The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-01-05
EUROPE.
THE MAILS BY THE AUSTRALASIAN.

We CLEAN the following intelligence from the
mails of the Austraasian, which arrived at New
York on Thursday:
ENGLAND
The British Foreign Office on Thursday ;be
Goth, issued the two following notifications to the
newspapers:
"FonEIGN OFFICE, Dec 2O.-Sir John Cramptop
reports, yesterday, that Lord Elgin, in letter of
the Sth November, informs him of the ratification
and publication OF the treaty with China and of the
march of the army to Ten-tsin. His Lordshio makes
no mention of the prisoners but says that he is in
debted to General Ignatief for the manner in which
that Minister has promoted the object of his nego-
tiations"
The Marquis of Dahousie died at his castle in
Scotiand, on the l9th # December alter protract-
ed illness. lie only in bis 49th year. As he
left no male ISSUE the Scottish carldom and the ea-
tates OF DahOusie fall to his cousin, Lord Pan.
mure
1t is announced that, notwithstanding that the
Atlantic Telegraph Company have spent all their
money, the Directors have determined at their own
expense, to keep the undertaking aoat in the hope
that at some future time the capital required for the
renewal Of its operations will be provided They
consider the privileges obtained by the Company IS
too valuable to be lightly thrown away.
The freedom Of the City OF London was formally
presented to Lord CLYDE and Sir James Outram on
the 10th, aud grand banquet was afterwards giv-
en- at the Mansion douSe in their honor.
The weather in England was quite cold and wint
rY, and tie country covered with snow in soma
places to a considerable depth.
The funeral Of the Earl of Aberdeen took pIaca
on the 2ist at Stanmore. The Bishop of Oxford
performed the religious service. The pall-bearers
were the Duke Of Newcastle, Earl Clarendon, Sir
Jas. Graham, Mr.. Gladstone, Mr.. Cardwell and the
Earl of Dalkeith.
FRANCE.
Two signiican articles had appeared in the Con
Stt"ttonnet, from the pen of NJ. Graudguilot rela-
tive to Austria and Vene tia. In these articles il is
caverty minated that Austria must consent to
sell Nenetia, or be prepared for a new war in the
spring 1t is also asserted that France will never
suffer the return to offensive policy by Austria
in LombardY.
The Woniieur publishes report by General Mon
tauban, from which it appears there are some inac-
curacies in the account of the plundering cf the
palace of the Emperor of China. The General
states that the booty was divided between the
allies.
The Monite,r contains decree remittiug the
condemnatiOns which have been pronounced for
offences against the law of the press and nulifying
all prosecutions which have been commenced.
new expedition of 2,400 men, was ready to
start for Cochin China,
NJ. De Lamartines paternaI estate of Mily had
at length been sold.
The Paris Bourse dull and lower Rentes on
the Zlst, declined 4, closing at 6S.40.
ITALY.
The Paris Potrie states that the negotiations for
the evacuation of Gaeta having failed, the bonn
bardment was to recOmmence on the 10Th of De
cember. When the steamer sailed, however, there
was no news of such recommencement
Fresh dispatches had been sent from France to
the French Admiral on the Neapolitan station and
they presumed to contain orders to withdraw
unless Francis the Second desisted from the hope
less defence OF Gaeta.
twas reported at Naples, on the 2lst, that Sc
cret correspondence between a member of the cl,r-
gy and Gaeta had been discovered
AUSTRIA.
The party at Vienna is said to have become
very violent, and NJ. Schmerling had been obliged
to threaten to resign, in order to keep them within
bounds.
The troops in Hungary were stationed in every
part of the country in small detachments, so as to
be able to form flying columns in all directions.
SYRIA
1t was reported at Paris that the French Ambas-
Sador at CoDstantinople was on the point of con
Guiding agreement, in virtue Of which the
French army in Syria would prolong its occupa-
ton for six months beyond the time originally
agreed upon.
The Paris correspondent of the Doly Ye,es saws:
France certainly viii not withdraw her troops from
Syria at the end of the six months named in the
convention, and will as certainly keep them there
after the proposed extended period.
INDIA.
By the arrival of the Bombay mail of November
2Gth, we have interesting details of the teegrapbic
accounts already published.
The papers contain the details of the execution
of private in the 9th Bengal European Infantry,
and the subsequent disbandment of the regiment
on the ground of its general insubordnate and
mutinous conduct. The general order was, that
more than tenth of the regiment had been con-
demned by courts martial in few weeks vet the
insubordinaton had continued. The disbandment
followed Immediately after the military exc
cution.
The prisoner marched round the square in the
rear of his coffin, and was shot dead at the first
voey. He acknowledged the Justice of his sen.
tence and met his death with manly resignation
Scarcely had this terrible scene been enacted
when, at an order from Brigadier Welchmau the
73d Foot moved up in front the 5th Europeans the
artillery loaded with grape on either side. The
Fifth were then commanded to order arms then tn
pile arms. They obeyed, and were at once marched
some short distance clear of the pile No soonor
were they quite clear than two companies of The
7Sd, filing rapidly to the spot, interviewed between
the NTH and their arms as to prevent the possi
bility of any rush to recover them When this
had been accomplished, the Brgadier read out an
order pronouncing the doom of the regiment it
was struck out of the army-all its non-connis-
stoned officers were reduced to the ranks and the
men, divided into five equal portions were draught-
ed into the i've remaining regiments of the Bengal
army. Men with medals their breasts who had
fought England's battles all over the world, many
of the old soldiers who had been draughted from
the old Bengal and from Royal regiments. ap-
peared to be utterly heart-Droken, and sobbed
aloud.
At Calcutta, on the 23d November, exchange
was quoted at g. l15d.
COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL
AMERICAN SECURITIEs.-Messrs. D. Bell Son T. 70
report follows Business in American Securities dnrin
the past has been moderately active and the mall
has shown great rmness and the prices much steadnes
United States six per cent bonds 1865 97Ree do ave
per cent bonds, 1874, 92Aa99k; Kentucky six ner
cent bonds. 1865 y, 9lCa93; Maryland Ave per cent
etI' stttSo massachusetts,
lOlGlO3; Mississippi Union Bank bonds l2dl4; Penn
syyaLia five per cent stock, slGs5; do ive per
bonds iS7 S6GS7; South Carolina five per cent bonds
ieso S tennessee six per cent divers S0dS2 Virgin
ia six per cent bonds, 1886 sOGS2 per
ponds 1888, SOds2 Illinois Genital seven per cent seq
S9 40 SIX per cents, S6dsS; do shares 2sStd2S dis
Michigan Central eight per cent 1863 S9G9l; do shares
52G 81 New York Central per cent S6GS S. dc
per cent, GLASS; do 77G7S New York ana Erie
seven cent 1867 93 do seven per cent 1889 SO
90; do seven per cent 1855, 79kdSOk do shares,
34GS5: Panama per cent 1865, 10. Ggl02; do
per cent 1872 lOOdlOl Pennsylvania Central six
per cent Sed9. Barring Bros. call the market quiet.
The New York Independent suggests Major An
derson of Fort Sumter, for Secretary of W under
he new Administration.