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

ROBERT MULLINER, (successor to GORST At Co.), ,110 (Late with Win. • orne, London), CARRIAGE AND HARNESS NICIIJFACTUREFt, So and M. GREAT CHARLOTTE-STREET, LIVERPOOL, MANSIFACTURIM OF NVORT tditCRIFTFON OF FASHIONABLE CARRIAGES. ote Agent for the Patent Dioraples, for whielt.c.: Prize :Medal was awarded at th4t . 6re - ca Exhibition. A Great Vaeety arc New and Pashienable CARRIAGF:S always on •iew, which are ready for immediate use. "Estimates given for repairs. CARRIAGES T.A:KEN IN EXCHANGE. Good Standing an moderate terms. ',Carriages sold by Corn mussion. blerc'aants supplied With Csn - Asges for exportation on liberal esms. go-mittrciat trattg.—Ebi4 At eleven o'clock, '.t the commercLO saleroom, Temple-aretrt, a large quantity et Oranges, Lemons, Unions, Nuts, and Walauts.—James edam, Sou and ee At twelve o'clock, et No. 30, Exchange-alley North, 675 barrels Rosin.—Shand. Rigson an Co. ..At twelve o'clock, &JO bags Mustard Seed.—Finlay, Lawrence, and Lance. At twelve o'clock, at the broker's office, S, Lancaster-tatildlngs, lithebsro-st eet;100 bales Surat Cotton.—Sill and Mengel's. At twel, e o'clock, at the broker's office, Exchange-alley Sorth; 19. pa,kazes Arrow B Oot. —W. H. Hawkins.. At twelve o'Ciock, at Nis bra-eft' office,' Sreeting-str. et, 25 tons Black Ebony and~•tcns Barwood.—A mold, Leete, Roscoe and Co. For parUeulars see advertisements. AKUSESLENTS, PUBLIC MEETINGS, &c. THIS DAY. Raw, AIWPRITIIRATRE—Dramatic Performance-7 p.m. IaNNOILEIVE GRAND CIE VA RIETE; Dale-streat-7 p.m. Fazr.m.asoll's FULL—Gallery of anatomy-11 a.m. to to CoLoss all—General Entertaitmeat-6.30 p.m. Zoozoc4al.l. GaaDEN3—Grand and Varied Entertainments. li' For pcUculars see-advertisements. . 70 1 , 11 1 -ove u 'TV - Tin c e 41,,,,,,L, 4. )44 4 MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1857. THE DAY'S NEWS. Tbs JAmeriea arrived here yesterday with three days' =latter news . from the United States. The steamers Canada, Vanderbilt, and North American, bad arrived out. General Walker had been visiting Washington where he was lionised He had had an interview- with the President, who, it is said, will order an inquiry into the facts connected with the action of Captain •Davis, of the U.S. sloop of war, St. liary's while in Nicaragua. aa A desperate fight took place in San Antonio (Tex as) on the 30th ult., between some of the citizens and a gang of thieves, robbers and house breakers who infested. that place. The immediate cause of the fight •was the murder of a woman and the rob bery of her house by the band of. ruffians. Five persons were killed, three desperadoes and two citizens. In the New. York papers avezfind a mani festo of Tanta Anna to the Mexican people. With unblushing impudence he speaks of his own mighty ‘nchievenlents," of his " triumphs," of his " popularity," of the " victorious laurels" that in .tittles past "crowned his temples." In alluding to the condition of Mexican affairs be, of eaurse, sides with Spain in the pending &clout% and with the Church in its rebel lion against th State. lie denounces the new Constitution to wt.ich the vast majority of the people have sw,arn obedieuea, nor does he lose the opportuity of riding once more this old hobby and givio.g cent to his abhorrence of a free press tuad fr ee institutions. The manifesto, altogether, as,d a.part from its absurd egotism, is very ill-timed. appears at a moment when Mexico, and( n• the enlightened and popular administration of _President - Comonfort, has emerged with hon. aur from a . svere domestic struggle. The .Lilaaral cause in the Republic never achieved a mere decided victory than in the promagatia.n -of the new Constitu tion, and in the signal triumph of the Govern ment over its ea.emies, lay and clerical. It is reaping its reward now'. in the s - trang - support of the people. Santa Anna, if he has any self-respect left, had better remain gab silentio in his -New- Granadian retreat, and, writh unenviable reflections - upon Lis past career as companions °Ellis solitude, enjoy, if he can, his ill-go tten gains. _As a public man he is dead, and must* for ever-remain dead to his eounary and the world. a z le has always had the reputation of being shrewd and sagacious, and therefore,in common charity, weare willing to regard his last manifesto as nothing more than a peevish ebullition of age. The George Law had arrived at .Nev York with a fortnight's later news from California. - 11 - sy this arrival w e have the .particu- Jars of the, surrender and masracre of the:Sonora filibusters under command of Vol. Crabbe. The intelligence of fate of these men-created a pro found sensation throughout California. The dis astrous termination of the expeditions of Walker and Crabbe.had, it was thought, .fatally damaged the prestige of ,the Americans, and alarm was felt that henceforth detached parties on the frontiers of Mexico would „be liable to attack at any time. Our adviaes fraaa Bogota state that _General Mosquera had proposed the sending of force of 1,000 men to the ,isthmus. At Panama and Aspinwall all was quiet, and the population show no disposition, to inteafere with American citizens. The revolution in ;Peru is finished. A portion of the fleet had. aurrenilered to Castilla watt) the Chincha Islands, and the rest would soon be given up. It was propeaed to place these islands under the protection of England and France. General Vivaneo was at Areqaipa, but without power to make any new (Lemousaration against the govern ment The news from India is of a very unfavourable description. The inutinoussprit among the native troops in English pay turns out to have had a wider and deeper :sauce thai the belief in an isolated act of authoritative tampering with their religion. It evidently springs from a general dis content and hatred, beano by the.natives towards the government and its oppressiveness. Most disastrously has it bro.ken out ; regiment after regiment revolting, followed by a general massacre of the English Delhi, and the proclamation of a native Prince as The emergency calls for promptness anti severity if our Indian empire is to be preserved. As yet, the accouuts received are only telegraphic, and we must wait for the arrival of .detailed accounts, due this day,,.before we are enabled to judge of the extent or character of the mutiny. We may meantime, however, says the GlQbe, assure- our readers that our immediate resources are quite equal to any .emergency that mey .arise. There are at present tinder order for .embarkation two cavalry and .four infantry regiments, with a large number of detachments, making ,altogether nearly 8,000 man. These were mainly intended to relieve other regiments whose term .of service bad expired ; but, of ,course, the latter .will be 'kept in India as long .as there is occasion for their services, and thus the Euroromn troops would, if necessary, be .iu..creased by mere than 5,000 men. The character of the accounts which have just come in, however, lead to the supposi tion that no very extraordinary measures will be necessary to quell the mutiny' an d restore or d er . The domestic, news this morni n g i s not o f much moment. [n tne Hou se o f Commons to-night the Civil Service and Revenue departments eslimai es will be proceeded with. There are,alao among the orders of the clay .several government measures, but none of a very important charlieter. The first notice on Tuesday evening is Mr. l. 1.• Berkeley's bill for the adoption of the Ballot. 'Ale rival Medical Profession bills head the program me of business for Wednesday, the Metropolitan Grand Juries bill that of Thursday, and on Friday the Probate) and Letters of Administration important measure (committee) is th e most measure down for discussion. " We hear," says a London evening c.otemporary, " !hat her Majesty's ministers grow not a little anxious about the Ballot motion of Mr. Berkeley, which is fixed for Tuesday next. Th at i s t h e d ay on which i the Queen ntc l .os to present herogliP? I.o' )(Val subjects in Manchester, accompanied by the Prime Minister, the Home Secretary, and as many of the Whig and Tory members , of Parlia ment as may be needed to render the royal train dignified and imposing. But then Ministers and Ministerialists cannot manage to be in Manchester and Westminster at the same time, and so when the enn goes down, Mr. Berkeley may have a splendid opportunity of marshalling his Ballot host on the clessic plains of the British House of Commons. Her Majesty's Ministers, we say, are anxiously troubled about it, for they begin to feel that the Ballot is not what it once was, a mere political plaything to be tossed upfor the amusement of constituencies. The quarterly revenue returns will be issued to morrow. Instead of a large estimated deficiency in the customs, to be apprehended from the re duced rates of duty upon tea and sugar, which took effect on the Ist of April—the com mencement of this quarter—there will be, en the contrary, an increase of something like £304;',000 in the customs as compared with the 'corresponding quarter of last Tear. This favourable result is very much to be attributed to the large quantities of Teas which were kept over to take advantage of the reduced scale of duties. In the Excise, the expected deficiency from the reduction of the duty on Malt, was calculated at no less than from X 890,000 to 51,000,000. The actual reduction will not probably amount to one-half of that sum. The whole de crease upon the Excise will probably not be more than .;.e/400,000. This is all the more a matter of congratulation, since a great .portion of the balance of this amount arises from the still.inereasing consumption, although the great brewers have not yet given to the public the benefit of the great reduction made to them. The Stamps and Taxes exhibit a steady increase, showing the progressive character of our com mercial relations, and the improved revenues derived from the transfer and succession of land. The falling off in the Income-tax will be much smaller than was expected, owing to the reduction of the duty only having taken place upon official salries, and upon the recipients. of interest in the public securities, which were always collected closely—deducted, in fact, from the payments made by the Bank. Upon the other schedules the tax was not collected so quickly, and a great amount of the Income-tax due before the Ist of April has only been collected in this quarter. The 16d. in th e pound ceased on the ist of April, or rather dwindled to the old 7d. in the pound—the war 9d being taken off—but the effect of the reduction will not tell upon the Revenue fully during the greater part of the year, since the arrears due and payable by the public are of the old 16d rate. The whole deficiency will probably be less than 1,100,000—a sum far less than the largo reduction of taxation would have led us to expect. At the Police Court, on Saturday, on Mr. Cope land applying for the annual license for the Amphi theatre, some opposition was made, but ultimately the license was granted. The more striking news from the Continent this morning is to the effect that the question between Denmark And her German duchies has arrived at a crisis. The Danish ultimatum, lately so much spoken of, has actually been received at Bet lin, and it is not likely to conciliate the German Powers. In the mean time France, leaning to a recognition of the justness of the claims of the German Duchies, has offered her mediation, which seems to have been well received by Prussia and Austria, as also by the President of the German Diet. A semi-official Madrid paper announces that Ppain, seeing the fruitlessness of further negotia tions with the Mexican Plenipotentiary, has resolved at once to proceed to a rupture of diplomatic relations with the Republic which sprang from her finest colony. Clouds, therefore, are gathering in that direction likewise. With respect to to the Principalities, a Vienna letter informs us that the Moldavian Kaimakan has closed the electoral lists. The European Commis sion is busily engaged in its labours. making up for the loss of time caused by the want of decision at Constantinople. The authorities along the French frontiers have received strict instructions not to admit in future any foreigner into France who cannot prove that he has pecuniary means at his disposal, and that he is certain of obtaining work. TnE worst anticipations respecting the Mersey Conservancy Bill have been realised. Sir James Graham, as Chairman of the Select Committee appointed to consider the preamble of the bill, has intimated the decision of the Committee, of which he has has been dictator from first to last. The men of Manchester have had their triumph, and it remains to be seen what modifications the right_hon. baronet will offer to the counsel on both sides, to-day. The preamble.of the bill in question sets forth that it " is expedient that the docks of Liverpool and Birkenhead should be vested in an independent public body, elected by the parties that pay the rates; and that all rates and dues levied on shipping, shall be applied to the benefit of the port and of the shipping frequenting ,the port." To j nstify the Committee coming to the con clusion that such an averment as is containPd in the foregoing preamble is correct, the evidence produced by thepromoters of the Mersey Con aer.vancy mixt have satisfactorily demon strated that the management of the Liverpool Dock Trust :has been not merely imperfect, but unequal to the requirements of the trade and commerce of the country, and thus inflicts a serious injury upon those whose mercantile engagements oblige them rto have recourse to the port for the purpose of loading and unloading their mercan dise. Now,.we emphatically deny that such has been the ease. There is nothing upon the minutes of the evidence collected to justify any such conclusion. On the contrary, some of the leading promoters of the bill have testified that they had no fault.to find with the mode in which the present Dock "Trustees performed their duties. From the very outset of the inquiry, it was quite evident that no matter by what means the end was gained, the promoters of the bill had made up their mind to obtain a footing in the Dock Committee of _Liverpool, and indirectly a voice in the regulation of our municipal afiltirs. The unreasonable character of the proposal is apparent to every individual not wrapt up in self, and thwarted by ambitious and unjust principles, and a strong de ire to break the tenth precept of the .decalogue. What would be thought of a body of men going to Parliament, and asking to be empowered to regulate arid expend the tolls on a certain bridge which has been erected solely by private contributions. The idea that the fre quenters of that bridge, which was solely private property, should be empowered to elect a Board of Control, As far its the rates to , be levied and the amount to be exper4A in its maintenance, would be simply ridiculous. Parliament, as in other great undertakings, THE NORTHERN TIMES,--LIVERPOOL, MONDAY, JUNE 29. 1857, Railways, for example, accorded certain powers and privileges, so as to facilitate the raising :of money, by 'private investment, to construct the Dock accol_nmodation of Liverpool, but that does net render the Dock Estate public property, nor justify the Dock Ratepayers to . come forward and claim to have power to control and regulate all expenditure connected there with. It -should be borne in mind that all who pay Dock-rates at Liverpool do so for the accommodation to their ships,—the . said accommodation being provided by private investment, and not by means of Parliamentary grants. The forensic oration of Mr. CALVERT, in stigmatising the Liverpool Corporation and the Dock Committee, had far greater effect upon Sir JAMES GRAHAM, and, through him, the Committee, than the unanswerable case made out on behalf of the opponents of the Bill by the .temperate, clean, and lucid evidence of Mr. SHUTTLEWORTH. What is the result of the decision of the Committee, supposing Parliament endorses the same ? In the first place, Liverpool is deprived of all control over the Decks both here and at Birken ;Ad. Their management is to be transferred to a new Trust, and it may be that ambitious strangers from Manchester or Leeds, from Bradford or Glasgow, aye, and London, too, will seek admission to the new Dock Board, and endeavour to carry out his peculiar Dock nostrums, without one single iota of qualification. This, of itself, is bad enough, but there are other features of a more unjust and monstrous character than the foregoing. The Corporation are to be deprived of the Town Dnes, and all such imposts are to be applied for Dock purposes. Now, this we regard as the most iniquitous part of the whole affair. The fact of the Committee proposing to allow a sum of above 750,0001. as a compensation, is an indirect admission of the legality of the title of the Corporation to the Town Dues. We hope that the battle on this part of the question will not be easily given up. We have no right to surrender up an annual income, which was purchased and paid for, and is held by legal instruments as unassailable as that which protects any species of landed property in the Kingdom, merely to satisfy the sordid and jealous propensities of the people of Manchester, and the Directors of :certain Railways. Throughout the protracted inquiry which has taken place, the conduct of Sir JAMES .GRAHAM has been of the most biassed character. His sole aim has been to tread in the footsteps of Mr. LOWE, whose conduct last year was so partial with regard to the Liverpool Town Dues, that every person enter ing the committee-room of the House of Commons was at once struck with the impression that he was acting more as a Counsel for the originators of the Mersey Conservancy Bill, than the Chairman of a Committee appointed to conduct a fair and impartial inquiry. The entire scheme is fraught with serious consequences, and as such the inhabitants of the borough should lose no time in making a unanimous and solemn protest against its spoliation principle. What is the admission of a Jew into Parliament compared with a robbery of 100,0001. a-year from our Municipal revenue ? We will not be true to ourselves, or to the generation which may follow us, if we remain apathetic in such an important matter. We shall have something more to say when the suggested compromise has been made known. Meantime, every ratepayer, nay, every inhabitant of the borough should remember, aye, and be influenced by the poet's exclamation— "Where is the slave so lowly, Condemned to chains unholy, Who, could he burst His chains at first, Would pine beneath them slowly ?" Let them but consider that the promoters of the Mersey Censervancy Bill seek to usurp the management of our Docks, and to regulate some of the more important thoroughfares of Liver pool, and the words just quoted must rouse them to manly, determined, and independent opposition to this nefarious project ; for, as the late DANIEL O'CONNELL so often said— " Hereditary bondsmen, know ye not, Who would be free himself must strike the blow ?" We must not trust to chance in this important matter. It is one that appeals to the pockets of every householder, and through him or her to every resident in Liverpool ; and shame to the party who will not lend heart and hand to continue the struggle until we defeat the bill, and Whig and Tory, Protestant and Catholic, be compelled with one voice to exclaim, in token of unreserved gratitude—THANK GOD WE SAVE A HOUSE or LORDS. BY a law of the human mind, which is called association, when any number of idea; have been pres.mted together, the recurrence of any one of them afterwards tends to suggest the rest. When one link appears we think of the whole . chain. When we visit the scenes of our youth the thoughts and feelings of the early time live in us again. When we see a soldier or a sailor walking our streets we think of Sebastopol and the trenches, and brigades of marines, and all that we have read about their doings on shore, and the more that they would have done by sea had they been allowed. When we see the noblest steam-ship that ever has floated on the waters of the Mersey, the Niagara, we naturally think of • America. This vessel, as our readers are aware, has been sent by the American Government to be the bearer of a portion of the telegraph cable which is soon to link London with New York, the old world with the new, to bridge the Atlan - tic with lightning. With her full armament of guns and men she woald be the most formidable war-ship in the world ; but she will now grandly and gracefully perform the office of a messenger of peace. Propitious be her voyage, and may she safely land that magic cable which shall usite England and America in bonds of ever lasting amity and brotherhood ! The presence of this noble ship in our waters ought to produce an effect on our Admiralty and on all our shipbuilders. She is a very model and triumph of human art, and nothing surely can exceed the strength and grandeur, combined, with elegance, which she displays. But we do not mean to expatiate on this theme ; rather by that law of association to which we referred, we pass from the Niagara to America, and to one or two recent occurrences in the great Republic. There has been a riot, it seems, at Washington, on the occasion of a local election. Certain par ties, bearing the euphonious name of the " Plug Uglies," created a disturbance in order to overawe the election. They went so far as to bring a cannon with them. The marines were called out, the riot act read, but still those gentlemen with the queer sounding name would not disperse. They fired, according to cannon law, when one marine fell. Upon this the fire was returned, when it is said six persons were killed, who had taken no part in the disturbance, but were present merely as spectators. So it is often. People who are very curious and very silly put them selves in the way of harm. These accidents are deplorable, but the people who suffer can scarcely be called innocent. Unless you mean to help in putting down the tumult it is best to get out of the way and let the proper parties do it. But the cases of Kansas and the Mormonites present a far more serious difficulty to American institutions than this trumpery affair of the " Plug Uglies." According to the latest accounts, matters were becoming quieter in Kansas, and the Gov'ernrnent had appointed a man of great energy and judgment to be Governor in the disturbed territory. Mr. JAMES WALKER is the person selected for the office ; and already, it is said, the opposing parties are settling down in reliance upon his justice and decision. We believe that freedom will triumph in Kansas, however it may have been violently overborne for a time. The tide of public indignation in America is rising higher and higher every day against the accursed system of slavery and the slave trade, and by this tide they will be borne away to the Dead Sea of broken and exploded things, to be found no more for ever. The affair of the Mormonites, we confess, appears to us the most serious and embarrassing difficulty that now threatens and tests the stability of American institutions. We are of those who believe that the good ship of the constitution will weather the storm. Oftentimes have croakers prophecied that now full surely the constitution of the far-famed States was about to tumble about their ears. Paradventure the wish was father to the thought. "When the sky falls we shall catch larks." But the stars and stripes of the Republic have not yet fallen, and they won't fall in order to gratify certain grumblers and reactionaries in Europe. Oar best wishes are for our brother JONATHAN, and that his bow may long abide in its strength, and his stars undimmed ; that he may teach the nations how to rule and how to live. We cannot help having fears of an early collision on the territory of the Mormonites. Events seem to indicate that, as an early possibility. General lIARNEY has been appointed by the President at Washington to proceed to Utah. He will be supported by a sufficient number of troops, infantry, and artillery. He is said to be an admirable officer, cool, determined, humane, and of great resources. He is tall and commanding in figure ; a Washington in port. He was engaged in the war against Mexico where he acquired distinction. This officer will offer refuge and protection to all who are desirous of peacefully leaving the Mormon country, and putting themselves under the protection of the Government of the United States. We should anticipate that this will prove a welcome message to thousands, and especially of women, who must—if they still retain the feelings and instincts of womanhood —be glad to escape from such a human and earthly pandemonium. But if it be true, as reported, that the Mormonites, numbering nearly 200,000 members, have some 60,000 fiahting men, well armed, and eager for the encounter, there may be some very hot work before all is over. We trust humanity will be combined with decision ; and that some, at least, of the virtues of the man will be allowed to temper the sterner work of the soldier. We, in England, watch with interest this dread controversy ; and while deploring the blood which may be shed, we grieve not less over the causes that may lead to it. THE Committee which has been appointed by the House of Commons to inquire into the Charter of the Hudson's Bay Company, and the administration of that important territory,. adjourned, sine die, on Tuesday. We have, on a previous occasion, referred to this question, and showed that, as matters now exist, there is every discouragement thrown in the way of British trade and ,lommerce, and that it behoved the parent Goverm - nent to step forward and abolish a monopoly which does no good either at home or in the territory itself. Ali a means to enable the Government to decide upon the steps which they shall propose for the develop. ment of the Industrial resources of Hudson's Bay, and devising a scheme for the better regulation of its civil Government, the Committee in question has been appointed, and proceeded to examine witnesses. But from what some of these gentlemen have been pleased to declare, not only as regards the territory, but the Government of the same, we fear that a band of interested parties have been called, and that their object is to maintain the monopoly, so long and so stringently carried on by the Hudson's Bay Company. Sir GEORGE SIMPSON, the Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, tells us that his former glowing accounts of the fertility and beauty of the North West territory was greatly exaggerated, and that the country was not so well fitted for settlement as he had described. According to the testimony of the Right Hon. EDWARD ELLICE, M.P., who was examined by the Committee on Tuesday, there is nothing wrong in the matter. He has highly eulogised the Company's rule, and maintained that in no part of the Colonial Empire bad fewer complaints against the ruling power been made. In vindi cation of the continuance of this ruling mono poly, he states that an " opposite system would he to supply the Indians with an unlimited supply of spirituous liquors, and to cause them to make war upon one another." This may appear conclusive evidence against any reformation in the government of the territory to the Right Honourable the Member for Coventry, and those who have an interest in the present system of things in the " Far 'West." He may believe the Company's rights of the Charter to be incontestible, but that is only an individual opinion, without any proof. If a public company is incorporated by Royal Charter, to discharge certain duties, but fails in the perform ance of those duties, and the territory entrusted to its care and management retrogrades instead of prospers, it is then the duty of Parliament to investigate the matter, and to legislate for the benefit of all the parties concerned, regardless of Royal Grants and Charters, unless there has been an actual purchase, in which case there must be compen sation given should a change or transfer of authority take place. It has been the creed of all Free Traders that any thing in the shape of' monopoly should be abolished, as it tends to injure the social and commercial portion of all countries which adopt it. This was the grand '‘ Confession of Faith" adopted by the Anti-Corn-Law League ; and so well were the principles of that " Confession" taught and instilled into the public mind, that " Protection" doctrines became exploded, and the Corn Laws were repealed. The sliding scale of the Corn Laws was a monopoly enjoyed by the agricultural interests, at the expense of the manu facturing portion of the population. Experience proved that this monopoly was injurious in the manner described, and Parliament abolished it. Mr. ELLICE was an early advocate of Free Trade, and a strong opponent of Protection, alias 'Monopoly. He gave his vote in favour of Free Trade, but now he appears before the House of Commons Committee to advocate a conti nuance of a monopoly in the territory of Hudson's Bay, which time has proved to be most injurious to the best interests of the native population, and to throw into the hands of foreigners, a trade which is of consequence to the mother country, So much for consistency, and the effect of self-interest in the advocacy of any • particular project. But the same right hon. gentleman goes further, and contends that Canada cannot govern the Hudson's Bay territory, and that a simple trial would prove that the people of that colony would in a brief space of time ask the Company to resume the Government of the country. This, however, was but an ex parte statement, the mere opinion of one who has testified in favour of the con tinuance of the monopoly. Let us see if the opening up of the trade of the territory would not benefit not only the people of the Canadian provinces, but also the commerce of the mother country. Mr. A. K. IBESTER tells us, in his examination before the committee that there are valuable whale fisheries in Mackenzie's River, and also a valuable salmon fishery ; that hides, hemp, flax, tallow, and other articles, now obtained from Russia, might be procured from the Hudson's Bay territories ; and that there are im mense quantities of salt on the Mackenzie River. Up to the present time, all that we have received by way of trade from the colony, has been principally confined to furs; and even these, instead of being procured from or through Canada, find their way to us via the United States. Mr. ELLICE tells us the Canadians are not at all anxious to get into the Fur trade. This we deny, and that, too, on the authority of the Canadians themselves; and shall on an early day take occasion to substantiate the position, as well as demonstrate the capabilities of the country, and the advantages which will arise front a judicious and well-devised change o f its governing authorities. THE NEWS FROM INDIA.-It was but the other day we recorded the centenary anniversary of the Battle of 1 Plassy, from which we date the commencement of British power in India. About a month before that fall period of one hundred years had elapsed, although on this side of the globe we knew it not, the son of the late Mogul Emperor had been proclaimed King at Delhi by certain regiments of the Bengal Army, which had broken out into open mutiny. This mutiny has assumed a very serious character. We do not write for the pUrpose of inspiring alarm or suggesting timid counsels. The moment has arrived for action—sharp, stern, and decisive. An Imperial latere§t iti at stake. —nothing Wee Mau our demi nion in British India. It would be easy enough to poia out the errors of omission and commission which have been mainly instrumental in bringing about the present crisis. The course of policy to be adopted for the future is also matter for swift, though serious discussion, but just now it would be idle to waste time, either in recrimi nation or upon questions of general policy. In the first place, the mutiny must be repressed, and in such a man ner as shall impress the minds .of,:the natives with the nature of the power they have defied, when its full strength is put forth. If it be true that we are still very much in the dark as to the true feelings and opinions of the natives of India, it is no less true that they know far less of us than we do of them. The disadvantages arising from ignorance may tell upon both sides, but they tell more in our favour than to our prejudice. The crisis is a most serious one. We do not wish to conceal its true nature from the country, but it is not so serious that it should inspire one moment of hesitation. The vigour dis played by the victors of Plassy and Assaye should be the model for our imitation at the present moment—if, indeed, a powerful and resolute people ever need any inspiration from the past. But first let us speak of the facts, as far as they are yet known to us. ;s The mutinous spirit, which had to a certain extent been checked, if not extinguished, in the more southern portion e of Bengal, had spread to Meerut. At this post two regiments of Native Infa'ntry— the llth end 20th—had united with the 3rd Light Cavalry, and had broken out into open revolt. This revolt, as far as it showed itself at Meerut, had been put down. There had been a collision between the revolted and the Euro_ peen troops, the result of which was that the mutineers were dispersed, and fled. To the southward, and at no gteat distance, lies the important city of Delhi, the capita 1 of the old Mogul Empire; and this town appears to have been the centre of the revolt. When the fugitives from Meerut arrived here they were instantly joined by three other regiments of Native Infantry—the 38th, the 54th, and '74th ; and the united forces instantly took possession of the town. Any one who has had experience of the tiger-like ferocity of the Indian in a moment of what appears to him success will be prepared for the result. An indiscriminate massacre of the Europeans was the firs t act on which the mutineers decided, and this they are said to have carried out in a manner the most remorseless an d the most complete. No tenderness was shown to sex, n o reverence to age ; Delhi was turned into shambles ; an d so the first act of the tragedy was played out. It might have been expected. The next step, however, may be considered as of a more ominous kind, if it is evidence of any preconceived design. The son of the late Mogul Emperor was proclaimed King, and thus the shadow Sovereign, whom we have so long maintained in empty state, has been raised into momentary importance bristly, we trust, to disappear for ever from human account. Nor is this all; there has been disquiet on our old Sikh battle-ground. We are informed, under date from Calcutta of the 18th of May, that at Ferozepore also there had been disturbances, but that these disturbances had been suppressed. So far for the blacker side of the picture ; and next for what has been done to mitigate or meet the evil. " The Government was taking active measures to suppress the revolt, and was concentrating troops around Delhi." The italics are our own, and may, we trust, be justified by the event. It is of the last im portance that the rebellion should be extinguished where it has arisen, and that armed fugitives should not be allowed to escape in numbers from the principal seat of the disturbances. When to this intelligence we add that the Rajah of Gwalior—the Mahratta State abutting on the south-western limit of Delhi—had placed the troops of which he could dispose at the service of the British Government, we have exhausted the brief, but momentous, advices which the electric telegraph has brought to us. The open revolt in the Bengal Presidency of five r egiments of Native Infantry and of one regiment of Light Cavalry, independently of what may have taken place at Feroze pore, is undoubtedly intelligence as important as any we have published since the fall of Sebastopol. It must als o be remembered that these are not the only regiments affected with the taint of mutiny; indeed, the very tele graph which brings this news adds that the 34th Regimen t of Native Infantry, which had been before suspected, had been disbanded at Barrackpore. So far from feeling any serious apprehension for the stability of British power in India in censequence of these occurrences, we should be inclined to foretell th it they may tend to confirm it, and to give us a fresh lease of empire. We have for a long time been pursuing half-measures in India. There can be no doubt that the reign of the mock King at Delhi will be but a brief one, and that a terrible retribution will be in flicted on the mutineers, not merely in that character, but as the bloody and pitiless murderers of the Europeans in Delhi. If it was to come, this revolt could not have occurred at a better time. When the Russian war was waging it might have proved a more considerable incon venience; indeed, a less matter, such as the hostilities with Persia, now happily terminated, might have been a serious obstacle in the way of a satisfactory settlement. What we require is the presence in British India of the most competent officer who can be found, and an entire revision of our Indian military system. It is not here the time or place to enter upon wider questions of policy, such as the system of double government, which has gone for so much in producing the present state of affairs. We cannot, however, conclude without urging again upon our rulers, as soon as this revolt is suppressed, the absolute necessity of carrying on the Indian railway system with greater vigour. The time has arrived when the power of transporting compact and highly trained bodies of Euro pean troops from one point of India to another may be all important. In India we are constructing railroads on the expensive English system. Single lines through the jungle and the wilderness, after the cheap American model, could be laid down in a tenth of the time, and at less than a tenth of the expense, and these would enable us to hold possesion of the country with an army compa ratively small in numerical force.—Times. In the New York regattas the time of yachts is governed by the area of &di, and not by tonnage, as ha this country. Abont 100,000 dole. worth of sponges were exported from Key West last year; and the exports of this year, stimulated by the advanced price, will probably reach 300,000 dole., or about 150,0001b5. of sponges. About forty boats and two hundred men are engaged in the basic ness, who catch the sponges in the &hallow waters of South Florida, as far west as Ced4r Keys. LIE SILK Cum , IN LOMBARDY.—The Opinione of Turin states from Milan that the silk crop in Lomba , dy has turned out a complet e f a il ure t ' iis year, sudden c:.4d, wind, and rain having been extremely detrimental to the worms, independently of the disease, which has this year spread to localities hitherto free from it. The price of cocoons is extremely high at Milan. The DANUBE NAVIGATION —A letter from Vienna, in the _New Prussian Gazette, say a s : —The blasting operations executed near the iron gates of Orsova, with the view of clearing the bed of the Danube, not having proved successful, a project has been formed for constructing a lateral canal at that spot on the Servran bank of the ricer OUTRAGE.—On Saturday last a valuable horse. belonging to a fa - mer at Castlewarren, died from the efr,cts of an injury received so far hick as the 14th instant. It appears that some miscreant drove a long sharp instrument into the animal's body, which entered the spine, and caused death. The perpetrator has not been discovered.—Kilkenny Moderator. LONGEVITY OF MEDICAL MEN.—There arenow living (and with th ree except i ons still residing . in one of th e E wh as o t s c e rn u e n o i u te n d tie a s g ) e t s en am m o e u m n b t er t.o s 0 8 1 ' 10 the ye m a e rs d:ca a l ve profes s i on 1 years. A n d w i t hin the last sixteen months four have died, wheso united ages amounted to 3 . 39 years, or au average of 84 years and 9 months.—Med i cal Times. How THEY DO IN AmEnrcA!—The coffin containing the: body of Theodore Banks, was made of latePresirtnetwooti lined with f o t , heCorn Ex change, es'Nie,w York,and the screw s , h andles, and name-plate were solidocwfhaintegsatin, silver. The face of the body was exposed until th e procession reached th e cemetery, wh2re the coffin was i closed and put nto a walnut case. The body was con veyed in a glass hearse, so as to show off the splendid rosawood coffin and trimmings along the line of procession. The Greeks. of Con s t an ti nop l e h ave o b st i nately taken it into their beads that the end of the world is at hand. Several ridiculous stories at their expense are going the niands here, but the clergy, both Greek and Catholic, are making a good thing of it, and can afford to be laughed at. They raise the price of their masses every day, there is a tspecn]ati on go i ng on f or a r i se, and whenever the fall sets In, it will comp l ete t h q resem b lance that religion bears here to the stook Exchange.