The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-04-01


interest before it.
M Cortins, the chief of the Progressist party in
Spain, has been elected deputy for Salamanca, by
large majority.
There is very little worthy of notice in the Madrid
journals Of the 9th ult. The only fact indeed OF
the slightest interest," il it be fact, is in the Eco
del Concrete. This journal states that the Jesuts
are actively at work in Andalusia for the purpose
frestoring the old order Of things and have opened
direct relations with Lisbon and Rome.
Portugal.
BY the Lisbon mail, to the 18th ut, it appears
that her Majesty was likely carry into effect her
aHxiously desired purpose of granting an amnesty
to the persona engaged In the late revolt, and now
IN exile IN Spain and elsewhere The Bill Tor the
tive form, had been laid before the Chamber Of
Deputies: A project of law for the abolition OF
| slavery in all the Portuguese possessions in the
case OF children born after the date OF the promul
Chamber OF Peers, and transferred 10 the Special
Antl-Slavery Committee. Another project of
very different kind. imposing penalties of inOrdi.
nate severity in cases Of smuggling of corn into
Custom house receipts Of Lisbon, Oporto, and Sete
Casas, for the month of January, had greatly
fallen OIL The prosecutions for lbels on the Go
vernment had again commenced. The first of ak
state prosecutions against an editor was heard on
the 18th ult, and terminated in an acquittal.-
new financial statement, and project of the
capitalist Roma, on an extraordinary scale Of mag
nitude, for the conversion of the interest of the
foreign debt, and facilitating the Government to
effect that object, and meet outstanding engage
ments, had been submitted, it was reported to the
Minister Cabral, and had been sanctioned by him.
1t was likely to be laid before the Cortes, notwith-
standing the ministers Castro and TOTAL were said
to be unfavOrabe to it. The matter was said to be
the subject of differences between Senior Cabral
and his colleagues, and of alterations between
the Count Tolal and Senior Roma. At the bot
tom Of every financial measure in Portugal, a small
incidental proposal for large loan susually found
in the present case, no doubt, Senior Roma will
mr. hn fpNnf
OF doing little business with Them
Switzerland.
The last accounts from Switzerland contain no.
| thing of any Importance. On the Sd instant, the
| diet continued the discussion on the measures to
be adopted respecting the Jesuists. On the 4th the
debate was resumed, and the various deputies took
part in it. The decision was expected in the course
| of that day.
A Turin letter Of the LIST instant states that the
government of Sardiaia has called out its contin-
gent in order to strengthen the garrisons of Pied
mont and Savoy, and to form military cordons
along me Swiss s frontiers. Some troops have been
Canton OF Vallais is enclosed, as it were, and also
| to Cluse, in Savoy, which adjolns the vaud.
| The Diet Extraordinary, which was opened at
Zurich on the Oath ult., is one Of the most impor-
tant assemblies which has ever been held by the
Helvetic Confederation. The whole country may
be said to be already in arms The local prejudi-
ces of the people, aided by religious fanatacism on
other are animated to the highest pitch. In some
| OF the Cantons the Government has already been
snbverted on the question of the instructions to be
given to the delegates at this Diet and the popu-
lace Of the Canton de Vaud, in state of brutal ex-
cltement, which is compared to that of the French
IN 1898, are threatening to invade their neighbors
as soon as the shows are melted, in order to drive
the Jesults from Frburg and the Valais, or
| to turn the scale in favor of the revolutionary
party by overthrowing the more conservative
| Government OF Geneva. In the Diet the equality
| OF the two parties perhaps increases the danger
i nf he fOp Il he RuAI Ia k1ut
carry their measures OF interference and coercion
| IN the Catholic cantoAs by constitutional MEANS
Trey will unquestionabe resort to violence; and, if
they do carry such measures by influence or by in
timidatiOn, the Catholic cantons are prepared to
resist by arms the arbitrary interference of bare
majority IN matters SO nearly affecting their rel
happily, throughout Switzerland, the violence of
| the people exceeds thct of the Governments. In
the canton of Berne, which has for several years
been in the hands Of the Radical party, the leaders
Of the people are themselves likely to fall VIC
Tins to the atrocous principles that have been
gaining ground for some time, even among the pea
santry.
The Universal Gazette, Of Prussia, publishes the
official returns OF the export import, and transit
duties received by the German Customs Union in
lsA They amounted to 26, All .494 thalers being
], log, 1A thalers more than in lS43.
| sweden.
A letter from Stockholm of the 14th ut. says:-
The bill for equally dividing the family property,
alter disease, between all children, without dis
tnction of age, and which has been adopted by the
three States of the clergy, burgesses and peasants,
has just been rejected by the State of the nobility,
| alter long and stormy discussion. The numbers
were lib against it, and " in its favor. As the
adoption Of the bill in the three other States with
the Royal sanction, would be sufficient to convert
itjpto law, the State OF the Mobiles, by the same
n9orlty, at once came to the determination Of
sending an humble petition to the King, beseech
ing his Majesty not to sanction the bill because,
II the custom of equally dividing property after de.
cease might suit TO certain point the other classes
Of society, it was totally unfit for the nobility; and
to establish such a system with respect to them,
would be to attack one OF their inaenable rights,
and to inict moot serious, if not rreparable in
jury on of their greatest interests Baron Jean
de Cederstroem, who voted with the minority,
protested solemnly against this resolution, which
he designated as unconstitutional and insulting to
the great majority OF the Swedish nation.
Turkey:
| letter from Constantinope of the 18th ult.,
states that the representatives Of the five great pow
ers, not having been able in their first conference
to come to an understanding as to the reply 10 be
made to the note of the Turkish ministry relative
to its project for settling the differences in the Lee
ban0n, had held a second meeting, at which they
agreed to a collective note 1t appears, however,
that the ambassadors refuse to take upon themselves
to accept or reject the propositions of the Porte,
and announce that they must apply for instructions
| TO their respective courts.
India and China.
We have received Bombay papers to Isl Februa-
ry, with intelligence from other parts of India to
corresponding dates, and from China to the 18th
December. The news from the Celestial Empire
10 totally without importance; but the accounts of
the desultory though harrassng warfare carrying on
in kolaporc will be found Of considerable interest
The troubles in the Kolapore and Sawunt Warree
country and the formidable robberies in the North
ern Concan, continue almost undated, in defiance
OF the efforts Of an army OF $4,000 men, scattered
in dstachments above aad below the Ghauts. An.
ghanistan was tranquil.
Markets.
LONDON sTsox ExonArs., March D, two o'clock.-The
transfer books being closed for Bank Stock and 3t
cent Annutcs, Long and Old South SEA- Annuities bust
10 necessarily circumscribed in the English
market. The quotations to-day very firm Consols
realize eek 1904 for money, and 1901 for accounts Re
ducsd Threes 1000 and 81 l02I l0it both for special
transfer India Stock 2sa. For account Bank stock is
2lsl Exehequer Bills 81 "a m; India Bonds 10 m.
The Foreign Bonds have been quiet Portuguese Stock
advancing Converted have touched 90 o6}; Mexican
stsck SGT; Spanish Elves act Threes ali Dutch "a est