The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-09 00:00:00

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF

NO MESSAGE.

The United States Mail steamer, Baltic arrived
'here yesterday morning with 60 passengers and
860,000 dollars in specie, and by her we have
our files of papers from New York to the 26th ult.
The Baltic left the lower bay of New York at
1.0 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 27th, and arrived at
the bar at midnight, Jan. 7th ; Dec. 27th, passed
steamer Pacific 160 miles east of Sandy-Hook
Friday, Jan. 4th, at 3.30 p.m. lat. 50, long.
saw apropeller bound west.
The President's message had not been delivered,
the House of Representatives not yet having
Sleeted a speaker, and had adjourned over until
after the Ist of Jan., so that the anxiously looked.
for document can scarcely be expected even by the
next arrival. In reference to the election of
speaker, the last despatch from Washington says :
The most experienced politicians are at fault with rs.
gard to the speakership. The whole matter is at head
lock, and nobody pretends to have the key. Only one
thing seems certain, and that is, that fro": ninety to one-
hundred men are firmly resolved to abandon the
support of Mr. Banks. come may. Two weeks ago
some of these were disposed *o drop him and try a new.
candidate. But every_be.aye adds strength to the convic-
tion that to yield, Kr . is to concede the defeat of
the Anti-Nebras':a party, and yield the victory to the
traitors elected as Anti-Nebraska men, are relent-
Iv Polessly tr.,ssing their efforts to revive
toed ational know-
itingism," and making it an element ivide thenorth
t'ae next presidential campaign.
We quote the following summary of the news
trona the New York Herald:—
It is stated by our correspondent, that Mr. Marcy's
detoands upon the British Government require, among
other things, the re-call of Mr. Crampton, or some other
public act of equally signal satisfaction to the United
-Slates. So that point, so much controverted and discuss
Sd by the newspapers and their correspondents, may be
2',egarded as put at rest now.lOur negotiations with the
'Spanishgovernment are progressing. No action has yet
been taken in the Cabinet on the recognition of Walker's
Will not be recognized.
forw
In the Senate, on Wednesday, Mr. Clayton brought
'p ard the interminable French spoliation question. Ho
roposes to discuss the subject " fully " at a future day,
and expects
his veto messageto demolish the arguments used by the
president in .
One of our Washington correspondents states that Col.
parker H. French, the newly appointed Minister from
Nicaragua, presented his credentials at the State Depart-
bent, and that Mr. Marcy refused to recognise him, on
the ground tbat Walker's government had not received a
proper endorsement from the people of t\ icarattua. Cen-
antral American affairs and the alleged filibustering move-
dit s Were deliberated upon by the cabinet on Monday,
ta
. was resolved to use the most stringent measures to
sterat any and all attempts to violate the neutrality laws.
bur accounts from Kansas confirm the reports , here-
tofore received, of the triumph of law and the restoration
'of tranquility in that territory, if it can be said that such
thinglas tranquility was ever known there.
i If any doubts remain as to the fate of the intrepid
Arctic navigator, Sir John Franklin—whose exploits and
sufferings have rendered his name more famous through-
out the world than will ever be that of the recognised
dig coverer of the Northwest passage—they will undoubtedly
be set at rest upon the perusal of the narrative relating
thereto, which we publish to-day. It is a brief history
Hof the progress and results of an expedition sent out in
dam, under the command of Mr. James Green Stuart, a
Shief trader of the Hudson's Bay Company, to explore
the region where it was supposed the remains 01 Sir
John and his companions were to be found. The explo-
ration party, after enduring the rigours of the extreme
xrerthern latitudes with incredible courage, succeeded in
teaching Montreal Island, where were found relics of the
lon,g-lost navigators, confirming the reports received from
the Ksquimax by Dr.'llae who, was the first to publish
the tidings of their fate. in connection with this subject
`we may notice the arrival at New London on Sunday of
the English discovery ship Resolute, one of the vessels
oinVesitrg Sir Edward Belcher's squadron, sent out in
search of Sir John Franklin, and which, having become
lShe otked in the Polar ice, was abandoned by that officer.
was fallen in with by an American whaler, the
captain of which took possession of her. Her value is
estimated at 100,000 dollars. Captain Belcher was tried
by court martial, at his own solicitation, for abandoning
Iris ship, and, although not censured for his conduct, the
tribunal did not justify it.
t ',We have intelligence, by telegraph, of the wreck of the
steamer Crescent City, of and from this port for Havana
and New Orleans. She went ashore on the Bahama
wanks on the 7th Dec., and will probably prove a total
loss. The passengers, crew and baggage, and the mails,
Were taken to. Nassau, N.P., hy_wreclters, and a vessel
had been chartered to convey them to their destination.
We publish this morning a full account of the particu-
lars attending the seizure of the steamship Northern
Light by the United States authorities, acting under in-
structions received from the president. The district at-
torney attended at the vessel in person, accompanied by
his assistant, Mr. Joachinssen, and three or lour deputy
marshals, and informed hers captainland owners that if
the ieft while under detention they would be acting in
'violation of the laws, and they should be held responsible
tor their conduct. In defiance of his authority, how-
ever they started with the officers on board, and
fut the midst of the most intense excitement of a large
crowd who had assembled on the pier. She
Inlet with no interruption till passing Governor's Island,
when she was stopped by the United States revenue
nutter Washington, which ,brought her to, after firing
three times with blank cartridge. She was then boarded
by some of the officers from the cutter and anchored in
the river between the Battery and Jersey City, where she
ts lying at present. None of the passengers will be per-
mitted to land until she is searched, for the purpose of
discovering if she carries any concealed munitions of war
for Nicaragua.
The latest advices from Havana speak of fresh
rumours of a filibuster invasion, originating in the
fact of a smspicious vessel having been seen, or
spoken, off Cienfuegos,—no doubt bound for that
now common rendezvous of filibusters in general,
—Nicaragua. In reference to this a correspondent
at Havana, writing on the 16th of December, says :
There has been a stupid report in circulation here dur-
ing the past day or two, that a party of filibusters had
landed somewhere near Cienfuegos. The evening before
last I was at the Villa Nueva Theatre. General Concha,
his wife and daughters. were also present. I observed
that the Captain-general appeared extremely anxious, and
I thought I noticed him " start" once or twice, as some
person approached his box door with hurried step. I
heard yesterday that the telegraph employees were kept in
their office, at the palace, all Friday night. The report
is understood to have originated in the circumstance of a
vessel, crowded with men, (emigrants going to Nicaragua,)
having been spoken, a few days since, off this port, which
men are reported to have had a fillibusterish appearance,
whilst some say a cargo of negroes, having been landed
near Cienfuegos, gave rise to the report.

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31.13,

RYE, 1300. to 1320. per D 6
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FLOUR: —6 dots. to 1' dot

change

znactiN
sales 80 bx

MEXO.
The Alvarez ministry broke C
up on the 6th December.
One account, however, denies that any ministerial crisis
had occurred. Comonfort had abandoned Alvarez, and
it was thought the latter would return to the South.
The condition of the country was worse than ever.
Quarrels, pronunciamentos, robberies and every conceiv-
able species of disorder prevailed.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE

--- MONEY AND I,ToCKS. - The continued favourable tenor of the financial advices
from London and Paris having nearly if not entirely dis-
sipated the immediate apprehension of a monetary crisis
in Europe a more cheerful feeling prevades our stock
market. With the exception of a short period of dullness
produced by an advance in foreign exchange, and a mo-
mentary resumption of specie shipments, business during
the fortnight has been active, and prices generally buoy-
ant. The upward tendency is perhaps in some degree
attributable to the apparent confirmation of the peace
rumours by the advance in consols and Wrench funds. The
absence however, of direct proofs of the authenticity of
these rumours prevents their having any material effect,
and the improvement is due mainly to a gro wing confi-
dence that, under any circumstances, the course of money
matters on this side during the winter will not be dis-
turbed by serious embarrassments n Europe. In state
stocks we have to notice an advance of per .in
Kentucky and Tennessee, and" 2 per cont. in
Virginia and
Missouri 6's.
CABIBIANN & Co. I.

COTTON
= The business in this market has only been to a mode-
rate extent for home consumption. and a little for specu-
lation. Exporters have been unable to operate, from the
limited selection, and the firmness which holders have
displayed. The sales for the week are estimated at 7,000
bales. Prices are ic to Ic per lb. higher on some grades.
The export during the week has been—to Great Britain,
2,000-bales ; other forei,m ports, 1000.
RECEIPTS.—The total now exceeds the large crop year,
and from the rise in all the Southern rivers, we may
with confidence expect heavy receipts into the ports for
some weeks, and a consequent weekly gain upon the cor-
responding period of 1852-53, which- will establish a
belief in the large estimates now prevailing here and in
the South. The export to Great Britain
is only 29,000
bales for the week, while to France and other foreign
ports a largo amount has again been taken.
The following is a statement of the movement in cotton
since the Ist of September last, as compared with the
previous three years:

1855. 1854 1853. 1852,
Receipts at the 1,253,000 781,000 784,0001,244,000
Exports to Great Britain-T.'
"418 - 316,000 217,000 450,000
France" 154,000 85,000 52,000 66.000
other For. Ports . -108.00 f) 42 000 45,800 50,000
Total Exports . 680,000 443,000 ; 314,000 572,000
Stock on hand . 514,000 354,1;00 408,000 560,000

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at
7-32 d to id for cotton to Liverpool, and ic per lb. to
THE BALTIC. Havre.

EXCZtANGES are dull, and lower, clobing at iOBl to 1081
per cent. on London, and onTatis at 5.20.

W. P. WRiouT

i3READSTUFFS.
FLOUR.— Prices fell nearly 25 cents per brl. on the
Asia's advises to the Bth inst , from Liverpool, received
On the evenin2,- of the 18th inst.. by telegraph via Halifax;
but the market has since tended upWards, and closes, with
slight exceptions, at the quotations of the 18th inst. No
mrchases of moment could now be made, excepting at an
chance on our lowest figures.
WREAT is about 5 cents per bushel lower.
INDIAN CORN.—Has declined 3 to 4 cents p'r bushel
v. 93c. to 94c. per 56 lbs. Southern Yellow; new,
Mixed. co-

per brl.
otnEttsPooN, KINGSFORD & Co.
PROVISIONS.—The market for pork is 50 cents lower
with only a limited demand; sales 800 brls, closing at 19
dogs 500 to 19 dots 75c for mess; 16 dols 87ic to 17 dols
fol. prime ; 18 dols 25c to 18 dols 50c for thin mess, and
18 dols 75c to 21 dols for prime mess. The market for
beef is dull and drooping, but prices are without quotable
sales 4o brls at 9 dols to 10 dols for country
?rime; 10 dols 62ic to 12 dols for ditto mess; 13 dols 75c
to 14 dols for Vermont mess ; 14 dols 25c to 15 dols for
repacked Western, and 16 dols to 16 dols 25c for extra
ditto. Prime mess continues dull, and prices are nomi-
nally 20 dols to 24 dols. Beef hams are more plenty, and
at 14 dols to 17 dols. Cut meats are also dull
- 'long middles, rib in, at 10 cents. Dressed
'

hogs are selling at 8c to Lard is in moderate
demand at 124 c to 12ftc., at which prices 800 brls. and
tierces have been so:d. Butter and Cheese sell slowly at
quoted rates.

FREIGHTS.—The Market is without material change,
though rates are barely sustained, and in view of the in-
creased supply of tonnage in port, engagements could
probably be effected for next week on more reasonable
terms. To Liverpool, the operations embrace 60 to 70.000
bushels Grain at bid. to 9d. in bulk and ship's bags; 7000
brls. Flour, 3s. to 3s. 6d. ; GO bales Tobacco, 305.; and
400 boxes Cheese, and 80 do. l3acon, 355.