The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-10-18
LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.

| FATHER POINT, Oct. 10, 1S65.-The
steamship Nova Scotian. from Liver
| pool at $50 P. NJ. Of the stu and London
derry on the 9th inst, passed this point
this evening.
| A meeting has been called at London
of persons interested in such of the old
American securities as have been in
arrears previously to, or in consequence
OF the war, with view of forming q
committee. The securities, in respect of
which this agitation is commenced, are
bonds of Virginia, Louisiana, Tennes-
see, North and South Carolina, Georgia
and Mississippi, and various railways
and banks in those States, the whole of
which representa- very heavy amount
In regard to the published list of per-
sons suffering by the Confederate loan
additional denials are put forth. The
Times in leading article terms the list
a malicious imposture. 1t says the
statement that the editor of the Times is
a loser by Confederate stock to the
amount of ten thousand pounds or more
money is complete falsehood. The in
furious and insulting comment which
the Star has based upon original false.
hoods are, therefore, entirely unfounded.
No reprobatiOn can be too great for levity
which admits such imputations on the
general authority of the New York Her.
aid, and then makes them the theme of
affected Indignation.
The Norning Star having included
Mr. Gladstone in the list, and called on
him for explanation, publishes the fol-
lowing laconic telegram from that gen
tleman at Liverpool: ''' ~
The Chancellor of the EXcheuuer to
the Editor of the Star. see my name
placed on the Confederate loan list.
Please to remove it. The Hon. Eveylen
Ashyby writes to the Times that at no
time had he any share or interest in the
Confederate loan. Mr.. Ridout, proprie-
tor of the Morning Post, writes to that
journal that he never had and never APP
piled for any of the loan, and that if the
rest of the list be like that which refers
to him, there is no dependence to be
placed upon it. l'r'.
Important american torpedo expert
ments took place at Chatham on the
18th, under the direction of Donald Nc
Kay and Mr.. Beardslee, in the presence
ofthe Lords of the Admiralty. Numer-
Gus operations took place, the most i'm
pOrtant being the destruction of the old
sailing frigate Terpsichore, a rs pound
er. The torpedoes We're placed at adepth
of seven feet below the vessels keel
When the electric spark was commune
Gated there was a dull report, the vessel
quivered, and in a few minutes settled
quietly down on an even keel. Not
splinter was shJt into the air.
The Fenian arrests continued. The
total number in all places was about
200. .
A suspicious vessel, bearing the Am
erican flag, and supposed to be one of
those expected with arms, had appeared
ofQueenstown, but she again put to sea.
A strange vessel was said to have sent |
a letter on shore, which was opened and |
found to contain bill for 81 900 in favor
of o member of the Fenian organization. |
The annual meeting of the Social
Science association was in session at
Sheffield; Lord Brougham presided.
French political news is unimportant.
BOursc fiat: rentcs 6Sf Ace.
A scmi-oflicial Berlin paper, alluding
to the meeting between the Emperor
Napoleon and Count Bismark, admits |
that it cannot he without political i'm |
portance and effect.
LATEST COMMERCIAL.
liverpool October 6, 1S65--Cotton-l
The market opened excited at an adj |
vance of 3d., but became irregular under
IN advance in the bank rate of f9 cent,
md closed at an advance of 2@24d, for
A american, and 2@3d for other descrip-
ions. The sales of the week have been
I79, 900 bales, including $4,000 bales to
and 1900 bales to exporters.
fhe following are the authorized quota
ions: Fair Orleans 253d; middling do.
AID; middling uplands and Mobile 24d.
rhe sales to-day. Friday, amounted to
Is, 600 bales. The market IS buoyant and
las advanced id; middling American
.4ad. OF the above sales spectators and ,
took II 900 bales.
London, October 6, 1S65-Consols for {
money Ssa@sSt; Erie shares, co. United [
states Five Twenties, 694@7O. The bull l
ion in the Bank of England has de- 8
reased 777,0OO pounds sterling. lo
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