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The Other Side of the Atlantic. Our Paris Correspondence. Panis, April 1, 1952. ‘The Grand Mecting of the Legislative Bodies — Bffect of the President's Speech—The Oath of Allegiance— Three Independent Men in France— Rage of Lowis Napoleon—The Marble Tablet— @cssation of the State of Siege in the Departments —M. Girardin in Favor of the Government—In- wresting from Rome—Peace with Switzerland— Probable Successor of Louis Napoleon—Death of Garibaldi’s Mother. The chief event of the week has been the meeting, under the same roof, of the President of the Re- publie and the newly constituted bodies of the State, which took place on Monday last, 29th ult., at the palace of the Tuileries, in the Salle des Maréchaux. his apartment, which is situated in the centre of the palace, in the pavillon de UVhorloge, had been fitted up expressly for the occasion, and decorated with the greatest pageantry and magnificence. Be- tween the twg windows which look into the Court of the Carrousal, at the very place where King Louis Philippe and his predecessors had their throne, an estrade had been placed, which was occupied by a large gilt chair, surmounted by a huge and heavy eanopy of crimson velvet with gold fringes. ‘This seat was designed for the President, Louis Napoleon, who bad by his side,on another chair, not so eleva- ted, his unele, the ex-King Jerome, the President of the Senate, who was present not only as the “uncle of his nephew,” but also as the only sur- viving brother of cleon the Great. The mem- bers of the Council of State had taken their seats at the sides of the President, as well as the house- hold of the prince ard the officers of his staff. The ministers of Louis Napoleon were seated behind the throne, and Mr. Billault, President of the legisla- tive body, as well as the Queetors and the Vico Pro- sident, occupied a bench in front ef the President. The centre of the Salle was entirely filled with benches, which were occupied, on the right by the diplomatic corps, the Senators, and a few invited persons, and en thé left by the legislative body, whieh is composed of a larger number of persons The upper gallery, a sort of square baleony, which ia situated all round the apartment, had been exclu- sively set apart for , and there were about two hundred and fifty persons present, all being wives andamong whom I and daughters of the diplom: remarked Mrs. Mathilda Demidoff, Lady Dox Lady Cowley, M Rives, &e. This gi well as the other part of the hall, had been hung with crin gon Velvet, of the same color as that of the canopy, 2nd contrasted well with the the ladie The two galle ehaux had been ¢ y the Senate, Legisiature, and Council o! At eleven o'clock the doors were thrown open to the holders of invitations, but a large crowd invaded the the neighboring thoroug The long before that heur I Oth regiment of infantry had, since ¢ o’elock, formed into ranks, in the court of the of the 1 and the republican guards were placed in the Rivoli, and alse on the wharves of th lock the carriages b rue di H At half past eleven o enter the gat entered theS Cassagnac, reporter-in-chief of the whose brilliant uniform of the | ative body was sans parid; Mr. Veron, the chief editor of the Con- nnd, artived next, ina black suit, having coat covered with orders and crachats of Mesers, Del: r ofla Patrice, de Sallandrouz Jommission of the London } K i drel, de Beaure de Merodé, Chasse! Dnke of Moxchy, Boubier de l"Ectuse, Leva’ and Baron de “Richemond, arrived neat, & black tranieer de stiLutionnel, ux Was de M and at the islative Palace. We only know that General Cavaiguae and Messrs. Carnot and Heron, wrote to the President of the House, Mr. Billault, a collective letter, signed by them, by which they de- clared that, under the present state of things, in the presence of a threatened Empire, they could not accept their mandate of members of the ‘ive body. In consequence of this denial of their oaths of allegiance to the President, they have been con- ridered as having resigned theiroffice. Louis Napo- leon resented this insult. He got into a violent pas- sion, and swore revenge on those who were authors of it. I know that the elections will be postponed to a more opportune moment. General Cavaignac and hig colleagues have not said like one of the newly elected Senators, who, be- ing asked why he dared to take an oath contrary to his opinion (he was alegitimist), replied: ‘1 do not give only lend it.” The above named states- men wish to keep the oaths they would make, whilst their colleagues do not intend ‘doing anything but what circumstances dictate. It hav been resolved, by a deeree of the 29th ult., should be engraved on plates of white marble, and exposed at the Luxembourg, the House, and the Ho- tel d'Orsay, the respective places of the three con- stituted bodies. The next important news of the week is the re- moval of the state of siege from the departments of France. This abdication of dictatorship by Louis Nayolcon has been received with some satisfaction; but, unfortunately, the Prince President’ when he does, one morning, something good, has the bad for- tune to do, on the next day, something else which meets with general disapprobation. Thus, for in- stance, the removal of the state of siege was fol- lowed by adecree by which the chateaux of Mon- ceaux and Neuilly, as well as several forests and other property belonging to the d’Orleans family, were to be sold by auction. Another review of troops—during which Louis Napoleon made a large distribution of medals—took place on Sweday last, in the Court of the Carrousel. ‘The regiments on duty were the Ninth of Chasseurs, (bunters,) and the Eighth of Hougards, accompanied by a battery of artillery It is rumored that M. de Persigny, the present Minister of Justice, is to be removed, or rather that he will resign his office. This I consider as immi- nent, and that this change will be followed by a very extraordinary nomination. A shower of decrees has been issued, and published in the Montteur for the last seven days ; andamong them I notice the nomination of several Senators, among whom is Mynor de Sibour, Archbishop of Paris. The names of Louis and Joseph Bonaparte, have been engraved on the Arch of Triumph, at the head of all the generals of the Empire, and distinguished soldiers who fought under Napoleon. M. de Girardin, the proprietor of the journal La Presse, has made his reappearance in the field of politics, by an article which was published in the number of yesterday morning, and whieh may be considered as his’ act of allegiance to the’ new government. Under the most specious language, M. de Girardin, the pardoned member of the Presse, announced to his readers, that he is returning to the “battle field,” to support the aps y of France. We shall see what he intends doing. An extraordinary incident has ocenrred at Ci- vita Veechi here the cousin of the President, Prince of Canino, the former hero of the revolu- tion of 1848 with Garibaldi, the same individual who turned the Pope out of his States, has been stopped by the gendarme of the papal dominion, and thus prevented going to Roine. After the vestoration of Pius IX, the ex-President of the Ro- man Constituent Assembly, who had fled to France, was banished by a vate decree. He fre- quented the Blysée. ing become the h som friend of the Pre nt, obtained his letters of naturalization a few d. fier the 2d of December last. It is whispe in some quarters, that the rumored heir to Louis Napoleon, whom he mentions in the last promulgated Constitution, is the son of the Prince of Canino, a young man full of promise, of the most brilliant intelligence, who is at completing his education, The same report say iat, the journey of Mr. Charles Napoleon, Prince of ino, was to force the diplomatic views of Mr. ‘ey, under the threat of withdrawing the y of occupation now encamped at Rome. This evens will, no doubt, develope some curious inci- depts. citizen suits. All the members of the Conncil of Stat dressed in full uniform, and the Si attired in their court dress o'elock, the Diplomatic Corps, Ic de Conches, introducer of Ambassadors, entered the Ralle des Maréchaux. All the members of this Pedy were present, and their uniform was literally sand plaques, whilst the Minis- ir. Rives, and the Nuncio twelve Feuillet ed pf the Pope, exhib geantry of their contempc The Legislative body, pounan, entered next, and members of the Senate, havi President and Vice Presiden Btate went in| but not costumes elicited much admira precisely, the President of the a carriage, and entered the court of the C te of the Pavillon of Flore, near the The cannon heard, the drums beat risen, the Staff of Ministers arrived and took their respective Prince L tered last, accompanied by Marshal Je parte, Sp rof the Senate. Shouts of Vive Na- polecn! were uttered by a large number of the au- dience. ‘The President then boldly, without the slightest emotion, approached the estrade, mounted ite stairs. and facing the audience, said, in loud | woice, ‘ Messicurs, assayez vous. (C Jemen, be seated.) As if by a spontancous understanding, the whole Audience were seated on their chairs and benches, and the greatest silence having prevailed, Louis Na- poleon read, in a loud and distinct tone, a long me which hag no doubt been published in the ERA This discourse was, on several occasions, loudly approved by applause; and when it was ended the | shouts of Viee Napeleon! went up to the ceiling with a sort of frenzied enthusiasm. Mow eouldit be otherwise, when all those who were present, with the exception of the diplomatic corps, were the crea- » Prince President? The Minister of State, M.de Casabianca, next rose and stated that he was about to read the words of the oath of allegiance to the President; and he then called the names of the § ors, members of | the Legislature, and Counsellors of State, enck mem- ber responding to his call, ‘Je lejure?” (I swear). The Cardinals, Archbishops of Lyons, Bourges, Bor- deaux, Cambray, and Rheims, instead of raising their arms, as did their colleagues, only repeated the words | «© Jele jure.” The only peculiar incident which oc- eurred during the whole y, Was the inter- ruption made by Count Portulis, who demanded of | the Minister why his name had been left out. The answer was, that it had been omitted by ert- | ence; and he then swore allegiance. It was | that General Cavaignac, and Messrs. Carnot, Civrac, | Legrand, and Héron were not present, and, there- | fore, did not take the oath. This will be explained. When the ceremony was over, the Minister of State said—*' J now dee! that the session of 1552 is regu- Jarly opened, and Messioursthe Senators and inein bers of the legislative bo ¢ requested to nesemble to- morrow in. their res for the despatch of the business of the government. At this moment the Prince Pres’ rose and re- tired, acec ied by his Gat mayor, amidst the | loud cheers of all thore who were pre t th mony, with the exception of the di who kept the greatest reserve. On the only shouts (a hundred, perhaps) which were heard, | were uttered by a gang of men who belonged to that | class who go every morning to the Prefecture of Po- | lice te receive orders for the day. The speech of the President has been received by the French people with the utmost astonishment ; and I shall be the echo of a large number of the Parisians when 1 say that it was considered, on the whole, as the greatest piece of impudence and bold- nese ever revealed to an assembly. Who couldhave believed that Louis Napoleon would have said th after the 15th of June, 1848, it was equally easy f him to change the form of the government, hut he would not do so? Was not General Changarnier, at that epoch, the chief master and leader of France ? ‘as he not the hero of the day? And what influence had Louis Napoleon ? None. This is the enly true side of the question. Louis Napoleon threatens, that if ‘‘the parties, by their attacks, endanger the welfare of the country only then, it might be reasonable to people, for the repose of France, for a title calculated to fix irrevocably on my head the power with which it has invested me.” Is not this elear and understandable? What is the ambition ef Louis Napoleon? The title of an Emperor; and though he “ confesses” that he will ask it of the nation, no one can rely upen his assertion, and the people are sure that he will take it, under the slight. est pretext, and that this event will soon take place. When the President says, “* We may-preserve the re- blic, which threatens no one, and may tranquil- ize ali,” it is cortain that he doee not mean a word of what he says. In short this speech of Louis Na- pleon has revived & great deal of hatred towards a, and will augment the number of his enemies. The opinion of all wise men ie, that if he wished to follow a wise plan, and be satisfied with his title of t | ed with thre The Duke of Aquilla, brother to the King of Na- arrived yesterday morning in Paris. 2 Switzerland politics assume a very quiet as- pect. ‘neral Dufour has interfered and surmount- cd all difficu’tie#- He has forced the General Coun- cil of Stato to se2& troops to Soraky Geneva, should Dictator Fazy refuse © execute hig orders relative to the Fre refugees. Che difficulty between the Monks of St. Bernard will S¢ settled as desired by the French government, aud S¢ has also pledged is word, that the radical newspayers of his coun- try would no more be hostile to Louis Napoleon and government. All these diplomatic arrange: ments will, no dc if kept, settie the Swiss on, and restore penee to that country. The authors of the masquerade, intended It the President of France, which took p) ast month, have been sentenced to p six mouths. Apronunciamento was announced on the 30th of last month, at Bremen, one of the Hanseatic citi The Seni ‘that city, and the federal commissioner, have annihilated the liberty of the press, the right of reunion, the trial by jury, and the House. New ¢legtions were to take place a week after. The greatest quiet prevailed in that city. From Poland we have recived the intelligence that a new recruiting of troops is goingon. The Czar, Nicholas, was to arrive at Warsaw and go to Schwal- back, a watering place of the Datchy of Nassau, & few miles distunt from the frontier of France, where he was to drink the mineral wat ty B.H.R. Parts and London Fashions. (From the Ladies’ Newspaper. | 5 Bart. Dress.—Robe of white tulle with three jupes, | ever a nip of white satin, Each jupe ie gathered up at the bottom in a series of small festoons. and each ga- thering is fastened by a bow of white satin ribbon, fn the centre of which is fixed a small diamond or- namet, a tunic of Brussels lice deseends from the waist to the top of the festoons of the upper jupe, A low corsage, the front in diapcries of inle, and below the draperies two rows of Brusecls Jace; the short | sleeves edged with one row of the same lace. In front of the corsage a diamond broach ndant drops. The hair is by vd on th ited at the back of the head, 7 with pearls. and ends from the over the back part of the neck Demi-long gloves, and pearl bracelets with diamond snaps. r Li Dress Evexrxo Costeme.—Under robe of cerise- colored taflety, with a broad flounce, headed by a roulean of the same, Over thie robe there isa short upper robe of pearl-gray taflety, gathered up at each side, and fas- tened by bows of corise-colored satin. The floance of the lower robe is edged with two rows of pon gray velvet. The corsu, js in the form of Louie XV., the open part in front being ornamented with three rows | of whiteblonde, Th f the corsage is edged witha row of narrow blond n plain. and to stand up. At ench ride of the open part of the corsage is fixed a small | coque of corise-colored sutin ribbon. Headdress. foliage colored velvet and gold. Demi-long white kid | gloves, trimmed at the top with band aud simell bows of white satin ribbon, Gold bracelets, CUNBHAL OBSERVATIONS ON FARHION AND The new evening dre« elude one or t of cashmere of light tints, as blue or pale s are trimmed with flounc cereen. They renllopped and edged wit gold or silver braid. or with eilk of the same color as the drees, A dinner dress. w mm a few evenings ago by » young lady. consists of blue si silk, The shirt is ornament- The trimming of the It consists of bows of er the space occupted by the thus one bow is placed at the point in front of the waist, and the rest in rows. each row widen- ing as it ascends to the top of the corsage, Amoug the bows, eiall white roses without leaves are interspersed at irregular distances, The head-dress was « wreath, eon- sisting of a combination of ribbon and flowers. the same as those canployed in trimming the front of the corsage, We may describe another costume worn at the same party by a lady inslight mourning. ‘The dress, composed of pes rey brocade, was made with the skirt open on each side ; ypenings confined by three rows of black velvet, in the centre of whieh was a small slide set with diamonds. ‘The front of the corsage was trimmed & Lechelle. with narrow rows of black satin alternating with quillings of blonde, fastened on each side by a diamond button, Head-dress, black velvet and diamonds. Some very elogant dresses were worn at a dinuer re- cently given by the President ef the French Republic to Lord Cowley. The exquisite dress wern by Madam Druin de \'fiuys, attracted general admiration. It was composed of white brocade, eprigged with rosebuds, The skirt was raised on each side by bouquets of roses with velvet folinge, thus displaying @ magnificent flounce of Alencon lace, attached to the under robe, at about the height of the knees. ‘The front #f the corsage was orna- mented with an eoaclie in diamonds and rose buds. The head-dress, which was remarkably pretty, consisted of a wreath of re leaves, oy of velvet of various shades, and interming! ith emall flowers, formed of dismonds. The wreath terminated ina tuft of leaves, with pendent epraye, behind the bundeaux on eash aide of thehead. Atthe back of the bead, and in the centre of the plait, was placed a bouquet of diamonds. Two rows of diamonds, each having one end affixed to the bouquet, and the other to the tufts of leaves behind the bandeaux, formed festoons, drooping low on the neck ‘The bonnets mtoduced fer the spring season comprise severnl of fancy straw. Many bave afull under trim. ming of flowers intermingled’ with blonde or loops of ribbon, Some bonnets, consisting of openwork straw, white figured with black. are very pretty. aud are trimmed with pink ribbon. black velvet. and Ince. With regard to under-sleever, no alteration of the fashion whick has #0 long prevailed is likely to take place at present For demi-toilette, pagoda ‘under-sleeves, trimmed with double or treble rows of lace, will be worn; corrage pres ribbon, dispored £0 ae to © President for ten years, the majority of the French people would frankly accept hit actual porition, and rank among his partisans; whilst his ambitious pros- pecte are hurting the greatest part of the French people, and are working against his safety and the tranquillity of France. Time will prove wy asser- tions and reasoning. , e The first sitting of the two Legislative bodies of France took place on Tuesday last, and as no report ie to be given of these debates, nothing has tran- Fpired out of the affaire discussed at the Luxembourg but in walking costume close under-slecves fastened by @ wristband will alway be preferred. Little girls on de not Cape bad boyd os of form, excepting in the corsage, whieh may be made ina variety of Tare Sometimes it is opem, with or without revors, and having the front ormameuted with braid frilla, or some other trimming. The is also made elose, and with basques at the waist. Until the advance of the fine season, whom straw bonnets are usually fashionable for little girls, silk bonnets will be general; they have full under of parpow ribbon and that the names of all those who took the ‘foath” | The Reign of Terrorm France. The Paris eorrespondent of the London Chronicle gives the following description of the ‘reign of ter- ror,” which has m onee more established in France:—It will be remembered that on the 3d of February last, cireular was issued by M. de signy, by which the military tribunals sitting on the cases of the persons implicated in the distur- bances which succeeded the December were superseded, mixed commissions | were instituted in each de ent, consisting of | the Prefect, the Commander-in-Chief of th riet, | and the Procureur General. These comiissiouers | were empowered to examine the cases of all_priso- ners, to set such as ared innocent at Tikerty, ' and to inflict due punishnient on the rest. This sort of investigation fell far short of a fair trial, ‘but | wes thought a favorable change from the military tribunals, especially as it was believed that the measure was dictated py feelings of moderation and humanity on the part of the government. The re- sult has proved that the mereiful motives attributed to the government were not quite deserved. Some people have been set at liberty, against | whom no eharge could be brought; but, though ad- mitted to be innocent, almost all of them have been | forced to leave their homes, some having been sent to other departments, while others have been or- dered to leave France. With regard to the rest, all that is known (for the proceedings of the commis- sion are as secret as, and more summary than, those of the Inquisition) is, that some thousands of them have been condemned to transportation to Cayenne, Lambessa and Algeria, and that we almost every day find accounts in the papers of huge convoys of those prisoners proceeding to their banishment; 279 con- damnés, from the de) ents of the Var, Vancluse and the Bouches du Rhone, were embarked on board the Solon, at Marseilles, on the Ist of March for Al- eria; 298 condamnés, from the Herault and Basses Alpes, arrived at Algiers on the 4th, in the Labrador, where they doined another convoy of 133 who had preceded them; 496 condamnés arrived at Havee on the Sth of March, and among these were 11 persons who had been arrested the previous day only, (the ‘7th,) and who were sent off without trial, of course, but without any known reason; 260 eondamnés, from the Deighhoehted of Bourges and Nevers, were broagh. on the 14th, ym Orleans to the fort of Bicetre, and there they probabl: still remain; and on the night of the 17t! of March, 300 of these unfortunates were sent off from the fort of Ivry, in the outskirts of Paris, for Havre, on their way to Cayenne. There are proba- bly many more convoys; but these instances appear in the papers of the last two days, and show to what an enormous extent the system is carried It would be hardly credited in England, if 1 were to attempt to describe the horrors to which this wholesale sys- tem of expatriation gives rise. Many instances aro known in which persons in respectable stations in life have been arrested in the streets for no known reason, and have been carried from prison to prison till their friends have lost sight of them. Whero they are now, whether in France, in Algeria, or on their way to Cayenne, no one can tell, for the au- thorities will say nothing. All that can certainly be said is, that if alive they cannot communicate with their friends. Notwithetanding the severit; exercised against the press, a Paris paper, whic! has shown rather more spirit under oppression than its contemporaries, ventures, to-day, to say :——‘* It would be important to have details on these pro- scripts, to know in a precise manner what are their names, to what Seretonetty they belong, what their degree of culpability, what procedure has been fol- pet to them, on what proofs or what founded the sentences which destroy their caree er them from the objects of their affections, and ruin their interests; for what mo- tives some of them have been placed at the disposi- tion of the Minister of the Marine, to be transported to French Guiana, while others are placed at the disposal of the Minister of War, to be trans- ported to ath ria. But, besides the banishment to Guiana and Lambessa, which is only definite after the sanction of the government, the mixed commis- sions sentence persons accused te the minor punish- ments, such as expulsion from the French territory, temporary banishment, enfervement ia another de- partment, and the placing under the surveillance of the police. How many parents and friends desire to know the category in which the objects of their affections are ranked, and of whose fate they know nothing beyond their being arrested !” The Sidcle then states (bat some of the rumors ooze out at in- tervals, because they are men who have held public positions. ‘Thus it is known that among those sent to Cayenne are MM. Miot, late representative ; Poonim, formerly in a responsible position in the Prefecture of Police; Algerion, editor of the Tva- vailleur ; Paté, notary at Chagny ; Salva, Colonel of National Guard of Sotteville ; Leclere de Chango- bert, advocate at Sens, &c.; but it adds that the lowed in re testimony wel | @’ état of the 2d of | | andto get the Austrians to occupy in their place. great bulk of the condemned persons is unknown, aad that the obscurity which weighs upon their fate is @ yover-ceasing anxiety in a great number of fami- lies. Phe Journal d’dudve-et-Loive gives u tong liet of persons who have been simply ordered to leave France. Many of them have never been ar- rested, and donot know why they are expelled. All the information they receive is a passport forcé vent to them by the'police, with orders to leave the ter- ritery of France within eight days. The tist eon- tains the names of adyocates. attorneys, solicitors, schoolmasters, editors, physicians, apothecaries, far mere, &e., &e. The Late Marshal Marmont. A letter fiom Venice, 14th March, in the Débats, nye ‘Youalready know all the details of the last mo- ments of the life of the Marshal. It would appoar that there has been nothing found among the papers of the Marshal but a letter addressed to M. Joseph Barbier, his maitre-d’hotel, of which the following ie an authentic translation :— To M. Joseph Barbier, my Maitre-d' Hotel. Venice, Dec. 28, 1842. My Drar Josern:--You have served me during my whole life with zeal, fidelity, and attachment, and I iely on you to execute, after my death, the different arrangements which Ihave made. In conforming yourself to my intentions, you will give me the last proof of your attachment and of your friendship. I leave no fortune, consequently 1 can do but very lite for you. Madame de Danrémont will dispose of what s to me, and knews my intentions on the subject of my different arrangements. Ag soon as] am dead, you will inform her of it, and wait her orders; you will, at the same time, take care to col- lect all my letters, aad to send them uuder my seal to Madanie de Danrémont, at Paris. Astothe little things which belong to me, you will keep them until Madame de Danrémont gives you orders to distribute them to those for whom they are intended. I leave you, by way of remembrance, in my will, the sum of 2.000f I now double that sum, se that you will take 4,000f. out of the money which you will find in my possession at my death. "I formally authorize youte execute all these arrangements; you will alse take the watch which I have generally worn. You will deliver to all the persons who will be pointed out to you, the articles whieh I leave them. Tleave to Count idore de la Rue, my aide-de-camp, my large travel- ling dressing-case, us wellas my memoirs. The rest of my effects shall be sent to Paris to Madame de Dan- rémont, who will inform you of the arrangements I have madeinmy will. desire to have my body em- halmed according to the new system, and conveyed to Chatillon-sur-Seine, and deposited in the place which J have had arranged for that purpose by M. dela Pe- rouse, the Mayor of Chatillon, who has kindly un- dertaken it. | annex to this letter instructions asto the manner in which I wish to be embalmed, and if the accomplishment of that wish should be attended with any difficulty, you will have my body placed in a coftin filled with spirits of wine, until aman can be found who ir capable of embalming it in the man- ner I wieh. After the embalming, I wish my body to be gent, without pomp, and at the slightest poasi- ble expente, to its lust home. I hepe, my dear Jo- seph, that the moment for executing these arrange- mente is still far distant ; but no inan can foresee the future, and the term of his existence. My eon- fidence in you aesures me that you will exnetly fulfil my last arrangements. I thank you beforehand, and I wish you, as well as your wile, and to your tone, every kind of ae a Marshal Duke De Racuse Hanoura, April 7, 154! In confirming the above document, [ authorize you to take for yeurself, out of the money which shall remain to me, afresh eum of 4,000f, so that the total sum will amount to $,000f. Marshal Duke De Raause. I recommend you to euperintend the removal of my body yourself, and to have it placed in the tomb under your own inspection. The Marshal passed web the latter years of his life in writing his memoff#, and left instructions for their publication after his death. These me- moirs will make fourteen volumes, and will be pub- lished without the slightest suppression, addition, or alteration, the Marshal having, in a letter to his friend M. Grimand, of Caux, requested that gen- tleman to superintend the publication, and prevent uw bis manuscript. any ehange being made in The Centralization of Power in Earope. (From a Vienna Letter, March 21.) Six months ago, demecra d socialists were full of hope, and the ruling powers were tremblingly looking to the future; but now the danger sets in in another direction ; now the tendency of the times isno longer the establiehment and revival of petty nationalities and so nties, but the centraliza- ion of power in the hands of the great, even at the risk of the destruction of the spirit, variety, and emulation of the separate races and nationalities. Indeed, whatever intervals of reaction may occurred, Arnold has well remarked, that * the undoubted tendency of the Iast two centuries has been to consolidate what were once separate States or kingdoms into one great nation.” So even now there is a conviction abroad that the fulness of time for action is come, and the three or four great powers, in whose hands the fate of Europe an ced, are preparing for conflict, like last reserves, in order to change the aspect of afta in Europe, and intzodues new elomonts into its fu- ture history. Who can be unmoved when such struggles for su; are about to commence ? who could sit unconcerned on a hill that overlooked such a battle-field? In Austria, they seem to think that the clouds of war are in the cast and in the west. It is considered that Louis Napoleon will not hesitate ere long to plunge Europe into war, from the circumstance of his past ominous silence regarding the treaty ef 1815; from the fact of his having shown how unscrupulous he is inthe means cmplared for the acquisition of power; from necessit; to indulge the vai glory and pride of the people whom he rules, and from reg to tradition con- nected with the name of Napoleon, which has hitherto been the herald of war to Europe. It is said thatthe Pope himself would give the brightest jewel in his triple crown to evacuate Rome of the French, Perhaps the is not unm 1 of the it hankering of the Napoleon family for Ttalian crowns, and also of the past esca) 8 of Louis Napoleon himself in the Ro: a. But whilst Rome trembles,and Belgium and Savoy are also getting alarmed about their borders, Austria and Rus- sia aregalculating a revival of the ancient feuds of France and England, whereby, whilst these old ene- mies fall ‘to clapper-clawing,” they may be ena- bled at last effectually to divide the East between them. The state of the Greek and Sclavonic popu- lations in the north of Turkey is in a fair way of giving the required cause for foreign interference. ustrian troops are already being hurried off in considerable numbers to the itary borders ; whilst, report saya, the Russians aro also gathering in the West and the South, and even meditating for the ultimate establishment of » Russian harbor in a Ser srey par Grail gach eras n ces, ng] good reagon e ‘ing for future cnergensies, and to be not ‘nmindful of the words of Sir James Mackintosh, that ‘‘the human race have not yet arrived at the promised land of uni- versal peace ;” and that, although the tendency of Lips oee re eamens better state, ex- perience does not justify us in supposing that man; pe of the progress may be immediately for ihe Orse. The Guano Discoveries in the Pacific, [From the London Gazette, March 24.) The announcement in the Shipping and Mercan- tile Gazette, of Monday, of the discovery of an ex- tensive guano deposit upon an island in the South Pacific cean, is causing so many Ly Santa that we readily put before our readers such further informa- tion upon the matter as we have been able to glean. It appears that, several months sinee, the fact ofthe existence of guano was communicated by an old whaling captain to his owner, who at once deter- mined that the matter should be kept secret until more fully substantiated, and if found to be correct, then to place the discovery before the shipping in- terest. With this view, he gave instructions to the captain of a vessel he was despatching upon a voyage round the Horn, tosearch for the island in the lati- tude and longitude furnished him, and to report to him oll art from the first port he eou!d make. So faithfully and successfully have these ordere been fulfilled, that, by the last mail from Panama, we are told that the owner had the origi- nal statement fully confirmed, and received sam- ples of the guano, taken from the spot by his own captain. These samples have since been analyzed by an eminent London chemist, and give the follow- ing result :-- y of ammonia. vnimal organic matter. sulphate of muriate of potash and soda. phosphate of lime and phosphate of mugnesia. 2 sand, Hk 100 By comparison of this analysis with that of the best Peruvian guano, now selling at 9/. 5s. per ton, we understand the value of the new article will be found to be about 5/. 10s. to 6. per ton ; but as it is probable that many cargoes will find their way yo Mauritius, and other colonial and foreign markets, the value will he found to vary materially ; and, as the samples are said to have been taken from the surface, the amount of ammonia will, in all proba- bility, increase as the bulk becomes worked into. ‘The quantity deposited is stated to be so considerable that #o supposition can be safely ventured upon, and the island, from not being near any coast, is quite free from the dangers attending the loading at Icha- hoe, and other islands on the west coast of Africa, from the setting in of rollers. A discovery of this description, at a time when £0 many vessels are lying unemployed at San Fran- cisco, and#o many others, idle or seeking, in our Auswalian colonies, and also in India, we look upon asa means of profitable employment, which many owners will be likely to fake advantage of. The island, we are informed, is at present unclaimed by any government, and the British flag was the first bamner planted upon it. Miscellaneous European Items, _ A curious experiment, demonstrating the protec- tive quality of gutta percha against the escape of the electric fiuid, was tried on the premises of the ondon Gutta Percha Company. A series of copper wires, coated with gutta percha,each wire 1.(00 feet long, and in the aggregate amount- ing to 275 miles, was immersed in the water of the Regent’s Canal—all, except the parts where each wire joined ite fellow. The juncture was un- fected by mere twisted contact, a condition very ef- favorable tothe ready transmission of the fluid--and the voltaic battery employed in passing the dis- charge was on the old construction of Dr. Wollas- ton, consisting of 354 pairs of 4 inch square plates of copper and zine, Bt in action by dilute sulphu- rie acid. On completing the voltaic circuit, the ex- plosion was {nstantancous, notwithstanding the wires had been immereed in water ever since the 18th of January. By employing a stronger battery, it is difficult to say what would be the limit of the electrical ignition. The usual pies of inflaming gunpowder, by means of voltaic electricity, consists in making the fluid traverse a slender platinum wire, which thereby is renderefl incandescent—a plan which certainly would not have been effective at se aoe a distance as 275 miles, with the battery employed. cag it would have been impossible with any battery. The plan actually followed was discovered by Mr. Statham, the chemist, at the gutta rcha works, and consists in passing the voltaic lischarge ge a small layer of the salt (proba- bly sulphuret of copper), which ferms when copper is brought into contact with sulphurised gutta reba. Pete London Times correspondent, writes from Paris on the 20th ult. :--The French government hag got into a curious scrape. A few years ago the Chevalier Santé, an Italian gentleman, having, while at Rome in 1837, made a copy of Raphael's celebrated picture of the Transfiguration, the size of the original, brought it to Paris, and placed it in the Church of St. Roch. There the picture remained for some years, and in the meantime the curé died, while M. Santé went to England. Matters were in thie state when Sir Ferguson Davy, with whose family Santé is connected, being in Paris, made some inquiry about the picture, when he ascertained that it had been removed by order of the Minister of the Interior, but no ene could say to what place orfor what purpose. M. Santé was immediately | writtento. He eame to Paris forthwith, and soon ascertained that his picture had been taken to the manufactory of the Gobelins, where fer the last year it had tieen used asa model for the students ; and moreover, that for the last eight months three men had been employed in making a copy in tapes- try from it. M. Santé claimed the picture as his property, and his claim was at once allowed. He also insists that the government should either pur- chase the picture or make him an indemnity for the use of it, and he claims 50,000f. as the value of his picture. The figure is a large one, but the Minis- ter admite that he has paid 100,000f. for a bad copy of the same pieture, and that M. Santé’s is a good one; but still he grumbles about the payment of the 50,000f. M. Cavé has been ordered to make a report on the question, with a view of bringing it to a close; but it is very probable that this case of con- fiscation (without a decree) will ultimately come before the courts of law. Ata London police court, a “rather decent look- ing middle-aged female” applied to the Honorable 8. C. Norton for his assistance in procuring her the | restoration of various articles of apparel detained from her by a person. It appeared that some time since this man actually purchased the wife of | a fellow-tradesman for a pot of beer, and took her | and her two children to live with him. They went on very well together until some days since, when he discovered ‘Bat it was the intention of his com- panien to return to her husband, and this led to lows. On that morning the applicant, armed with a sledge hammer, demolished th the things in the place. The man said that he had purchased the woman from her husband ‘in the presence of wit- nesees, who, if necessary, he could produce.” The magistrate remarked that the transaction was most disgraceful to all the parties, and recommended the | man to give up the whole ef the wearing apparel. A Fashionable Dressmaker_ liv: near the Plaee Vendome, Parie, Mdlle. F——, caused, a fow days ago, an eagle bearing a crown to be painted on the windows of her shop. The next day mud and filth were thrown on it, and this was repeated the following day uleo. On Tuesday evening, a ball, | apparently discharged from an air gun, knocked the | window to paecox, and penetrated some wood-work, near whieh the dresamuker Waa seated. Fortunately, she was not touched. Soine persons, who happened to be passing, immediately went in pursuit of the aggressor, but were not able to discover him. The fame night a fire broke out in the bedroom of the dressmaker, but it was soon extinguithed. A correspondent writes from Rome, March 12, that on Tuesday afternoon, his holiness the Pope was in- dulging in a drive beyond the city walls, and had left the precinets of the Vatican by the Porta An- gelica, when, tempted by the beauty of the day, he ordered his cortége to halt, and alighted to walk, followed by hie guards. In the vieifity of the Mil- vian Bridge, a person in the garb of a priest ob- served the papal equipage, and was suddenly seized with an irresistible imy to approach the person of the Pope, which he did in so rapid a manner that Pio Nino was alarmed, and the guards considered it to be their duty to collar the iuBeslert and ae his throwing himsclf at the foet of the Pope. The jest insisted upon being allowed to earry out his tention, and proce to give utterance to most unorthodox assertions respecting the equality of ‘iests, and of the human race in general, shouting at he was sorry to see the vicar of Christ sur- rounded by such scoundrels. When the Pope had got out of his visiter’s immediate neighborheod, he gave orders that he should be released fr gripe of his captors, but strictly kept in two gendarmes, and his dwelling and avocations as- certained, in order that a report of the whole affair might be drawn up for Cardinal Antonelli’s perusal. This was done, and the unasked adviser of his holi- ness turned out to be a Dalmatian of known eccen- tric habits, who had probably felt more eccentric than ever on the day in question, from the discus- ion of a couple of flasks of wine. He is now pay- ing the penalty of his temerity by a sojourn in mn. ~The Ler for the American line of packet ships tradin; tween London and New York, have re- quested their revenue authorities to sanction the adoption of more convenient regulations for the transhipment of the baggage of emigrants arriving by the steamers from the Continent en route to the nited States, and at the same time to prevent them being subjected to any unnecessary expense, and al- low them the use of such articles of apparel as they may actually require during their temporary sojourn here, on their way to their destination. © A con- siderable number of emigrants are expected to arrive in the course of spring and summer from Germany, via Rotterdam, en route to the United States. The authorities have sanctioned arrangements for the desired purpose. The merchants and shipownors of Havre are at present in great alarm, in consequence of a report that it is intended shortly to make modifications in the lawon rs. The Chamber of Commerce has helda meeting on the subject, and all the merchants and shipowners of the town have been convoked to attend another eng to draw up a petition to the Prince President of the republic, setting forth the injury which any change in the sugar laws will cause to the’ commercial and maritime prosperity of lavre. Turkey is adding constantly of late to her steam Navy, and possesses at present a state navy of eighteen vessels, of 3,700 horse power in all, namely, the Medjidie, 450; Mukbburi Surur, 450; Tuif, 450; Feizi Bari, 450; Sayki Cladi, 450; Esseri Djedid, 300; Erekli, 180; Tairi Bahri, 160; Peiki Chewket, 160; Missiri Bahri, 160; Easeri Haix, 120; Veeiley Tedgaret, 60 ; Pesendidé, 60; Peiki Tidgard, 50; Esseri Tidjaret, 50; Guirit, 50; and Houma Parraz, 40. In addition to these vessels there are eight others belonging to the Commercial Compahy, of 1,450 horse power—in all making a total of 5,150 horse power. Besides this force, there are eight steamers for the Bosphorus, two of which are used as tug boats. A correspondent, writing from Vienna on the 19th ult., says:—There is no faith whatever to be put in the high-flown descriptions sent from time to time to the Augsburg Gazette, respecting the state of fecling, and the general condition of affairs in the Austrian monarchy. The attachment of the people to the person of their Emperor, and their admira- tion for his great deeds, there painted in such glow- ing colors, have likewise no foundation in truth; and although the late nautical experiences of his Majesty, are said ay his eulogists to have brought out his fitness for the post of Admiral-Doge, and to have placed him in the eyes of the sea-faring popu- lations of the Adriatic, high upin the aye of fame, I can assure you that such is the very re- verse of the truth ; and, even here, at head-quarters, all that his most devoted apologists can allege as an excuse for his imprudence, is youth and inexpe- rience. At noon, on the 10th ult., justas the Exchange at Hamburg, crowded with merchants, presented its business aspect, two drummers in the civie uniform came up and rolled their drums for the space of ten minutes, causing a great commotion both within and out of the Bourse. While this was going on, work- men were seen over the principal gateway of the building elevating a black board, on which waspaint- ed in white letters the name of a merchant of the city who had lately suspended payments and abseond- ed with all hie assets When the name had been fairly set up, a bell was sounded for two hours from a tower of the Bourse. This penalty of disgrace, called the ‘ execution of a fraudulent bankrupt,” is ordained by a law which can be traced to the four- teenth century, when the Hanseatic league was at the height of its greatness. _ On the occasion of the ceremony on the 29th inet., the President of the French republic will la: aside his usual military uniform, pee wear the full drees costume of President of the Council of State. The emigration of Chinese to California is greatly on the increase. During the month of July six ves- sels had sailed; 1) were preparing to leave on the 30th of January, and more were required. Many who had previously emigrated had returned with sub- stantial proofs of their success, and the Chinese are not slow in following the example of their country- men when money is the inducement. _ The London Times asks, dees it not appear at first sight a strange result of the terrible statistics of s0- eicty that, upon an average, one pereon out of twenty of the inhabitants of that luxurious metropolis is every day destitute cf food and employment, and every night without a place for shelter or repose ? A letter, dated Kalisch, March 3, states that the government proposes, as soon as the railroad from St. Petersburg to Warsaw shall have been made, to construct another from Odessa to Kiew, with an extension to Bothnia. The principal object of the overnment is to facilitate the transport of grain irem southern Russia. A large quantity of wheat and flour has been shipped from the ports of London und Hull for the ports of Prussia, which will be admitted at only a nominal duty, in consequence of the great scarci- ty which prevails in that country of every descrip- tion of grain. Large contracts are stated to have been entered into by some of our leading cornfac- tors for that country. A Paris correspondent writes:—The printing and distribution of a deputy’s speech without authoriza- tion of the Chamber is punishable by a fine of from 500f. to 5,000f. against printers, and 5f. to 500f. against distributors. A grave question arises, whe- er the English papers will not be subjected to the latter fine, in case the translation of a speech should supeer without authorization. he Madrid Heraldo announces that the Duke and Duchess de Montpensier have postponed their intended visit to the Balearic Islands, Genoa, &c., on account of the interesting state of health of the Duchess. The Queen of Spain, in exchange for the baby clothes sent by the Pope to the young princess, has sent to his Holiness a magnificent picture by Murillo, and four fine Spanish horses. A land slip occurred on the 15th ult., in Vigo, government of Castiglione, where an immense pro- Jecting mass, which had been beeen destruc- tion for a considerable time past, detached itself from the Monte Vicesio, burying the small hamlet of Rio under its ruins. The number of victims is not known. A Copenhagen journal announces that a foreign company has offered to establish a railway across Jutland, if the Danish government will consent to eck an interest of three per cent. on the capital. The Duchess of Berri gave a grand soirée on the Mth ult., at Milan, at which the celebrated Rubini — ‘he Breslau Gazette quotes a telegraphic despatch of the 22d from Zara, announcing that about 500 Bosnians, who inhabited the village of Tissovues, have crossed the Dal- matian frontier, to escape from the revenge of the Turk- ish authorities, who would be sure to punish them with great barbarity,on account of some resittance they had offered to a Turkish offieer, who attempted to arrest their priest. They have ail brought their cattle and moveable property with them. A letter of the 14th states that the Turkish govern- ment was anxious to improve its friendly relations with Morocco, and for that purpose the Chamberlain of the Palace had been deepatched by the Sultan, with very rich presents for the Emperor. It appears by the newe of the 15th. that a vast number of books, of a revolutionary nature, intended to excite the Bulgarians aguinst the Tarkith government, had been confiscated. About fifty houses, and ae many shops. have been burned down at Bujukdere. The ex-Grand Vizier, aie Pasha, hae beenappointed a minister, without port- folio, The Cologne Gazette states that Mr. Alison. the Seere- tary of the British embassy, had returned from Belgrade without having obtained from the Servian government the satirfucticn which he went there to demand, and which consisted in having the English flag saluted by several salve of artillery. Eximaonpixaky Cerenity of tHe Morse Lines or Trirenarn.—in the usual columns will be found the intelligence brought by the royal mail steamer Africa; being to the 27th of last month, and three days lator than that by the Baltic. The Africa reached New York last night. at 40 minutes past 7 o’cloek, Quebec time. By 9 o'clock—in fact before the veeeel had ceased “blowin, off steam’—the entire report of her news was receiver in Montreal and Quebec! The lines of the various com- anies between this city and New York, office No. 2 all street, were all put In. working connection immedi- ately on her arrival, and, when once the report was com- meniced. it parsed instantancously—as written, word by word—the whole distance from New York to Quebec. Were it not for numerous private communications some- times occupying the whole attention of the operators on one or more of the line, the despatches for the press would be invariably sent on with the same expedition as above alluded to. We believe that with no other than Morse’s system can the necessary connection, here spoken of, be used, which must certainly lead to its general adoption in preference to all others,—Quelwc Mercury, sfprii 8. SENTENCE FOR Munper.—The prisoner Maurice Antonio, convicted of the murder of Ignacio ‘Leixeira Pinto, on the 22d of November last, in the town of Gates, Monroe ceunty, was, on Saturday last, sentenced to be pane ed on Jhurtday, June dd, between 2 and 6 o'clock, Our Boston Correspondence. Boston. April 10. 1852, Fast Week: Its Dutoess und Want of Interest---The Recent Elections---Legista''« Matiers---Laws Directed Against the Fugitive Slave Law. $c. Fast week is generally very slow time in Roston, and, if Tam more than usally dull, you must attribute it to that circumstance. (Qceusionally it is 1 deadly lively® time—as, for example (aree years ago. when Pierson? killed his family on the day of the annua} fast—the most shocking murder, perhsps, in our whole criminal history. Such occurrences, however, are rare, and sare not to be? depended upon, What cade matters worse this year? than usual, is the tenaciiy with which winter adheres te.| us, ‘The most popular wode of obsorving the fast is play- «| ing at ball onthe Common ; but as that green spot hap-g| pened to be uncommonly white, from the fall of a foot or, two of snow, the customary form of devotional oxercises Was necessarily departed from, to the vast rezrot of all the Pious souls in our vicinity. Doubtleas itis all attributable to the existence of the coulition government. which has 80 awfully interfered wiih (ue ancient institutions ef the .| commonwealth, ‘The democrats are in expital spirits over the news from Mf Connecticut, Rhodo Isivud, and Portland, which harmo- nizes Fo well with the result in New fiampshire, The ex- tent of their joy shows (he measure of tiwir fears, and I") know that many of their number expected defeat iu each | case, They look upon those victories as #0 many indica- tions of what is to be the reeult of the Presidential clee- tion, It has not happened that Rhode Island has given Popular temocratic inajority in the spring of a Prosiden- 3 tial year since 1886, and then it oame from the the whig candidate for Quvernor. who fed Ahad 5 the election, that a part of Rhode Island to Mas. sachussetts, which was quite enough to pulveriae him, The same year Rhode Irland voted for President. ‘The popular majority there now is sufficient, f, if matters be carefully ma i vote safe for the The defeat of Lieut, ( Lawrence was caused by the course he took on t ine law, There is one man inthe State who will not much regret his Honor's forced retirement, and that ‘is his Excellency Governor Allen. The two gentiemen had become rivals in politics, and men thus situated love one another aboutas sincerely as do men who are competi 7 may be sure that th 4+ no love lost between them, ary oe na more seers between them about. e Unit ates Senalorship, Besides. i ve freiirinpre des. the whige have The whigs swear that Connceticut was not redeemed by them, only because their purty was foolirh enough to take up and identify themselves with the Maine law. Thei zeal in behalf ‘of that politweian-killi consequence. undergone & t then it kills the wror more than Soabttal whethi facts,” the law will ever come to anything in Massach: setts, Indeed, it is now admitted that the long postpone- ment of its further consideration was had for the purpose of seeing what would be the elfect of a sinilar law on the politics of neighboring States; and as thut effect has the mncrit of being singularly clear and appreciable, it may be that the courre of events hore will rather startle the ene- mies of strong drink. ‘The bili will be taken up on Tucs- day next, in the House, aud will soon be disposed of in that body. If passed there, the fight will be renewed in the Senate on the ref t Our Legislature has now been in gession almost an hundred days, and has yet before it a large amount of business, which it docs not appear greatly disposed to p ahead. A good deal of compiaint is made that the Hor in particular, does not attend to its work, During the past week there has been a very slim attendanee, and on one occasion the Senate was compeiled to adjourn for want of a quorum. only fouricen out of forty members being present. So far as this “absenteci#m” is chargeable upou abolitionists, it is very ennoying to the leading men of that party. One of tiem was talking, the other day, to m colleague, not an absenive, however, on the subject, and lamenting that such an adventuge should be given to the whigs for electioncering purposes, “Ch,” growled the collesgue, “you fellows who look to run for Congress, or for the Governcrship. want to have a short session, as @ fort of political capital; Lui we who have no such pros- pest before us, and who dou't even expect to come back ere again, are noi in «uch a hurry to go home.” A law to prevent frauduient arrests has been reported tothe Senate. Itis said to have been suggested by the manner in which Preston was lately arrested in your city, It provides that the officer arresting a party shall te 4 him the real cause of his being seized, under heavy penal- ties if ho shail practice any deception. It is supposed that this law will pass the Senate witheut much trouble, but its fate in the House is by no means umong the certain- ties of this world. Should it beeome a law, and also that which provides that an alleged fugitive slave shall have his writ of Aabeas corpus and trial by jury, it is rupposed that the old democratic republican doctrine of State Rights will be pretty thorougly vindicated in Ma+- | sachusette—whether wisely or unwisely, must be left to be determined by time and the event. The action of the whigs of the New York Legislature in behalf of General Scott, has made that gentleman's friends here quite hilariovs, and they make a great deal of sport over the proposed meeting of the young Websterites of your city ou the 1th. ‘They think they must be very young indeed, and also uncommon green, to so mneh as | think of running such « man as Mr. Webster for the Pre- , sidency. Thus irreverently do the whigs speak of their “| greatest man. ‘There have been some removals during the last fortméght, whereat the whiga are rejoiced, looking to place some of the younger members of their pariy in offices hitherto filled only by elderly gentlemen of rmall_ account in polities. “The whigs are very con- fident of future sucecss here, and they eluckle over the official changes which the demecraiie governs ment is making in (he State, for their future benefit, The subject cf ~ intervention” bas been before our Senate during the present week. the question veing on the adoption of the resolres reported by a joint speeial committee, to whom was referred so much of the Gover- nor's Message as dwelt upon [ossuth’s visit. A motion tostrike out the word “Governor,” so as to call the Hun- garian “Mr.” Kossuth, wae made; but it received only two votes, out of twenty-roven cast. The rogular inter- vention committee's report and resolves have also been discussed, The friends of Kossuth ave ina majority in the Legixiature. as many whigs are far from being fright- ened at the idea of intervention, At their head stands Col, kchouler, editor of the Boston Atlas, who gocs as thorough on the subject as the most radieal demccrat im the House or Senate. He is a Scott and Seward man. and yery liberal on almest all points. ‘The vote in fa- pd of the intervention resolves was twenty-eight to four. ‘There is very little literary intelligence worth men- tioning. Mr. Sparks’ vindication of his integrity in edit- ing the Washington Papers, is looked upon as very satis- factory, both ax against Lord Mahon and Mr. Hildreth, Mr. Parkman, author of the “History of the Conspiracy of Pontiac, engaged on a new work, illustrative of an important branch of oar national history. Mr. Parkman isthe son of the Rey. Dr. Parkman. and is destined to eccupy the higheet place in our historical literature. His reading iv vast and well arranged, his industry un- tiring, hie command ef language singularly powerful. and his style clear and unaffected. Iam sorry to say that, like Augustin Thierry and Mr. Pronott, he suffers from the greatest affliction that ever befol a scholar, or indeed any man, that of imperfect vision, s0 imperfect, indeed, that he has to pee his valuable studies through the assistance of others. His forthcoming work will be an important addition to our literature. and it is to be hoped that he will engage in other historical works, the publiea- tion of which will throw new and brilliant light on Amer- ican annals. ALGOMA, Government Documents, 1852. We observe by the report on the Statistics and History of the Steam Marine of the United States, just issued—the tables of which end lst July, 1851— that the number of steamers running on the lakos and rivers of the interior is 765, with a tonnage of upwards of two hundred and forty thousand tons ; that the number of officers and crews is 17,607, and the number of passengers carried during the year ending Ist July last, amounts to 5,861,845; that the number of steamers in the districts of the Mississippi valley is 263, with a tonnage of 67,957 tons, and the number of passengers conveyed in the above ear, 882,593 ; that the steam marine on tho Ohio Basin numbers 348 steamers, and a tonnage of 67,601 tons, and 3,464,967 passengers were conveyed during the above year. We also perceive that the tonnage of the steam vessels sunk by snags, &c., on the Western waters, prior to the year 1619, amounted to 22,058 tons, the original cost of which was 064,512, and cansing a ae in value, of 1,096,143, and $968,369 final loss. The tonnage ofthe steamboats lost by collision on the Western waters, prior to 1849, numbered 7,769 tons, atan original cost of $730,2%6, attended by a depreciation in value of $346,762, and a final loss o} . The total number of steamboats destroyed during this period by snags, was 419, hy burnings 212, wy explosion: 00, by collisions 172, by collapsing flues 167, by bursting pipes 19. The number of steamboats on the northern frontier of the States is 164, with « tonnage of 69,155 tons; and the number of passon- = conveyed during the abeve year, 1,514,2%. he total number of paseo conveyed by the three lines of travel, vis.: the St. Lawrence and the lakes, during the said year, was 1,514,290; by the Missiseippf and Missouri rivers, 882,593, and by the Ohio and its tributaries, 3,464,967. The number of steam and gail boats lost on the lakes and rivers of the interior, in the year ending 80th June, 1851, was—on the Inkes 42, on the rivers 76; and the total number of ) kad lost on the lakes was 67, on the rivers 628. The ontire strength of tho steam marine of the United States is composed of 1,398 vessels, measuring 417,226 tons, and manned by 29,370 men. The number ocean and coast steamers is 625, with a tommage of 212,500 tons, and conveyed during the above mentioned year, 33,342,846 passon- ers. The interior steam marine consists of 766 steam: boats, with a tonage of 204,725 tons; and carrying in the above year 5,801,845 passongers. We notioe | an elaborate report made by Mr. Alfred Guthrie, engineer, upon the an investigation into the causes) of steamboat explosions. f It appears by the sposial report of the Burvey- or General of the State of California, that thore are! about 52 millions of nores, classed as either min4 eral, or useless wt present for agricultural purposes.) and 41,622,400 acres suituble at present for agricul, tural purposes. i Deatn oF Hon. Herman ALLEn.—The Hon. He-! man Allen dicd at his residence, Highgate, Vermont, om ts the 16th inst. Mr. A. was formerly American Minister t the Chilian republic, having been appointed to that atal) tion by Prosident John Quincy Adama, At that tige and until rome twelve years ago. Mr, A. resided at Bare Hngton, since which he has lived at Highgate, The de. ceased war a nephew of the celebrated revolutions hero, Ethan Alien, and a buother-nd Hop Of Rocbatet. TN OF MS