The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-02-07

return presented to the English Parliament
shows that the total amount of the cost for printing
for the various government offices (paper, printing
and binding), during the session of 1856, amounted
to ga 9S2. The Irish Office figures for f6 AIS, the
Home Office for IS 96l, the Foreign for fl 404 the
Colonial for 81, 35l, the Treasury for $3.50, the
Board of Trade for e. 37l, the War Department for
FL ,769, and the India Board for f20l9. The Admi-
rally only for CSC. These sums are exclusive Of the
cost of printing ordered by the two houses of Par
lament themselves, and job work printing. The
number of copies of each paper printed varies from
1850 to 400.
The colony of Victoria, Australia (the principal
region of the gold mining operations), contained
according to the latest returns $40 souls but in
1854 (the preceding year, theYhales fearfuly pre-
ponderated-in the ratio of 17s O24 TO 95 s4l females
In 1855 there were ii ,94l births, 3,S46 marriages.
and G, 603 deaths The total number Of schools was
$780, the number OF scholars, "a, 49i; and the total
contributions from the government and private per-
sons els 09s. 81 of these schools are sectaran,
80 national, and i65 private, besides which Mel
bourne, the capital of the colony, now boasts of
university, which at present. however, only reckons
some sixteen students The revenue OF the colony
in 1855 amounted to the sum Of "a 962 $685. and the
expenditure TO 4,7l6,696. There were AZ gold
mines, IL quartz reefs, l6 limestone quarres, l55
brick grounds, and u buestone quarries. The mum.
Der of manufactures l944, Of which ,507 were
pudding establishments and 1853 quartz crushing
machines The land under crops in 1855 was lis 1875
acres and the produce included l4s oil bushels OF
wheat, 146i4 bushels Of oats CASTS tons Of vege.
hay, 4ss,s32 lbs. grapes, and 9,37l gallons Of wine.
The number Of occupiers of land was 1926. The
live stock of 1855 included 1890 horses 53l.l23
head of horned cattle, 4,577,s72 sheep, aud 20y6s6
porkers.
The London Times of the 18th of January OBJ
seres:--Henry favelock was no fine gentleman
soldier, but a man who loved his profession and
knew It's duties well. From Hsveiocks career we
may learn what feats real soldier can perform and
how an empire may be saved by the skill and ensr-
ny a single man. All honor, again say, 20 the
glorious memory Of such leader as this England
can well distinguish In the long run, between the
officers who are fitted TO conduct her armies to vic
tory and the more abundant crowd Of military pre-
tenders who appear ON the stage but as the harbin
gers Of shame and defeat
1t il said that communication has taken place
between the French Ambassador in London and the
English government on the immigration into the
French colonies of free negroes; that several facts
which are stated TO have taken place on the West
Coast of Africa and which were disapproved by the
local authorities, were mentioned and request
made that similar things should not In future be per
mitted.
The last accounts from the frontiers of Asia state
THAI Abbas Mira, brother of the Shah Of Persia to
whom Bagdad II assigned a. a residence, had pro.
tested in legal form against the proclamation OF
Emin Nizan heir 10 the throne of Persia, and
that the British Minister at Teheran - the only
foreign representative who has consented TO receive
this protest.
The Russian government has communicated copies
Of it, last despatch on the Danish question not
only 10 it, representatives In Vienna and Berlin,
but also 10 it, ambassador and Minister In London
and Paris with the instruction TO the two latter TO
request the cooperation OF England and France IN
making snch representations to Copenhagen a. shall
induce the Danish government to satisfy the claims
OF Germany. In the mean time, Denmark has sent
q skfu envoy 70 the French Court in the person Of
the late Prime Minister. Herr won Scheee, whose
task IL Is 20 gain over France 10 the views OF Den
mark.
List" shows thefoowng to be the force Of the ships
and officers In commission on the LIST Of January,