The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-03-03 00:00:00

CITY

THE PACIFIC NOT OUT

aYesterday morning, the steame.
Ikins, and the Quaker City, - _
l:117°d in the Mersey from New York, the former
a°ll.lg •sailed on the 20th ultimo—four days later
than the Quaker City.
The Persia has brought home 700,000 dollars in
specie, and 145 passengers. Her dates are a week
later

sia, Captain

_rom New York than
ba4d ; and we regret to state
news of the missing steamer P
news
prevailed in New Yc

Captain Shufeldt,

se previously to

y contain no

and a

Le utmost
.1 sorts of

A: tele

raphic

cen.leetures were indulged IU.
message had been transmitted from H
dew York, stating that the vessel had put into the
vet' Shannon, and for a time this -
1...t0 those who were previously in
the following is the message

alifax to

ave buoyancy

a state of despair

Feb. 18, 1856.

s c ity, who

Halifax, Monday,
htfa vtB. eardpbell,fa young gentleman of
trip "`" m ngland by the Canada on I
se:writes to C. Murdock & Co. of Hall
-_4elvEßPoot, Jan. 28.—The wP-
Dlit7rijuring the past week. The Pa
'Chat,'" the Shannon river, on the
was
for
; and the Royal Charter,
This is
t put part to Plymouth.
ls is all; na icle of news here
24 Consequence of the publication of di,: fore,
1 office ~ag message, the of Mr. E. K Collins, on the
-411 Was thronged with parties interested in the
baofie;tY of the vessel. At first the _
114,eved, but, subsequently, it was considered to be
;I," really was, a cruel hoax. The steamer "
tciell had been sent from New Yorl-
Alpe. missing vessel, put into Ha_
With the propeller foul, and 8.
any thing of the Pacific. The other steamer
k vas sent in search had not been heard from
bfr' eerene'llie na had issued tim following notice with

st outward

as follows:

Aber has been wry
was obliged to

out of the

ustrilian* steamer,

)rroborate it

report was

ithout havir

future navigation of his steamers

" EMMA THE NEW TORE DAILY TIMES.
°f this ?7.°U Please notice in your paper that the steamers
121.,0„, s .Ine, to avoid any danger from the ice, will not
thbl the Banks of Newfoundland, north of 43° until after
Papers' 4114ust next, and re quest the editors of other
BtO state the same, and much oblige, -

E. K. COLLINS
The British steamer Canada from Liverpool had
A 7 nut at Boston after a long passage, but the
eileatt steamer Atlantic, also from Liverpool,
Whim, bud. been fourteen days at sea, had not
LS ea at New York.
toThbe
papers now
political news contained in the r
had
_
eonl4,et " i f
Ys not important. The war eve
haspiely subsided, and little or no attention
cl b., the public either to the Crampton
*re or to the President's bellicose policy in
stated to the Central American question. The
4:l department had sent to the senate a mass of
baekliinents bearing on the latter question as far
Mc -as 1850. Among them is a plan proposed by
N.a,rcoeta to Lord Clarendon two years ago, that
uliirraglia, Great Britain, and the United States,
quii° 'n a treaty for the settlement of the Mos.
I\l 0-Indian question. Mr. Marcy, in a letter to
Elovrtreci,,ta. denies that Great Britain has any
and ,elfin right over any part of Central America,
be a 'unite with her in the treaty proposed wou d
su.„l, distinct acknowledgment that she has, and
,ien arrangement would interfere with the
11,18 set up by Costa Rica.
Washington correspondent of the New York
•,.2
NI 'YB :--
his
(ii.ePearrtarnpton evidently' preparations for
tiersia ure from Washington, havingmaking
received by the
dra, ; Probably, satisfactory evidence that his with-
-1407 al had been requested—a fact which he not be en
11,4,7147.1 to believe, for the reason that he is still treated
rve
of tl,'"e Courtesy and formality due to the representative
will British Court. His departure from Washington
hity Ye a subject of .deep regret to many ; but its necetsr;
40,414 Considered imperative, unless his Rivernment,
other equally as significant way, indicatesher
ierig_
melt Lance of the illicit recruitments, and her acknow. t
hiltr that it was an outrage upon American sovereignty
the the neutrality. And even such an act of atonfmen_rn.
era Dart of Great Britain could scarcely relieveM
014„billiton of his individual responsibility for violating
Tbaws, even as the agent of his govern Tent.!
~e„:,stline journal adds that it has good
anlittil-'"Y for stating that the important revisioni
thethe American tariff as recommended n
ast report of Secretary Guthrie, meetsthed
tneallY approval of the committee of ways and
beads' of which M. Campbell, of Ohio, is at the
Iralti;'.,whe will shortly report a tariff
under the advice of Mr. James, of Rhode
will and other large manufacturers—which
whole the import duty on all goods, made in
at nicer Part of, wool, silk, cotton, hemp, flax, (Ito.,
raw ell Y Per cent., and admitting wool, dyestuffs,
stood "C' and all raw materials free. It is under-
pre president
that this bill meets the approbation of the
edl Tent and Cabinet, and that it will undoubt-
e carried through by a large majority.
ue steamer Northern Light had arrived at
w
ferneiYork with a fortnight's later news from Cali_
Louis Land 247,889 dollars in gold dust. The St.
rnici.nad also arrived from Aspinwall, with over
Renee eon of dollars in specie. The political intelli-
uf ,Tay.frr3ra California is interesting. On the 7th
nth b"l'nrY the Legislature assembled, and on the
'th houses were organised by the election of
P.h44 °lt cers. Hon. D. R. Ashley, of Monterey, was
P. tem. president of the Senate, and Hon. J.
4:
of Amador, speaker of the House. The
41:Mitre had been occupied up to the 21st of
toriailtrY, the day the steamer left, with the sena-
4nd thcluestien• No candidate had been chosen,
bright Prospects of an election were not very
Fran . Charles Cora had been tried in San
late
District eT.,I een for the murder of General Richardson,
.kmited States Marshal for the Northern
agree
of California, but the jury were unable to
would upon a verdict. A new trial, it is stated,
iteu B,?en take place. Various other interesting
pro,,,°`,Tiews will be found among our extracts.
greati;,`"„regon, we receive the particulars of the
cord; „ "`"e fought at Fort Walla-Walla, which ac-
haneg to previous advices, had fallen into the
9th t 8 °ldle Indians. The contestlasted from thck
triti: re 19th of December, and resulted in the
ThelP„f the volunteers, under Colonel Kelly.
IvuunAll,l'inns lost sixty men killed, and as many
severe, the loss of the volunteers were also

r
If ikfe Sandwich Islands papers mention the death
if ~--r• George M. Chase, United States consul at
apprehension
The inhabitants of Hilo were in great
r,"_Prehension, lest the stream of lava from the
recent eruption of the adjacent volcano should
overwhelm them.
,_ Prom Nicaragua,
itivas had issu We learn that the president
oemmunicationed a with
decree, suspending all official
niter the Lon. J. H. Wheeler,
States Minister, and revoking the powers
eoliferred upon Col.
P. R. French. The reason
green for this suspension of diplomatic relations is,
_ tnat the government of the United States, in
°llipc_o.sition to the public opinion of that nation, has
lined to recognise the present administration
°f Nicaragua."
w..lfrom Panama. we learn that a revolution in that
.i,,`L'iLe was threatened, and trouble, in consequence,
te3P2vehended. A riot had taken place in Aspinwall,
een tho natives and the Jamaicans. The
„IllelY interference of the authorities, however,
v,„Levented any serious mischief. The South Pacific
news is not important. Incendiarism has been at
ue'rk in Valparaiso. Peru was, as usual, in an
-118ettled condition, and a revolution against
Uastillo was anticipated.
f, he New York papers publish important news
4.1.,".1 the Feejee Islands, received via Panama.
n: le United States ship John Adams had arrived
i...the Islands to seek reparation for many cruel-
Ale,B eonimitted by the natives, especially upon
---,erica-
ii seamen ; but from the obstinate cha-
racter ef these savages, the Commander was er.oati .
Pelled to resort to arms to attain his object. Five
werigagements took place, and as many Feejee towns
vple.re destroyed. A treaty was at last concluded_
i the King, by means of which it is hopef d
the
American seamen will not be molested o r
ue future.
Advices from Havana to the 11th ult. bad
reached New York. The accounts of the Sugar
,
-r°1:1 continued to be unfavourable. The weather
Viaa bad and the crop would probably not be