The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-07-11

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Apems Btssioo in fifteen years mil iszds 23I nil
ions Ill 276 'r~ which on average makes an In
crs ace OF 6l6 millions 447 ,4l8 II. per snnum. Let
Us place in face Of these successive ions
he VARIATIONS whish the debt has undergone 10 the
fifteen sears rom 1910 TO 1864. Tine consolidated
Gtbs Tas IN $780,. 10 l59 2S3 l25 Z.
In 1864 rs, SOC, 456 500 f.
Decrease in Is years, 1856, 1852 r., which m.kss
CD an sversge o dimnuv ION OF rs 522, 422 fr.
per um or OF Ala per cen; OF the increase noted
above for the 6rst period OF Is years Of war. In
other terms, II vouid require MT less than eighty
four years like hose from 1910 to 1864 for che
,nbursement Of single year OF those from 1901 TO
1915.
Tabular statements presented TO Parliament, in
EgsI give some interesting statistcs relative 10
education in Great Britain. The expenditure
1925 ASS, heire an Increase of ABOUT f76.777 over
the expenditure In 1883 TIE total amount ex0eud
ed fioM 1889 to De ember, 1864. vas 81 .633, 1884.
or the sum xpt ndt in 1854, f209,S7l was grautsd
'.iap ScBo,l Society, fl4049 to Wesleyan schools,
fl0,907 tn Roman Catholic sch ,os (Great Bfisain)
fl9,l93 TO sablish church schools in Scotland,
Ell 1886 to tree urch schools, ana FL 1865 to Fps
ctpsl church schools. The balance Ia hand % the
3lst Deck Der, 1854 amount cd to The SUN of &c.,
$50. IRE toJal sum avar ,eo In aid OF the esecaoo
or improvement of echool Buildings in 1854, amount
ed to fsl 1878, Of which f63 700 remained unclaimed
At the End Of the year. The psrceotage Of the ages
of the children the registers wss:--Undsr seven
years, 2763; between seven and eight, 1857; be-
t~een eight and nipe, 1884, between nine and ten,
tv"se sof enc
$50; between thirteen and fourteen %; and over
fourteen, 204. The gross total ANNUAL income Of oil
the schools, OF all denominations, amounted to
S9s,565 ard the gross total expenditure TO ESQ,
meLt, fl49 68S from voluntary contribution, fl44,
I'll from schooi pence, and f73,2l8 from o'hsr
SOURCES or the sun Gisbursed, f276 1897 vas ex-
pended on salaries, f25 667 on books and APPARATUS,
kehO
to witch this table re'ets 1856, and the aver
age attendance Of children 43l, 1873.
The shipwrecked Mariners society of England
held its sixteenth annual meeting lately. The
the present yesr the storms which swept the coass
Of the United Kingdom exceeded In vio,encs any
that bad been known in the msmoIy Of man. Dur
ing that short period GO vessels were wrecked,
1000 lives. The gales IN the Bia,k Sea had elso
been the occasiOD of greatly swelling ths list Of the
recipsnts OF the charity. The total number OF ships
wrecked, indeed, reported at Lood's, had bsen
multiplied to the large number Of $50, with the
loss OF upwards Of 5000 lives; 967 Of these, with
$40 lives, appeared by the Admiralty Register OF
shipwre ks to have been lost on the shores and in
the seas Of the United Kingdom. The number Of
malirers and fshermen subscribing to the society,
from Re. Cd. to 30. per annum, excseded 40, 1000,
whilst 2.sO4 vessels carried its distinguishing flag.
Accol ding to On off al return just published, ne
quantity OF foreign wines imported into France In
Inc mOLtu u Apru Iabt was less lm pOft2nt IMAM
during the preceding months, but the .qasotity Of
bSaDdies and lquears wss greater. The folio 1iog
are tie re'uius:- Ordinary wines, 1906 hectic.
ites; liqueur wines, 2,423; brandy, 49, The
1854, tee date Of the first cecree reducing the i'm
port duty ID to the 30th April last (eight mooths)
wss - Ordinary wines, ESQ 12e he stoutrea; hqueur
wines, 6,O99; Dr. ndy, lll,53l.
The finance accounts Of the United Kingdom Of
Great Britain ard Ireland for the quarter ending
tie 9th of April 1854, have been pubusned. 1t 40
pea, that the total income Of the kingdom for the
quarter IN question {incuding bslances) amounted
10 fl5 096 745 the charges OF collection having
FL l25243. TIE total paymsnts out Of the income,
in It's progress to the Elk ,hsquer, amounted u
fl 2S2 s69 and the payments into the Exchequer to
fl2347 ,63l. The tota income iincuding bsla lces)
els 9 AGO. III that from other to f276 374.
The custe eioed net receipt OF "a GIL 346; the
excise f2 l3l, 52l; stamps, FL 702 O26; taxes Gland
and assetsed) f226,513; income and property tax,
e 636 ga; post Office, 1888 534 aod Ian As,
Eli I'll. The total expenditure in the quarter 40.
pears TO have amounted to fl4O52 l07 Exclusive
OF fums applied to the reducti u OF the national
0eb') leaving deficiency or excess Of expenditure
over income, amounting to f42i .606. The total
charge Of the fur dtd debt was f6, 1893 452 and Of
the ubfnLGed, ESQ ,5Ss. The civil list figured for
500 ,092, spnuitles and tensions charged on the
u Dsolidated Fund for fs7,7l2, salaries and ALLOW
for courts Of justice tor f25l 315, the army
TOR Fl 270000 the navy for e. 007 $780, the ordnance,
$3.50 600, and the Caie war Tor ESQ 600. Toe to.al
amount Of public debt created in the quarter was
fl G37 $685. entairips charge Of CT 1882, and the
debt concur entls reduced f3 SIG, 44O. The charge
on which was f132,907. The total uuredeemed de0t
Of Great Britain ana Ireland on the 9Th OF April,
1854, amounted to f756. 530.98 and the charge
thereon to Ell ,3l7 ,043.
mouths of spy Of the Azof rivers will have to en-
counter will be the mosquitoes, whose numbers are
tucb, end the vuence0f whore sti, gs 90 great a.
70 constitute them very Important eemsnt in the
oil hrfh Nf IMAM and IVA <ku uuaas
Amy. The soldiers In the Kouban plains scoop
hok for themselves In the barrows which are com.
mon there, ano fill them with smoke even in the
bt ais OF SUMNER as q protection In some slight de-.
gree from this iDtolersbie peet.
The Austrian Navie alton Company of the anube
has recently published an account Of its ovemenss
during the mt nth OF A. ril Last, with saows the
Impotence CT that msans Of CON nuncation for toe
month Of April amounted to 1856 900 forms (the
form is 2fr 50c) those OF the spending 1nsh
OF 1854 having been only 655 600 forins. Inc in.
crease on the first four months Of toe peesens yea,
as compared with those Of 1854, is 409, 900 forms
The qusLtity Of merchandise waiting for shipmeas
Tor tne Lower Danube is 80 great tnat freignts are
engaged several months In advance. Toe sharehoi1-
err OF The company, at their general nesting on the
18th ut voted increase to their capital Of twelve
millions Of FORMS of which seven millions ne to be
devoted TO increase their floating naateyie, and ths
remain der 10 II Q construction OF o rail way tom
Funskirchen on the Danube TO the coal mines OF
u
wing Of SO per cent in the expense Of fte for the
steam vessels OF the company.
The Gar Alexander has published the following
mott In the Journal de st. Pe,ersbuTg:-Chs siege
Of Sebsstopol, in far as seamen OF the Black
Sea are concerned, s attended with circum stances
which d,snn9uhh 1t from the siege Of Bny other ma
val fortress. A great many OF these brave men had
houses of their own at Sebastopol, with furniture,
utensils, pIovisions-- in word, ali thsy had been
aDe TO save during their time of service. Waie
sacrificing their lives in The defence of Sebastopol
there heroes lose nj the same time tie property
which they might have left to their wives and III
drtn The necessity OF sending the latter Gu. of the
town also involved them in expenses beyond their
means, ard go drove them into debts which they
ere Low unable TO discharge. Thus, She ssamen Of
Sebs.topc have rgoIonsiy pacrinced to their couo.
Try their blood, their property and the inheritance
Of their families In oroer to make good these loss
90 % far possible and to permanently ssaist the
widows ard orphans Of those who have fallen, It
bss been fcundspoesible, without curt4ipg the re-
Pourees Of TIL Admiralty, to dispose 10 their behalf
Mt hpi d5po 0tn IN tho De