The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-09-14
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THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER Il, 1854.
SPAIN. The Paris correspondent of the
New York Herald, under date Of August oath,
says:
"The accounts from spain are of the most uafavor.
ab,e kind Ii seems to be evident that the present
Kovernme Mt cannot hold on. It's already pat = IvPe
OF sand. The question is what shape VIII mex NJ
near out of the political csuidren The moderaoos
are sinking every day. and this 10 spite pat,on
age and protection of Lord Howden the sii,isn A
bassador, who 10 known, during ODonneh o,,aSsr
ties to have given him the shelter OF his doSiici
On the other hand, Mr. Souie, the American MINIS.
ter IL unmistakably the alert and BY every means
10 HE power ]. lending hand to ane IN num-
beers aud intue nce The change when mas occdI,.a
during the last fortnight in public opnio sara 70
be urodis The progressistas are hourly EXPAND
ing into republication. At Madrid at this moment
IL she red party Of all Europe, and the
test of their success in Spain WI be the % M
assoc lated that of the Bourbon dynasty. There Is
secret though not avowed struggle going on bewiTt
the English and American influence, and MI Souie
is working the game with his whole soul"
But the London correspondent of the Her
aid says there appears to be general opin-
ion amongst the most intelligent minds OF
England, that America must have Cuba
"The Leader newspaper" says this writer
"the organ of the high church and high intel
lect party in England, says that SPANS right
in Cuba is only that of proprietor OF land
about to be traversed by arailway---the right
of sale at a fair valuation"
Capital But we should hardly have ex-
pected such common sense, practical and
progressive view of the subject from great
English conservative organ. The right OF
landed PROPRIETOR, in the way of railroads
TO sell at a fair valuation! Well, we IKE
that Get out of the way, Espartero, and let
the locomotive pass.
CRIME IN New YoRK.-The Chief of Po-
lice in the city Of New York, George W.
Matsell, in his semi annual communication
to the Mayor, states that there have been
25,llO persons arrested in that city tor crimi-
nal offences from the first OF January to the
3Oth of June. 1854, being an increase Of 2874
over the previous months, and an increase
of 1897 over the corresponding period Of
time in 1853. Of the whole number, says the
Chief, there were arrested by the reserve
corps, 1886, (lO35 of which were for the vio-
,ation of the corporation ordinances making
the whole number arrested for the violation
of the ordinances, lily, being an increase of
1865 over the previous six months. This
large increase in the number of arrests, MIR.
Matsell says, does not result from cores
bonding increase of crime, but it arises from
the increased activity and vigilance Of the
policemen. A comparison of the report of
arrests, he remarks, with the report of of
fences committed, will show at once that
there has been much greater per centage
of arrests during the past six months than
during the previous six months. lie has
added to his report tabular statement, show
ing the number of persons accommodated
with lodgings for the three months ending
June 30, 1854, together with their place OF
birth, color, profession and degree of educa-
ton. 1t appears from this report that during
the three months there were accommodated
with lodgings 500 males and 1926 females,
making 9l25; of whom 1856 were married,
and 6lG9 were single; AZ were under 10 years
of age, 1146 between 10 and 20, 1888 between
90 and 80, 24l8 between 80 and 40, 1855 be-
tween 40 and so, and 1924 fifty years and
over; 1859 were born in the United States,
5ll7 in Ireland 269 in Scotland, ZIG in Eng
land So in France, 1910 in Germany, and 202
in other places; $3.50 had trades and 2l45 had
no trades; CABS could read and write, 4s3
could read, and 22Ol could neither read nor
write.
The total number of murders in New York
for the last six months, were A. We are glad
to see that the police in that city is becom
Ing more efficient. New York is overrun by
criminals from all the world, and needs q vi
gilant and energetic police, more than any
other city on the face of the earth.