The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-11-16

the llth. The Nottingham Journal processes to be
aware that the Chancellor OF the Exchequer's
financial scheme is to repeal The malt tax, and the
duty Of BID per pound sterling farmers rental;
to reduce the tax income from I'd per pound ster
ling to I'd, but to impose it on all incomes aud wages
above Zoo (S250) per annum; and to charge live
per cent tax on all incomes, of whatever amount,
arising from property. The funds are to be taxed
for pauper maintenance; and the tax carriages,
horses. and dogscertanly not poor mems Injuries.
are to be abolished The effect ofthese changes is not
regarded as favorable to the under classes, being in
fact. equivalent to-First, reduction in the price
OF beer, already abundant enough; Second, tax Of
three days labor on every working man; Third,
tax OF over onetwentieth their entire income the
thousands OF annuitants, whose whole means OF sub
sistance Is q pttance in the funds; Fourth, re-
ducton Of two-thirds in the moons tax, now paid
by the higher classes; and, Fifth, the privilege to
owners o. equipages to ride in them untaxed II is
mooted, but not decided upon; an alteration in the
sugar duties remains in allegiance, whilst tax on
railways is spoken Of as fully matured. The tax
railways would be well received by the public pro-
would-raise the rates of carriage.
We do not learn any particulars respecting the
Queens speech The sum to be demanded from
Parliament for the expenses OF the Wellington funo
raj is placed as high as .El00. 900.
The gales along the coast of Britain at the end
OF the past week. were very destructive to shipping
and life. Among other ships lost of names un-
the Tyne and Wear Brig Amulet, of Rochester.
all hands; St Hlda, Shields, all hands; Acorn,
Shields, all hands; Laden. galliot, all hands;
schooner, all hands; ship, all hands; Swedish ship
all hands; brig Wensleydae, all but two. The fol-
lowing were wrecked, and part of the crew of each
saved:- Brig Northern, Newcastle; Victoria, Har
tlepool; Naiad, London; Sophie Augusta, Cher
bourg; Fredricke, Danish; Brilliant, Shields;
Cherub, Yarmouth; Kiloe, Sunderland; Rifeman,
Newcastle; Britannia, Hartlepool; Volante, Biyth;
Sarah. Whitby; Hardwicke, Sunderland; Russian
ship; Merchant, Hattlepool; Sisters, Hnrwick Marie
Elizabeth The last named ship had cargo valued
at GlO0, 900, which was fallen on and pundered by
the people along the coast. Several of the other
ships were plundered in like manner by the wretches
on whose coast they were cast.
Under the title of the "Magdalena Steam Navi-
CATION Company" an association is announced for
navigating by steamers the river Magdaena in
New Granada. The company further propose to
place one or moro steamers on the river Atrato to
communicate with tho mining districts of Antio-
quia and Choco.
A public meeting was held at London, Monday
evening" LIST, for the purpose, as expressed in the
bills, Of sympathising with, and aiding the foreign
ing is noticeable from the circumstance that letters
were read from Kossuh approving Of the objects Of
the meeting, and from Mazzini and Louis Blanc, op
posing them. Kossuth's letter is too lengthy for
puotation-it is given in the London Morning Id
rertiser, of I'd inst.
Some samplessof cotton, of good and useful quail
ity from La Plata. were exhibited the past week at
the Manchester Exchange. Five bales Of it had
house, with advices that it sample Of cotton
growing wild on the west bank Of the Parana, in
the district of Tucumana. 1t is said that "any
quantity may be had for the gathering, but nothing
is said at present Of any steps being taken to secure
future consignments of it.
Sunday forenoon, 31st October, the extensive
works OF Phillips fire annihilator were burned to
the ground A woman in the building lost her life
The cause of fire was supposed to be from . defec-
tive fiue. There were one thousand charges of the
s'annhilator in the building. and it is asked ma
turally enough, why they did not put out the fire.
An affair Of honor, commenced in horsewhipping
and ended in smoke, came off at Dublin, on Friday
last, between a Major Fairfield and Mr.. McDer-
mott supposedinsult by the former
to the wife Of the latter
The Wolverhampton Herald relates that Kate r.
vine, an American, has undertaken to walk 500
miles In 300 consecutive hours, at Wolverhampton for
bet Of 1900!
from Britain the ID instead Of the I7th of each
month. The notice may be of interest to business
men.
There is some danger that the crystal palace at
Sydenham will be refused charter; the clergy have
raised bitter hostility against it, because it pro.
posed to open it on Sunday.
The French Republic.
We learn from Vienna, under date of the 26.h,
Gays the independence, of Brussels
That the Princess Wasa, Of whom there has been 80
the French republic will embrace in the days OF
vembtr the Catholic religion Her aburation is to take
place before the Bhop OF Brupn in the church Of Mo
Iawetz village belonging to her father situated
Gross Meseysh This conversion does not appear to us
to be without certain political interest
The assemble Rationale has the following, on
the movement for the Empire:-
From the commencement Of the government Of the %
Of December announced what is taking place 1t
wss inevitable that the dictatorship arising the coup
deat should lead quickly possible what called
the Empire. Consequently in spite of certain words-in
spite Of the phrase Of Let us keep the Repubicn-ve
never doubted Of the speedy coming OF the Empire Why
stop short half way9 And besides If that desire It
could not be realized for the path revolutions there
certain hats shch possible Was it not also
necessary that the word republic should be soemply
efaced since the thing itself had fallen into universal
contempt? For a length Of time the revolution OF rebru-
airy had been condemned by the country which had
jected its and its doctrines. The very name Of the
government which it bad given to the world ought
10 disappear On the other hand since the constitution
al and parliamentary system does not exist any longer
since the regime under which have lived for
instituted by Napoleon in the first years of the
preent centurysnce it is the avowed production Of
that government Why should it not also take its
panlet All this march Of things Is therefore pau
RAJ! and man. to be astonifhed at It. should be
ignorant OF the history of the last sixty years and
not comprehend its fatal ana inexble consequences
An ancient and glorious monarchy with which French
society had IL become incorporated. vio
ently ,troyed 1t fell In Its fall it drew every
thing with il; and since that immene ruin it appears
that the oi shaken to Its centre nothing long
remain outstanding. How many attempts have we not
Witnessed without going back 10 the first revolution
how many regimes have not pass before eTes
during the last four years Have not heard ths Re-
pubic reprobatcd and thrust out acclaimed seven
team times The name has yet legally disappeared
and Jet the cry of tir la RGp;bQne is sedstous
Let 1t not be supposed that triumph at this instability
the senime and institutions OF our country: on the
contrary is in opinion sad and deploraele cir
eumsarce We profoundly respect France when
We do not share in her hopes her illusions and in
truth no one has right to be astonhed and complain
that after having been buiTeted by many tempets,
and 50 often overwhelmed by sangunary ulsons,
sc she seeks her safey in the aggrandzsment the
government now placed over her In her opinion this
Empire is eti broader dyke against anarchy and ts
madness and in consequence she asks the empire
the eose Of the revolution. Will 1t be able to listen
bat wish Of France egimated In It's nature? IL is
the future alone which will solve that great question As
to Ourselves do not wish to say anything that
lead persons to suspect the doubts which often
mir ds
The following account Of Louis Napoleon's visit
to the opera is taken from the government
papers =
The visit Of the Prince President the opera last
evening attracted great crowd to the nsighborhood Of
the theatre hours before the performance to
commence. The whole Of the Rue Lepeetier was llum
pated the external perstyle OF the theatre trans