Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-08-16
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The steamship Persia, from Liverpool Aug.
4th, and Queenstown 9TH, arrived at New York
Wednesday morning. The steamship Parana,
from Galway Aug. 9TH, arrived at St. Johns,
n. f., on the evening of the same day.
Great Britain.
The English parliament had agreed TO vote
G2,O00,0OO for tortilications Preparations
were in progress for the great party battle on
the paper duty resolutions. Lord Brougham,
in the house Of lords on the Sd, presented a Pc
tltion from the antislavery society, praying
that immediate steps be taken to compel Spain
to carry out her engagements for the suppress
sion of the slave trade.
The ministry carried the paper duty res.
Olulon through the house of commons by
30 majority. The Daily News, aIiuding to the
division OF the paper duty, remarks that the
lists were too unequal, and the issue Of the
battle too well known beforehand to make the
contests exciting, but 1t is probably one OF the
,yast OF the kind our generation will witness
1t was most instructive, and closed the session
with eclat.
The southeastern railway traffic shows this
week an increase of G4027. The Osprey and
Drummond have arrived from China with one
thousand and sixty three pounds OF tea The
Mark Lane Express says the weather Of the
past week, though below the usual tempera.
bulSJ WIN SOuS ItiilJ HIS plONGu lllG
condition of the crops, and been more calcu.
lated to produce good harvest than hot sun.
The queen was on her way to the highlands
OF Scotland. A despatch from York, Tuesday,
says Our journey from the metropolis to
this place, over the Great Northern Railway,
has been pursued with unerring accuracy"
The government has fixed Thursday TOR a vote
on the Galway subsidy. 1t is hoped no Irish
member will be absent.
The Denmark and Schleswig quarrels have
taken place between the omcers of the Danish
service and the citizens OF Readsbury.
The Times city article dated Monday eve
ming, says ;-"Ihe English funds continue to
show depression on the state of the wealth
er and the business. On the Paris bourse the
corn market was heavy at an occasional reduc
ton Of one to two shillings per quarter for
wheat. About $4,000 in bar gold was taken
from the bank to day for export These small
Withdrawals are chiefly for transportation to.
Spain A new 5 per ct, Sandman loan for six
millions has been formally announced for home
consumption. The price is expected to be
eighty per cent The stock market today was
dull and heavy, and funds experienced de.
cline OF per cent The possibility Of draw
ing gold from bank attracts discussion. The
untavorable reaction in the market Tor British
railroad shares continues, the idea being pre-
ticed in certain branches of trade may have an
effect on the demand, and in tue discount Office
to day was rather slack. Three failures were
announced on Monday-E. M. Abbott OF Bow
cry, who was obliged to suspend payment,
with liabilities to the amount of ElUO,OOU,
which his estate was not expected to pay in
full The bills of John Craft, provision mer.
chant, of Phillpot Lane, and John Graft, Jr.,
of Knocks Bridge, have been returned. Liza
bilihes believed to be moderate. general
meeting of the City of London Brewery Co.
was held yesterday, and dividend Of six per
cent per annum, both on the preferred and
ordinary shares, was declared.
The London Times OF the 4th says that
shares on the Great Eastern have declined to
s shillings and six pence to nine shilngs, in
consequence of report that the Grand Trunk
railroad in Canada were to commence suit
for EGO, 900 damages by breach Of contract in
not bringing the steamer to Portland
Advices from Damascus to the 18th July
announce that the masSacres had ended. The
Kurds and the Bedouins had retired into the
interior, but the Christians were still conceal
ing themselves.
France.
The supreme council Of commerce has al
ready had four sittings devoted to an inquiry
into the cotton trade, at which a great nunbe
of French, English, and Belgian manufacturers
were present. Nj. Pohler, minister of com
merce, presiding.
Naples and Sicily.
TURIN, Aug. Gone thousand volunteers
left to-day for Sicily. -Four thousand more
left on the 4th The men are conveyed by
steamers, and it is stated that two of the Ned
poitan regiment have mutinied, to the cry o
"Viva GaribaldiP p Fifteen hundred OF Carl
baldi's volunteers have already landed in Gala
bria. He would shortly advance on Naples
whittier he had been summoned. His arriva
was awaited with impotence, both at Maple.
and Rome.
Commercial.
LIVERPOOL, Aug. 7-p. M.-Coton market
frnf; sales today 10000 bales,
LONDON, Aug. 7.-Consols 93s 93t.