The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-10-10
FOREIGN News.

HALIFAX, Oct. 9.-The steamer China
| with dates to the Both of September, ant
| October 1st, has arrived.
The rate of discount has been advanced
to 4f per cent by the Bank of England
Liverpool, Sept gu. S. 5-20s 70a903
Illinois Central scrip 844; Erie Railroad
60. Consols 89ia894.
A number of Fenian prisoners were
brought before the police magistrates al
Dublin on Saturday. The government
counsel stated that large sums of money
had been received by some of the priso
ners from America, and letter was in
| tercepted in that day 8 mail containing a
large draft for one of them. Some of the
correspondence seized shows that the de
signs of the Fenians were of most san
culinary character, being the extermina
tion and assassination of the nobility or
the breaking out of the rebellion
liverpool, Sept. 29.-Breadstuffs closed
upward. Wheat advanced LAID and
Flour 6da1s Provisions steady Cotton
Sales for the week past 1s9,L00 bales
market excited and buoyant with an ad
vance of Id on American
liverpool, Sept. 30-Cotton-Sales to-
day of 10000; quotations have advanced
1a2d per lb for middlings; market closes
with an advancing tendency. Bread
stuffs closed on Saturday firm, with an
upward tendency Provisions steady
London, Sept, 30.-Consols closed at
s9sas9i for money. Illinois Central
shares s4taa5; Erie 604a6Oti 5-20s 7Oa7o1
FARTHER POINT, Oct 9.-The latest
L CT fh hof
the bids for the Erie railways were four
times in excess of the amount required.
The Paraguagans have been again de,
feated by the Allies
Arrest of Fenians still continued.
Business in American stocks was larger
than in any previous period since the
rebellion broke out.
Sales Of cotton on Friday, were 40 0OU
bales, with an advance in price Of laid
On that day stock in port was 10000
bales
LATEST By The CHINA
QUEENSTOWN, Oct 1.-The Fenian
prisoners were brought before the police
magistrates at Dublin yesterday, includ
ing the editor aud proprietor of the Irish
People newspaper, and Mr. Barry, the
Queens counsel, appeared for the crown
and made long speech He said within
the last fortnight 30,500 pounds had ar
rived from America to be used in reYolu
tionizing Ireland, and by this days mail
the government had intercepted letter
fog one of the prisoners named Lepper
containing a draft for 4l0 pounds on the
house of Rothchilds, and several Other
letters containing bills of exchange The
making of pixies has also been extensive
~ carried on. One of the prisoners had
made some of these murderous weapons
| Numerous revolvers and breastplates had
also been found in possession Of the pris-
oner connected with the Irish People
newspaper Mr. Barry concluded his
speech by asserting that the Fenians
were powerful both in Ireland and
America. He trusted that this affair
would end forever such hopeless
conspiracies Evidence was then given
against the prisoners, and some of them
| were identified as connected with the
suppressed Fenian organ. The investi
CATION is still pending and will probably
last for several days.
At private examination OF SIX OF the
Fenians at Dublin castle yesterday it was
shown that the plot Of the Fenians was
of the most sanguinary character. II
was to note down the nobility, the arls
tocracy and the land owners and assassi
nate them all on the breaking out of the
rebellion. The linen manufacturers and
others were to be called on to give mate
rial to support the cause under the threat
of determination and confscation of theil
property if they refused to do so. The
evidence of treason against prisoners i:
said to be most complete