The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-12-26
ARRIVAL OF THE PERSIA.
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THREE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
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PROGRESS OF THE FINANCIAL REVULSION.
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Heavy Failures in London, Hamburg, st.
Petersburg and Warsaw.
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THE WAR IN INDIA.
Gen. HavelOck surrounded by Seventy
Thousand Sepoys at Lucknow.
Generals Sir Colin Campbell, Greathead and
Grant Marching to his Aid.
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NAP0LE0N'S NEWSPAPER GAG LAW.
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Speech of Lord Clarendon on the
African Slave Trade.
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The Bank Of England Indemnity
Bill Passed into Law.
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DECLINE IN COTT0N.
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I16PRoVEN6ENT I'M FLOUR.
NAP0LE0N'S NEWSPAPER GAG LAW.
Speech of Lord Clarendon on the
African Slave Trade.
The Bank Of England Indemnity
Bill Passed into Law.
DECLINE IN COTT0N.
In6PRoVEN6ENT IN FLOUR
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The Cunard steamship Persia, Captain Judkins,
which left Liverpool at halfpast three o'clock on the
afternoon of Saturday, 18th inst arrived at her
dock at halfpast nine o'clock yesterday morning.
The news is three days later than that brought by
the Adratc, but is not of very important character.
The London Ne,cs of the 18th inst, says that in
creasng and first class bills were readily discounted
at sensible reduction from the bank rate.
A despatch from Hamburg of the llth inst. says
The money crisis is becoming yet more alarming. A
general break up of credit seems imminent The senate
will sit in permanence.
The bullion in the Bank of France continued to
increase and still further reduction in the rate of
discount was anticipated
Berlin letter states that the disturbing influence
of the American panic had extended as far as War
saw, where numerous manufacturers had failed.
The official returns of the Bank of France show an
increase for the month of IL 656 900 francs in the
cash held by the bank and its branches.
The annual wool sales closed on the llth The
attendance of buyers was limited, and the bddings
were languid. Prices of East Indian fully I'D
per pound below the last Liverpool rates. The with
drawals were extensive.
The Persia brings later news from China. 1t is
dated at Hong Kong, on 30th of October. Prepara-
tions were being made for the assault on Canton
The British and French Ministers were at Hong
Kong. The expedition to the North had been appa
rently abandoned.
The Paris correspondent of the London Tines
says-The last official accounts received from Shan
ghae announce that the Chinese government has de-
manded of the Russian government the immediate
evacuation of the Chinese territory of which that
mower had taken possession on the banks OF the
river Amoor.
The steamship Leviathan had only been moved
few inches since the departure Of the Adratic owing
to the giving way OF the mooring tackle. 1t was
feared as the vessel had reached slighter incline,
that her progress would be even slower than It had
been.
An ambassador had arrived in England from Hol-
land to demand, officially, for the Prince Of Orange
the hand of the Princess Alice.
A large meeting had been held in London to con-
slider the subject of the government Of India, and
resolutions were adopted in favor of an assumption
Of supreme authority by the British government,
From Spain we learn that an amnesty has been
granted for political offences and to persons con-
demned to light punishment A great many promo
tions had also taken place.
In Belgium the elections took place on the 18th
INSTANT anu az lar az hHOMn thS icSb was uS''N0pJ
In favor of the liberals
Accounts from St. Petersburg TO November 30,
represent that winter had set in very severely. The
Neva was frozen up and navigation completely
stopped
II il stated that the Cabinet Of st. Petersburg has
peremptorily denied the right, claimed by Austria
and England under the treaty Of Paris, of interdct
ing Russia from blockading the Circassan ports.
The American ship Lone Star, bound from Moul-
main to Queenstown, foundered at sea. The crew
were saved
The steamship City Of Baltimore would not leave
Liverpool on the 10th of December, that the first
vessel of that line to leave Liverpool would be the
Kangaroo, on the 18th Of January.
The steamship Ariel arrived at Southampton on the
morning Of the 18th instant.