The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-01-05
Foreign News.

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of December, has arrived with three days
later news from Europe.
\ The drain of gold from Paris and Alex
aHdria continues, and there is still au al
mos total absence of arrivals.
Colsnls heavy at 87tae7tc. At the
bank tn discount demand is in full
scale, but the stock exchange the sup
ply OF money remains rather abundant,
short adyances,Heing offered at 4a44 per
| cent. Sixty tho.Sand dollars was taken
from the banks onNonday. The Kent
and Great Britain arethe only gold ships
| announced to have sailed from Mel.
bourne to England The armer has 68.-
9S4 ounces, and the latter 124T55 ounces
| The CORVALLIS is on her way, rom Syd.
ney with 81, ,408 ounces The tVal of
these vessels being 535 800 pounds
The Imperial Ottoman Bank has 2,
sued the prospectus of the Turkish siA
per cent loan of S6,0O0,000, recently an
nounced TO have been negotiated in Par
is at Cos. United States 5-20s improved
lie.
There is an extraordinary rise in the
price of copper in France, in consequence
of the Chilian blockade.
Flour mas declined IN PaTls.
In the special commission, at the sit
ting of the court on Monday, Bryan Dill.
Ion and John Lynch were arraigned for
treason and felony. The jury were
sworn and the Attorney General stated
the case for the crown, after which War
ner the informer, was examined He
deposed that ne had seen as many as five
hundred persons at drill meetings, and
the prisoner was among them.
The grand jury found true bills tor
treason and felony against L. Duggar, o..
Donovan, James Casey, James Montana
and A Nichols.
There has been slight increase of the
deaths from cholera in Paris since the
last return made up to the llth alt.
BELGIUa.-The funeral obsequies Of
the late King Of Belgium took place on
the 10Th ult, King Leopold took the
oath to the constitution before the Bel
giau Parliament on the 18th.
A letter says: The d.Lisutenant has
refused to appoint committee toinquire
into the escape of Stephens,
The London Morning Star says: The
first Fenian prisoner put upon his trial
at Cork was a Captain Mulafarty, who
had served in the Confederate army, and
who was subject of the United States.
He was arrested while on board steamer
from America, and was brought ashore
in custody His counsel objected, on the
ground that the prisoner was an alien
who, in his own country, could not com.
NIT the offence with which he was
charged, and who had not set foot on
l,,,l fn hapnnln fy lf a
time of his arrest The Judges held that
these objectous were fatal to the indict,
ment, and the jury rendered verdict OF
not guilty.
On account OF the cattle plague, the
ket at that town for two weeks
The Daily News says a committee has
been formed under the title of the ia.
maiCa committee in order to watch the
progress of the official inquiry about
to be instituted by the government into
the recent events in Jamaica, TO bring
about a searching Parliamentary inquiry
into the past and present condition OF
Jamaica, and provide Mrs Gorder and
others who may have unjustly suffered
in Jamaica with competent legal assist
anCe to conduct their several cases be.
fore the court
The London Times osteems Secretary
McCullOCh' report very able document
1t is remarkable amongst similar official
documents of the States as being ground
ed on sound financial principles We re.
cognize in Nj MCCulloCh a real fnan-
cier, but the point in Mr. McCulloch's
report which must strike Englishmen
most fOrcibly is the confidence which he
invites in the action of the Executive.
He asks for unlimited power in the way
of funding the paper currency, and he
asks that surplus, commencing at ten
millions and gradually increasing to for.
ty millions, may be entrusted to the Gov
ernment for the time being That such
things should be asked for is surprising,
but if the representatives Of the tax
payers are found willing to grant them,
we may be we'll astonished Whatever
NAV be the issue, the course of financial
discussion in the States during the cur
rent Congress may be watched by US
With advantage, as them who are in
much the same position may learn from
the experience of others.
Sir H Stark, the recently appointed
Governor Of Jamaica, sailed for that place
on the 18th ult The Jamaica commits
sioners were TO sail by the next steamer.
The Times Paris correspondent says
Gen SChofeld has returned to Paris, af
ter a visit of nine days to London He
has obtained a years leave of absence,
and purposes spending the winter in Par
is He seems we'll pleased with his first
visit to England.