The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-11-07

intelligence from the compsnys marine depot At Bonn
bay announcing the probable loss OF the above
toned vessel She steamed from Bombay the lath
OF Aprh last With orders for Singapore, and had on
board nearly 200 convicts Her crew comprsed 10 per-
SONS There was alsoa detachment of marines board
tioned-Captain A. Young, comm ander; Lieut. Eden
Lisut. Ralph, Mr. w Mott, Mr.. T. G. Croad acting
Four days after the departure from bombay It came on
sfrightfui hurricsne, which continued with undated
probable that the Cleopatra had at the time of
terng the storm reached the Malabar coast off which
unfortunately there is too much to believe she
fouDdersd with every human being board It'll add
ed that her necusr build had united her for the ser
vice In which she was employed
CAPTURE OF Four SLAvgRs.-By a French steamer
ture of four slave vesesthree OF them by the Ferret
g. Commander Sprigg The first captured by the Ferret
Brazilian brigantine of 1870 tons fuly Equipped
and bound to Cape Lopez The Ferret, three weeks
tiano also FULLY equipped and on the 10th of July of
Cape Maguerits, gave chase to Brazilian brig, which
turned out on capture to be the Fsska She beat the
Ferret In sailing but the wind falling light, Mr.
Mitchell the master. with boats crew. was detached
from the cruiser after her Great credit Is due to MIR
Mitchell for the gallant and spirited In which
dashed alongside and seized the from her ap
pesrance was just the craft to make
especially from the time the showed or to coming
up with her she had gained two miles on the Ferret
She Is splendid craft, and quite She was from
Hsmburgh Liverpool and Rio which was tn. only trip
shs had made previously 10 being captured She had
picked crew of 20 men, notwithstanding they all threw
their arms into the when the Ferrets boat got with
in hsipg distance The Rapid Commander Dixon,
captured her prize off Loango, the 9th July Ii was
Brazilian brigsntine Of 100 tons.
THE REyENUE OF GREAT BRITAIN.-Dy the quarter
y accounts Of the revenue, published In another col
umn; it will be that the net decrease on the
quarter ending the 10th instant compared with the
corresponding quarter Of last year. Is no less than
507 230 whilst the year just ended compared with
the preceding year ending 10Th October, 1896 he net
decrease amounts to fl042,26s The absence Of the
hina In ha IA
gree for the deficiency the year, but the great de-
crease on the customs, and s1ll more the excise
amounting together on those articles alone to 06l7l
indicates but too plainly the of this serious de-
ciency on the quarter just ended The action Of the
late speculative excitement In railways and commerce
:now telling upon the means of the people; and H. with
the present accounts before these results
wing that months smaller quantity Of articles
consumed as in the malt duties and the duties spir
its upon which six months credit is allowed IL requires
no very great sagacy to foresee that with the actual
paralysis in all branches Of tradewhen the future
counts forward illustrative OF present position
those statements must still further exhibit most
favorable picture of public revenue Of the country
in those branches. We ought not to shut under
standings to these obvious consequences; and
ne.ty trust that Parliament will be shortly assembled
order that the collective wisdom of the
enabled to devise some remedy for the evils which other
wise must DO seriously approhended European Times
THE CHoLERA.-The western part OF Europe begns
to take alarm account of the Asatic cholera Two
years ago this terrible plague made its appearance
~ shore OF the Indus and vt that time, the English
trobDs in great suffering ut Kurrackee and Hyder
abad At the same epoch the cholera was terrible In
shsnistan From that country it took itg course into
Persia from east to west 1t appeared In the north Of
Tartsry, in the southern part Of Turkish kurdistsn
and In the Pachalc Of Bagdad At the beginning of this
year was spreading deaths over this Caucasian
try, and through the ranks Of the Russian army A
month ago. the cholera from Europe and arrived
Mt Tsngarrok Indianapolis and several ports the
OF Asof 1t Is now in the centre Of Russia at Kef and
smolensk where it spread everywhere ruin and DESC
lation Poland Is in great fear and The corpora
ton OF Warsaw has made arrangements with the hospi-
tai Of the city, to struggle against this terrible epidemic
SUBSTITUTE ron PorAroEs A large importation OF
West India yams has lately taken place in consequence
of the anticipated scarcity potatoes which has given
stimulus to ths cultivation of this tropical substitute
for that root Some tons have been sd for the
of cattle feeding and quantity has also been sent
Ireland to test their applicability to the feeding OF pigs
EAST TNprA CorroN The following the exports Of
cotton in each of the following years from LIST January
27th August. from Bombay to Great Britain lis s,
| 80 37G bales; 1916 43772 1917, I5l,7s6
RAILWAY NEws-On Saturday the market showed
symptoms of Improvement. Specuatvey, buyers were
wanting but at limits Of prica yet to realized
The payncnts OF dividends however have brought the
public in for small Quantities OF shares, individuality 1t
Is true; but know sufficient authority that
passing names for Investment. The small capitalists
have evidently the sound Judgment to think and
themselves in the midst OF all the monetary confusion
that exists The settemt mt of accounts passed
without difficulty.
The PRocREss OF LvERPooL.-At the dinner give 4
by the Mayor to Sir II Peel and distinguished party
Friday last, late noble representative, Lord
don, the following interesting satscs, exhibiting
the increase Of the Importance and Of the
The data We are authorized to state furnished by
Mr. Alexander Nelson clerk to the Borough Treasurer
The population in 1891 2O596a In 1886 1t had nearly
doubled being $50 $3.50 The revenue produced by the
corporation property f45 $685. in 547 IL is ESQ
The town dues were in 1884, f49,332 in ls47 they
nearly double the amount being COZ 2l9 The dock
revenue Ia 1881 1879 ass; and although tho rates
reduced 35h cent in 1886 they produced this
year f244435 In 1881 had Ill of water space
in our docks; have now 1870 acres, with Ia miles Of
Ineal quay space The shipping Of the port was, In
1881 1851 vessels; 1t Is 20 $50 vessels The
335 500 The cotton imported in 1891 1893 bales
and in 1916, ll3i 0Si do In 1881, the railway system
In its infancy. tbs Liverpool and Manchester line
having b sen one Of the most successful
In 1914, the united kingdom had expended 1868
miles capital Of fo2 All oas Parliament sanctioned
in 5i5 and q, 1854 miles additional estimated to cost
3iI 0OO aud In l5i7 1914 miles G3i 500 500
The total railway capital will thus be fas7, 4ls 3os
ANoTmER PRAsLN AFFAIR An extraordinary sensa
ton has been created at Darmssd by the
death Of the Countess dc Goerz, who found sitting
in her room dead and dresduly burnt but without il
being possible to conceive how this could have occurred
by accident 1t Is suspected that she was 81 ranged
and that she thea placed on charcoal fire, tsubse
quenty removet) 10 destroy all Of the
ployed to commit the murder As tho Count her hug
band who is of some note, having been anbassa
dor to the court Of Nassau, and filed mission In
Holland was known to be on bad terms with the Coun
tess public rumor accused him OF the mu rider, and an
investigation having been entered upon, suspicious
circumstances revealed 1t appears however that
at the date Of the last accounts the affair still in
volved In mystery.
SERIOUS CASE or BREAeH OF QuARArriNg AT malta
The whole Of the Island has been by the authorizes de-
clared to be In quarantine for fifteen iys in conse-
Quence of Captain H. Tate, OF the English merchant
brig Navy from Alexandria having, through Ignorance
IT, would seem laaded at the quarantine barrier and
walked up into the town undeteced by the military and
quarantine guard lie has been under examination be-
fore the poles magistrates, and may perhaps bs
mtted to stand his trial Under the Law Of Malta this
is crime punishable by death when serious couse-
quences ensue, when the party Is coming from any
port where foul bills Of health being issued Foriu
natsy neither the the other eggravating crcuI-
stances Is to DC found in the present and therefore
the punishment Is arbitrary resting with the
court, and IL In hoped that light will awarded
as the party does not appear to 1ve wiuy committed
the act.
MARTINS LAW AT HAMBuRoH On the Goth ult the
Hamburgh merchantmen. the Independence Captain
Schaecht, arrived at Hamburger from New York Among
her crew or 30 men, was ilt1 named Prim who
the butt Of the rest of the They riade him
believe that the captain intended to arrow him over
board and leave him TO be drowned In spirit revenge
Prim got hatcbet, aud stealing into the cabin during
the night struck the captain with IT. but wounded him
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