Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-02-01
By the National Line.
PIED FOR rnEnAlLY lNrELLlcEScE'
FOREIGN NEWS.
ARRIVAL OF THE AFRICA.
NEW YoRK, Jan. 81.

| NEW YoRK. J an. 81.
The Africa sailed from Liverpool on Sunday the
10th, and arrived last evening, with CT passengers
The French Government tobacco contract is al
Tor Virginia Sc francs 97centmeS per hundred kilo
gramnes, Kentucky III Sic, Maryland s5f SIC.
Minister Rlves has presented his credentials to
| Napoleon
The reportssay territorial misunderstanding be.
tween France and Austria is likely to take place
| The French funds are in very unsettled state.
The India mail is telegraphed. Pegu taken an
annexed 10 Cape f..
| The Daily News announces that Kossuth is COM
ing soon to America to stir up the Democrats.
London markets dull generally. Coffee fiat;
Sugar Cd lower Breadstuffs dull. Metals are
looking up. Money is in great demand, and the
rates OF discount are advancing. The bullion IN
the Bank has declined equal TO a sum of eco, 500
In American stocks there is no change, the de
mand Tor investment having been moderate the
| past month.
Consuls 99iat for money and on account
Freights 10 New York 17s6d on fine goods.
LivERrooL.-Cotton for the past few days in bet
ter demand, and has sprung up. particularly the
better be qualities of American. Sales of the week
port. On Saturday 5000 bales were sold, and mar
ket closed steady Fair Orleans cd, ;niddling sad.
Fair Mobile std, middling 5td Fair Upland std,
middling 81.
Observation-Disclosures quiet and prices unnGu-
enced. Beef in demand and holders ask higher.
No sales of pork Lard nominally sd, retail and
little doing Wheat in fair demand at full rates OF
last week In Flour the extreme figures of last
week obtained. Corn held firm, demand for
floating cargoes
E. Workman Of Amsterdam failed for $50 900
in consequence of the Triest forgeries.
The ship Provncialist, from Philadelphia 10
Liverpool, was lost at sea. The crew were saved.
The Liverpool and P Philadelphia steamship COM
pany have contracted for a new screw steamer Of
1900 TONS
The French government has contracted for So
screw steamers OF 1000 tons TO ply between Cher
bourg and ports in America.
The first Imperial Ball proved grand affair, and
over 2UOu persons were present.
The public service budgets for 1854 are pre-
pared.
The funds were buoyant on Friday; SIS closing
at los francs 25 confines, SIS S0f zoe.
The Portuguese treaty is unfavorable to English
interests.
Some sharp criticisms appear in the London pa
pers, on MIR. lngerSolPs Speech, and is charged
in some quarters with landing incense 10 British in
situations.
The Africa brings large amount of Coleman
and Stoltielter's bills.
Tallow dull. and Is decline. Irish butter raised
too high for shipment Tobacco unchanged in
prices A moderate demand for sugar; coffee uu-
changed.
Mr.. Henry quotes Irish bacon at Is dearer, with
advancing tendency Beef, good inquiry
Irish butter, advancing Breadstuffs improving
wing. with speculative feeling. Wheat Id dear
er. Flour Sd to Cd advance. Corn quiet.
Dennestown quotes breadstuffs firmer. Wheat
Id to ID dearer. Flour and corn, no Quotable
change, but frmer. Weather continues wet.
Baltimore and Philadelphia flour, 21s Sd TO 2SS
Sd. White wheat rs sd TO IS; red mixed, rs 10 rs
Id. Metals llysustained, except Scotch pig has
declined TO IS lower.