The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1858-01-16
The News.

hO 1NS"Ss
The steamship North American has ar
rived at Portland with Liverpool dates to
the 3Oth ult., four days later than pre-
vious adviees. Up to the 3Oth financial
affairs had visibly improved The funds
were buoyant, money was abundant, and
further decrease in the bank rate of in
terest was anticipated. Late in the day
on the Both, however, the funds were
seriously affected by the failure of an
operator on the Stock Exchange, and a
sudden decline took place. Our last
quotation for consols is 935a94. Whose
failure it was that caused such distur-
bance in the financial centre of the world
we have yet to learn. The only failures
announced are Tupton, Hooton & Co., Of
Manchester, and Hinton Bros. & Co., Of
London. At Liverpool cotton had ad-
vanced an eighth of a penny, while -four
had declined six-penee to one shilling per
barrel.
There is no news of a political charac-
ter of Importance. 1t is stated that the
sxiled Generals have been accorded per-
mission to return to France uncondition-
ally.
Mr.. Reed, the American Minister, had
arrived at Hong Kong previous to the
18th of November. The French feet was
about moving into the Canton river to
take part with the English in an attack
upon that city.
The details of the news from India, and
the battles at Lucknow, confirm in the
main the Geographic reports previously
published.
The steamship Sarah Sands, while on
the voyage to India with troops, took fire,
but by great exertions the flames were
subdued and the ship taken into Mauri-
thus.
Reports from Barbados to the Sd inst
state that the sugar crop of the island will
amount to fifty thousand hogsheads.
Dispatches to the government an
nounce that the professional filibusters Of
Texas are gathering in large numbers on
the Rio Grande, preparatory to engaging
in the Mexican revolution. Gen. Walker
may turn his attention that way, as he
has abandoned his Nicaraguan enterprise.
The Senate has made the following
condrmations:-Beverly Tucker, of Yir-
ginia, Consul in Liverpool; William
Thompson, Of N. York, Consul in South
ampton; John Endlich, of Pennsylvania,
Consul in Basic; Charles j. Fox, of Mich
igan, Consul in Aspiswall; Charles w.
Glantz, of Pennsylvania, Consul in Stet-
tin; William Treville, Of Ohio, Consul i'll
Valparaiso; j. R. Diller, Consul at Bre-
men; Wyman B. S. Moor Consul Gener-
al for British North American provinces;
Ernest Volger, of Virginia, Consul for
Barcelona; Henry w. Spencer, of New
York, Consul in Paris; John f. Porteous.
of South Carolina, Consul for Oporto; and
judge Borden, of Indiana, Commissioner
at the Sandwich Islands
Our Havana correspondents, says the
New York Herald, writing on the Sd
inst, says that during the recent visit Of
the United States sloop of war Cyane to
that port, Capt. Robb did not visit the
Captain General, at which his E xcellency
was much surprised The sugar crop of
1858 would be above the average. The
writer makes no mention of the yellow
fever, and therefore it is fair to conclude
that if it prevails at all, it is only in
| mild form. Prince Heilkoff, of Russia,
was at Havana.
Exchange on N York, Boston and Phi
ladelphia, 4 per cent; Baltimore, q per
cent; N. Carolina money per ct. dis.
A HARD WINTER.-The winter of
1880 was unusually severe in New En-
oland For FORTY DAVIS after the middle