The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-10-25

l750 other hectares have been recovered. the land
being magnificent
The Paris Univers has the following remarks on
the Day of Humiliation in Great Brtain, and admits
that England is still Christian while deporng that
she is not Catholic England offers to the world at
this moment q magnificent and noble example. An
entire nation is doing pensnce and is humblng it.
self before Cod mploring His pardon for its faults
c0nfessing that its sins have brought about the evils
which afiiict it, and supplcating Him for victory
This is certainly q grand spectacle and solemn
lesson for the world.
distinguished European chemist in q recent lee
ture, while showing that AN species of moving power
have their origin in the rays of the sum- stated that
while the iron tubular railway bridge over the Menai
straits in England 400 feet long bent but half inch
under the heaviest pressure Of train, it will bend
up an inch and half from its usual horizontal line
when the sun shines on 1t for sOmeA0nrs He stated
that the Bunker Hill monument is higher in the
evening than in the morning OF sunny day. The
little sunbeams enter the pores Of the stone like
many wedges, lifting 1t up.
The concession of the railway in Biscay from Tu
della to Bilb0a has been accorded by the Spanish
government which grants q subventi0n of SO ,344-
$50 reals. The line Of lao miles will cost, it is cal
culated. 220, 94 ESQ reals.
Messrs Durant & Co. of London, report as fol-
iows:-An0her month is gone, aud stu no business
in silk consumers restricting their purchases within
the narrow limits of their daily wants, This only
when OF the most pressing character.
II is said that direct communication is about to
be established between Trieste and NOW York by
means of Lloyd steamers, but Austria produces 80
few articles fit for export that the speculation is not
very likely to succeed Almost the only Austrian
wares which at present introduced into the Unit
ed States are Bohemian glass, Nuremberg goOos,
(playthipgs, &c., and Hungarian wines.
The Gear has conferred the Grand Cross of Stanis
lsus on the Russian capitalist Baron Won Stiegtz
for his zeal and operation in the Development OF
the Russian railway system.
The total number of emigraR.s from Ireland from
the LIST of May 1851 to the LIST Of September, 1857
was ACC, $40 males and 450,326 females-together,
9l0,966. In the first eight months OF the present
year the number Of emigrants from Ireland was
70 SG. II is estimated that the population of the
island is now OILS 1885, anst $50 1886 in 1851.
The Ayenir a. Ance7s announces that the Brazil
liam government has applied for the enrolment of
1000 Belgian and Dutch seamen, to serve on board
their ships OF war.
Accounts from St Petersburg state that extraor.
binary exertions are being made in the construction
of Russian screw steamers. The building yards are
full OF activity.
Austria is bestowng great pains on the increase
of her navy. The works in progress at her various
AGriatic ports eviDce her determination to have
slice Of the dominion of the sea- Projects are af0at
for turning the navigation of the Danube to better
account.
The Plincipaties question has been the subject
of special interview between Prince Gortschakof
and the Emperor Of Austria. The principle OF the
union of Moldavia and Wallachia was conceded, but
not unGer the headship of foreign Prince.
change has been decided in reference to the
course of the great Russian line of railway projected
from Koursk to Libau. 1t will not extend to the
latter port. will go by Dunaburg 10 Riga, so as to
avoid rivalry between Libau and the Prussian
port OF Mcneil.
The authorities at Constantinople have given per-
mission tor the erection OF Roman Catholic
church in that town. wall has been erected round
the ground on which the church is to stand.
A curious result of English official printing and
publishing is shown by the annual reports 20 Par
lament Of the Patent Commissioners. Ii appears
that from the beginning OF their operations. in 0c.
tober 1852, TO December, 1856, they have expended
in printing fll9,ss6 los. Cd and have sold printed
copies Of specifications indexes, &C.. 10 the amount
of IS 1882, so that they have on hand unpro3uctive
stock Of the nominal value of nearly fll6,0o0.
The trial of the members of the Gymnss.ic So
cety OF Hesse for taking part in The Baden insur.
rection Of IS49 has ended III the acquittal OF all the
parties.
In St. Petersburg efforts have been directed for a
twevemonth past TO formaiize old treaties be-
tween Russia and China Russia fears that coming
events may deprive, her at general settlement, OF
large advantages required from China as far back
as the seventeenth century by treaties that have
never been fully ratified.
Fresh complications are making their appearance
In Switzerland, where the cantonal sovereignty is
openly resisting the federal authority Several
tons have refused, on different questions Of seconda
ry order, TO obey the iDjunc ions OF the central
power
There win have been coined a, the Paris mint in
the year 1857, GOO 100000 francs in gold.
Letters fIom Teheran of the goth of August men,
tion the departure on the day pre- ceding OF Major
Tay Tor on bis mission 10 Meshed and Herat-
The London Chronicle of the 9th of October con-
cludes article on the loss Of the Central America
thus:-Tbe story Is q melancholy one; yet We pc
ruse il with many emotions OF grateful admiration,
such excited by narratives of heroic selfdevo
ton. For ourselves, we are proud TO claim kindred
with these men. They belong TO the same race from
which are sprung our own heroes, who, on many
scattered point and station in India have withstood
the storm Of revolts, and faced the most terrible
perils with calm ntrepidity.
The London Herald observes:-I II Is impossible to
peruse the narrative OF this shipwreck without ad.
mring nay reverencing-the features OF noble.
DeHs " presents in the conduct OF men whose way of
life hao not been such as TO lead to expect the
generous dsinterestedness the and displayed.
The London Shipping Gasefte of 9th of August
says:-Our tribute VI admiration to the steady and
devoted behaviour OF the officers and crew Of the
Central America is readily freely given.
The London Chronicle Of October o, ssys:-whe-
ther the course pursued at times by the bank irec
tors Ia fixing the rate OF interest he at all times Judi
cious II necessary or whether the act OF Parliament
by which the currency of the country Is regulated is
unoer present circumstances, expedient or con-
ductive 10 the material interests VI the nation, or
productiveof benefit 10 traders, questions which
admit Of grave doubt.
A well known outsider at the Bourse has disap-
peared from Paris leaving behind him liabilities to
the amount Of three millions OF francs (fl20 ,O00).
Another has been exceeded as the phrase goes
thst IL, bis securities in the hands OF the brokers
have been sold TO cover deficiency Of 500 ,000f.
(fT2O00).
The Paris correspondent Of the London Globe,
writing on the sth inst, says:-The reaction on the
Bourse has set in with violence, and all the efforts
OF the great speculative establishments TO support
the crumbng market have proved fruitless.
The Brussels independence Of the sth inst. says
Within Austria, in a short period, there have sue.
ceeded each other at intervals, loan Of rs 900 00O
another of f3500,000, and a national one Of
ESQ 600 600; Also the sale OF the State rail ways and
mines, and the cession 10 the bank OF more than
$50 900 acres OF domains and forests and vet in
spite OF these sarnhces new loan, disguised under
the form Of an issue Of treasury bills, has become
necessary.
The London Netos OF October 10 says:-No one
who had paid ordinary attention TO Indian finance
believed a syllable OF the assurances lately given 70
Parliament. They knew that agovernment whose
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