The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-02-12 00:00:00

ARRIVAL OF THE VERIVIANIT,

By. the United States' mail steamship, Hermann', Captain
Higgins-,• which arrived at Southampton, on Sunday, we have
intelligence' to. the 20th ult. The mail steamship' Battle, from
Liverpeollfor New York, arrived out on' the- morning-of the
24th ult. The. Washington, from Southampton; reachediNew
York on thclist ult.
Congress, was still without a Speaker. The last ballet
was. Banks, 01';: Richagdson, 67 ; Fuller, li);; Campbelr,,,&;
Penningtorv, Shorter, and Porter one melt. Thenumber
necessary to a choice was PS.
In the nor:se-of Representatives Mr. Boyce off6red.a'resoluz-
tion to the effectt, that as relations with Great Britain werent
the most threatening. chavacter, indicating tle -eve of most
startling eventsiiti was the imperative duty of the House; at
such a juncture of peril,. to organise itself by the election.of a.
Speaker. Mr. Stephens, in reply, said, that iy the,rountry
was on the eve of war he' knew nothing about The mo-
tion was tabled.

The New York' Tribune publishes the following; from
their Washington correspondent, • dated Jan. •
Government has received' no official information as to the
recent bloody outrage' in Kansas, announced by ttlegraph
Senators to-day formailfconlessed as to the policy of advising
the President to ser.d.'railitary teKansas to preserve 4.....ace4nnd
protect the territozsn'against Missouri invasions. Southern
senators predict that civil, war'is inevitable in a short time.
On the 23rd ult. The -same' correspondent says :—Mr..-Bu-
charran writes that he-will •relirignieh his mission on tfie 12th
of February, whether a -suecessor be nominated or net.; He
will appoint Mr. Campbell, the consul at London, to tine-pest
of Charge d'Affaires. Tgereheingno Secretary of Lcration
at the present juneture;this -proceeding may temporari/Yyem-
barrass our relations, es-the intelligence of Mr. Cramptttin's,
recall will occupy Lord Faltherston, at the same time.
CALIVORNIA..—The etettn,sliip• Daniel Webster, front .Suri,
:Juan, de Nicaragua, arriind• at New Orleans on the 25tli
-
,with: two weeks' later nsys,-from• California—viz., to the sth.;
of January. The Unitei'i•States'. mail-steamer Golden Gatei.
left San Francisco on the-sth. ult. with 500 passengers and-,
•$1.4300;,000 in treasure. The • steam-ship 'Star of the West
hisd• sailed from San Juarpfor,Nerr York with 350 passengers,
and $600,000 in specie. The- California news is generally
unimportant. A severe ideclvef' earthquake was experienced
atSan. Francisco on the 2nd- inst. ¶Jihe trial of Corey fen the
murder of General Richardtorrwasin progress. Attachments
lied been issued against LOAM Hermann, an extensive money:-
agent at San Francisco, fornrurly:$10;000. The Sacrarnautd •
Valley Railroad had been opened adistance of 22 miles. The,
news-from the mines is otVarreneouraOng nature, Rua new
nielr,diizrings have been aiseoveredi on. the American
TLe San Francisco marke were dull,. the demand froet.,the •
interior•being light. In flour and'grain, the transactionswore.
b aiimited extent. _

Northern California.- inelina, depredations still ean•
tinned;

Ffom, Nicaragua we 'cam that everything was prosperous.
rand %orderly. General Walken.wa3.. receiving accessions- bat..
ev,oy steamer, and it is said that his effective force -a
merican& numbered betwesm 800untl,900*.
Gregon. dates are to the ^tii of:December. Nothing Rad
beeni heard of Colonel Kinney's party,. which had left, tug
aback, Port Walla Walla,. which was in possession or tha
Tuetiiina; _ _ _

Intelligence from Hondaras,--to, the nd of December
rsports unusuol dulness ii,Jtrutles-. The prices of Mahogany.
were-lOw„wages depreciated; and alarge amount of mortality
lmel.existed. among the Whites-;- The -Belize correspondent: of;
the-New- Yark
_Herald- says rr," England was riveting:lie:r
Vslbtnoie-firmlyon the colony.": /Alias now been ovaereestbau
all.vessels- Avail be rerg.;istered and that:no-foreigner shall own•
a ship hoisting the Briti-.lr,flati .unless, he take the oath of
sdiegianco- to that government. and, become naturaliSed.
l'ilkaT persons had already.- &the -so:, A vessel of the West
India sgnad7on was in port,„.and ;her commander had caused
some alarm by beating ta, arms iir the night and thing
some -broadsides for practlic..--. Shipping business was mare.
aotiVes.