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‘EUROPEAN AFFAIRS. Our Paris Correspondence. Panis, August 21, 1951. Politics—The Ministry— The Pr -sident’s Tour—The Vice President's Marriage— New Ministry—Poli- decal Gossip—Emperor Napoleon's Commemoration —Cwrious Exhilbition—The Press—Charles Hugo Complimented— The @ownt of Chambord—Riot— Railway from Orleans to Nantes—Murat—Creoles from Cuba— Piedmont-—Norway—Constantino- ple, &e. Politics are decidedly dull. No one can com- plain sbout it in France. This moment of calm and quietness is employed by those who still pos- 8035 love for their country, to consider what is to be done during the next campaign. There are but a few representatives now in Paris. Many of them hhave left for their departments; some others went to the watering places, and a a certain number, the big beads, have taken the road either of Claremont or Frodshorff. The ministers of Louis Napoleon are taking va- cations, each in histurn M Leon Faucher, who paid a visit to London, has returned, after having been received with the utmost affability by her Majesty, and the whole court and aristocracy. M. Baroche left Paris on Tuesday last, on his way to Vichy. His intertm will be filled by the Minister of the Navy. M. Carlier, the able Minister of Police, “feels ants on his calves,” and wishes to deave the rue de Jerusalem, and visit Belgium and Prussia. As for the President, it is now certain that he will begin his tour to the west of France at the end of the month. The voyage to Bordeaux is de- cidedly settled, and we shall enjoy the renewal of all the solemn receptions, bombastic speeches, in- cendiary replies, and made-up enthusiasm, which took place last year during the journey to Lyons. | A second edition is wanted, and perhaps the | publishers will try to bave it followed by the “Era of the Cwsars.”” But between a trial and | @ success lies an abyss, and it is dangerous to leap | over ft | Mr. Boulay de la Meurthre, the Vice-President of the [french Republic, married, two days ago, a young lady of the city ot Provins. Louis Napoleon, instead of being present himself at the wedding of | his evileague, sent one of his aid-de-camps in his place. This was considered quite cavalier, and I | may eay that it did not meet with public approba- tion. Very likely the President wishes, before his departure, to organise the new ministry which is to take the place of the present. Mr. Odillon Barrot ia often visiting the Elysée, and it is whispered ia certain quarters that he would perhaps be the re- sowrateur of this new Council of State. The candidature of Prince Joinville is still on the dope), and though it has not made a step forwards, | it will perhaps be kept thus, as long as it seems tbat he has no chance whatever. ‘Who could believe that the legitimists of a cer- ‘tain clique have put forward for their candidate, M. de la Rochejaquelin! This is so funny that it needs no commentary. As for the rouges, they still pretend to have a desire that M. Nadand may be elected, and, after | all, it would be quite democratic to see a mason | seated in the sidential arm chair. M. lupin, the Speaker of the House, who is one of the best wits of Paris, replied to one of his triends, who was mentioning the fact of that election, that “if this was so, the friends of the old time of France would be giad to meet with a President a mortier.” (Of the mortar). ‘The féte in commemoration of the Emperor Na- poieon, which teok place on the 15th of August, was celebrated this year with much éclat, though it was not constitutional and right on the part of the gevernment to allow it. At the Invalides a grand mass was celebrated. All the Invalules, as well as the soldiers of the garrison, were present; but this was a quiet aflair, whilst in the evening— the decembraillards assemb'ed in several cabarets at La Barri¢re du Trone, and there, inter pocw/a, when the blue wine had made its ordinary effect, they began to sing revolutionary hymns in favor of the Emperor, and to shout, Vive Napoleon II! Very curious to say, the police, whioh ls always on the qua vive, and ready on all occasions to preven’ the socialists'and a, emp from assembling anywhere, did not seem to know anything about it, and, as we say in French, they did fermé les = ee Perigueux, the Prefect, wio is a creature of Louis Napoleon, himeclf organized the festival of his uncle. | pon a theatre built for the occasion, on the I’lace d’Armes, there was a scene | “the Emperor opening his arms to his son, in the residence of heroes after their death.” } ‘This picture was surrounded by garlands and | flowers. fireworks were burnt onthe occasion, and the military music, during the ceremony, performed | all the patriotic hymns of the Empire. As may | be seen, all this was particularly made up withthe | intention to create a riot. | may say that it excited the contempt of all beholders. ‘The journal La Semaine, a weekly paper of great was sentenced yesterday in the persons of Coq and Sarrans, the first for having pub- ed, and the second for having written, an ar- ticle against the government, which was considered as very violent, and calculatgd to excite the mob against the government. Mr. was sentenced to three months imprisonment, and 2,(4) franes fice; and Mr. Sarrans to six months in prison, and the same amount of money. Mr. Charles Hugo, who is now at the Concier- i¢ for the action as that which has caused lessrs C. nd Sarrans, iw ay long }, Signed by the edi- | tors and rs of Great Brita and Ireland. ‘This com it was much regarded by the young journalist ‘The le, a will soon bave occasion to meet with the Count of Chambord. The representative of the hereditary monarchy will arrive on the 26th instant at Wiesbaden. The apartments for the and his swite have already been engaged. A riot of a very bad character has taken place in the villlage of Laurac, in the Department of L’Ar- | deche mob assaulted the gendarmes and the | national guards, and pelted them with stones. Seren gendarmes were killed; but finally peace was restored, and many arrests took place. The | cause of all this fracas was, that the soldiers of our government did not wish the secialists of the coun- try to sing some of their dem songs. ¢ inauguration of the railway from ©: to Nantes, took place on M last, and cause of a t wk to which the I’res bad been ited, as weil as all of his ministers, with the celebrated statesmen of France. Napoleon was not present, but he sent, on his be- | the Minister of Commerce and Agriculture. urat, who was also on the created much timent for the embarras be made, so much so t one would have believed that all the honors How far was this be- m tha: ‘were to be rendered to him. havior from that he experienced when he was schoo! master at Bordentown’ A_very curious anecdote is told relative to Prince Murat. As it is known, | J Murat was the son of a tavern-keeper, and, | of course, there are some of his cousins and nieces still alive in the country. One of these relations, an old woman of very «i —— ris, an Qpon M. Murat, who was Mme. Murat received the relation | was mistaken; “that vant to be the relati: . Bo sees Ge garconne, “ if the cousin Prine .° him- pd, biennale magey it is said that « committee of Creoles of Cuba | United States, with the eneral |b | the amateurs of these things. | laces and jewels | delegate in OSSIP OF PAR! Panis, August 21,°1851. Dullness of Paris—Public Amusements—Tornado at Lyons—Curious Phenomenon—Gambling Ope- ration—Baden Baden and Americans—Mr. Rives —The Telegraph between France and Englani— The Regalia of Faustin the First—Transportation of a Frigate by Railway—Coach Museum—A Naw Lablache--Opera—Americans in Paris, §¢. How dull, how tiresome, is the great city of Eu- rope, the capital of France, Paris, at this moment. A sort of cloud, made of blue devils, seems hanging over our heads, and it is in vain that the caterers of public pleasures are trying their best exertions to revive French gaiety by a kind of galvanic shock. It is in vain that the theatres, the public gardens, and the other places of amusements are offering the public the most bewitching bills, posted upon the walls of the city. All proves “‘nogo.” Public places are as empty as during the time of cholera. This is vacation time for all who ean afford it. It is generally to be remarked that those who take a vacation, belong to the class of people who are fre- quenters of the places of amusement im Paris. As for the strangers, generally very numerous in our city during the summer season, it is quite remark- able that they have, for the last six days, aban- doned Paris, and that no certain cause can be given for their flight. No doubt they will soon come back—particularly at the end of the month —to be present at the grand national fétes, which will de- idediy take place during the first week of Sop- tember. We have also the proposal of a Mr. Rion, who (as I stated in my last letter) promises thirty entertainments, one each day, for the trifling sum of $3. It is doubtful if Mahomet gives as many days of pleasure in his paradise. Now, please to sonsider how strange it will be for any bebolder not to share the madness of the plea- ‘BNICE, August 15, 1351. Notice to Navigators—Change in the Command of the Austrian Flect—Collision between Steamers— An Eyidemic—Prizes for the Fine Arts—The Garvison—Strangers—Arrests—A Magician Ar- restid-—Insult to the American Consular Depart- ment, &. A notice to navigators has been issued by the Central Maritime Government of Austria, at Trieste, accompanied by a chart, to the effect that, agreeably to. a most careful reconnoissance and soundings towards the close of last year, at the mouth of the channel of the port of Malamoco, leading to Venice, and along the great Northern Breakwater, the least depth feund was 5.40 metres, corresponding to 174 Viennese feet, 154 Venitian feet, 164 French fe and 17} English feet—the depth being reckoned at the level of the usual high tide. In entering the channel when a heavy swell is on, allowance must be made for the plung- ing of the vessel, and it will be prudent for a local pilet to be taken from the port of Malamoco. It is officially announced that Admiral Dahlrup has retired on a pension, and that his place as commander of the Austrian fleet, has been supplied by Count Wimpfen. Thi: is considered a most unwise change. Dahlrup is a thorough seaman and an able man, and Wimpfen hardly knows the stem of a ship from the stern. The foreigners in the Austrian navy, especially the Danes, who are greatly attached to Baniron, will, it is thought, re- sent the affront put on their countryman by re- tiring in a body from the navy. Dahlrup isa stron; diberal, and notwithstanding, from his ability, it singular he was roel pegerpae before. The Aus- trian navy is wretch a, mismanaged. On the morning of Thursday last, 7th inst., the Venesia, a steamer of the Austrian Lloyds, running between Venice and Trieste, came in collision wita the Principe Stirby, a steamer of the Gopcevich sure-seekers, and witness the enjoyment of half a million of |’renchmen hallooing, Fun, fun! more fun. Tra la, la! Tra la, la, la! As for Mr. Rion, he is already a martyr. He is | no longer allowed jeep, to eat, to breathe, for his office is constantly beseiged by a gang of gen- tlemen and ladies who wish to subscribe their $3, and be amused fora month. The pleasure ma: has reached its utmost limits. ‘hat will como next Storms are still Pordre du jour in several parts France; and the city of Lyons, among several others, was again flooded on the {4th inst., by a | torpado of hail and rain. The water fell in sach abundance, that from one side of the street to the other, it was impossible to see a person standiag at the window. The streets ware like rivers, and many | of them contained about six feet of water. The sky | was as dark as soot, and flashes of lightning were the only illumination. This tornado lasted about three- quarters of an hour, but, for abot six hours after the thunder resounded over the city and the neigh- boring country. The disasters were numerous be- yond the walls of Lyons, and all outstaading crops were entirely destroyed. A very curious phenomenon is observed in all the countr.es where the storms make their terrible ap- pearance. All the green trees, which, before the | storm were free from insects, just after the storm has taken place, are covered with big black flies, which seem to be balf dead. These insects do not | remain long, and their presence is not only strange, but causes much fear among the narrow-mini | peasants. If the war has began in New York against the gambling houses of all descriptions, a more striking event is to be mentioned, on the same subject, at Baden Baden, where the bank has been twice used up by Prince Trubeskir, an officer of the Russian army. This had not taken — for more than seven years. Prince Trubeskir began simply to play for a gold piece of $4, and having won ten times, he forced the banker to break, with a loss of x The gambling saloon was immediately evccuated, and half-an-hour after, it was again re- opened to the amateurs of gambling. Oa the fol- lowing day the ussian Prince forced the banker to break with another lose of $27,000. Prince Trubes- kir having gathered all bis money, gave his friends a grand rat $i ahead, and all the servants present, who waited upon his guests, received a — of $26. I am told by a gentleman of my riend’s, jus: returned from Baden Baden, that a large number of Americans have taken there their summer quarters. A certain clique amongst them have tried “to cut their capers” in the same style they used to do at Saratoga and Newport, during the fashionable season. ‘This style of doing things as not met with the European approbation, and those ‘swells’ cf the ‘‘uppertendum” of New \ork, have been be//onés and obliged to withdraw. ‘The others now remaining at Baden are men of wealth and sense, who enjoy life gently and guily. Is not that the better plan! Mr. Rives, our American Ambassador, has left | Paris, with all his children, for the sea shore of | Boulogne, where they all enjoy good and refreshing | breezes and excellent sea bathing. This last. re- medy was very necessary for Mr. Rives’s health. e magnetic telegraph between France and England will soon be in a state of operation. The | wires, which will be laid at the bottom of the chan- | nel, are @ millimetre thick, four in number,placed | ina cylinder of gutta percha, which has over it a plate of galvanized iron. The diameter of the “rope” is of tive centimetres, and it is flexible | enough to be laid inside of a ship, which will let it go gently, whilst crossing the channel. Its weight | will be sufficient to keep it down at the bot:om, and the moving of the waters will help its burial in the tandormad. This will annihilate the distance be- | tween France and England. The stores of the manufacturers of whom the black Emperor of Hayti has ordered costumes and ornaments of all kinds, which will be exhibited, on the day of bis consecration, have been besieged by There were seen the throne, sceptre, crown, hand of justice, sword, the im cloak, of blue velvet, spotted with gold | bees, the carriages, the uniiorms the dresses of the imperess, the orders of Fuustin’s court, the neck- All these articles are made with the most irreproachable taste, and will produce, no doubt, great effect upon the subjects of the dark majesty of Hayti, Faustin hat also requested his ‘aris to find one of the best cooks and | one of the best valet de chambre of France. Amon, alarge number of postulants, the delegate of hi Majesty has selected for valet a smart and iatel- | ligent young chap, who bas been in the service of the Baron d‘smond, one of the most accomplished dandies of Paris. The cook was attaché to the house of Rothschild. No doubt he will be much appre- | ciated by the gourmand Emperor ; as for the valet, this is still a matter of doubt, for he will have much trouble with the woolly bairof his Majesty. In my opinion, a Oey wool comber, knowing well his duty, would have been much more preferable A ‘frigate of thirty-six guns, called ths City of Paris, has just been brought from Paimbeuf to te by the railway of Urieans. This trans | tation took place very safely, the frigate having mn dismounted and each piece of wood num- | bered with much care. There were in all 1,223 pieces. The City of Paris is of 1,000 tons and will carry 500 men. Its object in being in the river, is to open a naval school, which will be directed by the most competent seamen and admirals of our navy. A museum, of a very peculiar kind, has jast been | opencd at Trianou, near Versailles. it contains a éompiete aszortment of all the saddles, bridles, and coaches, which bave ever been ufactured in France to the present time. The historical car- | riages, including the carriage used by Napoleon at bis coronaticn and the u; coupé of Louis NV IIL, ore exhibited at Tri This new mateum is visited with much interest by all the amateurs of these kinds of articles | A w Lablache has been discovered in a small | inthe south of France Le possesses the most admirable bi voice ever heard. He is a horteshoe maker by trad nd if he can be eda- cated, musically » ig, ho doubt he will have atch success on the Parisian boards. Baes singers as #.!l as tenors, rare birds.” opera of Geor | f which I spoke eengeces Cuies ibug. stand from good sou.cet that the Hungarian hero li coon arrive in Parte. and present it to the Aca- dimy of Music. No doabt, ¢ music is as good as reported, M. Ro nefian will surely secure it. Miss Catharine Hayes hae left Paris for the United States. With her and Mme Thillon, New York will have excitement enough. BHR AMERICANS IN PARIS. | JD: Hamilton, Nesbvite, 0.8. Springer, Cinctamatl’ | nit ‘Srewnter, Phila T Schenhardt, New York, | ©, Btrasburger, New York, ©. O. Bartling. do | Dr. C_D. Smith. do. W. W. Parker ‘Wm. Wiewell. Jr. Cincin., & Bayki, Columbus | Ht Keeani Phtadel X testo Montreal | i ’ y ome trouble has beon dooasioned wo the Am ir ann Rencwcky.” Wm rome Corina Constan inople, & certa’ M. Lewis Averill. New York. a Browie, by tomy , an [talian exile, who, during the absence A. Warll, New Ji PJ. Baltimore, | the had been cunning enowgs to ob- | T. Lorillard. New York. Dr A. Wabxyaa Troy ai [ony ay This man was | . K Springer, Cincinnati, A. Mitchell, = such 8 ap eh wp tober dl ttn N.Y ee Ot, Cneies, him enjoy in the streets. Accord. | © Betts, . A aed a i .B. Wood, ; = iar, Papr cn allowed him | W Aiken, South Careline Te arrested, Consequently, the Sicur Lemy | W 11. Sterewell Cincin. rue d out of the territory. J.C. Keener, New Oriente, M. Semmes, Georgetown, rican frigate In 2 “ | 0 ters arrived on the 16th inst Pa, A Cologae, Gazeue announces that the Coun. from the Gulf of Spezia. A salute B at Konigswinter, on banks o€ the Rhine, at fired in her honor the foot of the Seven Mountains. | | decorations, consistin, }@ | furthest limit | still find the echoes of ] naturally do not Company, a rival line. Both boats were consider- ably injured. The Venesia towed the Principe back to Trieste, being delayed on her trip about four hours. The collision took place at about 3 o'clock A. M., half way. between Venice and Trieste, in the open sea. Both vesseis had lights, and saw each other approach; ard the accident reminds one of some of thore ‘done on purpose” on our own ‘Western waters. A disease called the milare, which seems to bear some resemblance to the scarlet fever, inasmuch as it is attended with cutaneous eruptions, has made its appearance in Venice; but Dr. Nervi, cipal physician, has announced that the cases are fewer and less fatal than usual. The health of the city continues good. n the morning of Sunday, 10th inst., the annual | | the mani- | distribution of prizes at the Academy of line Arts | took place. An address was delivered by the Pre- sident, the Marchese Salvatico, ‘in choice Italian.” It is said, by those whe understood it, to have been even more tedious than such performances usuall: are. The exhibition of paintings whish followed, and which continues for a fortuight to come, was more agrecable. About a hundred new pai tings e exhibited—among them some of Schiavon>'s . luptuous beauties. He is the Sir Peter Lely of ebice. “Order in Warsaw ” still continuss. The garri- son consists of 6,000 troops, or two regiments—one thecelebrated Hohenloe regiment of Bohemians, the other composed of Hungarians. he only ser- vice required of them is performed by their splendid bands, in serenades on the Grand Cangl, these | moonlight nights, and in their exquisite perform. ances to the gay thousands a: ning, in the square of St. Marks. Americans sill arrive, en route for Rome, or Vien- na, or Paris. Last week there were here—Dr. J. T. P. White and lady, of Buffalo; T. W.C. Moore, and E. W. Bell and bride, of New York city; Mr. Turnbull and lady, with his son, of New Orleans; 3. M. Seabrook, of Charleston, 5. C.; Capt. E. 8. and lady. ate still of almost daily occurrence in the neighboring towns, and some occur even in this city. On the evening of the llth, a Hungarian Count was arrested at the Hotel de Ville. An American was, at first, mistaken for him, on ao- count of personal resemblance, aad was subjected - to a keen crost-examination. Some idea of the “ ridiculous excess” to which imperial strizgency is carried in this city, may be inferred from the following incident :—A magician, named Hermann, who has, for some weeks, been practising his juggleries at the Apollo Theatre, for the amusement of the people, on Tuesday night last, in forming a trick with feathers, chanced to associate a red, » and white feather in a mbled, every eve- plume—thus presenting the Italian tricolor. Next morning he was arrested, and was released only on promise of being more discreet in future. rday, the U. S. Consul at this port pro- tested against the censor of the press, for having presumed to break open and examine a package, which reached this city by post, containing a copy of the correspondence on the Austro-Hungarian question, addressed to him as Consul, and bearin, e seal of Stave, and the usual endorsement of that department. F. Speech of Lord Morpeth. [From the Leeds (Eng.) Mercury. } THE Pi BLic SOIREE. ‘The saloon of the Music hall was tastefully deco- rated for the occasion. In front of the galery stood forth the inscription, ““ Welcome to the Yorkshire Union;” and on each side of it two @ppropri te Art, the Handmaid of Commerce;” and the Lamp of Knowledge Besides the evergreens and flowers, su graceful fes- iced on the wails a set of entirely new of si rints of the arts and sciences, with well executed figures of Shak- speare, Milton, &c. Tea and coffee were served to ¢ company in the picture gallery, at six o'clock, during which a selection from the Philharmonic Society's band, connected with the Leeds institu- tion, performed several pieces of music in the orebestra. The Right Hon. the Iarl of Carlisle, attended by the Mayor, T. W. Tottie, , and the President and Committee of the Uni atered the orchestra about seven o'clock. The noble lord was greeted with very warm aad hearty plaudits, as he took his seat in ¢) hair. The Earl of Can:ist.x (Lord soepetay was ro- ceived, on rising, with loud and reiterated cheering. He said—I jometimes felt inclined to remon- strate with my friends here for having led me to produce myself so frequently on these oecasions, and, I may add, in this place. ((heers.) I mig at have thought that I had already inflicted enough inthe ny of lecture on the good people of Leeds, at least for some time to come; but 1 may be re- minded that wha:ever may be my respect for them, this is not merely @ town, or borough, or manici- pal meeting, but that it represente and cons itutes an association which does not even confine itself to the boundaries of eur large West ayer but en- larges ite borders and stretel stakes to the of our entire county of York, and, | believe, even beyond it. (Hear, hear, and ap- laure.) With respect, too, to the time of our Eciding this assembly, it has been felt that. this 1851, the firstof this halfceatury, has, in rerpect#, been made a sort of jubilee year, and that it behonves all good and laudable under- takings, and among them the Yorkshire Union of Mechanics’ Institutes, to put on their best counte- nance, and summon the greatest number of their friends, and in all ways make much of themse ives, not,1 trust, for the purposes of a bragg: garish vanity, but for the sake of recommendisg what we really look upon as commen lable in :teelf, and as calc for extensive usefeinese, these, however, the more who an old stager like myself should seek to make no uncue trespass on your attention, but bear in bis mind e happily have to night some new fates rell as old to encourage, some new voices a6 well 62 old to instruct us. (Cheers.) The York- shire Mechanic.’ Union can, indeed, no longer be regarded as an experiu.® it is no sickly plant, no doubtful shoot, no f-agile stem we have 30 rear, bat it showns « robust and hardy trunk, and justly ides itself in its multitude of branches; compris- ing, as it does, I believe, 117 institutions, and com- prising within its branches 20,000 members. (Much cheering.) No doubt the various delegates from the separate branches who have met to-day will have the means of comparing the different methods and sees which have answered the best in the respective localities; this | take to be a principal saventege mony annual aoe they -— ano ‘tanit; comparison; supply a whet stone Yor om jon, not for env, 5 atthe pamne tine, I think it would be # mistake for cach institution to consides itself bound to tread servilely in the track of every other; it is with these bodies as it is with nations at 1; there will be a difference of circumstances, a difference of capabilities, a diffe- renee of humors. are, ofcourse, some broad rules and some obvious methods “ao to all; but, in the adaptation of them, the convenience, and the tastes, and the wante of the een com munities may be taken into consideration. There can be no better rule, must excuse me if [ ‘ope lingering about this room,)— (great ¢! a] “Consult the genius off the place in all to enlarge upon details, ich must have formed the subject of conference ates this . A lotter has my notice, written by Mr. Sikes, banks te these asain that banks to these institutions. step and self reliance, is most of consideration; Lp sl have bang 4 consider jon © natare Haier be loft in the nents of those whe have the of the institutions. I have al- Fredy edverued ve tbe yee 151, aud aa (here o&: opportuniti ti you, you will, I feel persuaded, make Kreme Pad me, if, during the few minutes more I shall cecupy The King of the Belgians is himself a Protestant; of your time, 1 seek a varieiy from the ordinary | his royal children are Catholic—the religion of topics of observation withm ‘that great building, | their mother. They receive a most caroful private which some of you, I doubt not, have already seen, | education. and all will have heard of, which gives to this year, By tte constitution of Belgium, tho succession 1851, now, while it is gli past us,and wi te the throne is limited to the direct male line of pecked ive to it through all future time, its most | Leopold, to the porpetual exclusion of females ting: ung characte: . (Hear, hear, and | and their descendants. In detault of a malo heir, cheers.) Not that I am at all travelling out of the | the King, with the consent of the Legislative ain of mechanic’s institutions when | refer tothe | Chamber, may nominate his successor; and in Exhibition of 1851. Why say1 this? Ob, enterfor | furthor default of such nomination, the throne is @ moment with me through one of its many portals, vacant. It is not, we believe, Rooetsary that any stand under that lucid arch of glass, at the part | futuro King should be a Catholic. {n Belgium, here the broad transept intersects the fa: teh- | indeed, all religions pemnaiens enjoy the most per- img nave, while the summer-sun glistens, on | fect freedom. olic, Protestant, and Jew- the fresh young green of our forest elms, then from the State. on the ish clergy receive support - Doth the sons of ioe Id are Lieutenants on the foliage of the tropics, then Leo in Belgium regiments. An peek ook is attached le of statuary, then on the io mar th changing hues of the world’s merch: to the household of the elder aon, the Duke of Bra- (Cheers.) I most truly believe that, as a more | bant. ‘I'he office ic aiet eae @’Hanins de Moer- spectacle, it surpasses any which the labor, and art, kerkee, 9 major of the Ist Belgian regiment of car- and power of man ever yet displayed in any one | bineers. Y og (Hear) Look at that long alley of plate, ‘The whole parriting Borel family of the Belgians the stalls of goldsmiths and silversmiths; auch a | were, the other day, in this country, the honored bright profusion was not spread out by Belshazzar guests of her Majesty (ueen Victoria. ‘Their when, amid the spoils of the Old Asia, he feasted | eventful history and their recent affliction, thoir pri- his thousand lords. (Applause.) Examine the | vate worth, virtues, and amiability, rendorthe roy- jewels and tissues of India, of Tunis, of Turkey; s0 dazzling an array was never piled behind the cha- riot of the Roman conqueror when he led the long triumph up the hill of the itoline Jove. (Cheers ) Observe the lustrous variety of poroo- al widower and his youthful offspring, upon whom rest a kingdom’s hopes, personnes worthy of deep interest, and general respect and affection ‘What We Pay for ie} lain, and tapestry, and silk, and bronze, and carv- {From the London News, August 5 ing, which cetera ful the composition of furniture: ape corepepenaance pelecses, Eagles ad the —why, Louis X1V. himself, could he be summoned | P* ne pat Pp a of the RnaGeeD: O28 ent, is sent from his grave, would confess that, although the fie “4 y wee Britieb redeph , sees omg Be French people had dethroned his dynasty, exiled amburg 1 ish postage on half ounce le ters to, and throngs France, is in general 5d.; and to and through Belgium, Holland, and Hamburg, 6d. Although France, Belgium, Holland, and Hamburg, all charge, according to the quarter ounce scale, the method panes by the Belgium post office is the most illiberal, since it charges two rates on letter weighing a quarter of anounce; whereas, the post offices of France, Holland, ‘and Hamburg do not ig 4 the two rates, until the | seale breaks against the quarter ounce weight. his race, and obliterated that monarchy of which he was the special impersonation, they had carried all the arts of embelishment further even than when he held his gorgeous court at Versailles. (Much cheering.) But I should not have obtruded these topics on an assembly like this, had 1 nothing | toremark upon but the jewelled diadem, or the | breathing brass, or the glistening marble, or the spangled brocade; these might only be fit adorn- ments for the palaces of the great, or for the toi lets of luxurious beauty; the title which the Crys- | tal Palase ef London bas upon the suifrage’ of the judgdment as well as the admiration of the eye is, that it is the formal recognition of the value and dignity of labor. (Cheers.) It is the throne and “ee of industry—(loud and re- peated cheering )—industry and labor, in all their | forms, as well asin all their climes, whether they are employed cn the cheap gingham that makes up the wardrobe of the humblest cottager, or the | richest lace that forms aprons for Queen or Car- dinal—(laughter and appiause)—on the rude block from the quarry and the hollow brick for model | the mails between pal and Austria, Prussia, Russia, Saxony, and other important countries, are | sent through Belgium. The highest postage charged in this country, on letters, to any part 0 the world, ano are to be on those addressed to | Turkey. A half-ounce letter, mailed in ingland, | and addressed to Constantinople, via Ostend, is liable to a postage of 5s. 1d. It is singular that the correspondence formany places on the conti- nent of Europe can besent, it appears, oy four or five different routea. and that the postage by every route is diferent. Letters for Turkey cau be sent | | i ; ir by as many even as seven different routes. Evor, cottages, or the biggest diamond of the mine, - in ly or indl- the Mountain of Light itself; labor and industry, country in Europe appears to have directly or indi rectly postal treaties with Great Britain, except _ haga ac? ys alike necessary to turnish their daily bread to the Spain and Portugal: fer the whole of the postage | masses and the millions, and to embody in pal- pe i i chargeable on letters for aay other country can be peble form Fae brightest ergata poetry and | pre: eid in Exgland, or a at the cme. of the Sri Seid 5, tea wong teat this aatertaning, | Fender; whereas the Spanish and Portuguese cor- | thus intended and calculated to recognise and re- | Pe cndensecan cnly he Franked to P, xpigaan. The | present Tabor sae intone, was Ros semoved trom tax on letters to and from Portugal and this coun- ee Gontgis of Mechanics Institutes} Ani when, | 9 sinoss prohibitory, for the lowest sea postage | lurther, I mark the space which is covered in this | charged by the English government poh pig | yey 2 show room, of the woeld by the special industry of Lisbon is Is. ‘M.; apd if’ it woighs a quarter of an the West Riding of Yorkshire; when I recognise | ounce only, the Portugu se post office charge an the banners which are suspended above the pro- | additional 3s. merely for delivering it. ‘The great ductions of your principal towns, with their, to | postal league which has been established in Ger- me, most familiar devicys—(cheers)—when I pass | Tiany and the north of Europe, is formed by the by, not without a sort of teeling ofjoint ownership following countries :—Denmark, Sweden, Norway, —(loud cries of ‘ Hear, hear,” and Sprtaces)—the S; H. Frankf Ha woollens of Leeds, and stuffs of Hradford, and S@xony, Wurtemberg, Hanover, Frankfort, Ham- fancy goods of Huddersfield, and carpets of Hali- burg, Bremen, Lubeck, Hossa Hamburg, Lippe Detmold, Reuss, Schaumberg Lippe, Schwarz. | burg Rudoldstadt, Schwarzburg Sonderhausen, | Mecklenburg Schwerin, Mecklenburg Strelitz, | Hesse Darmstadt, Hesse Wlectoral, Saxe Wei- mar, Brunswick, Oldenburg, Nasswu, e | Altenburg, Saxe Coburg Gotha, and Saxe | Meiningen. The United States government has just made an attempt to secure the whole of the | correspondence betveea Evrope, and California, | fax—(perhaps their excellent and spirited manu- facturer, Mr. Crossley, is now among us)—and the hardware of Sheffie!d, and many other things from many other p!aces, which I necessarily omit, to say nothing of all that wondrous whirring pene sar to which, among others, this town has contribute so generously, | need offer no excuse for having reemeris ° at ae pa oS oeemiee with Bog industrial femple i851. (Cheers.) ne ay 2 Po word of counsel to those who visit the Exhibition. | 904 bac Babel ane an eee It is divided, as you are probably aware, into two | j01..4 pom a4 New York and San Prev great sections, one belonging to our own empire, | dd. each. Thi posta, e on letters to all colon the other to the rest of the world. It had been an- | 20 GRO. 4 “4 oe od ln Setaich oockal, bo | ticipated, and it so turns out, that the British | Piuschto one uniform charge of fs earh. Lore | section shines most in what is golid,useful, practical merly letters to our colonies a dep ndencies in durable; in what is of most importance to the grea: the West Indies and British ‘America used to be est numbers; while the foreign section excels in | (yo .g0] 2s each; and to Malta, Gibraltar, the | brilliancy, in taste, in all that relates to decorative | [omiRrr oe" ga 5. Wl tach ett art; not that this line should be too rigidly drawn, » &e., 2s. Gl. each. for the foreign division contains very much that is Immigration into Canada, useful, and the British very much that is ornamen- [From the London Times | tal. (Hear, hear.) What I wouldthen earnestly Some Parliamentary a aap reeently issued eon- advise every one in his own branch of employment | tain the annual report of the government agent and skill, i¢diligently to observe how, without fors- | Quebec regarding the immigration into Canada | oing whatis valuable in his own workmanship, | during the year 1850. From this it _—— that fe cal {ft upon it whatever is attractive in that | the aggregate number embarked from seg’ was of others, and how, to the sterling home-bred quali- | 31,746, that the births on the passage havin; ties ofuse and durability, he may add the subtl been 58, while the deaths were 213, the total land- charms of grace and bea (Cheers.) This I | ed was 31,591. As compared with 1349, a decrease would specially point out ° of laudable | is thus shown of 6,202 persons, or 16 per cent. The ambitions to your Schools of ign. (Leas number of vessels t! arrived with these passen- hear.) And itl bave ventured to offer one word of gers was 312, measuring 127,160 tons, and navi- counsel to those who visit the I:xhibition, let me | geved ty, 4,567 seamen. Eighteen were av conclude with one word of comfort to those whom | ships, the management of which, as regariis the circumstances may prevent from going there. + welfare of the emigrance, was exceedingly satis- ‘Though I have doscpibed it justly as the most facto Almost all the vessels except those from magnificent temple of industry, remember yet that the Irish ports, which nearly reached their maxi- the only worthy worship of in vay # must becarried mum allowance, could have legally carried many on in the daily life and by the domestic hearth; more passengers than the number actually taken. this worship all have the power of rendering, and! | The average length of passage was 39) days from can answer for it,there are two ge more precious | England, 41 days from Ireland, 40 from Scotland, and bright even than anything which is new dia- | and 554 from the continental ports. The propor- played in the Crystal Palace—the persevering | tion of deaths was 0 67 per cent, being a great i energy of contented toil—the sunny smile of an | provement in comparison with 184%, when t! approving conscience. His Lordship sat down | ravages of ship fever carried the amount to 273 amidst loud and repeated cheering. percent. Children were, as usual, the chief suffer- = ers, the number of adults out of the 213 cases King Leopold and the Royal Children of having been only 58. In addition to the 31,591 Belgium. immigrants landed from Europe, there were 701 +a ye Prom the ion News.) . | arrivals from the adjoining province of New Bruns- Leopold, King of the Belgians, may fairly claim | ‘wick, and 3096 via the United States. The general | to rank among the best, and, in many respects, the total’ ¢ erefore, was 32,048, of whom it app moet fortunate of monarchs. lis reign, viewed po- litically, is peculiarly prosperous. free, moral, industrious, and contented people, who, after achieving their own emancipation, have had the further rare and pre-eminent good fortune of kaowing how to make use of liberty. With them, under the me eed of their King, all has been cau- tion, conciliation, and moderation, Whilst the na- tions around them have been convulsed by revolu- tions and discord, the Belgians have kept steadily the same, their energies devoted culture, manufactures, and commerce, and their lives spent in the furtherance of internal order and domestic “The tiory of this Bel ? ‘The story of this ian le, eecaping s0 well, after the malice, tasavle tad foreign, that shook them not many years ago, ix a strange one, remained in Canada, while o! the | 13,723, went to the United States, and | Brunswick. The transit to the Uni- was unusually large, and is attri- buted to the great demand for railway laborers The emigrant vossels to Rave lost during the year were the Neptune, the Wa’ ithe Bridge- town, but, with the exception of three children, no lives were sacrificed. The Irish immigration was | gus to three fourths of the whole from the United ingdom, and complaints are made ef the large popes sent out by landlords on account of elr total uselessness and inaptitude for labor of any kind, and who, moreover, are furnished simply with a free passage, and not with the means of pro- | ceeding into the interior, where alone they might | stand @ chance of being rescued from their confirm- e rules over a ay, R., but far stranger is the phy of their present of the t events in the modern liisory | cheapness, which the St. Lawrence route presents , indeed to have al pened to come advantageously #vene when there was any regal or pollti Ity to be overcom of providential interloper, such as liorace alluded to when he spe: fe tignus vindice nodus. The salient pointe of this monarch’s condition and career are very interest- ing, and well worth contemplating -copold, King of the Belgians, now in his sixty- firet year, unceasingly fortunate in bis political ¢: i ! is om yo life, experienced mnech iness, chee quere much grief and sorrow. ” His alliance with a Princess—the hope aad darling , ¢2°im friends and relatives there. | of England—ended, before twenty months had | Haynau’s Conversion. elapsed, in a day of the deepest mournin, iT. A [From the London Examiner. - | er fell upon a husbead or a Rx The phenomenon we are about to record is no his House came the light that was pela | novelty in the history of the human mind. So people's despair, and to relume and realize their | many, indeed, have been the vagaries which the hu- Prightert aspirations. The Koyal widowers r— | man mind bas presented, that anything new in the for immigrants desirous of reaching the Western States of the American Union. A similar re:urn for New Brunswick shows the | total immigration in 18% to have been an a rong, the number in 1849 having been 2,071 he mortality on the voyage was unusually small, on}: three deaths — occurred, amounting to 0 per cent. All the immigrants were Irisn of the bumblest class, ‘‘many ot whom obtained employ- | | ment immediately on arrival, at very remunerative wages, while others proceeded to the | nited States 1 herself a widow—espouses the Da ent ds Way of oddity can scarcely be expect And yet | Leopold becomes the uncle of ni st cher- the conversion of that sam uu, who is known | ished of sovereigns, (ueen Victoria, who strength- 84 the butcher of the Hungarians, into the Hunga- | is, certainly, not one of the least re- ens the tie by her alliance with hie nephew, l’rince Albert | \ revolution gives Leopold himself a throne and | another bride endowed with ev rtue. The | offered a part of the confi house of Saxe Coburg is once m any, prudently declined pert, ‘ur readers may recollect that Ilaynau, when ited pr perty of Batthy- ift, and that the Aus- y vi in clove affinity i Guelph, which, by Leopold's sesond trian government afterwards rewarded him with a | pan J pons fh come Tankers | inked to the | dotation of forty thousand pounds. A large part Ilouse of ‘'rleans—a union most fortunate tothe of this sum Haynau expe in the purchase of an estate in Hungary, in the very centre of Magyar- i bas tase actually taken up his resi- Every one likes to be dethroned family of France. The Noyalty of tng- land gives the exiles a warm weleome, and Leo- pid’s house at Claremont affords them a home. witl « Ki id, meanwhile, and his |i kingdom | neighbors, and Haynau 2 ins to sn Cola lonleerd ta the centre of a a of > vas | oe Among the peas he lavishes bles.” Amid the convulsions of empires and the with no sparing bi ves them exorbitant nd pays their taxes for thom —the peasant of revolutions, the Belgian inonarch wields an | ~ poe Fhe One, to cannot but here note eting the money, and hating the (jerman none the recent death of the King of Holland, whom | the less. Among the nobility, eo of whom were Leopold had by 0 strange an’ mys:erio conc | condemned t h by his cour jartial, aad then tenation of circumstances unwittingly ousted of | amnestied, he pays assiduous court, though he is bride and throne. .\ short time, and Leopolihas | met generally with cold looks and closed doors. dergo another trying hour of sorrow | The tobacco monopoly which Austria is at- tons second consort, the otealient (lesen Loaisa of pting to introduce, has met with such Orleans, the friend of (Jueen Victoria, and the de- | etrenuous opposision, that peasants who ro ith the pipe in their mow } hat & year or two ago the: wren necessary than meat and drink; and Iaynau is as eager in this moral rebellion as the best Magyar among them, swearing ‘the man’s a rogue who smokes Austrian tobacco.” We will not tell our readers all the tales we have heard of this man’s escentricities; they are so incredible that we fear we should lose czedit for the rest by re- peating these. It is, however, certain that hespeaks light of oll who knew her, passer away in the sum- mer of ber life, borne down, no doubt, by the afflic- tions of her house; she leaves to her husband and his kingdom three surviving children. ‘Tne king is at present a widower, with two cons and a daughter. ‘n the names given to his royal issue, his Majesty of Belgium has displayed his w good feeling and good taste. There cann: a stronger proof of bow anxiously he wiehes to cherish the recollection of every one connected with his arriages, bright, #0 haj and, alas' | of himself as only the instrument (werkzeng) of to. transitory in their uration. Ring Leopold's | the Austrian government; that there is no country elder son, the Juke of Brabant, the Prince of which hi inks so highly as goo that Royal and heir of Belgium, now in his seven- he speaks of “that afiair when | was beaten in teenth year, is styled Leopold Phillippe Marie, thus London” without the slightest rancor, declarin uniting the names of his father, his dfather, that he does not consider i; as 4 insult to himsel!, The second son, the Cont of but as a demonstration against the l'mperor of ther. Plaade, sow aged fourteen, is styled I’hilip Marie eopold CG , thus not only recalling the re- mertbranse of tho same relatives as his brother, but is @ case of mere madness, or the effect of disguat of his father’s affinity to the at scurvy treatment received from Austria, for as to poorest Dekorwick Lastly, the King of the Bol- \ i* Tie the result of any good {poling on the part Austria. We leave our readers to determine whether this | ‘This is a matter of some importance now, because | | she was that is quite bo; the "SE it is aolamall proot of thet eee tent to which misgovernment has reduced the re- speck aden She lee ee omen or a open! poses: her policy and oe to ingratiate ninscit with her sworn foes. African Discovery. Letters have been received, dated the 28th of February, from Mr. Ric! n'a expedition, - ah ie cecompanied: by the two e — Barth and Overweg. ‘he pert gth broken up from Ahir, whore Dr. Barth had made an excursion to Aghades, and hadentered Nigritia, the country or different States that lie around the Lake Tehad, the borders of which are ao very little explored thatit is likely that the travellers will be kept in that neighborhood a good whi A little after Christmas thoy arrived ai lace called Da- mergu, and led to “Zinder travellers parted, each of thom taking route with his followers. Mr. Richardson ia on the direct way to Kauka, not far from the shores ofthe Lake Tshad, the capital of the empire of Bornu. Dr. Overweg has taken a turn to the west, into the country of "Adar, with the view of @ geological expedition, whilo Dr. Barth went by T a and Katschua to Kanu, the place from his lettersare dated. At Kauka all three hoped to meet very soon afterwards. The travellersare still sh spirits, and do not cem- plain the least about the hardships of the journey and ill health. Their means, however, are almost at an end, as a new sepply, which was forwarded last summer, has not reached them yet. The goods with which Chey. travel and support themselves are unfortunately very unprofita a selected, ao that thoy fetch only half the price they paid for them at Tripolis and Murz' Besides, passing from the country and protection of one chief to that of another has cost them a pees deal, as they are obliged to pay very high for every persan and camel. They hope, however, to fiad at Kauka the long-promised supply, and letters from Europe, for whieh they have been waiting since June of last year. ‘Their courage was not broken the least, and thoy still keep up the plan to approach the Upper Nile as soon.as they have pene the vicinity or | the Lake Thad, provided that the British aad Prussian governments will help them on. The in- terest of the scientific public will be principally ex- | cited by a very extensive report, which has been | received from Dr. Barth, about his excursion from | Teentellust to Aghades, where he witnessed the in- | vestiture of the new Sultan, Abd-el-Kader, and col- lected a quantity of materials about the history, topography, and ethno; hy of a hitherto almost own spot south of t The report, te ry of the Hussa and Enghedesi languages, some itineraries, and maps are annexed, is now in the hands of Lord Palmer- ston, and there is every reason to hope that it will soon be published, and will occasion a general in- terest for an expedition which has undertaken to examine the very core of the unknown continent, and to solve also, if possible, the ancient mystery about the source from which the Nile originates. ara. The River St. Lawrence. (From the Dublin University Magazine.) On the whole, therefore, it appears certain that the river St. Lawrence is destined, ere long, to be- come a most important medium of intercourse be- tween the different sections of the New World, well as between the Old World and the New, and to give to the provinces of Canada a far more ex- tensive and comman influence over the com- | mercial operations of North America than any otber State east of Louisiana can ever ee to. | The outlet whieh it affords to the produco of Ohio, | and the other northwestern districts of the Uaii | will become of incalculable importance in any rupture Between the free and slave States, as the mouth and keys of the Mississippi are com- letely in the hands of the latter. Such a rupture is not only inevitable, but at present Sppeert close at hand; and as the free States of the North, and the government, intend to oppose any secession from the Union by force of arms, it cannot be doubted that at leasta Sepey closing of the Mississippi will be resorted to by the southern States. But by cultivating the route of the St. Lawrence a hostile measure of this kind would fall | less heavily upon the States of the interior; and | most assuredly it would greatly benefit our British previnces. Already, however, and independent of such contingencies, the future greatness of the line of the St. Lawrence is secured; and all that is required of our brethren in Canada is to be patient and bide their time. Fore 1 Summary In France the pe em party are already actively engaged in making preparation for the | election of a President of the republic, which they t | expect will take place next rear. At a very numerous meeting of the opposition members it was announced that General Cavaignac had resigned his canvass for that office in favor of M. Carnot. The accounts from Italy state that Pestalozzi is about to resign the functions of Podesta. Ile will be eded by Count Awbroise Nava. The liberals intend to observe the anniversary of the unfortunate capitulation of IS48, by wearing mourning. The Venice Gazette of the 6th ult., announces that armaments were proceeding in Sicily. teries on a level with the sea were being constructed at >yracuse; the ramparts of the castle were lined with montage and fortifications thrown up at Castro Giovanna, in the centre of the island. General Filangieri was inspecting the different strong places, and bad given orders to withdraw every five days the sums paid into the hands of the collectors of taxes. ‘The mother of Charles Phillips, Curran’: conge- biographer, has just died, at the venerable age of 85. Accounts from Hungary state that the in- — have almost universally given up smok- +o Accounts from Ireland notice the appearance of he petato disease in a mitigated form. A manola of Madrid, a short time challenge toa fsi: ival, who had su: 0, sent & ted her in the favor ofa wealthy admirer. T! cessful damsel unhesitatingly ‘agreed to fig! nd» both rties chose seconds of their own sex. Feari hat the smell of gunpowder might prove ae able to them, the combatants revolved to use ing swords; they alzo determined to fight until one or the other should be kille hey went to the ground each with a pair of ing swords, and, in case they should fail, a pair of poignards. They wore just ready for action, when a pair of police officers came up, and took them and their seconds into custody; but one of the men, having called to mind that the law, though forbidding duels between men, said nothing of duels between womer, ex- pressed a doubt whether they were warranted in making the arrest. It was accordingly determined to release the women, but a pledge was exacted from them, on their word of honor, that they would not renew the combat. ‘The gross and unfeeling hoax which at first ewapated from the Dundee ee says the John O Groat’s Journal, and spread like wildfire over the country, respecting the long missing Arctic ex, dition, bas sufficiently sifted and refuted, Bue we regret that the anonymous author of it has not yet been discovered. The matter has been taken up in Parliamen:, and « minute search into all the teumstances will immediately be and woe be to the infamous scribbler if he be found out. Our Kirkwall correspondent says, that on reading the peregraph as it first a peared the other day in the Wrkveys, ew A Franklin was deeply affected ; bat juickly assured that no such vessel as the Flora had arrived at Stromness, nor was ever at the whale fishing. | vag hay A what is called the “ Bloomer”* costume for American ladies, a correspondent of the Leeds Mercury sends the following jew Cesprit:— Let the dames of America dress as they please : Should they all “cut their petticoats round by their hees” only @ bold protestation . vad habit, ealled spurans in Latin, A That ep which their husbands bave sat i Deitel thats exepene, und éirties theme matting, 7 And sticks to the skirts of the nation’ Don't fancy, dear Jonathan, ladies are flirts, Because they have cut their old danglers, the skirts. Fase es Cr ee ne And shall lengthen our its when you mend your own. M. Simondis, a Greek, pretends that he has dis- covered, by research amongst the archives of the Greek convents, ® record of the spot where is de- posited the original manuscript of the Acts of the Apostles. He says itis in the isl \d of Antigonus. Fevpanism iy Genwany.—We learn from the Bavarian part of Swabia that the abolition of local and seignorial jurisdistion (decreed in 1848) has in most cases remained a dead letter. As an instance of the Fe assumption be pm power on i of the ‘reigning —— counts,” we have Petros a copy of t lowing penal deoree, which the oat of a yA domain in Bavaria has imposed upon the schoolmaster and the infant ee of his vi . The decree is as fol- lows :-—‘‘l. No child of the village shall for the future dare to enter the garden, the courtyard, or the castle of his Eriawht. elinquents in this re- spect shall be subjected on the spot to the severest corporal punishment. 2. Whereas the children of the village are in the habit of f cage touncover their heads on the approach of his Lrlaucht, the schoolmasters are by these presents instructed to censure the said children for their disrespectful con- duct, and, in case of its repetition, to visit them with the severest casti 3. If, however, im contempt ofthis present leeree, any child, or an: number of children, should dare to refase his Eir- lavcht the res master shall oy the corn to whiel fise of his Arlaucht.”” is signed by the Count, and it 4, counter si of his respong,nle Zeitung.