The New York herald., 1845-12-07
FURTHER EXTRACTS
FROM
THE FOREIGN PAPERS
Received at the Herald Office.

The electric telegraph between Paris and Rouen
Is now complete.
The authorities of Denmark have adopted the
guilotine as the instrument of capital punishment
henceforth.
Letters from Pisa state that Ibraham Pacha is i'm
proving In health.
The supply of silk from China, during the present
year, has been II. 900 to 1900 bales.
The London papers have been specializing on the
probability OF warlike movement in India.
The Duke of Wellington has sent out orders to
abolish temperance and all other societies in her
Majesty's regiments.
The French Government are sending 2O, 900 men
to Alglers, not 1900, as currently reported.
The happlest results have attended the efforts
made for the purpose Of introducing sikworms into
Prussia.
The remains of Roman villa have been recently
discovered near OxfOId.
Sir Richard Vivyan has denied that he is the au-
thor Of the Last Vestiges OF Creation.
A daily paper will, is sad shortly be start
ed, with Charles Dickens as editor.
A new theatre the cost Of which is E5O, 900, has
been opened at Lisbon. II is described as being
very splendid affair.
During the last twenty five years, the increase in
the population OF Austria has been 25 per cent.
The Constitutional OF Friday says, "There is
some intention of establishing French consulate
at Honolulu the capital of the Sandwich Islands, in
Oceania.
The state prisons of Rome reported to be
filled with 1000 prisoners, many Of hsm of the first
families. The dlsafiectlons of the people there are
not yet settled.
The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have
al length determined that Woolwich Dock Yard,
the first naval and most ancient port in Europe,
shall Immediately be placed in state OF fortif-
cation.
The whole of the Glasgow banking establish.
mens have raised the interest on deposits from to
u per cent PER annum the Royal Bank and National
Bank of Scotland to 3 per cent.
The King of Sweden has appointed Mr. Mordin,
who has hitherto been Swedish Charge d'Affaires
and Consul General in the United States of Ameri-
ca, 10 be his Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Penipotentiary at the Court ST. Petersburgh
Such is the excitement in railway matters that
gentleman being suddenly asked by friend who
met HIM. How do you do 7" replied !" ] to l."
The new Mayor of Liverpool is David Hodgson,
Esq, formerly connected with the great American
house OF Messrs Chopper, Benson " Co.
The directors of the London and Brighton Rail
way have issued circular OF directions to their
servants and with the view of preventing railway
accidents, have offered donation OF f25 to the
Provdent Fund for every quarter during which no
accident occurs on the line.
Mr. Talbot has taken out new patent for
new power based on the condensation of carbonc
acid gas. BY chemical means and great pressure,
the carbonIc acid is brought down to temperature
below the freezing point Heat is then applied
when its expansive power, Mr.. Talbot AYERS, ex-
ceeds that OF steam, while the great weight OF the
furnace, &c., Is dispensed with.
A sanguinary conflict is said to have taken place
on the evenings OF the first and second instant on
the frontiers OF Romagna, between the Swiss aud
the Pontifica troops. Italy ls in very unsettled
state
The American provision trade does not exhibit
much activity. The quality of the incoming cheese
superior to last years, with steady, ii not an
dem Rect bee nuch IN.
quired for, and prices are a shade lower. Pork
notwithstanding the high price of Irish, does not
increase in value. The market is bare OF lard, aad
the quality which has recently arrived, is not up to
the mark.
The Spanish Government are fitting out several
ships OF war, to be stationed along the coast Of
Andalusia, to check the smuggling which of late
years has been carried TO an enormous extent
between that province and Gibraltar.
Lord John Russell has recently been presented
with the freedom OF the city Of Edinburgh, on which
occasion he made long self-laudatory speech, in
which the slavery of the United States was touched
npon and strongly condemned.
One OF the French papers, the National, advocates
the necessity Of closing the French ports for the
portatlon of grain, and blames the Government for
the present uneaslness and fears of the French
people that subject.
On All Saints Day, Mr.. Newman, the leader Of
the Puseyite movement in the Anglican Church,
from which he has seeded, received confirmation
al the hands OF Dr. Wiseman, Coadjutor Bishop of
the the Midland Circuit in the Chapel of Oscctt
College.
1t is stated that rue dica gentlemen are much
wanted IN China, and that those who are already
there are reapng golden harvest, having exI, n
slve practice and hadsome pay.
The late gales in the Northern Seas were felt al
along the Northeast coast of Scotland, where many
small vessels were driven on shore.
The Journal des Lebats states, that the chief
object OF AbdelKader is to induce or to compel The
Arab tribes to emigrate from the territory of Algeria
10 that OF Morocco.
Two agents Of an Enshcsmpany are now travel
ling over Switzerland, and visiting the authorities oil
the several cantons in order to obtain permission TO
construct a railroad, which is to connect Germany
with the Mediterranean, and cross part OF Swzer-
land. According to their statement their company
is in possession Of capital Of E3, COO, 900, and
several important London houses are at the head of
the enterprise.
The King of the French has now nine grandsons,
vlz.-Count de Paris and the Count de Chartres,
OF the Duke of Orleans; Count d'Eu aud the
Duke d'Aleneon, OF the Duke d. Nemours; the
Duke the Pentevre, son of the Prince de Joinyiie;
the Duke de Brabant and the Count de Flanders,
sons sons OF the Queen Of the Belglans; the Duke de
Duke de Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, son OF The
Pncess Clementine.
The new Notifications at this place are progress
ing very rapidly. The earth battery forming oppo-
site tne uOCk ydru gate Is alIeauy carried to con-
siderable height, and WIDE ditch is being formed
in 'front.' before the sea-wal This battery is to be
fanked by musketry wall on each side, one wall
connecting it with the old Notifications, and the
other connecting it with another battery about TO be
formed in junction with the old works extending
along fosse from the Medway TO the Thames.
The excavations of the musketry walls, carried to
depth OF seven feet are being filled up with five
feet, OF concrete, in order 10 give good founda-
-Porfsmo1th Eng paper, Nou. 15
Rumors prevail, founded on statement in Sun
day paper but they obtain little credit, that the sl-
ding scale tor the admission of foreign corn, is 10
anlic friends may rest assured, is on the point of
extinction
The Earl Of Lonsdale has resigned the most he
has held upwards OF four years at the head of the
the post Office His successor is the Earl of St Ger
mans.
The average number Of British shipwrecks in a