The North-Carolina standard., 1849-03-14
LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.

The Steamship America hasjust arrived from Liv-
erpool, bringing fourteen days later news from Eu-
rope We quote the following items from the last
Baltimore Argus: a ~ Fs 'E'tofa --s''-'- - 8
ENGLAND. The Cholera reports have swelled to
1896, of which 5,546 have died; 3,788 have re-
covered, and "a continue under medical treatment
of which the result is not stated.
GOLD FEVER. The reports from California con-
tnue to excite great interest The excitement ex-
tends to all classes.
The French Government have despatched French
engineer to California with the OBJECT OF surveying
the talked of discoveries.
STArE OF TRADE. The state of trade in the manu-
featuring districts the whole is satisfactory. En-
ploymen is plentiful and activity prevails through
STOCK MARKET There continues good demand
for American securities in London.
United States per cents. continue in good de-
mand the continent, and orders for the stock have
been executed at 1063.
Money continues to get more abundant, and the
rate of interest low. o.
ITALY AND RoME. provisional government has
been declared by the excited people in part of Italy
and in the Roman States
point of excitement, and the executive committee
has usurped the Papal authority, which is altogether
set aside. The Pope isdePosed, and Republic es-
tablished. .
We have from Rome important intelligence of the
deposition of the Pope, and the establishment of-a
Republic. -r. b.. ..-. .--r.r-r ,a...s
This event took place on the 9th of February. 1t
was voted that he shall enjoy all the guarantees ne
cessary for the independence of his spiritual power
FRANCE. The French Assembly has finally voted
its own dissolution, and the new Assembly will meet
about the middle of May
Louis Napoleon seems to be daily acquiring Do
lcal strength and popularity, and politicians, who
have hitherto from apprehensions of Instability, or
other motives, withheld their support, come for
ward to declare themselves BuOnapartists, and ac.
cordingly very great progress has been made in re-
establishing public confidence. ..a 3.
The bonnet rouge, the symbol of liberty, as we'll
of crime, has been put down in almost all parts of
France. ..--
Montaguard and socialist inscriptions have shared
the same fate. .i..s ~
NJ. Ledru Rolin having intorrogated the Ministry
the affairs of Rome, received fer reply the in
formation that the French Government did not mean
10 acknowledge the Roman government without pre-
vously ascertaining that approves of it's acts, and
that the French Ministry anxious that the Pope
should be placed in position becoming a temporal
Prince, and head of the Catholic church.
SPAIN. In Spain, at the session of Congress held
at Madrid the 3Ist of January, call made
for the correspondence said have passed relative to
the annexation of the Island Of Cuba. The reply
was that proposition had been nlade and that no
ministry composed of Spaniards would everlisten to
such proposal; and that they should never cede
the Island of Cuba to the United States. &
In the Senate also, Gen. Naravaes confirmed the
above, and added that the rumors of cession were
entirely unfounded-that the island of Cuba would
always remain, as now, part of the monarchy of
Spain. ..s. -.s4-- ...., ....-r
LIVERPOOL CorroN MARKET, February 24.-In
the early part of the last fortnight the demand for
cotton was most active and animated. On the 18th
tremendous excitement prevailed and sales to the
unusual extent of fully $4,000 bales effected of
which the amount of business done in speculation
reached about 900 bales, and with such extern
sire enquiry prices advanced accordingly.
From the 10th to the 18th the rise in American
descriptions was l farthing per pound. Brazil, of
which $4,000 bales were sold; also advanced to the
extent; whilst Surat and Egyptian were at onez
eighth higher than during the preceding week. y
The sales from the 9th to the 10TH, 99, ,22O
bales of which IS, ,720 were American and 5000
bags Brazil During the same period the operation of
specuatols amounted to Al 900 bales, exports 1850.
BREADsTUFFs. Since the salingof the last steamer
the grain trade has been very dull and inactive through
out the United Kingdom. The supplies of most of
leading markets have been large, and buyers
very sluggish in their operations, prices have
declined