Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-07-07 00:00:00

AMERICA.

The Royal Mail steamer Canada, Captain Shan-
non, arrived here about eight o'clock last evening,
with 109 passengers, 1,326,188 dols. in specie on
freight. The news is four days later than that
brought by the Atlantic. The following is an
ample summary of the same :
Our advices from Washington inform us that
upon the return of Mr. Bowfin, the President
would immediately take active measures for the
settlement of the difficulty with New Granada.
Commodore Vanderbilt and other parties are said
to be strongly urging the administration to re-open
the Nicaragua transit route. A letter is also said
to have been addressed to the President, inquiring
-whether he would sanction the fitting out of
another expedition for the conquest of Central
America by General 'Walker, but the President had
not intimated his views on the subject.
General Scott had been called to Washington by
the President to perfect arrangements for the
despatch of troops to Utah. It is the design of
the administration to send out the new Territorial
officers with the military force, thus ensuring their
safety from attack while on the journey. The final
orders for the guidance of the commander of the
troops are in preparation. No attempt will be
made to interfere with the religious or social in-
stitutions of the Mormons, but the United States
laws will be rigidly enforced. Already the troops
detached for Utah were in motion.
lion. William B. Reed, U.S. Minister to China,
partook of a public dinner on the 22nd nit , got up
in his honour by his fellow citizens of Philadelphia.
In response to a complimentary toast, Mr. Reed
delivered a speech, in which he alluded at some
length to the object of his embassy.
The Kansas free State Legislature adjourned on
the 13th ultimo. Acts were passed providing for
taking thecensus, and appointing the first Monday
in August for choosing State officers and Repre-
sentatives of Congress; also locating the seat of
government at Topeka. The election ordered by
the Territorial authorities took place on the 15th
ultimo.

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We have partial returns of the election for
delegates to the Constitutional Convention of
Kansas. As it is a one sided affair throughout,
the result is unimportant, except so far as it ex-
hibits the strength or weakness of the opponents
of the free State party in the Territory. It is
believed that the vote will be a light one.
A meeting was held in Columbus, Ohio, on the
18th ult., for the purpose of taking the matter of
the recently discovered defalcation, in the office of
state treasurer into eonsideratigit . Leaders of both
the political parties wer.e ptesent, and each endea-
voured to throw the onus of the :defalcation on the
shoulders of the other, and-the fact may be safely
acknowledged that they both succeeded in their
endeavour.
Three of the mutineers of the brig Gen. Pierce,
convicted of manslauehter in killing the captain
and cook of that vessel, while on the voyage to the
coast of Africa, were each sentenced to imprison-
ment for six years, and to pay a fine of 2,000 dols.,
at New York. This is equivalent to imprisonment
for life, as the prisoners cannot pay the fine. Smith,
convicted of the murder of the captain, has already
been sentenced to be executed in August next.
All the prisoners are Portuguese.
A correspondent at St. Paul, Minnesota, writing
on the Bth ult , gives some very interesting infor-
Illation With respect to the condition and prospects
of affairs in that Territory. Colonel Noble, of the
Pacific Wagon Road Expedition, bad left for Fort
Ridgley, where he would be
,j pined by Governor
Medary, and thence march with an armed force to
the Big Sioux river into the country of the hostile
tribe of Incapadootah Indians, who lately corn-
ittlitted.such barbarous outrages. The new Super-
intendent of Indian Afftirs had not yet arrived,
and the agents could not therefore pay the clamour-
ous crowd in their different districts. The troops
from Fort Snelling ordered to Utah were to leave
on the afternoon of the Bth ult. Improvements
were being pushed forward with great vigour in
St. Paul, and the prospects for industrious farmers
and mechanics were good all over the Territory.
Young men from the Eastern States having inflated
hopes of success in trade were doomed to severe
disappointment.
We take the following paragraph from a New
York paper of the 24th ult.:—
We have ree-ived a copy of a long report made by Col.
Lockridge to General Walker, detailing the operations of
the seizure of the steamers and forts on the Sap Juan
river by the Costa Ricans, an-I his efforts to recapluv
them. By the showing of Colonel Lockridge, there was a
most unmilitary carelessness in the parties having charge
of the defence of that portion of the Transit route. He
states that, when on his way down the river, he learned
that the Costa Ricans were on their way to capture it ;
that he saw one of the rafts opposite the mouth of the San
Carlos, and that Captain Thompson, who guarded Hippsoint, was also awre of these tirs; ana he advied ,
Mr. Scott of them,a and wanted h
tog returnd inth at steamers to
reconnoitre the river, which was refused. He gives a
short account of his operations on the river, and a long
one of the difficulties caused by the interference of the
English officers in the harbour of San Juan del N -rte.
According to Colonel Lockridge's account, he had immense
difficulties to encounter, and could not overcome them.
The report is too long for us to publish in the very
crowded state of our columns; besides which, all tl,e
points which he developes have been covered by the full
arlvices we have published from the scene of action while
the events were passing.
The recent rain storm has caused the destruction
of much property in various localities in the State
of New York. In the interior the streams were
swollen to a serious extent.
Travel on the Eric
Railroad was obstructed by the washing a
embankments, but the damage was soon rep wayaireofd.
A terrific, hail storm visited the city of Washing-
ten on Sunday afternoon, the 21st, and caused an
immense destruction of the glass in skylights,
conservatories, and windows. Trees were stripped
of their foilage, and grain, vegetables, and shrub-
bery beaten to the earth. The storm was about
twelve miles in breadth, and extended from the
southwest to the northeast. Some of the hail-
stones were so large as to weigh from five to six
ounces. It ie feared that the crops throughout its
course
Mexico are much injured if
From
not ent'rely rui !ler!.
we have adv.
Santa Anna's friends were inlet e.s to the. 6th
ing to bring him back to Mexico". suingA ne
wancdonesopnirpati;
against the government had been discovered in the
capital and many arrests made. of
feeling of the
conntry is working up to a pitch of enthusiasm to
defend the republic against the Spanieh invasion.
Santa Anna has written a letter
to his nephew,
stating that he ardently desires to reform Mexico.
The inhabitants of Vera Cruz expected a gay time,
as it was thought that an army of sixteen thousand
Tien, commanded by President Ccmonfort, would
encamp near it during the summer: An English
fleet was expected off Vera Cruz in order to dencend
explanations respecting the Forbes and Barron
ease, already acted on by the National Congress.
Santa Anna's manifesto was very generally derided.
The weather was cool and pleasant. The city of
Vera Cruz was healthy.
News from Minititian to the 28th ult., has been
received. A schooner had arrived there and claimed
admittance under the rights and privileges con-
ceded to the Tehuantepec Company. The Mexi-
can authorities, however, flatly refused to recog-
nise these assumptions, and proceeded to enforce
he port and Custom House regulations as against
the vessel.
We have intern
27th
hgeinee from Porto Cabello, Vene-
zuela, to the
taken in politicoaclicutm. There was but little interest
.atters, the attention of the
country being
The land under cuilltlievditotfion th© with. industrial i-ffairs.
exceeds in quantity that present season
previous period.
We have news from Cara aeney
10th ult. The treaty with the' Venezuela, to the
ratified ; but one article, byw Srcla Ataten
American
citizmis exempt from military duty the m etreaty
shall be called on to pay a peeuniare
y amounty
equal
to that demanded from the natives, was looked on
as supremely ridiculous andlunjust.
We have Havannah dates to the 15th ult. The
city was healthy. The 12th of August had been
tared as
as the day of the departure of Cantain-
acco
Ge
neral Concha for Madrid. He will, it is said, be
nipanied by a number of distinguished persons.
Sant Alma had not arrived, but he was daily
expected. The Spanish squadron intended for

operations against Mexico was reported to be off
the coast. Reinforcements of Spanish soldiers
were received by every arrival. The British consul
at Trinidad had been grossly insulted, with the
view, it is said, of provoking him to a duel.

COMMERCILL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW YORK, June 24.
MONETARY AFFAIRS.—The Money Market is gradually
hardening, though the supply of capital is abundant. The
current rates are 8 to 9 and 10 per cent, on prime com-
mercial paper according to maturity We talc', the following
from the Circular of Messrs. De Coppel and Co., dated this
day :—" Since our last advices of loth inst., we have had a
general decline in all the speculative stocks dealt in at the
Stock Exchange. This falling off can only be att: ibu'ed to
the lack of confidence in railroad shares, as the Money Market
continues easy in spite of the heavy shipments of specie for the
week. Stocks of a more permanent character have varied but
little in price. Trade generally is spoken of as being exceed-
ingly dull in every branch. Money continues abundant on
good securities, but lenders are timid, and scrutinise closely
the character of cellatorals. We quote Money on call at 7,
business paper 8 to 12, according to class and length.
Exchange on London steady, at 109-?,-to 1091.
COTTON : The business for the three days has been very
moderate, but with no pressure to sell, the market has
retained the buoyancy previously noticed, and to-day small
sales were effected at a slight improvement—say one-eighth of
a cent. on middiinge., under the influence of the Persia's favour-
able accounts, received early yesterday morning. The sales
have averaged about 1,000 bales daily, and the market eras.
buoyantly. We quote :