The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-11-06
Arrival OF ne Asia.
NKw YoaK,oct. 81.

NKw YoRK, Oct. 81.
The steamship Asia has arrived, with Liy.
erpooi dates to the l7th inst
The London money market, on the 18th,
was decidedly more stringent. The bro.
ker's circular, dated Liverpool, Oct. 18th,
quotes the cotton market as active and clio.
sing firm.
Bresdstuffs-Wheat slightly desrer, and
corn exhibits a slight improvement. Corn
is active, and has improved Cd to Is.
LONDON, Oct. l7.-CunsOls for money
closed at 9lS. The weather continues un-
favorable for the crops.
Richardson, Spence & Co.'s circular
quotes red wheat al 9s Sd TO 9s I'd; white
los I'd to los cd. Western Canal Flour 80
to 33s; Baltimore and Philadelphia 33 to
S4s; Ohio s6s to SIS Sd; yellow and mixed
corn ass Sd to 34s; white ass to S5s Sd.
Provisions Beef quiet. Pork dull Ba-
con steady at los. Ashes steady; pots AIS
Cd to sos; pearls 45s Sd to 46s. Naval
stores. Common rosin Is Cd to Is Sd; fine
rosin lis Sd; spirits OF turpentine quiet,
sales at 34s. Sugar active at an advance OF
Cd t. Is. Rice steady. t.-...-... ........
The Manchester markets are irmer.
The political news is not very important.
The Neopolitan question is unchanged, and
peaceful issue is still anticipated. Finan.
cial affairs are still in state of suspense.
HAvRE, l4lh.-Breadstuffs OF all descrip-
tons have slightly declined. Provisions
dull. H .Ft
The country remains in state of sus.
pense as to money matters, but the only agi-
tation Os yet is on.the stock exchange.
The commercial wants can be supplied
though at extreme rates. '..
The detailed accounts of the Spanish
ministry has not yet come to hand further
than the official announcement that there is
no political crisis, and that the Queen made
the change from O'Donnell to Narvaez
solely on personal grounds.
The new minister's first act was to COW.
hide Senor Guel, husband of the Inlanta
Josefa, for words spoken in the Cortez. Sc
nor Guel challenged Narvaez, who accepted
it, but the Queen forbade, aud the meeting
did not fake place.
The Neapolitan difficulty is Without mucf
change. 1t was the general impression tha
the Ang French ullimbtum would be pre-
scented to King Ferdinand on the 18th, ant
failing to receive an immediate and faVora
BILE answer, the ambassadors would be with
drawn, but it was not supposed that the
fleets would Immediately appear.
The English squadron had sailed from
Ajacco, and its destination was supposed Il
be Malta. The French feet was still at Tou
Ion. The Vienna papers still anticipate
peaceful issue. II is stated that in conse
quence Of the growing Importance Of th
European complications the Congress al
Paris will consist of first and not secon,
rate plenipotentaries, and that it will sooI
meet. The affairs OF the Danubian princi
palities engage attention, and the Frencl
papers are opposing the Austrian occupation
of them. Count Walenski has issued cir
cular in reply to the recent Russian docJ
ment. Denmark Is without a ministry, tn
last attempt having failed.
LONDON, Oct. 18th A. Mt is rumore
that both the English and French fleets hav
orders to approach Naples. 1t is also ru
mored that suspicious are awakened in VI
emma, that Russia and France are engage
in negotiating secret alliance. The fire
trade project in France has been postpone,
till the first of July, 1861.
A dispatch from London, received jus
before the sailing Of the Asia, states that i
consequence of pressing note from France
Austria has commenced evacuating tn
PrincipaIitIes.
The Queen of Spain has revoked tn
Constitution of lS45, and republshed tn
ancient regime,
The Liverpool papers state that Mr.. KeI
naghan, of Chicago, is candidate for on
of the vacant consulships at New York, Phi
adelp lphia, or Cincinnati
The pressure on the Paris Bourse is sti
very severe, but the suspension Of speci
payment by the hanks is not anticipated s
strongly as before.
The amount of contract with the Rotht
childs for the purchase OF specie is nc
known, but large orders have gone out fc
the purchase of all the gold that can be oil
tained in London, Germany or the Unite
States.
CouAt Walensk has answered the Ru
sian circular of Sept. Cd, repelling the r.
proaches of Prince Gottschlkoff in regar
to the conduct of England and France
the NeapoIitan affair, and asserting TIL
: the action of France towards Naples, wi
, be purely of diplomatic character.
A telegrophic dispatch from Constantine
pie says that Lefpr Pacha has gained tv
,, important victories over the Russians
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