Northern Times. — 1857-08-22 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

BRAZILS —BAIIIA.  Report by Mr. Morgan, her Majesty's Consul at Bahia, on the trade of that port for the year 1856. Table No. 2, gives an accurate detail of the foreign and national navigation of this port. British shipping is at present, and has been some time, at a discount, both here and at Rio de Janeiro. No merchant will charter a British vessel if they can find a foreign one to load, and to the tatter 2s to 5s more is freely offered in order to secure them. This arises from the little attention bestowed by British ship masters to the cargoes of produce entrusted to them ; hence, therefore, the Swedes, Norwegians, and German flte's always command a preference, even a Portuguese will bec' chartered in preference to a British vessel. This state of affairs is unfortunately only one side of the question. In England the same preference obtains. During last year no less than twenty-four foreign vessels arrived at this port with cargoes taken in at home. At present one British firm established here has six foreign vessels chartered in England coming out loaded with coals to his consignment ; and the reason adduced for such a preference is that foreign vessels being sure of commanding a freight homeward, or to the Continent, are willing to accept lower freights outwards to Brazil, because they obtain higher freights when they come into competition with British shipping. Another cause, which is perhaps unknown to British owners at borne, militates strongly against the employ_ ment of British ships, and that is, some agents or ship_ brokers, generally charter vessels on their own account; which, having only a limited time to load, are filled up to the main-hatch, to make it appear that they are nearly loaded, and ready for sea. When the lay day expire, these shipbrekers, in order not to pay demurrage, fill up the sides of the vessels, and cover valued property with coals. What is the consequence? Manufactured goods shipped at Liverpool such as cambries, muslins, and other fine articles, are spoiled, and the consignees out here very naturally object to this property being endangered either by the speculations of a shipbroker, or by the carelessness of a British shipmaster. These facts are notorious, and I regret my duty obliges me to make mention of them; but, if British shipowners at home do not wish to see the important carrying trade with Brazil, now growing every day more important, fall into the bands'of our rivals, they must, be more exacting with their brokers, and more particularly as to the manner in which the captains of their ships load and discharge the property entrusted to their care.  SCENES AT Damir.—We have a further picture of the first massacre at Delhi. The scene is that of ono of the most precious sacrifices offered since the revolt broke out -the murder of Miss Jennings. The fair gir: is carried out in the presence of her father to the public square, by the infuriated demons about to be her executioners. She has no womanly fears about her own safety. Her fears are womanly indeed—they are not for her father ; and her only entreaty is that she may die to save his life. Here, then, is a filial sacrifice passing that of the daughters of Agamemnon and Jephtha. Is it not well to be of the same country as this noble English maid ? Then there is a paragraph telling of one who deserved to die on the same day with his fair sister. It cqnfirms the news that Lieutenant Willoughby has died of the frightful wounds he received in blowing up the Delhi magazine —frightful r wounds ! yet, oh, how beautiful ! Could a mother ask a more splendid destiny for her son than that which has overtaken this subaltern hero ? The stories of Quintus Curtinus, of Mutius, of all whose self-devotion in their country's cause has made their names ring gloriously down all the grooves of time, record no more enviable death. When Delhi shall be utterly destroyed, and its aneient memorials levelled with the ground, the simple column, which shall tell of these two deeds alone, shall he a monument more magnificent than all which now commemorates the olden glories of this City of Palaces.  THIS DAY, the 22nd instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, Colonial-buildings, Dale-streer, 130 Baas Bassein RICE, all fault.i, j nst landed, ex Joanna Bo ig, in Prince's Dock. To be taken from the quay to-day.--For further particulars apply to