The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-07-06
these provisions, and therefore keeps its eye upon
10 900 dealers in those articles.

these provisions, and therefore Keeps us eye 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 hostilites having broken out on the
Amur between the Chinese and the Russians. This
statement has no sort of foundation; the most CON-
plete tranquility not having ceased to prevail in
those parts.
The London Ne,cs has the following The sub
marine cable between Portland and Alderney will
not be much above fifty miles long. Cherbourg can
be efiectually watched from the neighborhood Of
Attorney, and when the cable is laid down instant
notice can be given to all parts Of England OF any
movement of the French feet 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 England, belongs to Yemen, or Arabia Felix,
which was then governed by the lmaum OF Sanaa,
an Independent sovereign, and the descendant Of a
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 was 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
feur 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 ont OF France 10
subjected to the laws and regulations applicable to
French securities of the same kind. The compa-
cordng 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 &c.
The Portuguese government which for upwards
of three years has been endcavornp To induce the
formation of steam lines between Lisbon and the
Azores, and Lisbon and its possessions on the West
Coast of Africa, have Just issued decree declaring
void the two previous concessions granted-the one
on the 25th Of January, 1855, TO Low Brothers, Of
London; the other the 18th of April, 1885, to F..
b. Phiippon, from their inability hitherto to carry
them out; and have renewed the grant in favor OF
other Portuguese capitalists who puruose in con
junction with Mr.. W. S Lindsay, of London, to carry
out both the projected lines
The London Chronicle says:--It il certainly most
desirable with regard to tho future extension Of the
telegraphic SYSTEM that il should be most distinctly
understood that the possibility of sibmergng tele
graph cables N great depths OF water must not be
Judged of by the results Of the attempt about to be
made by the Atlantic Telegraph Company.
The revenue of the London Court of Bankruptcy
for the year 1857 amounted to sl0o,752, and the
charge to fsG 255, leaving surplus OF fii496 OF
the revenue; f3S ESQ accrued from per centaee fees
by official assignees fl9 100 from stamp duties by
Commissioners Of Inland Revenue, and Ei2 72S from
interest in the Bankruptcy Fund Account.
The Paris correspondent of the London Telegraph
observes-The subscription for the establishment
OF Orsinis children is said in England and America
to have reached very considerable sum, by
regarded u demonstration, or AZ n mere act OF
charity? In neither case is there any reason for the
exclusveness by which Picri-who. though not so
much of gentleman az 0rsini, was equally culpa-
bic, and in his way, equally courageous-shoud be
forgotten. His wife and child now absolutely
starving in miserable lodging in the Rae d'Enfer.
Could not small per centaee of the Orsini
fund be applied TO their relief? | object altogether
10 a munifcent provision being made for the
family of regicide subsistence would have been
sufficient
The computed real value Of the gold and silver
bullion and specie imported to England dsring the
month Of March was 3,0l7,2f6, and for the first
three months of the year Ei0, 25i ,'93.
A proprietor of iron works in the LaDdes, France,
has discharged five hundred workmen finding it inn
possible to dispose of his stock Of wrought iron
The Bury (England) Post says:--An accident,
likely TO have been OF a serious character, has oc-
Cured in this town owing to the unyielding nature
Of the materials now used by the ladies To extend
their dresaes tn the required fashionable state OF
expansion. A lady in alighting from her vehicle
caught the steel spring Of her petticoat on the step,
and precpitated with great force TO 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 he released
statue to General Pope, distinguished by his
efforts for the liberation 81 Italy from Austrian pre-
| dominance, has Deen inauguratsd with fitting pomp
| az Turin.
The Ga-etts de France, in commenting the
large standing armies Of the Continent, which IL
declares necessary on account Of the revolution,
| casts the following rejection their practical uti-
ty:-"t Is worthy Of remark that those nations OF
Europe the armies of which are the weakest in pro-
portion 10 the extent of their territory and TO the
number n their inhabitants effect and preserve the
| greatest conquests. Has not England succeeded
with her sixty eighty thousand soldiers in MAIN
tanning her rule islands Kingdoms and empires
dispersed over the globe and in protecting COM
merce three times more considerable than tina: OF
several great Continental nations put togetherW
The Friend Of China says;--A report h current
az fatshan that the Emperor Heenfuug whose
health had been waning for some time. was ~ AZ
fecied receipt OF the OF the capture Of Can
ton that he collapsed" and Is now among the
/ gsnn.
| The London Post remarks:-From the accounts Of
the great revival In America which have reached
this country II does not seem TO have deepaeated
conviction for IFS basis and to be only one OF those
4 outbreaks Of religious excitement regarded by
psychologists IA epidemics of slight insanity, the
two main characteristics Of which hysteHcai dis
| order and evanescence.
An annual report states that 23G persons were
killed and 13s injured railways In the United
Kingdom in 1857, Of whom ~ killed and GAG injured
were passengers.