The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-05-24
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP FRANKLIN.
FOUR DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
THE LEADING POLITICAL AND OTHER NEWS
Firmness in Cotton at Liverpool,
&C., &C., DO.


The o. s. mail steamship Franklin, Capt j. A. wotors,
arrived at this port at O'Clock this morning. bring
ing the usual British and French malsl
She left Havre and Cowes roads the 18th inst and
brings files Of London and Paris papers, together will,
our private correspondence TO the 18th lust four d.v
later than previously received via Liverpool
The British and North American mail staar,s.h;,>
America from Boston and Halifax, reached the Msr~s
| on the morning of the 9th inst. -
The U. S. mail steamship Washington, after passages
Of thirteen days and seven hours touched off Cowes
Isle Of Wight on the 7th her way to Bremen; all
| well.
The Artc arrived in the Mersey at midnight of the
| 10th inst, after rapid passage from this port.
The authoress of Uncle Toms Cabin was, the It'll
inst, welcomed to Stafford House by the Duchess Of
Sutherland where in the midst Of assembge Of the
rank and aristocracy and siderable muster Of pub.
lie men, she presented with the long talked Of adj
dress of the women of England Mrs. Stowe was on this
occasion peted and onzed whole bevy of duchesses
and eountesses.
From Paris it is stated that the Duke de Nemours wac
about to pay visit to the Count de Chambord when the
usion" would be arranged Some of tlee ardent legti.
mass seemed to fancy toraon was not far Distant
1t reported in London that letters had been re-
ceived from shanghae to the Sd March, Of five DAYS,
later date than received by the overland mail containing
announcement that the British residents had pro.
visioned their ships, and prepared to embark in
Of emergency that the Chinese authorities had an
piled to the British Consul for aid to enable them to pro-
tect Nankn and to que the rebellion and that the Con.
sui had referred the matter to the Colonial
letter from st. Petersburg of April 25th, says
There is much talk in the best informed circles Of se-
cret mission Of Russian Envoy to China overland
and who is said had already arrived at Katha 1t WAS
confidently reported that the object Of his mission was
N 10 %Jo
of Russia in quelng the instruction in his dominons
The weather in England for several days prior to the
departure of the Franklin had been very wet and
sonabe. Snow had fallen in many places.
The money market presented no change. Discounts
tight at three per cent. The bullion in the Bank Of
England had fallen to lower point than for MONTHS
Stocks shares, bonds and mines dull
Liverpool cotton market very firm. Sales on the 9th.
1000 bales; sales on the 10TH 5000 bales
AT the Mark Lane Corn market there was only small
show of English wheat the extreme humidity of the
weather having affected the samples and decline Of one
shilling per quarter took place. business being very nac-
tive Arrivals of foreign LIBERAL prices Of
floating cargoes pretty firm The operations in aour
very limited with prices very firm. Indian corn
firm.
At Manchester stocks Of manufactured goods were low
and prices very firm. Some of the houses in that city
having clipper ships built for their individual
trade to India China, &c At Birmingham transactions
had increased by the fall in the prices Of metals and bu
sinees in healthy state. Many hundreds of iron
houses built for Australia, and also some iron
churches and cavalry barracks.
The tendency to rise in the value Of wages continued
and 5000 1000 houses for the working classes
were being built yearly Business in Nottingham had
been checked by the nclemency Of the weather In the
wooen districts there uninterrupted activity the
Irish linen market small and good business.
The departures from London for the Australian ports
showed increase, but there rise in freghts.
PASSENGERS ARRIRED
In the steamship Franklin from Havre-Xrs Holander
two children and servant Mrs Schwartz Remington lady
and two children, Krol pffee Lemiroia L RonaIds,
bearer of and servant Miss Evens
Rschter Chase, Mastsrson, Bates, 2 Roberts,
w Burba II Geit, DR. w Commerce, Miss Mentally.
Miss Hatton, Madame louvre; Hoyey, Bresthaupt
and daughter, II Borel, TORI, Durand and lady,
New York; Austin lady and three children Hepkens-
dale Richie Mrs Tempeton Coolidge Boston, Prof Ris-
ley Mr. Sauvan Philadelphia Alwany, Lebeau, Boun-
Johannes Pongan, Orleans; Madame Caullo, five