Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-08-28
RIC MOND w HIG.
THREE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OF THE NIAGARA

HALIFAX, Monday. Aug. 25, 1856.
Ihe H. M. steamship Niagara, Capt Leitch from Liy
erpcol about 10 A. NJ Saturday the 18th iust
here al s,45 this evening.
tn" steamship Hermann sailed from southamo,on sor
View York on the 18th inst, and the City of Manchester
ef' Liverpool ior PhIaicpha OF Il same day .ith $50
Passengers.
Liverpool "n the nth. laeutsble accident occurred
Oh 1oafd the steamer Canadian the home ward pas.ay.
me Rev VIM Marsh dsank in mistake quantity Of dis
injecting hnd aud rv-y care n nrov.d
iaisL His body take, Liverpool and AN noue.,
held upon il. --. r'f 80 NJ '''t''-'
steamship Persia arrived on Friday the s,b
tue passage being called days. 23t hours
GREAT BRITAIN
From every part OF the United Kingdom the harvest
eiorte are Of favorable ciaracter and but little loubt
now entertained that the grain crops will be nj lea.t
lair average in quantity aud QUALITY In Scotland he
crops are very hravy. With respect TO potatoes there il
general concurrence Of evidence that the crops though
aot ehrei! tree iron disease parts OF Eneland
Ireland aud Scotland promise 10 be atund.n, ar .,cl
ciops ~ go
Sir Morton Peo in a letter suggests that the Covs,,
rnent would act wisely hit would prrni, ,b. 80;
nents stationed in the rural districts TO mit.t the
ample OF the French soldiers and earn wages bv heInn
| to get in - 'p"o
ia the political world there is nothing worth repo,,up
Miss Nightingale has returned to ber home in DcrIs
shire avoiding all prbic demonstrations of woIcoms
FRANCE
! On Friday the 18th inst the Emp.ror,- t.,. ,oel
place saluies were fired at O'Clock In th. morni, q
and at o'clock in the evening. Al midday Ma, vac
oeeo'aed IN Nore Dame In the preecnee Of the gnita
oi the state The Te Deum sung in all the churrb.
| ofFrsnce. VIC N"1's"es
private dispatch IRON Hamburg states that ,b.r.
some movement going on among the Oreanists The
Dutches o Orleans the Duke OF CLartres with Thers and
| dispatch from England W.
Marshall Pelissiers title ia Duke of the Malakoif, with
pension OF one hundred thousand francs per annum
| m. has tod Mirisfa nf,
struction. " r''"N -"
| SPAIN.
The news from Spain Is wholly uninterestip1 Wehax.
report In the Gazette de France but which requires con
hmeton that disturbances had arisen at Cudiz n d.ar
| ing the National Guard.
| PORTUGAL
Government has the war steamer Mindelo to NJ.
deira, with cargo of provisions and medical stores
ohoiera VAS Increasing at Lisbon.
| ITALY.
report circulated in the Paris Bourse that ,ha
had been an attempt at insuecton in Naples II was not
however true and from the pecauion taken To
any attemptat rising is not likely
Garribaldi publishes In a Genoa paper Letter .,yin,
he has just discovered that the gallant Roman
emo, MS Two young sons, and Eve other victims were
shot in cold blood by the Austrians in s4s at La Con.
| tarina
| THE BLACK SEA.
Inc Englih war steamer Gtdddtor has returned from
me Lie oi serpens to Constantnop and reports on the
| Island fifty Turkish and eight Russian soldiers
There was armed seizure the Island as vas reoort
ed The island is nothing but bare rock of very limited
SIZE and contains only one building with the Tks and
Russians Living together and the latter treated BY the
| former as their guests
The Gladiator hade again for the Black Sea with ne
instructions oil more positive Nature The Esgli,h prs.
protest strongly against the Indifference expressed by the
French Government whether the Isle of Serpents be-
| ongs to Russia Turkey.
The evacuation of Turkish territory by French troop.
terminated on the l5th and the Gendarmerie would leave
Kars. ~
The International Commission persists in requiring tba,
Russia shall give up the town of Belgrade.
| The Archbishop OF kherson and Taiorda has formally
coheraed the south side OF Seyastopo preparatory 70
its being rebuilt =
IL is confirmed that Russia is constructing first class
| Boihnia. ~ "
The harvest in Asia is reported bad but considerable
| stores remain from last year
THE LATEST BY MAIL
Gen la Marmora has in the name OF the King Of Sar
dinia invited Gen Canobert who Is the Sandman wa
| tering place, to visit Tuiin
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH FROM LONDON TO LIv.
ERPoOL.
August l6-Her Majesty and the Roya Family returned
10 Osborne from Plymouth Yesterday
The Divan has received a formal renunciation of the
RUSSIAN Governments claims to the Isle of Serpents
| kars will be delivered up Immediately to the Turks
The returns for the Bank oil France for the present
| month are on the whole satisfactory
The death Of DR.. Buckand Dean of Westmins,er bas
been announced.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
LIVERPOOL COTTON hAREET-The Brokers Circular re-
ports the market without change and the demand limited
| The sales of the week amounted to 81, 900 bales.
The following are the authorised quotations: New Or
leans Fair I'd, hddlngs6 3-l6d., Uplands Fair e-lod
hiddhng 3-l6d.
| SrArE oE TRADE IN MAScHrsTER-A moderate busi.
ness was dung in Manchester and prices were without
| change.
LvERrooL BREADsTuTTs MARKETA regular cousumptiy We
demand existed for all descriptions of Beadstu and prices
we're generally shade higher the week The weather
has been quite favorable and the crop accounts were Of
satisfactory character The advance in wheat over the
prices ADVISED per Aes is called 2d per bushe chiefly
on the better grades and Cd in coru the supplies being
| small - o
| LONDON MAREETs.-Aessrs. Barring Brothers report a
air demand for iron and prices rm bars and rails ssaes
| 5s., Scotch pig 7Ss 3d.
LONDON MONEY MARKEr-Messrs. Barring Brothers
quote the money market rather tighter Consos closed
on Friday evening At 95isq5t Mexican dollar. worth SIS
| ID Bar silver 5s 3. Eagles T6s. II.
| AMERICAN SEcURHIEs.-Aessrs. Bell & Co. report
American securities inactive and prices mostly nominal
| - 81 mMEHDEAN wHISKEY.
tl'oh his Dsnercs In Augusta
- orders In quantities and for
| Tor uis celebrated NliIskEY.