The New York Herald Newspaper, July 22, 1850, Page 1

- ——————— —.. NEW YORK HERALD. NO. 5886. >». MORNING_EDITION----MONDAY, JULY 22, 1850. his farewell’ to the King of Prussia, It appears that, in the haste in which he proceeded to 1 a our statesman had forgotten to accomplish these formalities, and was reminded of them only when | he arrived at our frontiers, I have been told also, that this ev the due to St. Petersburg, to ask DOUBLE SHEET. VERY LATE FROM EUROPE. ADDITIONAL ACCOUNTS BY THE AMERICAN STEAMSHIP ATLANTIC, THE QUICKEST PASSAGE ON RECORD, the hand of the daughter of Great Dake Michel, a niece of Emperor Nicholas, for Louis Napoleon. The affairs between France and England have been decidedly settled, and due justice ought to be rendered to our Ministers, who have directed that question with mogh firmness and judgment. They wasted until Lord Palmerston had been censured 4 the House of Lords, and, when such a satisfac- tion had been given to our national policy, our cabi- basis ALi net did not hesitate to accept the proposed arrange- Pen Days and Fifteen Hours from | iments. Mr. Drouynde l'Huys has returned to Leone don, and Lord Normanby has resumed his visits to Deck to Dock. the Elysée. He was invited ‘last week to a large ETS We Tees dinner given in his honor and the reception A of Lou Nesters, by his besom-friend, was as cordial as ever it was before. Apropos of our Eng- lish Ambassador; he left is yesterday, on his way to Florence, where he is called by some pri- vate business, and from which he will return in a Porne remore oft ange” of Mr. D y e rumors e cl of Mr. utpon out Minister of War, are still @ Pordee duwvour, Epo as yet, has been done on the subject; but Mr. de Rulhieres is said decidedly to be selected aye pee of that ministry. ; Nea vaignac @ toa watering place calle: Louiche, where felis living in nit Pail Jérome Bonaparte, Governor of the Invalids, is expected at Havre, where he has hired rooms at the Hotel OUR FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE. ‘THB THREATENED RUPTURE WITH PORTUGAL. Attempt to Assassinate the President of the French Republic. AFFAIRS OF HUNGARY AND AUSTRIA. Froseati. ANOTHER ADVANCE IN COTTON. Whilst these political moves are taking place, bine +.“ be pace wen je oa of and social- ist not suppose that the e quietly yield- THE MARKETS, ed to their fate. They do uot consider themselves &e. &e. &e. The steamship Atlantic, Cept. West, arrived at hor wharf yesterday morning, at three o’clock, making the best passage on record, to wit—ten dayeand fifteen hours from wharf to wharf—eleven hours and thirty minutes shorter than any previous as vanquished. You remember what I told youin couspira- “ye Beziers, Arler, Paris and that their mancuvres are al- my last letters, relative to the di: red cite of Oran in ‘Afice, ‘Berlers, Ati ‘ing on. Their leaders entertain the sacred , and socialism is now a sort ef “free masonry,” for producing evil, which is unfortunately progress- ing in its results. Prints of all kind are to be met with in Paris and through France; they contain the passage. , most incendiary sentences against all the laws of The A. left Liverpool on the 10th inst. at 12 M., | society. The making of cartridges is now a sort made the Highland Lights at 9 40 P. M., at 2 4.M. | of and though many of these ammunition warehouseshave been already discovered by the police, I am inclined to believe that there are ma- ny others which are unknown to Mr. Carlier and his agents. Socialism is also succeeding in the ranks of the army. Its progress is slow, but ne= vertheless it is p1 jing, and this must be avoid- ed by all means, hat will be the end of all this? Who can tell? The news from Rome is not of much conse- -@ame to at Quarantine, and at 3 A. M. arrived at her deck. On the 1th, off Bardsey Island, the A. spoke ship Princeton, Russell, from Liverpool, for New York. Same day, saw two large ships, supposed the packets Manhattan and Queen of the West. ‘We have dates from Liverpool to the 10th, ; " ence. The city is calm, but t agitation i: London to the 9h, and Paris to the 8th instant, | {icin the province. “Robbers eed'hi yraymmen inclusive. are encumbering the routes of the papal Biates, and The demand of the American government on Portugal continued to excite attention. The steamship Canada arrived at Liverpool on Sunday, at 6 A. M., from Bostop. Cotton hed advanced jd. on receipt of the Cana- ~da’s news. The corn market had improved. Indian corn advanced 6d. to 1s. Flour firm. Wheat (Dantzig) 44. to 6d. advance per 70 Ibs. All kinds of American provisions have made a slight advance. The latest quotations for American securities in the London market of the 6th inst. There ap- peared tobe no change in any description. An- nexed are the rates:— ICAN SECURITIES. a socialist plundering system is very fashionable among the birbanti: of that unfortunate country. Besides these pore facts, I have also to mention the presence of all those who have been exiled from their country for political crimes, within the limits of the petife republic of St. Marin. That small country is the rendezvous of all the Italian demagognes; and, though the papal government demanded their expulsion, the authorities of St. Marin would not listen to such a demand; they answered that these refugees were enjoying the right of citizens, and that oe could not be ex- pelled, The only power they had upon them was to induce them to be quiet.” At Genoa, also, the socialist conclave is assembled, and they also ope- rate with much activity at Turin and in Lombar- dy. At Florence, the revolutionary press is very powerful, and within a fortnight the most oui- rageous hibels have been — Sy the go- vernment and religion. The Great Dake of Tus- cany is still in Germany, at Vienna, but is expect- — :~ — of ee ity rela on a omg ee. japles, tranquillity reigas with the ir bon, who is busily engaged in passing reviews and exercising his srocge: If you cross the Mediterranean sea with me, and land at Cadiz, you will find in that port a complete squadron ready to sail for Cuba. The list of these men-of-war is as follows:—El Soberano, of 74 ins; two frigates, of 42 guns, Esperanza and Perla; fe Cortez, a fr of & guns; the corvette Colla’ of 16 guns; the brigs Sanota, of 20 guns; Habanero, The packet ship Southampton, Captain E. E. |, left Sandy Hook at 11 o'clock P. M., on June, and landed her passengers at Fal- mouth in thirteen days and twelve hours, being the shortest passage on record for a sailing vessel. She -had between sixty and seventy cabin pas- -mengers. The Berlin papers are filled with comments on the Danish treaty; no party in Germany seems satisfied with it. Hostilities between the army of the Duehies and that of Denmark are considered ;_all the villages, from Horsen to Kolding, are tull of troops. 18 guns; Selayo and Nervion, of 16 guns; and se- veral other small vessels. There are aleo five steamers—the Blasco de Garoy, 6 cannons, and 350 horse power; Pizarro, 6 cannons, horse er; the Alvaro de Bazan, 6 cannons, and 160 power; Congresso, 5 cannons, and 160 horse ae and Don Juan de Austria, 2 cannons, and horse power. The whole fleet amounts to twenty-three men-of-war, which are about sailing on the 10th inst., for the Mexican Gulf, in order to protect Cuba and Porto Rico, as well as the Spa- nish trade in the Carribean Seas. The private declaration of Qeeen Isabel's hus bend, relative to the paternity of the c! about to be born, is the subject of much talk in potitical circles. It sppears that the royal consort of the Queen of Spain still persists in his denial of having Our French Correspondence. anything to do with that scandalous birth, and that POLITICAL MATT®: he is kept the palace of Aranjuez. Yet, Panis, July 4, 1950. 1 do not think it_ will prevent the forthcoming - child being heir of the crown of Spain. You Politics of France and Europe—Contemplated | Cannot but say with me—Shocking! positively Prolongation of the Power of the President— oeeeet. Sal a ’ Treaty jarriag: is ! ities rmany are st in statu . hry “ mcg oe rs gc pend | Nothing bas yet been decided in the Coagrens ot aNiece of the Emperor Nicholas—Socralism; us | Frankfort ; nevertheless, the country is calm, ap- Progrese—Immense Fleet about to Sad from Cadiz | parently at least, and the only Eipore! aflair of Bea ee se ase LOS: | Cunation at too Dashtnsts g tastier track felkod Of fj is ation © ao er mue Hiow—Disputid Paternity of the Coming Hetr— | S04 if't believe the ast dispatches received from Contemplated Abdication of the Emperor of Rus- | Berlin, the peace has, at last, been concluded be- sia in Favor of his Son—Departure of Garibaldi 7 pao dy pe nations. hich Font r ‘ou will fiod in the newspapers which I sent you, for the Untied Stater—Fifteen Treusend aie news of much inpartanet, “which, if true, will gees from Switzerland to the United States. afford preat interest te the coming debates of The National Assembly, since the last great af- | ties in the north a -. } oon apa me ey ‘fair of the three millions granted to Louis Napoleon said, is 800n to abdicate in favor # son, for the expenditures of the presidency, had not a | Setewitsh, whom he wished, previously, to put on sitting worth being swentioned. Many little politi- eal “ nick-knacks” have been produced, and, at the moment of our writing to you, the members of the throne of Poland. This great decision will take place on the Ist of December ne: | object of the Czar, by acting in that way, to avoid the turmoil and »mbition ofall kind, which ri Hy taki t death of the our House are proceeding to the re-nomiaation of a Reston Es 4 ee eldee thar ale 20, the ii bd ** and a ‘vice speaker.” Mr. Dupin is ce | tion of the Emperor is to find an oce elected, but 1 do not know, as yet, who will be cho- cen for vice speaker. General Bedeau, Messrs. Darn, Leon Faucher and Benoit d'Azy, are on the | | list of the candidates, and I am still without any in- | by this steamer. The Sultan of Turkey is still telligence from the National Assembly; but thes is | visiting his dominions, and has been received with not of much importance. | understand, from my | much éclat and enthusiasm in all the cities where sure “‘ intelligence,” that the law against the press, | he passes. I will finish this letter by announcin: which was to be produced in the next situng (to- | to you the departure of Garibaldi to the Unit morrow), hes met with so many oppoaents ia the | States. The famed Tribune of the Roman Repubd- | families preparatory bureau, that it will be withdrawa from lic of 1849 embarked, a few weeks since, at Liver- the list of the new laws which are to be preseated + 1, on board the packet “ Waterloo,” bound to before the prorogation of the National Assembly. |New York. He to the “land of the free,” to Among the most important news of the week, | take the command of a shi) re- must relate that of the immediate revision of the gret,” says he, “not to be able to hoist the white | constitution of 1848, which is said to be on the eve and green fiag of Italy, the standard of Italian of taking place. lt isa matter much discussed in freedom.” Ld Signor Garibaldi be lucky in his our political circles. The “rape” of the coastitu- new trade. We prefer him te be in the Ui tion, as it in called by the socialists, will soon be States than on the European continent. Heads as perpetrated in the National Assembly, by general like hiv are too passionate for the safety of our in- mand, and God knows what willtake piace after, stitutions and the tranquillity of Europe. craven dustag to progress. =i bY One of my friends, who Ay {jy from As! told you, nothing is to be mentioned inthe Switzerland, assures me that the political refugees wa which have been recently presented to the who have been so residing in the t tw "canto: An DLL — 4h, ad ational A. it country. x arrived last week at Lous Le Seulnier—oaplal of ment made by men bly, but that against the bad treat- ee animale. Mr. De srammont, one of our most eloqueatdepaties,made the department of the Jura—and were provided . remarkable speech, and mingied his elo with poreports to Havte, where they will embark | quence with the narration of many deeds of rough- | for the Used States. Nearly all of these refu ness and brutatity, which elicited much feeling | are from ‘Wartemberg and Hungary. ‘i tmong his fellow hearers. The law was finally | are young, well dressed, and fu with the voted without any amendment. Its consequences uniforms of their » The expenses of their willbe te t the domestic is, Whic) are journey are fefeyed by the Helvetic Republic, Sososiesed to the works of mank and deserve and it is said that their number amounts to about good treatment. A fine of $1 to ad an impri- — fifteen thousand: This considerable emigration is sonment of one to five days, wili be imposed on quite significant. ap: who will abuse or cruelly casugate, in Two Mexican Generals arrived the other da’ adomestic animal. In case of asecoad of- in Paris, on their way to the military sehen nce, the sentence will be doubled; and the man of Metz, where their intention i» to study the guilty of such # shameful action will always be strategy and tactics of our soldiers and re. punished Ly imprisonment. | The art of fighting is not much improved in Mexi- A serious ramor is spread for the last two co, and no doubt these gentlemen will derive much days, It appears that the majority of the Assem- firofit from what they will study in the country. bly, knowing not what to do, in sight of the pro- | Thus, you Americans beware, if you ever have qress of socialism, and the impedunents to their | another war with Mexico! Adieu. B. IL. R. settling the present political allairs of France, have Hesstegd to,prolong the power of the President. This is but a rumor. For my part, [ am far from wpproving such a motion. ne pro- longation of Louis Napoleon's power would Ue but a “patch” put upon a ragged cloth, and its effects hd h rf Panes, July 8, 1350. Becialiom and Arsassination—Escape of Lowis Napoleon from Intended Murder, by a native of Pennsylvania—New Speaker, Wire Speaker, and Members of the Natwonal Assembly—The Law against the Press—Encampment at Versailles— Augmentation of the French Navy— Politics of Germany, Denmark, Austria, &¢.—A Russion edron in the German Seas— Marriage of the Count de Montemolin with the Princess of the | . Two Siviles—The United Statesand Portugal. Morder and assassination are now, it appears, the motto of socialiem and of its confederates, We hove had, within the last four months, the attempt to rder the ¢ of Prussia, by Sefex » the attentat of Pate, against the Queen of eno power upon the masses. On the | will be an ex ment to riot; and, per- | he only ain looked at by those who | neour soch & ble resolution. | * Ww hae the se teinesses are taking place in our ; *, Louts Napoleon is still at the TE) to our statesmen ond retiring St. Cloud. newspapers have neWs that tend 0 Louis Napo- return to Berlin, to pay | Mr. de Perutay, the dese deon, has becu obliged to ‘Two very ~— _ in Germany. The | between Prussia and Denmark. T! | are the best | finished in | was signed at Berlin on the Ist inet., but the | orders came from Warsaw. =a ate England ; and Saturday last, another crazy man, imbued with these fanstical principles, was waiting for Louis Napoleon at th» gates of the Elysée Na- tional, to shoot him with a pistol. The name of the new would-be murderer is George Alfred Walker. He is 18 years old, and an apprenuced printer by trade. The report is, that since ten o’clock in the morning, this individual had been remarked walking on the trottoirs of the Rue Faubourg St. Honor’, waiting for the opportune moment to commit his assassination. At every carriage which he saw having the cour of the Elysée, Walker crossed the street and came to examine who was im the vehicle. Colone! Van- drey was the last one whom he examined with curiosity. His uniform and mustachios ren- dered him something hke the Presideat, and Welker cocked a pistol which he had under his frock coat to commit his murder, when the car- riage suddenly turned, and he was prevented from using his deadly weapon. At that moment, one of the policemen who had closely watched the whereabouts of the young man, approached him to make him prisoner. alker, seeing the con- stable, went to hi d suid:—** You are a po- liceman, are you?” Yes!” Well, I have no chance; no matter, I must confess to you that my intention was to assassinate the President, I have been waiting for the last four hoursto perpetrate the deed. I see he is protected by Providence, Thus I give it up.” Immediately the madman was taken prisoner, and being searched, they found in his pocket a large pistol loaded with buckshot, and the discharge of which would have been ver} dangerous. During the interrogation, the _pri- soner confessed that he had often frequented the socialist clubs, and the political re-unions of this godless of fraternity. Nothing of importance, no Paper, no clue to that mysterious attempt, was discovered at the house of the prisoner, who lives at Rue Chezalini No. 3, with his family, whose members are considered as irreproachable. Walker was accounted, by those who knew him, as a man of desperate character, living with prosti- tutes and men of a very low class. His manners are very rough, and his temper violent. On the 2ist of January last, he was taken prisoner for a pi ee ooh ns core - eel — Touffroy, uring which he had pursu ople passing by with a double-barreled pistol. i have been Sid, that George Walker is an American by birth, from Pennsylvania. He came to Paris fifteen = ago, with his father and mother, and they have been living here since then. Youny Walker, at an early uge, deserted his paternal rook, and he was searce- y ten years old when he was considered, by all those who knew him, as a “very bad boy.” Such is the most important news of the last four days. If Walker has not been sent by the socialist party, no doubt he has been inspired by its unholy princi- plests and the infernal catechism, from which he as been taught in the clubs and other assemblies of the kind, is the instigator of his attempt against Louis Napoleon’s life. It is very possible that Walker will escape the laws of the country. Is it not curious to see that revolutions, such as those we have in Europe, instead of producing heroes amg pet men, are bur giving birth to murderers ? The news from the National Assembly is not of much interest. As I informed you on Thursday last, M. Du; was reelected}. Speaker of the House, and the Vice-: \kers and members of the Sécretariat were: Ist, Messrs. Daru, Benoit d’Azy, Caneel pre eae —— omg 2d, js mau le 1 ey aze, Peu ‘ha; Heekeren, and Berard. J ay vited The project of the “ Law against the Press,” is alee the cause of much debate among men compe- tentin that matter. Not only the whole partisan ess is opposed to it, but also the printers and oksellers, and all statesmen of a moderate party. You may remember that such a law was the cause of the fall of Charles X. in 1880; that the consequences of the ‘“ Law of September,” during the reign of Louis bicyan cause of the events of February 1348. Itis to be hoped that the new project of M. Boroche will not be also the occasion of riot and bloodshed in Paris and through the whole of France. The red Tepublican socislist party, though very calm in ap pearance, are but waiting for a pretext to begin their war against society. We must not furnish it to them. It has been decide as that im 12,000 in such a difficult position ich we are, that an encampment of be arranged in the neighbor- The place chosen for that purpose . Louis Napoleon, accompanied by General Changarnier, General d’Hantpoul, and a very numerous Etat major, went, yesterday morn- ing, early, to that city; and after having examined several spots which were pointed gut to him, se- lected the Olaine Satory, an immense square spot, three miles wide and five miles long, to be the place of that encampment. These 12,000 men will be drilled in the same manner as those who are on the pied de guerre, and their presence, it is hoped, will be much dreaded by all those who are dreaming of insurrection and the overturning of the government. ‘Whilst soldiers are about to be congregated at Vereailies, the enlistment of ow lors is con- tinued in our large seaperis, aad every large or small man of war of our country is to be armed, as if in a state of war. What is the meaning of ist Whatcan be the cause of all these preparations t It is said in the political circles, that a radical manifestation is about to take place ina fortnight. A “pleasure voyoge” would be undertaken to Londen by the Parisian socialinta, with the inten- tion of paying a visitto Ledru Kollin, and other exiled members of the "ay After having ac- complished these polite “manifestation the * Mountaineers,” desirous of giving to world the example of a cosmopolite propagandism and po- litical communism, would celebrate with the dele- gates of ati the other nations the inauguration of the * Universal Mountain,” by sharing « large din- ver, After the ceremony, they would visit the Exchange, St. Paul, the Tower, dcc.; and finally, would return to the Opera, to put themselves in presence of the British aristocracy and of the court of Engtand. Such is the programme of the next (rip of ure to jon. The legitimist party has beea much excited, for sbout ten days, on account of the late news sboet the Countess of Chambord, the wife of Henri V. it wos said that this -~? who had been pronounced by the doctors as unable to have any children, was justin a very interceting posi- tion. You may i ine how glad were all the members of the party But, unfortunately, the Ga- zette de France, L’Umon, and other legitimist | journals, have received letters from Trodhorfl, an- nouncing that this news was false. Thus we te- urn to the Entente Cordiale between the two of Bourbon; and this is the best plan they can follow, to return to their country when time will come. nt facta have just taken place diesolution of both houses in Wurtemberg, and the definitive conclusion of peace hove two events fs that revolution in Germany is and outside. The treaty of peace was held the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Prussia, but it was directed by M. de Nesselrode. Before 1848 there were in Germany two large powers by which the others were somewhat directed, Austria and Prussia. But now, it may be said, with reason, that there is but one power, and that is Russia. As tor the Assembly which was diseolved at Stutt- gardt, on the 3d inst., it was composed of men of evolutionary principles, and therefore the king, who was oppored to the views of these delegates of his people, has taken the liberty to torn them out by proprio motu. No doubt an insurrection would have taken place, if Wurtemburg had been an independent country; but you may know that 0,000 Austrians are ready to invade Wurtemburg, and to act in the same way as they did with the great Duchy of Baden. Thus, you may consider this as the end of the German drama. Germany, now Le ke is ns it was before 1813, with the dif. ference that all of its powers are weakened and tedueed. As for the debate between Prussia and Austria, Lconsider it ns the desire expressed by each of wer governs to be the first in rank in the vasenlage of Russia. In spite of these events, do not suppose that democracy is destroyed in Ger- iy. When the country is reduced to the eame it was in 1816 it will be induced to” make another experiment, and I have no doubt it will be a terrible #tfair. A very itnportant fact is mentioned in the Gazette of Cologne ‘The Russian squadron, having sailed from the port of Cronetadt, arrived, on the 24 inst., in the bay of Copenhage: compose I of eight mee of wat, of first rank, two frigates, and two rrival of that fleet in the Ger- of many conjectures. § tinge of Count de Montemolin with Donna Maria Fernanda, Princess of the Two Sicilies, bas attracted the attention of Narvaez and all the etatesmen of the country. The great opposition made to that marriage, by the Spanish munistry, will be of “ no consequence,” and it will ce, in spite of all their remonstrances. The fault of the King of Naples towards Queen lea take ouly | pertore and ge 01 | of 560 bella, has been in making amystery of such a simple act as that of the wedding of his daughter with a pretender to the crown of Spain. 1 will finish my correspondence with the news received from Lishon, relative to the contest now existing between the United States and Portugal. The claim of your cabinet, either right or wrong, is the exnse of much gossip throughout Europe. After the fatal issue of Lord Palmerston’s proceed- ‘ings in Greece, the renewal ofa similar claim from the United States is considered not only as very in- opportune, but also es very extraordinary. A ru- mor bas been spread, that hostilities had already been undertaken against the port ot Lisbon, by the American squadron, but I do not think it possible, for it seems to me, I have been right in saying that General Taylor had not the power to give such orders, without the sanction of Congress. We shall see if | have been mistaken. Adieu. Yours, PARISIAN GOSSIP. Panis, July 4, 1850. Grand Fancy Dress Ball—Balloon Ascenston— Theatricals—Americans in Paris. Whilst you are celebrating the glorious anniver- sary of your great independence,and enjoying your- selves amidst gun-shots, crackers, and fire-works of all sorts, the glorious results of your freedom, I am chained to my arm-chair near my desk, and slave to my duty, to write to you this letter, I had been told, a week ago, that some Americans, liv- ing for the present in Paris, had manifested the intention to celebrate here the Fourth of July. They were to congregate at Véfour, and give a grand dinner arrosé with champaign and animé, with good spirit. I made many inquiries about this ceremony, but it appears that, with few excep- tions of private parties, which are to take place in small families, as we say entry nous, no public de- monstration was resolved upon, and thus we shal] have no Fourth of July at all. No matter; I will have mine, and I intend drinking to-night, at my lonely dinner, a half bottle of Heidsick in souvenir of your glorious country, and in remembrance of my friends there! Hail Columbia, and Yankee Doodle ! If Americans do not associate much with their own countrymen, be assured they associate very well with Frenchmen and our lovely dames. Go to Versailles, St. Germain, Asnidres, Montmoren- cy, St. Quen, and many other places of the envi- rons of Paris, end if you possess a good memory, yest will recollect having met either m New Yor! oston, Philadelphia, or other cities of the United States, including Saratoga and Newport, the stran- ers Who are the most numerous in those fates. hey are the nucleus of all our parties, and | will say more still, they are their ornaments. turday eycateg last, being at the grand fancy ball given at the Jardin d’Hiver, (which, by the bye, was a complete failure), my ears were soon attracted by sounds of well-known voices, and turning round, I had the pleasure of seeing six gentleman just arrived by the “America,” whose shaking of hands with me was quite delightful. After having for some time spoken of the “ Land of the Free,” we plunged into the dark arcades of folinge, and admired together the§Parisian luxu by which such a fantastic palace has been built and dedicated to Flora. But, alas! we were sor- y to see it abandoned by those who ought to be the most ardent and devoted priestesses of the di- vinity of gardens. Despite ail that had been fore- told of the crowd which was to congregate there, the immense dancing room contained scarcely six hundied a sf all gentlemen. The ac- tresses of Paris were only represented by the ele- gent Mdlle. Scrivaneck, of the Theatre Montau- sier, Mme. Dupuis, her charming theatrical sister, the famed Mile. Leontine, of the Folier Drama- tiques, and two or three other small characters of the corps de ballet. ‘There were no more than fif- teen costumes, and they were mal portés. lo thort, this soirée masquie was a coup marqué. The President, Louis Napoleon, who had been an- nounced to visit the place, was absent, and also his aides de son, e only well-kaowa” charac- ter of the family present at the ball, was Prince Murat, “chit-chatting” with the belles de nutt present at the ball, ps he appeared to be in a very excellent humor. Bel!oons of ail sorts have fled thie week over our city. At the Hy; rome, A man was to ascend under a balloon, ted by the bady, in the same tion end costume of Mercury, But, taken sick on Sunday morning last, he could not leave bis bed, and remained amidst the spectitors to see from his window, which was situated next to the Hyppo- drome, M. and Mme. Margat taking his place in the car of his batloon. Atthe Champ de Mara, another person, M. Merle, tried to make an ascen- sion mounted on back ; but the animal kicked vo much, and the wind blew so hard, that he post- ned bis e1 ainment till Sunday next. At the rvatoir, M. Bixio and another member of the Academy of Sciences, wishiog to make experiments on electricity and other sciences, left, Saturda’ last, the tower of the Observatory in a large bal- loon ; but they met with many derangements which prevented them from enjoying their ** me amidst the clouds.” Last, but not least, you will find in | the number of the journal La Presse of this morn- ing, a description of a machine, newly invented by a French ganieser, who has found out the means to direct balloons through the wide air with as much safety #8 one directs an engine on a railway, I recommend to youthe perusal of this deseription which is exect. “I was present at the exhibition of | the emsll machine, and it caused me to remember | the trial performed at the Tabernacle by Sigaori | Muzy and Martini. Theatrical news is very dull. The opera house bas shut its doors, under the pretext of unavoidable | The last per- ee took place on Friday last, with a great entertainment given by the members of the com- pany and other artists of Paris, for the benefit of | the Caisse da pensions pour la artewrs matheureaux. | The house wes crowded. Mme. horde, who | sang the pretty opts of “Le Rossignol,” and the three last acts of “Lucia di Lammermoor,” was the lioness of the evening. She won not only the bravos of the whole house, but also the bowguets ot all the ladies there preeent. Roger, the sweet tea- | oT, Was also very successfa', as wel the ak | po tone Barhoillet, Cerito and £4. Léon danced the | new ballet of “ Stella,”and the entertainment only | ended at half past two o'clock A. M. | Rechelis gone, and the Theatre Francaise has | but the old repertory of Moliere, Regnard, aod the new plays of M. Solard, de Massett, and other young poets, to offer to the amateurs of the | legitimate drama. Inst literary sketch per | formed there alled “Le Chandelier,” (The Cendle-holder,) a very piquant, but extravagant | pre verb of Alfred de Mussett, which is beauti- My performed ty tthe the able actors of the society. | Comic ra House, 2 new musical olio, Le Talisman,” by Mess Sho- | rtition is pleasing, in Paris. The opera comic of * Adam HI soon be brought before the foot-lights heatre. ; the “ Bohemian Life,” (La vie been received, and miakes mach monny. The panorama of the Mississippi, painted by John Smiih, afte met with the most legitimate suceens th deville, is we to Havre. Merere. Ristey and —— intend retarning to aris, at the beginning of next autumn. Their ie picture has been succeeded by two new which have been received with much @ ‘The first called ‘Le President de la Basoc’ the second “Les Sociétées Secrétes.” Th f Mme. Paul Ernest, and the graceful Mme. Bader, are the stars of the: ‘oO vaudevilles, and they | perform their part with much pathos an feeling | The so before announced drama of “ Cho- drec Duclos,’ founded upon tue en the well known man ofthe Palais Royal,whose long | beard ond regged suit of clothes were rendered #0 celebrated from 1820 till 184%, and whom | have often arsisted with ten sous pieces, was performed on Saturday last, at the Thdotre dela Gat The | —- deemed interesting, the parts well distri- | ited, and it was received with much approbation and amévereal plaudits. ‘The other theatres are struggling with much ac- | tivity egainet the heat of the summer, and their ef forts are, indeed, very remarkable, during such @ weakening season. Horace Vernet, the famed painter, returned, on | Sunday last, from his journey to St. Petersburg. lany cavers have been attributed to his quick de- return from Russia. But the | amiable artist, whom | saw yesterday morning, de- clares that he only went there for bis own gratifi- cation, with the cole desire to express to the Czar the reepeet and gratitude he felt for his kindness towards him. it is untrue that he received the sur 000 francs, as itis false that he had been se~ cretly charged to carry a message of Louis Napo- ause leon to Emperor Nichol Jules apier, the well known critic of the Jour. mal des ts, is now busily engaged in a game of | dominoes, a sort of challenge which wag sent to | him by the clnbof dominoes of London. Two skik | ful players of England, delegates of their seasonable and appropriate. ago, during the war which commenced in 13) American schooner, cruising under letters of marque in the neighborhood of the Azores, put | therefere, © | fined and m | In 1794 the same government entered into a simi- arrived on Monday last at Paria, aml the game be- gun last night Who will be the winner? I think it useless to give you the duel which took place on Sanda between two members of the Na Messrs. Valentin and Bixio, who abused each other at the tribune, thought that a coup d’ épée was sufficient to blot out all their ve- nom. A very curious way of thinking. Before closing my letter, 1 must tell you that the news received from our departments is not very satisfactory in reference to the harvests, M any places in France will be ruined this year Thas, the trade in grain and other American exportations promises to be extended on a large scale for the season tocome. Adieu, B. HL. AMERICANS RECENTLY ARRIVED AT PARIS, iu. Reem Pittsburgh. —C, Smith, New York. ast at Versailles, tional Assembly, These gentlemen, Dr R.M.Graham,New —L. J. Levy, Philadelphia. Orleans. L. E. Tavernier, Montreal, James Darey,NewOrleans, — C. E. Dr. Chas 8. W. Stevens, A. W. Nelson. Nashville. Bt Louis. Wm. J. Kerr, Philadelphia. K. 0. Bee, Philadelphia, G. Guth, New Orleans. Wm. Kent, New York, James 4. Wright, Phila. delphia. o.'t. King, Boston. James M. Drake.New York. Capt. G. Ulbrick, New Or- leans. Burthe, New Or- leans John B. Simphor, New York 8. B. Strang, New York, L.A Myers, New York. N.P. Bailey, Westchester, C.N. Stranton, New Or- Dr G. Sumi Hartford. Jeans. J.8 Morgan, Hartford. A.Ripka, Philadelphia. Thomas Nesmith, New 1, Murdoch, Baltimore, m. J, Budington, Charleston,” F. Pierson, New York. W. Pearce, Providence. 8. M. Farland, Boston, A. Brady, New York. W. H. Letehford, New Or- jeans JH Stauffer, New Orl York. John Eaton, New Orleans, B. Abbott Lawrenes, Bos- on, Robert Bull, Hartford. G_ Hoyt. New York. Wm. Greene. New York. H. Emburg. Brooklyn. 8.4. Willoughby, Brook- lyn. Sam. F. Butterworth, New wn Lattimore, Erie, Pa. James A. Raymond and York. Daniel Farland, Boston. lady, New York, The American Claims on Portugal—The Po- sition of England and the United States. [From the London Chronicle, July 6.) In opening the great debate of last week, Mr. Roebuck took occasion to inform us, with every appearance of high gratification, that an American equadron was on its Way across the Atlantic, with orders to extort, by the blockade of the port of Lisbon, redress for certain alleged grievances of old standing, for which the government of Portu- al had rendered itself liable to subjects of the Jnited States. Ths honorable and learned mem- ber had discovered in these claims on Por- tugal a felicitous parallel to our claims on Greece. Nothing could be more pat—no illustration more For our own part, having no case to bolster up, no purpose to serve, by hunting inthe annals of diplomacy for prece- dents of ession and injustice, we were inclined to view with less satisfaction this hostile proceed- ing by a maritime power of the first class against a friendly and feeble State. So far from feeling any disposition to share Mr. Roebuck’s glee, we regard this disturbance of the peace and harmony of the commonwealth of nations with a regret which is not at all diminished when, on the one hand, we call to mind the close and intimate relations that have eversubsisted and still subsist between this country and Portugal, and on the other, the nature of the fong-dormant claims which General Taylor's cabinet has thought proper to enforce, afte: of more than a quarter of a century. F statement of the fi i really any foundation at all, and if the forcible pro- secution of it be anything better than a dowanght robbery, the moral and equitable liability to make reparation rests not with Portugal, but with our- selves. In the month of September, six-and-thirty yn 2, an ‘0 the port of Fayal to replenish her supply of A few hours afterwards three British men- rounded the northeastern point of the har- nd avchored within it, and a boat from one of them was shortly seen rowing towards the pri- vateer, filled, as the American captain afterwards aseerted, with armed men. He hailed the boat, and warmed her to keep off; but the warning being, as he declares, disregarded, he fired into her, kill- ing several of her crew, and wounding others, He then warped his ship in shore, close under the guns of the castle. In the course of the night an attempt ‘was made to cut out the privateer by a boat party from the British squadron, and this proving unsuc- ceeeful, the guns of one of the vessels, the brig Carnation, were brought to bear upon her with so much eflect that, after a fruitless attempt at resist- ance, the crew deserted their ship, but not until they had partially demolished her to prevent her falling into the hands of the enemy. She took fire and was destroyed. Portugal being at that time a neutral power, the government of the United States claims a8 compensation for the loss of the privateer the large sum of $200,800, and this demand forms the principal item in the list which has been pre- sented at Lis! by Mr. Clay. Less peremptory four) when he saw them reparing to mek the schooner. In our o inion tie Governor of rival acted very judiciously in confining himself w simple remonstrance. But further, Captain Rei own story shows that the fault was hisown. By his own admission, he fired the first shot. And had he yielded under protest he clearly ought to have done, to a force which could have blowa biae out of the water bya single broadside, it would then have become the duty of the Portuguese gove ernment to interpose for the recovery of his ship (supposing herto have been ile; ally captured), either by a representation to the British Commo dore, or by a proceeding in our Court of Admiralty. Instead of that, he chose te commit the inconceiv+ able folly of offering a resistance which could end in pothing but the utter destruction ef his vessel, ‘a the demolition of which, indeed, he and his crew lenta helping hand. Whether, under suck circumstances, any claim for compensation can be sustained against the government of Portugal, ap- pears fous, to say the least, extremely questionable, But there is much more’ in the ease than this. It appears from depositions sworn before the Viee- Consul at Fayal,on the very sane day, @ few hours after the affair was over, by the British offi- cer who commanded the boat's crew, that the ate tock was provoked, and that the neutral terri was really violated, by the privateer herselk. Lieutenant Fawsett, of the Plantagenet, deposes:— “Thet on Monday, the 26th inst., at about oight o'clock in the evening, he was or to go in the Saseee. or guard boat, unarmed, on board the brig Yarnation, to Know what armed vessel was at auchor in the bay; when Captain Bentham, of said brig, or- dered him to inquire of sa: 1 (which by informa tion was said to when said boat came near the privateer, they hailed to say they ware Americana, and desired the English boat to keep or they would fire into ber; upon which Mr. Womeett ordered bis men to back ‘aster: 4, boss hook, was in the act of so doing, when the Americans, in the most wanton manner, Mired imto said boat, kill ed two men and wounding seven, some of them mor- tally; and this, notwithstanding sald Fawsett fre- quently called out not to murder them; that they struck and called for quarter; that no resistance of any kind was made, nor could they do it, not having any arms, nor of course sent to attack said vessel; alro, several Portuguese boats, os the Sine of sald um recedented attack,were going ashore,whioh, it seme, Wore ania to be armed boats. We also find that, before commencing the at- tack, Captain eg the officer in command, gave formal notice to the Geveraor of Fayal, in terms:— “ Permit me to inform you that one of the hie Britannic Majesty's ship under my comm without the slightest provocation, fired on American @chooner Guneral Armstrong; quence of which two men were killed’ and seven wounded, and the neutrality of the port, which [ had determined to respect, has been thereby violated. In consequence of this outrage I a mined to take porsession of that vessel, and at you will order your forts to protect the foree employed for that pur- pore.”” Now the deposition on oath of Lieutenant Faw- sett, of H. M. 8. Plantagenet, is as good, we pose, as the unsuppo asseveration of the insult- ed middy of H. M. 8. Fantome ; and the accommt of the aflair given by the Commodore of the British squadron will Cpe 8 be held, at least ia thie country, entitled to as much credit as the story of the skipper of a New York privateer. Se much for Mr. Roebuck’s parallel. This ie the claim which, after having been allowed ta slumber until the witnesses were probably dead, and until the investigation of the facts had become impossible, was, for the first time, brought before the Portuguese Government in the year 1837, and is now being enforced—a proposal of arbitration having been peremptorily rejected—by the coer- cive measures for which Sir W. Parker has just furnished a convenient precedent. We shall be curious to see what ren the demand for indem- nity, which Portugal will of course present to the real wrong-doer, will receive in Downing-street. If there is any power which, by its mariume pre eminence, i tions with Portugal, and its iater- est in the subject-matter in dispute, is peculiarly entitled to remonstrate, on the present occasion, with the cabinet of» Washington, that power is Great Britain. Unfortunately, it has recently beem the ambition of the British government, not to set an example to the world of a diguified and secrupa- lous respect for the dictates of justice and for the maxims of public law, but to emulate and outde other nations in transgressing aud despising thea. And the very precedents which may be quoted by the Americans now, or by any other power here after, in excuse for any irregular act of violence im which they may think proper to indulge, are those which have just been cited in self- justification by the ministers of the British crown, amidst the thoughtless applause of the British Parliament. (From the London Times, July 6} Tris a natural, though an indirect, coasequence of the mode of proceeding recently employed by Lord Palmerston to enforce certain claims agniast the Greek government, that innumerable other claims, not mere doubtful in Prraciete or exagge- rated in amount than those of Don Pacifico, have started into life, and that other states have beem encouraged to resort to proceedings which the late example of England forbids the British govera- ment to condemn. The case of the American than Admiral Parker, Mr. Clay allows twenty-one reais for cousideration, at the end of which period, (about a week from this time,) he threatens, if hus bill remains unsatisfied, to extort the amount by repricals. ihe general principle of international law upon which this claim is founded, is perfectly clear. A capture eflected by a belligereat State within the Muritime territorial jurisdiction of @ neutral gower, is illegal und voids and it is the duty of the neutral jovernmentto restore the property taken, if it be Greaghe into their own courts ft pot, to prosecute a claim for res stance of the injured party, in the courts of the tion to which the captors belong. But the jari of the United States themselves acknowledge, that in euch a case, the complainant can make no claim for da , or for anything more than a resti- tution in rpecie of what has been taken from him, by the decree of a competent tribum T the principle. It is one which has been freq re- cognised by our own courts of admiralty. We have up vee taken by foreign privateers within cennen-shot of our own shores, and brought into | our own ports for adjudication, and we have, in | our turn, made reparation for captures effected by | English men-of war off the coasts of a neatral wer. But our jurists have showa no disposition | to extend the doctrine beyond the limits demanded | by a due respect for the nights and duties of a new tral State. “* The sanctity of a claim of territory,” seid Lord Stowell, in adjudicating upon a claim preferred by the Portuguese government toa Duteh | ship and cargo, which had been captured by a Bri- tith vessel, during the war, in the waters of the Azores—" the sanctity of a claim of territory is undoubtedly very high. The court is at all times | very much disposed to pay atteation to claims of | thie species, and to none more readily than to those | which concern the territorial rights of the State of | Portegel. When the fact is established, it over- rules every other consideration. The capture i done away; the property must be restored, notwith stending that it may actually belong to the enemy and if the captor should appear to have erred wi fully, and not merely through ignorance, he woal be subject to further punishment. Itis to be re membered, however, at the same time, that it is point on which foreign States are extremely liabl | to be formed and abused, by the interested re trons of those who are anxious to —<—_- at there presen their protection. The claim of territory fore, to be taken as a matter siricti jurts, he made out by clear and unimpeached evidence The protection of neutral territory is an excep the general rule only; it is not to considered as distespectfal to any government, that the facts on which such claims sre founded should be accurately examin- * ‘Lhis general role has been sometimes de- enlarged by special treaty engagements between individual States. Thas, by the treaty of 1669, between Great Britain and Denmark, it was provided that if the ships of either of the contracting powers should be seized by an enemy in the port: the other (being neutral), the latter thould pw end recover the prize, but that the prrevit should be atthe expense of the captured thip. The United States, during the war of 1793, were bound by tresties with three of the bellige- rent nations (France, Prussia, and Hotland) to otect, by all the means in their power, the ves of those nations within their waters, and to | tien to of effect. Jar engagement with Great Britain, in the event of the British ship in American waters, to “ure its wimost endeavors to obtain from the «fending and ample satisfaction for the vessels & whether vessels of war or mer- chant vessels. ¢ do not understand, however, that the eliim Portugal is founded upon any 4 the general law of na- the only ground upon which it can pow sibly reet ie, thatthe Governor of Payal, se claims on Portugal, which has already been made the subject of a gems red ulti: , backed by the presence of a naval squadron, startlag im- ace of the facility with which euch precedente ere followed; for not many years ago, a late American Secretary of State had himself declared. to the claimants, that * argument and importunity having been exhausted, the American goverament could see nothing in the clroumstane of Warrant it in having recourse to weapons.” Mr. Wyse’s deman having reached Washingto General Taylor and his cabinet have renounced this forbearance, and Lisbon is seccordingly menaced after the example of the P. Itis a curious o lence that t ‘ortuguese goveroment should e played an indirect part ia the principal question at Athens, as the original debtor of Pacifico, and that it should now be held liable to the American government for damages oceasioned by the forces of another power, ovee which it had no control. he latter case is, if possible, more monstrous extravagant than that with which we have recently had oceasion te deal. On the 26th of September, 1814, during the last wer with Great Britain and the United St neutra, of She was followed, though not act the British vessels of war Plantagenet, 38, and the Carnation brig, and Captai ‘id or- dered his vessel to be warped in shore under the guns of the castle for safety. Inthe course of the ’ 1g 4 violation of the neutrality of the port of Fayal undoubtedly occurred. "the American Captain swore that tour armed boats from the British vessels were approaching his ship, and ad- mits that he, suspecting their iatentions, waraed them off and then fi upon them, killiag and wounding some of their men. The beats were said to have returned the fire with effect (though that assertion was contradicted, as in fact thi were not armed at all), but subsequently wore to the ships, whence they returned at midoight with a powerful reinforcement, and a severe action. ensued, in which the “ General Armstrong” wae at length captured and destroyed by the British. So that even by this American version of ihe story, it was Capt. Reid who first violated the neutrality of the ee The affidavit of the British officer shows, however, that the boat fired upon by the Americans was unarmed, and was seat in merely to make inquiries, in spite of which it was bra- tally attacked by Captain Reid's orders. However this may be, like many similar occurrences in the heat and chances of war, the ensuing treaty of oe put an end to all discussion as betweea the hi igerent powersr but it is not a little unjust that thirty-six pears afterwards such a case as this should be made a greund of complaint and hosti- lity anise the neutral. The Americans allege. hat the #e Portoguese Governor ought to have as ind enforced the neutrality of the harbor although he had put one hundred infan- ht artilery-men in a castle with rained and that as the Governor of Payal to the American privateer the pro- tection of a neutral harbor, Portugal must pay for | the destru of that ve a sum which, ae | cording to Pacifico of calculation, im, | modestly laid at 200,800 dol 5 There undoubtedly was in this case a violadom of neutrality, though it is disputed whether that violation first committed by the Brideh boats under Lieutenant Fawsett, or by the American privateer in the harbor. But it is a Fg 3 of the law of nations, as laid down by Sir William Scott (the Eliza Ann, 1 Dodson, 244) thas “where | « violation of neutral territory takes place, that country alone, whose sore, has been dia | tarbed, poesesses the rig! Andiog repara- tion for Che injery which she has sustained, and the enemy whose property has been eaptared can- not bimerlf give the claim, bat must resort to the neutral for remedy.” Bat if an illegal cap~ ture or attack has been made in geutral ay givi agarieved party this last mentions meens of offence appear to have consisted of a few dilepidated guns, served by eight artillerymen, aod fupported by 100 soldiers, did not open his fire aoa three DPriticheqpeg-of-war (one of them o scveaty> spec’ remedy Sg the seutral, it fob lows that the neutral bas, +f a chim for reparation against the te whieh hae abused ite protection er violated its righta.