Show FOREIGN the financial excitement jn n england si seems ems to bo abating though bankruptcies continue to be announced almost daily principally among those engaged in the american trade money is said to be growing easier and the demir demand at the bank of england quite limited the recent failures announced include e galbraith bigland co merchants london for about manning colly collyer er hemp brokers ac london lon orf ori for simpson aco co of london in the brazilian trade ac A NEW ALABAMA the manchester guardian says A few weeks ago we noticed the de from liverpool of a steamer called the laurel with about men on board many of whom had served with semmes it was also hinted that captain semmes was himself on board this news is confirmed by a dispatch received in liverpool from maderia madena to the effect that the laurel had been lying in fanchal bay previous to the and early on the morning of that day she steamed out to sea and met a large screw steamer understood to be the new alabama on board of which were transferred the crew of the laurel and cargo cons consisting asting of guns ammunition ac the screw steamer then made for the direction of bermuda the distinguished russian general had visited woolwich where he was vas received with military honors and witnessed the tho lasting of a blakely gurr intended for the russian government ITALY the italian naval gazette states that from motives of economy the italian fleet is to be reduced to a single division composed of the iron plated frigates garibaldi has declared himself opposed to the franco italian convention the armor clad frigate re di galio recently built at new york for the italian government had llad arrived atna ples pies 4 fraid FRANCE the emperors of france and sussia russia had long interviews at nice on the and of oct denmark from denmark there are rumors of a further delay in the conclusion of peace negotiations intelligence unfavorable to peace was said to nave have reached copenhagen pen on the and a council of state state was suddenly summoned the prussian commander in jutland was ruling with a high hand he had forbidden all exports and imports by sea orders given to the danish military teil teri mended tended bled bied to confirm the unfavorable rumors MEXICO occupied matamoras on the ultimo without resistance on theeart the part of cortinas who is said to have given in his adhesion to the empire in the following despatch to general most excellent sir I 1 and the mexican soldiers whom until today to day I 1 have had the honor of commanding submit ourselves in good faith to the imperial im berial government according T to the di dictates chates of the worthy communication of your excellency which I 1 have just received we rely upon the statements official and personal of your excellency and anthe on the magnanimity of the new government which from today to darwe day we recognize co nize and ard am d on the consciousness of our good faith to expect that we shall receive treatment worthy of the good name of the country to which we belong and your excellency as our new now chief will command us in whatsoever you vou shall see fit with the understanding that t the he city and all contained in it remain entirely at your disposition independence and liberty matamoras sept 26 1864 JUAN N CORTINAS to his excellency general thomas alella wherever he may be found A severe earthquake was felt at cola and vicinity on the ad instant the cupola tower sac resty ecy acy c of the church and the ecclesiastical court room were destroyed the sacr sacristan istar and his lis daughter were buried in the ruins all the churches temples and private dwellings have suffered ered mom more or less and many are untenable at matamoras izular and the neighboring villages the earthquake lasted forty seconds scarcely a sound building was left one lady was killed the frame buildings were wora thrown down the domes of the e churches of san nicholas and raboso and of other churches were destroyed at blanos alanos the tile church was split open and religious religion xer ter services vices are suspended A species of waterspout fell feli in monte alto flooding the city and country about and san juanico to the northeast of the city and around san antonia de do las huertas the roads were impassible and on the oth the rain n still continued incessantly the says some individuals have been arrested in the C city eity of f mexico for conspiracy and the three principle ones have beell been sent to th vera cruz it is again asserted that diego alvarez rez of the state of guerrero is about to submit to maximilian and for the fourth or fifth time that juan juall alvarez is i dead just before the capitulation of matamoras canales left with men and crossed oi over oven to texas texa I 1 it is said that juarez has passed over the desert of san carlos into chihuahua mexican papers received by way way of havana say that robberies are continually occurring on the road broad to mexico puebla orizaba and vera cruz on all sides travelers are attacked the brig ands increase in number and courage ITALY K the debate on the convention and removal of the capitol to rome is still progressing in the chamber of deputies some of the speakers denounce the convention as a virtual renunciation of rome while others regard it as leading to rome at A a no distant period there have been great floods in tuscany and considerable damage has been done to property particularly to the railways at florence there was also a great inundation the streets were flooded the fields laid waste and the the roads broken up the damage done is is enormous but few lives were lost the Czar witch of russia was on a visit to turin SPAIN A new and more liberal law in favor of the press was being spoken of by the spanish government AUSTRIA A new loan of twe twenty t nive five millions of florans florins at nive five per cevil celil cent to be issued at 87 is announced |