The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-05-06
THE COTTON FAMINE IN ENGLAND
Fifty Thousand Tradesmen Pauperized and q
"Fearful Mass Of DestitutiOl"
Behind Them
The Captain and Officers of the Privateer
Sumter Leave tho Vessel.
Approach Of q War CONFUSION
i'm the Old World,
ke., &e., 10.
The Ecorom,ste Beige says

The Econoan,ae Beige says
There is question Of convoking International
Congress for the purpose Of considering the proprety Of
hencefoth placing towns under the protec
tion CT International law. Should such project be real
izsd London Liverpool havre Rotterdam anu hamburg
werp, fortified town, whether iron plated or not,
would be moro than ever devoted to destruction.
The Official Gazette Of Turin publishes a royal decree
by which Leutenants Generals Srtori, Medic, Bxio,
Turr Avezzana also Major Generals sacch orsin
dAyaia, dc Mblitz Carni and Stocco transferred
from the volunteers to the regularly army Of Italy
Letters and journals had arrived in Paris from Aart
nque and Guadalupe the 2Sh of April All the jour
nails the painful impression made the colonial
market by the Of the proposed increase in the
sugar duty That intelligence had caused total cessa-
ton Of business, although sugar offered lower
prices.
NJ Dupanloup the Catholic Bishop Of Orleans, France
has published eloquent pastoral letor against slavery
Since the last experiments tried with the wrought
iron smooth bore Armstrong gum at Shoeburyncss Eng
land other trials have been made with the piece of
ordnance to prove its power During thu course Of these
it has been tried with fifty pound charge of powder
against target Of three inch plates Of wrought
hoed together wrought iron in all OF fifteen
inches thicker nearly possible, four times the
thickness Of the Warriors plates Two or three shots
hed against this and each broke all three plates crush
ing the FIRST ripping and splitting tho second and ripping
tho third in such way to show that even n!teen
inches Of metal insufficient protection against
ordnance Of this description at close ranges.
Accounts from Lower Burgundy Of the effects Of the
late frost very unlavorabe to tho vines The Cos
tuition of Auxerrc contains the following
The frost has destroyed part OF the magnificent vine
crops with which the country covered On The night
Of the 18th the frost had attacked rather roughly some OF
the most exposed lands but in less proportion than
what took place tho following day. On The night OF
the 18th the Thermometer fell TO Eve degrees below
the mischief by the frost very considera-
b Few vineyards have escaped the disaster and some
plains quite devastated. Vegetation unusually
advanced-he vines, tho fruit trees and the artificial
grasses promising the most abundant crop The in
this part OF the country has therefore, been immense
The Paris PgesSe Of the 18th ultimo says
1t ia stated that the Commodore in command Of the
American squadron sent to Mexico has received orders
the protest OF President Lincoln to the representa-
tives of the Powers the subject Of foregnntervs
ton such interference should tend TO change the
government Of tho country.
The from the Bank OF England for tho end
ing the 10th Of April gives the following results when
compared with the previous week.
Rest. E3 os5, 467 Increase..... Is ,322
Public deposits. 5,225 1872 Decrease. 4o01so
othor oeposits.. 15,7I0o60 Decresso...... 625 900
On the other side Of the account
Government securities o1o 755 Increase ESQ 900
Other securities. 1908 1873 Decrease ;05 sos
Notes unemployed. 9,l26 210 Decrease. 395.7s5
The Of in laon is s2 a2o 975. being
increase OF f25 $685. and the stock Of bullion bath
departments is ZIG, s43 4s4, showing . decrease Of
s13s 500 when compared with the preceding return.