Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-11-19
BY THE UNION LINE.
TO TnE DAILx lNrRL1ss:tN, ER
FOREIGN NEWS.
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER NIAGARA.

HALIFAX, Nov. 1s.-The mail steamship.
Niagara, Capt. lYickman, arrived here this
morning. her aGvices from Liverpool are to the
7th,, inst Three days later than broughtby
the Ariel and City OF Washington. The tinan-
cal news furnished, is of a veryinportant char
acteF The Bank of England had RAISED its rate
of discount to 0per cent. COnsus were quoted
Mt IS -SaS8I for money. had suffered
considerable decline. BreadStufTS were unchanl
ed and the provision market closed dull
The Niagara brings about $500,0G0 i'll specie.
SECOND DIsPATCII.)
The steamship Vanderbilt from New York ar
rived at Southampton on. the 9Th inst, with
American advices to 2gth ult. 7asae- a1a
The United States steamer Niagara SHtled
from Plymouth for the U. s. on the str inst.
The advance on the rates of discount by the
Bank of England caused no elimination in the
demand for money. The pressure on the mon
ev market was excessive, and urgent calls arc
made upon government for relief
There sno later advice from India.
+, A number of heavy failures have occurred in
England, including MesSrs. Naylor, Vickery Il
Co., of Sheffield, whose liabilities arc between
600, 900 and ] 100000 pounds Their assets,
however, are ample. Powell &, Bros, London,
and War; & Co., Liverpool, have also sus-
pended. H5HFI sac te5ls tfEttl9~J
The Paris BourSc WIS unsettled, but there
had been no advance i'll sales Of discount
ant.
LIVERPOOL were essentially I'M
changed, although closing with declining ten
deIlcy- Provisions reported by circular as very
dull.
LONDON, iGth.-Money decidedly Stringent.
Manchester advces continue with the same UNI
favorable tendency that has marked them for
some weeks past "a :. .....- ltf,. lg-sEtz ,.~s- +
The decrease in Bullion liz the Banl; of Eng-
land since the previous statement amounts to
eTG,000 The stringeucy in the Money Market
has seriously affected the Produce market and
there is an almost entire suspension Of tranSacl
tions. Illinois Central Railroad shares are quo
ted at I0al2 per cent discount. The Bunk rates
were advanced to nine per cent. on Thursday,
the 9th inst On the previous day Consolslttll
to SO, causing increased anxiety and pressure.
Notwithstanding the heavy Commercial Fay
ments due on the fourth, they were all well
met During the day it was announced that
the discount rates Of the Bank of Hamburg
had been raised to per cent. On Thursday
the funds huctuated per cent and 1t %as re
ported that specie was on the way to America
from all parts of the Continent.
4 The merchants of Glasgow appointed,a depu-
taIion to visit London, and petition government
to adopt Immediate measures for the relief of
the Commercial community. On Friday the dc
mand fol, money continued without abatement.
ConsolS advanced during the morning, but sub.
sequently declined, closing at S94a993 for mon
ey. The sales of American stocks have been
unimportant NO ~
The Niagara reached Halifax shortly after
midnight, and will be due at Boston on Thurs
At banquet which took place at the Mansion
House, London, to the Duke of Cambridge, Mir.
Dallas spoke in reference to the India nlutiny,
and denounced the Sepoys as the enemies of the
human race, and n,criting summary punishment
e., &C oil .
a Paris letter says that 40, 600, 900, 600 francs
of French bills of exchange on the g. S. and
eighty millions in English bills have been re-
turned protested The Bullion in the Bank of
France has increased.
Senator Sumner is passenger on the Arabia.