The New York Herald Newspaper, November 1, 1845, Page 2

oo snp nce act YOR! tork, Saturdey Y. wer bee etoriel e Rocky “ountails, nd ior, Mustratine Herui-2’ inte- nthe “Central Flowery Land,” 8 o'clock this morning. It will idition to these illustrations, all the in- ys of the week. News from Abroad. the Massachusetts with advices the 15:h, and the Caledonia with the 19h inst, will be due to-morrow. mm abroed is looked for with considerable g and unj ortant ne fro weu-eday: The Approaching Election. | Suute election takes: place next Turs- now in the field with parties are ickers First, the democrats 5 . 1, the “natives ;” fourth, formers, of anti-renters; fitth, the were may be one or two ch we hove not yetheard 1 syleeton the preliminary been citterr rom any thar we for Vears past The whole business osophical, amusing, lughable, farcical, s, absurd, sensible, and has in tact, presen- y tecture and every opinion, and every sup- phase, which can be expected of masses of agaged in public action. two old parties have presented themselves in same laughable and ridiculous light—torn to s by internal dissensions arising, amongst the s, from tne quarrels and squabbles of editors ; m ast the demoe What could have been supremely ridicul$us than the scene presented whig meeting in Canal street? Instead of an ment and vindication of the cardinal doc- { the whig creed—instead of an energetic nimous support of “the ticket”—we had t »ble of party editors eting was equally laughable, It struggle between Captain Ryn- npire Club,” and Mike Walsh of the “—and terrible contests between retained by The ‘native nd fe tins and loafers. two or three doubrful also contriputed their In their dying struggles, rgies to the work of expelling reporter for one of the daily enes have been exhibited amas ot this journal, ond iiudeto them of zeneral opinion vd vi n the ¢ aia Fiat rancor sad Hon, and > Disnop Hughes and Dr, Reese have hac ue Newstarkes La ‘the jowmnal, limes G. Ben yew York Herald.) paid Persse & istreet, his paper manufietnrers, sumply Spaper, the sum of NINE ND TWENTY-NINE LOLLARS UR PURNCENTS im ready cash This is rsurm per week, than that paid by any oiher oe Wspaper proprietor in New York ; and equal to the amonot paid weekly, (or premised tobe paic,) by all rhe Wall street papers put together, includ 92 the Cowierand Fraquiver, Journal of Commerce, avd Daily Express N New York consumes so much paper per week, e.:- cept Hirper Brothers, the book publishers. They consume about 380,690 or $90,000 worth per annum; bor they dou't pay the cash weekly, as the Herald does. These extraordinary facts in the printing bvs'- ness, newspapers and books, indicate the geneicl ES here a amieh te | prosperity in all kinds of business in New York. — The movement, too, is onward—the New York He- ra/d is still increasiag, both in circulation and ad- | Yertisements, in proportion to the gradual growth of. the city and country. In a few years our establish- | ment, by the gradual growth of the country, wil} | be worth, in »etual value, an amount equal to that | of any journal in London or Paris—that is to say, & gaged by the Courier for that purpose, and more | sum rising from one hundred thousand to five hun- | than all, a full-blooded Englishman , occupying 2 dred thousand dollars, according as the population aud trade of the country increase. Hicuiy Important DeveLorments—RELATIONS BerWeEN THE Unitep States ano ENGLAND.— The relanons between the Unred Stites and England, are becomiag more and more interesting and intricate every day The sensation that pe vaded both countries tion of Texas, has been finally settled—that 1s, as far as this country is concerned—and the spirit that is now predominant among the American people, | 1s that of further acquisitions of territory, and this } brings usinto immediate collision with the Euro- pean cabinets. Now, let us see. During the last few days, in particular, ailairs have reached a highly interesting point, and there have been rumoye of all descriptions afloat, inclu- s, trom the rivalries and feuds | ging all kinds of propositions, alternatives, and plans started with reference to the set- tlement of the Oregon question with England. One day, the newspapers are full of statements, repre- senting that the British Minister, at Washington, had proposed leaving the settlement of this atlair with the American government, to arbitration, which method had been declined by Mr. Polk and hus Cabinet. Another day this is contradicted, and a plan is briefly alluded to, tor the settlement of it, on entirely new principles, which would com- bine the operation of time, and future | events, as the elements of arbitration.— On this subject the Journal of Commerce states that (Mr. Packenham, the British minister at Washing. | ron, finding that there is little hope of adjusting the | Oregon question Sy comp “omise or arbitration, has | cona tien for tweaty ye managemeut of the primary | | uch sectaries end | sroposed to leave the whole territory in its present of England andthe United States, and with the tion that atthe end of said pertod its then ine th themselves to either country, independent sovere gn- Another journal give ip hobirants may at rect tuemselves tite ad ret sthey inay the at Ww LrOpOses to leave ofthe Amercun any ate, Ud ater the exe { to be Ame Qou-e, or te be independ tot theirown ” ‘ely errone- Per t e hes been a new case, but incomes trom a onary of te B Lish gove 4 fecidentin Cynuda, and we ved the cousideration of the inent, that it will in a stort for Batish govecument, ond future weyortati us plant detail whiehhas given “ owls tig about:— As owas Set ruement oF THE Onrcon Qry the Presuleat four subjects of her Mee € tieSioentt lect two.tu whom the ques t ve With wothont) to these fuur comms i aves du Uinjise, Whkvee dectsiun is to be cole ‘uat in vase the commis ionersso selected do not come O 40 agrewment suchas they would consider likely to be acceptable to the majority of the community of hoth bowers that then they shoulddesignate, as tar as prac. tucabie, such portions of the territory in dispute, same to | be regarded as neutral ground, until the year 1860, or as vaching election the probability is that | st lavghable internal struggles ot fie. rty will carry their ticket — bie that from the objectionable charac- ortwo of the candidates for the Assem- srobable union of the whigs and natives or more nominees, that the locotocos may to carry all their men, The whigs will, we think i large vote, and will, in all probability, give the blow to the paltry “ native” faction. But we whether itis possible for them to carry their chet. With regard to the question of a State vention “reforming” the Constitutio , we is probable that it will be carried. The the demoeratic party is in favor of that Ce meas Jarge portion of the whigs go tor it also. fu feet, the recent struggle of the several parties in this city, and the various and interesting and amu- yelopments growing out of them, have made t that the anaexation of Texas is superior to all party ties—that this great movement has divided the whigs, whilst it has more firmly than ever united the democrats; and it has also been established by these events that the Bible is the great foundation of all christian civilization, and that it is in the highest degree reprehensible and dangerous for any faction ny sect, either Catholic or Protestant, to meddle with religion or attempt to bring it into the political arena sing di manife u Discrosures.—We have some curious de- ments to. make of the quarrels in committee, cen the Silas Wright clique and the Polk clique, ve to the resolutions recently passed at Tam- Hall It seems that the Silas Wright cligue had cluuions in committee, in favor of negro | the Neucesas the boundary of Texas— tote tarif, d&e. &e.; but the Polk e/ique got of ‘vem, ond by the influence of Slamm, hey were rejected for those adopted n Tammany Hall. Mr. Pelk ius re ginal sins, & Co TQUININS AND LiTERATURE. —We y’e paper a full report of turnis Mr.Cushing’s lee- 1 by spon- eport of ie inter- se on the same subject delivered by bster at the Tabernacle |..+ evening resumes his erudite lectures on the t mw and | te enera will probably 4 et, at the Last acc the busi Hument stands prove tou few Bours uve: Liver vew York papers one day in adv. ofthe mail, soon after as the resid -nt settlers thereon, for five prece ding years, reached 100,000. That then the said resident settleis shonld have the privilege in convention, inder terme to he fixed for holding the sume, by said commis- siovers, and that upon two thirds agreeing to form au in- Jependent government.or annex themselves either to the United States or to her Britannic Majesty, but granting to each of sail powers equal privileges as to trade, &c The lands, in the mean ume, to be open to actual res.- dent settlers. to the extent of 200 acres if five miles from tide or navigable waters, 100 acres within five miles, and fifty acres if within one mile, one fourth of said 50 acres clear to front the navigable waters—same to be regard- ed under such authonsed agency as should be mutually agreed on by the commissioners. Jt will be perceived that the general character of | this proposition is of that nature, that it would go th some few trifling exceptions, and a | fur to compromise the various difficulties that have | hitherto presented themselves, and itseems to em- brace most of the peculiar features that would con- form to the popular opinions of the American peo- ple; in fact, it would fully support the opinion that Mr. Calhoun gave on the subject, as to the necessity of leaving time to determine many of the more de- tailed parts of the affair. With all this negotiating and diplomatising how- ever, it is pretty clear to our minds, that the British government has some ulterior object in view, whilst itis making such a noise about the occupancy of Oregon. There is something more behind the cur- tain than the mere wish to acquire territory, for it would be perfectly ridiculous to suppese that Great Britain, which owns so much land already, in every | part of the globe, could take so much to heart the ance | Say loss of a few thousand square miles of barren terri- tory, situated among the wilds of the northern con- tinent of America. That is by no means the thorn that sticks in their side, and we verily believe that all the remonstrances of the British press in relation not only to this affair, but also as regarded the Texas negotiations, were mere make-believes, and that the true end and aim ot Sir Robert Peel and his cabinet has not been at all directed towards the acquisition of Oregon, but that California is the grand prize at which he aims. By creating an ex- citement in the public rind regarding two territories for which he cared nothing at all, he has been in hopes to w.thdraw attention from the territory which is to him of more importance than any of them, and under cover of the confusion created by his iplomauising, quietly transfer it to the govern- ment of Great britain. The splendid harbor ur Francisco, in Cunfornin, on th® Pacite, would be an acquisition of the greatest value; and could they, by any me sneevedin obtaining it, we have ne doubt chat in a short tune we should see an Eng lish colony thliighed there, auch on the sume pr ' winpany hive brea « i that Capt JM Mad to the commana of the Naval en station, and Capt. Heary axle ty ' say of Provisions Mrkoek ix Froniva At New Sinyrna, 6. Fon tor Gat. tian athiay om tween Josioa Mau fi an! Chomas Siurray, the latter was killed vol sO stebe in tue breast with a knife Kew vn! of ‘he ewetivn, which took pla We | from the Jacksonville Sraf, Mansfield has since been arreste | Jail of that town, The quarie other printing establishment in | in the matter of the annexa- | under the joint protec. | pn the Kwan man, that d and imprisoned in the Cex if Revel tron ix Mosivat ano Tamatny Crrre a —B may perhaps be known to « few indi viduals that the Courier and Enquirer of this city | has,tor several years past,refrained from noticingany ofthe theatres, on the ground that newspapers con ducted by “foreigners” were in the habit of doing 80. lt appears, however, that this course has been abandoned within the last tew days, and the journe! referred to now contains daily notices, at giect length, of theatrica! and musical performances. ‘We have then succeeded at last in compelling te , Courier, and with it other papers in this city, to com- mence a new system of criticism in relation to mv. end the drama, as a newspaper feature indispensab'e to the character and reputation of a respectable public Journal. The Courier bas had within the last fev. days remarkably good notices of music and the dre- ma, and particularly elaborate criticisms of Ole Bul! Templeton, DeMeyer,Murdock and other celebrities Tt will be recollected also that the Ccurier in apolc- gising for its neglect of this important part of the duty of a public journalist, stated, amongst other ‘hings, that one of its reasons was the fact that the Herald had pre-oceupied the ground and that it was | a foreign concern. Singularly enough we now leain hat all the notices and reviews in the Courier have been actually written by a foreigner, specially en- | demi-semi-quaver position in society ! | These notices in the Courier, have been, we have | said, generally pretty good, but still they have a | spice of ill nature and spite which makes them im mensely amusing and laughable. In relation to De Meyer, that great artist on the piano, probably the | greatest in the world, the critic of the Couri speoks in the most handsome terms, and stetes thy his famous Marche Marocaine is to be imported from France by some means, but that it will be ‘m- possible to play it without the fingers of the ma cian himself. Of Ole Bull, it is said that he bas succeeded in this country as much by a know!lecve af the world as of the violin—and yery probaoly there is some truth in this. Every great artist to be successful must have great knowledge of human | | nature, so as to bring his talents properly before the public and secure their just appreciation. eertainly very amusing to hear a full blooded demi- semi-quaver Englishman complaining that Ole Bull’s knowledge of human nature had been so success- | fully applied to American sentiment and sympathy. On the whole, we cannot help expressing our | great and unatlected gratification in finding, that so | far as regards music and the drama, we have dri- ven that lazy and unwieldy elephant, the Cowrier, into its proper position—that we have compelied that bloated concern of impudence, arrogance, ignorance, conceit, and vulgar prejudice, iio | a course of respectability and some commoa | sense and practical exemplification of the utter e°4 | langhable absurdity of all its rigmarole about eri | tiques written by foreigners. The grand object of | | ate out of them, if possible, the advantay 3 80 log and eagerly coveted by a litle clique of preieeders to musical science and musiealeriticisin. Wel, the thing is very funny, and ont of it we anticipate much | laughter in time to come. City Intelligence. mionast’s Home.--It is well Known to ail residents ew York, that npon eit lauding in this ey, e of vrants trom all conntnes are immediatery made the vie~ tung of shacpors of all Kinds, Whose sole husiness it av io swincle them, In thy fitet place, migiat mmes cisely upon his arnivel, is Deret by the uiers for the aiffe ent en we boording ho ases. “L persons re. | presen: wo t exceediagly low price ¢aa good fare the ubteiued at their houses. and the emigrant having of ui y to go somewhere, takes up with tie bes suspecting uothing, he goes to a house, and alter ing there tor sever and Wishing to leave, aks fortis hill When presented, to bis astonishment, le fiuds that the charges ar double or treble what he was told by the runver they would be. Hw mentions tuis to the Jandlord, ond is told by him that he told him notht about the price of board, and wovever did, was misteken, (the runnev tu the meautine having careiully kept outot the way) If he retuses to pay the enormous pricec arged lie is threatened with avetention of bug- © wage; and rather have any difficulty, and wishe lug to proceed to some other part of the couy try, be submits to the imposition, Always ha jog ab ut the ewigrant boarding bou-es, and Mog h their keepes, are the mm vers’ fur toe ferent steamboat and railroad lines by which em g au's leave the city ‘There fellews sell their tickets, whieh they iepresent will convey them nearly or en (iely to their tted they fla t of destinaton; but afer getting tat they have been cheated, nnd that theirtiekets will carry them but a small part of the dis- tance they wish to go. It would be impossible to envi + tale the Various ticks by which the em grant is sw dled vut of the money which he has tor years been boarding up, that he might purchase im this country a home where, with his .wmdy, he could live happily. | Now, it does seem, that with all the wealth aud piilon- toiupy wnich are found united in this city, some means wight be devised to remedy some of these evils, and protect the enugrant from *iese impositions. A few years cuce, acompany of benevolent and weelthy per- sons, seeing the evils whick beset the sailor on his er- rival in our city, built a lange and commodious house, to be used asa S. lors Home The plan hae succeeded admirably The ra‘lor is made comfortable, and sect red {rom the impositions by which he was formerly fleeced of his hard-earned money. No’ can we | not nave an Emigrants’ Home,” built and controlled by men in whom cvatidence could be placed? A large house, built near the principal emigrant landing place, when it became known, as it would in a very shor | time, Would not only be a protection to the em grant, uta profiatle investment of money. Jn this buuding, besides the accommodations for emigrants, the dterent emigrant societies could have their o'lices, and thus | ettectuaily prevent the various impositions now prac- tised. We inerely make these suggestions. Who w:!! move in this matter? Steamen } The steamer Neptune did not ar- rive from Pri yesterday till 12 o'clock. it wrs so dark at her usual hour tor starting from Providenc > that the pilot did 1 ot dare put out, and she did not start about So’clock. It wasthenso dark all night that ahe was obliged to run very slowly. Sreamnoat Lanxpives.—Why is not some decided st taken to prevent the scenes of disorder and confusion that take place at the different steamboat landings? It is a most impossible to get of off a boat, owning to the great rush of hack and cab drivers, and then if a passen- ger escape without having a wp thrust into his eye, | he may consider himself signally blessed. Keep ihe drivers outside of the gates. We have just been thtaes med by the clerk of one of the Providence steamers, that the company have several times requested that [’o- lice officers should be stationed at their landing place to preservo order, but that none have yet been We hope that the proper authorities will not refus quest so well calculated to prevent the scenes of riot and dis- order that daily occur at the steamboat landings. For Texas —A fine new steam vessel, called the Gal: veston, is now lying near the Novelty works. She is in- tended to run between New Orleans and Galveston, and will leave for the former place in a short time. Taxes.—We call the attention of tax payers to the ad- | vertisement of the Receiver of Taxes in another | column. Mrnicat, Movemenrs.—The sessions of the Medical Schools of this city commence on Monday next, aud each of the Colleges have a large number of students, the University having something like two hundred. | while the College ot Physicans aud Surgeons in Crosby street, have over a hundred matriculated names. Dr Ste- venus, the President of that Institution, will deliver tue | opening lecture of the session on Monday evening next, at half past seven, when there will douttless bea large | atten ‘ance. Dr. Mott and the different protessors of the Medical Department of the University have slso been delivering their introductory lectures during the past week and lust night Dr. Bedtord gave a very interesting one iudeed. ‘Turet —On Thursday nigh, some | himself in the « oothe corserol Maden Lan ring the night, got on to th joor, and, by means of faise keys, opened the irut sufe aud yenty five dotlais in money tweive gol y irom two and hatte ten dollais each a h oly secreted AB. Mariner, Water street, and dae lar of the store of Mr au ne god wa romp CANoIDATE Few D Another person red himself as a for Register, inde. own book - Wil und. sket Esq she is sypuser te any attic wre he $1,000 per your, and ted, nt of th 4 tie sur. te t easury or eatin of the Nene nat i iret rthe tars eque H ut an hour alter Words wo the brain, caused by ire. intlue ell thes week tances —We purchased on 8 turday Viarket street, sweet oranues, of good fla- wi oy Jamee Island, opposite the city. They the provuce of the spouts ol trees that were cuit wal) the severe fot which occurred ten or twelve i" § aso 5 the Last year they bore awain tor the first Unie dud toe trees produced about 10.000 oranges. This juan we wudersond the same trees will produce from 4) to 90.0 0 another instance of what @ little care and perseverance will accomplish,—€harleston Patriot, Oct. But it is | the Courier, however, it is proper to add, is to cree | Mr. Wether Webster's Second Lecture on | “China and the Chinese,” at the Tabernn- | ele, Inst evenings | The second lecture of this gentleman, on China | and the Chinese, was delivered to a very large au- dience, last evening, in the Tabernacle The ge:- | deman commenced at where he lett off in his first ‘lecture, when speaking of the Chinese municipal | ' government, and their manner of detecting thieves, | and recovering stolen goods. If the police ere ¥i | gilant, the thieves are daring—putting into requ ‘ tien the skill of the police. The thieves oil th bodies, and never ent ra dark room to steal, revei- sing the order of our thieves; indeed, the Chinese do nothing in the same way as we do; here, on meeting a friend, we shake him by the nand—itere the Chinese shake their own, For mourning ‘ey wear white, we were black; they put their saucers ou their cups, we put our cups on our saucers; we punish the guilty to spare the innocent, they punish the inno- cent tofind out the guilty, A gemtleman of the embassy was robbed in China inthis manner—the night of the robbery very warm, anc retired to bed, leav- | ing the window open Two thieves applied a bamboo aan to the house, ascended to the winaow, looked in, and seeing the gentleman asleep, they slipped into the room, secured a pistol and sword which lay close by, and while one kept watch, the other stripped’ the room In the morning, on discovery of the robbery, there was | great consternation; but knowing the Chinese method | of indiug thieves,by punishing the innocent until the guil- | ty are discovered, no complaint was made, otherwise the | property stolen would certainly hav scovered and returned. When a person is about h: fers himselt in the cavecity of stew: month and pays himseif house; he hires al! the seivants and is responsible for everything; takes charge of ell the keys ana is respor.'- ble for every article; it anything be stolen it must be re- | placed by the steward §T're steward hires all the unde-- ings and holds them responsible to him, and if an a be stolen by ‘“ nobody.” who commits so many 4 a | tions with us, he maxes the underlings sponsible ‘o him, By this system one great abject which the mé | ters of justice endeavored to effect is secured b 5 nese, the certainty of punishment for every crime | seems to be anatural relation between crime and pun- | ishment. The Chinese code of laws is voluminous.— | | There is nothing that can be done or suffered that is vot | provided for; the rules of costume, the modes of salut. | tion between subalterns and superiors, between frien: | and all the minutie ofevery day intercourse are regul. | ted by law. The changes of tne :cayons are accompa sie | by changes of dress, und the season is not chenged unt'l the chiet magistrate puts on the appropriate dress. Tne present reigning family in China is of Tatar origin. In | 1€‘1 the Tartars, taking advantage of dissensions of the empire, made a success‘ul invasion and have succeed- | ed in keeping possession of the throne ever since.— | The present monarch Taou Kwang is an agid man and wrote the ode on tea which Voltaire | praises so highly. He owes his succession to havin ; | gallantly defended his father from an attack mede upoa | him, thejmonarchs having the right to appoiat their suc- cessors. The gentleman then showed that none of the | laws or customs of the Chinese were altered by the Tar- | tars, the only change being achunge of rulers. Tho'e still remain some of the old inhabitants who were nc* conquered by the Tariars, and they: live onthe moun- tains at the source of the Canton river, a brave and cou- rageous penple, who deticd all atten pts at subjection, and defeated several able generals who were sent against them. The Chinese have no hereditarv distnctions of rank or dignity ; they are considered to be of one family and are equal, and are eonsideied in theory the family of the emperor , The highest offices are the rewards of good | actions and good scholarship, and Mterary excellence is | 8n open read to the highest dignitics and honors of the empire; and in no country is wealth looked upon with so little concern, and the occupants of high places, which | the emperor was i.tely, irom the empty condition of bis | coffers obliged to sell, receive no dejerence. “here are nine distinctions of rank in China, distinguished by the colors of jue button aad ; eacock” her—aKan weais a red button and a peacock’s fearher With two eyes, the emperor having the power to degiade or promure at pleasure the holders of these dignities The lecturer | then explained the sy stem of government of the Chinese, which is touided upon the pi ‘iple of fila! love, and that in respect te filinl obedience, it be suppoze that their legal code is not defi sient in respect to parents aud reverence tor ancestors. Unusual instances of fiual devotion are rewurded and male the subjects of novels, and in teat respect they reverse the order with us, for there the paren's receive the rewards, for th must be a good Jather to so edu ate his son. Filia. | tion with them holds the saine place as affection er | duty to our wives do with us A Chinese will bear his thet trom danger and his wile andsamily wt Kaw hin The worship of the dead is theirebtef devotion; the hh they decorate in jons Ways are always sitnared on tie sides of bills,hence the phrese of going ‘with hills.” The ‘merican embassy arrived at sive i an‘! remained there during Merch, Apiilend May, wuere | a letter was received from the Chinese Minister, sa j that he would be at Macao in five minutes, but ac- | cording to our celculation it was twenty days betore he | arvivea, ‘They are very scrupulous in adhermg to forms, | eech having his card, which 1s not so small as ours, but a large sheet of red paper; ond the most scrupulous in fixing their seals on their letters, which are written on embossed paper and contcined in envelopes, oa the back of which are written the neme of he writer, and thut of the person wiitten to, end the route of each. At thirty minutes before the time appointad for the arrival of the Chinese Ambasscdor, a me. senger arrived with his cud ; immediately aver that another messenger arrived, and then came the Commissioner. Three guns wete fired — the Mandar'rs drew up and the legation received him inadrawing room. Atter the interchange of civilitie a pleasant convers tion was eutered in, while the objer of the mission was notaliuced to, and which was kept up by tue Americans in th t way thoy could; a col Jation Was prepared and yp of The next day the legai‘on returned the visit at the Temple, where the treaty was ¢ \erwards negotiated, aod which like all Chinese Temples very tastefully decorated Ax the i} | | | | | legation approached, a selute of three guns was ficed, and rude music, which sounded like the tuning of the orchestra wit) ter us, was strack up. led to a seat, and a'ter we were usheres into dinner. A were all simili the lecturer he would desc; ibe the last aver signing the treaty. The room was sme!!, without any windows or doors except the entrance about twenty feet by ten wide. The night was intensely hot, but the Chinese with their loose dresses of cape, and with the aid of their fans, kept com- foriably cool; but the legation, with their broadcloth coats, buttoned up to the chin, could hardly 1 Two Tartars appenred witha large package of cloth whch, by dint of continued unfoldin, closed a larg: stamp of metal which wes the imperi mp. We pre ceeded to dinner,ood the Chinese insisted that we should take offour coats. Some of us were prepared for this, and brought jackets with us, butone who had not done 80, was ovliged to rit down to this dinner, which was given tocelebiy'e the signing of the important treaty b. twee s the Chinese anu Americans, in his shirt sleeves. The dinner consisted of fruitsaad flowers, and a drink inferior to our whiskey, and soup, birds and pud- di the Chinese commissioner, out of respect to our r, taking with his own chop sticks morsels of 'g8, &:¢ Xe. placirg them in the open mouth of Mr. Cushing, Mr. Cushing returning the compliment with his chop sticks. Among the meats on the occasion, were roast mutton and a rozsted hog, with the back gilt, and the souy which closed the meal, was contained in a bowl which tne Chinese minister took in both his hands, | drank of and then handed to Mr. Cushing, who paitook Our mims- was conversing th of it in the same way, es did the the members of | the legation, traveling from one to the ot The lecturer next described t iress of the Chinese | which was costly and consisted «. various habits of silk, and embroir s, valuable stones aud diamonds, consti- tuting @ portion of their ornaments. Ia theatricals the Chinese are far behind us. There are no permatient structures for such amusements, end he actors are all itinerant, and when engaged for any place remove there with ‘all their property. They have no shilting scenes—their plays are tounded upon history and comedy and no woman ever acts ; the scenes ave very long. The lecturer ther described one of their | plays. ‘In literature the Chinese are not deficient. Every man reads, and books are cheap and abundant. Theat | of printing was known to them long before it was to us. | Mr Webster wound up his lecture by touching on the | history and antiquity of China, and on the language of the Chinese which contained 80.000 characters. ‘lhe word which means “ government” in Chinese, is com- | posed of two characters, one of which means bamboo and the other is the character that represents the act of striking. Clreult Court. Before Judge Edmonds. Oct. 31.—Henry McQueen vs. Wm. Smith.—This was anaction of trespass brought by a foreign sailor for al- leged assault, against the master of asbiv, for a flogging inflicted on him during the voyage It was set up in de- fence that the plaint.ff wasa minor and that he «uit ought to have been commenced in the naine of hs next friend V. for defendant under direction of the Court, plaintiff having excepted. Samuel Kustes Wm owe-- Action to recover a ba- lance of account. Defendant pleaded pay ment; and far- ther, that before suit was brought, plait! became a vo- luntary saukrupt, by which his claim passed to the ge- vera assiguee in Whose name suit shontd have been brought. A nonsuit w. en pou granted. Ocr. 31—Robert Robbins ns, Uhavles Fos Elections. Action of assault and atte that the parties iu the p sult of the Pre in Cath woul sto lost hi ot pay his bets nwiieh box strnr anita y «ham, avi » Verdict for plaintth $00 ts now ® tprave. ia t Wand for planati®, 943 dasiage Slop vs Roderick Sedgewick 260 per si titicates of stock were Van party named Husson, thu laieral seourity for a was tobe repaid hy fendant, whieh Sub equently the con ract, Which was declined b now brought to recover ‘The jury found for plaintiff, $2600 damages wit Upwards of 400 tons of mere vancise have been shipped from Cincinnati, within the lust twenty day &, which nas arrived inthe city by way of the. Siianmi Ca nal. A pretty smart trade this—which, added to the large amount of freight received here by other convey: ance, is pretty good evidence that somebody ‘ out west , is Dusy,—Ohio Union, Oct, 97, of oi delendunt, aud vetion is ate | nomination was car Meeting of Ame tean sfeehanics. A meeting called under the above name was h-ld last evening at Croton Hall. It had been culicd by | means of circulars thrown among the mechanics «f I the city, calling upon them to meet for the purpose of protecting their interests against those of toreiga laborers. It was evidently a straw at which the drowning native party were catching. When we arrived, at half-past seven, the room was tolerabiy ;w oll filled, and on the outside, at the head of the siairs, two small boys were engaged in making e horrible deafening noise upon a drum and fife, ‘or the purpose of drawing in strangers who should hep- pen to be passing in that direction. At a quarter to 8 the meeting was called to order, and the name of G G Jewett pro; 1 as President. This d unanimously stated that he considered the seat of aking. He had been a mechanic, and had seen the evil influence caused by foreign mechanics. A number of persons were now appointed as officers of the meeting, but as none of them appeared to answer to their names, the President remarked that he supposed , ere either a hamed of the cause, or els: were not very sq) jown, friend who sat on our left, '' How did I read it?” The President now introduced to the meeting General asked a | Smith, of Philadelphia, who remarked that he telt proud in addressing a meeting of American citizens, He was born in Utica, and was no less than that ubiquitous per- sovage, “the oldest inhabitant.” He was a mechanic— jad bi brought up as such, and felt that the American mechanics were bone of his bone, ani flesh of his flesh. 1am the editor of a paper in Philadelphia—1 hold a copy "n my band. When we commenced, there were but 170 subscribers, ond we expectto have 10,000. 1 believ the absolute repeal ot the naturalization laws, in self Gefence. The people of America should do their own thinking, voting and fighting. We are all democrats, and so we are. (Feintspplause.) | shall detain you but afew minutes; | must go to two or three more meetings to-night But, fellow citizens, shall we be ruled by to- reigners? It makes no difference whether we are gcv- erbed by the bullet or the ba'lot. The crowned heads of Europe are endeavoring to sp the citatel of Ameri can liberty With old Paul of oid, [ would say,{ am not ashamed to be called a Native American—I am a native, and “ nothin else.” The speech of General Smith was the only one wortn reporting. Several others spoke whose speeches were made up of Ame: —Naturalization— Bib! —Bishop Hughes—the Pope, Ir hools—Twenty-one years h and the Dutch ~ froth, foam and fury—and the meeting broke up in great noise | and confusion. heatricals, Park Turatns.—Mr. Murdock took his beneii, lost nigt. The house was tolerably well filled. “ Viac- beth” was the part chosen by Mr. Murdock, and he’ sus- tained it in a manner which certainly gave promise of {u- ture excellence. Mzs. Bland’s “ Lady Macbeth” was a highly respectable performance. The after piece was “Periection,” in which Mr. Murdock and Mrs. Bland sus- tained the parts of “Charles Paragon” and “Kate.” It was well received. plause wus very enthusiastic, and in obedience to the loud and reiteraved calls of the house, Mr. Murdock came forward and delivered the fetlowing speech :— Lapies asp GentLEREN— a cundidate for your approval ; you were pleased to give me your ‘avov. Night aster night you have glaidened my heart, by :especttul attention and kind applause. Though words muy 19! to express my pratituds, wy heart is tull to overilowing. To the kind trieads have greeted me here, and to te entire press of this sister city. lowe mn fanart they have given me. now ladies and gentlemen a few words to you upon a subject ever near my own heart, and which [T an sure fieds a corner in the hearis of all wno regard the intellectual de velopments of tois land of their birth or of their adop- tion. (Great apnlause ) England, Fiance and Spain p sessa national cicma, whieu is their pride ond | abounding in graphic pictues of national character, where all of good and beauty aud greatness belonging to a nation 1s faithtully chronicted—( Applause ) from cer. ein givings forth of the poputar mind, | muy venture to predict, that in the mighty work woich the present zene ration is destived to pertorm on this tthe Atlantic. the builoing up ofa new drama is a pri Avama bearing the spiritof our common © 3 w th the living fea’ures of humanity, and a bold outhue oF manners as they exist at present avd as they exisied at that period, when the founders of ayonug republic acted well their part.- (Thunders of ap scended from the lind which gave birth to a what shall prevent cur young writers trom moulding in: to a dramatic form the rich materials which lie sprend over the pages «f our country’s history. (Loud and con- Unned applause) Letthem begin the work, whose end isto “raise the genius and to mend the heait,” anda generuus public will cheer then on, ‘till they forma centre forthe drama, around which higher espirations shall cluster and shi Hoping that | tay live to take @ part iu such scenes, [ vow. ladies and gentiemen, bid you, (for the present) iarewell. To ove undail | repeat my “hearts thauks” and farewell. —(Long conunued w- plause ) ‘To-night Leopold de Meyer. the great magician on the piano,will appear, and perform bis ‘ Marche Viarocaine’ —gand ‘ Russian airs,” and a grand fantasia from “Nouma.” (Loud applause) And permit me to address Boweny Tuxares —Messrs Coney and Blanchard hea a tremendous benefit last nig't; ia fact we never before witnessed such a crowded house as they presented last night, we are by no means asto- nished at the gathering that took place. Mr. Blanchard is one of the most finished pantomimists in America, and Mr. Concy is not a whit behind in his peculiar line. The | } Pas de Grenovilte in the play of the “ Ourang Outang ” elicited thunders of applause. The “ Adopted Child,” | wes admirably played, and Mr. J. R. Scott as Michael ful. ly sustein the reputation he has won on the boards of te Bowery. The Cherokee Chief, with the admirable concluded the ‘evening’s entertaiumer ence separated, highly gratified with what they had wit- nes-ed it is by {n-nishing such bills as these that the proprie tors of the Bowery Theatre have succeeded ia obtaining the immense patronage they have ight they give “ Richard IIL” and the “ Cherokee Chiet.” ‘Temeieron’s Fanrwer Last night the rush to Pal mo’s was tremendous and long—long before the livn vocalist made his appearance, the house, from floor to ceiling, presented one bright mass of eager counte- nances. The bill of fare for the evening, was, perhaps, the most recherche yet offered by the great artist, andthe enthusiasm evinced was not inferior to the character of the occasion. The evening commenced with Tanna- hill’s exquisite song, “Gloomy Winter”—and nothing could have exhibited to greater advantage the superhu- | man compass of Templeton’s yoice—an organ which can only be characterized by the expressive German term ‘Zauberstimme.” “Jessie the Flower o’ Dumblane,” was thrilling and sweet as the echoes of the lofty Ben- Jomond itsel1, and drew forth a rapturous encore. Aiter thisjentrancing melody, the minstrel struck a merrier chord, and convulsed us with the grotesque and truly Scottish ballad, “Auld Gudeman”—after which the gravity of the audience was restored by, “The Rose will cease to Blow”—soon again, however, to be sc tered to the four winds by our admirable friend, the “Jolly Beggar.” By the way, we are nota little afraid that the contagious jolity of this “beggar will soon fill New York with begyars jequallyjolly,and lvad to a start. ling item in the statistics of ‘pauperism. Pussing re- Ps luctantly the superb “All is Lost,” and “I Love Her,” | of which it is sufficient to say, that they were surg as only ecapeten can sing them and were enthusiastically applauded. We hasten to that stupsndous perlurmance which crowned the evening “Ine Bay of Biscay’ — here Templeton’s voice was more than itself, and drew down applauses as loud as any storm that ever thun dered inthe “Bay of Biscay” itself Mr. Temy leto in expr ssing his high sense of the honor which been paid him, declined, for the present, bidui gis au‘itors fare’ in the course of a fortuig to three weeks, it was his n, on his way irom Bo - tonto the South to Ropves again before tham ina fa e+ wellentertainment. We indulge a hope that on the o sion in question, vir. Templeton, in co: demands of the public, will make his appearance iu ine ‘Tabernacle Tis but ane to aid, that at all of these concerts of Mr. Templeton, the accompawiments were played by Mr Austin Phillips in a manner creditable mtue es treme The maguificent instrument, two, of seco o teves, from the Well-known esta sisi ntof Vic Chom bers, 385 Broad say, used on these vccasi is worthy of & parsing not All the were gemonts a theo, ern hone were well conveived and carried wat Paulino and the assistants enynged oid ter | mendable manuer, which cortrbated not comfort and conve atten Jed th | OW We He hw wecompany Avwasia Phe ale at this pretty littie place of public entertainment last evening was very gunt: tH fact with the bills that Key nightiy give, t ign w OF Tonight the Ethiopian Burle que Ov 5 Hen file whies weow can the 1 ° ‘ al i le refresh fhe Segnins ant Me Frazer etre | he Howard Mthe: aus, in Boston, this Mine Deley is giving concest Bolti Miss Gardner and Bromgh wil this ety and apoenr agaorat the Pare Tie Swiss Bell Ringers have i more, thay are on their way to sense Tae Morven 1s Boer Nu ews of tre at rest of Albert J Vtrrell tid ! ' Naot ave » Monday morning * 1 weit from Weymouth to Hanoy rshaller, Not fit uy place to harbor, he rerarnet to Wey mont vei a con sultation with his trieuds to whom his off ce tat be come known, and wa conveyed away by one of then # velanve by to prosecut Zafelon to ape This ex emption, however, docs not extend to the act of resisting an officer, ind Mr. Jewett | in | fluence—Bunker Hill | On the fall of the curtain the ap- | A fovinight siuce | appeared | life long thavks, for tha unaximons and generous | But with such a bill | a Sagacious performances of the dogs, Hector and Bruin, | and the audi | Potter intett Oot. Bet. Fraud —- Oficer Rue, of tis oily, lest e e ning arrested & person named Edward R Hatiam, char, ed ith having $2400 worth of goods from Mess: ton, Wilson & Co., of Philadelphia, to take to ville, Obis dispose of on their account, but d of disc! relng their claims, purchased 60 horses, with which he leftfor the Eastward, d:aposi perty, and @ppropriating the eee thereol to hisown tise, having passed through Philadelphia by night, with about 30 of the horses. He was met by officer Rue, yes- terday, in New Jersey, and arrested as he wax crossing the ferry, on his way to thiscity. He was taken before Judge Edmonds, this morning, and discharged, in conse- quence of ome discrepancy in the affiJavits. Diamond Bracelet Found.—A diamond bracelet, worth about $350, was found, yesterday and delivered into the custody of the Police Magistrat atthe Tombs. [th since been claimed by a female of considerable noto: | ty, residing west of Broadway. Arrested on a Bench Warvant.—A female, named Em. ma Prince, was arrested in this city, last evening, by virtue of a hench warrant from Albany, to which place she was taken this morning, to answer the complvint preferred against he Attempted Rape A man, named Jacob Brinninger, was arrested by officer Beck, of the Ist wardonacharge | of having attempted to commit @ rape upon the person of a female named Wilhe!mina Tubert. Found Secreted.—A man, who gave his name as Wm. Wilkie, was last night found secreted inthe house No. 160 Canal street. with the supposed intention of robbing He was taken into custody end commit. of the pro- female, named Mary Williams, was ar htand detained to answer, for steuling a pair of valuable vases, and an astral lamp, belonging to Mrs, Paxton, of No. 76 Green street. «tnother.—A man, named John Bell was called to ac- count for stealing Heo Par? worth $10, belonging to a person named Dougherty Bell way duly entombea. Who's Been Robbed?—Owners wanted for coats, pante, vests, silk haudkerchiets, hosiery, gloves, &c ‘hose who have had sach articles stolen trom them, are ad ed to pply to officers Whikehart and Davis, at the Luw- er Police Office. Kote, Robbery—A man named Wm. Webb was ar- rested for stealing a quantity of bed clothes from Love joy’s hot Hohbing a Steamboat—Peter Johnson was brought up and detained for stealing $25 worth of clothing from the steamboat Express. Th fe of Money—A person named Philip Riley was ar- rested on a charge of stealing a purse containing $16,the property of Philip Cusick. Arrested on Susp cion—A man named Alexander Me- | Gregor was arrested on suspicion of having stolen a piece of broadcloth found in his possession, and concern- | ing which he was unable to rendera very satisfactory ac- count. Burglar Caught.—A colored porter, named Isaac Com- ther, having charge of the premises, No 8 Wall street, about 8 o'clock this evening discovered a light in oue of the upper stories, and on ascending the stairs tor the pur- pose of ascertaining from whence the light proceeded, he was met by a stranger, who extinguished the light fnd handed him a key, at the same time stating, © here is Mr. “s key,” as though he had been left in the | room by the occupant, and he was then taking his own departure, but the porter knowing that the gentleman | whose name the tiief mentioned had no key, coilared the fellow aud called for assistance Ofliver Leonard, one of the chiet’s special aids, and Mr H_ Wilson happen: ing to hear the c:il, instantly 1epaised to the spot aud took the burglar. On taking him to the Ist Ward station | house and searching him, a gold watch, chaia and ring, u silver reaspoon, @ siiver watch chain, eight pledge tickets, $575 in money, three skeleton keys, a screw driver, a box of matches, &c., were found upon him. He gave is name as Kichard Jackson, Sporting Intelligence, Trortine at THE Hagtem Park Counsr.—There was | a good attendance yesterday to witness the followi g piece of sport. Previous to the start, betting was two to one on Drummer aginst the field; five to twenty un Ro sabell : — Col Bartine’s b. m. Rosabell, (Bartine, EW. Smniti’s br g Crowder W Wheelan, rg Drummer, .. Capt. Underhili’s bl m Bow F Goodrich’s ch. g Bowe y J. Corven’s Quaker ‘ Ae The gr.h Arab did not start, having previou, purse which disqualified him, ‘Time, 2m_ 42s; nm 428; 2m | about o neck. Herpre Racers on tre Beacon Course. - The whole of the entries for this affair to come offou Monday may be seen in our advertising columns. It promises to be One of the grande taffairs of the sort that has ever taken place in this country Tren on Racks, Cuvnsoay—The first race (‘wo miles) by stanley —time, 3m 4is; dm 51s. a third beats of the second race were won by B th horses were entered by Samuel Laird. Pump Day, Oct 22, dy wone $s~won in fine style by Mariner. Diastonn Course, Fatt Me: —Varse $150, two mile heats, Jonu P Whate’s gr. c, Saint Louis, by Altorf, out of Fleia by Medley, 3 years old 86 Ibe... Thomas G. Moore's yr. Blue Bounets vy imp. Hedgeford, out of Grey Faony, by Bertran¢ years old-107 lbs... . ‘ D.C. Heffiangtou’s imp. br. ¢. 100 los... imp, 4.03 : 3) iis! heat—Saint Li us wus Jecidedly the favorite—the i po ed colt led off, put was instantly passe! by ot Lonis w’ o went rome three I ngths in avvance an! con- nue! n that po-ition to the lis! quarter when the m:'« piay—an interesting contest ensued, the colt wins ning by wbouta lergin. Second Heat -Saint Louis had alatiwoto one. They bon went vo work tram the re, St. Louis leading, who maints the iuce Lu 4 very handsome style, w of a ienge dit and finshed | | ning by upwards 1 Cask —In the District Court, before yesterday, wos still neder trial the | case of Bisho nrick va Smick etal. The defendants were tenants of the Second Prosbytedan Chur h in uthwack, Which had its house of worshipon the «d+ ining lot, on Moyamensing road below Christian street, Both parties claim tile under the Rev ES Ely, ia whom it was formerly vested. The plaintiff purchased the lot at nublic sale, made by Dr. Ely, for the price of $8,000. and received a deed for it from him ant wife , the plaintit® paying $4,000, and giving his b nd, secured b Mortgage on the premises, forthe balance The defend: ants contend that Dr. Ely had previously conveyed the lot to them. Almost tho entire day was occupied with the diseussion of preliminary questions of evidence, the admission of written testimony, the competency of wit- nesses, &¢.—U. S. Gazette, Oct. 31. To ne Haxceo.—At Arkansas, on the Ith ult, sentence of death was psssed upon Crawtoid and Lavinia Burnett. husbana and wife—they waving been found guilty of being accessaries b fore the fact, in the murder of Jonathan Sibley, onthe 12thor \ugust last, | inthat county, Sibley was abachelor, Jived aloue, an unotfeuding ‘and worthy man, At the instig ‘tion of the fatuer and mother, above referred to, their son, John Bur- vett.in company with his cousin, by the vame of Sharp, repaired to the dwelling of Sibley in the night, situated abouta mile anda half from theirs, aud Teliberately cru-hed his head to pieces with a hatchet, took what mo- ney they could find, and returned home. John Burnett is Still at large, though pursued. Sure Burro) at Newark —At one of the wharves in the North river may be seen a new brig, lately built at Newark, culled the * William T Du- gan, which for beauty of model, adaptation for fl-et- ness and Kale for carriage, will compare with any vessel afloat She is of 220 tons register, own- ed in thiscity and commanded by Captain Golden. We learn that she has been chartered for a voyage to Atrica, and will sa:] in a few days with a temper- ance crew, which some consider almost a surety for a safe and profitible operation to all concerned. We learn also that the saine owners are engaged in | building a splendid schooner of 200 tons, to be launched to-day at the same place, uteoded tor the New York and Wilimington line of packets; sie 1s to be called the Harrison Price, aud will be com- manded by Captain Beaston, long known in the West ludia trade. Anovier tiae vessel is also 11 course of completion tthe same place, designed for the Southern end | Weet fadia trade. A ti min this city has ordered a barque of 300 tous to ve finished at the same plaice In the course of the coming Winter These vessels are all bul ia the best posstole manner, ot Jersey wave vak ans locnst “These t yo tar to show the pro- gress of commercial operations in Newark, vod of her womate inporiaier in the shipping business in ueneral ‘There stul, however, exists an obstacle ia the shape of a shoal or bar 1 the Passaic, which if removed, would greatly advance a uvaiver ot their branches of trade, and more parucularly that of ship building. Move nis of Travellers, ‘There appears to be suli an increase in the number of| errivals Ele following may be considered as 9 fresh pitome from the registies of the principal hotels lust even A nican. W. Badgely, Montreal ; J.D. Featherston , qnebe W. Hays, ( unade: Ripley, West in Geo Bowland, Mobile; janes Traquaer Phiiadel- Bouit, Bostoa. G Gardiner, do; si Nes +h, yi 0. C. Algor, Svockbringe; Geo Rogers, vox t, Charleston, S'.; John © Brent, Wash y'ou, Montreal, J Lonisvilie: 1 SHheoit, 4 W Dall, Boston, Ut din +) wolds, Buffaty, NO; 8 Bow B. Spray pray rnax tas iJ Upham, ssell, NOC) Be War rine y Posi sd barry, Bait; Gene anfill NOU PK, vease, Conn'ts eo 1) H. Finkwin, Philad; Captoin Gu m Sur], Vr, 4 BB oth, Pougnkeep f Bat by, O Cineke, Uuew; Oo 4 \ n « Troy; A. Wh i » B steels dus G tgs) wegen, Ch Boston; W. H. Elis neh! Hos v—I, Crouse, Canewota; Augustus nent 1 Charties Davie, Pitlads How Robert Lewn, Hiden: Baward Had, Wasni EP fost toy J Williams, India a si Viimndogtens HL PB. Tyler, NO; H Gib tt) J© Able, Grand Ra an; W. bi. H; Hon H Shaver Stocking, B. N, Wood, Albany; Col. Minor, Cincin}