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

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I On SATURDAY, the 29th OCTOBER, 1859

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1859

THE DAY'S NEWS,

The news we have just received from India is
satisfactory. The country generally was quiet, and
trade was upon the whole good. Some iron-works
have been commenced in the interior, which were

very promising.
We have Australian news to the middle of Au-
gust ; but it is not of much public importance.
A steamer trading between Adelaide and Mel-
bourne had been lost, and great suffering had
ensued among the crew and passengers left upon-
the wreck, most of whom died from exposure, or
were washed overboard ; alfogether, more than
fifty persons perished in the wreck.
Several important documents have just been
issued relating to central Italy,—one of them, an
address from the Romagnese to the principal go-
vernments of Europe, in explanation of the recent
decree of annexation to Piedmont ; another, a me-
morandum of the Sardinian Minister on Italian
affairs. A third is an appeal from Count Aresani,
to his countrymen in England, for their contribu-
tions towards the purchase of, it is- stated, " a
million of muskets for Garibaldi's forces !"
The London builders' dispute has, within the
last few days, assumed a better aspect. Several
firms •of importance have opened their shops
without requiring subscription to the, obnoxious
"Declaration." There are also other signs of a
better understanding.
The news from America by the Persia, which
arrived here on Saturday morning, is not without
political importance. In the first place, with
respect to the San Juan affair, although it is now
pretended that the dispute is one for diplomacy,
and can be easily settled between the two
Governments; "yet," says the New York journalist,
" our Government will not give up the Island,
which is clearly ours, and should by 01l means
remain in our possession." With such a claim
as this, so pertinaciously put forth, we do not
see how the question can be so "easily settled ;"
since there is no doubt, we believe, that the
island in question "is clearly ours—not the
Americans'." As a set-off against this news,
however, there is intelligence that the matter
in dispute respecting Central American affairs, is
„now likely to be brought to a satisfactory ter-
mination. Among domestic matters, there is an
account that a Dr. Graham, who about four years
ago assassinated Colonel Loring, with whom he
had picked a quarrel at the St. Nicholas Hotel in
New York, and for which he suffered but a brief
imprisonment, has been shot •at New Orleans in
a personal rencontre arising out of a political
dispute.
We learn from Canada, by this late arrival
from the United States, that the Governor-General,
Sir Edmund Head, has lost his only son, a fine