The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-12-07 00:00:00

SPAIN.

Marshal O'Donnell has declared to the Cortes
that the representative of Spain at Gaeta has
faithfully fulfilled his duty, in remaining to share
the perils of the King.

DISTURBED STATE OF HUNGARY.
PESTII, Dec. 4.

News from three towns state that demonstra-
tions against the Government officials had taken
place. In consequence of disturbances at Waitzen
a serious conflict had taken place between the
military and the people, in which numbers were
wounded on both sides.

TURKEY.
THE EASTERN QUESTION.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 28.
The Marquis do Lavalette insists on the exten-
sion of the French occupation of Syria, which the
Porte refuses to accede. The other ambassadors
maintain an apparently neutral attitude.
Fuad Pacha will remain in Syria during the
winter.
The Galata bankers desire to have a share in
the new French loan on contractors' terms.
News from Syria to- the 19th instant has been
received. A Christian Scheik had been appointed
the new Caimacan of the Lebanon.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 1.
The French Ambassador continues to urge the
extension of the French Occupation of Syria.
Petitions to that effect are being got up by the
French agents amongst the Christians of Da-
mascus and Beyrout.
The Greek and Armenian patriarchs have been
decorated by the Sultan.
Exchange is falling. Several Galata houses
have failed.
The Azar ports are closed by ice.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 4.
Vessels laden with ammunition have been seized
on the Danube.
A table of the revenues of
n despatched to
Turkey, signed by
the Finance Committee, has been
Paris for 111 X"

AMERICA.

SOUTHAMPTON, Dec 6.

The North German Lloyd's screw-steamer
Bremen, Captain Yessels, from New York on the
24th, arrived off the Needles; at 5.30. Her mails
are not yet in sight of this port. The weather is
thick and rainy, with a strong south-east wind.
LONDONDERRY, Dec. 6.
The. Montreal Company's screw-steamer North
American; from Quebec On the 24th inst, arrived
at Moville at 4 a:ni.; mid probeeded,.
,having
landed all her mails, except those for Lr'verfoool:
She brings fifty-nine passengers. News gene=
rally anticipated by the Prince Albert.
The telegraph between Quebec and Father
Point was not working for some time previous
to; or at the departure of the North American.
The theattires adopted ot WeAnesday.by the
Associated Banks of New York, ielieving, the
financial pressure, met universal approval. The
bank creditors are satisfied, and consequently
calls for specie are few ; but currency is still
fluctuating, the closing rates yesterday being 19c
to 29c discount for Southern States, 5c to 10c
for Weitern, South-Western, and Middle, and
for New for i Arid ,
QuEENStowN; Dec:
The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia
Company's steamer Kangaroo, Captain Brooks;
from New York on the 24th, has arrived here.
She brings 150 passengers. The steamships
Africa and. Palestine had arrived out.

The state of political affairs had not changed.
Nothing new relative to the secession movement.
The refusal of South Carolina to join the con-
tocation 'for discussing the matter calmly is
seeiely etininiented on by the Virginian journals.
The banks of Philadelphia, Washington, Balti-
more, Trenton, and Pittsburg, hhd suspended
specie payments.
The suspension of the North Carolina banks
was legalised by the Legislature.
NEW YORK, Nov. 23.—The banks discounted
to-day to $8,000,000, or double the amount of
paper. Money was consequently easy, and the
pressiith Mitigated. $820,000 in specie is en
route from California. Exchange dull: Bankers
ask 103 to' 105 for sterling bills. Stocks ace
higher. New York Centrals, 77a, -1-; Erie, 31{,
; Illinois Central, 591, 60. The flour market is
buoyant and, quotations firm ; stock, 16,000 barrels.
Wheat and corn firm. Oats better. Cotton steady,
in bettei demand; sales, 3,000 bales; middling and
upland, 104. An average good demand for prO'
visions: Stigiii• coffee quiet: Freights
dull, and lower for England:

NEWCASTLE ELECTION.

Mr. P. Carstairs and Mr. Somerset Beaumont
were nominated to fill the vacant seat in this
borough. The show of hands was declared in
favour of Mr. Carstairs, and a poll demanded on
behalf of Mr. Beaumont.