The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-07-19


Europe but none that we are aware o. In comparison
with those above mentioned have hitherto taken place
from the other side Of the Atlantic-Lond0n Times,
june "a.
NAveAr,os OF THE ST. LAwREscx.--It - stated BY
authority In the House Commons, that the privilege
lately conceded by the proclamation OF tns Governor
General OF Canada relaxing the laws affecting the ma
vigaton Of the St Lawrence, by which american YES
scls small river craft, permitted 10 orng sns no1
and corn into this country but temporary ana wouiu
cease as matter course when the Navigation laws
ceased to be suspended
| Grnx., EmoRArIos- Emigration to America, on a
Of the sigrsns aud nearly all the best
some Villages are entirely depopulsted by this emgrs
tion mania, and the governments are beginning TO be
alarmed ut It,
| Tyr c.nlurs-The last accounts from the north of
Spain state Csrlsts becoming daily bold
tached bodies In Catalonia. The Heraldo says that
been discovered In the town Of Feneoss
in eSsrs % Sst
has issued proclamation, threatening to punish the
priests who trouble the conscences Of their penitens In
political matters
Foop Riors-A tslsgraphic despatch has been re-
c-ved at Paris announcing that food riots had broken
out at the colonel Of the troops who
called out having been assaed and struck by the mob
the troops fred the popuace and three four
were killed.
MYSTERIOUS ANNOUNCEMENT rumor very current
ly prevails in fashionable circles to the effect that
long something will probably be heard of matrimonial
alliance between venerable and distinguished military
commander high in the favor of hsoversign Duke OF
Wellingtop) and rich heiress Miss Coutts) whose
munincencs is only equaed by the Of her world
ly possessions. London Morning Post Juy2
vIsIr OF THE QUEEN TO IxvEnSE,s AND surHER
We have received the following information from
a which place the utmost reliance The
Queen has taken Lagsan from the Marquis Of
Tor ns shooting season ns toIrs VIII rs%s' n ts s
TENDER Her Majesty 1t is understood. will visit nver
ness On her way to Dunrobn the second week IN Sept
coming down the Csledonian Ca al from Fort William
We may anticipate for the Royal party magnificent
gathering of the clans" Since the days Of the Fiery
Of the Queen, and from Ben Nevis to Ben More, in
Assynt the whole population will be poured forth to
O. tine
other British Sovereign has since penetrated into our
northern region The shooting lodge Of the Marquis OF
Abercorn stands the margin Of Loeb LRggan 1t Ard
wreckie on the property Of Cluny Macpherson " The
scale which this lodge IL erected says the author OF
that It is taxed for sixty windows" The interior
commodaion Of the most splendid description, and
Mr.. Edwin Landseer, in Of his visits to the north,
grsced the walls of the with the fruits Of
his inimitabls genius-Iavernsss Courier.
ASSOCIATION ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE
The years meeting has been held at Oxford and
has been honorcd by the Of Prince Albert the
Prince Edward Of SAKE Wemar the Prince Of Canine.
the Chevaier Bunsrn, the American Minister Count
Rosen, deputsd by the Crown Prince Of Sweden to
hbit elaborate maps executed by the latter Pro-
fessor struvs, the eminent astronomer Dr. Langberg
Baron Professor Vansder Hosven of Ley
den M de verneuil, Professor Nllsonnu, of Lund
and NJ Major, who Is in this country deputed by
the Norwegian government to make inquiries concern
ing iunatio asylums In England, &c.
Sir Roderick j. Murchison, at the meeting Satur
day week, surrendered the presidential chair to Sir II
II. Ings M. P. for the University, who made able
speech the occasion The claims of LIE Verrier and
Adams the Telescope Of Lord Rosse the catalogues Of
stars of Lacsile, and the Historic Celeste, the
chief poin of his speech astronomy Having re-
viewed the discoveries In the various branches OF
science Sir H. Ings in noticing the electric telegraph
said
THE system Is daily extending. 1t was however in
the United States Of America that 1t first adopted
great scale by Professor Morse in ls44 audit is
there that 1t Is already developed most extensively
Lines for above l3O0 miles in action and
nect those States with Her Msjestys Canadian pro-
vipcss and is in course of development so rapid
that. in the words Of the report Of Mr. wilkinson to
distinguished friend, ms EEaoe'Isnoy SIR r. Cole;
have just adverted No schedule Of Geographic lines
now be relied upon for month In succession
so easy Of attainment does such result appear be-
and lively the interest felt in Its accomplishment
parts Of the United States will within three
years, be covered with telegraphic network like
hs BOARD Of tbs
on one side, and upon similar points along the Lake
Frontier on the other. sm indebted to the
port for another fact which think the Association will
regard with equal interest The confidence in the ef
6ciency of teegraphic communication has now become
established that the most important commercial
daily transpire by its means between
respondents several hundred miles apart Ocular evil
dence of this afforded me by Communication few
minutes old between merchant in Toronto and his cor
respondent in New York, distant about $50 miles
am anxious to call your attention to the advantages
of communication, as find 1t In the report When
the Hiberna steamer arrived In Boston in January s4
with the Of the scarcity In Great Britain Ireland
and other parts Of Europe and with heavy orders for
agricultural produce the farmers In the interior of the
States of New of the state Of things by
the Magnetic Teegraphwere thropging the Of
Albany with nnumerabe tean-loads Of grain almost
Of that arrival could ordinarily have reached them
add that rrespectively Of all Its advantages to the
general community the system appears to give already
fair of interest to the individuals companies
who have invested their capital In Its application
At the concluding meeting Sir r. Murchison when
attended said =" First as to America let us rejoice
that cutvators Of science from New York Pennsylvania
Rhode Island and other States of the
Union, have been headed the occasion by Mr. Ban
croft. Let me remind you, gentlemen that this is the
third time have been honored by the Of
representatives. of the United States and that the last
who 40 honored that eminent scholar Mr.. Eve
rett who worthiy presides he Cambridge Uni
among the accomplished individual who unes in his
person the historian and representative Of his
Of their ancestors, our common fathers"
The next meeting of the association will be held the
9th of August, ls48, at Swansea.
Financial Intelligence.
From the London Times July 81
FRIDAY EvENING.-For the first time for some weeks,
corn and consos have to-day simultaneously declined
The English funds opened at the closing quotations Of
yesterday and the first price Of consols eeh from
which, however they gradually went down to ssX to
Bank left OF 1876 1917 Reduced Three per Cents
Annuites, to lilo; India Bonds, S. to los premium
and Exchequer Bills large Be- to las premium; small,
los to 20s
The market for foreign securities has undergone
remarkable change this aferternoon, slight par
cpation In the atness which has generally character
lied operations at the Stock Exchange The bargains
we're Brazilian small at IS; Mexican Five per Cents for
the account at l9 Portuguese Four per Cents at al
spanish Five per Cents at II for money and at ~ for
the accounts Passive at an the Three per Cents, for
account, at a2x ex div. Dutch Two-and-a-H Half per
Cents, at OK; and the Four per Cent Certificates,
at 69K.
In the foreign exchanges to-day bills generally speak
Ing went Of currently at rates rather lower than last
post.
The suspension Of the banking firm Of Claytons and
Co of Preston, announced this morning The house
had for some time been In declining condition. from
losses advances to its customers and the recent fail
ure Of a manufacturing firm named Ecces and Co who
known to be considerably indebted to them caused
the present event to be generally anticipated The liza
biities which not understood to be very large
chiefly to depositors, and although the general
expected to yield scarcely anything it is hoped that
dyid. nd NAV obtained from the ATE nro.