Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-01-05
LATER FROM EUROPE.
Arrival of the Steamer Persia Foreign News.

LATER FROM EUROPE Arrival of the Steamer Persia Important Foreign News.
 NEW YORK; Dec. 26. The royal mail steamship Persia has arrived from Liverpool, bringing Liverpool advices to the 12th.
 The Ariel arrived out on the 18th. LONDON. Dec. 12 Consols for account 915s@sl4. Money easier.
 LIVERPOOL Dec. 12 The estimated sales of cotton to-day 2.OOO bales; prices had an advancing tendency. Both Bigland, Athaye & Co.,, and Richard sons cir cular report cotton at Havre quiet and steady. Tres Ordinaire lO2 francs
 Accounts from the manufacturing district slightly better
 Barring Bro. report a trifing business in Amer ican State stocks.
 Bigand and Richardson both quote beef and pork neglected, bacon dull tallow steady at Fl.
 Commercial.
 Flour improving. Wheat firm, with an ad- vance of l@2 pence. Corn dull and declined Is. Philadelphia flour 23@24s Ohio PC 2Bs. Richardson reports wheat firm, inferior qualities advanced 1@2d. Red 6@7s. White 6 to ser to 9. Yellow corn 33@34s Rice quiet at l6s. 3d. els 2d. Sugar quiet and easier. Coffee and tea dul Linseed oil 800 31. Spirits turpentine 3O
 Cotton quotations per Persia, Orleans fair 65a :; mddling Ga Mobile fair 6l5; Middling 61a; ; Upland fair 614; Mddlng G.
 The Times city article says that the demand for money is diminishing Gold was accumu- lating rapidly. Increase of bullion in bank for past week f7O3, ,022-amount held, fS, ,069, 489 At Worcester, the bank of Fanley & Co.,, had stopped. Liabilities supposed to be small. There were six additional failures at London, including Messrs. Heine, Lemon & Co.,, Wein- holt Wehaer & Co.,, Emhorst & Co.,, Movtoa & Co.,, T. G. Ward.
 The Bank of France was accommodating spe- ce rapidly. There was further reduction ar- tlclpated In bank rates in the banks of France and England. The French government have granted credit of million of francs to relieve distress
 In Parliament, the Chancellor of the Exche- quer novel the appointment of select com- mlttee to enquire into the operations of the bank act of 1S44, the bank act of Scotland and Ireland of 1845, and the causes of the commer- cial distress.
 Rio Janero dates to the 14th have been re. ceived, and from Montevido to the 5th of No- vember. Rio Coffee dull and steady Mo- thing loading for the United States. Sugar had declined
 The winter is severe. Navy frozen up. Navigation completely stopped The Russian cabinet peremptorily denies the right of Austria and En,,l,p1 ,ofD dict Russia from blockading Circassian ports.
 Spain.
 An amnesty has been granted to political offenders.
 Belgium.
 Numerous promotions have been made. The elections resulted ill favor of the liberals.
 China.
 HoNG KONG, Oct. 3O The English forces were preparing to assault Canton.
 The American ship Lone Star, bound to Queenstown, foundered at sea. Crew saved. The great leviathan Great Eastern had only been moved few inches since the sailing of the Adriatic. Her mooring tackle had given away.
 Latest from India
 Calcutta dates to the l7th of September have been received, and from Bombay to the l7th of November. At Lucknow the force of the mu- timers was 57OQO No communications had been received for a month, but 1t was believed that the garrison wodld hold out Ten thou- sand men, under Gen. Campbell, were expect ed to reach Lucknow in few days. There had been numerous successful encounters wit h volunteers at various points, Gen. Outram's force had been terribly reduced. The number within the Residency was supposed to be l, 400 Troops are pouring into India at the rate of two thousand per week
 The mutineers at the seize of Delhi, burned all the wounded soldiers captured.
 From Kansas
 ST. LOUIS, Dec. "A. The St. Louis Democrat has Kansas letter. which says, that on the evening of the 18th a battle occurred at Fort Scott, between the pro- slavery and free-state men, in which five of the former were killed. Among them were Messrs Blake and Little, members cf the Lecompton convention. Several were wounded on both sides Twenty free state men were talk en pris- oners and confined ill the Fort
 The M ssourians had assembled in strono forces on the borders. More fighting was ap- prehended.