Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-10-04 00:00:00

TO TILE I.

,—ln my last letter to you on this

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you published, (not holding yourself responsible for my
opinions,) I made reference to the upright and excellent man-

it Vaux hall

Ward in the Town Council. I little then thought. that out of I
the hOrizon of Vauxhall a star, Which has

-wandering

there for t]

ast 36 years,

to the present time in the deepest obscurity, would so suddenly
burst forth and attract the enlightened and intell;o-''

But so it is. I haVe one question, however, to putto
the electors of Vauxhall Ward, and it IS t 1

of that

locality.

uprightly, and zealot:li

has, or has not, Mr.

This is a point, indeed, that seems to be adm

upon all hands; and if so, where does the necessity arise for
bringing forward an opponent 2 Wherever abuses existed,
Mr. Shimmin, either at the Council or in the committees, has
had them redressed, or at least brought under notice. I would

e the great reforms in our market

which are now I

paying the healthy sum of £l,OOO per week at an average.
Yes, the vigilance and attention -that are now carried out on
eir origin with Mr. Shimmin.

head have had•tb

I counsel, then, the men, of Vauxhal

independent voters—l

•to stand by their tried Man. HO has
been weighed in the balance of public duty, and not found
Let them acquit themselves like men ; let their

wanting
rallying

word be " Shimmin and Independence."

THREA

)tMERIC.k.

NEW

BOUNDARY •DIFFICULTY.
i.ENING POSITION OF AFFAIRS AT
SAN JUAN.

NEW Irons, Sept,

22, Evening.

By an arrival at New Orleans yesterday we have re-
ceived San Francisco dates to the sth instant, and later
intelligence from the island of San Juan
The number of American troops on the island had
been increasd to five hundred. Earthworks had been
thrown up by the Americans, and their cannons com-
manded Victoria harbour. General Harney had de-
clared that he would call for volunteers if attacked.
The British admiral on the station had refused to
obey the orders of Governor Douglass—to bring on a
collision, and he had also refused to bring his fleet to
-the island, saying that he intended to await orders from
the home. Government. The relations between the
American and British officers continued very friendly.
The reported massacre of troops in Oregon, by the
Indians, is discredited.
ry

In an article on.the San J
Herald of the

oth ult. says

Lan disputo, the

New York

"The. sending of General Scott to Puget Sound, while
it indicates a disposition on the part of our government
to pursue a moderate and prudent course in the difficulty
that has risen between the gallant Harney and the hot-
headed Douglass, should not be taken as an evidence of
a'-wish to compromise the present dispute with Great

Britian. ,
" Since the return of Lord Palmerston to power the
policy that he initiated in ordering the British cruisers
to stop our ships in American waters, and at our very
gates, has been again adopted. Secret negotiations
is
Central America—in direct opposition to both the letter
and the spirit of the. Clayton•Bulwer folly—and
cunning coanivings in Costa Mica, clearly indicate the
spirit that animates the present British Cabinet in
American questions. Every, sentiment of national
honour, every impulse of national feeling, tell us that
we must meet this policy in a like spirit. Compromise
will not save us from dishonour, nor will palliation
engender a spirit of justice on the part of the hereditary
haters of American-progress and inflaenee. This is the
position that the Palmerstonian theory has always held
towards us."

The circumstances of the present time are propitious
to' us in a. conflict, if it must come ; and when it does
come, that conflict must never cease till the last British
ler is driven from the American continent, either
South of us. Canada is already tired of
From. Labrador to the lakes, and from
he far ocean, it aspires to a complete re-

North or

British rul'

moval of the political barriers that now intercept the
currents of its trade and intercourse with us and its own
industrial development. Many thousands of its citizens
long for a politieal union with us, and to become a part
of our great system of self-governed States ; others seek
for an independent organisation, with unrestricted inter-
change, while few indeed cling withany sort of ardour
to the present hybrid union with England. In Jamaica
the selfish policy of imperial rule has produced results
far more disastrous than in Canada.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW YORK, Sept. 22, Evening.
Our Cotton market is quite dull and inactive, the
sales for the last three days having been only about
1,200 bales. Quotations show no material change.

Flour is buoyant, and prices have gone up 16 cents
per barrel. Wheat and Corn, also, have an upward
tendency; and the latter has advanced 1 to 2 cents per
bushel.

In the, Provision trade no change of moment has
occurred, and prices are steadily maintained.
On the Stock Exclaange a generally firm tone prevails.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 21, Evening.

The sales of Cotton to-day amounted to 5,500 bales,
without any change in the quotations. There is nothing

new in regard to crop accounts.

♦
LITERATURE.

STATIS'TICS OF, AND OBSERVATIONS tPON; THE MINES
OF CORNWAID,"by Thomas Spargo. London.
These statistics and observations are from one who,
through long experience as a practical miner, and an
intimate personal' acquaintance with the mines of corn-
wall and Devon, has afforded inforniation so accurate
:as to the position and prOspects of the various mines in
those counties, that his publicatioii 'is one of great
practical value. The author - has prepared a new
physical, geological, and parish map of Cornwall, which,
m addition to the information contained in; the ordinary
map, lays down the positionand boundary lines of upwards
of seven hundred mines, with the lodes, cross-courses,
and elvan-courses traversing each,—shewing the whole

geological formation of the county, the produce of the
various mining districts, and other particulars necessary
to guide and direct in the selection of shares in legitimate
mining undertakings. In these publications Mr. Spargo
evinces such an amount of practical knowledge of his
subject as cannot but constitute him an important
adviser in mining enterprise:

THE BniTisn POSTAL GrtIDE.. Published quarterly,
command of the Postmaster-General. London :
. Eyre and. Spottiswoode.
This publication, containing, as it does, all authentic
information connected with our postal system, both home,
colonial, and foreign, is ono of very great value to all
who have occasion to require accurate knowledge on the
subject. It is a guide which ought to be considered an
indispensable acquisition to every counting-house and
professional office. •

THORLEY'S FARMERS' ALMANACK for 1860. London
Thorley.

Mr. Thorley takes time by the forelock. His admirable
Farmers' Almanack for the next. year is already out. , It
contains, as usual, a great abundance and variety of
information of the highest importance to the Agricultural
community, among whole, it well deserves to obtain a
universal circulation.

EXTRAORDINARY AND USEFUL INVENTION.—There is nothing
that housewives complain of with -greater truthfulness than
the breaking of some favourite piece of glass, valuable chimy
or earthenware. In hundreds of cases such things cannot be
matched, and of course cannot be mended. The latter want
has,,heen obviated by an ektraordinary and effective invention,
by Mr. Adshead, of Derby Pottery, near Derby. It is a cement
that may be said to heal in a perfect manner, all cracks and
effectsen cementedi an
by it is
stronger in that part 'than in any other. The article is very
ig
breaks in the articles spoken of, and not only in these, but in
marble, alabaster, /ix. The benclit of this article need not be
ll's, our
ndewelhtboonu,r, e
andhaythe s
cheap, and no house can be long without it. Mr. Hall is the
agent for its sale in Liverpool, and all interested can judge for
the
egelnasssomtheaotf
hitass lkrthemselves by looking in at his establishment. Agent for
Liverpool, E. T. Hall, 23, South John-street. Sold bi bottles,
'
Is. each, or sent free on teeeipt of sixteen postage stamps.
N.B.—None are genuine except bearing the signature, "E. T.