The New York herald., 1845-12-08

sumption OF the same beverage In England amounts
to only pint per head, per day, which is generally
regarded a large allowance. II will naturally be
asked whether those great differences between peo-
pie and people In their susenance, has any effect
the duration of life. II would appear not. The
Austrians who are indisputably the most temperate
population of Europe, are not deficient 10 physical
vigor, and enjoy good average health The mean
duration of lite in France is not much interior 70
England, and is superior to other countries Of
Europe, in which the standard OF subsistence v
higher.
The attention OF the Cabinet, in the late protraetsd
sttinga, has not been confined to the question
The Oregon negotiation has largely shared u: and
serious apprehensions expressed at the difcul-
ties which the adjustment OF this question offers.
On this question IT is also believed that dssenslon
exists in the councils of the crown. A persuasion
IS entertained by some that mere diplomacy will not
lead TO a settlement. Notwithstanding the power
entrusted to Mr. McLane, no advance IN the nego-
tiation has actually been accomplished and it 10
feared, from the tone of Mr.. Folks inaugural adj
dress, that his approaching message TO Congress
will only tend 10 make settlement still more dlffi-
cult and complicated. Some maintain that the
question can only be adjusted by reference to the
arbtriment OF third power. 1t is contended that
thus ought not to ne objected 70 Dy any party equsDy
this exists in America. In such decision would
an European sovereign, ii selected as umpire, lean
towards England Monarchlcal prejudice and the
feeling against the great democracy OF the West,
might induce such feeling; but, on the other hand,
power of Europe has any very strong disposition
to extend the power Of neghbor already 30 forml-
These discussions Of the British Cabinet have
terminated for the present, is 1t probable that
any thing more decisive these subjects Will trans
pre- before the departure OF the mail which VIII place
this letter in your hands Meanwhile, your merchants
may rest assured that the English corn laws are
doomed-that many weeks cannot, according to
all present appearances, pass over, before market
for American breadstuffs will be opened In all the
ports Of Britain They will, therefore, do well to
act on this information before the communications
between the western corn States and the Afantc
| kill L. D.. cl~ DIR
per cent in England, and very little less here. This
is evil which will produce its own Increase
Wages in England lave not risen with the price OF
food The laborlng CLASSY therefore, after proyld-
ing for It's necessary sustenance ont OF Its low
wages, will have less surplus 10 spend on the pro-
duce of the manufacturer, and the latter VIII conse-
quenty have to contract his operations and either
reduce wages or diminish his hands Thus, distress
will augment the very causes which produce It,
In former letter, mentioned the Improvement
in art, which has been effected, by transferring en-
cravings, etc. to plates OF zinc and which Is calico
glyptography. still more wonderful effect resem-
bling this, has lately been produced IN Prussia, the
process OF which, however, is still secret: The
snd 81 has called I to it. An in
habitant OF Berlin is represented having discover
ed method OF producing In the most perfect, easy
and writings of every kind, bank notes, and, In
Short of every paper document, whether written or
printed The most surprising part OF the thing, Is
that the inventor requires, to execute the copy no
make an impression with a common press.
One OF the public functonarles of the government
gave the inventor an old document to copy, which
seemed from its age and worn condition, incapable
Of being initiated The artist took it to his atelier,
and in few minutes returned with fifty copies OF
it The Imitation was SO perfect, that 1t tled the
monarch and his council with asonishment, amount.
ing to supetactlon and even fright! At the foot OF
this document were affixed great number OF sigma
lures, which it had received at various epochs, more
less remote, all very old, and written in different
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act precision.
Several Treasury notes Of the highest value were
then given to the inventor, to be copied. He took
them, as before, and returned after some minutes,
having mixed the originals with the COPIES and in
vlted the most competent judges OF such documents
to select the originals from the collection! II was
impossible to do 1t! The government are nego-
tiating with the inventor for the purchase OF his
secret.
Agiers, or as it is now called, Algeria Gin which
term Is comprised portion OF northern Africa,
limited by radius of certain extent round the
city OF that name,) continues to engross the aten-
tion of the public here. For many reasons it 10 ex-
tremely difficult indeed, may be truly said TO be
impossible, to obtain true account of the condition
of the French power in that colony. Abdel Kader,
working the national feeling of the native tribes,
adroitly availng himself of their anaticsm, excited
the present insurrectlon, which has spread in
greater or less degree throughout the country. The
contest parakes OF all the bitter unrelenting spirit
of holy war war in which, moreover, civilized
arms are opposed to savage hordes. The Emir,
adept in the Fabian tactics His retreats have been
disastrous to his enemies. Victory has brought to
the French neither glory advantage. II the move
nent be quelled, they will be IN the midst OF sui
len population, kept subsection by force alone, and
to restrain which, standing army OF one hundred
thousand men will be necessary, the ranks OF which,
thinned by the curse OF pestentlal climate, must
be continually filled from the flower OF the French
nation But whether there is a near prospect of re-
duclng the native tribes even to this reluctant and
rebellious subJection, II is impossible to say. We
90 n IN mi nj fho di-
ately around the city OF AlgIers there no roads
or other civilized routes II is, therefore, impossi-
Bile, from the bulletins, to comprehend the real ma
ture OF the operations reported In them, or to esti
mate the worth OF the advantages they lay claim to.
Moreover, we hear but side Of the question.
NO bulletins OF Abdel Kader reach us. 1t is not in
human nature character 10 suppose that the bulle
tins of the Frerch commanders do not gloss over
reverses, mitigate defeats and underrate losses or
on the other hand, magnify successes, and exagge-
rate the reverses OF their enemy: From these
causes, the bulletins really, far as public In
formation is concerned, little better than waste pa
per-. The horrors Of the Dahra did not reach the
public through the pages OF a bulletin. Neyerthe-
less, it is admitted on every hand that the re-
conquest of Algiers is going to be the affair Of
week month
One of the European events which has created
sensation in diplomatic circles, Is the proposed mar
riage of the Grand Duchess Olga, fayorte daughter
of the Gar, to the Austrian Arch Duke Stephen.
This alliance has been on the taps for the last two
years, and has been obstricted by the questions ar-
sing out of the difference of religious faith between
the two imperial families. Nicholas required that
his daughter should continue in the practice and cb
servances OF the Greek Church. Metternich, on
the part of Austria, made it sine qts that the
Grand Duchess should, on her marriage, renounce
her national creed, and join the Church OF Rome.
On this point, the proposed alliance was once, IT
not ottener, relinqushed II is unders that In
the first instance 1t not very strongly wished
fer by the Cabinet Of Vienna but the appearance OF
the growing amlty between the Court OF 81 James
and the King Of the Barricades, and the much,
talked of entente cord,aie, have at length induced
Metternich to view more avorably the policy OF es-
tablishing a counerpoIse the other side OF the
Rhine to the united influence OF France and Eng
land. Meanwhile, the Emperor Nicholar has gwen
way on the religious question, and consented that
his daughter should conform to the religion OF her
proposed husband, and accordingly the marriage
will be solemnized, ii is said, early In the ensuing
vaar ppIaoS the deafh NJ the Emnyeas-an event hv