Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-01-04 00:00:00

AUSTRALIA.

ALEXANDRIA, Dec. 25.
The Emeu has arrived with the Australian
mails and gold valued at £60,041.
The dates of intelligence are : Sydney, Nov. 11 ;
Melbourne, Nov. 16.
A Bill to increase the number of Members had
passed the Victoria House of Assembly.
.

The electric telegraph was in operation between
Melbourne, Sydney, and Adelaide.
Wool sales had commenced ; in grease, 9d. to
101 d.; scoured, 2s.
Trade, especially import, very dull.
Exchange for 60 days' sight was at par.
The shipments of gold to England are :—Oct.
27th, the Blackwall, for London, with 80,589
ounces; Nov. 7th, the Donald APKay, for Liver-
pool, with 34,396 ounces ; on the 14th, the
Swiftsure, for London, with 84,775 ounces.
The second reading of the Chinese Emigration
Bill has been rejected by the Upper House of
New South Wales.
The receipts of. wool at Sydney were very light.
Buyers were cautious andprices uncertain. Tallow
was firm.
_ ••_ _ _

Exchange at 60 days' sight purchased at 1 dis
sold at ti premium.

THE BRAZILS AND RIVER PLATE.
LISBON, Jan 2.
The steamer Tyne arrived here with' dates. from
Rio Janeiro to the 11th of December. Nothing
important front La Plata and Brazils. The
yellow fever has not re-appeared. Coffee at Rio
was dealt at 4,700 to 4,800. reis for good first.
Stock, 100,000 bags. Exportation from the 9th
to the 30th of November, 194,200 bags, of which
51,600 for the Channel, and 22,000 for the
Mediterranean. Exportation during the first
10 days in -December' 39,798 bags ; of which
12,173 for the Channel. Exchange on London,
261 to 27 ; Paris, 358 to 360; Hamburgh, 675 to
680. At these rates, drafts -to the amount of
£700,000 have been negociated for the Tyne.

SERVIA

CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 1

The Presse . d' Orient publishes a summary of the
instructions which had been despatched by the
Porte to Cabouli Effendi, at Belgrade, according
to which the Skouptschina had no right to
depose the Prince Alexander. .The Porte pro-
poses the nomination of a kaiinakan, in the person
of the President of the Senate; or a kamakanie,
composed of the members of the ministry of
Servia. The senate would then express to the
Porte the wishes of the Servians concerning the
forfeiture of the rights of Prince Alexander.; and
the nomination of a new. Hospodar would take
place, exactly as it happened at the time of the
fall of Prince Milosch in 1839
Thirty

_ -seven Deputies, armed, and accompanied
by a numerous suite, also armed, left Belgrade the
day before yesterday for Bucharest, to bring off
Prince Ililosch-Obrenovitch, who has been pro-
claimed Prince of Servia by the Skuptschina.

THE PRINCIPALITIES.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 1.
are nominated. The-v

Moldavian Elec

are all Cou,ervatives'except four.
Prince Michael Stourza has a chance
certainty—of becoming Hospodar.

SPAIN

—almost a

MADRID, Jan. 1

Government has declared in Congress its inten-
tion to protest against the offensive supposition
(hypothese) of Mr. Buchanan, President of the
United States, that Spain will ever sell Cuba.

Don Ologaza moved a resolution of adherence to
this declaration of Government, which was unan-
imously approved

MADRID, Sunday

The semi-official Correspondancia Autographa
announces that vessels with cargoes of grain will
be admitted into Spanish ports free of duty, pro-
vided it be proved that the vessels have left the
ports where the cargoes were shipped before the
31st December.
TELEGRAM FROM INDIA.

DEFEAT OF THE REBELS UNDER BENE
MATIDO ZING, NEAR PUTTEHPOOR,
BY LORD CLYDE IN PERSON.

ESCAPE

rHE REBEL CHIEF
MAHDO SING.

CONTINUED CONCEALMENT OF TANTIA

TOPEI

ARRIVAL OF LORD CLYDE AT LUCKNOW.
The following telegram from Acting Consul-
General Green was received at the Foreign Office,
at eleven p.m., January 1, 1859:

ALEXANDRIA, Dec

25,1858.

The steamer Bombay arrived at Suez from
Bombay on the 21st, with dates to the 9th ; the
steamer Emeu also arrived at Suez on the 21st,
from Australia.
The amnesty is slowly but surely thinning the
ranks of the rebels ; and there is good reason for
believing that the whole country will be restored
to peace without much additional bloodshed.
On the 4th of November, a force, commanded by
Lord Clyde in person, having marched 61 miles in
60 hours, completely defeated Bene Mando Singh,
and a large army of rebels, at Dundeca Klara,
nearly opposite Puttehpoor. The enemy was
driven out of the dense jungle, and afterwards
chased for miles by guns and cavalry. Their loss
was enormous, many being drowned in the Ganges.
Bene Mando fled down the river Oomrao, and
escaped towards Cawnpore-road. The rabble
threw away their arms, and fled to the steep
ravine in which the Younsky abounds.

Bene Madho is said now to be at Doleemou
Ghat, on the Ganges.

On the 28th of November, the Commander-in-
Chief arrived at Lucknow. The health of our
troops is said to be excellent.

On- the 21st of November, General Grant re-
crossed the Gomtee. The rebels, in considerable
numbers, disputed the passage; but were forced
to fly with great loss. Six of their guns were taken.

Tantia TOpee continues to avoid the ingenuity
of his pursuers.

GENOA, Jan. 1, 1859.

Owingqo an interruption in the communication,
the remainder of the message cannot be forwarded

Continuation of telegram from Mr. Consul-General
Green, received at Foreign Office, Sunday, Jan.

2nd, at four p.m

MALTA, 30th Dec., 1858.
He is said to have entered Guzurat.
The Bombay Gazette announces the death of
General John Jacob, on the 6th December, from
an attack of brain fever.
IMPORTANT FROM IRELAND.

THE ILLEGAL

DISAFFECTION IN

SOCIETIES

THE MILITIA

SERGEANTS OF MILITIA IN THE SECRET

SOCIETY

BELFAST, Saturday Morning

There are, it appears, two appro'vers. One is
the sick lad named Kelly, who was arrested in his
bed, and the other a man named Carleton.
But the great cause of uneasiness with the
government—and the reason why they have
carried on their proceedings with so much secrecy
—is the fact that they have discovered the connec-
tions of the militia with these secret. Organisations !

This' explains everything ; for the terrific
that the Militia of Ireland cannot be relied on as a
defensive force against foreign aggression, may
jtvitify the wildest alarm.
The Secret Club arrested in Belfast, is connected
(it is affirmed) with the Phoenix Clubs of the
South ; and already it has been discovered that
several Sergeants of Militia were members of the
Secret Organisation.
This startling fact, which the Government
officials have hitherto endeavoured to conceal, is
extremely significant.

AMERICAN : AFFAIRS.

FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.

CONGRESS : ITS TARDY RESPONSES TO THE PRESI-
DENT'S- MESSAGE ; UNPROMISING ASPECT OF
THE SESSION ; DEMOCRATIC WRANGLING, &C.
THE CENTRAL AMERICAN QUESTION. ANXIETY
FOR AN INCREASE OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY.
THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF A CROOKED POLICY AS
TO THE FOREIGN RELATIONS CREATING THE
UNEASINESS. NICARAGUA : CUBA : THE SLAVE
TRADE : FILIBUSTERING : UNWILLINGNESS OR
INABILITY TO ENFORCE THE LAW IN THESE
MATTERS. DISTURBED CONDITION OF SOUTH-
ERN KANSAS : CONTRADICTION OF THE PRESI-
DENT'S RECENT REPRESENTATIONS. LORD
NAPIER'S SUCCESSOR AT WASHINGTON : EX-
PECTED ARRIVAL OF LORD LYONS ; HIS AMERI-
CAN DESCENT. SUPPRESSION OF LOTTERIES.

Congress, so far, does nothing practically, if
anything at all, in response to the President's
Message. This document embraced a long and
weighty enumeration of domestic and foreign
propositions ; but there are. no satisfactory signs
of their being acted upon immediately, in either
House. And the present Congress, it must be
remembered, expires on the 4th of March. There
is now hoped for from it, I find, nothing " beyond
a few private jobs and claims, and the regular
annual appropriation bills." The case is thus
strongly, but I believe. correctly enough stated, on
the whole, by the New York Herald,—" From the
scanty and unpromising results of the first half of
the first month of this three months' Session of
Congress, we expect nothing from it but the
appropriation bills and a few private jobs. We
are.forced to the conclusion that all the great lead-
ing measures of the Message, domestic and foreign,
will get the go-by, and that thus Congress -will
adjourn, leaving our domestic concerns, and our
external embarrassments, in a very loose and
disordered condition. From the adjournment in
March, until the re-assembling of the new Con-
gress in December, there will be an interval of
nine. months, and from all'the existing aspects of
things in Mexico, Central America, and the Gulf,
it may in this interval become the duty of the
President to call an extra session of Congress to
meet those public exigencies for which Congress
alone_ can provide. We think it very likely that
an extra session of the Congress may become
indispensable, in view of the factious defections
and personal jealousies which have reduced this
Congress to a mere camp of wrangling Presidential
demagogues." Such, then, is our Parliamentary
purity and efficiency. Do you not envy it ? Some
of you certainly pretend so to do.
" A mere camp of wrangling demagogues :" And
this under the boasted republican system of -
America ! This the practical result of that
democratic polity—with its universal suffrage,
electoral districts, vote by ballot, and all the rest
of it—which so many of your Reforming country-
men are apparently yearning after so eagerly,
" Wrangling," indeed ! Yes—even wrangling., and
worse than wrangling, as witness the following
description of them, from the same candid, out-
spoken columns as, I found the preceding in,—
" Members of Congress are decidedly rowdyish
just at this time. On Friday, during a debate in
the House, Mr. Shorter, of Alabama, called Mr.
Washbnine, of Wisconsin, a liar. On Saturday,
Mr. English, of Indiana, saluted Mr. Montgomery,
of Pennsylvania, on the avenue, when the latter
replied that he didn't speak to puppies, whereupon
Mr. English struck his antagonist a blow over the
head with a cane, knocking him into the street.
Montgomery, on rising, hurled a brick at English,
but it did not hit him. The parties then separated."
And so they go on. Don't you, I ask again—don't

you envy us ?

- The Central America question is now fairly
before Congress, at the instance of the President
himself, whose object doubtless is not only to get
his policy thereon sanctioned by the Representative
Assembly, but to obtain authority for pursuing a
more decisive course, in his negociations with
France and England. The President's Special
Message to the House conveyed, it is understood,
all the information he had recently received of the
state of affairs in• that country ; but its being
referred to the Committee of Foreign Affairs
without its being read, would seem to indicate
that there was not thought to be much in it that
was not already known.

There appears to be considerable anxiety arising
among the American people as to the naval
strength of the Union ; and it betrays a feeling of
uneasiness as to the probability of war, which is
calculated to exert an evil influence upon the
country. An able but ominous article in one of
the more respectable of the Opposition journals,
opens in this wise,—" The present aspect of
political affairs in both hemispheres oives an
immediate interest to all statistics bearing upon
the question of the relative strength of nations.

and especially upon the distribution of maritime
force." Such is the way in which the subject of
the United States' Navy is introduced by an
influential journalist, giving expression, there is
no doubt, to the anxious apprehensions of a
powerful party. The increase of the naval
armaments of the great powers of the Eastern
hemisphere, coupled with " the present aspect of
political affairs in both hemispheres," gives an
urgent importance, evidently, to the question of
the condition of the American Navy. " We must
enter ourselves last," says the writer, " in the
race of naval development ; but we have only to
enter ourselves in earnest, to find ourselves very
soon quite as far advanced as we need care to be.
We must enter ourselves in earnest, however,
—and at once,—and with an aim in the right
direction. We have no more time to lose ; and we
trust the present Corigress will not adjourn
without enabling the Government to begin work
seriously upon a squadron appropriate to our
immediate necessities and the prospective employ-
ment of our forces. To create a steam-fleet in the
full proportions which must be given to the
meaning of that phrase, is the work of years.
But if F.ngland was enabled by appealing to her
private establishments of industry, to set afloat in
three months' time a force of nearly two hundred
screw gun-boats, we surely do not over-estimate
our own productive capacity in assuming that we
may in six months from this date possess vessel's -
enough of this class to secure at least the most
important points of our shores, and to protect our
coasting commerce in the waters immediately
under our eyes. More than this, it would no
doubt be idle now to ask for. Less than this will
leave us virtually at the mercy of any great Power
with which we may suddenly break, and which
may choose - to make war upon us in earnest."
There is the usual amount of conceited Yankee
assurance in this, you will probably think. But
still American earnestness and energy can do
wonders,—only provide the sinews of war for the
occasion. There, however, will be the great
practical difficulty. Indeed the writer of the
article quoted from, you will observe, has himself
no idea of any immediate outlay of an amount
requisite for putting the United States on a par
with either France or England, in naval resources.
He reiterates his belief, that it is only the lighter
vessels of war which, he consoles himself with the
persuasion, " in a naval system such as ours must
always be, and on the coasts of such an empire as
ours, are of higher practical importance,"—and
therefore it must be to such smaller craft that
attention can only be expected to be given for the
present. ." It would be idle," it is added, " to
expect of Congress for many years, the equipment
of a fleet of first-class liners. We must do what
we can with what we call our steam-frigates, and
with the conversion of such useless 84's as the
Ohio, the New York, and the Vermont into block-
ships like
with their
the English Hastings and Hawke,
high-pressure engines and
their heavy armaments of sixty guns, can Mways

play so important a part among the coast defences
of Britain." It is evident, from this, moreover,
that coast defence is what is now considered most
important of all,—which is quite true. Yet the
capability of mere coast defence would not enable
them to carry. Cuba, or to maintain a dominion in
Central America. The Great Powers of. Europe
have not much to fear, after all, in this respect.
It would seem, however, to be, more than any-
thing else, a consciousness that the United States'
policy with regard to those questions in which
France, England, and Spain are severally inte-
rested, is. a crooked policy, and one, therefore, not
unlikely to create a breach of their present amicable
relations, that is occasioning all this anxiety about
their capability of maintaining a coast defence.

First: as to'Central America, why, after all, it
now appears, the filibustering expedition has made
its way thither.. Well is it observed, by another
independent and influential journal, that "it is a
curious commentary upon the President's position,
that almost at the moment when his message was
given to the world, the schooner Susan, with a
large number of Walker's accomplices on board,
escaped from the U.S. officers at Mobile. It is
impossible to make any direct charge against the
commander of the revenue cutter, which so unfor-
tunately ran upon a shoal at the critical moment
and remained fast until the filibusters were four
hundred miles away, but it is impossible to avoid
the remark, that it invariably happens, that some
accident occurs, as this did, at the precise juncture
when it is necessary, in order that the suspected
parties may escape. Too often it happens also,
that the occasion for such an accident is prevented
by the blindness, whether voluntary or not it does
not become us to say, which closes the eyes of the
officials against the movements of the law breakers,
until it is too late to arrest their nefarious schemes.
In this very case, it is believed that a steamer
sailed from Mobile some days before the escape of
the Susan, laden with munitions of war and des-
tined to some rendezvous to the Gulf, where the
supplies are to be delivered to Walker and his
men." Now it is certainly to be suspected, from
all this - the European Powers, at any rate, can-
not but suspect it—that the U.S. Government is
not really in earnest in its engagements, as regards
Central America. Another case of suspected fili-
bustering is that of the steamer Washington,
intercepted at sea by a British cruiser, with a
cargo of pretended emigrants on board,
bound for -Nicaragua. " Whether," says the
American account, " the persons on board that
ship were in fact bona fide emigrants, or were
intended to recruit the forces of Walker, • whether
the suspicious failure of the steamer Hermann to
connect with the Washington was a consequence
of the intrigues of rival companies, or was pre-
viously arranged, is all uncertain. It appears,
however, that our naval officers, who were on the
spot, and had an opportunity to satisfy themselves
as to the facts, do not undertake to act in the
premises, so that the presumption is, that in their
opinion ;here was good reason-for the interference
of the British officers, provided such interference
could in any case be justified." So that here,
again, the United States' Government, it is evi-
dent, either cannot or will not exert itself earnestly
to restrain filibustering,—to prevent illegal incur-
sions on a neighbouring territory.

Then there is the question of-Cuba. One prin-
cipal reason assigned by
.the President for seeking
the acquisition of this island, was that, once in
American hands, the slave trade would soon be put
down. Yet see what one of their own journals
thinks of it. " The value of this reason," says the
Boston Advertiser, " is considerably impaired;
when we take into account the apparent desire of
a portion of our own people for the revival of this
trade, and the extensive participation in it by the
inhabitants of Cuba, making that island a ready
market for the cargoes of as many slavers as can
escape the vigilance of the English cruisers. It is
at least doubtful, whether a people who thus prac-
tically approve of this trade could be brought to
co-operate efficiently with the Government for its
suppression. We see that even in one of our
original States, in South Carolina, a grand jury
refuses to find a bill against men charged with
being engaged in this unlawful traffic, in a case
where the evidence against the accused parties
was so strong as to leave no possibility of doubt as
to their guilt, and where the judges of the Circuit
Court of the United States felt themselves obliged
to remand the prisoners, to await the action of
another grand jury." And further, as the same
respectable authority points out, "at this very
moment, the yacht Wanderer, after having dis-
armed the suspicions or the United States' officers
when in their hands, has entered a Southern port
after a mysterious trip, in which it is stated that
she again eluded the Government, and landed a
cargo of slaves upon our own coast." Most truly,
therefore, is it remarked, that " while such a
state of thinks exists, it is idle for us to think of
assuming the management of any larger number
of slave-holders than we now have to deal with,
and it would be prudent for us to learn to execute
our laws upon our own shores, promptly and
efficiently, before giving it as a reason for seizing
upon Cuba, that we wish to extend them thither
also." This is honourable, because faithful
testimony. The writer speaks his mind like
an holiest man. And when all this is con-
sidered, indicating, as it does, a consciousness
that the false position in which the United States
are being placed may not unreasonably lead to a
rupture, any day, with the European Powers
concerned, it is no wonder, I repeat, that there
should be anxiety as to the condition of the coast
defences.

The President's boastful congratulations arc
already being shewn to have been as hollow as
the wind. For it now appears, according to the
latest accounts, that the southern districts of that
territory are in a most lawless and outrageous
condition. It is stated that house burning,
robberies, and other depredations were of frequent
occurrence; and that meetings had been held for
the suppression of these outrages. Its resources,
however, were being found fully equal to what
they have been represented,—in particular,*the
reports of abundance of gold at Pike's Peak are
confirmed.

Some interest is naturally felt regarding the
successor to Lord Napier at Washington. There
is evidently the utmost satisfaction with the
appointment of another British nobleman to
represent Queen Victoria in the United States ;
and • a favourable opinion, from all that is
known of him, is entertained of Lord Lyons,
who, there is no doubt, will, like his
predecessors, meet with a cordial reception.
It is already ascertained that Lord
.Lyons is of
American descent. His great-grandfather was, it
seems, a Philadelphian, who removed to Antigua,
where the father of the first Lord. Lyons was born.
This discovery has excited a strong feeling of pride
and satisfaction. For, say what you will about
republicanism, the American mind, republican
though it be, is quite alive to the honour of such
considerations, and has a penchant, rather than
otherwise, for an aristocracy. It is understood
that Lord Napier will not leave Washington until
the arrival of his successor, which will probably
be two months hence, it is said.

There is a strong feeling against lotteries just
now, in some of the States. They are illegal in
the State of New York ; yet have some of the
newspapers not scrupled to advertise them, in
spite of the prohibition against it ; and the pro-
prietors of six of the New York city papers have
been arrested for_ so doing, and held to bail to
answer for the offence before the Criminal Court.
In Georgia where, as in Maryland, and some other
Southern States, they are legal, a law is now in
course of being enacted for their suppression; and
it is not improbably that this example, will be
followed elsewhere.

ELEGANT ExTrucrs.—ln the advertising columns are
published a series of testimonials, which will be read
with deep interest by all who tread either the paths of
literature or,the rough ways of the journey of life. Mr.
Siemms; it will be observed, has made the extracts with
the greatest care, and is at all times ready to acknowledge
the sources from which he takes them ; whilst the brief
abstracts. are made with such delicacy that those from
whom they are taken confess with Hamlet that, " He
could take nothing from thm they ivoql4. Mgr() cheer-
WIT part withal."

DEPLORABLE. STATE OF MEXICO,

We take the following from the city article of
the Times:—

The advises from Mexico. this afternoon confirm the
worst accounts of the horrors in progress in that republic,
and reiterate the surprise already expressed at the total
apathy of the British Government as respects the pro-
tection of either the personal or commercial interests of
our people, which at least quadruple those of any other
country. Our pecuniary claims alone- range between ten
and fifteen millions, sterling, and the outrages on our
merchants have far exceeded those which any of the
conflicting chiefs have- dared to inflict on the
citizens of other countries. A seizure of the richest
mining. provinces of the State has been recommended
by the American President ; three Spanish and four
}rench ships of war have arrived. off Vera Cruz but,
" unfortunately," it is added, " the Union Jack has not
made its appearance." Some incidental expressions in
the annex..d letter convey an opinion that, owing to the
great mineral wealth of the country, its possession by the
United States might result in a dangerous preponderance
of American power. On that head, however, no alarm
need be felt. America cannot gain any real benefit
from the resources of Mexico which will not also be an
equal benefit to . the world, while from any wrong
she might commit she alone could ultimately be the
sufferer. As the case stands at present the only
question is, is equal justice to be obtained -by - the
several nations that have reclamations to make ? Mr.
Buchanan advises a seizure of territory, to be held as a
Material guarantee for the satisfaction of the demands of
his countrymen,—a course, he observes, which would be
sanctioned "by international law." But is each nation
to do the same, or will Ainerica act as agent and trustee
for all ? If two or three provinces are to be taken in
execution for the Washington bill of £3,000,000, how-
many is England to seize for her £12,000,000 ? What,
also, are to be the portions-of France and Spain ? Vera
Cruz is the least that England could lay hold of, and
France, perhaps, might be content with Tampico.
Spain had better occupy the capital itself, where she
will find the willing devotion of the priests. Will Lord
Malmesbusy state his policy, or is he afraid of the
trouble of having one ? There is no indisposition in
England to see
.America asinine her natural part as
pacificator and regenerator of Mexico, but it should be
upon understood principles. • The- sooner' these are made
known the better,. because hitherto there have been
symptoms in the NeW York press that the American
policy is intended to cover something not reputable. There
are two parties in Europe -accustomed to express opinions
on this matter; one of them desires to see America
opposed either by intrigue or a hostile combination ; the
other considers that if it can be managed without dis-
honour or cruelty, it will be a happy thing to see
-lexico at once placed under restraint by the superior
But neither of these parties meet approval atsNew
The first are told that they are fiends who would
plunge the world-into a war that could end only in their
own deitruction, and the second that they are " usurious"
hypocrites, actuated solely by a belief that the debts of
the country would be more honestly met under American
than under Mexican rule. For these respective sugges-.
tions, therefore, there is nothing but defiance or sco
Have the Derby scorn.
Ministry taken a single step to ascertain
the course actually contemplated

" Very little need be said to convey an idea of the pre-
sent condition of Mexico; for it has reached the very
zenith of anarchy and confusion, and it is now very
evident that, unless the great European Powers

serious measures to put a. stop to the eterua. _
that keep the country in constant distress, it must soon
become the, prey of its ambitious neighbours

posing - the tatter to become masters .of this soil, whicrh
is so prodigiously provided with precious metals,
silver particularly, as as
:with every other sort
of wealth, it appears natural to conclude that
they would soon acquire a most undue, nay, dangerous
preponderance, and would have it in their power to wield
a formidable weapon against the mercantile interests of
other nations. This subject is worthy of the most serious
consideration, and it is to be hoped that her Majesty's
Government will devote their attention to it now that
there is a fair chance of providing for the legitimate
interest of British trade.

"Much sensation has been caused here by :the arrival
off Vera Cruz of three French and four Spanish ships of
war, the former commanded by Rear-Admiral Penaud,
and a great deal has been said about a warlike expedition
against Mexico on the part of Spain, as well as about
sonic scheme for European intervention in the affairs of
this country, which is suppcs-sed to be about to be
carried into execution ; but the truth of the matter
is rapped in mystery. Unfortunately the Union Jack
has not made its appearance in this part of the
world now that it might prove so useful to protect
British interests. In the meantime the Mexicans
continue their reckless course of mutual destruction with
redoubled fury, and their revolutions are becoming
really ferocious. Guadalaxara, the second city in the
Republic, was taken by Degollado's party after a painful
siege marked by a vigorous and gallant defence on the
part of the besieged, who wcreicommanded by General
Blancarte. In spite of the capitulation granted fo the
latter, he was murdered in cold blood, and in the most
cowardly and perfidious manner; in fact, many scenes of
horror took place on that occasion, and hardly a day goes
by but we hear of some fresh atrocity in every
direction. Had not the government been so remiss
in neglecting to send proper succour to Guada-
laxara, the place might have held out to this day,
but, unfortunately, the present Administration is about
the most incapable that we have yet seen. Ruin and
devastation are the order of the day, and while the pic-
ture presents in the foreground the most revolting scenes
of violence and bloodshed, the background is also dark-
ened by the storm of the war of caste, which is slowly
but steadily gathering over the heads of the poor Mexicans.

An attempt has been made by Government to send
down a conducta to the port of Alvarado, in order to get
the circulation and export duties paid here ; but the
public have no confidence, and the scheme has for tin
present fallen to the ground. Exehan

consequence. London, .43d. to 431 d. per $. Quicksilver
keeps steady at SO to 02 per quintal."

THE GRAND TRUNK RAILROAD OF
CANADA.

The fifth annual meeting of the Grand Trunk
Railroad of Canada was held at Montreal on the
15th ult, the Hon. John Ross in the chair. The
following report was read :
The Directors of the Grand Trunk Railway Company
of Canada beg to submit to the Shareholders their fifth
annual report. The Directors have but little to add to
the full and comprehensive report of the Vice-Presi-
dent recently published in England, especially as
he and the President have been so recently in
personal communication with the English proprietary.
The Directors have' reason to congratulate the Share-
holders upon the very satisfactory
.progress which has
this seasonbeen made at the Victoria Bridge, and con-
sidering the vital importance the completion of this
structure has upon the success of the whole undertaking,
the report of Mr. A. M. Ross will. be perused with
interest. It will be seen by this document that it is
fully anticipated the bridge will be opened for traffic in
in time for the fall of business of next near, at which
period, the Directors trust to have a continuous line of
railway from the upper lakes, and the vast producing
regions of the West to the Atlantic seaboard. The
Directors cannot,omit this opportunity of reminding the
shareholders of the combined. interest of the Provincial
egislature in the complete and successful development
of the Grand Trunk Rail Way, as evinced by their act
passed last session with the view of facilitating., during
a period -of great financial depression, the operations
of the Company ; and the Directors hare now to
report their adoption of the necessary measures for the
fulfilment in every respect of the conditions imposed
upon the Company by the Relief act of 1856.
Since the last meeting of the shareholders, the branch
line to London has been opened, and Messrs. Growski
and Co. have so far progressed with the Sarnia extension
as to secure its completion, as before stated, in time for
the fall business of 1859. During the past year, an
independent Company, entitled the Chicago, Detroit, and
Canada Grand Trunk Railway Junction, has been formed
to run a line from Detroit to a point in Michigan, directly
opposite to Sarnia, and the Directors intend to recommend
the adoption of the line as a part of their system, working
the same at a rental of fifty per cent of thegross receipts.
The engagement with Mr. Bidder having expired, Mr.
Walter Shanly, the Chief Engineer, undertook the addi-
tional duties of Traffic Manager, which he will continue
to perform until the arrival of Mr. Reith, with whom an
agreement has been entered into, to act as General Traffic
Manager for the Company for three years. It is with
great regret that the Directors have learned that Mr.
Shanly has expressed his determination to retire from the
position of Engineer to the Company.

- After sonic few remarks:lro'm the Chairman,
the Report was unanimously adopted,

LADlES.—Thompson Brothers' 5, Elliot-street, sell the
best four shilling tea in England.

_
Mawdsley's sehoobboy pocket pencils in great variety,
3d, 6d, and ls. Also, writing cases and desks, from ss.
4; Castle-street. .
HOtSENEEPERS.—The coffee sold by Thompson
tfrothers,.s, Elliot-street, at ls, 4d., is better than you
pay I.s, 841. for at any other.o4tublishinent..

MONETARY AND COIZDIERCIAL

LIVERPOOL, Monday Evening,

The Sales of Cotton to-day were 7,000 bales,
including 500 for export. The trade wk.'s not so.
active, but we do not notieeany chante! in prices.
There was but little business transacted in the
Liverpool Share Market to-day, but prices, on the
whole, were pretty well supported.. The following
were the transactions :-Caledonian, 901, 90 ;
Chester and Holyhead, 47a, 47,27 Eastern Counties,
13 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 901, 93a ; London
• and North Western, 981, 94, 921, 081, 9&1,
981, 98, 971, 971, 98, 974 ; Midland,
1041, 104, 1041, 104, 1031, 10QL. 1031, 103 a ;
Dovers, 221, 22 15-16, 221, 22 14-1.6 i 2217 War-
rington and Stockport, 81; Bufralo and Lake
Huron, 81 ; Great Luxembourg,. ; Great
Western of Canada New Shares, at p. ; Dutch
Rhenish, 4 d. ; at the close the market was dull,
and prices were quoted lower, viz.:-Black-
burn, 11 3-16, 11 5-16;
,Chester and Birkenhead,
671, 671 ; Caledonian, 891, 891 ; Chester and
Holyhead, 47, 47 ; Eastern Counties,. 12 13-16,
12 15-16 ; East 'Lancashire, 961, 97 ; Do. £9
shares, 1, 1 p; Great Northern, 106, 107 ; Do. A, 92,
93 ; Great Western, 571 581; Lancashire and
Yorkshire Stock, 991, 991; Do, £9 shares, 4, p ;
London and North Western Stock, 971, 98 ; Do.
one-eighth shares, a, 2 d; Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincoln, 401, 4011; Midland Stock, 1041, 103 a ;
North British, 621,- 621; North Western 131,
131 ; North Staffordshire, 41-, 4 d ; 'North
Eastern-Berwick, 95, 951 ' • York and North
Midland, 781, 79 ; Leeds Capital Stock, 491,
50; South Es stern and Dover, 2211-16, 22 13-16
Dutch Rhenish, 4,3: d ; Great Western of
Canada, 161, 161 ; Do. New Shares, 31, 3 d ;
• Great Luxembourg, 7 11-16, 7 13-1 G; Grand
Trunk of Canada, 9 3-16. 9 5-16.
To-morrow being the 4th of the month the
general demand for money is fairly sustained,
although the market is .decidedly less active than
it was last week. At the Bank of England a large
discount business has been transacted, but as many
of the securities held there will be liquidated during
the next fortnight, the increase exhibited last week
has not attracted much attention. Besides the
commercial bills which will arrive at maturity, a
large amount of money must be paid to the autho-
rities on the Bth inst

on account of loans
obtained during the closing of the transfer book
There is still an absei

of speculative animation

at the Stock Exehang

itaiiway Shares, how-

,
ever, continue in favour, and the recent advance,
which extended to all e principal lines, has
been well maintained. An uninterrupted im-
provement in the weekly receipts on most of the
railways of the United Kingdom is sufficient to

account for the buoyancy
but it is imagined that the
dividends, which will be soon d.
be increased, throii-1

or these shares,
Half-yearly

stributea,- will

1 the economy exercised
and the saving effected in .consequence of the easi-
ness and abundance of money. The rise in prices
has been produced by purchases for investment as
well as on speculation, but the time bargains have,
no doubt, preponderated. Business in Consols is

very quiet, attention being now directed to the
liquidation of the Account, to be completed on the
11th inst. After that period some animation may
be experienced, as a . portion of the dividends
payable on the Bth will probably be reinvested.
Consols are about 96a-, 931, and the Reduced An-
nuities and the New 3 per Cent. are also steady at
about previous rates.

The announcement of further consignments of
gold from Australia, a portion of which may be
expected here during the next few weeks, has
strengthened-the market for Public Securities, but
the transactions are still insufficient to create much

variation

Consols are about 9G, 961, their pre-
vious quotation, but at one time they were k per
cent better. The New
~.ner Cents and,
Reduced are 97 to 97k ; and Exchequer Bills
are 37s to 40s premium. Foreign Securities
active, prices, being well

are rather more

per Cents are 911
to 921 ; do. 4 per Cents, 1061. The New
Scrip, Ist and 2nd- issue, is 11, 1 dis. Brazilian
Five per Cents., 1021 ; Mexican, 26Z ; Peruvian
Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 921, 921 ; Portuguese
Three per Cents., 47 ; Sardinian, 90 ; Venezuela
Five per Cents., 441 ; and Dutch Four per Cents.,
1012. Chili= Scrip is par to 1 prem.
In the London Railway Share Market to-day,
a steady business has been done in most of the
Stocks and Shares, and in some instances at
slightly improved rates. Bristol and Exeter ad-
vanced to 951, 95Z ; Caledonian. to 891, 90;
Eastern Counties, to 641; Great Western, to 581,
581; Lancashire and Yorkshire, to 991 ; Midland,
to 1011 ; North British,
,to 621, 631 ; North
Eastern, Berwick, to 951; and North Devon, to
38. Chester and Holyhead, -and Brightons have
declined. respectively to 471, and 1111. J oint-
Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are a shade
firmer. Union of Australia improved to 59;
Peninsular and Oriental Steam, to 82, 83; and
the New shares, to 28.

The demand for silver continues very active, and
the steamer which leaves Southa,Mpton on the 6th
for India mid China, . will probably convey
£lOO,OOO or £500,000. Unless a favourable

Exchanges, it - is.expected that the efflux will
continue on an extensive scale, and if so, gold
will be exported in large quantities to the Con-
tinent, where the necessary supplies of silver
can alone be procured. At present, however, the
several imports of the precious metals exceed the
exports ; and, while there is a balance like the
present, the bullion in the Bank of England will,
no doubt, be maintained at a satisfactory point.
The decrease noticed in last week's return was
attributable to the extra circulation always expe-
rienced at the end of the year.

The steamer Emeu, Captain Small, with her
usual punctuality, arrived at Suez on the 21st
ultimo, with the Australian mails and £60,041 in
Gold, which was two days before her contract time,
although she was one day late on leaving Victoria.
If there had been a steamer at Alexandria to bring
the mails on to Marseilles at once, they might
have been received here on the 31st December.
The letters were transferred to the Panther at
Alexandria, which arrived at Marseilles yesterday,
and they may be expected in town to-morrow.
The Bombay mails of the 9th ult. will be received
at the same time.

The steamer La Plata, for the West Indies, will
take out 145,620/. in specie, all in gold, except
1,5001. in silver. Of the gold, 125,0001. is on
account of the New Chilian Loan.
It is rumoured that the Great Western Railway
Company will be in a position, with the aid of the
balance brought forward from the last half-year,
to pay a dividend at the rate of 21,- to 3 per cent.
per annum.

It has often been pointed out that the price of
the several classes of Peruvian Bonds in the mar-
ket may be very materially affected, should
the holders abstain from selling, and patiently
await the operation of the large sinking fund.
An illustration of the justice of this view
is presented in the position of the
Four-and-a-Half per Cent. Peruvian debt
known as the Hegan Bonds.. A sinking fund, of
no less than 8 per cent_ for the presenteS'ear,
becomes applicable on this debt from the ufit.insf. •
and, as the debt is in very few hands, the holder;
will lboet
cmomillpecrede
to*
Into force,
refuse to sell below par.. Should they perseverethe
in this detei•mnination, the clause in
pay par.
bonds_
andrela
gt
oovtan;ienigi
ts

YESTERDAY'S \iARKETS.
LIVERPOOL PRODUCE. Colonial, Sze.—The position of our
markets
igasenteraeirllcyular
reniains unchanged, and since the
, the following transactions have
been reported, viz. ;—Sugar : ,
2.40 Hogsheads Demerara at 38s to
40s 3d for 3luscovado; and at 43s 9d to 44s for grainy • 200 hogs-
i)Pmubdlinceactionif ofrk
heads St. Lucia at full Pries; 2,500 bags Bengal at'4os 6d for Cassipore ; and 45s 6d to 47s Gd for Benares; 1,600 bags Dates at
408 3d; 5,400 bags elzkyed Manilla at 39s 6d ; 50 hogsheads Porto
Rico at 42s Gd to 4.4 s 6d; 2,270 bags New Pernams, in bond, at
255, from the quay ; 1,400 bags Ceara at 25s ; and 500 bags
34aecei° at 24s 3d per cwt. ; also 60 puncheons common West
India Molasses at 13s 6d, ex.-quay ; and 80 puncheons Demerara
.Rnat. In Itiee, we have to notice 670 bags fine Bengal at 12s ;
and 30 tierces Carolina at 18s to 18s Gd per cwt. Nothing has
tali.ell PIW In Dyetvoods. Of Ashes, the transactions for the

week, consist of 300 to 400 barrels at 29s for Pots ; and at 32s foe
Pearls. Nitrate of Soda quoted at 15s to 16s 6d, being an
advance during the past week, 250 tons to arrive, have been sold
at 15s, and 700 tons on the spot, at 14s to 16s Gd. Saltpetre is
quiet, 50 bags Bombay have realised 19s per cwt. for 40 percent.
refraction. Of Brimstone, the business since our last, reaches
300 tons at £7 10s for thirds, and £7 15s per ton for bast seconds.
In Argots, only retail sales of Red Oporto reported at 38s ; a
little business doing in Grey Tartar at 95s ; 250 bags Sumac at
Os 90 to 12s 6d ' • a few lots of GUM Gedda at 23s 6d to 24s 6LI ;
200 bags Sago Flour at 15s to 15s Gd per cwt. ; and 300 bags
Singapore Black Pepper at 3id to. nd, with 80 bags white at 8d
per lb. Oils: In Palm, a.small business doing at £3B 15s to J.:39
lOs par tun ; only small sales of Olive; 19 tuns Gingelly are
quoted at 30s to 30s 6d Per cwt.
Of Spirits of Mrpentine,a little doing
.a, 250 barrels have been sold at 5s 3d to
.nd 5s 4d now refused. In Seeds, we have to
'—v Linsee at 54. a. 6d ; and 1,350 bags
A large business has been done
-4q. chiefly at £l5 to £2l

repok.
Tallow at 52s foi P. Y.(
at 38s 6d; and of Rao.
55 4d for oonunon.

report, 3 it; ba
Bengal riz
--ape a
in Jute, 7,000
12 ; 6d per ton_

strong in tone

79N.—Our mar:
it closed
on

hasnot been quite so-

LIVERPOOL CATTLE.-
bytyrices were well r