The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-08-12

uodated in range Of house. smdships deck, w,ch
| also comprise the cooking gaeys. cchouse, &c. while
/ the crew have their forocastte below.
The Hnbana u conin nded by Captain Garcia Grinia
Of the spanish royal navy and Captain cerricarti
been appointed TO her sister vessel the vigo The
we'll and launched by Mr.. laird at intervals during the
next three months. Tho agents tho line IN Liver pooi
are Mes;Ts. {. n Fletcher and Co, Of Coyent Garisn,
and in Havana Messrs. 2angroniz Brothers Co. The
whole of tho vessels being built under tho superi-
ttnienee Of Captain John Ford, Of London who i wen
known as having supSncnied tho Hitting out Of the
General Screw conpany's vessels well those for the
| Sardinisn Steam Company. s1 ts
| Working OF tho Constitution or England
| Prerogntivcs OF tho Crown.
From the London Chronicle, July III
It may not he uopportune to inquire what position
the Crown occupies in reference TO the constitution
and whether IL performs the part clearly marked out
for one OF its component principal memoersI There
was time when the Sovereign of this country play.
ed most important part In the administration Of
| affairs whether il WIS in leading an army against
the enemyMwhether It WINS in crushing spirit Of
| faction at home--whether u was In encouraging in
| dustry--or whether it was in making wise laws.
which paved the way for every subject o. this realm
TO shake hiNse clear Of the letters OF feadal thrl
dom, and to demand equs. rights Byt ta.t time
has long since departed the Crown having sunk into
| insignifcauce ut the death Of William Ill
George Ill made effort to revive the regal pow
of the three members OF the constitution. VIZ,
you trace vestige Of Alfred the Great Of Edward
III, Of Henry VIII and Elizabeth? l. the Crown y
legislator, warrior. vigorous reforner admins
traitor, or diplomatis? No. It Is reduced u the ig
noble position OF an asserting member Of the con-
stitutioD without the power OF veto. indifferent
actor in State affairs and unconcerned spectator OF
all that Is passing. No sovereign IN the world pos
sesses so little power a. the Queen OF England The
President OF the United States possesses more
reign power. Why should we boast Of eonstitu-
ton 80 deiectyel II the constitution be in healthy
condition, it is necessary that each member perform
ts separate and prescribed functions in efficient
manner There is as much evil in the Representa-
tive Chamber possessing an imTnOderate extent Of
power, as in the Crown or the Lords. The Crown Is
the despotic power-the type OF undivided and cen
tralized power.
The Crown is the head Of the permanent execu-
tive government. Being such, 1t ought to he the
administrative refomer looking to and taking an
interest in the general working and management of
every department of the service, employing and
warding merit and introducing measures into Par
Lament when they may be necessary for it, thorough
efficiency. The late Gar of Russia Is an example
Of what the Crown can do In this respect. The
ministry have too precarious tenure 1T Office, and
are too much engaged in politics to be able to effect
an administrative reform. Besides, the Crown Is
above the influence Of corruption and free from the
faint of party interest. II you reformed the al.
ministration to-day It would be question whether
1t wou not want reforming again tomorrow, he
cause r requires to be free from corrupt influence,
az well as permanently and vigorously supervised.
u
by the Crown into Parliament for the better manae-
ment Of public afhirs would receive its attentive
CONSIDERATION Many great measures could he
brought forward for this purpose ~, for example,
ministrntion. The administration would he greatly
improved too, by the knowledge that Il was watched
by the sovereign personally as far as possible.
Shocking Termination to Marriage In
A frightfui case of hydrophoba ia described in
the Lyons journals, which, il the facts correctly
stated, would 60 to prove that this fatal malady
remain in the system as long as four years without
deveopement. A yonng farmer named Peyron,
about twenty-five years OF age, in the department of
the Rhine, was married few weeks ago to u neigh
boris daughter. The young couple had been long
attached to each other but the parents OF the bride
had refused their consent account OF the stringe
ness Of conduct occasionally observed in the young
man. who otherwise was most eligible mat h, his
parents being comparatively well off, and the
himself generally of exemplary conduct. His pas
sion for the irl became at length violent that he
declared he could not exist without her, and his
mother. fearing from his manner that he meditated
suicide, went 10 the parents OF the young woman n,
ard, after some entreaty, prevailed upon them 10
agree TO the match. Young Peyron mt once recov-
cred his spirits, the young woman was delighted,
ard the marriage was celebrated with all the rustic
pomp and ceremony common in that part Of the
provinces. concluding with grand dinner, aud
the inevitable ball. The gaieties were kept
up until daylight, when the company separated.
The new married couple were lodged in one wing
of the farm house. separate from the main
buildings but in short time after they retired, cries
were heard from the nuptai chamber. At first they
unnoticed; but at length they increased to fear
fastened to the room. followed by the farm servants.
The cries were by the time they arrived changed to
scarcely audible groans from the poor girl; and on
breaking open the door she was found in the agonies
most horrible manner, and the wretched husband in
tit Of nving madness and covered with blood, hav-
ing actually devoured portion Of the unfortunate
girls breast A cry OF horror burst forth from all
present, and he was dragged from the rDom after q
most violent resistance, IL taking no less than six
men 10 hold him down. Aid was instantly sent for,
and before the doctor could reach the spot, the I'M
happy victim was no more. Young Peyron was
put under treatment, and q strait waistcoat was
attempted TO be put upon him. but his struggles and
screams were such that the doctor appehensue that
he should expire in the assistants hands. ordered
them to desist. The unfortunate man had by this
time become weak that he was easily conveyed to
bed aud died at o'clock In the afternoon Of the
day without having for moment recovered his con-
scionaness- II WIS then recoecte In answer 10 search
ing questions by physician. that somewhere about
FIVE years previously he had been bitten by strange
dog and taken the usual precautions against hydro
pbobia. But although the dog killed. IL had
never been satisfactorily shown that it was really
mad; aud no i'll consequences resulting from the
bite, his friends concluded that II woald come to
nothing, and the incident had been altogether for
gotten. II was considered by the doctor that the
circumstances preceding the marriage and the ex-
ctement ct the occasion itself had reused the latent
virus which had so long laid dormant In the blood
and led 10 the terrible outbreak Of frenzy which had
ended 70 traRically. On the medical report being
laid before the authorities the extraordinary nature
Of the case naturally excited much attention and
considerable conference.-the opinions Of the heads
Of the profession being after fun inquiry that there
was hydrpphobia whatever III the case, but rooted
insanity and that it shown TO exist by the occa
si0nal alterations OF the unfortunate young man. ~
before mentioned; and that his diseased tenperg
ment and too violent passions, powerfully acted on
by the circumstances led To the fatal consequences
narrated above This sad catastrophe has given rse
TO fierce medical controversy In some q the pro-
fessionai journals the nature Of hydropboba, from
which II would appear that. although instances VI
remarkable cures Of this fghtfai malady are often
described in the Journals, authenticated account
of its favorable termination II yet known In France.
Miscellaneous Foreign Items.
BY the trade and navigation returns Of England,
Published 27th July, il appears that the total value