The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-02-16 00:00:00

ARRIVAL OF TELE PERSIA.

[The following appeared in the greater part of
our impression on Saturday morning] :
The British and North American Royal Mail
Steamer Persia, Captain Judkins, has arrived. She
sailed from New York on the 4th, and brings 130
passengers, and 375,000 dollars in specie. Her
.news is three days later.
The news is interesting. In the Senate, on the
2nd, a resolution was adopted calling on the
Secretary of War to communicate copies of all
correspondence not heretofore furnished relative
to the California " Vigilance Committee" of 1856.
Also, a resolution calling for information as
to the results of the trial of camels in
the military service. A resolution to appoint
a committee to ascertain and report a mode of
examining the votes for President and Viee-Pre-
eident, and to notify them of their election, was
adopted, and a committee appcinted to confer
'with a like committee from the House. The
Indian Appropriation bill, with amendments in-
volving over a million of dollars, was passed. The
House of Representatives passed a bill legalising
entries under the graduation act of 1854, made
prior to its passage, in cases where settle-
ment was made in good faith. On the 3rd
in the Senate, a bill was introduced to secure to
actual settlers, at 2 dols 50c per acre, the alternate
Sections of public lands in grants made to States
for • railroad purposes. The Central American
treaty was debated in executive session for three
hours, but without any result.
The Post office committee of the House have
agreed to recommend the establishment of lines of
mail steamers between Panama and Valparaiso,
New York and the North of Europe, via Rotter-
dam, and New York and Para, via Savannah, St.
Thomas, Barbadoes. and Demerara. The general
ocean steamer bill, the favourite scheme of some
of the prominent steamship operators, has been
thrown out by a very decided vote.
In New York the all absorbing topic was the
murder of Dr. Burdell, alluded to in the news per
City of Washington. The inquest was being held,
and a Mrs. Cunningham bad been arrested on the
charge.

• A fracas Occurred en the 28th ult., in the Lower
House of the Missouri Legislature, between two
members named Reid and Darns. The latter of-
fered 9, resolution declaring emancipation of slaves
an }impracticable enterprise ; Reid assailed him
for endeavouring to create ill-feeling in the Legisla-
ture personalities followed. and Reid finally
struck Darnel a severe blow in the face. A duel
will probably result. Reid is notorious as the leader
of the Border Ruffians, during the attack upon the
Free State men at Ossawatomie, during the late
difficulties in Kansas. Dames once once beat an
editor to deatli„but escaped with a fine.
News from Rexico, received at New Orleans,
gives currency to rumours of the outbreak of a new
insurrection at Pußbla. Affairs at San Luis Po-
tisi are rep%iiented to be without change.
Senor.Lere:,-, had again taken office in the Comon
fort e'..7oinet ;- but further changes, if not a dis•
sol'stion of the ministry were spoken of. The San
Luis revolutionists were still troublesome, and a fee •
ble attempt at insurrection had been made in Oni- •
zava. Everything was quiet in the northern depart•
ments, and the defeat of the revolt at San Luis.will
probably deter the discontented spirits in that
quarter from making any hostile demonstration
for some time to come. General Garza, formerly
Governor of Tamaulipas, had seized the merchan-
dise of several American and other merchants
while it w:18 in transit to the interior from
Tampico. Garza caused the goods to be
sold at quarter their value, and bought them
himself. The merchants had forwarded to
the supreme government an energetic protest
A,c.tainst this outrage, and demanded reparation
for the loss. The Mexican Extraordinary is rather
'ses-ere in its comments on the repnrtg of th. .1;n nor
;;Iveu at Blackwell's Island to the refugee generals
from MeXico, and asserts that La Vega and Blanco
were exiled for plotting against Comonfort and the
Jew providing for the sale of the church property.
Up to the 4th instant 3,000000 dollars in specie
had arrived at Vera Cruz, and on that date
1.800,000 dollars in Mexican coin was shipped to
England. The hull of the barque Nenuphar was
to be sold at Vera Cruz on the 30th ult. Reports
from the coal and gold mines were favourable.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

NEW YORK, FEB 4.

MOttIiTARY A FPAIRS.—There is an unexpected and more
halve demand for money to-day. To-morrow will be the
heavie3t day for Bink payments : but the supply of money
will be fully equal to the demand as long as the the
quotations for bills on England are below 9 per cent. and
while there is no longer export of coin. There was a slight
advance irk lila price of bills on England. Last week they
were abundant at 8 to.Bj. For the steamer to-day (the
rsia) the leading drawers asked 1081 to 1088, and in one
or two cases' 109. The bulk of the remittances of
bankers' - drafts were made at Ito -Z-. The supply of
southern bins has been ample for a few days past.

COTTON.

Last week we were without mails from the south, and I
seas unable to furnish the usual statistic 3. In the present
circular, I have embraced two weeks in order to keep ep
ihe retord:

Since 27th January, we have received advises per Arago
and Arabia, the latter with dates to the 17th ult. The
Liverpool cotton market for the week had declined Id per
lb., and,the total sales only amounted to 27,000, still
holders were confident of higher prices in future, and no
pressing was apparent. In Manchester, trade was quiet,
but prices were generally maintained. In monetary matters
there was no chaege of moment.
We have had an active demand for cotton in this market,
and nearly every desirable parcel has met with a ready sale
at gradually improving prices. The business has been for
export to Liverpool, France, and the continent of Europe.
Our domestic spinners and speculators have also taken a
fair share. P.ices have had an upward tendency, resulting
in an advance of to per lb. on the quotations niten in
my slip of last week. Yesterday it was difficult to buy at
the quotations annexed. The sales for the week I estimate
at 12,000 bales, and the export has been as fellows :—To
Liverpool, 4,560 bales; Havre, 947: total, 5,507 bales.

COTTON IN' TItANSITU has beeu in active request, and the
'sales daring the p .at few days have been large—prices have
improved fully in the week, and close firmly with a
limited quantity on hand. New Orleans with 9-161 freight,
middling, strict, 12;c; middling, 12 9-16 e; low middling,
]2e; good ordinary. 12c; Mobile, same freight, lc below,
and uplauds with ficl freight, about ic b low the quota-
tions. The sales for the week in transitu have been at least
17,000 bales.

By telegraph the following has been received :
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 31.—Receipts for the week,
26 000 bales; same week last year, 32 000. Sales to day,
18,000, and for the week 68,000. Exnorted to Great Bri-
tain for the week 35,000. Middling 121 e par lb. Freielat
—t,o Liverpool 9 161, aavre lit per lb. February 2
Receipts for hree days 15,000 batee. Sales to day 20,000.
Middling 12-10 per lb. and scarce.
Monthx, Jan. 31.—Receipts for the week 15,000 hales,
same week last year 21,000. Sales for the week 9.1,000.
Exported to Great Britain for the week 15,00. Middhug
12c per lb Freight—to Liverpool 9 161, to Havre lie per
lb. Feb. 2 : Sales to day 10,000 b Iles, at an advance of
oc to per lb. Middling 121-c to 12 ic.per lb.
SAVANNAH, F'. b. 2.—Prices advanced 4c. Very little
offering. Freight to Liverpool, 7.161.
CuAnixsxoN, Feb. 2.—Sales to-day, 3,200 bales at
advancing raters,
CROP. —There is nothing in the accounts we are receiving
from the South to warrant the slightest change in the
estimate of the crop. Faith in a total of 1-ss than 3,000,000
remains unimpaired, and the evidence will soon be appa •
rent that prices in the parts have been so tempting for
planters, that they have used every exertion to get their
crops to market, which the favourable stile of all the rivers
has enabled themto do upon a scale nevorbefore accomplishe,i.
The best evidence I can give of the confidence with which
this faith in a crop not exceedi.'g 3,000,000 is held is the
action of holders in New Orleans and Mobile dering the
past month, for with an unprecedented stock, large receipts
high prices. and the almost total absence of buying on the
part of their heaviest customer, England—no decline of
moment has been submitted to, and the trial of strength
has resulted in favour of sellers ; the stock is now a decreas-
ing one, while the receipts are not one half what they
were three weeks ago, and prices at the latest telegraphic
dates have a strong upward tendency.
RECEIPTS. —The total already in the ports amounts to
1,943,000 bales, the largest quantity'ever received up to this
Period. The comparison with last year shows an excess of
; this, however, will prove the maximum excess of

Receipts at the P0rt51,943,000 4905,0001,245,000 1,3 9,000 1,9 0 (.9ii
Exports toG Britain! 472,0 .0 713,000 614,000 407.01;0 800.000
Fra'ce 192,000 232.000, 137,000 137.000 139.000
" other F. Ports• 134.000 177,000 96,000 89,,)00 1.118 COO
Total Exports 798,000 1,122,000 847,000 683.0001.087.090
Stock on hand 817.000 1; 6 5,0 00 365,000 556,00 sj 619,000
Of which during the past week, included in the above :
ttecetpts at the Ports• 101,0001 88,000! 12:,0001 121.0091 120,000
)
Exports to G. Britain 57 00'. 76,0001 43,0001 31,000 7 ‘,OOO
France.
" other For. Ptsi 9,000] 9.0001 6,0:;0: 5,00.1 1u,900
Total Exports. ! 78,000. 93 0011; 5,9::00 52.0001 93,003

SUMMARY—RECEIP 1.9 : homage at the ports compared
with last year, 38,000 bales ; decrease compared with
1853,3,000. Exports : Decrease to great Britain, 241,000 ;
compared with 1853, 348,000. Decrease to Prance, 40,000;
itcreaee compared with 1853, 33,000 ; decrease to other
foreign ports, 43,000 ; increase compared with 1853, 6,000
bales.

reetteiles : Have declined for cotton to Liverpool, and
ate dull at 5-16 d. To Havre lc is still paid.
EXCHANORS : Are dolt on London at 1081 per cent., and
brisk on Paris, at S 22e.
The following are particulars of operations in the princi-
pal Southern markets since my la t circular :
NEW ORLEANS : Receipts fir the week ending January
' 16th, 43,574 bales, Experts :To Livernool, 25,960 ;
Havre, 7,641 ; Bremen, 3,790 ; Barcelona, 690 ; Marseilles,
283 ; Havana, 4.
On Saturday, 6,000 bales were cold at slightly easier
rates. Oa Monday, the advises per Asia caused an excited
market with sales of 29,000 bales. Tuesday, the demand
fell off, and only 11,000 bales changed hands. On Wed
nesday, parties were waiting later accounts from Europe,
sales 7,000. Thursday, .5,000, closing rather irreeelar.
Friday, 5,010, market depressed. Total sales, 63,000
bales, taken for Great Britain, France and the Continent.
During the latter part of the week the market became
irregular and showed a nominal decline of -1-c per lb. Freight
to Liverpool, 9-161.
NEW ORLEANS : Receipts for the week ending January
23rd, 49,558 hales. Exports—to Liverpool, 29,688 bales ;
Grimsby, 3,184 ; Havre, 4,256, Cork and a market, 1,483;
Marseilles, 259; Hamburg, 980; Bordeaux, 670: Palm
awn, 1,338 ; Bremen, 921 ; Gottenburg, 723 ; Barcelona,
1,648 Vera Cruz, 700; Elsinore and a marker, 2,001.
Ou Saturday, the sales were 4,500 bales, parties
generally waiving later foreign advices. On elonday, the
accounts per City of Washingten, canted holders to claim
an advance which was only partially re2poncled to on sales
of 7,000. On Tuesday, the Arabia's news wLs recAved
and with sales of 14 000 hales, the market was turned in
favour of buyers. Oa Wednesday, the decline was more
decided, is consecetence buyers took 14.000. Oa Thursday,
the sales were 18,000, at a decline of ato ee. 0 i Friday,
the new per Atlantic and Persia being fully due, there was
a more moderate demand, and the sales fell off to 10,000.
Sales for the week 67,500 bales, taken for Great, Britain,
the Continent and the Nerth, at a decline ofl to te from our
last quotations. Freight to Liverpool, 17-32 to 9.161.
AJORlLE.—Receipts for the week ending Jan. 16th, 25,387
bales. Exports—to Liverpool, 10,373; Gottenburg, 2,068.
Oa Saturday, 1,500 bales were sold. Oa Monday, the
accounts per Asia had no effect ; sales 2,500. On Tuesday
the enquiry was ue re general, and 5,000 were disposed of
et a utmetAlion. 011 weduesday, 4,000, with a steady
market. Thursday, 8,000 were sold, mostly in the fore part
of the day. Friday, as later foreign news was hourly ex-
pected, the business was confieed to 1,000. Total sales,
23,000, taken for France and our domestic consumers, with
part for Itnglish account; market closing dull at our quota-
dens, which are reduced 41 below those current last week.
Freight to Liverpool, 19-321.
Monies : Receipts for the week ending 23d January,
20,829 bales. Exports : To Liverpool, 3,116 ; P almoath,
1,371 ; Havre, 6,176.
Oa Saturday, parties waiting the steamer's accounts
coefined their business to 2,000 bales. 01 Monday the
Washington's news caused an advance of iee, and a fair
demand to prevail during the day; sales, 5,000. Tuesday
the America's advices produced a better feeling, and sales
of 3,600. On Wednesday there was but a very moderate
demand, with sales of 2,000 at a decline of 4e. Thursday
there was a still further decline of le, at which buyers took
2,000. Friday there was a better enquiry, but holders
unwilling to submit to any further decline, only met the
demand to a moderate extent; sales, 2,000. Total sales,
16,500, taken mostly for France and Great Britain ; market
*losing quietly at the decline above noted. Freight to
Liverpool, 19-32.1 to ad.
SAVANNAH Receipts for the week ending Jan. 16th,
1'2,832 bales Up., and 533 S. I. Exports to Liverpool,
501 Up., and 72 S. I.
In the early part of the week the market was moderately
active with an advancing tendency. Later on, however,
advices of heavy receipts at the Gulf ports caused a decline,
and the market closed inanimately at s to c. below quota.
tions in our last report. Total sales, 6,199, at the decline.
Freight to Liverpool, id.
SAVANNAH : Receipts for the week ending January 30th
10,877 bales Up.. and 704 S. I. Exports to Liverpool,
8,715 Up., and 48 S. I.
Oa leridly and Saturday the demand was good, and
resulted in sales to a fair ex'ent. Since the accounts per
Arago the market has been unsettled and depiessed, causing
quotations to be entirely nominal. Total sales, 5,966.
Freight to Liverpool, 7-16 d to ld.

CAmeLEsrox : Receipts for the week ending Jan. 16:h,
9,608 bales. Exports : to Liverpool, 4,808 bales Up. and
325 S. I.; Havre, 2,080 Up. and 696 S. I. ; Antwerp, 921
Up. ; Barcelona, 170 Up.
The market si•lce the last report has presented a dull and
drooping appearance, and holders have been compelled to
submit to a decline of :Ic. Total sales, 5,696. Freight to
Liverpool, 5-16 d. to d.
CifrARLTsiTON : Receipts for the week ending Jan. 30th
12,276 bales. Exports to Liverpool, 4,437 bales Up. and
416 SI.

The market duffing the flittt part of the week under re-
view was active, and at hardening prices. Toe Arag.'s
v:ces were published on Thuslay, and had the effect of al-
mest putting a stop to the basinesz the few sales beiaz at
a &cline of le Total salts for the week, 7,716 bales.
Freight to Liverpool, 7-163. _ _

WILLIAM P. Witicmr.

BREADt,TUFFS.

FLonu. : The inclemency of the weather has seriously
interfe:ed with the deo? itch of business, and the transae•
ti•-.x.s at the Corn Exchange have been consequently
restricted to the supply of the city demand, till wi,hin the
last few days. when more activity his be 11 evince 1. The
b tter grades of flaur are 10e ner brl lower than on this
day week, whilst cininson shipoiog qualities have advanced
5c n be!, the market closing fi .m at this adv,nci G.,od
si;ipping, 6 dots 40c to 6 dole 30c per brl. O Ii , Indiana,
&c , 6 thts 90c to 7 dots 25c. Canada, 6 dots 60c ;o 7 dots
253. Southern, 71°13 to 7 dole 40c. Fancies and high
extras, 7 dots 50c to 8 dots 50c and 9 dols•
Wris:AT : Prices are firmly maintained, hut only a snail
business has been done. Southern white, 170 e to 180 c per
6nlbs; Genesee and Western, 170 c, to 1823 ; Cantlitn,
170 c to 180 e; Western red and mixed, 145 c to 165 c ;
Southern red, 150 c to 1633.
INDIAN CORN dull, and 1 to 2 cents lower. Yellow, new
and old, 72e to 76c per 561bs ; white, new and old, 72c to
76c ; Western old mixed, 71c to 73c.
RYE has advanced 4 cents per, bushel.
BARLEY, 120 c to 135 c per 481bs.
CORN MEAL 3 dole 25c to 3 do's 75c per barrel.
RYE FLOUR, 4 doll 23e to 5 doll per barrel:
Exports of breadseuffs from the
Unitedßritain and Ireland, since the Ist SepteniberS.tiitBess to Great
6 :
Flour. Wheat. India Corn:
594,510 brls 6,632 991 bush. 2.594,072 bush.
List year— 592,685 " 3,288,166 " 2,028,761
Of which during the two past weeks-
-37,879 " 87,029 141013 "
62,979 " 172,680 " 417,146 "
FREIGHTS : TO Liverpool : Four, 23 to 23 3:1 per brl ;
grain, 611 to 7 1 per bushel. To London : Flour, 21 1011
to 3s per brl. To Havre : Cotten, lc per lb.
EXCHANGE on England has ben in active demand at an
advance of per c, closing at 1083. to 1081 and 1081 per
cent. Bills on France, f. 5.22 i to f: 5.25.
WGTHERSTOON, KINGSFORD & Co.
Hors ; Brewere are buying more freely and there is a

better feeling, but no quotlbl3 advance, and prices remain
at 70 to Pc

IRON: Scotch pig is stiffening in price, and we quote it
to day at 31 dole to ari lye, and 32 dole from yard, 6 mos.
with none pressing on the market. Refined bars are held
a', 65 do's, and common at 53 dols per ton, 6 mos.
Pao-vaioNs : New mess pork came to a stand to day, and
our quotations were hardly maiGtained by the few transac-
tions that transpired, yet we do not change them. Old
mess was quiet at a trifling advance in the asking rates,
incident to the advance in new. Prime was neglectd,
Beef was firm, but quiet, as was also beef hams. Bacou
was somewhat beWr, alihuegh not active ; a sale of short
clear middles at 110 is nported.
SA LT : The recent arrivals having bezu cleared from the
market, it is again quiet.
TOBACCO : We have quite an active market for all sorts.
The sales of Kentucky are large at advancing prices, and
other kinds are quite firm.
FREIGHTS : Rates to Liverpool are declining; and we
note engagements of cotton today at 9.32 to 5461, and
grain in bulk, at 611 ; flour at 2s 111 to 2s 31 To Lon-
don, there is nothing of consequence going. To the Con-
tinent, also, engagements are limited, awl rates are
nomFailv unchanged. To Havre, jc for cotton and lard,
and 70c for flour. To GVlsgoiv, grain 101 ; bacon 273 6d.

ail` Or PASSENGERS PER R.M.S. PERSIA, FROM NEW
YORK.—Captain Dimas, Messrs G Shaw and E S Munroe,
Mrs Buckley, Mrs Mur, Mr G Stanton, Ledo and
eud, Mr F Diaper and two daughters, Miss Channan,
Mrs Russell and three eildren, Mr E W Wilson and
La ip, Mr Henry, Mr C Coart, Giptain E W Vansittart,
Messrs E Ruiz, C Schthotter, Heary, E Boyd, E
C C B Wright, F S Williams, R B Lecke, R Banil,
G King, E King, John Duiton, G B Traffird, Westayer,
Si,- G Simpson, Messrs. Wipliins, Guarman, M'Conochie,
Alexander Wray, A Lm-sgrove, Henry Mitchell, John
Wils'n, Walter Gillespie, Mas'er Gillespie, Messrs John
Sharpies, Benjaniia Beverley' Hertiaande7 and sister,
Messrs C E Schmeider, Otto flaarhans, C Bolger, J
Gridlsh, iloistmann, C Lippmann, II Bligh,
D W Murray, W A Rampf W J Copp, R S Murray, C
Possold, lady, and child, Mr James APCarthy, Mrs Mason
and daughter, Messrs W A Jones, and T G Cary and Lady,
:Messrs J icob O'Kneeker, Neuschwander, Morgan, Kings-
ton, Emerson A.enrs, W. H. Smith, J)s. Beaudy, Alburtis,
and James Lee, Miss Lee, Mrs. Sarah Wright, Mr John
G. A. Vagt and lady, Mr Sammam, lady and child, and
nurse, Messrs J. R. Wetherty, G. Euslin, Augustus Amos,
W. IL Morrill, Alfred Brown, Leopold Hagan, Oliver,
Dean, Heston, Seymour, Gastanour, Edward Gottschalk,
G. S Bigland, S. James, F. S. frenriquez, D. A. Callen,
Charles Penton, Louis Setzlar, John Mchlhop, and W. H.
Wilkinson.

THE BRAZILS AND RIVER PLATE.

VROIII OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT,

By the arrival at Southampton of the steamer
Avon. as announced in our first edition of Satur-
day, we are in receipt of later news from the Brazils
and River Plate. Dates from Buenos Ayres, Jan.
2 ; Monte Video, 5 ; Rio de Janeiro, 14 ; Bahin,.lB ;
Pernambuao, 21 ; St. Vincent (Cape Verde), 30 ;
Teneriffe, Feb. 4 ; Madeira, 6 ; Lisbon, 9
1 his steamer brings 47 passengers, and 29 dis-
tressed seamen, and on freight specie, from Buenos
Ayres, value 4,856/. sterling; Pernambuco, 4711 ;
other port, 311/. ; total, 5,688/. ; diamonds, value
4 337/. sterling ; precious stones, value 2161. ster
ling ; and a cargo comprising 36 serons of ipeca-
cuanhe. 418 barrels of tapioca, 492 serons of cochi-
neal, 7 packages of pareira brava, and 12l packages
of sundries.

The Avon's voyage has been retarded by con-
tinuous north-easterly winds, from four degrees
north, and by detention at Vincent, Teneriffe,
Madeira, and Lisbon, in consequence of being
placed in strict quarantine, yellow fever being
prevalent at Rio and Pernambuco, particularly
among the shipping at the latter port. Two of the
Avon's crew died from yellow fever on the Brazil
coast.

Yellow fever prevailed to an alarming extent at
Rio Janeiro and Pernambuco. The first case made
its appearance on board the Avon on the 14'h ult.,
when Charles J. Symonds, the senior surgeon of
the company, commenced a most successful treat
merit of the malady. Out of 38 cases, 11 of which
were of the most malignant form, two only died,
who had black vomit. The gratitude of both
passengers and crew at the skill and attention
of Mr. Symonds is more easily imagined than
described.

The Columbian steamer, of the Eurepean and
Australian Company, arrived at St. Vincent, on
her passage to Australia, in eight days and on
seven hours from the Needles. The average speed
the passage was 12 knots.
The Teutonia 'steamer arrived at Bahia on the
14th of January, in less elm 20 days from South
arnpton, including all stoppages.
At Rio de Janeiro—Her Majesty's ship Madagascar;
Her Majesty's ship Amethyst sailed for China on the 9th
of January ; French frigate Poursivante, steamer La
Bourdennaye ;Anaerican frigate St. Lawrence.

Bahia:—Her Majesty's screw steamer Wasp.
At Pernambuco—Her Majesty's steamer Virago.
At St. Vincent—The American brig Dolphin.
At Lisbon—Her Majesty's ships Duke of Wellington.
the James Watt, and Princess Royal ; French line-of-
battle-ship Austerlitz, "and the Egerie, transport. Her
Majesty's ships Exmouth and Sanspareil left on the 9th
for England, also the Peninsular and Oriental Company's
steamer Madrid.

The Midlothian, of London, bound from Cardiff for
Caldera. with a cargo of coals, experienced heavy gales in
the Bay of Biscay, which caused the vessel to become very
leaky on the 19th of January, and her final abandonment
on the 29th, between Madeira and Teneriffe ; the master
and crew were conveyed to Teneriffe on board a Danish
barque, whence they were embarked per Avon.
The Eliza Harriett, of Newport, bound from Cardiff for
Cadiz, with a cargo of coals, experienced heavy gales in
the English Channel • she sprung a leak, and the crew
were compelled to abandon her on the 12th of January,
about forty miles south of Scilly, being conveyed by
the Portuguese vessel Providence to Faro, and thence to
Lisbon.

The Ralph Thompson, of Shields from St. Johns, bound
for Hull, with a cargo of deals. encountered very heavy
gales on the passage ; the ship became unseaworthy, and
was abandoned the 27th of January in lat. 47 north, lon.
9 west. The crew were conveyed to Lisbon by the French
transport Eerie.

There is little political news from Buenos Ayres
The saladeros were in full activity, and the only
circumstances calculated to limit the extent of
their operation were the diminished number of
cattle and the exhorbitant prices demanded.
Business in the Buenos Ayres import market
was very brisk in December, those dealers who
bad been waiting for a modification of the D;ffer-
ential Duties Act having hastened at last to anti-
cipate their operation when when it was recognised
as inevitable. There had been a very active move-
ment for the interior provinces, and a fair amount
of business was also done for the local market.
The British Packet is at sonic pains to impress on
its readers that this is merely an anticipation of
the business of 1957, acid says If, on the receipt
of the advices by the present mail, this temporary
and accidental movement be accepted as an indica-
tion of vitality and progress, and, on the strength
of this erroneous supposition, further supplies are
prepared and forced upon this market, it will be
as unhappy blunder for the importer, the local
dealer, and all parties concerned."
El Nacional, on the other hand, affirms that the
increased demand is founded in natural causes,
and in the permanently improved state of trade.
TA appears, in fact, that the people of the country
districts are in a state of high prosperity. The
Saladeioes are in full activity ; cattle breeders and
wool growers obtain almost their own prices, and
are of course excellent customers at the retail
stores of Buenos Ayres, with which they are in
easy communication. Tallow and beef are the
only articles of produce which are not daily rising
in value. The prices current of January 2 show an
advance of from 5 to 15 per cent. as compered wiqr
thoso of the previous month. From November 27
to December 3L there were exported to Great
Britain 6,691 ox and cow hides salted, and 10,375
horse hides salted. Exchange on England, bills
per doubloon, 70
The sales of coffee at Rio since the last mail
had been to a regular extent, and amounted to
180,000 bags. The shipments of coffee to Europa
in the year 1856 were about 343 000 bas less than
in 1855. The stock was at present 90,000 to 100,000
bags, most of which were of an inferior quality.
Receipts were moderate. The weather had been
rainy and unsettled, and there were different
opinions as to the extent of the new crop ; at all
events, it al•peered that a large balance of the
present yield still remained in the interior, and the
weather alone could influence its coming to market;
Prices of - sugars had advanced again ; 1,200
cases, 750 packages Campos seht at quotations;
120 ems, 5,200 bags and barrels from the north at