The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-05-26

ARRIVAL or THE HUMBOLDT.

Ths Ameriean mail steamship Humboldt,
Caplalu Lines. arrived on the Gath at o'clock,
vilh two days. later intelligence from Europe,
having left Southampton on the 10th and Havrc
on The 9th instant
The Humboldt brings fair cargo Of CONT
nental merchandise, and good number OF pas
sengers. She left Hayre on the morning OF the
9th, anchored at Cowes during the night, and
sailed therefrom (sfter receiving the usual mails
and passengers from Southampton at p NJ.
Owing to the state of the tides on the French
COAT, the Humboldt was obliged to leave the
Havre docks three days earlier than the regular
date Of calling Her mails are therefore of no
interest to the mercantile community, Sunday
having interviewed between the departure of the
Africa from Liverpool and this steamer from
Southampton.
The United States mail steamship Hermann,
Captain Higgins, touched off Cowes on her way
to Bremen on the It'll inst. after passage Of IL
days Is hours, the quickest but one she has ever
performed.
The West India mail steamship Midway, ar
rived ut Southampton on the 8lh, with specie,
value 81 ,504. 977, on freight aud l59 passen-
gers.
The English news is Of no interest. Earl
Derby was entertained by the lord mayor on the
9Th, and made speech, which, like most minis
teria speeches, was non-committa
The accounts from Paris refer almost ex
clusiyely to the approaching grand fete of the
10Th When the Humboldt left, it was not
known how it had gone off, but it WAS fully an
ticpated that the proclamation OF the Empire
would not take place on that day An official
warning Ind been given by the government to
.e Pays, and this step had produced much sur
prise, as the Pays was considered warm sup.
porter of the administration. A similar warn
ing had been given to the public, and the eman
cipalion of Brussels had been stopped by the
post Office An attempt made by Barbes and a
fellow. prisoner to escape from the fortress OF
Belle Isle had been frustrated.
The Emperor and Empress Of Russia had mr.
rived ut Warsaw on the Cd inst, and on the 9th
the King and Queen of Prussia left Berlia TO
meet them at The frontier The emperor goes
to Vienna, thence to Prague, 10 visit the ex-
Emperor Of Austria, and afterwards come for a
few days to Berlin. Extraordinary preparations
were made on the road from st. Petersburgh to
Warsaw, for the journey Of the empress and her
suite When the emperor travels alone ne
generally docs SO in more simple manner
gentleman who came a little in advance of the
imperial train, describes the spectacle along the
whole line as extraordinary The road for 400
miles was repaired and swept by hand, every
stone being removed, and at every post station
l76 horses were kept ready harnessed, that not
an instant might be lost. In Berlin the ex-
pected arrival Of the emperor was announced
by the increased severity of the police inspec-
ton of travellers at the railway stations. For
two days pas. no person was allowed to get out
of the carriages till after his papers had been
rigidly examined all persons coming from
Poland were detained without exception, for
special examination.
The marriage of the emperor of Austria, with
the Princess Sidonia, of Saxony, is shortly to
take place.
The succession to the Danish throne was
finally regulated in London on the 9th instant
when treaty in which the young Duke OF
Glucksburk was formally recognized as heir
presumptive 10 the crown Of Denmark and ito
|,dependercies, was signed by the representatives
lof the great European powers who signed the
protocol of August the ID, 1850, on the same
subject, az well as by the Prussian minister, who
as not present at the signature of that pro-
toeol.
Count Annoni, colonel of hussars in the
Austrian regiment, Carignan, sent in his rcsig
nation to the War Office, at Vienna, in 1S48
and entered the Sandman service Marsha
Radezky refused to accept il, aud ordered The
enrolment of Count Annoni's name on the lis
of deserters, and at the same time sequestered
his goods. Within the last few days, the count
who, is still in Piedmont, has been tried in Milan
condemned to an Infamous death, and actually
hung in eligy.
MARKETS.
LvEgpooL CorroN MARKET, Saturday, May
s-The sales of cotton to-day amount to
10000 bales, of which 100 Egyptian and 800
American~are or speculation, and 1000 American
and 5000 Surat are for export. The market IL
steady. :,
LIVERPOOL Corn TRADE, Saturday, May 8
In the ioterval from Tuesday, the business IL
the grain trade has been slack, there being nc
dispositiop on the part of consumers to purchase
but prices generally have been weaker. Yester.
day. wheat was considered barely equal in price
to Tuesday last Spring corn more inquired
for. and full prices obtained Every other art
Gle maintained late rates, with but limited de
mand.