Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-01-04 00:00:00

AUSTRALIA. ALEXANDRIA, Dec. 25. The Emeu has arrived with the Australian mails and gold valued at £60,041. The dates of intelligence are : Sydney, Nov. 11 ; Melbourne, Nov. 16. A Bill to increase the number of Members had passed the Victoria House of Assembly. . The electric telegraph was in operation between Melbourne, Sydney, and Adelaide. Wool sales had commenced ; in grease, 9d. to 101 d.; scoured, 2s. Trade, especially import, very dull. Exchange for 60 days' sight was at par. The shipments of gold to England are :—Oct. 27th, the Blackwall, for London, with 80,589 ounces; Nov. 7th, the Donald APKay, for Liver pool, with 34,396 ounces ; on the 14th, th e Swiftsure, for London, with 84,775 ounces. The second reading of the Chinese Emigration Bill has been rejected by the Upper House of New South Wales. The receipts of . wool at Sydney were very light. Buyers were cautious andprices uncertain. Tallow was firm. _ ••_ _ _ Exchange at 60 days' sight purchased at 1 dis sold at t i premium. THE BRAZILS AND RIVER PLATE. LISBON, Jan 2. The steamer Ty ne arr i ve d h ere with' dates . from Rio Janeiro to the 11th of December. Nothing important front La Plata and Brazils. The yellow fever has not re-appeared. Coffee at Rio was dealt at 4,700 to 4,800. reis for good first. Stock, 100,000 bags. Exportation from the 9th to the 30th of November, 194,200 bags, of which 51,600 for the Channel, and 22,000 for the Mediterranean. Exportation during the first 10 days in - December ' 39,798 bags ; of which 12,173 for th e Channel. Exchange on London, 261 to 27 ; Paris, 358 to 360; Hamburgh, 675 to 680. At these rates, drafts -to the amount of £700,000 have been negociated for the Tyne. SERVIA CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 1 The Presse . d' Orient publishes a summary of the instructions which had been despatched by the Porte to Cabouli Effendi, at Belgrade, according to which the Skouptschina had no right to depose the Prince Alexander. .The Porte pro poses the nomination of a kaiinakan, in the person of the President of the Senate; or a kamakanie, composed of the members of the ministry of Servia. The senate would then express to the Porte the wishes of the Servians concerning the forfeiture of the rights of Prince Alexander . ; and the nomination of a new. Hospodar would take place, exactly as it happened at the time of the fall of Prince Milosch in 1839 Thirty _ -seven Deputies, armed, and accompanied by a numerous suite, also armed, left Belgrade the day before yesterday for Bucharest, to bring off Prince Ililosch-Obrenovitch, who has been pro claimed Prince of Servia by the Skuptschina. THE PRINCIPALITIES. CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 1. are nominated. The-v Moldavian Elec are all Cou , ervatives'except four. Prince Michael Stourza has a chance certainty—of becoming Hospodar. SPAIN —almost a MADRID, Jan. 1 Government has declared in Congress its inten tion to protest against the offensive supposition (hypothese) of Mr. Buchanan, President of the United States, that Spain will ever sell Cuba. Don Ologaza moved a resolution of adherence to this declaration of Government, which was unan imously approved MADRID, Sunday The semi-official Correspondancia Autographa announces that vessels with cargoes of grain will be admitted into Spanish ports free of duty, pro vided it be proved that the vessels have left the ports where the cargoes were shipped before the 31st December. TELEGRAM FROM INDIA. DEFEAT OF THE REBELS UNDER BENE MATIDO ZING, NEAR PUTTEHPOOR, BY LORD CLYDE IN PERSON. ESCAPE rHE REBEL CHIEF MAHDO SING. CONTINUED CONCEALMENT OF TANTIA TOPEI ARRIVAL OF LORD CLYDE AT LUCKNOW. The following telegram from Acting Consul- General Green was received at the Foreign Office, at eleven p.m., January 1, 1859: ALEXANDRIA, Dec 25,1858. The steamer Bombay arrived at Suez from Bombay on the 21st, with dates to the 9th ; the steamer Emeu also arrived at Suez on the 21st, from Australia. The amnesty is slowly but surely thinning the ranks of the rebels ; and there is good reason for believing that the whole country will be restored to peace without much additional bloodshed. On the 4th of November, a force, commanded by Lord Clyde in person, having marched 61 miles in 60 hours, completely defeated Bene Mando Singh, and a large army of rebels, at Dundeca Klara, nearly opposite Puttehpoor. The enemy was driven out of the dense jungle, and afterwards chased for miles by guns and cavalry. Their loss was enormous, many being drowned in the Ganges. Bene Mando fled down the river Oomrao, and escaped towards Cawnpore-road. The rabble threw away their arms, and fled to the steep ravine in which the Younsky abounds. Bene Madho is said now to be at Doleemou Ghat, on the Ganges. On the 28th of November, the Commander-in- Chief arrived at Lucknow. The health of our troops is said to be excellent. On - the 21st of November, General Grant re crossed the Gomtee. The rebels, in considerable numbers, disputed the passage; but were forced to fly with great loss. Six of their guns were taken. Tantia TOpee continues to avoid the ingenuity of his pursuers. GENOA, Jan. 1, 1859. Owingqo an interruption in the communication, the remainder of the message cannot be forwarded Continuation of telegram from Mr. Consul-General Green, received at Foreign Office, Sunday, Jan. 2nd, at four p.m MALTA, 30th Dec., 1858. He is said to have entered Guzurat. The Bombay Gazette announces the death of General John Jacob, on the 6th December, from an attack of brain fever. IMPORTANT FROM IRELAND. THE ILLEGAL DISAFFECTION IN SOCIETIES THE MILITIA SERGEANTS OF MILITIA IN THE SECRET SOCIETY BELFAST, Saturday Morning There are, it appears, two appro'vers. One is the sick lad named Kelly, who was arrested in his bed, and the other a man named Carleton. But the great cause of uneasiness with the government—and the reason why they have carried on their proceedings with so much secrecy —is the fact that they have discovered the connec tions of the militia with these secret . Organisations ! This' explains everything ; for the terrific that the Militia of Ireland cannot be relied on as a defensive force against foreign aggression, may jtvitify the wildest alarm. The Secret Club arrested in Belfast, is connected (it is affirmed) with the Phoenix Clubs of the South ; and already it has been discovered that several Sergeants of Militia were members of the Secret Organisation. This startling fact, which the Government officials have hitherto endeavoured to conceal, is extremely significant. AMERICAN : AFFAIRS. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. CONGRESS : ITS TARDY RESPONSES TO THE PRESI DENT'S- MESSAGE ; UNPROMISING ASPECT OF THE SESSION ; DEMOCRATIC WRANGLING, &C. THE CENTRAL AMERICAN QUESTION. ANXIETY FOR AN INCREASE OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY. THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF A CROOKED POLICY AS TO THE FOREIGN RELATIONS CREATING THE UNEASINESS. NICARAGUA : CUBA : THE SLAVE TRADE : FILIBUSTERING : UNWILLINGNESS OR INABILITY TO ENFORCE THE LAW IN THESE MATTERS. DISTURBED CONDITION OF SOUTH ERN KANSAS : CONTRADICTION OF THE PRESI DENT'S RECENT REPRESENTATIONS. LORD NAPIER'S SUCCESSOR AT WASHINGTON : EX PECTED ARRIVAL OF LORD LYONS ; HIS AMERI CAN DESCENT. SUPPRESSION OF LOTTERIES. Congress, so far, does nothing practically, if anything at all, in response to the President's Message. This document embraced a long and weighty enumeration of domestic and foreign propositions ; but there are . no satisfactory signs of their being acted upon immediately, in either House. And the present Congress, it must be remembered, expires on the 4th of March. There is now hoped for from it, I find, nothing " beyond a few private jobs and claims, and the regular annual appropriation bills." The case is thus strongly, but I believe. correctly enough stated, on the whole, by the New York Herald,—" From the scanty and unpromising results of the first half of the first month of this three months' Session of Congress, we expect nothing from it but the appropriation bills and a few private jobs. We are.forced to the conclusion that all the great lead ing measures of the Message, domestic and foreign, will get the go-by, and that thus Congress -will adjourn, leaving our domestic concerns, and our external embarrassments, in a very loose and disordered condition. From the adjournment in March, until the re-assembling of the new Con gress in December, there will be an interval of nine. months, and from all'the existing aspects of things in Mexico, Central America, and the Gulf, it may in this interval become the duty of the President to call an extra session of Congress to meet those public exigencies for which Congress alone_ can provide. We think it very likely that an extra session of the Congress may become indispensable, in view of the factious defections and personal jealousies which have reduced this Congress to a mere camp of wrangling Presidential demagogues." Such, then, is our Parliamentary purity and efficiency. Do you not envy it ? Some of you certainly pretend so to do. " A mere camp of wrangling demagogues :" And this under the boasted republican system of - America ! This the practical result of that democratic polity—with its universal suffrage, electoral districts, vote by ballot, and all the rest of it—which so many of your Reforming country men are apparently yearning after so eagerly, " Wrangling," indeed ! Yes—even wrangling., and worse than wrangling, as witness the following description of them, from the same candid, out spoken columns as, I found the preceding in,— " Members of Congress are decidedly rowdyish just at this time. On Friday, during a debate in the House, Mr. Shorter, of Alabama, called Mr. Washbnine, of Wisconsin, a liar. On Saturday, Mr. English, of Indiana, saluted Mr. Montgomery, of Pennsylvania, on the avenue, when the latter replied that he didn't speak to puppies, whereupon Mr. English struck his antagonist a blow over the head with a cane, knocking him into the street. Montgomery, on rising, hurled a brick at English, but it did not hit him. The parties then separated." And so they go on. Don't you, I ask again—don't you envy us ? - The Central America question is now fairly before Congress, at the instance of the President himself, whose object doubtless is not only to get his policy thereon sanctioned by the Representative Assembly, but to obtain authority for pursuing a more decisive course, in his negociations with France and England. The President's Special Message to the House conveyed, it is understood, all the information he had recently received of the state of affairs in• that country ; but its being referred to the Committee of Foreign Affairs without its being read, would seem to indicate that there was not thought to be much in it that was not already known. There appears to be considerable anxiety arising among the American people as to the naval strength of the Union ; and it betrays a feeling of uneasiness as to the probability of war, which is calculated to exert an evil influence upon the country. An able but ominous article in one of the more respectable of the Opposition journals, opens in this wise,—" The present aspect of political affairs in both hemispheres oives an immediate interest to all statistics bearing upon the question of the relative strength of nations. and especially upon the distribution of maritime force." Such is the way in which the subject of the United States' Navy is introduced by an influential journalist, giving expression, there is no doubt, to the anxious apprehensions of a powerful party. The increase of the naval armaments of the great powers of the Eastern hemisphere, coupled with " the present aspect of political affairs in both hemispheres," gives an urgent importance, evidently, to the question of the condition of the American Navy. " We must enter ourselves last," says the writer, " in the race of naval development ; but we have only to enter ourselves in earnest, to find ourselves very soon quite as far advanced as we need care to be. We must enter ourselves in earnest, however, —and at once,—and with an aim in the right direction. We have no more time to lose ; and we trust the present Corigress will not adjourn without enabling the Government to begin work seriously upon a squadron appropriate to our immediate necessities and the prospective employ ment of our forces. To create a steam-fleet in the full proportions which must be given to the meaning of that phrase, is the work of years. But if F.ngland was enabled by appealing to her private establishments of industry, to set afloat in three months' time a force of nearly two hundred screw gun-boats, we surely do not over-estimate our own productive capacity in assuming that we may in six months from this date possess vessel's - enough of this class to secure at least the most important points of our shores, and to protect our coasting commerce in the waters immediately under our eyes. More than this, it would no doubt be idle now to ask for. Less than this will leave us virtually at the mercy of any great Power with which we may suddenly break, and which may choose - to make war upon us in earnest." There is the usual amount of conceited Yankee assurance in this, you will probably think. But still American earnestness and energy can do wonders,—only provide the sinews of war for the occasion. There, however, will be the great practical difficulty. Indeed the writer of the article quoted from, you will observe, has himself no idea of any immediate outlay of an amount requisite for putting the United States on a par with either France or England, in naval resources. He reiterates his belief, that it is only the lighter vessels of war which, he consoles himself with the persuasion, " in a naval system such as ours must always be, and on the coasts of such an empire as ours, are of higher practical importance,"—and therefore it must be to such smaller craft that attention can only be expected to be given for the present. ." It would be idle," it is added, " to expect of Congress for many years, the equipment of a fleet of first-class liners. We must do what we can with what we call our steam-frigates, and with the conversion of such useless 84's as the Ohio, the New York, and the Vermont into block ships like with their the English H as ti ngs an d H aw k e , high-pressure engines and their heavy armaments of sixty guns, can Mways play so important a part among the coast defences of Britain." It is evident, from this, moreover, that coast defence is what is now considered most important of all,—which is quite true. Yet the capability of mere coast defence would not enable them to carry . Cuba, or to maintain a dominion in Central America. The Great Powers of. Europe have not much to fear, after all, in this respect. It would seem, however, to be, more than any thing else, a consciousness that the United States' policy with regard to those questions in which France, England, and Spain are severally inte rested, is . a crooked policy, and one, therefore, not unlikely to create a breach of their present amicable relations, that is occasioning all this anxiety about their capability of maintaining a coast defence. First: as to'Central America, why, after all, it now appears, the filibustering expedition has made its way thither.. Well is it observed, by another independent and influential journal, that "it is a curious commentary upon the President's position, that almost at the moment when his message was given to the world, the schooner Susan, with a large number of Walker's accomplices on board, escaped from the U.S. officers at Mobile. It is impossible to make any direct charge against the commander of the revenue cutter, which so unfor tunately ran upon a shoal at the critical moment and remained fast until the filibusters were four hundred miles away, but it is impossible to avoid the remark, that it invariably happens, that some accident occurs, as this did, at the precise juncture when it is necessary, in order that the suspected parties may escape. Too often it happens also, that the occasion for such an accident is prevented by the blindness, whether voluntary or not it does not become us to say, which closes the eyes of the officials against the movements of the law break ers , until it is too late to arrest their nefarious schemes. In this very case, it is believed that a steamer sailed from Mobile some days before the escape of the Susan, laden with munitions of war and des tined to some rendezvous to the Gulf, where the supplies are to be delivered to Walker and his men." Now it is certainly to be suspected, from all this - the European Powers, at any rate, can not but suspect it—that the U.S. Government is not really in earnest in its engagements, as regards Central America. Another case of suspected fili bustering is that of the steamer Washington, intercepted at sea by a British cruiser, with a cargo of pretended emigrants on board, bound for -Nicaragua. " Whether," says the American account, " the persons on board that ship were in fact bona fide emigrants, or were intended to recruit the forces of Walker, • whether the suspicious failure of the steamer Hermann to connect with the Washington was a consequence of the intrigues of rival companies, or was pre viously arranged, is all uncertain. It appears, however, that our naval officers, who were on the spot, and had an opportunity to satisfy themselves as to the facts, do not undertake to act in the premises, so that the presumption is, that in their opinion ;here was good reason-for the interference of the British officers, provided such interference could in any case be justified." So that here, again, the United States' Government, it is evi dent, either cannot or will not exert itself earnestly to restrain filibustering,—to prevent illegal incur sions on a neighbouring territory. Then there is the question of - Cuba. One prin cipal reason assigned by . the President for seeking the acquisition of this island, was that, once in American hands, the slave trade would soon be put down. Yet see what one of their own journals thinks of it. " The value of this reason," says the Boston Advertiser, " is considerably impaired; when we take into account the apparent desire of a portion of our own people for the revival of this trade, and the extensive participation in it by the inhabitants of Cuba, making that island a ready market for the cargoes of as many slavers as can escape the vigilance of the English cruisers. It is at least doubtful, whether a people who thus prac tically approve of this trade could be brought to co-operate efficiently with the Government for its suppression. We see that even in one of our original States, in South Carolina, a grand jury refuses to find a bill against men charged with being engaged in this unlawful traffic, in a case where the evidence against the accused parties was so strong as to leave no possibility of doubt as to their guilt, and where the judges of the Circuit Court of the United States felt themselves obliged to remand the prisoners, to await the action of another grand jury." And further, as the same respectable authority points out, "at this very moment, the yacht Wanderer, after having dis armed the suspicions or the United States' officers when in their hands, has entered a Southern port after a mysterious trip, in which it is stated that she again eluded the Government, and landed a cargo of slaves upon our own coast." Most truly, therefore, is it remarked, that " while such a state of thinks exists, it is idle for us to think of assuming the management of any larger number of slave-holders than we now have to deal with, and it would be prudent for us to learn to execute our laws upon our own shores, promptly and efficiently, before giving it as a reason for seizing upon Cuba, that we wish to extend them thither also." This is honourable, because faithful testimony. The writer speaks his mind like an holiest man. And when all this is con sidered, indicating, as it does, a consciousness that the false position in which the United States are being placed may not unreasonably lead to a rupture, any day, with the European Powers concerned, it is no wonder, I repeat, that there should be anxiety as to the condition of the coast defences. The President's boastful congratulations arc already being shewn to have been as hollow as the wind. For it now appears, according to the latest accounts, that the southern districts of that territory are in a most lawless and outrageous condition. It is stated that house burning, robberies, and other depredations were of frequent occurrence; and that meetings had been held for the suppression of these outrages. Its resources, however, were being found fully equal to what they have been represented,—in particular,*the reports of abundance of gold at Pike's Peak are confirmed. Some interest is naturally felt regarding the successor to Lord Napier at Washington. There is evidently the utmost satisfaction with the appointment of another British nobleman to represent Queen Victoria in the United States ; and • a favourable opinion, from all that is known of him, is entertained of Lord Lyons, who, there is no doubt, will, like his predecessors, meet with a cordial reception. It is already ascertained that Lord .Lyons is of American descent. His great-grandfather was, it seems, a Philadelphian, who removed to Antigua, where the father of the first Lord. Lyons was born. This discovery has excited a strong feeling of pride and satisfaction. For, say what you will about republicanism, the American mind, republican though it be, is quite alive to the honour of such considerations, and has a penchant, rather than otherwise, for an aristocracy. It is understood that Lord Napier will not leave Washington until the arrival of his successor, which will probably be two months hence, it is said. There is a strong feeling against lotteries just now, in some of the States. They are illegal in the State of New York ; yet have some of the newspapers not scrupled to advertise them, in spite of the prohibition against it ; and the pro prietors of six of the New York city papers have been arrested for_ so doing, and held to bail to answer for the offence before the Criminal Court. In Georgia where, as in Maryland, and some other Southern States, they are legal, a law is now in course of being enacted for their suppression; and it is not improbably that this example, will be followed elsewhere. ELEGANT ExTrucrs.—ln the advertising columns are published a series of testimonials, which will be read with deep interest by all who tread either the paths of literature or,the rough ways of the journey of life. M r . Siemms; it will be observed, has made the extracts with the greatest care, and is at all times ready to acknowledge the sources from which he takes them ; whilst the brief abstracts. are made with such delicacy that those from whom they are taken confess with Hamlet that, " He could take nothing from thm they ivoql4. Mgr() cheer- WIT part withal." DEPLORABLE. STATE OF MEXICO, We take the following from the city article of the Times:— The advises from Mexico. this afternoon confirm the worst accounts of the horrors in progress in that republic, and reiterate the surprise already expressed at the total apathy of the British Government as respects the pro tection of either the personal or commercial interests of our people, which at least quadruple those of any othe r country. Our pecuniary claims alone- range between ten and fifteen millions, sterling, and the outrages on our merchants have far exceeded those which any of the conflicting chiefs have- d are d t o i nf li ct on the citizens of other countries. A seizure of the richest mining . provinces of the State has been recommended by the American President ; three Spanish and four }rench ships of war have arrived. off Vera Cruz but, " unfortunately," it is added, " th e U n i on Jack has not made its appearance." Some incidental expressions in the annex..d letter convey an opinion that, owing to the great mineral wealth of the country, its possession by the United States might result in a dangerous preponderance of American power. On that head, however, no alarm need be felt. America cannot gain any rea l b ene fi t from the resources of Mexico which will not also be an equal benefit to . the world, while from any wrong she might commit she alone could ultimately be the sufferer. As the case stands at present the only question is, is equal justice to be obtained -by - the several nations that have reclamations to make ? Mr. Buchanan advises a seizure of territory, to be held as a Material guarantee for the satisfaction of the demands of his countrymen,—a course, he observes, which would be sanctioned "by international law." But is each nation to do the same, or will Ainerica act as agent and trustee for all ? If two or three provinces are to be taken in execution for the Washington bill of £3,000,000, how many is England to seize for her £12,000,000 ? What, also, are to be the portions-of France and Spain ? Vera Cruz is the least that England could lay hold of, and France, perhaps, might be content with Tampico. Spain had better occupy the capital itself, where she will find the willing devotion of the priests. Will Lord Malmesbusy state his policy, or is he afraid of the trouble of having one ? There is no indisposition in England to see .America asinine her natural part as pacificator and regenerator of Mexico, but it should be upon understood principles. • The - sooner' these are made known the better,. because hitherto there have been symptoms in the NeW York press that the American policy is intended to cover something not reputable. There are two parties in Europe - accustomed to express opinions on this matter; one of them desires to see America opposed either by intrigue or a hostile combination ; the other considers that if it can be managed without dis honour or cruelty, it will be a happy thing to see - lexico at once placed under restraint by the superior But neither of these parties meet approval atsNew The first are told that they are fiends who would plunge the world-into a war that could end only in their own deitruction, and the second that they are " usurious" hypocrites, actuated solely by a belief that the debts of the country would be more honestly met under American than under Mexican rule. For these respective sugges- . tions, therefore, there is nothing b u t d e fi ance or sco Have the Derby scorn. Ministry taken a single step to ascertain the course actually contemplated " Very little need be said to convey an idea of the pre sent condition of Mexico; for it has reach e d th e very zenith of anarchy and confusion, and it is now very evident that, unless the great European Powers serious measures to put a. stop to the eterua. _ that keep the country in constant distress, it must soon become the , prey of its ambiti ous neighbours posing - the tatter to become masters .of this soil, whic r h is so prodigiously provided with precious metals, silver particularly, as as : with every other sort of wealth, it appears natural to conclude that they would soon acquire a most undue, nay, dangerous preponderance, and would have it in their power to wield a formidable weapon against the mercantile interests of other nations. This subject is worthy of the most serious consideration, and it is to be hoped that her Majesty's Government will devote their attention to it now that there is a fair chance of providing for the legitimate interest of British trade. "Much sensation has been caused here by : the arrival off Vera Cruz of three French and four Spanish ships of war, the former commanded by Rear-Admiral Penaud, and a great deal has been said about a warlike expedition against Mexico on the part of Spain, as well as about sonic scheme for European intervention in the affairs of this country, which is suppcs - sed to be about to be carried into execution ; but the truth of the matter is rapped in mystery. Unfortunately the Union Jack has not made its appearance in this part of the world now that it might prove so useful to protect British interests. In the meantime the Mexicans continue their reckless course of mutual destruction with redoubled fury, and their revolutions are becoming really ferocious. Guadalaxara, the second city in the Republic, was taken by Degollado's party after a painful siege marked by a vigorous and gallant defence on the part of the besieged, who wcre i commanded by G enera l Blancarte. In spite of the capitulation granted fo the latter, he was murdered in cold blood, and in the most cowardly and perfidious manner; in fact, many scenes of horror took place on that occasion, and hardly a day goes by but we hear of some fresh atrocity in every direction. Had not the government been so remiss in neglecting to send proper succour to Guada laxara, the place might have held out to this day, but, unfortunately, the present Administration is about the most incapable that we have yet seen. Ruin and devastation are the order of the day, and while the pic ture presents in the foreground the most revolting scenes of violence and bloodshed, the background is also dark ened by the storm of the war of caste, which is slowly but steadily gathering over the heads of the poor Mexicans. An attempt has been made by Government to send down a conducta to the port of Alvarado, in order t o ge t the circulation and export duties paid here ; but the public have no confidence, and the scheme has for tin present fallen to the ground. Exehan consequence. London, .43d. to 431 d. per $. Quicksilver keeps steady at SO to 02 per quintal." THE GRAND TRUNK RAILROAD OF CANADA. The fifth annual meeting of the Grand Trunk Railroad of Canada was held at Montreal on the 15th ult, the Hon. John Ross in the chair. The following report was read : The Directors of the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada beg to submit to the Shareholders their fifth annual report. The Directors have but little to add to the full and comprehensive report of the Vice-Presi dent recently published in England, especially as he and the President have been so recently in personal communication with the English proprietary. The Directors have' reason to congratulate the Share holders upon the very satisfactory . progress which has this seasonbeen made at the Victoria Bridge, and con sidering the vital importance the completion of this structure has upon the success of the whole undertaking, the report of Mr. A. M. Ross will. be perused with interest. It will be seen by this document that it is fully anticipated the bridge will be opened for traffic in in time for the fall of business of next near, at which period, the Directors trust to have a continuous line of railway from the upper lakes, and the vast producing regions of the West to the Atlantic seaboard. The Directors cannot,omit this opportunity of reminding the shareholders of the combined. interest of the Provincial egislature in the complete and successful development of the Grand Trunk Rail Way, as evinced by their act passed last session with the view of facilitating., during a period - of great financial depression, the operations of the Company ; and the Directors hare now to report their adoption of the necessary measures for the fulfilment in every respect of the conditions imposed upon the Company by the Relief act of 1856. Since the last meeting of the shareholders, the branch line to London has been opened, and Messrs. Growski and Co. have so far progressed with the Sarnia extension as to secure its completion, as before stated, in time for the fall business of 1859. During the past year, an independent Company, entitled the Chicago, Detroit, and Canada Grand Trunk Railway Junction, has been formed to run a line from Detroit to a point in Michigan, directly opposite to Sarnia, and the Directors intend to recommend the adoption of the line as a part of their system, working the same at a rental of fifty per cent of thegross receipts. The engagement with Mr. Bidder having expired, Mr. Walter Shanly, the Chief Engineer, undertook the addi tional duties of Traffic Manager, which he will continue to perform until the arrival of Mr. Reith, with whom an agreement has been entered into, to act as General Traffic Manager for the Company for three years. It is with great regret that the Directors have learned that Mr. Shanly has expressed his determination to retire from the position of Engineer to the Company. - After sonic few remarks:lro'm the Chairman, the Report was unanimously adopted, LADlES.—Thompson Brothers ' 5, Elliot-street, sell the best four shilling tea in England. _ Mawdsley's sehoobboy pocket pencils in great variety, 3d, 6d, and ls. Also, writing cases and desks, from ss. 4 ; Castle-street. . HOtSENEEPERS.—The coffee sold by Thompson tfrothers,.s, Elliot-street, at ls, 4d., is better than you pay I.s, 841. for at any other.o4tublishinent.. MONETARY AND COIZDIERCIAL LIVERPOOL, Monday Evening, The Sales of Cotton to-day were 7,000 bales, including 500 for export. The trade wk.'s not so. active, but we do not notieeany chan t e! in prices. There was but little business transacted in the Liverpool Share Market to-day, but prices, on the whole, were pretty well supported.. The following were the transactions :-Caledonian, 901, 90 ; Chester and Holyhead, 47a, 47,27 Eastern Counties, 13 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 901, 93a ; London • and North Western, 981, 94, 921, 081, 9&1, 981, 98, 971, 971, 98, 974 ; Midland, 1041, 104, 1041, 104, 1031, 10QL. 1031, 103 a ; Dovers, 221, 22 15-16, 221, 22 14-1.6 i 221 7 War rington and Stockp or t, 81; Bufralo and Lake Huron, 81 ; Great Luxembourg,. ; Great Western of Canada New Shares, at p. ; Dutch Rhenish, 4 d. ; at the close the market was dull, and prices were quoted lower, viz.:-Black burn, 11 3-16, 11 5-16; ,Chester and Birkenhead, 671, 671 ; Caledonian, 891, 891 ; Chester and Holyhead, 47, 47 ; Eastern Counties,. 12 13-16, 12 15-16 ; East ' Lancashire, 961, 97 ; Do. £9 shares, 1, 1 p; Great Northern, 106, 107 ; Do. A, 92, 93 ; Great Western, 571 581; Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 991, 991; D o , £9 shares, 4, p ; London and North Western Stock, 971, 98 ; Do. one-eighth shares, a, 2 d; Manch es t er , Sh eff i eld, and Lincoln, 401, 4011; Midland Stock, 1041, 103 a ; North British, 621,- 621; North Western 131, 131 ; North Staffordshire, 41-, 4 d ; 'North Eastern-Berwick, 95, 951 ' • York a n d N orth Midland, 781, 79 ; Leeds Capital Stock, 491, 50; South Es stern and Dover, 2211-16, 22 13-16 Dutch Rhenish, 4,3: d ; Great Western of Canada, 161, 161 ; Do. New Shares, 31, 3 d ; • Great Luxembourg, 7 11-16, 7 13-1 G; Grand Trunk of Canada, 9 3-16. 9 5-16. To-morrow being the 4th of the month the general demand for money is fairly sustained, although the market is .decidedly less active than it was last week. At the Bank of England a large discount business has been transacted, but as many of the securities held there will be liquidated during the next fortnight, the increase exhibited last week has not attracted much attention. Besides the commercial bills which will arrive at maturity, a large amount of money must be paid to the autho rities on the Bth inst on account of loans obtained during the closing of the transfer book There is still an absei of speculative animation at the Stock Exehang itaiiway Shares, how- , ever, continue in favour, and the recent a d vance, which extended to all e principal lines, has been well maintained. An uninterrupted im provement in the weekly receipts on most of the railways of the United Kingdom is sufficient to account for the buoyancy but it is imagined that the dividends, which will be soon d . be increased, throii-1 or these shares, Half-yearly stributea,- will 1 the economy exercised and the saving effected in .consequence of the easi ness and abundance of money. The rise in prices has been produced by purchases for investment as well as on speculation, but the time bargains have, no doubt, preponderated. Bu s i ness i n C onsols is very quiet, attention being now directed to the liquidation of the Account, to be completed on the 11th inst. After that period some animation may be experienced, as a . portion of the dividends payable on the Bth will probably be reinvested. Consols are about 96a-, 931, and the Reduced An nuities and the New 3 per Cent. are also steady at about previous rates. The announcement of further consignments of gold from Australia, a portion of which may be expected here during the next few weeks, has strengthened-the market for Public Securities, but the transactions are still insufficient to create much variation Consols are about 9G, 961, their pre vious quotation, but at one time they were k per cent better. The New ~. ner Cents and , Reduced are 97 to 97k ; and Exchequer Bills are 37s to 40s premium. Foreign Securities active, prices, being well are rather more per Cents are 911 to 921 ; do. 4 per Cents, 1061. The New Scrip, Ist and 2nd- issue, is 11, 1 dis. Brazilian Five per Cents., 1021 ; Mexican, 26Z ; Peruvian Four-and-a-Half per C en t s ., 921 , 92 1 ; Portuguese Three per Cents., 47 ; Sardinian, 90 ; Venezuela Five per Cents., 441 ; and Dutch Four per Cents., 1012. Chili= Scrip is par to 1 prem. In the London Railway Share Market to-day, a steady business has been done in most of the Stocks and Shares, and in some instances at slightly improved rates. Bristol and Exeter ad vanced to 951, 95Z ; Caledonian. to 891, 90; Eastern Counties, to 641; Great Western, to 581, 581; Lancashire and Yorkshire, to 991 ; Midland, to 1011 ; North British, ,to 621, 631 ; North Eastern, Berwick, to 951; and North Devon, to 38. Chester and Holyhead, - and Brightons have declined. respectively to 471, and 1111. J oint- Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Sh ares are a shade firmer. Union of Australia improved to 59; Peninsular and Oriental Steam, to 82, 83; and the New shares, to 28. The demand for silver continues very active, and the steamer which leaves Southa,Mpton on the 6th for India mid China, . will probably convey £lOO,OOO or £500,000. Unless a favourable Exchanges, it - is.expected that the efflux will continue on an extensive scale, and if so, gold will be exported in large quantities to the Con tinent, where the necessary supplies of silver can alone be procured. At present, however, the several imports of the precious metals exceed the exports ; and, while there is a balance like the present, the bullion in the Bank of England will, no doubt, be maintained at a satisfactory point. The decrease noticed in last week's r e t urn was attributable to the extra circulation always expe rienced at the end of the year. The steamer Emeu, Captain Small, with her usual punctuality, arrived at Suez on the 21st ultimo, with the Australian mails and £60,041 in Gold, which was two days before her contract time, although she was one day late on leaving Victoria. If there had been a steamer at Alexandria to bring the mails on to Marseilles at once, they might have been received here on the 31st December. The letters were transferred to the Panther at Alexandria, which arrived at Marseilles yesterday, and they may be expected in town to-morrow. The Bombay mails of the 9th ult. will be received at the same time. The steamer La Plata, for the West Indies, will take out 145,620/. in specie, all in gold, except 1,5001. in silver. Of the gold, 125,0001. is on account of the New Chilian Loan. It is rumoured that the Great Western Railway Company will be in a position, with the aid of the balance brought forward from the last half-year, to pay a dividend at the rate of 21,- to 3 per cent. per annum. It has often been pointed out that the price of the several classes of Peruvian Bonds in the mar ket may be very materially affected, should the holders abstain from selling, and patiently await the operation of the large sinking fund. An illustration of the justice of this view is presented in the position of the Four-and-a-Half per Cent. Peruvian debt known as the Hegan Bonds.. A sinking fund, of no less than 8 per cent_ for the presenteS'ear, becomes applicable on this debt from the ufit.insf. • and, as the debt is in very few hands, the holder; will l b o e t cmomillpecrede to* Into force, refuse to sell below par.. Should they perseverethe in this detei•mnination, the clause in pay par. bonds_ andrela g t oovtan;ienigi ts YESTERDAY'S \iARKETS. LIVERPOOL PRODUCE. Colonial, Sze.—The position of our markets i g as en t era eir ll c y ular re niains unchanged, and since the , the following transactions have been reported, viz. ;— Sugar : , 2.40 Hogsheads Demerara at 38s to 40s 3d for 3luscovado; and at 43s 9d to 44s for grainy • 200 hogs i)Pmubdlinceactionif of rk heads St. Lucia at full Pries; 2,500 bags Bengal at'4os 6d for Cassipore ; and 45s 6d to 4 7s Gd for Benares; 1,600 bags Dates at 408 3d; 5,400 bags elzkyed Manilla at 39s 6d ; 50 hogsheads Porto Rico at 42s Gd to 4.4 s 6d; 2,270 bags New Pernams, in bond, at 255, from the quay ; 1,400 bags Ceara at 25s ; and 500 bags 34aecei° at 24 s 3d per cwt. ; also 60 puncheons common West India Molasses at 13s 6d, ex.-quay ; and 80 puncheons Demerara .Rnat. In Itiee, we have to notice 670 bags fine Bengal at 12s ; and 30 tierces Carolina at 18s to 18s Gd per cwt. Nothing has tali.ell PIW In Dyetvoods. Of Ashes, the transactions for the week, consist of 300 to 400 barrels at 29s for Pots ; and at 32s foe Pearls. Nitrate of Soda quoted at 15s to 16s 6d, being an advance during the past week, 250 tons to arrive, have been sold at 15s, and 700 tons on the spot, at 14s to 16s Gd. Saltpetre is quiet, 50 bags Bombay have realised 19s per cwt. for 40 percent. refraction. Of Brimstone, the business since our l as t , reaches 300 tons at £7 10 s for thirds, and £7 15s per ton for bast seconds. In Argots, only retail sales of Red Oporto reported at 38s ; a little business doing in Grey Tartar at 95s ; 250 bags Sumac at Os 90 to 12s 6d ' • a few lots o f GUM Gedda at 23s 6d t o 24s 6LI ; 2 00 bags Sa go Flour at 15s to 15s Gd per cwt. ; and 300 bags Singapore Black Pepper at 3id to. nd, with 80 bags white at 8d per lb. Oils: In Palm, a.small business doing at £3B 15s to J.:39 lOs par tun ; only small sales of Olive; 19 tuns Gingelly are quoted at 30s to 30s 6d Per cwt. Of Spirits of Mrpentine,a little doing .a, 250 barrels have been sold at 5s 3d to .nd 5s 4d now refused. In Seeds, we have to '—v Linsee at 54. a. 6d ; and 1,350 bags A large business has been done -4 q. chiefly at £l5 to £2l repok. Tallow at 52s foi P. Y.( at 38s 6d; and of Rao . 55 4d for oonunon. report, 3 it; ba Bengal riz --ape a in Jute, 7,000 12 ; 6d per ton_ strong in tone 79N.—Our mar: it closed on hasnot been quite so- LIVERPOOL CATTLE.- bytyrices were well r it prices generally are 000 bales, of which 300 beef was a slow sale, cry moderate supply r, and 2,299 beasts,' and 4,928 LONDON PRODUCE.—The following public sales are advertised 300 hhds. West India, 8,000 bags Ben and 1,200 bags Penang. Coffee : 160 alive, 400 bags Bahia, and Saltpetre : 2,000 e eOntraCt _markets al, 7,000 bags Mad: The pr Friday, as the public sales declared for large and various, but most ardcles have a steady „cierance. Tea : The demand condones good, and the article has an upward tendency. subjoined —g Y.C., als; March .nd deliver Petersbur st year, 823 casks, Week comprised 753 a ; and 7 from other Flor,—The market continues in a very healthy state ate prices, and tine hops are very scarce. A large ,de is still going on, and likely to increase considerably.. - purchases were mad .h'oreign was firmer: was in small supply, and note readily, • at an advance of is to 2s. fair business was done. Full prices Prime barley was in good demand. T common. There was a fair supply ill value, and a good business was in terms for beans and peas -5,503 ; do, barley, 3,0.02; do. malt, do. flour, 22,656 sacks. Scotch barley, . Foreign wheat, 6,600; do. barley, do. flour, 275 sacks and 1,319 barrels-. y, 70; do. oats, 130. but there was a slow sale fo of malt. Oats brought ft__ done. Little change to no Arrivals : British whea 2:000 ; do. oa Irish b LONDON MIN Great Wheal I' ares in East Prof-: s ui request. atiou (Nova So , ••• .. ~ ., ,a A lJe i and Providence ouares are steady, The ‘, .,, , yes of the General (heat is in faii de - ni - and at rather better uaehanged in value, but more inquired sere is an improved demand in the trade. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE MGII WATI Tins DAY HOLY WIND ARRIVALS SAILING& Mauritius Bermuda Balbee (ss), Little ..... ..llavre Don Juan, Jones.. Pernambuco Jane, Pennington.. Rio Janeiro Mackinaw, Ilarmer..Baltimore Doris, M'Donald ....Gibraltar Lun, Shields Smyrna. The Commodore Perry has been towed r the Retriever (steam-tug). The Californian Packet, from Ram.. I LINTRFOOL, Jany ad from London by The Carib, from London for Mauritius, is a derelict at Pernam— Leo. The Gratitude, from Trieste, is wrecked at Berdianski. Seeundus, from Malta at Stroreness, with severe damage ? and ,O three men. totally lost The Hare, Peterson, from Macao for New York, was wrecked off ➢iaurit HOLYIIE bows stove, having struck the rocks during a tog. ALEXANDRIA, Dec. 26.—Pehr Andreas and Gesina ashore. LEMVIG. Dec. 29.—John Reneke, for London, leaky, and here wilts daniaged a, from Arco, COPENHAGEN, Dec 1 at Frederickshaven. Hermann, from London, must dia— MoLynEAD, Jan. 2.—Arrived : Havelock, Milligan, from Li— verpool ; Levant, from Calcutta. Nicolin, Alex 3 0. rived Soledertia from Kooria Mooria ; John Brown, l'atook ; Madras : Resolute . tug), from Liverpool Off : The Chalmers, f rom Mauritius, (s and proceeded for Bristol. Sailed : John Fielden, for Monte Video; Misletoe, for Bahia. Jan. 3 20: Ticonderoga, Liverpool for Hong Kong, in lat. 3S. 28. 27 : Emerald Isle, Liverpool for Mobile, in lat. 20 N., ion: )r Liverpool, in lat. 35 N., lon. G 7 W. Mobile for Liverpool, off Sand Key J. W. Johnston, Rattler (ss and Felicita ; all hence at Dew— Byron, Bartlett ; May Queen, Tregoning; Paragon, Smith; Gratta, Jordan; M. A. 13urford, Queen, Charles, Wilhelmina, Maria, and Herald, Day ; all hence at Bahia. . ..... Don Diego, Chandler; Eliza Jenkins, Joel; Michens, Haslet; Lindesfarne, Miller ; Britions, Roberts ; Abana, Miln ;• and Calista, ; all hence at Pernambuco. Fleefwing, Isabella Ridley, Kelpie, Belle, and Herald; all from Newfoundland at Pernambuco. Burns, Iroferman, hence at Viil;a;;TZ7 4“ Speed, and Jetuima : both hence at Trinidad Frederi (3. Spes, from California, both at Moore, from San Felipe at Talp: ), and left 6th Nor. for I Buono Mari, Budlovich, from Galatz at Malta, for orders, with pumps choked, and will discharge. Epidauro, Bronzan, from Alexandria at Malta, for Liverpool„ with pumps choked, and will discharge. Salvatore, Cavalli, from Alexandria at Malta, for Li ver p oo l , with loss osails, pumps choked, &c., and will discharge. Medford, at Pernambuco, leaky, for California. Callao (ss) ; Margaret Blais, Hall ; Annie Kimball, Merrill; Moldavian, Ward; Colonist, Mosher; and Archer—an hence at Rio Janeiro. Liza Brindley, from Rio Grande at Rio Janeiro, for London = with mast damaged. Golden I ~hence at Rio Janeiro, for Lima, under avemw- THE AUTHORITIES AND PARK-HILL ROAD. TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE NORTHERN TIMES, Sir,—\Fill you please kindly allow me a short space in your valuable columns for a few words on the above. I would not have troubled you, b ut having written to the Inspector of Nuisances, a n d . obtained no answer, I have only one resource left me—the only remedy—" exposure." The state of the al;ove-named road is abominable. Never having been paved, it is a complete sea of filth, the dirt, in some places, being a foot deep, until cabmen rtow refuse to drive up the same ; and as this " nuisance " flows on to the footpath, people are obliged to walk through innumerable pools of water and mud. I feel sure such an evil would rust e tolerated in any ether i taonwunn,bietabreaibnlg , e a di to authorities nuisance to the public. Anyone taking a walk up this road (on a vfiedaY) would find have not complained without great cause. Ido not know of such another road, and yet have paid taxes for paving, &c:, for five years, without having received any compensation. Why does not the "Health Coramittee" look to it, and suppress the evil? But if they consider having to wade through pits, and getting over shoe-tops in mud, conducive to health, then I ought not to complain, but should quietly submit to the lucrative enjoyment of getting WET FEET. EXTRAORDINARY AND USEFUL INVENTION.—There is nothing that housewives complain of with greater truth— fulndss, than the breaking of some favourite piece of glass, valuable china, or earthenware. In hundreds of cases such things cannot be matched, and of course cannot be mended. The latter want has been obviated by an extraordidary and effective invention, by Mr. Adshead, or Derby Pottery, near Derby. It is 'a cement that may be said to heal, in a perfect manner, all cracks and breaks' the articles spoken of; and not only in these, but n i e n ed m not ble, alabaster, &c. The benefit. of this article be dwelt' on. We have seen some of its Hall's, our neighbours, and the g lass in any other. in that part than i t l s as a t b 3 e l ez r cemented by it is stronger can be long Without The article is very cheap, and ne..sale: house in and. it. Mr. Hall is the agent fo i l- ei i n ts se i ves, L iverpool, all interested can judge for t for t L iverpool, by looking in at his establishment. A : _,,Vn . Fa T Hall , 23, South bottles, l E. T. in s. South John-street. Sold each, or seat fro r s • ton postage stamps. on receipt o. six trat c c file market is steady at ti spot, 51s to Ms 3d rj, 6d ; April to June, 50s ry to Marcl ) Deeen THE NORTHERN TIMES, TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1850.