The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-01-11
had begun. The British Minister aud his suite were
,tlIl In the neighborhood Of Bsgdsd.


The Madrid Gazette of the 18th ult., published
decree re-establishing the octroi duties in all the
towns throughout the country.
The negotiations for treaty of commerce b.
tween Belgium and Switzerland have been suspend
ed in consequence of the state of transition in VIII oh
the Belgian tariffs are now placed by the projects of
modification.
The Liverpool Times of the oath ult observes:-
In spite OF capital punishment, the cri me of murder
increases in almost every quarter Of the United
Kingdom. judges may sentence to death, chaDlains
may exbort and Calcraft may pnon upon im-
proved principles, draw the fatal bolt, and usher
murderers into another world, but all this will not
stop the bloody deeds of barbarous assassns.
question of some importance to foreigners has
arisen in England touching the nature aud effect of
a certificate of naturalization. Chevaler de Chate
lain, who Is Frenchman says have taken up
my abode in England from prediction. became na
turalised in lS48, long before the Presi iency
Louis Napoleon and consequently the establishment
of the second empire. From that time have exer
cised all the rights of an English subject Lately
however, the Chevalier got letter from the Home
Office, ntmatipg that certificate of naturalization
granted by the British government can place him
"beyOnd the lawful power and control Of his native
country unless he has been denationalised by the
government of the latter"
The London Daily Telegraph, in commenting upon
the approaching conferences in Paris rem lrks that
from the indications which present themselves, it
cannot perceive any reasonable grounds for believing
that it will lead to anything but discontinue and
disappointment for England.
The editor of the Brittania Newspaper, thus
speaks of the London penny press:-We have had
no "classes dangerouses and no hcentiOus journal
ism circulating among the lower orders, What with
the ticket Of leave system, and penny hole and
ner jOurnalism-thanks to the devices of the Wig
radical statesmanship-we now have both, and II
will not be the fault OF either or the fault OF their
prOge ntors the whigradicas, If our social condi-
ton does not develOpe itself into the full blown
atrocity of the red republic.
The Australian Gazette says:-We learn that not
outstanding the general employment of all classes
Of able bodied emigrants, it is still necessary to
who cannot find employment, and OF those who
are incapable of work. The former class consists
Of the remnant of the female orphan emigration,
which they have not yet succeeded in disposng Of;
their husbands and left in charge of young families
orphan children, aged persons, the sick, infrm, and
unatics.
letter from Turin of the 10th ultimo, in the Paris
Constitutional, says:-K the information which
has reached Inc be correct neither the nent in
Sicily the attack the King of Naples are iso-
lated events, but are connected with rising which
had been concerted before the differences with the
Western Powers took place.
In Belgium the Court OF Assizes of Brabant has
commenced the trial of man ma med Desire Joseph
Vervaet, charged with the offence of Iobbng the
Count Honore de Liedekerke Of the sum of lO2 900
francs, while acting as tutor to the sons Of the
Count. The prisoner boasts OF very high c0nnec-
tons. He says that his family has rendered great
services to General Magnan, the Duke of Bassano,
and other personages OF distinction.
From statistics of the British coal trade for the
month Of November, we gather that during the
month"; the total exports 346, 279 TONS of which
S,OO7 tons were shipped from Liverpool.
The new statue of the Immaculate Conception, in
the Piazza d Spagna at Rome, is 30 little liked aud
venerated by the Romans, that guard Of soldiers
are placed round it night and day for protection
A despatch has reached the English Admiralty
from Admiral Bruce, commanding the squadron ia
the Pacific, stating that on the evening of the 22nd
October, in lat. Is % N. lon. los "a W., his flag
ship the Monarch, was struck by lightning. The
ship is fitted with Sir Snow Harriss system of cleo
trical conductor. The electrical discharge fell on
down the conductor, went clear into the sea with
a tremendous crash, without any damage being
sustained.
The Official Gazette Of the Senate of st. Peters
burg, contains an imperial ukase enacting that
new province sha be formed in Siberia under the
name OF Maritime Province Of Eastern Siberia"
and promulgating statute, in so articles, Tor the
organization OF the said province. The new province
is 10 be under the jurisdiction of nor-genera
residing at Nicholalisk. Two new administrations
to be added to his government-one being des
tined to manage all matters connected with the
Siberian dotilla and ports, and the other all civil
affairs.
A correspondent of the London Mechanics Maya
-ine makes the following suggestion The gold
robbery is suggestive OF a mode by which, in rail-
way trains, this may be rendered impossible. Let
the receptacle for valuable goods be made of boiler
plate and the door placed that motion from the
wheel Of the carriage shall be always rotating
the key hole, which may be placed at the side so as
Lot to be in the way OF opening the door, the lock
may be placed to lock into the door, instead OF
locking as usual into the side. II would not be i'm
SSH N m m kQeu M rof ata
motion, even when the train is stopping.
II seems that "a a result Of the Concordat NJ. Won
Tnun, the Austrian Minister Of Worship and Public
Instruction, will be compelled to retire and that the
Office will be suppressed. Certain higher Offices In
Hungary are also TO fall In allowance. further TO ob
terate the remains OF the old Hungarian consttu
ton.
The forthcoming elections for the Corps Legsls-
tf continue 10 occupy their share Of attention in
Paris. The great question as TO whether electors
who have the right OF voting have the right of
voting for whatever candidate they may please TO
name, is shortly to be decided by the Supreme
Court.
The Brussels correspondent of the Manchester
Guardian, writing on 2lst ultimo says:-A sudden
inroad of police, ending in seizure OF crinone pet
tcoats, took place Friday at the shops of several
marchondes de modes. person who had taken out
patent for these monstrous requisites for foileffes
fdpdg,uses complained TO the authorities Of hume.
rous pracies. An order therefore issued to the
police TO seize and conhscate the same. The order
was obeyed amidst the shouts Of laughter Of those
who witnessed this novel razza; shouts rendered
more Homeric by the agents expressing fears that
the winds would carry them of their legs whilst
holding on TO their captives.
The French papers mention that The ruins OF a
Roman theatre have been discovered at Trigueres
near Montargis. II Is seventy yards long from the
back Of the pit 10 the stage, and sixty yards wide
and Il could have easily held ten Thousand specta-
tors. The interior Of the theatre Is not yet
vered.
A letter from Madrid OF 18th utmo says:-The
state Of the press in Madrid is deporable. There
no law, no fixed rule, by which writers regulate
their conduct. That which in the morning they are
allowed TO publish Is prohibited by the censorship in
the evening and, though generally oil are subject to
this arbitrary conduct yet the government invaria-
bly, single out the Nore Espano for special severity,
from the fact of that paper being considered as the
organ Of General o Donneli. General o Donnel had
an interview with the Queen last night. Some OF the
Ministers who saw him In the ante chamber got much
alarmed and Cabinet Council was held at midnight.
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