The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-08-05
ARRIVAL OF The ARIEL.
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ADDITIONAL FROM EUROPE.
Our London, Paris Munich and Frankfort
Correspondence,

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The steamship Ariel Capt. Lefevre, of the van-
derbik line. arrived yesterday morning from Havre
She sailed thence July 2l. but her news was antici-
pated by the Asia, nj Boston.
Among the passengers by the Ariel, from Havre,
is Mr.. Vim. q. Barney of this city. Mr. Barney left
Ne~ York about two months ago, for the purpose Of
making an arrangement for the transportation Of
the mails between New York and Hayre. We learn
that Mr. Barney has succeeded beyond his expecta,
tons, and he is the bearer Of proposition TO our
governmens vidch has already received the sanction
of the French govsrnnisaf, ~ which the direct in
tercourse with France will be more frequent, the
postage between these two countries materially re-
duced, and prepayment viii not be required in
e1her country, and steamers transporting the mails
wibe paid according 70 the actual service rendered
each passage, NO that the ocean postage win in
all all the expenses for transporting the
mails.
The great object Of attraction at the Paris Exh
bition is the diamonds Of the crown, which are
placed IN the centre Of the old Panoramic bnilding
The finest Of the crown jewels Is the diamond known
by the name Of the Regent, because it was pnrchas
ed In Ills, by Philippe H., Duke Of Orleans, during
the minority Of Louis XIV. 1t weighs 1876 carats, and
Is valued at about five millions Of francs. Accord
ing to the last inventory made out In 1882, the
precious stones of the State are in number 81 sl2,
weighing 1851 carats, and are estimated to be
worth 900 260f The richest article In this inven
tory il crown which has not less than FOG bril-
liants, lag rose diamonds, and SO sapphires. the
whole valued at l4,702,7 ,70sf s5c. Next comes a
sword with 500 roses, valued at 26l .lG5f. 99c;
nit, hrf Q7c N
sword ornamented with i,57s briiants. value
24l ,s74f. 37c. clasp for cloak, mounted with an
opal valued at 81 ,50Of., and 1917 brilliants worth
80 605f and button for the hat with al briiliants
worth 240, ,700f.
In the course Of the afternoon on the ID Of July
an English steam corvette approached the harbor Of
Rnomo or Rauma, n retired place ON the Abo dis
trct and in the Gulf Of Bothnis. Six boats manned
BY scamen, marines and several officers, and armed
with guns, left the manof-war. Ono OF them, In or.
der to deceive the vigilance Of the watchmen Of the
port, thought proper TO hoist white handkerchief
to make II appear flag Of truce. Being informed
that the boats were approaching the burgomaster Of
Rnomo immediately rePMired 70 the shore with
there were any soldiers In the town, and on the
mayors refusal 10 this question he demanded
the surrender Of ull the merchantmen and all the
rccty afterwards the English took 10 their aud
| pointing their guns set about removing from the
port both the ships and the goods. They even pre-
pared 70 set on fire such objects as they could
carry on The Russian magistrate protested. but In
vain against the bad faith Of the English In making
false use OF the white flag. But in the midst oi
these acts of pilage cfanhment of national Cisss
serr. arrived on !se spus snd hfed vopey at the
1 English. Many of them we're killed or wounded
the rest took 70 fight, abandoning all the objects
| they had seized and rushed 20 their boats. They
succeeded at length In regainng the corvette, which
/ had remained ut anchor.
General Pelisscr has Just prcsentcd TO the library
Of Algiers volume Of the History Of the Life OF
Christ, which was taken In the chapel Of the GENE.
terry Of Sebastopo IL j. In the Slavonian language.
and in the folio form, In bonnd in the ancient style
and gilt and has two clasps in copper. On the top
cover, in gilt wreath, the three pcrsonagcs OF
| the Trinity. On Of the blank leaves il written
in Russian, "Ths book belongs TO the Church Of the
| Saints OF the Cemetery and lower down, month
| 27.h December, 1877 The whole life Is divided
into IL parts, one for each month; and the volume
in question comprises the part for the month Of De-
| cember The book was printed at Moscow, and the
| the chapters aud the dIst letters Of each
| paragraph are in red ink and this gives
II the appearance Of the earlier productions Of the
topographic art. The bottoms OF the pages are worn
from constant use, and some of the pages dir
ty as to Yarraut the belief that the Russian clergy
| are not Vigorously required 10 oficiate with clean
hands: while other pages are stained with drops Of
/ yellow wax which evidently fell from the candles
which II IL the custom to burn n honor OF the saints.
Gen. Pelisser, In transmitting the book 10 the libra
ry OF Algiers, wrote the following lines, and they
have been pasted in one Of tho dy leayes:-"H Head
quarters before Sebastopoi, 9th Of June. 1855: His
tory Of the life Of Christ Taken In the chapel II
| the cemetery Of Sebastopol where victory carried
The sacred objects and several other things were
| conveyed 10 the monastery OF St. George but this
hook reserved by him who had the discretionary y
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brary OF Algers. II is In the Sclayonian language
and printed in the Sclayonian characters.-PELIs-
snRn
Mr.. d. Whittle Harvey Chief Commissioner Of the
City OF London Police examined lately before .
Parliamentary committee a. To theworkiug of the
Sunday Prohibitory Beer act and gave the result OF
the working OF the act for eleven months preceding
and for eleven months during its operation. The
number OF cases taken in charge during the first
period WIS 2,sl7 and during the latter z 500 max.
| ing difference Of eight only since the passing Of
the act Persons taken into the custody OF the city
| police were dealt with Ia different manner 10 the
way in which they were dealt with IN other parts Of
the metropolis. IL IL was case of simple drunken
| ness, they were discharged by the police on their
| becoming capable OF walking away, and were only
brought before the magistrate where drunkenness
was accompanied by violence OF disorder. In ori
nary cases Of drunkenness a man became comforts
bly, adjusted in three or four hours From returns
he had caused 10 be made out, drunkenness Ia
the city much about the same la one year "a In
IN 1873, tne uuHIUer OF C1nfB was 81
in 1853. 2.3s2; and In 1864. 1915. This was in q
population within the city boundaries $4,000
persons
The cochineal Insect, from which beautiful scar.
let dye II obtained, IL imported into Great Britain
To- the extent Of 1000 tons annually. the value of
which IL estimated at fls9,O00. From the skworrn
we obtain no iess than 7i6 tons Of silk, 20 tons
Of which are In the state, and manufactured
In that country; the remaining BIO tons already
fabricated. One thousand tons Of pearl shells
imported, the whole u which IL manufactured into
buttons and studs For better or for worse they
import no less than 5000 900 leeches.
The ordinary revenue Of spain for the present
year IL estimated at lll5 j2l 3o0 reals, and the
trsordnsry revenue at 202 3O0.0DJ reals, which IL
made up thus
KSdls
Discount on pay and pensions. /. &. 5000 100
Draughts on Colonial Treasures, net pro-
duct !. $500. 900
Product of negotiation OF shares a public
works t25ooDoo
NeOp totu forr ah ~ oflivatd.u4 nf