Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-12-13 00:00:00

EXTRA HOLIDAY.

f,e The Lord Chancellor has ordered all 'the Chan-
°Moos to be closed on the 26th instant.

- •
Arocision has been come to as to the appoint-
-0 of the Solicitor-General, but there 'seems to
Nt4..4l'ong belief that Mr. Rouudell Palmer will
the appointment.

peared
press 7 iodowing ap a portion of our im-
."3119a Saturday :

• FRANCE. --
tICTo REUTER'S TELEGRAM.]
*(711, Dec. IL—The trial of the Lemoine for infan-
I.et,ointerngnated to-day. The jury acquitted Angelina
cilce, but found her mother guilty with extenuating
lab instances. The sentence was twenty years' hard
oor.

TIM LIVERPOOL LETTER AND THE
The . FRENCH FUNDS.
3 +the ' Post says,
ratis ecrrespon_en. of
kpLe'ver amount of abuse may be bestowed on the four
Tetpeol nierell[lUtS who wrote to thy emperor, those

g—eutir Men have unconsciously >added many millions of
francs to the value of all propen.y.quotecl at the Parisian
.BourSe. No. event, since .the meeting of the Queen cf
England and the Emperor of,the Frenca, at:Cherbourg,
has' so favourably affected our money maiket as M.
Mdectuard's answer to the!Liverpool letter.

The Ti)nrs believes that Lord tTodelacnise will go to
Paris as second Plenipotentiary at the approaching.
Congress..
Two' additional batteries of the Armstrong gun have
been tested far service in,China. The total number of
:gani ,now ready ~for the oxpeilition is thirty, and they
will' be despatched this.-weeli. •
.The•-Star.says that :gr. Cobden's health is inapre-ving.
ire has been advised•by his physician to spend a short
time in .the south of France.

LATEST FROM 1-AMERICA•

ARRIVAL OF TTIE CANADA AT Q,U=STOWN

The royal mail Canada, Captain Lang,
arrived
.at ,Queenstown yesterday. (Monday) afternoon,
at half-past one o'clock, and after landing mails,
proceeded 'for Liverpool, She -sailed from Boston on
the 30th Ultimo, and from' Halifax on the 3rd instant,
having been, detained at the latter port for thirty-six
hOurs by dense fogs. She.brings $24,000 in specie,,,and
59 passengtrs. Toe steamer Europa had arrived out.
On the: first instant passed the Europa ; vn the sth
passed a steamer supposed to be the Persia; on the Bth
passed two steamers, supposed to be the Nova Scotia
and the Edinburgh.
The failure of M'Cannock in the_ cotton trade is
announced. Liabilities Are not believed to be large.

The Washington correspondent of the .Nrcto York
Herald says :---The Message
,and accompanying reports,
are nearly finished, and ready•to be sent on the first day
of the Session. Mr. Cobb's is the, only one that is not
•closed up. Although the trade -of the country
exhibits a 'fast recovery from the depression of the last
two yearS,-•doubts of whether.'itWould not be prudent
to return.to the tariff of 1846 are entertained. Recent
eventsin Virginia:will bring forth some pointed. remarks.
Nov. .29:—Washington- Irving died
laitnight at his residence in -Jevington. ,
,CIIAiLESTON, Nov. :.29.--Brownss exeeutionlis fixed
for De ember
.2nd ; great excitement prevails, and an
attempt at rescue is expcoted,by Governor Wise, who is
crowiling the town with military. Several reporters
of the-nerthern press had been compelled -to return .to
Baltimore.
California dates tok. the 7th ult. repOrt business
stagnant.
Mexican advices to the .19tIrmlt. have been received.
The Constitution-lost at Quenetar 21 cannon and a large
lumber of prisoners, includig'Generals:Alvh.rez, Tapia,
and an Anierican officer. The latter .was shot, against
the remonstrance of the BrifiSh minister. A battle hrd
occurred at Tadananto, iu which 400 men were killed
and half the town burnt. • Tht, Liberals were victorious.

, THE SAN JUAN TIrTICTJETY
The Vew York, that Mr. Buchan n.
carefully and conclusively vindicate the right, of
America to the iiland ;- and, upon the issue, the country
will sustain the administration in peace or war.

The (:garlada brought over •one`of the Harper's Ferry
rioters, and 'the third mate of the Indian.

[The 'following summary of news was • telegraphed
front,. Queenstown to the ',Liverpool agent of the _Nciv
York Associated Press.]
The Canadian mail. etearas,-:.ip Bohemian from
pool, arrived at Portland • on the 20th ultimo.
The total loss of life" by the wreck of the steamer
Indian is no v,'• ascertained'te have been twenty-foTir.• •
California dates. to November 5' had jeacllel New
York. The ship.ment eT..,gold from San Francls,:;o for
the month of October readied $3,620,000. Au association
x; as in course of formation throughout the • State of
Californiafor the. purpose of depriving the 'Chinese of
all employment except Stich as is of, a menirl. 'clic.ractcr.
All feeling or• excitement 'in regard to the controversy
about the Island,of San. Rita • had nearly died out, and
it was generally thought that :General Scott -Would;
initiate an amicable adjustment bet,veen the'two Govern- .
ments. General Irarney 'had -.quitted th€,‘ territory.
tONev., 26th. General.Serano, the
new Captain General of Cuba, had arrived out, •aud .had
been inaugurated at 111Wallit with. considerable , splen-
dour. • The :Sagar. Market at Havana was inactive, but
. .
prices were firm. - ••'
The ritest.:eeititig deniestie'topiC in • the .I.lnited
States ..was the approaC,4ng eieention of. IlroWn
Broth and his accomplices-in the. Harper's Ferry affair.,
C.',i'sernO/' Wise, of Yirgiuia,.'. had ordered out a large
military force tO overawe ,arly .attempt,at rescue that
Might be threatened: 4 -peopositiot had also • .been.
started to establish- martiaPlaw. Brown-•had expressed
entire resiznatiOnto his fate. ' Money' was being libe-
rally in the Nerthern and Westerntates
to support his family. ' •
Advices from Mexico are to the 19th ultimo. The
vConstitutionalists had lost ii.7-Aliterelero (? Quenetaft) 21._
cannon and a large number of prisoners, including
Generals Alvarez and' Alpiataml -an American ewer.
the latter is reported to have been shot, against the
monstrances of the British Minister.
. A battle' 'had occurred at • Indanango, in.' which
Our hundred men. were killed.; and half the town,
was burned. The Liberals were. victorious. It *as; e-
portedthat a • compromise ha l sheen proposed between
Juarez, Robles • and Miramon—Juarez. to be the Pre-
Visienal President at Mexico, ~..erad *the Constitution of
1'8;5'7 to be restored, and the 'laws concerning Churtla
proiterty to be annulled.. : •• -
At New York on the 30th, 'Money was in fair demand,
and exood supply at unchanged sates. Sterling Fa
change was dull. Theptetations for bills on • Lender...-
ranged from. 1091 to 1091. The Stock market was
Inlet at a slight: improvement in .prices.. .. The closing
qiiotations were, Illinois CentraLahwes, 58; New • York
C,"entral..tdiares, 82k; Erie shares ativanced•am per share.
The Cotton market exhibited a droopingjendency. Flour
Was dull,'bizt the market on the last day advancedsc. per.
brL, andlWheat, although quiet alsodruproved lc. to .2e.
per bushel.' ; Indian -Corn !'dull. Beef and Pork. were
firm at about previous rates. - Baean.a;ll Lard dull, but
without any actual decline. The market for Produce in
general was -steady. Turpentine was 11, and rather
heavy.. • lion,,cfaiet at previous prices. Freights were
firmer. Cotton was taken for Liverpool At 7-32 d. to -id.
Ntw ORLEANS; Nov. 29.—The sales of cotton to-
day have been.2o,ooo bales. Prices are irregular, and
middling rangeirom 101 e. to like. . Sales of the past
three days, 39000; receipts same time, 39,000. bales.
Increase in. the :receipts at this port, 114000 bales..
Freights to Liverpoel, 15-32 d. • .
'MOBILE; -Nov. 29.—Cotton sales to-day, ,5;900 bales,
at 101 c. 'for middling. • the business of the past three
days has been 14,000 tbales, and the receipts, %7,000... •
[The usual late telegram via Halifax has either' failed
to come by • this vessels or was not landed at Queenstown.]

•
EXTENSIVE _FORGERIES 13T, THE CLERK OF ~T,HE
IItraLEPOOL GUARDIANS.---At the, Hartlepool
pol ^e-
court, on Saturday,- a charge of forgery was preferred
by Mr. William Wise, manager of the West Hartlepool ,
branch of Backhouse and Cols .bauk„against John Ri-
chardton, a young man of respectable conneCtions, and
who only a few weeks . ago was elNted clerk to the
Hartlepool Board of. Guardians . Mr, Richardson has
been 'seriously ill for the last- two or. three weeks, dur-
ing a portion of which time he.has been-under the sur-
veillance:of the police. Medical evidence was given of
his inability to attend, and the bench, after "hearing the
foliating .eyidenee;' adj ()trued the, case ffor a week. Mr.
Wise produced a bill of exchange, for, £260, drawn by .
John Richardson on -Mn-William Waldon, brewer, of
-Sirantoni near West- Hartlepool,- and purporting-to be
accepted by him. It was a three months' bill dated
August 13. He (Mr. Wise) discounted it, and when.
presented after being dishonoured it . was found to be h.
forgery. This-Was the only case gone into, it being the
first transaction ; but. it was stated that eight or nine
other forged bills had been discern-Oa- by, the .bank,
amounting in the. aggregate ,to • about £1,500. It Is,
stated that -Richardson has of late bc-en speculating
deeply, and has been 4tlicteC to garnbiillg.