The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-06 00:00:00

AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE BALTIC eci[l,: Por tion of th e f o l low i ng appeared in a late " e n of yesterday's NORTHERN TIMES.] --- T .er Co he u ni4 -1 States e Lea mail steamship Baltic, Capt. we 'lllt3 °k) has arrived from New York, and by her frn,,,'"ve received our letters and files of papers f oi - i "' New York to the 22nd ultimo, which are four later than that previously to hand. 1.- ti m e steamer Niagara, from Liverpool, had te a n, St 1 ;`, OUt St Boston, and the City of Washing TZ l adelphi s. We Bubc brings 83 passengers, a list of whom lir) J°i n, and specie and freight amounting Tl'°°' dollars, att7 l ll ,, ri ng the passage the Baltic encountered The eaeterly gal es f rom lon. 40. . e Comm 5 t N reial adviees by this art :sial state easy, Ad d e ' York‘ the money market w ta lerably Pap e at mode rates for call leans oi. first-class aer ie, l n 11 , 11 ° New York stock market was not very . , i ,Aei len no price s hal a lowering tendency Fore . ign 'lle -- e Was firm, but the mzirl-3t was inactive t° C l " t atinns on London ranged from 109 .4 i t' e 9 i. The markets for breactstuffs had, lit are i f illene e of ineressed snrplie, a do ."'" : t " t i en "uev. Cotton was moderately active. ‘4l)ollrti-eeB inclined upwards. There had been no P 1 ,,,,, '",t change in the rates of freight. 111 „li e 41., aßbillgtoll we learn that the proposition `' *i 'e " Y t he United States Government to New A. enact 4 ttia,_for the cessation of the Isthmus of b1t,11 .144 ' or such a territorial jurisdiction over .. it . v ' see., 4 s -re control of the transit route, is alleged er ne t l 'eat ° conflict with the Clayton and Bulw_er hthrtla,i Which is supposed to apply to all the u. l4 i p• ° coM munications between the Atlantic 'Y '`lh' aein.e Oceans. " This,' accorOing to the cimnßto n co rrespondent of the Nevi York Courier . ashy /1211/rer " i mistake. The treaty applies Coo the ' • s a fo'titriti political division of territory known as ll ree 4t America. But were it otherwise the 'A. es 'iclee? f the Secretary of State has doubtless ro e ,l ll PtT oti lri f , t _h_e new British treaty the necessary of that character k „'lcea . 4. 8 ' . °1111 any obligation h' c ohe til l" I not unlikely that Great Britain will h et 1 on e aPPlication of our government with all il-ese"- -nee ' being safe f loes in re alm th o e st equally interested with Isthmus route perfectly 44(110-;',, the transpoi!tation of passengers, mails, ~ It Bn`coandise.e t li led r d e u e i . l ,ra that the intense cordiality which pre li eha li ng the election between the Pierce and 41 A lan d• • party,has become to lla ed. ~,,. divisions of the postthe -rho celebration of the victory appointed .. he • It b. Pollea of this month . has been . indefinitely 1- 4 ,woald "• The reason, privately assigned, is that IA q hre aWalten Slumbering jealousies between the ‘ 6 , 11 t1 10 11 , already snugly installed around the c 4 41 4 s ' e Wilo are hungrily eyeing the fodderfrom Gr lt n ee. St Wiler"r Wise a visit to Mr. Buchanan, tollle heath Penn was on fact of which had caused and it'llaiet ' the It is also felt , It k r , 3' aMong the Democrats this e clall wi edged by them, that few men have brie qe ver ` L 'S to with influence over Mr. Buchanan e l l(1. k -, ll °Y, as a long standing, firm, and e . fficient 4, 1 k r. ,° I. eight years - Mr. Wise has insisted . " c 3' ' l'uchanan as his choice for the Presi- A R .. ) gt a _ hy p e‘at nd ing up unmoved in his own State, ( I . ft b. aorTill/PPosition before which most men would liet,illet, it If Virginia b 3 brought into the ki m alor e gtPjaears to be the cur:ent b, o . pinion that th e that snag names will : passed by, f ro Ill alla ° n. C. J. Faulkner will h, selected for 0 41 116 °1- net:lt of the War Department, not only 151 " 414, ex perience in the conduct of military lj t sti 1:8 Chairman of the Military Committee, d o per likely to give offence to the Northern . lO il lti e3 ' Mr. Faulkner was an ard . ent . Aboilei t. aFi ti t2, but had so far modified his views Oti ii .l ti e ,' Claim the authorship of the fugitive act. i t% 4fteredit can be attached to certain w asu k,weakrresPondents of the New York papers, %1/. 111 (1• Seam doubtful whether 'Mr. Buchanan ttli'llitN actually be elected President. One, i l i ie e „ i 'l .the 20th ultimo, says, " It is with . ttp u et tln "gat I learn that some credence is given iii ' 1 11, - 7 1. atie circles to the rumour that unless 4 : 11 , 1 ' ,o - o cel l i n,an give certain pledges required of lN y l let ed ' l a'very, " Squatter Sovereignty," and il l ;_ 'b e ;l• c ' is ins," a portion of the Southern vote 40),,.-itverted from him. I had looked upon 10 1 . 4 4 0 es izterely a clever canard : " t • shieres Ill) u nder the head of " Southern Alarms," AI ore lust , det erminedly:—" .....ue . rt .hanan's Pacific wt tsv:etter. and the rumours tha,.. he will be k k, ; ' !tizl 9. t. i'd IC ansas, even though such a course e n et ha-: sdnaission into the Union as a _e e. Iltb-rsey-indeed alarmed the Southern D ql en ' e tae b , and there certainly is seine truth in the . ° °4 -; th at the mutterers threaten to defeat his : r tai t) `h the )i) , h° the Electoral College. . I am , a n s ot at a l ; l 'a & e , r ter o n ev er, that this mad scheme n Dr). - 'tea e -ni ong the wise men of the party. It; Veot }reaction upon the party is too clearly l vfai le i c rail e ro adnait of any such attempt.. But the t la Of t h€l letter especially, is sure to make a ~.( 1 41 , v e ry r°l 4l (1431„ e for the new administration from ,ed epllvt, unless that subject is definitely NO fo r e bY positive legislation this winter. Iti lh - % the Pen; and, as a consequence, we may til; F , 3 prep,'-'°athern and Western Buchanan men Nl,Witit,il4t house to exert all their influence t iro 1 3 1 1° behalf of the passage of the Pacific !\ li,"it ef l I ' tt Nab, -faienc e ,_ h i let n l, it • eto the composition of the Buchanan 4 4 : (1 0, t , Will „e_einfidently affirmed that, if Senator 1 0411 9 4 ° t Of hit.."c_?.aseat in the itt Cabinet, there is but some of his Eti l e i ers ts t po rte ' ci an . thity to get neat he had no such ambition. „I l l'e hther % th at " he aspires to be President ; and A kre ct ° are few Southern candidates whose_ e Ivtlek°l : lare e qual to his—none, certainly, wh g slt : lill c il ea. lk t el i Y t ° succeed. The day has gone . by stepping b tl, et,, the T , TI the Cabinet is deemed a . . iti°l4.l;4? ii-trsZaidency. On the contrary, it is 11 1 , (11 14 , ca re of jumpoff place is a man's d a rt i'v e fore e :* Besides, Hunter is shrewd ti'lnki,ge 4 1 ,7" the perplexities which d will em not 4 `',,h t ir,, l le t o j3nlllitig Administration, an tt st ,tr i „, 41 10. 11 e ; c nie a party to them. His %',Nt;:h'e „,, the Senate's Finance Committee p will osition Nt• 'tlt e'enaonant with his tastes, and more h l ore Nil th e ht' Ar attainment of the object of his th.itteeParac, IQ Qit. b ; at I v nc' t es for the meeting of Congress 11„ .4 14:: efe,,,,lthhington, and the latest news 011-eti tea ; - ' s us that the President's Messag , tt , i ,, __ . from i ltiji l lltr ' 4 A e l- ,(tiPleted, in which he claims Mr. % 4 , ll skiqt t lell . % e llen. ae an endorsement of his ad : ury 4 4 .14 0 1 9 ln ' tt is said that the Treas ,!1 - ei 1 -n g a d accompanied many new , t iti,„ker i i: tabi: 4 by Reort c4 tti' ll 4.' o ( 'Fitio ll ' o B i, The Secretary recommends •k l) k t 8 collection districts, w t AspD Apt S. T. DinaYe' e t told 0400 ills, The Hon. salaries.,, k t at tierh e oth er p e ey 4 .r e in se M.embers of the board General Al e Rai l tlifo r ,„ ssion here, frami new merchandise. lti 4 atia rePOW a Ppraisernent of rules D I)P i ,4 it hitr ne tt week. A collection of all the kl ilp N : t l, ll ,lion tleti Ons for collecting he revenue is_ It ith l Qttt ne s' It ticl will accompi c the annual ti' l S e a c h , ecretary of State's neJort will cora -1 itilth t ll4e(t ti t a til i alle of important c i orrespondence h Ai lt tieriet-'aricl, Denmark, and Central and , t 4t 44 ! ) i 0 /I .'-lb el , h a l m u leans Delta, one of the most impor- Lillte4ll.olta-clanrttlial, journals in the slave-holding V -4 41 ( ill e l set ~ ete headed a " Loud call on the 4 h e ad,....' i ns : he course of which it remarks, Iltllll4-llle '4 l , e ., Bl °n of Ransas into ti " Wii* e `' en th S th will learn the L 4 till A let, ,e ou the Union I t e ' r id " gears late contest was conducted. tp .e, to. . We f e slavery ilq tl Qh 41 E11 ar, that non -extension of .. "' ci a. e pion it' i t) t ,' Ni i tlo 4l , B g Ilnd on which the majority of I 'l.*,,Nb i e Will 0111)Porters at the North agreed to pI I • t IA.); % e, to b ri und that it will be difficult, if not !Nto, stng Reuses into this Union as a il k t)4 t . 4 11 1 4° will find that the day Mr. i t 4 tt."' W :Robe bill to thateffect if ever passed, k t . 4 , tele ~ , 1 N,11, 1 f urtb ` Le ad and buried at the North. it ti ? t o ' if h e h44 4 , er remarks QelLetti„ d evo tn re e l Y orlon old exploded expedients for I' 117' cite'' tt i - ultalelf to a lablrious .10-nothing poi- W t , le 4ti e forei gn department e.p.c.ially into an tha °lnini°,,iltien °Ace hewill signally fail, and - A di k rati " ' s sunk (1 In, at the end of four year , eve r Plamm e t wupd, The nountry, THE -NORTHERN too, will be in a state of fermenting stagnation, grow ing weaklier and sicklier daily, from repression of energy and healthy expansiveness, and stained all over with political and social plague-spots more hideous than now. But, if Mr, Buchanan turn his back on those expedients, if he refuse to abdicate his mission, as a President of the United States at this juncture, and direct the energies of the Government where the Ostend let ter —the b-st document, he ever signed—points to—to wits towards the tropics, towards Cuba. N'caragua and Mexico , he willsucceed. He will stand where Pierce did in 1852, only of a little bro sder ground and under a more de9ned pledge, hut it is to be hopati that he will not bury the platform on which he was elected in the most mysterions recess of the cir cumlocution office and cower like a schoolb )y before the ferule of some second Marcy. He owes his election to the vote of the south, and to the defiant attitude of resistance which she was beginning to assume, He should bear that fact well in mind. He will be a traitor, and insensible to every minty feeling of gratitude, if he forget it, and disregard the obli gations it implies. Then let him live up to the letter and spirit of the Ostend letter ; let him look to our interests in Cuba, which, by right of geography sad of political neces city should be ours; let him fortify Walker in Nic9rilgua, and forestall Spanish and Frencl, designs upin Mex'co ; let him place the great Tehuantepec route beyond the hazard of be;ng lost to us, by securing the grant of a strip of territory across that Isthmus ; let him do these things, and we can laugh to scorn the subtle policy of Seward, the rhetorical ravirg of Samner, and the blatent menaces of their followers. We take the following remarks respecting Presi . dent Cabinct the New York Journal of Commerce, a paper in favour of his poli tieal principles, and an advocate of the platform on which he was elected : Various speculations have been hazarded in regard to the Cabinet of Mr. Buchanan. The Opposition press cannot be relied on, as authority in the matter, and may not have much more influence upon the judgment of the President elect, than they had upon the general result of the Presidential election. They may take a fresh start upon the information that Gov. Wise, in compliance with an invitation from Mr. Buchanan, has gone, or is about to en, to visit him. It is not to be inferred, however. that Gov. Wise is therefore to be a member of the Cabinet. He has some impoi taut matters to attend to at home, being deeply interested in the success of the system of inter nal improvements, in that State, which has, under his administration, received a fresh impulse. It is not probable that he will resign his office as governor, for the purpose of accepting a seat either in the cabinet, or the lU.S. senate. Nei her does it seem probable that Mr. Hunter. or Mr. Mason, will, by r.signation, make a vacancy in the senate for Governor Wise. Even should Mr. Mason resign, to accept a place in the cabinet, the vacancy must, according to usage, be filled from the Western part of the State, which would exclude Mr. Wise. It is to be presumed, however, that Virginia will be represented in the cabinet of Mr. Buchanan. With the general approbation of the Democratic politicians of that State, she was omitted in the formation of the present cabinet. It is not im• probable that the choice of Mr. Buchanan will fall either upon Charles J. Faulkner, of Martinsburg, now a representative in Congress, or upon Governor Floyd—i.e., if he take a member of it from Virginia. No President has ever come into office less trammeled in regard to the choice of his advisers, than Mr. Buchanan will. He has no feuds in the ranks of his friends, either to reconcile or to recognise. The quarrel between the New York Hards andilSofts, and between the friends and oppon ents of the Compromise of 1850, will not embarrass him- The late election throws the mantle of oblivion over all past differerces among those who, in the late crisis, have been true to the Union and the Constitution. We may take it for granted, that each of the present members of the Cabinet, will tender their resignation to the incoming Pre sident ; and that, aft, , r such delay as the convenience of the President may require, they will be accepted. Still, the President may find that the success of his administration will be best promoted by retaining one or more of them in the Executive Departments. Certainly, no man could give more dignity to the Department of Foreign Affairs, and fill it with more satisfaction to the whole country, than Governor Marcy. The general miscellaneous news is not of much moment. No further intelligence bad reached New York respecting the ill-fated Lyonnais. A sub scription, in aid of the sufferers who had escaped a watery grave, had been commenced. At a time when so much is being said about the supply of salt in Cheshire, we may notice the following corn munication in one of the New York papers of the 19th ult , dated Turk's Isl3o, October 31. , The salt season is done for here. We have bad floods of I rain recently, and no more salt will be made this s'ason— none sooner than Ft , bruary or March of next year, and per haps not so soon, There are ab tat 275,000 bushels alto - gether, including ~11 the ports of this colony, namely : —.At Grand Turk, 25,000 ; Salt Key, 50,000 ; and at East Harbour, (the best harbour in these islands, where they have the best salt, and give the best measure), there are 200,000 bushels of an excellent and uniform quality, yet unsold. The general price is at present, at each port, 18c. The supply will be equal to the demand, it is thought, until salt is made again next year. There is something very curious in the present mode of levying and collecting duty on silt in the United Sta:es. For instance : the duty is 2 0 per cent ad valorem, and the cost of the salt, with the exoenses or charges, including every charge on th e s ame here is determined by the invoices. Now these charges are as follow : half a cent ex , ort duty, collected by an officer put on board the vessel while loading, at the expense of the colony, which duty the purchaser pays at this custom hiuse when he clears his vessel—the salt merchant paying the expense of shipping or cartage, and not the purchaser. The husnel measure, according to law, is thirty live imperial quarts, on which the export duty is levied, and by which measure alone is salt allowed to be bought or sold here. Yet for every bushel it overruns the American measure duty is collected on it there, on an average, in direct contra vention of the express letter of the law. A terrific fire had taken place at St. Louis, whereby some 400,000 clols. worth of property was destroyed. At New York there were several minor conflagrations. The New York Journal of Commerce says :—A disagreement between General Walker and one of his trusted agents, has resulted in the publication of a, correspondence, which is interesting as die closipg something reliable in respect to the pur posei3 and plans of the Nicaraguan invaders. The party who thus appeals to public sentiment for vindication, in consequence of the revocation of his agency by the filibuster chief, is described in the Herald, in which paper the letter referred to appears, as a Cuban exile, who took service with Walker, probably in the hope of influencing his policy to aid the efforts which repeated discourag ment has failed wholly to subdue, for the regenera tion of Cuba. His capacity and the influence of his character, marked him as a suitable person for employment in delicate and difficult missions ; and he was despatched by Walker to this country, to negociate a loan and to expedite the forwarding of certain much needed supplies for the army. His instructions also required him, after having effected what was practicable here, to proceed to Europe, to procure the recognition from France and Eng land of the usurpation in Nicaragua, and, on the credit of that imposing acknowledgement of a de facto government of which he was a duly accredited representative, to obtain a further advance of money in exchanga for Nicaraguan securities. The scarlet fever had become rife, and, in some instances, fatal at Boston. A New York paper, of the 21st ult., says : Within a week more than one hundred vessels have arrived at Gloucester from the Bay St. Law rence, with fares from ten to three hundred barrels. Many of these vessels came home with from fifty to one hundred barrels after an absence of three to four months. The season at one time promising to terminate oo favourably, will wind up in many cases in a most disastrous manner, and the crews RICE : The market was rather inactive toward the close of the week, without material variation as regards prices ; and about 1,300 tierces charmed hands since our last week's report, at from 4 dols 25c to 4 dols 62/0 per 1001bs cash, SALT : Liverpool fine is in fair request, and remains firm at former prices, but the receipts of ground have recently been large, and lower rates are accepted. Belk salt is dull. The sales are 2,500 sacks Jeffreys and Darcy's Liverpool fine at ahont 1 dol 373 c ; two invoices, together 13,583 do ground, 833; and 3,500 bushels Lisbon, 19, 4 mos. have but little money coming to them to carry them through a hard winter. Many vessels will have to fit out immediately for Georges, and pur sue that hazardous business as long as the weather will permit. The larger part of the fleet have now arrived, and such is the small catch of mackerel that the prices must greatly advance, as the supply cannot meet the usual consumption. The prices of mackerel from some cause have been much depressed, and have made even large trips much less than last year in value. The latest intelligence is not of much moment, adding but little to our previous advises. selves. The operation is not a usual one for the month of December, but if, in their extremity, the Banks of England and France would be greatly accommodated, the sum will be put at their service by the next three arrivals from California, without making further material draughts" upon the interior or City Banks on this side. One or two of the Exchange drawers were asking e to 1 furth r advance on London, but failed to do much bisiness, except, perhaps, in the way of settling credits with their own dealers. Most of the ready money sales were at 1091 to 1091 per cent, first class bills, and 1084 to 109 for transient signatures. On Paris and the Continent generally there was not much business dole. The top rates on Paris, 5 171 to 5.181. There was a demand for short sight on L- , ndon owing to the high rates of interest quoted from that point. COTTON : On Wednesday a large business was done on the basis of 111 e for rniddline. and 12c to 121 e for strict middling to good uplands. Thursday was a close holiday. Yesterday the market is unchanged, notwithstanding the receipt of the Niagara's advices from Liverpool, advising a decline 1.16 d to H 2 --1, holders having anticipated their tenor. The sales of the day have been moderate, the market at the close being well supplied at the annexed quotations : Uplands. Mobile. New Orleans Ordinary , . nom. nom. nom. Goad ordinary —to 114 c —to 111 c —toll lc Middling —to 1113 —to 12c —to 12-1 e Strict middling —to 12c —to 121-c —to 12:1c Good middling fiddling fair t - Fair Fright to Liverpool, 3-16 d. BREADSTUFF'S : The flour trade has been quiet, but sufficient to take nearly all the receipts, and prices have remained without any material change ; there is a good home demand, and enquiry for export at the close of ihe market, was heavy, and the turn downwards, particularly on the lower grades of State. We quote Common to Chicago superfine State 6 dole 153 to 6 dole 35c, and extra at 6 dols 50e to 6 dole 7 0 e; Western sap rfine 6 dials 30c to 6 dols 55c ; extra, 6 dais 60c to 7 dols 15c; Canadian is in lizht stock, and the sales are mostly by retail, at 6 50c to 7 dols 40c. The receipts of wheat have been heavy, Suppose a person, with a lump of clay in his hand, to say— and prices have slightly given way, chiefly on the lower " This is a candlestick." Doubless, I might reasonably grades of Western, of which the stock is liberal. There is enough decline to concur with him, and yet, according to the an active export demand, and but little going in store, mean ing in his mind, be might, after a manner, be right, for Indian corn is in moderate request, and with a free demand althou2h not a candlestick, strictly speaking, yet inasmuch as is held a trifle hither in price. he had so used it, it would unquestionably be to him the thing ASHES : The receipts of all kinds of Ashes, during the he pronounced it to be, and it would be futile to persevere in week, have been light, and high prices continue to be paid refuting his statement relative to that isolated case ; and yet it for the little lots arriving; say 71c. for lots, and 8 cents for would be preposterous on his part to insist up on it th a t th ere Pearls. could he no candlesticks but such as he had demonstrated his BARE : We have no sales to notice in this market ; sales lump of clay to be. This is, perhaps, a coarse sort of simile ; have been made in Philadelphia at 41 dal, to 41 50,,eash nevertheless, I think it a somewhat parallel case with our for No. 1 Qiercitron. friend and his money. HOPS during the past week have been rather inactive, lie says:—" Whilst I adroit that all Currency ;- but under the receipt of news from Europe, which tends to popular and common accep.ation of the word— encourage the expectation of an export demand, the price the strict sense of the word, nothing deserves the name hut has been maintained firmly at our previous (iolations, more that which the world at large recognises as full and fitting particularly for the better gradttir We notice sales of about equivalents for any and every other description of property. 250 bales, at 9c to Ilc as in quality. The receipts have These universal equivalents are silver and gold.)' been large, and there is now a good stock here. "J. W." says, " Gold is nor money, strictly speaking." Now, METALS : Pig Iron : We have no change to notice ; it being permitted to hold the candlestifk, mental reservation, I is selling at 31 dols to 31 dole sfc, 6 mos, from yard. Bar don't mind sayin g in so many words thatgold is not money, for, as Iron : No alteration in quotations ; market very quiet. it has been pretty clearly shown, it certainly is not necessarily Lead : Sales of 200 tons have been made at 61, time and d I would fain believe it mutt be after that same interest for soft Stolhprg. Sales of soft Spanish to tb that a Currency Reformer" considers gold as money ; extent of 100 tons at 6c, cash, and about same quantit would savour too much of asperity to insist on pinning common English at time and interest. Block Tin : own to any technical expressions, if really he means the The steamer to-day brings advices of a further advice of right thing. three florins Ix Banca tin in Holland, having been sold at 83 I cannot think that be would accept an uncoined lump of florins there. It has also advanced correspondingly in gold as money. Hence it is evidently the Mint impress which England. Here the market, under the influence of the rise, imparts the Currency standing to gold, and not the gold which has also advanced, and Banca and Straits are held at Qc qualifies the stamp. Confining ourselves to our present higher, say 331 for Straits and 34 for Banca, cash. Copper : system, and passing by, as if of no moment, the fourteen Dull at our quotations. millions of unbullioned Bank notes, and allowing him the full PRoustoNs : Mess pork remains quiet, with s a l es o f o ld b ene fi t of his mental reservations, I think we may safely allow From 173 dole to 174 dots ; prime, 17d d o ls to 17i dole. that, technically, lie is not so far out of the way in saying that 0!d meats in pickle or dry salt are nearly out of market, " nothing deserves the name of money but that which the and prices merely nominal. New barns sell from 9,1 c to world at large RECOGNISES," for that qualifying word, 91c ; smoked hams, 101 - e to 121 e ; shoulders, 7 c t o 74 e ; recognises," in connection with the experience of the last sides, Sc to 9c; long and short m iddl es are no t ac ti ve ; fif t y y ea rs, p o i nts most emphatically to the reform which is sales at 10c; ear are nominal at 1 le. Lard is in fair needed in the Currency of this nation ; and we know fnll demand in b r l s , f rom 123 c to 13e ; kegs, 133 to 131 c. well that the law of L_ • • - Beef is in fair demand • old repacked Chicago mess, 10 dols 50e to 11 dols 50c ; Western repacked, 9 dols to 11 dole ;. State mess, 8 dole 503 to 9 dole ; prime, 6 dols to 7 dols ; new Chicago mess, 13 dole 50c to 14 dole 50e ; extra, 15 dols to 15 dots 50c; old prime mess beef is out of market, and no new has come to hand yet. Beef hams are in moderate dernend, with small sales from 18 dole to 20 dols. Butter has come forward freely, and the demand is good ; extra State dairies sell from 19e to 23e ; extra, 24c to 28c ; Ohio, 15e to 21c. Cheese, 9c to 10c per lb. TO THE EDITOR OF THR NORTHERN TIMES. Sir.---It is satisfactory to know that, although our friend " J. W." lia4 retired from the field for a while, he has not done so from cowardice. Since lie hag evidently fought game i t the last, and does not appear to have been in any way - • disabled, it is to be hoped that he will make good the well kpown wo►ds— t, H e who fights and runs away Lives to fight another day." In rho meantime, those he has left on the field must do their best, trusting, not to their own prowess, but to the justness of their cause, which should make all men valiant. Since it appears that " A Currency Reformei" adheres vny tenaciously to his notion of Money, let me say a few words on this point—mayhap he will be Induced to reconsider his verdict, which we ought readily to forgive him, as the result of habits and ideas we hive all, in common with him self, been trained up to consider sound. I have not the slightest objection to meet him in this strug gle, if it is to h e such, but lam free to own that I prefer ascribing to him the same honest intent as myself, however much I may regret his pertinacity in clinging to this old fashioned notion of money, which it is high time to discard as obsolete; for, until I have some good reason for adopting a diff..rent line of conduct towards him, I must continue to deal with him as a brother ; and I do not scruple to claim from him, in return, every indulgence for any seeming asperity that In one sense COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE NEW YORK, NOT, 21. MONETARY AFFAIREL—The Money Market is pretty easy since the 6aillog of the last packet. There is a better supply, and strictly prime business paper of short date is f ree l y ' taken, but second class securities are selling slowly, and the ease is not universal. This market is prepared to spare another million sterling in bnllion in aid of the English and French markets, or say 5,000,000 dollars in the next four or fi% e weeks, if the means can be commanded by the foreign bankers to buy as much gold in addition to the large amount of produce exchange likely to come on the market within that period, at satisfactory terms to them- Jacob found the red heroati ing 6:3 4 per re .es t ki of Cheri having a breadth of I intxhaustit could be collected at the per ton. The timber about is well adapted both in quart i«° and quality for the manufacture of charcoal. An easy communication could also be opened with the coal mines of Hoshungabad, and Nursingpore-Poonassa is recommended as a proper site for an iron factory, as well sittlated, well watered at all seasons, conveniently placed for trade; and the Jubbulpore Railway is to pass in the vicinity. Half way between Hoshungabad and Jubbulpore are the iron mines of Tendurkeri, found at depths on the Nerbudda of from 15 to 50 feet from title surface. The deposit is very fine red hemati e ore. At Jubbulpore rich deposits are found of the micacious variety of specular iron. It is wrought chiefly at Punnaghar, fifteen miles distant, and commands the same price as the iron of Tendukeri. In October, 1855, the East India Company took steps to ascertain what were the real encouragements to private enterprise to deve'ope the mineral resources of India, and in March last the Bombay government was informed that an " iron viewer " would be sent out from Eagland, to prosecute investigations into the mineral resources of that presi dency. In the meantime Professor Oldham proceeded to the Nerbudda valley, and gave in his report to the govern ment in April last, which describes the thicknesses and situations of the beds, and estimates the ore to yield about 55 per cent of metal. The specular iron seam is the richest of the whole; its thickness varying from two to eight and ten feet. The professor dissents from Mr. Jacob's statement of the inexhaustible nature of the supply at Poonassa and Chandghur, but admits that there is a large amount of very rich, valuable, and easily-wron7ht ores there available. Professor Oldham also differs from Mr. Jacob as to the abundance of fuel ; but thinks it worth consideration whether the rich iron ore might not with profit be conveyed to some more favourable locality. As to Mr. Jacob's remark that the natives of Tendukeri and Jubbulpore make malleable iron at £4 16s per ton, Professor Oldham says that, by the wasteful method of smelting, the price is £l2 153, and that at that price it barely yielded a profit on the manufacimake. Pro. fessor Oldham defers the question of the supply or coal in the Nerbudda Valley, till he has visited the localities. Respecting the iron in the province of Kumaon, Colonel Drummond, of the Bengal establishment, after seven msnths' investigation, principally in the Bhabur district, reports very favourably. At Dechouree, the beds of ore discovered are thought to be capable of yielding 100,000 tons of pig iron. In a route of 60 miles to the east of the Bhabur district, several rich deposits were discovered, and a number of huge blocks lying exposed on the surface. The surface blocks are estimated to yield 60,000 tons, and the supply from the beds of ore to be inexhaustible. In some of these localities, facilities for working the iron, and for transporting it to the markets, are not wanting, and a model mining experiment was tried at Drtchouree, where ore, limestone, fuel, and fire-clay was to be found, and where was also a ready command of water and cheap labour. The experiments were made in March and April, 1856, and the pigs produced were of the best quality, known as " No. 1 gray metal pigs, first quality." -Morrow. The qualifications of the nati ves as smelters have not yet been properly tested, but i t is believed they will on irnatolv may occur in my words while animadverting, not so much on him as on some of the fallacies we have all, more or less, been the dun e s of. Some persons have a peculiar way of describing their ideas in language, with a m,ntal reservation peculiar to themselves, intuitively crafty, so to speak, and yet, to do them justice, not contemplatively crafty, and they will actually enter into an argument to maintain themselves right, although their words be in contradiction to their meaning. A discus- sisn, p - Thaps even a quarrel, ensues, on the strength of these misnomers, between two parties who, in a manner, may he batiliu2 in antagonism for the same thing. I have seen this sort of thing enacted repeatedly, however ridiculous it may s I appear. -41 the money, yet, in this matter, and as we cannot compel them to adopt our plans, we must legislate for ourselves; and, leaving them tardily to follow as they have already done in so many things, we should very soon have the approval which is already awarded to a metallic currency, the propriety of which is evidently being called into question, throughout the civilised world—not only by a few Currency Doctors, but practically by the continued, increasing, and sudden commercial convul sions which are disorganising all the calculations of our most acute and prudent merchants, and casting ever and anon a become very fair workmen. On the establishment of furnaces, however, European smelters would require to be employed till the ❑atives have been trained to take part in the work. As to the fuel in Bhabur, the Lieutenant-Governor of the north-west provinces said that abundance would be fonnd for a long course of years. The commissioner of Kumaou says the forests are " appearances inexhaustible ;" and he belies at every locality where the ore has been discos gloom on trade, in the face of the immense increase of gold, which experience confirms us in stating, will, as it proceeds, only ad! fuel to the fire so long as our present system is persevered in. GOLD, simply as such, is not money. Why, qually well I might almost as reasonably insist that there tracts of land in America, covered with wearing apparel , that there they cultivate and grow upon thousands of acres of land, shirts, nightgowns, and every description of under gar ments, for men, women, and children, a s t o sa y th at go ld i s money. Or, might give to the silver ores of Peru, the nornanctature of Plate, which it would not be until manufac tured; and then, not satisfactorily so in this country, until duly stamped. It is precisely the same with gold—manufac ture and stamp it with the Royal acknowledged insignia, and then, in common with silver, copper, paper, cowries, &c., it is money, but not till then, and then only to a limited extent with reference to the world at large, which does not ac!..now ledge it now, any more than if it were ingots ; hence, it is not the fact of its being gold, which constitutes its Currency, within even a small area of the wide globe, but the cricurn - stance of its being cnartuf-acturesi and stamped, with the ap proved designation, that gives to it its Currency gualilies. And now, my friends, one and all who haveany nice little plans of your own for Currency Reform, let me impress upon you the propriety of submitting them for approval, with a willingness to abandon them, should they not be found adequate to carry out the vital principles on which the Currency of this hitherto unequalled commercial country ought to be based. Tt is riot enough to admit that some alteration is needed—it is not enough that we no longer retain the prejudices of such as deny this ; we must also be prepared to give up any other A general order, effecting important changes in the prejudices which may be peculiar to ourselves ; otherwise, m v ar n i a tnt F ing at a i s o t n at a io n n d s e a q nud ip rine equipment of the Pioneer Corps of the after our own manner, we shall not be more liberal minded in ü b k e e e n of addressed a tci br Cambridge e to a n o d f fi t c h e e r a s : g o: -. our sphere than they are in their's, and shall therein demon strate that, whatever onward movement we are prepared for, The atte rm nt y. io ' n h o as f the Duke for appointments past been and however beneficial that might prove which we may be is to advocating, yet that, after all, the leading feature in our efforts rities at the Horse Guards having promulgate something of our own, rather than nobly to directed to the manner in which staff ma in the carry out sound principles of right—in short, we should he army are made, it is in contemplation manifestin g as muc h i n di spos i t i on to part with our individual c h ange i n t h e system hitherto adopted. With thVy7 ntire e prejudi ces and not i ons as they are with those from which we has b een proposed that before any officer is appointed have some how or other been extricated, whirl: is not the the staff he shall undergo a proper course of instruction , kind of phil ant h rop i c an d patr i ot i c spirit which can accomplish under offi cers o f great experience, in the several duties he' , the desi re d object will be called upon to p er f orm. I n order that none but in hand, and whi c h i s expected from vou really efficient officers may be select e d f or t h e at any r a t e , b y yours, & c ., SPARTAN. appoint ments, it is sug ges t e d th at t h e general officers at each of A HINT TO RHApsoms rs ON THE CURRENCY the half-yearly inspections, be directed to call upon QUESTION. miveenofpraonoyfsoffiacesrupuenrdioerrityhiisti b co is mm pr a o n f d ess w io h o o may TO the commanding officers of regiments to bring forward TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES. Whatever you may think, Mr. Editor, of the Question t th h ha e eve o n t ag her officers in the ' regiment. Should the General his name will be placed on of Curre nc y, on which you insert letters that seem to Commander-in-Chief deem the officer (after a preliminar y throw ridicule on it, some of us alive to the vast import- examination) so brought forward to his notice a fit can_ of the subject are quite in earnest, and would like didate for a staff appointment, list will undergo a course of instruction, at the public to see the enquiry dealt with in a serious and deliberate the list, and, as vacancies occur, the senior officer on the n expense, to qualify him for the staff. The establishmentc spirit. Why these rhapsodists and dreamers should have fastened upon this subject is exceedingly curious, and every facility will be Riven to the candidates for but the greatest curiosity is your last correspondent, for instruction is proposed to be limited to about 59;officers, officer f i e u en i r r s i e n g o tf a n p gt e rb r e f ea ee ne t se k lv n e o s wledge of their duties, without any " Shade of Nepos,'' who produces his certificate of experience pwroopueldrly bcieualaipflpedoingteednertaol qualification to join in this discussion by confounding Lord Rosse, of the Telescope, with Mr. John Ross, the e the i whole of the officers in the establishment Arctic Discoverer. poor compliment to "J. W," who has examine the whole of the officers in the establishment SWIFT REtußu - rloN.—When they do nab a scoundrel i but a poor compliment to "J. W," who lia peciodica ly, when the most efficient officer would be SWIFT RERIBUTION.—When they do nab a scoundrel It is but a in England, whose crime can be legally punished, they written such remarkable letters at once argumentative selected, and appointed to the first vacant staff appoint. make short work of him. About the same time that and I vely, to allow these " men in motley" to play went. : 1 Huntington, the great forger, was arrested here, a man their 'antics round him, reminding me of Sir W. named Robson, who had defrauded the Crystal Palace at Scott's description of Madge Wildfire following Jeanie Sydenham of £lO,OOO, was arrested in England. The Cty of Washing on brings the intelligence that Robson has Deans into church. Some gentlem en w h o are g i v i ng been indicted, tried, found guilty, and sentenced to twenty their attention to the question, h ave h a d t h e i r ardour years' imprisonment. Huntington, on the contrary, has cooled when .they see that a n y man may wr i te vague, not vet been indicted.—New York paper. incoherent nonsense, a n d see hi mse lf i n pr i nt in the GHOSTS IN THE STEREOSCOPE.—Sir David Brewster NORTHFRN DAILY. " Fools rush in where ange l s f ear to tread," and some says—For the purpose of emus , ment the photographer mny give a ghostly aspect to one or more of his figures, and of our leading me rc h an t s h es i tate to pronounce an exhibit them as " thin air" among the solid realities of the , o"innion w d her reu e es"Nt remember, would willingly occupy epos," and others under s i gna t ures 1 stereoscopic group. While a party is occupied with what i is serious or gay, a figure, male, female, or animal, may be ot whole at columns of your paper.—Yours, &c., made to appear in the midst of them with all the attributes _ _ THE ORIGINAL J. H. of the supernatural. The figure might occupy more than A. CHAPLAIN FOR]Q NO.—At Kadikoi I saw the British one place in the Picture, and different individuals . might be officer reduced to a forager for himself. There were mans I Y yon rough-and- , sand ,eoewoman who has a fortune of three made to gaze upon one or other of . the visions beforethem. of them in this capacity, mounted usuall ready ponies. One had a couple of geese at his saddle pounds or thereabouts." Sometimes the mode of For this purpose the individuals in the . group l must have otaining what is wanted, or getting rid of what is not their portraits nearly finished in the blunt* ar .csamera, the bow, another a sack of potatoes, another pots of preserve I wanted, is very droll. Of the latter class, the following is the attitude and with the expression appropriate to meat, and such like. Everything was very dear, but much an example :—" A witty, arch boy, that is apt to play by occasion. The figure or figures, suitably attired, must prized for all that. What an uninteresting, troublesome length of road it is ! the way when he goes of errands, would be disposed to a then walk quickly into the places assigned them, stand a so much noise end dust, and such captain or master of ship, if any wants such." One re few seconds in the proper attitudes, and retire as quickly as strange scenes. I.V" •• 0 come to hundred of land transport they entered. If the experiment has been well performed, mules and ponies. They are piquetecl in the o en air and tnarkable advertisement relates to a new stage coach set up between London and Norwich, started and supported by a the intruding figures will be shadowy and transparent, and ; every now and then one break foose from his p ' and will have the appearance of supernatural personeges. If scampers over a plain, I ask s a land t fastening transport ut if joint stock company of two hundred persons, on the ground one of the lenses of the camera be shut up during the latter he can sell me a pony e He answers irnant s h p e o r ser e a but that "no single person, or five or six in company, would the operation, the shadow figures will be formed advises me to slip a halter the neckof I negative,fi t I venture to set up a new stage; the enterprise was tailed for part of they will be fiat and with over - on one of the pictures, and . meet. It is not an uncommon occurrence so he says. d nd N a ' ' d • 1 • out relief, if required. The beautiful effect of IEBO Vine if You see, sir," he continues, " these here o c currence, ash will die ti o l- n a t ,rwich have, for several years last past, been so be per ormed that the passengers travelling therein have views may be obtained by executing binocular dissolving a great many of them this ;inter, for want of stabling, and •and combining pictures, them in the stereoscope, so that all lief. Then if you relieved us of one it might be giving the poor beast said d n so very much incommoded, and the journeyings of the coaches rendered very irksome and burdens ~ ome. All the figures and objects may appear in true !•e a chance, for you would take care of him," The argument that the are many other purposes of amusement and instruction to is forcible, but I explain to him that I am a clergyman, and to company cleared ab9v a ! 10 per eent, was to be be applied; and we have no it would be rather derogatory to the dignity of my profes- given the poor. Wonderful d b Lams ; charms to be worn which the stereoscope may fur the repulsion of weases • airs and rac , • , prophetic warnings drawn doubt that booths will soon be oened at our f exhibited mon to " relieve" him of one of his animals in the way he f r o m . the ApozAlypse i pure water laid on in pipes frem the courses, in which the wonders ofthe world mabe describes. He . says that "alters alters the case," and looks as if ; binocular White Conduit ; beatific poems on her late sacred m • stereoscopically to thousands by mak,ng their he commiserated me for my inability to turn horse-stealer. Ite I- —ojeste ~ i,ueen A ary—all thrown together, on terms of • ' equallty pictures move before a fixed cites of stereoscopes. —Coilmrn's United Service Magazine, for December, these advertising pages,. ~ in are ex SUGAR : The market continues very inactive without further change in prices; 1,000 hhds Cuba sold at MI to 10c ; 250 hhds Demerara, Sic to 81c ; 4,420 bags nnelayed Manilla, 'Tie; 1,600 boxes brown and yellow Havanna!), 93 to 10k. TOBACCO: The season being nearly at its close, the demand is limited for all grades, but prices remain firm. We note sales of from 50 to 75 hhds Kentucky at from lie to 16c: 300 bales Havannah -. Seed Leaf without much change, with but litt'e doing. FREIGHTS steady. We quote : To Liverpool—Tobacco, 30s to 353; cotton, square bales, per lb, 5 32d to 3-16(1 ; flour, per brl, 2s 7id to 2s 91 ; rosin, do, 2s 6d; heavy goods, cheese, &e., per ton, 255 to 32s 61 ; grain, per bushel. 9id to 10c1. To London—Cheese, per ton, 32s 6d to 35s ; flour, per brl, 3s to 3s 2d ; rosin and turpentine, per 210 lbs, 3s to 3s ; Curs and skins, &c., per ton, 305 to 32s 6d; heavy goods, oils, &c., 30s to 355; oil cake, per ton, 30s to 32s 6d ; grain, per bushel, 1 lid to lli 1. MARINE REPORT OF THE U. S. M. STEAM-SHIP BALTIC COMSTCCM, MASTER, FROM NEW YORK, NOV. 22,1856. Nov. 22nd, 12 35, P.M., left the Dock at New York. „ „ 2 15, „ Passed Sandy Hook. „ „ in the Bay, passed Bremen ship Gossamer, bound out. American ship G. A. Harris buund out, Criterion, bound in ~ 4 miles from Sandy Hook, passed American ship Empire, bound East. signsh with ship Usury Reed in tow, bound in. ~ 23rd, lat. 40 deg. 40 min., lon. 67 deg. 58 min., es. signals with American ship American Eagle, bound West. „ 24th, lat. 41 deg. 53 min., lon. 63 deg. 52 min. passed a Ham. barque, showing No. 239. Dec. 2nd, lat. 51 deg. 35 lon., 51 deg. 55 min., ex. signals wii h Eli ; p Inez, bound „ 4th, 25 miles West of Waterford, ex. signals with screw steam-ship City of Baltimore. „ sth, arrived at Bar at 4, a.m., and detained by fog. Eneountercd strong easterly gales from lon. 40. LAST CSNIURY A DVERTIFING.—Next, the miscella❑eous advertisements began to appear, in all their wonted variety. The V4uxhall pottery, well known to connoisseurs, is brought to our notice in the following advertisement : " Ti,ere is found near Faux Hall, in Surrey, a sort of clay ngpd to molro on rut the Exchange and are hardly discerned from C Ina and c er poti bou sea, eing ver exact in colour, strength, and trona shape,ey and d lately b applied to this use by two Dutch brothers, whose names are Eelin." Matrimonial advertisements were not scarce, such as one from " A gentleman, about. 30 years of age, who has a very good estate, would willingly match himself to son— TIMES.- -LIVERPOOL, THE CURRENCY QUESTION SATURDAI capab around it is the sam ore on the surfa hurt space 22 To. A. IRON ORES OF INDIA The report of I engineer of the Lo the local itenant• Colonel G. - iod win Provinces of Bengal, addressed to vernrnent, points out the abundance of iron i India, and st the ore. Jubbulpore districts, and the neighbourhood of Hayare4- baugh, place the question of the existence of iron beyond doubt. It would be advantageous for the read• consump tion of the article to enter on experiments i❑ the valley of the Damooda, near Raneegurre, on the Brohming in Cuttack, in Assam, and near Palamon. The report of Mr. Jacob, the assistant engineer of the Bombay and Baroda Railway, who surveyed the Valley of tae Nur buida geologically, was, that the iron ore supply is itaex .)!e. He arrived at Poonassa in December, ound a large tract of dolomite (carbonate of lime and ls to be emplo. Norkirr: ks regards Cer al India, the Gwalior a must ih flax is Colonel Drummowl, he largest English fu rnace for a-hu-n7i.reT; infor►ned and competent to judge, is of a .a.• ca. ter. Thmeaus of transit are always good. An ana of the Bhabur clay iron ores (Ayes a nor canto of and Mr. Davis, t of a ton ►nanufac;ured ac European method, at 46 rupees, and the addit. of making castings from the pig at 25 rupees, but t would be reduced as the works progrebbt-, - ... examination of the iron formations on the outer range of the liumain Hills was to be made last year, but the report has not yet been received. In Bengal several places have been examined, but the results are not favourable. Mr. Henwood states that in the vicinity of Raneegunge, the Bengal Coal Company have commenced the experi ment of smelting iron. In Madras presidency the Porto Novo Iron Company have bc;e4 manufacturing superior ores for twenty-three years at Beypoor. In 1850, it was stated to the court of directors, by the Madras govern-. went, that additional capital was alone wanted to avelope the resources of the prestiency as regarded iron ; and an arrangement was subsequently made with " The Indian Iron Company to secure the working of the iron ores on a large scale. In 1855 some purchases of iron were made by the company at 130 rupees per ton. En Bombay, according to reports to enquiries instituted in 1850, iron ore exists in many parts, and Is manufactured by natives for their own use. The absence of fuel, however, pre cludes the profitable extraction of the metal. MILITARY PROMOTIONS Rostocl burg, It apps the Book of Kin Kat Lcti, in giving his written opinion of th "The general remarks which the author introduced into it may be regarded as corree convey a justification of the conduct of ii;rop,rly embrace a wider con- Jehoiada. The author of the ilietr-e is ri l observing that the subject does an essay upon the justifiableness sideration—namely, that of of a revolution effect - ea by force." The ecclesiastical super;or, the Ober .. i lirch Rath, when be found this passage in the minutes of tho examination committee, laid it before the Minicter of Public Instruction, wholmtnediately summon. ed Professor Baumgarten to explain what he meant by suggesting to divinity student, the notion of an essay npon the justiflahleness of revolutions, to be examples. Dr. Baumgarten repliel, for what he had done, with a warning tha,. change his tone, he should be dismissed. lie then ad an elabornt^ "elation to the ter-Birch Rath, and has " becau the government observe 3 far as they e High Pries t, however, it proved by scriptural ttd got a reprimand e expostulation to the 0 ,d resod ince received his dismiss) Bret that he is r - , conditions under which alone would be admissible." o comply With he office DISCOVERY OF IRON IN WILTSHIRE.—A paragraph has appeared in some of the local papers stating that iron ore had been discovered near Caine. It is, however, a$ Seem!, three miles from Melksham, and near the Kennet and Avon Canal, that the discovery has been made. The ore is described as being very gool—Salisburu Journil. TRAGICAL OCCURRENCE —On Monday much sensaHon was created throughout Highgate on its becoming known that a frightful occurrence had taken place at the ceme tery. It appears that while one of H , 12 was at work, he heard the -la him, accompanied by ~rtcular notice of the affr. but on leaving work, an d in passing down the path close to the spot whence the exploskm appeared to have come, he observed something lying on the ground. Upon this he went up to the object . , and discovered that it was a human body. The deceased, who presented the app earance of gentlemanly attired person, lay on the ground with su port of firearms a few yards'fr: He took'no right side of his head and face so con that not a particle of brain had been 1 his right hand he grasped the s barrel, which had been blown o sion, lay at some distance from ng t hedeceased's U pon Px azi in— that he was white stone sse which his relic ring through I gold pin in hi: ri Fouhoulet," white also found the initials ed letters were likewise le addressed to a Miss Partridge, g Opened, began "My dear father Henri Feuhoulet," hut were s . ignE or date. The letters were written )1e hand, and in the one addressed mother," the writer spoke of Ere.r shirt, His linen was mar under the linins g“' " Fl. F." '"-- in nil. found in his and the other in a good, " Mr , ear fat her of some lore affair, MI on aec a?, " I can write no more. 0 tendency, and on the whole exhibited a despot The deceased seerm,i., The other lei' ate of mind ng PDearance of a be a and among O man, about, 2,5 years of and had it Is. 6d. in mon e: o n t i h r er articles was a print portrait of the 400ut him, Zmpress Eugenia. UE GREAT kY OF CAN ie Grand Trunk I way is an enterprise set only four years ago. Its p line of railroad common'. Huron to Portland. with rpose is to open an unbroken Lake I, eaten Quebec fro:n Belleville, about half way betwe,.. Lake Ontario, and Toronto, to Petcrsbor miles inland. In .11 some 50 e comprises abov lionsand miles of railway in C; to Portl.nri a. aside fro t wort guarantee for on Bay, Lai; e between Lake and Lake Erie, hence it will bi great n grants seeking restern tett s, howev This is farm products the Viet.,ria Brid,, construction of enorr neering connect the two shores of the St. Law- ontreal, and enabl he car to pass over the entire line, from Like Huron to the Atlantic, with ge, which is in course of oat breaking but building . , and is ti s brid be finished in three years froir is to be two miles lon ments and piers are to b 3 of the most solid cur rent of the riv The abut- ture to and the terrible force resist the het,,. of the spring freshet, piles up. The height of the bridge above the water is to be 60 feet in the centre. Niue of the piers and abut• merits on either side are nearly completed. The centre span is to be 330 feet long, and the twelve spans on each side 242 feet. The cost of this bridge, according to the -stimates, will lir re;ent 3 , 1 of the ice uriuntains, which it from six to seven millions of I. is not likely to be finished even for the arger of (hose sums In order to obtain the control of the entire line, the Grand Trunk Company have leased the Montreal and Portland Railroad, at a rent of six per cent, on its capital —an arrangement affording ihe most welcome relief to the stockholders of that rjad. And now —apart from the bridge —nothing is wanting to the consummation of the Grand Trunk enterprise but the completion of sixty old miles of the road from S. Marys to Port Savina on Like Huron, and the branch between Belleville and P.terb)ro', in Canada West, and the extension of the line from Quebec to Treis Pistoles, in Canada East. has been built to St. Thomas, a portion when it will be finished. his t.xtens of the way, but it is doubtfu For the rest, this extension. when it is completed, must rely for support on the slow and stagnant French popalation inhabiting the narrow strip of cultivated country on the southern bank of the river St. Lawrence. It can have no such traffic as that of the main line, which reaches across the rich farming country of Canada West, now being rapidly peopled by the operation of our Reciprocity Treaty, and which by its conneclonts lays hold of Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin. However, I see no reason to datibt that it will be built eventually, as it forms part of the scheme for connecting the Canadian provinces with th ose o f N ova Scotia and New Brunswick, by means of railroads from Halifat and St Andrews .to Trois Pistoles. One of these pro. posed roads is a matter of military necessity, and We may accordingly anticipate its construction with con - dence. On a map noW before me, the line of that from llalifax is market as belonging to the Grand Trunk to the better port of , ko rece.ive the aid of . the Imperial government in preference to that projected f rom St, Andrews. It io syst€m the t.wc ton extendi Provincial Gove 11 the country alor mfidently believed that various other kindred lterprises will tend to swell the traffic and the profi s to g La th ke e . I r d ti'lle'ruontkta.waAßilvienre firsminmmkjeocntterdeaal the no 711) Huron on the west, and on the t, alqr. shore of the St. Lawrence to Quel}ee, a distance of some Provincial 500 wiles ; an land, Then the billion a on the lies have .0 ue in a state of suspenaea connections with the Great Vestern, the Buffalo a to the Gr re or less business calculate t mathematicians e so heavy a venture at skilf forty odd AN be out of ni tted actrantage to the And should its stockholders tind that their dividends tire for for ever in the vocative, they may console themselves with the sublime reflection that they are the benefactors of en entire people, and that their money has gone to carry civilisation, and to build up a free empire, where, without it, the wilderness and savage , ountry life Would long have maintain nn inopizgoablc supremacy. Nor iet them complain that those for whom their purses have thus been drained a r e • sacrifice. Ina;m--- and in are often the reward of the most unsparing devotion. Even Columbus could not name the continent he discovered ; and future generations will probably not care a copper for the public spirited citizens of both hemispheres who are now engaged in bestowing on the Canadas forty-five millions in the form of the Grand Trunk Railway. POLITICAL INFERENCES FROM SCRIPTURE, HISTORY. Dr. Baumgarten, professor of as published a narrative Le Universitv his dismissal f of a member of the com:mitt-b e for the exan w the Grand Duchy of Meeklen ha% bne of the canaates had written a •onement and p In High Priest I the Book of Chronicles :loath of th& , Tehoiada, as n T. Baca It is ex