The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-09-30
FOREIGN SUMMARY.

FOREIGN SUMMARY.
Halifax, Sept. 22.l=The steamer Niagara
arrived here this morieing a. an early hour,
with Liverpool dates to the llth.
The steamers City OF Washington and Nova
Scotia arrived out on Us Oh inst.
A SLAYER, brigantine ut. Andrew, captured on
the coast of Africa, srr. Sed at ST. Helena on the
3Oth of July. She ha4sd from Charleton.
Later advices from.:IDdis and China have
reached England, but embracing nothing i'm
portsnt. FL :
Heavy reinforcemep.s for the Indian army
had sailed. = II
The American pacEet ship j.. j. Hathome
and the baIque Margsset came in collision off
the mouth OF the Mersag, when the latter sunk
and all hands perisheds except the captain and
pilot.
A convention has been concluded between
England and Brazil, fev the settlement of the
outstanding claims of either Government.
The ship Anu had ssrrived from Australia,
with nearly 100000 value in gold.
Mr.. Morphy, the famous chess player, was
beaten at Paris by NJ. Hanwitz
The forcible abduction by the Roman inaui.
sition at Bologne of Jewish child, under the
pretence that it had been baptized secretly by
a nurse, had created a painful sensation
throughout the Jewist Yorld. The Jews of
London have taken ting matter up.
There ia nothing ne& in regard to the cable.
The directors were to faeet on the 18th to dis.
cuss future action, aad the Shipment of the
shore ends from Plymouth to Valentia was sus-
pended. =
The London Times says that the condition of
the Atlantic cable is unsltered. Signals con-
tinue to be received, but they we're too uncer-
tain and faint to be ineligible Continued
experiments still indicate that the injury s near
the Irish coast-probably within three miles.
The Liverpool Post says that the experiments
prove beyond a doubt that the defect arises
from leakage, at a distance of two hundred and
forty miles from land
Queen Victoria Wis I'D Leeds on the 9th, and
performed the ceren 10y of opening the new
town hall in that city u The Queen had an en-.
thusisstic recePtionSsnd the decorations and
illumiDations were Oh q splendid scale.
The Daily Nelos city article says the funds
were strengthened on the 7th inst. by an extra
ordinary and rapid rise in the Paris Bourse,
coupled with the satisfactory progress of the
monthly settlement Of consols, and that there
was fair demand for money in commercial
channels.
The stoppage of the house of John Flows &
Co., of London and Rio, with considerable liza
bilities, has been announced.
There was a remarkable increase of ease in
the discount market, and it was difficult to OBJ
tain any terms for short loans. Messrs. Archi.
bald, Montgomery, & Co., Australian merchants,
had suspended for about 100000. Gold was
owing into the Bank of England.
The telegraph between England and the
Channel Islands had been formally opened.
The ships Abby Lsngdon and Harriet
Frances, before reported ashore. are total
wrecks. The former has gone to pieces.
The latest accounts from the departments
cial affairs. The Paris -four market was quiet,
but firm. Wheat was dull, and buyers demand
q reduction. The French wine and brandy
market had q dropping tendency.
A telegram from Paris reports a dreadful
railway accident on the Heights of ST. Ger.
mains, killing seven IND woundipg fifty persons.
Prince Napoleon goes to Algiers about the
18th of August.
Halifar, Sept. 1.-The Times says, in rela.
ton to the cable, that occasionally a short word
is given, but never anything to complete sen.
tence.
The first instalmsnt of fifteen per cent. Of
the Turkish loan vas met with remarkable
promptness.
Pardoe, Hooman., & Co., carpet manufac.
turers at KiddermiI ster, had suspended lis.
bilities, 100000 to ssl00,000.
The Board of Trade had directed an inquiry
into the circumstances, attending the wreck Of
the American ship Abby Langdon, off the Isle
of Wight.
Negotiations for the establishment of mali
services to Australis and British Coumbia, by
the Panama route, we're still under the consid.
GRAFTON of the Goverpnent. &
The London Neps understands that the Eu.
nd ANA Qfoo Lar a.
fected q reconciliation with Messrs. Crosskey
Co., On satisfactory terms
A. correspondent. of the Times who has
good cial experiepce in the feelings of the
chinese, has strong .epprehensions that, if the
payment OF the war Indemnity is allowed to be
left dependent on tie collection of the customs
at Canton, not only will it's receipts be prob.
lematical, but there will be constant recut.
renee of disputes.
NeaO York, Sept. 27.-The following dispatch
was received to-dsy by Mr., Field:
Halifar, Sept 2t.-To Cyrus W. Field. ESQ
New York have, arrived here, on nv way to
the bay of Balls Arm, with instruments and
regulations to test the cable in concert with
Valentia. t5s
Gcod ana regul,-r currents rom Newfound.
land were received up to the day left Valeptia.
(l2th inst, but no words had been received
since the I'd inst. The testing shows loss of
insulation three miles from Valenta, but hope
to work through i2
will leave here as soon as possible. The
steamer for ST. Johns does not start till the 7th
of October, bat / shall try and get there, by q
gun boat or otherwise, Immediately.
LUaDY, from Valentia Office.
Halifax, Sept. 2J-The steamer Prince Al.
bert, from Galway with dates to midnight of
the l4ih, has arrived here. She broke two
hanges of her screw on the 18th, and made the
rest of the voyage under canvass.
1t was thought the shore ends of the cable
would all be shipped by the 18th. Shares we're
steady at $500.
The French and EF glish treaties With China
have been receiyed In England