Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-02-04 00:00:00

AUSTRALIA.

We have received from Malta, in anticipation of
the mail, files of papers from Melbourne to the 17th
of December and Sydney to, the 10th of Decenv
ber The following is an epitome of the news t°

AMERICA.
ARRIVAL OF THE NORTH AMERICAN.
The Montreal Ocean Steam-ship Company's
lamer North American, arrived in the Mersey,
about noon yesterday, with dates from New York
to the 21st, and from Portland and Boston to the
rAnd ultimo. She brings 18 cabin and 37 steerage
Passengers.
baOn the 31st Jan., 51 N. lon.—W. passed the
Nue Trojan, with foremast sprung.
The New York papers of the 21st announce that
that the barque Laurens, of that port, had been
seized in New London, on the previous day, on
suspicion of being about to proceed on a slave
voyralyge to the coast of Africa. The Laurens for-
raebelonged to Kennebunk, and has been
einployed in the whaling business.
A Post-office
despatch from Washington says the House
Committee have authorised their chair-
man to report a bill authorising the Postmaster-
kieneral to contract for the performance of any
mail service for the accruing postages sea and
inland, or for a specific sum, not exceeding the
postages realised.
, Another disgraceful melee has taken place
between two members of the House of Represen-
tatives. On the 21st ult., as Hon. George
Taylor, of the House of Representatives, .was
passing„ one of the halls of the Capitol this after-
100n, he overheard a highly offensive remark from
'tr. Waldron, of New York, made to the latter's
e?D3Panion. Approaching Mr. Waldron, Mr.
Taylor asked whether that language was
A;
44rected against him. On receiving, after
hesitation, an affirmative response, Mr.
wa3'lor resented the insult by hitting Mr.
aldron with his fist. Mr. Waldron
struck back with an umbrella, of which Mr. Taylor
obtained possession after it passed from Mr.
aldron's hand, and struck him with it, and threw
it at him. Other parties interposed, and prevented
fu74l.lter difficulty. It is said that Mr. Taylor pre-
sented the charges on which Mr. Waldron was re-
'wed from the office of deputy collector of the
custom-house at New York.
The President had sent to the Senate a message
in. reply to the resolution calling for copies of any
er„,respondence in relation to the purchase of
ba,
which has not yet been made public. He
Sap that, no such correspondence has taken place
wr,_nich has not already been communicated to
regress, and adds, "In my last annual message
stated that the publicity which has been
subject,
to our former negotiations on this
,'lluject, and the large appropriations which may
ue required to effect the purpose, render it expe-
dient, before making another attempt to renew the
negotiations, that I should lay the whole subject
before Congress. I still entertain the same opinion,
deeming it highly important, if not indispensible
to the success of any negotiations which I might
institute for the purpose, that the measure should
receive the previous sanction of Congress. The
referred to the Committee on
as Foreign Relations.

message was

Advices from Venezuela of January 2, stat,
that General Santana had been chosen President
of that Republic.

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The Nev' York journals publish news from
Rayti to the 4th January. According to the re-
ports, the Emperor was moving against the insur-
gents. Ho had inspected the army, and taken
other preliminary measures ; but in a bulletin
issued on the. 4th ult., treats the insurrection as
mere temporary riot, not endangering
the stability of the Empire. A party of
insurgents had occupied a position on the
River Mont Reins, but on learning the
roach:ap-
of the Emperor. they precipitately fled.,
having their ammunition, The Imperial troops
is
en occupied the evacuated position. The army
Exhibited
no signs of disaffection. Solouque had
aaale,,a,ll- proclamation, calling his subjects to his
arro:ll,°l announcing his determination to lead the
state ' person. Gonaives is believed to be in a
Later blockade.
news from Havannah says, that the
excitementtt in relation to the future of Cuba,
le the discussions on President Buchanan's
"sage had nearly died out. Havannah was
very healthy, and the weather delightful ;
rtlte a number of ladies and gentlemen from the
Cates were enjoying themselves in the capital of
~„11ba. The Danish sloop of war, Nayada, 32
'Bll4ls, was in port, and attracted much attention.
the President had sent into the Senate a
documentclaims shewing the condition of the unsettled
ras against foreign governments, together with
solveai6 those which have been adjusted. By.a
haste glance at the paper, it appears that Captain
/3111. Webster presents a bill against Great
ritain for over $6,500,000 for loss and indemnity
for lands purchased from a chief of New Zealand,
rd of which he was dispossessed by English
cers• Claims are also urged by other parties
against that Government for damage done to
sc. Among
commerce by the seizure and sale of vessels,
Among these is one for the barque Panchita,
f"ouniated at $44,000. The only reparation made
for the loss and capture of this vessel on the
African coast is the condemnation of Capt. Morse-
tff',w:s conduct andhis interference with the American
Against Russia there are two cases, one for
04,000 and the other for $385,000. The latter
t 8 Preferred by J. W. Perkins, of Massachusetts,
Pand charges a violation of the contract for arms
pished during the. Crimean war. Against
nee too, there are unsettled claims. She has
ra
rejectedthe
several, including that of the owners of
.0 ship America for loss and damages in 1839, for
'violating the blockade of Buenos Ayres, and for the
property therby destroyed. Robert A. Parrish
tenders a bill of fifteen millions of francs in ful-
filment of a verbal agreement entered into by
Fould and the Minister of Finance, and con-
firmed by the Emperor, to pay him this amount
upon his demonstration of the existence of a gold
t field similar to that of California, and accessible
o the French arms as soon as the French flag
canof the
be raised in token of sovereignty in any part
' the Territory indicated. He alleges this per-
formancel„s, and hence seeks the payment for the
,°. Against Spain there is a long account. Two
in'lins against her involve nearly a million of dol-
n;v1 for alleged violation of contracts, and a for-
eal,',ahle list is preferred for loss of vessels by
w7,lllre• John S. Thrasher, of Cuban notoriety,
el:Pse case was involved in political questions,
10;11118 $350,000, while there are eighty cases for
a" and damage caused by the repeal of the
Cuban ordinance of 1844, admitting provisions
ah',
lumber free of duty from the United States.
Against Mexico there is a long list of unsettled and
settled claims. Portugal is held responsible for
losses to shipping. Belgium has settled her
econnts for losses on property at Antwerp. by
bombardment ; there were twenty-one such cases.
Rolland and Denmark have not satisfied any
the claims against them. Prussia is asked
make explanation for the arrest and
t;l:llsage of a naturalised citizen, who returned
his native country, and who was held liable for
military duty due before his emigration. This is
j 11? of a number of similar cases. Against Turkey,
Olin Reeves claims for loss and damage sustained
11' allegation of the non-fulfilment • of his contract
for building vessels of war at Constantinople. As
toA the Dixon outrage at Jaffa, reparation is promised.
Against Nicaragua, there are numerous cases,
Including claims for property destroyed at Grey-
town by the bombardment. The documents
specify what claims against the above named
governments have been settled and' in what
inanner, and the state of those now pending. In
numerous instances the amounts of damages
claimed are not stated, therefore there can be no
clearly
ascertained aggregate. Many millions are
Involed, and some of the cases have been pending
torty years.
he overland mail from the Pacific had reached
St. Louis. The dates from San Francisco are to
the 27th ult. The President's message reached
San Francisco on the afternoon of the 26th, in
nineteen days and twelve hours from St. Louis.
Business was dull. Mining on Fraser river had
entirely ceased, and there was much suffering from
the cold. The news from Victoria is to the 18th

There is no material ohange to notice hi the
state of commercial affairs at New York. The
money market was steady ; an actiyg demand 1144

COMMERCIAL.

set in, and some 15,000 bales 14td been sold since
the departure of the Africa, and an advance of c.
per lb had been established. Middling Uplands
being quoted at 12tc. Breadstuffs were steady.
Freights more active.

THE OPENING

PARLIAMENT.

NEW YORE, January 21

The third session of the present Parliament was opened
yesterday, by her Majesty in person. A royal procession
is always an event of interest in London, and the inau-
guration of a parliamentary sesssion by the Queen
invariably draws together an immense multitude of people,
attracted partly by curiosity, and partly by those feelings
of loyalty which it is the pride of Englishmen to

STOCK AND MONEY.—Stocks were lower at the
Second Board. Missouri Sixes 864 ; Lacrosse Land
Grants 23 ; Harlem Third Mortgage 744 ; Pacific Mail
Steam-ship Company 87 ; Rock Island Railroad 594 ;
Canton Company 20 ; Cumberland Coal Company,
preferred, 21*, s 60 ; "New York Central Railroad
844, s 3 ; Erie Railroad 14 ; Panama Railroad 116 ;
Reading Railroad 494 ; Michigan Southern Railroad 201;
do guaranteed 471 ; Galena and Chicago Railroad 704 ;
Cleveland and Toledo Railroad 314, s3O ; Lacrosse and
Milwaukee Railroad 1 ; Harlem Railroad, pre-
ferred, 394.
Ashes : Sales trifling. Pots firm and in demand, at
$5 624 c. Pearls dull at $6. Cotton firm, at 4c advance ;
sales 5,500 bales ; middling uplands at, 121 c. Bread-
stuffs : Flour: Receipts 4,562 brls ; sales 12,000 brls ;
State and Western firmer ; unsound $3 75c to $4 35c
superfine State $4 95c to $5 10c ; extra do $5 60c to $5.
85c ; round hoop Ohio $5 90c to $6 10c ; common'
to good extra Western $5 60c to $6 95c ;
Southern firmer ; sales 3,000 brls ; mixed to good $5
60c to $5 75c ; fancy-and extra $5 89c to $7 75c; Canada
superfine nominal; extra $6 15c to $6 80c. Grain :.Wheat
firm but quiet, sales 7,500 bushels ; white Michigan $1 45c
to $l-46 ; Southern red $1 30. Corn lower; sales, 26,000
bushels ; mixed Western, 85c to 86c ; new white, 84c to
85c ' • new yellow, 80c. Oats firmer ; Southern and Jersey,
50c to 66c ; Northern and Western, 56c to 65c. Pro-
visions : Beef unchanged ; sales, 425 brls ; country mess,
$7 75c to $9 ; prime, $6 50c to $7; repacked Chicago,
$8 50c to $lO 50e. Pork firmer; sales, 1,100 brls; mess,
$l7 50e to $l7 62c for old, and $lB 25c for new ; prime,
$l3 35c to $l3 50e. Bacon, steady; Hams, 94c
to 91c; !Shoulders, 644 c to 64c. Dressed Hogs
quiet, at 7c to Bc. Lard buoyant ; sales, 900 brls,
at 114 c to 12c and 124, 200 kegs at 15c. Butter,
steady ; Ohio, 12c to 20c ; State, 15c to 26c ; Whiskey
lower ; sales 200 brls at 271 c to 28c. Rice firm ; sales
500 tierces at 3c to 4c. Sugars firm and advancing ;
sales 500 brls. ; New Orleans 7c to 84c ; Muscovado
64c to 74c. Coffee active, at 1c advance; sales 5,400
bags, including 3,900 bags Santos, by auction, at
111 c to 131 c, average 11;.2,c. Molasses firmer ; sales
500 brls ; New Orleans 42c. Spirits Turpentine dull ;
sales 200 brls at 481 c to 49c. Rosin : Sales 1,000
brls ; common at $1 80c ; fine $2 12c to $4 50c.
Tar : Sales 100 brls Washington thin at $2 55; del.
Iron quiet ; Scotch Pig $25 60c to $26. Leather : Oak
light and middles steady ; hemlock sole declined 4c on
the week. Oils firm; Linseed, 67c to 69c ; Lard, 95c to
97c ; sperm, sales 1,600 brls crude at $1 40c ; Whale,
sales 300 brls crude at 55c Hides quiet ; sales 1,000 ;
Orinoco 244 e. Lead steady. Tobacco unchanged;
Kentucky 6c to 13c. Tallow firm ; sales 20,000 lbs at
101 c. \Vool continues very firm with an upward
tendency; sales 90,000 lbs Domestic fleeces, at 424 c to
60c for one-quarter blood to Saxony ; Pulled is in
demand 'at 34c to 48c for No. 1 super and extra ; for
Foreign there have been sales of 136 bales at 16c for
medium unwashed Mestiza, 23c to 24c for fine ditto.
Freights to Liverpool unchanged ; the market is quiet,
and rates are nominally unchanged.
CiLUtLESTON, Jan. 20.—Cotton : Sales to-day, 4,000
balei, the market closing with an advance of Sc. to Ic. ;
good middling quoted 114 c. ; sales for the week foot up
17,000 bales.

display.
Yesterday's proceedings formed no exception to this
general rnle. Government offices, parish churches, and
private residences exhibited their best flags and their
newest devices, in honour of the ceremony. Even Mon-
tague House (the London residence of the Duke of Buc-
cleuch), which is not only doomed to destruction, but which
is actually undergoing the process of demolition, welcomed
for the last time a select party of visitors, who were
anxious to catch a glimpse of the procession as it passed.
St. Martin's Church, true to the enthusiastic loyalty
which, in virtue of its being " the Royal Parish," it is
in duty bound to exhibit, rang out its merriest peals,
while St. Margaret's, the parish which has the honour
of including both Houses of Parliament within its
boundaries, followed the example cordially and with
highly commendable energy. From St. Margaret's
tower the royal standard proudly floated, and similar
demonstrations were made at the Admiralty and other
Government offices.

Along the whole of the line of route which was
available for the purpose,- balconies were erected, and
these were well filled with fashionable visitors. Parlia-
ment-street presented a most animated appearance,
every window being occupied, and seats, or rather
standing places, having been erected in front of nearly
every house.

SAVANNAH, Jan. 20. - Cotton : Sales of the week
8,750 bales; receipts same time, 12,250 bales; increased
receipts at all Southern norts, as compared with last
year, 884,500 bales ; stock in port 59,000 bales.

• ,
AUGUSTA, GA., Jan. 20.—COTTON : Sales to:day 1,000
bales. The market closes with an advanced of lc.
• NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 20.—Corrom : Sales to-day 3,600
bales at unchanged prices. Sugar steady; sales 2,000
hhds. at 6,'-,e, for fully fair. Flour is advancing ; sales on
speculation of 3,300 brls. at $5 50c for super, an advance
of 25c. Corn firmer at $l.

PASSENGERS per S.S. North-American.--Rev. William
Clarke, Mr. Raiford and lady, Mr. John Roy, Captain
J. L. Watts, Mr. R. Maitland, Dr. Mensor and lady,
Mr. and Mrs. Barpee, Mr. Cobb, Rev. Mr. Williams and
lady, Mr. Francis, Mr. 'Falconet, Mr. White, Mr. F.
Parker, Mr. H. Turnbull.

THE BRAZILIAN MAIL.
The following telegram from Lisbon has been
received :

LISBON, Feb. 2.
The Brazilian mail steamer. Avon has arrived
here, and will leave for Southampton to-day. •
She brings 68 passengers, £59,000 in silver, and
£31,000 worth diamonds.
At Pernambuco, the Cotton Market remained
unchanged, and only a moderate amount of busi-
ness was doing.
The Fox, Captain Smith, of Liverpool, had been
burnt near Parabia.
Exchange on London at Pernambuco was quoted
at 261 to 261.
The following vessels had arrived from Liver-
pool at Pernambuco :—Eleanor, Richmond, Rom-
lulus, Meg Merrilees, Lord Althorp, Hermione,
Ophir.
The expedition against Paraguay had arrived at
Monte Video.
The Brazilian Government has offered its
mediation to the United States, which has been
accepted. The Brazilian admiral left Monte
Video for Paraguay, charged with the mission.
A definitive treaty, between Brazil, Monte. Video,
and the Argentine Confederation, has been signed
at Rio de Janeiro. It relates to the convention
of 1828.
The Avon brings drafts to the amount of
£BOO,OOO on England, 1,000,000 francs on France,
and 500,000 marks banco on Hamburgh.
Coffee exported since the deparrture of the
Tyne, 190,675 bags ; of which, 23,177 bags for the
Channel, 5,000 bags for the Mediterranean, and
2,252 for Havre.
Stock only 15,000, on account of it being
impossible to receive supplies by usual routes—
Price for good first, 4.750 to 4.800 ' • discount, 8 p.c.
The Avon brings 500 contos of gold. The fol-
lowing ships had arrived :----Helgesen, Schevinge,
Emeral Isle, Oden, Gertruda, Sarah, Glen. Almond,
Hanna Lecorapa, Alexander, Ottowa, Malvina.

THE PRINCESS FREDERICK WILLIAM.
OFFICIAL BULLETIN.
BERLIN, Feb. 3, 11.22 a.m.
The Princess Frederick William and the infant
prince continue doing- well.
(Signed) Dr. SCIMENELIN.
Dr. WEGNER.
Dr. MARTIN.

ENTRY OF THE PRINCE NAPOLEON AND
HIS BRIDE INTO PARIS.

PARIS, Thursday Morning.
The Moniteur of this morning contains the
following :
" Their Imperial Highnesses the Prince and Prin-
cess Napoleon will arrive at three p.m., at the
Tuileries. A squadron of Cuirassiers of the Im-
perial Guard will form the escort. Four batallions
of the National Guard, Cuirassiers, Voltigeurs, and
Dragoons, will be ranged in double lines from the
Court of the Carousel to the Tuileries. Their
Imperial Highnesses will be received on their
arrival by their Imperial Majesties the Emperor
and Empress."

THE COURT.
Shortly after five o'clock, yesterday afternoon, her
Majesty and the Prince Consort left Buckingham Palace
for Windsor Castle.

"'"A meeting was held on Wednesday night to promote
the abolition of the paper duty, Mr. Milner Gibson in
the chair. Some remarks appear to have been made
which have given offence to the cheap newspaper press.
Although it is the month of February, 1859, most
people admit we are living in hard times, hence it
should be the study of every one to ask themselves the
question, "How can I save my money ?" We reply,
without hesitation, buy your steel pens and other sta-
tionery, at E. T. Hall's wholesale steel pen warehouse,
23, South John-street. John Gillett's, Thomas Lowe's,
G. W. Hughes, and other maker's pens at is per gross.
Good Pen Holders 2d per dozen.
Stagnation prevailed to-day throughout the Stock
Exchange, the Queen's Speech being anxiously awaited.
Meanwhile the existing suspense through the inaction
which it induces, prejudices some class of securities. The
Funds declined kto per cent. The uncertainty as to
the next Indian Loan may be expected to have some
influence. English Railway Stocks, in some instances,
showing a drooping tendency. The demand for money
Has strict to-day in the Discount Market,—Daily News
City Article Weeneolay Evening,

THE NORTHERN TIMES, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1859

The morning was one of extreme brilliancy—real
" Queen's weather "in fact; and there was a greater
gathering of her Majesty's loyal subjects than has been
witnessed foe many years past, especially in the Park,
which appeared to be the favourite resort.
Lord Willoughby D'Eresby, the Lord Chamberlain,
had issued an official notice that the doors of the House
of Lords would be opened for the admission of peeresses
and others, who had the privilege of being present, at
twelve o'clock, but some time before that hour the
carriages' of peeresses and other members of the
aristocracy were to be seen rolling along towards the
New Palace at Westminster, so great was the anxiety to
obtain places in the galleries of the House, and in the
corridor through which, after robing, her Majesti would
pass to meet both branches of the Imperial Legislature.
-At a few minutes past twelve o'clock a Royal carriage,
bearing the Imperial crown, which had been committed
to the charge of the officers of the jewel office of the
Tower, and escorted by a body of yeomen, passed alonc,
Whitehall en route to the House of Peers. Shortly
afterwards a select body of Life Guards, on foot, whose
business it was to' line the Queen's gallery, entered the
House, and took up the stations which had been allotted
to them. About the same time a field officer's guard of
honour from the Grenadier Guards, with their band
and State uniforms, marched into the Palace Yard, and
took up their positions for the purpose of saluting her
Majesty on her arrival.
Sir Richard Mayne took possession of the line of route
at one o'clock, and from that time all the traffic along
Whitehall and Parliament-street was suspended. Simul-
taneously the line along which the royal cortege was to
pass was lined by Life Guardsmen, who were supported
by strong bodies of the various divisions of the metropo-
litan police.
At a few minutes past one o'clock, a royal salute
of twenty-one guns announced the fact that her
Majesty had entered the state carriage, and the
Royal procession immediately afterwards emerged from
the central gateway of Buckingham Palace, where
her Majesty has been staying since her arrival
in London (from Windsor) on Wednesday. As
usual on such occasions, the procession consisted of eight
Ifoyal carriages, conveying the Pages of Honour, the
Equerries, the Maids of Honour, the Ladies of the Bed-
chamber, the Lord Chamberlain (Lord Willoughby
D'Eresby), the Vice-Chamberlain (Vicount Newport,
M.P,), the Lord Steward (the Marquis of Exeter), the
Keeper of the Privy Purse. (Colonel the Hon. Sir C. P.
Phipps), the Master of the Household, (Lieut.-Col. T. M.
Biddulph), the Countess of Desart ; Lord Crofton, Lord
in. Waiting; Col. the Hon. A. Liddell, Groom in Wait-
ing ; Lieut.-General Wyld, Capt. the Hon. D. de Ros,
Lord George Lennox, Major-Gen. the Hon. C. Grey,
and other high officers of the Royal household.
Her Majesty and the Prince Consort were in the state
carriage, attended by the Duchess of Manchester, the
Mistress of the Robes, and the Duke of Beaufort, Master
of the Horse.

Her Majesty and her illustrious Consort were most
enthusiastically received along the whole of their Hue of

progress.
At ten minutes past two her Majesty entered the
House, the guns outside announcing the fact. The
Prince Consort conducted the Queen to the Throne, and
then took a chair on her left hand. In the immediate
vicinity of the Throne stood the Ministers whose duty
it was to bear the sword of state, the cap of maintenance,
and the crown.
Sir Augustus Clifford, the. Usher of the Black Rod, by
command of the Queen, summoned the members of the
House of Commons (who had meanwhile assembled) into
the Royal presence. The Right Honourable the Speaker,
in his state robes, accordingly appeared at the bar,
followed by the members of the Government who have
seats in the Lower House, and by a large number of
independent members, who rushed along the corridors
from one house to the other as though they were running
a race—as indeed they were, the prize being a place in
the very small space which is allotted to them in the
House of Lords on the occasion of such ceremonies as
that of yesterday.
As soon as something like order was restored,
The Lord Chancellor knelt, and handed to her Majesty
the Royal Speech, which she read with her usual clearness
and distinctness, as follows :
QUEEN'S SPEECII.
MX LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,

In recurring at the usual season to the advice
of my Parliament, I am happy to think that in
the internal state of the country there is nothing
to excite disquietude, and much to call for satis-
faction and thankfulness. Pauperism and crime
have considerably diminished during the past year,
and a spirit of general contentment prevails.
The blessing of the Almighty on the valour of
my troops in India, and on the skill of their com-
manders, has enabled me to inflict signal chastise-
ment upon-those who are still in arms against my
authority, whenever they have ventured to
encounter my forces i and I trust that, at no
distant period, I may be able to announce to
you the complete pacification of that great
Empire, and to devote my attention to the
improvement of its condition, and to the
obliteration of all traces of the present un-
happy conflict. On assuming, by your advice,
the direct government of that portion of my
dominions, I deemed it proper to make it known,
by proclamation, the principles by which it was
my intention to be guided in the clemency which
I was disposed to show towards those who might
have been seduced into revolt, but who might be
willing to return to their allegiance. I have
directed that a copy of that proclamation should
be laid before you.

I receive from all foreign powers, assurances of
their friendly feelings. To cultivate and confirm
those feelings, to maintain inviolate the faith of
public treaties, and to contribute as far as my in-
fluence can extend to the preservation of the general
peace, are the objects of my unceasing solici-
tude.
I have concluded with the Sovereigns who
were parties tl the treaty of Paris of 1856, a
convention relative to the organisation of the
principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia. The
Rouman provinces are now proceeding to establish,
under its provisions, their new form of
government.
A treaty of commerce which I have concluded
with the Emperor of Russia, and which will he
laid before you, is a satisfactory indicatickn of the
complete re-establishment of those amicable
relations which, until their late unfortunate inter-
ruption had long subsisted between us, to the
mutual advantages of our respective dominions.
The measures which, in concert with my ally the
Emperor of the French, I thought it necessary to
take upon the coast of China, have resulted in a
treaty by which further eithsion of blood
has been prevented, and which holds out the
prospect of greatly increased intercourse with
that extensive and densely peopled empire.
Another treaty into which I have entered.
with the Emperat, of Japan, opens a fresh
field for commercial enterprise, in a populous and
highly civiiiaed ()wary, wh hay hitherto beenich