Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1858-04-16
ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICA.
HALIfAx, April 8.

past three o'clock.
LIVERPOOL, March 26.-SSalcs Of cotton
during tho week have been $4,000 bales. u
including $500 to spectators and $500
10 exporters. x
The market opened at an advance off
old, but the American advices received
by the Anglo-Saxon caused decline Of
I'd in middling and lower qualities. The
closing quotatations arc follower for inferi-
or grades than the sales quoted at the
sailing of the Persia.
The estimated sales to-day are 1000, in
Guiding 100 to spectators and 1900 to
exporters. The market closed quiet at che
following quotations Fair Orleans "a,
middling Z; Mobile fair II, middling 6z
upland fair II, middling 6 lilo.
Stock of cotton in port is 402, 900 bales,
ofwhich 100000 ave American.
Flour dull and irregular; Western 21@I
22s, Ohio via North 23@25s, do via New
Orleans 25@26s Cd Corn steady at 33s
6d@34s. Wheat very dull and unchang-
ed since Tuesday. -.
Provisions-Beef quoted dull. Pork
steady at rs. Bacon quiet and declined
6d@1s but closed more active. Lard firm
at AZ s@50s. Tallow unchanged.
Produce-Sugar quiet but steady.
Coffee dull. Rice quiet Carolina 23s Cd
@24s. Rosin steady at As IDIOTS 4d for
common and 5s@12s for medium. Spirits
turpentine dull at Ais 6d@42s. Pork dull
at IS 6d@8s for Baltimore. Linseed oil
| quiet thel
The Manchester adyices are unfavorable
there being but little inquiry for goods, and
prices are weak. 4 Gt hf
Havre adyiees quote New Orleans tres
ordinaire at loaf. Breadstuffs continue
dull. Provisions quiet.
LONDON MONEY MABKET.-Money con-
tinues abundant and generally unchang-
\ ed.
/ The bullion in the Bank Of England
has increased 9772,000.
i Consols for money are quoted at 974@
978 and for account at 971.
i A new India bill is to be introduced in
the British Parliament by Mr.. DIsraeli,
the main features of which are similar to
that proposed by Lord Malmesbury, though
the details are different The House gave
, Mr.. ID Israeli leave to bring in the bill,
} the provisions of which he explained in the
& House of Lords on the 25th.
Lord Malmmesbur, in referring to the
, case of the British engineers imprisoned
at Naples said that Mr. Watt had arrived
in England and Mr.. Parks had been liber-
ated on bail.
f In the House of Commons Mr.. Griffith
| asked the Chanchellor of the Exchequer
d if it was the opinion of the law officers of
S the Crown that the capture of the Cagliari
a was Illegal, and whether it was intended
q to demand full and ample compensation to
a the engineers. ~
e Mr.. D'Israeli declined answering the
!. question. a1l. d
y Mr.. Roebuck brought forward in the
House motion for the abolition Of the
Vice Royalty of ireland. After some de-
bate motion for the previous question
was negatived by 127 majority.
In the House of Lords the sanitary con-
/. dition of the army was debated. The Min
. istry promised the adoption of the promis-
: ed improvements.
= In the House of Commons it was an.
nounced that the government had no ma.
4 terial to justify the prosecution of the di-
! rectors of the Western Bank of Scotland
1t was also announced that the government
= had no intention of introducing any mea
= sure in regard to the passing of tolls and
: local dues on shipping this session.
A medal is to be granted to all the troop:
- in India, and clasp for those who served
- at Delhi and Lucknow.
= The appointment of Gen. Pelissier al
/. French Ambassador to London is highly
satisfactory.
u The Paris correspondent Of the Londor
d Times says that Pelissier is warm friend
10 of the English alliance.
20 1t appears from the log of the U. 8. steam
Z frigate Niagara that on several occasion
Dc she made more than 300 miles in "a hours
The passage would have been quicker bu
lie for the bad quality of the coal. f'
$, 1t is reported that Alsop has offered t.
ID surrender himself, for trial provided tina
9, the government will be at the cost of hi
Of defence Ft
The returns of the board of trade show
~ falling off of the exports of February ex
u ceeding two millions sterling compare,
IA with the same month of last year.
10 A Geographic despatch received froI
T. Madrid state that the government has in
80 troduced a project Of law abolishing sla
OF very in Spanish territory.
e. The Notifications at Malta are to b
G. augmented.
!, Nothing official has transpired regard
~ ing the Indian loan. 1t was supposed ths
70 the greater part of the loan win be take
" by joint stock banks aud insurance CON
~ panies, so that it will be scarcely heard {
d tn the money market. 1t was also suppoi
Z, ed that the biddings will range from SO
~ 100. The supply of money in the mark'
is very abundant. There was no increai
on in the applications to the Bank on Frida,
= but better demand prevailed in ope
to market and bills were freely discounte
out of doors at 2f@21 per cent I'll
ers terms for long dated paper had howev,
le- advanced to A and even in some cases to
per cent