The New York herald., 1869-12-01
E u r. O p e.
The Social Condition and Political Situa-
tiOn in England and France.
Report of the French Atlantic
Telegraph Company.
Nj. Rochefort in Paris at
Midnight.

The French Transatlantic Mail Steamship Com
pany's steamship Perelre Captain Duschene. which
LETT Havre the 18th and Brest the 10th OF Novem
ber arrived at this port at an early hour yesterday
morning, after rapid passage.
The Pereire landed special correspondence
from Europe, In detail or our cables kilograms.
dated toher day Of sailing from Brest.
The Cunard man steamship Scotia, from Liver
pool the Goth and Queenstown the 21st OF Novem-
ber made her dock at Jersey City early last night,
landing mails OF her day OF sailing from England.
A Paris writer remarks that the principal journals
OF the departments IN commenting on the manifesto
OF the 'ieft'' agree IN considering 1t 'pale and en-
barrassed," and affirm that 1t merely paraphrases,
although with stronger expressions the programme
OF the 'left CENTRE" and even calls for reforms
already erected by the Sendtus Cons,atum. They
also declare that 1t is the ultra party who have given
way to moderates and not the contrary.
The Paris Constitutional considers the publica
non OF the manifesto has the advantage, that the
situation of the various parties is becoming more
clearly defined. and that public opinion is enabled
TO form Judgment as to what may be hopei for
from the deputies during the legislative session.
The annual return or insane paupers in England
and Wales shows that there were on January l. 1861
1.046569 persons chargeabe to the poor rates, and
tina. As 1853 OF them, 4-S per cent insane per-
sons, 90, ,0l5 males and 25 los females. On January
l. 1885, the insane paupers were 4-3I per cent the
whole number OF paupers. on January l, 1867, they
were 4-2s, On January /, 1868 (when there was
large increase Of the whole number OF paupersl 4l5
on January /, 1869, 4-3l per cent.
The Pau Mall Gazette Announces
We have been asked to say that the Duchess OF
Somerset's carriage was not among those which
attenoed Mr. Peaoody's funeral.
Adyces received by the Cape mail in England
state that lit is the general Opinion in the colony
that Dr. Livingstone IA dead"
Wo0lwich dockyard, England is to be sold In the
spring, and 1t IS expected to realize from three
quarters OF million to q million of pounds sterl-
ing, which win be carried to the credit or the navy
estimates OF 1870.
A London journal says that the public should
derstand that the speculations to Irish land
measure occasionally put forth have been guesses
only, and 1T quite within the mark to state that
every one OF the clrcumstanta statements announced
within the last few months as embodying the SUBJ
stance of the scheme contemplated by the Cabinet
contain hypothesis which err either by defect or by
excess. All which can now be asserted with any
confidence u that the ministerial proposals will
embrace something than full rec og-
milton OF the right OF compensation for nexhaust-
BILE improvements and that they Will apply TO Ire
land alone.
The negotiations for the connection OF Constant.
nople with the Islands OF the Turkish Archipelago
are SAID to be nearly completed.