Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1858-01-08
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER ARAGO.
E'o,r Dov. Later from Europe.


Four Days Later from Europe.
New YORK Dec. 3O.-The steamer Arago, from
Southampton with dates to the 18th inst arrived here
this evening
The British Parliament adjourned to the 4th Of Feb
ruary.
The royal assent has been given to the bank ndenn
ty bill.
Several failures are announced ; among them Mcssrs
IOldreth d Co. Row. Prescott d Co, ana whey q
Co., of London Lister d Co. of Halifax and SaalteIo
Brothers, Leeds.
The Danish Council OF State have authorized loan
of 100000 sterling.
The commercial crisis had become aggravated al
Smyrna.
It was reported that the Porto had dissolved the Di
vans in the Danubian Principaties.
The Niagara arrived out on the 18th
The detailed accounts from India add nothing oi i'm
porance to the advices per steamer Persia.
Lord Stratord had quilted Consantinopc for Trieste
At Hamburg, on the 18th, there had been genera
revival of confidence and further failures expected
The Austrian government had loaned the city OF Ham
burg 100000 900 tlornS which will be employed Ill aid
ing the large commercial houses.
Henry Smith Bright formerly large corn merchan
at Hull has been sentenced to transportation for tel
years for forgery.
No further progress has been made i'll launching the
Leviathan steamship
Trade in the manufacturing districts is bad. Th,
markets arc lnanimate.
Three Day, Later from Europc-A,If.s al OF the
Niagara Halifax.
HALIFAX, Jan. 2.-The British royal mail steamer
Niagara, from Liverpool on the 10th ultimo arrivet
here early this morning having encountered strong west
ery winds for several days in succession.
Sales of cotton for the week moderate although
prices had generally declined aud holders pressing
ON the market.
BreadStuhS quiet without quOtabt change slice
the 9th.
The money market slightly easier, and cosols hat
advanced.
The Niagara. is due at Boston tomorrow afternoon
The news she brings is not OF important nature
Nothing later had been received from India.
The Bank of France had reduced the rate vi interest
to six per cent.
The commercial crisis in the north of Europe contin
uCS severe.
Affairs at Hamburg are improving
Powell a. Son, London, had failed with heavy labili
ties.
The London discount houses are less stringent anC
the applications to the bank are light.
The financial troubles have affected the wOOlen man
ufacturers and Chccseborough Il S5H Yorkshire have
failed.
Other failures arc expected to follow. France ha'
imposed duty on foreign brandCS. A further mefec
tual attempt had been made to launch the Leviathan
The American submarine companies have abandoned
the attempt to raise the sunken ships at Sebastopo
Later Observation-Disclosures of the Irisarr
Treaty.
We have received the Gaccta dc Nicaragua, (the
official paper of the Nicaraguan Government published
at Managua the seat Of Government with dates of l4tl
November, 1857.
1t contains the official notice of the meeting Of the
Asomble0 ConahuycMe, the Constituent Assembly OIL
Congress, the 6th of November; the discourse Oh
address was pronounced by the Deputy President O.
the Congress at the opening of the sessions of that body
and the Message of Don GrcgoriO Jnarez and Resale
Cortcz, who were entrusted with the duties of tn,
Presidency while the duly elected President, Genera
Don Tomas Maritime, engaged in directing activ.
military operations against the invasion of Costa RiCa
The Gaccta also contains decree of Congress, dac(
the lh November, 1857, declaring Gen. Don Tomas
Martinez to have been duly elected President of the
republic by the votes of the people. Under the hcat
of g AT the Last Moment the Gaccta publishes the
following:
The Constituent Assembly Of the Republic has
just ratified, in all its parts, the Convention made b!
Don Antonio j. de Irissarri with Mr. Stebbins, Prcsi
dent of the American Atlantic and Pacific Ship Cana
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