The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-01-29


There are In Liverpool $3.50 nrms employing
17,39s clerks.
The French radical press strongly oppose the res
toration OF the Orleans property.
In the debris at Warwick Castle the hilt OF tho
slver-handled sword OF the Preender has just been
discovered.
The Ban OF Russia mas raised It's rate OF discount
for all Its establishments to seven per cent and the
rate OF interest to eight per cent.
An artisttcal. industrial ana agricultural exhibit
ton for Spain. Portugal aud their colonies will be
opened at Oporio on the LIST OF August next
Cholera has made its appearance In Egypt. Cases
are reported TO nave occurred al Alexandria, and 1t
is feared that the contagion will spread all along
the coast.
Since the frost there have been In Paris 500 re-
corded falls, sixty cases OF broken legs and arms
ana TWO deaths from falling. The number OF horses
injured by falls - incalculable.
Upwards OF three thousand prisoners, JUS liber-
ated AT Brest, Belle Isle and Cherbourg, arrived
Gently IN Paris They belong almost all 10 the num-
pers Captured on the Sd April last
From Zurich, Switzerland. IL Is announced that
two lauv competitors have joined the Rymnasto
party ut the Polytechnic Institution. which has also
Iemale students In the mechanical department..
Great efforts have been made to provide aid TO
the English Postal Telegraph Department from the
Royal Engineer Corps, 30 help in meeting the din
cutleS caused Dy he strike OF telegraph clerks.
The Official correspondence IN reference to the In
ternational Exhibition To be held at Vienna In 1879,
cOntradicts most emplacaIly the lately published
reports OF an intended postp0nement Of the Exhlbl-
ton.
An extensive powder factory Is to be established
almost immediately IN the nei9hborlio0d OF Frank
fort. The idea has created quite panic among the
worthy citizens, who were never very fond o.. the
smell Of gunpOwder.
1t Is stated In banking circles In Vienna that six
teen mil Ions IN silver are now In the State treas
ready Tor the payment or the January coupons.
and that the surplus OF the current year exceeds the
estimates by Twelve million forms.
tO
Prince Bismarcks despatch 10 Count Arniul. say it
mot w VA, Ee dignity TO
that Prince Bismarck seeks pretext for prolonglng
the occupation.
A melancholy death IL reported In the Scotch pa.
pers. An immense cat, the property OF hardresser
IN Princes street Edinburg, breathed his last few
days ago. The animal was, a. is stated. one OF the
the king or cats.
The inhabitants o. the Caucasus have rendered
the Car volunteer corDs OF @ ght thousand or ten
thousand men for foreign service III case OF q war
with Austria Tor the possession of the Lower Danube.
The Car has declne1 the offer on the ground OF hts
friendly relations with Austria ana all other Flu
ropean Powers, making a war q most improbable
eventually. the oder has, however, given great
satisfaction at Court and among the old Russian
party.
The Ne,o Free Press OF January publishes an
article IN which remarks that The speeches on the
suoject or the antiquities OF America delivered at
the banquet at Mr. jays, the Unite States Minister,
on thanksgiving Dav, has Justly attracted the atlcn
The article expresses hope that the hitherto
unsoved problems In connection Herewith Will.
| with the help OF the American government, soon
| meet with solution.
| programme Is out for the erection OF q new
| House OF Parliament nc Berlin, Tor which the
architects OF all nations are invited by the i'm
peria government to compete. The particulars
| will be reprinted Tor the use OF architects. The
designs VIII have to De sent 10 the Imperial Chan
Gerry at Berlin, with the authors namc before the
18TH o, April next, ana prize or Es44 will be given
for the best design and Nth of that amount for
each OF the four next best DESIGNS
The great robbery at the Monte de Pleta, at
Florence was effected by means OF tunnel sixty
yards In length dug from the hiding place OF the
thieves to the jewel department., where the great
ladies OF Palermo kept their jewiery for safety
sake. Happily, the AFFAIR was discovered before It
too late and he greater portion OF the jewels
recovered, being found In the tunnel which was
hall the height oil u man, anu carefully supported
by beams ami panks-a work OF considerable art,
which IL must have taken some months to execute.
Sixty deaths occurred from violence IN London
| during the week ending December 81. 1871. or
these so result OF acct lent negligence,
including 10 from fractures aud COMMISSIONS Z from
| burns and scalds from drowning. and no less than
| 20 OF infants from sulocatoh. or TIE deaths from
| fractures and Commissions were caused by horses
vehicles In the street, raising the numOer vi fatal
street accidents In London during 1871 10 Dos
1872 and 1875 In 1869 aud 1870 respectively. Allowing
for the increase IN the population thar has been ex
posed to rsK the number IN the past year shows az
| increase. 'SOme decis We steps, remarks the Re-
gster General. "must be taken to put stop 10 this
open slaughter Or people IN the streets Of London.n