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The adjourned debate

committee on the Foreign Enlistment Bill was reamed
by Mr CONOLLY, who maintained that the bill was inde-
fensible in principle, and that the strongest arguments
against it might be found in the speeches of its defenders
and in the miserable fallacies of Lord John Russell.

A. debate ensued, in the

purse of which

Mr. DISRAELI, on behalf of his party, said they had no
wish to throw any unfair obstacle in the way of the bill.
He had come down to the house prepared to go into com-
mittee that evening, and to take the third reading the

next day

Lord J. RUSSELL admitted that the government had no
reason to complain of the opponents of the bill, and sug-

gested that it would
public interest that t

better for all parties and for the
ie house should go into committee.

- After some remarks from Mr PACE and Mr. Bureau,
the Speaker left the chair, when the clauses were discussed
and agreed to without amendment, certain proposed verbal
amendments being deferred until the third reading.
COMMON LAW PROCEDURE (IRELAND.)-Mr. I. BUTT
obtained leave to bring in a bill to extend to Ireland the
provisions contained in the 18th section of the Common
Law Procedure Act of 1854.
The house adjourned at twenty minutes after 8 o'clock.

FRIDAY, DEC. 22.
The Speaker took the chair at four o'clock

brewers and beersellers of the borough of Rochdale, for
the abolition of the present system of licensing public-
houses.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer brought up the Savings
Bank Bill, which was read a first time.
THE TEA DUTY.—TheCnANcELLon of the EXCIIEQUEE
—I take this opportunity of giving a notice which is of a
somewhat unusual character probably, but which I trust
the house will consider justifiable under the circumstances
of the case. It is a notice to the effect that, without
giving any other intimation whatever, or holding out any
presumption as to any other financial measure of any other
kind, it is the intention of the Government, in the event
of the continuance of the war, when the time shall arrive
for making the financial statement for 1855, that the duty
on tea, instead of progressively falling until it shall reach
ls. per pound, shall continue at the rate at which it now
stands, of ls. 6d. It is on account of the enactment of the
house being of such a long date, and that diminution of
duty having been so long looked forward to, that the
Government have thought it right to give this early notice
of their intention to make this alteration in the law.

THE MILITARY UNIFORM.—In reply to Mr. Ewart, Mr.
S. HERBERT said that in the new patterns for the coats
of the officers and privates the present distinction of
epaulettes was done away with.
MINIE RIFLES.—In answer to a question, Mr. S.
HERBERT said it was the intention of the government to
arm the whole of the army with the 3linie rifle, and they
were being issued as fast as the manufacturers could sup-
ply them.
Sir J. PAKINGTON gave notice that early after
Christmas he should move for leave to bring in a bill for
the better encouragement of education in England and
Wales.
Sir J. GRAHAM, in answer to Mr. Disraeli, said that he
had no reason to believe that the Russians had block-
aded Memel.
FOREIGN ENLISTMENT BILL.

On the motion for the third reading of the Foreign En-
listment Bill,
Sir E. DE RING moved that it be read the third time
that day six months.

Mr. COBDEN seconded the amendment, and entering
upon the general question, argued that if we were to carry
on the war of invasion against Russia by land, it must be
carried on in a different manners and upon a different
scale. The capture of Sebastopol would not destroy
Russian power. Peace alone would solve the difficulties
which have led to this great contest. He, therefore,
recommended that we should accept peace upon the
terms laid down in what were called the four points.
Moderation would effect all the objects for which we were
fighting.
A lengthened discussion ensued, in the course of which,
Lord J. RUSSELL said, if we had had a large peace
establishment, it would have been unnecessary to resort to
the employment of foreigners ; but such was not the case,
and hence the necessity for the present measure. He
defended the conduct of the government as regarded the
threat of resignation, by insisting that it was perfectly
legitimate for Ministers to say, " We require these powers
to carry on the war, and if you will not grant them we
decline the responsibility of going on, and you had better
allow the war to be conducted by those in whom you
have more confidence." They were told by those who
said they ought not to employ mercenaries that they
ought to raise the bounty, which was of course
an appeal to the mercenary feelings of the people.
In reply to the arguments of Mr. Cobden, he said the real
object of the war was to check the spirit of aggrandise-
ment of Russia, which betrayed itself in a most unjust and
unjustifiable aggression of that power upon Turkey. This
would give to Russia a preponderance which would be
dangerous to every country in Europe, and it was there-
fore a wise policy to meet it in the outset before it had
become too strong to leave a chance of coping with it with
any hope of success. He concluded by saying—" Having
stated the other day, at the end of the first discussion,
what were the general provisions of the treaty with Austria,
I think the house will agree that I did not deceive them,
nor overstate those provisions. If so, I cannot be justly
chargeable with misleading the House, or attempting to
give an exaggera` ed notion of the provisions of the treaty.
Having stated so much, I will repeat my belief that,
although not contained in the literal terms of the treaty,
that as Austria will find we do not propose to diminish
the territories of Russia—as we propose to leave her a
great and powerful state, and only seek securities as ne-
cessary for Austria as they are for England and France,
in order to obtain a durable peace—that unless Russia
shall accept such fair and moderate terms which it will be
. our duty to propose whenever the minister of the Emperor
of Russia shall declare that he is directed to enter into
negociations—l feel convinced, I say, that if these terms
are not accepted by the Emperor of Russia, if he is of
opinion that that great scheme began in the reign of the
Empress Catherine, if not before, must be persevered. in,
we shall have before the opening of the next campaign the
alliance of Austria in an offensive and defensive treaty
(hear, hear, and cheers). I state to you that although
Austria is not literally bound by such a course, I think
she is morally bound by the stipulations she has entered
into. I have always stated that we might be obliged to
have a large and protracted war unless Austria was a
party in that war ; but my belief is that if Austria joins
us, and before long we have the accession of Prussia, we
shall be in a position to say that the war will not be pro-
tracted, but will be ended by a durable, a satisfactory, and
an honourable peace."
Sir J. PA.KINGTON expressed his belief that one cause
of the war was to be found in the dispatches of the noble
lord to the court of Russia, which led the Emperor to
form a wrong estimate of the temper and feeling of the
people of this country. Had the Government last July
embodied the militia, and thus established an available
reserve, there could not have arisen the necessity for this
most objectionable bill. He alluded to the desertion of
the Conservatives by the Peelite party, and said he was
not surprised that a bill like the present should emanate
from such a source, for they might well be called the
political free lances of England.
Mr. BRIGHT said it would be a most difficult under-
taking to keep Turkey in her present position in Europe.
The Turkish character was becoming known, and on the
Stock Exchange she was obliged to pay more for a loan
than Russia could obtain it for, were it legal to advance
it. The English Government had systematically prevented
the efforts of Austria and France to settle matters with-
out having recourse to war, and with it, therefore, rested
the responsibility of the war.
Upon a division the motion for the third reading was
carried by 173 to 137; majority 38.
The bill was then read a third time.

Some amended clauses were added, after which the bill
passed, and the house adjourned at a quarter to two
o'clock.

SATURDAY, DEC. 23.

The Speaker took the chair at two o'clock

ENLISTMENT OF FOREIGNERS Brs,L.—A message was
brought from the Lords, announcing that their lordships
had agreed to the amendments of the Commons to this
bill without any amendment.
A NEW WRIT was ordered for Sunderland, in the room
of Mr. W. D. Seymour, who had accepted the office of
Recorder of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
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MARRIAGES EXTENSION.—Mr. HEYWOOD gave notice
that on Thursday, the Ist of February, he would move for
leave to bring in a bill to extend and alter an act passed
in the sth and 6th years of the reign of Wm. IV., so far as
relates to marriages within certain of the degrees of affi-
nity not prohibited in Scripture.
After hearinc, the royal assent given to certain bills in
the House of Lords, the House adjourned at half-past two
o'clock until the 23rd of January.

THE MARQUIS OF NORMANDY, K.G., has been appointed
Her Majesty's envoy extraordinary and minister plenipo.
tentiary to the Grand Duke of Tuscany._ _ _
.. ..

SCOTCH LAW APPOINTMENTS.—Mr:Craufurd, solicitor-
general, takes the vacant seat on the bench, and Mr.
Thomas Mackenzie, sheriff of Ross-shire, is the new solici-
tor-general.— Scotsman.
THE CANADA WORKS, BIEKENHEAD.—These exten-
sive works are now in full operation, and the thirty-
seventh locomotive has just been laid down. About 100
men are employed in the engine department, and 400 in
the bridge department, making a total of 900 skilled arti-
zans employed at these important works. The proprietors
gave a large donation to form a library for the men, on
the 20th October last, and in future this day is to be
observed as an annual festival. The library already num-
bers about 600 volumes, and there is also a reading-room

n connexion with the works, whidh is supported by 400
nbscribers, at a penny a week.

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Ministers of War and of the Marine for the wounded of the

fleet and army. Entirely appreciating the patriotic senti-
ment which has dictated these generous offers, the Minis-
ters have not been able to accept them. It is, at the
same time, the duty and the privilege of the whole country
to reward the services of those who shed their.blood for
it ; such is the opinion of the Emperor, and His Majesty's
Government has not shrunk from, and will not shrink
from, any sacrifice fully to satisfy this sacred obligation.
Ministers have also received numerous offers

The same

of articles intended to improve the condition of the
troops. These gifts, which have an entirely different
character from the others, have been accepted with grati-
tude. Although the magazines of the State are largely

supplied, there are things which one cannot have in-toC
great quantities, such as blankets, linen, lint, &c., anc]

gifts of this kind will always be received with satisfaction.
The Ministers of War and of the Marine avail themselves
of this occasion to address their thanks to the Prefects of
the Lower Loire and the Seine, who have taken the lead
in this respect."

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The Moniteur publishes the- following des_
Admiral Hamelin, dated Kamiesch Bay, Dec. 12 :
" One thousand men arrived on the 10th from the Bos-
phorus. English and French ships are bringing to-day
3,300 more, with munitions of war. The town for the
last two days has been keeping up a tolerably heavy can-
nonade. The enemy has made two vigorous sallies upon
our lines and upon those of the English. When they
arrived upon the parapet they were received with a well-
sustained fire of musketry, and were driven back at the

bayonet's point, after an obitinate contest

The Indus arrived at Marseilles on Thursday, from
Constantinople, with dates of the 10th, and accounts from
Balaklava to the Bth. The Vladimir and a second Russian
steamer arrived on the 6th on the French flank outside
the Quarantine Point, and opened fire. The Valorous, the
Terrible, and a French steamer, compelled them to put
back under the batteries. The French repel the continual
sallies of the Russians. The 9th and 90th Regiments and

a part of the 34th had arrived since the 4th. General
Pennefather was ill at Balaklava. Lord Cardigan had
left for England.
The Moniteur of Friday contains the following official
despatches:—

THE CHARGE D'AFFAIRES OF FRANCE AT CONSTANTI-
NOPLE TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE MINISTER OF FO-
REIGN AFFAIRS AT PARIS.

PERA, DEC. 10.—Prince Napoleon is making his prepa-
rations to return to the Crimea, although the state of his
health still requires care. The English steamers Candia,
Ripon, Emeu, and Thames, arrived yesterday or to-day
with 4,266 men of the Seventh Division."
"THE CHARGE D'AFFAIRES OF FRANCE AT CONSTAN-
TINOPLE TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE MINISTER OF
FOREIGN AFFAIRS AT PARIS.

PERA, DEC. 15.—General de Montebello has arrived
from the Crimea. He will leave for France on the 22nd.
The position before Sebastopol continued to be very good
on the 13th."

"ADMIRAL HAMELIN TO THE MINISTER OF MARINE.
MONTEZUMA, KAMIESCH, DEC. 7.—Yesterday a Rus-
sian frigate and a Russian schooner left Sebastopol, and
sailed in all haste towards the bay of Strelestka. The
Megere, which was on the watch, exchanged cannon shot
with these two vessels, which sire received at the entry
of Strelestka by our two look-out ships, anchored in that
bay.. At the approach of an English frigate, which three
other Fnglish and French frigates followed, the enemy
retraced his route and returned in great haste to Sebas-
topol. None of the Russian balls reached our ships nor
the left of our troops encamped at Strelestka."

RUSSIAN PREPARATIONS FOR THE NEXT

CAMPAIGN

A letter from St. Petersburgh, dated Dec. 8, says :—lt
ought not to be supposed in England that because Russia
remained entirely passive this summer in the Baltic, and
allowed her ships to be cooped up at Cronstadt and Swea-
borg, that she intends to follow a similar course in the
ensuing campaign in the Baltic. It may with truth be
asserted that the declaration of war took Russia by surprise,
and that, with all the gigantic resources she possesses,
neither the army nor the fortresses were at all prepared
for active warfare. The same may be said with regard to
the navy, and to a much greater extent, both in the Baltic
and Black Sea.

But the extensive preparations now making in the
imperial arsenals for putting the Baltic fleet in a condi-
tion not only to carry on a defensive war, but even to
assume the offensive, are of such vast magnitude that they
ought not to be overlooked in England or thought lightly
of. The most important of these measures is the imme-
diate formation of no less than twenty-six reserve com-
panies of sailors or ships' crews, to replace those that may
be swept off by British and French cannon-balls next
summer. According to the Russian system, the Baltic
fleet is divided into three divisions ; the head-quarters of
the first and second being at Cronstadt, and of the third
at Sweaborg. The new companies or crews are 'to be
formed of those sailors now on furlough and those whose
time of service expires on the 13th Jannary next.
The old line-of-battle ship Andreas, Bt, is to be con-
verted into a block ship in lieu of the Arsis, which will
be fitted for active service. The new screw three-decker
building here is to be called the Emperor Alexander, and
is to be ready for service by the end of March next.
The impracticable old ship Emgeiten, 84, is to do duty only
as a harbour ship, and will be replaced by the Natro-
mennia, 74, and receive the eighth equipage or crew.
The old line-of-battle ship Empress Alexandra, 81, the
frigate Proserpine, 44, and the brig Kasansky, 20, are to
broken up as being perfectly unserviceable.
The steam squadron which had left Sweaborg for a
cruise on the withdrawal of the British fleet, consisted of
the Kamtschatka, 16, 540-horse power, carrying the flag
of Vice Admiral Tirinow ; the Smiloi, 12, 400 horse
power ; the Olaf, 16, 450 horse power ; the Grosaschi,
6, 450-horse power; the Chrabroi, 6, 300 horse power;
the Gremiaschoi, 6, 400 horse power ; the Burik, 6, 300
horse power; the Otwaschnoi, 6, 400 horse power; and
the Bogatyr, 6, 300 horse power—all paddle-wheel
steamet s.

Since then another squadron has left the port of Swea-
borg and been out on a cruise, consisting of the line-of-
battle ships Procher, 84, with the flag of Vice Admiral
Rumjanzow ; the Pultawa, 84, the Brienue 74 ; and the
Vladimir, 84 —towed respectively by the steam frigates
Olaf, Gremiaschoi, Rurik, and Smiloi. At the completion
of their cruise they proceeded to Cronstadt, where they
remain for the winter. There are, therefore, four line-of-
battle ships and four steam frigates less now at Sweaborg
than there were in the summer.

Tice MISFORTUNES OF WAIL—Four sons from one
family, in the neighbourhood of Maidstone, have been
engaged in the Crimean war, all of whom have been killed.

TuE non-commissioned officers and privates of the South
Devon Militia have subscribed the handsome sum of £169
10s. sd. towards the Patriotic Fund.—Exeter Post.
THE 82ND REGlMENT.—lnstructions have been received
by this regiment to be in readiness to leave Edinburgh,
for Corfu, about the end of this month. The Balicarra
has been chartered for the conveyance of the corps, and
the port orembarkation will probably be Liverpool.
TILE CZAR'S NAME-DAY was kept at Berlin on the
18th, the Feast of St. Nicholas, according to the Russian
calendar. The Russian Ambassador, Baron Budberg, gave
a dinner, at which the " Health of the Czar" was proposed
by M. Manteuffel, the Prussian Premier. Baron Budberg
in turn proposed the " Health of the King of Prussia."
The next day the Russian Ambassador dined at court.
STOVES FOR THE CRIMEA.—A large number of stoves
for the Crimea have been sent to the Tower, from which
place they will be forwarded in a few days to their desti-
nation. Several hundred tin pipes were also brought,
which will be fixed in the stoves when they are placed in
the tents. _ _ _ _

IRON BATTERIES FOR THE BALTIC.—The batteries are
to be forty in number, and are to be ready in March next.
They will be flat-bottomed, with round stem and stern,
and nearly 2,000 tons' burthen, one hundred and eighty
feet long, fifty-six feet wide, twenty feet deep, and pro-
pelled by horizontal engines of two hundred-horse power.
The strongest materials are to be employed in the build-
ing of these formidable engines of war. Each of the
plates with which they will be encased is twelve feet long,
three feet wide, and four inches thick ; and each battery
will require seven hundred tons of those plates. From
experiments which have been made, and of which these
batteries are the result, it has been found that the strength
of iron increases enormously in proportion to its integral
thickness as compared with the same amount of metal in
lamina or single plates, however closely or firmly they
may be united. These gunboats are to be armed with
twelve of the largest Lancaster guns. Each boat will
have two decks, the upper being bomb proof, eight inches
thick, and the lower will be the fighting deck.
THE HOSPITAL AT SCUTA.RI.— A correspondent of The
Morning Post tells us something of the nurses at Scutari :
" Miss Nightingale is, of course, the directress, assisted
by Mrs. Bracebridge. I hear that ten of the nurses are
Sisters of Charity, ten from Miss Sellon's sisterhood, five
from the Bishop of London's training institution, and the
remainder from Miss Nightingale's own hospital. When
the staff of nurses arrived, the embassy-very properly sent
two attaches to land them, and all the heads at Scutari
exerted themselves in every way to contribute to their
comfort. The quarters in the south-east tower were given up
to them. Every one speaks in the highest possible terms
of Miss Nightingale as a very sensible, lady-like, and holy-

minueu creature, anu inrs. Driuxuriugc --
every way admirably adapted for her important position.
The following extract from a Scutari letter will be read
with interest : --` On my arrival here, my wound was not
found so no nrna nlrmsebnfnii T therefore, cause fc

especial thankfulness. Oh !~what a world of affliction wa
I introduced to when I came among nearly 4,000 sufferers
but I am rejoiced to say that every possible
spiritual and temporal, is being rendered
Roman Catholic priests, we have just had _
dition to our chaplains, in the Rev. C. E. Hadow and I
Owen, two volunteers, I believe, from Oxford. There i
Is° the Rev. S. 0. Osborne, who has come out with a I‘,l
• -^thorisi

Besides twc

a valuable a

ter of marque from the Secre
being received and set to work in any way ne
suppose he will do a little as chaplain, and much as obse
ver-general. Miss Nightingale—for the good woman tak
brevet rank— is working her nurses admirably, being mo
judicious and excellent in all she does, and the Sisters a
a help of indescribable value. Lady de ltedcliffe often corn
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in the Sultan's quarters; also Col. H______,
Lieut.-Col. Haly, and Lieut.-Col. Warren, of wh
Col. Halkett is seriously wounded. What
creature is Col. Ada

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projects are on foot for the comfort of tht.
—a kitchen and cooks at both hospitals,
trivances, suggested by Miss Nightingale.
tell you of the deaths of Capt. Hon. Mr. Neville,
from internal bleeding ; Capt. Webb, 17th Lancer,>,
after amputation ; and Capt. Maude, A.D.C., is also
Mr. M`Donald ,of the 95th, with eleven wounds, is going on
well. Houses have been taken outside for the officers,
and I am to move this afternoon, and Kulleli is to be the
resort of convalescents. All the Russian prisoners will
also go to Kulleli to-morrow, which will
beds for 1,000 more of our own men. I liope soon to
join my regiment. They tell me that camp life is terri/

give room and

just now, but with all its troubles, give me a sound lim
and work with my own regiment, and I will thank Gc
for the blessing."

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE AFRICA

By the British and North American Royal Mail st

arrive

noon, we have Intelligence from New York to the

inst. She brought eighty passengers, but no specie.
The U. S. steam-ship Pacific, Nye, arrived at New York
on the 13th inst.

In the municipal elections iu the United States, the
Know-Nothings had been almost entirely successful. It
is stated that there is not a single applicant for the office
of Governor for the territory of Utah, soon to become
vacant by the_expiration of Brigham Young's term.

A run had been made upon-the Savin
York, by the working-classes.
General T. H. Adams was elected Governor of South
Carolina on the 11th.

s-bank in New

Five propellers were frozen in at Cleveland
Erie, and the propeller Baltic, which had been

,
to return, reported solid ice as far as could be seen. -
It was reported that the Laumann-house, at Portage
Falls, was entirely consumed by fire on the evening of the
12th.

The cotton-mill of Wm. H. Cary, at Medway Village,
Boston, was destroyed by fire on the 15th ; loss, $14,000.
The failure of Messrs. Blodgett and Co., of Boston, had
been announced. It is stated that they owe between
$1,900,000 and $2,000,000, and show a surplus of $200,000
or $300,000. The failures at the South and West, and the
utter impossibility of collecting the vast sums due to them
is assigned as the cause. The suspension of Messrs.
Taylor and Cassellv. at New Orleans. and four commission

and grocery firms, was also announced.
In the Senate, on the 11th, a bill to establish a uniform
rate of naturalisation throughout the United States, to
act prospectively upon those foreigners only who entered
the United States after the passage of the act, was intro-
duced, read, and referred to the Judiciary Committee. The
bill extended the term of naturalisation to twenty-one
years. In introducing the bill, Mr. Adams denied he had
any connexion with the Know-Nothings, or with any
other political secret association, and disclaimed any hos-
tility to foreigners ; but he thought emigration dangerous,
inasmuch as foreigners ranged themselves with Aboli-
tionists. He introduced the bill because he had learned
that a band of Germans had burned an American senator
in effigy. Mr. Brodhead moved that the Appropriation
Bill of last session, for the support of the ocean mail
steamers, be referred to the Committee on Post Roads.
He thought the allowance was too high, and that the
steamers were utterly useless for war vessels. He would
give tEe notice, and Stake the vessels at their appraised
value. The bill was ultimately laid on the table.
In the House of Representatives, on the 11th, leave to
offer a resolution, requesting the President to tender his
mediation in the pending war in Europe, was refused.
On the 12th, a bill for the "Better Preservation of Life
and Property on the Long Island and New Jersey Coasts"
was passed by a large majority. The bill authorises the
Secretary of the Treasury to establish additional stations
along the coasts of Long Island and New Jersey, and
change other stations, with the view of giving effect to
this act. It likewise provides for the appointment of
keepers and a general superintendent.
Mr. Wallbridge had, in a long speech, introduced his
motion for Repealing the Duty on Foreign Coal. It was
expected that it would be carried by a large majority. A
memorial had been presented from the American Philo-
sophical Society asking an outfit to search for Dr. Kane's
Arctic Expedition.
It was understood at Washington that no business of
importance would be transacted until after the holidays.
The correspondent of the New York Herald says there is
evidence that the conference at Ostend met in compliance
with instructions from Washington, and it was only in
consequence of these instructions that Messrs. Buchanan
and Mason were induced to become parties to it ; and that
the conference was to consider but one subject—the Cuba
question. The report in the auto appartment announced
that the safety of the United States required, and their
interest demanded, the possession of Cuba, by negotiation
and purchase, if possible; by force, if necessary.
According to Washington advices, the President was
extremely anxious to accomplish a modification of the pre-
sent tariff, the raising of four new regiments, and the
increase of the navy.

The New York Journal of Commerce says, " The
present war, if it humbles the power of Russia, as we be-
lieve in the end it must, will put a new commercial aspect
upon this whole part of the world. The Porte has, indeed,
been anxious to develop the resources of this region by
attracting hither foreign trade and capital, but the condi-
tion in which it was bound by treaties to keep the Black
Sea has vastly impeded its enlightened plans. All nations
besides Russia may find satisfaction in the prospect that
this state of things will soon cease for ever.'
CILIFORNIA. —The steam-ship North Star had arrived
at New York, from Aspinwall, on the morning of the 11th,
with a week's later news from the Pacific, and specie and
gold-dust to the amount of $1,384,005 on freight.. The
mines in some places continued to yield good returns. In
other places the early rains had spoiled the works of the
miners, and delayed for a time their chances of " making
a pile." A nugget of gold, weighing three-and-a-half
pounds, had been taken out of Hornitas Creek, Mariposa
County.

From Oregon the reports of the hostility of the Indians
still continue, and it was believed that they had deter-
mined upon a combined hostile demonstration against the
whites. A severe fight had taken place near Portland, in
which five persons were killed and several wounded.
The gold excitement continued, but there were doubts as
to the genuineness of the article represented to be found
Incendiaries were busily and successfully at work at Port-
land.

MEXICO.—The steamship Orezeba had arrived at New
Orleans, with dates from Mexico to the 6th instant. In
an engagement at Morelia, department of Michoacan, on
the 21th November, the rebels were entirely routed, and
300 of them killed. General Rehagary, the governor of
the province, who commanded the Government forces,
was also killed. The election as to whether Santa Anna
should continue President of the Republic was progress-
ing. He had issued a decree making it compulsory for
Government employe's to vote, under a penalty of dis-
missal from office in the event of a refusal. The revolution
appears to be gaining ground, notwithstanding the above
mentioned reverse. It is said that the Government of
Honduras has agreed to sell Tigre Island to the United
States for the sum of $20,000. The ownership of the
island is, however, disputed by the Government of Sal-
vador. One hundred and sixty of the compatriots of
Count Boulbon, had been released by theErder of Santa
Anna, as a mark of esteem to the Emperor of France.
Five civil judges had been suspended from their offices, iu
consequence of having made disrespectful communications
to the President. The plague was making great ravages
in the interior. The cities of Mexico and Vera Cruz had
voted almost unanimously in favour of continuing Santa
Anna as President. _ _

CANADA.—The Canadian Parliament was to be ad-
journed on the 15th instant. Lord Elgin was to give his
assent to the Clergy Reserves Bill, and the Abolition of
Feudal Reserve Bill, and then to resign in favour of Sir
Edmund Head. His Lordship was expected to leave New
York by steamer about the 23rd. The Reciprocity Bill
for Nova Scotia passed the Legislature on the 11th by a
majority of twenty-two.
From the Sandwich Islands we learn that the treaty
with the United States had been assented to by the Royal
Family. The arrival of a portion of the Japan squadron
at Honolulu had created a great sensation.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW YORK, 13th Dec.

MONEY.—The general features of the money market
were encouraging, though there was no change in the
rates of interest. The supply of money on demand was
rather increasing, and it was freely loaned on available
securities at 7 per cent. The demand for commercial
paper was limited, and the best names could not be dis-
counted under 10 or 12 per cent. There had been a
number of failures among the small dealers, from the
effects of the high rate of discount prevailing. The want

seeking investments in stocks. The bank panic in the
Western States appeared to have ceased. In Exchange
the business for the Africa had not been large. Bills in
Loudon were quoted 71 to 84 per cent. premium ' • Paris,
&c., f. 5, 181 to f. 5, 16 60 days, and f. 5, 121 to f. 5, 11
short sight; Antwerp, f. 5, 181 to f. 5. 16t ; Hamburg 301

COTTON.-The New York Shipping List, of the 13th
of December, says :—The demand for the past three days
had been fair for export, and, with a very light supply, the
downward inclination had been arrested.

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was estimated, had aver.
the market closing tamel

XPORTS, AND STOCKS OF

COTTON

Exports to Total Exports Stock on
Gt. Britain. to For. Ports. Hand, &c
325.010 330,817

620, i 47

123,030

Increase
Decrease

two-and-a-half 71
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various shipping ports ; bui
the planters to secure, in
maining in the fields. The
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