The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-12-23

Her aid could have singled out the Hampshire Telegraph
the oIgoator Of the statement in question this nation
10 conceive that when ne discovered tina. Lord Palmer
son's connection with Hampshire must involve
nection also with the Hampshire Telegraph, he indeed
thought he had discovered something that would give
great rest to his very logical deduction and cause to
be very gIeedy swallowed by his democratic brethren
ShCuld II be the good fortune Of the Portsmouth TIMES 70
catch the Of this sharp seeing editor beg to
him that he is entirely this subject
that he must not suppose that because minister
ides in county, newspaper fyciept, luckily
luckily IS may happen, after the countys name) is
The home organ, or semioficai organ, good lack Of
that minister.
Lord Palrnerston beg to this very ed
tor very staunchly devoted the of out
ward deceDcy in regard to the Sabbath and would
taiDly not select newspaper on Sunday to be
his home semi Official We shall not fail TO send
weeks Portsmouth Tines In order that he may neither
any longer deceive himself by the cute diaeccA infer
ence that the Hampshire Telegraph because published in
HaDpshire S the organ Of the minister whose residence
in Hampshire and also that he may wholly disabuse
his mind OF the erroneous conclusion that conte-
porary 10 in any way better naval authority than we
urelves indeed respectable contemporaries
Of Southern Hampshire We not arrogant but rs
lovers Of the truth it our duty to expose error
whencesoever 1t may come into public print.
Foreign Miscellany.
The London BuitiG ssys:--In making the excavation
for the great which will convey from tho
Fleet ditch at depth If about thirteen feet below the
snTaes IN Ray street near the eornes Of iatte sahon
street. consisting Of very blocks Of agtone Of ire
gular shape An examination Of the pav stones shows
that the street had been well used they quite
smooth by the footsteps and traffic of past generation.
Below the old street find anoher phase Of Old London
IhicAly covered with slime, piles OF oak, hard aud
black which have seemipgly been portions Of mill dam.
few feet below very old wooden water pipes nothing
bat the rough trunks Of trees The Of time and the
weight Of matter above the old pavement have pressed the
gravel clay granite portions Of tiles &s into hard
and almost solid and it is curious to observe that
bave the pins gomez n query which has puzzled many
The now hard concrete stuck with these useful articles
The thirteen FEET a newer deoost would NJ have n.y.
cumulated IN two three certuries 1T not unlikely
that portion OF the rubbish from the city, After the
great fire. WAS shot here.
There is now working in Southampton fEng.) docks a
laboring named Samuel Oh apman, direct descend
ant OF Sarah Bnke the sister Of the great admiral Of that
name who fought in Cromweli's time. She attanted
Of high treason for carrying the sword and Bible to the
Duke Of Monmouth Chapman has in lis possession the
original document by which she pardoned by James
H., in 1887 This document is very curious one, and
in excellent preservation. The pardon is general aud
exemps her from all future prosecutions II is written
on vellu, with profusely pictured margin. LATIN
and in an eDgrosing hand. The pardon is granted to
Sarah Blake pDster, late OF Taunton After being par
Mayor chard in Somerset. large Of money was
raised by the Blake family to obtain the pardon The
document spoken Of is evidently of those Issued by
James H. for raising Samuel Chapman was the
grand nephew Of Mary Chapman, sho lett large pro-
perry which got into Chaneey and which he was una
be to obtain through his poverty. The document has
been exhibited In Southampton, and has excited
siderable curiosity not only relic of the family Of
y,
the ubiquitous practices of the last Of the Stuarts.
French Official return of the Number Of strangers
who visited Paris during the exhibition shows that the
licensed lodging houses om the LIST Of April the 18TH
Of November 443 00 Of whom 13s 8S3 foreign
@ ,ss Of s Ss,s n ~. r. 0os
were foreigners To the total Of 443 besides DO
added the persons who visited relatives friends
cuped private apartments taken beforehand. No decara
tons respecting these vers made the police
is supposed that they may be set down ct third
This will make general total Of SIC sac Der. ons 40 as
French, and l06 604 Foreigners. 1t 10 TO be remarked
that in this total not included the number Of vsters
who from the fear Of not obtaining lodgings at Paris took
up their residences at Versailles St. Gernan and other
places IN the eDvirons Of the capital neither those
who arrived in the morning and lett ct night The total
Of 5000 gives age of 2972 persons day from
the LIST If April to the 10Th ultime and surprising tina.
each of them only stayed eight days the population of
Paris was daily augmented by %, 77d souls.
A considerable activity prevails in Germany-despte
the war-n the theatre Of letters In the first half OF
the r;eient year $3.50 works appeared in that country
lt'szig 10 the chief place OF publication A, ipzg
find te8 works given out in the six months in Berlin
ST. The nest between these ces for the honor and
profit Of being received IS the literary CAPT OF Germany
Is Therefore s.yeIe. Another year the crown may be
matched away by The Prussin city from its Saxon rival
ssate soa follows Ies. On the lisa. great distance
and So dowpwaids in the SCALE Prussia as State
stands at The head Of the powers of Ger
he several centres Of publication Prusit claims 242
ssxory 724; Austria, us; Bavaria, ae7; wurcmSusg
.iVj hanover. 10 complete these lists, should
sdd 2ss works printed in foreign countries in
he German language during the six months viz: 155
sw7erlana 81 in Russia; l6 in Hungary; l2in France
10 in Felgium; IN renmaIk; in Holland, and in
England
Tie Paris Matur publishes the Official return of the
leteps Of the customs duties during the month OF Octo
Der which amount 10 10 lS7, 273f being 46l 764E less
than in the pondDg month year. and sS7f
over that Of 1853. The receipts Of the fret ten months
Of tho present yeas amounted to 1s4, a2054ss being
than in the corresponding period OF last
year, and A. 20 o. more than that OF 1858. Com
pairing the present with the last year he increase bears
raw COTTON 204e 124f; raw wosl g. 1o5 92sf foreign
sugar. u se3 0c5i French colonial sugar, 1890 376f
potable liquors. ,436 8l3f bar and other IRON 1669
115; coa1, 1,167 2o0s; sundries, 4,9s:, 19bt
Elisabetbgrad lately spoken of in the papers The
place 10 which the Emperor Alexander had gone it
% oy the a. ,Ss :" @ Il "a
nidst Of fertile plain. At first it only fortress,
constructed The frontier against the incarsons Of Tar
lars from the C,mea, and the Empress Elizabeth sent
there Moldavinp, Seryisn, and Hungarian coloniss.
At present 1t is an important town, which stspds
the two banks the nsnl to the east, and north OF the
citadel.
great agricultural and Commercial movement il
going on in WestIhal The cultivation OF hemp has
production has superseded the necessity for mpor taon
frm other countries. Bietcfed is the grand centre
the trade Spinning and weaving BY machinery is there
carried on In very extensive establishments. great
company, under the Of " Vorwaarts,' (goaheads
has teen established Mt that place for spinning and
weaving, which at first with strong opposition Two
other establishments patroniged by the government
created a. Quicken and at Duren and
full in their undertakings The vorwaarts Company has
just been formed into Joint stock compsny, with CAPT
tai Of two millions of thalers (f300, 000
Several English and Swedish capitalists have Il in con-
temptation TO construct line of railway from Holmsad,
in sweden to Kalmar, and thus form junction Of the
Catttgat with the Baltic
The Knrisruher Zenng staes that Fredigar None, Of
the University OF Heidelberg has discovered in the Con
nt Of ST. Paul in Cafipthn, codeS Of Ppy the E1der
containing neary the seventh part Of his Natural His
tory, Dab ii to XVI
The naval estimates, as brought in TO the Spanish
Cortes by the Minister OF Marne give the folio wing list
Of sfwar ationed the Peninsula and
the cooniessaing vcsses in Spanish ports, linsof
battle ship frieates, corvttes brigs and schoooers
and ia smaller vessels, guarda-costas &c., together
With twelve steamers, being ffigates In the
West Indies, sailing veesel,-2 frigates, corvette.
briggs, schooDers and II steamers and in the phip
pine Archipelago, brig and steamers besides 80 eluc
cas- and other email craft.
The committee Of the Cortcs in reporting Ia favo- Of
the army estimates Tor 1856, compares the latter With
bote Of 1854 and 1850 and I'm IL that ncudr the sup
Elementary credits decreed In 1854 the whole amounted
10 PAP J2 reals in 1895 II 27 e5s 003 reals and
n ;e "a M q