the change of that adm inistration —commenced a series of hostile decla rations—declarations entirely subversive of the true meanin g of th e treaty—which, at last, have brought us to GreaPtolßnrt* where we n ow s t an d—i n peril of a rupture with 'tam. Mr. President, need I call the attention Gf the Senate to the difference between the language here used and that contained in Lord Clarendon's letters to our Minister in London, which were lately laid beferpCon- Tess ? Lord Clarendon were under the direction of Vise r a , l7 tak rein e t s aiii t u l l e s position that the iunt Palmerston, the . to operate, so far instead of operatin g o the interest of G ini r e e _t futuro. It is erospective in its operation," Ile n e effect of which hem in possession of everything they claimd reaty was made, while it debars us from the an acre of ground in the whole territory of States. Directly hostile and antagoe metie—as strongly as two positions can be —are the letters of Lord John Russell, one of those who assisted in making the treaty, and were understood at the time to be in favour of the treaty, and the declaration of the new British Secretary for Foreign Affairs, acting under a new British Premier, suspected at the time of being hostile to the arrangement, now informing us, for the first time, that the treaty was prospective in its operation, and did not either retract, or act in prcesenti, when it was made, Mr. Presia.”, I put 1 with us wc as relates says he, is to lea acqulst the Central Americ the able aud a admirable State papers which were submitted by our Minister in London in opposition to the special pleading and pretexts of the British Ministry, have conveniently for the purposes of our own navigation ; and the open force by which the scheme was u lti mate l y carr i e d into act of usurpation a char :ter of violence still mow to bo regretted Captain Haines was to Aden what Captain Lock was to Nicaragua: Now, Mr. President, the same course of con duct that has distinguished the course of the British government in India marks the designs and character of the same government in Central America at the same perio I. Those who (lid not scruple to se'ze Aden to controul the Straits of Bab-el-Mandeb, had no more scruples when they came to a much more important strait—to a passage more important to commerce than a hundred Bab-el-Mandebs. however— let me not underrate it—is one of vast importance "; ter you observe that Biitish statesmen at that period anticipated what is now about to occur—a canal connection between the Mediterranean with the Red Sea by the Isthmus of Suez. Viewed in this light, the importance of Aden becomes vastly greater than was ever dreamed of by men not bent on controuling the keys of commerce throughout the world. The same charac teristics mark the seizure of Central America and the Colony of the Bay Islands. Mora than fifty years ago, the seizure of Malta, and the retention of it in defiance of the treaty of Amiens, brought on a long and desolating war with France, and this important naval station was never relinquished, though its occupation caused the expenditure of rivers of blood. The war with Spain for Gibraltar was another evidence of the same rapacious spirit; and now the war with Russia, having for its object the eventual control of the Bosphorus, is believed to give proof that the same policy is still to be pursued in both hemispheres. Hr. Presi dent, it will be recollected by honourable Senators here, and all others who chose to observe my humble course in public life, that I was reluctant and slow to believe that Great Britain could disgrace herself by such pretexts as are used to circumvent the treaty of 1850. The honorable senator from Michigan (Mr. Cass) understood, them batter than I did ; there were others here who under stood them ; I—and I call all hero to witness it—l, believing from the declarations of the British Minister, Lord John Russell himself, that it was impossible that such a monstrous construction should ever be resorted to as is now adopted by the British Ministry, did on repeated occasions, on the floor of the Senate, attempt to vindicate the course that Great Britain had pursued, and, in the exercise of that charity which I trust I shall always exercise towards all men, I endeavoured to show that Great Britain was not yet dishonored—that she might retrace those steps which were erroneous, and that eventually we must have con fidence that she would carry out her contract, But, sir, when I:heard the onnual message of the President of the United States read from your table, my convictions under went a total revolution. I saw from the monstrous construction set up that the treaty was to be considered as only prospective in its operation—that we were to be subjected to the same kind of shuffing and the same despi cable attempts at special pleading which marked the letter of Lord Palmerston to Castillon, Minister of Nicaragua, on the 16th of July, 1849, and which, indeed, marked the correspondence of the British government with all the feeble Central American nations during the whole period for which Lord Palmerston had the direction of British foreign affairs. Sir, if any man wishes to see a specimen of that kind of writing which I call despicable special pleading, let him look at the arrogant overbearing letter written by Lord Palmerston to Castillon, the minister of Nicaragua, to which I have referred, and which is to be found in senate document 75, page 180, communicated by President Fillmore to the Senate on the 19th of July, 1850. I ask the attention of the Senate in this connec. tion particularly to that letter, for the purpose of illus trating the duplicity that has marked the course of the British government on this whole subject. In the letter of Lord Palmerston to Senor Castillon he rea sons—if it can be called reasoning—by founding his pre tensions on the treaties with Spain of 1783 and 1786. He considers those treaties as in full force and effect, and in so viewing them, be presses upon the minister of Nicaragua that under and by virtue of them the British protectorate was established—an argument which I think no other man on earth would use who had read the treaties. Again, sir, in a letter written on the sth of January, 1850, _to Mr. Lawrence, our minister in London, Viscount Palmerston refers expressly to a letter written by Frederick Chatfield, a British agent in Central America at that time, and says that that lettersiet Chatfield "contains a statement of facts showing the nature of the connection which has existed since the middle of the seventeenth century between Great Britain and the Mosquito nation." He refers him to that as showing the authority upon which the British government has acted, and sends Mr. Lawrence a copy of Chatfield's letter, at the close of which von find that Chatfield not only recognises those treaties of 1783 and 1786, but says expressly that the evidence of the hereditary monarchy of the Mosquitoes is to be found in those treaties of 1783 and 1786, which, he says, "th e B r i t i sh agents have never re pudi a t e d an d have c onstantly recognised." N o w, what think you, after all that, of thi s same Viscount Palmerston, standing at the h ea d of the Briti s h government, directing the correspondence of Lord Cl arendon, and Lord Clarendon wr i t i ng to our Min. inter at London, Mr. Buchanan, stating that these treaties " were put an end to by a subseq ue nt state of war" w i t h Spain, which terminated in 1809 ? Here is a pat contradic tion of binaself by himself, which ii submit is nothing lesS than disgraceful to a public minister. I can use no milder IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (FROM OUR OWN REPORTERS.) HOUSE' OF LORDS.-MONDAY The LORD CFIANCELLOR took his seat at five o'clock THE CRIMEAN REPORT, --- The Earl of CARDIGAN gave notice that to-morrow he should hand in a refutation of certain charges in the report of the special commissioners sent out to the Crimea to report on the condition of the army, which affected his lordship's pro fessional character. The Earl of LI:CAN made a similar complaint, observing that he had written to the war office, giving a reply to the charges made against him in the report. Lord PANMUEE said there would be no objection to pro duce this correspondence at the proper time. The Earl of DERBY observed that these two noble officers had been decorated by her Majesty for their services in the Crimea, and it was only right that they should have every opportunity afforded them of giving their explanations. The Earl of HARDWICK said for his part, if he were in the situation of these two noble lords ho would tear the decora tions from his breast rather than wear them after these charges. Lord PANMITRE replied that the decorations were granted for distinguished services, performed in presence of the enemy, while the report of the' Crimean commission in no way reflected upon their honour or character as soldiers. The Earl of HARDWICK was glad to hear this explanation. The subject then dropped. LIFE. PEERAGES, Lord LYNDHURST gave notice _that the committee of , ect to life peerages, would meet to-morrow, privileges, in resp The Lord CHANCELLOR and Earl GREY wished the noble and learned lord had stated what course the committee intended taking. After some remarks from the Earl of DERBY, Earl GRAN VILLE, Lord BROUGHAM, the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, Lord CAMPBELL, and Lord ST. LEONARDS, he subject dropped TRIAL OF OFFENCES DILL. On the motion of the LORD CItANCELLOR, this bill was read a.eecond time. TURKISH MATTERS. Earl GRBI wished to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether ho can give any explanation of the apparent contradiction between Colonel Rose's despatch of the 25th of March, 1853, and that of Lord Stratford de Radcliffe, of the 27th of May following; the first of these despatches con taining a memorandum of Mr. Pisani of the account given to him by Ritaat Pacha and the Grand Vizier of the substance of the note verbal° presented by Prince Menachikoff to the Porte on the 16th of March, while Lord Stratford de Redcliffe states in his despatch of the 27th of May that Mr. Pisani had assured him that Rifaat Pacha would never be brought to admit the existence of this note. The Earl of CLARENDON said the archives at Constanti nople had been searched, but the note could not be found, and he was afraid the contradictory answers had been given through fear. Their Lordships then adjourned HOUSE OF COMMONS. —MONDAY, The Speaker took the chair at four o'clock. NEW MEMBER Mr. W. MARTIN, the newly-elected member for Rochester, took the oaths and his seat. PRIVATE BILLS The Aberdeen and Scottish Midland Junction Railway Companies Amalgamation Bill ; the Bains3ale and Leeds Road Bill ; the Cambridge University and Town Bill ; the Carmarthen and Cardigan Road Bill ; the Colonial Bank Bill ; the Conway and Llandudno Boad Bill ; the Cork and Youghal Railway Bill ; the Lancaster Gas Bill ; the South Point Water Bill; and several other private bills second time, and ordered to be committed were read PETITIONS Mr. DevalsoN presented a petition against the openiug of Crystal Palace on Sundays, and Mr. MIINTz from the Birmingham Fown Missio❑ to the same effect. Sir JOSHUA WALIOLEY presented a petition from the Corporation of Leicester against the County ,Police Bill. Mr. HoasPALL presented a petition from a religious body in Lancashire against the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sundays. Mr. A. IlAsrtE presented a similar petition from Glasgow. The majority of the petitions presented to-night were to the same effect. SCOTTISH POOR LAW. Mr. EDWARD ELLICE moved an address for returns in reference to the record of applications to the Board of Supervision of the relief of the poor in Scotland, stating in each case the amount of relief, whether in money, food, clothing, or in any other shape (but it not in money, then giving the money value of s uc h o th er d escr i pt i on of relief), which formed the subject of complaint ; the decis sion of the board as to such allowance :being insufficient or the contrary; and, in cases where the ground of com plaint was removed, stating the additional amount and kind of relief that was granted from the Ist day of July, 1854, to the 30 day of June, 1855, (in continuation of for mer agreed to. SCOTCH VALUATIONS, Mr. DUNLOP moved an address - Fo;returns of the number of proprietors in each come) , in Scotland standing on the valuation rolls, made up under the act 17th and 18th of Victoria, chap 91, as owners of lands and heritages therein of the value requisite to qualify for acting as com missioners of supply in terms of the :19th section of that act, and also to the number of proprietors possessed of the former qualification as owners of lands and heritages valued at £lOO Scots of old valua tion ; together with the total valuation of the county under that act, and the total valuation, in pounds Scots, accord ing to the valuation rolls prior thereto ; and of the number of proprietors, in each parish, of lands and heritages valued at £lOO Scots, :and the number owning lands and heritages valued at £lOO sterling yearly under the act above mentioned; together with the total number of proprietors in each such parish, of whatever valuation, standing on the rolls made up under the said act, and the total number standing on the old valuation rolls. Agreed to. PUBLIC CONTRACTS Mr. RICARDO gave notice that on an early:day he should move for a select committee to inquire into the contracts entered into by the Government for the supply of the pub lic service since :January, 1854, and to report to the House their opinion.as to the operation of the system of supplying the public service by public contract. DIPLOMATIC SERVICE, Mr. EWART wished to inquire of the First Lord of the treasury, whether any, and if any what measures have been adopted for establishing a system of examination, or other educational test for candidates in the diplomatic service of the country. _ _ Lord PALMERSTON said a correspondence had taken place on this subject between the Foreign Minister and the examiners for public appointments, and there would be no objection to produce this correspondence. IRISH WEIGHTS AND MEASURES, Mr. HuatE asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether the Government have had unde r it s consideration the question of assimilating the weights a n d measures and tales in Ireland; and, if so, whether it is their inten tion to bring in any measure upon the subject this session. Mr. HORSEMAN said the Government had had such a measure under consideration, but there was no hope of their being able to pass it this year. ___ _ COUNTY AND BOROUGH POLICE BILL. Mr. HADFIELD askfd if the government intended to press the second reading of this bill on Wednesday. Sir G. GREY replied in the affirmative. LOCAL DUES ON SHIPPING BILL. Mr. ROESFALL said the second reading of this bill stood for the 25th instant, but the subject was one of so much importance that the measure ought not to be prematurely hurried on, and he hoped, therefore, it would be delayed beyond the 25th. Lord PALMERSTON said it certainly was intended to go on with that bill on the day named, if the state of public business admitted of it. _ Pae Mr. Pl. GIBSON observed that the report of the-Ship ping Dues Commissioner had been before the country for more than a year, and, therefore, no complaint of haste could be urged in the case of this bill. PUBLIC EXPENDITURE -NAVY ESTIMATES, On the mot ion for going into Committee of Supply, Sir HENRY WILLOUGI . RLEY drew attention to the fact the expenditure of the past year had considerably exceeded the estimates voted by:Parliament. Now, a considerable margin was taken in the appropriation clause; and, if these excesses were allowed, the control of Parliament over expenditure became a mere farce. Mr. WILLIAMS drew attention to the fact that negocia tions for peace were about to open in Paris, and under these circumstances he insisted that the whole of these supplies ought not to be asked for as a war estimate, until the result of the negotiations could be known. He did not wish that the Government should relax in their preparations for war, but there was no necessity for undue haste in voting the whole of the estimates. The House having gone into committee, Sir CHAS. Woori'slated that the Government proposed the estimates upon a war basis, but the votes on account would only be for such amounts as would tide them over the period the- negotiations were likely to cover. A firm attitude was the best security for a return of peace, and therefore he could appeal even to the members of the House to support the Government in that course, as the most likely to lead to the desired result. Under these circumstances, the House must not expect any great re duction in the estimates, more especially as the experience of the past proved that, in the year succeeding peace,' the estimates increased rather than diminished, as compared with the preceding year. The right hon. Bart. then went into the various items composing the Navy Estimates, making a total, in the whole, of £12,148,641, including 50,000 men and 10,000 marines. The right hon. Bart. concluded, by moving that £204,000 be grantedito her Majesty on account of naval expenditure beyond the grant of last year. Admiral WALCOTT expressed his gratification 'at the energy shows} in the naval preparations for next year's campaign. He took the opportunity of complaining of the course pursued by the Board of Admiralty, in placing him on the reserved list, when he was recommended 10 1823 the Companionship of th e B a th, an d i n re f us ing his constant applications to be placed on active service. Sir H. WlLLouonar wished again to ask whether the power assumed by the Government to expend more money than was voted by Parliament might not be placed under some control? a sum of £435,000 had been expended last year, and not accounted for. - Mr. BENTINCIE thanked Admiral Walcott for having introduced to their notice the circumstance of his having been placed on the retired list. CAPTAIN SconELL commented upon the several points touched upon by Sir C. Wood, and advised the Admiralty as soon as possible to get rid of the coast-guards men in the navy, as their receiving more pay than the ordinary seamen gave rise to jealousy. • Their place might be well made up by able seamen if the bounty were increased. He touched upon the subject of promotions. renewing his complaints of unfairness and favouritism, and upon the subject of the gunboats, with the names of which he was dissatisfied. The Rt. Hon. Bart had said that in the event of peace, it would be necessary to retain the gun boats, but he (Capt. Scobell), thought the number might be considerably diminished, the ships of war being employed to bring the army home. He congratulated the House and the navy and army upon the institution of the Victoria Cross, which he believed would be more valued than the Order of the Bath, as some of those who had that order awarded them had never seen any service. Admiral BERKELEY disputed the expediency of increasing the bounty to seamen, urging that if the bounty for the royal navy was increased to £6, the merchant service bounty would be raised to £lO, and thereby both services would be injured, as seamen would, as it were, take the Government £5 on the one hand, and the merchants' £lO on the other. After some remarks from Sir C. NAPIER, Sir F. BARING, and others, a vote of 76,000 men for the navy 1 _ _ 16,090 r Sir C. Mr. MAGui neglect by t of £2 1 10,000 boys, Inc ~,'reed to. 11 that he proposed to take the id £1,000,000 ribution of ote Naval Sir C. Woon, in reply, said that the intention of this vote was not to provide for dockyards all over the kingdom, but to pay the expenses of dockyards at places best suited for the interests of the whole kingdom. The right honourable baronet remarked that the people of Cork seemed most anxious to teach the Admiralty its duty. Colonel DUNNE said it was not to be expected that justice, with regard to taxation, would ever be done to Ireland. England had impoverished Ireland and then charged her with poverty. With regard to the Dock yards, he would put Mr. Maguire in mind of the fact that, a committee appointed to choose the best spot in Ireland for a dock yard, had selected Cork. (Laughter.) Mr. MACGREG R enforced upon the Government the ad vantages that might occur from improving Cork harbour, which was one of the finest in the world, and making a dock yard there. Mr. MAGUIRE then replied. In reply to Mr. SPOONER, Sir C. WOOD said it was proposed to have divine service in the Roman Catholic religion on board ships at Portsmouth, Plymouth, and Sheerness, and part of this vote was for the purpose. - Mr. SPOONER said he would not agree to such a vote. Mr. CAIRNS enquired of the hon. gentleman whether he objected to have Roman Catholic in the service of the country. Mr. SPOONER replied that, while acknowledging the bravery of Roman Catholic soldiers and sailors, he did not think it would be lessened if Protestants did their duty in supporting the religion of this country. After a brief discussion, in which some hon. gentlemen made a similar privilege for the Presbyterians, that it , xf.s proposed to allow to Roman Catholics, the vote was agreed to. The remaining votes wore then passed, and the chairman reported progress. was fixed for Fr of the Court of Chancery (Ireland) Bill The House of Commons Offices all was read a third time Ind passed PUBLIC WORKS (IRELAND) BILL. 3ERALD got leave to bring in a bill for enabling commissioners of public works in Ireland to acquire certain lands for the site of a prison for the reception of juvenile 3'. FIT' convicts BANKS (SCOTLAND) BILL. Mr. Wi',sox brought in a bill to extend the period for her Majesty to grant letters patent of incorporation of Joint Stock Banks (Scotland). JOINT STO( The House adjourned at a a quarter-past eleven o'clock THE PACKET-SHIP JOHN BARBOUR On Saturday last, the packet ship John Barbour, com manded by Captain James Marshall, arrived at this port from St. John's, New Brunswick, after a rapid passage of twenty days Immediately on her arrival the cabin pas sengers met together and presented Captain Marshall with the following address and testimonial, as tokens of their sense of his ability and kindness : TO CAPTAIN JAMES MARSHALL, SHIP JOHN BARBOUR. Dear Sir,—We, the undersigned passengers by th e packet-ship John Barbour, from St. John's, New Bruns— wick, to this port, desire thus publicly to give expresion to our feelings of gratitude for the kindness received at your hands during the voyage, and respectfully request your acceptance of the a basket, as a , , 0 memento of the opinion which we rtain of your worth eaman. The safety, s and Liverpool ships alike ereditabl4 to their zentleman, and your at ►rts of the St. Jnhn• Ball" line, at of th© " B enterprising o we earnestly wish them that Mrs. R. N Hazen, ind their experienced commanders, and -s to which they are so Miss Kelly, J. W. justly entitled Clenientson, John Ennis, Robert Wallace, Charles Kirk patrick, Isaac Burpee, John H. Anderson, William Belling ham, R. Eggar, John Hastings, M. Francis, Thomas I`. Davies. Liverpool, February 9,1856 Liverpool, 11th February, 1856. Ladies and Gentlemen,—Your very kind letter, with its handsome and valuable aecompaniment, have been received by me with feelings of deep respect. The owners of the fine ships comprising the Liverpool and St. John, N. B. " Black Ball Line," have endeavoured, in their arrangements, to meet the wants of a prosperous and growing community, and they will be much pleased to learn that you have so appreciated their Efforts. We have had a successful, and, considering the season of the year, a comfortable passage from New Brunswick to this port; and it is a matter of sincere gratification for me to know that the management of my ship, the John Barbour, has merited your approval. I am sure that you all unite with me in gratitude to Rim, who in his over-ruling providence, has so safety con ducted us on our voyage : and, heartily reciprocating your kind wishes, I am, Ladies and Gentlemen, your obliged and faithful servant, YABSFS MARSHALL. TRADE REPORT, LIVERPOOL -MONDAX, COTTON : There has been ar, improved demand for Cotton to-day, from both the trade and exporters ; holders do not supply the market so abundantly, and prices are very firm. The sales—including 170 Pernambuco, Gid ; 220 Bahia, 514 to 6id ; 250 Mara n h am , 5 d to bid ; 200 Egyptian 6,1 to 6ld : 1000 Sur a t, 31-d to 4)d—a re re p or t e d 12,000 bales, of which 4000 are on speculation and for export. PIG IRON : Our market for warrants closes at 71s, cash ; three months open, 72s 61. CATTLE : There was quite a retail trade in beef to-day, at lower rates ; many buyers having been induced to try the country markets, where at present prices rule lower than in this market. The trade was sluggish in sheep, in which there was no alteration as to price. Number of cattle at market : Beasts 2194, ; sheep, 6970. LONDON. CORN : The supply of English wheat was small this morn. ing, the condition ranch affected by the weather. The trade was quiet at the currency of Monday last. Foreign wheat was held with firmness and at relatively higher prices than English. Flour underwent no change. Fine malting barley maintained its value, but other descriptions were is per qr cheaper. Oats were said on much the same terms as our last market day, but at a decline of 61 to is per qr upon the rates of Monda last. Beans an'' PRODUCE : The ,as declined Is per eir, active, and no business of importance reported since F id y, ,ract markets had been r irk.. yet there has b een an inquiry for sugar for exportation, an d a rice has also been in rather better demand. TALLOW : The tallow market is quiet. The demand for consumption is small. and there is no speculative business doing. Petersburg Y.C. on the spot, 58s • February to March, 57s 64 ; M arch to April, 545. Arriva l' for the week ending 19th February last year, 176 casks, and delivery, 2,081 casks. The arrival last week comprised 199 casks from Russia, 388 from Australia, and 45 from other places. Total, 632 casks. CATTLE MARKET : We have a large supply of beasts, and the demand is smaller. Prices are lower for all kinds, a n d several remain unsold. The number of sheep is very con siderable for the time of year. Trade is excessively dull, and they cannot all be soil, even at our reduced quotations. There are but few calves on offer. Friday's quotations are fully maintained. From Germany and Holland there are 535 beasts, 10 sheep, and 35 calves. Spain, 139 beasts; Scotland, 440; Norfolk and Suffolk, 2,500; and 200 from the Northern and Midland Counties BOROUGH Hop : Messrs. Pat'- the demand for fine hops some time past ; infer; en and Smith report tbat about the same as for ire not so much sought after. still prices ar Walls E nd South 11-;;;.: 3 Eod Russell's Hetfon, 17s 6d n, 'l7s 9d ; Walls End Tees, 18s 55 fresh shit IRELANE BELFAST CORN : Supply small. Wheat and oats the turn No change in foreign grain ; holders firm. dearer