The New York Herald Newspaper, November 22, 1851, Page 6

‘The intelligence from the British Provinces is of Peculiar interest, at the present moment. In Nova Sootis, a now House of Assembly has been elected, fhe majority of which, it was understoed, would be favorable to the Halifax and Quebec Railroad plan; and the Legislature of that Province met on Ghe 4th inst., to determine the question. In New Brunswick, Mr. Wilmot, the Surveyor General, had@ gone back to his constituents, conse. (quent upon his taking office, and had again beeare- furned for the county of St. John. Andas there is 8 strong party in the city opposed to the Halifax and Quebec line—in favor of which the govern. ment of which Mr. Wilmot is now a momber has Committed itself—being under the impression that i will interfere with the Portland and St. John fine, the two sitting members for the city have Caken bis return indudgeon, and have resigned their Geats. We may as well here remark that in the three Provinces the censervative or tory party, @ho have always opposed reform and improvement, and to whose non-progressive principles the pro- Winces owe much of their present backward con- ition, are violent opponents of the proposed line of Failroad . In Canada, although the principal places in the Government have been filled, yet some of the minor Offices remain to be disposed of, owing to the jealou- Bies of race, the French party contending that they Are vot represented in the new “cabinet,” although It hes been formed at the instance of Mr. Morin, one of that number, and late Speaker of the As- sembly ‘The last Montreal Herald oontai long corres Pondence on the subject, between the Inspector General and Mr. Couchon, who had refused the Assistant Secretaryship on the ground alluded to @hiie Mr. Cartier, “another of the same sort,” had rejected the office of Solicitor General East, pro- bobly from the same cause ; and it had subsequent- iy been offered to Mr. Chaveaa, another French man, who it was understood would accept it. It ig this contention of races which mars and re- fards the advancement of the Provinze; and the | following picture of Canadion affairs, drawn by Lord Sydenham some ten or twelve years singe, is equally applicable a: the present time:—‘ No man,” » ‘looks to a practical measure of improve- ment works, or better laws; you might as well talk Greek to him. Not a man cares fora single practical | Measure, the only end, cns would suppose, ofa better form of government They have only ene feeling—a hatred of race. The French hate the English, and the English hate the French; and | every question revolves itself into that, and that alone. The wise system heretofore adopted has been to stick two men inte the same office, whenever @ vacancy occurred—one a Frenchman, and the otber a Britisher. Thus we have joint surveyors, joint sheriffs, &c., each opposing the other in every thing he attempts.” Our Montreal Correspondence. Mowresat, Nov. 15, 1351. Te Writs for the Election Receivel—Laws Regu lating Elections, and Qualification of Voiers—Com- plexion of Parties—Position of the Ultra Tories and Orangemen; their Organization ant Force— The Candidotes; their Resources and their Pros- pets—The Result Predicted—The Rowge Party, or Republicans ; their Rapid Progress; the Langwage they Uttr—The Halifax Railu us Advocates and Opponents—Autwmn— Trade Closing —Wea- ther, &c All doubt is at an end as to the period when our elections shall take place. The writ for this city was received on Thursday, the Ith instant, by John Boston, the Sheriff for the district of Montreal, and as euch, the legal officer. jection law, he is restricted ‘o cighteon days, within Which period be must convene an assembly for the Domivatien of cand da’es, aod, if a po! be demanded Proceed, within forty-eight hors, to decide by the Votes of the citizens the suecess/ul aspirants ‘The new law under which he acts bas largely aug mented the number of polling places; there are to | be three for each ward; conssquently, we shall have twenty-four offices open for the reception of vetes. The voters consis: of two classes: those who vote 83 proprietors must posses real property, worth an ancual value of forty shilling, or about ten dollars Yearly; those who vote as tenants must pay a yearly Feat of ten pounds sterling, or about fifty dollars In each case, the voter must be qualified by an rere? or tenactry of six months prior to the day of the election re are half a dozen oaths that the returning @fficer, or either of the candidates, may administer to the voter. The oaths refer to his age, qualijoa- tion, and freeéom from bribery, with penalties at- tacked for perjury; but the system rather fosters false swearing than otherwise, aud there is hardly ‘Sn instance on recerd of any citizen having been pro- jeded ageinst and prosecuted for oerjury. Corn alts: Monk, of the firm of Kose & Monk, advo- cates, has been appoin'ed deputy returning officer for this city ‘The writ for the election for the county of Mont- real was received on Friday, the Mth inst, by Hermann Ryland, the Registrar. The same law pee to the ceunty a+ to the city, and the | chances are that the election for the county will Precede that for the city. Sydney Billingham, advocate, has been appointed deputy for the county. The political parties in Montres! are decidedly marked, but each is play own game; hence the outside public have not wen the hands. The i) Avenar party are strong. anited, and decided. ‘They wish to secure Mr. eau's election, and | are prepared to run him with on) centiinte Re r con rs + Holmes the | anoa uberal party May Bere. “, ; former member, wae the idol of the Roman Catho- | lie frish until the last session, whoa he voted against “the Orangemen’s Procession act now regarded with suspicion, and we fairly, for the act denouncing processions of Orangemen was a dead letter. ‘(be Orangemen laug' at the act, met and marched on the 12th Jaly, and defied the authorities to molest or punish them. Upon one occasion, in order te evinee their com | tempt for the Assembly or Provincial Parliament, | they paraded round the building while the members | Were in session. They have carried the traditions | and feelings of their fathers to Canada, and in va- tious rections of the Upper Province they number their thousands. Their total force in Upper Ca nada is estimated at forty thousand men capable of carrying arms. io this city their nambers are | small, compared with the other seets aad races— iz they only muster four hundred vores; but those wets, Delng given in @ block, tell forcibly when the opposing forces are nearly balanced The c on, and the ultra conservatives, are with- @ut s candidate in the field. They are hostile to the ministry, and to the ministerial candidate, Joho Young. They like Mr. Holmes, though they condemn in severe terms many of his past acte; when asked to vote, and the time comes round, he | | will receive their support. Mr. Holmes will like- | d by the mercantile interost—and | that the L’ Avenir party will vote au sod Holmes Mr. Papineau will jority of the French Canadian votes, British, but ae he fs passive in the has almost odjected to tho use of ay fail. ‘ene Young. he ministerial candidate, and the cbief of the Board of Works, is anything but popu lar, and be neglects the ordi»ary modes of ingrati- ating himecif with the masses. He kaows that he ean Tali back upon the sunall borough town of Sher- Diooke, with its ex bundred votes, and there secure @ coat in Parliament. The anomalous condition of our politior—if ruch feel ngs can be dignified by that same— cannot be better exemplified than by the iact that though Mr. Holmes will reseive votes a2 the opponent of Mr. Young, they are intimate frieads, and profess similar doctrines, in so far as our internal policy i+ concerned, and were ones together in buviness. Those who object to oH Holmes site the iotimacy between Holmes and Young a proof of foul play. The accuration is groundiess. Mr Holmes is an avowed republisan, ood bas not beriteted to express annexation doo- trines i the provincial Parliament. He bas been wed from |b neley of the militia and the * annexation opinions, by the acd Mr. Young bas just joined that Aptexation, a¢& principle of action, oh were in that creed repeat that would not discredit ‘democracy. They do no: toll the bey beiieve Holmes is in favor of sever- b conrection; but they will vote for y know that be cherishes annera candidate, has not addres wise receive the votes of the un prejudiced Iris! will be eupporte purest 4 the ing (he Eng! bw > comet tion dene the Milesi ee pubic he has Talk to any one upon education, or public | in coutormity with our | towarde,the ministry; asar , or one in, » “Valois,” a doctor, designa of the L’ Avenir school. They are neither of them popailor 3 but Jodoin will be sustained by the SiTbe clergy bave iF anmwe bly asserted thas they e Cc) ave assem) it abstain ine politics; but ter have ag Sey se v0- plan of their own, whereb; Hite. ‘The candidate ox, thes the priosts manages just before a meng te be seen walki arm in arm with the cure. hint suffivea, an the ignorant sag Prejudiced cheer the confessed of the curé. ee rok ve mm, extraordinary pro- four years—they are avowed repub! developes the existence of the party, and ere five years elapse they will dominant. In this city all the young French Vapadians are red hot repub- licans—their sires are monarohists. Ji then of the future before us. As an illustration of the tor ry — opinion as expressed by these young men, cite the language of J. B. E. Dorionia his address to the Godiers of the county of Ng or “For judged by m; my part, gentlemen, [ wish to be acts and my political principles, I present myself as a@republican and democratic ©: (comme Républicain et partisan dela démoratic Canai- enné.”) These expressions are clear and distinct enough to explain the objects ht. There is no subterfuge or affectation in their writings, and speeches are more significant still. 1t is pro- Eg that your readers should be cognizant of the ting here, so that they may not be taken by sur gaa when the day arrives upoa which speechifying exchanged The expe for action. diency of constructing a railway to Halifax furnishes the journals with u fertile topic of discussion ; a well founded dread of the enormous ar ani subsequent annual cost of mainta‘n- | ing the read in working order, and paying the their wits. The daring ones say, let the road be made—let England advance the funds, and when the day of reckoning comes round, why, it can or less. ump at the offer. Our autumn trade is drawing to a close; the sels have left our harbor to complete their loadiag at Quebec, and the steambeats are tiding it on, until the ice checks their movements. moderate, but continuous frost. snow set in on 'riday evening; | will be in operation. 2 Monrreat, Nov. 18, 1851. The Progress of Electioncering—The Elevation ant | Forward—The Devins and Baigeley Ticket—The tary Company. ‘The returning officer's proclamation, posted upon the walls of the city, announcing the 4th Deoem- | ber he nomination day, has had an effect upon | our city similar to that caused by poking a stick | into beebive. The torpor of the past has been | exchanged for bustle, restleasuess, and animation. | The feelings are thoroughly enlisted, thanks te a snecession of nightly meetings, but we are further | than ever from any knowledge of the favorite can- didates. Combinations and coalitions failed where the interests of the parties should have dictated a compromise, and new men are brought upon the seene, totally altering previous calculatioas. Mr. Holmes promised, a few days ago, to lead | the poll—to-day he is at a discount. The explana- tion is simple, and not discreditable to his heart; | but the berw i/eal of a politician is a man without a heart. Mr. Holmes and Mr. Young, partners in trade, have not, of late yoars, “ stabled thelr horses together’ Why the coolness and es trangement, is beside the present matter. Mr. Y ‘z. ministry, availed bimself the oscasion of Mr. Holmes coming forward a¢ a candidate, to vo- lunteer his interest and support. This advanye to wards a reconciliation Mr Holmes accepted frankly, and when ) sung, je his tura, was named President of the Board of Works, and addressed the electors { Montreal, Holmes reciprocated the civility He acted = the impulse of the moment; he obeyed the distates of bisheart As 8 politiciaa he committed a sad mistake, because he mizh have stood upon the independent tieet, certain o sucee but as the volunteer advocate of Mr. Young, he identifies himself with the ministry, and they are ubpe pular in Montreal Mr. Seoudry, a French Canadian on tig conser Vative interest, appeared for an bour above the interest of the debt, frightens the timid ones out of | | Matter little whether we owe afew millions more | Brother Jonathan will foot the bill aad | ‘We have had a week of weather people call | Indian summer; no snow—the ground hard as iron— | plenty of dust—the barometer unusually high and thes josey Narwng elf | mediately opposite to me sat an old acquaintance Aafitbin % with Extinction of Cantiiates—New Men Brought thet wills —these words having been expressed by Cost of a Canvass—La Rogue inthe Freaid—Ceme- | aware that be was to belong to the like a Jesuit—a suit of | electoral horizon, and then vanished. His com- mittee him terday morning, whea the fol 7 took Mr ell, gentlemen, what success ? What are the propects t | Commitiee—Our most sanguine expectations have been realized Your election is certaia Mr Bs xy—I am full of gratitude for your exertions, and bappy that we can congratulate each other upon the coming victor: Committrr— We are sensible of your gratitude, but, in there affairs, ws must descend to realitics 4 ue expenses of the canvass must be forthcoming. It is imperatively necessary that you place in the bande of the committee a check for £500, to defray the expenes fe next cight days The sub- equent bills can be arranged at your leisure Mr. Bravony—Gentlewen, | must confess m; unworthiness to represent the eity, and reling:ia! the contest thing more; but, a Koeque, @ so by Berthelot, who is doubtless to meet the demands of Mr 7 a Mr. La Rooque is a gentie- man of some fortune, and beir to a large one le bas been in the Munisipal Couaeil, and, for the last few months, evinced a restless anxiety to pro- mote the welfare of Irishmen. He bas now shown his cards, but bis ebarce of the game ls ery slight The L' Avenir party are strong, faithfal to their principles, but lacking judgment Taey bold aloof from the ultra libera: irieh party, represented by Peter Devine: and that party have fraternived with the ultra conservative Hritirh and Irish, headed by Willism Badgeley, the Attorney General under Lord Metealfe Devine and Badgeley will bring to the polls the united British vote; Holmes sod Young, (a0 minis- sista, whether French or Britieh. I's if the 1.’ Avenir party decite to run tes beyond the ranks of the Mr ® politician of inf sbould be thus thrown aside, when it is se Lev enred Peter ibers! ticket been adopted, o reeult wason the cards Ave nding Levine and Badgeley are forthcoming ear 0 hare been the s “heels of t d he ele both factio mon cause « venir followers have t sy! retarning o' e returning officer or ity—a formidable array of officials, backed by as many constables as they e service choose to enlist for Some of the provincial journa because I binted that Lord [igin would ¢. him to India FrancisHincks. The repata Hineks has acqu' 6 a financier would ja selection, to which rumor imparts aa air o bility; and unless the whi, are Ticked out of office, Lo ferred to ® post he has long desi; The tories de- test the policy of Lord Eigin, bot be has always comman majorities in the Assemb|7—the only gage of ability and fitness the colonial ane quires. are full of wrath ith Mr = proba- and Lord Grey are Elgin will be trans- Lao Lavscwep <<At Waldovoto, ath inst by Messrs F Castner & Co. a One bark of 915 tons, called the Mary owned by Messrs F. Castner, James Ii 8 Woite ond Capt Gilley. of Thomaston, who will lth, by Merers. Kennedy, Young & Co, @ fine ship of 580 tons. owned by Memes A. Young. J Rt La | and A ©. Weeks. The ship is probably not yet ‘The name of the bark ie siready in use for several other barks ond ships Do! Miscellany. To oe Havers —Edmued coavisted of the morder of Thomas Carpenter, in Medison coust ve ra autil the tide is likely to ile bas pleaty of pluck «> del Dh heed he ‘cat: hte bighand ry has ben seuicnced to be hanged om the 1b of cember peat. | would bare se ropte be Our Lendon Correspondence. Lonpon, Friday Evening, Nov. 7, 1351. The Message of Lowis Napoleon—Uhe New Minis- try Defeated om the Motion of Urgency—The Naw Bill— Democratic Banquet at Mighbury Barn —Fifth of November—Hussey’s Reaping Ma- hime, 4c. The event of the week, as rogarda political im- portance, is the message of Louis Napoleon, Presi- dent of the French republic, on the o3casion of the opening of the National Assembly of France, on Tuesday last, 4th November. This mossage has been anxiously looked forward to. The first draft is said to have undergone great modifisations. In fact, the determination of Louis Napoleon to de- mand the repeal of the law of 3lat May, aad the establishment of universal suffrage, led to the re- tirement of the Leon Faucher ministry. In tho message, Louis Napoleon is, however, still firm to that purpose, and will probably carry bis poiat, though his new ministry have been defeated on the very first motion they pu:—demanding urgency for the bill of abrogation. The Minister demanded urgency. After some discussion, amidst considerable noise and confusion, the demand of urgency was rejected, being tanta- mount to a deteat of the new ministry. The question now is, what will Louis Napoleon now do? Will he attempt a coup d'etat, or wait quietly till 1862, and appeal to the sovereign poo- pie? Time only can tell—conjeeture ia hopeless. The effect of the message was, generally speak- ing, more favorable than had beon expected Most of the Paris journals attack it, as attempting to infringe upon the prerogatives of che Navional As- sembly. M pin has been re-elected President of the Assembly. In the bureauz, the l-gitimists have a i mojority is steamer will take to you the account of the | the democratic banquet given in the evening at Highbury Barn. An account from an eye witness | of the evening entertainment, however, may interest | your readers. The committee, with a number of their friends, ave a dinner at Highbury Barn Tavern, Istington. | pF ee Barn Tavern is a place built for the ex- | prees purpose of woe banquets, and has vario. | rooms capable of holding from one hundred to gi | hundred persoas. The large ball on this occasion was in request. At six o clock, I drove there ina cab, aud found the great hall almost everflowing. On presenting my card, however, one of t! mittee procured me a seat at the cross tab! of mine, Louis Blano; a little to his left, Thoraton Hunt, the chairman; Mr. Reynolds, the editor of a chartist newspaper; [ eargus O'Connor, and others. Just above the chairman there was a large da, i inscription, ‘* There is no obstacle for the French workman who swam out to the Missis- at Marseilles, to shake hands with Kossuth. gus O'Connor is a thich-headed, uninteli- nt, unwieldy lookiog individual. During the eve- ge | Bing, he made a great ass of himself. He continu- ally left his chair and embraced Louis Blanc, threw his arms round him then, waving his hand. kerohief over his head, de: led three cheers for Louis Blanc. The latter was finally 30 annoyed that he left his seat and went lowerdown Mr. O'Connor, indeed, attempted, in variou: to make himself conspicuous during th at invariably without success; in fact, de- ar cidedly discountenanced at Highbury Bara as he was last week at the Guilduadt of Raahaapien, On one occasion, when an ated platform was being put up for the use of the chairman and his friends, Mr. O'Connor placed bis chair upon the table, and sat down thera; but this free and easy mode of ceremony was rather too much for the com- pany. He was assailed with loud cries of * down, down, off, off,” inthe midst of which his friends were glad to bring him down. No toast was pur into bis band; he [ett the room without once being called upon to address the meeting. ‘he dinner was plain, but substantial, the tickets ‘Thornton Hunt proposed the firat toast. Heise man with a very inte eet head, but the passions largely developed. He hae the dark sparkiing eye of w Jesuit, under Shaggy eyebrows. He drvssea jack, with @ blask waist coat, almost like a cassock, buttoned ap to his | Ubroat; no sbirt visible with the exception of a very emall crimped collar, such ai Koman Catholic priests wear, cver his stock Hebasa good, clear voice, and is evidently a man of taleat Ho is a son of Leigh Hunt (Byron's friend) Thoraton Hunt was ‘or come years ‘a contributor to the Spe (ator, aod is now the editor of the Leader. lis pro- a @ first to: The Peopies—May tusy ever be allied in the defence of Liverty.” He was interrupted by loud cheers when he said the word peoples, and wae obliged to ropeat the toast No toact was given in honor of the Queen; the national anthem was not played; in fact, the wh roceedings were of @ revolutionary character “ach speaker stood upon the table when he spoke, amidst decanters and wine glasses. There were from five to six bundred men, anda few women, in the room The menappeared to be of the very lowest condition of the working classes, with few once ¢o- . being at half ecrown cach. | exceptions Thornton Hunt then stated that Kossuth had de- clined their invitation t Lord Dudley Stuart had declined because he could not be useful at a banquet whore Kossuth was not present. (Loud cries of he is an aristocrat, and groans and hisses followed ) W. J. Fox and George Dat excuses. Mazzinidid not attend | say that there ig great shyness evince rt of the more eminent of the sosial reformers to join the out-and-out democr: nd hand with bis great feeling m another of the Mr. Geraid Massey, a ver 7 long, fair hair, proposed the health of Kossuth As be proceeded in his epeech, bie ¢ His language wae impassioned; fist and ground histeeth when he triaand Hungary. He spoke with gre he is a decidea enthusiast pibe Konay, a Hungarian, with avery ¢, a velvet surtout, ed thanks, inv applaaied hy, with feeling, if aot ty Mr. Cony nghaw, of Brighton, propored the health of Joseph M but i ing of the Italian pat 2 vanected ech against the whigs ion ensued, and be was finally asked to sit Mr. Pettie proposed Franc quent addre: Louis Bi jour readers address the F in a short and elo- ach. Thow of oquent speaker &e, anof any g 8, and even the ea shirked giving ors te pr f endea not @ republ 1 ent, but y honor at ne United (vuildball States Sir James Clarke, the Queen's private physician, bes offered his services to Noseuth I+ is pret that (Jueen Victoria's permisivn was given Advices from the Cape of Good Hope have ar- tived bere to the Ist October. Four severe es mente had taken place, aod several English bad been killed Sir [larry Smith requires more troops, and there seems no likelihood of « termination ofthe war, The nows is rag. very unsatisfactory ¢ Sth of November has passed off with compa- rative tranquillity pomptre ito Isst year Tnis time lest year, tbe Papal bill was ia full ory, and Cardinal Wisewan had the satisfaction of being sod burned in effigy, with the Pope and the whole of the Sacred College Hassey's American reaping machine has had 6 trial in presence of Prince Albert aad a semmittee The result wae most satiefectory. The Prince or- deted two machines—one for Windsor, the other for sborne; the committee declared it superior to command her, = MeCorinick’s The Recent m the London Ubrenicle, Nov 4 | ‘The recent advices from the United Staces bring jeces of intelligence which have a distinct, ‘ing upon each tied their tates of od @ seri rua insarraction rity is capidiy makiag ite thovg! other Tbe democr o aed Pennayi Og e.cet We Coajeal a Great popular demonstration of the working dlassea | in Copergagen Fields, in bonor of Kossuta, aad of | Im. | is natural the itself on the first it es ped rere for the preveat our re absolute certainty, the chances have shifted the | poral “emocrate since the signal and unexpected triumphs siples, but as an attempt to prolong the existence which they have just achieved. At the electoral & power all er hostile to the revolutionary convention which is to be held in the begianing of | cause, without having any solid claims to per 1852—with the view ef eoncentrating the suffrages | tuity. The arnouncement of this change of the entire party upon e single candidate—it is | President’s policy, accompanied as it was by the reported that three gentlemen will submit their en S of a competent and respectable claims to the erbitration of the popular delogates. | administration, produced, we believe, effect These are, General Cass, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. | than he antioipated in his favor among the of Illinois. we are to betieve the | republican party, and a far more injurious effect newspapers in their interest, each of these promi- | than he had anticipated among their opponents nent politicians will require the convention to | —the party of order, or, to speak more plainly, of take into account pretensions of a very pecu- | movarcby. In the provinces and in the Assem- liar, aithough of a very intelligible character. | bly this effect has been ane disastrous. [thas We are that General Cass—who is best | powerfully shaken the confidence of the country; Known among us from his unfl to popularize in America the Gal deas attached to the phrase th cog Albion—will offer, in the event of election, to expel the English and troublesome Consul, Mr. Chatfield, from the Bay of Honduras and the Mosquito shore Mr. Buchanan, who was Secretary of State in President Poik’s administration, will engege to recommence the game of Texan annexation with the provinces of the Mexican republic, adjoining tl wiy guar- axteed border line. And we see that a paragraph has just made its appearance simu'taneously in a & great number of American journals, to the effect that Mr. Douglas, the candidate of the you and hewever malty the language of the me: may be adapted to allay this Sipvention and minish this unfavorable impression, it cannot alter the facts of the case. The ministry has fallen it is succeeded by men utterly wanting in public confidence, for they are unknown in the ey of in, and are probably no less deficient in required to conduct the French nation assage and a crisis of un led culty. The executive power is thus reduced to the person of Louis Napoleon, surrounded by a danger- ous apd unpopular knot of secret advisors, while his ostensible ministers are notoriously inadequate to the performance of such a task as they have under- tern demoeracy,. will redeem himself ia the eyes of | taken ; and in this predicament the President onters | the South, by pledging his fature government to | upon a session which must be decisive as to his the conquest of Cuba, as a sort of counterpoise to | own future career, and may involve the dearest in- the free soil tendencies of which he is suspected. In | terests of the nation. this race of immorality, the confidence of tha demo- In spite of the strong language in which the mos- cratic party is to be the crown; and it is at least | sage speaks of the existence of a vast revolutionary prokable that whoever gains that confidence, will | covepiracy preparing all its resources for & general the next President of the Amorican re public. | outbreak in 1552, and in spiteof the assurances The revolt of Northern Mexico against the cen- | given by the President of his determination to re- tral power, would not, by itself, possess that color | sist and attack those elements of disturbance and of importance which roems at first sight to attend | evil, it was at once clear, from the aspect and con- it. ae before the lo-sely jointed society of the | duct of parties at this first meeting of the Assem less populous Mexican provitices was completely de- | bly, that ‘he repeal of the elcetoral law and the ranged by the war with the United States, it is well restoration of unlimited universal suffrage overpow- | ascertained tbat entire regions were eccasionally | ers every other consideration. The government in a state of virtual insurrection—the power found vo support but from the benches of the ex- of taxation, and all the attributes of sove- | treme left. and the first vote of the house on the reignty, baving passed, for the time, to some question of taking the ministerial measure into im- band of guerillas or to individual adventurers, | mediate consideration was decidedly adverse to the executive power. M. Berryer’s proposition for committee cn the state of the nation was evidently received with favor by the majority, though 0; | who would for moaths exercise absolute rule over | the ia ~~ had Ce nla yee aa ro regular troops destroyed or lor them. It ds | probable that disturbances like the present assume sed be M. Giraud on behalf of the goverament; Proportions, in the columns of American newspa- ut the furtber consideration of this measure was pers, which do not belong to them on the field of deferred till the following day. action, the reason being simply that the phenomena We shall have ecoasion to revert moro fully to of Mexican politicos are more narrowly observed | the arguments employed by Louis Napcleon in fa- and more faithfully geported than they used to et reat ie 5 ee a Fagg np vee A galt ge | Still, that tl a 3 . Still, there cannot be a qaestion that the proofs of KS Ace Widt eetocies be dgslaretion a ieing wei exhibited by the Mexican Executive in the recent contest, must have materially diminished Ways expected that it would be his duty to propose that measure of authority which it once possessed arepeal of the law which he hi sanctioned. over the more distant and worse governed portions | The importance of such a law, regulating the suf- ofits dominions, while, at the same time, a charas- | frage, lies altogether in its application to the great | ter of extreme gravity is incidentally communioat- electoral acts of the nation, namely, the choice of | ed to the outbreak which has boen announced, by 4 President and the choice of an Assembly. Ex- | its occurring just at the moment when that party in cept to supply a few casual vacancies, which can, of the United ates which ostentatiously ards course, produce no important effect on the balance | international obligatiens appears on the eve of re- of parties, the !aw has necessarily been inoperative, turning to power. Very slender pretexts will serve and will remain so until the of the general ‘or thé anibition of the American democrats; but | election returns. Tha: period coincides with the © perceive that their journals are reel eager to , President's cajaration of office, #0 that when Louig establish, first of all, the oxoessive unpopularity of | Napoleon 2eclpres that he always intended to de- the M t with the higher and mand the abrogation of this , it amounts toa Northern provinces, and, declaration that he never intended it to be put in nnexation on the part of _ force at all, and that it was a more concession to the panic of last spring, or, as he describes it, “a poli- the Roman Caibolten Iti le | the Roman Catholic clergy. It is just that men of eubs' in Northern Mexice 1 y be de- | tical act, not an electoral law.” If such were his sirous of exchanging the insecurity of insufficient | sighed reflections, they were certainly not shared protection for the more energetic operation of Anglo- by the large pelaiy which voted for the bill, or Saxon institutions; but the sentiment attributed by the ministers who have since carried on his to the Pricsts, if the story any claim atall government, amongst whom the reporter of the bill to credibility, can only be explained b; fer- occupied a prominent place. ence for the perfect religious freedom of the United | _ Whatever may be the advantages anticipated States over that chronic conflict between the eccle- | from the repeal of such a measure, and althouge siastical and secular powers which seems to be the | some inconveniences and inconsistencies might per- normal condition of societies in which Ito Sar | haps thus be obviated, two difficulties remain, tholicism is established. Time Is wasted, however, | Which are, in fact, created and aggravated to the in examining assertions which, if t: irrele- | highest degree by ‘ane cs tude of the exe- vant. The ularity of a Li cutive government. that the introduo- would be the -~ a bay for isereeatoor ‘f % | tion of such a proposal, by sucha ministry, and for were attempted ; and atts best chance of escape | such eal pes renders the dissension between the | fom outrage lies, either in the failure of the ean- | President andthe majority of the Assembly, infi- guine anticipations entertained by the democratic | nitely more violent and direct than it has been yet; party, or the 7 sion of th: It. | the second is, that while Louis Napoleon proposes This ts is rend: ea mace dilhoale, uefertuantsty; to restore the unlimited suffrage, he b: yg means by the temptations which the disturbed provinces | testifies any increase of deference for t meeps rarms of wild adventurers which | which that suffrage has called, and will agair ps out to the s into existence. On contrary, means to separate himself from both its parties, and, according to the principle on which he is act- ing, the Assembly is to be armed with all tho autho- rity of a universal suffra, but is to exercise no positive control over the acts of the executive pow- er. The Assombly has, indeed, on several former occasions, placed itself altogether in the wrong, b ridiculous apprehensions, and by shamefel coal tions against the ministerial adherents of the Pre- sidert. But the more serious the aspect of affairs bus grown, and the more nearly the decisive mo ment approaches that will terminate the existences of both the powers of State, the more temperate and firm its conduct has seemed to become We sincerely hope that at this trying moment it will rsevere in the same moderate course; for at the Bret act dectated by passion or by violence, its caure is lost. The government of a grea: nation carrot be carried ou by a perpetual contest. Some conditions of agreement must yet be found, or both the partice in this conflict will only achieve their | mutual destruction; fer no attempt to place the | covstitution ard the government of France on a se- | cure foundation, can be successful or ent whioh does not combine the political strength and intelli- ‘ence of the nation, with the man designated either 3 the suffrages of the people, or by the heroditary rights of the monarchy. The latter contingency is still so improbable, or so remote, that we have yet to learn that any other combination Cog rv at the present time, as good a chance for the mainte- panieh authorities has frighten- Large numbers of disbanded ntlyonlisted with one or other ofthe miserable republicos which are tearing themselves to pieces in Central America There 3 great reason to foar that the recent news will t them to take ship immediately for a more | nt and lucrative field. bave already hinted our impression that the | of the demosratic candidate for the Presi- | acy, although rot very probable, is not bayond ¢ bounds of possibility. The successes in Ohio d Penusylvania, while they secure for the demo- 6 am ascendancy in the central Legislature which can hardly be disturbed for years to coma, Jo not necessarily put them in possession of the executive. Their majorities in the middle States ve been obtained by a comprise between the | ‘O great sections of the party, the “bunkers,” 0 democrats, and the “ barnburners,” or fres men; and it must be remembered that, just in vroportion to the solidity of the alliance eomented between the disunited locofoeos, their candidate for | the Preeidency must lose c-edit end influence with | the Southern States. No democrat, as such, will | receive the support of the South, where the old party designations of tho American Union appear to be ontirelr superseded Ls the new and signifi- cant ee. secessionist and co-operationist. We doubt whether a handred electors can be discovered below Mason and Dixon's line who would vote for a candidate with the faintest | ted of rate was de: 5 its value is California, and that ust redustion suc! will, of bp maanares by She progertion, which the new ply may bear to the existing stock What amcunt of that stock may be ia wholly unknown, but there can be little quest that fifteen millions per annum is not relatively an insignificant addi- ion to. it. 's have surmised that 400 millions is about comaiige throughout the world. . If that can be taken as any degree correct, it will be easily undorstood that the Californian supplies must soon make thom- selves seriously felt whenever the condition of Europe sball cause the quantities now eagerly se- creted to return to active*purposes. But it is, after all, not a question of an addition of fifteen millions ee annum. If any reliance can be placed on ordinary evidence, ree from California alone is onl; aan to be limited LE hrag Seren ot - yulati 7 i to reach = » ity of the men for machinery. Tee Mupoasble ene any other reason why the fifteen millions should not be increased to thirty or sixty. No word of failing supplies has yot reached us. On the ooa- trary, the miners seem dig; to welcome as many fellow laborers aa may eee fit to join them, and every one asserts that the whole country is rich, and that, as far as the present ration are concerned, it may be pronounced 4 The old impression that ld is oever found in large or continuous quantities is wholly dispelled, and scarcely any news could now arrive from Cali- fornia, Bolivia, Peru, or Australia, that could take the public greatly by ly aoa ainaes ay of these oi romances, ur must be lous to encourage the tendency, always too strong in the pth of minds, to beliowe that the old routine of things is to go on as it has alwa: gone. I: can do no harm to keep the possibilities of the case constantly in view, 69 that people may learn gradually and quietly to adapt their interests to whatever may occur. At the same time it may be questioned if the changes destined to be produced will not be so balanced in their operation a3 greatly to diminish the relative disturbancs among the various in- terests that must be affected by them On the 22d February, 1849, the Times gave an outline of the primary effects to be looked for from any striking alteration of the relations between the precious metals ard property in general, and the subject has been dealt with clsewhere, ard on other occasions, until the public have become familiar with it. But although the fact is unders:ood that real estate and all properties, the rent or charge for which can be raised at will, are eecure from depreciation in case of an increased currency, while the property or annuitants, on the contrary, will be expesed to it, there are a vaet number of modifications to be taken into account by which this course of affairs may be lepton unfluenced The impulse of many, when 1 aa glanco at the question, is to sell annuities and buy land. Others think justity that railways, steam vessels, houses, mashinery, &c., must be equally or still more desirable. Ti march of progress, however, which has brought about the late discoveries of gold, must also bi ing changes that will effect in some measure the fixed- ness even of these possessions. While the distance between the United States and England is being perry bn by year in a way that bids fair to con- stitute them neighbor: countries, the fact that Jands are to be had in abundance at frem 5s to 203. per acre 6n one side must operate powerfully on the value of similar holdings on the other. The im- pone in modes of building, such as have een foreshadowed by the construction of the Crys- tal Palace, must likewise impart a more temporary character to existing house Property. The same ig to be said with regard to ships, roads, canals, and all things that come wi the of scien- tific advancement. In this way it will be seen that ‘while the annuitant will be le to rely on the perpetuity of his income furnishing him with an exemption from the necessity of vigilance, labor, or enterpriro, the same fate awaits most of those who are cmbarked in different investments. The alarm of one class, therefore, may be mitigated by the fact that all others will be morejor less affected by analogous conditions; and the promise for the future is, that while it will be difficult for persons of wealth to find any secure resting place for indo- lence, the universal activity that will be called up will furnish continuous rewards to sagacity and ex- ertion such as have never before been offered in any age. Amusements of the Jockey Club of Parts. The long talked-of ight between Lord H ’s two owls, ron and Young, and twevle rats, came ff at midnight on the 25th of October, in the draw. ofthe Jockey Ciab. le of the rats, amounting to all taken by Lord H , who backed his yiumed chaw pions ‘The most perfect order prevailed in the dr: ing room. The place of every spectator was assig: to him by the jud; of the battle, whose ord were implicitly submitzed to. Lord H had on hi right M. Mery, the poet of Marseilles, who, while the warlike prepa hs were going on, improvised a dozen strophes inspired by the singular oc sasi At about half-past 11 o'clock, Victor Couturier ictroduced the rats. The lar; in which they were contained was placed upona table in the mid- dle of the room, in order that the inmates, who had fasted for twenty-four hours, might be publicly fed. ‘The dish chosen to sustain their strength and ani- mate their ardor was a pasty of Perigord truffles, prepared by that worthy successor of Vatel, the bead cook of the club. [n three mi these de- licacies were disposed of with an evident relish and appreciation which could hardly have been predioa- Lord H. then ordered his faleoner tu bring inthe owls Iron Beak and come were bornin Scotland, bese on estate of his lordship, where for two years they intebited an old tower, in which they were one da kes, the fal- ai kind. "Thoy turprised and captured by William are each two feet high—their eyes of a ghastly nance of order, ar the re-election of the President, | provided it be accomplished by legal means, and provided he retain or regain the confidence of some class of statesmen in the country taint of anti-slavery principles; and yet ther Cass nor Bachanan will find it easy to unite the entire Northern democracy in his | favor, without @ concession of some sort to the free soil creed. Under these circumetances—and especially since it has been shown that in all the electoral contests throughout the South the ad- vantage remains with the co-operationist or mo- | | The Effects of an Abundance of Gold, | {From the London Times, Nov. 6 | The question as to the probable effects of an derate party—there is room for hope that Daniel | ‘itation. Webster, now faltly started ax a onnéidtes for the | abundance of gold, is again in agitation. Pr sidency, may be at ings elevated to the high | pected by the most sanguine—the juct, at the es ooo oe = ue weet, jealousy LF | end of each year, having ex the highest g” ers has exclude: im ie. | and there are | Webster bas berne the whole bruat of the un pone Eh Dy y attending the ogecution of the Fu aw,and bas thas gained the confidence ele ws bate prevails to believe that no extraordinary changes sla the Southern States, without aleniating any consi- e i ndin When derable fraction of ‘his natural partisans in the | in {kételations of money are impending. it wae | N the e-nservative whigs he sense of jus- itted tha: ifanythiog like eight or ten millions tice exbibited by the administration which be at Present conduets is an adequate guarantee that, un- der his Presidency, none of the groaser out son public law and international morality will be per- mitted; and the faint alloy, which might, bape oe have otherwise mingled with our satisfaction at his ‘omotion, is now removed by the knowledge that it is altogether out of bis power to derange the Gscal policy embodied in the present American tariff. sterling should annually be produced for a series of | cose, there could be no doubt st 6 effects would | e witnessed. Butit was contended that, instead of | this continued yield there would be a gradual de- — cline after the first year or two. That idea bein; now effectually set aside, a now argument | adopted. ‘The exports of for the twelve month: Whatever el @ recent elections establish, they he present » rove that the Union is now irrevocably on the ca | ping phd ey) may reer of free trade. When even the protectionist £15,000,000. In the face of this supply there has | Pennsylvanians return a (overnor who sapports-the existing system. a liberal modification of it is not | le disturbance in the mea- re assumed that t eure of value far distant On questions of trade and finanes, it dq ity by sb; aug- it must be recollented thst the two heures aro om- | S¥swented quantity hes been me, by an es nipotent, and the Lresident powerless. The houses | try mc of the world, @ like anaual addition wil we now democratic and free yon by an im | henceforth o ly be absorbed | mense majority; and though. by mentioning its de- | "This inference, although it is urged by some able | vires with reference to America Kaglist news- ppears altogether ans: d. paper is always in danger of defeating its ownends, | Tis only cesta of the result of the inerencod «upply we cannot help expressing our wish that the affairs of the United States always be directed by whig Executive and a democratic Legislature uld be an alteration in the relative value of gold le rise in the pepe a hse wee et gree] m ment of silver whic! ocourred in France, an itd year iae beanie, war | which was pisinly foreseen, has prevented the The annual message of the President of tho | A ae from BS Pe Fyey bpd An 4 French republic was read by the Minister of the | mited ¢: te om fae hoon task Interior on Tuesday afternoon, to the National As | Changes in our commeesinl Bytom vee oditics, tar sembly, in presence of a very full attendance of the | ** '0 produc Sales neutralise any moderate in- representatives of France. Whatever may have kind. been the original intentions of the author of this document, which were imprutently, and perhaps tor the i inaccurately, diselosed by one of the chieforgans of | CPOURL to sccoun of the Eiyees, aubsequsnt retltion, aad the eeot | thos far produced no palpab produc op the country by the changes of the inst | fortnight, bave reduced the message, in format | least, a very temperate strain of language. [ts | real significance ts altogether confined to one fac’ which was already known—namely, the propo: for the repeal of the electoral law of the 3lst of j proposal i¢ made without any quali- Setitate The measare brought for- ward by the government is a simple abrogation of the law requiring three consecutive years of domi- eile in electors, and a return tothe wider condition of siz months’ residence, which was the basis of univereal suffrage in France, from the spring of 1348 to that of 10) ~The National Assembly is piaia ly called upon to reverse a statutory enactment carried about eighteen montha ago, by the uw efforts of the friends of order, aod other - cations of conditions, sush a8 those of property, or ntelligence, are equally disclaimed aod abandoned sterling in excess of what she extent to whieh hoarding both ofgold ceden' used by the Irish emigresion, large totals to Western America, where much of it wili long remain; and fiaally, there has beoa the ctorn to India of agroat portion of that specie which was suddeuly drawn to lngland after the anic of 1447 ceptional viroumstances exist, therefore, . ficient to readyr it unnecessary to sesume that an nerease im the demand for gold has sudden sprung Up yr anextent such as steadily to absorb | ifters raiVions per annum. The tondency of civi- izatiod is to render née dless the wae of the precious metals Tor purposes of barter, and although now at feerel toe obeciate | 1 ay ot y 4 ny ‘= olowes and settlements for a time éreate fresh mouth ot thé advocates of pure and absolute de ‘mands, thore is no reason to suppose that they ‘ wore than counteract the evanomieal influences nd this adberence to their system of go Napoleon pledges 4 by the general + gi We perfectiy andersta’ combere in progress. Even California herself is t belteved to hove absorbe J, in the shape of oir clation, more than two or three millions, while, a the other hand, we have to bear in mind the fete of extended bankirg ascommodation, and be vee of money orders, pustag a8. and other timilar contrivances, which are more of loss being imitated in every part of tae world a rit ne Gisge cau only be attelyared tq the tue personal ia- | RRR eater. | corn ecner. They are owls of the large transparepoy—their piumage a mixture ef various thades of gray—their talons remarkable for their | form, strength, and flexibility. As the cloek strack | twelve the signal for the combat was Gre. Vistor Couturier let loose the twelve rate. y had pre- viously “a each @ separate compartment in the cage, and finding themselves on the floor of the ing room, while the digestion of the trufties was oD, were about to fall foul of each other; when William Perkes turned the two owls into the arena. oe ed emong the it the forcing orles of the and the gnashing of iran Beak opeune the war Robe ron Beak o the war by flying at Robert Macaire, alias the Greek, and Melsing him by the beunches, pounded bim as completely as a boa con- s‘rietor would do a calf that be was about to aw: low. Young atthe same time as effectually dis- yored of the unlucky Coquard, alia the Book eeper. Prine unt, alias Chemouski, Ro- dilaid, alias the Vagabond, and Briaquet, alias Cut Kouckles, fell altogether apon Young, and bung on to his claws. Young caceed Rodilard d Brisquet ruccessively to bite the dust; bat | Prince Petulant obstinately renewod his attacks Young's posteriors, and broke his thigh in two mces. By this time iron Beak had alain Voltaire, jas the Kaemy of (oscurity, the beave Ratapoil the Vexer, ani larkness, alias the Pancaka But he had sustained the injury of a brokee ola The chances were now nearly equal. . two owls were seriously wounded, bat five rats only more or lees injured, survive The interest of the battle was at this moment height; Poul sstrol, alias the Wigmaker, who had hitherto cowered i s if ashamed of bimeeif, suddenly rushed upon Young, threw bim upon bis side, and literally ate out his eyes. The ow! uttered a horrible scream; but in his dying struggles tore open the bowels of Poulastrel vith bis b che two onemies ex- pired side by side at the «= was now singly opposed to Toarlouron, ali Rrushmsker, the Marquis, alias Hide your Love, the Parisian, alias the Chaffir,and Prince Petu- lant. ‘The latter, who had eatoe more trufflos than any other rat, was furious beyond measuze. He clung to the sound leg of [row Beak, and continued to gnaw it, while the owl kilted all the remaining Of ali the gallant combatants, Iron Beak, the owl, and Prince Potulant, the rat, 1e Sup sived, both mortally wounded, embed, ut still ‘eshing sparks of fury a5 each othen from thoir * The judges at this stage desiarad the battle vont, but decided that the stakes are to be b ‘to the owner of the comba- tant that shail live the longest. Upen this annomnse- ment Vieyor Couturier carried of Trince Ma to be doatored and nursed. William Per! the faleoner, took care of lron leak, andthe on either cide are now awaiting with anxiety the result, of the skill of the vespective medical jants of the mutilated heaoes a drawn one for the Paonant Mczpen—M ‘ rrmy.—On Priday even’ inginst, th in fr ‘aabing to cn perved rome ol inter upon the coweateher. On ther inves! thie wae, found to be the body of & ma py ahead Naturally that the man sen hie brief stoppage placed upon the line of im plausible master for his destruction. ele, © Se, Gomes — =. en & Takn named McClure, the mire, of cre banks, near the line of the railroad. have not heard whether any inquest had the body but suppose that uch must “che affair ie certainly a very horrible one —Netional telligencer, Nov. W.