The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-10 00:00:00

THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES.

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE ATLANTIC.

[The following appeared with a part of onr impres-
sion of yesterday.]
The American mail steamer, Atlantic, Captain
West, has just arrived in the Mersey, from New
York, whence she sailed on the 29th ult. By her
we have received our usual files of papers and
private correspondence from that port to the date
on which she left, which are four days later than
those previously to hand.
The Atlantic has brought 500,000 dollars in
specie, and 98 passengers. During the passage
she experienced strong S.W. winds, and was de-
tained several hours in the channel by fog. She
also waited at the bar one hour for water.

The steamer Niagara, from Liverpool, with ad-
vices to the 16th ult., reached Boston at three
o'clock p.m., on the 28th ult. Her mails were
delivered in New York on the morning of the 29th.
The steamer Hermann, from Southampton, ar-
rived at New York on the morning of the 29th,
after a rough passage.
The steamer Northern Light had arrived at New
York (after having put into Norfolk), from San
Juan, with 1,500,000 dollars in specie, and advices
from San Francisco to the Ist of October. The
commercial news from the Golden State was
deemed to be rather unsatisfactory.
The markets generally are represented as being
depressed, owing to accumulated stocks, and a
general decline had taken place in nearly all the
leading articles. Goods upon which an advance
had heen obtained in August, and which had been
stored in anticipation of better prices, were in
some instances, being forced upon the market at
ruinous prices, owing to the scarcity of money.
No immediate improvement was looked for, as
merchants were compelled to pay large sums for
freight upon goods arriving, which were being
stored to save shippers from serious losses. The
inrisct sums obtained as advances on goods stored,
had, it is stated, Peen, 111 alui o ovowy nice.
re-
mitted to the Atlantic States ; renewals were con-
sequently made with extra difficulty. The great
staple of California—Gold Dust—came in slowly,
but prices were unchanged. With the commence
ment of the rainy season increased receipts were
calculated upon.
The Californian mails of the Ist of October had
reached New York by the steamer Ohio, and those
for England have come forward by the Atlantic.
The British mail steamer, Conway, is reported
to have put into Savannah, disabled ; her passen-
gers and mails were all safe.
Our New York correspondent writes—that the
bark Howard, from Newport, Wales, bound to
Norfolk, Vr., with railroad iron, went ashore on
the 22nd, on Watchaprigne shoals ; the crew were
all saved. The ship William Sturgess, of Boston,
and the ship Lapland, from St John's, N. 8., both
bound to Liverpool, have been reported ashore ;
the former, 24 miles west of Quoddy Head—a
tow-boat has gone to her assistance ; the latter
was ashore at Trescott, Me., her masts were gone,
and had ten feet of water in her hold—she would
be almost a wreck.

From Washington we learn that John Duffy, of
New York, has been appointed Consul to GalwaY,
Ireland, and A. D. Gall, of Indiana, to the same
office at Antwerp.
At Pittsburgh a serious Irish riot had occurred
between some railroad laborers, from Cork, and
some from Connaught, in which two men had
fallen victims,=.and.several others were injured. ,
At Providence, on the night of the 26th, a serious
fire occurred: It broke out in a dry goods store,
in the Howard Block, which spread so rapidly that
before the flames could be subdued nearly the en-
tire Block was consumed—the Theatre and Mu-
seum included. The total losS is estimated at from
300,000 to 500,000 dollars.
In New York the Free Soil Democrats lAA held
a great Mass meeting in Tammany Hall, for the
purpose of ratifying the nominations made by that
party for City and County Officers. The Free
Democrats also assembled at the Stuyvesant Insti-
tute, which was thinly attended.
The ship Plymouth Rock had arrived at Callao,
from Melbourne, Port Philip, she sailed on the
20ths of August, and arrived at Callao on the 20th
September—thus making the voyage in thirty-one
daysL--=the shortest on record. The advices are not
quite so late as those received direct.
The general advises brought to New York by the
steamers 1V ortiletn Light and Ohio are of general
interest. The health at the Isthmus was good,
and the roads in good order. A rumour was
current in San Francisco that another expedition
was organizing in that place, or other ports of
California of a revolutionary character, against the
;date of Ecuador. The officials are said tope upon
the look out for the purpose of suppressing
,such
Movements.
From Oregon we are informed that a treaty has
been concluded with the Indians on Rouge River.
The Indians were to be paid 60,000 dollars for the
land, 1,500 dollars being witheld as indemnity to
persons who have suffered by their depredations.
The Alta-California states that a number of
Russians (12,000) are preparing to emigrate to the
Sandwich Islands, under the immediate auspicies
of the Emperor. The same paper calls upon the
United States 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.
From Valparaiso we learn that 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. Twb
destructive fires had occurred in the province of
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-
tatiou 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.
party of men, under one Senor Rubi, had inva-
, (led 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 aeclared 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.
Prices 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 109! to 1091. Our correspondent gives
the folloWing statement of the condition of .the
markets for bread stuffs.

On- Wednesday, only a limited business was
done 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.