Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-28 00:00:00

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ARRIVAL OF THE ASIA. poke A m • a h as arrived. , She sailed from New ..esterOn the 16th instant, and entered the Mersey ctliday forenoon, with 45 passengers and 55,000 Balt a ' " sPe3ie; and four days later news. The Pelt 10 arrived at New York on the 14th, and the ..a . ia on the 15th instant. Ate following is an ample summary of the news to b ald. r correspondence from Washington, contains itternis of th e settlement agreed upon between e G o new Gren a di an Mi n i ster and` h e American werna ien l . New Granada regrets the Panama ; b acre, and promises to punish the offenders o u it . e n convicted. A commission is to pass upon all f ro ira s of American citizens, against New Granada, nllBlB down to the Panama riot. One-half the ;lll:annually paid by the Panama Railroad Com balY is to go towards satisfying the claims. The privilege for ancecf the claims is to be otherwise provided The United States Government is allowed the of purchasing an island in the Bay of it i e 4 rna for a coal depot;' and American citizens br.. ‘ , Mails are to be exempt from annoying and op ' brae taxes on the transit of the Isthmus. th ei n election of Governor took place in Maine on B e , 4411 . The partial returns received indicate the eeBB of Morrill, the republican candidate, though election last majority, as compared with the 5 9 ,1 1 ° 4 last year. 44 ' 1 ,e Secretary of the Treasury has just rendered ittef ir nportant . decision with reference to the ti • R cling of illegally collected duties, by which t ,, 18 believed large sums will be saved to the Le u ,actiry t on w ebave a despatch from Kansas, dated Lecomp ' 8 -la inst., announcing the organization of the Calle d to form a State constitution. It is also c a 4 l l l ed that the President of the convention, Mr.. rai tt l i a n an, i_ in his address, favoured the plan of sub tor t he constitution to the people of the terri 'cr ratification. „; letter from the parish of Plaquemines, tii 3-8- ' lll a, in the New Orleans Picayine, says that t o e fl ' u gar Planters of that state will have no cause e a ,,,?lplai n of this year's crop. The cane will e e ",.' ll re earlier this 'season than uSual, and the Market sugar will be manufactured and come into 11 „ 4 ?Itet two or three weeks in advance of former vB B , OB. at c ar P a• 1 casualties upon railroa7.s were becoming I%le-erse ly frequent. An accident occurred on the th e e uy Central Railroad, near Newmarket, on tea e ve ning of the 14th inst , owing to a farmer's er e 7„and a train of oars earning in collision at a fibs g+ by which the driver of the team and ehac breakmen were killed. A sad accident tr o P e P e eu ed on the Hudson River Railroad, near that Ferry, 'on the same. evening. It appears i" !la 'Mrs. Smith, wire of Thomas Sinith, of 11 1 . st ings, was taking a walk on the track, with her itp r ee child ren , s h e was sudlenly surprised by the b,,P rc)a ch of . the express train. One of the children 1 . 4 ' 41 , on danger, the track and in Mrs. Smith 1 2 ,: th " g ed to its rescue, when the locomotive struck mother and child and killed them. fo r - f .„ v ery severe hurricane had prevailed for some t h 7;elght hours along the .southern coast of the 11 1 - : te d Sates. Several vessels had been lost with op t crews,- and a number had been driven ashore th„' e a coast of North OarOlina. In the interior of st ates of North Carolina and Southern Vir ie -4 t he gale- was very severe. The telegraph fs W ere prostrated and railrOad travel suspended is te ri , t he New York Law Courts several cases of an see r e description hid. been decided. There ie t 8 ,to be no en d t o th e di spu t es concern i ng th e ree % I ns of the various acts of the L;quor Law re ee erit 'Y Passed by the New York Legislature. The Of ti eder h a d j ust ren d ered h i s d ec i s i on i n t h e case . i k s 4 e iel S. Page, Secretary of Liquor Dealers' b ail st ation, who had been arrested ant held to char f , lit the sum of $2OO, on an indictment LiAt'r'g him with selling liquor on the . Sab bath, Z.4) 2 , 1 , -11 . b sequently surrendered by his bar l an d w as the l'egar - t l e tl •cd to prison for the purpose of testing , of the indictment and amount of bail re tie. The recorder discharged the prisoner, on doli a? !?und that the bail demanded (c.wo hundred 1 8cr ,t'J was contrary to section 16 of the . Excise ' t ae sum being therein lined at $lOO. The t 'i'ler also .freely admi ts that the grand jury I,t° 'ey n o power whatever to find indictments under . le law, only w h ere a licensed party sells liquor on Sunday s i n quantities less than five gallons—those g without license only being liable to pay of 50 dollars under section .13 of the act. In theiitct:ll.necraluisiiioer:;ing recorde r sa y s "If upon this col the. q ues ti on as t o th e va lidi t y o f l _e indictme nt cou l d be entertained, I shou l d not, '"ita te to discharge' th e ! d e f en d an t u p on th e Ugo t) uno u that the offence charged was not indictable •Cr the act." The district attorney immediately Z i 4 , vo notice to the counsel for Mr. Pane that lie eir °lll, l at' once a pply to the Supreme Court, for a bef it of certiorari to review the proceediegs held )r e the recorder. i t , cfliir of The " bogus baby" was still occupy f"i6l Public attention. The New York grand jury had 1 1 ,• 4 4 , 41 4 . a true . charging - Emma Augusta Can frairti alms , Emma Augusta Burdell, with be eti a t L ently producing .an infant, said to have. ta r , ' I ,fle product 'of a marriage with Dr. H.3rvey liktged, thereby intending to cheat the lawfui bas t 0 t c the. Barthel estate. The Surrogate nitia - 17. 44 c a formal decree adverse to Mrs. Can 131411441'8 claim upon the estate of the late Dr. be fa s t adjudged that letters of administration • Cot: t il ed to the said B urdell's. next of -kin. The %i n ; ; also assessed the costs of the suit upon Mrs. tit4 l4 , -ti gham, stating . that the peculiar oir3um- IC A ' of the case justified such a course. tha tn ,', r e in South Norfolk, Conn., had destroyed the Da te c ia ,ctory of the Northway Manufacturing Com -1\72 tee loss being about 15,000 dollars. li, v e take th e following paragraph, from a late Pre ss , Yo rk paper The.. recent failures and tag -Ir e in the money market affect the receipt of bu.isl the t ax rece i ver ' s office, as well as affecting Yes t , 4 „ e 4 ss generally. For the eight days clo sing off; - -;al7. during which tinie-the tax receiver s b as 't has been open, the agg re gate sum pii.d in forth ee n 477,000 dollars, against 716,000 dollars at c orresponding period last year. Yesterday, eitye z -e , C omptroller's o ffi ce, 700,000 dollars of the W a ," ' in debtedness, in the form of revenue bonds, 13 red eernel ttla r Y v Way of New Orleans we have a brief sum pd news neWs from California, Central Ameriett gists -le South Pacific. At San Francisco the rep u , i ts Were active. Hon. Edward Stanley, the 14 al , nominee 'for Gevernor of Califomia, Co q s o received the nomination of the Settler's 4 iib e ve ?tinn. In anticipation of an attack from cep e - e s .'ers, Costa Rica has decreed the expected t4 o ,, l tion Of General Walker ,to be piyatical, and d eat h participate in it will be pueished with trit e • A Congress of the Spanish-American fir i 0 to be shortly held at San Jose. j etit c have late news from Havannah. One of the W hit ee r efeort an improvement financial affairs, aq tfi 44 the other hand it is stated that business Wor, l ''' r ecovered from its late prostration, and the • h ad not yet, been realised. The . crops iiithe i fhout Cuba promise an abundant yield. In ( 1 4 it e eri er the general health was considered as at th e sltisfa ctory, and no more si c kness prevailed F ro Ports than is usual at the season. in n Nassau, N.P., u n der date of the 24th ulto., I rtfli ° , r .,, 4 _, that C o l one l W et h ere ll, o f t h e I s t West t her e " . l ' e glrnent, commandiag the garrison, died We ath Oer h th e 2 1st. Nassau was healthy, the w as warm, a n d t r ade dull. li B h 9(i e lette r of a correspondent at Curacoa, pub• s 4l Po r 11-1 a New York paper, contains some 44 1) t-rit news with -reference to the revolution in gofin 'lni ngo, and the progress of the strifenow r„aritlri°4 b etween the partizans of ex-President , 114 ( 1 the government of President Baez &t lete - t e , cllll of Sahtana, who is in exile at St b ybi s and his return to power, are demanded e tti r,. ."• The Ba ez p a rty, being hard pressed, - led an alliance with the Haytien Emperor, 1 1, 1 e, Who had despatched assistance to his C A, V I war raged with much fury and bloodl Curseoa, on the 26th` ult,, the weather THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, MON DAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1857. had moderated, after an oppressive heated term, by refreshing showers of rain. The island was very healthy. Planters were sustaining heavy losses by a wholesale running off of slaves, who escaped the vigilance of the fort sentinels by swimming along a line, under water, to a boat, to which the end of it was fastened. NEws of the approaching abolition of el tvery by the Dutch government had been received, but it was thought that no great shock would be suffered by the trading community in consequence of the change. From Hayti, we have also some interesting intelli gence relative to the progress of the revolution in San Domingo. It appears that the partizans of Santana have gained important successes in the field, and it is moreover stated that Baez had been obliged to hastily quit the country, and that quiet hid been restored. The Hay tien government took no part in the quarrel. It is therefore pro bable that Santana has been re2alled from exile and reinstated in the Presidency. Our files from Bermuda are to the 2nd instant. There was no local event requiring notice. The weather was exceedingly mild, with cool north-east breezes. The country was rejoicing on account of abundant rains. By taegraph from New Orleans we have later advices from Mexico. The embarrassments of the government seem to be daily increasing. A new difficulty had occurred with the British Charge d'Affaires; resistance to the civil authorities by the partisans of the church had been attended with bloolshed, and the revolutionists in Yucatan were gaining ground. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, SEPT. 16. MONETARY AFFAIRS. Since our last advices of 7th instant, we have had a week of severe pressure for money. The effect of this has been very great upon the prices of every kind of security dealt in at the Stock Exchange. We quote them all, with trifling exceptions, lower than last week. The low prices have, h waver, attracted out side buyers. and very large purchases of State Stocks and Railroad Shares have been made for permament inve•t meats Since the last few days confidence has become partially restar d, though much uneasiness still exists. State Stocks —Prices are all lower, with the exception of Indians State 5s and Ohio 6s. The movement has been large, chiefly in Missouri 63, Virginia Os, Tennessee 6', and Ohio 6s of 1886 In City and County Thuds we have no sales to mention. Railroad Bonds have been inactive with the exception of Illinois Central Construction Bonds and the insecured issue of the Erie Railroad. We quote them all considerably lower than in our last. At private sale we have nothing to mention. In Railroad Shares there has been lest activity, most of the sales being for cash. Tae priacipal operations have been in Eris, _New York Central, Reading and Cleveland and Toledo —all of which we quote lower. Money continues in great demand, bet there is less of first-class business paper offering. We quote business paper 15 to 24, according to class. DECOPPEr & CO. Since our last ad vices o' 12th in.tsnt, the condition of t'e banks has materially improved, they now have actu ally over 13,000,000 doll in specie. and their discounts htv s fallen 10,000,00 e dots below what they were on the 22nd August. But confidence is not yet restored, and the general posit;aa of the market has experienced no relief. There have been several important suspensions among the d.fferent commercial classes, and money remains exceed ingly scarce. The very first class paper is selling at 15 to 18 per ceat , and second class is almost• impossible to ne gociate outside of banks. Owing to this extreme scarcity of money, foreign exchanges have farther declined, and transactions are restricted. The ex?ort of the precious metals will remain suspended as long as this state of things continues, and in a short time the export of breadstuffs will commence, to be soon folio ced by that of cotton. There is, therefore, scarcely probability of a large drain of specie to Europe dur ng the y ear. This circumstance, addel to the present strong position of the banks, cannot fail shortly to restore confidence, and relieve, if not remove, the present crisis. But, as the movement , of the crops is the South and Western states, must carry off an important amount of specie from our bake, money will, no doubt, still continue in good demand to the close of the year. Toe transactions in the stock market have been more limited, and the fluctuations have become less violent. Money : A stride less difficult far loans on call at 7 per cent Fret class paper 15 to 18 psr cent ; second class. difficult to sell, even at 21 per cent. In exchanges rates are lo ser, but closed fin Business mode -tee. London, 1071- to 1081, chiefly 1,071 to 103. Pa-is 5.221 to 5 171. MARIE AND KANE The Cotton market in this city, still influef,ced by the stringency in money matters, has through >ut Vie pact week ruled Excessively dull and inanimate The demand has been light, and mostly to meet the necessities of our home consumers, who con inue to operate only to supply actual reqairements. Holders have not p•essed their stocks for sale, preferring in sone instances to ship to Liverpool—price's have b.en irregular and ,else, at the quotations annexed. The sales for the week I estimate at -4,000 bales, and the export for the same time has bean to Liverpool 1,641 ; Glasgow 28. Total 1,669 b les. The annual Cotton statement for 1856-7, plates the total receipts into the ports at-2,939 519 bales, against 3,527,815 last' year, and 2,847,389 in 1855. By making certain deductions, the amount actually grown is shown to be 3,014,000 bales, against 3,335,000 bales last year The total export to Great Britain is stated at 1,428;870 bales, against 1,921,386 bales last year, and the exports to all places 2,252,637 bales, against 2,954 606 bales last year. The amount consumed in the United States during the peat season exceeds that of any previous year, amounting to 702:138 bales ; last year it was 652,739 bees— The maximum year's consurnpion previous to this was 1853, when it reached 671,009 bales. • The quantity of new cotton re'eived up to the let Sept,, as will be seen from the following tablo, is smaller this eat on than to, the same time for the previous twelve years. 1857, 100 bales ; 1856, 1,800; 1855, 34,079 1854, 1,890 ; 1853,116 ' • 1852, 5 125 ; 1851. 3,20); -1850, 255 ; 1849, 575; 1818, 3,000; 1847, 1;121 ; 18.6, 200; 1815 ; 7 500. • NEW. ORLEANS, September 12.—Receipts of the week, 3,200 bebop, of which 3,000 were new crop. Same week last year, -1 1,800 bales ; market more active ; salei to•day, 1,200 bates, at 13.1 c for middling. 'Freights to Liverpe 1 nominally Id. MOB LE, September 12 —Receipts of the week, 200 bales, all new crop ; same week last year, 2,400 bales. Middling, 153 c Freights nominal; to Liverpool, id. CROP.—Tne position of the crap is uncertain ; too much rain has fallen in some localities, in others the boll worm is doing damage; generally, howev,r, the weather during the past four weeks has bAen fine, and if the p!cking teeesen is good, and frost holds off un it a late period, a fair aver age crop may yet be secared. Should the frost occur prior to Ist November, a serious loss in extent of the crop will, of necessity, be the celseqeence, as from its backwardness it is more than usually susceptible of injury. All estimates in figures at this stage of the plant, should be entirely dis regarded, no apirmatuate guest oven can be made until after a killing frost, and the effects thereof are fully known RECEIPTS, EXPORTS, &e —The new crop, CMOs slowly to market, fully proving the erreme beckwariness of the crop. Up to the latest mail dates. only 2,003 bales have been received, against 10,000 to same time last year, and 30,000 bales the year before The exports to G vat Britain are, and must continue on a very mode-ate scale for .some time to come; receipts are light, and our stock on hand in all the ports of the United States, is but 4 ),000 bales. - The following is a statement of the movement in Cotton ,since the let September last, as compared with the pre vious four years : 1857 185 G. 45- ; do. red (winter), 1 dol 23c to 1 dol 28e; red (spring), 1 dol to 1 dol 10e. INDIAN CORN : Western mixed, 76e to 78c per ,56 lbs Southern white and yellow. nominal. ALFRED F. DE MIZE. HOPS are very dill ; the sales are confined to small lots prime old at 90, and new Eastern and Western 121 c to 14c, cash. The Coopergown Journal, of the 11th inst., says—" Hop-picking has commenced throughout the great dieriet of this State, and will bs continued for about three weeks. The crop will prove as good in quality, on the average, as any which has been pic)ted in years. In amount, it will come somewhat short of a fall yield, the number of acres devo'el to hops being less than in 1854 5 IRON —The market generally is dull. In Scotch pig there is little doing since the sale of 600 tons last week at 26 d ils cash. 28 dols 50c to 29 dols, 6 mos., is now a fair q rfotation. Bars remain very quiet. We notice , besides, 500 bils English sheet dmbles, which are scarce, at 4e ; and 300 packs first quality Russia, in good order, 111, d mos., actual taro. NAVAL STORRS : Crude Turpentine is in small stock (say 2,000 to 3,000 brls), and there is some inquiry for export, but we have no s -les to report-3 dols 871 e was refused yesteiday for North Country, 4 dols being asked. Spirits Ttrpentine has not varied since our last —there is considerable going forward to London and the Continent, but the rise in freights has a tendency to check shipments —stock 3,000 to 4,000 brls. Commonßosin is held at 1 dol 83c for cargoes afloat, and 1 dol 871 c to 1 dol 90c for lots from yard, but the market is quiet in consequence of the higher freights demanded. White Robin is scarce, and Pe ime Pale is wanted at rather higher prices, the foreign advices being favourable. Tinged White are in fair supply, but shippers avoid them. Tar is only wanted in small lots for home use at prices within our range. Oins.—Crude Whale is held firmly, but the market is very quiet. The late sales of Sperm, at New-Bedford, for export hence to London, reach 7,250 brls at 1 dol 30a ' • 1,000 gallons here brought 1 dol 32 c ca sh. Linseed is dull, and rather nominal, at 78 to 79 cents cash, for American in lots. Oliva sold at 3 dols 15e for quarts, and 4 dols 371 c 4 mob., for pints . PROVISIONS: The market for Pork has been characterised by inactivity since our last, and prices remain sub stentially as on Friday last. The stock is moderate, and being concentrated in few hands, there is no disposition realise at the expense of any decline. The Cincinnatti Price Current in its emusl review states that the past season has been a most profitable one to their packers, no losses made but generally large profits. In regard to the coming season the feeling is in favour of high prices, and large entracte were made el , sing at 7 dole. for .Novembar delivery, until the financial troubles took place. The facts, however, are in favour cif a la-ge crop of hogs, as the inducements to raise have never been so strong as they have been the last nine months, and with the prospect of an immense corn crop, the mesns to fitten were never more abundant. The demand for beef continues extremely moderate, and holders have been obliged to yield a con cession of 25c to 50c per brl ; at the reduction only a moderate business was done. The market is bare of prime mess beef. Beef hams remain inactive, and prices are nominally 23 dols 50e, at which price the last sales were made Cut meats a e dull at 11c to 11c for shoulders, and 12e to 121 c for hams. Bacon is neglected, and prices are nominal Lard has declined one quarter of a cent , with a moderate inquiry at the redaction, closing flat at 15c to 15ge cash FRICLGEITS —Rates for grain to Liverpool receded some what to-day, from various causes, and 20,000 bushels were taken in bulk at 51 to std ; nothing was done in bag erain--neminal rate 61 ; 300 bales cotton were taken ist 5-321; 2,000 brls. flour is. 61.• ' 30 tons quercitron b irk, 20e.; 20 hhds tallow 12s. 6d. To London, 500 tons cake 22s -61. ' To Glasgow, 10,000 bushels grain in bulk, Bd. NRW ORLEANS, Sept. 15 1857. COTTON.—SaIes to-day, 3,000 bales, taklng nearly all the new in thia market ; prices are stiffer, but not quot ably higher ; good middling is quoted at 16e. to 16c. Sterling exchange, Sic. per cent. premium. Other articles unchanged. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING. The effect of the announcement of the approach ing meeting between the -Emperors . of Russia and Austria is to confirm the belief already entertained by those who. view the matter dispassionately, that the interview at Stuttgardt is an interview of peace —of peace, that is to say, not only between Napoleon and Alexander, between Russia and France, but for Europe in general. This is the evident and not unnatural impression, and it only agrees with that already taken by most sensible and unprehtdie,ed , persons. before it was kugAn •I.s.:t the interview :at Stuttgardt was so soon. to be followed up by one at Weimar. Thee, however, the apparent latent hostility between Austria. and Frawe, and Austria and Russia, rave som:,what of a colouring of probability to _ _ the sngge : stions of certain parties who would gladly have seen a formidable combination against the future welfare of the-Empire: of Fiona§ Joseph Of those parties the Weimar meeting disturbs the combiuttions and weakens the hopes• There can he no. ddubt that it is to be looked upon as _a friendly rapprochernent—as a return to amicable relations, for some time past troubled and over clouded. Th 9 conciliatory overture may be con sidered .to cmale from Vienna, since General de Parrot was scot to break the ice by complimenting the Emperor of Russia on: hs passage through Darmstadt ; hut Alexander apppears to have met the proffered hand half way---t - o have received the General, whomu he had formerly known in Russia, with particular graciousness, and, if we are rightly informed, to have been the first to express a wish for the meeting to which 'the General's mission wo.s douhtless iwende 1 , to lead. It will not be sur prisir,g if the effects of the two interview's,now immi nent should not be confined to theS-.v,rreigrts - who actually twet, but should rwerfully tend to re store a general feeling of cordiality among all the important members of the Europt an farniiy, There is no valid reason foe any es!:rangement i-etween England and Russia, and Nird know that efforts are already making to dissipate whatever :ill feeling exists between. Austria and France. Our friends' friends should be our friends, and of this the three Emperors will have ex3ellent opportunities of re minding each other at Stuttgardt awl at Weimar. • _Tee Spectitteur has an article suggested by the latest aceoums receive ,1 here from the island ,of' Mauritius, which are up to the 20th August The news of the Indian insurrection had 'caused great excitement in the island, and some of the letters express serious uneasiness as to the disposition of the large body of Rindoos' employed on the sugar plantations The 33rd Regiment, which garrisoned the island when intelligence of the Bengal mutiny arrived, ,was embanced im mediately. and its,.departure was followed by a certain' agitation among the CoOlie's. According to the Spectateur, proclamations were seized, and some priests were arrested for preaching mas _sure and pillage. A strong feeling of alatin was growing up, when it. was relieved b - the arrival of the '4th Regiment from the Cape. But this corps, we are told, has just been summoned in its turn to India, and the situation of the 20,000 .• Europeans, chiefly Ft ench or of French extraction, who are thus left with only two companies to pro tect them, among 200,000 Hindoes and emanci pated negroes, excites the very serious apprehen sions of the Spectateur, which considers the peril immense, and perhaps imminent, and suggests as an effectual precaution against it, a French garri• ' son at,Port Louis as long as the war in India lasts. The Spectatcur foresees no objection to this plan that might not easily be refuted, but abstains from insisting on, i-,,me,rely reminding England that if, from the neglect of a precaution easily taken, disasters occurred to the European population of the Mauritius similar to those lately witnessed in India, there are thousands of French families who would never forget it. Tt is presumable that the British Government is not unmindful of the safety of the Mauritius, and that the fears of the Spectateur will prove unfounded. The vintage has now begun almost everywhere in France; in some places it is already over. From all parts the accounts are hitherto highly faior able. Concerning the quality there seems no doubt we aro assured that it will be first-rate, and cer tainly, if sun gives flavour and richness to the grape, it onght to be so. Respecting the quantity we shall know more in a few days; but there already seems no ddubt that it will be larger than was lately anticipated. This will be the, case in Burgundy; in the Maconnais the vineyards are yielding from a quarter to a third more than the growers expected.. In the Haute-Garonn a where the grapes are gathered, they reckon only on a good half-crop. A letter from Chateau. Laffitte, says that the quantity will be rather less than was hoped for; but that the quality will certainly be better than was expected, and greatly superior to recent years. 4 lhe number of applicants at the Chancery of the Legion of Honour, in Paris, for the medal of St. Helena, is so great the, up to a day or two ago, th)se whose names begin with the letter A had not been got through. One sees it on the breast of a good many old gentlemen who certainly have little else that is military in their appearance, and whom one would hardly suspect, but for the honoulab:e badge, to have belonged to the valiant legions of the republic or the empire. There is a talk of changing the form of the medal, and of giving a silver one to officers. Despatches were received to-day at the French Foreign Office from the Viscount des Meloizes- Fresnoy, French Minister at the Grand Ducal C )urt of Srx .-Weimar, and were brwarded imme diately to Count Walewski, at Stutt_gardt. The Danish Minister at Paris, when presenting the Grand Cross of the Order of the Elephant. to Count Walewski, told him that he was charged by his Government to thank him for hSving so strenuously defended the just rights of Denmark. The first Council of Ministers p"esided over by King Jerome will take place to-morrow. Letters from Lisbon speak of the alarm prevai!- isg there on account of tho appearance of the yollow fever, believed to have been imported in merchandise from S nith America, and which the heat of the weather is thought to have fostered. A person lately arrived from the Brazils tells me that this terrible malady, unknown in that country until within the last two or three years, seems to have naturalised itself there. It causes great terror, and some foreign residents had even abandoned the country in consequence of it. The following despatch has been received : TRIESTE, SEPT. 24. Infelligence has been received from Constantinople to the 19.11. Omar Pasha has been nominated Governor- General of Bagdad, the other persons thought of for the post beiug definitely set aside. lie has been directe to establish steamers on the Euphrates an 4 Tigr's, and to protect the commerce of these rivers against the Arabs. The English have brought the materials necessary for the telegraph of Euphrates. The Presse d' Orient affirms that the Arabs are determined to *ear dawn the posts, through sympathy for the Indian insurgents. ports and with home, the collecting and dressing reports of the commerce in the various parts of the empire, originally the principal object of the appointment of Consuls, and almost their only occu. pation out of Turkey, alone suffices to supp y abun _thint occupation for one man All consular fees will henceforth belong to Government, and serve to .pay the expense of the Consulate. The loss to the Consul-General and ,to the two Vice-Consuls from this head is compensated by an increase of salary. The Consul-General will, in future, receive 1 8001. a year, and the two Vice-Consuls 6001 each. Of the two Vice-Consuls, the senior, Mr. Ward, who is Vice-Consul-Claancellier, will be attached to the Embassy, and becomes distinct from the Con sul-General's immediate department. The other, Mr. Drummond Hay, will continue to have charge of the shipping departtnent. In all these new arrangements one omission has been made, which, indeed, amounts to an act of injustice. Mr. Robert Cutnberbatch, who, for more than twelve years, has, in some capacity or other, been attached to the consulate, and rendered himself conspicuous by the efficient discharge of his duties, and who, two years ago, received the appointment of acting third vice consul, is alto gether left out. The promise of an appointment is made to him, it is true, but a promise sometimes is a long time before it becomes a reality. It cer tainly would be very ungracious if the Government were to overlook Mr. Robert Camberbatch's claims to emploYment. A few days ago, the arrival of a small Russian flotilla, created some sensaion in the harbdur. The flotilla consisted of three corvettes built at Cronstadt 'since the peace, within the limita tions prescribed by the Treaty of Paris, for service on the Black Sea. They are somewhat heavy-looking ships; with enormous masts and yards for their size. They are each provided with a screw, but evidently intended for sailing, as well as steaming. The principal peculiarity about them is, that their bottoms are lined with zinc instead of copper—something unusual in a inap-o:'-war. The flitilla, which is under the orders of Ciptain LichatehotT, has entered the Black sea this morning. Three more corvettes, on the same model, are expected shortly; The works of the Aidin Railway are expected to commence very soon—nex week, it, is said • A mile and a half of railway will be laid down immediately, and a small engine, with waggons, employed to bring down the earth from the cuttings to the sea shore, where it will be made available when the construction has commenced. A considerable number of liustendgi railway shares have been taken up by the public here during the last week, and several of the native bankers are amongst the largest purchasers. ITALY. Sir James Hudson, British minister to the Court of Turin, gave a grand farewell banquet on the 221 to the Duo de Gramont, late French 'Ambassador to that court, and now promoted to the embassy of Rome. Among the guests were Most of the members of the diplomatic body, and Count de Salmour, Secretary-General of the foreign derartment. The Piedrnontese Gaz ytte of the 23rd denies' the assertion made by some journals that the Sar dinian Government had proniised the Neapolitan that 27 refugees should be expelled -from Pied- moat. The Milan Gazette states that on the 19th the• King of the Belgians mat the Archduke Maximi lian and Archduchess Charlotte at Gomo, and afterwards proceeded with them to Mocza. SPAIN. Madrid letters of the 21st instant again sneak of a-modifieation of the .MiAiStry us probable. The railway from Oporto to the frontiers of Spain has been granted provisionally to the Count de Reuss. The French squadron, under Admiral Treho 'fart, took its departure from Barcelona on the 21st, amid the liveliest demonstrations of podwill from the population. A VISIT TO NANA SAHIB. (From the Illustrated Times.) We have reeelv , d some add!ti on 1 in'eres . ing, particulars respecting Nana Sahib from a cJrrespondent, who writes O us vs follaws : As that arch-fiend and tr. itor, Nana Sahib, at present occupies a pottion of public attention, and I may odd, execration, and as I know him well, having partaken of his hospitalities for ore mon h, I have no doubt my re c Alec i ns of him and his aff airs may he interasting to the majority of your read.qs. I the-efore subjoin an account of my sojourn wi 11 him in his den, and of the circumstance that led thereto. • Cawnpore—a place, alas ! now so disastrously familiar to B itish ears—was visited in the rains of 1833 with a most fearful, epidemic ; the cholera carrying off, in t'ae Euripean corps in that station, sometimes as many as eighteen individuals (including women and children) daily, and in other portions of that large cantonment being fearfully fatal. Ido not know of any , fficer of that carps having succumbed . to it, hue I b-lieve the surgeon, whose name I forget, died. However, to return to • the subject of my notice. Being at that time recovering from - Maces myself, and my wife being also sick, I was pondering on some chatige cf air and some, and having nothing else to do, I drove over to see Ilhithoor, about twelve miles (choa koss--sik koss—a koss being two miles) from Cawnpore. I stetted in a gharrie, a sort of fly, early on the morning of the let of Septenaher, 1853, and arrived at the Rajah's house, or rather one built for a former Commissioner. It Was a latfie and handSoine - bniHing. At the entrance of the. do'main were'a . pairef very handsome Iron gates, and the gatew:ay itself was as imposing as one in the best parks in this country. The approach also to this mansion wes by a very pretty rather thin a grand avenue ; and on the right hand side of this drive was a very neat parterre, kept in as good order as any of its size at home could be. On arriving at the house, I produced my basket of " prog," and c )mmenced breakfast. • This"being a place of resort for p:c-trio parties from Cawnpore, I, of course, at once sect off a note to the Rajah, telling him of my arrival, and as a paint of courtesy, asking his sanotioc to my passing the day there. I had scarcely finished my break fast when I heard the noise of horses on the fine gravel parade in front, and was somewhat astonished to see, not the hamble envoy I had se:t in the shape of my sirdar bearer, hut two or three individuals, eccompanied by a retinue of native soware, with drawn swords, prancing steeds, and other showy . indications of Oriental military display. These individuals proved to be his Highness the M aharaj rla's—or as he, for obvious reasons prefers to be called, the Poislavvah's -Moonshe,, Prang Dos.'-Tewarrie; the treasu - er, Baba Butt; and another old Mahratta d,s•inguieled personage, whose appearance I well tetn , ml:e - , but whose name 1 vire forget. I was then informed by the m onshe, Prang Doss-Tewarre, that his Highness was delighted to rece've me with cordiality and welcome, and that he had sent them formally to mleest my presence at his palace (the castle which is spoken of as having been bunt down by Havelnek'a glorious band of hcrioc spirits) in the evening, when the sun had rendered it cool and pleasant for Europeans, and indeed natives, to howrkana—i. e, "To eat the air!! After some conversation, interspersed with most flowery, and higbflaar, and no doubt equally empty, compliments to my notion and countrymen in general, and my humble aelf in par iculer, my guides left mc, and I amused myself by looking over the house. and grounds. The former is very large, and the rooms spacious and handsome ; the walls are covered with stiff odd looking iktures of - former Peiswabs, and amongst thorn the on g-ntleman so ably erptured by Sir John Malcolm, and the man who was the first exiled chief 10-ated at Bhit.roe. _I must not omit to st to that a khitmutgar and - bewarchte reported themselves to m during the day, and reqtysted my h,ookm e , commands —for dinner, as it was his Highness's wish, as I might be detained until to) late to travel. back to Cawnpore that night, that I should sleep in the commissioners house. And as the sun was 'Ong, down, up came an elephant, comparisowd in the usual tawdry and semtni shabby magnific nt style, surmounted by a howdah of towering height; and gm this huge animal, myself and my wife were perched, and escorted by a guard of sowers in front and rear. We,were marched through eon:lle:less bazaars and native streets to the stronghold of this potentate. I was asked into the algust presence of the soi-disant Peishwah, and found him. slated upon a cushion raised somewhat in th form of a throne of state, he (the magnate) sitting as a tailor - is sappoied to sit. Hi immediately shook me cordially by t to hand; and I must tot emit to state that, b-ing my elf a Bs'tadoor—that is, of the rank of one who wears a sword —I was not required to remove my shoes in going. into his presence. He, through his monshee, asked me mmy questions about the Queen, the nobility of England, particularly mentioning and and asking after Lord Ellenborough (Barra' buhont Burra Lord Sahib), for whom, whether he knew him or not, he seamed to have a great respect and. veneration. Whether this was assumed or not, I cannot say. He then asked me many questions about the Hon. East India Company, and appeared exhaustless in his queries about the Board of Control. These lasted about half-an-hour, and he then requested that I would make my se lf a t h ome i n hi s h ous3 , and remain as long as I pleased. He himself supplied me with a staff of servants, and famished my baztar—living and board—daily. He was, when I saw him, about 28 years of age ; he looked however at leist 40. His figure is very fat —in fact, the very expression made use of by his own mooushee was, that " His Highness was a tight man (taing admee)." His face is round, his ey es ver y wild, brilliant, and restless ; his complexion, as in the case with most naive gentlemen, is scarcely darker than a dark Spaniard; and his expression is oo the who!e of a jovial, indeed somewhat rollicking character. NANA SAHIB'S HAREM. Durinz the time [ was occupied in making my salaam t) the 31. r irajah, my wife was conducted into the zenana. She thus describes her visit—of course th's holy of holies was closed to my profane eyes : —"I was ushered into a room in the most retired wing of the castle, through a serioas of doors, each door being closed and bolted imme diately on my pazsage through. I arrived at last be!Ore a large and handsome quilted crimson silk curtain (purdah), which being drawn aside, I en'ered a large raom, the it or of which was covered with beautifully whi e linen, drawn tight, and fastened at the four corners of the room. I was introduced into this 'sanctum sanctorum ' by na less a person than his highness's treasurer, Baba Butt, who, after introducing me, left me to commence a conversation with the apparently stolid iumati sof ill: zenani. The walls of the room were ode mass of mirrors from the ceiling to the g ound. The only furniture in the apart ment were three Bareilly coaches, on one of which sat a child seven years old, dressed in yellow gauze., the whole of whose breast was covered with pearls, to the 'amount of three lees of rupees. The feet were bare, the ankles were adorned with large and heavy b ingles' (rings of gold), each worth about 5,000 rupees. Tne arms were alit cove. ed with the same description of ornaments of oifferent sizes, extending from the wrist to the elbow. This young lady was very shy, hung down her head, ald seemed much abashed at the formidable appaii in of an European lady of the nineteenth century. She was re - peatedly urged to speak to me by her companions, Who said, Speak . to the E ‘glish lady.' At last sbe mustered up the courage to say, Ap k t missj, ateha by mem sahib?' —' Is your constitution in g o I order ?' literally equivalent, in fact, to GUI' flow d'yo du ?' This was said with her he id turned and eyes averted, in the manner of tie most ciy and prim school girl. Tao other two inhabi tants of the z nana, or harem, were a girl of about 13 years of age. and one about 17—dressed in similar style and ornamented with similar jewellery. Such a liberal dirplay of precious stones—at least on these ladies—filed to produce unything spkniid in effect, none of the wearers being good-looking, even for native women; the eldest, indeed, was repulsively ugly, wit long yellow teeth. This lady, who appeared to be the spokeswoman of the party, land particularly amiable and affable, asked me my age, and in return told me hers. " I was offered by all these nymphs native sweetmeats, Sze. 'I hey asked me numerous qaestions about England; amongst others, 'Whetlnc the tad . es and prineei' wives (BagunD) were kept behind a purdah—secluded—as they were ;' add on sly telling them that they wentaboat with their faces perfectly visible in puhl'c, they seemed much astonished, but said it was _Rota atcha," Vary g rod ;' and seemed to imagine this would suit them very well, and I must say that three plainer f Tes, I should imagine, never were secluded b'hind a purdah. Pour thirgs, I pitied them; and after a little mote Conversation, under diffi ealties, I made my parting salaam, and shaking hands with all round, I retired. They expressed afterwards the pleasure they derived from the interview, and the momahie (Prang Dos•T?warrie) often splice of thlte-having re peatedly inquired for me since. The two elder of the laoies, I was told, were married (shadee) to nephews of the late P. ishwah, but bad no family. They said indeed to me Hummerah pis kouch baba nay by,'—i.e., We have no children.' seemed to distr,ss the elder lady very much, as she appeared, and expressed herself to be, very fond of children. The most asonishing thing was, that the child of soven years old hid been betrothed for a tme time, I ws informed, to a grand nephew of the late Ptishwah, and incredible as it may seem to European ears,. was to be formally mar ied to him almost immediately." Tilll9 ended my wife's interview aul mine; which,. tlrmgh a very cordial and tlimorous audience, was wi'hal a toinswhat stupid one. After it was over, we Mounted an elephant and went to our own resident which for one month I found very comfortable. The Rajah Nana Sahib made his appearance about breakfast-Vme, and' usually brought some handsome flamers or valuable fruit, and his emissaries besieged me daily,with a long aceautit of the wrongs he had experienced at the hands of the Briti h Government, by tceir having stopped the pension granted to fortnm. Paihwalis on the demise of the late one, his reputed filth he bei .g the adopted son. Tois kin lof lite continued for one month, at the end of vaCch time I returned to Cawnpore. I did not see the soi disant Peiahwah again, b tt ha sent a gharrie end an escort to bring me from C:v.vtapore to Bhitoar, at twelve o'clock on the last night I staid in Cawnpore, which vsz.s about the end o: January, 1854. I knew Nana Sahib intimately (says a writer in the Illustiated Times), and always regareei him as one of the best an] run.at hospitable natives iu the upper proVinces, add certainly one of the last men to have baen guilty of the atroeilies laid to his charge. As is the case with many natives of ladi a, it may 'have bean that Nana Sabib cul tivated the acciaaintance an 1 frienchhilis of the S:hibs solely in the hope that through theirinfluence, direct and indirect, la's grievances would be redressed. But the bast time I saw Nana Sahib—it was in the cold weather of 1851, and he called upon me twice during my stay in Cawnrrore—he never once alluded to his grievanc - s. His conversation at that time was directed to the Oude affair. The following geestions, amongst others, I can remember he put to me : - " Why will not Lord Dalhousie pay a visit to the King, of Oade ? Lord Hardioge did so. " Do you thins Coo el Sleeman will persuade Lord Dalhousie to sefz) the kingdom (of Dude) ?—He (Colonel Sleeting bas gone to the camp to do his bas':" So far as I could glean, Nana Sahib wished for the annexation of Oude —albeit he expressed a very "decided opinion chit, in the event of that measure being resorted to, there would be a disturbanCe and perhaps . a war—such as happenned when Mr. Vans Agnew and Lieutenant /AuderSou were maniere.: by a rebellious soldiery of Moolraj. at Meoltar. A few words as to the name of Nana SIP), which, all,*is not his name, but a " nickname." His name "Sreenath," and :amongst his retainers and friends he is addressed (in correapondencm) as " Maharfij th Sreenath Bahadoor.." Pow Ilindoos of Nana Sahib's rank are ever alluded to by the name given to them by the Brahmin et the time - of their bi th. In most cases the nickname, or pet name, that clings to a high caste Hiadoo for life, is the flvourite word that he distinctly utters in infancy in the z ina.na. In the case of Sreenath, the subj- et of this sketch, there can be no doubt that " N:na," or "Nana," was the favourite word of the child, who in manhood h s gained s:ch an unenviable distinction is the eyes of the world. The word " :.;etia" has na particu7ar signification, we are informed. Bit the -word " Nan ~" i i Ilir:doostanee, signifies " gividfather.'" His retainers and servants use t to . speak of him as "Nena Sahih," and n Nana Sahib." The grievanc of the Maharajah Sreenath was simply this :—The E ist India Corripany guaranteed to the late Pcishwali, h.s heirs and successors, a certain pension. Tne Peishwah died without heirs born of his body, but previ pas to his death he adopted Sreenath ("Nan Sahib"). Now, actor ling to the Hindoo 'law, an adopted son is entitled to all the riglys and privileges of an heir begotten of the body of the deceased. Ace ading to the Hindoo law " Nand S thib" was entitled to the pension of the Peishwab; but he claim, as before statPd, was not allawel. It is a pity that the East India Company have not been coflsistent in th it decisions 'upon this head. In some, in teed in many c :set (where tise pensions have be insignificant comparatively), the Hindu') law has been recognised, and the c'aim of the adopted son granted. In other cases (where the pension has tyaen very coLsiderab:e, or the amount of territory to ha " absorb " ex , ramly profi'able) the Hindoo law has b' en shelv d, and the claimant favoured with a lever from the secretary to Government, informing him that the " Governor-General in Council has dismissed his petiti in, but that the ordin try channels of redress are open to him." He sends home an agent, who !musts the India House and the Boarj of C n'rol. At both paces he is " referred to the local Government " the local Government which has already decided against him. Such lies been the case o' Nana Sahib ; such bas been the case of the R jib of CoOrg of the Ranee of Ansi, where another frightful massaeree - took place; and such has been the case wi,h numbers of Indians of rank, with whom we h tve not dealt either wisely or well. Fa r be it for as to offer eren the shadow of an apo7cy for the authors of the atrocities which have plunged nearly half of the nation into motirnirg ; but; at the same time, we cannot forbear expressing our opinion, which is now generally felt and acknowledged, that to the gross mi,7- tnanggPmant of our Indian Empire, and the manifest injustice of which the East India Company has been so frecpently guilty, may be mainly att ributed the de p lorable state of affairs which now exists. 1854. 1853 I Kee:, ptb at the Ports 2,000 I 10,000 I 30,000 8,4m0 8,000 Exports io G. Britain 3,000 4,000 10,000 6,',00 17,000 France. .. 1,000 1,000 1,010 " other For. Pts: 1,009 \ 3,0 )0 1,000 I 3 000 3,000 T3trl Exports. .... 4,009 7,00'► 21,010 10, 09 21,000 Stovk o" -and ...... 49,000 53.000 - :134 090 , 82.000 82.090 Freights to Liverpool have advanced to 5-321, at which rate a fair ata unt has tnen engaged. To Havre the rate is still W. P. WRIGHT. BREAD STUFFS. • FLOUR : rte and Western—My last report was of th e Ist inst., pdi Arabia ; our market was then dull and droop ing. Subsequently, with an increased stringency in money affairs, and good arrivals, pri3es greatly receded ; but an export inquiry for. Great Britain having arisen, some improvement hat since taken place, the closing rates showing a decline on- the fortnight of 60 to 75 per brl. Common to good State, 5 dole 303 to 5 dole 503 per brl. ; extra do. 5 dole 60c to 5 &le 75c ; fair grades extra Ohio. 5 dole 70c to 6 dole. Southern—Mixed to good brande, 5 dole 503 to 5 dole 75e per brl • Favorite, 5 dole 80c to 6 dole 10a ; Fancy and Extras, 6 cols 15e to 7 dole 25c WHEAT : A gradual decline of 20e to 25e per bushel was experienced; but with a good demand for shipment to Great Britain, and some inquiry for Spain, 23 to 3c of the above has been recovered, closing nominally as follows —there have been no arrivals to-day. 'Southern white, 1 dot 403 to 1 dol 503 per 60 lbs ; do. red, 1 dol 25c to 1 dol 32e ; Weeteru white, 1 dol 35e to 1 491 40e to 1 491 TURKEY, CONSTANTINOPLE, SEPT. 16. At the most glorious epoch of Turkish history, when the sword, of Mahomet was wielded by the mighty arm of Soliman the Magnificent, and the fame 'of Turkish prowess filled all Europe with alarm, the alliance of the Sultan was solicited and obtained by the King ofFrance. The tradition of the crusades was forgotten, and the banner of the 'Most Christian King floated by the standard of Mahomet at the bombardment of Nice by the com bined French and Ottoman navies. At such a time a victorious Sultan did not see any weaknessin grant ing at the request of his ally, certain privileges and immunities to the few Frenchmen who, attc_ t- this alliance, had come to seek a fortune in Constan tinople and two or three other towns of the Empire. There was a precedent to these privileges in those enjoyed already by the Christian subjscis of the - Porte, - who, ever since the conquest, had in many respects remained quite independent of the juris iliation of Turkish tribunals. In course of time, as intercourse with Christian nations increased, the stipulations made with France served to regu late the position of the subjects of other Powers. Special treaties were concluded with Venice and Poland, and afterwards with England, in the reigns "of Queen Elizabeth, James 1., Charles 1., and Charles 11., and finally all the foregoing arrange ments were embraced in the cacitulations and treaty of peace concluded at the Dardanelles the sth of January, 1809, by S.r Robert Adair. The benefit of these capitulations haYing been succez - - s ively claimed by and granted to every other Power, they have become the law of foreigners in Turkey. Thus it has happened that- con - Cessions granted originally as a favour by a powerful Sultan to a friendly King have ended by creating a most singul.ar position in Turkey to a ,numerous and continually inergasing population ojoreigners, and in the hands of a weak goyernment...are every day becoming a serious clog to the Administration in the settlement of the...simplest matters.. To meet the exigencies of the capitulation, the foreign powers have hitherto been content to attribute a certain degree of judi cial authority to their representatives and Consuls in Turkey, an authority, however, variously defined by the various Powers, and - at various times. Men of legal education have usually been appointed to fill the Consular - offices. British consuls alone have not generally been saleeted on account of any knowledge of the law. As the relations of England and Tu-key have in creased, so has the number of British subjects in Turkey. Cases greater both in iniportance and in difficulty arise every day. Litigation is so fre quent, and the interests at stake so great, that it has been found worth the while of members of the Itlitglish bar to establish themselves in -Constanti nople, and practice at the Corisnlar Court. :If - the common sense, experience, and judgment of a con sul may be insufficient sometimes to unravel the diffi culties of a cause - which is not embarrassed by any technicalities, what must it be to decide, without full knowledge of the lacy, when two conflicting barristers have severally thrown every possiole ob county in the way of a right judgment? The de fects of the system were evident for a long time past, and already, more than a year ago a local commission reported On the condition of the Con sular Establishment in Turkey, and ppiposed several important alterations. A. .recent order.in Council, adopting some of the suggestions then. made, creates an entirely new order of things, more especially as regards the Consulate-General in Con , stantinople. . . All judicial authority hitherto vested in lit Majesty's Consul Geceral will henceforth appertain to a Consular Court, presided over by a Supreme Judge. The Supreme Judge will decide, with or without assessors selected by himself, in all civil oases, and in all criminal cases which do not amount to more than •a. misdemeanour. In all criminal cases of a higher order, but which do not amount to a capital effence, judgment will be given on the verdict of a jury of six persons. Capital offences, will be tried as before, in Malta, Corfu. or Eogland. The Consular Court will decide all appeals..from„ the decisions of the Consuls at the outports. The right of deciding appeals, hitherto enjoyed by her Hsjesty's Ambassador, will no longer exist. Appeals from the Consular Court will be to the Privy Counci'. The Supreme Judge will also be Vicc-Consul, so that he will be in direct communication with the local authorities, and with the Consulates of the other Pow,ts He will have a legal Vice-Consul under him, and also one legal clerk. The Supreme Judge has already been appointed. It is Mr. Hamby, who, as Commissioner for 'the Turkish Loan in Constantinople, and arbitrator for the settlement of claims on the British Government after the late war, made himself very favourably known to every one here. The selection could not be more judicious Mr. Hornby, with an intimate knowledge of the law, is no favourite of its Unnecessary technicalities and complicated forms of procedure, which would be especially out of place in this country; for, if a regular court were to introduce the slow habits of some of the English Courts, and to change the Consulate into a real Chancery, it were preferable to preserve the old system. But there seems no fear of such a result under the present judge. Mr. Hornby will arrive very shertly,bringing with him his Vice-Consul, Mr. Roth. The new regula tion will come in force the first November, and a fortnight previously Mr. Hornby will inform the public of the forms of procedure to be observed in the new Court, and which are left entirely to his discretion. The Supreme Judge will receive a salary of £2,000 per annum. The Consul-General will henceforth have time to attend to his other duties, which have naturally suffered by the legal business of the Consulate engrossing almost all his time and attention. The numerous correspondence with the Consuls and Vice-C)nsula at the out-