The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-10-26

fable traveller was proceeding through the desert
when be met the plague, who was going towards Cairo
to Kill three thousand people twelve mo nth after
the traveller, in returning, encountered the same
plague, and raid" thought you told me you were
going to Cairo to kin three thousand persons there
the plague, only killed three Thousand; fear de-
sreyed the rest" The moral in this short dialogue is
state with certainty that throughout England Scot
land and Wslts, not fifty people have died from its
effects lately.
London is just now quite inundated with dstach-
mepts Of the National Guard who have come from
Paris to zee the sights of our metropolis They travel
about twenty, or apparently enjoying he
rsnble About four hundred came across the channel
yesterday and as many more are expected In the
course Of a few days. Thus, you zee, We manage to
preserve the entente cordale In far more effective
and satisfactory manner than the late King Of the
french nation was able to do with all his intriguing
me obnstiopa.
Your readers will have seen from time to time, the
gradual decline that has taken place especially in
year perhaps a little farther back schemes of all
kinds were Termed for carrying railroads from one
eonirysd to ret in their hands in many cases toie
rsbly large capital which induced them to carry out
the scheme to a much more responsible extent than
had ever been intended. The consequence was, they
then laid their plans before the Board of Trade aud
before the Parliament to compete with opposi-
ton lire what is ally here termed on their
merits. OF course large quantity of lines passed.
placing directors, and every else
pected with the speculation, in terrible tx. They
IL was found these calls were but partially attended to-
bait thrown out declaring that preference shares
to the number Of fifth the original shares would
be allotted TO receive eight cent interest. The
shareholders finding old stock pressed down in the
market compelled to take up these sllotments
for their ow n security The eight per cent rate of
interest is duly paid also dividend upon the old
shares People wonder at the prosperity Of the line,
and teen investigating the accounts when it is found
beyond doubt, that the dividend interest, etc have
been paid out Of the capital, thus rendering the
companies almost bankrupt This is the precise posi-
down in the market 1t is very difficult task to wade
through the accumulated Of figures that comprise
railway balance sheet and therefore, easy matter
to discover errors but if tie companies had agreed
about year ago to the appointment of public audi
tor to examine the correctness of their accounts all
would have been we'll the ephemeral schemes would
have gone on under improved circumstances At pre-
sent railway stock at a fearful discount you will
see by the st have annexed and until there exists
more confidence between directors and shareholders
fear that better state of things is net likely to
place You may judge oftbe panic that this has caused
Weekly Share list, find that railway bills have been
sanctioned by the Legislature, authorisng expend-
ture of 1926 643 27 OF this, EDS BIT 100 has beer
pcminay raised up to the close Of September, thus
leaving the sbareh in the various lines still liable
for 131,S26111.
since my last with the exception of the sale of the
Surrey theatre; the entire decorations wardrobes SC
OF which have been mercessy sold by auction at ruin
Gus prices Mr. Bum is running his old stock operas
at { overt Garden and Mrs. Mowatt with Mr. Dayen.
port, are craving full hOuses at the Mar 7lebOne
street row between IIishmen and some no.
hcemen at Great Crosby near Liverpool is reported
to have taken place on Wednesday. twas merely
drunken frolic. and mention the circumstance in
order that you may not be mised by reports of DO
liticsl combat, ] should say a national outbreak
having occurred at Liverpool.
Although this is the age of reform there ara a, ava
some people always ready to check its progress.
Would you believe that an attempt is being made to
restore the fright Of the Church to Tithes Soeety
which has lately been going a little into decline, A
meeting OF the members was held yesterday; and,
among host OF resolutions, passed unanimously. (of
course it was decided to give to of alienated
tthes opportunity OF restoring them to the spirit
usl purposes for which they originally ordained
Now this. perhaps might be conceded as proper il wa
could make that the money would be appropriated
to relieve spiritual restitution. and also moral degra
datopi but the reverse has been the wherever
tbe church has accumulated large revenues Judging
from the spirit of the age not inclined to think
the society will meet with much sympathy.
Important Position of Affairs In Hungary.
- From the London Times, Oct. 1871
The struggle which has been going ON for soma
months In Hungary. between the Msgyars and the
Croatsns has arrived the extreme point OF an
open rupture and civil war, in volvnS not only
the ost serious interests of that Kingdom but the
peace md stability of the empire with which it is
connected On both sides the mask has been thrown
aside, and ell pretence of moderation 10 at an end "a
well So the hope OF pacific adjustment. It will be
Hungary formed at Pesth it composed of men
whose rank, character, and connexions pledges
of,beir aegisncs to the crown and Of their resist
ance to anarchy. Under Count Bathyanyi it was
hoped that the Hungarian Government would be en-
abled to assert the rights the nation
and to conduct the work of reform, without plum ny
into rebellious independence or social revolution
But the radical faction, headed by Kossuth and Dea
which sso fol med part of the same cabinet, uuhap
PLY prevailed over the more moderate policy of its
eminent chiefs The revolution carried all before it
Count Szechenyi whose life had been devoted to the
national improvement of his country, became, we
regret TO learn, the inmate of a madhouse and Kos.
sub at the cad of the radical party In the Diet,
to the Sovereign. The deputation which presumed
to convey those proposals to the foot of the
throne was repused at Vienna. and their demands
peremptoriy rejected though they met with the sym
pathiee of the democratic party in that capital who
see plainly enough that the downfall of the dema.
gogue at Pesth would be the prelude their ruin
No sooner had they crossed the Hungarian frontier
their RET urn than they appeared with red feathers
in their caps as the symbol Of Hungarian republic
i'll received and fred upon by the country peo
pie but when they reached Peth their return gave the
Archduke Stephen, Palatine of the kingdom, whose
conduct appears to have been extremely deficient in
energy and resolution, resigned his high office; and
in fact from that nome the royal authority ceased
in the capital although the of Buda
on the opposite side Of the Danube still held by
the imperial commanders. 1t was in making the at.
tempt to tho bridge of boats which connects
Buda with Pesh in order to produce in the Diet the
credentials with which he had been furnished by his
sovereign for the pacfcation and admi tration of
this distracted kingdom, that Count Lamberg, the
royal commsssry, fell the victim of one of the most
yolutoDary history As an officer and statesman,
this unfortunate noblem respected and beloved
wherever he was known. No choice could have been
made by the Imperial Court better calcuatedt to aay
the storm which raging in the heart of the king
dom. But on the very morrow of bis arrival,
before the seals the packet which con-
taiI ed his commission of office had been broken,
he was dragged out Of hackney coach, and
bewn down by the sabre of one of those
armed rufhans who now proceed from what were once
the schools OF learning and pety. Startled by the
erormy Of the crime, even the mob Of Pesth to
have paused a moment, and to have acceded to the
eDtieaty of their wounded and gallant victim that he
might be conveyed to the Hall Of the Diet But the
sight Of his blood on the gangway OF the bridge
ed the popular fury, and before the thropg Of mis-
Grants bad proceeded PAGES they turned again
on The defencelefs of their Sovereign
slew him with thousand blows, and mutilsted
his honorable remains. The wretch, named Kolossy
who had struck the first blow, rushed with his drawn
sabie, dripping with blood into the Diet, and was
saluted with riuD plant shouts from the galleries
No der that crime 80 abominabe, and We should
say 20 unparalleled II 10 BOT too nearly allied to
the murder OF General Gegesn ana the more recent
IA. and prir ;oh- han