Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-03-15

triton, tbe accession Of Maximilian to the i'm
periHl throne Of ii :xlco will be Proclaimed
| Befyre leaving Europe, their Mexican males.
| ties will visit Rs:ae to seek tue Pontiical
blessing on their mission.
The Paris correspondent of the "slorning
Post" says al the Mexican Minister'S finsn,
cial plans are ma.uced. They include n loan
for twenty millions sterling five per cent.
stock, and the settlement of the overdue cou.
pous Of the English! !Me1ican debt on satisfac>
tory terms.
PASSING COTTON .HD TOBACCO THROUGH TIE
BLOCKADE.
In tho Hourn O! Commons, on The 23d, Mr..
Layard, in rc.ly :, Sir r. Cliftnn, stated that
it WAS true tn, h. 3Hsjrs.y's Government, on
the application OF 30 French and Austrian
GoverrmeGts hu ,.Fl.sentei that those Cow
ornmoats. si,or,, pa quantity of tobacco
through The III /,,de, With the approval of
tho 4 arisa...{. II tiofs3:,asse, The tobacco was
the;..t ,s.s, Sii s sli t. ,,55,I sahSh GOV
ernnients. nnd was in Righu,ond when the
civil wGr brnks ont Her Mljesty's Govern
men. had not Ira'le simple application for
th9 passing Of cotton for ;he benefit Of the dis
tressel " rcrariyHs OF Lancashire: The case
of co!ton wnI altogether different, rs it was
not held by the Government but By private
individuals
AN OLD RUAoR REVIVED.
The london Morning Post" of the 9th
in its city article, gays the reports from Paris
are mnre positive than before that confidential
ncgntia:ic,r have Lern entered upon by the
French Government wiki the Cahiret of St.
james fyr the joint recognition Of the Con-
,ederate States, and it is stated that France
will net alone in case of n negative rerly from
England. Tho POST" declines to ycuch for
these reports. /:
THE "TEScALCOSA."
Lord Palmcrs:on Ind announced in the
House Of Commons thar orders have been sent
to tho Cape Of Good Hope to release the pri-
va:eer Tuscaloosa, international Law NJ; jus,i-
lying her detention.
AIsCELLANEoUs.
The three men charged with piracy in soz-
Ing the schooner Jcseph L. Gercty baye again
been before the Liverpool magistratca The
COUNSEL fur the American 6ovurnmcut de-
ipahded, unaerthe extradition trenty, that the
prisoners be sent u New York Tor trial. rhe
d.fendapts claim TO have been justified in
their course by written authority from the
Confederate otfcal-. The magistrate re-
maadcd tho case till tho 4;h of March. The
names Of the seanen arrested for scizing the
schooner Jos. Gcrety are Quincy, McMur-
dock and Ferran
a Paris letter ass2rts that tie cordiality of
the entente between France and England is no
longer matter OF douh'. Il is understood
that tho Emperor Of the French agrees to CO..
operate w:th England whenever she will act,
and to retain his liberty Of acton or Of CO.
operation when England confines her action
to diploma;ie notes.
In the Elinburg Court Of Sessions ths
Judge has fixed the jsh Of April Tor the trial
Of the Ptmpero case by jury, and said he had
determined to fnilog the course adopted in the
Alexandra case. Notice of an appeal Was
given.
II il stated that three Russian infautry COM
paries, who marched against the insurgents
under Drombrowski had been utterly routod
a, KurzeTolm. the Government of Ravcw.--
OalJ eighty RuS.ians esoaped.
Freights arc very high at Shanghai. owing
= 10 pp'aa'is; OF 'h' Alshnn" in tt"s"
Taa Archduks Maxir,iliau leaves Brussels
for Paris on the Goth Of February.
Tho Boursc wGs steady.
COMMERCIAL.
LlvERPoo1, Feb. 26.-CorToN-Tho Brokers
Circular rcpor:a tho sales of the week at
Il 800 balcs, of which 1870 arc on specula-
ton, and 500 for export. The actual e1>
port Of tac week is 7,l27 bales The market
is dull, and p. ti. lower for American, ard
! il. lover for other sorts. The sales to-day
{ Fcidny) are estimated at G,000 bales, inc!u
ding 1000 to sreculator5 and expor;crs-the
ma kst closing quiet and unchanged.
The authorized quotations are, Middling
Orleans. Gid: ditto Mobile, 2G4l.; ditto
uplands, 26!i.
Tho stock in portis 23l Geo bales, Of which
"a 900 arc American. The weeks imports is
23l bales.