Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-11-23 00:00:00

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ARRIVAL OF THE PERSIA. k i t e Royal Mail Steamer Persia, Captain wi th ' t au, arrived here about noon on Saturday, 605 ,e , a tir days later news, 69 passengers, and ts ° l _ o l. dollars in specie. c 0 ,2 4 e news to hand is of an interesting character. ttaTtnercial affairs were in a much more gratifying I th e "?' and the Money Markets of New York and I t i pterior, were becoming more easy every day. °tl ld appear that there was every reason to ipe eve that th e N ew Y or k B an k s wou ld resume T ei e Payments on or before the Ist of January. 84e New York Clearing House Association of O t i i 4 Y B Were in full session for several hours on the Bid In st. The only formal business was the con eration of the report from the Committee of the ie ° , e B e , which, after some amendment, was adopted 41 e following form : Saturday. November 7, 1837. ' t meeting of the Clearing-House Committee, and tia,,, ol zmittee on the reception of State money was th's of eeld at the Merchants' Bank, at which several Bank b e _ c ots from Albany a n d the interior of the Steve were kilent by i nv i tat i on. Th e f o ll ow i ng reso l ut i ons were ted by the meeting, viz. solved : That the Country Banks be requested, on t ot ,,,Yter Monday, November 16, to redeem, daily, as here :, in the City of New York, such:of their circulating e a r as may b 3 received by the Metropolitan Bank, on r ed after that date, and that they be also requested to o t tani on the January next at par, twenty per cent. i 0 145 amount which may be held by the Ci y Banks on t - LN 1 6th day of November, and twenty per cent. monthly iZalfter until the whole amount is redeemed, they paying tat at the rate of six per cent. per annum on the 1,:allt of their notes held by the City Banks on and after ll it ,„day or December, wi h the understanding that any b 42 May anticipate the redemption of is notes so held. 01.7eolved : That weekly statements be made to the ,7itig-House by each associated Bank, at , he close of s l .,' Pas on Fridays of each week of the amount of State trx Notes and of Metropolitan Bank Certificates held by Viesolved : That all notes taken by • the Metropolitan 1 4 4} t hereafter be assorted, and that the notes kt are now on h an d b e a l so assor t e d un'e r th e Z ec tion of the Committee at the earliest practicable reti od. : That any country Bank shall be informed at & a wn request of the amount of its notes on hand at any Vaud be allowed to redeem them at pleasure. e2esolved : That if the amount of the notes held of any e Tk shall, in the opinion of the Committe, become On Of or disproportionate they shall call for a re demp. t „'"", Of the excess. within te;day., failing to receive which, - 'ec notes shall not be taken by the City Banks ei solved : That the Metropolitan Bank shall be respon th ie fo r t h e amount o f notes covere d b y t h e i r cert ifi cates n a correct co u nting o f the money, and its genuineness, ' l ; 4 l t it s h a ll not b e li a bl e for t h e so l vency o f t h e B an k s 4 .2 11 5 notes it may so ho d. eiesolved : That the compensation of the Metropolitan irk for its serv ic e s i n this arrangemen t s h a ll b e deter tedteed by the Clearing. House Committee at the final raption of the notes, and their decision shall be con etted final and binding upon all parties. to t esolved : That the expenses arising from this deposi and any loss which may finally accrue from bills of hoolvent Banks shall be assessed among the Associated Mks in the Clearing-House, the same in proportion as contingent expenses of the Route are assessed. 1 0 1 ,he New York Times, in its money article of the t ,. 4 1 inst., thus alludes to the foregoing resolu tns This action, if satisfactory to the country Banks. will probably lead to the quiet and early resumption of pay -1,1,te in Specie. on all obligations throughout the State. r 4 a City Banks have not str en g th ene d themselves tr inaically, for such a step but the public have shows ineient confidence to run up their line of deposits ,000 000 dole since suspension, and most of this being gold, for which there is no immeaitee considerable de mand, nor likely to be for some time to come no further r eparation would seem to be necessary. The country . 4 ,ks have not the advantage of the use, on-sufferance, of t t iicailar cf d: posits, but their circulation has the to confidence of the community, while the loans owing o t b.them are no doubt at well, if not, better Fecund c l 2 the mercantile bills under discount and in sus} ense ownthe city barks. Th e cre dit o f th e l a tte r wee struck by mildons through the f o 'ly and discord of the themse'ves in September and Octol er, in so, much tan outraged public were more than content, in the iitd, to tee such management rush to its own dishonour, as m k ( lid on . the 13th Octobar. The fact, made manifest this to%ltoon, b)th by the bank statemen t and the foregoing il ecedings at the C earing-House—which eleatey point e a rompt resumption, the country banks eoncntring_ t hndantly strengthen the a!ready wide spread be'ief that Whole scene referred to was an unca'lerfor panic, the 8 t1!t ,e b an k i n f a t ua ti on , a n t f or which the most b wa n t adv ocates e. of resumption, " with or without the country," ar e largely responsib'e. The Averages of the B in the City of sty York for the week ending Saturday, Nov. 7. pr esent in the aggregate the following changes r r i t lc 3 a the previous weekly statement of Saturday, 'Jet Incze^.se in Loans ... . Dollar , . 543,437 Ice ease in S ,ecie , , Increase in Circulation Increase in Unclrawn Deposits The statement is a strong one for the banks, 11 (1 will be generally satisfactory to their de , ,lers The turn in the loan is almost as ac.ceptible f eatur e in the restoration of a but -r state of things, a 9 the l arge i ncrease o f d epos it s , more t h an t h ree fo urths of which is in gold. L The pre s ent week, says a New York paper of the lOrh opens on a rising average of specie, and the banks probably held this afternoon at least seventeen and a half besides a reserve of country bank notes of five .14( 1 a half millions The business in exchange to-day is tits dull and the extreme asking rates of Saturday on Lo ndon are not maintained. The remittances are not h ° Illnero ua and most of them are indisposed to buy sixty ' 4 37 bankers' bills on higher terms ban the commercial r , n atures of undoubted character, preferring short sigh gold itself where a prompt remittance is desirable, t l i tt her than pay the specie rate for sixty-day bills. On 0 18 subject we insert from a practical and woll-advised t erea a communication over the signature of " Mercator," t i 5 Suggestions of which appear to be timely The quota on this afternoon on London is la 07; to 108,1 The en gagements of gold for the Persia are thus far less than 4 a, half a million of dollars Some additions are expected t 0 b e n ° o e made to-morow, but it seems doubtful whether the 1 ,,Lal shipment will reach the estimate at the close of last l e ek, say 1,200,000 dols. The price of gold to-day is 1;1 to 101 per cent. The exchanges on Philadelphia Z i unproved to 961 per cent, and on Baltimore 93 to 93r cent. 1 3 el'IY our advices from Washington, we learn thee Qng,ress meets on the first Monday of Deaember, ha d that already the canvassing for the Sneaker th• IP, and other offiocs in the gift of the House of e ' e Presentatives, has commenced. A Washington (Ir respondent writes .- 41 hough Orr is more talked of for Speaker thsn anybody e, i u t uough that fact does not add to his chances. He has I .:" a standing candidate for some time, and for that season has been mare spoken of than others who command e`aer share of the hea goodwill of the old members of 4"gr rg ess. He seems to rt h y a ve oo the inside track ; but there e n a . v,ery general feeling of distrust of him all through the Cobbthat may at any moment upset his dish: Secretary e0 " 0 is understood to be figuring for Orr's election, of eti n ta„ with a view of strengthening himself as a future k a l ' u idate for the Presidency, by securing a controlling touaence in the organisation of the house. This has come in b „: 5 a regnlar element in the science of national politics a s Ue United States—the effor .ta-ef-aatifirants being, as far ft , Possible, to reverse the policy of our governmental tem, and centralise it for their individual benefit. 4 ri• John S. Phelps, of Missouri, is also a promi ti;lit candidate. Though a very decided partisan. er e is a bold, f ank manliness in all he says or o t"tid, , which wins the confidence and respect of ae ti„ and foes. Far more popular than Orr among eo u members of the house, he must prove a formidable 43 Petitor if he submits his claims to the consideration of 4 a e : 4 " 119 . Though from a slaveholding State, and so skePtable to the South, all his local interests and sympa es are far more akin to those of the great Northwest td x, 'orth than are Mr. Orr's—and for that reason he 110, 4 ,7"3 7 may be expected to prove a favourite with i t el.ern Democrats, who would not s'rengthen their it o , l , ll dual positions at home by selecting a South Carolinian th'heir suffrages. Hon. J. Glancy Jones, of Pennsylvania, th e "gh not presented as a candidate—for the reason that ge liA lL o Priety of taking the Speaker from a Slave State is fo r "ZuY conceded—is nevertheless talked of, more or less, in th e Place , and if any difficulty should occur in caucus S e,,, °election of a Southern candidate, it would not be ititisieg Mr. Jones b ecame t h e point of union, f or he by e ' As tal ted .. and esteemed by the entire South, as is evidenced pi tt ~ , yreas of all sections of the Democratic Party in that ti le Union. There are ;several candidates besides THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1857. those I have mentioned, from the Santh. Andrew H. Stephens, of Georgia, is spoken of, and George W. Jones, of Tennessee, and Houston, of Alabama, are sometimes mentioned. The chances a7e, however, that either Phelps, Jones, or Orr will be the man. Much misapprehension exists in regard to the views of the Administration on the Tehuantepec question, but the Administration has nothing to do with any agreement entered into between Mexico and the Lousiana Company, nor does it favor any other private interest. Mexico has offered to extend, for a large pecuniary consideration, the rights which the United States acquired under the Gadsden Treaty, connected with that subject. The correspondence will be transmitted to Con gress. The Government has been officially advised that Senor Escalante has been selected by Costa Rica as Special Envoy to the United States. He is expected to arrive by the next steamer, but will not interfere with the functions of Molino. His mission is connected with the freedom of the Nicaragua Transit Route, under the protection of the great commercial powers. Complete returns of, the Maryland State elec tion have been received. Hicks has been returned Governor by a majority of 8,000 votes. The Senate will be composed of fifteen Americans and seven Democrats, and the House of forty-four Americans and twenty-nine Democrats. We learn that Ward, one of the mob shot at the poll during the Baltirno're election, has died. Another slave case had been before the Boston Courts. It is thus alluded to in a despatch dated November 9 : Mr. Lewis Sweet and family, accompanied by a slave girl named Betty, have been spending several months travelling North. Their last stopping place was Lawrence where a writ of habeas corpus was obtained, on the ground that Betty was restrained of her liberty. The parties were brought to this city to-day, and a hearing was had before Chief Justice Shaw. Mr. and Mrs. Sweet, who were present stated that they would cheerfully abide by Betty's own choice in the matter. At er the ease had been stated by the respective counsel, J. A Andrews, Esq., fa. the petitioners in the writ, and Mr. Watson, of Lawrence. for the claimants, Judge Shaw retired with the woman to an Evijoining room for the purpose of ascertaining her wishes, without bias from the presence of those around her. On returning, the Judge stated that it was Betty's voluntary decision to return with her master to Tennessee. and the Court thereupon passed he folio akg order :—" That Betty is at liberty to remain in Mazsachu-etts, or to return wi h her master to Tennessee, as she may see fi ." The case was then dismissed, Betty retiring with her master and mistress, apparently contented. The Kansas Constitutional Convention has adopted a clause concerning slavery, which leave; nothing doubtful upoe the subject. It recognises the ins'itution, as already established in the terri tory, and prohibits the Legislature from getting rid of it. A New York paper, of the last date, makes the following comment on this announce ment : We are glad to find that the subject has been thus fairly met. It will bring the issue as directly before Congress or the people, as any one could desire. There are no open indications of a purpose on the part of the Convention to submit the Constitution to the popular vote, although the President, Dr Calhoun, openly declared his p eference for such a course. They seem much more lit - ely now, not only to frame a State constitution. as they are authorised to do by the law authorizing the Convention, and to pima such limits upon the right of voting as will effectually answer their purpose,—and then submit the whole matter to the action of Congress. Such a course will renew the agitation of the slavery question. in national politics, upon a large scale If th , ,, leaders of the Democratic party are wise, they will never allow the subject thus to come up for national discussion, for it could not, under any con ceivable circumstances, give them a particle of strength, but would be almost certain to rend the party fatally aed hopelessly asunder. Adespatch from Cflit'ago,dated 10th November, says:-- Mr. 'Williamson, c)rrespr,ndent of the St. Paul's Times, writing from Payutzac on the 36th ult., says that a report had reached there that 500 United States troops, supposes to he a detachment of the Utah expedition, had been attacked and killed by a la , ge Dirty of Toelowan Indians, near Missouri river. Mr. Williamson believes the report CU-N.I3IER CIA L INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, Nov. 11. MONETARY AFFAIRS. The tone of the market in general continues to improve. The effect of the accumulation of unemployed capital, which we thought pr0b....1)1e, has .lown itself during the week in the increased facility with which loans on call are made, without having much influence, nevertheless on the discount of paper, which is still regarded with great cir cumspection by capitalists. Ths movement of specie, both from Europe and elsewhere, towards New York is rapidly strerWhening the position of the banks here, whose metal is reserve now amounts to 16,402,152 dols ; and although the present steamer takes out a large sum in coin, the effect on the stock mz.rket has been an increased activity, and a gradual but steady advance, , iuring the past week The news from England to the 24th October, by the Canada—which was consi lered less unfavourable than could have been expected—and the execu ion of some orders to buy for European account, have contribute' to this upward movement There i 3 r o great alteration to notice in the domestic exchanges. State Stocks have been active with a general rise Money is easier for loans on call at 7 per cent. Discoun's o't of bank are very limited, and the rates remain high, and with hardly any change; say from 18 to 30 per cent. Dn Corrxr & Co. Oar last advices were to the 2d inst. Mattrs continue to improve. Money is steadily g , owing more abundant. Stocks again show a henry advance, which is. felt by al; classes of securities, but especially bank stocks. The domestic and foreign exchanges likewise show a marked tendency to return to their legitimate level. All that is now required to res'ore confidence, is to ascertain the full effect of our crisis in Europe, and to arrive at a conclusion to the discussions which are now occupying our banks as to the proper time for resuming specie payments Our last advires from Liverpool are t, the 2nd ult., perCanala, which brought out 1,200,000301 s in g.)141. The next news will announce the effect produced in Europe by the suspension of our banks and of the three great Railroad Companies, and is awaited with great anxiety. As to the resumption of specie payments by the City Banks, the only thing that complicates the question is the position of the Country Banks of this State, which had, on the 26th September last, only 1.022 000dols. in specie, against 19,322 0001015. of circulation and 10 500,0001e1s of deposits. 'The orders for American Stocks on Foreign ace-:tint have been considerable fir the past month, and have been directed more particularly to State and City Bonds and to the shares of a few leading railroad corn p 'nies, but particularly those of the Illinois Central. State Stocks show a groat rise, wi h active purchases for investment, the sales amounting to 600 0001oIs Money v e ry abundant Loans on call ito 6 per cent. First-class paper, 12 to 18 per cent. ; second-class names, 24 to 48 rates being vary unsettled. American gold, to per cent premium. Exchanges have advanced, but the business is slight London 107 i. to 109 ; chief business at 1071 to 108 ; Francs, 5.30 to 5 25. MARIE & Martz. same week last year 7.000. Stock on lan 1 32,000. Middling 10ic to llc per lb. Freight to Liverpool per lb. SAVANNAH, Nov. 9: Market advancing. Good middling 120 per lb. Weather fine fur erop. CHARLESTON, Nov. 9.—Sales during Saturday and to day 3,600 bales. Good middling 12ic per lb. AUGUSTA, Nov. 9.—The market closed buoyantly to day, with an advancing tendency. CROP.—Under the favorable weather which ha, pre vailed throughout the entire cotton region for the past three or four weeks, the prospects for the crop have improved, and the estimates for the aggregate yield are raised from every point. The frost alluded to in my last as having passed over Georgia, has only been partial and not killing. We have no account as yet of the occurrence of a killing frost at any point in the cotton region. The quality is materially benefitted by this continued absence of frost or storm, and the quantity will be increased particularly in the extreme South and South-western districts. _ _ _ RECEIPTS —The receipts at the Southern ports continue on a limited scale ; during the past week only 43,000 bales have been received against 91 000 bales during the corres ponding week of last year. The total defici.t now amounts to 245,000 bales as compared with same date last season. This is accounted for to some extent in the Atlantic States, by an indisposttion on the part of planters to sell at the prevailing currency; but the chief reason there, and more particularly in the Southern and Western dstricts, for the light receipts, is the unusual demand on the field hands for picking, instead of for packing and preparing for market. The season has been late—the great bulk of the cotton opened late, but under the infiueace of the fine weather in September and October, has matured rapi ly ; planters have, therefore, had full employment in gathering the onen cotton, leaving for a future day its preparation and shipment to market. As the season throughout has been three weeks later than last year, we should not consider our present receipts in the light of comparison. or as bear ing upon the question of the ultimate extent of the crop. EXPORT.--The export to Great Britain eon'innes to gain (elightly this week) on last year, while to France and other continental ports there is a further diminution. The tables give the pardiculars. The following is a statement of the movement in cotton since the Ist September, as compared witn the pre , ious four years : 1857. 1856. 1855. 1451. 1853 Receipts at the Ports ',254,000 539010 535,000 I 321, ,, 00 289,000 Exports to G. Britain 1103,000 62,010 192,000 95/03 85,003 " France. 124 030 50,00 43,000 i 41.000 10,010 " other For. Pts. 18,000 22,0 0 59,003 : 19 003 22,003 T.ital Exports. .....145,000 131,000 274.001 158: 0 I 117; 1 00 Sto kon Itand .... .. 194,000 , 350,000 201,000 , 226.000 211,030 01 which durincs, the past week, included in rne a hove : Receipts at the Ports 43,3001 '91,0011. 55,000 66001' 06,300 Exports toG Britain 19,0 , 101 12,030 1 30 0 0 0 22 ,0.0 14,03;1 Fra,ce 5,110.;1 9 , 000 1 10 , 000 6 ,1 100, " other F. Ports 2 0 0 0, 7.090 5,0 0, 6 009, 5 031' Total Exports 26, 0 0. 28 000 45,000' 1 34,0001 19,0 19 I I SUMMARY—Receipts : Decrease at the ports compared with last year, 215,000 bales Exports : Increase to (Feat Britain, 41,000 ; decrease to France, 20,000 ; to of her foreign ports, 4,000. Total increase in exports, 11,000 bales. FREIGHTS are firmer to Livrpool for Cotton, at 5-32 I. Yesterday some 1 500 bales were engaged at this rate, being the arrivals from Charleston and Savannah per steamer.—The screw-steamer City of Baltimore, to sail to-morrow, has about 1,000 bales engaged at per lb. EXCHANGE : The rate of sterling bills has been gradually creeping up, until some drawers have obtained 109 per cent. on London for 60 days' sight bills. Commercial bills, with bills lading attached, sell at 105 to 105 per cent. The business for this steamer has been to a smaller extent than was expected and the rates close tamely with a tendency to decline. On Paris the demand has been fair, closing at 5.25 to 5 35. This steamer will carry back very near, if not quite, as mu .h specie as she brought. W. P. WRIGIIT. COT T. STATEMENT. (From the Yew York Shipping List of Nov. 11.) Decr. Receipts. Fluorts to :Great Britain 1 . 9 i,(53 104 202 539,358 62 i 24, 200 Total Exprts. 141,6')9 131,473 193,362 370.063 176,696 Banansrurrs : As the season of canal receipts is now within two or three weeks of its cloe, and grea•er facilities have bean given to the millers and forwarders to manufsc ture and send to the sea-board, the Flour and Wheat from this and the Western States, there is a natural increas3 of business, still the delay this fail owing to the deranged state of financial matters, has been extremely detrimental to the trade, and the receipts by the Erie Canal to the 31st of October show a falling off from last year's to the same period of 221 085 barrels Flour, 5,348,732 buf,hels Wheat, and 4 156,189 bushels IndiatrCarn. By railroad to Albany the receipts of Flour have been in excess of that of last ys ar, and for the balance of the season will not be larg) There is a steady but not active demand from the city dealers, prices fluctuating 5 to 10 cents per barrel according to the supply, closing with an advance of about 10 cents since my last circular. The Export t• ade to England has taken 54 723 barrels of Flour and 282 025 bustles of wheat. and to Spain 5,879 barrels of Flour in the fortnight past Whe tis in request, and the best samples are readily taken by city millers and exporters at fall rates, particularly White which is scarce and high. There is considerable Chicago Spring now on the canal, b it the demand is suffisient to take the daily receipts, rand the Whiter stock will be very small. Of Milwaukee, Indiana and Ohio Red, there is but little on the way. Rye is in light stock, and sells only for home use. Indian corn has advance about 8 cents Der 13 ishel, and is in moderate request for the eastern and local trade. E. BILL. hors are very dull and heavy at 6c to 9c, with but small Fates. The attention of operators is new directed to old Hops, which they purchase freely as high as Sic. Exports for past week, 21 brig ; since Oct. lst, 697 brig. MMTALS remain very dull. and iransactions are confiaed to small lots as wanted, or forced sales to raise money. Ines/ is selling in a small way for both Refined an I Pig American Pig No. 1 is held at 25 dole, time, and scotch 28 dols to 29 dole, six months. We note sales of 30 tone in Brooklyn at 22 dole 50c, cash. Bar iron is unchanged in price, and it is working off qui e bri!kly : Refined 62 dole 50c, Common at 52 dols to 54 dols per ton 180 packs Russia Sheet brought lie cash. LEAD.—We note sales of 50 tons soft Spanish at 4 dole 75c cash, and 70 tons superior 70 at 5 dole 25c, four months adding interest. COPPER.—We note an export movement to Liverpool and Havre. TIN.—A sale of 500 pigs Btnca was male at 25;e, and 600 Straits' slabs are being shipped to London, as a remittance. Plate —lOO boxes A, x - sold at 11 dole 50e Pn , vlsloNs : Pork has been comparatively very active th:oughout the past week, but at easier rates than quoted in our list review, and at tht close the prices noted below were current. The market is cleared of nearly all prime in first hands and a good demand which sprang up to-day, has stiffened prices of both Me.ze and Prime. Bacon is more inquired after for smoking, and 100 boxes short ribbed Middles sold to a smoking firm at 10_t Bee!-- Common qualities are selling but sparingly at the annexed rates, while Prime Mess was very active at $2l to $23 per tierce Lard is in short supply and firm. though quiet, at 11c. to 13c. Butter is plenty, and under a lig►at inquiry, little is done Cheese is active. Wool, : The market continues extremely dull ; there is no demand whatever for any description. At present the manufacture of the a-ticle is almost en irely suspended, and until the mills resume work no trade can be looked far. Some shipments to Europe have mostly been made by holders who wanted to realise It is not expected, how ever, that high prices will be obtained abroad, as the foreign markets have declined. The shipments have been chiefly of American fleece and South American Mestizo. We notice a sale of 6,000 lbs. super at 18s. cash. Fanotns : There was but little gone to Liverpool to day; some 20.000 bush grain were shipped in bags. 9d ; 400 brie fl ur, 2d to 3d; Cotton at 3-32 d to 3-16 d, the latter an ex reme rate ; 500 bxs cheese, 27s 63. The Persia takes 120 bales wool on private terms. The City of Baltimore takes cotton at 3d ; grain in bags 101, flour 3s 6d, beef at 6s 6d To London, 750 brls turpentine, 3s 6d per 280 lbs ; 1,500 bxs cheese 35s to 37s 6d ; 690 pigs tin, 27s 6d To Glocester, aba que with grain in bags at 10d. To Bristol Channel, a vessel with grain in bags at 11d. To Glasgow, 6,000 bush grain at 10d, in bag•. To Bremen, 1,000 brie oil, 3e per gallon ; 400 bales cotton, fi-e ; 200 hhds sugar, 25s ; 150 brls spirits turpentine, 3d ;- 300 bales tobacco, 75c. To Guadaloupe, from Norfolk, a barque, 450 tons, wi h 11 doll 59e. CHINA AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. ALEXANDRIA, NOVEMBER 16. The Norma arrived at Sucz on the 12th inst , with a cargo of silk, and an extra mail from China. Her dates are :—Shanghai, &pt. 27; Hong kong, Oct. 5 ; Galle, 23; and Aden, Nov. 4. The steam transports Australia and United Kingdom, had reached Galle with troops. Lord Elgin was at Hong Kong, on board the Ava. A violent typhoon at Macao, on Oct. l, has caused severe damage, chiefly to native shipping. Exchange at Hong Kong, 4s. HI to 4s. Hid at Shanghai, 6s. 74d. to 6s Bd. Operations in tea are limited. per piece. The Emeu left Suez for Bombay on the 11th inst- Silk 20 reals The outward Australian mails and passengers were still in Egypt. No further intelligence has been received of the mail agent with the Marseilles portion of the Australian mails. MALTA, Nov. 20. The steamer with the outward Australian mails has not vet arrived. The Elba, accompanied by the Desperate and Blazer, reached Malta on the night of the 17 - h and the telegraphic cable was safely landed at St George's Bay at 5 a.m. on the 18:h. The Elba leaves for Corfu on the 22nd to pay out the cable thence to Malta. THE INDIAN MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Indus has arrived in the river with the Calcutta and China mails, and the passengers from India. She also brings 22,500 dollars in specie, and £ll 600 in gold coin, ani a full cargo. She left Alexandria on the 7th, Malta 11th, and Gibraltar 16-. h. Gibraltar exchanges on the 14th were :—Llndon 50# ; Paris, 535 ; Marseilles, 536 ; Genoa, 537, The Tagus steamer, from Southampton, arrived at Gibraltar on the 17th. FRANCE AND THE DANUBIAN PRINCIPALI PIES PA. - RIS, Nov. 21. M. Fould's visit to London is supposed to have reference to other objects besides the financial crisis and the situation of the Bmk, The Minister of Slate may confer with the Governor of the Bank of England on the best mean , L; of reducing the rate of discount in both elpitals, but public rumour gives him another mission, and this mission relates to the Danubian Principaliti,-s. is understood that be is to confer with Lord Pal merston, and, if possible. come to au understanding on this troublesome subject. (TER~i~NY. THE EXPLOSION AT MAYENCE. The powder magPzine of the federal forress of Mayence, on the 111,ine, blew up at three o'clock on the afternoon of the 18 . h instant. The maga zine was situate near the Cr.tuthor Groe. Pie number of pc:l . 9°ns killed and' woun:led is vcey considerable, but no off' list has as yet bc en published. Three churches have been seriously damaged. The shock was felt at Wiesbaden, at the other side of the Inine. A supplement to the Mayenee Gazette says : The G uthor plwder m g zine has just expioled with a terrible detonation. The uppsr cart of the togn, the Koe;trich, and the Giustrasse ars in ruins, The church of St. Stephen has h:en destrlyed. Tais terrible disaster ha . ; caused the d-ath of many persons, and deprived numerous families of home and shelter. The whole town is in a state of consternation. Travellers (says the Cologne Gazette), who have just arrived from the scene of the catastrophe, state that the magazine contained 75,000 kilo grammes of gunpowder. Not only have the windows in every part of the town been broken, but even in the surrounding villages. Enormous blocks of stone from the ramparts have been carried to an incredible distance. It is dangerous to walk in the streets on account of falling houses. The explosion was di3tinctly heard at Bingen. The Independence Beige has the following. : A terrible explosion has just taken place at Mavence. The damage is estimated at more tlpin a million of florins. According to credible information, two Austrian and nine Prussian soldiers and fourteen civilians were killed ; seventy-four Prussian and ninety-four Austrian soldiers and 300 civilians more or less dangerously wounded. ARRIVAL OF THE 1ND153. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 21. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam_ ship Indus, Captain Evans, arrived this morning with the heavy portion of the Calcutta and China mails, 104 passengers, £11,600 and 22,500 dollars in specie, and on freight 2,130 bales of sik, 51 eases of shawls, and a quantity of merchandise She left Alexandria November 7; Malta, 11 ; Gibraltar, 16; and on the voyage experienced fine weather to Gibraltar: from thence to Lisbon thick weather and heavy rain, with much thunder and lightning, and a heavy see. At Alexandria were the usual Egyptian squadron, her Majesty's ship Tartarus, the Russian screw frigate Balkan, and the Russian brig of war Pheloktiss. At Malta Lord Lyons' flf.et, consisting of the Royal Albert (flag-ship) Hibernia, C >r qu?ror, Centurion, Princess Royal, Vulture, Wanderer, Vigilant, Boxer, and H2. , rpy. At Gibral!ar her Majesty's ship Curlew. The following are the passengers by this arrival : From Hong Kong: Mr Heywar ', RN., Mr Summer ville, R N., Mr Jones, RN., Mr St. John, RN., Mr Barratt., E.S., Mr Rolland, E.S , Mr Sleney, R N., and Mr Collett.—From Penang : Captain Millbank.—From Calcut'a: Mrs Bollandi, Miss Graham, Mrs Br.)6c s, Mrs St. Aubyns and two chil Inn, Lieut. Cookson, RN , Mrs R binsoon and three children, Mrs. Paske, Rev. Mr and Mrs Millne, Mrs Garratt and two children, Major and Mrs X'Carthy, Mrs Crosier and two children, Captain Richards, Mr R. Spry , Mrs Sherrer and three children, Lieut. Powell, Mr Holmes, Mra Cooks, Mr T. Limber, Mr R Brown.— From Madras: Mrs Broome and child.— From Bombay : Mrs Scott and infant, Mrs Hume and three children, Mrs Woodcock and infant, Miss Woodcock, Mrs Neale and three children, Mrs Walker, Lieut. Phillips, Mrs. Louth, Mrs Hunter, Captain Holland, Mr Marquester, Mrs Tegsrt, Mr Blackstone, Mr Mille. There were al-o eighteen passengers from Alexandria, eleven from Malta, and two from Gibraltar. The only passengers by this arrival who have suffered from the Indian mutinies are Mrs. Gar ratt, Mrs. Scott, and Mrs. Cooke. The husband of Mrs. Garratt was killed by the mutineers. Mrs. Scott narrowly escaped with her life from near Cawnpors ; and Mrs. Cooke, the wife of an indigo planter in the north-west provinces, lost her pos sessions, their factories having been burned down, and themselves being compelled to escape to Calcutta: As soon as the Indus arrived alongside the dock quay, a number of ladies and gentlemen went on 'boald to greet their friends and relations. Among the first onboard we noticed Mr. Alderman Ftnnis (the"ei , Lord Mayor of London) and lady - ; - ' Captain 'Engledue, the Mayor of Southampton, and the sub-committee of the relief fund. There were, however, no cases which required relief. Calcutta was filled with refugees and others from the various presidencies. So crowded, indeed, was the town that passengers arriving, there from England had been compelled to reside for a time otk board the various ships lying in the harbour, no lodgings of any kind being obtaininable. The steam-ship Nemesis, Captain Black, which left Southampton on the 20th with the East India and China Mails, was compelled to bring up a few miles down the river, owing to the dense fog which prevailed preventing her from making,the Neriiles, She remained at anchor until seven o'clock on the morning of the 21st, when, - the weather having somewhat cleared, she proceeled on her passage. PRESENTA.TION OF MEDALS AT THE SAILORS' HOME. On Saturday afternoon, two Board•of--Trade Silver Medals were presenttd at the Sailors' Home, to Mr. 14'!w is Whiteway and Mr. John Carvell Beer, master awl firs mate of the barque Denis Brandritt. of Liverpool, far their gallantry on the occasion of the wreck of the barque Walton Muncaster, of Whitehaven, on the 27th of June. 1857, on a reef, near the port of Chaneral. The presen tation was made by Mr. S. R. Graves, Chairman of the Local Marine Board, in the presence of several of the membere. Mr. Graves said—ln accordance wi h the request of the Board of Trade, we have met here to-day to convey to you (the recepients of the Medals), the high sense which their lordships' entertain of your gallantry and humanity. You will find on the Medals, which we are about to present to you, their opinions recorded, and when you have passed away, those medals, I have no doubt, will remind your children that their fathers possessed the high attributes of British seartion. Considering the close relationship which exists between the Board of Trade and the shipping of this country, it is scarcely to .be wondered that their lordships reserve to themselves the privilege of selecting those persons who particularly. distinguish themselves in the preservation of their fellow men from shipwrecks for bestowing upon them marks of their approbation ; for . though it is the province of her Majesty's Consuls all over the world to transmit to the Foreign Office every.nase of .hurnanity or distinguished gallantry, it is the proyince of the Beard of Trade to deal with those cases upon their merit; when they come before them. This Board has often, I may say too often, had the painful duty of sitting in condemnation upon masters and mates of British ships, (although I must state that these have always been exceptional cases) for indulgence in that vice which above all others tends to disqualify them for corn mend. It robs them of their means of livelihood and deprives them of their : owner's contilenee, who natu rally look to them to guard . their interests, in place of aggravating by this indulgence.the serious responsibi!ity to which the British shipowner is alone subject ; and lastly, it tends to bring discredit in the eyes of foreign nations upon the high standing of the British sailor. But happily there seems to be a change in this; andthose few excep tioteS which I speak of are becoming still more excep tional, for according to the proceedings of this Board during the last six anonths, we have not had one single instance of drutikainess investigated by the Beard while during .those six mouths we shave ~been Made the medium of presenting decorations to six British officers. . Taking the previous six mouths I nod that we had only two presentationS, while during the same time we had ten iaveetigatione for drunkenness. - I therefore think I am correct in hoping, and that this Beard augurs truly that in a short time the exceptions will' be rare indeed. It is not the duty of this Beard to draw coma parisous between the merits of cases which come before them for presentation. In conveying the medals, how. ever, they may indulge in stronger oulnions in one case than in another, and I certainly think that if any • case which,. comes before it calls for the expression of the highest approb ition of 'the Board, it is the case we are now considering. It appears that the Walton Muncaster left the harb.ur of Chaneral on the 2 7 th June last. 'Your vessel, the Denis Brundritt, and the llamburgh barque Helene were both loading in the same harbour, and witnessed the departure of the Walton Mundaster. In the afternoon you were able to see from your mast-heads that the Walton Muncaster was on the rocks, and dowering your boats, : Captain - Whiteway in command of one, and you, the chief officer, in command of the other, proceeded to the wreck— Captain Rostock, of the .Helene, sending out his boat at the same time When you arrived at the scene of the wreck, you found'her on the rocks, and that peculiar roll of the Pacific, so well known to those acquainted with I that ocean, breaking fearfully high over ' the vessel. Yin, Mr. Beer, approached the vessel, but, fiedleg it' ie . :Possible to keep yotir boat alongside, you were compelled to draw out of the roll of the surf. Tire crew of the Wal:oa Muacaster, left to their own resources, launched their long beat and twelve of the crew, with the captain's wife, ernbaeke 1 in her and sought to reach the boats,of the Helene and Denis Bruodrlt. the effort the boat .was capsized, but the boats of the Helene dashed in and sncceede I in rescuing four from a watery grave, leaving the rernainie,g seven unfortunately to peri-h ' it being impossible to save them. Night came on, . and itbecame perfectly impossible, without risking .the 'ives'ofailldn the boats, to remain longer by the wreck, or to attempt anirthing more. Informing the captain, Who remained oil the deck, of their intention to return in the morning, the boats retired. - Next morning you and the second. mate, with three other men. went in the penance to rescue those who had been left on the wreck. You found the surf as high as before, but, notwithstand ing that, you resolved t 9 run.the risk. No sooner however did your boat reach the ship, than unfortunately h the boat capsized. The second officer and the three men were unfortunately drowned, hut you remained for two hours and three quarters in the water, and were picked up sense'ess by the boats of a Spanish vessel. The captain of the Walton Muncaster then launched a raft, and with four other survivors, allowed themselves to fiat from the vessel. The captain of the Denis .Brundritt, who had been anxiously watching the proceedings from his ship, .seeing the raft launched, went and succeeded in rescuing all -who were on it. He was at the time ignorant of the fate of his own boats' crew. Such conduct as that I have detailed. de-erves very properly the strongest approbation of this Board, and I am quite sure, that in that op!aion, the nation at large will heartily concur, and will approVe of what we are doing. I regret very much that Captain Whiteway has unavoidably been prevented from being present to day, but I have received a letter from him, expressing his acknowledgment for the, Presentation. I have now to hind you the Medal, and to 'beg that you will convey the other to Captain Whiteway, with the best wishes of this Board. • Mr. Baer, on behalf of himself and aptain Whiteway, expressed his thanks for the Med ils which were presented to them, and declared that so long as •he• followed the _profession of the Sea, he would ever think it his duty to .I'es - cue - a - brother sailor from a watery grave. ART DISC3VgRY.—A. discovery of great interest to the artistic world, says the Prcse, was lately made by M. Edmond About, the writer, while going through the shop of a collector of curiosities in the Rue de Btc. After examining different articles, the master of the place in fo med his visitor that he had in his possession twelve pictures by Titian and taking him into an inner room, showed them as they hung against the wall. These pictures are four feet long by nine inches high and repre sent the history of Joseph, according to biblical tradition In support of this assertion that the pictures were genuine, the dealer produced letters from M. Fisudrin and laf., Delacroix, stating that the pictures were very 'valuable In a short time, M. About and the owner came to terms, and the pictures were placed in the hands of a cleaner, who, after a first operation, remarked that in all the pictures Joseph bore a resemblance to Charles V., which was considered in favour of their authenticity Tae cleaner, following up his operations. soon afterwards discovered in a corner the signature of Titian thus worded Tizianus Vercilius da Gadore pinxit. SLAVE HUNTING IN ANIERICA.—A stout, hearty, nee.ro, 'twho mads his escape from slavery some s'x ye irs age, was not satisfied with letting " well enough alone," but must needs engage in running off the " prop)rty," of his late master at every opportunity. The gentleman who lived in the vicinity of 14 ,- -xirg!on, had long suspected " Ben," of interfering wi'h his goods and chattels, and last week, discovering certain suspicious movements in a house servant, concluded he was about to take passage on the "Underground Railroad." He, therefore, watched him closely, and found his suspicioes were c)rrect, and, calling in the aid of two or three friends, followed the negro in his flight, without arres ing him, his object being to get hold of his old slave, who was casing him s much trouble. He was satisfied Ben would meet the fugitive on the Kentucky side of the river ; and, sure enough, on Friday evening lost, by keeping a elosi watch upon the fl Ting n-gre, they were carried directly to where Ben lay in waiting for his passenir r. Those in pursuit immediately pounced upon the o'd fugitive, leavi' g the new ranawa; to take eare of himself. Bet fought with the desperation of a man who had once tasted the sweets of liberty, aft I. hiving spent half a life in slavery, and it was not until he had been brought to the ground with a stick, and his head severely cut and b , nised, that he yielded to his captors and allowed himself to be hound and conveyed to the Covington gaol. A. physician was called and the wounds on his head dressed, and on Saturday he was handed over to his former master and carried back into slavery. Ben is not the only man who has got himself into trouble by trying to aid a friend. _Cincinnati Gazette] H 3 CHARGE OF DIU3D3I Oi THE HEGIT SEAS. On Saturday we gave an account of the arrest of Captain John Anderson Castle, and James Mallard, . _ . c'aief mate of the Liverpool ship Elisabeth, belonging to Messrs. Tobin and Sons, on a charge of murder. Our readers will therefore be prepared for the following details, which we were in possession of, but refrained from publishing until they came legally before the proper tribunal—our aim being not to prejudice the prisoners in the public mind. The affair, of course, became known to the public, and the Police court was literally erowded'at an early hour, by respectable working persons, who seemed to take a deep interest in the cas The prose cution was conducted by Inspector Kehoe, who certainly showed much ability and tact in opening it. Mr. Tyndall was present to watch the case on the part of the Board of Trade. The captain was defended by Mr. Bluck, and the mate by Mr. Snowball• • At twelve o'clock the prisoners were put to the bar of the Police-court, when all eyes were turned on them. The captain is what may be called a big man. thin-faced, and sallow complexion, about 40 years of age. The mate is a small man, very dark complexion. having a peculiar expression of countenance, and parrot-like nose. He is 36 years old. The charge, as entered against them, was for unlawfully killing and slaying one Francisco Roderigo, a Spaniard, who was a sailor on board the shin, on the voyage from Old Calabar to Liverpool. The deceased was described as a handsome young man of twenty-one years of age. Mr. Kohoe, in opening the case said :—The Elizabeth sailed from Liverpool on the 20th January last. for New Calabar, under Captain Pickering. After the arrival at New Calabar, some misunderstandiaag took place between the trading master and Captain Pickering. which ended in Captain Pickering leaving the ship and returning home. When the Edz th ‘th was nearly loaded, Captain Christie arrived at New Calabar in the ship Filth, and he was shortly afterwards transferred from the Faith to the Elizabeth. He brought with him three of his old crew, amongst whom was Francisco `Roderigo, the unhappy subject of the outrages. When he came on board the. Elizabeth, it is said he was robust and healthy, and so continued , until ha was brutally treated. One evening, about the latter end of September, after they \ had been filly or s;xty days out, RAerigo was trimming the binnacle lamp at the cabin door. He accidentally broke one of the glasses, and the captain, hearing the smashing glass, came up from his cabin ani inquired what v..at the matter. - Tne steward explained that the SJan'a d ha I broke I the binnacle lamp. The captain seizsd Rederiza be the back ,of the head, threw him down, end began to kick him allover the ibo ly. It is said he kicked him for five minutes or more with all his might. at the same time using abusive epithets, and saving, " You worthless scoandrel, I'll murder you; you shall never live to See: - Liverponl." Alter he Irld hickel him all over his body Path a 1 , the captain lifted his foot several times, and stampel his h-el with all his force on the lower part of the unfortunate man's back. Roderig,o cried out for mercy, and crawled forward to the forecastle. He there said to soma of Liv.) tree that the captain had killed him. lie.exhibited his body and back, and it is said they were black and blue, and that something like aj)int prOjected at the lower part of his hick where the captain had stamped upon him. The poor fellow was unab!e to turn out next morninz. Towards the afternoon the captain came one, and, shouting to him, sill, " You Russian, if y don't turn out, clap a tackle on you, and drag you out." Roderiga strugg , ed to come out of the forecastle as best he could, but he-was in a very feeble state, and he walked with a limp ; indeed, he could scarcely move at all. There was alutnp visible on the side of his head, where the captain had kicked him ; and his face was disfigured with bruises. He'also began to spit blood soon after the ill-usuage, and this continued some time. The second mate gave htin some sennott to make rope.' At his proper turn; he 'took the wheel as WWI% hut he com plained that he was unable to manage it, Nearly every day from this, the captain used a rope's end' to him, often - very severely, and all over his bogy. About a week after this, the chief mate one night came forward and asked whose look-out it was. Some one replied " H elerigo's." The mate called to him, ‘.t You worthless scoundrel, why have you not relieved the look—out?" The mate seized him by the throat with both hands, throttling him, threw him on his back. violently, and kicked him, it is said, as hard as he could, this een times. The poor follow exclaimed, "If you want to kill me, take a hatchet and cut my head off" The mate then compelled him to go up to the Icok.out. Oa this, occasi m it appeared that the second mate saw the unfortunete men, and that he was not able to go. The second mate being a man of humanity, s kid the deceased was not able to go, and that he (the second mate) would` keep' the look•oat himself. 'Roderigo crawled on his hands and knees 'to the fop of the 100k -out, but he said he could not see, as Vat) blood was eushing to his eyes every mement. He sat down, but eyed then he fell down twice. He often exclaimed that he was dying. Some of the crew had to help him down the ladder into the forecastle, and next morning he was not able to turn out. Tim captain came as before, saving, Yen (1-1 laze scoualrel, if von don't come up I'd clap a tackle upon you and drag you up." It )derizo crawled out, assisting him:ell be whatever he could lay his hernia ou, and he.sat oa some. spars on the deck. II never took ties wheel after tl is, but he tried some plaitin.t. A Tew days' after this the captain kicked him aealn oa the face. The last scene of violence i 3 represen6d as'haiiug occurred about seven days after the mate's attack. Roderigo was on the quarter deck, for the purpose of heaving the lead. As he could not walk without assistance,. he. I..ant on the poop .for support, The captain ad tressed him, saying, Y.):1 lazy dog, do you come upan the quarter-deck to net the sick nap? Move quicker, or I'll flurry you along." The poor fellow was not able to move quicker. Upon this the captain seized him by the h sir of the head, and threw him violently on the deck, and kicked him all over the body. Roderigo ceawled forward on his hurls and knees, and belly, to the forecastle. lie• told the crew that his insi.le was broken, end that - he was a dying man. He never got on his feet afterwards. He showed his body again, and it was a mass of bruises, particularly on his breast and right side. Shortly before the deceased died, he called the steward an l some of the crew, and showed his body to them, which - was one entire miss of corrupt and putrid bruises. His legs and feet were dreadfully swolen, and just on the sin ill of the back,. where the captain was said to have stamped his heel-into de ceased, there was a piece of bone sticking oat, about the size of a deux j )int, suppoaed to be one of his ribs, that was broken by the kicks. The deceased died that night in a sal state, and at 8 o'clock next morning ho was sown up in canvass and thrown over board. At this time they were making fast for Cape Clear, and Mr. Snow!)All here interposed, and said: I presume, sir (to hie Warship), you will commit th ,, s s e men for trial, on some char) no matter what it may be, and. before you go any fu , ther into it, T would ask you to have the evidence taken dovvn from the mouths of the witnesses ; arid, as this will take some time, I would sugvst an adjournment to.Tueeday. Mr, Muck : At present, this looks a case of very grave importance, and it certainly will require more time to look into it then I have at present. I wish the case, on the part of the captain, to be adjourned, for it, will take me some time to be properly prepared ; and if I think it requisite to instruct c)uns.l, it will require time. Mr. Kehoe : Let the remand be for seven days, for there are some of the crew at Cork, and we will require their attendance here. Mr. Mansfield asked the leirnel gentlemen for the prisoners, if they objected to a remind for seven days? Mr. Black If the case for the prosecution is ready before that time, irrhlp3 you will proceed with it. Mr. Clough: If we are ready before that time, we wilt let you know by givin_7 due notice. _ . Mr. Saawhall Very well, bat I may'remark that they tell me there is wit a word of truth is the whole story. Mr. Black : So I am instructed also. Mr. Mansfield: It would be desirable, in a case of this magnitude and importance, that the accused should have every facility given them, and I shall take care to have all the witnesses out of hearing. The prisoners were then remanded generally for seven days. The crowd then left the court. -1 HOW TUE WIG ['OWN BURGHS WERE REPRESENTED A QUARTER OF A CENRURY AGO.-0 t Ftid ty last, the friends and political admirers of Sir John 3l•Taggart, late M.P. for the Wigton Burghs, enter a'ned him at dinner at tranraer, and also presented him with a piece of plate. Visconnt Dtlrymple was in the ch lir. In returning thanks, Sir J. A , l'aggart said: —Perhaps yon will allow me to say one word i i reg trd to :he state of this country when I came forward in 1832. Stanraar had nit seen its member. for half a ce:itury, aud doot believe the member fir the county had boen seta in this district for the same period of time. As a proof of the state of things then existing in the c tuntry, wr were ben el in the contest in 1832. •On looking a , onnd me I see, alas t very few of those who then supported me, but still I observe several who signed the requisition to me in that year. It was in 1834-5, that I wis 6 st returned for those burghs, and toshow you how they were represented before Oat time I will tell y to what took place between myself and an Irish gentleman —a Mr.. Lyndon Evelyn—who met m e i n L .ndon a few days after my return. He said he was very glad to see that I had been returned for the Stranraer Burghs, and then asked, " Pray, in what part of Scotland are they? (Roars of laughter.) "In the south-west," I said. " 011 yol," he returns 1," i.a the south-west of Sco tland ; the fact it, I repr esented th so burghs once myself, bnt I never knew in what part of Scotland they were. (Renewed laughter.) I paid £2,300 to be elected, but I never knew in what part of Scotland my teat lay." (Great laughter) I mayalso observe (proceeded Sir John) that at that time I was the only Liberal landlord in Wigtownshire. Wigtownshire was then the hotbed of Toryism—not the Toryism of the present day, but t he Toryism of the old Eldon school—and you may suppose how non-plussed my brother 1 tndlords were at seeing such a rara avis as me coming forward, and a very had avis, no doubt, they thought me. (Laughter.)—Scotch Papa', COTTON We have had a fair inquiry in this market for cotton during the past week, and all the parcels offered at fair prices have been taken for export to Liverpool and else where. A large share of what is known to be on the way here from Southern ports has also been sold to arrive . The quotations annexed are as near the market as I can give in v:ew of the limited amount c f stock at present on hand. The sales of the week I estimate at 2,500 bales ; the clearances during the same time have been—to Liverpool, 2,197 ; Havre, 228 ; Antwerp, 378 ; Rotter dam 339—total, 3,142 bales. The Canada brought £205,000 in specie. COTTON IN TRANSITL'.—There have been two small parcels of cotton sold here during the past week from the A. , lantic ports to Liverpool, on the basis of 12* per lb for middling to good middling, with id per lb freight. There are no further lots in the market, but the steamers to arrive from the South in the course of the coming week will bring a fair supply, and we may soon look for a fair business in floating cotton. SOUTHERN MARKETS -The particulars in each as received by mail are given under separate heads. By telegraph from the various markets we learn that an important advance has taken place. In New Orleans it amounts to more than two cents par lb since the 31st October, and has , been caused by light stocks, small receipts, more facilities in exchange negociations, and an advance in the rates of bosh foreign and domestic bills. The buying in all the Southern markets is chiepy on English account, with some little for France and Germany. May ORLE Aas, N.v 6 —Receipts for the . week, 30,000 bales ; same week last year 49,000. Decrease in receipts at this port compared with last year 150 000, and at all the Southern ports 260,000 Stock on hand 137,000 ; sales to day 5,000, and for the week 40,000. Middling 10Ic to 101 c per lb. Export for the week to Liverpool 9,000 bales; none to Havre. Freight to Liverpool Id per lb. 9th : Sales to day 6,000 bales. Middling advanced to 12ke per lb. Exchange on London, 95 per cent, and on New York, 2 to 3 per cent discount. Mocu.s, Nov. 9,—Beceipts for the week 5,000 bales ; BY TELEGRAPH. Nzw ORLEANS, Nov. 9 —Cotton buoyant ; sales to-day 6,000 bales at an advance of 1,3 per lb ; MidcLing.l2 cents. Receipts to day, 8,000 bales 'Molasses, 25c. Red Wheat, 1d I. Lard, in kegs, 12;c. Exchange on New York, 2to 3 per cent. discount. The elections known are to the number of 154, of which 48 only, belong to the clerical party and extreme right. The remainder belong to the different shades of the Liberal party. MERLIN, Nov. 18th —lt is asserted that government will prapose no new law of importance daring the coming session of the Chambers. The ordinary budget will, how ever, contain a proposal for increasing the supend of all public functionaries. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 14. Provisions are exceedingly dear, and the exchanges continue to 'advance, the 20!. piece being worth 123 piastres. The commission appointed to revise the customs is preparing its report. That charged with settling the frontier line of Russia and Turkey on the Asiatic side has nearly terminated its report, so that it can be subinitted to the Conference of Paris by the end of the year. Redsehid Pasha is about to send a division troops to Silistria. M. de Thouvenel has not yet paid a visit to that Minister. The Porte has demanded the postponement of the execution of the persons condemned at 13.1- grade. The Journal de Constantinople contradicts a report which bad been in circulation relative to the rupture of diplomatic relations between M. Thouvenel and the Porte, and states that the French Ambassador now shows himself more con ciliatory on the question of the Principalities.