Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1851-09-22
SUMMARY OF FOREIGN NEWS.

Correspondence oil the N. Y. Commercial Advertiser.
The chief event of interest since the departure Of the
lsst packet has been the arrival Of the Humboldt from
IseW ork, with the news of the execution OF fifty
Amercans at Havana The act is perfectly in
oance with the customs Of war, although very severe
The trends OF America look with great anxiety to see
your Government main tam, in the midst of the pas
SONS with which it will now be surrounded cain, but
| determined course OF honor
Here the question, although intensely exciting from
| us ultimate bearings on the commercial and social
movements OF the world tails to beget the slightest
ieeng of partsanship The invaders are looked upon
as buccaneers, who must take the fortune of their craft
and on The other hand the Spanards who have recent
| ly wound up their career Of financial nfamy in Eu
rope by direct act of confscaon are equally regard
| ed as public robbers, only OF outwardy more de.
| cent kind. w
With regard to European affairs there is nothing
new But the feeling OF uneasness as to the probable
events OF next year is, maniiestly Increasing The
| French funds show continued weakness and wha the
country yet agltaed by the condemnation the no.
itlcaI prisoners al Lyons new subject oil disuuietude
has presented itself in The of forty seven persons
| al Parls, also charged with conspiracy
Inc accounts OF the harvest in England continue
extremely satisfactory and it is now certain that in the
| Northern counties and Scotland as well as in the
Southern counties the yield will be good This is to
be ATTRIBUTED to the high temperature which has pre-
| vailed throughout the month of August which has
fully compensated for the extreme coldness al the ear
er part Of the season. Although the price of wheat
is lower than last year. the position of our agriculture
lists Will be better the quantity of the crop being far
more than the difference. On the continent an oppo-
site result may be expected. There appears to be no
particular superabundance in France, and even there
should be small surplus Tor export, 1t will fetch lower
prices in our markets than her farmers have received
this year Tor their extraordinary supplies From Nor
them Germany the accounts do not mitigate the i'm
preston already conveyed that the harvest on the
whole has bser deficient. Whether there will he
| such deficiency as may have important bearing
upon political crcumsances-a result which some per.
ascertained.
The newspapers still contain vast number of let
tiers discussing the qualities Of the yacht America all
OF them written in good spirit. Our people seem TO
have been suddenly awakened TO the folly of their for
maj ana aogged conce, and nothing could be more
remarkable than the change between NAV and Sep
iember in their estimation of American skill and of the
lesssns tney may receive from it. The striking passage
OF the Baltic and above all the opening of the Nicara.
qua route, happening almost smultaneou with the
!flunph OF the America and at time when the pub
lie mind was tree from other topics, formed blaze of
events which dazzled every body
The successful demonstration of Mccormick reap.
ng machine also occurred at the same time, and arous-
ed the congratulations both of agrculurists and free
traders, the former seeing in it decided means of
economy, and the latter contending that IT confirms
their doctrine that shapened search for improvement
VIII bring greater advantages than protection. Finally
we have had a definite report announcing that vour
countryman, Mr. Hobbs, is entitled 10 the reward of
isoo, offered by Messrs. Bramah. to any one who
should pick their patent lock. Mr. Hobbs commenced
his operations on the oath OF july and on the 23d OF
August the lock was opened. He had worked at it
al intervals, and the actual number of hours he was
ed In picking another famous lock patented bv Cbubb
q Son, in the space of five and twenty minutes, but
unaer circumstances which Chubb & Son, with an as.
pery That has won them no favor have declared be
irregular To-day locksmith at Leicester has adver-
tlsed nat he will produce lock Tor trial. on which he
will stake ESQ against f25.
An lntImatlon which has appeared this morn no
that theE Duke of Norfolk, the premier peer of Eng.
land and the head OF the Roman Catholic laltv in
this country, has adjured the Church of Rome in IA
Vor OF Protestantsm, is calculated to produce much
but
there appears to be little doubt with respect to it
Inc Duke is hereditary Earl Marshal, and for the
last hive years has been connected with the ROYAL
Household as Master of the House." He repre-
SCENTS 'he blood of all the Howards' % and the title
was created in 1888 His age is 81. 1t will be re-
membered that II was The second of this noble
man, Lord Edward Howard, who lately married
Miss Talbot, the intended nun. Whether this young
man is likely to follow his fathers example is MOI
known, but Lord Arundel and Surrey the heir of The
house Is regarded by the Romansts party as one of
their most jealous members.
A meeting OF the creditors of the suspended firm
OF Rucker * Sons has been held this afternoon
Several of the large claims upon the house have been
ADJUSTED since their stoppage by the ender of nv
pothecated securities, and the of their llab
tiles stared IN the balance sheet now presented was
reduced TO G2S5, 600 of which E15S coo is upon sc-
ceptdntes and Gll60 900 on open account 1t was an
nounced that divided of l5s in the pound will be
realized from the assets. which amount to f2l3 600,
and resolution come TO that The LIQUIDATION of
the affairs OF the firm should be conducted under the
Inspection OF one OF the partners in the house of
OyeIend, Quincy q CO. and two other creditors
There is nothing new in the money market, but
the demand is active at and 81 per cent Consos
which were very weak yesterday and the day before
have recovered this afternoon, and have closed at 96b
ENGLAND.
lie EXECUTIONS AT HAVANA
The news of the capture and execution of Colonial
Cntenden and his party at Havana had been received
in England, and caused considerable excitement. The
LONDON papers have long articles upon it. The Times
while Ii stlgmatses the invasion as piracy considers
|
Morning Chronicle says that the victims, when taken
could only be treated as maraudng freebooteers" but
ADDS That the wholesale execution most ill-juds-
I ed measure" Justice" it says, Knight have been
satisfied with less savage punishment and less usti-
hcaton would have been gwen TO American hostility"
The America clipper America, was still lying in
Cowes Roads, with the British ensign flying at the
main. The new owner, the Hon. John De Blaquere.
would in few days sail with her for Madeira and the
PORTUGAL.
AT Oporto the yellow fever raging with great
fury 1t was brought there by an Oporo ship from the
| Brazs, and although many or the crew died on The
voyage, yet the ship was admitted praque and en-
tered the port
The principal topic OF the Spanish provincial iorr-
nails is sill the serious effects produced by the long
drought and extraordinary heat AT Madrid we
have now been tour months without rain. The coun-
try is burnt up, and fires extending in some cases over
many leagues, and doubt the result of this state of
things.
The family of the late King of the French on being
consulted ny ueputlon OF Orsanls partlsans as TO
their wishes about the Presidency, declined to commit
themselves in favor OF the Prince de Joinvle being
candidate, but abstaned from disavowing or dsappro
wing it.
1t Is stated in the Bulletin de Paris that both the
French and English governments are watchtully OBJ
serving the large purchase OF arms and accourement.
now making by Russia.
AUSTRIA
An american ConsuPs Letters Opsned.
! letter from Vienna, says -
The Austrian authorities unscrunu with
regard to opening any letter parcel which hey CON
slider suspicious The Government OF the u States for
warded packet to The American Consul here short
time since, containing printed circular and PAM
phet on the Ausro Hungarian question: with reference
| TO the case of Mr. Dudley Mann. This packet was
opened and examined at The office of Central Revision
although it bore, not only the seal of the Department
of State but that also of the United States Consu-
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