Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-03-22
LATEST NEWS.
FURTHER BY rHs PERSIA.

SANDY llooK,March 2o.-rhe steamship Per.
sa has nrrsed 81 this point with Liverpool dues
t. the 9Th nl-imi
The Prrsta brings 100 passengers. The ship
Jtmes Baine- had arrived at Liverpool from
Melbourne with upward of 10000 ounces OF
gold.
ENGLAND.
The Covent Garden Theatre was burnt on the
morning of the 9TH. Just al the clusa of the Bal
Mosque under the management of Professor An
derson,the Wizard of the North. Nearly all the
party had left and but few persons were slightly
injured Tie destruction of the building aud
properties was complete.
The mo.t painful anxiety prevailed at Liver
pool MS To the fate of the >teamer Pacific.
FRANCE.
The Pope has c"n-ente! t, be god father To the
imperial int;lat The uccouehmenl of the En-
pres Is looked for almost Immediately.
TURKEY
The Turkish Government authorizes the ex.
portation of corn to all points in the Mediterra-
mean.
The Government has issued 1904 900, 900 pas.
tiers III paper money.
GREECE.
Dates from Athens to the 9th announces the
formation Of II new ministry.
THE LATEST.
HAMBURG. March G,h-Admral Watson has
sailed frola kiel. lie has ordered the British
fleet to assemble off Moar Island, to announce
the renewal of the blockade of of the Russian
ports.
LONDON, Friday Evcning.-The funds were
heavy to day, owing to the continued pressure Of
the money market.
Advance on Government securities were in ae
tive demand throughout the day at 6per cent,
the settlement day and the transaction in the new
loan having increased the wants of dealers, Con
tincntal advees denote the favorable appearance
ofcNchange at all points.
MARKETS.
C0rroN.-The market is dropping. Sales Of
GiO00 bales, including $500 balessto specula-
tors and $500 bales for export. The market Is
wholly unchanged. Stock in port, 3l 900 halrs
including 257 900 bales American, Orleans Mid.
] ding g. Fair 60; Upland Mddling 81; Upland
! Middling ID; Upland Fair 81
The Manchester market was firm.
Enthusiastically Brokers' Circular quotes:
Brea1siufs have considerably declined Flour
has declined ;}s., Wheat Cd. and Corn Is 9th
er Circulars mention that on Friday the market
for Flour, Wheat and Corn opened heavy but
| improved at the close. The quotations are: Wes.
tern Canal Flour BIS. IL 32s, Philadelphia aid
Baltimore 3ia;}5s.; Ohio }6s., Wheat, red 9s Cd.
| o. Cd: white los. Gd.alls.
The latest accounts from the Crimea state that
hostilites there had entirely ceased. Two Rus
sian ships of war and three gun boats had APP
peared in the Baltic.
The Turkish Government had issued Il hun
drrd pasters of new paper money.
There was rumor that Persia was actively
engaged in fitting out vessels, supposed to be
for the purpose of attncking the English fleet
now operating against he coasts of that eoun-
try.
Lord Palmerston had stated in the British
Parliament that the Austrian propositions had
been signed and accepted by the Conference, as
preliminaries to peace.
Some difficulties have arisen between Eng
land and Persia, the precise nature of which is
unknown. The latter. however, has requested
the Bombay government to send some war YES
sells to the Persian Gulf for the purpose of pro-
tecting British interests.
Nothing had been said in the British Paria-
ment during the week concerning American at
! fairs.