The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-01-20
Increase Of year 1850 over l849
~ 81 Y laSn g .exn
ARRIVAL or THE FRAMxx3iE Z
DAYS LATER FROM. R1f1

The United States mail steamer Ffant3hs ~.
tain Wotton. arrived hast evening ffom q va
Southampton. She len the former fbs3s BJlS2
evening Of the lat Of January, and ths y a
the afternoon of the 81. She brings &6yetv
large frsight. s%s;A 60
The steamer Atlantic len Liverpool u ,t.r
regular day, December %. and has probaS ivsppt
back or into the Western Island FOR saps;ly Of
coal. ~ ~
/ The steamer Arctic, from New York, arrived
at Liverpool on the lst Of January.
The steamer Asia, from New York. arrived At
Liverpool on the 2s'h Of December. in 10 days
and hours; said to he the quickest Trim ever
made, She left this port on the 18th of Decs nhtr
at noon, but on steamng OUT of her dock dam.
aged several of her floats, which, her captain re-
ports, detained her about an hour. She arrived
IN the Mers y at half past 9 CLOCK, ON the even
ing Of the 28th Of December
The Tesiot. a steamship Of 300 ons burthen
and 5OO horse power, was to leave SOUTHAMPTON
on the 9sh instant, as the pioneer Of the new line
TO the Brazis and Rio de la Plata
Mr.. Thompson comes in the Franklin as the
bearer Of the memorial to the President from Il
Corporation OF Southampton, requesting that that
port may be the destination Of the United Stares
ship carrying articles for the World's Fair.
The glass palace in Hyde Park, though not
quite completed, was formerly surrendered 70 The
Royal commissioners on the LIST Of January.
The directors of the Bank Of England. on IN
3lst Of December gave notice that the minimum
rate OF interest till further notice, would be three
per cent. being an advance OF halfper cent. The
since the 22d Of November, 1919. nrevioss to
which it had for about year stood at three Der
cent. fasat 49,,
The reason given for the advance in the r.te..
in all the journals before ", IL the reduction Of
stock bullion in the bank. The Times does not
CONSIDER this reduction a. material in smoans.
and only important from the fact that under ordi-
nary circumstances there should be an ipcreoee
instead Of diminusion in the stock Of spsoio.
On the other hand, the Morning Post says thaa
within four or hve weeks, or according 70 some
authorities, much shorter period, the bank had
reduced their stock about two miIlions.
The Times thus accounts for the reduction,
y has been accustomed by the transmission Of
gold to Paris. consequent upon the question besna
raised Of the desirabIeness or abolishne that nets
rs legal lender in France. The French merchants
and others having payments to receive In England,
have called ia the amount while Il il in their po
er to get II coined, and the English hoases vhh
payments to make in France having been eounllv
Eager to ship gold 10 avert the possibility Of being
required TO pay in silver At . premium, which
would lie the case if the TALKED should
be decided upon
The Times, therefore, concludes that The dr.;n
viii only be temporary, for two reasons
First, because it can only extend to the trade
balances between the two countries.
SECOND, that decision must speedily be made
OF the question at issue. It will be probably
against any charge in the matter If 90, the gold
having been absorbed by forced movement. will
naturally How back in its accustomed chanpej. On
the contrary, IL gold should be put out of the cur
rency, then further shipments from Great Brilisn
would be of no use. -7T
The European files contain more interesting In
tellIgence than usual, not Of great movements
or important political action, but ofa general char
acter. The correspondence between Lord Pal
merston and the Austrian charge des affairs, on
the treatment which Haynau received in England.
given below, will be read with attention. No one
can doubt that had thu British Government felt the
,ciH 70 avenge Haynau Of his adversaries, il wou,a
have found the way. Had the disturbance arisen
out ofa Charist movement, the pasticipetoru in il
would have been promptly breueht 10 account.
The closing threat the part Of Auntsia = IN vor-
thy Of a civilized nation. 977r,
The affairs Of the London industrial Exhib;-
ton are prosperous. We mentioned on former
occasion that some Of the RAtAhs in the East In
dies designed to send costly ahawls and other ex-
pensive articles. These include pearl robe. val-
ued II 900, and gold wowpted eddie ~ with
precious stones, valued At <6,0OO
The English papers are earnestly advocating the
repeal Of the paper tax. A public meeting 10
further this object was to be held in London on
the evening OF the % inst The London Tiuves
20 Sss Wy P"Pe' uuty IN the caee o. such publ
cations n Household Words, or Chamber ! Jours
nal, 10 more than 20 per cent. ~
speaking Of the American census, the Timee
says that from what has alrendy Appeared. the
returns will "exhibt an instsnce Of material ana
industrial deveIopement unparalleled 10 the annals
OF nat'ons;' and concludes an article on the sub-
ject by The direct assertion that ten yeers hence
the population Of America will exceed that Of tbs
British isles. = - N -
The papers do not exhibit any abatement ~
the papal controversy, and iss collatpr.l o.ssso..
The Bishop Of London has given 4 repiv frmlv
N the negative to deputation from The Revd.
Mr.. bennets congregation, asking him not In -
esivs that gendsmaas resignation. ~