Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-12-14 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

rite Gazette publishes the list of officers ap-
-1414 ted. to the,Ascend battalion-ot the 23rd Regi-
tilfttoffeet.

FOTIEIGX 'OxricE., Dec. 13.
lAteaucen has been pleased to.-approve of Mr.
as.consul at Dablii-forhis Majesty
t11:8 Xing of Sardinia.

The followin ed kf our im-
pear in a poi, •
Are .- • g ap
s-,ion f yesterclau

THE -XE1)" SOLICITOR-G.EN.EPs.A.L.
Atherton, Q.C., M.P., has received the
. PP(44traent of Solicitor-General.

LORD ST. LEONARDS ON STRIKES. -
°a Leonard 9 has addressed a letter to the Times
4,;!he Builders': Sfrike. Re-thinks that the law tself,
now stands, is sufficient, apart from the 'famous_
147,..kftration to:provide masters with all the security they
ttla„°"6 to 'desire: Re :poiiits out, the course' by :which
ticelaration should be:withdrawn, and the prestigious
the law tacitly achetted by each. workman. , The -
.strike being; hoWever,-partially at aitend, th,ece
.estrous are rather for future application.
111:11343t Dupers publish a letter from Sarah Dyer, the
nate needlewoman recently tried for shoplifting,
140:e, it is remarked, does liei• great credit. All the
1)1.0"3" due•to her frOm her customers (£34) has been
I,IIII,PtIY paid tip. •
Nell: at Portion-of the conduct of the Rev. James Bon-
k tia °l' Stepney; which could not be properly gone into
thia,e coroner's incineSt, on the child born in the paio-
lit4L: s-choolroom, will be: invc-stigated next Thursday
enlarged commission of the Bishop of London.
livid report of the Crystal Palace recommends a.
3.p,r 'nil at 2s; per share. The :earnings of the past_
Pr put doWn at £45,315, Which is in excess of the
ltf:tv—)ling year. The whole of the 'debenture stock has
leten allotted. The visitors during the last year
tlia4 4,1)384,163 in number, being qome 20,000 more
"'e average of:thoSe of the four preCeding years.

444kr.. wPATEEN DANK. Ac-riorg DAMAGTI.B
;ST TIIE LIQUIDATORs.—An action of dainages, in
tai en, the solatittan is estimated at £5,000, bus just been
Ale,; the
Mr. Thomas Gray Buchanan, of Seatstown,
Attg;the directors of of the Western Banit, against
-"'"ras4n, Gairdner and Raleigh? the liquittttoM

LATEST FROM AMERICA.

AnIVAL OF THE CANADA.

The British and North American Royal Mail
steam-ship Canada, Captain Laing, arrived in
Liverpool yesterday forenoon. She sailed from
Boston on • the 30th ultimo,- and having been
detained by a dense fog at Halifax for thirty-six
hours, leaving the last-named pOrt on the 3rd
instant, has made, on the whole, a pool passage.
Attention in the United States appears to be
divided between •.the execution of Brown, the
convicted • Harper's Ferry. insurgent, and the
:elections—the former topic probably occupying
the larger share of - interest. The New York,
Herald says : •
As will be seen by. our despatches from
.Charlestown,
Va, and Harper's Ferry, the solemn preparations for the
execution of the law upon John BroWn are going for-
ward. Charlestown is filled with military, and even the
churches have been surrendered for their accommoda'
tion, so numerous arc the troops concentrated there. It
is evident that the authorities have have arrangements
to insure a completo vindication of the law. Meanwhile
the inhabitants of Charlestown and its neighbourhood
are kept-in ecustant alarm, from the rumours that are
set afloat as to the movements of bodies of rescuers in
Pennsylvania and Ohio.

A matter which may be considered of even
greater importance will be found in the 'conjec-
tural:synopsis of the Presidential Message. It is
thus given in the Yew York Herald's- Wash-
ington correspondence.: -
WASIIINGTG:S", Nov. 28.
The message and the.accompanying reports arc nearly
ail finished, and ready to be sent in on the first day of
the session. Should there be a factious contest in the
House regarding. the vealcr, the president will not
,consider himself bound to keep the entire country
waiting w-tiile the fight of the factions is going on, and
it is not improbable 'that, after a reasonable delay, he
will send in his message, leaving
.it to each house 'to
take its .eWn course upon it,.
The 'advantage of so doing is, that there are many
public and private interests - upon which the action is
delayed at this season of the year until the Message shall
have 'laid open 'the Views of the administration, ancl:the
pc'Hey it proposes to recommend for the -coming year.
In finance and 'commerce the interests of the country are
injured. by -delay in the exhibition of the position and
wants of the Treasury usually made by the Message ;
and' the sane may be said of many other branches. By
sending the Message to ,Congress as soon as the Senate

is-orgali4.:d, it is laid beCprethe country, and the fight
of Congressional factions loses much of its'intcrest for
• the public.
.‘ Mr. Cobb's report pis
.the only 'one that :is not closed'
up, he having waited Tor some of they important tables.
Although the trade-of the country will exhibit a vast
teedvery from the depression of the last twoyears, there
is room to doubt whether it would not be-prudent to're-
turn to -tie tariff 0f.1546 until the Whole ;question can he
arranged on a more stable basis. 'Under the present
'unwise system every fluctuation in .priers affects the
revenue. In speculative years, when the government
shatdd not have- the temptation which n large' revenue
gives it to entertain` all kinds of schemes, the high
prices of merchandise flood the treasury with- inmate
'from duties, and 'stimulate tee :general intoxication.
Or: the -other har4 in years of comma:cial depression
On low prioes ef-goods deplete the-reAnue, and - ineyease
the general 1.1.11-ef:sness. The recommendations in tegard
to revenue and finance will be -addcd-to the Message -at
the last moment.

Recent event in Virginia will. -.bring • forth some
frpointed rev:l=4'in the Message un the dangerwhich
k all sections of the country incur, !from the growing ten-
!,aency to arrallgc 'parties on gc.).ngmphica.l grounds,. and
(=also from the increased disposition: in the public mind
Ito hold lightly the obligations of doyalty to thovonsti-
lAution.

Another point,of domestic -pelierv,,hich it -will touch
upon is 6-te protection .to slavery in the territories.
! While the PreSiecut holds to the, constitationalioctrine
on this point, hc•deprecates legislation in anticipation of.
; its being required, and thinks we :should wait rantil the
emergency ,COTIICS up. If, -Congress will foalow his
advice the whole subject wiLl2sink.,..quietly down.; for in
-five yearslnaoreove shall • have no, territories on whith
to agitate the.ouE4ion.
1 The camclition of the Pat-offcc• Department, in the
;absence of appropriations by the last, Cong,ress;:is a sub-
ject of earnest :coniment, with a avcommentlation of
activn,-irrorder to relieve the department:ma the
country frscn .tho, evils that accrue :in the present,state of
affairs.

i
In our kireign:policy, the message will give the first
*ace to the San. Juan question, which is at this moment
'' in an irritating position. pnring•the last adirinistra=
tion an understanding was established betweensas and
-Ragland/ dist ;neither government -could exelesively
occupy San Juati:until the penkinquestion of:itsdlomi-
Alen was settled.
General litarney,..either; from some ambiguity in his
rinstructions, .or from not undeTstanding, them.elearly,
I took possession ,of the island. This step called out from
Lord John Russell,n tlespatch to Loral/yens, which was
communicated by direction to Geseral!Cass, stating that
1-Ep,gland held [undisputed right to the island, and.would
irsist. upon its zeeoznitinn by this country.
This ill-advised despatch has cosspliested the question
i_materially. We cannot withdraw under
,its implied
I, threat, and the Pxesident will set forth war rights.toihe
island in the clearest,and most extinct manner,_. and
;advise Zongress tbat,thay be maintained. ;la the mean-
tiMec it is hoped tkat•thelpiudence of Goucral Scott will
I prevc.nt.any collision a 1 the island.
1 31Qxie.on affairs are -to "he lightly touched upon; ix
i
-view of spending negotiatuon. s ; but the ,President. will
I.recommead that the present absurd restrictions of our .
centrality laws -be so far .modified as to :permit our
`citizens who may desire to du.so to enlist, inithe defence
1 of the legitimate governmegt,ef that republic, without,
1 intprripz the penalty of' fMe .-and a term inkthe State
prison..
In ,view-ctf the increasing,valu.e of our transtiathmus
trade ancl.trAvel, the Message ;will call the attention of
Congress again to the inecurity,of those routw„,, and
renew the ,recommendation of last year's special4rees-
sages on this subject. .
The Europeau press, especially .the British, haring,
Hwitlin sort of maJicicus pride end- jeaaousy, attempted
to depredate and ;ridicule the position,of,,Mr. Ward, .our ,
Minister to China, and the 'results .of his labours, it is
gratifying to be able. to inform you *that
.the treaty
negOtiated by Mr. Iteed, now in the ,State department •
is quite satisfactory to our Government; and, indeed,
instead of having to rest upon , the most . favoured
nation clause, and consequently upon the ratification
:of "the English and French treaties , for any ,advan-.
tagai of "enlarged intercourse, as has been asserted,
by a malignant foreign press, we have obtained-
all We "coUld desire in the body of the treaty, fully
set forth in a rather lengthy document. Besides, the re
script of The Emperor ,of China, which accompanies the
treaty, in which he ordered the great seal of the Empire
Ito be attached; and the exchange of the. treaties, ii ex-
pressed the most friendly language towards our country
and gcsiernment, It is dignified and well expressed, en-
tirely divested of that extravagant hyperbole which we
consider characteristic of the Chinese: No American or
English statesman eould,,Thave- set forth the reasons for
ordering
,an exchange of treaties with more propriety, or
in a clearermann.er.. The stamp of good faith and direct-
ness of purpose is on its face. :In this,rescript the con-
duct of the English at tiie Peiho and throughout is set
forth by way of comparison, placing the conduct of the
A.
Allwriom in ratapcsition, to show his good faith, and

why the English and French failed to have their treaties
exchanged,-anl the reason for ordering the exchange of
the Anierican treaty.
There is no foundation for the statement telegraphed
to the press that the French are about to proceed to
hostilities against Mexico. Neither the Mexican Minister
nor our government believe it. It is believed to be
another alarmist canard, got up in the city of Mexico
for political ends.
The New York, Herald says :—By the over-
land mail we have San Francisco advices to the
7th inst. The Californians have again organised
an association to exclude the Chinese from all
employment except the lowest kinds.

LATEST PER THE CANADA.
(Ty TelegpaA is Halifax.)
The following is Ihe latest news received by the Liver-
pool agent of the -New York Associated Press, and which
was not landed at Queenstown :
NEW YORK, December Ist, Evening.—lt is an-
nounced that. the Canadian mail steamship Bohemian
will sail from Portland for Liverpool on Saturday next,
the 3rd inst., in place of the ill-fated Indian, which was
advertised for that day. The sales of cotton in this
market during the past two days have been abouthl,ooo
bales, on the 'basis of 11c. to 114 a. per lb. for middling.
Uplands. The market closes pretty firmly at these
figures. The corn market is quiet, and there has been
no. change of moment in either flour, wheat, or Iridian
corn since the closing ofthe mails. In Provisions a firm
tone prevails and quotations are well supported. The
stock market exhibits a drooping tendency and prices
of the leading securities have slightly given way.
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 30.—Our cotton market con-
tinues very active, but prices are not maintained, the
quotations to-day showing a decline of .b4e. per lb. The
business of the day has been 18,000 bales, and for the
past two days the sales reach 43,000 bales. Middling
closes at 10/o. to Ile. per lb.

LIST OP PASSENGERS PER R.M.S. CANADA.-1 Om
Xnton.—Mr. W. J. McPherson, Miss E. Adams, Mr.
Charles Upton, Mr. and Mrs. Deeds, Messrs. A.
Xrcedeckne, David Law, Tam, P. Faulkland, jun., T.
11. Gossler, Ogden Codman, Richard Burn, William
Treherne, -Warren Delano, J. .S. Baillie, Mr. and
Mrs. J. Bambrooke, Miss Bambrooke, Messrs. P. B.
Lenchars, Wm. S. Cordingly, Mrs. E. Butcher and
Infant, Messrs. Atkinf,•John'earter, William Lawson,
Wm. James, James Riggans, Jno. Tursland, J. Bennet,
Jas. Gittins, Charles Barlow, 'D. Phillips, J. Hall, Jno.
Davis, C. Hurst, Wm. -Dalton, J. McCartney, J. W.
M‘Dcriald, Mr: F. Renwick and lady, Mrs. Whitbread.
Frog lialiyax.—Messrs. -Le Blank, G. Wrigley, Lieu-
tenant W. Clarke, Messrs. 'George Weborne, Kayzes,
Mr. and Mrs. Selcv,ar and two chiloiren.•

AFRICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE ETHIOPE.

- The Royal mail -steamship Ethiepe arrived in
the Mersey, at one o'clock yesterday morning,
from the West Coast of Africa, `T'enerif'e, and
Madeira. Her dates are—Fernando Po, .28th
Oct.; Ca. troons, :30th ; Old Calabar, Ist -Nov. ;
Brass and Nun, 2nd;. Bonny, 7th; Benin, 23rd
Oct. ; Lagos,-10th:Nov. ; Accra, .nth.; Cape 'Coast
Castle, 14th ; Cape Palmas, 1(1th ; Sierra Leone,
21st; Bathurst, .25tb.;• -Tenerife, Dee. .Ist; Ma-
deira, 3rd.
The Ethiope • brings 1,557 voices of gold dust,
five boxes of specie, a full .carzo, and thirty-four
passengers.
CAlltROONS:—This river is-at present-in a very
unsettled state, the free population:being in daily
expectation Of. a rising among the slaves, which
had partly commenced, and?should it proeeed fur-
then, will be attended with,creat sacrifice of life.
Dysentery. has been very prevalent among the
Kroomen; mary deaths having occurred. A sub-.
seription was•being raised for the purpose of re-
compensing the natives for the damage done to
their town by the Sparlifill war steamer Santa
Teresa, some few months Idek.

Boxxv.--Another of those civil wars so eon-
stxatly occurring in this part of Africa- as again
.expected.- among the natives of this tocm, in con-
sequence of the Regrnt, laollah-peppy, having
seized and murdered a wowan, accused of witch-
cret, belanoing to the'house of another chief
named. Tidere, who in .return seized -two men
belonoing to the house et 7the Regent, whom he
reifuscql. to deliver up. A.::,unmber of -chiefs from
the Oa-country had arrival in- Bonny to decide
the amount of tribute to be paid ,by'the Bonny
peopleupon the oil comir4; from Ebo, the whole.
of which passes through the Osa territory, on Ib-
way; down to this river-
. FERN? D 0 Po.—Groat improvements are in
progress .at Fernando Fe, many hundreds of
kbourers.liaving been 'brcught from--the Kroo
country-for the purpose -of .clearing land, making
roads, &-c. The stun of 24600,000 reels 'had been
granted ...for installation -purposes: A large
number df white soldiers and emigrants had
arrived fram-Spain. 3(40,600 in cash had been
imported into the Wand* by the new. Governor,
Grandera, for the vzecesstuy expenses of
the "Government. Active measures -axe being
taken by:-the Spaniards to...colonise the,:adjacent
island of .Annobon, Corissop&c.

LAGOS.—An attempt had :been again?znade to
fire the town by some inceadaries on the 29th of
October, whereby two wanran were •burnt to
death. Fortunately very little damage was done.
Trade had been freely opencillby two kings in the
interior, consequently business was very brisk ; a
large quantity of oil coming forward ; the pro-
duction of,cotton increasing.
ACCRA.-Cojoe, King of :Accra, was again
taken prisoner on the ,12th • a November, and
placed lathe fort. Trade dull, and also at Cape
Coast.

SIERRA CLEONE.—A slaver, oivithout naive or
colour, captured a short time :back by her Ma-
jesty's ship Spitfire, Captain Chaproan, at Jacknel,
in the neighbourhood of Lagos, had t„rrived in Sierra
Leone, in charge of a prize crew; at.the time of
her seizare.she had on board 469lslaves, the whole
of whom had been shipped on hoard the evening
previous, in ,the short space of .one hour
.add a-
half. Her entire length is 1:10 feet:; breadth 26
i.feet 6 inches. Her hold was 'large and capacious ;'
:ale slaves, consequently, had-far,more room than
Ifs usually the ease in vessels ,of this description.
The passage up to Sierra Leone ,occupied 35
.dssys, (hiring which time she lost sere= of them,
landing 462, viz., 284 men, 101 women, 34 boys,
and 40-girls; they were chiefly Popoos, Akees,
and Taupa.lis ; she had been condemned by the
Vice-Admiralty Court as a lawful prize. A fire-
man/named Thomas 'Williamson, belonging to the
;nail.: steamer Athenian, had been .accidentally
drowned durino• her stay here on the of
November. On' the 21st of November, her
Majesty's- ship Sharpshooter left Sierra Leone
for the river Gambia, having on board
.Major
11-11,Tray, with recruits far Bathurst. • -
TENEnn-TE.—Captain George Walker and four
mere.of ,the..imerican -schooner William bad been
landed near Teneriffe by a French vessel, the Rose
Marguerite; they had been abandoned by their
vessel, which was, in charge of the mate, while
engaged in obtaining provisions from the French.
.bark Jeannie. Tbe William bad $27,000 in specie.
on board. . The bark Madras, •Captain Davis; of.
London, was abandoned at sea in a sinking state
on the 22nd of November, 150 miles from Cape
Finisterre. The crew were picked op by the brig
Jenny, and landed oil the 3rd instant, at Maderia.
Captain Davis; his mate; and five of the crew have.
returned by the. Ethiope.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
, The "Ethiope reports having encountered very severe
gales from: the N.N.E. After leaving Madeira, on the
26th of November, in hat. 16 N., long. 18 W., passed
the brig Thomas. Snook ; and on the 30th, in lat. 27 N.,
h:::g 17 W., the French bark 'ranee, bound south ; and
the Swedish steamer Ernest.
At Madeira.—The Celia, with troops for Cuba.
The Cambria, from London ; the Bellone, from Cher-
bourg; the Euxinc, from Bwamea, Her Majesty's ships

Snake, Ringdovc, and. Beagle, for China ; Her Majesty's
ship 'Clio, for Vancouter's Island; and the French war
steamer D'Estaing, for Senegal, were at Teberiffe.
• Her Triajesty's gunboats Havoc, Hardy, Snap, Boun-
cer, Grasshopper, Ferret, Weasel, and Her Majesty's
frigates Sphynx, Encounter, and Odin, sailed for China ;
and her Majesty's•frigate Arrogant, for the Coast of
Africa, had arrived at Madeira.

From a private and thoroughly reliable source we
have the following shipping details:— . •
OLD CALABAR, Oct. 31.—Sailed: Marshale, Oct. 26;
a brig, Oct. 17. - Loading : Tapley, Minho, Africa,
Roderick Dhu, T...acella, and William Owens. The last
named vessel will sail about Nov. 12. _

BoNNY, Nov.—Salled : Dauntless, Oct. 17; Royal
Arch, Nov. 2 ; Ferozepore and Ellen Grant, Nov. 7.
Loading : Fanny, Elizabeth, Valleyfield, Thornhill,
Adventure, Mis issippi, Empress, Mary, Earl Derby,
Woodman, and Pomona.
D.R.V:3, Nov. 4.—Sailed: Selina, Oct. 24; Severn,
Oct. 26; Biafra, Oct.. 15. Loading : Florence :gight-
ingale, Orient, Arabian, Ranaymede, St. Lawrence,
Express, and Bc.:11e of the Bar, Oct. 29.
BENIN, -Nov.—Aastin and .Ellen about to sail.