The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-09 00:00:00

of the Emperor. The same paper- calls upon the
United State-S' government to look into this matter,
as assuredly such emigration cannot be supposed
to be for the sole purpose of colonization; and
that it is improbable that England, or France,
will look upon it as such. . 00
From Valparaiso we learn of a disagreement be-
tween the officers and crew of Lady Franklin's
searching ship, the Isabel, which it was said had
led to the abandonment of the expedition. Two
hundred thousand dollar's worth of property had
been destroyed in the city by fire. .A,Brazilian war
vessel—the first—had entered the harbour,. Two
destructive fires had occurred in the provinceof
Capaipo. Freights were firm at Valparaiso, and
flour had advanced in price.
At the Chincha Islands there were upwards of
one hundred vessels loading or waiting their turn
to receive cargoes of guano. Several of these ves-
sels must remain for months at the islands before
they can be supplied. It was said that the Peruvian
government had agreed to allow full compensation
for the insults and injury to the Americans.
Queen Pomare, having been cured of the small-
pox, issued a decree to the Constituent Assembly
of Tahiti, which is published, as is also the address
of the United States Consul to the King of the
Sandwich Islands upon the occasion of his presen-
tation to his Majesty.
We have later advices from Central America.
Our dates from the capital of Costa Rica are up to
the Bth ult., and in the journals which we have
received from San Jose we have dates from Gua-
temala to the 2nd of September, and from San
Salvador to the 9th. Hostilities were still being
carried on between these two last-named republics.
A party of men, under one Senor Rubi, had inva-
ded the territory of Guatemala, and sacked some
towns. On the other hand, a party •of three
hundred men, under the command of Colonel
Zabala. had landed in the port of Omoa, belonging
to Honduras. - The commandant of the latter
port was shut up in the Castle with his garrison,
being only provisioned for eight days. Forces,
had been sent to the assistance of the garrison.
The Central American papers were discussing the
question of the proposed Spanish protectorate,
and had mostly declared opposition to that
scheme.
The commercial news is, upon the whole, per-
haps, rather more satisfactory ; the demand for
money continued active ; and, although there had
been no reduction in the rate of interest, yet there
was evidently more confidence felt in in commer-
cial circles. On call, money was freely offered, but
long commercial paper was with difficulty negoci-
ated at the current rates. The contraction
on the part of the banks, from the 15th to the
22nd instant, they contracted their discount lines
2,469,000 dollars, making since the 6th August
upwards of twelve and a half millions of dollars.
The decrease in the deposits last week was 3,319,
000 dollars. Some of the merchants complain that.
the banks treat them illiberally. The latest report
of the Stock market says,—Stocks have fluctuated a
good deal during the week ; the tendency is now up-
ward, but the improvement will hardly be extensive
or lasting until' we have .an easier money market.
Prides of nearly- all the speculative descriptions
stand higher than at this time last week.
The imports of dry goods continued large, and
as the fall trade was over they would prove a dead
weight. Foreign Exchange was depressed by the
scarcity of money. The quotations on London
were from 1091 to 1091. Our correspondent gives
the following statementeof the condition of the
I markets for bread stuffs. _ _ .

On Wednesday, only a limited business was
clone in flour, owing to the extreme rates asked for
freights, the late unfavourable advices brought out
by the Asia, and the tightness of the money mar-
ket. On Thursday, upon the receipt of the Nia-
gara's news Via Halifax, (by telegraph), which is
considered favourable, some activity sprung up,
and more was doing in almost all descriptions of
brands, at improved prices. This continued,
throughout Friday. The commoner kinds of flour
being most in demand, Southern was somewhat
less asked for.

The advices from California report the departure
from San Francisco of the steamer PacifiC for San
Juan del Sud, with 460 passengers and $1,500,000
in gold, and the steamer Panama, for Panama, with
$1,100,000 in gold.