New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-08-21

SANDY HOOK Aug. 21.-The Cunard Royal mai
steamship Arabia, Capt. ). Stone, from Liverpool
via Queenstown, passed off this point at o'clock
this afternoon on her way to New York.
The Arabia left the port of Liverpool Saturday,
Aug llth, touched at Queenstown Sunday evening,
the 9Th, to land and embark passengers and dis
patches, and brings two days later news than was
received at Farther Point by the North American.
The Liverpool, New York and Philadelphia Mail
Company's screw steamship City OF Baltimore,
from New York. arrived out at Liverpool on the Sth
Inst.
The ship Metropolis arrived out at Havre, and
reports having seen on the 18th of July, in lat. 12o
S. $50 w. the American ship Robert Kelly. The
Robert Kelly was given over for lost some months
ago, and it is presumed that this report is incor-
rect.
Commercial Intelligence.
LIVERPOOL, Aug. 1l.-0f the $4,000 bales of
| Cotton which were sold in Liverpool during the
| week ending Friday, August 10th, 81 GOO bales
were taken by spectators, and 10000 for export,
| leaving SO 500 to the trade.
! The favorable news received from America by
the last steamer, caused an advance of Id. on the
lower grades Of Cotton, and d. on middling quail
/ ties.
On Wednesday, Aug. sth, the sales went up as
high as 10000 bales. The speculative inquiry
/ throughout the day was large.
The sales yesterday friday embraced 10000
| bales, of which spectators and exporters took
| 5000, leaving 1000 to the trade.
/ The market closed firm at the following author
| ized quotations of the Brokers' Circular.
4 Middling 0rleans...Sd Fair Orleans. :. cd
Middiing Mobile..,..5d Fair Mobile. ,-..... q
! The quantity of Cotton now in the port of Liver
/ pool adds up ,203 900 bales, Of which 1,0l4 500
| have been received from American ports.
4 LONDON Aug, 1.-THE decline in Consols is ow.
ing to the announcement of loan of f3 900 600 fol
India. The following are to-day's quotations:
Consols for the account closed at a32.
Coflsols for money closed at 93t.
The money market is generally unchanged and
tbn dam and at fJJil pafn
The bullion in the Bank of England has de
creased 100000 during the week.
HAvRE, Aug 1.-THE sales of Cotton in Havre
for the week ending Friday, Aug 10th, reached
5000 bales.
Holders were pressing their stock on the market
New Orleans Tres 0rdinaire closed at % fl. an,
Bas at so fr.
There are at present in the port of Havre 227 90
bales Of Cotton.
Latest from Liverpool.
LIVERPOOL, Aug I2.-By telegraph to Queen
! town.-The sales of Cotton yesterday amounted
+ 10000 bales of which 5000 were taken by speel
lators and for export, leaving 7o00 to the trade.
The market closed generally steady and firm q
LIVERPOOL Aug. IL, p. M.--The market fo
Breadstutfs yesterday generally quiet but firm
n The Liverpool Provision market yesterday close
!, generally dull but quiet, at former rates.
General Intelligence.
The fort Of Seilla which lays opposite MESSING
was invested by Garibaldi's forces and not by til
Neapoltans, as was previously published.
A rumor is current that the NeapOlitan Envoy
are ascertaining the impossibility of concluding a
alliance between the kingdoms of Sardinia an
Naples. The ENJOYS would forthwith leave tn
city of Turin for Naples, having failed in carrying
out their object
, The Sandman Government has negotiated loa
of one hundred and fifty millions of livres.
The British Government has decided that th
whole ron-pated steam floating batteries are t
be put in thorough repair for immediate service.
! England declines to take an active part in th
= expedition to Syria.
!, Advices received from St. Petersburg state ths
l the Government of Russia will send four ships-o
the-line and two frigates to Syria to protect th
Christians.
| The Emperor Napoleon has conferred the gran
cross of the Legion of Honor on Add -el-kadel
! for his services at Damascus during the massacr
of the Christians by the Druses.
!. 1t was rumored at Paris that the Prussan reg
d ments would be increased from l02 to 150 men pc
:. company.
+ Reports are current that the English Cover
d ment has proposed to send Lord Stratford de Ra
cliffe as envoy to Constantinople, to advise wit
e the Sultan.
"a Advices received from China, by way Of Russi
a say that the insurgents are within fourteen mil
n of Pekin.
r The British fleet leaves Hong Kong forthwit
having been detained by adverse winds.
Ii The United States sloop-of-war Hartford and Il
d steamship Saginaw were at Shanghai, doing we
The sloop- of-war John Adams, of the East India
e squadron, was at FooChow in good condition.