0. United States 5-20s, 63¾@64.
Later. Halifax, December 8.
--The steamship Cuba, from Liverpool on the 9th via Queenstown on the 10th, has arrived.
It was said that Austria and Mexico were negotiating for the more speedy enrollment of ten thousand Austrians, who were to be furnished during five years.
At an American banquet in Paris on Thanksgiving day, our Minister, Mr. Bigelow, expressed very pacific sentiments.
General Schofield proposed the toast, "Friendship between France and the United States."
The latest Commercial intelligence. Liverpool, December 9--Evening.
--Cotton — The sales to-day amounted to 5,000 bales. Market easier.
Prices for some descriptions a trifle lower.
Quotations unchanged.
Breadstuffs quiet and unchanged.
Provisions quiet and steady.
Petroleum firm.
London, December 9--Evening. --Consols for money, 87½@87 5-16. United States 5-20s, 63¼ @64.
The Cuba brings information of the death of the King of Belgiu