The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-03-30

hOns opened Ior tno etoctlOh OIL thb stesuo.
Tho total length Of electric telegraph lines in
Of them are underground. 100 Of them wore estab-
lished in the course Of tho last year. The number
Of dispatches transmitted in 1861 was 80 ,972, Of
msS nS Or other hss s
receipts sc, 450 thalors, (43 7l0fr, and the
total expense l57 l62 thalers 1854, but the
government dispatches are not included in the re-
oeipts
In plensry meeting of the Senate, at Frankfort,
held ON the Oath ult., tho debate on the new con-
sttution of Frankfort was concluded. In the next
sitting of the Legislative Chamber, it will be sub
mitted 70 that body, and in the event of its being
cur, great majority of the burghors, who desire
nothing moro than the re-establishment of the old
constitution, intend, by virtue Of article 46 Of the
Federal Act, 10 apply TO the Germanie Confedera-
ton.
Tho Monie,w publishes tho postal convention
concluded between France and the Netherlands, and
an additional treaty of commerce between France
and the Kingdom of the Two Sicilics
Madame PfoifYer, the lady traveller, who has ira
versed almost every country in tho world made her
way unattended across India, and rayersed Central
Asia in safety, has arrived at Singapore She pur-
poses visiting Borneo, the Colebes aud other por-
tons of the Indian Archipelago and intends to trust
herself among the savage tribes ofNow Guinea.
We find the following in the In,partiatdn No'd:--
= The Princess Naraki, groat-niece of the Emperor
of Russia, arrived at Valencionnes three days ago,
with tho Lady Superior of tho Order Of Saint Vim
cent de Paul Their object to examine the
buildings of the Hospice Generate, and to make
proper arrangements for the installation of the sis
tiers Of the order. The pious princess desires to
cupy cell in their humble asylum. Iii said that
descended voluntarily from the highest steps of tho
imperial throne, to which her rank and birth callod
her, she has abjured tho Greek religion to adopt
that of tho Roman Catholic Church, and to tako
tho veil amongst the humblcst Sisters of Charity.
She resolved on this vocation in journey she some
time ago made to Paris after the death ofhor father
seeing the exemplary life Of the sisters of the
grogaton Of Saint Vincent de Paul In order to end
herlifo amongst them, far from worldly greatness,
she hesitated at saoriceneither the loss OF her
property-which was confscatcd- exile, nor the
most complete abnegation Of her existence. She
possesses perfect education, and her modesty is
very great"
After tho execution Of Merino for the attempt to
assassinate the Queen of Spain, cast Of his head
was taken by DR.. Didier of Madrid. A copy of this
cast has arrived in Paris, and been placed in the
Museum of Anatomy, in tho collection Of heads Of
great criminals
The Nacion and Camor Pubiico Of Madrid, state
that two priests quaelled recently as to who should
perform mass first in church at Brioles, in the Ri
ola, the Same district which gave birth to Martin
Meyno. They assaulted each other with the books,
calixes, and everything else they could lay their
hands on, till at length Of them actually beat ou
The Others brains Nth a cfNcifT.
According to report of the Submarine Telegraph
(between France and England) Company, submit
ted at meeting hold last week in Paris, it appears
that the receps were 1881. in the first month from
the commencement of operations, 5lH. in tho. So
cond, and 5l@ in the third. The annual expenses Of
all kinds, it was estimated will not exceed 2,00Q.
A treaty between her Majesty and the republic
Of Now Granada, for the suppression of the slave
trade, was signed at Bogota on the I'd Of April 1851
A lettsr from Frankfort, of the Goth ult, in tho
Cologne Gazette, says" After long elaboration,
the Germanic Diet has resolved to sell the feet Of
the North Sea-"
The Belgian government has authorised an Eng
lish company to lay down electric telegraph be-
tween Ostsnd and London.
The Belgian government has appointed Consul
General at st. Petersburg. viseount do Jonghe, n
young diplomatist, of an ancient and wealthy
Flemish family has been selected for these functions
1t appears, from . statistical return to tho Aus
trian government, that at the end of 1884, the num-
Der of sheep in the Austrian domnions amounted to
twenty seven millions In the same year these AMI
mails furnished 10000 quintals of wool, Of which
100000 were exported, and the rest used by the
native manufacturers
A letter from Copenhagen says Tho police of
this city publishes every year account Of the
number of persons found drunk in the streets In
the year 1861, the number of mon taken up drunk
was 59l, and of women l50-a total which gives an
increase Of u over 1850, and of 81 over lS49"
The Minister Of the Interior at Modena has issued
notice, announcing that the telegraphic line which
connects Modena, Gustalla, and Reggie with the
Austrian states, will be henceforward open to the
of the public The tariff is regulated according
to the distance in German miles, of fifteen to de-
gree, and no despatch is to contain more than ono
hundred words.
The official journal Of the duchy Of Oldenburg
contains a proclamation Of the Gand Duke, an
nouncing the marriage Of the hereditary Grand
Duke with the Princess Elizabeth Of Saxe-Altou-
burg.
A letter from Cassol, of tho 10Th ut., states that
hn tn al In
and linn had failed. Their friends in order to give
them time to leave the territory, had cut tho wires
Of the electric telegraph, and thus prevented the
transmission OF the government dispatches announo-
ing the fight.
The Tienna Gasctte Of the 18th ult., publishes
the note addressed by its ambassador at London to
the English government, respecting the refugees,
and the reply Of Lord Granville. The Gasettte at
the same time announces that in conformity with the
notification already published, more seusrs measures
against Engt,Sin1en travelling in Austria are IN
course of eaecutio,i and that the government re-
serves to itself to adopt others if necessary.
The state Of distress in the provinces Of Prussia
were increasing in a most terrifying manner; even
in Berlin itself the scarcity Of vctuals felt po-
tatocs were rising in price about 100 per cent, and
bread was diminishing in quality and quantity. The
prospect for the next season is very far from being
satisfactory.
submitted q plan to the commissioners Of the ad-
miralty by which candles and oil may for ever be
dispensed with, many thousand pounds annually be-
ing saved, and yet ten times moro light secured to
every ship afost. This is accomplished by simple
ard a very ingenious method Of using the slush
from salt meats, now Of no use. The Commons
have approved of the invention; and since the
order was given by the admiralty, the Impregnable,
flag ship, has been lighted from stem to stern on
this new plan. The men in each ship, in place of
having one dip Of 81 to the pound have now a
light for six hours equal to 10 dips, and from
which, by the aid Of parabolic reflector, they are
enabled to read 80 feet off, This candle-tube may
be filled with water, yet it be instantly ex-
PEELED, and the light fully maintained The grease
is 80 locked up that it cannot well escape, 50 that
the lamp may be rolled about the deck.
The Bengal H,1kdrn states that Ten Teh. the
new Emperor of China, is Christian, having been
baptized by the late DR.. Gutzlaf.
Letters from Bremen state that emigration from
that port is now taking place to an extent unknown
10 any previous season. Emgrants average 600
per day
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