Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-06-29 00:00:00

THE DAY'S NEWS.

Tbs JAmeriea arrived here yesterday with three
days' =latter news . from the United States. The
steamers Canada, Vanderbilt, and North American,
bad arrived out. General Walker had been visiting
Washington where he was lionised He had had an
interview- with the President, who, it is said,
will order an inquiry into the facts connected
with the action of Captain •Davis, of the
U.S. sloop of war, St. liary's while in Nicaragua.
aa A desperate fight took place in San Antonio (Tex-
as) on the 30th ult., between some of the citizens
and a gang of thieves, robbers and house breakers
who infested. that place. The immediate cause of
the fight •was the murder of a woman and the rob-
bery of her house by the band of. ruffians. Five
persons were killed, three desperadoes and two
citizens. In the New. York papers avezfind a mani-
festo of Tanta Anna to the Mexican people. With
unblushing impudence he speaks of his own
mighty ‘nchievenlents," of his " triumphs," of his
" popularity," of the " victorious laurels"
that in .tittles past "crowned his temples."
In alluding to the condition of Mexican
affairs be, of eaurse, sides with Spain in the
pending &clout% and with the Church in its rebel-
lion against th State. lie denounces the new
Constitution to wt.ich the vast majority of the
people have sw,arn obedieuea, nor does he lose
the opportuity of riding once more this old
hobby and givio.g cent to his abhorrence of a
free press tuad fr ee institutions. The manifesto,
altogether, as,d a.part from its absurd egotism,
is very ill-timed. appears at a moment
when Mexico, and( n• the enlightened and popular
administration of _President - Comonfort, has
emerged with hon. aur from a. svere domestic
struggle. The .Lilaaral cause in the Republic
never achieved a mere decided victory than
in the promagatia.n -of the new Constitu-
tion, and in the signal triumph of the Govern-
ment over its ea.emies, lay and clerical. It is
reaping its reward now'. in the s-trang - support of
the people. Santa Anna, if he has any self-respect
left, had better remain gab silentio in his -New-
Granadian retreat, and, writh unenviable reflections
-upon Lis past career as companions °Ellis solitude,
enjoy, if he can, his ill-go tten gains.
_As a public
man he is dead, and must* for ever-remain dead to
his eounary and the world. azle has always had
the reputation of being shrewd and sagacious, and
therefore,in common charity, weare willing to regard
his last manifesto as nothing more than a peevish
ebullition of age. The George Law had arrived at
.Nev York with a fortnight's later news from
California. -11-sy this arrival w e have the .particu-
Jars of the, surrender and masracre of the:Sonora
filibusters under command of Vol. Crabbe. The
intelligence of fate of these men-created a pro-
found sensation throughout California. The dis-
astrous termination of the expeditions of Walker
and Crabbe.had, it was thought, .fatally damaged
the prestige of
,the Americans, and alarm was felt
that henceforth detached parties on the frontiers
of Mexico would „be liable to attack at any time.
Our adviaes fraaa Bogota state that _General
Mosquera had proposed the sending of force of
1,000 men to the
,isthmus. At Panama and
Aspinwall all was quiet, and the population show
no disposition, to inteafere with American citizens.
The revolution in ;Peru is finished. A portion
of the fleet had. aurrenilered to Castilla watt) the
Chincha Islands, and the rest would soon be given
up. It was propeaed to place these islands under
the protection of England and France. General
Vivaneo was at Areqaipa, but without power to
make any new (Lemousaration against the govern-
ment

The news from India is of a very unfavourable
description. The inutinoussprit among the native
troops in English pay turns out to have had a
wider and deeper :sauce thai the belief in an
isolated act of authoritative tampering with their
religion. It evidently springs from a general dis
content and hatred, beano by the.natives towards
the government and its oppressiveness. Most
disastrously has it bro.ken out ; regiment after
regiment revolting, followed by a general
massacre of the English Delhi, and the
proclamation of a native Prince as The
emergency calls for promptness anti severity
if our Indian empire is to be preserved. As yet,
the accouuts received are only telegraphic, and
we must wait for the arrival of .detailed accounts,
due this day,,.before we are enabled to judge of the
extent or character of the mutiny. We may
meantime, however, says the GlQbe, assure- our
readers that our immediate resources are quite
equal to any .emergency that mey
.arise. There
are at present tinder order for .embarkation
two cavalry and
.four infantry regiments, with a
large number of detachments, making ,altogether
nearly 8,000 man. These were mainly intended
to relieve other regiments whose term .of service
bad expired ; but, of ,course, the latter .will be
'kept in India as long .as there is occasion for
their services, and thus the Euroromn troops
would, if necessary, be .iu..creased by mere than
5,000 men. The character of the accounts which
have just come in, however, lead to the supposi-
tion that no very extraordinary measures will be
necessary to quell the mutiny'and restore order.
The domestic, news this morning is not of much
moment. [n tne House of Commons to-night the
Civil Service and Revenue departments eslimai es
will be proceeded with. There are,alao among the
orders of the clay
.several government measures,
but none of a very important
charlieter. The first
notice on Tuesday evening is Mr. l. 1.• Berkeley's
bill for the adoption of the Ballot. 'Ale rival
Medical Profession bills head the programme of
business for Wednesday, the Metropolitan Grand
Juries bill that of Thursday, and on Friday
the Probate) and Letters of Administration
important
measure (committee) is the most
measure down for discussion. " We hear,"
says a London evening c.otemporary, " !hat
her Majesty's ministers grow not a little anxious
about the Ballot motion of Mr. Berkeley, which is
fixed for Tuesday next. That is the day on which
i the Queen ntcl.os to present herogliP? I.o' )(Val

subjects in Manchester, accompanied by the
Prime Minister, the Home Secretary, and as many
of the Whig and Tory members ,of Parlia-
ment as may be needed to render the royal
train dignified and imposing. But then
Ministers and Ministerialists cannot manage to be
in Manchester and Westminster at the same time,
and so when the enn goes down, Mr. Berkeley
may have a splendid opportunity of marshalling
his Ballot host on the clessic plains of the British
House of Commons. Her Majesty's Ministers,
we say, are anxiously troubled about it, for they
begin to feel that the Ballot is not what it once was,
a mere political plaything to be tossed upfor the
amusement of constituencies.

The quarterly revenue returns will be issued to-
morrow. Instead of a large estimated deficiency
in the customs, to be apprehended from the re-
duced rates of duty upon tea and sugar, which
took effect on the Ist of April—the com-
mencement of this quarter—there will be,
en the contrary, an increase of something
like £304;',000 in the customs as compared with
the 'corresponding quarter of last Tear. This
favourable result is very much to be attributed to
the large quantities of Teas which were kept over
to take advantage of the reduced scale of duties.
In the Excise, the expected deficiency from the
reduction of the duty on Malt, was calculated at
no less than from X 890,000 to 51,000,000. The
actual reduction will not probably amount
to one-half of that sum. The whole de-
crease upon the Excise will probably not
be more than .;.e/400,000. This is all the
more a matter of congratulation, since a
great .portion of the balance of this amount arises
from the still.inereasing consumption, although
the great brewers have not yet given to the public
the benefit of the great reduction made to them.
The Stamps and Taxes exhibit a steady increase,
showing the progressive character of our com-
mercial relations, and the improved revenues
derived from the transfer and succession of
land. The falling off in the Income-tax
will be much smaller than was expected,
owing to the reduction of the duty only
having taken place upon official salries, and upon
the recipients. of interest in the public securities,
which were always collected closely—deducted, in
fact, from the payments made by the Bank. Upon
the other schedules the tax was not collected so
quickly, and a great amount of the Income-tax due
before the Ist of April has only been collected in
this quarter. The 16d. in the pound ceased on the
ist of April, or rather dwindled to the old 7d. in the
pound—the war 9d being taken off—but the effect
of the reduction will not tell upon the Revenue
fully during the greater part of the year, since the
arrears due and payable by the public are of the
old 16d rate. The whole deficiency will probably
be less than 1,100,000—a sum far less than the
largo reduction of taxation would have led us to
expect.

At the Police Court, on Saturday, on Mr. Cope-
land applying for the annual license for the Amphi-
theatre, some opposition was made, but ultimately
the license was granted.
The more striking news from the Continent this
morning is to the effect that the question between
Denmark And her German duchies has arrived at
a crisis. The Danish ultimatum, lately so much
spoken of, has actually been received at Bet lin, and
it is not likely to conciliate the German Powers. In
the mean time France, leaning to a recognition of
the justness of the claims of the German Duchies,
has offered her mediation, which seems to have
been well received by Prussia and Austria, as also
by the President of the German Diet.
A semi-official Madrid paper announces that
Ppain, seeing the fruitlessness of further negotia-
tions with the Mexican Plenipotentiary, has resolved
at once to proceed to a rupture of diplomatic
relations with the Republic which sprang from her
finest colony. Clouds, therefore, are gathering in
that direction likewise.

With respect to to the Principalities, a Vienna
letter informs us that the Moldavian Kaimakan has
closed the electoral lists. The European Commis-
sion is busily engaged in its labours. making up
for the loss of time caused by the want of decision
at Constantinople.
The authorities along the French frontiers have
received strict instructions not to admit in future
any foreigner into France who cannot prove that
he has pecuniary means at his disposal, and that
he is certain of obtaining work.

TnE worst anticipations respecting the Mersey
Conservancy Bill have been realised. Sir James
Graham, as Chairman of the Select Committee
appointed to consider the preamble of the bill,
has intimated the decision of the Committee, of
which he has has been dictator from first to last.
The men of Manchester have had their triumph,
and it remains to be seen what modifications the
right_hon. baronet will offer to the counsel on
both sides, to-day. The preamble.of the bill in
question sets forth that it " is expedient that the
docks of Liverpool and Birkenhead should be
vested in an independent public body, elected
by the parties that pay the rates; and that all
rates and dues levied on shipping, shall be applied
to the benefit of the port and of the shipping
frequenting ,the port."

To j nstify the Committee coming to the con-
clusion that such an averment as is containPd in
the foregoing preamble is correct, the evidence
produced by thepromoters of the Mersey Con-
aer.vancy mixt have satisfactorily demon-
strated that the management of the Liverpool
Dock Trust :has been not merely imperfect, but
unequal to the requirements of the trade and
commerce of the country, and thus inflicts a serious
injury upon those whose mercantile engagements
oblige them rto have recourse to the port for the
purpose of loading and unloading their mercan-
dise. Now,.we emphatically deny that such has
been the ease. There is nothing upon the
minutes of the evidence collected to justify any
such conclusion. On the contrary, some of the
leading promoters of the bill have testified that
they had no fault.to find with the mode in which
the present Dock "Trustees performed their duties.
From the very outset of the inquiry, it was quite
evident that no matter by what means the end
was gained, the promoters of the bill had made
up their mind to obtain a footing in the Dock
Committee of _Liverpool, and indirectly a voice in
the regulation of our municipal afiltirs. The
unreasonable character of the proposal is apparent
to every individual not wrapt up in self, and
thwarted by ambitious and unjust principles,
and a strong de ire to break the tenth precept
of the .decalogue. What would be thought of a
body of men going to Parliament, and asking to
be empowered to regulate arid expend the tolls on
a certain bridge which has been erected solely by
private contributions. The idea that the fre-
quenters of that bridge, which was solely
private property, should be empowered to
elect a Board of Control, As far its the rates to ,
be levied and the amount to be exper4A in its
maintenance, would be simply ridiculous.
Parliament, as in other great undertakings,