The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-10-24

friends who accompanied him, soon enough to ar
rest them. His fall was witnessed by many persons,
but, sgrseably to the Austrian laws, the body
alter the fall, when the usual deputation Of
physicians, police, Sc, arrived on the spot
Life was extinct, perhaps, even before the
body reached the GROUND. The young man
is said to have been most respectfully connect
cd. His parents and family live at the Lake
Of Como, in the Malanese. He was abou.
twenty-eight years Of age, and appears to have
been rather an Irregular and hayward man.
His family wished him to enter the army; and to
avoid this, he left home, unknown to them, and
came to Venice Here he arrived about . month
since; and, owing to some irregularity in his pass
week or two, until letters substantiating his chsrac
ter and identity, arrived. lie seems to have bee
well educated and reared. and to have fallen into
destitute circumstances, for but five confines (ess
than cent? were found in his pockets. He must
have been very miserable, or very mad, to have
thrown himself so deliberately from that awful
height. The last catastrophe of the kind occurred
in A. The victim was an Austrian soldier. Like
the column Of Vendome, in Paris, and the monu.
ment and Nelson's column in London, this old
campanie, now in its eight hundredth year, has
witnessed many of these deplorable scenes. Crowds
were gathere around to witness the scene of this
tragedy every day since its occurrence; and on the
day succeeding the event, the mutilated corse was
exposed in the court Of the Ducal Palace. IL was
perfectly black.
But one ofthe most singular things in connection
with this sad affair." is its effect the lottery Of
fees Throughout Italy gambling is forbidden,
and lotteries are entirely governmental affair,
from which are derived vast revenues. They are
drawn every Saturday. person buys three num-
bers, for which he pays what he peases, and this is
his stake on those numbers. At the drawing num-
bers from enc to hundred are put into tho wheel,
CT which only five are drawn. If any Of these five
Ireve to be one, Two, all three Of the numbers
bought by the person, he draws prize in proper
ton to the extent of the coincidence and his stake
Again, every office has . printed book, called, q
LOTTERY Divine,' in which every psssiole event
has a number attached to it. Misfortunes, casual
ties, dreams and catastrophe, deemed espe-
clally lucky When one occurs, of remarkable
character, therefore, there is an immense demand
for the particular numbers affixed to it. For ex-
ample, the instant the catastrophe Of Monday night
was known, there was universal rush to the lot
terry Offices, and demand for the numbers affixed
to campanile, suicide, Milanese for example, or st.
Marks place, the number y, the age Of the
young man, and the day of the month, 22d. The
consequence was, that the offices at closed all
numbers affixed to incidents associated with such
an event. Had they not, and had these numbers
really been drawn, Gas superstition induces all to
believe hkely,) the lottery people, that is, the
government, would have been fiat broke"
John Ruskin, Esq, the celebrated author Of
"Modern Painters" and " Seven Lamps in Arch-
lecture" is now here, preparing the second volume
of" The, Stones of Venice" the first of which ap-
peared last spring
Americans still pass through Venice: w. G. Pell
II. Plat, F. $. Pepper and lady, s. N Newton
Charles Goodrich, J. p. Quincy and T. E. Tell,
y. L. mayer, Geo. Bemls, Rev. A. l.. Coke, Mr.
Lowell and family, are a few who have been here
lately. There are thousands on the continent
yet.
Our German Correspondence.
DRESDEN, Sept. 20, 1851.
The Passport System, &c.
send the following information for the benefit of
those who intend to visit Germany
Passports issued by Governors Of States. Mayors
of Cities notares public, will not pass In Germany;
they must be obtained at the Department of State,
at Washington, or Of the United states Consul,
who require you to produce certificate Of citizen
ship. The passport is granted gratis, but upon
swearing you to establish your identity with
certificate, they charge 81.
Nothing of interest here All quiet; business
good; the weather very unpleasant, cool and rainy
Interesting from Spain.
THE CONTEMPLATED REFORMS IN cUBA-sPEcIAL
AGENTS AND SPECIAL DISPATCHES, ETC.
The Madrid G0sdte OF the LIST, publishes DEGREES
containing reform in the administration Of the
island Of Cuba. They enact that the depart.
ment Of the President of the Council is to dispatch
all affairs relative to the colonial possessions
with the exception Of such a, are a. present
specially directed by the Ministers OF Finance,
War, and Marins. They create Colonial Coun-
ell, which, in addition to other powers, may propose,
through the President of the Council OF Ministers,
who Is to preside over 1t, all measures il may con.
slider useful to the colonies. The Vice President
OF the Colonial Council is to have a salary OF
$4,000 reals, and the ordinary councillors
are to receive $1,000 reals The colonial se,.
tion OF the royal council is suppressed; that Of
the marine department is united TO that of
foreign affairs. The report which precedes the or
dinaIces states that the object Of them is to in
crease the rspidity Of action Of the government,
to neutraze the effects Of the distance from the
mother country, and to mako the action on tn,
colonies as certain and advantageous as possible
The captains general OF each Of the colonies are to
conduct the affairs Of their several colonies under
the control of the President Of the Council Of Min
listers, aided by special councils. NJ. Louis Lopez
Banestros, formerly minister OF finance, and Sena-
tor Of the kingdom, has been appointed Vice Pre-
sdent Of the Colonial Council, and amongst the
ordinary councillors named are Lieutenant General
de Espelata- Senator, and formerly Captain General
Of Cuba, and Count dc Mirasol, Senator.
The Gosde publishes further several royal Or
dinances, containing the improyem ents and reforms
Of Cuba.
The government having learned officially that its
correspondence with its agents In the United States
and the authorities in the island Of Cuba might in
cur some rick on the territory Of the American |
I Mon, not on the part Of the government or its
tuoordipates, but from certain persons VIII infest
its towns, has resolved to Transmit its dispatches
through its own agents alone. senior Merry at. /
the Foreign Department, sets out to-day
with Dispatches for Paris, London, New York. and |
the Havana In consequence Of this new ar
rangement, the esofafs which left here on the LIST
OF every mouth, will be postponed until the 9TH Of
the month
The HooHo proposes 10 raise a subscription for
recomrensirg the defenders Of Cuba.
Advices from Cuba mention that the electric tele-
graph system Is in Of introduction through
ut the island and that lines have been contracted
Tor from Havana to Matanzas, and Havana to Ba-
tabano, as well as between other principal points
The works which are already Ia active progress
have been undertaken by Mr.. Vsurigaud, resi-
den er gineer, in conjunction with parties IN the
United States
Movements of Kossuth.
~ ENPEC TIE Arrival. AT SOUTHAafFrON--ufS AD-
DRESS 10 TIRE DEMOCRACY or FRANCE
From the Hampshire (ErgD Independent oct. 4