Last night's Gazette contains a French decree, forwarded to the
British Government by Lord Cowley, provisionally abolishing the additional duty upon the importation of iron ore by foreign vessels which had been established upon all ores so imported, by decree of the 17thMarch 1863. _ .
Mr. James Buchanan, the Minister from the United States, has been in- vited by the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce to a public banquet, and re- quested to name a day. Mr. Buchanan replies that his public duties render it impossible for him to name a day, and therefore he declines the invita- tion altogether. At the same time, he expresses the strongest sentiments in. favour of peace and friendship between the two countries, based on-the freest commercial interchange. To that end, he hopes for an honourable and speedy settlement of all questions between the two countries, alto- gether not worth six months' suspension of their reciprocal trade.
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