The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-01-11
ADDITIONAL BY THE AFRICA.

In accordance with arrangements just made By
the United States Post Office, the line of Canadian
mail packets plying between Liverpool and Port
| land WILL on each occasion of leaving Liyerpool
take the place of the United States mail packets du
ring the winter season, and all letters &C. address
ed to the United States which are posted at or
Liverpool previous to the departure of those pack
ets and which not directed to be otherwise sent
will be forwarded by the Canadian mail packets
Inc days appointed for the departure of the Cana
dian mail packets from LIVERPOOL durinr the nras
ent winter are Wednesday, December %: Wednes
day, January %; Wednesday, February % ant
Wednesday, March %.
Lieutenant Higginson, who recently upsucccss
lully applied IN London to Alderman Salomons for
summons against the Atlantic Telegraph Company
and whose proceedings attracted considerable atten
uon, mad again made his appearance at the Polio,
Court charged with having assaulted Alderman
Salomons. The Lieuetenanf requested that the cas-,
might be sent to the Court of Sessions for trial an(
as he refused to give ball. he was committed tc
prison.
The investigation into the charges preferred
against the parties recently arrested in the county
OF CORK, was progressing in strict privacy at Cork
| young lady had been arrested near ClomneI on :
charge OF having written sedtious letters
| , SPECIAL meeting OF the European and American
| Steam Navigation Company was held in London or
the 23d, to consider p, OPPOSITION to wind the com
| pany up, owing to the pressure of certain deben
ture hoioers Tor payment, some of whom had al.
p ready commenced proceedings in the Court OF
bankruptcy. After considerable discussion a reso.
LUTON against winding up was carried, and it was
also determined to accept the rendered resignation
of the Board of Directors
AT galway survey had been held on the steamer
lndian Empire, and she was pronounced unfit for
further service. 1t was consequently resolved to
take out the machinery and dispose OF the hull
| The London Times publishes letter in its City
Article pointing out certain discrepancies in the log
OF the Prince Albert on her last trip to Galway,
and the unfair method resorted to Of making her
passage appear shorter than it really was. The
Times appends the following comment:
Th,a II.
ed, like every other enterprise, with interest and
good will by the commercial public, but it must be
carried on without trckery. A few weeks back
they were charged with having resorted to rather
Tree mode of stating the burden and power of their
vessels, and although explanation was offered it
was less conclusive than might have been desired
There had been some serious rioting between the
regular military and the militia at Woolwich, but
| prompt measures were taken for its suppression
The Tuscan police continues its visits in Jewish
| families, in order to ascertain whether any Chris
! tan domestics are kept by them. These visits of
| ten take place at very unreasonable hours. When,
some time ago, jew remarked to the intruders
that 1t was rather inconvenent to be disturbed by
them, they fell upon him and beat him so severely
that he was confined to his bed for three weeks
! Inc Jews OF Rome groan under the heavy yoke
weighing upon them, and many of them anxiously
look for the means to escape from bondage as bit
ter as that OF their ancestors in Egypt. The Nor
tara family has received definite answer to its
memorial, that .baptism once administered cannot
/
permitted to see their child, the plea that when
they came it was sick. This will account for their
| having quilted the Papal States
| In Madrid the Senate had approved the address
IN reply to the speech from the throne, by major
| ity of l03 to 2S.
Five ships had sailed with achievements for the
Spanish expedition in Cochin China.
The Nord announces that the ST. PETERSBURG
COMMISSION OF Emancipation has terminated its la
DORIS. Inc result is that the advocates of emanci-
Patlon nave trlumphed over their adversaries. The
members OF the commission appointed to draw up
the report were Comte Pierce Schouyaloff the Sen
ator Weimaru, the Councillor of State Likhonne,
Comte Nicholas Levachef aid-de-camp to the EN-.
peror, and NJ. Philippe Doepp.
The electric communication by submarine tele-
graph between Malta and Cagliari, in the island of
Sardinia, had suddenly stopped. Itwasnot known
at the latter place how the suspension arose. but it
was supposed to have been caused by some vessel
dragging her anchor at Malta, in which case there
would probably be a speedy repair.
A correspondent of the London News writing
from Naples, saws:
The American frigate Wabash, instead of taking
IN supplies at Messlni and proceeding to Naples as
had been expected, went direct to SpeZzia where
the Americans still to have un pied terre if
may so speak, of a naval station. Hence she is
expected in Naples some time in January.
A Geographic despatch, on the morning of the
18th ult., announces that the Servans National AS
sembly had disposed of one Hospodar and proclaim
ed another.
Vesuvius was again giving signs of an impending
eruption
An implied ordinance DEGREES the formation of an
Austrian squadron in the Adriatic.
From Sweden it is stated that the Kings health
continued to decline. His appetite and power to
sleep were diminishing and his strength was falling
From Constantinople we learn that Ali Pacha
had rendered his resignation, and Ria Pacha was
preparing to follow him into retirement
1t was reported that the Grand Vizier refused to
carry out the reforms promised by Fuad Pacha, at
Paris.
The Calcutta mail (date not mentioned) had ar
rived at Suez.
The only item of news teegraphed is the fact that
Brlgadler Eveleigh's column had attacked and dis
persed 5000 of the Ainkespore fugitives.
A private despatch says that the freight on mea-
snrement goods from Calcutta to London had de-
clined to l5s. per ton.
The steamship Arago arrived at Southampton at
about noon on the 23d ut
The American bark Celestial Captain Howes
from Malaga for Messina, arrived at Gibraltar on
the 18th December, with loss of bowsprit cutwater
and considerable portion of her rigging, having
been In collision sixty miles off Madeira with the
steamer Great Britain bound to Australia
The American bark Southerner, Captain Clifford
from New York for Marseilles. arrived at Gibraltar
on 18th December. In latitude 81 80 north longi-
tude Az l0 west she picked up the master and five
men OF the American bark Kate Wheeler which
was abandoned in consequence of serious Leak
The remainder of the were taken up by
British bark bound to Bombay The Kate Wheeler
was bound from Genoa for Boston, with a cargo of
marble.
The Paris correspondent of the Daily Ne,os repeats
the report that the French squadron the west
coast OF Africa is about to be reinforced by several
ships.
A contract has been signed between the Marine
Department and firm at Marseilles to supply the
islands of Guadalupe and Martinique with 20 900
free Africans suited for arbor before the LIST of Jan
uary, 1888, and that similar contracts have been
entered into with other houses which Prince Ma
poeon, as Minister of the Colonies, is resolved to
avail himself Of
The great match between Mr.. Morphy and NJ
Andersen, so long talked of, and concerning which
so much interest is felt in chess-circes commenced
at Paris on Monday, Dec 20, the conditions simply
being that the player who first won seven games
should be proclaimed the victor. in Monday s
encounter, Mr. Morphy had the move and played
the Evans gambit. After very fine combina-
tons, extending to seventy moves, Mr.. Andersen
won the game. On the 2lst Mr.. Morphy and NJ
Andersen played the second game Of their chess
match, but without any decisive result for either
party, the game ending in a draw.
The ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH CARLE.-The Directors
are very sorry to report they have Just received
intelligence of and serious defect in the cable