The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-08-23
Foreign News.

The following ie the summary by the
City of Baltimore:
| The Atlantic Cable remains silent
Nothing additional is known and moth
| ing expected till the arrival of the Great
| Eastern, which is looked for off the Irish
coast at any moment. The loss of the
steamer indicates that she can have ex-
perienced nothing but moderate wealth
er. The latest tests from Valentia indi-
cate that the fault is LIS miles out,
But it is thought that the previous
tests, showing it at l ,250 miles, are more
likely to be correct. 1t was reported that
the company were about to take imne-
date steps to replace the lost cable.
THE CONFEDERATE LOAN. l.....
The Daily Neaps says there Is no pros
pect whatever OF any further payment
of dividends or principal of the Confed-
crate Loan. asi5,I
THE THuNDEHEH AND GENERAL SHERMAN.
The zEmes highly eulogizes General
Sherman for his modest speech at st.
Louis.
THE NEW PARLIAMENT.
The new Parliament was further NOM
inally adjourned till the first of Novem-
ber
ADJ LII hADIH In fAhIS
Add ell Kader had quilted England for
Paris; it was reported on account oflack
OF attention in high quarters.
The Liverpool Chamber of Commerce
had memorialized the Postmaster Cen
erai for Cunard steamer to sail on Fri.
days instead of Saturdays. a-r
The PARIS MEDAL FOR MRS. LINCOLN.
The Paris correspondent of the Lon
don Star says the popular subscription
Of ten centimes for gold medal for Mrs.
Lincoln was still progressing. There
were twenty-five thousand subscribers
and committee appointed to raise the
number to one hundred thousand.
REINFoRCEMENTs FOR MEXICO.
It was rumored in Paris that reinforce
ments, to the extent of six thousand
troops, were on the point of being sent
to Mexico-three thousand from France
and three thousand from Algeria.
| THE KING OF SPANS ILLNESS
The illness of the King of Spain had
assumed more serious aspect.
HOLSTER AND AUSTRIA.
The new propositions from Prussia tt
Austria, relative to Schleswig- Holster
We're under consideration, and 1t was re-
ported that, II they fail, Austria will
Immediately urge the Federal Diet ia
recognize Augustenburg as a sovereign
duchy. -,
THE CHOLERA AT coNsrANTINopLE.
The cholera was still spreading at
Constantinople.
Later atlvices by the Belgian furnish
the following additional items:
THE ATLANTIC CABLE.
No news has been received Of the
Great Eastern, or Of her consorts. The
delay in her return strengthened theim.
preston that something might have
happened to some of the tanks in which
the cable was slowed, and that it might
| have been necessary to buoy the cable
until the tanks were made good. ,.
Al NEW CABLE ENTERPRISE.
AT an extraordinary meeting Of the
Atlantic Cable Company held In Lon
don on the 9th, it was resolved to COLI
vert the preference shares into CONSOLE
dated eight per cent. preferential stock,
and to issue additional capital to the ex-
tent of 100000 to complete the present
cable, and construct and lay down Sc
cond. The Chairman, Hon. J. 8. Wort
ley, said he had no information to give
the meeting, but hoped for reliable in
formation in q day or two. He said the
share holders should be ENCOURAGED and
persevere. The meeting was large and
unanimous. .n
QUEEN VICTORIA on THA CONTINENT
Queen Victoria and the junior mem
bers of the royal family hal arrived at
Antwerp, and proceeded to visit the
King of the Belgians.
TRIPLE MURDER IN LONDON.
A terrible tragedy had occurred in
London. A man took three children TO
lodge temporarily pit eoffee-house, AND
murdered them In their bed by suf-
location.