Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-04-05 00:00:00

THE BRAZILS.

The steamer Tyne, from Brazils, passed Hurst
Castle, at 730 Monday night. Her news has been
anticipated by telegraph from Lisbon.

THE PRINCESS MARIE.
MARSEILLES, April 4th.—Prince Troubetzs Rol
and the Marquis Toulongeon have arrived here to
receive the Princess Marie, who is expected from
Italy to-day, on board a Russian war steamer. A
state carriage is in waiting.
A rumour is current that a commercial message
has been received here from Sicily, announcing that
foreign. corn will be admitted into that country free
of duty.

THE FRENCH FUNDS.
PARIS, April 4.-1.15 p.m.:. The Bourse opened
flat, Rentes 68.25.

3.30 p.m.: Rentes, closed at a decline of 1 since
Saturday, being 68.15 for both Money and Account.s

AMERICAN AFFAIRS.

PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.

NO EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS ALHOUGH
THOUGHT ; INDISPENSABLE TO THE CARRYING ON
OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE; IMPORTANCE OF THIS
DECISION FOR THE FUTURE OF PARTY POLITICS.
THE ACQUISITION OF CUBA; To BE AN AFFAIR OF
NATIONAL FILIBUSTERING, IF NECESSARY ; CON-
FESSED TO BE WANTED FOR THE EXTENSION OF
SLAVERY. THE " METROPOLITAN POLICE " EX-
POSURES ; AN AFFAIR OF FACTION. STATE DE-
FALCATIONS IN OHIO. ST. PATRICK'S DAY IN NEW
YORK ; ROMANIST PREACHING AT THE OPERA
HOUSE; COMMOTION IN THE ROMAN CHURCH AT
NEW YORK.
There is, after all, to be no extra session of
Congress, notwithstanding its necessity to vote
the requisite supplies for the Post-office. This
matter will be hung up in the best way it can.
The President found that his party would be
ruined by another session at the present conjunc-
ture. The financial embarrassments of the Post
Office Department, caused by the failure of the
appropriations from Congress required for the
support of this important service, being the principal
object of an extra session, they have set
this aside for the sake of their party .interests.
" In doing this," says the New York Herald, " the
President has exhibited a greater magnanimity than
his own party, judging it by its late antecedents,
will ever give him credit for, and has undertaken a
personal responsibility which will make him and his
administration the objects of continual attack and
misrepresentation from this time forth. His course
should entitle him to the honest and ardent support
of every democratic politician, and we shall not have
to wait long to see if they correspond to the un-
selfishness he has exhibited. In order to save the
party from defeat in the organisation of the next
House of Representatives, which would carry
with it the shaping of legislation for the next two
years, and bring as great a danger to the elee-
toral campaign of 1860 as the skill of Speaker
Banks gave to that of 1856. Mr. Buchanan has
determined to place himself and his , Cabinet in the
breach, and to save the democratic party from the
destruction which the factious
.proceedings of some
of its own members-has made imminent." So that
the Government thus stands confessed to be
altogether an affair of party ! A very significant
comment, certainly, on our republican system.
It was at first found that an extra session could not
possibly be done without. No sooner, for instance,
had the new Postmaster-General looked into the
affairs of his office, than he saw that it was all a
farce attempting to carry on its business without
those indispensable means which the House refused
to grant in the very face of such difficulties, and
dispense with the full consciousness of the " dead
lock" to which their refusal would bring an impor-
tant department of the public service. Well, all
this has been got o ver, —it was foreseen that it
would be the beginning of the great struggle-
for the next Presidency, and the first contest
would be on the Speakership and organisation
of the House, as was the case in 1855. In this
regard the complexion of the new Congress became
a matter of great interest. And then we were
presented with a carefully prepared table of the
numerical proportions of the different contesting
parties, which shewed a small majority against
the " regular democracy,"—that is, the party
of the present ruling power in the Union. And,
said our authority, "from the foregoing data
it is evident that the coming Congress will
be one of the most discordant we have ever
had. The prize to be contended for is the entire
organisation of the government for four years, from
the 4th of March, 1861, with its expenditure of three
hundred millions or more of dollars. All the cliques
and factions will do their utmost to kill each other,
and many of them will probably succeed in killing
themselves. We may expect, in fact, a perfect
Kilkenny fight among all parties. Without the
democratic vacancies that will probably occur in the
,extra session the opposition would have the organi-
sation in their hands ; and with the vacancies, they
are pretty certain to have it. The policy of the
democrats will be to throw the odium that the next
Congress is certain to inspire in the country upon
their antagonists ; and they will no doubt adopt
some rule similar to that they adopted in 1855, which
will preclude a combination between themselves and
any of the opposition elements. This will force upon
the latter the election of Speaker and the selection of
committees, which will carry with them the respon-
sibility of the legislation. Look out, then, for an
opposition Congress, and two .of the most disgust-
ing political scheming sessions we have yet had."
And so they go on—" for party giving up what was
meant for mankind."
The acquisition of Cuba is evidently to be made an
affair of filibustering—legalised, or at any rate,
Presidentially,sanctioned, for the nonce. At a de-
mocratic meeting at " Tammany Hall," a place of
politico-rowdy notoriety, the question was cha-
racteristically disposed of on true filibustering prin-
ciples. A great gun of the democratic party, and
hearty supporter of the President—and member of
the United States Senate to boot—one Senator
Brown, of Mississippi, imparted to the whole thing
its true complexion. " The decree," said this sena-
torial notability, " has gone forth, and there exists
nowhere on earth, power to remove it. The only re-
maining question for us to, consider is this : by what
means shall we make the acquisition ? Three modes
have been proposed—first, by purchase, that I re-
gard as the most honourable ; second, by conquest,
and that I regard as the most certain ; third, from
the agency of the mysterious operation of that
power known in political nomenclature by the
name of fili bu§terism, and that I regard as the most
probable ; but whether by one or the other, or by
all these agencies combined, I say again that Cuba
must and shall be ours." As to any opposition to it
on the other side of the Atlantic, he treats such an
idea with vulgar and characteristic contempt.
Let me give you this part of the demagogue's
harangue, with the interlarding of the populace's
sympathetic responses, for they contribute in no

slight degree to its stage effect We are told,
we take the island of Cuba, we shall offend Englast!
we will ! (Cheers ~_and
and. France. The... devil
laughter.) Suppose these Governments should gat
on stilts ; if we won't'bring them down, d—a
(Renewed cheering and laughter.) What is it to us
whether they like it or not ? When England, the
slashing
bloody old -bruiser—(applause)—has gone
fighting ever,'
round the world insulting everybody,
body, and plundering everybody
said something, which was not heard at the repor
stand ; other voices instantly cried Put him on,t,„
Put him out ;" Throw him out,' Throw hint out. )0,.
The latter incidents are, of course, after the us...u.
(A voice here
body,
fashion of such democratic liberty-mongers. 101 r..
genteel, the elegant emphasis of the dignified se.
tor's denunciations of all objection to the raitl_,L42
e
proposed are, of course, only in strict keeping
the character of the whole transaction. But the
over-zealous political freebooter let out a small sect
which threw, additional light on the popular projce
" I have," said he, with amusing naivete,—" I
,httnot
a little private reason of my own, which it would
be proper for me to keep from you. I want Oka foort
the extension of slavery ! I speak for myself, and _
for any party. (Sensation.) Let Greely understai;
this, let Garrison understand this, let all the air If
abolition crew understand it. I speak for ranfA_
and those who agree with me." Of course he orc
He spoke for the South. He spoke, too (on the s'yri;
for his party, that cannot stand without slac,e
co-operation. He spoke, moreover (also on the
for the President, who could not have stood a sintato
day unless the South had been propitiated on .00
slavery question, and promised further propitiatl
still. So now the real character of the objec
r°t.i:
view stands revealed to Europe and the Isria
Cuba is wanted for the extension of American slavele;
The New York " Metropolitan Police " expos the
are making the State Legislature, whose proJeNhe
institution was, both angry and ashamed.
republican majority," says the account from Al 3-,;..
" seem disposed to smother the report of the e°,,et
mittee respecting the corruptions of the police, vae,
their efforts have been frustrated by the i11..c0
p3ndent press. They have even refused to recoso
the testimony taken before the committee. I,e,
that with this, as with almost every thin„ ' else,
this question is to be one of party—or rather of iabe
tion. But the exposures are made, and ce.nnerit•of
recalled. It is for the respectable people of the
of New York to act according to the light those e.ch
posures have thrown upon the system under will
they are placed by their State Government. .of
Another gross piece of State corruption has 34. of
been detected in Ohio. Defalcations on the Par,_,'
certain of the State officials, to the extent of
a million of dollars have been discovered,—wil,.,iceis
says the New York Herald, " affords only a 5Pee.,1,114
of what may be expected in other States,"--a,°,7„-0,4•
that "in the State of New York millions on 1111“,,`"re
of dollars have been squandered on canals, arid" t"e a
are four millions of floating debts at this day ;
that "it is generally suspected that an honest
tigation of the canal and other expenditures in -1
14"1c,e.
State, for the last fifteen years, would startle rer
world." Turn our eyes where we may, there°
we see evidences of jobbery and corruption. e'
St. Patrick's Day is kept as a great festival in .
York, by the Irish population ; and this year it at
oh
lost none of its enthusiasm or its popularity.
early morn," the newspapers relate, 4, the air rev'
berated with martial and instrumental music, :1114
the faces of our Celtic brethren looked unosn
happy. Early in the forenoon, persons of both seis,,"
in large numbers, promenaded the streets, the eb,,
brants of the day being distinguished from others
the sprig of shamrock in their hats or goal° re
The Park, and in and around the City Hall, °to
crowded at an early hour, and at one time it yr
estimated that the crowd numbered ten thousale
persons. The steps of the Hall, and the
front, were covered by a dense mass of hunnaliiii
The leafless trees in the Park were filled wis.s
ragged youngsters." Then there were esP,relic
religious services at several of the Roman CatiWio
churches; and public dinners, and speechifYings'vel
due abundance, and of great spirit. One n°.n,
feature of the occasion deserves special notifiestl" a
The Romanists are fond of popular expedients ; eno•
on this occasion they had . recourse to sit
which has become quite the rage in 'La
York— preaching in the Opera House ie
-
it is stated, I see, that " probably °ll .a
occasion since the completion of the building "'ails
greater number of persons assemble within its Ny'rjo
than on yesterday afternoon, to hear. the dise°llor,
delivered there by Bishop O'Connor. In his etorr
dium," continues . the account, "the Prellc,oo
referring to the banners which were entwined au, or
his head, said : —You have assembled. in the naill,is•th
Ireland, in a country which has received youc-tio
generous hospitality ; but it is no violation not
compact of that hospitality that you should na
cease to cherish a love for the land of your birth ta
forefathers, and to take a pride in commeniorat'i's';
their deeds. The banners of the nation which Yseti
bear to-day are a pledge of the confidence relld,
in you by your adopted country. He then proee,e,ory
in a learned and eloquent style, to trace the hi harp
of St. Patrick, making frequent allusions to the to.
and emerald banner of Erin, which never fa"e"se.
call forth repeated cheers and thunders of aPP,r-tbe
He concluded by. sketching the history c°.,„00
Catholic Church in America, and alluding in
of regret to the recent disastrous fire in Pitts,°";;/
which reduced the cathedral there to ashes.
cheering announced the conclusion of the serniobeob
which is also all the fashion now-a-days, On s
occasions. h $
Apropos of this religious community, w"e.ki ---
very numerous and influential one in New °,1,-;10,
there has arisen rather a furious storm among '-'7„-sts
occasioned by the exclamation of one of their Pr;(,),
—the Rev. John Dayman, of the Church of St. +-0.
that
the Evangelist—in his- sermon last Sunday, ,; for
" Hell was paved with the skulls of bad priests ;
which Archbishop Hughes has suspended
man,
It appears from the newspapers that Mr. Day twirl.
who is well known i" s the brother of rhas
DAYMAN, of the British war steamer Gorgon' st,
heretofore been an assistant of the pastor of
us,
John's Church, but since the Archbishop has the'
pended him from exercising the functions a' nos-
priesthood in the diocese of New York, hem, to'
retired into the first friendly house that was °P.-ciaen
receive him. The faithful, however, are forbi
to give him food, alms, or habitation; but, Otyclhis•
standing this, the reverend gentleman expresse;:try,
determination to continue his work of the uliinand
Another clergyman, the Rev. -Frederick Fer"-ble.
Descamps, is also involved in the same troll ent,
The transaction is causing considerable ea
and it
among the Romanists in New York city ;,aisan).
would seem at present almost to threaten a se'

SECRET SOCIETY TRIALS.

(From the Belfast News-Letter) Attornej;
On Mond, short before four o'lock, the
General, who had any d by the mail-t .cain, aPP aced iler
'2111.1.•
Crown Court, in 1 with referef.c3 to the application
Rea for the po t2onement of the Secret Society trials, op'
posed snch a step. Mr. [tea rose to make the cootie king $
Attorney-General protested against an attorney declined
motion. Baron Fitzgerald, after a long argument, ae"„rse,
to hear Mr. Rea. ThLt gentleman said he kbew his e,°iTher.
aid was determiied to withdraw from the defence altoohe
It was then arranged that Baron Fitzgerald should relt,il6l
affidavit, and givea is 1. cision in the morning% Barlsr► he
g r 'ld having then read the documents, said that, so , 'for
did not see reasons to alter the arrangemell;old
going on with the trials in the morning, but he
e ;ewe further affidavits if necessary.

hours "
Lord John Russell was engaged during several
_, the
Saturday in making investigations in the library ,"
British Museum. °
WATER CoinurrEE.—The usual weekly meeting °ef ttlihies
committee was held yesterday. The following here the
members present ;—Messrs. Hodson (chair), FOP, and
Earle, Crellin, Woodruff, Rae, Ryley, Turner, Still?, that
Jeffery. The report submitted by Mr. Duncan showe" the
the quantity of water received from Rivington duringcus.
week ending on Saturday last, was 52,158,0894 a 928
The quantity of water pumped from the wells, 8 is to 8-
Fallons ; proportion of Rivington to well water sederl their
The depths of water in the various reservoirsu3 feet,
respective overflows, were as under—Roddelswor!R foot 14
rise 2 feet 4 inches • Angiezark 81 inches, rise 1
t 1 foot
inches ; Rivington 7 inches rise 2,1 inches; Presc° one
61 inches, fall *inches. Mr. Stitt called attendingl
of the drinking fountains on the London road
There was no other business before the committee.