The New York Herald Newspaper, April 2, 1848, Page 1

Whole No, 5056, FRANCY, HER GOVERNMENTAL, ADMINISTRATIVE, AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATION, EXPOSED AND CONSIDERED IN [28 PRINCIPLES, IN ITS WORKING, AND IN Irs RESULTS, THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES. We have shown, in the preceding pages, the composition of the electoral body, and how, by bestowing all the public offices at its disposal on electors only, or on their families and relatives, the government has the means of securing from the electoral colleges the return of any candi dates introduced by the prefects and the sub pre- fects. It is ascertained that two-thirds of the electors in France are at this moment dependent onthe vyovernment by the places they have ob- tained for themselves or for their children and other relatives. During the Jast two years, more than 45,000 places or promotions have been granted in this manner, by the present adminis- tration, in addition to those previously bestowed on 70,000 electors ; and, as the practice in every ministry has been to grant places only on the de- mand or on the recommendation of ministerial deputies, it follows that the electors are interest- edin re-electing the same deputies, to whom they are already indebted for their situations, and from whom they expect promotions, or some other snug appointments for the younger mem- bers of their families. Thus the deputy ot an arrondissement is in some sort irremovable.— Some of them make a traffic of their influence, and receive a per centage on the value of the emoluments, or other ministerial favors, prefer- ring that to being employed themselves, as they can pretend to be independent and disinterested in their support of the ministry. ‘ Lest the fact should be doubted, I must explain it. 1 know, not one only, but twenty, deputies, who possess little more than the qualification, 4,500 francs a year, (£180,) and who cannot live six months in Paris on that income; but they are legis ‘ative and Sri everette ere: To promote the bills for the two Versailles railways, many of them received from 40 to 100 shares.— They were largely paid, three years ago, by the contractors for ORT the law on the fortifi- cations of Paris. hree of them, to my know- ledge, are in the practice of charging from £40 to £60 for the appointments obtained through their influence, and they derive a tolerably good income trom that source. The ministers know this; they assist in it; nay, more—they them- selves do the same. Two years ago, one of them introduced a railway bill, for a douceur of £4,000 which railway bill was rejected, because the compeers of the minister were without 1,000 francs tojbegin with, and were, besides,so discre- ditable that nobody would join them in the un- dertaking. 2 tee ‘Tne general principle of the electoral and re- presentative system, now firmly established in France, is, that to obtain anything of any kind, at the hands of the government, from which eve- ry thing proceeds, the electors must return depu- lies ready to do every thing tor the government, and to make the most they can of their functions. The house of deputies, then, filtered through every process that poliey and corruption could invent to minimise—as Jeremy Bentham would have said—the operation of national feeling, and to maximise the governmental, preponderance, has completely answered the sinister purposes for which it was established, and cannot but con- tinue to act, as it has done fox the last twelve years, against the opinions and the interests of the French people. I cannot, without disgust, look on the personal ‘composition of the present house. A more igno- vant, more despicable, more vencl, more unprin- cipled, more villanous and cowardly set of peo- ple never was collected in any country, than the mountebanks who periodically assemble at the Palais Bourbon. It is quite in accordance with the origin of the name of their place—it is a bour- bier. It you take out from them about twenty members, and amongst these De Tre cy, Dupont de Eure, Cormenin, Arrago, De Corcelles, Isambert, de Thiers, George Lufayette, Lanjui- nais, Allier, Corne, und, amongst the legiti- mates, Blin de Bourdon, La Rochejecquelin, and afew others, you will not, by any possible pro- cess, extract from all the others united, one par- ticle of political, or, indeed, of private honesty, of patriotism, of any refined or manly feeling, o: regard for the rights of the people; of concern for their interests, of commiseration for their distress. They are nothing better than a rave- nous crew, hoaxing, fighting, pilfering one ano- ther’s nests, and agreeing on only one purpose— to feed and breed on the national corpse. Such they were from the beginning; such they are, and such they will continue to be, so long as the present system of goverment stands. My judgment will, no doubt, be deemed ex- ceedingly severe ; but I beg to say, that it is con- fermable to the general opinion, and the few ho- * st deputies themselves confirm it on every nes et us quote one fact in confirmation. Point. “ierry Poux, a medical man, of good pro- M. Tu tor years been a sort of providence to perty, had “Moniauban, while at the same time tne poor of» sracter, ‘his science, his modesty, his upright ch.“ volence to all, had gained for and his kind bes “1 1h.6 Jove of every class. Im him the respect Sihe "evolution of July, he was mediately ae highs mayor of the town ; and, unammously tad "ty his fellow citizens, at the first general elect oi ice as well as with the same unanimity, . a. seir deputy. He re Protestants, chose him for tt. dT weniie Pi stantly accepted the misstom,'49¢ went to © atis a igh a his duty’ ‘That was the fully determined to do his slegunl. tiedh- time of the seductions and apostacle® ‘ : i - crosses Of honor, mi- deputies ; offices, money, ¢ slis, were then nisterial and royal dinners and balls, : 1 vs. Poux refused every- the government tactics. Tade' at tig thing, and, when urged to accept a p table. answered, ‘that he coald not with piesa AL me A ivial table persons consistency meet at a convivi with whom he differed on almost every point, and that, 1! the invitation were meant as dae he could not secept favors from those whom i was his duty to control.” _He said this without arrogance, aad with that mild simplicity of at ner characteristic of all his conduct. He cou : not long be a witness of the administrative and representative depravity. Six months alter his electionhe went back to his poor Montsabanese, and wrote to the a eles of the chamber of de- 1 ori paties the following tee piruries, 28 Fevrier, 1682. un Le PResIDENT— Mroutant repudier toute solidarité a Ja majorite @une chambre qui se rend complice du systime disas- treux et des uctes déplorables d’un ministére anti-ma bs depute tional, je donne ma deaission de “REERRY Poux. It was but eighteen months after the revolution of July, that this honest and unpretending man found that he could not conscientiously remain connexion with perjured and cor any longer in fupt colle gues, Who already formed the majori ty. It was ing the ministry of Casimir Per ner, who despised the doctrinaires as a set of so- phistical pedagogues, hated them for their trea- cherous and sanguinary deeds during the resto- ration, and woud not, on any account, admit them in his ministry. ‘Ten years have sinc elapsed, ten years of doctrinary, that is to say, burefaced, impudent, and systematic corruption, of cruel] intimidation, and savage execations, nd perpetual misrule ; all with the approbation of the majrity of the deputies, who benefit by it Their intellectual capacity is on a par with their integrity ; any 459 persons taken at random from amongst the people passing the barriers of Paris, would prove more intelligent, as well as more honest. Three hundred of those deputies know nothing of the real principles of social and political economy ; they do not even understand ‘he doctrinarian system itself, to the mainte- ‘ha.rce of Which they are instrumental, except 80 far wt they individually benetit by it. They do not geweralize—they do not understand ¢ hig temble ot corruption and tyranny of which their individual corruption and baseness form a ha ponent par Political mechanics, they do t hil partat the machinery, without knowing, wit! out inquiring, about the total reeult. [beg par- don of the Enalteh mechanics; they know Manly than that: I must find another similitude— have it. You see, m brick fields, the dumb ani- mals, which, blinded and attached to the shaft, turn ronad asd grind ; so it is with the majority «of the French cepaties. But here, again, my com- parison is in part faulty, and I must also Lp bio eon of the poor biinded beasts; they grind be- cause they cannot hefe it—they are whipped to their work ; but ws rational brutes willingly do it, and do it with pleasure. "Mlost of them kyow nothing of France but the chief towns of their departments; the road to Paris, studied from the inside of a diligence ; and, in Paris, only the way from their lodgings to the Thuileries, to the ministries, to the cham- “ber, and to the theatres. As to Europe, there vare not fifty amongst them who could write ac- curately, on a sheet of paper, the names of the several countries in their proper positions ; and, as to the statistics of those countries, not one in twenty could answer the very simplest question retative to them. . As to reasoning,for discussion, on any subject of internal or external policy, except with regard to matters immedtately affecting their localities, they are generally quite unequal to the task ; and they themselves know it, but they do not wish it to be known by others ; and, in order to save their amour propre, deputies are allowed to read their speeches. It is a trade in Paris to compose speeches for the deputies; who, then successively shine at the tribune, and, during 2 fortnight, dissert on general questions, without answering one another. But, unfortunately for the trade in speeches, though fortunately for the public and for public questions, many of the de- puties cannot even read correctly the speeches written forthem ; and they would be doomed to perpetual silence, if the ministerial strategy had not provided a most important employment for their lungs. Ata signal given by one of the mi- nisters, bravos, cheers, interruptions, murmurs, cries of order, all in a gradation beginning with No! No! and rising to savage yells, resound in the assembly. This is the order, the regulation of the debates, on important occasions; it gene- raily secures the triumph of the ministry; then the sher p-headed Jacques Lefebvre cries, ** Vive le Roi!” which 13 immediately re-echoed by the whole party, and the assembly adjourn and walk off in triumph Such being the general composition of the house, it follows that ready and extempore speakers pass for geniuses among their parti- zans ; but, with the exception of one really great orator, and two or three sensible polemists, there is not one of those geniuses that would not ei- ther be couzhed down, or silenced, by a univer. sal explosion of dissatisfaction, or left speaking to empty benches, in the British House of Com- mons. These ready speakers, always excepting three or tour, have no other merit than the practice of public speaking and the utmost coufidence in themselves, which, however, varies according to the habits and professions of the parties, who may be divided into three classes—the profes- sors, the king’s attorneys and judges, and the barristers. The professors, (and there are halt a dozen of them, with Guizot at their head,) accustomed to speak to young men, to be listened to, without any contradiction, to vonvince an auditory bound to jurare in verba magistri, have the greatest share of seit confidence. It really amounts in them to a conviction of their own superiority, and of the immense inferiority of their auditors. Indeed, there is all this, and more; there is a sort of contempt in the posture, in the tone, in the gesture, nay, in the very words, which no- body. could stand, but a mass of unintelligent and degraded varlets. The king’s attorneys and other magistrates have a good deal of this, but to a less extent.— They are, in their judicial functions, subject to be contradicted, and they often must argue, while the schoolmaster needs only to assert.— Yet they have one advantage over the advocates, who come next, since they cannot be interrupt- ed, and are always listened to with attention, which is not the case with the latter, who, how- ever, 1n political as in judicial discussions, con- sider themselves privileged to say all thty can in defence of their clients. Beyond this self-confidence and practice of speaking on any subject, there is nothing that de- serves to be mentioned as eloquence and talent, if we except Berryer, and, though very inferior to him, Mauguin, Arrago, and Lamartine. Ber- ryer is really an orator, a grand orator. His in- telligence 18 of the first order; and, on hearing him, one feels the truth of the remark of Cicero, “Pectus est cuod disertum facit.” There is no affectation of superiority no self-prepossession in his manners; but theres feeling in his counte- nance, in his words, in his voice, in his ges- tures. It is to be lamented that he belongs to a ey which can never be national. He is the Mirabeau ot legitimacy ; but he will never re- build what Mirabeau has destroyed, since Mira- beau himeelf could not do it I would not mention Odillon Barrot, if a sort of engoument, so common in France, had not made a great manot him. He himself shows his conviction of his own importance in all his deportment. On seeing him walk, stop, or make the slightest movement, self-conceit is the only visible faculty of the man. Ignorance of the first principles of social order is manifest in all his speeches Common-pluce ideas, present- ed without order, declamatory sentences, and a duil, heavy, thick, manotonous delivery, charac- terise his oratory. A French friend defines him thus:—** Cette téte n'est qu’une balie de gros son;”* and I do not know amore appropriate definition ‘The liberals, taking him at his own valuation, have made him their leader. I ought rather to say, that they accepted him as such, from the past and present ministers, who, having taken measure of him, treated him as a leader; quite eure that they had nothing to fearfrom a party marching under such a guide. They were not disappointed in their expectations. The politi- cal acts of Odillon Barrot are as absurd and as hermless to them as his oratory. The son of a inember of the tribunat who had boldiy opposed the march of Napoleon to the throne, having married the grind-daughter of Vabbé de Pompiéres, (another of those tew who have always been true to the cause of the people,) Odillon Barrot was introduced by them both as their intended successor. This accounts for his rising as he did, and his being placed in the first ranks of the liberals. ‘Though his mind was not equal to the task, his heart was at first a s»und director; but the heart and the mind have long since been at par. z Mauguin is, in many respects, very superior to Odillon Barrot. But his probity is suspected by the liberal party, and nobody confides in him.— Arrago, who seems destined to be the chiet of the smail band of patriots in the chamber, by the ascendency of his talents, by the extent of his political views, and by his sincerity, is some- times equal to Berryer in eloquence ; he is now the only one who has obtuined popularity. Ds Tracy, one of the best citizens in France, and a man of first rate abilities, has, during the last twenty-five years, constuntly and bravely fought all the battles of liberty inthe chamber ; and but for his modesty, would long since have been acknowledged as the leader of the national par- ty; mo one deserves it better. But, satisfied with doing his duty to his country, he never thinks of popularity. He has no newspaper tt his command, like Mauguin, Odillon Barrot, Thiers, Guizot, and others. Cormenin, the first political writer of the day, scarcely ever ascends the tribune. Isamibert, the best of the French jurisconsults, is no orator.— The same must be said of some others. Their principles are sound, their logic is conclusive, their arguments are unanswerable. They do not attempt to be eloquent; they think it better to be reasonable. They disdain big words and weil turned sentences; they prefer plain common sense and clear and simple language. i In a chamber of deputies so completely devoid of honesty and of intelligence, principles, logic, consmon sense are quite thrown away. — ‘Lhey understand no other language than that of their interests and of their passions. They under- stand the word of command, and they obey. Ji they appear to hesitate, they are told that the monarchy is in danger, that the national honoris taraished, that public order must be supported.— They very. well know that monarchy, nationel honor, and public order, mean nothing but them- selves, their functions, their emoluments, their honors; and they immediately fly to the rescue of their patrons, whoever and whatsoever they me . Persons who are asequniniten ya the work- ing of the system, will not fail to object thet there must be something overstrained or inaccu- rate in my representation of the facts; since, it the electors and deputies were as corrupt, as subservient, asI pretend they are, no ministry could ever be lett in a minority, and that the mi- nistertal revolutions would not be so frequent as they are intrance. This apparent inconsis- tency will soon be explained. The system ot corrupting the electors, of se- curing their votes by giving to them the public functions, begau under Casimir Perner; but his illness, followed by his death, in May, 1832, did not allow him to ge to any great length in the accomplishment of that project. The succeed- ing ministry, composed of Soult, Broglie, Gui- zot, Humann, Thiers, Barthe, Rigny, and a’Ar- goult, could not immediately set to work on that plan. The doctrinaires, with Thiers and Hu- mann, had first to provide for their friends, who had constantly been rejected by Perrier ; but af- terwards they acted upon the prineiple, and they on had an opportunity of ascertaining its re- sults. : ‘The abominable chamber elected in 1831, and so justly stigmatised in the letter ot Poux, be- gan, 10 Tesi: to be afraid of the responsibility they had incurred by their approbation and sup- Son is Fronob for bran as well as sound. port of a system of goveroment which had exei- ted the indignation of the whole country ; and, as their zeal relented, the chamber was dis- solved. . The elections were against the ministry ; and the first act of the new chamber was to declare to the king, in their address, that “une politique libérale et modérée est la seule digne du gouverne- ment que la France a choisi et que nous avons juré ole maintenir.”’ This condemnation of the ministry was followed by a prorogation of the chambers, in order te attempt a reconciliation with the most influential deputies. Not succeeding in this at- tempt, the ministry resigned. The king, accord- ing to his practice in such circumstances, called in men whom he knew to be unable to weather the coming storm—Bassano, Bresson, Bernard, Dupin, Pussy, and Teste. The: were, in fact, laughed out in eight days; and the former minis- try Was re-installed, with the exception of Soult and de Broglie, who dared not face the chamber. The persuasive arguments of the ministers soon convinced the majority of the new deputies, that their system was the very best possible. De Broglie joined his former colleagues aiter the death of Maréchal Mortier; and they had all their own way with the chamber. But, in order to guard against any future condemnatory ad- dress of a new chamber, they assidiously worked on the electoral body. Thus they wenton until 1836, and would have gone on forever, if, having no opposition in the chambers, they had not taken to opposing one another. Humana, in order to promote industrial and commercial enterprises, wanted to reduce the rate of interest of the national debt De Broglie, (a grand seigneur,) and the court, could not comprehend the necessity of industry aud com- merce taking twenty per cevt, of the revenues of gectlemen and noblemen. The deputies divided on the question, and decided, by a small majori- ty, that Humann was right; and then decided, by an equally small majority, that de Broglie and the court were right also, in delaying the con- version until they found itconvenient. Certain- ly, no chamber could show a more accommoda- ung disposition ; but Humann would not be thus accommodated, and sent in his resignation.— During the four years he had been at the head of the ministry of finances, he had disposed of at least 60,000 offices or promotions; he had, there- fure, his party inthe electoral body, as well es amongst the deputics; and they were dissatisfied Some of those deputies, after the retreat of their patron, pressed de Broglie to state when he would find it convenient to reduce the interest of the debt. He answered with a ducal insolence which the chamber, debased as it was, could not but resent and punish by its votes. The Duke de Broglie was turned out, and his administra- tion broken up. | Duchctel, Persil, and Guizot, having taken the part of the Duke and ot the court, and being moreover odious to the people, could not be ad- mitted into the new cabinet formed by Thiers, who was desirous of popularising his adminis- tration. Persil had been about two years in the ministry, de Broglie three years, aad Guizot four years and ahalf. The first had dispesed of about 1200 places; the last two of about 10,000. Thus there were electors and deputies Persil, and electors and deputies Guizot and Broglie, who were then in opposition to the governing party, Thiers went on to the satisfaction of the ma- jority of the chamber, and without any strong opposition from the partizans of Humann, Persil, and Guizot. But he had been induced to attach great importance to the British alliance, to the execution of the quadruple treaty, and to the ex- pulsion of Don Carlos from Spain. On that ques- tion only he completely disagreed with the king, who, to pacify the autocrat, was breaking faith with England Thiers, unable to keep the king to the terms of the alliance with Great Britain, resigned, and his ministry was dissolved, During the six yearshe had been a minister, he had disposed of at least 60,000 places, and therefore he had a strong party, both amongst the deputies and amongst the electors. An anti-British alliance cabinet was now formed. Moié took iuto it Guizot, Persil, Du- chatel, Rosomel, Martin, and Gasparin, with a king’s aid-de-camp for minister at war. ‘The chamber was evidently dissatisfied. ‘The Sri- tish alliance had the majority in it; therefore, the dissolution of the chamber was ordered — Molé, thinkiog that the unpopularity of the doc- trinaires was tne cause of his defeat, got rid of Guizot end Persil, and, indeed, torimed an en- ely new ministry, and proceeded to new ge- neral elections. ‘Then it was that the result of the eystem uppeared in all its pertection. To the coalition in the chamber between the depu- ties of Humann, of Thiers, of Guizot, of Persil, of Dachatel, succeeded the coalition of the elec- tors of the same parties; and Molé was left in such a minority that he was obliged to resiga. The ministry of the 12th of May, under the presidency of Soult, was a return to the British alliance. But, as the ministers were not chosen from amongat the leaders of the coalition, those leaders were dissatisfied. Yet the chamber did not show any hostile feeling; quite the reverse; and, had not the ministers lent themselves to the gratification of the king’s avarice, by asking a dotation for the Duke of Nemours, they would have kept their offices; but, the coalition meet- ing them on that ground, they were routed, after having committed the mistake of sending Gui- zot as ambassador to England. Thiers was again called in to form an ad- ministration, and, in his very first speech in the chamber, proclaimed, to the great satisfaction of all, the determination of the king to adhere to the British alliance. Of course, he had the majority in the chamber, until the untoward treaty of July. Here, again, I cannot help pausing to remark upon the singular fact, that the man who left the ministry in 1888, sooner than abandon the British alliance, who, re-entering the ministry in 1840, proclaimed his determinatioa to main- tain that alliance,"should have been left in ig norance of most important negotiations; while the man who had formed a part of the anti-Eng- lish cabinet, to whom the British minister for toreign affairs had said, ‘ we cannot believe you,” is considered as the friend oi England! The chamber of deputies, which had beea produced by an electoral coalition, and which, after upsetting the ministry of Mole, had sup- ported and abandoned, in turn, the miuistrics of Soult and Passy, and of Thiers, had, in the same manner, given a majority to, and, on se- veral important occasions, routed the ministry of Guizot, had now accomplished its destinies, and the electoral colleges were summoned to 4 general election. A new coalition was formed between the electors of all parties, against the electors that belonged to the present, adminie- tration. The legitimists, the Moleéists, | the Thiersist#, the Passyists, and the Barrotists, were arrayed against the Guizotists; and, to complete the méiée, the king’s electors were themselves against all the others. As to the French people, they had nothing to do with the elections; they had not even the temporary P vilege ot looking on, and of hooting, hissing, and pelting the base men who were trafficking in votes, and selling to profligate factions the liberties and the honor of the country. The go- vernment,, that is to say, the system, such as | have represented it, obtained a majority willing to monopolise all the places, all the emoluments, all so-called honors. They will continue une- nimously to resist the claims of the nation for a free government, for the restitution of populer rights, fer the economical administration of the public wealth; but, after having done so, they will again quarrel and fight amongst themselves for the larger shares in the privilege of enslaving and robbing the people, and of distributing to their friends a part of their robberies. They ail agree, that, for that purpose, nothing, or almost nothing, must be altered in the electoral law ! The utmost liberalism of Odillon Barrot, and of his party, goes no further than the paliry ad- dition of 25,000 to the present number of elec- tors, and the enactment of a few incompatibi- lities, which would exclude from the chamber ten or twelve placemen. But, in all other mat- ters reluting to the administrative system, and the number, the graduation, and the distribution of offices, they all agree—that, plague of the country must be firmly maintained; and they all proclaim, that, without it, to govern France is impossible. | r The opposition in the chambers, therefore, is nothing but.a conflict between rival ambitions, personal afiections or animosities, and, on many occasions, the result of some courtly intrigues. Such has been the case in the last thirteen year: ; and it wall continue to be so for many years longer, even if another revolution shonld take place; for, in that case, the triumphant party will do, what has constantly been done since 1814, take possession of the offices and patron- age, and keep the people in their present exclu- sion from ail participation in the manegement of public affairs. Nay, the same members of the chambers of peers and deputies, at present so devoted to Louis Philippe, will desert his NEW YORK, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 2, 1848. cause, and sentence bim and his family to a per- petual exile. It was the Corps Legislatif and the Sénat, appointed and so well paid by Na- poleon, who first decreed his déchéance, recalled the Bourbons, and accepted the charter of Louis XVIIL.; and all the public officers immediately gave their adhesion to that revolution, in order to be maintained in their offices. _[n 1880, these same deputies, called by Char‘es X , and who, a very few months before, had sworn allegiance to him and his family, expelled him'and_ his fa- mily; and, after giving his crown to the Duke of Orleans, resumed their habitual course of sub- serviency and rapine. In every part of France, every one submitted to the orders received trom Paris; and very few of the functionaries re- signed the offices to. which they had been up- pointed by the preceding government. Such. is the explanation, by facts, of the ap- parent inconsistency between the dependency of placemen, electors, and deputies, and their in- subordination, Of course, every one of the fac- tions must dissimulate its object, and they all sail, like pirates or slavers, under false Ae ‘© The honor and independency of the country,” is the motto of Thiers; “ Public order and peace,” that of Guizot; and the other factions adopt the one or the order, with some modifica tions; so thet they may, according to their in- terests, act in concert with or in opposition to one another. Such is the chamber of deputies! Such is the representative system in France! Such is the participation of the people in the management of their affairs! The municipal councils, the coun- cils of arrondissements, the councils of depart- ments, are entirely under the power of the ad- ministration; and tyraany, legal and unbounded tyranny, is the character of the government of | the country. That discontent, general discontent, universal hatred of the government, should be the result, may easily be conceived; and nobody can be as- tonished, not merely at the expression of that discontent and hatred, but also at the attempts at resistance by main force, on the part of a people who have no other means of resenting the wrona inflicted upon them by the legislature and the agents of the administaation. Some may ask—Have not the French the trial by jury and the courts of justice? I will give the answer in the next chapter. City Intelligence. Funsaa or Joun Jaco Aston —Agreeably to ar- tangement, the funeral of the late John Jacob Astor took place yesterday afternoon, at St Thomas Church, corner of Broadway and Houston street. It was announced that she deceased would oe taken from the house of his son, William B Astor, in Lafayette place; and crowd after crowd gathered to the spot, to witness the last tribute to the dead. The coffin was placed in the hi id the doors thrown open, that every ons might have an oppor- tunity to see him, and tho: di hed in, until the hall was crowded almost to suffocation. The coffin was covered with rich black velvet, and bound with bullion fringe, over which was relvet pall of beautiful workmanship; a that all might have a richest man in ths country. At four o’clock, the pro- cession, headed by James C. Dugan, the undertaker, moved from the house. The Rev. Dr. Whitehouse, and Rev. Dr. Bedell, the officiating clergymen, followed together with eight other minister. The corpse followe: next, accompanied by the following pall bearers:-— Washington Irving, David B_ Ogden, Philip Hone, Judge Oakley, Sylvanus Miller, Ramsey Crooke, Jamos G. King, James Gallatin, Isanc Be'l, Jacob B. Taylor. Tho family of the deceased, and friends, followed after, and several thousands joined in the line. The rear was brought up by the waiters of the family, each of whom had a napkin attached tohis sleeve Atter the funeral Knickerbocker was rounding the Battery on Friday afternoon, from the Exst River to pier No 1, NR, sho took a large circuit, and ran down two fishing boate that: were lying at anchor near the shad begs about & quar ter ofa mile in the stream One of t) in two, and one man severely injured. Four others in the same boat, perceiving the approach of r and thelr own danger, plunged into the one of the number was seen to go down, and is ‘ing. The other three were picked up by two men who were in the yawl or tender of the steamer, and in tow, at the time of the accident roner Walters was called yesterday to hold an inquest upon the body of Daniel Telio, a native of Italy, aged 27 years, a glazier by trade, who commit: ted suicide by cutting his throat with a razor. Tho de- ceased was an intemperate man, and occupied » back basement of dwelling No. 274 Mott street, and not being seen or heard about the premises, his abode was‘entered yesterday, when the decoased was found lying on tho floor, with a frightful gash across his throat, a razor by his side, and a considerable quantity of blood in a pail, which he bad apparently provided for the purpose In the course of investigation, it was slso elicited that the deceased belonged to the Italian military company, and on a former occasion, while laboring under delirium tre mens, had attempted to stab himself to the heart with his sword, but was frustrated in his designs by somect his acquaintances who were near bim at the time. Deatn wy Drowntna.—Tho coroner was called to hold an inquest, also, upon the body of an unknown man, apparently about 25 years old, who was found floating in the alip at the foot of Courtlandt street. ‘The body, which it is nupposed had been inthe water for about two months, presented the appearances usually found in persons who come to their deaths by drowning, and @ verdict was rendered accordingly. Srienpip Paeskentation.—We havo seen @ magnifi- cent silver trumpet, beautifully chased, and of exquisite workmanship, which is to be presented on Monday eve- nig{to Mr. J.C. S. Mansfield, Foreman of (foas Co. No. 9. The American oagle, benutifully engraved, stands prominently placed upon this splendid specimen of workmanship, which cost $130, being of aolid silver Two rings of the same metel, ornament it, and the ge- nera appearance shows & great Le beer in the atyle of workmanship in this line. The company wero originally formed on 17th January, 1837, and intend visit- ing Niagara, to set out on 20th July next ‘Wheatrient and Musical, Iranian Orena,—On Tuesday evening, Verdi’s splon- did opera of “ Nabuco” wil be produced. To-morrow evening is the regular opera evoning, we believs; but it has beon thought that it would be better to postpone the performance until Tuesday, on account of the French celebration and illumination, which will keep all good republicans in quits a ferment to-morrow, and unfit them forthe gentler amusoments of the opera in ths evening. On Tuesday evenin; brought out. It is the compo: to be one of the best of his works. It has been performed during the past winter in Havana. aud the critics in that music loving city spoks in the highest terme of it. Time will show how it will please New York. Signorines Troffl and Patti take prominent parts in it, as also do Signori Beneventani, Bailini, and Rosi, The scenery, pro- parties, dresses are all to be of the most splondid kind; and in the production of this opera the Astor Place house will show what it can do. Bowery ‘I'neatre.—The French Revolution abounds in incidents and scenes eminently dramatic and full of picturesque effect. It is not surprising, therefore, that it should be so soon dramatized and brought upon the boards of our theatres. To the Bowery management, the publio are indebted for bringing forward, in admirs- ble style and with astonisuing celerity, a plecs full cf interest, amusement and instruction. With some de- fects, very pardonable in a piece so hastily got up, “Ths Insurrection of Paris” is @ rich, magnificent and at- tractive spectacle. Tho scenery is not only beautiful, but it is strikingly correct, and gives a faithful repre- ceremonies wore performed, the coffin was deposited in the family vault, immediately in the rear of the church, and in a short time all was again quiet, as though nothing had occurred. Movements oF Pouitics.—The politic'ans of both po- litical parties are at work, and a most powerful effort is being made by both parties to win the contest; and i pears, if cortain statements be true, that there greater degree of corraption in this city than was ever before known, It is asserted. that in one of the wards, said to be the fourth, the policemen have, for some time past, been texed at the rate of two lings per week for political purposes, until Wed- nesday last, when they had to pay over five dol- lars each int the iands ‘They were also directed to obtain their ballots at @ particular place,on the dey if they wished to retain thoir stars. Now if and letters have been sent to the Mayor, anserting the fact and standing ready with proof, it is a most 6! fal proceeding, and should not be counte- y any honest inan. Several of the parties, who eged paid over the money in the station house, yesterday called beforo the Mayor, when one of them acknowledged that he had left « pirt of hia money in the hands of his superior cfliorr, but was unwilling to tell for what purpose. natives have nominated, in the Eleventh ward, as their candidates, James R. Spar- row for alderman, and Charles Perley for assistant al- dermen. Tue Weatnen—The weather was yosterday both very disagreeable, and perfectly delightfal. Karly in the morning, the rain poured in torrents, and con- tinued until noon, when the clouds began to disperse, and the aky became more and more clear, until not the vestige of a cloud could be si The afternoon war delightful; the dust, which for several ¢: had been the terror of the ladies, had all disappeared, and the walking was pleasant, ‘Thus has April already pro- vided for the comfort of pedestrians, and promises to be ‘8 plearant month. Finer —A fire broke out about half-past twelve o’clock, on Friday night, in the building rear of No. 45 Ann st., which originated from putting . ot cinders in a barrel. It was extinguished by engine company No. 6, with trifling damago. List or Fires For THE Montn or Mancu.—Tho fol- lowing is @ list of fires whieh have ocourred during the month of March : Ist. Five story brick, cornor of Sheriff and Second treats; damago trifling. 2d. No. 400 Cherry street, wooden; destroyed. 3d_ Five story brick, corner of Etizabeth and Hester streets; destroyed; losr $30,000, No 166 Heater street, three story brick; trifling. No 59 Elizabeth street ; triflio, ‘Ko. 335 Bleecker etreet, three story briok; partial- Ba, ly destroyed. 4th. Wooden shop, rear of 136 Mulberry street; des- troyed. 4th. Rear of 119 Mott atreet, wooden; destroyed. Rear of 184 Mott atraet, three story brick; destroyed. Rear of 123 Mott street, two threo story bricks; destroyed. Roar of 181 Hester atreot, two story wooden; destroyed. Rear of 183 Hester street, two story wooden; destroyed. Rear of 185 Hoster atreet, two story wooden; destroyed. ch. Three story brick, 3ist street; destroyed. 4th, No. 659 Grand atroot, 3 story brick; trifling. oth, Rear of 31 Day street, three story briok; trifling bth. ‘I'wo story brick, corner of Gold snd Fulton streets; trifling 7th, Rear of 88 William street, five story brick; par- tislly destroysd. 7th. No. 63 Nassau street; trifling. 7th. Corner of Maiden lans and Nassau street, five story brick; trifling. 7th. Corner cf Manbattan and Second streets, two story brick; trifling 8th, No. 277 Pearl street, two story brick; trifling. 9th, Engine house in 13th street; destroyed. 12th, Rear of 53 Bowery, three story brick; trifling. 13th Harlem Ral! Road Co.’s stable, 42d street, wood; fifty-seven horses destroyed. 13th. Stable in 19th street, wooden; destroyed. 13th. Stable in 2th street, wooden; destroyed 13th. Four stables on 16th street; destroyed. 13th. Stable rear of 23 Mangin strest; destroyed Lit See rear of 38 Ridge street, wooden; de- stroyed. 18th. Nos. 250, 262, 254, 256, wooden; destroyed. 1sth. Two large stables rear of 23 and 25 Bowery, wooden; destroyed, with fourteen horse 15th. Stable rear of 3634 Ist atreet, wooden; destroyed. loth, Corner of 34 avenus and 28th street, briok; trifling. 1sth. No. 3734 Orange stroet, wooden; trifling, 15th. Rear of 83 Bowery, brick; trifling 15th. No, 492 Groenwieh strect, brick; trifling. 16th. Brick church in Stanton street; trifling 16th. No, 23 Thompson street. brick; trifling 16th. Three wooden shanties in 27th street; destroyed. 16th No, 359 Bowery, wooden; trifling 17th. No. 23 Elizabeth street, brick; trifling. 19th. No. 143 Delaney street, brick; trifling. 20th. Steambont Raritan; destroyed 21st. Wooden abed at Yorkville; destroyed, 24th. No. 605 Hudson street, brick; trifling, 25th. No, 91 Hudson street, briok; trifling. 26th. No. 82 Greenwich street, brick; trifling. 20th. No. 62 Beekman strect , brick; trifling. 30ch, No. 189 William strest, brick; trifling. 30th. No. 31 Vesoy street, briok; trifling. Mating the number of forty-five fires, which hove oc- curred during the mouth, beside several false alarme, which are not here noticed. Trinity Cnurem Cxrocx.-Thoe clock of Trinity Church, being cut of order, did not strike during the dey on Friday, but about ton o’cloek at night, commenced striking, when the City Hail bell took the alarm of fire, and then all the fire beils in the city followed suit, when the oT, of the firemen and rattling of engines were heard in every direction. It would have been capital joke for all fools day, and old Trinity might bave waited ‘& few hours to carry it out. Rerowrp rnom Daowxina.—A boy about 14 years of age, by the name of Platt, ioolishly attempted to jump from the terry boat to the bridge, at the foot of Court- Isndt street, on Friday morning, when the boat wes yet 20 foet off. Aman by the name of Rowland Griffith siding at No. 36 Gouverneur street, was on thy bridge et the time, an soon as the boy fell into the water, iunged in attor bim, to the great danger of his own life, th by drowning and by beiag crushed by the boat, and succeeded ee tog I him. The notice alwayr kept up at the ferries, not to leave the boat until it is made fast, seems to havo no warning effect; persons con- stantly endanger their lives in being too hasty — Great praise is due to Mr. Griffith for this intrepid act, when his own life was in imminent danger. Seniovs Accipent—A Man Missino.—As the steamer sentation of the reality. We recognised many of the places we have seen io Paris, and several French gentlemen who sat near us, added their testimony to the faithfulness of the representation Tho chief personage in the piece in Mr. Burke, who plays the part of s cook. He is highly amusing, but wo think is made to throw rather too much ridicule upoa one of the most sublime events of human history. The charaster of Cracow, a Pole, the next leading part sa total failure, notwithstanding the talented acting of Mr. Marshall. It is sheer mock heroism and mock pr- thos. There was no need of o Pole in events entireiy French, aud no need of inventing unroal, imaginary and blubbering heroics, when the living history presents sacharich choice of sublime dramatic incidents, and an assemblage of deeds surpassing in sublimity and heroism all the possible inventions of the writer of ro- mance or of the dramatist Indeed, th» scenes of this revolution ‘present materials for a Shakspeare, and are of themselves dramatic enough to apare the trouble of ir- vention ; they only require a judicious selection, while at the same time they are scenes well deserving the talents and pes of @ master-dramatist to record and arrange them for the theatre, Notwithstanding, however, all these minor deficiencies, it is® really Lenetifnl pier, and the enterprising management of the Bowery deserves unqualified praise tor the admirable manner in which St has been brought forward. ‘The play itself will boar re- potition, and well deserves the patronage and admira. tion whigh it nightly receives. ‘his theatre is about to receive a great acquisition to itscompany. The beauti- ful Mrs Abbott and the talented Dyot, from the Park, appearon Mcnday evening. They ete both great favo- rites with the public, and deservedly so. Cuarnam THeatae.—The past week hos been a most successful one at thishouse. ‘The new spectacle of the “Spirit of the Waters,” and the judicious seloction of agrecable farces and light comedies, have given the gr est satisfaction. The company is aomposed of most ex- oellent actors—Hield, Brandon, Pardey, Varry, and tho others, are all pains-taking, correct performers, and thoroughly acquainted with tho details of theatricals. Winans is ove of the best low comedians now on the stage; he hes won his way up the ladder of theatrical tame by his owa exertions; and certainly his quaint, smusing way of acting is worthy of the applause t receives nightly Mrs. Booth, Mrs. U. Jones, Miss Hildreth, are ladies of much talent and versatility. Mra Booth ia light come dy, rattles off ber pa tia fine style; wed Mra. Jones, in the more serious parts, is much appreciated. Alto- gether, Mr. Chanfrau has s capital company under his management; he takes much pride in placing the amuse- sat the Chatham on the best footing, aad can com- pare favorably with the other places of amusement in the city. Last night the houre was filled with a most respectable audience, and all the performanoes went off well, To-morrow evening Mr. Bans will commence u short engagement, ond will appear as Sir Pertinax Mac. sycophant, in Macklin’s celebrated comedy of ‘he “Mau of the World,” and also#e Mr. Liliywhite, in the farce of “Forty and Fifty.” The “Spirit of the Waters” will bo the concluding piece C. W. Crarke.—This’ grent favorite and excellent actor, takes # benefit at the Bowery theatre on Wedner- day evening next, on which occasion # selestion of inte- resting dramas will bo presented for the entertainment of kis numerous friends and acquaintances, Cunisty’s Mrxstexts,—Tho oareer of these minstrels has been quite a puenomenon among exhibitions. They are undoubtedly as good minstrels.as ever handled ben Jo, and as for their singing, dancing, conundrums, &e , they seom to have an inexhaustible fund of them on hand, as they come out with new onesevery evoning.— They have just concluded their twenty-sixia weok, and enter on the twenty-seventh to-morrow evening. Sante Baotnens — These singers are going on finely at Convention Hall—they have raised up for themselves crowds of admirers, and are on the high road to fam» avd fortune. They have # fine list of songs, dancer, Ke, which they perform with great effect. To-morrow evening they give their 50th concert. Broapway Oveon —This place of amuremont is ex- tensively patronised, and for to-morrow evening quit extensive bill is set forth. Statuary and animated pic- tures form the attractions. Avevrat —The manager of this place announces that his wish into give amusement to the million, wud not only musio, but wit and refinement too, To effect this, he has engaged negro minstrels, singers, dancers, Ko. ‘Tue Mexopron, 53 Bowery, having been entirely si- tered and improved, will open on Tuerday evenivg next, with en ¢xcellent company of Ethiopians, under the di- rection of Mr. C. White Saste Brotiens.—This oompony of negro minstrels Intend to give one of their amusing catertoinments on Wednesduy evening next, at the Tompkins Lyceum, Staten Inland From what'we hear, thay are consider. excelient in their line, and uo doubt they will have « full house in Staten Islan}. Newark Tueatne.—Mr. F. 8. Chanfrau has taken this theatre, and opens there on Monday even’ with Mr. A, A. Addams in the character of Virginius Mr. Crocker, formerly of the Park, has been playing rouad of leading characters at the Baltimore Museum In ** Clands Meinotte,”’ * Don Cmsar de Bazan,” and (ho * Stranger,” he is highly spoken of. Mr. John Parry has been singing at concerts which havo taken place in ths eastern counties, and was an- nounced to join the T’halberg party at Bath, A grand vocal and instrumental concert took piace re- cently at Exeter Hall, at which, besides Madame Dorus Gras, Miss Birch, Miss Dolby. Mr. Lefiler,and Mr. H. Paillips, many other vooalists cf eminence assisted. ‘Ths Diatin family introduced for the first time a new set of fostruments, called the “ ventil trombones,” on which they performed. It becomes our painful duty to record the death of Thcmas Cooke, the eminoet musician, which took place on the 26th ult , at his residence in Great Portland street, after intense suffering for nearly three months,.in the 67th year of his age. Miss Miran, although she performs under (hat name, has been married some time to a Mr. Garston. Mr. Delafield and Mr. Webster have entrusted the en- = direction of the Royal Italian« pera to Mr. Frederick ye. ‘Tanoredi will be the opening opera at the Royal |tal- ian opera house. The principal parts will be sustained by Alboni and Persiani. Mr. H, Vandenhoff is playing st the Haymarket. At the trial of “ Bunn v. Lind,” on Tuesday, it came out in the evidence of Mr. Dunn, the treasurer to the e boats was broken | Price wo Cents. theatre, that Malibran, during her last engagament, waa in the receipt of one hundred and twenty-five pounds per night Mr Buetstour bes anew ocmedy in preperation for the Lyseum theaits Mf Hudson, of the Haymarket, has been acting at Plymouth to oot houses John Reeve has made « seu- sation there, and will not appear at the Lyceum during the present season Mr. Nelson has Gnishod bis entertainments in London and gone on a visit to Scotland Mr. Hughes has left the Surrey, and joined the Adel- phi corps. He will also perform at the Hayinarket A party of foreign speculators ars in London in search of a site for a hippodroms, afior the style of the celebra- ted one in Paris, ia the Chemps Elysees. Van Amburgh has jast returned from Paris to Londen, whither he repaired in search of novelty for hiv Ame: can establishment. He has lately mado several pr chases of wild animals. Mr. George Francia, tho treasurer “al Astley’ had a narrow escape from @ black tigor belonging to Van burgh In company with Mr. Batry, the loess o amphitheatre, he was standing with bis back (o the when the snimal suddenly seized bis had with his ta lons, and but for thmoly assistance, would heve inflicted revere injuries Mr. Francis, however, escaped with but 8 slight laceration. Jullien will supply the place of poor Tom Cooke, who for years bad the direction of the music of the anniver- sary dinners of the Drury Lane Theatrical Fund festi- val Sims, Reeves, Whitworth, Miss Birch, and Miss Mi- tan have tenderad their services on the occasion. Mr G. V. Brooke has been engaged by \ir. Webster to perform for one hundred nights at the Haymarket the- ates. Mr. McCready has recently stated before tho ourtain that he proposed retiring from the stegs at an early day, not because he felt age creeping upon him, or his faoul- tics or energies impaired, but because of the present de- plorable condition of the national drama. The old theatre in Shakspeare square, Edinburgh, so wel! kuown to the thespian world as the old Drury of the Scottish cupital, is about to disappear. + Police Intelligence. Passing Bad Money.—Officor Powell, of the 7th ward, arrested Inst night, @ man called William Ackerly, on » charge of passing a counterfeit $20 bill on Warid T ney. Detained by Justice Ketcham, for a farther hear- inj Robber The office attached to the lumber yard occupied Walton & Little, situated on the corner of Water and Jeffers n streets, was entered on Friday morning by some thief, in the temporay absence of Mr. Walton, who stole from the money drawer $100 in bank amongst the money was ® $20 bill on the Drover’s Bank, the balance in $5 biile, on the Poughkeepsie Bank. Charge of Rape.—OMerrs Sheridan and Redden, of the 4h ward, arrested on Friday, & man calling himeclf Patrick Hartigan, on s cherge of violating the person of a girl only 8 yoars of age. named Margaret Quialan, re- alding at No, 303 Water street. Justice Osborne locked the accused up in the Tombs for a further heaving, Near the Spring Election. —All police matters are re- markably dull, in consequonce of the near approach of the charter election. Loafers, "vagabonds, and petty thieves are coaxed and fed in order to secur: ir votaa, Therefore, to look for eny activity in police matt would be perfectly absurd un! fter the election. nm the captains of poli re sweet towards their men, from the fact of the mayor not hi me any policemen on his list for trial or suspension. ‘This looks well, to be sure, for the department; but singular to relate, such things only occur on tI of an election. Religious Intelligence, Cavenpan vom Arai —2d, 4th Sunday in Lent; 9th, 5th Sunday in Lent; 16th, Sunday before Kastor; 2ist, Good Friday; 22d, Easter Eveu—d0th day of Lent; 23d, Easter Day; 24th, Monday in Faster week; 25th, Tues- day in Kester week—Feast of St, Mark, Evangelist. and Martyr; 30th, Ist Sunday after Easter. Mr. Fox, formerly of this city, took his degree of Ba- chelor of Arts at Trinity College, Cambridge, on the 29th January, and was ordained deacon, by the Bishop of Chester, on the 20th of February. The annual meeting of the New York Sunday School Union willbe held in the meeting house of the First Baptist Church, corner of Broome and Elizabeth streets, on Wodnesday evening, April 6th, at halt-past 7 o’cloek Ordaived to the work of the gospel ministry, by the Black River Associstion. at Copenhagen, Le’ New York, March 224, 1849, Rev. Revilo J the same meeting, after due examination on the. doe- trices of theology, and his reasous for achango of his views, Rev. Allen O. ightman, from the Methodist Episcopal Conference. was unauimously received ax & member of the association The Floating Chapel of the Holy Com! the P. E. Church Missionary Society, fof seamen iu the city and port of New York, and moured at the foot of Dey street, N. R.) will be consecr: ted to the service of Alnighty God, by the Right Rev. Alonzo Potter, D. D. Bishop of Pennsylvania, this day. Prot. Capers, of Charleston. $C , eldest sonof Bishop Capers, has been eléctted tothe Chair of Ancient Lan- guages in the Transylvania University. It is stated, in a recent letter trom Alexandrit ter, (built by (among whom was Mgr. Cazolani,n bishop,) who passed that city three or four months ago, had been massacred on the frontiers of Abysini The pe Congregations} Church,” in Madison street, Now YcrK, heve invited the Rev Mr. Crocker, of Schenectady, to become their pastor, who has aocept- ed the invitation Mall Failures, MACH. ‘Qist and 24th The Northern Mail failed at Savannah. “ cw New Orlean Werton Northern Ewstern Augusta, Ga, w Orleans, Cincinnati. .. Northern “ i 26th 22d and 234 26th Intelligence from the West Indies, (From the Bermudian, March 8.) From tho filer of West Indian papers in our possea- sion we compile a tew items of intere: Demrrana.—The Guzette of this colony reports a "strike among the peasantry for higher wages. An in- crease of crime was the sad cons:quence of the upem- ployed condition of the laborers. A valusble premises in the capital town cf the county of Berbice had been maliciously destroyed by fire; and nightly burglaries word very numerous in Georgetown A call is made for an addition toto the police force. The @uzette aa “The time is come when efforts must be made not onl, to cultivate sngwr, but to protect property. We speal net idly. We have reeson to know that some of the first men in the couatry would be glad to enroll them- selves in#o conservative a corps ag the one we deem ab- solutely necessary .”” Sr. Vincenr.— Business has continued ina very de- pressed state. The agriculturists had seriously entered upon the work of retrenehment. We perceive by the Observer that a reduction of 25 por cont. had been ef- fected in the expenses of several estates. It is ver tifying to perceive that the laborers of this i: thus tex, shown no disposition to embers ployers in this emergency. The Vesuvius steamer, with Gov. Reid on board, oalied by St. Vincent on the 13th February. His excellency was on his way to Gre- nada B. Avors.—We observe that at a meeting ofthe de- poritors in the West india Bank, ketd on the 3d of Feb- ruary, they agreed toallow time for winding up the af faite of that institution, Nassau, N P.~ the legislajuay of this colony met on the Ist of February. A oill ior “repealing the Union’ hotween (he Turks Islands end Bahama Proper was be- fore the assembly. The steamer from St. Thomas, due on Monday, was not in right last evening. Her non-arrival renders our sunimary of news incomplete. From tox River ov Puate.—A Rio Janeiro letter ot Jan. 31, states that at the last advices “businges at Montevideo was ins bad state. England @nd France are avoutto make an attempt to restore peace to the shores of La Plata, by megotiation ; but nobody thinks it will be attended with success. Nothing either in business or politics can bs relied upon in those coun- tries. Business intercourse between Buenos Ayres and Montevideo serms to bs stopped, which dis.ressos Mon- tevideo, a there is no demand to supply but that of the city, and these people are for the most part poor, smd t of confidence gen6rally prevails.” ‘TRLEGRarnic Matrers.—The Portland Umpire states that ‘the prospects of a continuous line of telegrapu from Halifax to Portland, taence to Boston, &o, &C., nro Most encouraging, and that its consumma- tion wt ® very early day of che current season, is reduced to a dependence upon a very sight contingenoy ” AproinTMENTs BY THE PuesipENt.—S. B. Phin- ney, collector of the customs of Barrstable, Massashu- setts, vice Josiah Hinkley, removed. Elisha Morrow, re~ ociver of public moneys for the district of lands subject tosaieat Green Bay, Wirconsin, vice Alexander J, ir- win, deceased. Pritavecentia, April 1, 1848. The Weather—First of April—Arrival of Steam- fer Columbus, from Charleston, §¢c., §e } ‘This morning opeved with a shower of rain; but true to the character of April, the tears gave way to smiles; and by nodh, the clouds were dispersed, snd the bright sua shone out with summer heat. ‘The efforts to make April fools are as nume- rous as on former occasions. The nivst s cess ful one is a daguerreotyy ture, displayed among other specimens in Ch ssut strect, whieh is labelled as that of Langfeld, the supposed murderer; but which e ily libels some other distinguished personage. [t is constautly sur- rounded by a crowd, half of whom are nacon+ scious of the cheat The steamship Columbus. Captain Peck, was tt o'clock, a8 having arrive! at bles cy ae at the Breakwater in 62 hours from Crariveton