The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-01-05
THE NIAGARA'S MAILS.
THE --LATEST FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE

The mails of the Niagara were delivered in this city
early yesterday morning from Boston Our Geographic
summary from Halifax contains all the chief points of the
news.
An imperial decree in the Paris Moniteur announces
that foreign brandies have to pay importation
France duty Of 25f per hecolisre Of pure alcohol
The place Of librarian to the Emperor Napoleon became
lately by the death Of the person filing it. During
the next two days no less than four hundred applications
were sent in for it. The situation is said TO be worth
soOOf or sooOf and probably all but sinecure,
has been suppressed the only way of preventing
ealouses. No one being preferred the whole four hur
bred equally dissatisfied.
The AkAbar of Agiers, which has repeatedly complain
ed of the rreguariiy with which is transmitted by
the submarine teegraphc cable lately laid down between
Marsees and Agiers in its last number under the
head Of progress Of the Mediterranean Cable:'-
This electric cable making sensible progress from bad
TO ought TO give us news irem Marsellles in TWO
Sc hours-hen in As urs-and finally has arrived at 70
w wsn y M
and arrived at Agicrs on the 7th
return has been printed by order of the House of
Commons of OF all articles of food produced In
England and imported into from abroad, which
toms duties are still levied, and on the value OF similar
articles exported since the year 1898 The amount OF
duty received the United Kingdom on the consumption
of articles of food question amounted last year to
fy27 62O against fs5s 456 in 1885, f74i Sal in 1854
in 1858 sG9S 72e in 1852 Gao W 1851. and
fs04 in the year 1850 The receipts on corn and grain
include least half the amount of duty received they
E4 SOS 1854 The aggregate value of the articles OF
food exported from the Kingdom in 1856 was 400
against co 1928 a in 1885, 1887 in 1854 81 1874 qo4
in 1858 81 54T in 1862 81 l55 532 in 1851 The
value of the grain exported during the last qunquennium
s52 SOY varied from fl55 to FL 63S in the year
1866.
return from the Of Ireland since 1916 Of all
accidents aborers others employed in the construc
ton of railroads other public works. gives SO as the
total number Of accidents by the falling in of embark
OF earth the blasting OF stones and other cognase
causes
The Paris correspondent OF the London Nics writing
18th of December says Il understand that NJ Emile de
Girardn has written letter to the Independence Beige in
which he admits the authorship Of the recent articles in
the Carrier de Paris and says he wrote them in order to
give practical proof that ii was possible to write freely
in France under the Empire have not the letter,
but if this be the only argument used in it, am afraid the
result Of the short lived experiment in the Courier will
not be thought very conclusive unless, indeed should
be considered proving precisely the reverse of the pro-
position enunciated. prosecution has been instituted
against the Eote for having reproduced an eeconeer
ing song lately published in Belgium entitled lie Chant
des Eecteurs Belges"
The Prussian Moa,iear of the It'll ut contains long
report the Prussan harvest Of 1857 II states that the
quantity Of produced was much more considerable
than had been expected, and the quality excellent The
crop potatoes also stated to been abundant and
excellent; the disease in that vegetable having dsap
peared.
Eleven suspensions Of payments were declared at Der
lin the 9Th ut One that Of NJ. Jacoby, specua.
tor on the Stock Exchange the others chiefly Of
manufacturers.