The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-07-15
NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JULY 10, 1855.

dos sesuorts OF Portugs.. and sss what Improve
mepts can BE- made III them. II u understood tbs'
bis opinion 'nas zoe sIenoras'on OF SOC
very great expense, aud that ,hs oo,y bar with
which ANYTHING be dooe is that at Vlerns. He
~ visee tbe Portuguese government to make Llrbon
the commercial centre, AND 70 run railway 20
Oporto.
OF the En- lish penny receipt stamps there were
soo IN the iass quarser at 1853 Il 07S 1885, in the
Hrrt quarter OF 1854. H,6366S7 N the sesopd
l2,766.4ss; in the ts, 5ao iSs4s l3s. mskas sssa
o.. 30. Ofthe penDy dlais stamps, there were sold
In eaoh Of the above four quarters respectively
1882 474, 1920 673 807 6sS AUD 1882 &C., making
to,al OF G. 492 800, 1T fne cost Of EFT 053 l5s,
The trade and navi alton returns, lately publish
ed inform US that TIE ARTICLES Of British produce
expor,ed detipg tbs month Of May amounted Ia
value to fS O49 246 ihe for the mDasn Guiding
6to June. 1854, being fs'422 i96, For the period
from the 9th Of Jspnsry .otns 3la- May the imper's
were valued AZ f34 943 1877, aud during the five
moths ending june s. 1854, u pen,c longer by
five days. at f40, 425 6S9.
The South American REPUBLICS IRE taking advaa'
tsge OF the teppora oojecnons raised 20 immixfa
ton into the United Ss'ss, 40 nave their
aeeI is In Germany Switzerland, and else where TO
TURF the sioe OF emigration into their territories
roe government OF the Areertlne republic has re
Gently authorized Capitalist, Mr.. BnecnsDtha, tn
lntrecuce q colony which tbs King OF the two
scilies offers TO sel 1T bis own charge.
General Won Osteu.Sacken has left Odessa, and
proceeded to the eptrenched camp In the Crinea
between tie river Bsioec and the Tcnernaya-
X etpclka. General L'prapci commsnds the whole
of the Russian troops In the fed on the right bank
Of the Tchernaya, and 49, therefore. just opposite
tie alice The reincr oeme0ts sent by him to the
garrison OF Kerrch were Immediately repa ed by
the advanced division VI the second army corps.
Turin paper states, as from an uudonbted
source, that an assurance has been given to the
King Of sardinia that representative OF his %
yerpmept shall be admitted to the next peace con-
terences. which, 1t ia suggested, may probably be
held OF Frankfort instead OF Vienns. This il the
r,ason given Tor the pcssponement Of NJ. Aassemo
d'Aregho's journey to Paris and LONDON.
An Inverness, Scotland, paper states that, by
the late American mail, \ newspaper arrived at
Liverpool addressed to "Zsr Alexander, Esq, En
peror of R0osbie, Rooshie, Europe" The sorting
clerk at Liverpool probably mistaklng toe address
for Rosshire sent tne paper 10 the Liverpool bag TO
Inveln ness, whence 1t had TO be sent soutnwards
again.
In the Court Of C,mmon Pleas, Dublin, few
weekssgo, Q trial was heard in which Miss HAr
grove AZ English young lady, was plaintiff, and Mr..
Samuel Woodlock, q quaker, de'eDdaat, to re over
sums Of money lent by plaintiff to defendants wife.
Some disgraceful revelations have come out on the
trial. duplicating clergyman OF the Church Of Eng
land very seriously.
sette, under the head OF solvent Debtors" CO mes
very soon after the recent Mountgarrett peerage
trials In the Irish Pierce Somerset Butler,
late Of Beridere house, Sspdymount, couaty Dublin,
captain in her Msjessys Kilkenny militia, claiming
the title Of ViscOunt M0untgarrett."
A colonel Of the Peruvian army, Don Agustin
Cerassao, rative Of Tslcahuano, processes TO have
solved The hitherto insouble problem of squaring
the circle. He has published q pamphlet on the
subject without, however, disclosing The naodus IN
quo, and has submitted copy of it to the Couac OF
the University OF Santiago.
The eldest merchant vessel known in France, the
Samaritalne which was built in l7l6, and launched
10 l7l8, bsa just been purchased by timber mer.
ch8nt Of Nantes, VINO is about to break her np Hsr
having aaIed 30 long is attributed to her having
been butt Ct teak.
Acct state thss the quantity Of wheat destroyed by
the allied squadron at Tsgonrog was about IL 900
quarters, ano that AZ MariOnpol the total OF grain
Of ali kinds destroyed was about $4,000 80 $1,000
quart
Tie Geographic line from Hamburg, in Norway,
was opened to the public on the l6th Juoe II
taveress Denmark and ends in Caristtana, in
Sweden. This ne~ line connects not only this
country, but also the East with the northern
tines OF Europe.
The Journal de 81. PetersboWg publishes the
rsmes of q lumber Of Prussan ladies who have sent
lint from Berlin for the OF the Russaa me,ical
stafin the Crimea Most OF these ladies' are wives
Of military civil officers in the service Of the King
OF Prussia.
Greenwich Hospital, England, has received the
relics, lately brought to England, Of Sir JOIN
Franklin and his companions. They are placed
next to the coat in which Lord Nelson received his
death wound At Trafalgar.
The Paris Psesse says:-"We have the best
authority for contradictng the statement which has
lately been made public that there is at present any
probability Of neal transmission Of the crown Of
FIaLce.
Father Mathew has been staying at Southampton,
England. At the Catholic chapel, when he was
plesent,a number Of irish craved and obtained bis
blessings.
The railways constructed in Piedmont during the
last seven yeefs, now form aggregate Of 647 ko-
metres (342 English miles) which Will have risen to
600 before the end OF the present year.
On The late anniversary of the battle of Waterloo,
Lord Seaton caused grstuity OF 5s. to be given to
escn survivor of the memorable conflict at present
residing in kilmanham hospital, Dublin.
TIE Dublin, lrel and, newspapers are about to be
aided materially in the distribution Of their nm
stamped editions by the several leading railway
companies.
TIE London Times snr ounces that the charge of
its unstamped copy will be 4d. and the stamped
copy SGD.
1t is said that the renowned marrying establish.
ment, GretLa Hall, at Gfena Green, is abont TO be
demolished.
Queen Victoria has appointed John r. Parselox
to re AndltorGeneral for the province Of New
Brunswick.
The Austrian electric telegraphs, which In 1858
Gully produced 159 effective forus e s97 fr last
year returned 234 900 forms (5S5 900 f.)
The Pope hiss just given bis consent 20 the ere,-
ton OF stock exchange III BoogDe.
SHOCKING CRUELTY AT FoRT McHgSRY-AS
INTOXICATED soLDIER TIED AND GAGGED HoRaIp
DRATa OF THE VIcrIM.--We have to-day been
shocked by narrative of an affair alleged 20 have
ste1 place at Fort MsHenry last night ani which
ah0uld meet With prompt and due investigation. IL
inyolyss the matter OF an old aad isttnful soldier
being whipped t. dea.h. We hal not time 81 day
20 fully Investigate tne mater; yet, as 1t was
brought 10 us in so plausible aud tangible shape
We eel that We may give it p1blicty, without fully
vtuchipg FOR II ourself. We Rave it from persons
becr gipg at the fort, ana that would seem sufii
cifnt.
IL il related that last evening" Louis Loup, pri-
soldier, being intoxicated, mi,bshsved 10 some
manner which be did not clearly understand, and
excite the ire of the Sergeant OF tne Guard, who
knocked him down upon platform aud bes him
severely, and then put him into the gusrdhouse
among the prisoners, where he beat min most IN
Incredibly, leaving u large pool OF blood where
Ioun lav Ahout one o'ctork toia moeniny Nor