, 1857-02-20

ment, bail in five thousand dollars bavi,-
been previously given in his behalf pt
rick Mclaughlin and James Turns, ~
Iincladed in the order of release, but ,h.'
are held in custody to answer to oDo,L.
charge.
HUDsoy's BAY CoNPANY.-A Wo.b;.
ton correspondent Of the New York H,,n,s.
in letter dated Dec Is, 1856, saw A.,
the Committee on Foreign Affairs ~
prepared to report bill to purchase a.
possessory rights Of the Hudson's Bs1 al
Puget Sound Agricultural companies =.
which the committee will ask an appron,.
tion Of two hundred and fifty tbous,Da
dollars, which amount, it is said, will !.
Sufficient to satisfy the company II.
same committee have also matured snoth.,
French SpoliatiOn bill, which they n.
ready to report, and which in substance !.
the same as that passed two years agos
MNNEsoTA.-Gov. German, in bis ma,
sage to the Minnesota Legislature n,
winter, stated the population of the Ter;
tory at 10000, as shown by the cepn,i
taken the summer previous. At the oDo,.
ing Of navigation in the spring It was s'ti.
mated at 120, 900, and now, near the sIo,.,
of navigation, it is set down by St p,DI
paper at 100000. At its present rate Il
increase, Minnesota will have population
of at least half million in 1860. Iti
said that the people of Minnesota an
about to call convention 10 frame a con.
stitution, and ask admittance into t6s
Union, perhaps at the present session Of
Congress. ad.@
UrAH.-A correspondent of the Bali.
more Patriot thinks Utah will be admitted
to the Union at the present session Ol
Congress, aud that she will be slave
State.
We have advices from the city Of Mex.
co to the 4th inst There is no news On
the 26th ult, according TO official returns
the sales of church property had amour
ted to $l7,27T, 1888. aa-T
Europe, etc.
The only impor tant feature of the news
is the formal decl Nration Of war by England
against Persia, which event occurred At
Calcutta on tn lst Of Nov. Large forces
had been desp Otched by sea and land to
prosecute the war, and in comparstksJ
short time we may hear that Anglo-Sl1un
civilization has taken another long stride
in the east, with the usual consequence
colonization and commerce. The comma
cial accounts by this arrival are rathem.
favorable than otherwise. ee3
Information has been received from Big
land 10 the effect that, in the event Ofils
blockade Of the ports Of New Grensdtg g
the British, Aspinwall and Panama vii b
regarded as neutral ports. The coufss il.
tended to be pursued in regard to snat
ter had not been definitely settled upOp By
the British government, but it was geDa.
ally believed that the policy indicated
above would be adopted lgg
A correspondent, writing from Madhd,
states that Gen. Concha had been feIhsyd
from the governorship of Cuba, and that
General Urbistondo, Minister Of War,
would probably receive the appointnsi
to the vacancy tf li sos
The report of the arrival at BOrdean1d
fifteen Of the passengers and crew ih
French steamer Lyonnais is confirmed, ba
neither o1r correspondence nor our Ills
contain any particulars of the reseue Orils
names Of the saved. uls fimfi az
We are happy to announce the arie
at Portsmouth, England, Of the AIeiE
discovery ship Resolute, SO generouslyltf
dered by our government to thatof Grni
Britain as a token of the sincere aa
friendly feelings existing between the ~
people. The ReSolute was received EiiAi
royal salute" oil honor seldom rendered
to any vessel. Great preparations ven
made at Portsmouth to reeeiveIt the olc,p
of the Resolute in manner worthy oln
the British nation and worthy Of the gh
they brought. We understand that CaPh
Osborn, Of the royal navy, left Loudon q
the morning of the 18th inst. to formally
receive the Resolute