The New York herald., 1846-03-05

! The Madrid papers ofihe 9th contain no news of
any Importance; The Prince de Carini, the Neapo-
grand ball given by the French Ambassador, which
was attended by the royal family; and il is remarked
by the papers that the declaration made by General
Narvaez in the Cortes on the previous day. relative
10 the Queens marriage, did not appear to give him
much uneasness. In fact, the declaration is consi
dered generally az extremely Jesultica ,and'as mere
y intended to lull the country INTO false security
OF the opposition Of the Deputies to. the mar
riage proceeding any further, the Cabinet was re-
solved to dissolve the Cortes, In order to excude
tee Ant-Trapan party altogether, and to give Mar.
vaez an opportunity Of getting rid Of the members OF
the Cabinet who were known to be oPposed 10 the
marriage. The excitement on the question does
not appear to be at all diminishing:
| A letter from Barcelona, Of the 18th ult. states
that nineteen OF the twenty-three persons VINO were
arrested at and Girona, on charge OF consp,-
racy and rebellion, have been sentenced to death by
| a court martial.
! The kingdom OF Poland is to undergo the
following alteratons-l. The frontier line be-
course Of this year. 3 Between this and LIST Of
January lS47, all persons in Office must be able to
speak the Russian language; and every one who in
this time has not learned to speak wei enough 70
| dismissed. g. The Government intend entirely to
abolish the vice. royalty of Poland, and TO make the
country, under another name, Russian province,
and thus to etface all traces Of ancient Poland. A
to the political state of Poland, It Is chic fly that Tor
which incessant efforts are made to Tut down the
Roman Catholic Church, and! Introduce the Greek
in its stead for all the patriotism OF the common
people s founded on their religion; and when they
can no longer say, :" am Polish" Qor the word
"Cathohc" is unknown to them), but am kus-
sian" (by which they mean Greek Poland Will DC
long time before brought to state OF tranquility,
for the mobiles have now but little influence over the
people, and cannot put them IN motion except with
the aid Of the clergy
l ,la ~ tha let
The long Expected crisis in the affairs Of the Pun
ab has at last taken place The Sikh army, anxious
for punder, crossed the Sutej to the number OF 80
600 men with 10 pieces of artillery.
Their sharp-shooters fired upon some English
soldiers sent to rcconnoitre, and their main body
the entire territory tn. left bank OF the Sutlej,
producing revenue OF $75 600, has been contsca-
ted and annexed to our dominions.,
According to the last accounts, the forces OF the
Sikhs were advancing to attack FerOZepore, where
General Sir John Ltter, with body OF resoutc
| men, had thrown up some temporary inrenchments,
and was preparing TO repulse their uttack.
The European AMI native troops were hurryinG
from all sides to the frontiers for the purpose Of
| operating with General Sir John Littler. The Gov
ernor General and commander-ln-chief were pro-
| ceedlng TO Ferozepore
| We hourly expect to hear that an engagement was
fought, and we have doubt that it will be dsas-
trous tor our enemies. Il is not known whether the
| Governor General intends to annex the whole Sikh
i
The Rance, who, it appears, has remained in ths
| capital declares having done every thing IN her
power to avoid hostilties, having been unable to
| restrain the soldiery.
"Our Alexandria correspondent writes on the
22d January War has commenced in the Punjab.
Letters from Suez state that the Sikhs attacked the
artillery. on the 2lst of December.
The fighting was not yet over when the express
left on the sd. A great number OF Sikhs were
killed. IS pieces Of cannon had fallen into the
Lu~l - SLD E~O ok x@oIaN vHNpn Aov.
General Littler was repulsed at the onset, but tho
efforts of Sir H. Cough changed the fate OF the day
Il is believed that the Sikhs were obliged to re-
cross the Sutej on the following day, the 24th Of
| December"
LONDON MoSEY MARxEr, Friday, Feb THE depc-
sit crisis may be looked upon q. fairly at an end
.sss Il. ps :. ~sy
the money for the Accountant General has been
S.5 for the : sna
actually paid to the Court of Chancery has been about
Our who ,c "SSd SSd ooS not -: q
ms that nine millions is about the mark, and that bis rs
descent to 600 wa: Su: ute M e wide q TIE
ing orders have been complied with. and all this money
placed custody Of the Accountant 0enerslnot it IL
Market--but certainly without any disastrous conss
quences It has been found in money, too, without any
alteration relaxation Of the law rules Of Paramsnt
The transaction has been brought to succea su temt
nation in spite Of attempts to create uncsled for alarm
said could no. Be done, now admit ths. il hs. been
accomplished and have the candor Town to own that
smanas 0isn from he .amo ausss ssas II. loss
which railway companies suffer IN re-investing-
Ss s1sfs ns~ to to % buy si
There is some truth in this but It i to be kept In view
that the on the part Of railway compaEis
Of their deposit money is purely voluntary. There
legal requisition to compel them to convert their
notes into stock Exchequer bills They may allow
Nkosrr NhAk nT tkA
General they feel disposed to do unit. be ab:c
utely required for bona de objects No doubt might
in that case be unproductve but would at least be
saie and free from the changes and fluctuations which
frequently affect the funds Supposng fresh reaction
to take place. and that Consos should again give way
that their price some months hence should bs plsos
Of 97-those railway companies who have rsinvested ~
latter figure they nd requisite e I:siss ss NE
say that the funds likely to fall than 70 rise
Il Is moot point which way the movement VIII Dc 90
veoped but the present price s not looked upon. can
not be considered natura; II is the effect Of
special cause.-The demand created by the investments
Of railway deposits These have their limits and when
that demand act remains to be whsthsr
the funds will continue steady experience auctustion
Discounts still in the commercial world
The minimum at the Bank Of England still rules al
81 per cent The Funds opened nearly per cent above
period the day reached OF This price va. not
fully sustained the closing price being s7} to for timo
purchases in three per cents reduced sl and in the
three end quarter per cenat 9s The threeper cents
to bank stock, aosi to sSss Eschsquer bills 81. .
4os. pm The broker for the Court Of Chsncsry was
10 undcrstood to have taken E200 600 of the latter
Railway shares not participated In the ise oi tne
Funds The resolutions OF tn House Of Lords have not
yet Influenced the market bat better demand = sx
pected to arise scrips particularly those OF the
Irish lines There has been change already In the res
Direct Northern lines The Direct Northern scrips have
advanced in price, while the London and York havs 10
cedcd 6s per share owing Is said, to some order re-
ferns the Northern lines to the same group, so a. TO
place the whole Of these competing schemes on footing
| Of equality.
| BAsx or EsoLAsp.-An account, pursuant 10 the Act
7th and 9Th Victoria cap. 81 for the week ending
| Saturday the slst day Of January, 1885,
| ISSUE DEPARTMENT.
Notes ssued E2s 5s1, ,333 Government debt. EIi o5to
| Other securities. ~, ,9oo
4 0old coin aud bull
| lion. ......... iiozs.oS
| Silver bullion. So, 40
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