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

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In which en- elegantly dressed young woman was
seated. and who, srop tme 10 time looked eareriv
frtm the window, ~ though expecting some one.
In u short time affer ihs door Of the carriage was
Uteacd BY fashionable looking man. wno wps
about 70 ascend. bat scarcely, had he placed his
foot on the STEP when he uttered plefcing CRY,
sEd fell backward ON the pavement On being
taken UP and conveyed intp . CHEMISTS shop, IL was
fund shat quantity Of ssiphuric acid had been
eyer was destroyed, and his face drcadhily burnt.
The lady was Immediately arrested aud taken to the
corpisary of police. .nQ' w - '6aes r
The price Of land for bniding on in Paris il very
high at present N. Gabriel Dclesser, OK project Of
police, ul.der Louis Philippe, has sold for 100000
francs (f2s ,0O0), some ground, for which, D few
months since, Is 900 100000 francs) was first Offer
ed him. and for which 100000 france (f4s,O00l
was proposed to him the day after the sale was le
tcught In the Avenue Gabrielle (extending into the
Fnlbourg st. Homere), hotel for tho sun Of
1870, 900 francs (f6s 060), which he is aboct TO pull
down and build up anew. n. Selliere the banker Ia
ssa.oS II he eo Pu11asse q the as No.
build and Furnish, and cannot now lie sold for 500,
Geo francs (f32000.)
II Nero, the Russian organ in Brussels, publish
6, In letter from Hslsngfors, a series Of &C
cusetions against the English. who are said to
cary on war M aises the fashion o. pirates Aceor
took nom Jean Erickson. who appears to have been
Fort Of Robinson Cmsoe (ssm haJitanf de la petit
liz de Wntderskaer), four fowling pieces aud forty
pounds Of fish, the produce Of his Industry, leaving
27th Of June, the English cruisers took away. VIC
arc todd, from F9glG, island Of the Aland Archi
relago the seven latest sheep from flock Of eigh
teen, leaving the poor owners o. them unrcco,n-
june IL il said that party Of the enemy forced
cupboard doors in the village of Baenoe, aud stole
some chemises and fishing tackle.
In the course Of a late trial before Mr.. Justice
Colerdge, in London, where widow sued for dana
ges--Eer husband having been run over and killed
by an omnibus--the learned Judge said he wished
b. make an observation. There was one thing ii was
really right 10 state. When passing along a street,
the side lavcmens were for foot passengers and the
centre If the street Was for carriages aud those per-
who wished 70 cross were bound to watch their
oIportunty-to use due and caution; bat at the
esd or corner Of street, IL foot passenger wished
TO cioss II should be known that the centre OF the
street belonged as much to the foot passenger as TO
the carliage, and nc had much right to tell the
driver OF carriage to wait for him for the driver
TO make him wait.
letter from Stettn states that at the late wool
fair in that town, only 900 kilogrammes were
offered for sale being 2000 900 kos less than in s54
The whole WAS sold at prices varying from 4i2ir. TO
614ir for the metrfcai quinta (22ia lbs according
to quality, being an advance from 74fr. TO l3ifr
the corresponding qualities in 1854. The falling of
III Tue QtilItlty was caused Dy NUMBER OF jewish
INGREDIENTS having gone about the country previous
ly to the fair, and bought up the stocks from the
farmers. At the late wool fairs at Posen and Ham
burg, the quantity offered was diminished from the
same cause.
Another return shows that the following was the
net produce OF the taxes in India in the year 1851
'62, viz.-Excise land, sayer and moturpha, fli,-
799 $40; salt, 81 $50 ,034; opium. 60 l39 246 Post
Ofiiee. fi67l2; stamp duties, f46s,4s7; customs,
81 4s4 343 mint duties, f72,2s2; and tobacco. f85
ttp.rr nj ,la
t. the amount Of f2i 592 ,0sj, TINS leaving surplus
OF 43,240l52. In l792-93 the first date given Ia the
retrn the total receipts we're ,225 $685. in ls000l
flo4s5N59; in lsl0-ll. fl687aly7; In Is20-2I
f2l 1924 in 1s30-3l, f22,Ola310; In ls40-4l,
go ,s5l ,073; and in ls56-5l, EFT 82s $780,
a parliamentary return shows that the total mum.
Der OF prisoners tried at the assizes Of England and
Wales from 1850 to le55-incuding space Of five
years was as follows viz.:-On the Home Circuit,
2,5tl--including the prisoners tried before commits
sioueH not judges; on the Midland Circnit. 2740
on the Norfolk Circuit 2093; on the Northern Cir
emit 2,23h; on the Oxford Circuit ,223; on the
Western Circuit, ,493; and on the South Wales and
Chester Circuit, 375.
The Office Of President Of the Federal Assembly
Of Switzerland {both Chambers unted) for 1856.
has devoved by very great majority upon M. Stamp
iii, who. it is well known has been tor long time the
eliei Of the Berrese radical party. NJ. Fornerod,
These important nominations have been completed
ly that OF NJ c. plyer as President OF the Superior
Federal Tribunal, ard that OF NJ. Dulis Of Zurich,
as Vice President of the same Court
The promised hundred pepnants' are now in the
Baltic The English have IS vessels of war, with
20aS gnns; the French l6 vessels Of war, with 40s
guns In the combined feet there are ~ iine-of
battle ships, with 1853 guns 81 frigates and cor
vettes, with 654 guns ~ smaller steamers and gun
boats, with ~ guns; ~ m0rtar-boats and other
craft, with Fl guns-in all 10l vessels. and 2,506
guns.
Harvest operations have commenced throughout
nearly the whole Of Austria and the result ia every
where satisfactory. Prices OF grain have fallen In
Transatlantic, Hungary; the Banst, and Upper Aus
tria, owing to the abundance, and considerable ex
port trade Ia anticipated. The vineyards also look
well hut rather as regards quality than quantity;
the blossom Is exceeding fine.
parliamentary return shows that there were i'm
ported into England from Scotland, in the year
1854, 1747ll gallons Of sweets, or made wines, at
d. per gallon ,787 at 3td. per gallon, and 2, 76i
gallons ut 2Sd. per gallon. The number Of gallons
imported from Ireland was 29loa gallons OF sweets
or made wines al ED, and 6,S53 Of the same 1t
5id.
Sir John Young has entered upon his government
of the Ionian Isands at an infelictous moment for
England. II appears that tie assembly has this
sessioB refused TO do any work whatever; that It
consists almost entirely apart from the officials, Of
Greek sympsthisers with Russia, and that, generally,
the islands praying for the failure Of the British
arms in the Crimea.
A return, just published at Rome. shows that the
Order Of Jesuts at present consists of 66l0 MEM
tefs, 5l5 Of whom are IN Italy, ,697 In France,
fG3 in Belgium, 38s in Spain, III in Germany, and
,2gi IN England America and other Countries. In
1885, Wien the Order was ut the height OF its glory,
it possessed not fewer than ~ sl6 members.
Madiid has been shocked by a frightful visitation
10 orc family OF cholera. On the night Of the 18th
Of July, Lieutenant General Scbey. who has been
living for some time in the neighborhood OF Seville,
his daughter his two sisters his head servant, the
wife Of the latter, and three donestcs all died from
this dread plague.
Letters from Rome Of the 10th of July announce
that oil the two hundred foreign bishops who
bled In that city In December last Tor the procama-
ton Of the dogma Of the Immaculate Conception,
not one remained. The last who had set out TO re-
turn home wac Mgr. Bourget, Bishop Of Montreal
The estimated cost Of the new Irish National Gal.
lery Is Eli 900. Of which government contributes
IS ZOO this and the same sum ncA year, making
$4,000 IN ALL the remaining rs 900 IL made OF sub
scriptions TO commemorate the public services Of Mr.
Dsrgau, and is applicable 70 this object
A Nj. Sabine has brought out a Biographical Die
tionaIy OF DueAts, commencing with David and