The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-06-03
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STATE OF THE MARKETS.
Another Splendid Passage by the
Pacific.
The Passages of the Steamships
Humboldt and Asia,
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The United States mail steamship Washington.
Captain c. w. Floyd, arrived yesterday afternoon.
with accounts from London to the 2Ist ult, to-
gether with our usual files Of papers and Europea ,
correspondence.
The Washington sailed from Bremen on the 10th.
and arrived at Southampton on the 18th May,
finally departing from that port the 2lst. Hsr
voyage has occupied eleven days and twenty-five
hours-the shortest ever made by this steamer
She brings about l70 passengers also $50 ton,
offreight from Bremen, and about 10 tons frora
France.
| The American mail steamship Humboldt, Cap
tain Lines, which sailed hence on the 9th of MAY,
reached Cowes roads at noon, the 18th ult., and
proceeded to Havre, after landing the English
mails and passengers.
The Cunard steamship Asia which left one dav
after the Humboldt, arrived at Liverpool thirteen
| hours before her, viz, at III =. NJ. on the 18th,
thus beating the Humboldt about thirty-seven hours
! on the voyage. 1t must, however, be observed.
| that the distance to Cowes is about seventy
miles in excess of that to Liverpool. The Hum
boldt was passed by the Asia on the 18th May, at
SP NJ; the latter was then going at speed nearly
ify per cent greater than that of tho former, in
consequence of the Humboldt's journals having
become heated, and the engineer being thereby
forced to proceed slowly. The Humboldt having
made her first trip in IL days and 20 hours, mean
time, is considered to have done exceedingly well,
as sns was not pressed by Captain Lines and had
to stop on three different occasions during the
passage in order to rectify incidental occurrences
common to the first working of all new marine
steam machinery.
The American steamship Pacific Captain Nye,
arrived at Liverpool on the 10Th May, in nine dvs
nineteen hours and ,centy.fee minutes, or ten days,
wahoa dailsdoas the dBerenc. IN tin1-the quickest
passage err mas,. The London Times Of the 2lst,
says
The Pacific sailed from New York precisely at fve
minutes past twelve oceck, the 10th inst was an
nounced OF Holyhead rt eight O'Clock this morning.
MAY 20 and saluted the Rock Lighthouse Is minutes
past o'clock precisely, thus completing the in the
remarkably brief space Of nine days nineteen hours and
twenty five minutes, time. Contrasting the Paci-
nee run with thst Of the royal mail steamship Asia
thc fast ever previously mad.) there a d6enoe IL.
tar@ Of the Poetic Ioyhead Of hours the 1sia loring
been announced ~ iioiyh;dd al ro O'Clock in The afonssr
The Jurors respecting the Great Exhibition stlll
continued and the attendance of the public was -
great as ever. The receipts including the sale OF
season tickets, averaged SIS, 900 day. The scheme
for turning the exhibition to educational purposes
Progressed very fayorably, and the University s<
Oxford had lent it, support to the movement. The
Commissioners Of Police had issued a notice FOG
regulating the cab fares, which gave great satsfae-
ton and viii prey. nt extorton.
The Quecn gave grand state ball at Buckins-
ham Palace, on .he 18th altimo. Many American
officers were preseat.
favorable change occurred in the Liverpool
cotton market on the 10Th ultimo, there being q
considerable demand, with sales Of 1000 bales,
1900 ofwhich were for expectation The accounts q
the state Of trade from the provinces are more favor
ahl Init h,,e;p hal haa A.
the crisis in the Liverpool cotton market.
The various continental exchanges were erm
upon London, with prospect Of an advance.
AT the corn market, at Mark lane, the upward
tendency Of prices continued, the advance on Eng
lish grain being cd to Is, per quarter Flour hela
firmly. Floating cargoes of wheat inquired for. In
consequence of tho frmness Of the Irish markets.
English funds firm but unchanged In price Rail.
way shares weak. Foreign funds unaltered.
From Paris informed that the determined
resolution Of the egitimists to oppose Louis Napo-
leon, had excited much attention. The Consts.w-
t,0nnd replies in laundering article. that there
viii be an irresistible manifestation from the whsle
country, in the shape Of petitions, demanding tho
proongation o. the Presidents powers. The week
ly commercial report from The French capital l.
mere favorable,
Letters from Constantinople announce the osa.
olusion OF the amnesty question. kossuth aud avs
others were to be excludodfro H. operation
The overland Indian mail reached London on the
18th May. with dates from China 10 the 10Th
March. Bombay to the 18th April and Calcutta
April 5. India generally was tranquil. The
import and export markets were very brisk,
With large transactions. Accounts from Ma
nilla state that the 2sth January last
an attack had been made by the Governor General
on the forts nj Socloo, which resulted in their cap
ture. together with hundred and forty pieces o<
artillery, and other munitions of war Two Ame-
rican gentlemen had been attacked and robbed near
Canton. The insuuectonsry movements still css-
tinued in the Chincsc empire.
Accounts from Brussels state that the Belgian
Ministry, having been defeated on the financial
measures brought before the Chambers had pre-
scntcd their designations 70 the King the 18th ult
From Madrid We learn that the result Of tho cleo-
tions would secure 60 the cabinet q strong and ccm-
pact majority. The yrogcssisia opposition will not
number more THAI forty members, while tho mode
raio' would not exceed twenty. The alliance Of
these two fractions sf the Chamber was not, thsre
| fore, dreaded by the ministry
! A royal amnesty was published on the lith ult
at Flensburg, dated Copenhagen, the 10th May. IL
extends to all persons engaged in the revolt Of tho
nuches, except ~ persons specially named.
| a frightful accident had occurred in London. By
the falling Of building in Graccchurch street, i'm
| process Of construction. Several persons were
| killed, and many dangerously wounded The same
day calamtcus fire took place near Lower
Thames street, and several persons lost their lives
American Six per cents were quoted in Hamburg
on the 18th ult. at lo' 1851; Maryland five rer
cents, -5l.
The week.: epotts from the Amsterdam and Rot
tcrdam pcducc markets state that little alteration
had V.Currcd In business Coffee remained quiet.
Hngd,at Ia only 20 lmitcd extent Sugarvss
not n demand, hut tobacco anl indigo we're arinly
! ..ntrln..-l a. -, I.nln trna rnnrrallY In.