The New York Herald Newspaper, May 7, 1852, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE BUROFA. THREE DAYS’ LATER NEWS. YMPORTANT FROM FRANCE. The Declarations of Russia and Prussia Against a French Empire. WONDERFUL ACCOUNTS FROM AUSTRALIA, ARRIVAL OF TWO AND A HALF TONS OF GOLD DUST IN LONDON, ener emerrmrw DBFEAT OF THE RADICALS IN SWITZERLAND. Reported Eseape of Thomas Francis Meagher. the Irish Exile. THE SILVER MINES OF BOHEMIA, &e., &e., &o. ‘The steamship Europa, Capt. Lott, arrived at this port at six o'clock last evening, in twelve days and five hours from Liverpool. She left that port at one @ clock on Saturday afternoon, the 24th ult. The news is three days later than that brought by the Pacific. The Paris Monitcur of the 22d ult., published a eommunicated note, stating that there was not the slightest foundation for the rumor that the empire will be proclaimed on the occasion of a fée, and added, that should there ever be a necesaity for such a proceeding, it would only be accomplished on the s, and with the con- mitiative of the constituted pow gent of the whole people. Advices from the French capital announce that a number of incendiary fires had recently taken piace in the departments, particularly in weods and properties belonging to the State. Orders had beon went by the government to act with the greatest so- verity in the repression of such criminal acts. it was stated that a camp of 60,000 men is to be estab- Fished at Compitgne, to be commanded ly the Presi- dent in person. M. Quentin Bauchart, who had been sent as a special commissioner to Toulon, had, out of 473 prisoners, who im the department of the Var had been condemned to transportation to Algeria, or- dered 293 to be set at liberty; he had also pardoned 209 who had been sentenced to expulsion, er to be tnporarily removed. The news from Austr is exceedingly rich Brillient had arrived at London, with one week's Jater advices, and two and a half tons of gold dust The Zollyerein Congress was opened at Berlin on the 19th ult., by an address from M. Von Manteuf fel, the President. The Milan Gazete announces that the duty on wine imported from Piedmont into Lombardy had been diminished, and coal andy us other admitted free of duty, in exee ial treaty with Sardinia. The Madrid Military Gazetle @irector of the cavalry of the army ercase it from 8,691 to 11,000 horses. The London Tunes of the 234 inst., has a leader on the subject of Milner Gibson’s motion to abolish newspaper stamps, in. which it spea the ill-paid literary men of America, and “literature so ebeap and abundant as to swamp real merit, and valgarize the taste of the public!” There is nothing new in the election campaign ef Great Britain. The statement that two ships were seen embedded im a floe of ice ot! Newfoundland, last year, still at- tracts attention, on the supposition that they might have been Sir John Franklin’s ships. The ments published remove any doubt as to two vi having been seen, but do not furnish any indic that they were the vessels of the missing expedi ition of the commer- s es that the tended to in- ition. The return from the Bank of England for the | week ending the 17th w when compared with { Publ de 6 ASO +; gives the following results the stock of £19 560,272, show- ; When compared with ‘The ship Fut jain left Madras December 3 with 284 native emigrants for the Mauritius. gale on 25d the hatches were battened dow perished of suftoc 5 : It cone by electric telegraph from Vi the prosecutions against the mother and sis Korsuth have been stopped, and they are to Jowed to go to Amerie The silver mines dis 1850, ir are reported to be so that the ment }: ordered the other silver mines pumber, which have been ab: tury, to be ngein work Jarly rich. John Strain, an Ameri an sailor or Roscius, of New York, was committ ona charge of manslaughter, for fatally + swoman who annoyed him in the strect soner declared that the oocurrence was accidental. ‘Our London Correspondence. Lonpon, F y Evening, April 23, 1852 Religious and Theatrical Squabbles—The Rew. M Bennett, Puseyite, and the enchanting Maile. Wa ner, prima donna — Theatricals generally — Erebus and Terror—The Ships and the I y ing of Belcher’s Expedition—Count Buol-Schauen- stein Opening of the Zollvercin Conference Bolin—Gold from Australia—American Stocks. Les extrimes le touchent—a religious, or rather ehurch squabble, about outward forms and genu- flexions, and a grand theatrica] warfare between the two impresarii of the Opera houses, have divided the attention of the London bcau-monde during week. Imay 2d@ that the theatrical seandal is de- | | cidedly the most interesting. I must, however, give the precedence to the Church, and state that in the House of Commons on Tuesday, Mr. Hor brought before the House the the I Bennett, recently appointed vicar of Frome nets is the der of the Puse) wae dismissed from the inewmh: bishop of L nied was pre Mr. Horsman moved an a¢ him ing ir constivy of England jected;.ou bad would be he t amu: borders up@n that of the in the days of Romeo anc riv ses of her M y ovent | Gard A certain Johanna Wagner, a prima | donna, whe i unri | pear this | by the | ival house, whilst the i ounced also in their adv a by gray he fair cantatrice, om hour announced to ayy te Fides. B ormed that Lumley prevent her appear first engagement. The vurt is crowded by dilettanti, and | have « aman there to watch the proceed- ngs, Which you shall have, if it is in time for post. ie quité clear that Mile. Wagner was engaged nley; but I believe there wae angigreement m a cert day be was to pay down £500. Not having { thie, the lady, atter waiting a in time, ac d ‘an offer froin Gye, who hanced her ever £1,600 down in ready moucy. We bortly have the whole affair in th *oowigh t ag thal fe Hele ete, ahewl crbed Latbice * | same articles » | of price € | the number of people ecllected together. » is without e The A new ginger, Madame Giulienno (not to be confounded with Giuliani), bas made a hit in the “Martyri,” at Covent Garden. The «extraordinary statements concerning the ships geen on the ice off Newfoundland, by the brig { Shields, in April, 1851, has led to a gthened investigation, and there is a strong that the vessels seen were Franklin’s. The assertion that they might have been a reflection is done away with, by the fact that the Renovation had evly two whilst the vessels seen had three | maste. ‘Sir E. Belcher’s expedition had sailed. Count Buol Schauenstein, recently Austrian Am- Dbassador at London, has entered upon his functions as Austrian Minister of Foreign Aflairs. The Zollverein, or Customs-Union Conference, were opened at Berlin on the 19th inst. Baron Manteuffel, who presided, addressed the meeting as follows :— Gentlemen :—His Majesty, the Kit has commis- sioned me and my colleagues present (Ministers of Pub- lie Works and Finance) to have the honor of offering to you acordial welcome. His Majesty’s government ear- nestly desired to commence the work which brings us together, at an earlier period. No greater on are Te+ quired of the steps we adopted at the close of the last year, when the approaching termination of the Zoliverein con- ventions required new reselutions. ‘The thought of loosening thore bonds which conferred so many blessings upon countries embraced thereby, is far from our thoughts. On the contrary, we desire to see union extended and confirmed anew, by entering a new period. based on the same general principles. Fur, also, from exclusive pro- jects, we are convinced that the general material interests which united the league, will exercise their utmost efforts for the extension and reconstruction of the union, and that the Zollverein States, combined hitherto with us, will co-operate in the full developement of the advantages which the union of the Steuerverein (Hanover, Olden- burg, &c.) with the Zollverein offers to the material welfare ef union members, and which are insured, so far as lay within our power, by the treaties we have concluded. Acting under this convic- tion, Prussia has never sWerved. in despite of difficulties and complications, the solution of which will be the busi- ness of the present assembly, This solution will be the more easy and certain if, as we feel confident, all ques- tions are submitted to impartial and serutinizing tests, and, setting aside minor questions, practical wants are held in view. The points of view from which the King’s government considers approaching negotiations, and the propositions Which it has prepared, are laid down in the communications it has addressed. within the last year, to governments connected with the Zollverein. It is alread explicitly stated therein, that the negotiations for whic’ you are assembled, at the invitation of Prussia, are to be considered as deliberations relative to the prolongation of the Zollverein, with the admission of such new members as have bound themselves thereto by treaty. Let us proceed to these labors, gentlemen, with good will. This object being attained. then, and then only (erst), can we turn our attention with prospe:t of success to other questions which we havg equally at heart, and take into hether it may be practicable to con- i mmercial treaties between the re- constructed Zollverein, and other States of. Germany, partwire, or including the whole of their territory. We calculate. genticmen, that you will meet the conlidence which we willingly repose in you, with equal readiness, In that case, we shall attain the object before us, and es- tablish a work of benediction alike beneficial and ralu- tary to all participators, Nothing remains for me to add, gentlemen, but to present to you the commissioners ap- pointed by his Majesty’s government. namely, the General Director of Taxes, (M. Pommer-Esche,) the Privy Coun- cillor of Legation, (Phillipsborn,) and the Privy Coun- cillor of Regeney, (Delbruck.) To this, the Bavarian plenipotentiary replied as follows :-— ¢ your Excellency’s permission, and Tbeli he sentiments of all other commis yectful thanks for your ‘The Bavarian government has readily accepted the invitation of that of Prussia to assist at present nego- tiations about to be o ts answer to the i tion, it has already re regards the point of v to sti the jealous old tyrant “house was crowded. len, © ‘e there- sires the reconstruction in, for it not only sees tl groundwork of material welfare to German States and people, but a bond of union of paramount yalue. It de- sires the maintenance of equality of rights among mem- bers. and of those principles of ‘competent protection for national industry which have hitherto proved beneficial. It desires the extension of the Zollvercin, notin a north- ern, but in other directions, namely, with the view of ar- Tiving at an understanding with Austria for bringing about acustoms and commercial union, The Bavarian government entertains hopes that the negotiations will lead to a general satisfactory result in the above direc- tion. and will use its exertions to effect this object. Upon the iti EES of the Bavarian plenipo- tentiary, M. Von Pommer Esche was elected Pr dent, aud after a short discussson relative to the order of business, the Conference adjourned. The following is the list of plenipotentiaries present on the occasion :— i | iy Prussia . Messrs. Pommer Esche, Phil- lipsborn, and Detbrick. Bavarian c..cccceccseeees Mi Meixner, Ministerial Councillor. ne PEON aah Res M. Von Kénneritz. Envoy to the Court of Berlin, Hancver, Dr. Kieuze, General Director Electoral Hes nane M. Ewald. Couneillier of Re- Grand Ducal Hesse,....... venue Department and ali the the Thuringian Un eof M. Thon, Counc Von Thielau, tate. rion : or of Finance Department. enipotentiaries of Wurtemburg, Baden, u_and Frankfort, were expected on the 20th. ence iz complete, it will con representing n from the he met the declar: tr: vith an open coun: to be seen whether Mee d to any thing more ren. Mr. War ard, her , Whose liverein aff him for the duties, has arrived to watch. and, it is said, report proesedings. Owing to the continuance of the easterly wind, | there is an enormous fleet of wind-bound vessels in There were 600 vessels off Portland oner’s reply, that sia relative to A ng are the chief points of the new trea- eree concluded between France and Sar- It is another step in advance of free trade | principles :— | 1. The abolition, by Sardinia, of all export duty on raw and spun silks, also on skins of kids and lambs. 2. The | abolition, by the two countries. of import duties on the ‘The reduction. by P the hectolitre, instead of 10f, and es, Of 10f. instead of 30f. on f the first quality. of Sf. 50c. instead of 18f. 8, and L0e. instead of 30¢. on every ar containin; s by France, to 16f. in- 00 kilogrammes of the duties on Sar- | form duty bottle of wine thana litre. 4. stead of 20f. the 1 li I duty if 12.000 kilogrammes per annum of the | stecled east iron of Savoy. 6, The reduction, by France, of one-half of the existing duties on the’ cheeses of Savoy, and son from’ that province. ‘At the usual weekly board meeting of the di- | was resolved to reduce the rate of discount on com- is. from 24 to 2 per cent, and a notice was cordingly mand for American State Stocks continues he he usual weekly list i prepared f ‘on to New York by the Europa, from Li per Cente (1s8s-T#60) ) 10534 erling W's (is6S). 108 me 1 onde ° per Cents (it s arrived. Arrest of au American in Rom tance took place is remarkable, consider’ An Ame £: ntleraan was standing amongst the spec in the vestibule of St. Peter's, on Easter Su when the Pope was being carried by, and pe to take off his hat, a piece of disrespect w observed by some French officers behind hiw, who requested him to uncover somewhat imperativ As the Aierican paid no attention to their reque: the officers proceeded to poke his hat off, at w affront the gentleman turned round and signif. his intention of exacting the satisfaction customary an amongst men of honer—a satiafaction, however. whic h the Frenchmen did not seem disposed to ac- cord, 1 alled a file of soldiers, and sent him off te “corps-de-garde, The Ax inform of the d the release of his countryma i | Ireland | N, F evening, Apri! 23. to-day ‘that Thomas Francie | . the Irish political convict, had escaped | Diemen’s Land | reached his friends from a private sou Switzerland, d from Berne, of the Ith inst., | state that inthe elections which took place on that | day the conservatives obtained a great triumph over the radicals. Nearly 40,000 electors recorded their \ votes; and the majority infavor of the council of the | government wae about 7,000. Accounts recely , Ee BYPt. A letter from Constantinople, of the 7th, in the Dibats, saysi— ( lts are generally expected from the mission of Fuad Effendi in Egypt, although it must not be concealed that he may meet with serious diffi- The Porte, it is said, is about to send a commissioner to Jerusalem to carry out the arrange- ete concluded by M oly places. Ie ie oxpect Effoud:, | 1 #0 rotted part of the e« aottling the | t OF Wl bes leoted for thu mossten, : vdmont, toa vvi- | 5. The admission, by France, at a reduced | ities for the importation of cattle | . | is. believed that The intelligence hag | gated; and Louis Napoleon ha some time past “supreme power,” with < aequiescence of ui) the parties which was to have excluded the Bonn De la Valette, relative to | Bot, be Bonn u hi etrection om ihe pulley of Lovie THE DECLARATION OF THE BMPEROR OF RUSSIA AND KING OF PRUSSIA AGAINST A“PRENCH EMPIRE— THE INTENTIONS OF LOUIS NAPOLEON. ETC. The advices from Paris are of Friday morning, the 23d ult. The Journal des Débats of the 20th ult., con- tains a long and ercering article on 08 Schwarzenberg and liey. It confirms in al- moet every ret whee ad been stated on the subject of the Zollverein, and the reasons that in- duced the late Prime Minister of Austria to desire the incorporation of the empire in the customs asso- ciation. The concluding paamee of the article also corroborates the a ae points as to the charac- ter and style of the circular despatch of the Princo to the European cabinet, with reference to the pro- jeeted change from a republican government in France to an imperial one. The ‘Debats, however, | concludes by stating that it ‘* does not know how the | communication of Prince Schwarzenberg has been | received by the cabinets to which it was addressed, | nor whether it has been answered.” My letter re- moves the doubts on that head, and completes that curious correspondence. The papers that are pare particularly charged with the pecsonal interest8 of Louis Napoleon Bona- part, continue zealously engaged in the imperialist propaganda. Among others is the lithographic sheet, called the Bulletinde Paris, which is daily despatched to the departments for the use of the provincial papers and which is conducted by a gen- tleman who holds an appointment in one of the public establishments. 6 following is a speci- Ha eh the style of argument in the Bulletin de aris i— The powers of Eu have the greatest possible in- terest in secing a ee sitll ages consequently & monarchical government, established and consolidated in France, and possessing the same stability as apy other regular and definitive government. Those governmente cannot lied desire the existence of a volcano in thelr neighborhood; and the lesson they received in 1848 will not have departed from their memory. The powers that recognized the government of that period. and who raised no diplomatic barrier against the Provisional go- vernment, cannot surely show themselves more punc- tilious with respect to’ a power based on the ma-, tion at large, and which has successfully stemmed and courageoush: zspeliea, the revotutionary eur rents, and established iteelf “on the basis of order and true social principles. A diplomatic opposition to the government would be an act of infatuation, and even of insanity, on their part ‘When the powers wrung the abdication from the Emperor Napoleon I,, they were under the pressure of ideas and facts which have no lon- ger any force. and which have long since lost all their in- fluence and all their prestige, That abdication is without. value, because it was the result of violeuce. This govern- ment, whose right has endured for 33 years, without be ing annulled or enfeebled, is alone possible, alone desir ble. alone advantageous to Europe as well as to France. Why should the powers, animated with that spirit of sa- gacity which is the fruit of long and painful experience, and eonvinced of the mistake which the chiefs of the co- alition committed in 1814, in overturning a healthy and strong government to establish a. feeble and temporary power, without any basis in the country, and without any activity abroad—why should those powers seck pretexts at present, to oppose what they cannot prevent? For these reasons, let France prenounce its will, and Europe will applaud or consent, The foregoing has an additional interest attached to it in consequence of the reply of the Russian and Prussian cabinets to the note of Prince Schwarzen- berg. Indeed, had the French cabinet to reply to the former, it is probable its communication would be something of the same kind. Prince Louis Napoleot quitted Paris on Wednes- day evening, the 2Ist ult., for Sologne, to inspect the canal constructing at that place. He was ac- companied by the Ministers of Publie Works, Inte- rior, and Justice. He returned to Paris the next evening. The Patric officially disclaims all intention on the part of the Prince President to proclaim the Empire at the féte on the 10th of May. journal adds. that not even the wish, if expreszed, of the 60,000 troops to be assembled at the Champ de Mars upon that occasion would advance the rest ration of the Empire one hour, which, if it ever take place, must be initiated by the constituted powers, and receive the consent of the whole people. The precedence of the three following bodies is thus fixed by decree :—Senate, Corps Legislative, Council of State. The shareholders of the Vierzon railway have voted the amalgamation of that Sompeny, with the Orleans line, by a majority of 589 to 7. On Wednesday morning, the 21st, the directors of the theatres had an audience, by special summons, of the Minister of the Interior, who made known to them, that as stage representations were allowed upon the ground of influencing and advaneing pub- lic morals, nothing of an opposite tendency would be for 2 moment tolerated. The Constitutionnel, affirms that the election at Berne for the Grand Council has proved a decided triumph for the conservatives, they having a cle majority of 7,000 over their opponents—the first time since 1830 the radicals have been be Th is considered a glorious victory for the people of Switzerland, who have suffered so much from con- tinual agitation, which has hitherto well nigh para- lyzed industry and commerce. and Prince Schwarsen! Pi of their . The latter of ere See yseynt sudden and recent death has deprived the et of Vienna of its most vigorous member, . had twice addressed to the courts of St. Petersburg and Berlin, since the 24 of December, in language gly favorable to the new French government. On the 29th of December he repudiated the application of the treaty of 1815 to the present-eage, and in a uent tch of the 29th of January, he addressed the Northern consis he mbes that of Vienna is in She faut of acting, in favor of a prompt. recognition of the im- rial dignity, if it were pee ai Louis Napo- leon. F The answer of the Emperor Nicholas has very re- cently become known in the;west of Europe, and has come within the last few days only beneath the no- tice of the French government by indirect means. The Susalan Garerope acknowl the services which Louis Napoleon may: be held by the despotic powers to have rendored to the cause of authority, and it intimates that if the title of emperor were spontaneouely conferred on him for life by the will of the French pple, it might be recognize a dignity w! would extinguish tho last traces of the republic; but, it adds that if the imperial rank were violently assumed, as the dictatorship was as- sumed on the 2d of December, or if Louis Napo- Jeon contemplated the revival and establishment of the hereditary rights of an imperial dynasty in his own person and family, that would be a new order of things which the Emperor of Russiais firmly resolved not to acknowledge. The language of the Cabinet of Berlin, though rather more guarded in tone, is essentially the same in substance; and to this it must be added that the death of Princo Schwarzenberg, which occurred shortly after this correspondence had taken place, may possibly be found to have modified the intention of Austria - herself on this point. At the very same time that these opinions were manifested at St. Petersburg, the deliberate conduct of the Russian Princes to- wards the Duke de Bordeaux, on their late visit to Venice, proves that the Emperor of Russia is little ote to sacrifice his attachment to the rights of the elder branch of the Bourbons. Tho royal pretender was received by the Russians with all the honors due to a crowned head, was addressed as a reigning sovereign, and it is even stated that a magnificent album was presented to him by the Grand Duke Constantine, on which were inscribed the words, ‘To His Majesty the King of France.” It must be confessed that the attentions of Louis XIV. to his royal guest at St. Germains were hardly more significant. These things have not passed unnoticed by the ephemeral powers of the Elysée. They demonstrate that there is a wide step betweon the most daring and successful usurpation which ever destroyed the liberties of a nation, and the assertion | of rights which command the recognition of Europe. They tend to thwart, and have already thwarted in one quarter, the pretensions of Louis Napoleon to a rsonal alliance with the sovereign houses of Burove They are the natural consequence of the separation which may alrtady be traced hetween the undoubted right of the French people to deter- mine its own form of government, and the objects of personal ambition pursued by Louis Napoleon at the expense of the nation. "And, in spite of the success which has hitherto overpowered all resist- ance in France, and which leaves Louis Napoleon, for the time, sole master of the field, these conside- rations may yet defer the adoption of a measure which would materially affect the relations of France with .some of the. chief continental States, and might even lead eventually from coolness to hosti- lity. «One Week Later from Australla, Advices have been received from the colony of Victoria (or Port Philip), by the ship Brilliant, about a week later in date than those published a few days back. They reach to the 16th of January, and the latest intelligence from the Mount Alexan- der diggings was to the lith. Notwithstanding the failure in the supply of water, gold continued to be procured in considerable quantities. The police -force required to be increased, and the government were blamed for having despatched soldiers to pre- serve order, their appearance having excited di: tent mong. the miners. Sickness had dim and only one death from dysentery had oceurred for some time past. The escort of the 8th had brought to Port Philip 10,957 ounces of gold from Mount Alexander, but scarcely any from Ballarat, the drought at the latier spot having caused almost an entiresuspension of operations. A locality at Mount Alexander, called Red-hilly was Pee large re- tumsatadepth of 22feet. Sales of dust and specimens continued to be freely made. The Victoria nugget, a piece of gold weighing 58 oun dwts., had been sold at vuction at therate of. 12s. 9d. per ounce. Other sales had been eilected at prices ranging from £2 18s. dd. tg £3. The latest quotations were £3 | 48. to £3 Ss. per ounce. The apprehensions regard- ing the want of labor still continued. Some large proprietors had been left with only one or two men on their establ mts, and the worst feature was that the mo ient persons were those who de- ef The Univers complains loudly of the admission of nd who were the most L foreign journals into France, inasmuch as they con- Almost tain more French. news than the French . irengugements. Tn.come ins themselvee, by which the latter are injured in their 4) sheep had been put up in one floc circulation. [From the London Time Had Louis Napoleon combi Parliamentary goversment in Fr teration of the imperial pe sidered of all constitutional right red, atone leap, the d position and the great obj would have obtained, with the sanction of seven milli t ght perhaps | n his f | which he is equally disp. | of état and station, tative of hereditary right. But eoup 1 of ‘December placed him, him, in an_ intermedizte which he has ceased to be the represt constitutional principle, without acquiring the | sonal rank of a sovereign. His authority remains | that of a dictator rather than of @ monarch, for no | law pleces any restraint upon his will, and the | miserable legislative bodies he has called intoe ence sink under the humiliation of their venality | and dependence. But, not having the restraint of the Jaw, neither bas he its protection and sup- port. His dignity ie without stability, hie title imperfect, his position towards foreign princes un- | detined. For all these reasons, his efforts and his | longi: are evidently directed to the revival of the imperial dignity in his own person ; and it in | little more than an idle matter of conjecture at | what moment he will assume the trappings and the state that await nothing but a favorable op- portunity. But, though his ambition and his enthusiastic ef in his own fortunes irresistibly impel him to this conclusion, he is probably not unconscious that | he has at least as much to lose as to gain by this | decisive step, and that the last step to the summit the | Teetors of the Bank of England, held yesterday, it | of authority may also be the first to his downfall and rnin. Some such opinion was still manifested in his address to the Legislature, on the 29th of March, when he exhorted his hearers to preserve the republic the least dangerous form of go- | Vermment at present; but a few days afterwards, | his direct allusion to his own hereditary claims to | the imperial succession indicated the settled bent of | a mind which may sometimes be checked, but is never turned aside by political difficulties. | several circymstances | crease the ME x ¢ ave lately concurred to in- | culties attending the proclamation of | the empire; and, though such an event might take | place at any of those 1 | now of frequent o¢ to believe that no dis | of hastening ite fulfilment. _ The first of these difficulties is mainly of a finan- cial nature. MR has long been evident that the French government cannot inuch longer avert the isplays which are is, we are disposed t intention is entertained vy, Par 'Y of negotiating a fresh loan; and that, in to relieve the country from the present im- moderate bwden of the unfunded debt, such | loan mnst be one of considerable agnitude. It negotiations have been opened with an eminent capitalist for such a loan in theee ent Renies to the amc of not less than -o hundred millions, and s counts say three hundred millions of francs cap’ If the present wrice of the French stocks can be maintained, such a now be negotiated on terme far more ad- usthan any which have been obtained & ernment since 1848; but ject iti slutely necessary that nothing should cccur to impair ‘the friendly ions of the President with the rest of Europe, or to shake the confidence which the moneyed classes are ¢ lisposed to place in his authority, For the ons we skall not be surprised to find the pr clamation of the Empire postponed until afte financial cperation has been terminated, unless & parayiount consideration of policy intervene we have reason to believe that some suck tion hae been made at the outset of the negotiation, hy the gontractors of the Joan. 1 ion then arires, what effect {the drench empire may b lations of France with the reet ¢ wi that point the diplomatic eorre pondence, which wae described yesterday in our | ter from Paris, throws considerable light | scarcely necessary ¥ revert to the discussion of the | second article of the treaty of ISI Napo: | leon Bonaparte and hie fa juded from supreme power in Fran ments bound to take up ag dynasty. For by common of Europe have altogether of the treaties of 1815 w government of France allied govern. a Bonapar ent the circumstances ynged: the provisions refegsnce to the internal | fe long: since been abro- ren dy en} eu ersal | act | ty. emarkable coincidence ' he %d of Lever meeives disposea (oe pat ibe ow 1 ¥ poheims Lave to secure this ob | the proclama- | supposed to pro | t| but although such expedients wight answer tempo- varily, uotwithstanding the visk from the gras y would be wholly impra ther Letter, but the iy by the change. ‘om Is. 24d. to Is £29 10s tion for w w allow £28 to Portland and Poit Fairy, would J of the farm laborers who had abandon I shad returned ¥ « er employers at the criti verio( The subjoined letter is from the correspondent of a,Loydon firm :— The merchants are very much y | shipments ot wool, owing the almost ab: | want of labor. At the wharves as high as 0s. |. day are given to.common laborers for loading and | discharging vessels,and even at these wages it is | very difficult to got men. In my last I ridiculed the idea of sailors ashing £80 for the run home, but in | many instances $60 and $70 save been paid. 4 | great number of vessels will have to remain here | for a Jong time, but those for London will get away; for, having a good freight for gold, the captains will be enabled to pay high wages. | The Melbourne took 60,586 ounces ; the Brilliant om board 50,498 ounces; the Sarah Ann, 1): and the Statesman, to sail about the 20th, it is expected will have more than any vessel . The shipments to the 31st December consisted of 144,825 ounces, which at £3 10s. gives an amount of £506,887, the result of about three months’ dig- ging. But the above forme only a portion of our ex- port. There isno outward entry required. All that is necessary as to the quantity on board on freight; of course he knows nothing of what his passengers may hav: auditis a well known fact that passengers to Lo: don, Adelaide, Syduey, and Hobart Town take ver large quantities. Markets. THE ENGL MILLION OF GO! f- CALIFORNIA SHARES, ETC Loxno Since the change in the dil arrivals from Australia hay the vessels bringing a grea cious produce of the new El Dorado at the antipodes ‘The greater part of these arrivals had, however, beon cnl- cnlated upon. and the amounts brought were generally known, the delay having been occasioned by adv winds preventing the versels entering the river a little excitement was occasioned, however. in commercial circles ye , by the unexpected announcement of the arr rilliant, with a week's later intellf- gence f tralian cole: remittance of goid ucighing about tico and @ half alout £210,000 to £220,000 vices that two other vee on ion of the wind taken place in the riv ror le mount of th p gnment ative to the “ dige | | of water. ly impregnated with the precious the miners found it worth while to cart it to a considerabie | etal that distance for the purpose of wathing. The population at | the mines had. however, become much redu | quence of the great labor entailed uy the want Dut no doubt ir ente tained that, as soon as | setsin, the incre the gole # will | larger than at any former period. In the however, 1 tice “were out prospecting. phrase goes atements Were current that now ich localities had been discovered in various directions not too much, therefore, to expect that yield, during the next mining ecason. will | enticipation alne o to whieh where the latest quotation £5 Ge. per ox. Tt appears are m tory than migh 4 Of labor, the the sheep shearing con- ficully then was anticipated. The however, enormourly high, police con- iving £100 per annum, and grooms from $50 te 400 perannum, with rations, neither party being at surities opened quietly this ihe same time very contented. ‘he market for public ¢ mening atthe cloring quotations of yesterday. Tat a consideable depree ot buoyancy hae been ince im- ted. end Cons having been done at 90)4 for y. are new quoted at 097), beth for i Ras the nt, The Three per Cente Reduced have done and the 1 wnd-a-uarter per Cents at ee Ww eighthe have beew pm, for th ch bille, and 668. to tse, pra, f idy aro firm at 84x, to fig, pm. Kat yecurities baa boen generally stlealar change tv ed a ve business L4 a t the meeting of exe ’ side tad The market for fo tranracted = ‘Ibe ican berdbeldes, pf jrerect goin On, Gre CO} almerston | ceased in this short interval to the foreign cabinets. app jes are in a by imports on spinners’ @ | which. when forwarded from ship. ave added to the | sales, This circumstance also pers’ import per | hat the captaii makes a declaration | d,inconre- | the int an ton of its truth in the Senenee cumeines of pre- cious metal remitted, As might be anticipated, how- ever, the previous quotations are very firmly supported, Royal Australian mining having been done at 3-16 and 14 premium, and gold importation at +; premium for the coming out. Taw ‘ast Two.—Consols for account, May 11, 9934 72. HOLLINGSHEAD, TETLEY & CO.’S CIRCULAR. Livenroot, April 23, 1852. ‘We again have to report upon extensive transactions in cotton, and a brisk market ut the week. Spin- ners purchased to & fair extent last week, but in the present one have taken something in excess of their usual wants, belng induced to do so by an improved de- mand for manufactures in Manchester, and to cover con- tracts entered into for future delivery, there having oc- curred nothing here to tempt purchasers, as the supply, from the long continuance of easterly Lier ie 2 mn has been, a deal ym and for export, and ihe weck's tales therefore amount to 67.000 bales, a large jon of which. at an advance in price, of Ameri. can deseriptions, of full 3-16d. per Ib.; but a rather in- creased supply of cotton, yesterday, with large arrivals, ize of an abundantly supplied market ere nan, over, has sorsewDst checked the demand, and we else, therefore, only }yd. per 1b. bigher than on Friday last. "There has been a good deal doing in Pernams, but not mach in Babies and Maranhains, and prices remain with- out alteration. In Egyptians the transactions continue extensive, but they are so frecly offered that prices are a little irregular, Tn Surats there has been a fair extent of business do- ing, with prices, however, rather in favor of the buyer. 0.250 bales American, 980 Pernam, i » 37 Egyptian, and 1,230 Surat, have boen taken on specula- tion, with 5.780 American, 400 Pernam, and 340 Surat, for export. leaving for the trade, 48,280 bales. ‘The éales to-day amount to 8.000 bales. N. B.—The Bank of England, yesterday, reduced the minimum rate of discount on commercial paper, to 2 per cent per annum, ROBERT MAKIN & SONS’ CIRCULAR. Livenpoor, Friday, April 23, 1852. Without any very active or extensive operations in the British markets this week, the wheat trade, on the whole, is reported rather ‘buoyant, and other leading articles, from the long course of dry and unvegetating weather, firm in value, Although in Ireland consumption, espe- cially forall the low priced breadstuffs, is still very con- siderable, and further large importations of foreign grain will be requisite there until harvest, the millers, owing to the insufficient quantity of water in the rivers impeding heir manufacture, continue to limit their pi@chases on little varied from previous quotations. Fuabled by a transiont change of wind, which quickly veered aggin into the east, a few of the foreign ships so long detained off the port, have entered the Mersey since ‘Tuésday, containing from the American States a fair import of wheat, Indian corr, and flour; a few small parcels of wheat from Europe and Egypt, including from the latter 5100-qrs. of beans, and 1965 qrs, of Indian corn, the supplies coastwise and from Ireland, being altogether very moderate..whilst the shipments hence to go in those directions are tolerable in amount. The oply prominent ‘feature inthe corm trade here during the interval since Tuesday, was an interchange of forcign wheat, toa fair extent, on speculation, at prices about equal to the currency annexed: flour, however, was slightly easier to buy. and other articles of the trade rather quiet, but not cheaper. Having very few country millers at our market to-day. and our local dealers being extremely inactive, with tittle inquiry from Ireland, we have to note a very dull eale for English and foresgn wheat of all deseriptions; hold- ers, nevertheless, confidently anticipating a renewed de- mand, peremptorily refused to concede the least abste- ment, and our last quotations, therefore, stand unvaried, Although States and Canadian flour continue to meet frequent inquiries, and considerable business might be transacted at a moderate decline from the improved rates of Tuesday; importers, however, remaining firm, and few prime parcels being offered, the seles to-day were rather less extensive than of late, French and Irish dour main- taining former prices. : Malting barley. being out of eeasov, is nominal; grind- ing samples the turn dearer. Malt and peas unvaried. Fgyptian beans were held on rather higher terms, and otlier kinds at full prices, Oats and oatmeal, upon a moderate demand, slightly*Improved in value. Yellow Indian corn fully supports prices, but white American, being more plentiful, selfs lower In proportion: in cargoes afioat transactions occur daily. MR. JAMES M’HENRY'S CIRCULAR. Li vot, April 23, We remain.without imporis of bacon. 8 « purchases of beef have been made this id, at 65s, Pork is in more request. It appoars ly that Hamburg will send forward usual suppli of bacon or pork this season, The English cheese fai are going Js, to 2s. lower—there is no improvement therefore im the demand for American. Lard isin steady request, Quereltron bark continues dull, Cloversee quite neglected.” There is no change in tallow. $ cil moves slowly. Lard cil rather lower; 30 tons of whale oil have been teken for export to the United States, lea’ ing very, 50 tierces vice have found buy- ers.at i7s. for fair quality. Brxsvstvrrs.—A good demand continues: sore large parcels of wheat have changed hands at Js. 0d. per 70 Lbs. for red, and 6s, for w Flour moves readily. at the i ide quotations, Indian corn is about dd, dearer for beth white and yellow. Cortex.—since the suiling of the Pacific, under an in- creased supply. the market has been quieter, and although prices are ste he buoyant tone las disappeared. Lt was thought t nthe rate of d at by the ad, Would have influed vorubly, but there if no change 2 of the we at present, and will continue—until the bulk of the eo now due has been received: unless a sudden falling off in America is shortly re a. keep light in Moench: to the Stock, American ; 84 were Any yn improvement. into the ports of € goods and yarns | ican ; 13.140 bags being on 460 Dngs to ex PRICES CURRENT OF AMERICAN PRODUCE. —Sea Veland—Ord. to mid., 10d, a 25d.; fair to good fair, 143gd.a 164¢d.; good to fine, 18d. a 2d. Stained do.—Ord. to mid, $3.0. ad\d.; fair to good fair. Sig. a 64d; good to fine, 7d. a Ud. Bowed—Ord, to mid. 4d‘w474d.; fair to good fair. 51d.a 5%; good to 54d. aS%ed. Orleans—Ord, to mid., 4d.a 5 1164.; ir to gocd fair, 53d, 579d.; good to fine. 6140. a 6d folile and Aluabama—Ord. to mid..4d. a 5d.; fair to good fair, 54d. a5 ied; good fo fine, 54d. a Gd. | udelphia, 20: 5 a ouis and Ohio, bd.: Canadian, 20s, 6d. a ; sour and heated, 17s, «18s. 6d, Wheat—Red. per 70 its. bs. Sd.a bs. 10d. ; white, dog 6s, n 6s, 3d; mixed, | do... 10d. a és, Indian Corn, white, per 480 ibs. Sd.'a 20s. Gd,; mixed, do, 298. a 20s, Gd.; yellow, de Indian Meal—White, per bbl., none; yellow. St. none ovistons —Bacon—Long middes. per ewt... 438. 0458.5 tort middles, none: Cumberland cut, 418, «42s, Beef— ess, per tierce, Ts. a 92s, Gd.; mess India, por 304 Ibs 0s, Butter—Crease, per ewt.. none, Checse inary and inferior. none, Hams—In ealt, no 24s. a 260, Shoulders. a 28s. Pork—Pr 5 do. do., lard. fine, 48s. a ferior and grease. per tun, £79 a £8 £46; nseed cake, per te lina. (in boud,) per owt., asi ; Whale oi £61 al City Politics, Tur Scorr Cexrnan Committers. — gc held | § by the ul Committee, at Fle 1 Wedne pally t deration se meeting in fav Baltimore Couvention, t some length. and the project ful that should the me ab Une uestis of the Gene | The matt was ultima Clty Inteliigence. TEMENT IN THE Mayon’s Ovricr—Satas | Wispows.—Thursday morn aimed Francis Bin nes into the We under Exer upon the wind: tones thrown th curly a pow werd nee of this sudden re were a pember Of 0 o considerable com or, narrowly ecay ity 8 truck by a large e. and when he was | clared that he had a | ok windows, He was cing i ine o'clock t No. 484 | ar Spring | . driven by was run’ over by a horse ek snd one MeLanghiin riourly | He was iinmediately taken inte drag store | Nowery, ,where Dr, Whitineker dressed his | i Sharpe | 8 i 4. and had Lio his et iFOAT ACCIDENT deer, On y down from Albany yesterday mor end when cs above Kingston, cracked one of Fteam piper sxcepling two men, who were tr injured vy © door felling upon them—one re flight bruie In the face, and the other on th the jogged pieces of the panel--no one on bi ho pasrongers were taken ashore by the « ‘America, ond the Keindeer was towed down to th We are informed rhe will resume her trips on Monday, at the usual hour, The Turf. Unron Cowarr. L. I.—Trottinc—May 6.---Puree $300, $60 to eccond best, mile beats, bert three in tive, to 8. MeLarghlin entered eb g. 7: Taylo yi ae Pe ioe ¢ W. Wheiw r g122 Jas. Wh ° Lady Suffolk, 5 3 3 3 DEE Eee peer any eae of the bent that Mr. MeKeaud bed gone ashore te his hotel ing word that if they had any luek, to | let him know. This remarkable cool wibited_ cw » Fa inplainant, astonish Tie | boat was brought to the dock, aud the « me om ¢ shore, feeling very much as if they hed impose | made to make a g [From the Tribune, May 5.) PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION. Our Whig General Committee met at House, last evening, and deliberately mola ror of this city to the tender mercies of the hireling bullies and grog shop bruisers who habitually and proiitably elect our delagates to our several no-| minating conventions. In spite of every entreaty| and remonstrance, the majority refused to order a registration of the whig voters, and the ward meetings should be held on Thi ing next, commencing at six and closing at nine o'clock, A. M. But one poll in each ward is con- templated, and within the three hours thus pre- seribed, the twenty-five hundred whigs in the Fifteenth, and the two thousand and over in each of, the Eighth, Ninth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth, are expected to deposite their ballots for ward delegates, who are to choose the district dele- gates to nie Whig National Convention, taking due precautions for ceping out illegal and locofoco| bila and respecting all the proprieties of @ regular election. Of course, this election will be a fraud and farce combined. - Its projectors, or so many of them as have a moderate share of common sense, never ex-| pected, and we believe they never any! else. Every locofoco rowdy who ean ‘bring up” ae of bullies, no matter whether voters or not, will be driving sharp bargains for his services ab one! or more polls before this week is out. Well inform- ed city politicians can tell you this morning that, Bill so-and-so will ‘take’ such a ward, and Tom what’s-name such another, &¢.—the preferences of the great body of quiet, industrious, reputable whigs counting no more in this mélée than if they were) so many flies. If they go to the poll—as we trust] they will—they will find its entrance blocked and wedged by a sweating, shouting, swearing, i crowd, through which a few of them may, will not, be able to elbow their eka) up to the ballote box and vote, with the comfortable certainty that for every one vote so put in by a logal whig voter entitled to cast it, there will bo ten or fifteen cast, by some hired bully who is no whig voter at all. And this is the fate to which the whigs of our eity are deliberately sold by the political gamblers who compose a majority of their General Committee. The pretences that there is not ties ie ene a registry of whig voters in each ward—that it would cost too much, make too much trouble, &¢.— are perfectly transparent. If it were true that there is not snfficient time left, whose fault is that? The General Committee kuew just as well weeks ago 28 they now do that these primary elections must be Hel oat did they not seasonably rpeapace for them? They knew that a registry was indispensable to any fair expression of the preferences of our whig electors —right well did they know it. They knew that one-fifth of the whig money that will now be wasted on locofoco bullies to hire their services for this or that clique, would pay all the expenses of a regis- try—that half the time which will be. devoted te counteracting suspected manceuvres on this side and on that, would suflice for the work. And yet the; pitched the rights of the quiet voters out of their window, as though these voters were 80 many sheep, because this little keot think chey can take one ward, and that one another, &c.—and these little knots, added together, control a majority in the Whig Gene- ral Committee. Well, one thing, at least, we have eceured by pressing them for a registry—we have shown ‘that those who are using the name of Mr. Fillmore in our city dare not trust their cundidate to the verdict of the people. They have a nara majority in the General Committee; they might have secured an he- nest expression if they would. They chose a reugh- and-tumble contest, presuming that their Custom House, and other hired legions, would thus be mere efficient. And we suspect they chose wisely. To the whig electors we say—be not dismayed by this outrage—be not withheld from the polls by it. Go there, every man of you, next Thursday mora- ing, if only to see how gross an ontrage this is. See, for once, What sort of men they are who are hired te choose your delegates and to crowd or tight you away from the ballot boxes. Stand there trom eight te nine o’clock, and see the great body of undoubted whig voters in the large wards shut off by the poll and then go away to meditate on the spectacle, an resolve that this shall be the last. {From the Times, May 6.] The sled) General Committee, as we mentioned yesterday, Ea as decided that the election of dele- gates to the National Convention from this city shall be held on Thursday next, between six and nine o'clock in the morning. If they had exereised their ingenuity to the utmost, they could not have notified the public more effectually of their deter- mination to practice an open and bare-faced swin- die upon the whigs of the city in the election of delegates to this convention. “They kuow perfect) well, that between the hours specified, not one-tent. of the whig voters in any one ward of the city, will attend at the polls; and they unquestionably alculate upon this fact, as certain to give to the ullies and rowdics, who may be hired to be present, omplete and undisputed possession of the field. For whore benefit this trickery is to be practised— whether it is intended to aid the eleetion of dele- ates for Fillmore, Seott, or Webster—we neither know no care. We have not taken the trouble to inquire whether the movement o: ted in the Custom House, or with outside aspirante for Ut speaks for itself, and proclaims ly enough that the committee intend a cheat. | They have given not only their countenance, but | their direct sanction, te the practice of edcrying | the (gia ty meetings by rowdyism and violence, which has co long disgraced the whig party in this city, and which has uniformly driven from the pri- mary meetings the great body of the regpectable and intelligent members of the party. The committee is ostensibly chosen to look after the interests of the whig party in the city—to proj mote harmony of action among its members, and to. | make necessary arrangements for its clections. Its late action was not needed to show that it has be- come a mere tool of faction—an instrument in the hands of busy schemers, for the accomplishment ef their own ends, and an injury and a nuisance to the party for which it professes to act. 1t has lost the general confidence of the whig party in the city, and is mainly supported by levying contributions upon such custom house employés and other offices holders as dare not refuse to pay, fot fear of losing, their places. This last step is a little in advance of any ofits previous attempts upon the forbearance of the partys The Steamboat Robbery. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK HERALD. mo Mivpesvry, Vt., May 4, 1852. Ri T have just met with the following account of what took place on board the steamer Kmpire, of vay on Saturday morning last, in relation to the robbery of $3,500 from myself, which is so fall of errors of fact, to say nothing of the ungeneroux insinuations which it contains, that I feel ita duty to myself and my friends, to ask a correction of those misstatements through the samo channels in which they have been given to the public. Thearti- cle originated nee paper, and is as follow: Karly on Saturday morning officers Stephens and Bowyer were called upon to go forthwith on board the steamboat Eanpire, of ‘Troy, which was then tying out in ihe r the purpose of investigating a robbery ot to have been stolen from James McKeaud, resident of Middlebury. Vermont. forthwith to the steamboat, and sengert all in confusion, in eonse- Mr, McKeaud reprevented to the packaye ef mo ad been stolex quence of the pelice officers | | frem his berth ¢ the night, coming from Albany. ‘Ihe money consisted five. ten, twenty, fifty, and hundred dollar bilis. of the Middlebury, Kutlanil, and Brandon fanks : there was also about $1,000 of bills om Lauks in this state, The officers accordingly proce: to make search and examine the perss sengers. and when through. on Mr. MeKeaud. they were huformed by tall the pns- ~ inquiry for ne of the hands upen. ution to the robbery, I have enly to say, money was taken from tho © room i on beard the Empire, ax 1 stated to the and officers Stephens and Bowyer. To the as Thave stated them, Tam ready, on any proper oceusion, to make oath. In relation to what took plas the police officers came on bo: that, in conse 1 threats of | some of the 7 pioposition was coumnnder of on shy and the were stationed, one on the boat, wal one on the whurf, io wateh the puss Yeas they passed off. This was ailthat wis done to de the rebber, or to recover the mone Nota person was senrched. In relation to the statement that I lefe the boat for my hotel, while the officers were searching the passengers, | have only to say thut it is wholly une trte, J did not leave the boat watil ali the pag fengers were gone, dat until the officers informed me that they could do no more jor me except to keep a watch upon suspicious characters. 4 neither said to them, or left word for them, thet “if they had any luck, to let me know,” or any thing of the d. When I left them I told them where thoy could find me. H trust, Mr. Lditor, that you will deem it but an aet of simple justice to publish this communteation. James MoKeaup. the boat concluced offic or near 6 gle ¥ Poitoxous WaTER.—Thekouisville Nour ier ‘We saw a package on the steamer yerterday addresred to Professor Silliman and Dr, dell, and which we learned contained @ quantity of water takin frem a spring neur Logansport, Ky. which is sakd to bea deadly poison. The water ia certain death to who-, ' ever dr'uhe it, cud st has been sept here to vo analyaed? A Senixe 01 ‘an