, 1864-10-28
Bishly Interesting Foreign News
4NKAkR4NFY.

HALIFAX, Thursday, Oct 27.-The Caoads,
from liverpool 18th, and Queenstown l6ta,
has arrived.
Liverpool
It Is thought peace will be concluded at the
L1yEnrooL, Oct. 15-Cotton closed quiet.
Breaastnfis quiet. Provisions dull Fetro-
lenm quiet at Is 10d ais lid for crude.
GREAT TBR1rA1H.--Aspanish steamer, name
sborebam, Sussex county, on the 18th Of
October, In charge Of the officers OF the
United States flieate Niagara, which vessel
had seized htr on suspicion OF having cargo
to run the blockade. The Niagara Was IN
company With the steamer at Shoreham.
Hareu en- the 18th inst, proceeding down the
channel. The owner Of the blockade run
ner Laurel publishes letter denying the
statement that Capt 6emmes had eaiI:d in
his veeeel as stated, aud rddfcules tue Idea
that the little steamer Ranger. of less than 100
tons. Ia to he manned and arMed from the
steamer Laurel aid Converted into q rehel
cruiser.
It if reported from Africa that Jnles Gerard,
the explorer, was drowned whl1e crossing
s1vet.
Joe Coburn, accompanied BY his friends,
had personally demanded }rum the stake
fo1der the etAsce for tie intended fight, on
the ground that he Was at the Place fiIed for
the fight, while Mace failed to appear. The
stakeholder II plained that Coourn could hare
TO claiG., OWING to the non.tnlt1lme1t Of the
conditions Is TO re{eree, and nuless some
mutual agreement could b. come to, the af-
fair vas a draw.
Cobu1u expressed a vi to fight, bat only
In 1rtland, or falling that, In Canada
Flnanc1nl affairs In England continued to
be much disturbed, but tie funds show an
improvement and q better tone The de-
naud for discount WAS Rcttve, but the rate
rena1ns nomtnally Q per cent.
The additional Suspensions include Crown.
Buckley d Co., produce brokers IN London,
With liabilities amounting to elG0, 900, H.-
Ledyard, woo11eu WarehousemaB, London !;
Edward Comhe, merchant. London; Jasper
Bros of PrestouE N. e. Williams 4 Co Of
Manchester, and others; Another Londo3 On
guicite in consequence Of his embarrass.
mcnts.
FRAScs-The weekly returns Of the bank
Of France show q decrease In cash OF seven
teen millions Of francs. Owing. 70 the heayy
decrease the bank On the 18Th ADVANCED It's
rate Of discount from to PER cent.
The engagements between the French
troops and tie Arab Insurgents in Algyria on
the s9th and 30th Of September, resulted ~
| 800 Arabs being killed ard wounded and
over 100 French soldiers. ,
The Paris Bourse was heavy on the 18th
| inst, the tentes cloetd at G5f 15c- There Was
! decided improvement In the Confederate
| loan, It closed At 6aa64
The captured Spanish steamer was stopped
| en- the 10th of the 1slee Of Wight BY the
steamers Niagara and Sacramento, who
brought her up and anchored her of the
coast until the night Of the 18th inst, when
the vessel Vas 1eieaeed and proceeded to her
destination, which Is reported to be Mata-
Doras.
The rebel cruiser Florida was spoken Sep:
! temter I'd In lat ~, north, long. q west
4 material reduction in the British army Is
rumored for next year.
Adyices from Batavia announce that the
Dutch were engaged III q war with the natives
TIE London 1smes Of to-day has m eaitori.
al fayorirg the proposed confederation Of the
British American provinces on account Of
the powerful military state which The Amer.
| icasi Union has become.