The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-02-23 00:00:00

ARRIVAL OF THE ARABIA,

The royal mail steamship Arabia, CaptairAtone,
entered the Mersey on Saturday evenin7 after an
excellent passage from Boston of more than
ten days, including her call 9,111 detention at
Halifax, N.S.

The Arabia brings New
fork advices of the 10th,
Boston 11th, and Halifp
13th instant. In addition
to the usual mails from Canada and the United
States, she bring".. seventy passengers, and over
two hundred th:,,u" sand dollars on freight.
In the lettr,rs and papers by this arrival, there is
a variety "of interesting intelligence, the chief
items o'. which are appended in the following

summary.
Congress although sitting daily, was making but
L'Ale progress in the transaction of business. In
the Senate a motion had been adoped calling for a
statement from the secretary of the Treasury, of
the duties remitted on railroad iron, and of the
duties refunded, with the time of their remission,
and on what roads. Several memorials from mer-

chluts of Philadelphia and New York had been

presented, praying for the adoption of measures to

increase the trade between Africa and the United

States.

The naval committee of the Senate had

prepared a bill authorising the construction of an
armed steamer of 600 tons burden, for thr:, protec-
tion of American commerce from Pir2;iical attacks

the view of earryiryg the war into the enemy's
country. The report that he was surrounded at
St. Geort::-..;s proves to have been totally unfounded.
Sour/ curious letters have been brought to light—
one from Morgan and Sons to General Walker, and
another said to be from George Law to General
Henningsen, both accompanied by a large supply
of aruls and ammunition. An exciting scene had
taken place. in consequence of the interference of the
British. Captain Erskine, it seems, had searched
among Walker's recruits for British subjects, and
had threatened Colonel Lockridge with the
adoption of forcible means if he refused to give
them up. The colonel had no power to resist,
and some dozen of his men left him, and availed
themselves of the offer of British protection.
The colonel, however, solemnly protested against
this interference, and General Wheat seized the
opportunity to make a patriotic speech, which
was greatly applauded by the recruits who re-
mained to share the fortune and work the deliver-
ance of General Walker.

in the shallow waters, rivers anr,l creeks in ChiuP,
and requesting an aPF:upriation of In,ooo
dollars for that prtrpo-,0- With respelfc to the
treaty between 4,:ne United St t
P..s and Great
Britain for 0-
.41 e settlement of tho antral American
dis t-
Pu we are informed ti'.-at its recommittal to
t_.e Committee on Forei'n Affairs does not neces-
sarily imply its ultir:;iate rejection, as the Senate,
acting according 'to former precedents, may modify
the treaty in -various particulars, and it will then
come back to this country for ratification, provided
our government agree to the terms of the altera
lion. The house proceedings were quite unim-
porte.nt, The principle measure which had had
come before it for discussion was the Tariff Bill.
Free sugar, we are told, has its advocates and its
opponents. The general sentiment among the
Southern men on the si.ibject, is that sugar
should have the same fP;ce with other projected
articles, iron, wooriens, and cottons, and
that the duty on ;:t should be reduced to the
same, and not T:eater in extent than the duties on
those articles.. We are also told that the dread of

a commercial crisis, such as will be produced by a
continued accumulation of funds in the hands of
government, was beginning to have some effect
upon she House of Representatives, and would
prolAbly induce it to pass Mr. Campbell's, or some
other bill, for the revision and reduction of the
iariff. Any project that the Republicans will sap-
port can be carried, and it would seem that the
friends of Mr. Buchanan began to feel that the
tariff question would be embarrassing to his admi-
nistration, and were desirous that it should be
settled during the present session of Congress,
and before he entered upon his presidential term.
No formal decision had been come to respecting
,the Collins' line of steamers. It is said that the
Post office committee will allow any party to take
up the Liverpool and New York Mail contract, and
'to buy the vessels of the line, but that, failing such
an arrangement, Mr. Collins is to complete the
contract. What step he may ultimately take is
not known, for we perceive that the Baltic was to
sail from New York on the 14th inst , and that no
other vessel would follow for a month, the 14th of
March, and opposite that date the name of the ship
was Lft blank. Various rumours and conjectures
were afloat as to the future movements which would
be taken in the matter. The New Yorkers were greatly
annoyed that the boasted line of Ocean steamers

had -proved such a disheartening affair.

The

LATEST via HALIFAX.

We have New York advices tothe 12th instant, by
telegraph to Halifax. The political news was
unimportant. A notice had been issued in New
York to the effect that the United States mail
steamer Baltic, would not sail front New York for
Liverpool on the 14th instant, owing to alterations.

The Net': York Cotton Market was more active,
the "sales on the 12th instant being 5000 bales.
Prices were stiff. Breadstuffs were steady. The
Money Market was rather more stringent, and
accommodation could not be obtained under 9 to 10
per cent. for first class bills. Exchange on
London was dull at 1081. From New Orleans we
have advices to the evening of the 10th. The
Cotton Market had an advancing tendency and the
sales on the 10th were 6000 bales.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 10,
MONETARY AFFAIRS.—There is an increased pressure in
the money market, and rates are again the turn dearer ;
prime business paper is selling at 81 to 10, and loans on
call are less easily obtained. The imports have been very
large, and although the total has been increased by some
that would have gone to Philadelphia had not that harbour
been closed, the receipts on the account of our own mer-
chants are sufficient to employ most of their surplus means
in payment of duties. This stringency, and the rumour
that the Bank statement was an unfavourable one, created a
panic in the stock market. Foreign exchange has not been
active ; there is a limited supply of second class or outside
bills, and the first class drawers are asking full rates, with-
out meeting buyers. We quote bills on London 108 to 109 ;
Paris 5 231 to 5 211.

Senate had adopted a resolution directing an
inquiry into the expediency of a further appror-,:m.
tion, not to exceed 50,000 dollars, for the exr.„ortjtion
of the river La Plata and its tribut^,;ries`. This,
says a New York paper, is an l'llportant matter,
and one which should en";-age the immediate
attention of the Commif.,`..ee on Commerce. The
explorations which I:Lave already been made have
served to indi(l7a.te the commercial importance of
this regie:d, and a portion of the immense
surPlll; in the treasury cannot be used to
1'.,-,-;rter advantage than in opening up this
new field for the enterprises of our merchants.
Our Washington advises inform us that Mr.
Siminton had been discharged from the close con-
finement in which he had been kept for a length
of time. He was one of the parties who refused
to give evidence before the Committee on Corrupt
Practices. When discharged from prison, it was
without any conditions, or any compliance with
the demands which were made ;the ostensible
grounds of his commitment.
The miscellaneous news in the papers brought
by the Arabia, inform us that a terrible freshet 1.3.-,;(1
visited Troy, Albany, and other places on tb•:, Hud-
son river. Heavy rains had so swell-A the river
as to break up the ice, the restl.ll of which was
that Albany and Troy werzl almost submerged.
Immense damage was cone to property in both
cities. The Huds'A River Railroad suffered con-
siderably, so fiat the line could not be worked.
Freshets had also occurred in Genesee, Susque-
hann.ea, Schuylkill, and other rivers, by which
.damage to property to an enormous amount had
been sustained. At Baltimore, the steamer Herald
had been chartered for ten thousand dollars, to
open a passage through the ice from that city to
Annopolis, and to keep it open until the ice is
done.
The Bond street murder in New York continued
to be the subject of a coroner's investigation, and,
although ten days had been consumed in taking
evidence, there appeared to be as much mystery
as ever about the affair. The French Consul at
New York had made an application to Shave sent
for trial the parties arrested some time since on
the ehavg,e of defrauding the French National Rail-
way Company out of 1,000,000 dolars worth of
Stocks and_ Bonds. The application asks the
surrender_ of the parties in accordance with the
Ts. -resent extradition treaty existing between
France and the United States. Further examina-
tions of the " filibusters," had taken place at New
York, but without any final action thereon. The
Washington Union says :
A letter dated Nov. 27, 18.36, has been received by the
Secretary of the Navy from the commanding officer of the
expedition which was sent to south America a few months
ago, for the purpose of procuring a supply of sugar cane
cuttings. The expedition had then reached Georgetown,
Demerara, after a prosperous voyage, and the objects of the
expedition were likely to be speedily attained.
• From Kansas we have advises to the 2fith of
January. The Council had passed an act abolish-
ing the laws requiring test-oaths, and there was no
doubt of the concurrence of the other House
Business in Lawrence was good. The women had
risen in a mob and destroyed all the liquor they could
find in the city. A decided sensation has been
created in Nebraska in consequence of the Gover-
nor's having vetoed the bill locating the capital of
the territory at the city of Douglas. The weather
was cold, and it was reported that the Sioux
Indians above were suffering severely from famine.
We have late dates from. Northern Mexico.
From thence we learn, through private sources, that
the disturbances both at Puebla and at San Luis
Potosi have_ been quelled. The insurgents have
left the latter city, and are pursued into Guadala-
jara, and at the former some of the leading insur-
gents have been shot, by order of the Government.
President Comonfort is proving himself the man
for the occasion.
At Monterey, General Vidaurri continues making
himself conspicuous. He has recently issued a
paper declaring that inasmuch as there is at present
no " established" authority at Tamaulipas, all
goods entering through the ports of that State
Thust be impounded in his warehouses, and pay
tribute to him. •
Advices from San Juan Nicaragua, to the 20th
January, are contradictory of those brought by the
West India mail. San Juan was filled with
rumours—one of which was, that the Costa Ricans
had captured the steamship Sierra Nevada ; and
another, that Walker had left for San Jose, with

THE NORTIMItN TIIVItg.--LIVERPOOL, MONDAY.

under recent advices from Europe, but few sales have taken
place.
NAVAL STORES are quiet, at 521 c to 53c for spirits tar*
pentine, 4 dols. per brl. for Crude do., and 1 dol. 75c. to 2
dols. for tar. Business in this line is just now confined to
rosin, of which 1,000 brls common sold to-day at 1 dol 65c
per 3191b5,
Ons: The movement in linseed is quite restricted, but
at full prices-85 to 87 from store. The accounts from
Europo have an effect somewhat antagonistic. An advance
in oil seed is reported, and at the same time, the shipment
of a considerable quantity of oil to this market. In crude,
whale, and sperm, we note nothing further ; sperm is firm
at 1 dol 30c to 1 dol 32c. Whale is irregular and heavy;
PROVISION3,—Mess Pork was again a little lower to-day,
and but a very trifling business was done ; prime unchanged,
and nearly nominal in price. Beef firm and steady, with a
fair business. In prime Mess Beef, we note sales of
Western at our quotations. Dressed Hogs declined
with a tendency still downward. Beef Homs are scarce,
and wasted at full prices. Bacon is firm, with sales long
ribbed middles at 10. to 10i1c, and long clear middles to
arrive. at 101 c. Cut Meats are firm. Lard experienced
an advance, and was buoyant,
FREIGHTS : To Liverpool, 18,500 bushels of corn were
taken, part at 7d in ship's bags ; 1,800 brls of flour at
2s 3d ; 100 boxes bacon 25s ; 20U tierces prime mess beef
4s 6d ; 1,000 bales cotton id : 140 Sea Island 3-d• To
London, 8 000 bushels grain at 93 ; 750 brls flour
2e 10d, To Rotterdam, 50 tons logwood 37s 6d, A vessel
was taken up for Cork and a market at 104 d for corn in
bulk.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.