The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-10-28
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| NEW YoRE, YOcE xfs-,The steamship
Canada from sLayerpool %. the 18th, and
Queenstoxn On me 10Th, has arrived. "a. s
1t is denied that the pirate Semmes;,i left
Liverpool.
1t is thought thstupescs viiisbe csnclu.
Bded at the YishnsfC pnfsfsuce. aNs ew,
LlvERPooI, az lb. 0etfon closed quiet.
Breadstuffs quiet. WProyisioasl dali Petroi
leum quiet at ls 10d q. La Lid for Crude. .
GREAT sRIThn.g s,icg e.
:. A, Spanish steamer, name unknown, came
TO anchor off Shorehsm on the lIth of DC
tober, in charge of officers Of the United
States frigate Niagara which vessel had
siezad her on suspicion of her. having a
cargo to run the blockade. The Niagara
was in company with the steamer at Shore.
ham. ,NJG q QUHTHT
The steamer Sacrar ento was also of
New Haven on the 18th inst, proceeding
down the CHANNEL. . - GEE - - =
The owner of the'biockade runner Laurel
publishes q letter denying the statement
that Captain Semmes had sailed in his ves>
SELL and ridiculing the idea that little
steamer, Of less than one hundred tons,s is
to be manned and armed from the 'stea Ter
Laurel and converted into . rebel cruiser.
1t is reported ffom Africa that Jules Ge-
rard, the explorer, was drowned while cross
ing river. a. d -of,sg 5.tigg re, So, -,
Joe Coburn, accompanied by his friends,
had personally demanded from the stake
holder the stakes for the intended fight, on
the ground that he was at stheyplace s,fxed
for the fight, while Mace failed to, appear.
The stakeholder explained that Coburn
could have no claim, owing to the non-ful-
fillment Of the conditions as to the referee,
and unless some mutual agreement could
be had, the affair was draw. Ooburn ex>
pressed wish to fight, but only in ireland,
or, failing in that, in Canada. r t.,a din -
Financial affairs in England continued
to be much disturbed, but the funds show
an improvement and better tone. The
demand for discount was active, but the rate
remains nominally nine, per cent.
Several additional failures are reported
Another London commission merchant,
Mr.. A. Doster, has committed suicide on
account of bis endorsements. r. &C., ....
The weekly returns of ,the Bank Of
France show decrease in cash of seven>
teen millions of francs. Owing to this
heavy decrease the Bank, on the 18th, ad
vanced the rate of discount from seven to
eight per cent. I'm
Engagements had taken place between
the French troops and the Arab insurgents,
on the 29th and 3Oth of September, which
resulted in the killing and wounding of
eight thousand Arabs and over one hundred
French troops. .
The Paris Bourse was heavy. On the
18th rentes closed at 65f. l5c.
There was decided Improvement 10 the
Confederate Loan; it closed at 62a64.
A Spanish steanerwas stopped on the
10th, off the Isle of Wight by the steamers
Niagara and Sacramento, who brought her
up and anchored her off the coast until the
night of the 18th, when the vessel was re
leased, and proceeded to her destination,
which is reported to be Mstamorss.
The rebel cruiser Florida was spoken
September I'd, in latitude "A North, lougi.
tude "a West.
A material REDUCTION in the British
army is rumored for next year.
.Advices from Batavia announce that the
Dutch were engaged in war with tho ma.
tives in Java. rs 4 Sss Hih I5at
The London Times of to-day has an arti
Gle favoring the proposed Confederation of
tho British American Provinces, on account
Of the powerful military State which the
American Union has become,