Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-02-15 00:00:00

LATEST TELEGRAM. THE FRENCH FUNDS • • • • FARIS, Feb. 14. Closing prices • this day : Four and a Half per Cent. Rentes for money, 97.561. Three per Cent. Rente s , for money, 68.35 ; for account, 68.30. /311651 • • FRANCE; .tlae. five .regiraents coming :from Algiers have disembarked at Marseilles,•and the 'whole of e ReAnult diviSion is to asSeinble immediately IA Lyons. " -•• •It Is said that Horses are about to - be purchased 1;1! •E' A Iger a, and the It—rolicy of Tunis,' for the d The meetingnd: rencli cavalry.. i seussion Of of the Paris Conference . for. the the c' double election - of, HOSpodar, in pDanubi an Principalities, is expected to take on the 22ndinstant. cot ! ) : • Austrian organ published at Paris ad.vo tin a Peace policy. This journal 'Makes a dis- Ita l etioll between the semi-official • pamphlet on . t y and the Emperor's speech. The p am phl e t, the Po, placed the Italian . question on the banks' of while the speech, as well as the Govern -Pt, place it on th e Tibe r , an d-b e t ween th e t wo point s is all the diStance from respect for treaties to_their-violation, from - peace to war. The Paris correspondent . af the .Times accounts ior the difference, by referring to the strong 'aPinions 'expresSed in France; which induced the feEmperor more moderately to. limit his views to the Roman legations. The correspondent of the o rn es ,says that trade in F r a nce h as re l apse d in to ,niplete stagnation, without any: symptom of Improvement. In 'some manufacturtng districts general distrust prevails, while the crisis of .1857 w as less severe -in France than in many other countries. • The present relapse .is described as more serious than anybody believed Possible. Holders of produce who refused to sell, t e4c epting at. higher prices , and who have ex hhausted their pecuniary resources, now find -their o pes blighted. Already commercial failures have ta ken place in consequence, and others are ex tected. At Paris flour - continues difficult of sale. he core market is stationary, but it is scarcely Possible wheat can fall much lower. The decline rape oil continues.; linseed oil firmer. The Aces of wine at Bordeaux are so high that little tisiness is doing.. At Paris brandies are firm.- AMERICA ARRIVAL OI THE EUROPA British a North American Royal Mail Steamer Europa, Captain Leitch, arrived in the Mersey from New York, with advices.to the 2nd insta- t, 45 pas - - $572,453 in specie The steamer .Etna .at New York on the fourteen days. au Liverpool, arrived out st instant, after a passage of The Queen of the Fleet, which . had arrived at New York from Ardrossan, reported having fallen in with a British barque, of Liverpool, vaterlogged and abandoned, on the 22nd of Jan:, in lat: -41 47; 1011. 61, 24, but: - - .could not ascertain . her She had -wooden stern davits, bright lower u .,_ )- aECtS, mainmast i ron h oo p e d,• z i ne b ottom to the °Cads, billet head, h u ll pain t e d bl ac k ; maintop gallantmast; foremast head, and all yards gone. At Washington, on the 29th, democratic -Senators held a caucus , on th e su bj ect , o f ; _ t he Tariff w h en . t h ey a d op t e d t h e follow tng resolution " That it is the . duty of urugress to look r a th er t o a re d uc ti on o f expendi es than t o an i ncrease o f . revenue. " Th e act i on 0 . tile caucus h a d occas i one d ; great surprise, the Penns ylvaniann a „ 4 delegation being especially indig ,se(7. In the .House of Rel nsentatives, ' the re„i3. to et ary of th e T reasury was about scud in a re ! a resolution of the House, that he' sees no V-; 8°11 t°. Change the of expressed in his report,. re` the the existing tariff will not furnish sufficient. N entle this bov er year meet the r e qu i remen t s o f t h e n ment, and . th a t h e , th ere f ore, re i terates hi s t b3' the ecommendation that the tariff - Shall be increased change of : certain prominent articles to the .higher schedules, the adoption of decimal rates, and an • orgy to re-issue the Treasury' notes, or f,,, e - T,isc provide for them. The ansWer .might por ',ekaYed some days, in order to present the ex- T ', B and imports to , the Ist January. co he State Department was about to submit to between alon g correspondence on the guano trade Peru and the : States, under, the call of a ill :elatio n , presented in the. Senate; , on the 4th er . ta nt. Th e correspondence will show that Peru h er her - system for monopolising the sale of eh g u ano, not only over its shipment from the 14._11,1.c1ia Islands, but into all the ramifications of titstribution, handling and sale in every part of 1) 7 1 ,F, nited States ; . and that this system of mon- Cos rl e , its freightage and retail sales doubles the this unequalled fertiliser -to the American without rendering the slightest increased ad kntage to Peru. .The New Yorkiferaldsa,ys:—‘. It is 1 4 .° N " here that the Peruvian agents in this country e,,uladeiminense fortunes out of theirmorie: olyof 11.4 es l e ncies• A large portion of this irnniell.,e- tax Vi rt ,"c,e.T l paid by the agricultural inteyests of r ,• binia and Maryland, upon whom it is peculiarly nero e f f us, and and they have formerly wade great orts to have it broken up." ofAdvices received in Washington, and said to be e _ a reliabl e sort, state that during January the uellllnanders of-the British and French naval-forces - v e t ajoint note to the Governor of the state of ord ered l in which- they say they have been by the 'ministers respectively of their the erriments residing in MexiCo to demand—first, Jost Payment of all pending' debts due to the gub- . qa ,s of Prance and England ; second, a monthly theLeinent of all import duties ; third, payment of p r , d amages sustained by those' subjects in the of j u t Mexican•hostilities ; and fourth,. the repeal gtorne revenue laws now existing, and the re to then of those in force a year ago. In addition abOv e , Ad m i ra l P enau d says t h a t th e ,Irtixelit provided for by _the French convention taodln ,taking be made as - if those - laws had not been li 4 the former ones as the. basis of eer;‘- u ' itlt ion, the rates of which 'were thirty,per do The n 1 more than the present ones. The reduc- • Go / ,,, v as made for the benefit . of commerce. of Vera Cinz . has replied that these • is 7.° B itions sh a ll rece i ve d ue cons id era ti on . Ile i t a s Posed to yield what is just, but. no more, ih lheonsiders a very important principle involved fo reign demand s , name ly : —Th e i n t er f erenc e of questio dn government s -t o con t ro l th e re venue . in l°sed n, and di c t a t e w h a t ra t e o f d u t y s h a ll b e k ; l he Fr enc h Spoliation Bill had received a severe b e i s i v c r in the House, in the vote sustaining the lie ,e,s" ° l l of the Ch a i r,-and-sending -the bill to the lalln ittee of th e Wh o l e. The President had sent to the .Senate,. in addi tf to the former statement showing the condition sh.4,lnerican claims acrainst foreign governments, a , nth of many settled and unsettled accounts ;;Lth. the late republic of Columbia, from which it tP i ears that but little progress has' been made in r e r i , lv a 7 of the liquidation of the latter. ,"° -'resident was about to send in a message th, e i l ly to the resolution, asking what measures th e government is taking for the suppression of Zfi n k c e i c a t :e it trade The message, it is understood, state. that ; from the delicate character of the Public would defeat the ends of justice to make the nature of these measures. th„ T , h e 2 Few r ork, . Herald says: "-It is reported 4 ‘informati on has been mem ed here that two carg oes Ge b of slaves, from Africa, are off the coast of „ urgla, endeavouring to effect- a landing - It " - Dears from an official statement, that the number_,e r vessels engaged in trade with Africa during the last fiscal year was thirty-one. Thetotal ount of imports paying duty-was $1,420;000,-atid ~▪ ,e of duty $972 ,000, wh i le the d ut i es paid we re 1582,000. Interior Department has received inform,: on•from the commission to survey the Texan and °lv Mexican b ou tid ar i es. They have succeeded a pproximately establishing the parallel, and, were /flaking the base line with the hope that, in a - few daYsithey will be able to inform the depart ment of the fixing of - the initial point The progress of the survey has ' been - retarded by extreme cold weather in the valley of the Rio Grande. The party has been thrice attacked by 'lndians. • -- - We have advices'from Hayti to the 9th ultimo. That feW collisions had,'taken place _thus Jar between the imperial tr o op s an d th e insurgents., Soulouque had adVanced as far as More, and was meditating a march . u p on St. lklarie.' A conflict had taken • plade! ..between the two contending. parties,- but there was .no reliable which ,• side ‘,Wils victorious. About forty of the Emperor's troops, wounded; - had. • arrival at :.Port--aw•Prince. A republican movement was pending at theilatter place. The Emperor had calledlor mere , troops;.but could not raise a hundred men. _Reportiviere current that Jacmel anti Ails Cayes :had .declared for • the re public'. The Emperor's forces de notexceed three thousand men. It is the : general opinion that Gerard will be successful. Business.-was .nearly Suspended both. at Jereme and Port-au-Prince, an -.embargo having been laid on 'all coasting vessels. ;• .We have advices from British' Honduras, to •the 28th Tilt. The failure of the honse. of Hyde; Hodge and 'Co., of London and Belize,_ had caused great distress among the mechanics, labourers, and maho gany "cutters of the eolouy, as many as 2,000 of whom have been thrown ..put of employment. A number of judgments . had been obtained in the oourts by the creditors .of the firm ; but, owing to an informality in the proceedings, the cases bad been reopened. .This, it is : alleged, was what Hyde and Co:,. desired, as before .other judgments could be obtained and execution issued the affairs of the house would be wound up under the bankrupt act, and the creditors in Belize thus left to share with creditorS in England and else= where' whatever assets the' ' firm may have. Business was very; dull; and logwood had fallen from slB,to $7 per ton. 7 , : Havannah dates of the, 23rd ult had been received, but conveyed no news of , importance. COMMERCIAL, The money writers in New York, writing on the ISt inst., say it is evident that the: stock market was passing through another crisis. The decline commenced on the preceding day, and prices closed . as thmigh they were only at 'the beginning of the downward movement, In the money market . there Was no material change. All the call loans, with very few excep tions, were at 'five per cent., and many banker anticipated a speeds It was doubtful any paper was bein done as low as five, with the exeeptidri bf tly first class 'Six per nt. was be and at very short datc coming the L seven ;and'' - eight exchange market was very firm, with a moderate business. Bankers were - asking 1.09 a to 1091 foi sterling, and s.l3lfor,francs. feral ' rate for ti best paper, and The foreign for lthver. NEW YORK MARKETb. --. —Flour : The market was firm for the -4 choice family brands, while , nd sales' of all kind, BREAD 1 better grades of extra common oualit moderate. The transactions footed up about 5,000 to 6,000 barrels. Canadian brands were dull, and sales limited, -"lac prices were unchanged. Southern brands were in moderato demand, with sales of 'about 900 closing within the range of our quotations.' FREIGHTS —TO 'London : 400 tons lo,gwoOd were engaged at 22s 6d, and 100 'barrelti rosin at 2s 9d per 280 lbe.' To Liverpool : 100 tierces beef were taken at,3s 6d, and 20 boxes bacon at 17s 6d. Mor.A.smi.—:-Sales of 250 barrels made at 41i to 42c. New Orleans were NAVAL STORES were quiet, while holders continued to ask full prices. We quote spirits at about 50 _ c, common , . rosin afloat and from ford at $1 75c to $1 80c, and crude turpentine at $3 75c. On,s.—The market was steady for linseed at 67c to 70c. Crude whale aud,sperm were ,both ; steady, while prices were without change of moment. . ' • PROVISIOI4O : Pork _was, firmer; owing to telegraphic advices from New Qrleans, which quoted new mess at $l9 25e: to $l9 60c,. The sales to-day embraced about .1,000. to • 1;100 ,brls.. ' including . new mess at • $lB 121 c. and. old .do.. at $l7 621 c. to $l7 75c., and prime at $l3 50e, to $l3 62,1 c. Beef was firmer and in fair demand, with sales. of 400 to 600 brls., including country prune at $6 50c. ..to $7 25c., country mess at $8 to $9 '2k., repacked - Western do. at $9 to $lO 50c., and extra at -$ll ,to $ll 50c, Prime mess was quiet and beef tams were firmer, with sales of about.l2o brls at $l7. .11con was quiet at Sc. to 10c.. 'Cut meats were steady,' with sales of about 250 hlids., including shoulders at 6ie. to 61-C. and hams at Btc. °. Lard continued 'quite firm and in good demand, while sales embraced 400 to 500 barrels and tierces at 121 e. to 121 c.; and 500 do. were sold;. deliverable from the 15th 'February to Tht April; at • :12 . 1c,. ; and $1 ~was given for the refusal of buying 490 , barrels deliverable from the Ist to 14th. of Butter and cheese_ were steady, and NOvelitboi next prices tinchaiiged SUGAItS. —The 'sales embraced about 700 to 800,,hlids. New Orleans:, within the iano- ° e of 71e. 'to s2c., and 100 ditto were sold by auction at 7c. to 71e. TooAceo.—Tlie demand continues hood and established prices well maintained. • ' • COTTON •Ni w Yogic, Feb: 2.—Our last report closed upon an active week in the staple here, several speculators having entered the market and bought pretty freely, which enabled holders ,to advance their rates ie. .Subsequently, however t the demand was scarcely so .active, And holders liad to yield a portion of , the advance, and on Thursday the market became very quiet, there being a disposition to wait forlater European news. The Arabia's accounts were received by telegraph from ilalifix on Friday, ,reporting a decline of lid,' with dpartial panic in Liverpool, caused principally by, political disquietude on the Continent. This intelligence was quite unexpbeted here, and brought the market . to. A stand, but little , business being transacted for several days. Holders evince , no desire Co sell, how ever, and though the sales for the past four days do not exceed 2,000 bales, there has. been, no pressing. • The market closes.steadily at 12c for Middling ,Uplands. , S9I.7THP,RN MAnx.E.is.—Our :mail ad ices. from New Orleans report ..onlyi Moderate business d i ming. the week. The nirket opened with . an active demand, but under increased receipts and dull news from Liverpool, buyers demanded'. a concession, which holders refused, and business fell, off; • buyers 'being diverted to the Mobile Market, where prices were considerably lower. At that point an 'active business was den°, factors realising advance. By . telegraph • a week later, we learn that the new Orleans market had again be oome animated. Buyers operated freely, at full prices, up to receipt of Arabia's news ; but since then a quieter feeling has prevailed, and . the market closes steadily without change in prices. Sales for the week, 67,000 .bales. The.. Mobile market has also been active in the Openirivif week, and the advance fully maintained. The Liverpool news, however, 'checked business, and factors have since yielded slightly, but exhibited no dis ,position to, Press their cotton. Middling is *tea . 111 a to llic, with sales :for the week of 28,000 bales. The Charleston and Savannah markets have also • been active during the week. . The following is a statement of the movements of cotton - for the past week, and since Ist September last, cOmitared with the five preceding years : _ ,--B.sctirvs.-1 ,-)':S PORTS FOR THE 'WEEK, Past Week. Since Ist To Great To France. F. P. 1858-9 Other S eptember. Britain. 149,000 2,335,000 51,000 17,000 23,000 1857-8 83,00 - 1,373,000 47,000 22,000 8,000 1856-7 ...... 1855-6 • 88,000 1,905,000 7 6 , 000 ' 8,000 9,000 1854-5 1853-4 120,000 1,409,000 31,000 16,000 5,000 e•----EXPORTS SINCE lire SEPTEMTFER.--, To Gt. Britain. To France. To Ot..F.P. Total. Stock. 1858-9 697,000 300,000 201,000 -1,198,000; , 881,000 1857-8 784,000 , 178,000 115,000 777,000 575,000 1856-7 473,000 195,000 131,000 802,000 820,000 1855-6 713,000 232,000 177,000 1,122,000 655,000 . 1854-5 614,000 137,000 96,000 847,000 335,090 1853-1 407,000 137,000 89,000 633,000 556,000 ~ Thus the receipts show an increase of 962,000 over those of last year, and an increase of 430,000 over 1855-6, and the exports exhibit the following results : - Conap'd with Gt. Britain. France. O.F.P. Total. Stock. Last year Increase 213,000 122,000 86,000 421,000 306,000 1855-56 Increase 16,000 68,000 24,000 76,000 226,000 - " NEw ORLEANS, Feb. 'l.-Cotton : Sales to-day 4,000 bales; the Arabia's news has caused a decline of tic ; middling 11c to 111,e ; sales of the lest three days, , 6,750 bales; receipts of the same time, 50,000 bales. pork : hhds es at of 3 1 0. 2 Sugar firm.; sa l es o f 2 , 500 hhd s. M o l asses : Sal e s of 3, o,oSooouthuttersn shoulders, 7c 95c. 13ulk p l ha ms, .8c 1 sides, 90. Lard in kegs, 131 e. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE, NEw YORK, Jan. 29.--Arrived : The Arago, from Southamp ton; (30 Orient, from Liverp oo l ; Esenzt, from Liverpool ; (eat Western, from Liverpool ; Devonshire, from London ; J . j, flathorne, from Liverpool. Yob. 1 : Etna (s), from Live rpool. CloarCd, Jan. 29 henry play ; (31) Fidoal for LiverPqoll THE 'NORTHERN TIMES, TUESDAY,' FEBRUARY ;15; • 1850 AMERICAN AFFAIRS. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT, PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. MORE OF THE CUBAN QUESTION : ITS INCREASED AGITA TION; EXCITEMENT STIRRED UP IN HAVANA : SCHEMING LETTERS TO THE AMERICAN. PREBs PR.ESIDENT• BDCHA.NAN , ANOTHER LOUIS • NAPOLEON: AMERICAN.: ARGUMENTS • AGAINST IT. ANOTHER ANNEXATION PROJECT : THE BRITISH PROVINCES, , -' COVETED : :IRELAND, FERHAPSi NEXT. THE SLAVE TRADE : ANO THER -• SUSPECTED SLAVER • INTERCEPTED. LYNCH-LAW IN NEBRASKA. GROWING WEALTH OF AMERICAN CITIES : ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF CITY TAXES: THE BURNS' CENTENARY IN THE STATES. There is still but if any, 'politiCal interest in the 'proceedings of Congress, - excepting, of course,.the prc..parations,for the purchase pt Cuba, which„ however, may .be said .to have now con= eluded: Business of a more practical kind has succeeded the disposal of that matter. Provision has been made for the conveyance - . of the mails from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast—that . is, right across the . North American Continent. But that great project • which would, among other advantages, have afforded such Superior facili ties for this postal conveyance —that . of ,the Pacific' . Railroad—has been . strangled by the Senate,--at - any rate for. the present , Session. A new Tariff Bill haabeen brought in, in the House of Representatives; which, although still recog nising a:particular policy, is more!hberal than the present one, and is expectedto increase the re venue very. considerable Th are mo - ving heaven and earth,. as the saying is, on the Cuba question. American emissaries, it is understood, have been sent to lla,vana,• . in order to stir up the people there to demand annexation to the States. And the newspapers here, in the interest of the annexation party, are giving letters from that place--real or imaginary — to show that the public f ee li ng o f th e Cubans is with America -not with Spain: "They evidently come," says one of our city journalists who is publishing them; " from persons in various positions of society, and with great 'differences of thouo•lit and expression ; b u t i n one thin g t h ey a re • t? unanimous, and that is the,completediselaiming of the feeling of loyalty to the crown and professions of fealty contained in the official representations lately sent by the Captain-General. in Havana to the. Court at Madrid. This is the first - occasion on _ • .ce of the people in Cuba has found a ^ contradiction to the official utterance press of tiayana• is subject to .a, rigid censorship by the GOverninent, and ' even the expression in private of political opinions adverse to the present rule is constructive treason, and punishable by fine and imprisonment,' if not' by death. These letters all tell us that they were written under .constraint.: ,SOme Wrote at mid night ; another . did so with a pencil, and in a „disguised hand, so that in case the 'letter mis carried, the:experts and chemists usually. called by the Military Commission to examine the writing and the ink might not trace the writer ; ,a few 'give us references in this oityl ., that we may learn who the writers are if we doubt the genuineness of the letters ; and a large number Come to us anonymously: We willingly open our columns to give expression to the sentiments of the people._ of Cuba, so long as our courtesy is not .misused by endeavouring to make it the vehicle ,of personal attacks ; and we have no wish to inquire the name of any writer of a proper letter sent to us from that island:" All this, of course, must be taken with a grain of salt,—or, rather, with many grains. The absence of all " wish to inquire the name of any writer of them," is very convenient. In such a case, undoubtedly, ignorance must be bliss. For 'that wish, assuredly, must be father to the:thought, —and that thought not" only one of suspicion, b u t Of a dread of being suspected. The whole thing, however, is rather too barefaced, one would think, to impose upon any but the weak and simple. One of the published Havana missives says, Much as it may be disliked by those who wish to sustain themselves, the 'Cuban people are en lightened,•and aware of their rights. 'They desire to throw_off the odious yoke which oppresses them, which 'degrades them, which seizes the fruits of their labours. They desire their liborty ; but as this cannot be accomnlishedhy the Cubans them selves, by reason of the, contrary elements which encompass theth, and the syBtem of society which exists. among them, -they 'will bless Ahe'powerful .hand which. - may. extricate ;them from their anomalous situation." : Another says,---" Who is there that feels Within himself that he has 'a right to liberty; who would prefer, to remain subjected to despotism and tyranny, and who would not rather" hail with g, hidness and bless the hand which is generously stretched out to him 'by a nation which has, raised itself above .the age,, and is more .exalted than any other people ? And. then tlic Nc . ‘v York editor is flattered—or flatters himself—with the assurance,—" All admire the truthful manner in which .you have exposed the servile, obedience and submission 'to 'elcinnd antiquated customs under which our country, is kept enslaved. How different is our situation from that of your country, where • the individual Who occupies the presidential chair gives . e . very year in a friendly way hiS views' with • respect ,to the different relations existing.between your country and the other nations of. the world! 7 . , . . And thus are their intelligent - diseernments and feelings glaringly expressed -on. their own. behalf, rhe — Cuban.peolile know that, incorporated into the American :Union, they will be a soverign State, free and indepedent ; that they will regulate their . expenditures, vote their taxes,- . giVe them selves laws, and. govern themselves `in the same Way as any of the other States which form the Union. The Cub±n people feel in their hearts the surety of all these benefits,_ and they, know that the Word sale Means redeMption, and not onslave meat, as this government pretends in the famous representations which it has caused to be signed by the, slavish Ayuntamientos and municipal bodies of this island." All this, I say, is so thoroaghly Yankee, in its phraseology, as well as in its sentiment, and in its desire, that he must credulous indged who receives it, and can digest it as gene-ine., Then the President himself is duly flattered in the matter. He and Louis Napoleon are set, down as , the two great luminaries of ; the age- 7 --shining in different hemispheres, "yet combining to enlighten the world, " while a new state of affairs," they declare, " is being established in Europe by Louis Napoleon, an equally great statesman is initiating a policy in America equally in consonance with the popular developerdent of the age, and destined to produce a like fruitful change. Mr. Buchanan , is laying the foundations of' a policy for our govern ment that be felt long after he shall have pasied away." . No doubt it will. But how felt ? A much truer, juster, and soberer view of the subject is taken • by journalists of another class— those which represent more of the real re spectability of the community. The Boston . Advertiser, for instance, ,thus argues against the President's assumptions :—" Upon what grounds these assumptions are based, we are 'at a' loss to understand.' 'lf Cuba is in fact the property of Spain, as the proposition to pUrchase concedes, then the usual rights, and obligations attach to her ownership. If the Spanish Government fails, to develope the resources of the island, to pro mote its prosperity, or to fulfil in general. those duties which the relatiryn of- parent state and colon impgseg upon it,. then it is responsilile to the people bf Cuba, and not to us, for sueb tamp': re of duty. The English Government ' failed in its duty to these • States when they were its colonies, but had France tikeretriion interfer - edUnd claimed to take possession of enem, because she could' make U. better'USe of tliem, the patriots of . the revolution would have denied the logic and resisted the interference at the point of the bayonet, And even if we admit that the acquisition. of. Cuba would. materially assist in the growth and strengthen the position, of the United, • States, indispensable to ,our growth and, security, it cannot be, as a o 2 y experiPwo and observation nay 41? - - - §til..1 this' confers no right upon us, and imposes' no duty upon Spain. In fact, the principle which is_ in volved in the supposition that the importance of Cuba to, our interests can by itself give us any right to the island is one which no honest man will for an instant admit, when it is set forth in its true colours in a question of ,private property, and private rights. And it is only by the delusive glitter of a supposed destiny, that men are deceived as to its abominable character, when it is applied to public rights." This is most refreshing, after the maudlin, yet mischevious Sophistry and mendacity indulged in On the'other side. • • And that a principle of . that " abominable character" is in operation; and,, will not, if ever it succeeds, be content with its application to labour, maybe gathered from . the fact, that , already' the question has been broached in 'Congress, Mr. Faruworth (of Illinois) having asked leave. to offer a long preamble setting -forth the importance of ourpossessinq all the British American provinces, concluding with a resolution instructing the corn mittee on' Foreign Affairs to inquire into the ex : - - pedieney of initiating measures to secure theni by honourable treaty. The resolution was objected to, as . a suspected satire upon , "the Cuba thu . million proposition. "' "But what objection can there be," asks the _Yew. Ybrk.; Herald; f' to the annexation of all British North America, if it can be bought? It would soon pay for itself from the public lands, fisheries, &c., which would thus be secured, and the Fugitive Slave law might thus be brought within reach of some thousands of runaway slaves on the other side Of the Canadian boundary. With the Southern • annexa tions of Cuba and MexicO, the North will doubt less insist upon the • acquisition of the Canadas, New Bium§wick, Nova Scotia, &c.; and what harm. would. there be in sounding the British government.in advance ? " There: is, in short, no end to the " annexation " process, if once it goes a-head. Ireland is in the Atlantic, directly opposite to America, and would make an excellent Botany Bay for Yankee convicts—if, nothing else ! So they may come to think ; and, of course, •, if Spain is to give 3:lp Cuba, so must England surrender Ireland, whenever " a lopg preamble • - shall be adopted by Congress, sett i ng, forth. its importance!, The slave trade, cannot, it seems, be all at once put down, since it has been allowed to be revived, —that is to say, since the remissness if not the connivance, of those who were bound to look after it, has permitted it •to be at least re-attempted. Another suspected slaver—the fifth or sixth within the last five months has been discovered; and on this occasion, strange to say, when „one might have thought that the prevalence of an anti-slavery feel ing might have discouraged such a thing,—viz., in the.NeN - v E agland State of Connecticut. The princi. pal, ;fact of the case is, that the barque Laurens of New London, Conn., has been seized byorder of the :Collector of that port, oii suspicion of beinc a slaver, and is now in the custody of the United States Marshal, where she . will remain until a ju dicial investigation can be had at the next term of the United States District Court. It appears that she_is an old whaling ship, of about 400 tons burthen, built at.Keunebunk, iii'Slainq, about twent years since voyages noun irom uom apring and bag Harbour. On her last-voy.age,'she was run away with by the captain and Went into Rio. She was subsequently seized •as a slaVer, it' is said, on' the coast of Africa, brought into the port of New York, and sold by the United States Marshal. She has since got into the hands of those who are still dabbling in slave traffic, and who had sent her to Now Louden to get ready for a trip to the ,coast of Africa, under th• pretence of preparing her for a whaling voyage. The case is one that will . pro bably go far to prove, that the iniquitous traffic in negroes is still carried on by American 'ships. Nor will it ever be thoroughly put down until the laws relating to its suppression are better administered. A - terrible instance of that love of Lynch-law which pervades the American mind wherever there is an. opportunity for' indulging to the full the licence of a vaunted free-citizenship,.,Eas just occurred at Omaba, in Nebraska Territory. Yt appears that two horse thieves were arrested in lowa for depredations committed in Washington county, and brought to the °lnaba, jail, to meet their trial. But they had not been there many . days, when a company of men from Florence and Washington county assembled at the jail in this city, entered it, and carried off the prisoners, the sheriff being absent from the bUilding at the time ; and next day the prisoners were' discovered in the neighbourhood suspended' from a tree: they were hanging back 'to back upon the same limb, with their irons still on. Great indignation, it is said, pervades this community. against the perpetrators of this : revolting outrage, as . well as a firm deter mination to bring those concerned in it to punish ment. A coroner's jury have held an inquest ; four.of the ringleaders have been arrested. But it is doubtful that anything will be done with them. Some idea may be formed' of the growing 'wealth of American cities, from the estimates just made of theproperty of each of those two great commercial centres, New York and Boston, Which are stated to amount to eight hundred millions of dollars—New York having. fA525,000,006 ; Boston $275,000,000, or ,a little more than one half that of New. York. The property of Boston is one hundred millions more than that of the city of Philadelphia, and nearly three times that of Baltimore. It is said that Boston has more property, per capital than any other city in the world. Of course the city revenues are in proportion, and taxation is heavy enough. The city taxes of New York alone amount' to nearly nine millions of dollars a-year ; and the sum total of 'taxes for the year paid into the Receiver'S Office up to Christmas. day in New YO k, was seven, and a quarter millions of dollars, leaving yet unpaid .one million three hundred and seventy thousand. The Burns' Centenary has been commemorated with great enthusiasm in most of the principal cities. There was evidently a very warm, and a very discriminating appreciation of the poems of Scotia's Bard ; but•rather ludicrous 'notoris of him were here and there 'expressed, as to his social position, and as to his. polities. He was, they thought, a thorough Ainerican. Republican! And they quaked (at Boston) one of his. letters which says, "I have three sons, who, I see. already, have brought into the world souls il qualified to inhabit the bodies of slaves," to show,.as.•they imagined, that he thought they could never live under a monarchy. And yet all the. three have been brouohtup ' and been enabled to occupy afar, very far higher and happier social positions than their poor father did, in the immediate and active ser vice of the British morirchy,r—one in its civil, and ' two in its Military 'service! "Facts are stubborn things"—every where, you will perhaps say, but in. America I; THE. laNIAN. ISLANDS The Times publishes voluminous documents con nected. with the reforms, proposed by Mr. Glad stone, He went in state to the lonian assembly, and, presented her Majesty's reply to the addresses in. favour of union with Greece. Her Majesty tells the lonians. she can ivither consent to abandon. the . obligations 'she has undertaken, nor can eonvey, ' nor permit any application to any other power, their wishes, as she is the sole organ of the lonian States in the councils of Europe. She. will enforce obedience to the laws, but has adopted the measures she deems most conducive. to the good of the lonian people, and she awaits the enlightened co operation of their parliament. Mr. Gladstone then in a speech; propounded the. reforms alluded to. They comprise a new constitutional act which extenda the sphere of the lonian, and counteracts the agency of 'the Tirltish element, establishes mi nisterial respouaility, and gives to the Assembly power of the purse., The Lord High Commissioner cannot be made responsible to lonian authority, .but provision is made for increasing his responsi bility to Her Majesty. The weight a nd intlependenee of the Senate arc to be i ncreased by extending the tenure of their seats and IT m h o e di f f u y n in c d ni th e e nt p al re p se r n o t po n s i it o i d o e ns o f of el t e h et e in f o S rd ena n to iy g s li . 1 .bCeomacieneispstieodneorr; rejectedw hieh a in re tp n to u:ne T ro h us e , p m re u s s i t de e n it t, he o r r - e Assembly prorised• MI early reply. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT TIOrSZ OF. LORDS,—,MaNnAy Lord Wodehouse demanded that inquiry be made respecting • the •diplomatic correspondence . between the Government of this country and the United States respecting the .right of search, which had led to its abandonment. The Earl of 11.1almesbury replied, that no principle halo been abandoned,only a practice given up, • Further remarks were made by the Earl of Clarendon, the Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl of Derby, the Earl of - Carlisle,' and Lord Brougham, after which the matter dropped. • • - The. Law of, Property and Trustees' , Relief Bills, as amended, were reported, and ordered to stand for third reading. The - House' theU adjOurned HOUSE %OF COMMONS.—MoNruv The Speaker - took the . Chair at Four o'clock THE REFORM BILL. The Chancellor of the Exchequer gave notice that on Monday, the 23th, he' should ask leave to introduce a Bill to amend the representation in England and Wales. and to facilitate the registration and voting at electiona. This announcement was received with loud cheers from both sides of the house. ItERRNSENTATION OF SCOTLAND Subsepently, in reply to Sir J. Ogilvie,. ' The Chancellor of the Exchequer said it was .his in tention to bring in a bill to amend the representation of Scotland, but he could not then fix the day. TROOPS AT MALTA Mr. Griffiths asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether any order, emanating from any authority at home or at Malta, is in existence, reonirine the troops of the garrison to salute the Host, or whether there is any such order to salute the Archbishop of Malta or, any other Roman.. Catholic, Dignitary by the operation of which such saluteis rendered to him while carrying or accompanying the lost in public processions. Sir E. B. Lytton said, that no recent orders had been issued upon the subject. What was done was under an order issued by Lord Hill, in 1837, which still remained in force. By that. • order soldiers were directed to give militdry salutes to all public processions in Malta, not on account of their religious but of their political character. On 'the same principle, the same honours were paid to the Archbishop as to a Brigadier-General, on account of Ins tempos and not of,-hs spiritual rank THE CHARLES-ET-GEORGEB Mr. Kinglake rotary of State for Foreign Affairs when the papc and. restoration of the Charles-et-Georges will. be laic upon the table of the. House. Mr. S. Fitzgerald said, that the pat ration, and would shortly be laid on th 753 were in pi table. COMMISSIONER IN LUNACY Mr. Clic( moving finally the adjournment of House, called attention to the recent appointment by th, Lord Chancellor of his son-in-law to the place of COmniis sionerin Lunacy. That office was of the utmost respon. sibility and importance, requiring great qualification while the gentleman appointed was only nominally barrister who had passed his life as a clerk in the Colonia Office, and was al -wished to know if it was true that the appointment hac without experienc )een made The Chancellor of the Ex her, notice had been doubt ruacli the given him of the subject It would no f the person for whom it-was ded, who would reply to it Mr. Clive grave noti that he would repeat his gm tion to-morrow (this day) Mr. 5. Fitzgerald sa'id;that the introduction of opium into China by .British merchants would henceforth be strictly legal, as it was in accordance with the late treaty, but it would be subject to restrictions of a heavy duty, and would only be sold in the outports as British property In reply to Mr. F. Baring The Chancellor of the - Exchequer said, it was his intention to introdyee bills founded on the report of the Committee on Public , Monies, one of the chief points would be the establisment of an independent audit office. HIGHWAYS' Bill, the priiiciple of which consisted in th several . pril ement of the cross roads, He would and the appointment 6f a district sun-cyor. fix the committal of the bill at a distant day, s , time for its consideration: ' as to give After some brief ob. It. Pechell, Sir G. C. Lewis, and Mr. SI read a s vations from Mr..Briscoe, Mr. G. the bill was md time INDIAN FINANCES. Lord StanleY then asked leave to introduce a bill to enable the Secretary of State in Council on. India, to raise money in the United Kingdom for the service of the government of India. He commenced by calling attention to the enormous deficit in the, Indian revenues since the late mutiny. In 1857, the revenue was £33,301,000, while its expenditure was £33,480,000, leaving a deficit of only 1179,000, while the expenditure en account of public works in that year was £2,350,000. In the precoding.year the deficit had been exactly a million, so .g about a ance between income and expenditure. U the mutiny destroyer 1857 and 1858 had not been. received, but the revenue this hope he entire account for was estimated at £31,544,000, and the expenditure at £39,120,000, leaving a deficit of . £7,600;000; besides which there would be the cost of transmitting troops, which would raise the deficit in round numbers to £9,090,000. The estimates for 1858 and• 1859 were— a deficit of £12,600,000, making for the two years a total deficit of £21,700,000 ; besides this there would be a 'compensation to pay to private persons for their losses 'during the mutiny. As to the' items of revenue; the st was that derived from the land, which amounted to GO per cent. of the whole. That revenue had grown with our empire.' It was £11,000,000 at. the commence ment. In 1850 it reachei £17,000,000. In 1866 •it reached, .£19,000,000. In 1357 and. 1858 it . fell to £16,000,000, and in .1858 and 1859 it • was , stimated at about £IB,OMOOO. The next item-,wns derived from hc .enne o± that account at the-tip eginnin g Of the contarrlC7a . § only £370.000 . ; by lE 20 it rose .to £1,500,000. In ,185.0 it rose to £3;000,000, and in 1857 and 1858 it reached £6,442,000. 1 defended the source of the revenue from": now legalise he attack made 'upon, it. It wes in China, and it Ns snot for.-apy Govern- meat to interfere in checking its abuse in foreign coun tries. It was, however, possible, that its growth might be permitted in China, which would cheek. if not destroy these sources °four revenue. After commeuting-ou the other sources of revenue, as the Cus:ona.s and miscellaneous, he remarked on the nature of Indian revenue which was in Reverting to .the deficit, he observed that. there appeared to be a prospect of bri bal no. way- extenAve, that it was due to the extraordinary expenses consequent en : the mutiny. The milkary expenditure in the year before the mutiny had been.£11,59 , 0000, while in 1857 and '53 it was £18,212,000, and for '5B and '59 it was was a loss estimated at £22,598,000; besides: this, th of revenue, arising from, non-collection, amounting to £3,000,000. They might, however, expect a reductiow in the civil expenditure. Since the introduction of the non-converted' service, many offices had been lilted by. natives at a cheaper- rate than they would be byEuro-. peans, whilafrotn the increased facilities of communica- , tion, the European. civil servants might be expected to. he. contented with less than their present high salaries.; Adverting to the debt of India, he showed. that it had, until recent disf.:sters, not increased relatively to the income. ' In 1800; it was somewhat less than double the revenue, an.}l, it, c ontinued, with the exception of a single year, to bear the same proporticsa, up to 1857. lle analysed the amount of the debt, as held respectively in India and Europe, and Is. El 0 . , . , ery th a t the natives showe d a far g reater readiness e than heretofore to come forward with subscriptions. This wa s shown on the last occasion, when £3,229M0 wa s t than s ubscribed by European , an d 12 74 12 ma by natives, being a larger proportiOn on the part of.the natives h o n any previous occasion. Re then entered at some and Indian commerce. length into the groat development of The imports had dOubled, whichthe exports more than doubled„in twenty y ears, said of any country in Europe tedh except England and Franco; He enumerated throughout e public works either completed or i n PTO lndia ; and after making 'some progress taul, ..re of land, and the means of 4nprolri4g it t Aged thifigwti4 iliteatd to or, rtg far aF 06iiime, sale of. unoccupied lands, - and. to apply :those proceeds to the c ctinction of the debt. He. defended .at some length the cont .'uct of the Go v e rnmen t o f I n di a f rom th e c h arg es t against it as to its dealings with the titles of land., R e f er i.i„ to the deficiency in the Indian revenue, he said that the tile,:ns -of supplying .that deficiency by drawi ng bills on Indi a was not available; government *ould reqtiire for its ow.n Purposes all that 'could be obtained from that source. It would therefore be necessary to raise money in this cooltry. lie therefore asked the honse to sanction a loan At £,7,000,000, although he anticipated a deficit, and did not anticipate further loans. He proposed to raise the money as last yea r , b y means of _ government d a despatch from thi wherein tt ;oven/me& is urged to make circumstances Iu which India In conclusion, whilst admitting _ _ )ondency, c ,w doing !lopmCnt was suddenly placed cause for d tulties of Indian finance, he declared he saw no inn what was 'tilt resour India, and for git for the commerce. of the world. He then moved the resolution, to the effect that the laonse to-morrow , for the pur— Dive itself' into , a committ pose of 'enablir money to be raised in this co an try for A the government in India, Sir C. Wood observed that in this )stpoued till to-morrow Sir IT Willoughby hoped that Ire deniatehe4 referred to would be laid - nptin the tabh Sir E. Perry commented on the dose amount of the rev lord with the pub tte of 1857, as s' Flied accounts. aney : of the ;ed 7 by the noble no subject. discussion The vote. would not be . opposed, but might be expected, and he wished to know what course would be pursued. Mr. Kinitaird asked if the financial difficulties had put a stop to the promised reform of Bengal police? Lord Stanley said that a measure on the subject was under consideration. Mr. V. Smith said, if they were to discuss the figures, more time should be given for consideration. Lord. J. Russell thought the bill might be introduced to-morrow, and the diic — ussion taken hereafter The Chancellor of the Exchequer su2.9'ested the discussion was 111 and facilitate 3 and narbonra iii Get then adjci timed at 8.45 p.m THE REPORII BILL The. Daily narks that Minister to play a so tha 1 smaller questions and if they can but escape the on 10, Slll4 f ,R :form. Reform , has bet ie very lukewarm, or Aetna The Horning Star states Mr. Dis ) bv ;eviate e 'great i will introduce liis reform biU on Monday 28th instant THE LATE MR, BASIL BAKER at two sterciay, for the purpose of taking some steps to trihnto to the memory of the late Mr. Basil The chair was taken, on the motion of Mr. D, lan, by satisfaction to be able to do anything - to hor lemory whom he left b profession to which Mr.. Baker belonged, it IN ficult for an actir to realise any considerable money, or while maintaining. hieh the very dif- tiount of a resp, IWO position in society, to ko as man provision as lie could desire for 3 - - those whom th What provisio had. made, , bi .ough lde beloved with the greatesteaction. lit was in Mr. Baker's power to make h e • it very d stances of his family rendered art should be nmade• by his I to his Id left friends to pay th t tribute which could be 0: memory by raise: behind.. Mr. S. J. Meany, the hon. secretary, stated that Mr. Baker had had his life insured., for, £l,OOO. lie • died intestate, and his widow placed his affairs in the hands of Mr. Crellin, who, acting with the concurrence•of the children by the first :marriage, had put the interest of that sum at the disposal of the widow daring her life time, the principal at her decease to be divide& among all the children. To educate and support three young children, the interest up on £l,OOO wou ld not go very far, and wider these circumstances it was thought necessary that a fund should be raised. A benefit at the•Theatre Royal was considered one appropriate means towards this , end. Accordingly, Mr. Meany stated that he had communicated with Mr. Copeland, asking for the use of the Theatre, and., from his reply inferred that the request would be granted. He had written to Mr. Barney Williams, asking that gentle man whether he• would give his professional services on the occasion of. the benefit, and had receive ewer, stating that professional engagements would not allow him to do so, but requesting that 15 worth of tickets might he takeiblor him. it had been communicated to him (Mr. Mcany) that on the oecasioa of the benefit, the ladies and gentlemen of the Theatre Royal would give their services gratuitously. He had reoeived a letter from Mr, Edward tromas t kindly offering to place ` his . ser vices at the dispos a l of the committee, for the benefit night, to play a violin. ,solo. Mr.. Meany further stated that the Maiyor.,,. and ffereral members of • the Town. Council would probahly have been present, but , that they were compelledby busviesB to be in London. . . lie had also received ft,• letter from Mr. Robertson ,Gladstone, stating that he would be glad to subseribetowardi the fund when the proper time arrived Ur. Dignan proposed the follOw • " That th 6 profe43ional eminence, ann.. high private chracter of tl. connection with LiTern( for some inierk of d tliat the creation-of a fund, for the benefit of his widow and seems to us the most Frateful, as it would be Iseful testimonial to the merits of the deceased the ma gentler= Mr. Robert C apton seconded the .solution, which • !iras - cpzried unanimously. Mr. Frederick Clarke proposed Co tion second resolu— " That, recognising, the necessity of .such an appeal, immediate steps be taken fur the organisation of a benefit performance at the Theatre Royal, on the first available night, Tuesday; Bth March." Mr.- Meyrick seconded the resolution, which.-was also earnea.!._ /kfr.• Charles Batten proposed tha.third resolution : " Tirxt„'witit a view otgiving thainbabitants generally, as well 'as the• many private friends of the late Mr. Biker, ae opportunity of joining in the proposed testimonial,' a subsciaptioa list be opened and subscriptions. invited for the benefit of the widow and chiittren Mr.. Shepherd sceonded th carried rcsolution,, which was D g o e i n n t t l e t i Mr. linghes proposed the following resolution : John Dignan, " That a committee consisting of the fol lowing men, with power to add to their number; for the purpose of carrying. aut.the objoets i'll‘Gowan Thos. Messrs. J. 13. Aspinall, John Wood l r ‘ u , ! . J. lt. M'Guffie, W. R. Copeland, J. Ousel}, Charles Millward, Thos.. W. Hug hes , C. Cummins, and the Rev, James Nr.gent, ; and that Mr. M. J. Whitty be appoluted treasurer- of the proposed fund, Mr. Cu m mins cu l‘ m l i r. ni B ns ..J. sec N olt lea d u e v a , h t o h n t: see." . carried. inalcated resaution, which was g p: t rt t i o n the The Rev. James Nugent said ho. felt it a sad duty to ho ought a l take although, a proceedings of - that meeting, because ough, from his...position, it might be considered that 'know-very little , of what. belonged to m theatre, he thought any man who contributed to the rational amusement of thie people, and ' was: an - ornament to ha'. profession, should be deemed a public benefactor. (Hear, hear, and applause.) No one who knew the late,Mr. Baker could help feeling that he. was an ornament to his profession. It was a difficult profes sion, surrounded by many difficulties and dangers, but he believed every one who knew Mr. Baker knew that he was a gentleman, a Christian, and an ornament to society. (.‘pplaese.) It might be in his (Mr. Nugent's) power to contribute a little towards the object of the meeting, with the help of the members 'of the Catholic. Institute, and the pupils, among whom was Mr. Baker's own son, - 7 b thl of; eleven, perhaps one of the brightest ornaments o eeme _ Institute, and on whom the mantle of his father he s was to have descended, for, although not a ca i t is hohe, companions. universally beloved and respoeted by_ i it might realise by Cardinal Wiseman were tol (Applause.) It struck him that if repeated,the little play written 4 ( A 4 p c, pot: u s £ :0 ) t o wards the. fund,ane:bhee:n(lmt r aNeugi thankse nt) w: w u e l r d e be only too glad to plaoo it at the somata of the committee. rman, and 0 4 0 meetingi passed to the chai , separated, Sorrie other suggestionshaving,