The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-04-26
The News.

The News.
BY the arrival of the steamship City of Washing
ton from Liverpool, and the st. Louis from Aspin
wall, at this port yesterday, we have important
from all parts of Europe, also from Pacific
possessions Central America, New Granada, the
South Pacific States, and the Society Islands.
The news by the City of Washington is to the
18th inst, four days later than the advices pre-
viously received. On the 18th the London money
market was steady and tolerably firm, consols
closing at 95 est. After very serious fluctuations
there was on the same day an advance on the Paris
bourse American securities were quiet but steady.
Cotton in Liverpool was firm, at one-sixteenth
to one-eighth of penny decline in prices.
Flour had slightly improved. With respect to
the Italian question, tho general tenor of the
news Is decidedly more warlike, and the pro-
liabilities Of a settlement of the difficulty by
diplomacy became daily more indistnct. Austria
was marching large bodies of troops to the Sardi.
man frontier and they were taking up, gradually,
the best strategical positions. Napoleon had
called for one hundred thousand French conscripts
in addition to the present army, and at the same
time had addressed an important Stte paper to the
smaller German Powers, promising them security
Ii
Sandman ornaments were continued very actively.
Underlying all this there were circulating in finan
cial and trading circles some strong rumors of a
peaceful issue of the crisis. The English Parlia-
ment would soon be dissolved; but prior to that
event Lord Derby's government would make a
statement of the actusl position of England's TO-
reign relations. The Galway steamship Prince
Albert had put back leaking very badly, after hav
ing been out many days for ST. Johns, NE
Tho 81. Louis brought sl723, 352 in treasure. The
advices from San Francisco are to the 9Th instant
and are quite interesting. as will be seen by the
letter of our correspondent published in another
column. Gen. VIM. Walker and Colonel Natzmer
had arrived, and it supposed that Sonora
would, perhaps, soon claim their attention. The
markets very dull, owing to heavy arrivals of
goods from all quarters.
The news from the South Pacific States is impor.
tant. In Chile the government troops had been
signally defeated by the insurgents of Coquimbo,
after severe battle, attended with much less
of life on both sides. Government had re-
voked the eIeqUdtur OF the United States
Consul, Mr.. Triyett, at Valparaiso, owing to
an official difficulty arising out Of his sheltcring and
preventing the arrest Of some insurgents in his
house. A number Of leading party men had been
arrested, and others exiled to Europe and Magel-
Ian. Trade had improved in Valparaiso. On the
22d Of March earthquake visited the city of Qui.
to, in Ecuador, and destroyed the larger portion Of
it, killing nearly three thousand persons and de-
stroying property to the amount of three millions
of dollars. Guayaqui was still blockaded by the
Peruvian war vessels, and the admiral threatened
to lombard it soon Bolivian troops bad fought
hpat m Er.D
had appeared on the frontiers with large force.
Our adyices from Tahiti state that there had been
conflict of authority between the government of
Queen Pomare and the French Governor, which re-
suited in violent tumult OF the natives On the
Sd of February the Queen and some of her chiefs
were taken into custody and imprisoned by the
French officers. Peace was restored between the
high treaty parties on the 9TH OF February, when
the Queen dismissed some OF her ministers who
were hostile to the French and acknowledged the
full power of the Napoleon protectorate.
Papers from Hayti of the 9th inst. state that thu
new plan of selling the government fifth of coffee
abduction, in Port an Prince, and appropriating the
proceeds to the payment Of the French loan-de
tailed in the HERALD Of the 5th inst.-gave general
satisfaction. The Development Of the agricul
tural resources Of the country engaged the after
ton OF the government. Our correspondent il
Port al Prince, writing on the 18th, SAYS that tina
port was unusually healthy, but that smallpox pre
vailed slightly at Jacmel. Provisions were plent,
in the Jacmcl market. with slight decline in COT
fee. At Port au Prince -four was abundant an,
low. Pork and Goldfish higher: the first at 81 %
and currency at SO CT, with the Hayden dollar i'm
proving in value.
From Nicaragua we have interesting ntclligenc
respecting the treaty negotiated by Ministe
Lamar, and the movements Of the European diplc
mats. Full particulars given in the letters Q
our correspondents, to which we refer our reader.
Our New Granada news is dated at Bogota tn
18th of March, and at Panama and Aspinwal tn
18th instant. The Legislature was in session, bu
doing little business. IN eminent diplomat hat
been appointed Minister TO Chile and Peru
revolutionary outbreak had occurred in the Stat
Of Santander. Financial difficulties had sprung M
with England.
We have Turks Island papers to April 2. ThcJ
contain no news. The weather was favorable fol
salt raking; there had been slight improvement
10 the demand, but no change in price.
The mail bag from Havana by the Quaker City
which arrived on Wednesday, the goth instant, was
yesterday found at the public store in Broad street
where II had been sent as bag containing segars
On opening the bag, the whole mail was found I'm
der the segars We trust that the cause of this neg
Iect WIZ be promptly fcrretcd out and the culpa
lie party properly dealt with, according to law