The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-11-18
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e.t tNe.1tDNEspAY MORNING NOVEMBER Is. ,Iss1
ARRIVAL OF THE CITY orwAsr.
E INGTON'S MAILS. sis -.
~, The steamship cisy' Of Washington rri.sd !.
new York Monday morning, with Liverpool pansrs
" tne 4th Inst--;hc same dates with the 1risl "a
uhiiiax. The steamer Niagara arrived AT Ijvar.
puoi pw gu the Ist, and the North American ON the
''''iAis'AIfSarrrp '1 AT LAUNCH OF TIE aRzAr
/ lne huneh ef the mammoth steansiip hereto.
.ore sn9wn AZ the 'Great Eastern, buf now Tor.
10y 10y ehIstt BED "iesiathan,n was consneuced az
noon on the Sd ipst. Tue usual means ere fsk IN
70 move hcresscl but for sometime without avail
aissl aocut three hour labor, tue ship had moved
soous SIX feet by the stern and little over four
nta ~. w we DOW. when Que Of the powerful pur.
chase chains broke. and the work had to he ter1po.
rariy suspended. -E5T 81.
operations were 10 be RESUMED as coon as the nc.
cident could be rectited, aud the London papers vi
sas aeIaoon OF the Sd say it was COZ 3ideny hep,
wednesday, the l;h. Daring the operations q sud
9en strain on one Of the drums IL to reyolye
WHO great velocity, throwing several Of the men
in.o me CIR like straws, aud knocking 6axn 9th
ers with great violence.
-Four men had their arms aud legs broken, and
ope died as be was beinS conveyed to the hospital
/ iWuiense nunters of people, Including nIapy dis.
I lasa':hed men, asseinbled on shore aud on tho
river TO witness the launch NOD
r.. 1he Times Of Wednesday says that a postpone
ioent OF further eg1rts to tue I'd Of Decenbes bad
vesn resolved upon; and that, in the meaptine; tue
snp VIII stand In great dauger Of settling, owing
| to the Immense pressure $4,000 toas) upon the
! neY.niads earth. = '..... = =. 4. b "a
Mr- James Morrison, one of the yeaIthiest of the
merchant pr'uces' Of London. Is dead. The yai-
ue OF his property Is estimated at nearly G40oo-
/ .o]steriiug, aconsiderabte portion OF which is in
vested in sound securities 10 the United States.
The shipping returns of tue British Board OF
Trade for the moath OF septsmber shows an IN
crease in the employment OF all kinds Of sessrls
except Americau the business Of the latter having
| been affected BY the announcement of the panic
| The Catholic Bishop of Toronto, Csilsds, in ad-
| dressing congregation at Kilkenny, is said to
have 'earnesly cnreated the people, if they cnul.
by any possibility, remain in Ireland not TO think
| or eDigratng az tt was almost incredible the mis-
| cry and wretchedsess he constantly Witnessed
among the unfortunate Irish enigrants"
| story had gone forth that the screw steamship
| lydaspes had bet lost on her way to Ind a with
troops, but as nether the admiralty nor the ow "
ers OF the vessel had received any such
| it was believed to be without foundation. .i 4
l. 1t Is stated that the bark John W. Brookman q,
and for New York, was leaving Sunderland, q Sc
/ rious misunderstanding prevailed on hoard be.
| tween the captain and the crew. because the lat
4 ter complained that the vessel was not fully
| insnned. One nlan bad been felled with an axe
and tho position of sfairs such that measures
! hsd been taken to intrrcei the vessel.
| FRAScE.-FUyEEAL OF GRs. CAvAIGyAc
The desth OF Gen. Cayaignac WAS the most inn
| portsnt topic in France The event took place
while he Was out shooting Oh the 2sth uit, near
| Fours The General was in the act of raising his
gun To his shoulder, when he felt weakness sud.
denly creep over him. and he had scarcely time tt
| hand his qua 10 an attendant who stood By when
he fell TO the earth and expired lie had just c1m
| pleted his 55th year. His widow forthwith pro
e,sded to Paris with the remains
| The funeral obsequi.s Of the General took pace
on Saturday, the 31st, in the Church of St Lu,.
dAutin. All was conducted with order aud regu
larty, although the streets through which the pro
cesson to the cemetery of Montnstre passed were
| crowded, and about 49, 900 people followed the
! hearse 20 the gates Of the cemetery. --t
Quite large body of troops ok part in the pro
literary and political celebrities were present Tie
procession contained far less of the democratic
| element than Was expected. An Imperial car, iage
MAS looked for in the train, but none were there
As the hesrse passed along, every hat was rails.
ed, and the spectators often remained barehead.d
| until II wns out of sight. No address was spoken
over the tomb, but tie solaers paid the usual mil
| ftary honors. -
The regret felt at the dealt, of the General, is
described as deep and universal. =
r.+t a BELGIUM. f .-...E 9s-5
The Ministers rendered their designations on the
3lst ult but until the meeting of the Chambers
| hey would hold their offices ad iatsJim The
Chambers met On h, 10th inst. ..,t .
| --k P.hASc AL AFFAIRS. --
On Saturday, the 3lst uitimo the atsorption of
tCcnsois 10y the pubic steadily continued, and thu
closing price for The day a1l4. yer, active ge
mana 'or money wks exhibited, aud PER cent wa
rely eit red for leans Stocks it suut success
told as withdrawn froiD the Bank in ecnslderaLi.
sur e. he Times city article remarks:
'Confdrlcg ~ Liverpool apd Manel hes er arl I'm
the manuf.ctu ~ dir e. ally is stii unheid
| IN rnanuer to excite surprise.
lhe anprshrleion of further banking difficulties
has grssily subsidized, and the soppage Of the Bo
rough Bank, Liverpool has tesn followed By niue,
'ess eaGl,'neit tnhn might have been feared, loon
liabilities. From The st, m Of l,ana.tmsn1 " hicb
it Is alleged Will De deTelorel whenever fuI n
qniry is made by the shsrc,lders il will d. OBJ ably
bt found that the fact of the tnctio C this ins
tutnn. If it han happened me Tree from ten
dencf t1aisrm, could hot have b.en regarded as a
The range of Consols during the month of October
was - much as 1 per cent. Monday icing the day
FOR the haif yearly balance at the bank of England
Was kept as holiday at tue -tock Ex hange Con
s2!s however. were nominallv qu;.ted al sasz(a o.
the hfaylness being attributed to the ua atsfacror
nature OF the news from America b, the NIsuars
u the Dig ount market the demand was rather less
pressing AMI IN scme cases choire bills w+re pego,
tlated a. fraction be ow the bank miuiu nm ratr
The 1iEleB' city article says:
Some sccentsnces were returned this afternoon.
OF hessrr, Wilson, Ha'lrud 4 &C.. Of Lverroc, ,tht
correspondebts OF Mesefs Robh Iialle;t Co Of \ .
York fhe Engagements Of the flm are believed u,
be large. but It is honed such din :uties az hay.
arisen may be bat temporary" "
The shipment of spce (siver) TO the Es.t nv the
stsa ner al tae th, sas ..certained to be f956 49,
The faiinre OF W interh3f Piper Co ef liam
hurE, is &nno1ncet, with liabilities estimated al
TN Tuesday, the ai the marke: for ConsoIs was
heavy, snn the closing quotation Q,,s14 foI
N hey and account. The disc unit market Was nm
changed bnt money was rather easier to be obtained
at the Siosk Exchsnge, although at the Bank therr
Sas no dlmlnufion in the pressure. -.., . -
Over ta0.Ue in gold had been drawn from the
Rank since Saturday. and An appr' hensi prevail d
thst further rise in the rate of discount TO per
cent. would be the consequence.
owing to the holding on the Stock Exchange and
the Ron arrival In Liverpool Of the LonGo papers Of
Wejnesdsy. We have no quotations for American Sc.
| Curltlee later than Satin, tCtyher I'M hat
day the market was active. and Illinois Cent al
shares dsanced 70 Jos discount and New York Cen
trnl to 7270 Michigan Central of 1859 sold ut ISL
Erie Bonds of lsd2at IS, and Pennsylvania Central,
second mortgage, At 50.
APPOINTMENTS The Animal Conference of the
Methodist Protestant Church. recently assemble d
at smthfeld, in tho county. Of Isle-of Wight, va
has made the following appointments for the easu-
ing year The Rev. T. B. Thompson presided over
the Conference: Lynchturgi Station, Rev. J g.
Whitfield; Abingdon Station, Rev. q. II. Barr: Prin-
cess Anne Cirrnit Rev W. A. Grocxer; Smithfield
Circuit. Rev. NJ. J. BaHshorne: Sussex CircGit Rev
J. r. Wade; Greensville Circuit, Rev, J. ~ Wood !;
Heathsvile Circnt. Rev. +. A. Davis: Charles City
circnit. Rev. J. l. Wright; snrry Circuit, Rev J.
Mcclure; Campbell Circuif, ". III. Pierman b. C.
Stratton: Good Hope Circuit j b. Sizomore; Rye
Cove Circnit, W. Horton. J. Pendlcton Cess River
Circnit. J. Riggs, r. III. Simms Jonesville Circuit.
]. N. Woods J. NJ. billiard; lIcpewell Circuit. J.
Slaughter; provilpnce Cirrnit r. II. Thompson J
bodson; Hampton Cirrnit. j. NJ. Harris; Norfolk
Circuit, W. M.Gce, W. Mott; Matthews Circuit, J..
w. Miller; Richmond Circuit, nnsuppied; Bedford
Circuit, W. ]. Iiclconhe: Wythc and Saltvie Cir
emit Faulkner, Levi Hubble; Russell Circuit, un-
supplied; Rev. L. r. Cosby, +. Burroughs T. c. Jen-
nings, j. Paris and r. W. perryDisn. in ths hands
of the Precedent: Rev. A.. Doniphan was appointed
agent for the College The next session of the
Conference is to be held in Abingdon. .t
MENySTo OF WASHINGTON An attache of the
Museum in Baltimore, searching few days ence,
among some rubbish which had collected in an un-
fe1uented part OF that establishment. came across
a cnriors memento of Washington in the shape of
miniature brass gun-cerriage about twelve inches