The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1861-01-08 00:00:00

ARREST OF WILLIAM 11. RUSSELL.

William H. Russell, a contractor to carry supplies to
the.army in Utah, was arrested yesterday, by United
States' Marshal Rynders, on a charge of being one of
the parties charged with the hypothecation of the Indian
Trust rand bonds, He was ordered to be immediately
transmitted to Washington.

LANDING OF NEGROES —CAPTURE OF
SEVEN HUNDRED.
HAVANNAII, Dec. 16, 1860.

The Captain-General of Cuba notified the Consul-
General of the United States yesterday that some seven
hundred bozzie negroes bad been captured near Sancti
Spiritus, who had been landed on the south coast of the
island a few days previous from an American schooner
No other particulars given. We have also private
advices that a large cargo was delivered, near the same
spot, from an American vessel, and that they were
safely disposed of without police observation.

COTTON.
(Troy: IV. T. Wright g. Co.'s Circular.)
NEW ORK, Dec. 24, 1860,

There is no abatement in the political excitement ;
indeed,
.the action of the State of South Carolina in-
creases the difficulty, and if her example is followed by
other States, the derangements of business for some
months may result in serious evils at home and abroad.
The advices from Liverpool as to cotton, and from
London as to money, as far as we yet know, say to 13th
December, are so directly contrary of what was
expected and predicted, that a much more cheerful
view of the future has gradually crept into the cotton
market, while the large import of specie present
and prospective has caused more ease in the money
market, rendered the negotiations of exchahge less diffi-
;cult, and encourages the hope of a higher rate on London
at no distant date. We have also a rapid falling off in
receipts of cotton at the South by mail as well as by
telegraph. The crop views are decidedly below 4,000,000
bales.; The chances of planters holding back a con-
siderable portion of their crop is freely canvassed. The
quantity likely to be exported to foreign countries is also
a matter of importance, awl enters somewhat into the
calculation of shippers. These combined influences,
which had acted favourabiy on prices and: extent of
business at the date of our last circular, have produced
a more marked effect during the past week; the transac-
tions have been to a greater extent, prices have advanced,
and taking price, freight, and exchange, we are not only
above the parity of the last quotations from Liverpool,
but higher than at any previous time this season.
In this city we have had a good demand for cotton
on the spot, and every parcel offered at market rates has
found a pro:npt purchaser.. The sales, which amount to
8,000 bales, have been for Liverpool, Havre, the conti-
nent of Europe,. and our own consumption. Prices
have further advanced ie.' per lb., and close firmly at
the annexed quotations. The clearances for the week
have bees as follows :—To Liverpool, 7,345; Havre,
1,416 ; Rotterdam, 950 ; Bremen, 311 ; Glasgow, 290 ;
Antwerp, 272; Oporto, 50; Gibraltar, 34 ; total, 10,668
bales.

Note:—We are satisfied that the stock on hand in this
port has been very greatly over-estimated of late by the
New York Shipping List and ourselves. From enquiries,
we believe, the unsold stock of cotton in store does not
exceed 25,000 bales.
. ,By telegraph the following has been received :
New Orleans, Dec. 22.—Receipts for the week, 57,000
bales (net); same week last rear, 102,400 bales. Sales
for the week, 63,000. Middling, 101 c per lb. Export
for the week—To Great Britain, 41,000 bales ; to France,
151090. Stock on hand, 326,000 bales. Freight to
Liverpool, 9-16 d per lb. P.M.—Sales to-day, 9,500
bales ; prices easier, but quotations unchanged. Ex-
change on London, 100 to 101 per cent, and.with Bills
Lading, 96 per cent.
Mobile; Dec. 22 —Receipts for the week, 17,200
baleS ; same week last year, 46,000. Salute for the
week, 33,000. Middling, 10c per lb. Stock on band,
138,009 bales: Exchange en London, 100 to 1001 per
cent. Freight to Liverpool, 19-32 d to d per lb.—
P.M. : Market firm. Sales to-day, 5,000 bales ; Mid-
dling, 10d to lOid.
The following is a statement of the movement in
cotton since the Ist September last, as compared with
the previous four years :

1860. 1859. 1858. 1857. 1856.
fide. a' Porti... 1518,000 1,944,000 1633,000 949,000 1338,000
Ex. to G. 8.... 605,000 731,000 478,000 301,000 282,000

~ France 156,000 178,000 228,000 102,000 127,000
„ other F. P. 89,000 82,000 113,000 77,000 87,000
Total Exports... 850,000 901,000 819,000 480,000 496,000
Stock on hand... 608,000 884,000 708,000 477,000 650,00

Of which, during the past week, included in the above :
Elec. at;Porta ... 119,000 180,000 140,000 117,000 134,000
Ex to G. B.
„ France
„ other F. P 13,000 5,000 28,000 17,000 22,000
Total Exports
Summary.—Receipts : Decrease at the ports compared
kvith last year, 426,000 bales. Exports : Decrease to
Great Britain, 126,000 bales; decrease to France,
22,000 bales ' • increase to other foreign ports, 7,000
bales. Total decrease in exports, 141,000 bales.
Freight: To Liverpool engagements have been made
for Cotton at 6-16 d to id per ih., and to Havre, lc.
Exchanges : On LJnclon 1041 to XlO5 per cent., and
on Paris 5.371 to 5.421.