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The Royal Mail steam-ship AmeriL
William Harrison, arrived in the River,
usual mails from the United States
North America. She sailed from Bos.
13th instant, and Halifax on the 21st; and ess
brought, besides the mails, 133 passengers, and
$338,480 in specie.
-The America passed the steam-ship Asia on Dec.
19th, off Boston ; the steam-ship Baltic arrived at
New York on Dcc. 13th.
No Speaker had been elected when the America
sailed, consequently no Message bad been de-
livered.
The follovring was the result of the 61th vote, on
the 13th day after meeting :—Bank, 106 ; Rich-
ardson, 73 ; Fuller, 38 ; Lester 2 ; Messrs. Har-
rison, Winslow, Williams, and' Orr, 1 each ; ne-
cessary to a choice, 112.
Mr. Thorineton then offered a resolution for the
election of a Speaker by plurality, pending which
the house adjourned.
The New York Herald states that the President
will recommend in his Message the purchase of the
rights and possessions of the Hudson Bay Company
ou the north-west coast of the continent. These
rights and possessions are exercised and held
j within the territory of Oregon, a large portion of
which formerly belonged to the old Pacific Fur
Company.
The Washington correspondent of the same
journal, writing on the 16th inst., says
The President, with much earnestness, assured
a member of Congress last evening, that he should
have two Messages to transmit to Congress upon
its organisation. His original Message, prepared
for the opening of the session, would require further
alteration. Without running the risk of not being
ready when called on, the intelligence brought by
the Baltic would render necessary a supplementary
document. The President of the United States
has issued two proclamations—one against the
Nicaragua Filibusters, and the other aanouncing
that Newfoundland has complied with the provi-
sions of the Reciprocity Treaty with the British
North American... Provinces, and-will hereafter par-
ticipate in its benefits. Aceounte. from Kansan
represent the inbibitints of that territory as being
under arms. Three thousand men are said to bo
already in the field to put down the opponents of
law and order;; and a violent collision is looked for
between the belligerents."
Havannals advices to the 10th inst. report the
-health of the:island to
were
good, and the sugar
market active;
freights dull.
Advices froth Vera Cruz to the Bth, and Mexico
fo the tth ittst., have been receiveth A conspiraCY
had been discoveml,.._lllo object- being to make
Genehl Uragit.:President. Neagh, Padra, Miauda,
and General-Colonel -Alia° have been arrested for
being concerned in the affair, which caused great
excitement.
Colonel Bolles had been aripOrnied to'-vsuceeed
Senor Almonte as Minister at Washington. 4t,was
rumoured that Communiort would retire from the
Ministry.

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The Church was opposed to the existing Govern-
ment, and things were generally in great confusion.
Money at New York was extremely abundant on
call, and for large amounts a few negotiations had.
taken place at afraction of 7 per cent. First class
paper is still difficult to negotiate under 10 or 12
per cent.

- The Stock market continues active without im-
portant change, and prices are well sustai ;ed. The
business in exchange has not been large ; bankers
are asking 9 per cent. for Sterling and i for France',
but at these rates the transactions are very limited;
first-class sterling drawn by leading 'lenses on Bar-
ing Brothers have been sold-Tit Si per cent. Cotton
without change in prices. Flour is pier for in-
ferior and common grades, while sales of all kinds
were moderate. There was more doing iu wheat,
while prices favoured purchasers.i Indian corn in
fair demand, at 84c. to Z.!. for new mixed; yellow,
and white at-97c. to 99c. for western mixed from
store and delivered. Pork was dull, with moderate
sales, and at rather easier prices. Beef was heavy,
'without change of moment in prices,while lard
i was from 5 30. Sogurs were firmer.
Freights—There'. were a fair amount of
,engage-
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ments of grain to7Liverpool. Rates were rather
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eatner. To London.' and the continent ; they con.
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tiuued from 5 30. -17. . ,
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'EV/INS/YR ROBBERIES OF BONDED STORES'
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AT BRISTOL, AN . ARREST ,OF: SWVERAZ
P.DtPIES.
. 177--"."-- . • BRISTOL, Saturday. A. great sensation has been pro-
-1 aced here to-day by the arrest of several parties on a
her 'of having been concerned in a robbery of wines
nd spirits to the extent of 2,0001., froth the bonded
i•ellars of Mr. Alfred Phillips,
,Small-street.— Tke parties
harged were Mr. Stephen Bendall, who till recently
carried on a large and fashionable business as-a perfumer
in College green, but who has lately been cOacerned as
a shipper to the colonies and Africa ; George Davis, a
locker in the Customs, and John Simms, a eellarican -;
John Kendall, lately chief c'erk to Mr. Phillips, and a
porter in his service named Garrett, are also in custody.
Some weeks ago, upon one of the Csstom-lionse dip-
pers going to re-ganve a cask (upon which deity was about
to he paid) in Mr. Phillips's cel'ar. he was surprised at
finding it many gallons deficient He VA, induced to try
come others, and finding them likew'se short, the cellars
were tried through, and it was found that they had been
plundered to the extent of at lea,t 2 0001, As the cellars
are kept und,rdouble kakis, one 89t kept by the Customs
lockers and the other, by Mr. Phillips's men, and as
there is no means of access to the stone ',otherwise than
by the door, it became at once apparent that the robbery
could not have been effected without the privity of per-
sons connected with both establishments, and the police
having been set on the qui vive, their inquiries resulted
in the arrest of the parties named, who were this day
brought before the magistratee.
The only witness ex mined was the clerk Kendall,
who deposed that soon after his joining Mr. Phillips, in
1849, he saw Davis, when orders were given for wine or
spirit:, fill one cask no out of others. Davis told him
that the cask wanted hal been robbed by a man named
Burges, a former cellarman, who had abtoonded, and
that he was obliged to fill it up to keep it all straight.
Had seen Davis do so on o'her occasions, and had seen
him take bottles of spirits, but never more than one at
a time. The witness further stated that Bendall had
induced him to take spirits, and that he had sold him on
one occasion two gallons, and on two others ons-and-a-
half gallons each time, for the whole of which he paid
him sl.

The witness was severely cross-examined with a view
to induce the magistrates to discredit his testimony. It
wai ultimately resolved to remand the case, admitting
all the prisoners to bail.

BELGIUM AND THE UNITED STATES.—On Monday
next the Belgian royal trans-Atlantic mall steam-packet
Belgique, 2,500 tons burden and 500. horse power, will
arrive at Southampton on its way to New York, being
the pioneer of a line of steamers which is about to rua
between Antwerp, Southampton, and the United States.
The burgomaster and several of the municipal authorities
of Antwerp, some of the members of the Belgium Go-
vernment, and the directors of the Belgian Royal Steam
packet;Company, purpose paying a visit to Southarnptoa
in the Belgique. The Mayor and Corporation of South-
ampton have resolved to receive the distinguished visit-
ors in state, and to invite them to a grand banquet before
their return to Belgium.
EMIGRATION FROM LIVEIMOL.—LIVERPOOL, Dec. 29,
--The etnigra:ion returns for the present year will ex-
hibit a diminution in the number of persons sailing from
this port to the extent of nearly one-half as compared
with last year's return. The total number of ships which
have sailed hence for all foreign ports during the year,
including "short ships," or those which do not come
under the surveillance of the Government officers, has
been 576, carrying altogether 122,480 souls, against 957
ships, which took their departure hence for all foreign
ports in the year 1854 with 210,742 souls on board. Of
this number about 90,090, or two-thirds, have proceeded
to the United States, and about. 27,000 to the Auitralian
colonies, the 1 ulk of the remainder being equally divided
between Canada and New Brunswick.

JENNY LIND'S ENGAGEMENTS —There are a variety
of statements abroad in the papers as to the terms of
this vocalist's engarement with Mr. Mitchell. The
Revue et Gazette ;Musicale de Paris says that Mr. Mit-
Gthoaidtßeth'
chell has engaged Mme. Jenny at the rate of 5001, for
each concert ; but the Musical World says that the
enlli',-sburt"'ll.l(a"ldia"mge
npaotpellfris. Doluittchi emilidTs uolwatni,oansile
that Mr. Mitchell has s'mply undertaken the direoties
of it. Now we will just give our readers the informa-
tion that has come to our knowledge in this matter, and
we have it from a quarter cn which we can Ouse reli-
ance. Mr. Mitchell has engaged Madame Goldscbmidt
and her husband for twenty weeks, and for that period
they are to receive 20,0001., on the condition that they
perf,irm at three concerts in each week. We have also
heard that an etninei,t musical firm offered to give Mr.
Mitchell 5,000/. for his et.gagement.—Sussex.Expre.es.
THE GOVERNMENT DECISION RESPECTING THE UNI-
VERSITY OF LONDON —The following letter was some
time tince addressed by the Home Secretary to Lord
Burlington. a. Chancellor of the University of London :
—" Whitehall, 18th Auvust, 1855.—My Lnrd,—l have
the honour to inform your lordship that I have had
Under consideration the correspondshce which passed
some time since in reference to the University of Lon-
don ; and I beg leave to state to your lordship, that as
to the legal eifficulty adverted to in the opinion given by
Mr. Tomlinson, I am prepared to advice the Crown that,
in the event of a new charter being ist ued to the Uni-
versity, a clause he inserted in it making the consent of
the majority of the senate necessary to the surrender of
the charter, provided that upon au examination of the
law it should appear that a clause of this nature can be
made effectual for its object ; and that with respect to
the admission of graduates into the senate, I propose
that the new charter should provide that every alternate
vacancy in the senate shall henceforth be filled up by the
Crown with a graduate of the Un.versity of London,
until the number of graduates in the senate shall amount.
to one fourth of the total number. I further propose that;
every such graduate appointed by the Crown shall by
selected from a list of five graduate; to be chosen by
graduates at large.—l Lave the honour to he, my for d ,
your lordship's obedient servant—G. OBITs',