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Th, steamer Great tWssieFa. Cspisin
mn. Mathews, arrived q New York on
Snad,v. !, noon, making The passage IRON
Tiye,pool a lille lsss than 10 days.
Il viii be seen that there has been
fan Of Id on Cotton.
Busipess Was good 10 The Manafaciur-
i.e DISTRICTS, and Great Dfitain generally
prospesous. Iron had fallen % rum the
high prices Of April. and the market was
dull and dubious.
war is ell The talk. and from the tone
Of their press Il appears the English pso-
Die sboui - fearful that We are TO declare
war. as ere The Americsns that John Boil
i 10 do us thai favor. The Eoglishpress
appears : little Disconnected that Brother
Jonathan is not more alarmed st Sir Rob-
srt Peel'Fg great speech.
Parliament was 10 meet on The 18th,
when ike Msynooth Bill viii come up for
third reading
Tie Texan Ex-Secreiary Of State. Ash
bel Smith. has arrived out. a. resident
Mioister ia France and England.
The Queen and Prinre Albert are 60
ing 10 the Continent 10 August.
There WAS nothing new 10 Ireland.
The accounts stats that the drs1ght Of
The convention respecting the right Of
search. agreed upon by the=commissivpers
lihe Duke de Broglie and DR.. Lushingfon.)
which had been transmitted for approval
from LoudoG 10 Paris had been returned
With an objection 10 one Of lie provisions
Business vas gooe 10 manufacturing districts
The public mind 10 Euslsnd was good
deal Sgi,aiee 90 the sgbject Of var With
the limited Stales-a questios WHICH en-,
crossed attention 10 the exclusion Of al
most every other iopic. Under its COM
mercisl bead The last number OF Wilmer
aud Smiths EoropeaD Times says: II
: ssThe commercial accounts which 20 out by
this packet are more Istorable than could have
been Anticipated. The funds, which have been
unsettled and feveTish Of late in consequences Of
the Threatened rupture with America, improved
ON The arrival Of The ne VS. BY the Great Western,
and naiatained their sieadiness until the arrival
Of the Caledonia, when further improvement
took place. IL the public securities are 10 be
taken as, q test, the probability Of the Oregon
.queslion being settled Otherwise than friendly
seems very remote Notwilhslandinexhis comb
dence lhssubect Il alluded TO, 10 private circles,
matter may fan into fame"
~Iron bad fallen of from The high prices
OF April, and iheEmarket was dull.
The Board OF Customs. il is said, has
refused admission to New Orleans sugar
af low rates Of ooly4
Putiamentery - The British Parlia-
ment meets 90 Monday after the Whitsun
recess. This 10 the second division ofthe
Session. The frsiterminaied at Easter
! and, like drama 10 three acts. the con-
GLIDING one promises 10 oe most impor,
tant 0ur relations with America may
:. probabty be alluded TO, but are hardly
kelly 10 be discussed. The willy Minis.
Ter viii keep his own councils. and allow
members 10 Hounder as long as they like
Ia lhe waters o. conf lecture. Ia this re
spect. American statesmen might, with
adsaaisee. take 4 useful biat from Ihe
cautious fact which Characterize Minisie-
Iisi announcements in The British Parlia
ment Upon MIR Polk, the lesson would
probably be iost-but- even statesna
90 emineat - Mr. Gslheun. could study
ia the schpoioi Diplomatic secrecy with.
out aug Damage 10 his we'll earned repu,
Z. alton. His speech on the Oregon Bill
when il came before the Senate, is nov
:. going round" Of the English prsss
sad Who knows bul that the indiscree
disclosures which he therein made, As to
q .the policy Of leaving she I 0regon cues
iioa 10 sbeyance for tosne twenty year,
when Americans would be able 70 bold
J IL ihemselses, mayEbAve furnished hint
upon which the Government isnoW act
ing. ia pressing for speed settlement o.
that vexed question.
-. SWITZERLAND.
The sccounts from Switzerland 10 the
9TH ull., state oil the prisoners who are
natives Of Lucerne had been released
/. and the only cspiiVes remaining, oS4 10
number, belonged 20 the canton The
governmen, Of Berne had sent delegate
to make a las, aitemptfo5 ndues tha, can
ton 10 ebondon its Intention 10 recall the
Jesui,sF The Bernese Ensoy was said 10
Be the.besrer Of a pressing reccHmenda.
ton 10 that effec, from several influential
y members of the corps diplOaatiqse.
3 Lord Jsan Russeifs ResolEtioass-The
lesderzol Ihe opposition 10 the House Of
Commons cousideraling that the present
iime-aa 9iue Of unusual prosperity and
comiort-isihep proper SESSION for miuule
&ly= consla ering lhe condition Of The labor
ing classes. is 10 bring forward bic resolu.
iions on this subject on the 26,h. They
embrace topics Of magnitude. bnt will
= lead to nothing but debate. He de-
nounees the Corn laws as. pernicious,
but does not ofsf a substitute.
The Russians are collecting vasi armies
for the conqnest Of Caucasus, not less, il
Il said. than 10000 men.
LIvERPooL COTTON MARKET
MI Froua tkt ciresir ef,sss Uniisa Brokers'. 5'
Report for rsek ending Nay 9.-The
!, msrke, opened quietly. but the demand
on Monday. TUESDAY. and Wednesday
was very extensive. the sales reaching
upwards OF ~ 900 bales. more than one
half on speculation but as the buyers
were so freely me. by importers. no ad.
! vance took place in prices Of sny deserp-
i ton, Yesterday the demand became
limited, and The market closed with heavl-
ness, the quotations Of last week being
barely ebisInable. Taken on speculation,
GO 800 American. and 500 Sutai; and
for expors 100 American. 200 Peruam-
b1co and70 Madras. The total number