The New York herald., 1863-06-22

Tho steamship CITY Of New York, Captain Kennedy,
which sailed from Liverpool at two NJ the 10th and
from Queenstown the lth instant arrived this port
yesterday afternoon The City Of New York has made q
very rapid passage, her time from Queenstown being
under ten days.
Her has been anticipated in all It's main features,
well her financial and commercial reports by the
Cape Race published in the HERALD Of Saturday morning
Our European es by the City Of New York are to the
18TH instant and very interesting details Of
the news 10 that day.
fleet of cotton vessels had arrived in the Mersey the
reccpts during four days amounting upwards thirty
nve thousand bales.
meeting Of the Royal Geographical Society was held
In London the Sth inst, Sir Roderck l. Murchison X
C. b., in the chair Among the Fellows elected were his
Royal ghness the Count de Paris The President stated
that he had received telegram informing him Cap
sans Speke and Grant left Alexandria the 4th inst by
the Pea for Southampton and due in England the
l7th The council had decided having an extra meet
ing to receive them and the day would announced as
soon as arrangements could be made.
The London Ntus OF the 1lh instant says Messrs John
Wilson, Jr, Co-an old established and respectable
London house IN the Russian trade-had stopped pay
men, owing to the failure OF Messrs John Dyer Co. OF
81 Petersburg, for whom they were London agents The
liabilities estimated at thirty or forty thousand
pounos and the liquidation depends upon that of the
estate o. Dyer Co., who Messrs. Wilson about
twenty thousand pounds. preliminary meeting has
been held at st. Petersburg OF the creditors Of Messrs
Dyer Il Co. No result was arrived at, however, the
affairs OF the firm being in very confused state 1t is
ssi thought that the liquidation will provo unavorabe
In consequence OF low prices and the prospects OF
English harvest OF 1863 the imporatons Of wheat and
Sour to British ports exhibit considerable dminuon IN
the month OF April The total receipts n London were
soS5a0 quarters against So4 53s quarters In April
year. For the first four months OF this year the aggre
gate mporatons OF wheat and -four twenty -four per
cont less than in 1862 and thirty per than in 1851
The london Times says the chief falling of has been from
the United States where the OBJECT Of the war upon labor
and freight must henccforth become increasingly
fest
fire broke out in the House OF Parliament, London
on the afternoon OF the Sth inst, but was subdued
before any material damage was sustained.
ofcal returns In regard the distress in the cotton
manufacturing districts Of England exhibit great de-
crease OF paupersm during the month OF May although
the figures continue to Indicate large amount of suf
fering.
The American horse Umpire, which ran second TO
knowsey in the for the Queens Plate at Ascot
had been declared the winner Kuowsey not having car
rcd the right weight.
The May mails from the various places on the West
Coast Of Africa received In England Trade gene
rally was very dull Much sickness prevailed al Bonny
and other points Of the coast and Europeans dying
10 large numbers .-st,a: ,aF3e.-.. 49,
The Cunard stelmer America, from Boston, arrived Of
Liverpool early on the morning Of the sth instant.