The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-04-11

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IMPORTS AND EyroRTs-A NEW CUSTOM HOUSE
MINISTERIAL CoEIEsI oHpENcE WIZ FRANCE
SHIPPING, ETC.
We condense the following rem the IsVs q CaAaoi UP
10 the 18th OF March
cargo Of eight hundred tons Of ice haG tesr imported
70 Tacna from Baltimore It acceptable 70 the
northern residents Hereafter there VIII ne constant
supply OF this very necessary article and The pT,, being
regulated py government i viii never exceed meoio per
pound. ,-.-.
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The export Of saitpetre for the month Of January was
To England, o. 439 Hamburg, A. $50 Spain, Il, lSe
quintas From the high price OF this article in England
the export expected TO very much this year
From Paita, March 3D. We learn that the house Of
Rudsn Co. had contracted 70 build new custom house
Of iron
Constructed and that is OF the best works OF the
hind the coast, and Likely to reneft the port very
Materially.
new locomotive, recently arrived ,or the Lima road
lad been placed upon the track and s said to be beau
The run san now be made from canso 70 Lima at the
rate Of mile to the minute with al ease ss on trid
trip the morning Of March the 12th the whole distance
performed 1T the rate of mile In forty seconds.
Ex-Governor Calebo, Of the Lobos Islands board
1t The time and expressed himss in the highest degree
Pleased with the performance Of the engine.
long correspondence between the Foreign Secretary
u Ecuador, and " Drovyn de iHuye the French Minis
ter relative to hate differences given IN the Concrete
The Peruvian gate Amazonia and the French brig Of
LObEgsdo, At the Island Of san Lorenzo March
nth, going through a of grea. gun exercises
Business then pretty brisk among the shipping and
those connected herewith but otherwise only
trade was beng done.
About ffty-dve vessels at the chinch Islands,
March IL taking in guano The average passage Of
els from Calao TO the islands and back i about
fsrsy Eve days. instead Of stvensyfys and eighty,
formerly, because they proceed direct TO the
Chnehis without being obliged 20 touch a. Pisco, as
heretofore.
VALPARAISO, Feb. 8-Since the departure Of the last
mail good deal more activity has been shown n our
market for imports.
Sales have been extensive hut not as n former years
NJ this period in large quantities, spt more distributed
IN retail trade OF single packages.
st the conceive amount Of business has Deen ccnsi
SCRABBLE but hardly for the given, TO be satsfac
Tory and y shows that dealers supplying themselves
ron hano 70 mouth only. Stocks are extremely heavy
r many descriptions Of goods indeea there are only
rev articles rhh are not held il abundance and prices
continue low and snreinuneratve
OF English manufactured goods thrtys,y ineh white
shirtngs scarce and twenty six inch English dones-
tics in demand. Prints q good qualities and SUI table
ASSIGNMENTS selling al % 70 23rls, bond.
Other cotton articles lees nee,ac el but
voollen winter goods arc in demand, cod Ifucpt
buy expecting importatio1s. Good qualities
Of worsted shawls arc fair maud aud frst arrivals
Win End ready sale. American white demes-ies-not
yard In the market little business has been cone n
American goods. The vessels arrived since last
port have the Mary Gillespie from Liverpool gore
GU with coal and bricks n Tctorahlo the tfoTnlne
Beauty from iorJor, VT Goals AM government s'c.es