The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-03-31

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or purchased above is value. b Ane, every piece
land which gives hess than 2b0f. in gross produce
calls indispensably for some amendment in the
terms Of its being held such as % enable II 70 fur
nish at least such return II, then, tho average
return Of land in France is only IlSf per hectaree
that is, little more than one third of what il ought
to bethe reason is that nearly two thirds Of France
IS spss1 Of sod exceedingly and often
show the most sterility, throughout great part Of
their extent, are Berry, Bourbonnais, Auvergne,
Fore,, Velay, Gevardan, Rouergue, the IAndes, La
Vendee, Brittany, Limousin, Sologne, and Cham
pagne. After those come, in degree Of sterility,
Anjou Artois, Alsace, La Bresse, Lorraine, Maine,
Potion, and Provence. The districts which are the
best cultivated and most productive must be consi-
dered the NOrd, Normandy, and Beauce.
Foreign Miscellany.
The Duchess de Berry, at tho latest accounts,
was at Vienna; and the Count and Countess do
Chambord, and the Duke and Duchess of Nodena,
were expected in that city.
A letter from Electoral Hesse, Of the Sd, states
that in consequence of the great distress occasoned
by the high price Of provisions in that country the
emigration Of the inhabitants every day increases.
A Belgian Journal states that the accumulation
OF bullion in the Bank OF Amsterdam is SO great
that the floor of the cellars has given way, and il
has been found Necessary to remove the money to
the royal palace.
Emigration from Germany still continues on
vast scale An emigration company Of Mentz ispre-
Saxe-Weimar, a few days ago, all the inhabitants
Of q village, headed by the clergyman and school
master, took their departure; and a similar depar-
| ture took place from o village near Gotha. From
the two Hesses and in part Of Thuringia, the emil
| grafton is also extensive.
| The Duke Of Gotha has declared his intention of
uniting that Duchy with Coburg by a common ad-
mnstration; only the finances of the two Statos will
be separately administered The plan has been
more than once proposed, andrejected by the Cham
| Der. The Duke expresses hsdeterminaton to carry
the consolidation into effect and hopes that the de-
tails Of that proposal will not now be misunderstood
| or misrepresented.
| The following is % scene at Clerkenwel London
| young man applied to Mr.. CoIre, and coolly
| said-Please your worship, wish to know whether
it is lawful for man to marry his aunt! CA laugh)
question. Have you married your aunt! Appli-
| cant-Yes; my mothers sister. (Laughter) Mr..
| Colrie-How old are you! Applicant-Nineteen.
Mr.. Corre--- And what age is your wife! Appli-
| cant-Twenty. Mr.. Corrie said that such q mar
riage certainly illegal according to the Scrip
lures; and he referred TO Levitcus and the Common
Prayer Book. The wife, good-looking young wo-
man, here Saddle is fool; am willing to do
] everything to make him comfortable. Applicant
can't hive with her, she has got such bad temper.
Wifef the marriage is Illegal, and he leaves me,
is he not bound to support me! MIR. Corie--Oh,
wfIhen can ne ar psaI Mr.
| Wife--Oh! then that's alright. Uaughter.) APP
plicant--l'll take good care III not get married
again. have had enough Of it for the lest six
| months. cloud laughter.) The applicant then left
the court followed by his anntwite, who continued
abusing her nephew until they got out ofsight.
! The Russian government had resolved to carry
into execution the project of establishing railway
| from Chartoii to Theodosia, and had accepted the
with capital Of fifty millions of silver roubles
QlS, 100000 francs), to which the government had
consented to guarantee an interest OF three per cent
Chariot is city ofthe Ukraine situated l 03O ko-
i mo - 0f hood 0sic0 ~
kaia is port on the Black sea, the straits of
Kertch. 1t is in contemplation also to establish
railway from Moscow to Chariot, so that a direct
| communication will be ultimately established be-
tween Petersburg and the Crimca, and the capital
Of Russia be thus able to communicate in few days
with the Black Sea and Odessa
| China has an of 10000 geographical square
miles, and about SIS, 535, 900 under rice cult
walton; on which, not including the lands for vege-
table production, three hundred millions Of human
| beings have to live
The entire population Of Madrid was assembled
on the 25ih along the banks Of the canal, to assist
at the interment Of the Srrat, the concluding scene
| OF the carnival.
The Edinbu,g H-dacss snys that sI.ady Harris
ye,y beautiful young widow. only 70 years old, VIII
perverted last year to popery, has given over to tn
| Jcsus her beautiful estate of Seaclifc, in East
! Latham her prospects OF 100000 year from an
| old uncle. (Mr. Sligo of Carmyle.) and all the trea-
collected in India by her late husband, Sir w.
Corvallis Harris. She has been induced to forsake
child she is. and to retire into strict convent
Glenoble. in France, committing herself to the pro
| lection Of the Jesuit priests
| The mixed criminal commission at Mons has sen
fenced eight individuals TO transportation. andamong
them NJ Trouve Chauvel, formerly Minister Of
Finance under Louis Philippe.
Foreign Literary Gossip.
Miss Milford, the author Of so many fresh and ma
tural sketches of English rural life, has lately pub
lished her Literary Recollections. The nara
tive is illustrated with criticisms favorite poets.
| Lord Holland has left behind a history Of the
wing party during his time, which is just printed.
We learn that it contains many curious particulars
Of the of Lord Edward Fitzgerald which will
be welcome in Ireland
"The Sngsby Papers, which have been the
popular series in the Dublin Uniuos;ty Maga.i ,,e
for the last year. collected in shilling volume.
The prose is graceful and agreeable, and has fine
flavor in it, but the verse is meagre and frgd and
will not live hour. 1t has of the electricity
TO which the conquered bosom throbs; it ha. not
even the mysterious melody which floods the ear
with pleasure in the verses of a poet. The humor
of the comic poems is incredibly melancholy and
the Irish verses might better be Kamschatkan.
The manufacture of ancient masters for the
home market is an established branch Of trade in
London. The splendid collections of Rem
brandts. Corregos, Murllos, and Vandykes, sold
periodically, come entirely from this school
Another kindred branch of art has just been dis
covered--a wholesale factory of autographs and
autograph letters The forgery was SO perfect that
Sir Percy Shelley is found to have purchased
number of letters believing them to be his fathers;
and Mr.. Murray, the publisher, several suppostious
Byrons, which came from this same workshop. But
their most remarkable success was selling the coec
ton Of Shelley's letters, recently published by
Moxon. and edited by the poet Browning, which
turn out to be all forgeries. The ccstaces of some
OF the critics few weeks ago, crthe Shelleyesque
tone and spirit OF the letters which prove to be
cribs from the Qua,terly Reriuc and similar
sources, is memorable.
1.-The Political and Historical Works of Louis Ma
Ioleon' have just appeared in English dress
They. are pale shadow Of the pondcrings and spe-
culanons OF st. Helena In the accompanying me
moir, M: de Persigny is painted as the secret will
and intellect which has guided the entire career Of
Louis from Strasbourg to the Tuileries.
A German. named Ebeling, has recently furnished
his counirymsn with catalogue Of British Writers
OF History from the earliest period down to the
present time
Mr. Daniel Owen Madden has published novel