New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-05-15

HALIFAX, May l4.-The Cunard Royal Mail |
steamship Europa, Capt; leitch, arrived at thls
port to-day en- route for Boston.
She left Liverpool at noon on Saturday, the Attn,
and touched at Queenstown the evening of the
5th inst.
ceved by the Great Eastern at New York.
Commercial Intelligence.
LIVERPOOL, May 4.--The Brokers' Circular re.
ports the sales of the week ending with Friday at
so, 900 bales 900 of which are reported as hav-
ing been taken by spectators and lG,5OO ter eX-
port. Holders offer freely.
All qualities Of Cotton advanced to Id. during
the week.
The sales on Friday comprised Is 900 bales, at
full rates. The following are the authorized quo
tations:
Fair Orleans w SGD. NIiddl'g Orleans led.
Fair Mobile; .....s#d Mddl,g Mobile ), ,Sd. S
Fair Uplands. SD Mddl'g uplds;; :o z ~ l6d.
The stock of Cotton in port sums up 900, OF
which 9,000 are of American production.
The accounts from Manchester are not ofa favor
able character.
Sales of Goods and Yarns unimportant.
Messrs Richardson Spence Co. say the weeks
business in Breadstuffs closed steady.
Provisions ruled steady.
LONDON, May 4.-The closing quotations for Con-
| soils were 81 to 9I8
| The amount of bullion in the Bank of England
decreased G277 900 during the week.
| The money market s more stringent.
| Latest from Liverpool
| LIVERPOOL, May S, P. M-Via Queenstown
|
| by the Persia, produced great excitement. All
| markets are thereby excited and unsettled
The sales of Cotton yesterday Saturday in
cuded 20 600 bales, of which 10000 were taken by
spectators and for export, the market closing al
a partial advance of ID. Heavy stocks were with
| drawn.
The Breadstuffs and Provision markets were
steady.
LoSDoy, May 5. P. M.-Quotations for Consols
closed at 9l4 to 9l5.
European Political Intelligence.
GREAT BR1TA1N.-In the House of Commons
Lord John Russell, in answer to Mr.. Evart said
that England had directed naval force to America
for the protection of British shipping He said
England would use every possible means to avoid
taking part in this lamenable contest. He advised
/ his Government to keep out OF it.
The betrothal of Princess Alice to Prince Louis
of Hesse, has been formally announced
The London Times says the excitement between
the Northern and Southern sections of America
has not been paraeled since the early days OF the
, | French revolution.
Underwriters ask twenty to twenty-five shilling:
, from New Orleans ten to fifteen shiillngs iron
, | New York on British, and one to two per cent
extra on American vessels from India, China, etc
: War risks on American vessels detained in South
ern ports advanced from five to ten gmineas nj,
The Globe says it is rumored that Ihlers Wrot'
the Due D'Aumale
to the Minister of Justice says the temporal powe
of the Pope is abolished, and that the Cathoh
r world will hold Napoleon responsible therefor.
Paris Bourse firm; Rentes 69f. l5c.
4 Spanish correspondents say that all the Sa
Domingo towns have pronounced in favor OF BEN
i annexed to Spain.
Large bodies of Italian troops had embarked a
Genoa for Southern Italy, and three thousand ha
, reached Naples.
G The official journal Of Rome denies that Sal
{ dinia will make conciliatory proposals to Rome.
/
STILL TWO DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE
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