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Our London Correspondence. Lonpon, May 3, 1850. The Elections in uris—Political Condition of rance—England and the Thieves? Alliance— F Sua of Englond—Sw Henry L. Bulwer—His Maryland Speech—Historical Points and Pas- tages—The Nicare cua Question—The Plans for the Future, §c., & The election at Pariv, on the 28th of last month, ‘was @ confirmation of the fraternity between the commercial and working classes, which was de- clared by the result of the tenth of March. Hence- forward, there is en jndissoluble fellowship among all ranks of the honest republicans ; and the three ~camps of the conspirators, united, are as powerless for evil as they have hitherto been by their discord. ‘The votes were suc! to give the republicans a emajority of ten thovsand out of a mass of two hundred and fifty thousand; and the army vote of about twelve thousand, went for the democracy in the proportion of tive ‘o three. This result is tre- mendous, under avy ¢ireumstances; but after the violent repression of almost every popular right by the police, the erasure of twenty-five thousand voters from the lists, and the innumerable arrests of democrats under false pretences, it is wonder- ful. There is, no Joubt, at Paris, this day, a de- mocratic majority of thirty thousand voters, after allowing for the mass of good and timid citizens who were driven by their consciences to oppose the candidate of the government. That majority will increase. ‘The manner of the people at the polls was sub- lime. There was not, in any quarter of the im- mense crowds of voters, the slightest menace or disturbance ; and the people of Paris, after their victory yesterday, «t the proclamation of their choice at the Hote! de Ville, were at home attend- ing to their affairs, as after the tenth of March. The whole government calculation of success, or bloodshed and violence, has been defeated by the patient conduct of the people. Disappointed in the vote, and in an émeute, the royalists have com- menced their simu!t«seous attack on the constitu- tion, and upon its eternal and immutable founda- tion, universal suffroge. They call it a cohue—a revolt against reason, justice, and Heaven; they require—by the mouths of the Patria, the Consti- tutionnel, the Union, and the Assemblée Nationale— the immediate revision of the constitution, the sup- pression of universal suflrage, and the most ri- gerous measures by the police and by the govern- ment, y have united themselves into a grand arsenal of terror, and call for all possible measures of hostility, legal and illegal; they exelaim that society is dying of the poison of the universal sul- frage ‘system, and must live by throwing it off, at ali hazards. ‘In one breath, they are for fining all who abstain from the polls; inthe next, for re- pealing the franchise indefmitely. But all their cries, vais petitions, their threats of attacking and -of running away, are equally asinine. There is the army demoeratic—| soldiers to three—will they insist on disfianchising the army ? “ From that nettle, danger, Pluck the @ower, safety.” And there are ten millions of voters to deal with, besides the army—not like the unarmed and hu- iniliated people of Hindostan and China; bat ny anmned with their muskets and bayonets, and alive with a keen sense of their own strength, and the consequences to themselves and the world at large. They are accustomed to meet together, to take counsel of each other, and to rely’on thomse " ‘They are, in a word, Frenchmen, and not Englii men—a martial contrast. There is just this dif- ference between them, to wit: that the soldiers of Paris alone could take possession of all Iagland, and plant their principles in the greedy breasts of the mechanics of London, in half a dozen les. ot twenty-four hours. One city of France is an overmatch for the British empire. ‘The English advisers at Paris against universal sufitage, at whose instigation the treason is contemplated, will ‘ind themselves confronted by a very different set -of men from the darkened, and seattered, and dis- armed masses at home. The Peuple quotes the constitution of France in proud defiance, and the tetermination of the people, the sovereigns, to destroy all who attack Geir political authority. itis the duty ot the New York press to take up che anti-English side of this terrible contest, which is just oj , and upon which a thousand Eng- tands would be crushed by the moral force of the United States. The last battlefield of despotism in Europe is France—is Paris; and British and Russian genius is marshalling all the prodigious force of interest, stupidity, tyranny and vengeance, against the further exisience of the reach Republic. 1 had fears of the result of the last election myself, in the face of the coysolidation of the Thiever Alli- ance all over Europe ; bat | was mistaken in the virtue of the people of Poris. [will never despond again, no matter if the people have to make their defence against the coalition of over two millions of bayonets, concentrating on the eastera frontier, night and day, and England scattering ** the wealth of Cine and of Ind,” to cat off that splendid Euro- nean family, which alone has frankly followed the American repul example, amidst @ eum. st attack and an atmosphere ot misrepresentation which would have destroyed Jefferson and_ stifled Was! » thereby making despotism in 1850 the universal condition of all mankind. J1 America uid give to the attitude of France, in the affairs of the world, any of that wisdom which she has instilled at home, she would plant herself instantly at her side. It is for the New York press to lead the way on the subject of universal suflt now brought by the Bridsh oligarchy and French monar- chists, in conspiracy, into question. The argument is shecendgicin ‘on the Tight side. All men, every man, not some men, have an interest in good go- vernment ; therefore each male adult should have his maaly yoice in its adoption and renewal, and if chosen by his fellow citizens to office, that choice makes him eligible, Every man is held responsible on his contracts after twenty-one, because he is capable of binding and has bound himself; and should transact business on his own account. The of all contracts—the constitution and of the government—should therefore have direct and continual sanction from the in order to bind them, and to support its moral authoriiy. The read and write aan a English doctrine property. ieged few, ‘ booted and spurred,” who Tiara cat natn ae te grace and who have for so mony ages crushed out of them by the superadded wei Seadipes.at bqulesds-co a ec. of all public spirit whatever, and made them SPU ead Hisctng civtes of ¢ Dhad, tie cad cho’ serene! hy —can find no friendsin Ameri- same oligarchy is seekin. its bog Wi . rent me mh to e Americans enemies of France. 1 lag pres tated that weak man, General Cavaignac, and office, . Republican Rome, and havi throat of the purest possible emanation int Tees, “lon from the people r America. France wi a m oa. of in? at House Square, against lead and Kossuth, was repeated on the occasion of t most difficulty about the French Minis- ter. Out of that difficulty you were led by the ieee, chaneraaS, natant eee be p ‘upon the files of ie & ere removed trom office, ives received. This British conflagration between the powers of modern times—United States and extinguished by the merest acci- Sr case wate wesley wae as a to it, i scene, Whose detestation of republicanism knows no restraint. ‘The British Minister is striving to do the same thing now at Washington. He has credit for being inet clanbiay ‘wp ix the diplomatic orld, rom i ce tl world, Sead to of that ladder of ion where- PN 4 nm nembhens . Read bis it ‘tance, an for and on itot the oligarchy. before the land Historical » the midst of concealment fashioned with nauseous com- iments, which stink none theless for being the irst of their-kind ever paid Americans, the of wader the tongue of the weaker, while’ honey . Ls under ag ops speal ~4 ney le American being lost in the Baden, where it has never been possible to get out of the reach of cannon for This man meets an lishman. and finds his road ; but if he had met a German, a Spaniard, a Daichinan, an Italian—the Frenchman js not mentioned—his of their language would have been insarmountable. Hence, **lan- pF pA a @ treaty of per- an eee ieee ints to be otgarved. that nis time the Frenchman is omitted. this Re coueton, come Lh plastering of jesers. Clay 0 ebster that i would lay om" the yd free of Mr, this egregious t ee the back of Mr. Chay bsence allone to the little exter, bent upow his great ptpone r tr. of insulting France. ‘That insult he pro- coeds Leow wy after to give. Some gentleman had 5 hat was pretext enou; Tedetien of fit valor st of “ the t and over lusty ‘hether he knew mweh of ihe subject and manifest mili is very doubtful, for the grand ry sahictaciey ai Pommgn has compelled Engl men to the whole of their wars w: France except Agincourt and Waterloo; and as Eng: lishmev have mete —— mand Ho Le cans, it is probable from the applause, that the Mary- and’ Historical Society knew less than their guest. But Americans should be better informed, aad no doubt many are a do —_ mead English his- tories, nor uent historical societies. propose to speak a nine about this affair of British prowess and French imbecility, in the hope that the Mary- land society will consult the authorities before filii either ancient or recent, coyert or open, attacks wee republican T’rance, for that is the mark at which the oligarchy teach their creatures te shoot, as the backwoodsman traias his son to aim his rifle at a rade painting of the ladian. before St. Crispin’s, Mth October, 1066, and not quite 400 years earlier than the battle of Agincourt, William the Conqueror, a Norman, obtained the complete victory of Hastings, over that most inflated type of Englishmen, Harold, whose skull was only not thick enough to turn an arrow, and who rushed upon destruction as stapidly as a wild beast, instead of taking baek his painted savages into their hills, where he and they would have been invincible. ‘That was the * Nor- man conquest,” for over 30,000—king, nobles, and slaves—were slain; and hente the feudal system, for the conqueror immedistely divided the country among his tollowers, and wrote down the origin of the present oligarchy in_ his ** Doomsday Book.” ‘These Normans possessed Normandy, and by riage and alliance Brittany, and later the’ sessedthe Garonne which surrounded Bo pos jeuUX and Flanders belonged to its owa dukes, and Provence and Saxony and Burgundy to theirs; so that England’s conquerors owned and con- trolled all the north and much of the west of France—about half of its present extent; and other large portions belonged to separate families. The king of France and his kingdom had their capital at Paris, and the possessions under that name were about one-third or less of what they are now, at the battle of Agincourt. The kings of England laid claim to France, and in the same spirit of aggression which always characterized those gent, whenever a new one came to the throne, he nade war on ** his natural enemies.”” Edward Til. actually took the title of King of France, and quartered his arms with the Aeurs de lis, adding to the old eseutcheon those infamous words Diew et mon droit. His son won the battle of Cressy, which was a cannonade upon a crowd jammed into a defile, end without cannon or the knowledge of it. This was m 1346, The battle of Agincourt was 25th October, 1415, and won by Henry V,; and the battle ef Waterloo was in Is15. From Cressy to Waterloo is almost 500 years, and there are three English victories, for the Spanish campaign of our uncle, “the lucky blunderer,” was due to the Spaniards themselves. Now, the English were beaten hundreds of times by the little kingdom of Krance, which conquered over and over again all the Anglo-Norman possessions contiguous, and as often surrendered them by treaty, out of the old respect jor royal birthrights and ‘feudal privileges until finally,tired of indulging their foes any longe France drove the English off the continent, which largely belonged to th nd confined them to their island, where they live by republican ferance from day to day. But when I have more time, | may senda memoir on these most abused tory, to the Maryland Historical uf- Society. ‘The following quotat shows the present actual Liverpool view of the Nicaragua question. “The fact is, that the whole stru; of the Ca- binet at Washington and the Congress, has been throughout, to monopolize every route. A report presented to Congress las! , places this beyond alldonbt. The conduct, moreover, pursued by the United States in regard to Nicaragua, and the contract signed with it last year, under the auspices of the United States Charge d’ Afjuires, turther es- tablishes th It is due to the riuined attitude of the British government that the attempt has been defeated. The oflicial expression of our in- tention to maintain the independence of the Mos- quito territory, and the possession of Nicaragua, is that to which we are indebted for the benevolent Seraps of Europe. The correspondent of the Ost Deustche Pos, makes out that the American government has cust its eye upon the Isle of Sapienza, as an excellent doped in the Mediterranean for coal and stores of provisions. The Mississippi steam frigate, that is now before Naples, came to the Piraus on a spe- cial mission, for the purpose of acquiring that island. It is said that the Count of Montemolin has pro- tested against the rights of the child to whom the Queen of Spain will give birth. It is also ans- pected that the Carlists contemplate a new insur- rectionary movement on the occasion of the ac- couchement of the queen. It is said in Paris, that the reason why M. Thiers has not urged his election to the Ministry, is that he aims at being President after the expiration of the term allotted to Louis Bonaparte, from which, by any acceptance of office, he would be debarred. The Austrien government has notified that it will pay 20,000 dueats to the person who will con- struct and deliver the best locomotive for the rail- way which passes by the Summering, the moun- tain which separates Styria and the Archduchy of Austria. Don Miguel, when he left Portugal in 1834, was for some years dependent on an allowance from the Pope, Which he no lo&iger receives, and has been supported for some years past by a voluntary sub- scription of about £40 a month, raised by his par- tisans in Portugal. An attempt is now making by the government to deprive him of these resources. Letters from Messina, of the 12th ult., state that since the 9th there have been upwards of fort shocks of earthquakes, in consequence of which the greatest alarm was prevalent, and business was at a complete stand. We understand that the chief portion of the late arrivals of silver in England has been purchased for transmission to Russia, in connexion with the recent loan. Jt has been rumored that a large shipment of gold is about to take place; but this is- not correct—silver, at the present relative price of that metal in London and St. Petersburgh, forming the best remittance. Pavements of brokea asphalite rock, dipped in mineral tar oil, have been adopted in Paris. The new material gives great facility of traction, ab- sence of noise, economy, and salubrity. ‘The total number of persons tried by courts mar- tial during the existence of military law in Cepha- lonia, was 65, Of these, 44 were sentenced to death; 2 to transportation; 7 to imprisonment; 11 to corporeal punishment; 2 were acquitted; and 1 dis- charged by reason of a void trial. Of the number of persons sentenced to death, 21 were executed, end 16 had their sentence commuted. The total number of persons flogged in Cephalonia in the year 1849, was 80, and the total number of lashes inflicted 2,987. During the same period, one news- paper editor and two contributors were expelled from the island. The Waterford (Ireland) Mail says: of four hundred persons left this city yesterd the Liverpool steamers, on their way to Ame The tide of emigration flowing from our shores seems to be increasing threefold from this part of the country. Advices from Algeria state that the weather had been most favorable for the crops. The journal La Suisse, of Berne, confirms the statement that the nol government had given orders to stop the progress of all Swiss com- mercial travellers through the Neapolitan States, and to expel all and admit none for whom the Swiss consul, M. Morekofer, refused to give cau- tion. This measure dates from the moment when the great German powers assumed a hostile atti- tude towards Switzerland. ¢ Specimens of Australian gold, mixed with the same quartzose detritus which accompanies the metal in other auriferous districts, have recently been reecived in England. The Ottoman government have despatched an admiral and about fifty engincers, officers, and ship- builders to Bussorah, to make a dock, build ships, and launch a fleet in the Gulf of Persia. tea. expressions of the American ambassador, Mr. Lawrence, and the better spirit of which the mes- sage of President Taylor proof. The danger, however, is not passed ; the inwed vigi- lance of our government is no less requisite now to preserve us from the meshes of an entangled com- promise of rival claims than the exhibition of the fixed resolution of government, backed by the known possession of national force to make it re- spected, was called for to prevent the triumph of designs which would have placed the whole com- merce of the Pacific under the sole control and command of the United States.” —Correspondent Liverpool Mercury, 8th March, 1850. Liverpool is the brain of Eaglish trade, and the above isthe naked expression of her idea of the pending negotiation and its object. You see what emall identity there is with Mr. Bulwer’s flatteries But Americans are not so accessible generally to adventurers as the present Cabinet, who are * chil- dren of a larger growth,” for the diplomatists of Europe. At this hour the most vigorous esynonage and management are bestowed upon the uncon- scious ae of the United States by the des- pots of Ewi 5 land, which consented to kiss the foot of Russia in 1849, and sits now in secret cabal with him for the extinction of republicanism, has her agents everywhere, and is on terms of per- feet understanding with the repudiated government of France. The nephew, by marriage, of the Duke of Wellington, is humbugging the public men at Washiagton, and another Englishman, the late secretary of Guizot, (Dillon,) represents France admirably, but England, really, at San Francisco. No extreme of the country but what contains an emissary of the ‘Thievs’ Alfiance, and the isthmus is now, while | write, passing from American into Itussian and British hands. 1 should not be sur- pri Mr. Bulwer got his “ coasting” doctrine recognised, and eeded to take not only the trade of the Isthrous, but that from Panama to New York es clearly out of the hands of Col. Sloo & Co., as the Cunard line has gutted the freight trade of the Ovean Steam NavigationCompany. Cuba and St. Domingo are eure to fall in afterwards; and re- member, that days are months and months ages, in there thrilling times. tngland is in league with Spain as well as Rus- sin, and as soon as Mr. Bulwer has circumvented the powers at Washington, the most astounding sequel will close the era of oy in Aimerica. But, the people of America? This thing is perfeet- certain. Great as is the excitement on slavery, the next, and all future elections of the President, will turn on the external policy of the country The age draws us all after it; and man is fee! in opposition to fate. There isno more peace till the ascen’ of republicanism, for the Union. The giant mi; well strip now for his work, for The town of Belfast, Ireland, seems to be grow- ing very fast indeed, for its population has increased since 1831, from something over 50,000 to above 100,000. Ruggiero Settimo, ex-President of the insurgent government of Sicily, now residing in Malta, is confined by severe illness, and little hope is enter- tained of his recovery. The Rifle Rangers, or, Adventures of an Officer Southern Mexico, by Captain Mayne Reid, is pubished in London. Mr. Catlin lately delivered a leeture in London, on the Valley of the Mississippi, and the advan- tages of emigration to the Wesiern States. Mr. Marsh, the American ambassador, who ar- rived in Constantinople in February, in the steamer Mississippi, ha: a serious dispute and quarrel with his landioi Frenchman; and so serious was the affair that the French ambassador, Mons Rupick, obliged to interfere. The following is the net receipt from the dutie levied by the Zollverein for 1549, and the amoun distributed among the several States of the Union according to the treaty; the gross sum is 20,868,519 thalers ; of this amount Prussia received 11,704,475 Ss 5 urteni! |, 261,755; en, 903.1917 the Electorate of Hesse, 512190; Grand Duchy of Hesse, 624,044; Thuringia, (including Coburg, Gotha, &e.), 711,51; Brunswick, 175,857; Nassau, 295,240. Prince Callimachi, the Turkish Ambassador in Paris, has presented to the President of the Re- public, in the name of the Sultan, a magnificent decoration, of the value of 50,000f., as a testimonial of the services rendered by the French ovgernment in the eflair of the Polish and Hungarian refugees. A Joan of £450,000 for the government of Cana- da, has been efiected in London at par, bearing six per cent interest, and redeemable in twenty-five years. The King of the Two Sicilies has recently con- feryed on the Baron de Rothschild, of Naples, the grand cross of the order of Francois |. Scotland, with but 2,628,967 inhabitants, and no commercial centre, no political metropolis, but little foreign commerce, sends 33,609,169 letters age of the Duke of Genoa with the zabeth of Saxony, was celebrated with great pomp at Dresden on the 2ist ult. It is rumored that Mr. Labouchere is to be created a peer, and that Mr. Wilson is to succeed him as President of the Board of Trade. The Austrian correspondence contradicts the re- he has it to do. If | had but one word tosay, it would be to the government at Washington. You are i ession of a mass ofthe most reliable and valuable infor- mation, farnished by your own cer, at your own request, upon the whole startling condition of Europe. That officer is still at his post, but with- out employ, not having been able to reach his post in Hungary, and change its fortunes. Send him to Switzerland, that tower of observation from whieh he can — nin sre pet it —— = ople signs of Europe. e fourth day after ceerren, the canton of Berne follows the exam- Paris and America should repair her ancient y allowing the Tells of that old com- monwealth to bend their bodies before the hat of the Gesslers who have filled Europe with mourn- ing. Arcus. A Russian Lapy-Dirromatist 1 Paris.—The cevtvel ot ee he men Pag wad Star, the et Sa m St. Petersbui iven a singular impet to the world of fashio q fair stranger is noted for her courtesy to each and all about the Elysée ; her habits are lar, and she interests by her port that the army at the Vorarlberg has received marehing orders, and to take up their quarters in South Germany. The Avgshurg Gazette says:—“The Ban still continues at Vienna, and attends the conference on the sy jation of the military boundaries. The regiment Haynau, which distinguished itself so much in the [talian campaign, hes been to Vienna. On Saturday, the 27th ult., a schooner of 140 tons burthen cleared out from the Liverpool docks for Davis's Straits. It is stated that she is destined to share in the exploration of the Arctic seas. A note has recently been addressed by the Pras- sian cabinet to the several great powers, claiming a right to participate in the regulation of the affairs of Rome. A versel_ which arrived at Liverpool from Bre- men, has brought a quantity of dried asa portion of her cargo, the produce of the Hanseatic States. M. B. H. Goldschmidt, a Jew, has just been ap ve ity. reeei' the day, en pense ‘ontettay with Taheod recenapl clensd jut ters, to exclude day. Atten o'clock at ht her she a to the de Boulongne ble ca- valiers, charmed at tha novel Lym gpm moon light. times the President and Lord Norman- by both nd the the fair eq markable beauty—a Pole by birth, one of the bighest officers about the c t martes A person of the She is said to be highly accomplished and reatly skilled in diplomacy. Emperor one ¢ highest confidence in her talents und fidelity to his cause. Suvewa.—Advices to the 16th ult. mention that in consequence of the house of the Austrian con- sul having been attacked, the Governor had adopt- ed the following measures to ensure good order and tranquility Ist. That no foreigner will be allowed to reside in Smyrna without a guarantee. 2d. That the health officers will examine the — of all passengers arriving. 3d. Aftereight o'clock, no pereon can walk the streets without a lantern. 4th, All taverns will be closed at7 P. and all cafes at 8, and no stranger will be allowed to sleep in them. re had been no material chang in the commercial In colonial produce manufac- ture, the news from Europe being unfavorable for the chief articles of export, there had been little business done, which was partly owing to the firm- of the holders, who ex! it the recem of an earthquake. Crixese Newsparen.— late} iY ao wares. ‘There was Y, exhibit- inted Consul-General at Frankfort-on-the-Maine, for the Grand Duchy of Tuseany. M. Carpi, an- other Jew, has been elected a member of the Mu- nicipal Council of the city of Florence. M. le Comte Avi a Jew of Turin, is a memb er of the Chamber of Deputies of Piedmont. Letters have been received from Sloperton, which mention that some slight imprevement has occurred in the health of Mr. Moore, the poet, although he was still considered in a perilous state. Latterly, he has had some refreshing moon ane the symp toms had become somewhat less alarming. Marshal Radetski has been making trials with moveable mortar batteries, and from the bri of the mortars into position to the discharge of the bombs, hardly three minutes elapsed. Am the ngets by the Avon steamer, from the West Indies, is a negro physician, who visits England to submit to the government a plan, founded on scientific experiments, to supersede steam as a propelling power. ‘The King Consort of Spain has ordered an exact pape a ee to , in the stea of original Cts which was given up when the French entered Madrid, in isis On the 30th wit. P.M., the usual ceremony of betrothment and excha: of took place at the pokes of his Royal Highness e Frederick of the Netherlands, between her Royal Ii the dest daughter of Prince Frederick, and his bi the Crown Prince of Norway. The Crown Prince his hotel to the palace = state, attended by a mounted of honor. x ‘ hove eighty. pervons at wi A) fe ei sat down. In the’ mf Princess and the betrothed, received po De = same ert ne ie who had been present- at court. veesel which arrived at Liverpool from New aed this. deve Sand be has taken tion place from the U Stateseith er ina fresh or salted condition, if we except some small tions, at uncertain intervals, of hams made from u hams, and which, not being smoked and entirely prepared for use as ion of the mutton legs, and termed mutton acco! to the common ac: term, have been admitted duty free. ‘The present importation of mutton from America is therefore of some interest and unportance. The Free Press of Hamburg says:—* It is “an- nounced that a republican movement has broken out in Iceland, and that the Danish governor has been driven aw: Y, The maintenance of the com- mercial monopoly of Copenhagen, of which the Icelanders have ‘long complained, is the cause of the outbreak, Two steamers have been sent with troops to chastise the insurgents.” ‘The great brass gun at Beejapore, in Ladin, whieh, it is probable, will be removed to this country, is the largest piece of ordnance in tie world for its calibre. Its length is M feet 1 inch, and its diame- ter, at the muzzle, 5 feet 2 inches. According to current report, the poet Tennyson will be elevated to the laureateship. The Athenaeum objects that the emoluments of the post should be bestowed upon a writer already receiving a pension of £300 per annum, and possessed of no unequalled genius. Intelligence from Galat: reports the opening of the navigation, and many vessels had been ulready chartered. Foreign Dramatic and Musical. Herr Tomaschek has just died at Prague, aged soven- ty-six years. He was by birth Bohemian, and is said, Ay the musical biographers, to have Leon s composer of power and originality, Had these boon distingushed in amount or knw we think that his works must have found their way into our concert rooms—" if not by the door through the window—if not through the dow down the chimney,”” A iL events, during lat years, Herr Tomasehek has been principally known as 4a professor of the pianoforte, who, among otuer pupils, formed Herrn Schulhoff and Dreyschoek People at Madrid talk of a dramatic cempositi reference to the birth of an heir tothe throne of 8 which is to be entrusted to the princips! dramatic thors Mr. George Bennett's successful pl was performed at Saddier’s Wells Ti Bennett, the danghter of this favor approved dramatic author, has made he: ance in the charactor of Alice Raby, the horoino of the play. Miss Bennett made a most favorable dedut, She Jossceses considerable personal attractions, and gave a ighty intelligent reading of a character requiring for its tul! development sentiment, pathos. and passion, and the fair de- i st appear- ‘The house was crowded in every pai butante was moet enthusiastically r Dorr Lane Thrarer.—On tho 2¢ mecting of the actors and actre nloytes of Drury-lane Theatre, t ace in the gre room, for the purpose 0 z the best means by which this theatre might be kept open for the repre- sentation of the drama. It will be remembered that Mr. James Anderson, the lessee, with a determination to close the theatre, took a farewell benetit on Wednes- day evening. On Thursday, the actors and others en- gaged in the theatre, metin the greeu-room. tor the purpose of learning why Mr. Anderson was closing the oure, notwithstanding it had been well attended. and paying. during the present week. Mr. Anderson said that, at their earnest request, he would open for the remainder of the present week. but for the future open- ing of the house, he must take time to ¢ oasider k 7 he could continue lessee without being a loser himself Zo'elock the next day was accordingly ‘appointed to is determination. and a delegate from the body of ene-shifters. musicians, gasmen. &c. attended, with the company generally, in the green room. Mr. An- derson then said, that for the purpose of keeping the walls of “Old Drury” open for the representation of the drama, a portion of the receipts would be taken up every night, before any salaries were paid, to dofray the expenses of the rent, the gas, the printing, and the ad isements, After these were settled, thea himself andenkoff, andthe others would be paid pro- nally. If the receipts enabled him to pay tull jaries. then. of course each would receive the pay originally stipulated for, This announcement was re, with loud cheers by all present, and a vote of ks given to Mr. Anderson tor the honorable man_ ry ri he had acted towards all engaged unde, s lesseeship. The Trades. MEBTING OF THE JOURNEYMEN STEAM BOILER MAKERS. On Thursday night, the quarterly meeting of the Steam Boiler Makers Protective Society took place at the Fourteenth Ward Hotel, coraer of Elizabeth and Grand streets. The mecting was well attended. The President, Mr. John Wilson, called the meeting to order, and said the object of the meeting was to elect the officers for the en- sing three months, as according to their const tion. After some considerable delay in preparing the tickets for the voters, the president announced them ready, and if any person had any remarks to make to the meeting, now was the time. Mr. Mu.cer then rose and said, ina broad Sgotch accent, Mr. Chairman and fellow workmen—We are now about to elect officers for the manage- ment of our protective society, and it becomes every one of you to look well before you vote, and vote understandingiy and with care, in order that we may have such men who will guide and pro- tect our respective interests, and capable of per- forming the duties imposed upon them. The trea- surer be one of trust responsibility; and, therefore, look you well and select aman who knows well how to take care of his own money, and you bg A) sure he will take care of yours. Mr. Miller then took his seat, amid a loud a ise from his associates. ‘he Pursipent said, that the remarks were very correct and proper on the part of Mr. Miller, and he hoped that the members, in voting, would take much care in the selection of the names placed be- fore them for their choice; he tor himself believed all to be good end trustworthy men, yet, es a mat- ter of course, each member would possibly have favorite, and thus ke his selection, which h ult. a general nd the other would be done in good faith, and would not reflect on eny other candidate by so dving. The voting then commenced, which resulted in the following gentlemen being chosen:—President, Patrick Brady; Vice ident, John Dean; Secre- tary, James Kh. Donaldson; Assistant Secretary, Patrick lioran; Treasurer, Patrick Briody. Committee—James Mills, Solomon Jamison, Roser Galaway, Edward Sullivan, and Henry loyd. Doonkerpete-Jehn Blake, John Wallace. As the election of each member was announced, it was received with loud applause. The officers elect were then installed into offic; vote of thanks was given to the late officers in a spirited inenner by 1) y. s ‘The report from the Treasurer was then receiv- ed, showing an exhibit of funds on hand, amount- ing to $203. It was announced by the chairman thet the meetings hereafter would be held weekly. members now became very impatient to leave; it being near 12 o'clock, a motion was made to adjourn, Which motion was carried, and thus concluded the business for the night. ‘The Vegetarian Convention. Newaux, May 17th, 1850, My Dean Sin :— From your well known generosity, | know you will insert the following communication in your widely circulated paper, to enable me to correct two statements in the Herald of this morn- ing, about what was said by me at the eveni tession of the American Vegetarian Convention. is greatly characterized for reports of public speeches, lectures, &c., it is not surprising, amid the excite- ment and confusion on this occasion, that your reporter, taking notes of what was said and dene, made a few tistakes. Mr. Gral after addressing the audience for some time, sneering! Dr. Wheating, or Wieting,” insinuating, in a bitter and sarcastic way, that ed-up-lecturer,”” a“ flips pant lecturer,” unscientific and unfit to lecture to ‘an audience ; and gaid | told himndown stairs, that “man’s nature could not be fully developed with- out the use of meat.” He soon inentioned several other things he said I told him. I replied by con- tradicting some of his statenyents. He then said [ told him that I had “lectured to larger andiences than any other man in the world.” This I denied. He said I did tell bia eo, | told him | didnot, and ot T could bri itness or two to prove hat I did not. ‘Said te do you mean to insinu- hat I lie! Said I, “if you say I told you so, itisa lie.” This is according to the best of my memory, and that of some of ig friends. Of course, i have not mentioned all the particular, but the word “lie” was used under such circum- poy hen and not till then. This you will per- pe iffers from the statement in the Herald this mornin, wit was purely necidental that I was enabled to the evening session, and | regret exceed. ingly, from Mr. ham’s abusive and personal attack on me, Twas compelie:| to say what I did in self defence, and to prevent misrepresentation. Respectfully yours, J, M. Wrerina James Gonvon Brwxerr, Eeq., New York. | thou t Jadges Ramonds, de, and Mitchell, prosiding. May 20.—Garat Paorenty Case —Henry D D. Cruger, Geer las and Willan Dowglae This cause, Nas bes ate, 00s ab bao bas been oy) Rf A settled consent of beth parti Tie above defe: ts having had across sult mesinet the plaintiff, the particulars of which have been too pacer | blished to ire repetition, the court decreed othe trustees of Viarace pay La $20,000, wit! five Says, wo his lite, gad that thoy Fe- | The Lecture of the Rev. Michael Welch on Romantsm, VIEWS OF A CONVERTRD ROMAN CATHONIC—~SCENE AT A bartisr CHAVEL, AND GREAT EXCITEMENT. The following advertisement appeared in one of the city papers on Saturday :— Romanism.—The Key. Michael Welch, a converted Roman Catholic, will (D.V) lecture to-morrow (Sun. day) evening, in the Freowill Baptist Chapel. Grand street, one door cast of Broadway, on the subject of Romaniem, giving some account of his own conversion. ew a part of the time in Irish; and invites countrymen, & well as the public generally, to attend. Services at the same place, morning and afternoon, at the usual hours, In consequence of the foregoing, our reporter at- tended on Sunday evening, end found the building well filled with both'sexes—about one half being | Protestants and the other half Catholies—princi- pally Lrish or of Trish descent. The lecturer was a pale faced, demure looking individual, with green | | spectacles, and appeared to be anything but an ishman, except in his Munster brogue, which he | still retains, after an absence of twenty-three years | from his native country. He commenced by asking | if there was any persca in the room who under- stood Irish; and being answered in the affirmative, he preceeded to spealc in that language, giving a history of his life. He said the Bible was a pro- hibited book in his father’s house in the county of Waterford—that he never saw it till he came to this country—that in the county in which he was born he feared to look upon the face of a Protestant, for he was taught to hate and fear all Protestants. He came to America when he was nineteen years of age, and: spent $120 in a way that he was ashamed to relate, He was a very wild and wicked character; but he found the Bible in the United States, and that made a new man of him. Ile had been always told that the Protestant version was false; but he found, to his astonishment, on com- paring it with the Douay, that in the most important suges they both a d. The lecturer then | went on to speak in wlish, and quoted Righ Rev. Dr. Hughes’ Lenten Pastoral, from the Free- man’s Journal; and, as if to show how much he undersiood of the subject he was treating, he pro- nounced the word “collation” coalition; upon whieh, Mr. Lynx arose and said, there is no such word as coalition in the pastoral. The lecturer insisted that coalition was the word. Tris’ Prasanr—Hie is a pretty lecturer who does not know the difference between a collation and a coalition. | ‘The lecturer then quoted passages from the Bible, | to show that forbidding to marry, and ordering to | abetain from meats, was heretical. The explina- | tion given in the notes of the Douay Bible, was | that the persons referred to were the ancient Gnx to see them hewers of wood and drawers of wate,’ In this sconce you can say what you like against the t, or his cabinet, with Joapenliy. In Ireland it is not so. There ie ponase ate den down. Look at the wa: ‘Brien was treated. Give the Irish e jucate them—and they will throw off the yoke of the ty= rant—temporal ‘and_ spiritual er. Take the Irish out of Lreland, and here, end place the same number of Irish Americans in their stead, und Ireland will have her freedom to» morrow, ‘Then would they say, in the words of Patrick Henry, “ Give me freedom, or give death.” I have come here a misex A the American and Foreign Misslonary Ublow, have gone from shantee to shantee of my countrymen. { have explained to them they in Irish, and I never yet received an insult frome one of them. The lecturer here concluded, and, pin sa inetan the gas was put out. ‘The assembly then sepa~ rated, entertaining very different opinions, accord- ing to their respective creeds, or amount of sense, of the merits of the converted Catholic mis- s'onary’s discourse. Fourlerism for Lawyers. In this age of reformation, when iron is puddled, | bread baked, and all things earried on upen repub- liean prin when society is moving smoothly and tranguilly on the progressive waves of social- ism to the goal of equality, 1 see no good reason why the professions should not sail inthe general current, and adopt some plan by which their mem- bers may also acquire the greatest amount of the needful, with the least possible effort. Why not lawyers as well as puddiers, ministers as well] as bakers, and doctors as well as cobblers, associate themselves together, and, raising the broad banner of reform, proclaim to the outside barbarians the existence of a phalanx? It is proposed, especially, thet the lawyers of Wall street, exactly 707 in num- ber, form themselves into an organization, and re- move ina body, to some convenient site, where land is cheap—say up near the Croton Reservoir— and there, Under ‘direction of 2 committee of 707, uppointed for that purpose, erect a large office, with all the modern improvements and conveniences for pulling wool, fleecing, shaving, &e., on a grand and extensive seule. In order to cheapen as much as possible the expenses of the phalanx, it is pro- posed to have mills for making paper, gas genera- tors, (some excellent specimens could be furnished by the profession without extra expense,) and pem and ink manufactories connected with the estab- lishment, together with a department devoted ex- clusively to producing cheap laws, which is to be ‘under the management of three com- missioners, who are appointed a committee for that purpose. This comunittee is to be denominated the ** Lawless Commiitee,” and is to be limited to the production of ten or twelve codes annually, in ties ; but if it was heretical on their part to al from meats and forbid to marry, it is equally cal now tor the Catholic priests to imitate ther ‘The reverend lecturer then proceeded to relate sor of his exy nee. He sald when he was in Co necticut, he was sent for to Pennsylvania, in re- | ference to some iron works; and being asked one day what place of worship he would go to, he said it made no difference, for they were all alike stumbled on the M odisis. preache his text from Luke, 15. vival of religion, and that le y was the accepted vation, ime--now was the day of sal The words of the preacher went to his soul. He (Mr. Welch.) went to his boarding house, and hesitated whether he would bow his knee in | prayer—for he was not accustomed to pray. He | did prey that night, and felt some hope ; up to that night fe was one of the most prophane phe- | mers on earth, He went next to a lo’ where Dr, Sloan told his own experience, whi exactly described the case of the lecturer. tried seve so loved him. Me went home, and that night, when he lay awake in bed, he heard a voice as distinetly as he now heard his own, saying to him: “Thy sins are forgiven thee.” He jumped out of bed, end cried, “Hallelujah, glory, glory y CA peal of ** Amens,” and much groaning in the ey from one corner of the sary liis wile ask him whet ailed him—was he mad ! * No, my dea replied Rev. Mr. V h, “Ihave only fallen in love with Jesus Christ (An audible titter here went through the room.) The lecturer then con- tinued: I have been calied a turncoat. Oh, it was a happy turn for me. They have told me, even, that the devil got into me. I said to one of them one day, “The Bible has made me a reformed character; He ‘al times to clasp the man in hisarms—he you go to mass, and then go to drink brandy, and swear profane oaths. You are under the guidance of the priest, according to your own story; therefore the priest is worse than the devil.” (Laugh- er from one part of the audience, and indignation tom the rest.) The Romish ch he Bie ble, and put a veto upon it at the Cou of Trent. And why? Because it is opposed to purga might adored with statuary sheep with golden fleeces, at the fentrance; whi at the place of egress, those same harmless ai mals might be represented in such a state that t! “winds must be tempered” that caress the Onl order that labor may have long seasons for repose and recreation. ‘1 e men will be entrusted with are eminently qualitied, considerable time in the g ility of nius, can lend the ing. hen operations commence, clic admitied by turns at the main entrance, and are to be passed ‘along through the different gradations and stages, until they find egress in the. opposite directions, perfectly fleeced of what they have, and a judgiment suspended over them to seeure all the; may in future possess. A balcony, from which certain distinguished speakers will harangue the “dear nip all gratis, six hours each day, will adorn the tront ot the edifice, We think such an establishment would call into requisition the various talent of the profession in Vall street, and at the same time tend to equalize and bring everything down to the proper standard— labor standar Nothing more a rd can be imagined than that a few men, because they happen to possess greater talent than their fellows, or have been addicted habits of perseverance and industry, should rece: all th J, when fact they are not half as well me as their more emporaries, who have slept with Coke d Litdeton, and dreamed over Blackstone aad Kent. Under such an organization, each member ight perform the part for which he manifested t qualifications, and thus, by bringing into continual exercise his peculiar faculties, he would become master of his art. And besides these ad- vantoges, instead of being cooped up in seven by nine offices, occupying locations from “turret to foundation,” as at present, those seedy gentlemen have grand apartments, appropriately and figures of brass, having been engaged son business, and who, talen’ g is are to be think howit might be! Only see how it is! and (his the result of an imperfeet organization of y tory, masses, and such other doetrines. A mass in | society. ROORESS. Ireland costs $1.25. It cost, altogether, about — —__—. £3 10, (whout $17) for masses for the repose of The May F ‘al of the Germans. the soul of my “poor old mother. In the same | A grand demonstration of the Germans, called there ‘was @ poor woman died, whose | the May Festival, came off on Monday forenooa, place. Friends had no money to pay for the masses, and Father Kearney was seut for; but he would not Seutk’ fared a not, either rane Sane jes paid, poor wi lied without benefit of clergy. Purgatory was ratified by the council of Trent, and purgatorymeans a place where those who die in venial sins are purged and fitted for heaven. There is, also, the Lunbo Patrum— the Ne ee of all the fwithful who died free from sin--from the time of the fall of man, till the death of Chri ad, according to Catholic doctrine, no Ate admitted to heaven till after that event. his was refuted, by the fact thet Elijah was taken up to heaven ina chariot of fire. Lastly, there is | Space called Limbo Infantum—a dark place, in | which there is no light, and where all uabapticed infants go. Tam sure you don’t believe any such doctrince as that. ‘The lecturer then proceeded to take from his bo- sting of beads, the use of which he ex- d to the audienee—the Lord's Prayer was to said when he came to the big one. ‘There were | ten prayers to the Virgin Mary, for every one said | to Christ. If, he continued, the Virgin Mary can hear my payers here, and the prayers of my re- latives in Trefand, she must be omnipresent. Pius | LX,, according to the Freeman's Journal, claims | that the Vege Mary was born clear of original sin. | Throvgh what channel! We all know Chiist was born free from original sin, for he was conceived by the Holy Ghost. But the Bible has never told | us by what process the \ my Mary was born free from the original taint. The Pope says she must be worshipped with a pure and fervent worship, Mitesian—That is a falsehood ! | Here there were Shame,” and much | excitement, and several $ Went out. | Rev. Mr. Wei.cu—! find it here, in the Preman's Jovrnal. isman—Can you find 1 the Prayer Book? | We only invoke the Virgin Mary. This seemed to be a poser to the reverend lec- turer, as he did not answer it, and some of his | friends cried out against interrupting him ia that | way. Mr. Lywon here rose and said :—I wish to few words if the audience will permit me. gentleman who has lectured here this evening, has | Trade three statements in reference to the Catholic religion in Ireland, which are not true. (Sensa- | tion) Lam _a Roman Catholic; but | see here a | respectable Protest ntleman who lived in the same city with me, in the old country, and | appeal to him whether it is trae that Catholics are afraid to look upon lrotestants there, a» Mr. Welch said was the case in Waterford, where he came from? It is also untroe that Catholics do not read the Bible, for I have distributed many copies of it with | my own hends. (Applause from one part of the audience, and dieepprobation from the other.) A Voicr— Without notes | Mr. Lincu—No, with notes. There is a third “The | | \t. Here the excitement increased ; a number of per- | sons stood up, and some ladies left the room. Mr. Lyxcu—If any one is displeased with what I have said, or | am going to say, I will leave the room. I have not come here to disturb the meet | ing, but | must contradict what is untrue, not from | any feeling as regards myself, but because I do hot want this American audience to be misled Mr. Weicn—I have a right to the room, and nobody has a — to interrupt me. Prorestant Voicks, (a rected to Mr. Lynch)— Yes, speak elsewhere, if you want to reply. Catnor banyan} d have heard you; it is fair that should hear us. ‘ah this tiene there were several smell skirmishes | going on in an under tone, in different parts of the Toom. Several persons here came over to Mr. Lynch, to remonstrate with him on the impropriety of his the reverend gentleman, and one ot go to interrupt Pishop Le = Mr. Lyxcn—I, as an Irish Roman tholie, have been invited here by the advertisement; were it not for this I would not say a word. Acey Max--Wait till he has done, and then ply. bs was then egreed fat te lecturer should be proceed, and that he should be replied ees en otees and the exeltewent cooled down. act help tit the | truths “ofiends Ny it, if 1 feligion ia one Se enarig have. the boat feeling towards all men. A religion whieh teaches malice and falee is untrue. igtg Tec bed | order, the | ties fighting | ternity. which presented an imposing appearance, and may be regarded as a somewhat novel movement, being of rather a political tendency. They assembled in the Park before the City Hell, and formed a grand procession, the order of which was as follows: — First Band of Music Body of Turners—Society of Social Reform Vocal Societies. Second Band of Musto. Propaganda Battalion of the Socialists. ars | of Decided Progress. reo Society, ko. Amongst these various societies, the most con- spicuous were the body of Turners, and the Pro- paganda Battalion of the Socialists, who wore @ peculiar kind of dress. The latter carried the American flag, besides which we observed an im- mense red flag. Having arranged themselves into proceeded down Barclay street to the Hoboken ferry, while the bands of music played a stirring march, When they arrived at Hoboken, they marehed in the same order tothe Elysiau fields, where large numbers had already congre- ated, and where nothing but benches were seen, loaded with almost every species of eatables. We also observed several new flags and a number of shields, hung around upon the trees, with the fol- lowing inscriptions:—“ Through night to light, | wpe ‘uggle to vietory”—'True to your new fatherland, forget not your old home,” &c. The procession hav, reached the pl was tastefully decorated with fresh ine branches, and around which were placed the va- rious flags, it was announced by the presideat of festiva the assembly could now refresh mil one o'clock, ¥ hen the proceedings mence. Daring the interval, a storm deferred the eedings beyond the fixed : afier a short delay, they commenced with ir, played by the two bands, end with the ong * Bro- thers join hand in hand,” after whieh, Mr. Pomrscs delivered the introductory address, the purport of which was as follows:—After rain comes sunshine, and after battle follows victory. Thos it is with nations struggting for (heir liberty, and communi- for their rights, We are all assembled to-day to celebrate a festival that will tend to unite us more «losely together. He was by Py to per- ceive that, after many years, a new Ii waking up in the Germans on Columbia's ; that they are beginning to show their ancient «pirit and valor, and that they had but one sentiment—that of fra- Ile, therefore, hailed this day as one of —as one at which every freeman’s heart must fpitate with transports of joy. Yet the felicity of the hour is marred by the thought of having lost a fatherland—by the recollection of ow countrymen being tied down with the iron chaina of bondage. Yet the happy day will dawn—and that soon, too—when they will liberate themselves from the degrading state of servitude, for after raim comes sunshine. God, by the benignest rays of His sur, seems to emile upon them; He has not be- come Russian yet, but is still in favor ot the Social- ists. Among the vast_multitude here he marks the body of Turners. They were the who struck the blow fer freedom on Germanic and they were the last to abandon the field. tive as they were at home, they retain the spirit here. Next to them, he beholds the ganda Hattalion of the Social social it is the gospel of the day jomption the laboring clase. Ile regards them the light, the uiding etar in the grend work of reformation. He then enumerated several other societies’ appropriate encomiums, and concluded with invoking a curse on aristocracy, despotism and tyranny. ‘This address was frequently interrupted with rap- turous applauee, and the conclusion was signalizet by reports of guns and pistols. * ‘The various vocal societies sang a national air, peg ep pe oe se nt pn eof ¢ lings of joy, fraternity cord which actuate the entire assembly. Ie made reference to the condition of their ying in Germany, and, as a collection for their wae to teke place, he ardently exhorted the multitude to contribute their mite for such a laudable purpose. After a few more remarks, the etruck up @ lively march, and i-| rae _ poh an suc wi ceeded at the endo he, wears Covsay. anviher storm came on dur int me which caused a i having d tho ceedings, the rain and crowd all directions. Arrains IN Cayxa.—€ . In trade, at Canton, there is lithe of March. In ee od i lower, bet it ie expected iene le very lite dolag Ameri- ca, considerable pure! have tled at previons ‘veagols great rejoic i