Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-02-26 00:00:00

THE FRENCH FUNDS

PARIS, Friday, Feb. 25th, 11.50 a.m.—On the
Boulevards, the first transactions in Rentes took
place at 68f 10c and 68f 8.5 c, and are now 68f Oc;
1.17 p.m.—The uncertainty in reference to Lora
Cowley's mission has produced flatness, and Relate
opened. at 68f 10c, or more than per cent below
yesterday's closing prices.
3.22 p.m.—A further fall has taken place,;
Rentes closed heavy at 68f 8.5 c for Money and
67f 94c for Account. Austrian Railway Share°
have declined 15f since yesterday. The excite"
ment on the Bourse is continued.

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE KANGAROO.

The Philadelphia Screw Steam-ship Company's
steamer Kangaroo arrived here this morning
with 185 passengers, $217,662 in specie, and three
days later news from the United States, having
left New York on the 12th inst.

The news is of an interesting description. 111
the Senate a resolution, introduced by Mr. King'
of New York, directing inquiry into the workul.g
of the Reciprocity Treaty, and the propriety of its
abrogation, was adopted. The Cuban question
was taken up, and occupied attention until the
adjournment, though nothing of consequence 1,5,_
done with it. The House concurred with the
Committee of the Whole in striking' out from the
Executive Judicial and Legislative Appropriatlet
Bill items amounting in the aggregate to upwards
of $600,000, and then passed the bill by sixteel
majority. A bill was reported from the Nava
Committee to increase the number of surgeons,
assistant surgeons, and pursers in the Nal'
The bill appropriating $30,000,000 to enable t e,
President to negotiate for Cuba, was reported
back from the Committee of Foreign Affairs, and
referred to the Committee of the Whole. 'Alt'
Davis, of Mississippi, intends, when the bill conlel,
up, to move to strike out the word " purchase,
and substitute the word " take." The Nebraska
contested election case was considered, but 0°
definite action was taken.

The caucus of the Democratic members of the
Congress, called to consider the Tariff question,
and the best method of meeting the immediate
necessities of the Government had met at the
Capitol. Mr. Jones, of Tennessee, presided. Vl'
rious propositions vv pro dnbated and acted uP°ll.
In the course of the proceedings a resolution sub.:
mitted by Mr. Crawford, of Georgia, declaring 11'
inexpedient to alter the Tariff of 1857, was de;
feated by two votes. Finally, the caucus adopted
a series of resolutions submitted by Mr. Phelps'
of Missouri, declaring that the temporary necessi"
ties of the Government should be met by 31,1
extension of the law authorizing the issue and
reissue of Treasury notes for the period of two
years ; that the appropriation bills ought to he
acted On as speedily as possible, and that the 0:
penditures of the Government ought to be reduce
to the lowest point consistent with the wants of an
economical administration of the Government. •
By way of New Orleans we have dates franc
Havannah to the 3rd instant. The action of Con"
gress on the Cuba question had created 10175
excitement than that caused by the Presiden',
Message.
By the arrival of the schooner - John Tyler, st
New York, we have advices from Aux Cayes i°
the 16th ult., confirmatory to the accounts alreagY
published with reference to the revolution la
Hayti. There was considerable firing in thevicinity of Aux Cayes on the night of the 15th'
but the cause could not be ascertained on board the
schooner. Another account mentions a complete
overthrow of the Emperor Faustin and the Po"
clamation of General. Geffrard as PreSident of the'
republic. Faustin formally abdicated his imperl
dignities on the 15th ult. , at Port-au-Prince,
embarked on board a British steamer, and in clefr
time arrived at Kingston, Jamaica.
The steam-ship Moses Taylor, had arrived 3. t
New York from Aspinwall, with $1,350,000, le:
treasure and the Pacific mails, containing nee"
from all parts of the West Coast of Ameriet
Nicaragua, New Granada, and the Sandwich`
Islands.

We learn from Nicaragua that the Cass-Yrisarq
treaty had been signed, and delivered in charge'°
a special messenger for conveyance to Washington-
It is supposed that Sir William Gore Ouseley h...„4"-
also negotiated a' treaty with the Nicaragaw"
government.
The intelligence from California has been partiial
anticipated by advices received via the Tell
antepeo route. The mining news from all parts
the State is very favourable. During the. fortn/V„,
preceding the 20th ultimo, twenty-three shirt's"
arrived at San Francisco, glutting the. marked
with merchandise of every description, and
ing a depression in business. The Supreme Cpl
had decided the law prohibiting the immigrati°l"
Chinese to be unconstitutional and, void.
Terri'
The news from Washington and, Oregon
tories and the British possessions is unimportant
New Granada was tolerably quiet. There bsoul-
however, been some disturbances in the State lit
Magdalena. Governor Obaldia had brong i.
several prisoners from the Pearl Islands for tke
participation in the late revolt there. Congr ',„
was to meet in Bogota on the. Ist inst.
The news from the South Pacific is dated of
paraiso on the Ist and at Callao on the lab'
er°
January. In Chile most of the provinces si
tire
under the rule of martial law, and the to
republic was very much excited. Many prog!
politicians, adverse to. the existing government'
3,e,
been exiled. All the newspapers hostile to the e
oe-
cutive were silenced. There was a prospect °At ogee
neral revolution in Peru. The American W houses had not yet been landed. Presiden.t tiffs
tilla was in a very critical position, and It
aern
thought he would soon have to either shoot
his opponents in the mob, or be overthrown-
.lett•
war in Ecuador was continued. Two trifling...a' .0f
mishes had taken place between the tro,r'the
General Rosas and the Peruvians, in whi°'
latter seem to have lost ground.
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~ The news from the Sandwich Islands is "", gall.
later than that received by the Overlanu I. the
Dr. T. C. B. Rooke, uncle and foster-father °f
Queen, had died of apoplexy, The Frenjiii,per
taken possession of a guano island, called icor, od
ton Island, 800 miles westward from AcaPui„ tneni
proclainUd the fact in linnolulu. BiOW"