The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-01-17

to the choice Of that port 1t was finally arranged By
the Dock and Railw.y Companies ct southsm ptsn,
that no charge whatever should be made for the
ton and conveyance Of any Of the goods sent sm the
United States by the American ship or ships or war
intended fer the exhibition The Southampton people
were, therefore, anticipating favorable reply to their
application, and had expressed themselves
to prepare suoh demonstration the arrival of the
vesseto shew their Of the honor conferred upon
their portss will doubtless bs most agreeable and
gratifying to the and people OF the United
States.
The glass palace in Hyde Park, though not quite
completed, was formally surrendered to the Roya,
Commissioners the LIST January Tens Of thousands
ofkpeope aocked to it, and pronounced 1t to be the
most wonderful structure ever beheld.
We elearn from Liverpool that the cotton market was
dull but frm with limited sales. Annexed is the re-
port, under date the 3lst Dec.:-
The following 10 account Of the stocks of Gotten
held in Liverpool declared by the mttee OF bro
es sls bales Egyptian, s2isa bales West Indian sos
bales surats, 9 bales. Total ASA s79 bales-show
previously published
The London money market was unchanged, except.
ing that little frmness was apparent when the
packet sailed arising from the upward tendency Of
the exchanges, rendering export Of bullion more
unlikely to any serious extent.
The Times stateslthat the steamship Great Britain
which has been purchased by Mr.. Patterson Of Bris.
tol, is for Messrs Gibbs, Bright Co., Of Bristol and
Liverpool. 1t is intended that the large engines now
on board shall be removed and ones adopted and
1t Is not improbable that this lsviathan will convey
passengers between Liverpool and New York during
the Worlds Fair.
The London Times, of the 3oth Of December contains
an important article from its Southampton CORES.
pondent, exhibiting the total imports and exports Of
specie at Southampton for the year 1850 In the pre-
sent position Of the money market these returns are
OF considerable Importance, as Southampton is the
port Of arrival for the great bulk precious metals
produced by the Western world During the six
months ending 30th Of December the West India
steamers delivered at Southampton specie and bullion
value $12 982 27S- Of this $29l1705 toas in gold
dust from California, and ,s67 from the Pacific
ports south Of Panama. The total receipts for tn, year
from all parts of the world including CALIFORNIA; the
Pacific, the West Indies, India, China, Turkey. the
Mediterranean. Spain and Portugal were $2s 702 09s
and the receipts for 1s49 S33943275, showing
falling of, in 1850, Of less amount than S52a1
IT. The total amount Of California gold received at South
ampton, during The yea 1850, S5,411 7o5 besides the
amount in the hands efpassagers. While the receipts Of
gold and silver had largely declined the exports
the precious metals had undergone very considerable
augmentation, the total emission from Southamp-
ton in 1885, being 1856 o0o Of which nearly SIS Ooo
600 we're shipped for India principally in silver The
effect Of this article upon the Lendon Stock ExchsnSe
was to produce hesvinees Of all kinds Of funded So.
cures and railway shares proved the balance of
trade to have set In against England in various coun-
tries from which during the year 1s4o large supplies
Of bullion received and to which the contra.
ry, shipments of specie are now going forward.
The Ocean-Whose is Its
The following challenge to American shpbuilders
appears In the Lon don Times, Of Dec 81 It has been
brought out by the notice taken of the voyages OF the
American ship Oriental from China to London
TO THE THE TIMES.
6ir-A letter from Messrs Phillips Shaw and Low
ther appeared In Fridays Times in which these gen.
American ship Oriental lately occupying SO much at
tention They Also state their increduity thst any
British merchant ship could be constructed to com.
pete In power and speed with the above.
Fair play has ever been popular motto OF this
Try and II these gentlemen or any Of our spirited
are inclined to offer the Inducements granted to the
American builder OF the Oriental, viz, carte blanche
as to dimensions conttruction and material with no
restrictions as to Lloyd's rules and surveyors the wr
ter OF this Is prepared to constructs British merchant
and home in all weathers, and on every tack
The screw propeller has recently been thought the
only means Of producing that speed so much wished
70 be feared the propelling power of the wind has
not yet had fair trial with models suited for obtain
try have not yet been generally adopted owing to cir
cumstances which shipowners best able to
plain
Enclosed Is my address, and accept my apology for
occupying so much space.
Your obedient servant A sHIPBUILDER
The Dresden Conferences
With reference to the Dresden Csnferences learn
that the Congress In its sttings had been merely
cupied with preliminary proceeding and the verin.
cation Of credentials Prince schwarzenberg accom-
panied by Baron Manteuael, left Dresden for Berlin
on the 2sth, and both statesmen would return the
30th, when the real business to commence. The
greatest cordiaty was said to exist amongst the
presentaves Of the various powers The address with
which Prince schwarrsnberg opened the sttings has
been published The first part Of IL is recogni-
ton OF the advantages Germany had derived from
constitution Of the old Bund the chief Of which
bases which The Bund rested we're not only
sound and true, but that they we're the only ones
nifty Of Stats Ike Germany All attem pts TO construct
another system, entirely basis had failed;
at the ssms time he recognized the defects Of the old
constitution one Of the chief Of which the weak
ness Of the executive; the great necessity TO
.tIsns.hsn II BY regulations that would enable It for
the lttre 10 uphold the onafchc principle and 10 op-
poset dam 10 he torrent ef reroiution."
Hessc Cassei.
We have accounts from Cassel to the 2sth December
The Elector returned to his capital on the 27th
The troops which preceded him entered Cssssl the
2eth and were received at the Frankfort gate by the
military bands Of the Prussisn and federal troops
quartered in the capital They followed BY the
commanderin In chief and stan, and when these had
passed the Auttran music bands took their places In
the procession and marched in with IT, large crowd
had asembled to witness the entry Of the IIessisn
troops The populace moody and silent while the
electoral husssrs passed them but when the artillery
psssed by they greeted with enthuss stc cheers
and accompanied to the Frsdrichs Plata, where the
troops formed square previous TO their being
to thar respective barracks The return the eecior
which took place the follow day, was atte nded
with all the pomp, pride, and circumstances OF mill
tary ceremonies but the transaction pervaded by
an irdescribable air Of gloom and discomfort The
populace was silent and Indifferent the troops ap-
pearsd discontented and moody. The Elector arrived
a. A. M. BY a special train from Frankfort, and
having entered carriage, drove into the town The
silence which prevailed was most profound Not q
shout was mixed with the peal Of the which
preceded him His equiPsge was guarded by tive