The daily republic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1853-1853, 1853-08-10
Foreign Items.

Foreign Items.
|. From our northern exchanges we clip the fol-
lowing items of news from various quarters of the
globe:
| The Baltic on her late trip had very heavy
cargo, and nearly second cargo had to be re
fused for want of room On the Goth the follow
ing notice was posted on the London Exchange:
"Cargo for the Baltic, for New York, will BIZ
received at the Huskisson dock tomorrow, al
eight o'clock. In consequence of the great pres
sure of goods, shippers will have to determine
their priority Of shipment of goods now in town,
and ready for shipment, by casting lots at Brown,
Shipley & Co. 3 Office this afternoon
In accordance with this invitation over seventy
merchants assembled and drew lots for precedence.
The export to America has seldom if ever been SO
active from Liverpool as it is at present. Our
correspondent visited the sheds of the Cunard
company at Coburg docks, and found there also
larger collection of goods than the steamships
could at all accommodate.
A grand review of the fleet at Spithead by the
Queen is spoken of, to take place the beginning OF
August. Twenty-seven ships of war, carrying
,423 guns, are to take part in the manGuyres.
OF these vessels fourteen have auxiliary steam,
and six are paddle-wheel steamers.
Queen Victoria has made the measles fashiona-
BILE. Since she was taken, two of her late guests,
the Crown Prince Of Hanover and the Duchess OF
SAKE Coburg Gotha, since their return home,
have been seized with the same malady. The
Duke of Brabant and the Count of Flanders have
also been taken more recently with it.
The Leeds Chamber of Commerce have peti-
toned against the provisions of the proposed ten
| hours labor bill. 80
The operative carpenters and ioners of Not
tingham have banded together to resist the intro
duction of morticing machines, and refuse to fix
any work prepared by steam power, with the ex-
ception of floor-boards. The employers are in
the meantime compelled to submit.
Miss Greenfield, the black swan, had matinee
musicale at Stafford House on the 23d, by permits
sion If the Duchess of Sutherland. The news
paper report says: ''The Duchess herself with
several other noble ladies, who have prominently
taken an interest in the slavery question, honored
the performance with their presence, and the
splendid saloon was filled with fashionable as
sembly. The assistance of Mr.. Simmes Reeves,
NJ. Jules Lefort, and other favorite performers,
gave variety to the concert" ,Ni#a#'
The strikes at Manchester nearly ad iusted
with all the operatives except the dyers, dressers,
and finishers, who demand an advance of fifteen
per cent, which the employers refuse to al
low. Over five thousand miners and golfers en-
ployed at the Dawlas (South Wales) iron works
have struck work. .a%
The Africa arrived out at an early hour on Sat
urday morning, Oath, making the run in 10 days
| IL hours and "a minutes from this port.
| The ship Ebenezer, at Liverpool 25th, brought
intelligence of the total destruction by fire of the
packet-ship l. z. on the It'll instant, in latitude
| AZ, longitude G.. The /. T., $50 tons burden
sailed from New York July 2, under the command
of Captain Spencer, for Liverpool, with cargo
chiefly consisting of turpentine, corn, and cot
tom She was owned by Messrs. Zeragu, of this
city The captain and all hands, twenty in num-
ber were rescued by the Ebenezer, and landed at
Liverpool AL -.... ag.s d. r.
From Burmah the intelligence is that no ad-
vance is to be made Ava unless troops or
civil servants molcsted; and our present posi-
ton there is to be maintained. Many officers
have died. .r.s.' W ga'
Trade in India is dull, owing to the season of
the year. ....... . .. -. .-......... ...... .
Exchange at Calcutta on London 2 Il,
The screw steamer Laurston, on her passage
from Shanghai to Hong Kong, struck Turn
about Island, and was totally lost. The crew
and passengers were all saved. ...s
The government has published decree, pro-
hibiting Austrian laborers going to Switzerland.
1t is thought that the differences between Austria
and Switzerland will find satisfactory settle
ment some persons even mention the conditions
of the proposed arrangement. They to the
following effect: Austria insists on the expulsion
Of the refugees, and demands pension for tho
twenty two Lombard Capuchins.
Adviccs from the Danubiun Principalites state
that the vanguard of the Russian army, under the
command of General Aurep, entered Bucharest
on the 18th ultimo, and that the commander-in-
chief was expected to reach that city on the 25th.
The headquarters of the Russian army are to be
established at Bucharest.
Two hundred and sxty-nine bags of native
wild cotton, from Paraguay, has been received at
the Office of the Manchester Commercial Associa-
ton. A Mr.. Drabble, of Manchester, is now in
South America making inquiry into the sources
of cotton supply. II is said that this cotton grows
plentifully, and is perennial in the interior of Pa
raguay, and that it easily be reached by river
communication. ,
The strikes at Stockton still unsettled; the
workmen offer to arbitrate their demands, but the
employers refuse to assent to this mode of settle
mont.
A committee in Capetown offers reward Of
fl 900 to any one who will find gold field in
tho western districts of South Africa. The reward
is not to be paid till $4,000 is extracted from the
discovery.
Frederick w. Clark is officially recognised
United States Consul at Sydney.
A petition is presented against the return of the
members for Liverpool, on tho score of bribery
and treating
In Dublin the committee appointed to devise a
suitable testimonial to Mr.. Dargan, have issued
their address to the public They very properly