Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-01-13 00:00:00

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF WASHINGTON.
Yesterday, we were unable ,to do more than
notify the arrival of the Liverpool, New York,
and Philadelphia Steam-ship Company's steamer
City of Washington. She brings newspapers and
letters from New York to the 31st ult., the day of
her sailing.
Up"to the 30th ult. no Speaker had been elected
by the House of Representatives, and. a motion
for the election of Mr. Cormin as Speaker for
twenty-four hours, to enable the house to carry
a Deficiency Bill, for the purpose of paying the
suffering mail contractors and other agents, was
negatived, the house having, by a majority of
one, agreed to adjourn to Tuesday, the 3rd inst.

MARKETS.
NEW YORK, Dec. 31.

COTTON.—The market was steady, with sales of 1,200
bales. Middling Uplands, Ile.
BREADSTUFFS.—The market for all grades of State
and Western Flour was dull and heavy ; prices rather
tended downward. No quotable decline, however,
Can be -reported. Southern Flour was in good- de-
mand for the lower grades, at the decline incident
to the large receipts. Canada Flour met with a fair
deinand for the family trade. Corn Meal was dull
and • wholly nominal. Rye and Buckwheat Flour
were in fair request and steady. The inquiry for
Wheat continues good, but the views of parties
remain too far apart to admit of important operations;
1,000 bushels white Western were taken at $1 40c for
milling: Corn was dull, heavy, and le. to 2c. lower;
sales trifling principally at 85c. to 88c. for fair to prime
new yellow 'Southern. Oats were active and buoyant.;
a cargo of prime Canada sold at 47c. Rye was firm
but inactive. Barley quite dull, and our quotations are
quite nominal. • -
Freights inactive, and rates to Liverpool for heavy
goods drooping. TO Liverpool, 400 bbls spirits turpen-
tine, 55.. ; 300 bales cotton, 4d. • 200, boxes bacon,
20s. ; 1 tons seed, 255. ;" 10 tone whalefoets, '2os. ; 100
packages lard, 20s. ; 1,000 casks rice; 20s. To London,
100 bbls pork, 3s. Ed• ;' 100 tierces ditto, 'ss. ; 150 casks
rice, 255.

SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning.
The screw-steamer Borussia, Captain Trant-
mann, brings New York advices of the 31st ult.
A sudden and severe stringency in the Money
Market on the 30th 'affected the exchanges and
the Stock Market considerably ; most ,bankers
were willing to sell at almost any price they
could get, and foreign exchange must rule very
low till the excitement subsided.

THE AUSTRALIAN AND
BOMBAY MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's screw
steamer Pera, Captain Jamieson, with the heavy
portion of the Bombay and Australian mails, has
arrived. She brings 46 passengers; specie, value
£13,66.2 in gold bars ; pearls, value 54,000 rupees ;
precious stones, value 1,175 rupees; and a general
cargo, consisting of raw silk, gum, tusks,

&c.
Alexandria dates are to the 27th ultimo, Malta
to the Ist instant, and Gibraltar to the 7th.
Gibraltar Exchange on London at 90 days, 50/.
Morocco intelligence is to the sth January.
In the battle on the 2nd the Spaniards lost
nearly six hundred killed and wounded. The
Moors instead of burying their dead burnt them.
General Prim's division bore the brunt of the
action, and with little difficulty drove the Moors
from their positions: The fighting continued
until nightfall, and when concluded the Spaniards
were, in p6ssession of the positions gained.
8,000 Moors retreated southward to defend the
plains of Tetuan, a position, if carried by assault,
W9uld be attended with heavy loss. Severe fight-