The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-05-25

| Stock on hand, 133 600 bales. The demand il
moderate and prices are unchanged. Ashes are dun
Coffee is steady. In drugs and dyes limited business
only Is doing. Oils are quiet and unchanged For
rice there is no demand Sugars have been heavy but
revived. In tallow and lard nothing doing, prices
| being beyond the views Of purchasers.
| STATE OF TRADE.
MANCHESTER A good business doing, at full prices
HAITAx.-The market without animation, and
merchants purchased sparingiy.
HuDDEHsFIuD were chiefly engaged i'm
filling orders.
Roc1IpAIE was rather quiet.
BRADFORD. The general tone Of the market firm
IK1cEnER.-An active demand was manifested for al
branches of hosiery except wooen socks for the hoe
market.
NorTNeHAM-Lace and hosiery were dull and maui
fscturers were hoping for winter orders from the United
States.
DETAILS OF THE ERANKLIN's NEWS.
The u 8. mail steamship Franklin Capt. J. A. wottom.
arrived at this port at O'Clock yesterday morning.
bringing the usual British and French mails.
She left Havre and Cowes roads at midnight the l1
inst and brings files Of London and Paris papers, -
gether with our private correspondence to that date
She arrived off Sandy Hook at p NJ the 23d, and
manned until 430 yesterday morning, waiting for pilot
She passed. May 20 at sos A. NJ lat 43 o. Ion. 48 30
Cunard steamer bound east.
The Franklin brings 800 tons French goods among
which sixteen for the New York Exhibitioa
she also brings 90 passengers
We indebted to Mr.. j. G. Kane the purser for late
papers.
The British and North American mail steamship
America, from Boston and Halifax, reached the hsrssy
on the morning Of the 9th inst.
The U. s. mail steamship Washington after passage
Of thirteen days and hours, touched off Cowes
Isle of Wight on the 7th her way to Bremen; aA
well.
The Arctic arrived in the Mersey at midnight Of the
10th inst. after rapid passage from this port
The authoress Of Uncle Toms Cabin was, the TIA
inst, welcomed Stafford House by the Duchess of
Sutherland where the midst Of assemblage Of the
rank and aristocracy, and siderable muster Of pu
lie men, she was presented with the long talked Of a.
dress of the of England. Mrs. Stowe this
peted and onised whole bevy Of duchssses
and countesses.
It was reported in London that letters had BEEN
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 ap
Piled the British Consul for aid to enable them to pro-
Nankin and que the rebellion and that the Con-
sui had referred the matter to the Colonial
The debates in the British Parliament of pari
cuar interest this sde The House of Com had
been occupied with the budget Of the Chancellor Of Ex
chequer, which was gradually passing through COM
mittee Of the whole house, the mriseriasts still
tanning the large majority which supported them in tho
trial of strength the subject of the income
The bill for the conversion of the English three psr
cent stocks having received theRoya books
opened at the Bank Of England the 10th inst for the
applications of those proprieors desrous Of converting
their stock into any of the three descriptions of
securities offered by the government. The Times states
that thus the principal applications had been ths
new 2H per cent stock.
death blow appears to have been struck at the in
of the conservative party in England by the dis
closures made before the Committee Dock Yard Ap
pontments in reference the acts of the admnis
traton during the period Lord Derby and Mr.. Dsrsel
held the eins of power. The evidence adduced before
this inqairy shows the frghfu state of immortality and
corruption which prevailed and the length to
which government influence brought to bear for
election purposes particularly with the great naval
stations of the kingdom The last accounts state that
the Duke of Northumberland the late First Lord Of the
Admiralty had been examined by the committee and his
testimony fully corroborated the facts of the corruption
practised.
Further particulars hadalso been brought to light By
the commencement of inquiry into the circumstances
of the Plymouth election and such the character Of
the facts brought to light the first day of the inquiry
that Mr.. Mare the tory member, resigned being unable
the odium and exposure of his corrupt pracoe
carried out under direct government patronage
The London Times of the 9th inst contains the account
of an official trial. at the roy at woolwich Of
new description Of rifle, invented by Mr. Boulton
| American gentleman.
The British Postmaster General it is announced is tax
Ing for establishing money order system for
the receipt payment and transmission, of moneys be-
tween Great Britain and its colonial dependencies This
project will great advantage the poorer classes oC
emigrants and settlers who will thus by cheap and In
expensive method be enabled to remit small sums Of
money to their relatives and friends in the mother
try
From Paris, it is stated, that the Duke de Nemours
was about to pay visit TO the Count de Chambord when
the sfuson" would be arranged. Some of the ardent
legtimsts to fancy restoration not far dis
! tant.
letter from st. Petersburg, Of April 25th, says
There is much talk in the best informed circles Of q
cret mission Of Russian envoy sent to China overland
and who it said had already arrived at Katha II
confidently reported that the object Of his mission
to offer the sovereign of the Celestial Empire the aid
Of Russia in queng the insurrectien in his domincns
The weather in England for several days prior to tina
departure of the Franklin had been very wet and
| sonable. Snow had fallen in many places.
The money market presented no change. Discounts
light 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 0th
| 1000 bales; sales on the 10th, 5000 bales.
At the Mark Lane Corn market there was only snail
show of English wheat, the extreme humidity Of the
weather having affected the sampes and decline Of ons
shilling per quarter took place. business being very nac
tive Arri va of foreign liberal but prices o.
floating cargoes pretty Hrm The operations In -four
were very limited with prices very hrm Indian oorn
| firm.
At Manchester stocks Of manufactured goods were low
and prices very firm Some OF the houses In that city
were having clipper ships built for their individual
trade to India China &C. At Birmingham, transactions
increased by the fan in the prices Of metals and bu
s;c In Qfat Of ipSxm
houses built for Australia, and also some iron
| churches and cavalry barracks.
The tendency to rise In the value Of wages contnue1
| and 5000 1000 houses for the working clavAc
were being built yearly Burmese in Nottingham had