The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-02-27

Two German mails are now due. The non. ar
nval to be attributed TO The interruption of all
| communication in consequence of the great mum
| dations which have taken place In the Rheois
provinces, Belgium and Holland. Two-thlrds of
the city Of Liege are under water. letter from
LieRe Of The 4th inst, says--
Since Saturday night the nup dations have assumed
most fearful character. We do not sxaggerats when
the memory Of man Litgs never visited with 80
fearful an inundsttop IL surpassss the great inuuds
y. the os
the wasmsrks ofl5l6. The churches are full OF wa
ter ard divine service Suspended. Beats ply in the
Il Venues and the Ourths have the appearance Of
rearing torrent. Flags Of distress and signal guns
be feared The less Of property 10 immense At the
foundry ct Lcngdoz the men would have persisted II
ns 4. Iess With Ave S mem ~s
to CROSS the torrent, In boat ON Bonnie femme route
but they we're hurried on by the current snd would
means they msorsd their boat to the branches Of
above the Chenee bridge is partly washed away. The
railway communications are interrupted. At Ro-
At s1' Of u.
are under water Namur Is also partly under water
A letter from Cologne of the 4th, says =
twenty seven feet ten inches The water is ave and
water: nine feet nsS: nV On e:
I'd, the bridge 1t Emmsrich was swept away.
private letter says
circulation Of the damage done to the Belgian State
Railway. between Liege and Vervlers. The bridge
the Meuse said to have been carried away, well
as several mailer ones. ON exsn.stion this proved
to Be incorrect the land arches only Of q small bridge
at ChtR6e having been destroyed The Runway has,
however, sustained great damage for . considerable
distance. 10 still under water The Communication
By trains Is Interrupted and win remain for
Anu De- l,Une~ ~
ever, conveyed BY the common road to Verviers be-
yond which the railway In perfect order. The dis
psrenoed Transit good, will also be conveyed 10 the
rnmo manner. The letters arrive regularly. The
thortes deserve tbs highest credit for their unremit
ting exsrtions to prevent delay and Inconvenience
The town of Liese and the neghborhood have suffered
immensely the waters OF the Mouse having attained
i740.
The accounts from the other cities of the Rhe-
nish PROVINCES are of similar description.
Turkey.
In consequence OF the present pcaceable aspect
of Oriental politics, the Turkish Sultan Is reported
10 have disbasded considerable number of his
troops.
Count S;urmer, the Austrian Internuncio has
demanded that the refugees should DO placed
under the surveillance of the Austrian Consul and
Turkish authorities at kutaia, whether they should
all repair, which demand the Porte formally re-
jected. The Count also wishes the surveillance to
be for life; the Porte, however, thinks five years
sufficient The result Is, that the Count has sent
to his government for further instructions.
The Brsslarer Zeitumg has letters from Vienna
OF the 18th, announcing the decease of Gen. Benz,
who fought IN 1SiS In Vienna, and In 1919 in Hun
gerry llsppears from letters from Systow, OF the
I'd instant, that General Benz died suddenly, and,
II is asserted, from poison. This news, of course,
10 have tina. he wa s doomed tS
die In the year 1850, nothing Is more likely but
that some Of The Sclavonlan newsmakers have at
tempted TO smuse the world with fictitious report
OF his death. The details OF the alleged death Of
| General Benz are, that the Porte, having entered
| into an engagement not to employ him In military
service, found II too onerous 10 pay the General a
large salary, which they had promised him, and
| that the Suan's ministers thought proper 10 re-
move the burden by despaichng the anuuitant.
The Hungarian and Polish refugees were to be
tran sported to Asia On The 18th instant.
The difficulties of Austria increase or every side.
The last news brings notice Of serious distur.
Dances in Dalmatia. In Cattsro and the neighbor.
hood, the inhabitants have refused to pay the new.
ly imposed taxes, and 5000 men, with several
rocket tteries, have been sent 10 persuade them
TO obey. "On the llrh (says the Gaxeffa ii Zara)
| the war steamboats,, Cusozza and Curstone ar
rived at cara, with battalion Of the Hess regi-
ment Of foot on board, and after having taken from
here second battalion Of Jagers, sailed for Cat.
taro, where fota Of several ships Of war end
| two steamers will be stationed. General Mamula
is in command OF the expedition" In Vukovar a
disturbance took place on the 10th between the
soldiers and people, during which the latter were
| fired on. The civil chief, Soichevich, has found
IL necessary to send for additional military force
from Esseg. The Sid Slavisehs ZertuHg, an anti
Magyar paper, writes from Esseg' Z" Although
there 10 no truth in the reports OF conepracies, OF
the government, it is impossible to deny the great
| discomfort that Is prevalent among the people"
Austria.
The winter continues 10 be severe in Austria,
ard the government arbitrary and mean. Letters
passing thtorgh the post office opened, rricd
into, and e aled again, usual on plea OF reasons
OF state-the ordinary apology OF rulers for any ty-
| ranny or baseness. The editor OF the Vamdrsr
has compe to the Covernmen nj on the subject.
The reign Of terror and despotsm still continues
in Ausina The celebrated poet. Saphlr, attempted,
! few DAYS ngo, TO deliver comic lecture, but was
prohibited from not only giving any written lecture
that had not previously undergone supervision
| from General Weldon, but from speaking a single
| sentence extnporaneously. Such in the freedom
OF speech enjoyed by the subjects, rather vassas
OF the Emperor Of Austria!
! servi..
1 Matters have come 10 that pass IN Servia, that
dIumhead court martial (stawdrecht) has been pro:
| claimed. The difference between aandreott and
nstguschf is, that the former dispenses even with
the little ceremony observed in martial law, as
! the common duration oil a trial by sfandreutf 10
three minutes, and corporal Is made master OF
stently. Courts OF this sort are ambuant, and
| holdnble when convenient, on any spot A letter
| from Temesvsr shows that great excitement ex-
sts there, together with very bad feeling on the
part OF the citizens towards General Kusche witt.
| General MayeIhoiier, the governor Of the Woy-
wodipa. has Just put end to the existence Of the
national government IN somewhat summary
| manner, Notwithstanding that IL was recognized az
| Vienne, and had performed the administrative
| functions DUNG the whole OF the Hungarian war.
lie summoned before him the members Of the GO
vernmenf, with their president and patriarch, and
their heed, and ordered them to quit the capital
within twenfy.four hours. The Secretary Of the
| government has been exlled TO Peiringa.
| Transyivanin.
The news from Trapsylvsnia becomes, every
day, more and more distressing. Klausenburg.
and the country round il, IL givea up to- the tender
mercies OF Colonel Urban. whose only idea OF
| government seems to be the plentiful application
| Of the knouf. The wife Of a respectable lawyer,
| Of the name of Csnt, was lately condemned TO be
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