Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-11-23
L,ETTER PROu NEW YORK.
Correspondence Of til Richmond Enquirer
NEw i":K. %oy. 10TH. 10

clG dHI FtHdHcth .>rWt'!I'", &C.
The steamship Vanderbilt arrived Yesterday
afternoon. Her political news is not irnpor-
tant. There had been an increased demand
for the shipment Of specie to the East. The
amount of specie for the outgoing India steam
er of the 18th inst, embraced about 81 .00n. 00o,
about esq. 600 of which was for India and
sl44.000 for China, and ci,ooo for AlcXan-
dria. OF the whole only about $2n.00o con-
sisted Of gold. all the remainder being silver,
and chiefly for China, which of this large
amount of silver has been drawn from France.
The result Of which is. that the Bank Of France
has lost. since the 18th October, the date of
its last return. about Sj,0oo,ooo
The supply of gold is rapidly gaining upon
that of silver. and with the rc-opcning of the
China trade, Europe promises To be pretty well
drained of this kind Of currency.
France, after having for many years lnadc
silver the standard Of currency upon which 1t
chiefly relied for Il circulating medium, has
found that its supply is constantly diminishing.
and its value approaching in comparison with
that Of gold. Attempts We're made some wears
ago to bring about a uniformity of currency
for the whole continent. by making gold the
standard and adopting the decimal system
throughout. Whether this scheme is adopted
or not. the time is at hand. when France will
be compelled to adopt gold n a standard Of
specie currency.
The supply of gold progresses iavorably.
both in California and in australia. From the
former. our last semi monthly arrivals brought
us about 81. too. 900, and adviccS by the Van
derbilt inform Us that the amount due in Eng
land, and on its way from Australia, amounts
to over 5000. 0nu. These receipts will 20 lar
TO countcrhalancc the shipments of precious
metals To the East Indies. and 10 keep up =
cheap supply "frnoncy.
Surprise was expressed that the Bank Of
England had persisted in claiming per cent.
more on discounts than was current among
private bankers. While the Bank demanded
y per cent. money was plenty in the street
on Government securities, at ! NJ 4 meeting
of the Company who had built the Great East
crn. tMr. Hope in the chair it WAS resolved
to wind up lis affairs, preliminary I" the sale
of the Grt"t Entern to another Great Steam
ship Company, who expect 10 bring her out in
the course Of the coming year.
The French papers deny that it is the in'rn-
ton of the Emperor to give up his scheme of
Voluntary african Emigration.
Madam Ila Pfci.lrr. the celebrated traveller.
is dead. She will he rccollrctcd 10y the people
of the United States as having visited this
country. She At one time spent some weeks
in Ncw York, and went from hence to Cali:nr-
nia. and from thence to australia: and from
whence she visited various countries in the
East. She suffered much during 4 visit to the
south coast of africa, and To the barfaron>
Island of Madagascar: from the effects Of which,
il is supposed, that She never recovered. SIEVE
raj volumes Of her interesting travels have
been published.
New and rich gold fields had been discovered
AT Fort Curtis, To the north of Sidney. IN AUS
tralia.
The Provincial Assembly OF New South
Wales had voted Il grant of about S2Uo.uDp per
annuln. for ten years. towards establishing Il
stcam-lnail service, rin Panama. This will
form the most expeditions route between Ing
land and that colony.
The New York weekly bank returns publish
cd to-day. show the following changes com!ar-
ed with those of the previous week
L.oans-IncreaSc .......... $2lS,o21
Spccic-Dccrca>c ............. 296.niN
Observation-Disclosures. ........ 2ll.3l3
Nominal Dcpo>i,>-Incrcase.. il,0i"
t'ndrawn dcposits-lncrea>c ,2e+,'I'.
The loars have now reached Il very large
amount. and should any circumstances occur
TO produce :: large withdrawal of deposits, we
shall expect to see money rapidly appreciate in
value and Il corresponding. depression take
place in the less substantial class of >,ork>.
There continues To he a good demand for
State bonds. while other descriptions of sccu-
rites rule. generally dull.
The estimates Of the cotton crop in this city.
range from 300. 900 or 3.j00. 00u bales. We
incline to think the inside figure will be near
est right. The stocks in first hands at the be-
ginning ofthc cotton year (lSt Scptcmbcr, lS5sl
were very light. The receipts OF India cotton
in England this year, will be from luo,o"o To
bon. 000 bales less than the average Of the two
or three previous years, owing 10 tine effects Of
the REBELLION in India, and the demand created
for India cotton by the rc-opcning Of the China
trade. Hence. the crop Of the United States
will all he wanted. and at rcmuncyativc prices.
Middlins uplandS now sell at II cts. We do
not expect To- see them below In cents. if so
low. under ordinary circumstances during the
whole season. Ten cents per ID. will give Us
$40 per bale. which for a crop Of a;.i0u.oop
will give AN aggregate value OF Sl36. Uoh 600
for this great Southern staple: or. should the
crop prove to be $500. O00 bales its value will,
at the same price. amount to $li0,0oo."0o.
You will have seen that our consul general
to Japan. Mr.. Townsend Harris. has effected
an important Treaty with the Emperor. by
which Il new and important port has been
opcncd to our commerce. Mr.. Harris Is from
this city. He was for sometime engaged III
mercantile pursuits, with more or less success.
He was liberal in his views. and took an
active interest in the establishment OF the Free
Academy in this city. To him. more than to
any other man, does it owe its existence. Just
before he sailed for Japan. the trustees offered
to pay for his portrait to he placed IN the
Academy. but his engagements were such a>t"
prevent his sitting to the artist.
Judge Mctcalf at Staten Island. decided in
the case of Ray TompkinS and Others. that the
destruction of the quarantine buildings was
iu>tifiahlc aS n public nuisance. AMI the accused
were discharged.
Judge Russell, yesterday. quaShcd the III
dictmcntS against Charles Dcvlin. Turner.
Dean. and j. i. Smith.
The Island of Manhattan. on which New ! ork
is built. has the form Of Il harp LAID Hat on It's
side: the angle 1T the foot being The bat
terry. with the short arm of the instrument
terminating a. Harlem. oh the East river side.
and the upper end or side Of it following the
Harlem river to Kings Bridge, where II Is JON
cd bv the long side of the harp. fifteen miles
from the pedestal at the battery; The width
of the Island is no where more than from two
and a half To three miles wide. being contract
ed to narrow points at its cxtrcmiticS. AlarSc
proportion of the population reside mp town;
two TO three miles from their business. AMI
many live ont aS Ear as Yorkvillc, Harlem and
Manhattanvillc. and in Westminster. five and
eight, ten and fifteen miles from the place Of
their daily avoca;ions. 10 convey this immense
population hack and forth daily, requires the
employment Of an immense number OF "inni'
buses and city rail road cars. There is noclty
in the world. of equal population. where :"
much is paid to public conveyance by Its III