ARRIVAL OF THE AT MELBOURNE.

New Zealander, Volume XVII, Issue 1638, 28 December 1861, Page 7

ARRIVAL OF THE AT MELBOURNE.

________ ‘ t [fKOM SVDXEV HKIIALD’s T K UiO U All I C C O K It E S V O N I> K N X. ] J I Passengers per Nortlmm for Sydm: — 1 . Stuart A. Donaldson, Miss Palmer, ipt.. A F.N., Messrs. Brown (2), Art, s **° M, Fell veil, M‘Loirs r , Ogg. t AMERICA. < , ,< V^ nier ‘ CUll Confederates continue to j * ®J e j 111 their position before Washings. 1 I stp 1 ! e Federalists are occupying id : tTgthcmig the abandoned positions. U is ropcvted that the Confederates’ gi- I at V UlV ° n^i,c ked the blockading squadu 1 iu» tV Orleans, sinking one ship and dr- s pArest on shore. A. Confederate t- \ Jos 1 -* m as * )COU defeated with cousidorae 1 attempt to recapture the JJattup r

I A IfL’go expedition lm> left New York foi I f J South, it is supposed to endeavour to I f>i ■■3ll a cotton port ™ Geneml Freeruont is In pursuit of General hj ) who is now said to 1 »<• desirous of p ttvoidiag ti battle. It is cot sidored doubfiul ■» w..ether Geneml k recinont out overtake the l ’ enemy. , 2V semi-official dctiitil of tie rejtort (hat the commatul of the Federal army was offered to , 1 Garibaldi lias boon pubiisb.ed ' _ FOUFIGX. , The French Emperor has adjourned the m farther consideration of the Roman question. <md declines at present to withdrew his troops from Home. The financial difficulties of Franco are becolning very embamisiug, .and it is said that tho Corps Legislatif are in discussion on the budgets. Tho Roman Government have attempted to arrest Father Fasagli.a, but he lias escaped from the Pupa! territories. j,, , ' , £no Austrian knovcrnnu.nl nave otuereu the collection of the taxes for the year by a decree. Theinilimrv having' titered several clmrches iu Warsaw on. the anniversary of Kosciusko’s death, and arrested the male worshippers, the churches have been closed by the ecclesiastical authority o:> prevent further profanation. The coronation ot the King of Prussia was celebrated .with great pomp. Everything ( passed off successfully. The arrangements respecting the proposed ' intervention in Mexico have been settled between tho Governments of England, France, and Spain. A now company, for the rest*(ration of the j Red Sea Telegraph is in course of formation. | The Court Jas returned from Scotland, j The Prince Consort laid the foundation-stone j ot a new post of ice and imludiia! museum | at Edinburgh. Among the 6oaths reported din ing the j week are Sir d unes Graham and Mr. W. j Shannan Crawfo i. Lord Broughan' s illness, able ugh v- re, ; has not been dangevous. Ife is now nearly ; recovered. The extraordinary inundation of the Nile | has destroyed more than fifty \ ihigcs. The price of Consols to-day i- I>3 \ to ‘id j j for money at 93 1 to 93 \ fw account for No- j vember 7 th. COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SKCLTiI- ' 'ITES. | New South W lie- Government apr c> , t . } J 1866, paid £IOO. Closing price, -t’9B to l‘i hj ' 1871 to 18/6, closing price, T'.io to t’99. Victorian Govermncut, 6 per cent , April j and October, paid £l >O, elosiiig pi ice, T 11)37. i South Australia o per cent., 1878 and up- j wards, paid i()0. closing price not given.

GENERAL SUMMARY. i There is little to relate of the progress of! the war. In America some lighting has occurred. In Missouri the Confederates have gained a victory at Lexington. Near tins place, the North has also put in a claim for the honour of a victory. The few particulars that are given of the latter affair are in the gigantic style of Tom Thumb. The Confederates are represented as numbering 30,000 and the Federalists 3,500. and we are told that the 30,000 were scatterad l>y a bayonet charge, not of the 3,500, but of the Irish Brigade, which, we presume, formed only a portion of the whole. In another part of Missouri, a skirmish is reported, in which 600 Confederates were routed by 1500 Federalists; this is more probable, but no importance attaches to any of these affairs, and we must wait till Governor M‘Clellau appears at the head of his army in the field, before any decisive blow will he 5 struck. There is not much news from Italy, and ' affitirs appear to he settling quietly under the active management of the Ricasoli cabinet. I The Government has directed the payment of the remaining instalments of the loan to < he spread over the next four months, and has issued decrees abolishing the separate Governments of Naples and Tuscany. The convocation of the Turin Chambers is ( postponed again, the details of the budget not yet being complete. There w r ill lie a j considerable deficit. It is now stated that ( the King will go to Naples. ( The condition of Hungary is becoming ( every day more dangerous, and the Austrian , Government has taken the initiative in a line j of proceeding from which they cannot now , recode, and which commits them to an armed contest with the people. It will be in the j recollection of our readers hat the leaders of ( the Comitat of Festh, immediately after (he ( dissolution of that body, convened a general ( assembly of the members for the purpose of considering the measures adopted by the .j Government. The intention to hold this ( assembly was no sooner known in Vienna, than the meeting was forbidden by an im- ( perial order —the prohibition being accompanied by a menace, which left no doubt as to ( the nature of the steps that would he taken to enforce submission. The Austrians were . even in advance of their threat. The build- , ing devoted to the Comitat was tilled with soldiers, and such members as presented them- , selves were met by bayonets at the door ; and , a lieutenant, with extra zeal, stood on the ( steps with a drawn sword in his hand. Of course the assembly did not take place ; hut < a no less significant expression of public i opinion followed. The whole of the fuuc- j tionaries resigned, and in a single hour Pesth j was left without the semblance of a local ad- ) ministration. To crown this patriotic move- < ment, Count Karolyi lias since returned to ( the Government, unopened, a despatch which j was addressed to him, and which is under- , stood to have contained an order or request ( that he should remain in office. Such is the j state of Festh. The official seal of the ( Comitat has been deposited in (he National ( Museum, and the most alarming excitement ) prevails in the town and neighbourhood. ] RUSSIA. , A disturbance has broken out in St. Fetors- i burg, of all places in the world, amongst the t students of the University. The causes i which led to this assault are rather complex, i hut they may ho briefly summed up in the ( natural resistance offered by the youth who 1 fIT? If} jft ftp p°!}pgf? ft rW IftßPSft I

1 and checks upon Hiem by the Government, t Education in tho University has been hitherto ( almost gratuitous, an anomaly under a desj l’ ot ' r system. The authorities have recently I ' bought It necessary to make the students j pay certain fees, not very large, hut operating, nevertheless, practically us an expulsion upon many students now going through their course, effectually excluding hereafter a large class who would otherwise have been entitled (0 the benefits of the curriculum. The distinctive dress of the students was abolished a( the same time. Those proceedings, which bore all tho appearance of a tyrannical pressure, wore followed by meetings of the students—-these meetings by arrests, by fresh demonstrations ; and In the middle of theupt oar the Gordian knot was cut by the shutting up <il the University. At the town of Leinberg, in Austrian Roland, there lias been a popular outbreak, attended by serious results, and (be editor of a national paper there has been condemned to live years’ hard labour, ioiTeitnrc of his nobility and half his deposit, n Th ueprication or the right of cvcr“CXßrCtߣ: ing his profession again, for inciting the people to sedition, ' * tin the anniversary ol* Kosciusko’s death, j the city held a solemn ceremony, and, notwithstanding a prohibition from the Government, all the shops were closed. The people thronged tho churches to offer up prayers, and there was not a single symptom of disturbance. Ju the midst of stillness, the military appeared, surrounded and entered the churches, arrested hundreds of persons, paraded the streets driving the people before them, and committing many acts of savage barbarity. Jn conn queuco of these proceedings the clergy have shut up the churches under a solemn nrote-t against the despotism of Government. The Council of State has suspended its sittings, and the city has been placed in a state of siege. ITALY. We have had a report from Italy which at first was generally credited, but which turns out to h< untrue, that Garibaldi had left Caprera. At such a time ■Mich a step would be indicative of a movement for which wo imagine the National party are not yet prepare.!. Italy and .Hungary must move together, Wnclia and Hungary will rise at the same moment, and wbei they do the doom of Austria will not be far distant. A cenfmvnec of Hungarian chiefs lias been held at Genoa, but, beyond the prophecies that may be drawn from that significant gtulic-viug, the future- is still dark. It is under-mod (bar. tin Kmperor of tho French ' sent a definitive answer to Ricasoli’s project for the -id' "ie'ii of the Roman question,. He will not cot.sent to it. 11 is troops Vvil! continue to occupy Rome, but how long, or unde’' what conditions, or to what cud, no man 1. nows.

FRANCE. ■J lu France the paramount subject of discussion* not unmixed with anxiety and apprehension, has been the state of t lie food market, affecting all classes and interests in its influence upon prices generally. The new treaty came into effect under circumstances so exceptional as to render its working rather alarming at first, and to deprive it for some time to come of those beneficial consequences which are likely, in the end, to recommend it to the reluctant approval of the French protectionists. The harvest has fallen short, and the price of bread has risen suddenly to an unusual height. The consequent necessity of providing gold for the purchase of extra supplies in foreign ports not only raised (he current value of money, hut seriously interfered with the facilities of credit. The speculation and curiosity excited by the visits of royalty to tlie Emperor of the French have been thrown into the shade by the interest attaching to the coronation of the King of Prussia. The event itself, with its traditional and pictorial accessories, was sufficiently attractive to occupy innumerable columns of the public journals. ENGLISH NEWS. Parliament was prorogued on the 22nd October. A piece of intelligence which may more properly he termed domestic than foreign, comes to us from Paris. The Patric of that city announces the determination of the British Government to plate with iron the wooden ships already built and not yet launched. “We suppose, should the experiment,” says the Patric, “prove successful, England would in one year have twenty iron plated ships.” The Admiralty has also, according to the same authority, determined to execute numerous defensive works in India, China, and the Red Sea, and the Straits of Malacca. Besides this the Patric announces that large works of defence are about to he commenced on (he island of Heligoland. . Lord Brougham is suffering from an at tack of illness at his seat near Penrith. During the last few weeks, Mr. 11. Parkes, one of the Commissioners of the New South Wales Government for affording information about that colony, has addressed large audiences in towns in different parts of England. One of the towns which he selected was Droitwitch, where the meeting, which assembled to hear him, was presided ( over by Sir John Paklngton. “ We believe we may state,” says the Post, “that, subject to the terms of the convention between England, France, and Spain, which is likely to ho concluded in (lie course of a few days, the Expedition which is about to bo despatched to Mexico will consist of three squadrons, respectively furnished by the contracting parties. It is understood that, fur the purpose of affording immediate and efficient protection to the lives and properties of foreigners resident in Mexico, her Catholic Majesty and (he Emperor of (he French have determined also to despatch a military force consisting of 6000 men, of which 5000 will he contributed by Spain, and 1000 by F ranee,” The Times lias more than once within the last week or so drawn attention to the manner in which the Chinese have just been ■ treated in New South Wales. It expresses its regret that the Colonial Office must remain a passive spectator of such a line of conduct as that referred to. The one remedy which the Colonial Office possesos is the powpr of tty? scErpis .ft) (|p f y9 -

fallen almost as much into disuse in the case i of Colonial as of Imperial Acts. A complete • system of protection has, in defiance of the policy of the mother country, been framed in - several colonies, and the Colonial Office has offered no resistance. The Red Sea Telegraph is not wholly lost. Sir M‘Donald Stephen offers, if all concessions are made to a new company which he represents, to repair the communication without a guarantee or subsidy. As Sir M‘Donald is the man who carried the Indian Railway System through its most difficult stage, he is entitled at least to the hearing of men whose acts are the proofs of their capacity and persevcreuce. THE BRIDGE ACCIDENT. A frightful accident happened at York, on the 27th of September. A lattice girder bridge, in process of construction across the Ouse, fell in with a crash. At the time of its fall no less than fifty-two men were at work on it, but fortunately sufficient warning • to enable the great majority of them to make their escape; eight, however, df the workmen were unable to escape in time, and were carried down with the falling! mass to the bottom of the river. Five of them were killed, and three severely injured. LONDON WOOL REPORT. October 23.—The same inactivity noticed in our last report continues, and the new contracts made are entirely for hand to mouth operations, the only exception being for low East Indias, which have found ready sale for America, at an average advance of Id. to 2d. on the rates current in Jul} r . Our own manufacturers were likewise steady buyers at this advance, some very large contracts having been taken for blankets for that market. The next series of Colonial wool sales commenced on the 7th November. The arrivals, including held over wools, now amount to 65,000, which it is anticipated will be increased to 70,000 bales—the largest number ever offered at the November sales. With reference to the probable range of prices, it is difficult to form an opinion. All operations in the North arc conducted with great caution, and there is, evidently, but little disposition on the part of either dealers or manufacturers to have large stocks. This may produce some slight reaction in prices, as few will like to purchase more than their probable consumption till the end of March next, when, if the accounts of some of the large clip anticipated are realized, a very large February and March sale may be expected. MERCANTILE AND MONEY MARKET. City, Friday, October 25, —The general discount market continues to exhibit a tendency towards easiness—transactions in the best qualities of short dated paper having taken place a fraction under three per cent. In most cases, however, per cent, is required, and quotation is sufficiently below the official minimum to divert business from the Bank of England. Much of the uneasiness lately engendered by the situation of affairs in France has been removed by the improving tone of the letters now daily receiving from Paris, and the progressive recovery in the rentes. There is, at the present moment an unusual accumulation of money at the Stock Exchange, and the demand for loans is exceedingly moderate, although they can be easily negotiated at 1A to 2 per cent. The remarkable plethora in the money market contributes to strengthen public securities, which nevertheless exhibit a degree of dulness rarely observed when the rate of interest is at 3 per cent, or less. The war in America, and the financial anxieties in France, continue to check all tendency to buoyancy. An impulse was given to English Railway Stocks by the publication of the weekly and traffic return of the London and North-West-ern Company. A rise in the rupee loans and in American securities has lately formed a feature. The business in (he latter department was upon ; an unusually active scale. Sellers of Victorian Government Debentures have predominated during the last few days, and the price, as well as that of New South Wales bonds, has experienced a decline. The Daily News remarks that there is a vague feeling of anxiety with regard to the progress of political affairs in Victoria, under the system of free suffrage. The Northam arrived at Melbourne to-day with English news to the 26th of October, and sailed from Hobson’s Bay at 2 p.m, for ( Sydney. The following is the substance of our commercial telegrams:—The money market is very easy, and the Bank of England , rate of discount is 3 per cent. The English funds rule the same as during the month of 1 September, Consols being quoted at 93 g to 93] for money and account. New South Wales and Victorian Government Debentures are not so firm, owing to some anxiety being felt as to the progress of political affairs. Our debentures, due in 1866, are quoted at 98 to 100, and those due in 1871 to 1876 at 98 to 99. The wool market has continued inactive, and the transactions that have taken place have only been to meet present requirements. The quantity of wool arrived and held over from last sales is 65,000 bales, and the number to be offered at the November wool sales is expected to amount to 70,000 bales, which is a larger quantity than has ever been submitted to auction at the November sales. It is anticipated that prices will show a slight decline, as manufacturers are not disposed to purchase more than they require till the end of March next, by which time they will have received intelligence of the present clip. Hides are in demand, and have improved one-eighth to three-eighths of a penny per lb. Tallow —The market is much firmer, and prices have advanced 6s. to 6s. 6d. per cwt.; but (his improvement has hardly been maintained, owing to shipments having arrived 1 more freely. PYC on the spot is quoted at 535., all the year 525. 6d., and the spring 535, 6d. Australian is also dearer, and lots, ex Liberator, have been sold at 435. 9d, to 475. 9d. [from THE SIDNEY HERALD’S CITY CORRESPONDENT.] The news from America is of deep interest, Tho Federals continue to sustain defeats.

surrendered to the Confederates after three days’ hard, downright, real fighting. The Federals numbered 3500, and the Confederates 30,000. They completely surrounded the entrenchments of the former, and cut off their water. The loss was 800 men on the Federal side, and 4000 on the Confederate side. The Irish Brigade of the Federals performed wonders—they scattered the Confederates at the point of the bayonet. The main body of the Confederates, 100,000 strong, is at Fairfax and Ceutreville, and a great battle on the Potomac is imminent and looked for daily. General Beauregcrd of the Confederate army, has published a report on the battle of Manasses or Bull’s Run, and estimates the Federal loss at 15,000 killed, wounded, and prisoners. The cotton planters of the South have commenced picking and stowing the bales away on their estates to remain at the disposal of the Government until the raising of the blockade. In the meantime, our cotton trade is languishing, and we are threatened with severe evils consequent upon a loss of the raw maI terial. President Lincoln has ordered General Fremont to modify the clause of his proclamation respecting the liberation of slaves in Missouri, on the ground that it exceeds the power given him by Congress. The Comtede Paris and the Due de Chartres have been appointed officers in the Federal army. A shocking accident, resulting from the use of ignitable garments, occurred at the Continental Theatre at Philadelphia, on the 14th ult. A young ballet girl, while dressing—her garment touched a gas-jet, set her in flames—a sister ran to her assistance, took fire, ran amongst the rest, and in a moment no less than eighteen were in flames, of whom sixteen died. The revenue returns show a decrease on the year of £1,003,817, and a decrease of £2,056,934 on the quarter. Murders are strangely of frequent occurrence—no less than seven being reported this week. An event has occurred in Ireland that has taken the sympathies of all people by storm, A young lady, returning from a place of worship, was put into a cab by her brother, who directed the cabman to take her to her residence at Rathmines, near Dublin. The night was dark; in a lonely road the cabman committed an outi'ageous assault on the young lady, whose clothes were entirely torn from her person, herself bruised, &c. She successfully resisted the brute, and ran into a field, into water up to her armpits ; she finally escaped, after numberless risks, and reached a railway station. The cabmen of Dublin have called a meeting, and raised money for a reward for the discovery of the wretch ; the Government have added £IOO, and public subscriptions are being raised fer the same purpose. The police have every inducement to effect a capture. Saturda}', October 12. The visit of the King of Prussia to the Emperor Napoleon is the prominent talk everywhere—here and on the continent —and the source of much speculation. Indeed, so notorious is the feeling evinced on the subject, that the French Government has thought fit to take official cognisance of it, for the Moniteur , of Thursday last, says : The visit of the King of Prussia, which lias given rise to so many commentaries, cannot but exercise a happy influence on the relations of the two Governments. Everything leads it to be presumed that it has left an impression equally favourable in the minds of both Sovereigns. This note of the matter, however, was preceded by the following : By the enlightened public of England, the visit of the King of Prussia to the Emperor Napoleon is viewed without either suspicion or jealousy. It is, on the contrary, considered a new proof of the desire of the Sovereign of France to maintain friendly and intimate relations with his neighbours—a desire which is the best guarantee for the maintenance of general peace. A certain portion of the British press has, it is true, attempted to ascribe to the visit a disquieting signification, but its observations have found no echo in public opinion. To all this allow me to make one remark. It is, that “old birds arc uot to be caught by chaff.” The Pays has an article plainly advocating the advantages of an alliance between France and Prussia, as compared with that between France and England. It observes that, France has noble sympathies for nationalities in distress. Prussia has no quarrel with a variety of 1 peoples claiming their autonomy, and aspires to no conquests that we know of in the Mediterranean or the ( Atlantic. Bhc wishes to increase her navy, but France is not jealous of the efforts of foreign Powers: she finds them legitimate and applauds them, instead of opposing and laughing at them. It is not in selfishness and mockery that the strength of France lies —she derives it from her greatness and generosity. Allow me to make one observation in reference to this: we can see where the cat wishes to jump. The King of Prussia duly arrived at Compiegne on Sunday evening, and was met by the Emperor and Empress with “ distinguished honours.” His Majesty left on Tuesday for Germany, and is said to have been “ delighted with the cordiality of his reception.” His Majesty, however, is no fool, and will know how to interpret any display. The real matter is, of what did the private conversation of their majesties consist, and what was the result. Time will show. His Majesty will uot be likely to break xVith England merely for the sake of an alliance with France. Earl Russell, in reply to a memorial of the Mexican bondholders and merchants connected with Mexico, says that it is not the intention of Her Majesty’s Government to interfere in the internal government of Mexico, or to attempt the task of restoring the tranquility of that country by means of a military force; but merely to demand from the de facto Government of Mexico respect for the persons and property of British subjects and the fulfilment of recorded obligations. A new bishopric is about to be created in New South Wales, The seat of the new diocese will be at Goulbum, from which place it will take its name. The main drainage works of Loudon have made great progress. The works which were commenced at the beginning of 1859 will be completed in less than two years from this tinp> r £LOOp t QIX) Iwbcfln apd gttß*

tracts to the extent of are in course of execution, or soon will be. 6000 men are constantly employed. The Emperor of the French has made, it is said, an offer for the Great Eastern. A carpenter of the name of George Matthews performed the perilous feat, on the 3rd instant, of ascending to the spire of Salisbury Cathedral for the purpose of repairs and painting, He “mounted the cross above the vane, and, waving his cap, stood upon the bar at that giddy height, perfectly upright !” The height of the spire is 399 feet 10 inches high. Saturday, October 19. The King of Holland was received at Compiegne by the Emperor and Empress of the French last Saturday evening, and will return this day to the Hague. The King and Queen of Prussia entered Konigsburg on Monday, for the coronation, which took place yesterday. The Kingdom of Poland has been declared in a state of siege in consequence of a patriotic banquet given at Warsaw by the Polish nobility to the peasants who attended the funeral of the Archbishop of Warsaw—but in spite of the presence and interference of the military, the Kosciusko anniversary was formally celebrated with great solemnity by the people. The magistrates of Pesth have resolved on sending an address to the Emperor, declaring their intention to set aside several recent illegal ordinances, and in the event of the Government persisting in enforcing the same ordinances, to tender their resignation en masse. The members of the Hungarian Chancellery also intend resigning, should the Government continue to demand the execution of unconstitutional decrees. A great stir has been caused in Paris by a pamphlet, entitled “ L'Empereur Napoleon et le Roi Guillaume ,” the salient points of which claim the Rhine frontier, invites Prussia to enter the Western alliance, to recognise the Kingdom of Italy, vote for the union of the Danubian Principalities, make a treaty of commerce with France as a bulwark against the commercial despotism of England, to break with Austria and Russia, and inscribe in the national flag—“ Germany free and united from the Rhine to the Oder.” The Government has seized the above. Saturday, October 26. Sir James Graham died yesterday morning, suddenly, of disease of the heart. Lord Brougham is very ill. In consequence of arrests having been made by the military of persons engaged in prayer in various churches in Warsaw, the consistory of the Archbishopric has ordered all the churches to be closed for awhile to prevent the repetition of such profanities. The public agitation is greatly on the increase. The members of the Council of the Hungarian Chancellery have sent an address to the Emperor, entreating his Majesty to retire to Buda, to withdraw from the influence of the foreign advisers who surrounded him, recommending him to assemble the Abergespaune of the Comitats, and declare to them that he will govern in conformity with the Hungarian constitution, and to appoint an Archduke as Governor of Hungary. By these measures “the country would place confidence in his Majesty, and hasten to render him homage.” A crisis is approaching, it is evident, in both Hungary and Poland. The Abbe Passaglia, having refused to retract his pamphlet against the temporal power of the Pope, has been deprived of the exercise of his priestly functions. The Infanta Donna Maria de la Conception, daughter of the Queen of Spain, died on the 21st instant. A convention will be signed in the course of the next week between England and France and Spain, for a joint action in the affairs of Mexico. At the same time, Spain still purposes making a direct demand on her own account for special satisfaction for insults received. Che King of Holland, after leaving the Emperor of the French, proceeded to Liege, to visit the King of the Belgians. The Danish Government has requested Prussia to make final and definite propositions for the settlement of their differences, she being disposed to accord to the Duchies of Holstein and Laurenburg real and durable independence in financial, civil, and judicial administrations. On the 7th instant, a Confederate expedition of six steamers and 3000 men endeavoured to recapture the forts at Hatteras Inlet, bnt were compelled to retreat with the loss of three steamers and all on board. On the 15th inst,, however, the Confederate fleet of gunboats attacked the blockading squadron at New Orleans, and after a sharp fight sunk one Federal vessel, and drove the remainder ashore, A naval expedition of twenty ships left New York on the 11th instant, destination unknown. The Confederate array is retiring from all points on the line of the Potomac. The Armstrong guns have failed in some recent experiments, and their issue has been suspended for the present until a decisive trial has been made. The King of Holland has abolished the passport system in favour of British subjects, and the Danish and Swedish Governments purpose adopting the same course. The cabman who committed a gross outrage on a young lady at Milltown, near Dublin, 17th September, has been committed for trial. Money has become extremely abundant, arising from the payment of the dividends, and while the Bank minimum is percent., the rate out of doors is only 2| to 2g. Consols are buoyant, and now up to 93J to g. New South Wales Government debentures, 98 to 99. The pressure upon the Bank of France continues excessive. It has made arrangements to draw upon Barings and Rothschild, of London, to the extent of £20,000,000, and has raised its rate to 6 per cent., and is expected to have to put up its rate still higher. The deficient harvest in France this year is estimated to require importation of breadstuffs to the extent of £20,000,000. The trade of England %}!, and the mills in Lancar 1 * ojf| tipis far |hci yrr