The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-02-17


been, as he alleges, party to the treaty
1t is stated that 427 vessels, laden with grain
TOR st. Petersburgh, are detained by the Ice IN
the port Of Rybinsk, which Ia situated at the
meeting OF the two rivers, the Ryblnska ana me
have to be dissmbarked and stored until the
spring.
The overland mail from India and China, via
Marseilles, reached Liverpool on the 25th inst
BY this arrival we have received our mail ad-
Dec. 8; Madras, Dec. ID; Hong Kong, Nov: 70;
Shanghae, Nov 10; Annoy, Nov. Is; Manila,
Nov. 90 singapore, Dec. 7; Java, Nov. 80; Maui
ritius, Nov. %.
The political news from India and China is
unimportant.
nouncement of Messrs. Hope g. Co., OF the 2lst
instant, by which the holders of Louisiana bonds
invited to deliver their bonds at the office of
said Messrs. Hope & Co., together with de-.
the directors Of the Louisiana Citizens Bank
This proposition is to be had at Messrs. Hope
& Co.'s, with form of consent; and the term of
applying is fixed from 26th January till the 18th
OF February.
The King of Bavaria has ordered those Jesuts
who have taken refuge there after Punishment
from Switzerland, to leave within three days.
From Austria We learn that Prince Meter
nlch's influence is on the wane.
Miss Frederick Herschell, sister to the cele
brated astronomer, Frederick William Herschell,
died on the 18th inst. a. Hanover. Miss Her
schell was herself an accomplished astronomer; ;
she Is perhaps most popularity known In England
as the constructor of the selenic globe preserved
In Greenwich Observatory.
The Earl of Moray died on the 18th instant,
seventh year, from an attack of influenza. BY
his death the lord lieutenancy OF Morayshlre has
become vacant.
Rear.Admiral Swaine died on the l4th inst. at
Wisbeach, after a service of nearly sixty years.
The deceased officer was mldshpman of the
Recovery, at Howe's relief of Gibraltar.
Cardinal Massinl died at Rome on the 18th
inst, of apoplexy.
The Dowager Baroness Dimsdale died at her
residence, HEREFORD on the 10th inst, in the Seth
We ar Of her age.
Special Dispatches to the New York Herald.
LIVERPOOL, Noon, 2Sth Jan, 1s4s
There is mighty little stirring amongst us
here; the principal subjects at present the ia.
pts, where think they seem likely to stick, are
the "Gutta Percha Solos, So completely has
| this invention become the theme of universal
eulogy, that every gentleman as well as gent
has determined to become a " snob'' for sea.
son. A remarks able, and yet uncommonly com
mon, event is to behold such members of society
plodding their homeward path through the ''good
old town." with roll of napthatlc cake under
their arm; and if you venture to write a friend
to spend an evening with you, the ready reply
with appraised eyebrows, as much as to say,
why, don't you know, Is, " On Eve to cole a
pair of boots"
Never, perhaps, since the days of Knox, was
a greater solicitude evlnced for the preservation
of soles than now, for every man looks after his
own: The cobblers are in despair-thelr glass
is below freezing, and no wonder; the very mo-
rality, as well as understanding, of the populace
is affected, and the fashionable mode Of express.
ing an oath is, "'pon my guttas.'
BY the way, talking of doll souls; the Metalli-
nj Duke has succeeded at last Qor it appears by
his own account he has long been trying) to Sc,
."Freneh fashion," that the ladies are scarcely
likely to approve OF and il is positively affirmed
by those who know best about it, that regular are
the draughts of soul. stirring bitters that those
| thirst for revenging Waterloo. What is
10 be done? or rather what's dong? Why,
eyerys man is becoming soldier and as
know Punch's Mi,ria Man is mo false crea-
ton" of Punch's cheat oppressed BRAIN" but
exists in the person Of an old Z" william whe
| lives at place called Oxton, near Burkinghead,
| Chat town ito be let')-this veteran, who
served and died for his country, by proxy IS re-
his beaver up and with cutlass and
| loaded pistols, and is, in fact, although six
| years beyond three score years and
ten," militia man." ready cut and dried,
|
hours day does this patriot spend in his libra
| ry, and never loses sight of his traps-I mean
his accoutrements. But, joking aside, amongst
| other military and naval movements, squadron
| OF IL armed steam vessels, of various sizes and
power, Is ordered to assemble at Portsmouth land
| to be kept ready for service.
In THE commercial way every thing seems
stale, fiat and Improbable" and the frequent
heavy arrivals OF specie only tend to render our
mercantile men the more doilar-ous, and those
amongst us best. (or worst y employed are at.
| tornles and auctioneers.
AdvIces from st Petersburgh mention the stop
page of Mr.. j. G. Pitt, German merchant OF
immense business and of the very first respecta-
| bility. G330,000 is named as the amount of his
liabilities Frankfort and Manchester are likely
Three fourths of the failures during the last
year in Berlin, are said to have been caused by
| railway speculatlons
| For thirteen days we have had smart frost,
and Peel's sliding. scale has not prevented
skating. However, such frosts are now a days
| few and far between, and the present opportunl-
ty OF skating is certainly an ice-olated one with
us. AS long as the W ind continues east we can
| have no arrivals, and the following American
vessels due at this port, have not yet made their
| appearance 1.-THE Columbia, Chopper, New York;
the Anglo-Amercan, Brown, from Boston; the
Patrick Henry, Delano, and the Marmion, Free
| The Sarah Sands sailed hence tor New York,
on the 22d instant, and will, probably, reach
New York about the 18th February.
The influenza has been very busy with all on this
side OF the Atlantic 1t is said that the last week
but one, 10000 persons were afflicted with it at
Madrid Christian VIII, King of Denmark, af-
ter long suffering from this disorder, died ON the
10Th inst at Copenhagen. Letters from Vienna
of the 10th, state that Prince Metternich is dan
gerously i'll. Great is the demand with us tor
medicine and hot water just now-in fact, as re-
CARDS the latter commodity, it amounts, in many
families, to this -" Betty, (to the ssryant) pui
the case is somewhat different The favorite
dose there is an ounce OF lead, in the shape of a
| pill, applied externally.
Things theatrical are, like everything else, in
| bad odor with us. Fancy a renters share in
Drury Lane theatre, formerly worth $500, being
| last week knocked down at the auction mart in
| London for f70! Punch speaks confidently
| Che has great confidence, that Punch)-of 300
clowns not acting with "pantaloons"
dreadful restitution y, and of harlequins being
| at a horrid dscount He aIso sneaks-aud he "a