Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-06-27 00:00:00

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A large gather-

ceremony.—

- AT-ERZ Elto

e; dated the, 15th June,

,s well-nigh destroyed by aq earthquake

on the 2nd inst. At half-past 10 o'clock -a.m., apparently
withdut any warning, and while people were engaged in

)rdinary pursuit

;It, which, in the

of 15 seconds, destroyed almost every building of importance
in town; mosques, churches; barrack 3,. prisons, khans, and
bazaars are, either heaps of ruins or in such a state as
to make it dangerotis to approach them. After the
first great commotion nothing of a serious. nature had

occurred. up to three o'clock •in the afternnon of the
following day when the courier left; bat' there had
been . a continuation of those vibrations , which every
one who -has • lived in. countries subject .to volcanic
action, 'must have eiperieneed in a greater or less degree
It is sufficiently disagreeable t
of even a.distant eruption, when thd

'eel the tremulous motion
hou§e seems to undergo

a spasm, the windows and doors rattling in their franie.
No wonder, then,- that the.scene in the neighbourhood of
the destroyed city should, up to the latest hourOf which we
have intelligence, have been one of indescribable terror and
,confusion: Every living creature had left the town, all the
inhabitants who escaped being encamped on the plain of
The loss of human life is variously estimated; the
most extravagant statements prevailing ; but I fear there is
good reason to believe that 600 or 700 people have perished.
The English, French, and Austrian Consulates have been
either destroyed or rendered unfit for further occupation.

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CITERICA.

ARRIVAL OF TIE ,AMERICA

The royal mail steamer America arrived here yes-
terday evening, with Boston dates to the 15th and 99
passengers, alsO 438,000 dollars, in specie. On the
15th instant, the America passed the Europa, bound
in to Boston, and, on the 176,-H.M.S. Styx

o news. to handis not of. dny_ituportance, In-
ition had reached -Wnshingtori, of active and
suspicions movements of the Mexican. reactionists
in one of the Southern States. - It is said they ,had

chartered the'. schooner •Virginia: Antoinette, at New
Orleans, to carry arms and ammunition and about•:4o
to 50 reactionists, on the 10th ult.; for one of the
unfrequented harbours = Zecolutia Or Nantla—on.the
Gulf of Mexico. It is said the leader is Nepornu-
cena Pereda, an old Santa Annaist. There appeared
some difficulty in :the way, when another turn was
was given to these movements. After Pereda arrived
from Havanna'', and visited. the Jesuists at the College
at Spring Hill, near Mobile, the whole party
suddenly left New Orleans for Mobile, from whence
it is understood another vessel'is to take theM, with
an additional number of persons, to pronounce in
favour of Santa Anna. It is also said by a reliable in-
formant that the last steamer from Havantiah brought
money for the expedition.
The friends of Lord Napier in Washington have
received letters from him, in which he-speaks of the
friendly disposition of the British government to-
wards that country, and says the conduct of Sir Wil-
liam Gore Ousely, in the matter of the treaty with
Nicaragua, was disapproved of without hesitation
the moment the government was informed of, what he
had done. . .

It is known in Washington that the French go-
vernment 'have secret - agents now employed pur-
chasing and contracting for ships and munitions of
war ofvariousi kinds. Some heavy contracts have
already been made with leading establishments en-
gan•ed. in the manufacture of such r material, to" be
delivered at the earliest practical moment.
The administration has not yet fully determined
on its boutse of action pending the war in Eu-
rope, but has under consideration a declaration
or statement of the principles by which the United
States, as a neutral, will be governed. It will
clearly set forth the just rights of, American
citizens engaged in the peaceful pursuits of coin-
-merce, which as far as possible the administration
designs to protect. The precise position which will
be assumed cannot be ascertained, but they approxi-
mate to the principles heretofore declared, namely,
that free ships make free goods, contraband of war
excepted; and that the goods of a, friend captured
on board the vessels of an enemy, with the like excep-
tions, shall not be subject to confiscation ; and that
therights of war ought not, in the nature of things,
to extend further than to exact from- 'neutrals the
interruption of all trade with a blockaded port, and
to subject articles contraband, of war to capture and
confiscation. The official exposition will involve the
discussion of important questions, including that of
blockade, and as to how far this belligerent right
should be exercised.

The President is fully alive to the present com-
plicated and perilous condition of Mexican affairs,
and he is determined to do everything in his power
to put the Juarez government upon a flan footing;
He believes that a further augmentation of our
squadron in the Gulf is necessary, and has instructed
the Secretary of the Navy to send three. additional