Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-29 00:00:00

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL or THE AMERICA.

The Royal Mail steam-ship America, Captain
Lott, which sailed from Boston on the 103:11, and
Halifax, N S., on the I 8;11 inst., entered the Mersey
ahor7ly after 5 o'clock yesterday morning, bringing
70 passengers, the usual mails, and specie on
fre:ght amounting to £120,308. The Europa (s)
arrived at New York, on the 14th inst., and the
Canada was at Halifax, en route to Boston. The
America brings four days later intelligence. Con-
gress was still in Session, but the proceedings
which had taken place were not of any particular
moment or importance.

et .... gi.oo vre learn that the President
does not regard the breach between the Adtninis
tration Lute Senator Dangles as irrepariole. H.
•-considers the Senator's speech mere ael a corn
mernaiy upon the Kansis and Nebraeka bill than
upon his Message, and as that measure was Mr
pauglas's own, he ceitaiely bad a light az
criticise it. The President had peremptorily
altemisse 1 Mr. Stanton tram the Secretaryship
of K meas. The reason assigned fur this
step was the fact of Mr. Stanton having issued a
,proclamadoh ceiling a special session of tht..
Lecompton Legislazure to meet ou the 7th ins-.
'Gen. Denvir, Cemnaissioner of fileiaa Affairs, is to
be Mr. Compten's suceesser. It WAS reported at
IVashingtou that sloes the adj2.urnoleat of the
Lecompton Convention the Free ,tats male of the
territory have held several meetings, a: variou,
points, to express their opposition to the Coustith-
tion framed by that bogy. The iollowing is tea
latest intelligence froth Washiegton, telegraphed
to the B zstoa papers of the 16.11 Govento)
Walker will, according to the assertions of his must
intimate friends, s on withdraw altogether from [hi-
Governorship of Ka zss, and will, in tendering his
•resignation to tile Pet-eidetic, sate h:s reasons a
the course, designing, however. not to use an)
'language which may have a tendeeey to (astute,
their present friendly relations. Jadge Douglas's
enabling„ bill is altogether eitmlar.iti ics details cu
that of Mr. Toombs, with the adeitional clause that
the Constitutien, when termed by the conveetion
shall be submitted entire to the people oz Kansas., Senator Gwin has received a large ',umber or let-
ters f om California, in weicli the writers express al,
intense desire to be mustered into the se, vice 01
the United atates tigAtiSt the Maroons and it, is
mentioned that they h are emissaries throughou
the State, and are thou ht to be meditating most
serious mischief. Some of the senators are pre-
paring speeches on the Kansas question. Tee
Southern in ail brirga nu trews of interest. Th
statement from private despatches reeeived here
that Gen. Slitelds end Mr Steele had been elec
to the U.S. Senate from Mienesom, is without •
foundation. At the latest dates no election had
taken place.''
The steam-ship Star of the West, with the Cali-
fornian mats and 2,700,000 dollars gold dust aa
arrived at New Y ek. -Quartz [Melia; was beztee
prosecuted through California with gloat vig.zur,
but river rumine, owing to recent heevy rains hee
been surnma, ily ended for the season. The vv.-her-
bal risen with such rapeley as to sseep ati
flumes and an immense amount of intmeg m iteriat
Fuini;ial affairs in Cali-ornia were very eneentia•
Produce mat•ktes were iminervieg. Di y goats quiet
and unchanged. Boas and shoes bei,cer, wttu at,
improved demand, Domestic spirits dud,ane put ten
fluctuating. Matey vessels had arrived from th
-United States, brin!itig, large, ad:Wiens to tha
stook of eastern itterehatazi; but, says the Alta
California, trade does not appear to have bee.,
stimutated b, these arrivals.
General Walker had lauded at Gcey Town. The-
following are all the particulars kuuwa of the

matter
On the the 24th of November, a small steamer, called
tha Fashion, apple, ed off the port, It did not attempt to
enter, but ran (lowa to the Gilaralo rivor, where General
W liuded fifty men. On the foil° wing day she came
into Greytown at full speed, with only ten men on deck,
ran alongside a hulk, and bsf. we the boats ..f the U. S. stop
Baratva eouid o rd her. Walker and his party, amount-
ing to 150 men had landed. At Mr. Scott's, Captain
Chatard of the Saragota ordered them away from Mr S.'d
premises, and has Liken G,eytown and the peoperty
belonging to the Transit Compel), under his protection
He has also inform() 1 Walker that he will !EA allow any
depredations to be committed in either place.
Oa the Feehion's papers being overoauled, it was found
that she regularly cleared from the Custom House at
Mobile. She is now here'(Aspin w all ) The Bei WI war
steamer Dee is also here, wi.h despatches for the senior
officers of the British fleet on this station, and also for
Commodore Paulding, of the Lt frigate Wab 1, h.
C:stillo and VtvaLc.) are at Arequipa, but as yet had
managed to avoid a collision
Costa Rica had appoin.ed commistioners to proceed to
Nicaragua for a settlement of pending difficulties.
General Walker landed 300 men at San Juan del Norte,
and took possession of the t.wn.

A lieutenant of the Saratoga, who happened to be on
shore, was ordered by Walker to go on board his (the
tentenant's) ship.
On the eveuit g of the 3rd, the frigate Waba.h, together
with the English ship-of-the-line itrunswiek and steam
frigae Leopard, sailed for San Juan, which place they
would blockade. They would also probably take measures
to prevent Walker's troops trom passing no the river.
Oae hundred and forty-one landed on the hulk on the
point opposite Greytown, making 186 in all ; Walker, at
the head of all, scrambled over the side of the hulk anti
from thence to dry lad. They aro ail well-armed with
Minnie rifles. Tne party or 45, landed at the mouth of
the Colorado, is c)mnanded by Cep% Frank Anderson,
who was one of the origtnat 36 who went from California
with Walker in his first invasion of Nicaragua. Upon
landing, the party ,mtnedtately proceeded up tne Colorado
to its junction with the San Juao, twenty miles train
Greytown, and took possession of the warehouses of the
Transit C tmpaey, and began to appropriate lumber. They
were ordered cif by Capt. Ciiaiard, of the Se atoga, and
they then took possession of some native huts. Lieut.
Cihey attemped to land on the point with two men, on a
gunning excursion. He was ordered off 'ay Walker.
(Alley replit d that he was an Amtrican citizen, and had as
good a right there as Walker. Walker answered,
"I have here 150 men to your two. If you do not leave
imtne lately, I will arrest you." Cilloy left.
News from Fort San Carlos and Castida Rapids is to
28th November. The fort was still blockaded by Gen
Cantry, in the steamer San Carlos, with 50 men. It was
held by 250 Nicaraguans, one half of whom were sick.
About 400 Costa tiacana held tee Rapids, about half of
whom only are fit for duty. Provisions were scarce.
We have adviccs feorn Mexico by the America,
Which s:ata that tha position of Government was
much firmer titan list reported, acid that the
forces of the revolutionists' had been defeated 1).
the government troops at Puebla and other pain .s.
Campeachy was still besiege.l, and the inhabitants
were suffering severely from want of provisions
The Port of Nairdad had been declared open to
commerce. The news from other quarters is not
of any moment-

The Commercial advices by this arrival inform
us that business affairs continued to improve, and
loans on call were none at 5 to 7 per cent. ;
paper was difficult to negociate, and the rates
irregular, say from 12 to 18 per cent. The
cotton market was dull and heavy, buyers generally
held off, in expectation of later advices from
England. Middling Uplands was quoted at 110,
good midiling and middling fair 11Z-0
The Etiropes advises caused a hotter feeling
in the breadstuff' market, and holders
of State and Western flour were lookinp
for higher priee3, wheat and ludiau
were also a shade steadier. Th.: markets for all
kinds of cured provisions were rather quiet, and
there was not any material variation in price
There was more activity in freights. Wheat t.
Great Britain, was shipped at 51c to fic, in bags.
Flour, Is. 9d. ; cheese, 225. 6d:; cotton, 5-32 d.
Flour to London, 2s:

COMMERCIAL IN rE LLIGENCE
New YORK, Dec. 15.
MONITARY.—Since our advices of the 8 h instant, and
from Saturday last, the Banks of the City of New Yolk
have r,sume t specie payments. As this measure was only
announced the day previous, it created some surprise, and
was thought by many persons to be precipitate. Never-.
theless, they resume un ter favourable circumstances which
appear to jastify this step. The uneasiness which was felt
as to the condition of the European money markets, and
particularly thst of London, has just been dissipated by the
news received to day, from Liverpool to the 28th Novem
b:r. This should naturally result in a recove ycf coLfi-
dace, whiA in facilitating the negotiation of bills of