The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-07-26
Our II. Petersburg Correspondence.

kTomvigGton 81 NE NeS TrG-OTpositon Of ne Old
School Policians- Duties Contained in he Ne,o Ukae-
Hoo american Goods Raed--Import rrdde-7h<
Roycl Tour in Etuope-Mmtxrs of TIE Reg.ncy-EBst
Of the French Election Contest-A OducaSan Dignadry
Vlit-Death .fa Veteran Soldier and Diplomat.
At last the tariff Is fat accompt All doubts and
msgvipgs the subjec! end and the Of
commercial reform being finally sheIved adjourned
till 1884, In imitation of France turn out to have been err
roneous. Day before yesterday the Kommertcheskaya
Gasa brought the Imperial ukase stating that revision
OF the sysm Of duties had been decided upon which ID 70
be In force fro the time the amended tariffs received
the various Custom Hot ses OF tho empire. It is worth
noticing that the ukaze bears date OF the 9th instant 2eA
Nay, 81 although 1t Was not promulgated TIL the "a
by which 1t would appear that the opponents Of tae
had made desperate eirt to have 1t rescnded,
after the Imperial sign manual bad been affixed, but
only succeeded in delay ing for short time At leas. no
other be assigned for letting two weeks pass
between signature and the publication Of decree that
awaited with SO much anxiety by the commercial
world, and indeed by oil asses Of the population
being question touches the interests OF both high
and low The tariff Itself Is not yet published nev are
very datory In such matters here) It is exceedingly
rouninous document only certso number OF copies
Hous,s the port OF ny the land frontier of the
empire MERCANTILE acquaintance OF mine has been
ay ored with the sight Of one othem and It's
principal Items most Identical with those furnished
some time since by LIE Nord
IN such articles as may interest the American ma ke
noce-Coion wool reduced from AZ to 40 copacks per
pood cotton twift from rubes 70 rub so copecss
colored ditto, m rubles 70 s. cotton olo rs up l2x
square hee, r 80 to 40 co ecke coloe dtto from
Is copecis and rube 10 10 coy ck coffee from rGsIes
pood To q RICE formerly 60 copecks, free indigo,
from rubles 20 copecks to 'ubies SO copecss Toe
DUTY On sugar and ray tobacco remains unaered bat
that kegas and sna reduces half Guns, pistos,
60, have On ~ pay 40 copecks piece, instead Of
rube 20 copecks; books, cop cks volume. instead Of
To- boots AND shoes 80 copeoks pair instead of rube;
ladies' ditto, ruble instead Of 2 Besides these, In.
have been considerable reductions in silk goods lace linen,
cutlery, furniture. porcelain glassware, clocks and
Watches ans cast iron rs oopecks pod
Az far as can karn there Is general feeling Of salts
faction at this vexed question beng at length set at rest
The expectation Of the tariff had comp etey par zed
the import tade merchants were afraid to order goods
fom abroad, they not sure whether they might
not have TO pay the old duties upon Thorn, and
dared 10 In stock of any article with tn, ospe OF
being undersold by those who cnaset Under tho
regulations. The stocks hand consequently very
small IL this severe losses goad resu.
the revised tariff being pu, force n medatey In
sead Of It's operation being deferred ul next seaou, a.
wss confidently asserted by persons usually well informed
Of course all goods imported ba not CT AIRED
st the Curt m House only subject to the Now
the affair 10 seied and past all remedy, the pros cton
,sts will probably reconcet To their fate and try to
Accommodate themselves to he state Of things in
fact the Northern Bee hi herio their mot able and con-
ss nj adv sed s ers tho other day by an
elaborate poe ON the pen OF NJ Atreshkod eminent
political mst pointing out tho defects OF tho former
system which hso become able by the progress sf
other pons in ars Of inc usry shich by check
ipg the In portaton, reacted inurousy the export
trade Of Ru STA Uur manufacturers oo have evidenty
oonvb ced themselves that even the reduced scale OF
duties high enough for them 70 compete
ly with Manchester ano Birmingham Only this spring
an immense co.on spnnery established on shares
Narva Ia tie Cover pment If st. Petersburg, and
simar establishment, still larger scaIe isa,od 70 be
opened ct Moscow The demand for cotton. which
nearly ebled aimee 1897 may be expected therefore 10
Yesters ay, at two p. NJ their Imperial Majesues with
their young daughter the Grand Duchess Mary, their
fourth sen the Grand Dui Alexis and the perors
en- a
Nsoereaaza for on tad In the steam yacht Aexaoda,
and started this ornins for Kill, on board sae
frigae Grozastch rerrbe escorted by the Gremastchi
(rbupderer) They attended by pamerous, rather
rnumerable SUITE comprising the Minister OF Forssn
faibcr and son Prince Dogorousky General PnosophoT
Or Yenosbin pm ,icisn In ordinary 70 tho Emperor IL
very Influential personage), &c
tire, arrived here on the 18Th instant to act re-
gent by Prince 0rioG President Of the Cons,l d
Nsnsstres remer and Count BIoudof President or the
Legislative Council Az stated In my last the departure
Of the imperial couple had been fixed for the son. but for
some unknown reAon the appointed day WAS anticipated
Prom Kiel they viii proceed to Hamburg and Herrcn-
hansen, where they viii spend day with the King snd
Queen OF Hanover and then go on TO narmnadt-tne EN-
press native pace--~here sDe Will be received by her
brother the Grand Duke OF Hcsse, and the rest Of
family. Then the Emperor will accompany his coasort 10
Kis,inecn aud leave her there while he proceeds, via
Berlin, to warsav About the end Of August he will 70
turn TO KsiDgen, and In net imp obabc that his long
tails ed Of Interview with Aapolef III Will take place nj
that perisd, although go have official info, nation
the subject and oincu TO say what changes In the
aspect Of the political horizon may have occurred before
ihen
me French elections have made a great Impression
here and there m, q few VINO think the star o. Ma
poleon the decnc and that about 10 witness
another Of hoe sudden revolutions That burst Ed
rope every aud then, from The banks Of the Sone
like a clap Of thunder IRON cloudless SKY.
o,us,ps ,be Fmpress y in be ali reunited :. .
Pe,ersbrrg celebrate &e nupts. OF the Grand Duk,
Michael and the Princess Cecilia OF Baden
.I.t.s I'M fhara La h.N
excites especial entiona Caucasian dgntary, ~ho
oices In the appes,n Of Prince Michael Shervashidxa
and who was often mentioned In the Oisntll By the
name OF Hamd Beg, He Is sovereign prace Of Abkhsga
but tributary 10 Russia, and raised ~ tue late Empe
Nicholas TO the rank OF lieutenant general In tho
Russian army when Omer Pachs landed at spuxhouu
Raeh In the autumn Of 1856, the Easlsh Commisssry,
Colonel simmons entered into negotiations WITH Shervash
dye 70 preys upon him to rem ,uncs his al esiance TO
Rus,s and transfer 10 the sultan, promising m, At the
same time accession OF territory aud liberal subsidies
frum the British easury sbervashdze was famerlys
rAhoueAn and had only recently been converted the
Christian faith was thought, therefore that such ,empt
ing offers would easily induce him 10 the fold OF
the Prophet. and TO make common cause against the
gaours The Abkhasisn, who seems 10 be no contempt
Bile dipoma.t appeared 70 listen these proposals until
he bad sos the out OF his country when he called
hp Wild vassas 70 arms and joining the Russians under
Bebou,on dd them good service IN harrassDr the Turk
sh army on lie disastrous retreat from Ku,ais He has
been received here with great dstincion and decorated
with the insignia OF the order Of 81 Alexander Nevsky
elegrsphc despatch from Naples the death
OF Prince gherpshen whe expired At Castellsmore the
Goth Instant me deceeed was one OF the 0t relics OF
the great var Of 1917 had ded the highest offices 10 ,he
Russian empire, and occupied considerable space In the
history of Europe. He y. the fsvorte sdde camp Of
Alexander T. who entrusted him with confidential
missions the arst Napoleon, which he acquitted him
self with great tact and dex,eriy In the beginning Of
1917 he IN Paris where he bribcd one Of the
poyes OF the Ministry Of War furnish him with impor.
tani documents IN relation 70 the "Grand Army collected
by the French Emperor for the invasion Of Russia The
intrigue being discovered, Chernshe only escaped being
shot By bssy fight across the Rhine In The csmpsigu
Of thai year he distinguished himself BY his extraordinary
with admiration by all the historians Of the war and In
1918 and IL by the capture OF Berlin the oefea Of
westpbasn general, Ochs, whom be took prisoner with
his whole divson, and by the storm Of Soissous "a
verte o. Alexander l., be was still more highly esccmed
BY Nicholas who appointed him Minister OF War, In which
made President OF the Council Prinoe Munster he
p-fved II the use OF his limbs by paralyuc stroke, he
retired from office In the spring OF last year and sought
relief from bis sufernss ia milder climate, where he