The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-07-05

these provisions, and therefore keeps ,s eve upon
10 900 dealers in those articles.
We are authorized to contradict formally, and on
authority Of positive accounts from ST. Petersburg,
SAYS the Nord the rumor spread by some foreign
journals Of hostilities having broken out the
Amur between the Chinese and the Russians. This
statement has sort of foundation; the most com
plete tranquility not having ceased to prevail in
those parts.
The London Ne,ps has the foowng:-The sub
marine cable between Portland and Attorney will
not be much above fifty miles long, Cherbourg can
be efiectualy watched from the neighborhood Of
Attorney and when the cable is laid down instant
notice can he given to all parts OF England OF any
movement of the French fleet at Cherbourg. The
cable could be easily extended from Alderney to
Jersey and Guernsey, and large portion Of the
French coast could then be watched.
Geographically the island Of Perrin, lately seized
by Engand, belongs to Yemen, or Arabia Felix,
which was then governed by the Imaum of Samoa,
an independent sovereign and the descendant of
long line of monarchs. The Turks had then no foot
ing whatever in Arabia, save in the northern parts
of the Hejaz, in the immediate vicinity Of the Holy
cities; and il not until after the conquest of
Alden by the British, about thirty years later, that
this province became part of the Turkish empire.
A decree has been published in the Paris Mont
teur on the subject of foreign railway securities.
BY article eleven the negotiation at the Paris and
departmental bourses Of securities issued by the
companies of railways constructed out OF France is
subjected to the laws and regulations applicable to
French securities of the same kind The conpa-
MES must prove that they have been constituted
cording to the laws of the country in which they
are formed, by the presentation to the Minister OF
Finance and to the Synodical Chamber of the
Agents de Change of authentic copies of the sta
tutes, Gathers de charges, DC.
The Portuguese government which for upwards
of three years has been endeav0riDg TO induce The
formation of steam lines between Lisbon and the
Azores, and Lisbon and its possessions the West
.tpt f~-n haua tnatt dgnA1 fkApIo
void the two previous concessions granted-the one
the 25th Of January 1866, To Low Brothers, Of
London; the other the 18th of April, 1856 to +.
b. Philppon, from their inability hitherto to carry
them out; and have renewed the grant in favor OF
Other Portuguese capitalists, who purpose, In con-
junction with Mr. w. Lindsay, OF London, TO carry
out both the projected lines.
The London Chronicle says:-It il certainly most
desirable with regard 70 the future extension Of the
elegra phio system that it should be most distinctly
understood that the possibility OF submerging tele-
graph cables in great depths of water must not be
judged of by the results Of the attept about to be
made by the Atlantic Telegraph Company.
The revenue of the London Court of Bankruptcy
for the year 1857 amounted to fl0O,752, and the
charge to ESQ, 2S5, leaving a surplus OF Ella 496 Of
the revenue; f3S $50 accrued from per centage fees
by official assignees, fl9 100 from stamp duties by
Commissioners Of Inland Revenue, and fl2 ,72S from
interest in the Bankruptcy Fund Account.
The Paris correspondent of the London Telegraph
observes:-The subscription for the establishment
OF Orsini's children is said in England and America
to have reached very considerable sum, BY
means merely OF private solicitation. Is this to be
regarded as q demonstration, or as mere act OF
charity? In neither is there any reason for the
exclusiveness by which Pierri-who though not 30
much of gentleman as Orsini, was equally culpa-
bic, and, in his way, equally courageous-should be
forgotten. His wife and child are now absolutely
starving in miserable lodging in the Rue d'Enfer.
Could not some small per centage OF the Orsini
fund be applied TO their relief object altogether
putQt Inin rlIA for n
family of regicde. subsistence would have been
sufficient.
The computed rea! value Of the gold and silver
bullion and specie imported TO England daring the
month Of March was f3,0l72l6, and for the first
three months OF the year GIG, Isl 293.
proprietor of iron works in the Landes, France,
has discharged five hundred workmcn, finding IL i'm
possible to dispose of his stock of wrought iron.
The Bury (England) Post says:--An accident,
likely to have bee of a serious character, has oc-
CURED in this town, owing TO the unyiedng nature
of the materials now used by the ladies TO extend
their dresses to the required fashionable state OF
expansion. A lady in alightng from her vehicle
caught the steel spring OF her petticoat on the step,
and was precptated with great force 10 the ground
where she lay on her back vainly endeavoring to
free herself from her dangerous position while the
frightened horse ran backwards, dragging her some
distance before she could be released.
A statue 10 General Pepe, distinguished by his
efforts for the liberation OF Italy from Austrian pre-
dominance, has Deen nauguratsd with fitting pomp
at Turin.
The Gazette de France, in commenting on the
large standing armies OF the Continent, which II
declares necessary account OF the " revolution,
casts the following election their practical utl-
ty:-'It IL worthy OF remark that those nations OF
Europe the armies OF which the weakest in pro-
portion TO the extent OF their territory and to the
number a their inhabitants effect and preserve the
greatest conquests. Has not England succeeded
with her sixty eighty thousand soldiers IN main
tanning her rule over islands. Kingdoms and empires
dispersed over the globe, and in protecting com
merce three times more considerable than that oil
several great Continental nations put togetherp
The Friend Of China says:-A report IL current
at Fatshan that the Emperor Heenfung. whose
health had been waning for some time. was 80 af-
fected on receipt OF the OF the capture o Can
ton that he collapsed" and is now among the
gsnii.
The London Post remarks;-From the accounts OF
the great revival In America which have reached
this country IL does not seem to have deep seated
conviction for s basis, and to be only one OF those
outbreaks OF religious exctemeDt regarded by
psychologists epidemics OF slight insanity. the
two main characteristics Of which are hys,ercal dis
order and evanescence.
An annual report states that 23G persons were
killed and 73s injured railways In the United
Kingdom in 1857, Of whom ~ killed aud SAC injured
were passengers
Superior Court-(senerL Term.
Before Hon Judges Bosworsh, Hoffman, osscp, Nooirur