The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-01-17


Germany.
We read in the Cologne Gazdte that the French
government is doing everything 1t can to effect
commercial treaty with Germany, founded ON mutual
concessions. II Germany, and particularly rr,.ssa,
does not set up too high pretensonsa treaty between
France and the Zollverein may be expected.
Frightrul Disaster and Loss Of Thirsy-t''o
Lives.
From the Liverpool Mail, jan L.
The Mona's Herald, of Wednesday last, gives the
particulars OF the strandng and subsequent
by gunpowder, Of the brig Lily, $50 TONS The yes
sci in question left the Mersey Thursday week,
under the command OF Captain John Owens, Tor the
southwest coast Of Africa. The cargo consisted OF
about fifty tons OF gunpowder twenty puncheons Oh
rum, quantity Of arms, and some bale goods, con.
tanning articles of barter on the coast The vessel
wasbeating about the channel till Monday morning
last, when she was driven by the violence q
the storm to the Sound Of the Calf of Man. The sea
was running mountains high at the time and despite
all the efforts of the crew, about eleven o'clock the
Lily was stove on Kitterland Island, which lies be-
tween the island of the Calf Of Man, and the main
land of the Isle of Man. With a desperate effort
most of the crew (thirteen in number) reached the
rocks by the aid ofthe boats The waves beaturlousy
upon the wreck and the rocks Captain Owens
and three OF the crew got on the ledge OF rock from
which two OF the seamen sprang to the land; but the
captain in attempting to do the same was drowned
The cook and two lads also met with watery
grave. The carpenter was killed by the mast falling
upon him. Early on Tuesday morning, Mr.. Enos Lace,
grocer shpbroker OF PortSt Mary being subagent
Tor Lloyds repaired to the wreck with thirtyone men,
to see what could be saved At quarter before
eight, violent shock was felt throughout the south
district OF the island and sheet Of fire and pillar
of smoke were to be hurled into the air. hundreds
of feet high from the wreck Ii seems that a large
portion of the powder was placed SO high IN the
vessel that it did not get wet by the waves breaking
on it. The explosion dashed the ressel TO dtoas and
blep to broken fragments some thirty human beings
But one individual near the fatal scene escaped to
tell the story James Kelly, who is still alive although
one cheek and ear taken off, and he is otherwise
much confused. Many Of the deceased were active,
energetic men Of business Of Port ST. Mary and were
engaged in the fishing and other nautical pursuits
Thrty-two men (besides the five Of the crew that
were lost on Monday were killed, leaving twenty
three widows and seventy three fatheress children.
The explosion was heard in Douglas and was sup
posed by many persons, to have been an earthquake
Fragments oftbe wreck thrown asfar as the Red
Gap near Castletown being distance ofsix miles, POr
tons Of the vessel and cargo, consisting OF chainnks
portions of gun barrels, swords, caps, fragments OF
wreck shirts, &c. have also been picked up in yari-
Gus parts of the parish of Rushin. Some pieces Of
burning cotton were actually found at Poovash near
Baadoole, at least six miles off MIR. Boardman, agent
for Lloyds OF Douglas, and brother OF Mr.. Boardman,
OF the Sailors Home, at this port, was engaged in
rendering assistance to vessel off Langeness he
would no doubt have been among the sufferers. No
vestige OF the vessel remains +; but fragments OF
wood iron copper, guns, and parts OF human bodies,
are strcwn around the country for miles. 1t IS not
probable that the cause Of the explosion will ever be
correctly asccrtained, but it is supposed that the
powder fred by light from the pipe Of some OF
the men who were smoking on board the vessel.
Thcatricnls Abroad.
young English lady, who has lately appeared on
the Continent under the name OF Mdlle N ormani,
promises to be one Of the greatest celebrities oil the
day. From accounts received from Stockholm, where
she is, we learn that she is creating an extraor
binary sensation in the arduous character of Fides,
in the prophetic" Of Meyerbeer which she had per-
formed to excessively crowded houses ten nights sue
cessvely, without any dmnution OF its attraction.
She has enabled herself to act and sing in Swedish,
having acquired perfect command of the language.
Her first opera sung in Swedish was Mercadante 8
Giurament0;' and she has also appeared in Flotow s
opera, " Die crosse Furstinn,' and i'll Verds Mac
beth, in all which Gas well as in the "Prophete)
she has had the most brilliant success. Mdle. Nor
mani is described as possessing voice OF great
power and beauty, pure Italian style, and all the
qualities, mental and physical, OF On accomplished
actress.
Mr.. Barley, of the Princess theatre London, after
fifty years OF theatrical life, has finally retired
Miss Edith Hcand, a talented histrionc aspirant,
made her debut at the Olympic theatre, London, on
the 18th Of December, in the character Of Julia, in
the "Hunchback" The English press see in her a
most promising young actress, who will shine equally
well in comedy or tragedy.
The manager of the theatre at Breslau is giving
frequent representations of drama called Luther;
and the peasants from Protestant villages come in
resentment at the Jesuit missions They sometimes
drive up in a procession of upwards Of a hundred
carts, and take the whole pit to themselves. On a
late occasion they filled the whole tier OF dress boxes,
in their fTieZe coats and brOad-brimmed hats
The European Corn Trade.
[from the London Gazette Dec. 81.
We have had very quiet week in the corn trade,
but this is by no means an unusual circumstance
about Christmas time, when the regular course of
business is more or less intcrfered with. Meanwhile
nothing has occurred to induce us to alter the opn-
ion we have on previous occasions expressed in refer
encc to the probable future range OF prices The ten
dency may, perhaps for few weeks, continue down
wards; but ere long we expect to witness renewed
activity in the demand for wheat, and we are in
clined to think that any decline which may take
place in the interval, will subsequently be fully re-
covered. The scarcity of potatoes on this side of
the channel well in Ireland is from day to day
becoming more apparent and the consumption of
breadsufs is increasing in proportion; the chances
are therefore, that unless the supplies Of wheat,
-four, &C., from abroad should prove larger than
calculated on, any increase which may take
place in the deliveries from the growers will
scarcely suffice to prevent prices advancing, and
VIC reckon on higher rates during the first three
or four months in the new year than we have
yet had. The weather has slightly improved, OF
which farmers have taken advantage to proceed with
wheat sowing as far az practicable still the work is
greatly in arrear, and the opinion OF practical agr-
cultursts is, that the breadth of land under wheat
culture will be mnch smaller than in moderately
good average That this will have its indu-
on the future cannot be questioned; but do
not attribute the rise which took place in the value
OF wheat to what may hereafter take place so much
as to that which is already past. The first cause
OF the upward movement was, in our opinion, the
discovery that, Notwithstanding large impOrtations
from abroad, the deficiency of the last crop Of wheat
and the extensive failure OF the potato, had occasion
ed so great consumption of foreign wheat and
flour that stocks in granary were rapidly decreasing,
at period when they might have been expected, in
the ordinary course of things, to have increased it
being welknown fact that the home, as well as the
foreign supplies generally on larger the first
three months after harvest than at any other time.
Under these circumstances it is certainly not by any
means improbable that demand may overtakc supply.
The quantity of wheat passage from the Baltic and
Black Sea- though considerable, is certainly not over
wheming; and afterwhat is known to be on the way
shall have reached US period Of several months must
intervene, during which the receipts will in all proba
bility, be comparatively insignificant. The shipments
from America for Great Britain have not been on an
extensive scale for some time pa owing partly To the