Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-02-12 00:00:00

INDIA AND CHINA.

THE CALCUTTA .
iiinealeutta journals of the 9thMAIL ult. contain two
thyartant orders issued by the government. By
G
.
Ztirst
' Punjab is raised into a Lieutenant-
ernorsnip :

FOREIGN DEPARTMENT.
ALLAHABAD, Jan. 1, 18.59.
Under authority received from her Majesty's
Secretary_ of State for India, the Right Hon. the
re-
volve and Governor-General is pleased to re-
v_hre tliat a separate lieutenant-governorship for
andterritories on the extreme northern frontier of
tr Majesty's India empire shall be established;
41(1 that the Punjab, the tracts commonly called
`l4! " Traxis-Sutlej States," the cis-Sutiej States,"

and the " Delhi Territory," shall form the jurisdic
tion of the lieutenant-governor.
G. F. EDMONSTONE, Secretary to
the Government of India, with
the Governor-General.
The second order decrees the disarming of the
whole of Upper India :
ALLAIIABAD, Dec. 21, 1858.
NOTIFICATION.

The Right Hon. the Governor-General has been
pleased to extend the provisions of sections 1,2,
and 5, Act XXVIII., 1857, to the North-Western
Provinces of the Bengal Presidency.
His Lordship haVing resolved on disarming such
parts of those provinces as be to the north of the
rivers Jumna and Ganges, has farther been pleased,
under section 24, Act XXVIII., 1857, to authorise
a general search and seizure of arms by the magis-
trates and collectors within the tract above
specified. The magistrate and collector may
delegate the same authority to any officer of
his establishment of a rank not lower than a
Jemadar.

By order of his Excellency the Right Hon the
Governor-Gefieral.
W. MUIR, Secretary to Government, N.W.P.

CHINA

In the summary of the general news given by
the Overland Friend of China, of Dec. 30, we
read :

Another fortnight has elapsed without a word being
heard of the Earl of Elgin's voyage up the Yang-tze-
kiang.
The French Ambassador, Baron Gros, is still in Hong'
Kong, residing almost altogether now on board
Audacieuse,

Our Governor, Sir John Bowring, whose departure for
Manilla was mentioned in our last summary, left that
place on the 20th ult., in 11.M.5.5. Magicienne, bound to
Borneo, thence to the Southern Phillippines, and back to
Manilla, where, from about the middle of next month,
his Excellency, it is said, will remain until his health is
fully restored, or the expected recall reaches him.
Of provincial matters there is not much to report
beyond a growing Opinion that the province of Kwang-
tang is in a fair way to sec4cle from the government of
Ilienfung before long. A reporter whose stories upon
the average have been- pretty truthful, promises stirring
tales within a few months, and declares that already more
than six tenths of the proVinco are in rebel possession.
_ The insurrection about Ningpo is-reported at an end—
cut out with the executioner's knife. •

At Canton matters continue peaceful. It, is now certain
that the season's tea crop will be scant, and for the eight
or ten chops of second-class Congons left in this quarter,
holders are asking egregious prices. European fabrics
are in good demand. Such figures for Manchester goods
have not been known for a long time. Nor is a scant tea
crop confined to Canton. From all China the export will
be, some say, 2.5 per cant, less than it was last year. Not
that the production has been less, but the crops were
bought up in advance by agents travelling for the Russians
via Kiachta market. The Wvnaud, .520 tons, and Dora,
850 tons, are the only ships despatched from Whampoa
for England since our last report, while the Daring, 1,060
tons, and Don Quixote, 1,430 tons, have been the only
vessels for America in the same period.
From Foo-ehow-foo, the Spirit of the Age has been sent
to London.

From Shanghae the Amicus, 511 tons, Akbar, 755
tons,. and John Masterman, 600 tons, have also left for
London, and for New York, from the same port, the
Oscar, 600 tons, Isaac Jeanes, 840 'tons, and Canvas
Back, 730 tons; the Nicolas 1., Russian ship of 600
tons, clearing for Cronstadt.

Total export from China, westward, during the fort-
night, say, to England, 4,000 tons ; to the United
States, 4,500 tons; to Russia, 600 tons.

AUSTRALIAN MAIL.
SOUTHAMPTON, Friday.
The Thames, from Alexandria, with the Aus-
tralian mails, has just arrived here.

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF WASHINGTON,

The Philadelphia Steam-ship Company's steamer
City of Washington, Captain Petrie, has arrived
from New York, with advices to the 29th ult.,
being three days' later than those brought by the
Jura. She has brought thirty-two cabin, and 166
steerage passengers, and $177,698 dollars in
pecie on freight.
The steamer Arabia, from Liverpool, arrived out
at Halifax on the 28th of January, after having
experienced very- bad weather.
Advices had been received from the City of
Mexico to the 19th ult. The Spanish fleet had
left Vera Cruz for Havannah, but the French and
English •fleets were still there, and the Press of
Mexico asserted that the French and English
Ministers had threatened that the fleets should
take possession of Vera Cruz and Tampico unless
a million of dollars were paid within a specified
period, to satisfy claims of citizens of those
countries. The organ of Gen. Miramon at Guada-
lajara had asserted that he would not accept of
the Presidency, but would adhere to the Zuloaga
plan. He had levied a forced loan of £600,000 at
Guadalajara, of which the foreigners had paid
their quota under threat of expulsion. The
Government Palace in that city had been blown
up by the explosion of the magazine, shortly after
Miramon left it, and 200 lives were lost. The
account does not state whether the occurrence was
accidental. Miramon was marching on the
capital. The Liberals had taken Mazatlan, and
it was expected that Zacateces would soon fall
into their hands.

The California mails of the sth of January had
reached New York by the steamer Illinois, which
had brought 1,210,713 dollars in specie. The
news had been anticipated by the overland route.
The proceedings in Congress on the 26th were
not important. In the Senate, a joint resolution
was introduced, and referred to the Committee on
Territories, asking for a twenty days' extension of
the session of the Legislature of Kansas. In the
House two bills were reported from the Post-.
office Committee, providing for the tran-
sportation of the mails from the Atlantic
to the Pacific coast. On the 27th, the
Pacific Railroad Bill was taken up in the Senate,
and, after protracted discussions on various propo-
sitions, an amendment offered by Mr. Doolittle,
that the Secretary of the Interior be authorised to
advertise for estimates and proposals for Northern
and Southern routes, leaving the Central one as
provided for in the bill, was adopted as a final
section, when, on the motion of Mr. Simmons, all
between the enacting clause and the final section
was stricken out, by a vote of 38 to 20 —thus kill-
ing the railroad. - Various propositions were then
made to recommit the bill, but a general disposi-
tion was manifested to let it rest for the session,
and it was put upon its final passage, as emascu-
lated, and agreed to by a vote of 31 against 20.
The title of .the bill was then changed to corres-
pond with the context, and the Senate adjourned.
A Tariff bill has been brought before the House of
Representatives by Mr. Phelps, of Missouri, which,
it is asserted, fully meets the views of the Secretary
of the Treasury, who believes it will yield more
revenue, and be less protective, than the tariff of
1857. It is estimated that the measure would
have increased the revenue on the
.past year's
importations about six and a half millions.
We have advices from Utah to the 28th of
December. The Legislature was in session, but it
had been found impossible to obtain a quorum.
The Message of Governor Cumming is described
as pointed and brief. A new pass had been dis-
covered through the Sonora Nevada range, which
materially shortens the distance to the Pacific.
The weather is reported as very severe.
We have some further intelligence relative to
the revolutionary movement in Hayti. General
Geffrard, at last advices, held the Department of
Artebonite, with his head-quarters at Gonaives,
where he had 2,000 men, while Soulouque at
the same date was at the seaport of Arcahaye,
with 6,000 men, intending to attack Geffrard.
General Geffrard's family had been imprisoned.
In commercial affairs there had been no material
change. The New York money market was • well
supplied, but the tendency was to an advance in
the rates of discount. On the 28th loans on
demand were made at 4 per cent. on select
collateral security, and from 4 to 5 per cent. on
fair securities. The Banks are generally asking
5 per cent. on application to borrow, The
advance in the Wiwi at Banks for discomting

prime bills, over the early January rates, is equal
to per cent. on short dates, and I per cent. if
over 90 days.

Exchange on London was not active, and the quo-
tations on London ranged from 1091 to 104 The
Stock Market was heavy, and prices had undergone
a decline, consequent upon the tenor of the-English
news ; the cotton market had become easy, and
quotations in New York were somewhat unsettled.
In the dry goods market there had been a general
improvement, and foreign goods , had moved off
briskly from first hands. The markets for bread-
stuffs had become more active, and better prices
were obtained. Flour had improved about five
cents per barrel. Provisions were dull without
change in prices.