The
Europe, from
Queenstown on the 14th of December, reached
Halifax on the 20th ult., on her voyage to
Boston.
Her news is one work labor than the advices of the
Scotia.
Consuls closed in
London on the 13th ult., at 92½ a 92¼ The
Billiton in the Bank of England had decreased by £ 72,000 sterling.
The
Liverpool cotton market was buoyant, and prices advanced from one-half to three-fourths of a penny per pound on middling and lower qualities.
The stock on hand amounted to two hundred and fifty-four thousand bales. On the 13th ult. the market was quiet at the advance.
Flour was steady at a in
Liverpool on the 13th ult. The
Liverpool provision market was inactive, with prices looking downwards.
The British newspaper comments on American affairs are generally of an unimportant character.
The
London Shipping Gazette notices the concentration of English North American war off
Bermuda.
The writer states that
Admiral the had been "Instructed" to protect
Britten from "outrages" at the hands of Federal cruiser lying in British waters.
The recently formed London Emancipation Society had framed circulars to semisters of all denomleations, arging them to give prominence to the subject of negro emancipation from their pulpits, in view of the inanguration of
Mr. Lincoln's emancipation policy with the new year.
The
London Star says a most enthusiastic meeting has been held at
Lambeth, to express eympathy with the anti-slavery policy in
America.
About three thousand persons were present.
Garibaldi's eldest son was mortally wounded in a duel with the
Italian who arrested his father after the affair at Apromonte.
The
Colonel was also wounded severely.
A return shows that during the present year forty six American ships have been registered at
Liverpool under British names.
