The New York Herald Newspaper, November 24, 1852, Page 1

FOUR DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE, THE EMPIRE, AT LAST, IN FRANCE, ‘Speech of Napoleon the Third. ‘The Effect in England of Daniel Webster's Death. Accident to the Steamship Franklin. EARTHQUAKE AT LIVERPOOL, DECLINE IN COTTON. Death of the Duke of Leuchtenberg, dic, Sic, Ke. ‘Tho United States mail steamer Hormann, Capt. E. Higgins, U.S.N., commander, arrived yoster- day afternoon. Bhe left Bromen on the 5th of November, and during her passage to Southampton experienced a violent gale, and shipped several heavy seas. She finally departed from Southampton at 4 P. M., on the 10th, and brings eighty five passengers, a heavy and valuable freight— comprising 240 tons merchan- dize from Bremen and 180 tons from F'rance—besides @ smaller quantity of British manufactures. The British and North American steamer Amori- a reached Liverpool on the 7th inst. The United States mail steanship Franklin, which left Now York en the 23d of October, for BGouthamptor and Havre, when about four days out from this port, had the misfortune to breakther con- ‘re shaft, and the romaindor of the voyage had to ‘be performed with only one engine and paddle wheel, assisted by the canvass. The weather at the time of the accident was too unfavorable to permit of Cap- tain Wotton putting back to the port-of depar- ture. Tho Franklin accordingly reached Cowes on the 8th instant, and went up to Southampton docks on the 9th, to effect the necessary ropairs to hor machinery, which it was expected would occu- py from four to six weeks. The passemgors and mails for Havre were promptly sent thither, and it was probable the cargo would be transhipped from Southampton to that place. It appears there are Bo conveniences at Havre for manufacturing a new shaft, such as tho Franklin required, whereas at Southampton engineering operations can be effected -on the largest scale. The Franklin behaved most admirably during the heavy weather she expe- sPionced, and the passengers preeented a most grati- fying testimonial to Captain Wotton for his ad- gairable skill and seamanship displayed during the difficult and critical juncture in which his fine steamship was placed. Tho English political news by this packet is un- important. The British Parliament had been mere- ly occupied with the customary forms of taking the | oaths. The Queen’s speech was to be delivered on tho 1lth, when the real business of the session would | commence. Great interest continued to be oxcited in rofe- | vgence to the Presidential election. The success of General Pierce would, it was anticipated, give the last kick to the Derby government. The Empire vs at length re-established in France. The Monitewr of tho 8th November, publishes the report of the Senate for the rs-osiablish ment of the imperial regime. Louis Napoleon is declared Emperor under the name of Napoleon Til. Tho imperial dignity is made hereditary in the descent of the Emperor, and regulates the order of succession to the throne in the Buonaparte fami- Jy. Heirs failing to Louis Napoleon, a Senatus Conswdtum isto appoint the Emperor. The members of the family of Louis Napoleon canno’ marry with- out the authority of the Emperor. The constitution of 1852 isto be maintained in all that is not con- trary to the present Senatus Consultum, which was adopted by 86 out of 87 Senators. Tho President had officially accepted the proposi- tion of the Senate. Prince Jerome Bonaparte had resigned the functions of President of the Senate. A decres convokes the French poople on the 21st and 22d of November, to accept or reject the propo- gition. The voting is to take place by a scrutin se- crd—yes or no. The Corps Legislatif is convoked, for | the verification of the returns, on the 25th of No- ‘vember. Louis Napoleon’s message to the Senate had pro- @uced an unfavorable impression. The Prince de Leuchtenburg died at St. Poters- burg on the 25th of October. The London corn market was without much al- teration from the previous week's prises. Floating cargoes of Mediterranean wheat were held for ono shilling per quarter advance. American flour met with a tolerably free sale. Great activity continued to prevail in the manu- facturing districts, with a tendency to higher rates for labor. Thore was a full demand at Manchester, although the excitement of the markets had subsid- ed. In Birmingham the export ordersfor Australia | and tho United States are almost beyond the means | of supply. In Nottingham the demand was exten- Bive, and the Irish linen marke was very active. Silver in bars and dollars had adypnoed 3d. per -ounce in the London market. On the London Stock Exchange, ali money secu- sitios wore in demand, at advancing prices In the Liverpool Cotton Market, a general dispo- Ritien to realize was ovinced by holders. Sales on the 8th, 5,000 bales. Sales on the 9th, 3,000 bales, ‘at one-eighth to one-fourth of a ponny per lb. de- elino. Two shocks of an earthquake, preceded by a rumbling noise, were very sensibly felt in Liverpool and neighborhood, about twenty minutes past four o’cleck, on the Sth inst. Each of the shocks was very violent, and of several seconds duration. We do not hear of any damage being eustained in the town or neighborhood. After the shocks wero felt, thoro was a slight fall of rain. Despatches from Prague announce that the ex- E r of Austria had been struck with epileptic anopexy, and that he had received the last sacra te. ments. The number of emigrants who left Liverpool during the month of Octobor, was 17,243, being 6,037 less than the number in the previous mouth, and 3,075 less than in the corresponding mouth of ‘last year. Tho number from the government depot at Birkenhead (bound for Australia) were 212 by the Priscilla, 235 by the Arabian, and 336 by the ea. | | | | | Russia, The Kilner Zeitung has a telegraphic doepateh “from St. Petersburg, announcing the death of the Duke Max of Leuchtenberg. His Imperial Bigh- ness died on the 5th instans. Max Joseph Bagene Augustus Napoleon, Duke of Louchtsnborg and Princo of Kichstadt, w crandson of the Vicomte Alexandre Beaubar and of Ja warde Empress of the French. He gon of the Duke Eugene of Lenshte' born on the 2d of Ostober, 1917, and sasceeded his brother in 1835. He was Adjatant Goseral of tho Runreian Emperor, » Lieutenans Covoral in the Ras flan army, Ho married, on the With July, wna, eldost daughter of the four pd President of the Academy of Arts, by sons and two daughters. MORNING EDITION----WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1852. The French Empire. THE DECLARATION OF THY EMPIRK—THE SENATUS- CONSULTUM—SPERCH OF MAPOLEON THE THIRD. The Moniteur of the 8th instant publishes the roceedings of the Senate of the 4th, 6th, and 7th Tistant i=-Tho address of Prince Jerome to the Senate ; the President’s m 3; the proposition of the ten Sonators for tho establishment of the Em- pire: and the report ef the Commission recom- mending the establishment of tho Empire. The Senatus-consultum adopted by the Senate consists of eight articles :— Art. 1. The Imperial dignity is re-established. Louis Napoleon Bonaparte is Emperor, under the name of Napoleon IIT. Art. 3. The Imperial dignity is hereditary in the direot and legetimate descendants of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, from male to male by order of primozentture. to the per- petual exclusion of females and their descendants Art. 3 Louis Napoleon Bonaparte. if he has no male ehild, may adopt t! egies children and descend. anisin the male ine of the brothers of the Emperor Napoleon I, The forms of Cart me are regulated by a Senatus-consultum If. after this adoption male child- ren chould be born to Louis Napoleon. his adoptive children cannot be called on to suceeed him until after bis legitimate descendants. The adoption is iuterdicted tothe successors of Louis Napoleon and to their de- a cwis nis Ni rt. ouis Napoleon reguiates. by an organic dectoe addre: sed to the ate. and Seponiies in he archives, order of euccession to the throne in the Bonaparte family, in case he should leaye no direct, legitimate, or adoptive heir, Art 6. In default of a legitimate or adoptive heir of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, and of! the successors in a collatteral line, who ehall derive their right in the above- entioned organic decree. (a Senatus-consultum, proposed the Senate by the Mipisters formed into @ Council of Government, united so the Presidents of the Senate. of the Li lative Bedy, aud of the Council of State, aud submitted to the acceptance of the people. names the Emperor, and regulates in his famiiv the hereditary or- der from’ male to male, to the perpetual exclusion of fo- males and their descendants, Until the moment when the election of the new Emperor is consummated, tho affairs of State are governed by the ministers in office, who shall form themeelves into a Council of Government, and deliberate by a majority of votes. Art 6, The members of the family of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte called eventually to the succession, and their descendants, of both sexes. form part of the imperial fa- | mily. A Senatus consultum regulates their position hey cannot marry without the authorization of the Emperor. ‘Their marriage without ruch suthorization entails priva- tion of all hereditary right, as well forhim who coatracts | it as for his descendants, Art. 7. The constitution of the 15th of January, 1852. is maintained in all provisions which are not contrary to | the present Senatus-consultum; there cannot be any modi- fications made in it. except in the forms and by the means therein prescribed. Art. 8. The following proposition shall be presented to the acceptance of the French people, in the form deter- mined by the decrees of the 2d and 4th of December, 1851:— Phe people wish for the re-establishment of the imperial dignity, im the person of Louis Napoleon Bona- parte. with hereditary right in his direct descendants, either legitimate or adoptive, and give him the right to regulate the order of succession to the throne in the Bo- na parte family, as provided for by the Senatus-consultum of — November, 1352. M. Mesnard, first Vice Presidont of the Sonate, on presenting the above Senatus-consu(tum to the Prince President, addressed him as follows :— Monseigneur--When a great country like France makes its voice heard, the first duty of the political body to which she addresees hereelf is to listen und reply. Such were the ideas of your Highness in calling for the meditations of the Senate on this vast movement of pub- lic opinion, which has manifested itself with so much ensemble and energy. The Senate has understood that this striking manifestation is justified at the same time by the immense services which ycu have rendered, b: the pame which you bear, and bythe guarantees whic! are given to the future by the greatness of your charsc- ter and the wisdom and firmness of your mind. It has understcod that, after so many revolutions, France fecls the want of putting her destinies under the shelter of a powerful and national government, which only holding to the paet by the souvenirs of her glory and the legitima- oy of her origin. now again finds in popular sanction the elements of its force and of its duration The Senate glories. Monseigneur. in being the faithful interpreters of the wishes and sentiments of the country, ia placiug in your bands the Sena‘us consultum which calls you to the Empire. The Prince made tho following reply;— Messicurs les Senateurs—I thank the Senste for the Tosdinese with which it bas responded to the wishes of | the country, in deliberating on the re-establishment of the Empire, and in drawing up the Senatus ultum which is to be submitted to the acceptance of the-people. When, forty eight years since. in this same palage. ia his same room, and ‘under analagous circumstances tho Senate cume to offer the crown to ths chief of my family. the Emperor replied in these memorable words: — Vy spirit will no longer be with my posterity from the dey when it shall cease to merit the love acd the confidence of the great nation.” What now most affects wy huart is the thought that the spirit of the Moperor ia with ne that his ideas guide me, that hisshade protects me since by a solemn proceeding you come. in the name of the French people, to prove to me that Ihave merited the | confidence of the country. Itis not necessary for me to tell you that my constant pre-occupation will be to labor | with you to promote the grandeur aud prosperity of France. Not the least remarkable feature of the Ssnatus- consultum is the power it gives to the President over every member of his family, and the absenee of ail mention of Prince Jerome Bonaparto by name, or of bis son, confirming what Ihave already stated with reference to the feeling entertained towards that branch of the family. That feeling I have described as very strong, but not in a friendly sense, and ] am now assured, on good authority, that not merely four or five of the ten commissioners who made the proposition tothe Senate on Laursday, but the whole ten were decidedly adverse to havin, the name of Prince Jerome or his eon mentioued, either in tho Senatus-comsultum or the Plebiscite. A fact with which I have just become asquainted con- firms in a remaikable manner the accuracy of that view of the case. It was observed that for three con- secntive days last week the Independance Belge was stopped at the post office. A correspondent of that journal hadit seems, communicated vo it a sketch of the Schatus-consuiium, which now appears ia the Momitewr, vot differing, except in ove important res- pect, from the summary already published. The exceptional part, however, waa with reference to Prince Jerome, and the correspondence stated tbat hie name would be mentioned as heir to the Tiperial Crown in the event of the fuilure of the issue of Louis Napoleon or that of hie adopted heir Doubts were expressed as to tho correctnoss of that statement, and the next day the real or fictitious document—the Senalus-consulium—itself appeared in the Belgian paper, with a paragraph referring to Prince Jerome by name as the heir. ‘The members of the Commission are bound by oath not to divulge any part of their procecdings, and indeed those of tho entire Seuate aro. as you are aware, debarred from publication. When the Senatus consutum of the Belgian papor appeared it excited a good deal of attention—eli the more that the principal person mentioned is fer from pooular. An inquiry was set on foot, and I am informed that | the document thus furnished to the journal in ques- | tion was traced to a member of Jerome's family, and that its publication was with the object of pro- | ducing a certuin impression on the Senators, and in | fluencing their subsequent proceedings. Prince Jerome’s position as President of the Senate necos- sarily gave those immediat about him facilities of the kind. The minis se mbled iu council and deliberated on the subjeét; and though ope member of the cabinet is raid to have—ratuor weakly, howcver—adyoested the insertion of the nome, the paragraph, if it be really the cave that fuch a one existed. was struck out of the Senatus comsultum. The President is said to have re= sent during the discussion, and in r The minister just alluded to, ‘asked why tho insertion of hit uncle’s wamo be insisted upon, and added that it was the wore proper way to leave it to the judgment of the Senate. The Senatus-consuliwm wes then and there drawn up as it stands in tho Moeniteur of this day. You will perceive, by a par- | agraph in the official journal, that oe Jerome has resigned his functions of President of the Senate, on the plea that, “in the new organization of the government, the Presidency of the Seuate be- | longs to the Emperor himself.’ “This is the ostensi- ble, but not the true reason of the resiguation. Tho true reatop is to be found in what precedes. The | ex: King of Westphalia will, it is said, be appo‘oted | to the office of Grand Constab!s, or some equall: high, lucrative, but not laborious post; and, it ‘s to be presumed, his son will obtain some other post | which may not give him mucu political importance 1 believe my intormant perfectly correct, when he stated that the mention by name, in the Senatus- consultum or Plebiscite, would be attended with the loss of many votes to Louis Napoleon At a late hour yesterday evening an extraordi- nary supplement of the Moniteur was published, with the following account of the proceedings of the Senate :-— irvine or Novemnen 4.—Tho Senate in oonformity with the decree of bis Highness th tho Republic, dated October 11) ¥ at no in the usu: f meeting, Napoloon Bonwparte acting as President resident of the Senate expressed bimnseif as Mersieurs los Senatours—The F of the Repub. Nie has convoked us to deliberate ton t snob extraordinary enthusiasm which im tion to the re establishment of the en tor the French people, is the remint jit is t Nae empire, | ntmmoctal | ot the fanda | revelation of 1 adj it iss gusra rotection and th Giecoverite of our time the great works and manufactures; it is, ia fine, plied to pabl a buckler egeinst | es. and against the at- The wish cf the elec the" return of the ancient rég: ers sce men Ca grin ive 8, el wi ined to the poy > clamations, ‘calls for the Napoleonian aya kee the accession of that dynasty is for France the pl of s stable and prosperous future; avd because, by pit ting un end to our civil discensions, it will open to all anera of reconciliation, After the great act which you are about to propore, France means that there should not be for the future any incomplete devotedneas, nor any provisional adhetions. Every loyal man who accepts ‘8 part in the gevermment is pledged in honor to support it, and must break forever with its enemies, What the French people effected in 1804 it eflects again in 1852, thus showing how constant it is in ita gratitude, and how just in ite judgments, How is it possible not to recog- nise inall this tbe finger of Divine Providence, who in the very worst times never ceased to watch over France, in this phenomenon of almost identical events again taking place at Gfty years distance? ‘The popular in- stinet which acclaimed Napoloon again displays iteelf at prosent in acclaiming, by the name of Napoleon IIT, the prince who for four years has governed France with £0 much prudence and cleverness, It belongs to you, Messiours lea Benateurs, to give to the national will = regular consecration. and to draw up the Senatus Consul- tum which will establish the basis of the empire, It isa great and noble task. and you will perform it with that high independence which consults only the honor and glory of ovr country. For myself, Messieurs les Sena- teuze, yielding to scruples of a purely personal character, anxious to remove even the appearance of a participa: ticn which would not have exclusively in view the great intexesta of the State, 1 willleave to another the honor of directing the discussion, Numerous marks of approbation followed. M. Achille Fould, the Minister of Siate, was then in- troduced, preceded by the messengers of State, and conducted by the obiof usher. Tho Minister took his place on the bench appropriated to the speakers of the government, and, in the name of his High- ness, the Prince President of the republic, presented the aay which bas been already published. After the Message had been read, the Minister of State withdrew, and immediately a propositson to modify the constitution, signed by ten Senators, was handed to (ho Presidont of the Senote. he Bureau, according to the terms of article seventeen of the organic decree of tite 22d of March, immediately met to decide if the proposition should be read at tho general silting. The Bureau having been unan- imous in favor of authorising that the pfoposition should be taker into consideration, Baron de La- orosse, the Scorctury of the Sonate, read it aloud. This proposition was signed by MM. Mesnard, Tro- | plopg, General Barogusy d’Hilliers, Cardinal Da- pont, General d’Hautpou!, Baron de Lacrosse, larsha! Vaillant, General Regnaud de St. Jean d@’Angely, Count Siméon, and General d’Ornano, In conformity with article 17 of the organic decree of March 22, this proposition was, during the sitting, transmitted to the Minister of State. The President of the Senate next called on the Fires President, Mesnard, to replace him in the chair. After a suspension of the proceedings for half an hour, the mosaenger of State having brought back the reply of the Forsament, the Secretary of the Senate was called on by the Pro- sident to read it. The reply is thus worded :— Monseigneur—You have laid before me the draught of & Senaius Consulium, having for object the re-eatnblish- ment of the empire.’ I have the honor of thanking you for that communication, and I hasten to inform you that the government does not oppore the taking into consideration of that proposition und that, according to the subjoived decree. MM. Baroche Vice. President of the Counci! of Biate ; Rouber. President of the Section of Legislation; and Delangle, Councillor of State, are charged to represent the government in the discussion which that Senatus Consultum will lead to. Accept, Monseigneur, the assurance of my respectful consideration, ACHILLE FOULD, Minister of Btate: This reply having been read, the Senators with- drew to their bureaux to proceed to the election of the members of the committee, when the following were named :—First Bureau, President Troploug and Cardinal Dupont; Second Bureau, Count @Argout and Count do la Riboissitre; Third Bu- reau, the Duke de Cambacérés and General Reg- naud de St. Jean d’Angely; Fourth Bureau, Gene- ral a’Hautpoul and M. Leverrier; and Fifth Bureau, Cardinal Doanet and the Duke de Mortemart. Tho public sitting was then declared at an end, and the committee at once met, and chose as its reporter M. Troplopg 'Tié Bourse was crowded to suffocation to-day, the speculators expecting an enormous rise in the price of public securities, in consequence of the proceed- ings at St Cloud yesterday. The Four and-e Half ar Cents opencd at 10S 50c, and closed at O8f! 80c. for the end of the month; the Three per Cents closed at S0f ; Orleans Railroad shares, 1,750. ; Rouen, 1,070f; Havre, 575f; Great Northern, 947t. 50c.; Av 10f.; Basle, 405f.; Paris wad Blrasburg, 9 ; Paris and Lyons, 1,035¢ ; Lyons and Avignon, S60f ; Western ef Mrance, 755f 5 St. Dizier to Gray, 625f; Caen to Cherbourg, 657f. 50c.; Bordeaux to Cette, 680f. Opinions in England of the Empire. {Vrom the London Times, Noy. 9.] The Monitewr has confirmed, with the least possi- ble delay, the statement which we published yester- day as to the formal re-establishment of the l'rench Empire, and, with one remarkable exception, this change will doubtless be effected in the manner pro- poeed by Louis Napoleon himself to the Senate. ‘Chis exception is, that the ex-King Jerome, and his hopeful son are no longer allowed to occupy the ex- alved station of heirs presumptive to the crown, which had been allotted to them by the original Graft of the decree. There is, it seems, a lunit which even the servile devotion of the Fronch Senate to the new order of things cannot pass, and the acceptance of such a race of sove- reigns a3 might bo anticipated from the progeny of Jerome Bonaparte lies beyond that line. Accordingly, when the projected Senatus Consulium was referred to a committee of that august body, no less than seven members out no voted ageinst the Jerome clause. A commu ion was forthwith made to Louis Napoleon, at Cloud, who, surprised as he might be at taia nit 8. indication of a will differing from his own, found that the repugnance to the adoption of his uncle aud bis cousin was too deeply rooted to ba sur- mounted, even among the devoied supporters of the imperial echeme. He therefore gave way, probably from the fecling that after all it matters little, to himself what becomes of the suprome power when he ig no more, aud from the hope that tho birth of i sue from bis own marriage will set at rest all ques- tions ofcollateral succession. But it was less easy to soothe the irritated feelings of Jerome and his son. That Personage at once declared that it would bo impossible for him to retain his Bort as President of the Senste—tbe vory body which had just passed a vote of ostracism against his imperial pretensions. He has, therefore, resigned it, and, afcer this family querrel, there is no great probability that a cordial understanding will be restored between Louis Napo leon and his relatives, or between them and tae nation. To say the truth, it would be a piece of good fortune, both for him and for Franca, to be disenoumbered of them altogether. The father is roterious for his unscrupulous rapacity; the son is detested for his extravagant alliance with the red republican party in the worst days of the Nationai Assembly ; and it matters little to themselves or to any one elee, whethor they are invested with nomi- fae. rights to the crown, which it is certain they would never be suffered to oxorcise. Yet this opposition to the original scheme of Louis Nepoleon bas not beenfunfelt, even by himself It isa sort of declaration that, although the Senate and the people may consent to take Louis Napolcon aa their ruler, end may even confer upon him the contingent right of nominating his successor, they have little or no faith in those permanent claims of the Bonaparte dynasty, on which he reiies, far more than on the suflrages of the people; and it shows that, in consenting to go through this form of elec- tion, the Senate is desirous of committing itself as little as possible to the chances and uncertainties of the future. On these te however, the decree wns almost unsnimousiy voted by the whole body of tho Benate, and Kaeteg a accepted by Louts Napoleon The legislative body will take no part in this re- markable transaction except by being aliowed to verify the votes given by the people at , ove on the estion to be submitted to them on the 2lst of November. lor this purpose the legislative body is convened for the 25th. But if anything were wanted to demonstrate its utter nullity, it is tho fact that this fundamental revolution in the ineti tutions by which France still professes to be governed, should be accomplished without so much aga communication to the representatives of the people. In this respect the present restoration of the empire differs materially from the original pro- clamation of it in 1804; when the proposition to that effect was legally made by the tribune Cusée in the lower chamber, a debate took placo, in which Carnot was not afraid to record his opinion and his vote against the proposal, and it was only after the messure had been carried by a large mujority in that Agsombly that it was takon up to the Seoate On the preserit occasion it ie clear that I ‘ leon hag not dared to encounter the o which euch & chamber as he has call ould hardly fail to have made ox his pro- is @ romerkable circumstance that the same telegraphic dorpatoh which app us of theve par ticulam, conveys information of the de f the uke do Leuchtenberg, the second son of Eugene € wnais and con-in-law of tho Emperor Nivito- The elder brother of this young prince died shortly efter bis marriage with the Queen of Por: in the flower of hisago The Duke himself was in his thirty-sixth year, and had acquired a position in the imperial family of Ru: which seemed to destine him to higher honors. His death is announced at the very moment when his cousin Louis Napoleon is ascending the imperial throno of France, and the only link which connected the eueaerte family with that of Russia is thus dis solved —_|t seems as if in spite of the oxtraordinary advantages of fortune whieh have followed the des- cendants of the Empress Josephine, somo fatelity int wed to prohibit the permanence of thoir honers, and to obliterate the traces they have left amongst the reigning families of Europe. ‘There is every reason to suppore that Louis Napo- Jeon will guard himself as much as possible against these contingencier, and that his marri will follow very shortly upon bis proclamation and ac- cession. But the support which he still finds in the confideuce of a large portion of the French people, and in the timidity of the rest, is personal to him- svif. It will not be transferred to the mero object of his choice, or the kingmen who havo oven loss claim than bimself to bear a greatname; and, inthe present rapid course of events, who shall say that a man of forty four, on the eve of entering, for the first time, into the married state, will leave an heir of an age to cenduct the affairsof » nation which has not fgets renounced the liberties it onse enjoyed? Nothing can be more uncertain or more chimerical than such speculations; and it is an essen- tial characteristic of the institutions which havo lately been imposed on France, that the securi they confor is limited to the duration of a single life, if, isdeed, that be not curtailed by the anxioty and the accidents of such a reign. Daniel Webster's Death tn England. [From the London Times, November 9 | To the remarkable deaths which will hereafter signalize the obituary of 1852, we may now add that of the man who, by common congent, was re- puted the greatest among the statoamen of the New Vorld. The knowledge generally possessed by Eng- lishmen Deepesane the life and services of Daniel Webster will, perhaps, hardly prepare them for the sensation which bis decease has created in the coun- try of his birth. He is spoken of in Awerica almost as Peel was spoken of in England. The journals of the States appear in mourning for the departed statesman, writers of all political denominations concur in eulogistic biographies, and the recoption of the intelligence in every town of the Union is chronicled with uniform testimony to the popularity of the subject. As far, indeed, as concurrence of admiration can be taken for proof, wo should be jus- tified in ranking Daniel Webster among the truly great men of his age. In this crinidh however, it is not probable that the voice of Europe or t10 decision of history will entirely concur. The truthis that Mr. Webster's re- putation waseminently American, and the apparent grandeur of its proportions was due, in no small do- gree, to that spirit of hyperbole in which: the citi- zens of the States arc accustomed to address themselves to all national topics. They magnify their stateemen asthey magnify their soenery or their strength, not, it must be owned, for pur- poses of delusion, and still less with the ompti- ness of Asiatic boasting, but with the oxaggera- tion incidental to democrat institutions and national adolescence. Besides this, Mr. Webster’s qualities appealed directly to the passions and sen- timents of his countrymen. His oratorical powers were remarkable, and in no country doos popular oratory exercise so great an influence as in the United States. Americans are enchained by speeches, and when Daniel Wobater addressed an audience, already predisposed to admiration, his eloquence raroly failed to rouse them to enthu- siasm. In justice to his memory, it should bo added that this eloquence was usually omployed on the side of genuine policy. Nor would it, indeed, be easy. with certain recent exceptions, to point out any question in which his authority was not ultimately ¢xerted in the general interests of con- ciliation and peace. But it was not from this personal gift that Mr Webster’sreputation derived its most characteristic feature. Ho, abovo ali others, was peculiarly the person in whom American Pe oe was dis- played before the eyes of Burope. He was the conventional representative of his countrymen in their diplomatic relations with the other great powers of the world. li was not that he enjoyed any extracrdinary tenure of those ministerial appointments to which such fanctions are com- mitted, but his be of office coincided remark- ably with some of the most critival conjunctures of the foreign policy of the Union, and to the consideration of these subjects he brought an extensive store of jarisprudontial information, great personal aptitudes, and a wisdom, if not liberality of view, beyond that usually prevailing around bim. Itis true that he was an American. but he wea an American who had sesn the world. and he recognized those necessities of international intercourse for which republican politicians are sometimes fain to substitute the suggestions of im- pulse, interest, or power. In this capacity ho oom- manded a respect more universal than attached to bim as a whig Senator ora popular speaker. Ho filled with considerable success what would other- wise have been almost a void in the pretensions of bis countrymen. In him they saw an American who had uot only carried American elections and guided the discussions of Congress, but who had met the diplomatists of Europe oa fair ground with- out discredit, and who enjoyed in the capitals of the Old World a distinction which in other cases was limited to the\towns of the Union. The extent, if pot the character, of this renown is sufficiently evinced by the attention now paid to his memory. We do not imagine, as we have already intimated, that the verdict of Europe will altogether support the natural pertialities of America; but, at any rate, the event now announced will be esteemed of Ewopean importance, and it will be universally admitted that a statesman of the world has boon jest in the Senator of Massachusetts. It isin this representative capacity that he has been so remarkably endeared to the eka of the Union; nor was there any moro striking feature in the recent political rivalries than the respect which in the most passionate heats of conflict was uni- formly paid to his general pretensions. Even those who opposed his elevation acknowledged his ciaims, and £0 univerga)ly was he recognized as a “great map,” that his adversarios were com- pelled to show cause why great men should not always be made Presidents. He was a dis- tinguished and successful lawyer, a writer of con- siderable repute, @ triumphant orator, a veteran parliamentarian, and, above all, a colebrated Amorfoan. Ti id unfortunate that his latest dig plays should have been so unfavorable to his renown. On the present occasion we should be naturally reluctant to bring these blemishos con- adalat into view, but it cannot bo denied that the questions of the bay fisheries and the Lobos Islands placed the departed statesman in no crodit- able ligbt either as ® minister or acivilian. We are the less called upsn, indeed, to conceal or qua- lify our opinions, since the justice of our strictures was afterwards confirmed by the reversal of Amori- can policy in Mr. Webster’s own hands. Hither from declining strength or incidental disability, or some increase of that extraneous bias from which few American politicians can remain exempt, it is manifest that he took a wrong ovurse, without evidence of any laudable mo- tive In his earlier views of foreign policy he was both moro successful and correct. At various times it became his duty to assist at or conduct some of the most important negotiationsjin which the government of the Union was ever cn- aged. Tho North-Eastern boundary, the provi- feos of mutual extradition, the right of search on the high seas, and the Oregon frontier, constituted suceessive questions of policy, involving the highest interests of more than one State; and in all those discuarions the influence of Mr. Webster's authority was both powerfully and meritoriously evinced. On points, too, ef more exclusively Yooal interest, such as the annexation of Texas, the Mexican wer, the reception of new States into the Union, and the compromise of the slavery disputes, his voice was heard om the side of moderation and equity. Indeed, when not biased by the tempta- tions of party, or swayed by the pressure of a poli- tical crisis, be was far too sagacious to bo soduced into error or excess, and his support might be confi- dently anticipated by the promoters of right and reason. There is nothing eurprising in tho ostoom and Affection with which bis name is now regarded throughout the vinees ef the States, for his very faults wore the faults of his countrymon, chorished for their pleasure, and caricatured for their benefit. In many respects—in his oratory, for instance, ia his popularity, and in his eminent nationality—he prevents a marked resemblance to Daniel O'Connell; but be enjoys this superiority ovér the great agita- tor, that he never seriously designed to load bis countrymen astray. If he ‘talked to thom after their own fashion, he rarely carried those popular views into the practical administration of the State; aud if bis resistance to public extravagance was not always what might have been desired, it was por- beps'as much ag could bo attempted He was be: yond elldoubt an accomplished scholar, an acute lawyer, an experionced diplomatist, and a groat statesman, In this Inet oxpacity his procosdings were occasionally opposed to our ideas of such charsoter, but it must be —— red thas states men adjusted to Statics, and & minister who can ‘secure the Lapeer ope spprobatign of his own coum trymen with as fair a renown abroad 23 was enjoyed by Daniel Webster has achieved as nash glory as even the best politicians are likely to obtain. Spain. Our aceounts from Madrid are of the 3d inst. The government had received despatches from Havana of tho 4th ult. Tho island of Cubs en- joyed undisturbed tranquillity, aad it was evidont that the accounts which reached Wogland via the United States were greatly exaggerated. No anxiety existed there relative to the affair of the Crescent City steamer; and the pirates lately cap- tured, amongst whom were two relatives of Lopez, were waiting their trial in tho prisons sf Havana. A shock of an earthquake had been felt at Malaga, which spread general constornation among the inhabitants of that city. Athalf past 1 o'clock, A.M., strong oscillations shook all ths odificos. The people frmediately saltied out of thoir houses, and sought refuge at La Alameda and in the public squares, Fortunately, the ahock was not renowed. The temperature was suilooating. The cloudy aspect of the oy, induced a belief that another earthqualte would take place the following night. Many families accrdingly retired on board the ves- sels inthe harbor. The shock was preceded by a loud noige. Greece. A terrible storm, such as bas not been soon at Athene within the memory of msn, or perhaps for thousands of years occurred last night. ‘I'ne vio- lence of it may be judged of from the single fut that one of the columns of the Tomple of Supiter Olympus, which every traveller has admired, noar the Adrian Gate, was overthrown. Private corros- pondence from Marseilles states: that most of the ships in the Piraeus broke from their moorings. and that much damage was dono The storm lasted five hours. Several houses in Athons were thrown to the ground. Markets, Lonnon* Monxy Marnier, Tuesday Evening, Nov. 9 — The quotation of gold at Paris is about three per mille premium, (according to the now tariff,) which at the Hog. lich Mint price of £3 17s 104d. per ounce for stamdard oid, gives an exchange of 26.2455; and, the exchange at ‘is on London at rbort being 25.20, it follows that gold ig about 0,18 per cent, dearer in Paris than in London, By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is about 42834 per mark, which, at the English mint price of £3 17s. 104d. per ounce for etandard gold, gives an exchange of 13-634; and, the exchange at Hamburg on London at short being 13 544, it follows that gotd ix about 0.70 per cent. dearer in Hamburg than in London, The course of exchange at New York om London for bills at sixty days sight is 110\% per cent, and. the par of exchange between England aud America be- ing 109 28-40 per cent, it follows that the exchange is nominally 0.92 percent in favor of Eogland; and after making allowance for obarges of transport, the presont rate leaves a small profit on the importation of gold from. the United States, The English funds remain without the slightest change, Consols were again quoted throughout the day 100% -to 34 for money, and 10014 to % for the 9th of December. Bank stock closed 225 to 22 duced, $95; to 3¢; threa- and a quarter per cents, 103%¢ to 4; long annuities, 634; India stock, 274 to 276; India bonds, 84s. to $7s.; and exchequer bills, 78s, to 768. premium. Business in the foreign market to-day was principally confined to Mexican, Peruvian, and Dutch, but the highest prices were not supported. Turkish and Swedish were also dealt in, and they closed with a tendency to heaviness. In the foreign exchanges this afternoon the rate upon Amsterdam was a shade lower; with regard to Hamburg and Paris no material change occurred. The Board ot Trade returns for the month ending the 10th of October were issued this morning. and furnish striking evidence of the unprecedented activity of busi ness that bas lately prevailed. As compered with the corresponding month of 1851, they show in increase in the declared vaiue of our exportations of £1 035,208, which has been diffused, almost without exception, through every branch of industry in fair proportion. Cotton, linen, silk and woollen manufactures have all largely participated in the avgmentation. while, as re- gards other articles, it has, as usual, been most remarka- ble in haberdashery. Livervoor Cony Trave, Noy. 9 --The arrivals from Treland and co astwite, during the past week. haye been liberal of oatmeal, but email of other articles. Prom foreign ports we have received 22118 quarters of wheat, 2610 quarters of beans, 1,956 quurters of Indian cornjund 8.150 barrels of flour, betides 1,€06 quarters cf wheat, and 051 barrels of flour from Canada, The exports in the seme time comprise 6,684 quarters of wheat, 1813. quar. terr of Indian corn, 1,997 sac! id. 12.666 barrels of flour. There bas been k nimation in the trade during the past week, ard both wheat and flour could have been bought on vlightly better terms Indian corn ar. rived off the coast has also been less inquited for. and easier to buy; but holders of distent cargoes still ask ox- treme prices. Im other articles there has been little do- ing, and no change in value. At this day’s market there was a good attendance of town and country miliers and dealers, who bought to a fairextent of both wheat and flour, at the fall prices of this day week. Old oats were im good demand. and }jd. to 1d. per 45 1b. dearer, and ontmeal met with buyers at Gd. per load for new Burley, beans and peas were saleable in retail, at rather Letter prices. Indian corn on the spot and the const was 6d. per quarter cheaper, but di gees wero held firmly for extreme rates, Bis. to 3s per quarter being asked for Galat: id Odessa, and 205 6d to 31s. per quarter for Ibraila, cost, freight, and in- surance Loxvex Trane Reront, Tuesday FE ening, Nov. 9.— Sugar—An extensive business has been doing in foreign | sugar, and on Saturday some 4.000 or 5,000 boxes of Ha- yana and 2,000 bags of Manila were gold at stiff rates, the Manila at 34s, 3d, per cwt. To day about 500 chests of white Babia have been placed at 38s,, and about 3.200 boxes of Havans, inadmissible for duty, found buyers for export at 20s, to 238, perewt. Rice—2,000 bags of Ben al sold, at and after sale. at 11s, and 11s. 6d per cwt ; 420 eavks of Carolina partly sold at 0s.; and 400 bags of Moulmein were bought in at 10s, WRIGHT, GANDY & CO.’S CTROULAR. Livenroon, Nov. 9, 1852. Cotton, on Friday Inst, was in better demand, and the downward tendency to prices was apparently arrested, which our circular advices per Asia conveyed. On Satur day §more steadiness characterized the transactions, although the business which transpired was of a quiet nature and limited in amount, Tho America arrived on Sunday morning, her advices reporting a further increase of receipts at, with considerable shipments from, the Southe: n porta, coupled with a continuance of fine wea- ther, which influenced an opinion favorable to crop equal in extent to the Inst, and caused our market to open yesterday with apathy ond dullness ; and indusing holders to offer their stocks freely, at a partial decline of one-eighth of a penny per 1b. om rates current last week, without swelling the amount of sales. To-day the 1aar- ket is flat,and inquiry ¢o limited that it is dificult to make progress, even at the decline noted above, except, perhaps. for middling to good middling Orleans, with staple, which are lees affected than ether descriptions. The epeculative business is principally composed of Surats and Kgyptians, which, being relatively cheap, offer the greater inducement for investments. ‘The sales for the past threo days are estima’ ati Spe. S mere pe Su Bales. Export. ican, Brazil, lian, rat Saturday... 6,000 1,000 6,600 100 100 200 Monday, 6.000 1500 4000 100 1,100 800 ‘Tuesday, 3(0) 1.200 2400 100 300 200 Import for the eame time is about 34,000 bales, rhicks TO DAY. Middling. Ordinary. New Orleans. 6 4 ably Mobile 6% 434 0 534 Atlantic. 6% 4¢ 0 535 The Manchester market bas been very quiet, but ces of goods and yarn remain steady, although little yosiness in either bas taken plnce. The heavy makes of cloth are again depressed in value, and in very limited request. With moderate arrivals of breadstuffs, our grain mar- ket continues ve i, firm and last week’s rates for all de- seriptions are fully supported, with considerable transac tions in wheat and good demand for flour, (the latter, indeed, is rather dearer.) as well as Indian corn, on the spot, and for distant cargoes; but for arrivals on the coast. © decline of 6d pet quarter must be quoted, and ‘the inquiry lees brisk than of li THREE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE. Arrival of the America @t Halifax. VICTORIA'S SPRECH BEFORE PARLIAMENT. Her Opinion on the Fishery Questions STATE OF THE MARKETS. Decline in Cotton and Advance in Breadstuffs, Sir Bir Sie [nv THR NOVA FCOTIA AND NEW PRUNSWICK THLE RAPE LINES TO ST. JOHN, THENCE BY THR HALIFAX AND QUEBRE LINE TO QUEBEC, THENCE RY THE CANADA [AND BANS BUFFALO LINE TO NEW YORK, | Hauivax, Nov, 23—P, M. The RB. M. steamship America, Capt Shannon, arrived ‘at (his port at half past two o'clock this morning. bring- ing Liverpool dates of the 15th inst. ana forty-five through passengers, She sailed again, at half past four o'clock, for Boston, The Collins steamship Baltic, which eailed from New York on the S0th ult., arrived at Liverpool at 1 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, the 10th fust. PRICE TWO CENTS. Friday evening, (he 12th tast., there wer mote sellers them bnyers. A@airs m Engiand. THH QUBEN’S SPEECH MRPOKE vAKLI @MBNT. The actual session of Parliawent commenced on the 17% instant. ‘The apeecti from tic threwe was read by the Queen in perton aad is more lengtiny than usual, extending to over one thousand words, 2h° following embraces the main features :— ‘The Met paragraph pays a tribute to the memory of Wellington, and calls on the House to provid funds for his funeral, ‘The second acknowledges the readiness’ with wh ish vol- unteers have eplisted in the mititia, Section third-continues to resetve from’eit foretga ' POw- ors assurances of friendly relations, Section fourth saye, frequent ynd well-finded! com— plaints on the partof my North American cofonke, of infractions by citizens of the United States of thie fiamhag convention of 1818, induced me to despatch, Sethe pro- tection of theirinterests, a class of vessels better-ndapted to the service than those which had deen previ: em ployed. This step led to » disoussiow with the ment of the United States, and, while the rigits' Ot my tubjects have been firmly maintained, tbe friendty spizit with which the question has heen tstated inducts me to hope that the ultimate result may bea mutust bene ficial ¢xtension and improvement of ovr commos*itter- course with that great republic Section fifth announces that the joint Englia” and French \mnivsicn to the Argentine Confederation opens their greatest rivers to the commeres of te world Sectionsixth remarks thet, from the zealous efforts of Brazil for the suppression of the slave trade, stri: measures, on the part of England, have been s and it is hoped a recurrence to them will bs unnecessary. Section eighth suggests that the inquiry be resume@ into the Past India Company’s ebarter, Seetion ninth rays estimates will in duc time be tela before Parliament. Section tenth proposes a scheme for the advancements of the arts and sciences Section eleventh congratulates the country on its prom perous condition, and hints vaguely at protection, a8 fek- lows:—" If you should be of opinion that recont leginlar tion, in contributing, with other causes, to thicthappy re~ suit, has at the same time afflicted unavoidable injustice on certain important interests, I recom- mend you diepassionately to consider how, a far as it may be practicable, equitably to mitigate thet injury, and to enable the industry of the country to meet successfully that unrestricted “competition to whieb: Parliament in its wisdom has decided it should bo sub- jected Section twelfth trusts that the improvement hes ex- tended to Ireland, and recommends @ generous policy te |) wards that country. Section thirteen announces the appointment of a eom- mission of inquiry on ecclesiastical matters, ection fourteenth recommends universi Section fifteenth would rejoice if the tr convicts to Van Diemen’s Land might be Section sixteenth relates to presont and future masa sures of law reform. Section seventeenth concludes by praying for God's blersing on things in general. After s lengthy discussion, the address was agreed to in both houses. On Friday nothing of much importance was transacted. India and China, ANNEXATION OF MORE TERRITORY TO ENGLAND'S POSSESSIONS. ‘A telegraphic despatch fcom Trieste farnishes later tm telligence from India and China. Tho departure is an- nounced of the first brigade of the advance force from Rangoon for Prome, which was shortly to be followed by the second division. It was confidently expected that upon the troops reaching Prome, the country would yield and be annexed, and the war be immediately brought to a conclusion, Advices from China state that the insurrection wasem- tending. Commercial Intelligence. THE LONDON MONEY MARKET. Sensols for money and account closed on the 12th imet. at 100°; a 10034. UNITED STATES SECURITIES, fe) small business bas been doing, at the following quo- tions :— United States Six por Cert Bonds (1967-68).108 a — Ditto Six per Cent Kouds(1867-'63) .... 107 & Ditto Six per Cent ditto (1868). 109349 110 Ditto Five per Cent Bonds (1865)... 08 i.) Ditto Six per Cent Bonds (1862). +103 4% LOM New York State Five per Cent Stock ('58.100) 97° 98 Pennsylvania Fives... 86 am BT Obio Sixes. (1870-76) 076 Maryland Fives .. A o7 a 98 Massachusetts Five per Cont Bonds . 107 @ 108 Kentucky Six per Cent Bonds (1869-70) .... 100m 110 THE COTTON MARKETS. Livenvroon, Oct 13, 1858. The sales of the weck foot up only 22.000 bales, of which speculaters have taken 12,000 and exporers 2750. brokers quote fair Orleans at 6%; middling 53¢ = 5%; fair Mobile, 615; middling, 6%; fair Upland, 6%; middling, 53 The stock at Liverpool, exclusive of that on shig- board, Is 436,000 bales. Havar, Nov. 10, 1862. ‘The sales of cotton for the week have been 1,700 bales, d the imports for the sume time 1.600, The stook om hand is 17,200. The market is dull, with a considerable decline on all qualities. We quote New Orleans trés ordi- naire as 92f, THE CORN MARKET. Livenroon. Oct. 13, 1852. The market for breadstufls contimues moderately ao- tive, and sales of wheat it one penny ad- | vance, and flour at sixpence advance over the ratesour- rept at the sailing of the Aria. at Qe. Ohio at corn is firm at %: Western canal is quoted Js. 6d, and Baltimore at 24. Indiam 33. Od. for white, and 32s. for yellow. MISCELLANEOUS. Liveavoon, Nov. 13, 1852 Provisions.—The market generally is wuchanged, aad » limited business has been doing. Laid, howover. of all qualities, has considerably declined. and is quoted at 638. Asuvs.—A small business doing in pots, at 27 are the same. be aes is quoted at 7s. 6d., aad Philadel- a. 78. spirits at 49s 5. for com- svine—Prime is held at 11s., , with a dull market. Rosin 00C bbls. fine sold at 14s, —A large business doing, at firm prices. ices are a shade higher. —The market is unchanged, but the business | is limited. ‘Tar.ow.—P.¥. C. sells at 41s, » 458 err me ETE Domestic ™: any: Dr. Jonathen Cowdry, the oldest surgeon in the United States navy, died at Portsmouth, Virginia, om Satarday, of apoplexy. . The French Minister to Mexico is said to have received. his letters of recall. ‘The Baltimore Board of Trade has called a convention of merchants. planters, farmers, and business men geno- rally. of Southern and Western States, to meet iu Bal- timore cn the 17th of December next. to consider the progress of the Southern and Western States in their dt- reot interest with Enrope—regarding internal with a viewfto stimula‘e commeroial affairs. A grand din- ner is also to be given, to which the President of the United States, the cabinet, and members of Congress, are to be invited. The rise in iron rails it is said will cause many com- tractors to be utterly ruined. The contractors of the Cincinnati and 8t. Louis road lose $800,000 by the rise tm rails since their contract was made, On the 2ist inst., a small watchman’s , near the Baltimore depet, Philadelphia, took fire, ands women im it was burned to death. The deceased was a wretched creature, of whom little was known. The commencement of the South Carolins State Mill- tary Academy was celebrated, at Charleston, om the 19th inet. nat. The vote in Morgan county, Va., last year, for Gover- nor. stood: democrat 268. whig 283. ‘This year, for Presk- dent, it stands: Pierce 201, Scott 291. Aman by the name of E. L. Flett, who for some time past has been staying ina cotten warehouse at Mobile, committed suicide on the tt inst , by drowning himself. In the Philedelphis Court of Oyer and Terminer, on the 22d inst , Felix Burns was put on trial for the mur- der of Charles Burd, watchmaker, at the corner of Fifth ‘and Gaskill streets, inthe month of August 1850. The principal witness for the commonwealth 18 « cripple, by the name of John Kuster, who has been im on for some time on a charge of felony. An eminent geologist aseerts. in a commanteation te the Lake Superior Journal that from the geological forma tion of their rocks, there is not and cannot be coal found on Lake Superior ‘A man named William Prance was crushed to death om the 17th, while raising the frame of a barn on the lately owned by Mr Woodland, near Kingsville, Balti- more county. In opening a bale of cotton recently at Cincinnati, the body of ® negro was found pressed iuto it, and so great was the pressure that the body of the man was not more than three inches thick. Doubtful John Heonig, while assisting to put a new boiler in ite ie at Rochester, on the 20th instant, it rolled upom im, causing his death almost instantly. A man named Henry MeGheo, employed on the steam- or Prairie State, fell overboard on the t of the 11th, while descending the L[linois river, below Lacon, and wat drowned. ant ‘The Washington Monument is now ono bundred twenty two feet bigh, and will in alt probability, [ga the close of the building eearon, reach the height of - hundred and twenty four foot ale han ete oe, font ditional elevation of three hundred am to make it what it is Intended to bo=the most lofty edifoe in the world » T:) e or states that Adeline Phelps, of ronbinosee ban howaar’ "sft and committed for trial Om a charge of peisoniog ber f@her by putting mereury or rienic into hit milk i" There is a rumor, in Boston, that the Rov, De, Parker After the eailing of the Asia on the 6th, tho Liverpoot | | 7 : ‘ cotton market was unsettled and doll, with a constantly jor, amen of irregular bablts, was forma declining tendency. All qualittes declined from quar | don hack of Brvewr s St son North Main ter to five eixteentha, amd at the close of the marketom ( ete et, Springteld