The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-01-25
ADDITIONAL foRE1eN yENS.



Gle an anonymous letter from Washieson In regard 70
the President views " the Mexican question: aad pre-
facs tho letter with remarks aud condennng both Nj
Buchanank and Mr. Douglass projects ior aLsosbing
Mexico, and iDssting that Great Britain Of
the large sAs due her from Mcaico ought TO he admit
ted as partner In the proposed aud dsnem
bermeatQt Maxico.
The yrar u mutiny 1851 5s cost the Indian empire
an round anbctY uine and half millions sterling That,
at ieAxt r. tbs CcA statement aud the decrease Ia TIA.
Lard revenue h Just millions, being f20O0 600
thrn the ar&na oss on the lanJ revenue Of the north
west which auaounted to I'll 500 900 THIS and the loss
the sslt IA tic presidency formed the only
roas revenue losses OF the year and fifty per cent.
Of theae u male up from tho increased profit opium
ft Aorc indicative Of the strength OF our
tem we have rarely seen. la convnson such as has
sidom b0es. 1upnisled in history, with the northwest
proviuem ACTUALLY lost the declined by
less than seven per cent upon the gross income of the
state, lpaa Nv hundles N thousands than the
loss pa0posd Ia En8land by the recent monetary panic
The act Is pivasant for the holders Of Indian funds
From the statement Of the Liverpool Financial Reform
er u would appear that taking customs and excise to-
cther, &fQ0bx, l46 of revenue collected by 5449
persons At annual expenditure of tlo4 22l 500,
very nearly 4l9 l27 each person. In discussion
In Parliament u was stated that the average OF the saa
res of civil servauts sl4u per annu aud that the
average Of twothrds Of them did not exceed tse per
mum. VA W
Tho allowing ships in course of construction
at the various dock yards for the royal navy Ariadne,
49, scrcw frigste at Deptford Atlas, 81 screw Chat
ham Ansoxn, 81 frigate Pembroke; Barrosa ~,
screw corvette Woolwich; Camelion, II screw sloop
Deptfod ChaFybdis, II, corvette Chatham; Deli
oce, ~ sgfews remofoke duncan LOW screw, Forts
mouth; 0Asatsa, rs, frigate Wooiwich Gibraltar
i0l, screw Dev0nport; Greyhound, III sloop,
rcnpruhes n0pos ~. ectew, Ihahai Rowe, III screw,
Penlbrokea inmortailt. so, trigatc Pembroke;
HfosssWe rv screw thulhtni, JASON ~, screw cor
yette, DevonpQrt; Mutinc, IL. soop, Deptord;
Nacissrsy ~, Doyonport 0rpheus, II corvette
Chatham; Fantaioon 10, screw, Devonport Pelican H.
screw AlQch Pembrohe; Prinee OF Wales, Isl, Ports
~. Un~<.xo -
mous"i nanSot, - screw schoohef Deptord; Revenge,
Si sefaw, icmoFohe hihaiuo, ~ screw sioop Forts
mouthi H2yai frcdcrick, 49, portsmouth, and Victoria,
IL. scrcw, portsmouth
Inc Lonoon Times says that an American Invention
hau ocen Mxstl 20 Engand Win view TO It's being DIS
poeu Y 70 tnc british or amy other European govern
nent anu whlchs y u does onchalt OF what the pat
enee guarantees can be done with IT, will make such
change " she mode OF carrying on naval war as WI
put steaWcrs out OF the question, and render Of 40
avail the tieendcns forts OF Cronstadt or Cherborg
lhe invention IS submarine boat, for working under
water wthout ar tupcs or any other communication With
the surface OF the water and capable OF carrying men
and large quantity OF explosives, The An ecan aud
French governments are said TO have declined TO have
anything tc 40 with the Invention while the British Adj
miraity was giving u full and prompt attention.
The lscts sloliycre under the auspices of the Young
Mems Christian Association are usually attended by overs
flowing AUDIENCES but Exeter Hall was if pos,ibe
packed With still densar mass of human beings to hear
Rev. 9. n SpurUeon His tonic was De Pyooangul1 Hal,
and the reverend gentleman illustrated Is subject with
marlsa con0unatory Of the doctrine that an entrance
effected nto COUNTRY by warike means was an opening
provided BIZ Divine Providence for the introduction OF
the GOapul That Asan Eng ish cannon would make a
way at Canton EpF an English missionary was he said
falsehood too fxlarinx for him to believe 81
Mr. .CarsiweI ana Mr. Langston the two members for
Oxford have addressed their constituents Both speak
strongly in favor OF satisfactory measure of reform but
do attempt any very Ineligible definition of what
they mean go e -
The Exhibition Of 1861 is a fact 1t will take place,
and DO Admirably well carried out The fifty one com.
missoners will with the produce of the peoples freely
bestowed shillnes come on the 25th instant allcfi
GENTLY 10 the aid OF the xtyone commissioners The
site is setLled-not at distant syoenha at ague-
covered Battcrsea-but on the very ground bo,sit Inv
the commissioners OF y-one through the shiilinqs of
che people Who that ever saw has forgotten the HIDE
Park Palace of 1851 Nor will the Plluce of 1864 be
forgotten in The site of sixty-one is better than
the site OF iityonc 1t Is only over the way the other
size Ok the great thoroughiae leading to kingy Ken
time hapar.d ,.l.cs ). H.n,,on Court "a ai,.as h;
a,y,.,dv N, 6r,.f I'M, co. t,,a ,u, of ,r;, a. i
informed Int .i,ns. crowded inhaltants NJ .be mann
fact,,riuu iistxcts If hnolana 49, 81 ~ "a
II ia annonncetl that Mr. Monkton Mlnes M p Mr.
Tom gnvlars ana Mr. Theodore Martin bave consent
ed Ia axt ~ ;,uavas ~ III, ,,1pp, IL ,
tion f,,r the s,rx,s;,n o,,rsi hy fire ..,ys,l pa
nanv 1;,r the ,.,xt Dsa,,, III Lnno, ~ ,ha- ,,t p
rhesa vertlep,.n- have ,,r ,,,,, .n,,,e,,rd th ;
nation, 4l,c n,,,rr ~ xvoks ! Z ~ ,h ~, ~
stant--tho reriod named in the announced 4,
no lena thar 9O0
r.n t,,n,sana saven b,n.,yed anil f,rty s ,,,,,a,s
were sissratched aH resets IN on .Ie =,
London on one road the mart comiur from, Nor
folk and being placed on tbe railway ~ Nurw;eh n i