The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-05-11 00:00:00

A CLEVER 'LADY" DODGER.

The following very artful and felonious dodge was played
nft" a day or two since by a "lady" on a,respectable watch-
maker of this town. Here are the facts, and we tru-t that
shopkeeper. and other traders will be on the "look out,"
andnot sqffer themselves to be " done" by this accord-
p is e 1" h d sw,ndier, as no cbubt she will " try it on" in more
places than one. The lady is young, and "rather" fasci-
nating, although not what is called " a beauty"—although
her tri,ks are vary " beautiful ." She went to a first class
hotel, wtere she enengageda private sitting and bed room
for herself and." Ma." She told the waiter that she expected
a tradesman (a watchmaker) to visit her with some of his
wares, and to be particula'ly polite in showing him up:
roe o tradesman" had already received an order to send
two gold watches and some' chains for inspection, but in
order not to be "cl-ine,"' he Went himself with the articles,
and—was "done" accordingly.! He was shown into the
sitting room where the "lady" was in waiting for him, and
she, after duly admiring the beauty of his watches, took
them upstairs to show • her "Ms." She came back in
due course, laid-the watches,' -Spd:,- on the table, and said
„ Jae would be down directly:,. She laid her parasol and
gloves on, the table, and after some, time went to hurry
Ma. " . The watchmaker waited a timlong e a very time,
but " Ma" nor the lady did not,appear. At last he went
down stairs and at the b*i he. ascertained that the lady
had gone out a long tine 'ego" oitiething, of mine,
struck him.' ,He'rnshed 'UP: stairs, ! tell it not in
street, a gold chain, value £6, was for ever gone !
The lady did not return'to-the 'hotel, but to the proprietor
that did not matter much, as she did not owe any bill. It
has been suggested to the " tradesman" very malciously,
of course, that he ought to advertise for the lady, and
present her the gold watch to wear along with the chain,
provided the latter is not gone the way of all gold chains
(to the pawnbrokers) in order to recognise her claim to the
wizardess of Liverpool ,

DRESDEN, Priday.—The iburnal de Dresden states, upon
authority, that the ratification of the treaty between
England and Persia has been made•by the Shah.
CUNNINGHAM'S PATENT 'SELF-,REEPING lOP:NAILS, &C.
A trial of the above took 04: eon board a yacht in the
George's Basin on Saturday. As'far as could be seen from
the (pay, the working went on welll

LIVERPOOL - WOOl, SALES —ln our paper of Satur.
day we inauverteuily puolished the third catalogue of wool
offered for sale 01 Friday as belorging to W. Greame and
Co. It shoUld have been John Grearne and Co.
The Eastern' belonging to Mr. `pa thew's Line of
A.! s roliin Packets, sailed on SaturdAy for Melbourne, with
440, passengers and a full cargo, The, splendid new ship
Sarah Dixon will be the following packet, to sail Ist of
lune. •

ortunity, early in
of
Liverpool may
naGNany,encitAL .Thirios:--,..We believe. the public
the Cologne, Chor -9-„iep,, w:hieri:Anant two years since
June, of enjoying the exquis4ecnill-9ieal. performances of
expect to ,have,Airepp
excited so much adcairation hre' and' in London.
Tilt; 'AnirsitriviAtitur 'readers will perceive that
the perfo, rnance Of ttie extravaganza entitled "A Willow
Pat tern ;Plate" is- to , be- resumed at the Amphitheatre
to-night.
It is one of, the most, Witty, piquant, and well
.got up hartesques we, have seen for, some time,, and its
reaumpiion is certain to be welcome to the audience.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT.--An OM woman, aged 76, was
brou.:ht into the Northern Hospital' yesterday morning,
having received some- severe- burns on the shoulders,
arms, and chest. It appeared that she had been sitting
up very late on Saturday uliht, and had some drink, the
result of which was that she tell asleep before the fire.
She slept some hours, and about three o'clock yesterday
Morning she was heard to shriek violently. Some persons
living in the house earneuo her assistance, when it was
found that she had
.fallen into the fire and received the
injuries mentioned.. .
,INOVEAtt DtscovEttr—A few days since, as an old
brick oven at the back of a hotise in Philip-street. Bath,
was pulled down, 'the Workmen wand a cat with a rat in
i:s mouth, both redu'cleil to'skeletons, though covered with
the remains of their skits. It was appip-n- the.. the cat'
had pursued its prey through a hole and caught it between
the top of the oven and a rafter above. From this position
it was unable to return,. and- there it. rem tined and died of
starvation. It is rtunarkablc, as,howing the tenacity of
the cat, that it had•never dropped its prey, although it was
evident that the rat had twisted its head round and gnawed
the shou!der of its captor.
STRANGE IVIYSTEhIE3 IN THIS WORLD.—Julia (an Tiling-
ton belle): Well, do you know you do astonish me! On
my word, I took Trim to be a geniknian—for -I'm sure
you never meet him, nt early iii th” Mining even, but
he has a pair of the most beautiful white kid gloves on !
Amelia '(hei faceticalsfriern): Wllv, sou lirtle sionvle oti,
the fact i 3 easily explained. The fellow is a glove cleaner !
They're not his gloves, but his inni, mer,'. Un of the
thousands that are 'left with him, it woo!ii he hard irdeed
if he couldn't select a good pair ! Why Julia, your beau.
dear, is only another kind of nurse—a man-nurse, I
declare, who walks GUt with.other people's kids to give
, them an airing!

AME RIC 1'1"

worth the consideration of our Government. Pre-
parations for theAiliasion 'oft Mexico continue:,
The Matiruia of Havannah will accept the.post of
Vomp*AggE iu Chief. His subordinate generals
hive been alreaCy appointed: --The iCtiban stave'
trade 'Sie'ehfS;qo be in a fiOutishing cOnditian, ani is
prosecuted,_, witllout le iqr hilidEtpc,,,itpoX the
eyes of,Ole authorities.. . ,

ARRIVAL OF THE ARABIA.

ent • qg
The British an,d North American' Royal mat
Steamer ArabikargiVocl here about two o'clock yes-
terday„Afwnijon.
The Arabia brought 192 passengers, and
1,934,212 dollars in gold, and X2OO in silver'specie,
of which 301,130 dollars are for Havre, and 150;248
dollar§ for London; the remainder being for
Liverpool.'

COMMERCIAL INTE fiLIGESC,E.
NP w Tokuc, APRIL '29

MONiY A iCD •rocxs.—The tendency of the stock mar-
ket durinr.theupast fortnight has,beetiodOwnwyrd. In
:investment securities, although some few descriptions are
rather more active, busin es is generally quite limited,
while speculative. operations in railroad shares combine.. on
a very large scale. The flue cia.ions in the former have
not been important. For the tatter, prieei"haVe been
vary irregular. Foracshort :time the market.wee pite
!Weedy, at about our ,las',luo`ations, but the advance in
the rate of interest by tfie'il3ank of England,'iW "der-
nectitin with the nova-a 'movement iue jllp oniEtqfllteq,
inducing renewed heavy sales,-, irk anticipation of a de.=
clitr', prices again receded rapidfk;liiiiifrltifh a 'fect;
nepinusi the depression was),greater than that of the
previous for night. nalleet has since
becti'lfnievilly. lint a slight adrAbee 'upon the
low, s joints has been estabhs''ed and there are some
indicatons that no farther m rterial depreciation is
likely to take place, unless the future financial ailvices
from London should be of a very discouraging character.
The present low pLiccs, while they lead to the absorp-
tion to seine ekteiit, of the floating gtocksi by purchases
for investment, induce caution on the, part of operators
for a decline, in making contrac s for future delivery.
The supply or miniey continues' abundant, notwithstand-
ing, a, considerable reduction. ;of Bank Loans during.the
f rtnight ; and although an increased ,ipendftUre of specie
is anticipated, there are no apprehensions: of any ineon7e4
nieukietringency (luring the,next twop99,ll9dt Px-
pected that the specie reserve of baliks'-Will be main-
tained ai'ibOut the present ipein%.!by'the.ldfiitions ik will
receive from the dishursements by the 14itrelsury,
which, up to the let of JOY. must largely exceed the re--
venue, add' by dig rate-1010f .gold front Wild/nits, rind '
'coin from the,:majgo,sl, jimilogralq.MTAANl#Or
COTTON.
in-the siatlffsgerthe week this market Was depressecl,
and the few-sales efkptedlitere at a dsclitua pi -1-1 io 'l3 par
lb. Since .then the chum( Of eons finned cold weather,
injury to 'ilia *eioNsW3iii "tlid 'Sett ht, bas Caisid'h Arm
market, aucl.for n strict class of cotton.tha.guntations sub-
=mitted must be paid. The total sales are estimated at
57,000 Tne export for the week has been to tiVer-
lpoolfiXfi,bales. Thl sales yesterday amounted„to 4,000
bales at prices which.fulls es,atlish my potations.
CorroN IN I RA-Nrerrir : the business has been meiderate,
:Ncithout •much :change in price, some holthrs showed a
willinggees .to sell upon receipt of the news per America,
but no deeline ot moment was submitted to, and my quo,-
tatinns of last week must. be, regarded as nominal. .The-
. stock, is much reduced. and.there is no further pressing.
The pales amount 1610,00034e5.

Th 6 sCr6tv steamer Glasgow, from' Glasgow, had
arri+6VOlii 'at °New York, and sailed again for
Gla49tvi.-
Thig .commercial: advices are rather. more as-
surtngri momey market ;was ;slightly easier.
Stook§iwere gteady,, and exchange on England symi
sliglOixhigher, hills. on LLondon -being. quoted, a.l
109.40-.1001. . The statement of the New York Cify
ban,lis; of ,their average condition for the week
knaing April 2)tli, showed a decrease of 1.006,204
loans, 233,511 dols. in Specie, 3-1,000 dols.
in
_teulation, and 1,202,805 dols in nominal
Vostra. The statement vas was considered a favour
ablP`One, and there was a buoyant feeling 'ln the
street atter it was announced-. The aetual 'decrease
ill depos,its was only 4i8,81.0 dols. after deducting
the-'clearings. the cotton market was rather
&attn.- 'in the breadstuff' trade ,we have to notice
itnldvauce-of 30. to 40 cents. per barrel in flour,
6 eents.,in wheat, and 2 to 3 cents. per bushel in
Indianeorn. Other articles are not much changed
from former accounts.

In the.news to hand we do not notice much of,
importance. The,. 'yelitical intelligence from
W.gphingten doeenot 11 for for the lfiriSt attention.
Secretary Staaredli7 ating governor'"' of Kansas,hAttighettan addretWfo,the peoPlebE the territory
in.NIA yh. he -Say slhitNigiu thority or the teriitorial
leiiiiti4re rem-614611 by the administratiOn,
arid'That its la Ws sire "recognised- as valid—espe-
ciltilY the 'act providing formtoostitutional conv.en-
tion. ,That conventienfilhe,.presurnes, will cleave;
the question of domestic institutions to a §ulise-
Tient. vote of the people. A general amnesty:l9r,
pasuproseentions is recommended.
49cordinv, to accounts, official and otnerWise,,
tv~,gik,, refit ,rut thromh, onr files, the whole•
*epteth border of I\fintfeise3ta,'and north-wegierrV
ioiva are in a great state 'tit alarm on account eV;
this;, hostile manifestations of the Sioux IndiartSo
filCounts of which have reached us byitele I
gtdf.h.rThe'tnost horrible murders And butrageanfi
eileittlesetipti6n are committed. The inhabitants,
60411: the settlements in that region are flying .to
atrus,und the women.and children are being. re.
moved to positions of safety.- General Shields
1-ma, tiiken
.nommand of a company, and gone in
.gur.f.nti.t,of the Indiaris.
The ,inyesti2,>;,"ion,
.intn, the charges pre-
ferred agaiti-,1. Coroner Connery, relative to his
cclllallot of the Burdell inqUeSt was continued.
Olga Nelson delivered a most important decision
in the 'United States Circuit Court'on the 28th ult.
in the case brought by Captain Graham against
Ole firm of Meyer and Stucken, t.,,4 recover the value
of the steamships Ocean Bird' and' St. Law-
rence, conveyed to them by a usurious contract as
h'illlleges. The motion. decided was a motion for
a ne exec/ 440 ';prevent Stucken from leaving the
country, and the, merits of. the. controversy were
lint therefore brought' pp., The defendants,, how
ever, denied the jurisdiction of the court over the
case, because Stueken is a consul, claiming that
lte only court where the suit . could be brought
against the consul was the United. States Supreme
Court. Judge Nelson, however; deCided in favour
'of the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court, and the
*tit 'would therefore proceed upon its merits. The
*notion for the 118 twat was denied on the ground
cant this action was an action for damages, and not
otto in which a debt was already due. On the
28th ult. a decision was rendered by Judge Thom p -
bon, of the Marine Court.. It seems that one Jas
T. Burnham was a policeman,.and when the Police
law of 1853 came into operation, was directed to
wear the. uniform, which he refused to do, and
was, in Consequence, dismissed from the depart-
ment early in. 1854. He now sued the corporation
for his salary for the balance .of his term, aad
.Yudge Thompson, holding that the commissioners
had no right to compel the wearing of a uniform,
.gave judgment for the plaintiff for 500 dols.
The miscellaneous advices from the States is

Nu* Oiteuaers, April 25th Receipts for :.the week,
12,500 bales ; same week last ) ear, 21,000. Sides for the
week, 24,000. Export for the week —to Great Britain
24,000, against 31 000 last year. Decrease in receipts at
this port compared with last year, 172,000 ; total decrease
at all the southern ports, 409,000. Mtddling 14c per lb.
Freight to Liverpool, 3.16 d per lb. Exchange on London,
1091 per cent. America's news rteeived, and produced no
effect. Weather cold, crop injured and very backward.
Monteit, April 25th : Receipts for the wesk, 2,500 bales
same week lest year, 9,000. Sales for the week, 5,000.
No export to Great Britain this week. Middling, 13i3 ler
lb. Freight to Liverpool, 5-16 d per lb. Exchange on
London, 1091 per cent. April2Bth; Sales two days 4,500
bales. Middting, 13-1 firm.
CROP, WZATORR, &c.: I had occasion in my two last
circulars to report very unfavourable weather throughout
.he entire cotton region, from the commencement of the
present month. We are since in receipt of a week's later
infirmation from all points, by mail and telegraph, and
learn that the weather continued adverse for plandi g, and
that another frost passed over the country on the night of
the 22nd inst., causing further injury, and rendering
necessary a general replanting of both corn and cotton.
Ice is reported to have formed on the morning .of the Q'lrd,
at New thieans and Mobile, and in the vicinity of tiavan-
nah it formed to the thickness of a dollar. The temperature
at the South during April has been lower than in any
season since 1849. This cold weather and repeated frosts
has thrown the crop backwards three weeks at least, and
destroyed the h ,pe of the platter for an early crop, and
rendered it more susceptible of injury daring the summer
and autumn. Great exertions will doubtless be put forth to
get the crop replantei, and much will depend upon the
future state of the weather ; but the tact that so far
we hare had one of the worst begiuntege, is
conceded generally. Allusions having be-n made in
s late circulars from this sine to the reported frosts of
30 n April and Ist May, 1851 (in which .eason a crop of
3,015,1100 bales were made aeains 2 729,000, the largest
previous crop) in order to nullify the apprehensions of the

void of importance. The propeller Fanny Garner
blew up on the Deleware and Raritan Canal, near
Weston, NJ., on the 25th ult., killing the captain
'and four of the crew, and seriously injuring three
' nthei's. The propeller was totally destroyed, she
being blown into splinters above the water.
A collision occurred on the Ohio River on the
following day, between the steamboats Rainbow
_and Juana. Dean, by which the latter was sunk im
nediately, and five or six persons were drowned.
The t al'go was a total loss, but was insured The
i-tainhow was very little damaged)
A band of six hundred Sioux Indians, said to
be the same body which committed the murders at
-• Spirit Lake, have been committing depredations at
South Bend) Minnesota Rivera There is a
thinfoir that the settlement of Maikalo has
been attacked and burned, and that the inha-
bitants 'have been murdered. Troops had been
'4S-witched from Fort Ridgely in pursuit of the
Indians.

effects of the frosts of this month; I have examined into
the subject, and find that the frost of Ist Kay, 1831, was
confloed to Tenessee, the Northern part of the ►.f.ississippi,
and North Alabama, which together produ.ze about one-
seventh of the total ordinary c mon crop. N Ailing was
known of the frost in Charlestown, Savannah, Augusta,
Mon, gomery or Mobile, u til the advices by telegraph were
received from Tenessee. The lowest tempe•
rature about New' Orleans was 541 degrees. If the
acc.unts of the frost of 1851 are compared with the tele-
graphs of ice on the 23rd, at Charleston, Savannah, Mobile,
and New Orleans, the relative importance of ti,e frosts
. .

this year wilt be obvious enough, even if the actual ice at
all those parts is ignored.
The following is a statement of the movement in cotton
since the first September last, as compared with the pre-
vious three year. :

. We have later intelligence froin Nicaragua and
California. The retreat of Lockridge is fully con
firmed, The Costa Ricans had taken possession of
Punta Arenas, and seized the steamer Rescue, with
a great amount of .ammunition and six pieces of
artillery: The Empire City had on board 100 of
•Lockridge's men, who had been conveyed to Aspin
wall in British vessels Generals Wheat and

Rornsby were on board the Illinois, due at New
Piivate despatches from Aspinwall state
thiitiNVOker's position at Rivas was impregnable,
and that he would be able to hold out for months.

__ The steamer on the other side brought no direr
• intelligence from him. The Transit route is stated
to ,be, open. to the Pacific.
News from the city of Mexico, to the 4th inst..
''''hies-4been, received. It is stated that a new revolu-
tionary movement,' headed by the clergy and
Santa Anna's emissaries has been discovered, and
that several arrests have been made. The
inent re' ttive to the threatened Spanish invasion
was unabated, although, if the advises from Spain
received here by the ,lato steamer, should prove
true, this will soon cease to be a matter of appre-
oli,Lettsion. In the meantime, however,.the difficulty
;with. the British Government • seems to he
'l
1: i
11Pproacung'a climax—the. Charge of that Govern-
.
falent, at the capital,. having sent in his ultimatum.
at., allowing nine days for an answer. The telegraphic
despatch from which we learn tins affords no
41 -information as to the precise condition of the nego-
'tiations which has led to this movement, but we
al
shall probably be informed in this particular ou
receipt of Our files and correSpondence. An insur-
;le,..reetionary movement—in which Senor Aguilar, a
0t.t.,--former minister of Santa Anna, is implicated—was
detected and suppressed on the 2nd ult. The higher
'clergr'eontinue to agitate, and endeavour to pro-
voice civil war in the Republic. In the capital the
ArchbishOp has gone so far as to refus9 absolution
•-. to those who swear obedience to the new Constitu-
tion. No doubt, however, is entertained by
respectable people but that the Government
will triumph over its enemies, both lay and
,
clerical. Many of the clergy have refused
to submit
submit to the arbitrary decrees of the
3s; .Archbishop
or to follow his incendiary instruc
tions to preach rebellion against the civil authorities
tt: of the land. Though it is not believed that the
1-i , rpresent rupture with Spain will lead to actual
hostilities, yet the anticipation of such an event is
6" •creating a more national spiiit. by uniting
fx%
°Peosite factions for the defence of their common
Country against the common enemy. It is stated
that the British Charge had presented his ultimatum.
If his demands were not satisfied within nine days
from the date of their presentation, he was
determined to close the legation.
We have news from Havannah of a later date.
It is reported that neither the Spanish Govern-
ment nor General Concha would oppose the erec
tion of a Protestant.eburch or an American hospi-
tal near the city of Havannah, if these privileges
were mad© the subject of a formal request. The
report comes to us from a reliable source, and is

B READST 13 EFS:

FLOrR: Owing to our reduced stock., and reports from
some portions of the we t of injury to the autumn sown
wheat, there has been an active speculative business doing
for several days past, which, with a good home trade, has
caused an advance of 35c to 75c per brl, the improvement
being upon Ohio, southern, and other grades, most suitable
for home consumption. Western Canal and State, good
sO
hipping. 6 dole to 6 dels 30c per brl ; Ohio, Indiana, &c, 75e to 7 dole 93c; •Canada, 6 (lois 50e to 8 dols ;
Southern, 6 dols 85c to 7 dols 25c; fancies andhighextrag,
7 dole 50c to 8 dole 75e.
WHEAT : In the absence of supplies, our millers have
run their stock down, and holders have been been enabled
to obtain an advance of 10e to 20c per 601hs upon the small
sales made. In consequence of the accounts from the
West of sdvancirg markets there, nothing can be done for
future delivery upon terms to meet European orders. It must,
hoNever, be borne in mind that this advance is calculate.]
to bring the stocks in the Interior to market, aad unless
some improvement take place in Europe, a material decline
must ensue cn their arrival at the seaboard. Southern
White, 16.5 e to 175 c per 60lbs; Western, 165 e to 175 e ;
Canadian, none ; Western red and mixed, 135 c to 150 c;
Southern red, 145 e to 1603.
IItLIAtT CORN : The supplies from the South continue
small, distillers and speculators have been the only buyers
at an advance of 1 to 2c per 56 lb. Yellow, 76e per 56 lbs
White, 76c. Western old mixed, 75 to 77c.
RYE : Unchanged. 85 to 90c Der 56 lbs.
BARLEY : 140 to 165 c per 48 lbs.
CORN MEAL : 3 do's 93e to 3 dols 75c per brl.
RYE FLOUR : 4 dole to 5 dols per brl.
Exports of breadstuff from the United States to Great
Britain and Ireland since Ist September, 1856 :
brls. bush. bush.
Flour 812,916 Wheat ..7,057,345 1.C0rn..4,253,652
Last year 763,469 „ ..3,829,134 „ 4,793,893
Of which during the past two weeks—
brls. bush. bush.
Flour .. 37,728 Wheat.. 43 765 I.Corn.. 150,672
Labty ear 20,481 73,817 „ 458,016
WOTIMRSPOON, KINGSFORD, & CO.

Assts: The

Tug NORTTI ERN TIA/lES.---LIVE'RPOOL, MO N DAY.
104 L., 14,-1 , ist

good demand for export, prices are supported. Pear
are dull; with *ye of 25 brls at 8 dols.
Com, : Liverirol is in feic supply, and the market is
`Hard i's with Ont change.
COPPER New sheathing
.and yellow metal are quiet,
without change in price.- Refined ingot has been in better
request. Old sheathing sold at 26c 'to 27c cash.'
'Emir : We notice A;nioderate demand:. Coir Yarn: A
lot of 89 bales Calcutta has been sold at I lie, 6 mos.
AIDES : Dry continue inactive, being only purchased to
supply pressing wants, and any' quotations, we ;cap give
apart from actual. transactions, must be considered nominal.
Hors are quite dull, and the sale's since' our last are
unimportant; holders of prima grades, however, with
encouraging aivices from,the interior, are very firm.,
Itiox : Scotch pig is In'strall supply, hut, though firm,
the, mail et is very quiet ;.85 to 36 doh; isa fair wholesale
quotation; small lo s ftoni,store h gB7 dols 50c„six
months. In bars there is very little doing ; the reduction
in the duty Ju'y 1, amounting to abbut2 delssoc per ten,
ind uoiegi _macs) on the part of buyers, who -purchase
(•1.1, for theAupplv of their immediate wants. Of English
sheet" We iotice' 50 tons singles at n Cents, six months.
The- Ida iitVorth Americamiaf Saturday, says :
4. thy iipqnionpasjien Paso active, but holders are firm,
and the slock on sl;lt:lfghtybost'iirille mailers toeing well
sold pp. gales 1.200 tOns Anthracite at 24.d015.f0r No. I,
and 2fid Isfor No. g, some on the Strive
riu han at 24 dols 60c six moral's. No:hing new in ma-
nulacturnaTirlAi; and bitsln4e4 indderate for the season."

at hand, and about whom we are so _ ex-
,,llusively occupied, for the chieftgin of a
petty State to hope to be long remembered'
Yet Prince Daniel is as much interested in
his few,hill as the ruler of twenty- nations can be
about his. The news- about his movements since
ue left Paris is rather scanty. We knOW, however,
that at Vienna he received pretty much the same
counsel as from his friends in Paris, namely to
send a Plenipotentiary to Constantinople, and to
come as soon as possil4le to an understanding with
the Porte, 'awl I incline to the belief. that such will
be the course followed by the chieftain.
A letter from TrieSte, of The Ist inst , announces
the arrival there of Prince Daniel, his wife',. and
suite. The Prince sailed the preceding day, for.
Cattaro, in the Austrian Lloyds steam packet. .
The last number of the Oripiiidoa, pUblished at
Milan, contains in its' front page- a,noilte from the
AuStrian Government, withdrawing its ,permission
to treat of political subjects.
A letter from Florence, of the Ist instant, states
that, on the previous day, a special train traversed
for the first time the section of the railway from
Pistoja to Lucca, frem the first of those towns to
tho viliductuf Serravalla.

Al Duchesne de Bt3llecourt, First Secretary of
the French Legation to the GermanicConfedera•
tion, has arrived from Prankfdrt in Paris, to take
the appointment of First Secretary to the French
Commissioner-Extraordinary to China.

LEAD Pig is quiet, and we have only to notice sales
of 40 tons English and 40 do. Refined German at 6 dots
44c,-tinie and inlerAt.
NAVAL STORES : Crude turpentine is scarce, and rather
; the supply is light---stock 2,500 brls. Spirits
turpentine, with fair, receipts, And the absence, it the mo-
ment, of-en export .dernand; 'has. declined 1 to 2 cents
some having been sold yesterday as law as 48 cents
cash, in merchintable order; which, hoviever, was quite
freely cffered, and generally r,fused; 49 to'so being asked
—stock 5,000 brls. Common rosin, with lower -.freights
hence, is .very firm, and generally held at 1 461 90c,
wirhisoitielides' at that' rate, on the spot. Tit* is not
activerand it'anything; rather easier—stock.B,soo brls
Some sina&liots very,handsome new pale rosin have been
'sold to arrive, at rate's which would piikably h 3 no crice-
rionlithe rket With any tOnsiclera hiesupply
00r oyhala ieln fair reci4est, with further 6816 at the
eastwarcl,;,part for this market.
.§toek of crude in the
countrg-'.63;066 brls. Sperm is/Vtif r quietriVinay be
,quoted tt•.i.id01..45,3 to 1 -dol 50iN without sales. Stock in
the tCouutxyl 1,7,000 barrels. Linseed haa been in pretty
activedemand,-bilt-fric s favont buyers;iiiil we reduce
outieiicitatibnif-SaleS, 4,000 gals Boglish3EViSikath. Lard
oil coptinnes scarce, and prices of prime-14nd Upward.
Pitovisioas : The market f>r pork openec loWer and dull,
but subsequently took a turn, '*aid underient• a decided
advance on mess, prime leaving off 10c higher. At the close
the was an inc eased demand, in part for settling. can-
rititi.i'`inore movement for export. The re-
celka lire,moditrate; frut.the stipply is ample for all existing.
pin:posis. A moderate ;demand ,prengo f9f kapf,,and the
position of the market -has not chani.d-sineCerir
Beef hams are scarce and firm-at 23 doli-Tft6l2idols, but
we hear of,no transactions werthy of nottur ;Put meats are
plenty, and freely offer rd at,a reduction of
,Tic to e,l sales
550 hhd- cl, sing at'Ap-for 58fe for shoulders; iiidlolc to
1010 for lams. Baeonii in small 'supply,,atid .prices have
slightly,advanced. Lard is in, better request, and, prices
remain unchanged. Nit* butter" 'is in good request, while
old is dtill and difficialt We quote Ohio 15c to 20,3'
State 19c t 047, and choice do 28e to 30c Cheese is dull
at 12! to 13c.
Rict The Market inaCtiVei kit steady, with Allah,
demand for home use at previous rates.

SALT The sales noted embrace the most of the Liver=
pool on the market, and a better feeling obtains.
EUGAR ; The activity and excitement in the market for
supc,noticed for some time past—so marked and decided
as to carry up prices to an altitude but rarely, if eVer before
attained in this country-=have, since our lar, been succeded
by a lessened demand and a quiet market ; a state of
things not unusual, nor, perhaps, unexpected—a result
commonly attending all undue excitement in any particular
article, Prices, however, have been well supported, and
for Cuba box extreme rates have been realised. The
advices from Cuba, yesterday) of a further advance there
of, one rial for sugar, and that numerous *assets preciously
waiting cargoes for this country had left in ballast, being
unab'e to obtain them are calculated still further to
strengthen the views of holders here, some of whom have
retired their stocks from the market, and all demand higher
prices than have yet been obtained.
TALLow : There is less pressing for sale, and the market
is firmer.

TIN : Pig rerna'ns veryquiet, with perhaps More disp--
sitio❑ on the part holders to shade their views ; we hear
~f no sales. One third X plates are dull and unsettled,
lint lower rates are accepted. Cake terne are in fair
request. Charcoal terse remain quiet, and dull.
licitAce° : Is held firmly, but the mti'ket is quiet.
S shs 75 hhds Kentucky at 11-1- to 20 cents—the lower rate
for inferior new crop ; 9Vi ginia, 13 to 151 ; 125 bales
Nifszar. 26 to 271 : 50 do. swots, 41 ; 7 cases Florida,
21 to 40 ; and 11 do. Ohio, on terms two did not learn.
FItSIGHTS: The market is still further depressed, and
lower rates have been accepted for Great Britain and the
continent. To London and Liverpool quotations are
ruinously low, and, grain would be taken gratis, provided
the shipper were willing to furnish the bins, and incur
the expenses of loading and unloading. Heavy goods and
flour are going forward more fresly, but at very low rates
Tonnage is plenty, and the principal demand, now, is for
vessels suitable to the deal trade, with a modera'e inquiry
for the southern and West India lumber bnsinev. The
engag ,ments to Liverpool include 12 to 15,000 bris flour,
at 6d for tre greater part, if not all; 3 to 4,000 Wes
cotton, 2. 6d to 3s par bale, and -1-3 d per lb, with Sea Island
at the latter figure; 5 to 700 tea beef, and 6 to 800 brls
pork, 6cl to ls, closing at 6d ; 500 bxs bacop, and 1,300
green salted hides, 10. s ; 3,000 barrels rosin, 6d to 7d ; and
by the City of Washington, 400 bxs cheese, 253; 50 bxs
bacon and 100 casks hams, 15s; and 2,400 bushels peas,
4d, in ship's begs. To London, 100 tea beef, 23 6d ;. 250
ditto reported at about ls ; 300 tons oilcake, Is 6d per brl;
150 bxs bacon and 100 tons heavy g 'ode, 123 6d ; several
hundred brls pork, supposed 1s; and 500 oars, lid.

FRANCE.

PAnIS, FRIDAY EVENING.

The rather sudden departure of Prince Napoleon
for Berlin has given rise to a variety of conjectures
as to the real cause of his disappearance. The
Patrie, that had so stoutly contradicted the report
of a journey to the Prussian capital, of course
admits its error, but says that the Prince is
entrusted with a mission." Something has been
said about his Imperial Highness being sent to
gain over the King to settle the Neufchatel
quarrel, but is it likely that one who is se decidedly
in favour of the Swiss would be charged with such
a mission ?

A►►other supposition is, that the dislike of the
Prince to Russia, acid to everything that has even
the appearance of encouraging any extraordinary
intimacy with Russia. has something to do with
this journey. The Grand Duke is not ignorant of
the existence of that feeling, and was not over
pleased at reading an article in favour of the
English alliance published in the Prase the very
day he made his entry into Paris. Then (for
Prince Napoleon is no dissembler) the cold and
distant manner between the Grand Duke and the
Prince is apparent to every one. •
So long as the two Princes were in Paris these
things might be passed over, but the Grand Duke
is going to Fontainebleau, and the absence of a
member of the imperial family from that place
would be much more marked. The journey to
Berlin, then, is by some believed to be merely to
' s.tve appearances. His absence, which under any
circumstances Was certain, may now bo. explained
by the necessity .of returning The visit of the
Prince of Prussia. Few will believe it, awl the
Grand Duke least of all. In the meantime, the
Grand Duke has given a large order to a manufac-
turer in the Palais Royal for Russian crosses and
stars to be distributed in France and the other
countries he intends to visit.

A telegraphic wire, corresponding with the
electric telegraph from Paris to St. Petersburgh,
has been placed in the palace of the TuiPeries, and
the apparatu s is arranged in the very apartment
of the Grand Doke Constantine, who is thus
enabled at any moment to communicate with his
brother, the' Emperor Alexander.
The Emperor has, it is said, again written to
the King of Prussia on the subject of Neufchatel,
pressing him, in as urgent a manner as he can, to
accept the solution proposed by the representatives
of the four Powers, and already accepted by the
Swiss Government. The tone of the letter is, I
suppose, very courteous ; bard words being only
dealt out to ordinary people like those composing
the Federal Council, and who are neither kings
nor princes.
If Prince Daniel of MotAtenegro expected
to leave a very profound impression in Paris,
or to be considered as a lion, the time was
badly chosen. Wel have too many real Princes

.tations from. numerous country districts to pass
before them. At a late hour the Court dignitaries,
military:men, clergy, count br' gentry, and civi
aiithdritiea waited on the Eiiipteror. At two o'clocli
the Empress held a levee:"tet which only ladies
were 'present. At five o'clock there was a very
large paqy at dinner. In the evening both the
towns were illuminated."