The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-04-21 00:00:00

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE CANADA

..The British and North American mail
earnr Canada, Capt. Lang, arrived in the Mersey
q,itYesterda
Y afternoon, from Boston and Halifax,
4,,,," 42 passengers and 201,913 dollars in gol,
itt"t`i.4t 300 in silver. She passed on the 16th April.
lat.
.8 40, lon. 29.40 W., the barque City of Boston ;
hushP:l-0, lon- 24.10, the barque 'Royal, from Cape,
mi, 19th April, 105 miles west of Fastness, s.si-
teli3Pesed to be the Emeu ; off Cork, 12 p.m., the
ta:Peer Tagus, bound feast; 20th April,--MY
inivcineY,' at 12 p.m., the American ship- Empire,
ard Yo
The B •
out at Ntounealner Atlantic, from Liverpool, arrived
ew York on the 2nd ; and the Asia, also
u 2 Liverpool, reached New York on the.4th ult.
to4"tilia!_t advices by the Canada are from New York
hailßoston, the 9th ; and rHalifax -to -,the
fluent.
he • -; tonfin_proceedings -had been. chiefly
ajoiw," to matters of local.interestc In the Senate
tehttio" resolution froM the committee on foreign
olatedni„s',l° permit. Dr, Italie, and the officersrasso-
testiz,;','" him in the. Arctic expedition, to accept
die e„, lhals froth the British government,had been
Droned. ,at eonsiderable length, and finally post-
the 7,, In the same branch of the legislature, on
tee 01,' a resolution was reported from the commit•
legisill,Treign relations, to the effect that no further
trett,a‘i,co is necessary in order to put an end to the
TlieJ Denmark in relation to the Sound Dues.
Mr. p—,,emer-Clayton Treaty had been discussed.
feren '"enden was in favour of settling the dif
cassees
with Great Britain by negotiation. Mr.
ade replied, arguing that America should take
"ed stand for the maintenance of her rights.
New h' steamer Star of the West had arrived at
4 bye
with full details of the Nicaraguan news,
arrh.:; summary of which was published on the
a for%t of the last steamer. As already announced,
teat ra,al the
of war froM the goverment of
btota had been despatched to Granada, and,
itia„,,! reception, President Itivas issued a spirited
teiTjesto, announcing the rupture with the
ediliubouring republic, and casting upon it the
the °fhaving plunged the two countries into
horrorsilegu of war. General Walker has also,
keg att address to the people of Central America,
atlep.ni,g his position, and directing the- troops
badge cOMmand to assume the 'red ribben—the
tiler 'elver ; and Uraldo Herrera, ex-president of
to has appealed to his fellow-countrymen
ithallPort Walker in defending the honour and
iliesta of Nicaragua.
thek these documents are published at ,length,in
elift,'ew York papers. The action oftheiNiCara-
iiti,sq government, in anticipation of open hosti-
seila, has been prompt -and energetic. Col.
am "singer, with the first ditachnient of troops,
ere accompanied by Gen. Walker himself, had
ma
seed the lake to La Virgin, and thence he was to
tap without delay upon Guanacaste. A decree
:'een published, placing the' Department of
linddieda, adjoing Guanacaste, under martial law,
eetnmoned all the inhabitants to arms. It
tir also rumoured that an attack would imme-
retitel7 he made on Punta Arenas. While these
tlie,,rations have been progressing in Nicaragua,
th Costa Ricans appear to have been equally on
gO. alert. Inflamatory proclamations, especially
ladrt the Americans, have been very freely cir-
btoL among the people ; a forced loan of
th'". dola, towards defraying the expences of
War
are
, has been raised ; and if decrees
tno am evidence of the fact, ,there are already
ca,l'e than enough of them to show that the
to"eta Rican government is determined, if possible,
.‘„,xterrninate Walker and the Democratic narty
Nicaragua. In view of this, the Transit Com-
reY has been officially notified of the prospect of
e th e latest des-
tstilities,
their boa which may endanger the safety of
heir pro
ts. Finally, according
toperty and the lives of th passengers by
Patch from the foreign minister of San Salvador
t ,
l? le government of Nicaragua, it would not seem
eat the relations between these two republics are
as friendly as El Nicaraguense would wish us to
lareileve. San Salvador positively objects to the
ofifeVirALPl Nicaragua, and thinks that the fact
s elag COthposed of Americans is a standing
Americannace the peace and union of the Central
states.
N - T,he Washington correspondent of . the New
"s°ra Herald, states that the French and English
falnisters declare that detachments of men ,will be
.„taded from the respective squadrons on the coast
their war
America to assist the Costa Ricans in
A war against Nicaragua.
letter from Washington states that the recall
,fle
Colonel Wheeler, United States Minister to
lit`aragua, is anticipated. Several reasons for this
eP are mentioned, one of which is that he has
bffa,ept the American government posted on the
re in that country, having neglected to write
li6,,eyeral mails. The State Department sent out
p' despatches to him by Major Reiss.
Dates from Vera Cruz to the 26th ult., state that
th- revolutionists at Puebla had surrendered to
0 forces under Comonfort.
,ql,4civices from Venezuela state that, in cense
telnce of a serious destruction of property,
°,liging to the Dutch residents at Ville de Cora,
/4ue inhabitants of Cora, the Dutch naval West
la fleet are at present at Laguayra to demand
restitution. In the event of Venezuela not satis-
-155!°,g their claims, the Dutch commander has
4411tive orders to blockade the Venezuelan ports
140' declare war, in which case there will be no
\V shipments of produce from the Main.
e have dates from Havana to the 31st ult.
Chie,, Clipper ship Sea Witch, from China, with
tnifeuBese apprentices, went ashore on the Island, 12,
e 8 ea west from Havana, on the morning of the
' and will prove a total loss. Several Spanish
14111mers went to her assistance, and succeeded in
elnllg off the passengers and crew. No lives lost.
4
tb-rrespondent writes :—I learn from undoubted
aLlritY, that the shipment of sugar cane, to
0 ply Louisana with plants, will be prohibited.
oune cargo was shipped before the thought struck
PaPerior intelligence. It may not be very
1.:,.43nb0ur1y, but it smacks of good-policy—in our
rather restricted way of reasoning, or according to
Bur cramped ideas. The British Admiral Fenshawe
here
*till in
, on board of the ship Boscawen, 74 guns.
port, the Powerful, 84 guns ; screw-propul-
ton frigate Termagant, 26 guns; do. sloop of war
.k'azzard, 20 guns ; and brig Arab, 15 guns. Six or
seven more to come.
Prom Canada we learn that the weather was
quite warm, and the ice opposite the city of
rontreal, is giving indications of soon break-
-44g up. The river is open from Three Rivers
to
Quebec. Also above Prescott. A motion of
want of confidence in the Ministry was rejected,
04 the 7th, by 43 votes for to 67 against. At three
lolelock on the 7th, the purifying house of the
'llontreal Gas Works blew up. Three men were
severely burned—one dangerously. The explosion
ass caused by one of the workmen entering the
building with an 'unguarded lamp, to search-for
a
o,..escape of gas.
The latest report of the New York Stock Market
dotes that the tendency of prices was generally
wnward, caused chiefly by the character of the
'kit return of the New York City Banks, which
*owed a general expansion, with the exception of
-'eimportant item of specie. The Loans have
touched Which
a higher point than ever before, and one
Oieh indicates a disastrous revulsion, sooner or
higher The Loans now stand' 10,500,000 dollars
llgner than they did in January last, when the
%kilts held the same amount of specie as at pr.e-
ent, and 6,802,000 dols. higher than they did in
Au
a glut last, when the specie line was 15,300,000
‘,013
• Meantime the Deposits have increased from,.
.6°0,000 dols. to 91,000,000 dols., by the gradual
zeftitraii
sation of business at this point. A portion
th the increased loans for the past week is due to
to,e. commencement of business by the Park Bank,
: Paid up capital of which is 1,328,736 dols., and
an? 471,541 dols. The circulation, it will be
-ced, has increased 400,000 dols., which is a
‘vte 1 feature, the circulation having continued,
„71,n but little variation, below eight millions for
-'l,llnY months. The deposits show a nominal in-
crease of 2,800,000 dols.
The
the
previous week

dols. Circulation. Deposits.foi.
dnls. dols. d karch 2g.. 104.745,307 14,216,141 7 943 213 88,18'.G48
APril 5.... 106.962018 13:381454 8:347:498 91,008,408

2,321,7,:0

2,216,711

404,245

L Increase
Decrease 835,387
• • • •• •
thT, here was au increased demand for money, but
' supply is reported to have been quite equal to