The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-05-08 00:00:00

AM ERICA.

ARItIVAL OF THE BALTIC

The United States Mail steemship Baltic, Captain Com.
stock, arrived in the Mersey yesterday evening from New
York, with advices four days later than those brought by
the Cambria, and 300,268 dols. in specie, and 157 passengers.
The Baltic left New York at noon on Saturday, 26th
April. On April 28, at 4.30 a.m., in lat. 40.40, lon 64.57,
passed the wreck of a schooner hailing from Halifax,
waterlogged and abandoned. Mainmast carried away about
six feet above deck, faremast standing. Same day, at 5.30, in
lat. 40.40, lon. 64.42, exchanged signals with an American
ship, supposed to be the Sheridan. bound east. May Ist, at
2.30 p.m, in lat. 41.23, lon. 50.03, passed the English ship
Rankin, standing to the north-east. Same day, at 3.30, iu
lat. 41.24, lon. 49.44, exchanged signals with the American
ship Samaritan, bound east; May 2a,1, in lat. 45.10, lon.
38.52, exchanged signals with the English barque Caroline,
of Poole, bound west. May 3rd, at 4.16 p.tai in lat. 47.11,
lon. 31.27, passed the English barque Cyrus.
The mails taken out from Liverpool by the Arabia, were
delivered in New York on the 25th ult.
The commercial accounts now to hand may generally be
regarded as favourable. There was still an active demand
for money in New York, but the supply was fully equal to
it. The Stock Market was buoyant, aid prices had an
upward tendency. There was an active demand for
exchange for remittance by the Baltic, and the quotations
on London were firm at 109 to 1091. The Cotton
Market had been tolerably active, but closed with less
annimation, prices remaining, however, without change.
The European advices had a depressing influence upon
the market for breadstuffs, and the price of flour had
declined 37:'5. cents per barrel. There was a fair amount of
business going forward in provisions, and prices had
fluctuated a good deal.
The political news is both meagre and unimportant, the
proceedings in Congress having been of a character to attract
only local attention. We learn from Washington that it is
not likely that any change will be made in the Tariff during

the present session of Congress.
The Hon. W. Buchanan, late American Minister in
London, had arrived at New York, by the Arago. In
anticipation of his arrival, both branches of the Common
Council appointed a Committee to receive and cordially
welcome him. The Committee went on beard the steamer
as soon as she reached her dock, and Alderman Ely, the
Chairman, in a few words, congratulated him, in behalf
of the people of New York, upon his safe return to his
native country, and tendered him the hospitalities of the
city. Mr. Buchanan replied as briefly. He said that he
was conscious of having endeavoured to do his duty to his
country while abroad, and now he returned home happy to
see his countrymen and his native land again. Then Mr.
Buchanan, escorted by the Committee, and cheered by the
crowd, proceeded to the Everett House, where apartments
had been provided for him as the guest of the city. Mayor
Wood, Senators Slidel and Thompson, and Mr. Sickles,
waited upon him during the day. A public dinner was
proposed to the Ex-Minister, but he declined to accept any
such honour. Mr. Buchanan afterwards proceeded to his
residence at Pennsylvania. At the stations on the route to
Philadelphia he was met by crowds of his fellow-citizens, and
welcomed borne in the warmest and most enthusiastic
manner. At Trenton he was met by a committee of citizens
of Philadelphia, who accompanied him to that city. On
his arrival at Philadelphia a salute was fired, and he was
greeted with loud and enthusiastic cheers from the immense
crowd that had assembled to receive him. He was conducted
to the Merchants' Exchange, and welcomed to the city in a
few appropriate remarks, and in answer, spoke about twenty
minutes, in a most eloquent strain, explanatory of his public
services, and referring to the progress and position of his
country with pride and pleasure.
The New York papers publish a letter from Province-
town, near Boston, stating that a bottle had been picked up
on the beach containing a note purporting to come from
Captain Eldridge, of the steam-ship Pacific. It announces
that the steamer was on the Grand Banks, dismasted, out
of order, and requiring assistance immediately ; but the
affair was generally regarded as a cruel and.heartless hoax
The most recent advices from Nicaragua are not of a
character very favourable to the ultimate success of the
filibusters. A loss of ninety men in the late engagement
wieh the Costa Rica troops is admitted, and instead of
advancing into Costa Rica, Walker seems to be employed
in trying his lieutenant, Schlesinger, by court-martial, on
charges of treason and cowardice. The chance is that,
though he escaped the people of Costa Rica, he will be shot
by Walker. It will be nuts to the people of Cental Ame-
rica to have the filibusters take to shooting each other.
Walker is also said to have quarreled with Parker H.
French, who has in consequence retired to Aspinwall. An
attempt is made to offset this by a story, the origin of which
does not appear, of fourteen filibusters having put to flight
two hundred Costa Ricans, and killed thirty of them ; but
this exploit stands greatly in need of confirmation.
In reference to the state of the relations between the
governments of the United States and Spain, a Washington
correspondent, writing on the 22nd of April, says :—" The
last steamer brought despatches addressed by the Spanish
Minister of Foreign Relations to our Minister at Madrid,
in reply to the demands made at different times for redress
in the matter of firing into and detaining the steamer El
Dorado, by the Spanish man of war Ferrolano. The
Spanish government, most decidedly, but courteously, re-
fuses to comply with the wishes of our government,
and the M inister argues that, according to the law
of nations, the commander of the Ferrolano did
nothing more than the peculiar circumstances at that
time in the neighbourhood of Havanna justified."
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

ASIIES.—Pot maintain the late advance, with further sales of 100
bbls at 6 dols 75c. Pearl are very scarce, and as there can be nothing
done, prices are entirely nominal.
Coar..—Foreign is quiet, and there hare been no sales since our
last. Hard is without change.
CoTrosr.—The deliand continued active until yesterday, when the
business was light, orerators pausing for their letters per ArAhia.
Prices remain as on Tuesday last. The sales are estimated at 9,000
bales, mostly in transitu and on speculation, the market closing
quiet. The New Orleans market was firm on the 23rd at Die for
middling, with declining receipts. We quote—