The New York Herald Newspaper, February 19, 1852, Page 2

ater from Europe. Three Days L ARRIVAL longer, and the dissolution of Parliament is nent. Mary! immi- Westminster and lebone have offered to return Palmerston ; so has the important cit; Gien is said Palmerston has toceptod tne latter. —— th diferent Tenders net wills hone fon of tho different leaders ; w oneat Jol MAIL STEAMSHIP CANADA, | Bull ic hastily girding up his nd shoulde: BRITISH PE RGR, Pe , 8 rifle to martin anata Gaul, the ‘minis — Aspect of Affairs on the Other Side of the Atlantio, THE THREATENED WAR IN EUROPE AYTITUDE OF FRANCE TOWARDS ENGLAND, The Answer of England to the Continental Powers, Relative to the Refagees, Astonishment of Louis Napoleon at the War Rumors in London, Wk Dinner, and Avowals to Engtishmen in Paris, Gur English and French Correspondence. The Very Latest, by Telegraph, from London to Liverpool. THE MARKETS. steamship Canada, Captain Lang, arrived at this port at eight o’clock yesterday morning, from Liverpool, whence she sailed at half past three o’clock on Saturday afternoon, tho 31st ult. Sho dipped in the samo terribly boisterous ‘weather experienced by the Humboldt, Niagara, Europa, and Pacific. Oar thanks are due to Capt. Lang, for hie kind attention in supplying the New York Herap with the latest intelligence. ‘The American mail steamship Franklin, Captain Wotton, hence 17th ult., arrived at Southampton, Eng., on the 28th. There has been very little alteration in American Securities in the London market, and business had ‘been quict. The quotations on the 30th ult , were ‘as follo BDnited States 5 per Cent Bonds, 185: Do. 6 per Cent Bonds, 186 Do. 6 per Cent Bonde, 1868 Do, _6 per Cent Stock, 1 Pennsylvania 5 per Cent Stock... + Big a B2K Massachuretts 6 per Cent Sterling Bonds, 1868.. aeee 107 8 108 Maryland 6 rl 88 a S8y Canada 6 per Cent Bonds, 1874. 109 a 110 Boston Oity 5 per Cent Bonds, 1 93 a 934g Tho return from tho Bank of England, for the Week ending the 24th ult., gives the following re- sults when compared with the previous week:— i y £52 968 On the other side of the account:— Government securities £15,269.098.. The same as before. Other securities. ..... 11,336.325.. Decrease... .£52.401 Notes unemployed. ..... 10,741,950..Inorease.... 629,110 The amount of notes in circulation is £20,640, 410, being a decrease of £397,925; and the stock of bullion in both departments is £17,933,524, showing nincrease of £205,637 when compared with the preceding return. M. Poreigny, the French Minister of the Interior, has addressed a circular to the profects, to release immediately from prison, and restore to their fami- Hies, all poor misled insurgents. Military judicial authorities will receive similar orders. It is believed that the President of France will not Modify the decree respecting the Orleans property, but that he will grant the family some indemnity. The state of siege in the Grand Duchy of Baden has been prolonged. The financial exposé drawn up, by M. Fould on the 20th ult., and published in the Mmiteur, is Rot very cheering. At the Bourse, however, it was @onsidered satisfactory that the ostimated deficit forthe year is only twenty millions, The return of M. Fould to tho Ministry of Finance is riddled dol ening ENB Lal his return will not be very speedy. M. de Morny refuses to take any office unless there be a change of policy. Prince Jerome Bonaparte is nominated President of the Senate ; M. Mesnard, First Vice President; and MM. Drouyn de L’Huys and Troplong, Vico Presidents. Advices from Paris state that MM. Chevalier and Paravey are hesitating ebout aecepting the fanetions of Councillors of State. According to a report of the French Minister of War, it appears that the loss to the army during the disturbances on the 3d and 4th of December amounts to 1 officer and 27 men killed, and 17 offi- eersand 167 men wounded. Of the civilians the number killed, according to ascounts, which aro said to be authentic, amounts to 19], the greater portion of whom were insurgents. Only $7 are known to have been wounded. The winter at Berlin continues so mild that in the “Thicrgarten”’ (park at the gates ef the town) the trees are budding, and the daisies are coming forth in the gerdens. ‘The accounts from Naples state that the Minis- ter ef Foreign Affairs has resigned, and has been succeeded provisionally by M. Louis Caraffa. M. ‘Troia succeeds to the Presidency. ‘The anticipation that France will issue decroes for the prohibition of the exportation of coin, as the Emperor of Rustia has done by an imperiai ‘tkare, ie causing considerable excitement in the commercial citios of Europe In gpite of the opposition of \ustrin, the Hano- verian Chambers, by a large majority, rati- fied the commercial treaty of the 7th ptember botween Hanover and Prussia. Tho Austrians continue to provoke tho Sardinian government, which has iseued a notification for- bidding the Austrian steamers on the Lake Mag- giore from approaching the Piedmontese coast. The French government declare somi-oflicially that, in the late attacks on Morocco, they have obtained complete satisfaction, either in corporal | cbastisement or in monoy, for the grievances they complained of at Tangiers Affaire in Austria are dull and gloomy, agrioul- tural distress prevailing everywhere, particularly in Croatia A winisterial crisisin Denmark hag just tormi- nated by the formation of a new cabinet In Spain the ministers are divided respecting the distiibution of the church property. ‘Tho Prussian minister of finance has brought in a bill re-imposing the stamp duty on newspapers for revenuc purposes It is said that the Emporor of Russia has prohi- bited the exportation of wheat from his dominions. Our London Correspondence. Lo Friday evening, Jan. 30, 1952 ws—- John Bull buckles on his Ar- The rwmored Invaston und — Im Parliameniary § mor and Shoulders a Rijle of Englanl—Lowis Napoleon runs Ag The Orleans Property—Berryer’s Report— perial Lagle—France forgets the Tune of * Rule Britannia”~—Jerome Bonaparte President of the New Senate—Dr. Véron runs his Pen into the Elyste—Lord Normanty Resigns—Lieut. Pim veurnd—A Ball at the Twileries — Germany dndia, ¥ On Tuesday next Parliament epens, and tho vos se] of the state will be once more la’ d upon the disturbed waters of political discussion. The pro minent feature in the foreground is Lord Palmer. ston; then thore is the Keform bill; our re with France and Austria; the engincer’s strike; our national defences; the burning of the Amazon; and, not least, the Cape and the Kafir war. To this England at his first leisure moment, has ground to such an extent, and there isin reality g0 much foundation for the supposition, that tho mingham), and other measures are give the Frenchman so w4rm a shal when he comes that is will astonish whole countr; Preparing for the oratorical tribune. e rumor that Louis Napoleon intends to invade gained vernment has thought fit to recall a portion of 0 Se Mediterranean fleet, andan admiral will hoist a pennant on board a 120 mand of a channel equ erected the rifle has been adopted instead of the musket an ship, and take com- on. Battories are beil along our shores, tho artillery increase: (an order for 25,000 rifles has been sent to Bir- aalatly taken to @ by the hand im. The forming into private rifle corps. Most of cur yg mon aro good shots, and 100,000 rifles in practised hands would pick off a few men, to say the least. However, though I agree with the old saying— Se vis pacem para bellum—still I do not think that there is any fear of an invasion; though if driven to ® last resource, such a step would renew the popu- larity of the Vrince of the republic, as ho is styled, if backed by an appeal to the glare de la France la tombe de St. Helene et la bataille de Vaterloo ! The files of papors you will receive by this mail are teeming with letters, leaders, and hints on na- tional defences. Louis Napoleon, meantime, has run aground. My last letter announced to you a change of mi- nistry and the confiscation of the Orleans property. and has done more to damage the reputation of Louis Napoleon than the confiscation of French liberty, which he did by a slight of hand, than the gagging of the press, and the,banishment of some 4,000 innocent perscns. Every man of respectable feeling for equity in France, has refused to join his ministry. Even M. Dupin has tendered his resignation as Attorney General. It is regarded as the firat blow against all property. A very eminent man observed that it was the decapitation of property; he compared it to the decapitation of Louis XVI, which was sooa followed by wholesale murders. Jenclose you M. Berryer’s report, which was made in 1848, on the question of the confiscation of this very property, brought ‘orward on the 10th Oct. of that year, by M. Juies Favre. There is but one opi- nion upon this subject. But Louis Napoleon wants funds, and he cares yery little how he obtains them. It must bo said that ho has,if I may so express myself, all the virtues of a great criminal; he sticks at nothing. Even his brother (or rathor half brother) de Morny, was obliged to leave him. The imperial eagle, however, raises his pinions above public opinion. Ho cannot kill everybody who speaks, or stifle the young thought in the mind, but he abolishes newspapers that speak against him, exiles men that are hostilo to him, and lords it supreme. How France can stand this much longer, | am at a lossto tell. I have spoken with various Frenchmen on the subject, and they all exclaim cest infame! c'est indigni, but they have not the pluck to form and advance. They are cowed. They are aware that Louis Napoleon will sweep the streets with grape, without hesitation. Frepch- nen are slaves at the presont moment. The Moniteury continues to issue decrees of ap- pointments. The Senate is organized. Jerome Bonaparte is appointed President; M. Mesnard, First Vico President ; and M. M. Drouyn de L’Huys and Troplony, Vice Presidents. Tho appearance of the following paragraph in the Constitutionnel of Wednesday last (the acknow- ledged organ of the Elysee), caused considerable sensation, both in political circles and at the Bourse: The Rente went up If. yesterday. Hopes were enter- tained that a new decres would appear in the Moniteur of this day, to submit to the Senate and legislative body the question of the Orleans property. We were unwill- ing to oppose, even by silence, the decree which pro- nounces the return to the State of a part of that pro- perty. Our devotedness to the cause of Louis Napoleon, which we have always looked on since Dec. 10 as the cause of society, imposed on itself, on this occasion, a most painful duty. How rejoiced should we be if this rigorous measure could be subjected to a new examina- tion, and no longer weigh on the government of Decem- ber 2. ‘The article wassigned by Dr. Verers. The Doctor, who is editor. had slipped it in slily, because he had been slighted by the President, and took this means of informing the public that he did not approve of the confiscation measure. The copies containing this little ebullition of feeling were immediately seized, and @ paragraph appeared in the officia Patrié, to say that it did not omanate from the Elysce, and was en invention of ite author. The joke is a good one. Lord Normanby has resigned his post of Ambassador to the French re- public. He will be succeeded by Lord Cowley, our minister at Frankfort. wovurg, Lieutenant Pim has arrived {rastpstian journey. haying citi Murope is tranquil. Tho second Chamber of Hanover, on the 234, adopted, by a large majority, the treaty of the 7th of Seprember, with Prussia, relating to the com- mercial affairs of the two countries. A Vienna letter of the 224 mentions a report that Baron Krauss, Minister of Justice, had offered his resignation, and that it had been accepted. It was added that the new judicial organization could not be completed for two years. We have received by electric telegraph the fol- lowing summary of news by the overland mail, from Bombay, on the 3d instant :— Dhost Mohammed’s health is re-established Sir C. Campbell's forces had not yet returned. Bome ekir- mishing had taken place, and one affair with cavalry near Derra Gazer K ban. Troops of Upper Boinde were going to Keypoor, and a rererve was forming at Hyderabad. The Nizam had only pald £90,000 on account of the £400,000 due, and cannot procure a greater sum. His domains were ina state of anarchy, as also those of Oude, A naval force has been collected at Rangoon. Exports alteration. Cotton, 72 r. to 82 r. per candy. Freight to Liverpool, £2; Lendon, £2 10s, ‘© change in stocks, Our Paris Correspondence, POLITICAL. Panis, January 29, 1852. The Reasons for, and Mawner of, the Confiscation of the Orleans Property—The Knavish Lawy Union of the Bourbon Family—The Protest of the Ambassadors of Spain, Brazil, &c.—Their Sul- jugation by Louis Napoleom—His Family Claims on the French Nation for an Immense Sum—The Members of the State Council and Senators—Good Salaries—Dissolution and Contempt of the Con- ultative Assembly—Re-establishment of Titles—In- ternational C England—Effect of a similar Treaty with the United Stotes—The Abolition of the Stamp Duty on Novds— Cessativ the State of Siege in Aus- tria—Rumored Re tion of the Duke of Modena in favor of the Austrian Emperor—Iilness of the King of Greece—Arrest of a would-be Assassin of the King of Prussia—Constitution of the Portu- gucse Assemb; When I was writing, in my last letter, the last paragraph, containing the rumored news of the projected decree, having for its object the seizur? of the property of the Orleans family, it will be remembered by my readers that 1 consi lered it as slander, propegated with the desire to injure the reputation of Louis Napoleon, and made un by his enemies. It was, alas, but tootrue! 1 had been well informed, endon Friday morning, the next day after the departure of my letter, the Monileur publithed the entiro decree containing the long a xplanatory considérants, which, despite their @ an jing, or rather exe- cuting this unp re, haye been con- sidered by the whole body of the French people, who have neither hostile passion nor bad wishes against the Prince President, as one of the greatest faults he has ever committed in his life, politically speaking. I only refer my readers to the violont articles published in the press of England, namely, the Zimes and Standard, (thie last newspaper had U now been in favor of the President,) and they will have the real appreciation of the decree, not only in England, but alsoin Europe. On the othor side of the channel, where the liberty of the press hae uo fear or impediment, the writers of the article ve referred to, have no fear to call the President a nderer” and a“‘highwayman.” Hero, whore the sword of Damocles (under the shape of prison, exile and ecizure of one’s property) is hung over the head of all those who dare oxprees opinions not in favor of the government oxclusively, we keep silence and we think “no Jess.” 1 may say, with the utmozt truth, that a unanimous folle has been uttered againet the prince Presidont, as soon as the decree anpih g the property of tho Orleans famil; had been known by the public. I have met, in all circles of society, men who were entirely devo tedto Louis Napoleon, who have now ¢¢ nioased that they never did expect that he would render himself f th 2 just oe ,anda denial of bis own principlos. Tho famed motto: La propriété c'est le val’ which had been nearly forgotten since the captivity of its au- Wr sion, and bas become quite popular among all those who have been talking about polit 6 for tho story relative to that deeree, it is as follows:— Louis Napoleon had for his object, first to revenge olla podvida add personal envics, joalousios, and bickerings » cabinet, and you will have some idea of wh oming Lord Jobu meets Parliament with bis present eorps of minieters. Hoe cannot stumblo ou much ossible, their power ia I'ranco, and also to mako imeclf popular with others money. demanding the advice of his ministers, whom he knew well would be opposed to that unpolitical measure, he sont for on outlaw, ® prevacicating ak This step has created a sensation uncxampled, | and imports were lively. Prices of goods without | nt Treaty between France and } guilty of such a violation of the rights of thor, M. Proudhon, has been revived on this occa- himeelf of the Orleans family, then to upset, if Instead of his eeveneions a was er O! the President, and he wrote, an legal terms of the codé, the articles of the decree. When this Piece of impudence was achieved, the Pre- fident showed it to M. Fould, then mi- nister of finance, who did all in’ his power to dissuade him to publish it. M. de | Morny acted inthe same manner, and he positivel; refused to sign it, as Minister of the Interior an chief of the council of ministers. Thus it was deemed advisable to assemble all the m: , and this took place on Thu: Jast, ia the morning. General St. Arnault and M. Ducos, as well as tho above named ministers, 0 d the project, and Tomonstrated with energy against its d propos. Nothing could be obtained from the obstinacy of the President, who told his intimate friends—those who had run the risk of their lives to support him on the 2d of December last—“Well, gentlemen, if you go backwards, I go forwards, and need no | more of your assistance.” This decided Mossrs. Rouher, Foula, and De Morny to give their*re- signation into the hands of the Preshiont 3 and he thereupon issued three decrees, by which M. do Morny was replaced by M. de Persigny, M. Rouber by M. Abattucoi, and M. Foula by M. Bineau. This was not even saflicient, for, with the intention to ape the government of tho [-mperor Napoleon, the President created, also, by | two decrees, a Minister Secretary of State and a Minister of Police. The first was M. X. de Casa- bianca, his bosom friend, the rival of M. Do Persigny; and the second, M. de Maupas, who changed his title of profect to that of minister. | With the help of the above named individuals, and under their immediate protection, the lon; Pro- jected decree of the seizure of the property of Louis Philippe’s children made its appearance in the Montieur, and was immediate! y published by posting bills all over tho capital. I think it ureless to add that the Orleans family have protested against the spoliation of their father’s inheritance, which had been considered as just, and not to be attacked even by the provigional government of 1818 which, it will be remembered, did so many wrong things. [ feel inclined to belicve that there will be much contro- Versy on the subject, and that many a law suit will ensue. J am authorized to eay that from this very moment, the long talked of fusion of tha two branches of the Bourbon family is an accomplished fact The American motto ‘Union is strength,” has been finally understood by them; and s0 much the better for the future destiny of France. The Ambassadors of Naples, Spain, and Brazil, in the names of the Dutchess d’Aumale, Princess de Joinville, and Dutchess of Montpensier, have Frotested against the decree, and manifested their intention not to assist at the grand ball given at tho ‘Tuileries. ‘This having been communicated to the President, they received a communication by which they were told that they could do as thoy ploased, but that if they were not seen at that reception they would no more bo received by the Presidont. The Ambassadore, accordingly, were obliged to submit till they would have received orders from their respective governments. ‘Thus stands the affair—and very likely for the eame caueo as that given by his associate minister, M. Magno has resigned his position a8 Minister of Commerco and Agriculture, and was replaced by M. Lefevre Durutle. Ihave, before furnishing tho report of that affair, to mention in a few lines, that tho pretended claims of Louis Napoleon, relative to the 200,000,000 owed by the French government to the Napoleon family, and which he seems to renounce with such a mag- panimity, wero considered as without hope of being ever granted by any Arsombly; and therefore, there was not £0 much necessity for Louis Napoleon to to wish to appear generous. " Tho list of the mombers of the State Council is also one of the topics of the weck, as well as that of the Senaters, both of which have appeared in the Denitewr. In the first we find fifty-one persons, among whom are nine ex-ministers, ten members of the ex legislative Assembly, ten ex counsellors of the ancient Council of State, and twelve other persons belonging to the navy, army, police, diplo- macy, justice, institute, and other branches of the French government. Baroche, ex-minister of Louis Napoleon, is at the head of the Sonate as Vice-President, and receives the handsome salary of 80,000 francs a year—nearly as much as the Pre- sident of the United States. In the list ofsenators, we find four cardinals, six m: ls of France, eighteen generals, three vice- admirals, and among the remainder of the seventy- two members, thirty-three ex-representatives, and other persons belonging to the most eminent fami- lies of France Atl the senaters are men of rank and nobles, for | see among them five princes, four dukes, fiye marquites, olguicen counts, <oatain barons. The Thal? Gencrally speaking, these two cighty:{a'¥cen received by the public with some far Yerable remarks; andit ie said that if wf had any rghtto rule the President, they would perhaps event his doing many things which ought not to be ne. in general, it is feared that Louis Napoleon “will pull the rope too hard,” and ‘‘will break it,” without ‘*he” and the ‘French people” knowing it. eT ees then be the result of the fall, no one can tell. Whilst the Senate and State Council are still constituted by dc crses, t:e Consultative Assembly is disbanded, and many of its members have sent to the President their resignations, declaring that they wished not any longerto be mombers of an Assembly which was without duty to perform, for the President had never consulted them upon any of the decrees which he had made. Messieurs de Merede, Montalembert, de Mortimart, de Mour- tier, André de Charente, Giraud, Bodel, Derjobert, and Haliey Claparide, aro the most conspicuous among them. a M. Dupin, ex-Speaker of the National Assem- bly, has also sontin his resignation of General Attorney, (Procureur General,) in consequence of the decree of the President relative to the property of tho Orleans family. M. Dupin, it will be re- membered, had been the adviser and friend of Louis Philippe, and he could not sanction, by his re- remaining in an official position, the spoliation of his benefactors. ‘The titles of nobility, which had been abolished under the reign of tho Provisional Government, have been re-established by Louis Napoleon. ‘his measure has received neither approbation nor blame by any of those who scemed to be interested in the bargain. The Stnrenttct! for the international rights of literature between France and England, which has been published in the newspapers of yesterday morning, has caused much sensation in out circles of belles lettres. Tho mutaal piracy, which was pre- venting the developement of genius, was 6 great impediment to many to publish their boots, and with this new arrangement, tho two cointries will exchange thoir publications for the enlghten- ing of the people. if is desirable that thelaw on copyrights should also be exchanged béween France and the United States. No doubt itwould give an immense flight to the gonius of American literature. 5 ‘The stamp imposed by the governmont of ranco upon the nevels published in fewi//etons in thy news- papers, iz soon to be abolished. Will thi: bia bet. ter policy than it was to keep it, time willprove. Ivie, neverthelors, a fact that the novels of lumas, Sue, Sand, and other writers, havo creatd great ruin in the public mind, by vitiating theacarts, and overturning the beads. i Tho rows from Austria is of a very intresting kind. The state ofsiege, which was exidng in that empire, during the last three years, ison the eve of being recallcdand abolished. ‘The Lhperor has given orders to disarm the cities andortifi- cations. In the meantime, tho Supreme Curt of revision has been prorogate The rumor of the resigna of the greatiukeof Modena, in favor of the eror ot Autia, is still on the tapis. Itis said that this measte will be rendered public within a few days, and tat the Duke of Modena would retire and live at jenna. ing Otto, of Greece, is dangerousl) sick. ‘Though no fear is yet entertained about i life, hie diseare is considered as very dangerpus. — Wo received by the mail of this fhornit tho intelligence that a men named Bsllerstadt lt sur- rendered himeclf to the police of Berlin, nfos- sing that ho had joined with » certain nuutr of men to asengsinato the King. The nowepapers of Lisbon, dated Januarl7th, ennounce that the aay of the ese hid bad heen finally constituted. B. HR. | | | GOSS OF PARIS. Panis, Jan. 29,52. The Unseasonable and Sickly Weather—TBalls and Parties—Magn it Ball in the Tertes, Unprecedented in Splendor—Formatim* an American Circle in Paris—Paris is Full ofolice Spies in Public and Private AssemblieMr. Hackett, the Actor, anl Louis NapoleontVew Discovery in Surgery~Shock of an Earthgte in France—A Queer Fish--Ingenious Courfeit Coining—The Bloomer Costume Laughed in Paris—The Theatres and Operas, §c. Tho warm weather, a sort of “mock spri!? is still continuing in Paris, and all over Frangs I know by somo letters I have received fr¢he north, south, west and cast of the country; athis mild temperature, though not disagrecali is people of all classes. Tho doctors, 1 am tobro vory busy, and so much the worso for their ate and customers. This weathor, #0 much out pa- son, has molted all tho snow and icicles ho country, and the rivers of France are now r C1 | Police, and lets at elevated that borders. The @ is 20 metres high in somo pee otits course, and, within Paris, its waters ve covered the wharves, and invaded all the cel- lars of the neighboring houses. Ag a matter of course, the navigation is interrupted on that river, and the same flood is also announced on the Loire andthe Rhone. ‘This mild temperature has been very agreeable to those whe give and frequent balls and parties. ‘The season of the fashionable winter, which seemed to be dull and stiff, after all the events of December last, has become lively and agitated within tho past fortnight; and if my inte we shall have a carnival which will surpass every thing of the kind ever given in Paris. I know, from tapis, and will soon become a reality, by the publi- cation of cards and invitations. Tho most exciting topic of the week has been the rand ball given at the palace of the Tuileries, by the Prince President Louis Napoleon, for which so many pre tions had been made, and so many demands for invitations had been fisued, not only by those who had hopes te be invited, but also by fo- reigners, who relied, for their admission, upon the good grace of their ambassadors. This grand affair took ae on Saturday last, the 23 inst., and was favored by very beautiful weather. From six o’clook to two o’clock after midnight, tho invités arrived at tho Tuileries in groat numbers, and by that time of the night, the halls of the Tuileries con- taincd more than 5,000 persons. One of my friends who accompanied me there, and who is indeed a queer man, made a calculation of tho lights, and reported to me that thore were 19,394 candles or lamps ligated on that occasion. The magnificent stair case of the palace was decorated with flowers and trees of all sorts, covered with fruits, oranges, bananas, palms, Xs., and the soldiers on duty wore, arms in handg, at all the entries of the halls. The ball was preceded by the presentation, which took place from eight to nino aa: Leuis Napoleon, dressed in the uni- form of a general of brigade, with the great ribbon of Commander of the Legion of Honor, was sur- rounded by hig ministers, staff, and aid-de-camp, and accompanied by Marshal Jerome, Lucien Murat, Prinee of Canino, Bacciochi, Toulougeon, Conneau, Fleury, and others. Ho was standing in receptions. As for the throne, it wil that it was burnt, on the 25:h of February, 1848, on the Piace du Carrousel. Many perms of rank, nearly all forcigners, were presente: more the desire to speak to tho man, than to bow to him. and not of devotion. As soon as the reception was over, at about nine o’clock, the ball began, leading. The Prince President did not open tho ball, as is usually done, bu’ he gave power to do it to Prince Pouiatowsky, who danced, by proxy, with Jeon, the daughter of tho Grand Dutchess of Baden. This lady was literally covered with diamonds, and, lam told, thatshe had upon her the enormous amount in value of half a miilion of precious s:onos. President, was, of course, put under the shadow, look melancholy during the whole night. Among the distinguished persons there present, [ remarked tho in great number, regalia. countries. Er and the officer carried in his arms a superb helmet, the sculptor had made aa ‘‘on the eve of flying.” poleop, wore the elegant costume ofa Highton BNCWePAA ufttWounsdt RAGE has,” aeeretary the British ambassy, was also present, on behalf of Lord Normanby, who is new in London. Meizsrs. tended the ball. Madame Rives ard her pretty daughter, Mesdame Mott, Pepniman, Goodrich and daughter, Le Sieur, ladies now residing in stant, &e. I at Nicarsgua; Howard, James, Hackett, Sieur, Peabcdy, Penniman, Mott, Le Sieur, names | cannot now recollect. and it inaugurated with great pi the newly elected President. atthe Tuileries. The Americans residin, through the city, assembled on Saturday last, countrymen to establish an American circle in Paris, newspapers of their native land, and talk over the news and politics of America. A subscription list of 100 francs a head was Jaid down on the table by Messrs. Billings, Sandford, Vandenbroek, and other gentlemen, and immediately it was covered with ninety-six signatures. No doubt that by this moment the full number of one hundred and subscribers has been found, time the circle will be 9; affair, doning their system of cliques uniting together as mankind ought to do. Muek talk is entertained here about the system of fpying, which, it appears, is carried on beyond any idea. It is now eortain that whorever fifty per- Song are assembled together, there is a apy amon; them, who every day pays a visit to tho Chief of p him know the imprudent conversa- tion held by some persons. In tho ver our American Consul in Paris, Mr. Goodtion, there is a spy whois nel fu known, but who will no doubt s00n bo pointed out, for they are on his track. His presence was known by an anonymous letter recoived by a French doctor, who visits the house of our Consul, who having saidjsomething against Louis Napoleon, was advised not to ronew his “slander.” As @ matter of course, this has cre- ated much sensation, and this “political: bearing” fever will only be cured when the ‘diseased shoep” is turned out from the shepherd’s house. Mr. Hackett, the exocilent actor from the United States, is hore in Paris, as | announced in my last letter. Jt is whispered in some quarters that this gentleman entertained somo peculiar hopes in which the favor of Louis Napoleon was to have boon the Deus ex machina. Those who know Mr. Hackett, will remember that when Louis Na- joey was in New York, he was dwolling at the ‘ouse of Mr. Hackett’s father, and entertained much Pe for that gontleman as well as for hiseon. In a short time, I will know more on the mie and will enlighten my gossip by its parti- 3. ‘The art of surgery has mado a now step by tho Tccent discovery made and practised horejby several of our surgeons, which consists of ropl scalpel by a wire of platina, which whon heatod and rendered white by the fire, outs and cauterizes at tho samo timo the flesh of the pationt. No doubt, this double and simultaneous operation, made in such a simple way, will be much appreciated on the other tide of the Atlantic. A violent earthquake was folt on tho 20th inst , at Bordeaux, Lymeirac, Libourne, La Sauvo, Gradig- nap, and all the cities and villages of the department of 4a Gironde. The shock was so terriblo that many glasses wero broken into pieces, and sovoral pereons knocked down. This carthquake is attriba- ted to a subterrancan commotion, which, nevprthe- less, has no afinité with voleanoos. ‘The curious and idling poople of Paris have boon topped for the two last days, before the shop of hovet, tho celebrated victualler to the Palais Royal, by the presence, onthe marble tables, of tha queerost fish in the creation. of the gonus orthagonicus mola, vul; arly called the moonfisb, an enormous inhabitant of the Mediterra- nean sea, shores of exhibited here, Connoisseurs and amatours in iethyology. Mr. Cho- | vet hadit cooked “on the best orn and he sent it last night to the Prest novorthcless tho cause of much sickness amomhe | know if the odd fish was found which was hooked a fow days ago on tho Africa. Never had such @ monster been and it was much admired by the ‘oved style,” nt. J donot ‘ood and palatable. A large number of false gcd piccos are now in circulation in Paris. They are made with a slice of ‘opper, covered with the two surfaces of genuine gold picces, which are sawed on the edges, and thon laced with much skill. It is, indeed, vory difl- t to detect them, and one cannot bo guided into ence be correct, | good authority, that many grand parties aro on tho | the former salle dw throne, noar the arm chair used before 1848 by King Louis Philippe, at his petites bs remembered to the Prince President, and also several Americans, who had Itwas, I may say, a matter of curiosity, and the magic wands of Tolbecque and Strauss mado wonders with the two orchestras under their the Marcbioness of Douglas, cousin of Louis Napo- Princess Mathilde Demidoff, the other cousin of the to her great disappointment, it appears, for sho did Princess Aldobrandius Borghese, the Dutchess of Hohenlohé, the Princess of Worontzoff, the Coun- | tess of Nariskin, a beautiful woman, whose shoul- ders had no equal in the room; Countess Bramiska, | and two Polish ladies, Mesdames Predzieka and | and at the head of them Messrs. Colonel Lawrence and Sand- ford, the secretaries to the ambassics of London | and Paris, were also present. Tho corps diplomatic was represented by all its members rosiding in Paris, who wore the court dress of their respactive Among the numerous uniforms there esent, I have to mention that of an officer of the ‘ugsian cavalry (a cuirassier), whose costume at- tracted much attention. It consisted of a white cloth jacket, tight pants of the same coler, adorned with blue silk cord, and jack bootstight tothe knee. To ablack belt was hanging a magnificens sword, of a Roman shape, gilt and brilliant, on the top of which was a silver eagle, of much beauty, which Lord Dovglas, husband of the cousin to Louis Na- Rogier and Vanceveyor, ministers of Belgium, the first to Paris, acd the second to London, also at- ‘The American ladies who wore present were Steameon, Morgan, Strother and daughter (Misa Sarah Strother, ove of the most beautiful young Paris), Moulton, Con- noticed among the gentlemen Mesirs Goodrich and bis son: Squier, late chargé ie Selden, Judge Constant, and many others whose In faot, the first ball given at the Tuileries wa3 o brilliant affair, ‘cant the reign of ‘ho refreshments were in abundance, and the supper delicious. This grand party was only ended at half past three o'clock. Louie Napoleon had retired at ono o'clock; and it is said that he then slept, for the first timo, in Paris, or transient numbering about one hundred and fifty porgons, at the Conversation Hall, 112 Rue Richelieu, in order to decide on the project made by several of their where friends may assemble to find and read the fifty | and within a short | pened. This isan excellent | and worth being patronised by all those | who have an object to see their countrymen aban- | and coterics, and | parlor of acing the | Tt was an individual | beware ! The theatrical gossip has bat a few items to publish, and it only consists of a few vaudevilles and a@ comedy. ‘This Inst was cais, and is calle: worth much notiso. fe At the Vaudeville, a farce founded upon the eccen- tric priciples of Mrs. Bloomer, of the United States, and called ‘ Les Bloomorites,” was performed on | Monday last, and received with much laughter | and applaus erformed at the Theatre }ran- “ Le Pour et le Contre;” not The idea of the American reformer on petticoa ‘ized with much wit and eaprit. | t the i» two vaudevilles entitled ‘* Lo puits mitoyon et les trois amoura do Pompi,” wore also received with much applause. Thoastors and actresses represented their parts with mush | ensemble and liveliness. | ‘The Italian Opera is still successfal with ‘ Maria | di Rohan,” ‘ Nabuco,” and * L’iviisir d’Amore.” On Saturday next, the ** Fidelio” of Beothoven will be performed and sung by tho best singers of the company. : I will terminate this letter by relating the im- merse triumph which took place at the Grand Opera, with tho reprise of ** William Tell,” music by Rossini, which had not been performed there | for the last seven years. M. eonaenian. the able manager of the Grand Opera, had spared neither | time nor trouble to put anew piece on the stage, | with the costumes and sceneries of that magnificent partition. He has fally succeeded. M. Gaoymard, the talented tenor, who sung the part of Arnold, was received with enthusiasm, and deserved these marks of approbation. M. Odin was also worthy of his renown, and Madame Laborde delivered the part of Mathilda with much delicacy and brilliano: RF I; " of them have overflown their the discovery but by the weight. Now Yorkore, | reéollection, under sucn viroumstances as oharag- terize the present discussion. We sre not arguing the propriety of going to war, forthero if no map in the kingdom who asserts it. We are not consi- dering any terms or condit‘ons on which peace must depend, for nonesuch have been proposed. Weare simply deciding in our winds whether a State with which we have long preserved and still maintain the most friendly relations, and whose material in- terests are inextricably connected with our own, will suddenly make a hostile descent upon us, and whether the probability’ of such an occurrence is great enough to call for defensive preparations be- ‘ond those already existing. Such is the casa be- ore us, and it ia surely no inconsid:rable homage to the doctrines of peace that this should be the utmost latitude perimitted to a question of war. Let us examine the matter without fear or favor. Everybody must recognise the dissredit, not to say the dangers, of needless a\arms on one side, or false security om tho other. What becomes us is a dis- passionate and reasonable conclusion trom the evi- dence at hand. In the first place, it must be remembered that this is not the first occasion on which apprehensions have been created. Four years ago there existed in France a royal threne, and this throne was filled by a monarch exoeoding powerful for purposes of foreign war. Around him was grouped a Sa of sons who symbolized tho martial spirit of their nation. One of them oven carieatured it. Ho affected a disdainfor lifeand peace as compared with glory, plunged eagerly into every combat which arose, and sketched with remarkable zest the plan of @ naval cawpaign against pertidious Albion. Subjects of difference were not wanting, ina diplomatic way, between the two cabinets, and, though the French {\1ing was indeed surroand- of method. This revival of ‘* William Tell,” wil make the dilettanti expect, with patience, the now opera ** Le Juif ‘Errant,” BHR. The Threatened War in Europe—The Position of France—A) ce between England and the United States, [From the London Chronicle, Jan. 30.] The progressive dovelopements of that lawless despotism which was inaugurated by the military disporsion of a Legislative A:sembly, the incarcera- tion of statesmen and generals, and the wholosale deportation of politic: Sepenente;-atd which has found its latest expression in an unblushing act of confiscation and plunder— present nothing to abate that watchful solicitude with which the ae of is country await the ulterior policy of tho or. ‘e are far from being insensible to the it of those considerations which may be urgod ainst the probability of Louis Napoloon’s at- tempting to purchase a temporary immunity for his crimes against France, by the perilous expediont of @ war with E:ngland—a war which would undo in a week all that thirty-six yoars of peace have acoom- plished, towards the establishment of confidence and Cae will betweon the two countries. Bat it wero folly to affect a sense of security which, in the im- mediate vicinity of the most powerful and the least scrupulous of military tyrants, it is impossible to feel ; and we have therofore discussed protty freely | the best methods of resisting an invasion, and have attempted to point out the most eflicacious means of organising our defences on an emergency. No one acquainted with the state of public feeling can doubt that there exists throughout the country a vage, but deep rooted feeling of alarm and uneasi- ness. The chances of an invasion, and the best means of repelling it, everywhere form tho subject of conversation and discussion in private socicty ; and the (deo with scarcely an exception, has repre- sented the popular sentiment, and endeavored to guide it to practical results. In a word, that vaguo preeentiment of coming peril which is so often tho Szwoykowska, this last being the most admirable i : Sel of statuary for size and beauty ever boheld peer important ovents is overywhere prova: anywhere. Tko gentlemen of rank wore also | ““‘Tho tono of the French press with reference to tho subject which so profoundly agitates public opi- I will mention Mr. Lawrence, our amiable | pion in England, is far from satisfactory. The Con- minister in London, who wore the court dress | stitytiounc labors to prove the abrundity of our ap- ef the American uniform; Mr. Rives, our | prehensions, and rumors are industriously circulated minister in Paris, who was also in his that it is in contemplation to reduce the Fronch army. But when tho Parisian nowspapors are pacific, it isnot without acause. Let our readers carry back their recollectious to the summer of 1844, when the Prichard and Tahiti quarrel was at its height. In those days the press was free; and at the very faintest whisper of the possibility of war with England, every newspaper in Franeo over- flowed with bitter, defiant, and frantie denuncia- tions of La perfide Albion, and with the fiercest im- precations of vengeance on the country which had inflicted such wounds on French pride. Why are our contemporaries so silent now! Certainly not without a reason—and that reason can scarcely be cod will to England. In 1844, the press was vio- ent in order to bring about a war—is it not possible that in 1852 it may be quiet in anticipation of one ? We may bo very sure ey at Lae ee ‘i its m ite master, ity Pay doen ey tps fq his purpose, ‘until the timo was come to strike the blow against the Assembly. Why should we believe that ho is go- ing to reduce his army, when, but a year ago, he ¢flered to send the guard of the Elyséeto the defence of the Palais Bourbon, if such a moasure should be thought “agra A for its security? Why should we believe in his professions of good will towards England, when we recollect that he swore fidelity to the constitution? When a man has acted as Louis Napoleon has done, there is but one ossible security against him—nsmely, the possession and tho display of a sufficient armed force to command his reepect for the only power which he is capable of respecting. We fon fe that our countrymen have 60 promptly appreciated & danger which, if not imminent and urgent, is at all evonts real; and we view with oie satisfaction the rapid spread of those rifle clubs which—especially in » country whore the use of fire arms is, with a large class of the peorle, both a habit and asport—constitute one of the mest efficient modes of volunteer military organization. t tho same time, however, that we tully re- Cognice the danger of our situation, we are con- vinced that such am enterprise as war with England would be a most perilous one to Louis Napoleon. We have Pare out on former occasions what would be his chances of success in an attempt at in- vasion—let us now see what would be his chances of failure. Of course, if we do our duty to our country, his army ht fall in with an English fleet—and that fleet might be adequately manned, and skillfully commanded. A fleet of transports offers & broad mar id a deck crowded with troops might well become the scone of a butchery so frightful that, even in tho most rightoous of causes, it could hardly be oy rine without horror. What would the people of Paris say whon they heard that 10inch shells and 82-pound rockets’ had burnt or sunk a vast fleot of ships crowded with the flower of the French army, and bound onan errand which nothing could justify, even in French eyes, but the most unqualified success ? Or, supposing a landing to be effected, what would be tho condition of an army cut off from all resources and reinforcements, and ultimately overwhelmed by | the more force of numbers; would this be an incident | caloulated to increase Louis Napoleon’s popularity? | Let us, however, suppose him to gain at the outset in his most eanguine mood, | oh been which, | Be could expect. Can any ono im ie that a | {ae nation like England would not anal amost formidable resistance to an invading foo? Can the President havo forgotten that, though his uncle marched in triumph into Moscow, Vienna, and Borlin, the Russians, the Austrians, and the use sians met at last in Paris? Weare but illprepared, it istrue ; but it is one thing to take country off its guard, and it is another to effect its conquest. He might perhaps relieve himeclf from some mo- mentary embarrassment by an unexpected and successful attack upon this country, but it would ba at the price of fearful difficulties, which would overwhelm him at no distant time. other clement in the schemes tributes to the Prosident. Rus- sia, we are rather loosely told, is to lend its aasistanco towards the destruction of the last fduked which forms the one exception to the ireary uniformity of continental despotism. We dare “not , aeeume that the audacity of the French President would uail even before so Menstrous a project us this; but if he means to make war, not only upon England, but also upon liberty, he must proparefor such a struggle as the world has never yet seen. Jt is true that England is almost the only European exception to the general | supremacy of absolutism; but there has grown upa mighty nation, speaking our language, living wader | cur laws, and reading our literutwre, which’ would | hardly (ook on with indifference at a crusadeagainst freedom as such. England and Anurica, united in the tands of @ common interest awd a common sym pathy, would haveisttle to fear from Franceand Rus- | | Stas and we trust that the ties which wmite the two great | Anglo-Saxon nations ore fully as strong as those which unite the President of France—mot ihe French people~to thi hould l'rance forsake her | natural policy er natural alliances—should | the consent to become the tool and the slave of des | potism—she would find that she was leaning on a | broken reed. We have no wish to interfere with | foreign countrios, but it hag never been our habit | either to disavow our principles, or to shrink from the consequences of avowing them. England is tho advocate of rational and constitutional froo cap she is the enemy of despotiem and brute fo! 0; and | ifthe continental absolutir*y chooue to inatitute a | propaganda of tyranny, thoy may porhaps find out, | When it is too late, that their own power does not | tect on the most stable foundations Woe at least | do not forget that thore a ntries ag Hane | gary ond Poland, and if Russia wero to go to war | with England, sho might have occasion to re member a fact which would certainly not be with. out ite influence on the reault of the strugglo. : [From the London Times, Jan, 20.] We very much doubt Whether tho qnestion of Peaoe or War was ever propounded in such @ form &s it is now taking in this country. Mary sovercigns, , ? f 1 ed with a council of responsible statesmen, having characters to loso and reputations to maintain in the eyes of Europe, we are now positively assured that war was moro than onco on the point of aeuaty breaking out. Yot there was no war. Louis Philippe descended upon English shores only as a fugitive, and tho Prince de Joinville ought to have learned, in the asylum of Claremont, to approci- ate tho sentiments of thoso whom he would fain have made enemios, but whore genuine sy mpathies for his family and his countrymen are no¥ brought againstthom as a reproach. A few months atter came adeluge. The throne of Franco was swept away, and in its place arose an Sprain charged with every historical augury of blood and war. Once more thero was a French republic—a crea- tion which it was imporsible to separato from ag- gressions, convulsions, onslaughts, conflagrations, and S187. species of political catastrophe. Any person might have been pardoned for assuming that when the Hotel de Villo became the seat of a provi- sional government—when Paria was again organiza¢ into sections, and Liberté, Lgalité, wad Fraternite. were again paraded on its bannors, the maintenance of peace would bo an absolute impossibility. Yet peace was preserved still; and though it may be said, perhaps, that the republic was too quickly proved no republio at all to leave much room tor ita natural developement, the very cabinet of February —the nominees of the barricades—was unanimous, if we may trust M. de Lamartino’s Memoirs, in the repudiation of war. Presently, the control of affairs d into the hands of military statesmen—verita- le African generals —soldiers whose rank had been won in severe warfare, and whose hankering for a blow at England was said to be proverbial; but still no sword wasdrawn. Ono of them is alloged to have even made a proposition of a descent; but if ever ho did so, it was not entertained, and neither a Cavaignac nor a Changarnier, any more than a D’Aumaie or # Joinville, experienced the gratifica- tionofawar. Butis the present state of France fraught with more peril to its neighbors than ever ? Are there elements in its present administration more calculated to create apprehensions than the intrigues of a faithless monarch, or the spasmodic caprices of a republie ? The New French Ministry and Senate, [From the London Times, Jan. 23.] ‘The choice of the persons who have just been ga- zetted in the Moniteur, to the dignity of the Senate, under the now constitution of France, or to the more lucrative places in the council of State, affords the proper criterion of the progress mado by Louis Napoleon in conciliating the higher classes of the French nation. It cannot prise us, after the events of the last few 8, and atter 23d cial the extraordinary decrees promulgated oa te instant, that the composition of these bodies is even of slower Character than had been icipated, and that some of the most important names which were to have figured in them have been porempto- rily withdrawn. We sek in vain in what remains for men of independence or of fixed principles. If these are the courcils of the future empire, they are formed of the dross and scum of the monarchy. With the addition of the relatives and personal ad- herents of Louis Napoleon, we find in the list of the Senate reventeen generals occupying a secondary rank in the army, sixteen members of the ex-Chamber of Peers, illustrious only by their birth, fourteen members of the late Representative Chambers, three admirals, and nine- teen other persons—some men of science, some jurists, and some taken from tho humbler grades of the administration. Thore is an obvious attempt, which is fect ludicrous in a form of govern- ment calling itself a republic, and laying claim to @ pure democratic origin, to give this Senate an aristocratic complexion. The horoditary titles of nobility, abolished by a decree of the Provisional jovernment, were restored and revived a day or two fore this list of titled and senatorial personages Was promulgated ; and more attention seomsto have been paid to the euphony of the catalogue than to the intrinsic merit or importance of the individuals thus designated. There are names in France as great as that of the Duke of Buckingham, and with as little meaning, and this list is the place to find them. But with half a dozen exceptions in point of name, and of name only, the genuine wealth and nobility of France are no more represented in thiz assembly, than the intellect of her statesmen, or the spirit of her peeple. The distinction most eagerly sought after by the great has been to avoid appear- ing on such a list; and mony of the chiof persons in the country, who consented to sacrifice their own opinions on the proclamation of the republic, hava resisted every attempt te enlist them in assemblies 40 absolutely dependent on the executive power. Yet, though we respect tho reluctance shown by men of character and eminence to share in any do- gree the honors derived from such a source, it le de- sirable for the feteral interests of France and of Europe, that the Sonate should be so constituted as to exorciso with some authority and effect the extensive powers vested in it by the constitution. As M. Dupin obsorves in his bold and forcible letter upon the Orleans. confiscation—a letter which gos far to efface by his indepondence as a la the stain which clouds his reputation ag a politician— when the Senato is const: tuted, if it is to have any pouete at all, they must extend to protect the laws ‘om the violence of the executive, to defend pro- perty, and to maintain justice. In this respect it might be weil on publie grounds, if the Sonate, Eereivatice to some extent in the suprome power, ad been so constituted as to place at least some gentle limit op the arbitrary Proceedings of the go- vernment. In reality, however, these bodies are for ornament, not for use. The titles, the costume, sie pensions to be “scar by he President at his easure, aro'so many pledges of a privileged caste: the more devoted to the government, the pert they are estranged trom the people. But whon we arc told of the unfitness of tho Fronch nation for parlia- mentary goverpment, we confidently point to the contrast in ability and character between the repre- sentative assemblics of the late monarchy, or of the ublic, and the nominees of the prosent tuler of France. Such an institution as the new Senate might havo derived importance and ucility from the persons who consented to join it; but we seek in vain hero for the names of men who can give force and dignity to a body which has so little ef its own. . The letters of M. de Montalembort and M. Du- pio, although they are, of course, denied pndlica- tion in France, aro the moet powerful comment on the policy of the government employed in foundie these institutions. Instead of conciliating men o advorse or hesitating opinions, the late docreos of confiscation have driven to arupture one mar who had already sacrificed his reputation and social position to the now government, and another whose fidelity to his professional duties in the Court of Cassation had survived ai! the political vicissitudes of twenty-two years. Neither M. do Montalombert nor M. Dupin sought any oconsion to quarrel with the government. ‘Ihey wore, on the contrary, too muoh disposed to Acoopt ite tavors. But tho late measures were decisive in their operation upon mind: accustomed still to rovereace the obligations of reli- gicn, honor, and law. { the Conseil d’Etat re- The Sew organisation oO serves to that body tho most important in the preparation and conduct of tho abtis cone ness. Jt is to be prosided over an consulted by the Prosident o ublic in person, aud to prepare all the measures afterwards to bo submitted to tho eptslative body. With tho sole exception of M. Mishol Chevalier, whose name wo find with regret among & claas of mon so inferior to himsolf, this list evntaina no one of eminenoe in the political, administrati » OF juridi- colannale of l’'rance. It is composed chieily of the ephemeral ministers, who have served their brio! career under Louis Nayoleon, only to be thrown aside when their incapacity became notorious, and of tho rank and file of tho Bonapartist faction in the lato Assombly. ‘Tho names of the individuals suddenly raise! to notoriety by the provisions! government of February wero scarcely moro ob- tcure. But, in this instance, it must bo remom- bered that ali tho influences of tho government, backed by a largo salary, has been employed to ob- butinvain. M. Michel tain an abler class of men; Chovalier’s acceptance ig yard attributable to Louis Napoleon’s pri- the fact that his brother surprising, il it many cabinets, many nations, and our own a others, have debated with eagerness and magecity this nomentous point; but Done, to the best of our vate secretary ; but it isthe mors iT that a measure be true, a8 wo have reason to fow lation for tho supprossion of that ie in contem branch of tho Institute of F rance-—tho Academy 0/