The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-02-25
THE DEF Ais
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ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPA
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
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The steamship Europa, Capt. Lott, arrived at
this port early yesterday morning. She reached her
dock about nine o'clock. She has made winter
passage In less than fourteen days.
Our ordinary mail dispatches have reached US,
from Liverpool to the 10th, London to the 9th, and
Paris to the Sn inst. all inclusive. Our tele-
graphic dispatches are to the 10th from London
and 9th from Paris
The details OF the news an epitome of which
we received by express and telegraph on Thursday
night, will be found to be OF considerable IN
terest.
The packet ships Waterloo and Queen of the
West arrived out after the extraordinary short run
of fifteen days.
The gold excitement IN England was intense
the people were literally mad
The extraordinary fact is mentioned that the
Earl OF Derby, who had received from California
some specimens of plants, and hearing of the soil
containing PARTICLES OF gold, caused an examination
which the plants were brought, and, to his astO-
nlshmeht, found IT contained considerable guam
tity of gold.
The French post office hassdefnitely arranged
tor the conveyance of the quick mail between
London and Paris, p,0 Dover and Boulogne.
The European Times of the 10th, says 1.-THE
progress of the cholera continues much the
same. The total number OF cases which, have
now amounts to IL, l47, whereof 1889 have died,
1858 have recovered, and !, l55 under treat
ment, or the result is not stated. The district of
LoBdon is now comparatively tree Of the malady,
only three new cases being reported last WedRes-
day. In the provinces the number is equally in
considerable, seven only being announced. In
Scotland, however, the daily returns have still
vaned between $50 to 200 daily until the last re-
turn, when they only reached l24, of which 81 had
proved fatal; the recOverles, however, now appear
TO be in a greater increasing ratio. Indeed, we
now hope that the worst Is over, and that with the
daily improving weather, the malady will gradu-
aiiy disappear. With the exception OF Belfast,
where the disorder is now on the decline, 10 part
OF Ireland has been visited with this trightful
scourge to any extent, and 1t is, perhaps, not too
saDgulne to believe that the disease is altogether
upon the wane on this SIDE of the Atlantic
Our Liverpool Correspondence.
LIVERPOOL, Saturday. Feb. 10, lS49.
The MAI, Ste0msh,ps-Afars on the Continent
1yade-Ihe Ne,o Postal arrangement and Post
Office Mission to the United States, &c.
The America made another splendid run home
she arrived at o'clock on Sunday afternoon. She
had iolerably fine weather home The accounts
she brought us OF the gold mines and mania, GER
talnlv amazed US. Goodness grant the gold find
may not find too much OF IT, Plentiful as 1t is,
they cannot, oplne, get hold OF any, without bur
rowing. In England, every fellow that wants a
sovereign, wishes himself In California.
near that letters, almost without number, con.
tinue to accumulate at Southampton for a passage
by the Washington or Hermann. My letter ITSELF
to say nothing Of the news (save the markD
contains, will be moudy.
The Acadia and Britannia have been bought for
the purpose OF adding to the pomp and circum-
stance OF war, by a Mr.. Hebeler, on account OF
the German confederation; and know, also, for
fact, that the cum paid tor them bordered on, and
was not under, G70 900. In the sale OF these ships,
the contractors OF the Cunard line have certainly
lit on their feet-a most lucky hit for them. Such
is the demand for steamers of their class, rlarger,
al the present time, that have good, very good,
reason TO believe that an early and profitable sale
could be met with for the entire fleet of the same
company (Cunard's) The temporary truce be-
tween Denmark and the German confederation is
nearly at an end-lt will dissolve, l expect,
with the lce-and, mark you, Denmark, too,
must have two steamers. Oh, ere long we shall
have to send you accounts OF the currency Of
bloody noses and cracked crowns.
France is most Observation-Disclosures ready to pick
quarrel any where or any how. fear that a few
months will see
"The mailed Mars on his altar sit,
Up to the ears In blood"
On Thu sday night week, latter the re-openlng
OF Parlament,l the author OF " Coningsby'' gave
the House OF Commons treat of a two hours
speech. "'Tis, raly," observed an honorable
member from the sister Isle, too long for be.
ginning" The harrangue was, however, well
managed-soundly argumentative, and garnshed,
OF course, with pointed satire and bold sarcasms,
rected against the ministerial benches. D'Israei
viewed by most persons as rapidly rising states
man. He possesses, without doubt, all the requl-
sites tor an crater of the first magnitude
The abandonment of the corn laws has had eff
feet On Thursday week no less than 1899
barrels OF flour and $1,000 quarters of wheat were
released from bond.
improvement has certainly. taken place.
During the last week, especially, it was quite
cheering to see our streets here aud there COM
pletely blockaded with heavily laden wagons
for machinery, however, has not yet recovered It
self, it appears; for a certain we'll known foundry
this town has, at this present time, only IL me-
chanics and laborers employed In ii. Seven or
eight years ago, four hundre men were only the
ordinary complement. One man, who has been in
Its employ for twenty-five years, Is, with many
others, now turned oil.
You will perceive, by my market report, what
very brisk business has been doing in our cotton
market the last fortnlght--the sales being $4,000
bales. This sounds well. The imports are Just
one half the sales.
But here's pretty kettle of fish Here's the devil
to pay, and no pitch hot Why, we thought 10 have
got our letters by the America, last Sunday tree,
gratis, fcr nvtnng, under the impression that the
rev postal convention had commenced operation
IN the United States. But no such thing! We had
TO pay one Shilling GA cents) as usual Upon In
oury of the post office functlonarles IN this town.
on the sube CT, we are told that they had orders to
carry the thing out at once, lit, upon examination
OF the letters, 1t appeared it had really been
commenced in the StatesD but finding the
marks upon the letters unintelhgble as al
zebra to them, and not finding any account as
tohow many letters had been prepaid, as 1t is here
called and how they were to be distinguished
from those that had not been paid, they settled
the point by charging postage On all, as usual.
They might as well have given the prisoners at
the bar" The benefit of the doubt, and delivered all
the letters free. Then, too, we bad, as usual, to
nav twopence for our Heraids However, if the
Ma sec Is hor NAB Maberv seems went the %hoe
hop'' in this matter, and sent down Nh Bourne,
30 r. .L.e.ras,dents nj tho General poat ME-.