Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1859-06-08
one DIM Later from Earope.

One Day Later from Earope.
NEw York, May sO.-The steamer Hammonia,
which left Hamburg on the 10th, and touched at
Southampton on the 18th, arrived late last night
with the dates Of one day later from Europe.
Napoleon was still at Allessandria engaged with
his Generals in laying strategetical plans.
The Piedmontese cavalry had fafleu in with a de-
tachment of Austrian hussars and made . few FRI
soneTs
The Austrians had Withdrawn from Voghera to
Caslegga
Austria had recognized the neutrality Of the
States Of the Church.
The bridge at Stella had been threatened by the
Austrisns, who have workmen assembled there and
at othq points on the Pc. The Pc had considerbly
risen. The women and children of the country
were frced by the Austrians to labor upon the
works. ~
Several Sandman Mayors had been seized by the
Austrians for refusing their demands for contribu
tiOnS.
Four Austrian merchant vessels had been cap
tured by the French squadron.
Rains were falling incessantly which accounts for
the inactivity of the forces. Some of the Austrian
works had been damaged.
COMMERCIAL.
At London on the 17th the stock exchange was
limited, and the market less firm. The applications
for discount were light, although the demand for
money on the stock exchange was rather more ae-
tive.
At Manchester, Tuesday, prices underwent con-
siderable decline and the tendency was still down.
ward. The principal buyers kept out of the market.
At Liverpool, Tuesday, it was estimated that the
sales of cotton T. 0G0 bales the market closed
with little inquiry; prices were dropping, but
scarce lower. Flour As. As. Cd. higher. Wheat
3s. a 5s. higher. Corn Is. a IS. higher. CcnsoIs
9l4a9lf.
The late import of cotton came into market slow
ly, and shows large portion of soft and dusty.
The market closed heavy, and in favor of buyers
Still Later.
QUEBEC, May 29-The Hungarian, with Liver
pool dates to the 18th instant, has arrived
The three days sales of cotton were $4,000 bales,
closing dull all at decline of a-Orleans middng
6s; Uplands IL. Flour, wheat and corn had ad-
vanced Sd. each, closing buoyant. Provisions un-
changed Sugar and rice steady. Rosin IS. I'd.
Turrentine AS.
Later .ticaa Meriro Refuses to Acknoacl-
edge TIE american Minister.
New ORLEANS, May, 3O.-We have received the
following important news from Mexico.
Mr. McLane, U. S. Minister, had instructed Con-
sui Black to demand of Miramon an explanation for
the assassination by his forces of American citizens
at Tacubaya. Mramon replied that his government
no longer recognized Black as American consul, and
as Mr.. McLane had recognized the Juarez govern
ment he, Miramon, will have no communication with
him. The letter of Consul Black was subsequently
returned to him.
The American archives in the city of Mexico are
left in charge of the Legation of Ecuador
STATISTICS OF ITALY.-The Annuagia Statisco It,-
ano for 1858 publishes the following Details which
are of interest at the present moment: The popua-
ton OF Italy amounts to no less than 81 047 in
habtants. They divided into fifteen circumscrip.
tons; eight containing l9, 9lS, ,3O4 souls, are under
Italian governments; and seven, with population
of 1888 TAB, obey fereign rule. Italy contains 10
provinces and 10,0l2 communes. and is one of the
countries in which the largest cities and towns to
be found, - of them having more than 81, 600 in
habltants, and eight-Rome, Naples, Palermo, Ven.
ice, Florence, Milan Genoa, and iurin-exceed 100,
0oO Almost all the population are Roman Catho
lies, the number of those who profess other Chris
tian crecds only amounting to 1856, and the Jews
to Al ,497. The births far exceed deaths; the in
crease in the population is particularly remarkable
in Sicily and Tuscany, where it may double in 73
years Italy alone has very nearly one-haf as many
bshoprics there are in the whole of Europe 256
out of 535. The average is 10000 Catholics for
each diocese, and in the Roman State there is one
bishop for 600 souls.
The regular and secular clergy of both sexes count
in Italy 1S9 000 and they are as compared with the
number of the population, as l to 142. The clergy
are more numerous in Sicily than in any other part
Of Italy, or perhaps in the world, the number o.
So inhabitants. There are nearly 800 journals pub
lished in Italy ofwhch number lit are in the Sar
dinian States, although they contain only oncfftf
of the total population About the middle of 1858
Italy possessed 1857 kilometres (fve-eighths of {
mile each) of railway completed 1899 in course o
construction; and 634 for which concessions have
been granted. One of the principal branches of in
dustry is the production of silk, and in ordinary
years the value of that article is from 200 000 000f
to OO0O O0Of Lombardy Alone which is only tn
fifteenth part of Italy, produces one-third The rev
100000, ,O0Of, and the expenses to GAO, ,OOO, ,O0Of-
The public debt is 2,O00OOOf Commerce is active
but business is much impeded by the high tariffs il
many of the States and by the lines of custom hou
ses. The mercantile marine of Italy IS more hume
rous, in proportion to the extent of country, thai
that of any other nation in Europe, England excep
! ted.
CorroS-BALE IRON Hoops-The New Or1ean
Crescent of the I'd inst, gives an account of rath
er expensive experiment that was lately made o.
the Metaire race course near that city, for testin
the superiority of the iron hoops of A. Fassman o
cotton bales in cases of fire. over the old hempe
rope Four bales of cotton were subjected to tn
test to wit: one bale of ordinary packing from
country press, bound in rope; similar bale boun
in iron; one small compressed bale bound in ropt
and similar bale bound in iron. All were place
on properly erected piles of pitchpine sticks, file
in with chips and shavings, in order that the fir
when started might be fierce and rapid In abor
fifteen minutes after the fire was applied nearly a
the ropes of the two bales had parted, which thu