The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-06-19

roIeisn Details ny the EUROPA.
The steamship Europa. which arrived at New
York on Wednesday afternoon, sailed from Liv-
erpool at one o'clock on the 9TH inst.
The official statement OF the bank of England.
made up TO The 18th nit. lin spt Gle coin and bull
lion, amounts TO f20,6865I7.
The continental letters confirm the report of
the failure of Messrs. Emanuel a. Son. of Ham.
burg. The amount OF liabilities is stated ut a
million and a half of marks banco, or about
El20,000, but the loss will fall chiefly on vi.
emma, Berlin, and Frankfort The business of
the firm was formerly in the colonial produce
trade, but the failure is stated to be mainly ow.
ing to extensive speculations in foreign bonds
and railway shares
The demand for American securities continues
good, and considerable business was done
during The week ending the 81 inst
ENGLAND
A reduction of Is. !. per cwt. in the import
duties on foreign refined sugar will come into
operation on the 9th July, reducing the duty ia
/ 9s. 4d.
SHIPS FOR AUsTRALIA-There are now forty.
four vessels advertised in the PosloHce Pack,
Last to take out private ship letter bags to Ans
tralia, and all of which are to sail by the mddl.
of July next Thirteen of these vessels are for
Sydney, and twenty-five for Melbourne anc
Port Philip
STEAM TO AUsTRALIA-On Tuesday the Aus
tralian steamship, belonging to the Australian
Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, left tn,
Thames on her maiden voyage for Austrs lin
She is 400 tons burthen, worked by the screw
and carries out upwards of 100000 in specie
besides 1870 passengers, of whom 40 are frs
class passengers.
The LoBos ISLANDS AT the monthly meetiny
of the Council of the Royal Agricultural society
on "Wednesday, the subject of he Lobos md.
was brought forward for discus ion, and it wa
resolved that population from the society wal.
upon the Earl of Derby, TO repre- sent to him tn
Importance of taking every possible means 10
effect reduction in the price of puano. l.
seems to be the opinion of jurists, that tn
claim of Peru to the Lobos Islands is not base
upon any just title, since those islands furnish
neither shelter nor sustenance for single h,l
man being.
COMPLETION OF THE SUBMARINE TELEcRArf
TO lRELAND.--A submarine telegraph between
the coasts of England and Ireland is now NJ
accomplished fact, and an event pregnant Wit
interest as regards the future welfare OF ths
country. On Tuesday morning, at four o'clock
the Britannia steamer started from Holyhea
with the telegraph cable on board, preceded t.
her majesty's steamer Prospero, a vessel flu
pished by the admiralty, as pilot to the exped
ton. The steamers proceeded at low rate Of
speed, varying from four to six miles an horr
laying out the wire with the greatest care arr
precision as they receded from the Engish
coast; and at length after passage of ite
more than l6 hours, and without the occurrent
OF any contretemps, arrived at Howth Harbo,
amid the cheers of those who had assembled NJ
witness their approach. The moment a.
Britannia had arrived at her destination, an
communicated the fact to Hoyhead that til
Irish shore was reached the final grand te
was applied to the telegraphic cable by connect
ing the wire with one of the ships loaded Gun
and passing the word sire" to Holyhead. III :
answer was the immediate discharge of tile gtR
on board the Britannia. The hour was the
just bafpast eight O'clock
The work had been performed in little MOI
than IL hours Messages were now rapid
lnterehanged, and a salute of the Britannia
guns fired from Holyhead A letter had arrive
in Dublin, directed to gentleman who had lei
for Holyhead by the midday steamer, and who, J
presence was Immediately required in Londop
message was sent to seek him ont. W ithn
half an hour he was discovered, and he respond
ed, am here" Z" You are wanted in London
shall start by the next train" Another hon
and the cable was'ashore, and the conneclic 4
completed with the land wires, and the indie
tors at the Dublin terminus of the Drohet
railway, IN Amiens street, were conyersinp wi
those at the terminus of the Chester and Uol
head railway in Holyhead
A perfect system of electric telegraph cor,
munication is now in use between the warrior
Offices within the Bank of England.
IRELAND.
The net profits of the Bank of Ireland, for H.
year 1851, amounted to G2I 1872
Prlmate Cullen has received E7OO frou
Charleston, South Carolina, for the Catholc
University.
A lady belonging to nunnery in LINER
has given I'll 900 to the formation of simily
institution in Rcscommon
The foundation stone of new Wesleyag
chapel, to accommodate 500 persons, and to COS
t7O0 has been laid out in Belfast
In the Encumbered Estates Court the COR.
petition for land continues TO increase, ans
several lots have been sold at 10 years pr.
chase.
Captain Tyndall, one of the government corr
mssioners appointed by the Earl of Derby, has
arrived N Galwav, to make Observations on tlp
capabilities of that port as packet station
FRANCE.
The ORLEANS Property. The advocates
OF The, council of State, NJ. p. Fabre and
NJ Matilien Bodet, charged to defend the arpt d,
OF the Princes of the Orleans family ag,i lst TIE
DEGREES relative to their property, have publish d
memoir, from which it appears that they iatena
to rely on four points, viz /. That the prince
possess the property in virtue Of he deed of the
7th o: August, 1880, and that that property coud
not return to the state before the 9th of Augufi
=. That they are heirs of the King, their fathtr
Tor that part OF Neuilly which was purchased SUI
seqnent to 1889. end of Madame Adelaide 70
rat ofthe domain. of Monceau&, 3. That the
nave enjoyed the property for more than 8
years on what they considered good title ar
with good faith. A. That the property h,
been made the subject of marriage settlement
which have created irrevocable rights for TIL
married parties and their children; and, finally.
that the ordinary judicial tribunals have jurisdi
ton in the case.
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