The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-11-22 00:00:00

CANADA.

ARRIVAL Or THE NORTH AMERICAN

Ile Montreal Ocean Steam Navigation .Com-
pany's steamer, North American, Captain Grange,
itrri
ye(' here at six o'clock last evening, with one
huf"red passengers, and a week's later news from
the
Canadian provinces. The news is not of much
anPortance.
The following is a list of the gentlemen elected
t° the 'Legislative Council in Upper and Lower
Canada
17).
140- PaR CANADA: Rideau, lion. P. M. Vankoughnet,
tntntstetial; gleen's, Mr. Simpson, opposition ; Burling•
der,t,nr. Smith, opposition; Trent, Mr. Murney, indepen-
p;`; Saugeen, Mr. Patton, independent; Western, Col.
nice ministerial
9WEtt CANADA : Laurentides, Mr. Laterriere, minis-
Vial; Salaberry, Mr. Renaud, ministerial ; Rougemont,
eo 13"willes, opposition; Wellington, Mr. Hollis Smith,
rsition ; Mille Isle, Mr. Masson, independent ; Lauzon,
* nueliesnay, ministerial.
11,1Ve perceive that Hugh Allen, Esq., of Liverpool,
ir been invited to a dinner, in Quebec, by the
n °41%.1 of Trade of that city. The invitation was
,;onehed in the following terms
the season of navigation is drawing to a close, we deem
01: 4 fitting opportunity to offer to you and the other
rehelders of the Montreal Ocean Steam-ship Company,
yrleongratulations on the marked success which has attended
tr enterprise. The boats of the company have proved
strlttle:edves equal in speed and regularity to those of any
the--
„,,"413 on the Atlantic, and bid fair to make the route by
gr„,",'• Lawrence the favourite outlet for the great and
ttiTtnz Far West, and at once to benefit our own port and
pr:;;Of Montreal, and to advance the best interests of the
taue.tinee in
.general. We feel that to yourself, in particular,
of this success is due, and as a small mark of our
.greeiation, would request that you will honour us with
14,,,pany at dinner on any day in the approaching
nth that may be most convenient for you.
,rep this flattering communication Mr. Allen

.01 •
am not vain enough to fancy myself personally entitled
Ueh
Yoti high honour at your hands, but regard it as marking
.14,4 appreciation of the benefits which the line of ocean
os ,42-ahips has conferred, and I trust will continue to confer,
ke"ie province. If quite agreeable to you, it would suit
to dine with you on the 20th instant.
tertirPper Canada had been visited with a most
vioilfin gale. On the lakes a storm of unparalleled
th,„erlce raged, and at Quebec the wind was from
for West causing the waves to roll with tremendous
cu directly into the bay. At the Queen's wharf
e_ full force of the storm was witnessed. The
Was covered with breakers. And such was the
ebb.l°lnc
-e of the wind that the waves broke over the
ta itankment and works west of the Queen's wharf,
liewr height of ten or twelve feet, shaking the
eo 'Y constructed esplanade to its foundations. Of
lteu rse no vessels were able to leave the port during
Wagale; while those vessels that were on .their
tei were greatly rocked about. A heavily laden
was goner was observed to the west when the gale
Do4-4t its highest, apparently drifting under bare
anri making for the bay. Fortunately she
114,7 Port without accident, and although with
taii:e.lY a stitch of canvas set, her speed was 10
440178,an hour. The steamers due early in the
404 trig did not reach port till late in the after-
.
Subject of dock accommodation was being
.04:17 discussed in the Quebec papers. The
/W, of the Bth instant, says ;
.4i 44 comprehensive plan of increasing the facilities for
tow ~,%rgicg merchandise at Quebec is therefore a necessity
leiktt:" generally felt, that we are not required to urge the
tde Lt (In the public attention. Docks and warehouses for
teitru steam-ships, where they could discharge at one
404 under cover and load at another, the goods being
Bbi eted ex warehouse by the customs' officer, instead of ex
*ett' and where a transhipment into a propeller for the
islk could take place with facility, is one of the first
tio,,vcoments to be undertaken. A plan for the construe-
lixets; each a dock adjoining the new Custom-house and the
Ntis —nge has been submitted to us for inspection, which
A great deal of merit in it.
:(04
41a
~e, have intelligence of a fire at St. John's, New
haii'ud, on the sth instant, by which over 200
lien Were destroyed ; loss, 50,000 dols.

COMMERCIAL.
b4t Quebec there was no change of importance to
ti,,,cp,in commercial affairs. In the various arti
kiee'euere
.seas a moderate business doing, at firm
t,,11141. With respect to the timber trade, the cir
`iu °f Messrs Forsyth, Bell and Co., dated
'euse our Nov. 8, contains the following
ats tollirrivals are now nearly at an end, but some vessels
;Nadi' doe, which we presume will go to the Lower P,,rts
1,,Z of coming up the St. Lawrence at this late season,
ti!lemud the weather is fine and open. The sales of white
rijg the last fortnight have been large, though at
Iside-uich, in comparison with an earlier period, we
low. 64 feet at 7d, 55 at 64d, and 50 at 51d to
et, Z're been the rates current for fair average timber.
Wttle new remains in first hands for sale. Red pine
l'tithiein sold in the raft at 94 for 44 feet. 'ln other
1:(, t there has been a good deal of heaviness, but with
tei,fil_ePtion of deals nearly everything has been sold.
8~~1.4 clos:d at 47s for Liverpool, and vessels not to be
"eh this high rate.

I'll,
rke"..sil'atAT WITH SIAM.—We. published, a short time
"hike textYofetreaty between this country and Siam,
ii4,II;ITI considerable trading advantages were grantedta
tkok „s °ll3s of Great Britain by the governmentrad of S
,znotice just issued by theßnooartdtmoef Trade, we learn
007._Fousul at Bangkok lost in profitinge, by
4.-,uln2 for further negotiations
.which this treaty
4413 -,•u
„ he government ofl Siam,s it appears, has not
iitZlkAtTithf writhhrits
throwing open
but has anticipated its
the rice trade. The
tillfInkkyl%!°01111 havtingowheld personal communication with
ritia: Siam, reports to the British plenipotentiary
klliooe„2,"'s Majesty's desire that the terms of the treaty
" 11-74ticled shall be faithfully observed. He further
Aare
• d that.there exists
tr b e has been officially assure
torrst of the Siamese government no wish. orlianwtefrell-
th`qa e %,.kterfere with British ships engaged. in
Vt fl"" the Siamese ports, and that his Majesty hoped.
ty id 4Nre the rise of prices on the approach of scarcity
Qadee found to afford all needful protection to his
~se'mod be in itself the best security against an
hip4t4):: eiport of food."
MR NEAR DOCTORS' COM RI 0118.-0 a Thursday
040,4'101d half-past nine o'clock, a fire. of a most
41111,14,o1(4,.. ve character happened in the extensive and well-
' 1)0; 14;111:ge of premises belonging to Messrs. Hodgkinson.
• I,llsts , Patent envelope manufacturers, carrying on a
115,..Nt1ep. 10,n Church passage, Up/Pr Thames street, City,
the 41ao building was, including the basement, four
_hp:* and was expensively fitted up with machinery for
th:tioh...-eoile of stamping the crests on letter paper and
,40 ,tti"Z The church of St. Bennett was separated from
aileng building by a space of ground not more than
,t.',ect' wide, but so strongly and at the same time so
the the fire extend, that at one period it was feared
)444 4tiered edifice, as well as the ill-fated property ini
'4140 Misfortune commenced, ,would be. destrotyer,
ita4l'Med, seeing that the fire was extending so ea
t-
, 04-4 „kfitit'; that there was no chance of getting the same ou
,of the land engines, had the powerful steam float
"1 alongside of the St. Paul's Wharf, and several.
til4' of
l_, hose were attached to the machine, but it was
kik_llot .° bolus before the conflagration could be subdued,
4.10, ti 241 the manufacturing premises .of Messrs, Hodg-
kt, "Le C'ta Co- were burned out, and serious damage done
ti;tiC Water andveral of the adjoining houses, as well
tite belfry steeple of St. Bennett's church, and
Vet, `0 the vestry. Before midnight the dames were
• elbduedi but the damage done will amount to
kt kNkl.,,°llBand pounds sterling.
op
6441,4 PRINCE WORONZOT—Prince Woronzow died
""ease
411 the 18th instan , at four o'clock in the
:/tollifer; Michael Woronzow was the son of Count
se. Lrolizew, aod was born at St. Petersburg, on the,?4,
htlkti,4,Cel,4-443', 1782; at his death, therefore, he was 74
a
gota't of It has frequently lieu' said that he
VOliag,...tagland • but the tact is;fatherw was
ththis country until shortly_
ambassador to
that his
',Ali p r 0 °MEE° P 1,37 w was born. When tare
,A,PII of r,4111 took part with Napoleon against us, the
Woronzow as ambassador was, of course,
,eiLjQ 7110.4,7; ; hut he continued 4° to reside
me in London. Upon
of .41exander he reaud the embassy, and
111„tilsci:t444clickrt, with a few short intervals of absence,
tla 1f1,32. His son Michael, thus received
• N'qbt,,ogl
Li ..tet edu,,z+ion. whilst his daughter, ulster to
Vy°theme or izeir, married an English noble-
latandale
°f Earl of renbroke, became
Veti „,,zught Hon. Sidney
drbert, m.p, Michael
10°1,41 th;‘„the age of 19, entere the Russian army,
e fro Caucasus, then in several campa_ig:lyi against
11,1/1014,
_lltere, 1812 to 1814. Ho represented Russia At
'e 11' th" of Aix-la-Chapelle. 1823 ,he was
111t1.14toefic'Ternor of New Russia, and continuedure
ar until the late war. He was engaged_ in
1)0 hkeir °L 18e8, and held the commandtst
he
touacl been wounded at Varna.
lipPN A-:°llrita!uhdue the Circassians, and althoughln the
bta.go-L his ~I'leera were able to resist even the immense
rhts',"tle 4%n:inland, he succeeded in the capture of
valOrdeechamyl's strongholds in the Caucasus, and
'll_4 i;„Qo wnwith a princedom. The civil administration
"ranzow has undoubtedly entitled him to
Sit Pret, when the conflict between Russia and the
reueollt
,0 retire
3;i he was permitted, at his own
from office.