Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-05-08
Arrival Of the Amo.:


ST. JOINS, N. B., May "A, A
The steamer America, Captain |, ei,ob :"
rived at Halifax al 10, A NJ, ye.,erd,v ar
one weeks later news from Europe. S.. WV
&C through passengers. Immediately a, hs %!
rival, the expires. with her news star,eJ f "es Or
city, and arrived soon after midnight Tho . M
she brings is highly important. A'@'
The America has on board for Inc N.
States the large amount of TWO HUNDRED rnss
SAND PoUNrs STERLING IN SPECIE.
The London Money Market Continue, -.
and money is abundant, notwi,hstandn, J
heavy drain Of specie. ConsoIs had sues,..ms
during the week from 81. 10 81; clo,,n. s e.
the 20lh al 3d. ~
The Commercial accounts from Indi, !, :,
last Overland Mail are regarded as VERY .., "ae
factory. ''-
The steamer Canada arrived at Liye,roo,..
the 18th ult., making the passage in IA, das.
LIVERPOOL MARKET, Apr 81
CoTTos.-Fair upland Mobile 43s: fa,,o.
leans Std; midding upland and Mobile s o'
middllng Orleans l-9 ordinary 3,d.,e AZ
per Id. The business for the week amouo,. :.
80 240 bales, of which 1890 were on snso" ' y
ton, aad 1850 for export. At the ls,s., :.
counts from Hayfe, the Cotton marke, e.b;baI
the symptoms Of an increased ACTIVITY. brr -
essential alteration in prices was quoted
fair amount of business was going forward
BREAD TUFTs. Philadelphia aud Wss,s,,
Canal Flour mas been selling al 2is. Sd hu -.
article has become dull again ami declined -
23s ed per Dbl. Wheat is dull. Indian 49,.
is in steady demand and brings beuer n,;c.s
While 3ls. a 3ls. 3D.; yellow 81 a S3s. Cs,n
meal l4s. a l4s 8.
Provisions improvement in beef Thu
imports are fully equal 10 the demand. and lie
stocks on hand are much larger In n u>nsl
Bacon is in good demani al 3ls g.! 10 40, I,,i
33s. 10 33s. 81. Average qualify lurpenrine :,
per cwl. Rice los. Cd. 10 lis. 81. Tners !.
less active demand tor Sugar, although ma ma
,eria alteration in prices.
From BGrings' Crcu'arl
| CoTTos MARKET.- Liverpool Ffitay eyeni,o
Apri 81 lo49 The result of The las, weeS's ~,
eraiioDs in Cotton is rather lower in prices H.
aoou' one-eishth Il penny per h., though ,his
/! applies more 10 The common qualify OF Amer.
can rather than 10 any other. A public sale n
Sea Island was made on Friday afternoon ami
II proved dull affair, exhibiting fully one.bsf
pence decline. Long Cotons OF all kind, are h,s.
W and dull and The common and ordinary Qua.
nlcs are almost unsaleable al The loves onoa.
TONS. AT The last accounts from Havre The CT.
ton market exhibited symptoms OF an increased
activity bul no essential allie aliols was ouoa.
bic ia prices
ToB4cco.-S Sales % Tobacco had no, eYcee.ed
lOO, hhis. al former prices
From The Manufacturing Districts The accounts
ar. less encouraging, though there has been no
diminu,iun 81 employment.
Irc sioppasc Of supplies OF Breadslutis from
n .lf h.4,,
ne feet upon The markets The actual al.
vance, however, during The week, owing q oner
adverse Influences has been but sghl. Bes
Western Caaal may be put down al rs. 81 per
bbi.
FRANCE The French Government has
come TO The important resolution ot an armed IT,
iefven'ion 10 renslate The Pope. A force aac.
quatr - The emergency has already started .Cr
CIvlta Vecchia
The Bank OF France will shortly resume sre.
Gle payments.
The article in Pronthon's ionrnal which I'D
% th- seizure, was one implying directly ha,
Louis Nap icon was under pecunary obligations
&c pursue his present course OF politics.
A ecsfaphic despatch has been recelv,d at
Frankfort stating hat the Prussian Ministry had
sept in their designations The Sublime Pore
has ssnilied noncompliance 10 loan par Of
III Egyptian feet
The Commissioners appointed TO rerort up'n
the expenses of the foreign Office in Paris, have
proposed 10 abolsh the title Of Ambassador,
and substitute. as in the United States, the title
of Minister Plenipotentiary, with reduced sala.
RES
Information has been received 10 Paris from
London, that arrangements have been made for
re urning tie visit Of the French National
Guards
CONTINENTAL WARS.-The warse
contest between the States of the Continent
continues with undated fury, and with most
disastrous results to all parties engaged IN
them.
The Danes arc enforcing strict blockade Q.
emigrant vessels Will not hereafter be allowed
10 pass unmoested.
Prince Cayigno has ordered levy en- maise
of al the inhabitants of Lombardy ami OF the
Venetian provinces Of from l8 10 40 years Of
age. Those who do not appear within FIVE days
will be considered ref,actories
The Nautical Magazine says that Germany is
occupied with gigantic project of a junction
of the Baltic with The North Sea- The medium
proposed is canal without locks.
Lieut. HEsRy CASPER, formerly OF the ORA
COON service, commied suicide al ST. Louis "a
the 24,h ult.
THE HOME MARKET Under his head
the National Inleligencer has an article which
states that, in one week, ending March 20, lSi9,
there were imported into Boston, from Southern
ports, As ,254 bales OF cotton, which, wishes 10
induce the belief, are all consumed in the neigh-
m ~, a z h,Ip
OF Cotton imported into Boston In one week
and this me Inieligencer would make US believe
is mol Cluch above The usual weekly importation.
Fotty-tve thousand bales a week would te
upwards Of TWO millions three hundred thousand
bales year; which is equivalent TO The crop in
common years Of the whole Sonh and Wesl.
'Ihii IS capital home-marke indeed But unfor-
innalely u Is ascertainet from official data that
only about 400 900 bales are consumed in The
United States, in one year. The port Of New
York receives as many bales o. cotton in year
as Boston does, and New York has no coi'on
manufactures Of consequence; she imports cot
Ion Tor The pu pose Of employing her ships in rc.
exporting il 10 Europe. We venture 10 say hat
one halt al the 45 600 received Al Boston in ore
week, as stated in The Inleiligencer, was also re-
exported 10 Europe. This home-markel IS one
Of the humbuss Of The ase.-E o. Courier.
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To tie Editors Of the Enquirer.
have been requested by the Committee on Agen
cirs 10 forward 10 you the scheme OF scholarships
gently adopted by Richmond College They have in
strclrd me also 10 offer the following indurrnent To
agrntswho may feel sufficiently Interested
10 procure subscriptions. viz:
"Any person obtaining ten scholarships and paying In
addition the SUM 81 i've dollars, shall be entitled 10
scholarship. Twenty scholarships secured, ana ihc
payment OF ten dollars will cntitle to Two scholar
ships
Permit mc 10 ask that you will as friend Of edrca
ton aad oi the College in particular make end.avos
To procure ten or twenty scholarships. II can OBJ
tain one thousand scholarships. the scheme wall II
once 20 into operation, and the College placed On
basis. What is done, should be done quick
ly. On behalf OF the Committee.
JAS. Is. ia LUR, chm.
SCHEME OF SCHOLARSHIPS FOR RICHMOND
COnLEGS, VIRGINIA.
The trustees of Richmond College have become sai.
fed that Is rIpedIrnt Ia alter their policy in securing
permanent funds. Without ample endo wment the CO..
rise 10 its appropriate position among SIS
Institutions the State II ia believed also TINT
will he difficult, ii not impossible within fe~ yeas,
10 az a graluy, sufficient sum TO place oni
firm basis. II is therefore deemed important greatly 70
reduce the price OF scholarships. Nor this 10 the NJ.
tory colleges an untrlrd rXpeTimrDt Bethany TOR