The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-06-26


against and assaults on funcionaries 81 rapes
nal assaults adults TIA; do. children 6Sl; llAe,
forseries $50; robberies Of serious kind iss asson
1885, fraudulent bankruptcies, l03 other crimes, l5l.
N. Montalembert speaking lately in the Corps Levi-
hti against the spirit of speculation France usei
expression Of this kind These scandalous fortunes ter
said, acquired without labor are equally made with 10
honor. $50 i.sM
The Courier du Card Of France after stating that thor
wheat crops in that department have begun 70 suner
sideraby from the wet states that the silk worms ar -
dreadful situation first from want OF proper
and next from their food being saturated with moisture
The Avass Gssate states that bands Of robbers invs
the woods ON tho frontiers OF Crostis a u ~ @s@
Advices from Singapore Of April 2lst, state that 'e
Resoucao lporiugese ship Fernandes from Macao 70.
the 18th OF February which Subsequently increased y 80
inches per hour and on the 18th the hold being u "R
water, she put shore in the Bay OF =. Jane
and abandoned; the crew &C. taking 70 the boats p.sy
ter 10 men, and about 500 Chinese saved; the resr
drowned by the ulsettng Of the boats.
The following the weights Of the bells cast tor
Notre Dame, Paris; No. /, nom 1900 70 1000 kilo-
70 lss =, Ne s2s = tos
raj centuries old, and weighs II 600 kilogranmes.
n. Poullct member Of the section Of General Philoso
p at the Academy Of Sciences Of France has presented
TO that body description Of instrument which he do
noninafes actinographe and which, by means Of photo
graphy marks the periods Of the day during which tho
sun shone forth or hidden and the duration Of such
periods.
The London Times OF June g. says;The advices from
Belgium confirm the statements regarding the pro-
Of free trade opinions in that country appears
that in debate Just terminated in the Chamber OF Re-
personalities, twenty-five members out Of sixty eighs
were in favor OF the free admission Of iron OF al SORTS
and tina reduction of duty upon rig iron from 46s 3D.
down to 1885, ID ton has actually been voted by
large majority in both houses Iron considered the
article which the greatest efforts Of the protectionisto
would be concentrated
The Sunderland (England) Herald says,-some time
ago called attention to the drunkenness prevailing in
our police force This week have record several
policemen drunk in day feat unparalleled in any
other town I'm England Tie question was, short tune
ago, "How shall we reform crminalsY" but Sum
derand IT has been reversed, and How shall we
reform our policey'
The Chester (glan y Courdnt says.-Wc are credbly
informed that as large sum as ESQ 600 has changed
hands in BETS the stock Exchange upon the fate Of
Palmer.
The Cork Reporter of 2ath May, says-The Tartar n,
and the Cossack II have put into Queenstown harbor
a cruise in the channel 10 test their speed with view Of
presenting the one sessng the greater speed 70 the
Emperor Of Russia for both these vessels seized by
the British government while on the stocks at Mr. Pitch
ers, at Grecnhhe where they were being built for tho
Gar, at the commencement Of the war.
Important personal projects Of the Emperor Of the
French with regard TO Algeria spoken Of II Ia saiA
that nothing less is in contemplation than 80 make the
African colony sort Of national domain and 70 form
large estates there" bHa3 ee
The Journal de Constantinope announces that the Rus
sian authorities have nominated commission TO make
typographical survey of Sebastopo in order to fix
rately the ground which belongs to private persons and
that apperainng TO the State The same Journal adds
that scbasopol is To be rebuilt entirely plan,
and that the greatest portion Of the expense will be de-
fraycd by the Emperor Alexander
fOIIOWfng-Tn0
rapid decline in the Canadian trade by the st. Law
renee doubtless attributable TO some extent 10 the ex
erons made BY the directors Of the Grand Trunk Railway
OF Canada to draw the Western trade over their line 70
the ocean terminus on the Atlantic, at Portland
restaurant Of new kind, has been established in
Lyons is vast vehicle, fitted up as kitchen, and
goes at regular hours to manufactures in which great
number Of workmen employed, TO supply the men
with breakfasts and dinners.
mandatory OF fasfied brandy has Just been dis,
covered at foiters The liquid operated spirit Of
wne sent from England and on being mixed with water
saturated with oamomile and other ingredients, and
boiled for certain time it assumed the appearance %
good brandy.
The Chamber of Deputies at Turin in its sitting Of the
25h Of May voted the whole Of the war budget for 1857,
amounting TO 33 29l. 70Sfr.
The French ship Nautle left Havre yesterday, 9th
Of May for Buenos Ayres, with los emgrans exclusives
Of children. rs
The sasburg railway has brought Paris for exhibit
uon in the Champs Elyses, about 600 fish from the
Artificial Pscicutural Establishment formed at Huningen
by the French government.
The triennia Prussia in the month OF
December, 1855, has given the following results Tho
civil population amounts to 16 2S2 souls the military
1852 gave total population Of is 400 the increase
has, therefore, been 266 6e3, 1867 per cent the
population Of 1852 This increase is less considerable
than was from 1S49 TO 1852 when it was 537 572 or
$50 per cent.
The London Times of June 10 says-The entente cordial
Of France and England entente codtale Of the nations
II has been cemened among French and English warriors
by common dangers and mutual aid in 1.-THE field Of bat
tie. Let it be cementcd among civilians by prompt and
France by the visitation of the elements.
On the 31st Of May in London, his Royal Hghness-
Prince Albert performed the ceremony Of laying the
foundation stone OF institution for the reception of
tives of India Arabia Africa China the Straits OF Ma
acca the Mozambique and the islands Of the South Sea-
On May "a at the Clerkenwell Police Court London,
Benjamin Allan Howard, who described himself as mcr
chant OF Wisconsin, United States, and Oscar Kingston
who stated he merchant Of Philadelphia and New
York. placed ut the bar charged with having on the
night of March Is, stolen from bedroom, at tho Great
Northern Hotel f56o, the property OF Mr. sansIand
solicitor Of Boston, Lincolnshire. The prisoners
committed TO Newgate for trial.
The London Post Of May 20 says-We now assured~
for the fitch time, that Jamaica is about TO recover
from the period Of depression which has 30 long and ia
tally afflicted her 1t will give US satisfaction to nnd the
prediction confirmed but until that event takes place We
shall continue to entertain our own opinions as TO the de-
pressed condition OF Jamaica.
The census lately published at Hong Kong, (Chinal
shows that the population has increased from 23 996 10
I'M IN sSI the great n @ The n nonsaen
390l7. OF the inhabitants there are no ess than.
7065l Chinese.
China junk, bound from Pnang TO the Nicobars and
Bassen went out of her lately came upon the
Little Andaman Islands, where the whole crew attemptef
10 effect landng for water. Out of the thirteen men
eight landed while five remained in the boat. The sava-
tore them limb from limb, and then devoured them.
NJ. Lccomte, milk seller in a large way in Paris bas.
got himself into trouble with the project of police under
e enn circumstances II appears that under the in
iluence Of the prevailing mania for great undertakings
this mkman had conceived the grand idea Of forming
company en- commandue to monopolise the whole milk
trade oil rarS 10 charged against him that, with the
view to induce bis brother tradesmen to come into the
usion, he told them that the project OF police was de-
voted to his interests and those who stood would be-
likely TO have inormations laid against them for SELLING.
aduciatcd merchandise. II further charged against
1&comte that he had said that the project Of police had
received sum Of 15,oo0f the occasion Of the crea
ton OF socete dnonyme. Being found guilty NJ Lccomte
Is sentenced by the Correctional Tribunal To six monthsa
Imprisonment and fine Of 0O0f
The Gicrnale di Roma gives the following details reta
tive to the railway from Rome to Bologna which has been
conceded to Spanish company, of which the Duke de-
Ranres is the principal capitalist The term of the con-
cesson is ninety five years. the Pontncate governments
guarantees minimum interest Of six per cent one per
cent OF which il for the sinking fund The line must bc
completed in ten years. The guarantee deposit is ono
million OF crowns the expense estimated at from twen-
y.sx TO twenty .scven millions OF Adding TO-
this three millions for the line from Cyita Vecchis 10
Rome the total amount is thirty millions Of crowns
about one hundred and sixty mill ,ns of francs) mo