The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-11-15
FOREIGN NEWS.
Halifax Oct. Ia.


little to say OH American affairs. The
London Times credits the federas for
their energetic construction OF a navy,
but questions its effectiveness for regular
naval warfare
An iron Confederate priyateer has been
recently spoken off Cape Sable, Note
This is likely to have been the Alabama,
which recent letter says was seen by
the City of Washington on her outward
trip. . ,yaE
Flour at Fridays market was quiet and
steady. Wheat dull lG2c lower. Corn
easier. Consols closed Friday 933@98h
for money. American securities very dull.
Railways firm. lii. Central .4I4Q43
discount; Erie 37t@3ss: us. So eso65.
The Europa has sl,oo0 specie.
The Russian Government has discov-
cred central re,o,..ionary committee
at Warsaw. @
Elections in Greece were 10 be held on
the 10th of Nov.
IL is -aid that an understanding ha.
been arrived at between France, England
and Russia, by which drecian affairs will
be deprived Of their importance for Eu-
rome.
A British gunboat had seized all the
mandarins and war junks aud custom
house officials at Tankan China, aud had
also released the Teas detained there for
the payment Ut the increased transit duty.
Prsst. Lopez, OF Paraguay. is dead, and
his son Professionally fills the vacancy.
The federal cunboai Tuscarora arrived
at Lisbon on the 18th Oct, from the
Azores
Latest markets via Queenstown, Liv-
erpool 2d.--Breadstuffs steady. Pruvis-
ions dull. No quotations of consols.
The ship Jupiter from N. Y. for Ant
werp reports that she was taken by an
iron Confederate prisateer steamer off
Sable Island.
EsGLAED.--The London Times calls
attention to the immense increase in the
American navy and says nobody can re-
fuse the federas oi the credit of constan-
e. in g fite of their defeats and discour-
a.emcnts in fighting GU; the game in
which they are cngag-d ctme which
every body sees must be = 10 ~ ollf Ii
then dissects the naval efforts WHICH Lave
been made, and says that upon the whole
the new federal navy has been designed
Siti 20 peculiar exceptionable an object
that il Is hardly safe to draw any general
lessons or example. The Northerners
wanted feet not TO encounter the feet
of the enemy, but to take on the instant
and keep possession Of an union tested
sea. They required gunboats in the
navigation of the rivers and fotilas to
cooperate with their armies. Their me-
cessities Of position not only discovered
but accepted without an hours delay, and
the result certainly done them credit as
it has indeed done them service. Meas
ured, however, by European standards,
their snualrons can hardly b. regarded
as effective unless We are to presume that
other nations have expended upon their
nagles q large amount of Auperhuous
pains. We c4n do in twelve months not
only what the Americans have done, but
five times as much BY bringing into the
service every officer, specimen of craft,
and setting every building yard to work
without stint or scrutiny. We could very
soon multiply by Very considerable fig
ure the number of ships we have in com
mission, but their quality would rcmsn
very much the same as they do al present.
Prof. Carnes had been lecturing at
Dublin on the present American revolu-
ton tie holds that the success of the
North means, if not immediate emancipa-
ton, at least the immediate arrest or uiti-
mate extinction of slavery, while lie sue
cess of the South means the establishment
OF slavery on a broader and firmer basis.
The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland was
present and moved vote OF thanks to
the lecturer. He deeply deplored the
civil war raging in America, and endorsed
the neutrality of the British Government
The celebrated debating club of the
Cambridge University, the Union, had
been engaged for two evenings in discus
sing the American question. The ques-
| ton, as put, was in effect as follows
The cause of the North was the
cause of human progress" The PROPOSE.
ton was negatived by vote of lit to
33. 1t was noticed that the eldest son O.
Earl Russell spoke against the PROPOSE.
ton.
Mr.. Roebuck, Member of Parliament,
in speech at public banquet, had de-
nounced American democracy and the
Northern States as its opponents.
Earl Russell in reply to the city Of
London, said Garibaldi had stated that
the only means he could properly use Il
obtain the withdrawal of the French
troops from Rome, consisted in making
friendly representations to the Govern
ment OF the French Empire. He added
that such representations had not been
xantinr ON the mart of the Rritish Gov,