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Arrival Of The North American

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Day
4
Month
January
Year
1861
Copyright
Public Domain
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Portland, Doe 31. Thn Canadian acrew stoimship North American, from Liverpool '2ütli, via Londonderry 21st, arrived at thia port at 10:45 this moriiing. Tho steatuor Glasgow, arrived at Queenstown on tho 20th The followmg is tho latost via London derry. London, 21. - Breadstujfs Market- Firm, with good demand at extreme prices Corn hasan advancing tendsney. Proviauns genenily quiet. London, Fridaï Noon. Consola closed at 93 for account. The latest sales of American stocks Priday were 111 C at 2729 discouiit; Erio 33a34J N. Y. C. 77a 79. Th Russiau Onvernment had reñyed news of t! e Engligh aud Fnnoh; v. ojuers, Norman Amiersuu, a d Buwiov, and threo Freuch officers itho wore masacred by the Chinese. The negotiations for tho evacution of Gaeta having failed, its bninbardmont would re-comiueuce on the 19th inst. The Directora of the Atlantic Telegraph had resolved, at their own expense, to keep the concern afloat, in hopes of operatious boing renowcd in the f i ture News from Bombay of organized re8Ístance on the part of native tributaries to the income tax, and the unsatisfactury state of the irmy in that presidency, conatitute the chief roasou for the prevailing hoaviuess, The tendency to depression on the Paris Bourse, coupled with the intimation given to Austria that she must consent to sell Venice or be prepared for a new war in the spring, likewise had sorne effect on the market, which ws influe.iced by a guddeu and considerable iucrease of the demand for loan on Government seourities. The Kailway market continúes good, but some depression was caused yesierday, partly by sales to elose speculative accounts preparatory to the holidays. - Most of he leading stocks left off from to i percent lower. Th& Grind Trunk (Canada) Railroad stock exverienced a rencwed decline of fully 1 per cent. yesterday on the publication of the report of the Committeo of the Uond-holders. It is now beyond a doubt that the projected Turkish loan is a complete failure here, and the prospecta are scarcoly better at Paris. The Calcutta papera say that the dishandment of the 5th Bengal Europuan regiment was followed by the immudiate military execution of a prisouer He was marched around the square iu the rear of ' his coffin and shot dead ut. the first volley. He acknowledged the justice of his sentence, and met bis deatb with manly resigiiation. Scarcely had this terrible scène baen enacted when the twei.ty-seeond regiment of foot men : moved in front of the fifth European j regiment; the artillery was loaded with grape on either flank. The fifth regiment : was then commanded to order anus and then to file their arms; they obisyed aud were at once marched some short distance clear of the files, and no sooner were they clear of the files thau two cornpanies of the seventh and third l ments filiug r;ipidly to the spot . vened between tlie fifth regiment and the arm8 to prevent the possibility of any rush to recover thoin When this was accompliBued the brigadier read an order the doom of the ; r jgiment It w s srruck from the army list and all its couimissioned officers reduced to the rauks, and the men were ! drafted into the five remaining regimniits , of the Bengal army - men with inedals on their breasts who had fought Knglands battles all the world over. Maiiy of the old soldiers who had been drafted from the old Bengal and from the Royal regiment8, appeared to be utterly ! broken, aud sobbed aloud.

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