The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-05-20
New YORK Nav lG.

The steamship Asia arrived in the lower
bay last evening, but run ashore, and did
not come up till this morning.
| News unmportant, but the official report
OF the peace conference has come to hand
The report is but little more than repro
ductlon Of the treaty itself. The most in
| teresting feature of the business took place
alter the treaty was signed Count Walew-
SKI invited the assembled plenipotentiaries to
IN interchange Of sentiments, and himself
went over the ground, referring to the dis
| turbed condition Of Greece and Italy, and
recommending that suggestions to rule more
mildly should be conveyed to the Italian
| Government. In this recommendation, the
| plenipotentarieS more or less heartily con-
Cured.
| Count Cayour, on behalf of Sardinia. de-
manded that secular government be estab-
lishcd by the Roman legations, and that the
Austrian troops be withdrawn. This led to
some sharp words between the Austrian and
Sandman representatives, but ended in moth
| ing. Count WalewSki threw out a cunning
| bait, TO entrap the Congress into the measure
Of repression against the Belgian press, but
Lord Clarendon refusing, in bold terms, to
lend the inluense Of England to any means
70 check the freedom Of opinion, Walewski
/ oACh0A 90t VI tht pIOpoSNi.
ENGLAND.
| In the British Parliament, the adjourned
debate on Mr.. Whiteside's vote Of censure
| on the Government for the fail of Kars, had
been pressed for division, when the motion
was lost by majority against it Of l..
ITALY.
| letter from Rome, April 18th. saws
The high ecclesiastical circles arc panic
ts.k Of +t,, r 4.
/ ian reform. and irritated by the strong lam
guage used, respecting the NAL -administra-
ton Of the pope's Government. The sud
den departure for Paris of Monsignon Var
! dundea, Secretary Of State for foreign af-
fairs, is attributed 10 the excitement of the
Court at the bare mention Of question Of
such vital Importance as limit to the pope's
temporal sovereignty, and the desire to have
q negotlutor on the spot to counteract the
suggestions OF the Plenipotentiaries.
DENaAgK.
4 letter from Berlin in the Court Gazette,
Of Vienna, says the proposal made BY Eng
land TO capitalize the Sound Dues BY extin-
gushing the capitals of gradual payments,
will not be accepted by Denmark, who has
addressed a circular to that effect TO her
| agents AZ the foreign courts interested in tho
| question The negotiations which had com
menoed last March will probably be resumed
TURKEY AND TIT UNITED STATES.
| y treaty between England, France and
! Austria, guaranteeing the independence of
+ the Turkish Empire, was presented in Parlia-
lnent yesterday. Clarcndon's dispatches in
answer to Mr. Marcy's OF the 2Sth Of Sep
TENDER, was laid before Parliament last eve
ming The London News, in its comments
refers TO the demand for Mr.. Champions re-
call, as an invitation for the English Cabinet
to discharge itself for the amusement and
qualification Of the government at Washing
ton.
Markets
Cotton-The demand, SAYS the Brokers'
circular, has been on n smaller scale than Of
late, and as the market has been freely sup
! piled, the American descriptions have given
way one sixteenth to one eighth Of a penny
/ per h.
| Breadstuffs-A good enquiry has existed
/ for all descriptions of wheat during the week,
and an advance Of = pence per 20 lbs has
] been realized.
! Flour has had d good sale. Indian corn
has been less active. Our report quotes red
wheat at 9s I'd to los: white do 9s I'd to los;
western canal -four 30s TO 34s; Ohio 34s Cd
to Sos. White corn % to 30s.
| Proyision5-Pork, limited business and
easier; American wanted. Bacon contin-
ues in good demand, lard do.
The stock IF bullion in the Bank Of Eng
land has again largely decreased. Nothing
Of much Importance in American stocks.
There is steady demand for Government
and State stocks and some inquiry for the
leading bonds Of which l. c. continues most
III favor,
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