The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-11-04
THE, NEWS.

The steamship CITY of New York, from Liver
pool on the 23d and Queenstown the oath of Oc
tober, made this port early yesterday morning
Her advces are one day later than the news tele
graphed from the Borussa, Off Cape Race, and
published in the HERALD last Saturday morning.
Our European files by tie City Of Kew York are
dated on the I'D ultinio.
The City of New York has made an exceedingly
i rapid passage across the Atlantic. Our report
shows that she left Queenstown at twenty Five
1 minutes past four p. NJ. on the oath of October,
! was six miles off the Cape Race Light at seven p.
NJ. on the 3Oth Of that month, and reached Sandy
Hook at hafpast eight p. NJ. on Saturday,
the I'd instant, being six days from
| Cork to the coast of Newfoundland, and
nine days and four hours to New York We
suppose that the storm Of Saturday night pre-
vented the vessel from coming to her dock until
yesterday Sunday morning.
Consos rated in London, on the oath ult. at
921l a 925s, both for money and account. Cotton
again advanced in Liverpool on that day, and the
market was animated, with some arrivals from
foreign ports.
The coronation of the King of Prussia wound up
with very brilliant ball at konigsberg, the Mar
shall Duke Of Magenta representing Napoleon Ill.
making an extraordinarily brilliant display.
serious agitation prevailed in st. Petersburg
in consequence of the arbitrary closing of the Uni
versity by the Czar.
Our Kanagawa, Japan, correspondent, writing
on the 18th of July, informs us that no steps
had, up to that time, been taken by the
British government to obtain satisfaction for
the attack made in January on their Lega-
ton. 1t was reported that two members of
the Japanese Cabinet had fought duel with
swords, resulting in tie death of one of them,
and that one Of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs
had committed hdri-idri. Extra protection
had been afforded to the American, British
and Dutch Ambassadors. 1t is said that
the men who made the attack on the
English Ambassador We're employed by the gov
ernment and also that they were Japanese robbers.
The British Ambassador has stopped our Minister
from passing British subjects to Jeddo This was
because Minister did not inform the British
Minister of his action. Mr.. Hyatt, our Consul at
Annoy, China, was stopping with our Consul at Kan
agawa. The government had informed the foreign
Ministers that it could not protect foreigners. A
threatened attack the foreigners resulted in the
arrest Of a few desperadoes, but it was not
known what the government would do with
opening of their ports is the greatest
| evil that ever befel the Japanese nation. The
Governor of Kanagswa has requested the Amer.
| can Consul to remove the New York missionaries
| to place of greater safety than they occupy at
present. The British Consul received a similar
notice, and acted upon it, while our Consul con-
sated Mr. Harris, believing there was no danger
The celebrated American bark Daniel Webster,
which had made the run from Kanagawa to San
Francisco in twenty-seven days, had arrived at
Kanagawa, and negotiations Tor her sale to the
Japanese government about to commence
Two shocks of earthquake were felt at Kanagawa.
On the night of the 26th Of July. The weather
wm "a degrees ia the shade.
The Pacific mail steamer Northern Light, Capt
Dakepaugh, from Aspinwalf on the 10Th of Octo-
bG, arrived at this port yesterday morning. The
news from Central America and the South Pacific
is highly interesting. A convention between
the Governor Of the State of Panama and
Mr.. Manuel Mlnllo, Commissioner Of the 90.
vernncnt Of the United States of New Ora.
NADIA, had been signed, transferring Panama
to the new confederacy. French war steam
or was receatly blown up in the harbor of
Valparaiso. causing the injury of several persons
The cultivation OF cotton was meeting with great
| attention in Nicaragua, and mining operations
we're being actively carried on. The cochinea and
indigo crops had been gathered and were ready for
shipment. The former was poor, but the latter
was unusually large Health of the country gene
| rally good.
The annual State election will take place to-day
in Louisiana. We know nothing Of the candidates
or what Offices are to be filed except that repre-.
sentatives to the rebel Congress in Richmond are
to be chosen.
The vote on the question of dividing the State of
Virginia in the western section of the old Common
wealth is nearly hundred to one in favor of a new
State.
The storm Of Saturday evening and the high tide
of yesterday morning completely submerged the
lower part of the city, particularly along South and
West streets. All the cellars in West, Washington
Greenwich South, Front, Pearl and Cherry streets
were filed with water. Considerable detention
was experienced by our Sound boats and the diiie-
rent ierryboats about town. No serious accidents
as far as heard, resulted.
! The Board of Aldermen have, in consequence OF
the election, adjourned over to Monday next, the
| 18th inst.
A sermon was preached last evening at Christ
church, corner Of Thrty-ffth street and Fifth ave-
nae, 10 the members OF the Seventy.tirst regiment
by their chaplain, Rev. Mr.. Wiley on the character
| and duty Of a Christian soldier. The address was
full of eloquence and feeling and was listened to
with much attention by large congregation.
A meeting Of the American Tract Society was
held at halfpast seven o'clock yesterday evening
in the Fifth avenue aud Nineteenth street church
for the purpose OF hearing the report OF the Secre
| tary relative TO the distribution of tracts &C.
among our army and navy since the outbreak o.
the present rebellion, and to impress on those who
sympathize with the organization the desirability
coming forward and helping them in their work Tho
church was filed by large and fashionable
audience From the report read by the Secretary
IL appeared that the society had furnished the
army with fourteen million pages Of tracts, at an
expense of nine thousand dollars. The report
was lengthy one, and went very much into de-
tails. Addresses were delivered by Rev. Messrs
hitchcock, Eastman Chaplain to the New Jersey
Fourth regiment) and others, all of whom i'm
pressed On thsY hearers the absolute necessity Q,