The New York Herald Newspaper, November 24, 1852, Page 4

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GHBISTY'S OPERA HOUSE, 472 Broadway—Erniortan iv BY CHRIsTy's MiNsTReETS. ‘WOOD'S MINSTRELS, Wood's Musical Hall, 444 Broad- way.—Brncorian Mint Reis) OFROUS, 37 Bowery.—Equreraian Exrentaueurnes. ——— DOUBLE SHEET. Kew York, Wednesday, November 24, 1852. ‘The News. The abundance of news with which our prges are ‘this morning overflowing, has scarcely loft us room foreven brief references to that which is most in- teresting. Of the highly important Eurspean intel- Higence relative to the declaration of the Empire in Franee, and the official correspondence relative to the proposition during Presiaont Polk’s administra- tion, to purchase the island of Cuba, we have spoken at considerable length in eubjoined editorials. In addition to the details of the European iatelli- | gence brought by tho Hermann, the telegraphs ena- H ble us to add a synopsis of three days later advices | received by the Cunard steamer America, which reached Halifax at two o’clock yosterday morning. The Maine ard New Brunswick wires being down, the news was transmitted over the Montreal and | Quebec lines. We learn that the Qucen delivered | her speech, in person, before Parliament, on the Mth inst. I+ is of more than usual length, and its | most important feature to Americans is that which | relates to the fishery difficulty, which Her Majesty thinks will happily terminate, to the mutual advan- | tage of both rations, by the establishment of reci- procity in trade, &c. Some of our merchants will be sorry to Jearn that cotton has met with another decline, and others, sgain, will be exceedingly Pleased with the announcement that breadstuifs have again advanced, and that provisions hold their "From Washington we lear that the administra- | tion has now disapproved of the condust of Passed | Midshipman Davenport, who succeeded Lieut. Por- ter as commander of the Crescent City, and that the former has been ordered to the Vincemnes, now Btting out fora three years’ cruise in the Pacific. It ie a fortunate thing, for the honer of the eountry, that the administration cannot find naval officers who wil! willingly submit to the insults attempted | to be heaped upon them by the Spanish authorities in Cubs. ‘The returns from Massachusetts render it quite certain that the freesoilers are somewhat shorn of | their anticipated power, and that Horace Mann cannot be elected Governor. Another important of bis intentions. Vance may rafely be placed mote unbecoming than eee Sieh ‘to have assumed, See 8 GORDON BENNETT. likely to amicable cettiement en 9 in fortunate it is that cooler beads are permitted to conduct | negotiations between the two countries, It is to be hoped, however, that the govern-aeat will accord an extended leave of absence ta Lieat. Davenport, and permit him to resume hig pesition as commender of one of the company’s ships, in or- der that he may return to Havana in che Cherokee, as the fact of his not doing so woul, beyond doubt, be regarded by the government of Orba as a tri- umph, and as an apology nade tothem. If, how- ever, on the contrary, Lieut. Davenport's request be refused, we hope that the grounds of the rofueal will bo given in writing, in order that the public may know whst arothe sentiments and feclings of | the government in'tais mo ¢ important matter. The insulting ‘treatment to which the Crescent City has been sukjjected on her successive visite to Havana, and the recent cutrage committed by the authorities of the island on the American bark Cor- nelia, have, in connection with the position assumed by France and England relative to the Cuban quos- tion, produced throughout the country a deeper seat- ed feeling with regard to the acquisition of Cuba than was ever before prevalent ‘The /illibustero sonti- mert has given place to a differont and more uni- vereal feeling, which will not be so easily put down, and which will sooner or later ensure tho transfer of the island of Gaba to the territory of the United States It has now become a matter of serious considora- tion whether the acquisition of Cuba by this country would not become a Huropean question; and while we think itis very likely that it will as- sume that importanee, we do not consider that as to our flag, the violation of our treaty stipulations and the law of nations, and the injury inflicted on onr mercantile interests by the Spanish authorities of the island. In connection with this subject, which is daily as- fuming more and more importance, and drawing to a crisis, we publish to day a large portion of tho correspondence which took place between James Buchanan, Secretary of State under the Polk ad- ministration, and Romulus M Saunders, our Minister at the Court of Madrid, relative to the offer of Presi- dent Polk to purchase the island from Spain, for a sum of one hundred million dollars—an offer which was peremptorily declined. While this negotiation was pending, we published the facts exclusively, and their truth was challenged and denied by the admi- istration and other journals of the country, who wore totally ignorant of tho matter, and who attributed the whole of it to our own invention. What we then stated is, however, fully confirmed by the offi- cial correspondence which we publish to-day. The authorised publication of these documents at the present time is probably owing to the appear- ance in a Spanish paper ef this city—/a Cronica—of a report taken froma Madrid correspondence in a | German newspaper, to tho effect that the presont American Minister at that Court, Mr. Barringer, had renewed the proposition of purchasing Caba, but that the Spanish government had declined to receive it, and would not on apy consideration oon- sent to pert with the island. The truth of this statement is authorisedly denied by the National Intelligencer of the 22d inst ; and it is to this fact, perhaps,the publication of the Buchanan correspon- dence is to be atiributed. The question of tho acquisition of Cuba, either by purchage or vi et armis, will undoubtedly be forced on the incoming administration, in some shapo ormanner. We know, from the conservative ten- dency of Mr. Pierce’s charactor, that no /illibustero expedition will be permi:ted by him to leave these shores; but how he will manage to get rid of the question when brought up in another shape, is more than we can divine. It is quite possible, how- ever, that the incoming administration will Gnd it- self occupied with # similar question now coming up asto the acquisition of islands on the other side of the cortinent, the consideration of which may di- vert public attention from Cuba. In that event the crisis will be deferred, and the question enter argely into the presidential canvass of 1856, in some such way as that of the annexation of Texas en- feature i, that the anti-Maine law men are likely to have a majority in the House. | A convention was yesterday held in Albany for. | the purpose of devising means for the construction | ef a direct line of railroad from that city to Platts- | burg, in Clinton county. The attendance was very | large. | The New Hampshire Legislature will to-morrow | g0 into election for a United States Senator ia place of John P. Hale. Gov. Johnson has called the attention of the Le- | gislature of Virginia to the recent slave c.se in this | city, but refrains from recommending any specific | action thereon until he obtains full particulars of the proceedings before Judge Paine. | ‘The reader's attention is directed to the following | articles:—-Extracts from Havana and other papers | relative to Cuban Affairs; Another lengthy docu- | ment descriptive of the Amazon and the Atlantic | Slopes of South America; Mormon Polygamy and Missions; A Scene for Uncle Tom's Cabin; Notices | of New Books; Trials for the Murder of Watchman _ Baxter, and for Assault and Battery against an ] Alderman; Marnufacturing in New England; Rev. | Mr. Hudson's Second Lecture on Shakspeare’s | Henry IV., &c. There are also many telegraphic Gerpatches of interest to which we cannot make | room for more special reference. Important Documents—The Crescent City Excitement. Speculations are afloat throughout the commu- nity 4s to the course which the government or the Awerican steamship company may pursue in view of the definitive position assumed by the Captain General of Cuba, and his expressed determination not to permit the Crescent City any communication with the shore, if, on her rotarp, the obnoxious Purser Smith be on -her list of officers. The quoa- tion, yesterday, was—Will the Crescent City be sent back ? and, if 0, will Mr. Smith retain his position on board? Weare able to give some poiitive in- formation on the subject. ‘The Crescent City, then, is not to return to Hava- ua this trip. But this is not to be attributed to any interference om the part of our government, or any change in the policy or sentiments ef the company, but is simply owing to the fact that on hor last trip up the Mississippi she encountered a slight diesster, which renders it nocessary that she be placed in the Goek for repairs. The steamer Cherokee has, there- fore, been substituted for the Crescent City, and is to leave thir porton the 27th inst., for H ‘The officers and crew of the Cresceat City have been consequently trans‘erred to the Cherokee, including the new somewhat dis- tinguished “‘indivivual,” Mr. Purser Smith. It is, therefore, a fixed fact, and beyond all manner of doubt, that Mr. Smith, in defiance of the threat of the Ceptain General, is to return to Havana, though it is not so certain that Licutenant Dave port will go out in command of the Cherokee, We learn that he has been ordered to join the Vincennes wow gotting ready for a cruise in the Pacific ; but we believe he has gone to Washington to endeavor to get his leave of absence extended, so that ha may retain his situation in the company’s service Hf he succeeds in carrying his point, he will pro- bebly go out as commander of the Cherokee ; bus his chances of success are but very fechle, if wo may form a conjecture on the subject by the fol- lowing article, which appeared yesterday morning in the Washington Republic, and may be taken as giving the sentiment of the government :— TRE CRESCENT CiTy. column reports the arrival of Sages foes toraon, Siereis ess allowed to land | mailer without however, ed from the Cs | that she Sab Pe Sean G0. baler tha port on ber | next trip if Purrer Smith be om board. If the despatch eorre: | etly reprerents the language of Passed Midshipman R | We CANDO: reset tine Lunpres- mleapprebended the duties and tered into the canvass of 1844. Of one thing, how- ever, we remain perfectly confident, and that is, thatthe incoming admivistration will not imitate the weak, vacillating, undignified policy of uhe pre- sent, but maintain the honor of our flag, and the rights of our citizens, from all insults or injuries. The News from France—The Re-establish- ment of the Empire. What we were the first journal {to predist--and that at a time when most, if not all our contempo- raries, taid that Louis Napoleon would be hurled from power in a few months, if not in a few days— what we said on receiving the news of the coup d'élat, and have since, again and again reite- rated—bas now come to pass. The first steps towards the formal re-establishment of the Em pire in France have been taken—the consum mation will speedily follow; and the Empire will pro- bably be proclaimed on the second of December, the anniversary of the coup d’état—the anniversary of the proclamation of the Empire of Napoleon tha elder, and the anniversary of the battle of Auster- litz, at which three emperors commanded, and the al- lies—Austria and Ru:sia—lost, in killed and wound | ed, more than 40,000 men, besides many thousands of prisoners, forty standards, and one hundred and fifty pieces of cannon. The day will be celo- brated with all ‘the glorious pomp and circum- stance of war,” and all the souvenirs of that deci- | sive victory, and all the reminiscences of the glory of the victor, and all the grandeur of the ancient empire, will be awakened, and the spirit of Napoleon the First will be deemed te be present at thy gor- geous pageant of Napoleon the Third. The decree for the revival of the Empire has been adopted by the Senate, and accepted by tho Prince President of the republic, and is to be sub- mitted to the people in the following form : — ‘The people wih for the re-establishment of the impe tial dignity in the person of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, with hereditary right in his direct descendants, either legitimate or adoptive, and give kim the right to regulate the order of suctession to the throne inthe Bonaparte family, as provided for by the Senatus Consultum of — No- vember, 1652. That the people will decide in the affirmative by as large @ majority as they confirmed the coup d'élat, and elected the dictator President of the re- publ: sppears not only to have completely gained the con- fidence of the nation, but somewhat of the worship ofthe uncle seems to be revived in the nephew. ing ae it is full of art. He saye:— What now mort affects my heart is the thought that the epirit of tho Emperor is with me, that his ideas guide at bis abade protects me, since. by a solemn pro- you come, in the name of the French people, to retome that I have merited the confidenee of the country. What the ideas of the elder Napoleon were, evory- body knowe; and if his successor only carry thom out, we may expect before very long to find Europe ina blaze. In order to consolidate his strength and to concentrate the affections of the poople upon himeelf, Louis Napoleon has got rid of his uncle, Jerome Bonaparte, and his son, and has the apy reason why our government should not resent | and exact ample reparation for the insults offered | of the Senate,. which will soon ‘ee the law of France, sets this treaty at dofiance ‘and provides for the succession to the imperial dig nity as hereditary in the direst and legitimate male descendants of Louis Napeieon, or, in the event of his having no heirs, in such male children of his un- cle as he may adopt, and in case of his adopting no heir, by an organic decree deposited in the archives regulating the order of succession to the throne in the Bowaparte family. What the resultof this boldand decided step may ‘be, it is dificult to determine at present; but it is probable the high contracting ‘powers will be content to let France and Louis Na- poleon alone, if he will only let them alone. How long he will do so, remains to be seen. The “ gran- deur” of Frence is the dream of his existence,“and everything i due time will be sacrificed to that. Buaitise Lust or Trenirory.—It has long been obvious that British covetousness of ter- ritory was insatiable, and that the army ia tho Bast-would never rest until further conquests were out of the question. Not only does it seem that the moral perceptions of all who land in Hin dostar, in an offitial capacity, become instantly blunted, but the same passions whieh leada Lord Dalhousie to trample on the fecble Asiatic powers appear to burn as hotly inthe breasts of his coun- trymen at home. The race of Hastings is clearly not extinet. And though, when a Burke is found to expose, in all its naked infamy, the deads and de- signs of bloodshed and rapine which have marked British domination in the East, common decency | forbids an open exhibition of public indifference, | the sense of shame is but ephemeral, and soon gives place to the national spirit of lawless acqnisitive- ness. Words could not express the indignation of the British people when the news of Lord Gough’s | disaster on the Sutlej reached England; but thoir | joy was equally boisterous when it became known | that the British troops had overpowered the gallant Sikhs. ‘It is extremely discreditable,” says the Times, “that a body should be formed for the deli- | berate purpose of plundering a foreign State;” and, in the same breath, it inquires, with some anxiety, whether tho crown jewels at Ava and the revenues of Burmah will be a sufficiently splendid booty to compensate for the expenses of the war? To what- ever side we look, in the Kast, we shall find Great Britain pursuing the same policy of piratical inva sion and lawless aggression. On the northwest, the troops bave advanced .fcom Peshawr to Shubkudr, on the Cabul river, and areexpeoting active ser- vice in fresh predatory excursions. A writer on the epot, who may be presumed to speak the sentiments of tbe army, if not of the government, confidently expects that ‘‘ these outrages, (¢. e., the unparalleled to take counsel in their affairs,) will provoke govern ment into retaliation on a iarge scale, and fsad td a war of extermination ” The accounts of British domination in the Pun- jab remind us of the stories which aro told of the tule of the Paris Commitiee of Pubiic Safety. The hatred of the monarchists for the Couthons and Robespierres did not, perhaps, burn eo fiercely as the hatred of the unfortunate Sikhs for their op pressors, but the policy of the latter is a plagiarism from Collet d’Herbois and his friends. Lying re- ports of conspiracies egainst the British government are instantly followed by the most inexcusable vio- lations of domicile, arrests, and, wherever any sha- dow of evidence can be found, exccutions—the whole Punjab is groaning under a reign of terror. In Oude, symptoms of a coming storm are ap- parent; vothing but the terror of the British arms prevents the inhabitants from rising en masse, and expelling the tax gatherers, who are grinding them to the earth. But it is towards Burmah that the oyes of Eng- land are chiefly directed. Not content with redu- cing the powers on the North to a stute of slavery, the splencid Burmese empire, stretching from the borders of Thibet and China far away on the Malay peninsula, is now exciting her covetous propensities. Ava, Prome, Rengoon, would grace the list of her Eastern cities, and the sea coast from Calcatta to Penang would extend her trade. An indiscreet, though in point of fuct a justifiable resolve of the ruler of Burmah, affords a pretext for war, and a steum flotilla is immediately ordered to the mouth of the Irawaddy. Regiment after regiment is con- centrated on Rangoon. The garrisons of Madras avd Bengal are drained for the expedition. What can Burmah do? The Emperor has a territory 1,000 | miles long and 608 broad to defend, and about 7,000 fighting mon to defend it. It were absurd to ques- tion the result. Burmah must fall into the hands of England. Whether she will grasp the whole, from Assam to Siam, or will content herself with a mo- dest slive of the sea coast and the cities on the Ira- waddy, is a matter which Lord Dalhousie is now do- termining, at Calcutta Meanwhile, the whole coun- try is devastated. Nsngoonis in ashes. Tho rice crop has failed, and the British steamers have suo- cceded in ecizing 20,000 tons which were being sent to the upper country. A frightful famine is antici- pated next year. There disasters are trifles, how- ever, when compared with the imporiance of strengthening the frontier of the British dominions in India, and extending the market for British manufactures. When Burmah is conquesed, Siam, land will ever be ready to vote millions for despoil- ing the weak nations of the Hast of their homes, No nation has ever committed greater acts of ia- justice than Great Britain. None has ever exhibit- ed euch en utter disregard of principle in gratifying its lust for power and territory. [Go where you will, in every quarter of the globe, you will find cities, seaports, and tracts of country, which England has wrested from feeble nations. The policy which prompts these organized free- booting expeditions cannot be pursued with impuni- ty forever. Great Britain cannot hope to absorb the whole Southern shores of Asia, without some. thing more than a mere protest from foreign na- tions. Other powers besides Engiand are interosted in inquiring whether the empire of Burmah ought to British crown. If the British people are content to aus tain their government and the rulers of India in doing | What every man of honesty condemns, the people of | this country end of France may perhaps prove un- ; | willing to view the matter in th i, i | ic, there can hardly be a doubt. Louis Napoleon | : : 5, sone an Britain must not suppose that hocause in formor | days her superior cunning enabled her to subjugate | the petty tribes of India, the ether commercial | | powers of the world will congent t¢ urpin, | His reply to the Senate is as pregnant with mean- | 7 eevee ee dba any Beal whole astern market. We do not pretend to be in the eccrets of our government on the subject, but we are confident that the extension of the British fron- tier to the Western borders of China, and the control | ofthe whole sea coast to Penang, cannot be viewed with indifference by the administration, © very sen- port which is monopolised by Great Britain isa direet loss to us. Nor can Louis Napoleon viow the Eager, a¢ he notoriously is, for a pro- text for war, there is nothing more likely than a decision on his part to espouse the cause of the whole Bonaparte family placed at his disposal. Is will be seen, by reference to the news, that Jorome has, in high dudgeon, resigned as President of tho Benat But it is useless for him to kick up his st destiny. He is to be offered the offive of Grand Constable, an office caloulated to minister to his rapacity, while it will deprive him of all poli- tical importance. The question arises, will the other reat powors of Europe submit to this new arrangement? By the Congress of Vienna it was agreed between the allies that no relation of Bonaparte shld ever sit upon the throne of France. Ing ead of carrying that treaty into execution, three of the powers, namely, , Pr and Austria, entered ino @ secret treaty within the last year, not to interfere unfortunate nations of India, whom Great Britain is degpoiling of their birthright. The rench have learned the art of colonizing in Algiors, and nothiag would be more popular in Paris then an attempt to carry out a similar policy in the Kast. The land- ing of a Fronch army at Penang would bo a signal for a general rising from Cabul to Barmah—round the French standard exasperated millions would rally. Of the result England can judge as well as we. Let her hold her hand while it is yet time. InteRestine From ‘THe Cananies.—Captain Treat, of the bark Nancy Treat, arrived yesterday, in forty-eight days from the Canary Islands, states that the dry season had been the severest experienced there, and had injured the crops to a great extent. The drought, which had also been very great, bad made the water scarce, as very severely felt by the inhabitente, impudence of the Momunds, in gathering togethor | Malaya, and China, will be the next to follow. A | pretext will not be wanting, and the poople of Dog- be reduced to the state of a mere dependency of the | sich | fr, Groxon's Concent.—The annual concert in ald of the charitable funds of the 6t George’s and British Pro. 5 teotive Emigrent Rociety, of New York, was given ans night, in Metropolitan Hall, The ig PP sented great attractions, comprising Mile. Urs, Mat” aang Bishop, Mire Rosa Jacques, Messt#. F” no, yesh, Guidi, &c. The selections were cP" ay of an English character, ‘Xhe Death of Nel 4 >) ana Moore's beauti- ful ballad, “ Oft in the 8" 1) night.” were sung with great epirit and effect “by ir, Braham. “Home, Sweat Home,” ‘Comin’ t” 79> the Rye,” &, &., were given by Madame Bi‘nop in ber best etyle snd the British nae tional anthesn was sung by her and Mesere, Braham and Leach. “he concert passed off with great éclat, but the attend nee was not so good as we might have wished. Mavame Sonrac’s New Senize oy Coxceats—We believe that this distinguished artiste is determined that her next series of concerts, which are to commence on Monday next, will far eclipse all that bas yet been pre- rented here in that line She isto bs musisted by Badiali, Pozxolini, Carl Eckert, Paul Julien, and Luigi Rocco, while her orchestral and ehoral arrangemunts ate made on & most magnificent scale. Madame Sontag is expected to arrive in this city today. The cboir rehearsal takes place at Metropolitan Hall this evening. Second Lecture, SHAKSPRARE’S HENRY THE FOURTH—PALSTAFF AND HIS COMPANIONS. The New England course of lectures, at the Brooklyn Institute, sppears to be gaining in popularity. the at- tendancé yerterday evening being very tolerable, not- withstanding the inclement state of the weather. ‘The lecture was the third of the series, wud tha Prest- dept, Mr. Low; announced that the fourth would be de- livered on Tuceday next, by Hon Horsce Mann, Sub- ject. “Woman.” Mr. Henson then came forward. We had had, | be observed, oocasion (o remark, in his former lecture, that the first and second parts of King Henry the Fourth formed,4n reality, but one continuous whole, and the unity aid chiefly in the tracing the character of Prince Henry, and in showing how he had contradicted all he had given promise of whiio Prince of Wales, and jumped at once from the wild snd thoughtless “madcap Prince” Hal, intothe brave, wise, gentle and heroic Henry the Fifth. In investigating the qualities of Sir John Falstaff, we could easily eee how the Prince might be the mad-cap | reveller that history gave him out, and yet be all the | while secretly storing preparations for wisdom and virtue; | needing no other conversion than the cause ot duty. and the opportunity for nobler enterpri: Falstatl was a very impracticable subject for criticism to deal with, His character was too complex aud manifold to be Well digested into the forms of logical statemont— he was #0 much tkat ome could not easily tell what he was. Diverse and even opposite were the quati- ties which metin him: yet that only enriched, not de- stroyed, the operation of their working in him; and we saw their fusion 0 bappily blended together, so evenly balanced, and so inteewoven. that no generalities could be uved to set him off ; aud if we undertook to grasp him in a formal conclusion, the best part still escaped between our fingers, so that the only way to give an idea of him was to take the man slong and show him. and be wus too real and too plump in bis reality to render that easy. | Witty above all other men. be was not awit; and with | more sencuality than could be found in most men, he could not wih jurlice, be called a sensualias. | He had certainly @ lively regard for his own safety. | A veio of cowardice. or something very like it, ran through bis actions; but he was nova coward. Bragging and jying prodigionsly, he could not, with justioy, bs | called a braggart or a li ‘There was a sort of drat necessity for the “unimitated and inimitable Falstaff,’ | whoge character stamped itself as thoroughly on the pro- ceedings at Eastcheap as that of the King did on those at the palace. Whatever might have been the fact, there ‘wae a strong artistic reason for thir marvellous combina- tion of Noxe butan old man could have bee iscerming. oF appear to thivk so like a wise man, even when talking most unwisely; aud he must have a world of wit aad sense to recor cile® 1 ind of such native rectitude and penotration. His immors| ties were mortly such wherein the ludicrous element iv most prominent, und in this he lost, and made us lose, sigh! of bis other qualities, The animal suscop- tibilities of nature were in nim carried up to the highest pitch of our nature. His several appetites had their re- spective objects, and were indulged with exclusive gusto. Possessing a tund of good sense, it was all devoted to the service of sensuality. Wit, to be relished, should always be sparingly used, but none could ever tire of Falstaff 's peculiar wit. It was like clear cold water, which always tasted good, because it was tasteless. It seemed ihat it was, rather than wit. good sense, so quickened as to have theef fect of wit, What Falstaff eaid always fitted ali round; ang it was in this proud consciousness of his resources tat Le was always s0 much at his ease, never exerting hinself, but firmly relying on the strength of hie invention. Ia this recurity he let go all regard to prudence, and got | bimeelt into tight placee, quite sure be would como out uncornered and uncaught. His lies were told evidently without any idea that they would be believed, anlin telling them he appeared to have sought a studied ex- porure for the purpore of inviting an attack; aud, when e ceemed in the toils, always made a sudden spring and made gecd his defence. This he instanced by rome puseages—as where he asserts that he knew the Prince through bis disguise, and tho seene hetween them and the hostess, Dame Quickly, in which it is worthy of remark. that all his replies contained just all that was to be said, and were let off just at the moment when they would prodace the besteffect. Jie wes alto the cause of wit in others, end this was observable in the Prioce. who, thoagh voluble enough at ether times, and with other chsractere, ‘War never so witty as with Sir John. The Prince under- stood Falstaff, although Falstaff, who saw so clearly through every one elre, did not seem to uaderstand tho | Prince. The character of Falstaff was not to be drawn from bia own expressions, for he, like other people. did not see himself as others saw him, and even if he did, he spoke from art and not for truth; and this character postessed a high meral reope in not creating any respect —Falsta! not baving even self respect per- fon merely o8 being amusers are objects of | Tespect--a rematk which applied to all actors | as meze actors, thougn they were entitled to respect | as men and gentlemen, Falstafl’s abuse of Justice shal- low's hospitality ist us into the worst traits of his charas. ter, ond shielded the Prince, in some degree, from the cbsrge that might be made of unkandsome conduct towards him Falstaff appeared to be a public brein, from which shot forth nerves through all the limbs of the com monwealth, and through him the vision was led forth | into along perspective of cld English life and manners, ‘The orbs which revolved around him all shone by his light, from the immediate heir of Engiaad avd the hreous Lord Chief Justice, to Robin Ostler, who lived on joyeds ‘ose? This train of e other characters as Mrs, Quickly. Justice Bhellow, and Silence, particu larly that of the hooters, who, with all her faults, and | with ali her moral and intellectual passiveness, showed | so much of a woman's nature, Taking all the charactars | in connection, the lecturer concluded by saying. inthe | vords of Dr Jonson, no author, probably, in auy two plays, produoed ro much delight | | ‘olice Intelligence. Biting eff on Kor ~-On Monday night on alteration took piace between two men, named Franeis Witliams and William Sinith. at the corner of Water and Oliver | streets, which resulted in # personal contest, and in the | affrey Willems reized bie antsgonist by tue left ear, and, | before leaving his grip, bit of nearly the whole of it. The police were calied and officer Walsh, of the Fourth ward, took Williams into eustedy, and conveyed him to the station houce, and Smith was taken to his residence at | No, 79 Oliver street Yesterday morning the acoused ‘was conveyed before Justice Osborn, who committed him to prison to answer the charge of maiming | Peraonnl Intelligence. ‘The Hon. John Bell, of Tennessee, arrived at Chatoo- gaville, Georgia, on the 16th instant, on his way to Now Orleans, His journey in that direction is said to be on account of continued ill-health, Arrivals at the the Howard--J. A. Floyd, Baltimore; E. | A. Williams, Syracuse; W. Platner, Canada; 0. Gaflaey, | | Rochester; Capt. A. Day, Philadelphia; D: O. White, | | 8.8.8 Nevada: Hon C. Fisher, Lowell; il. Hili, Provi- | donee; J. 5. Giliespy, Trey; and 43 others ‘Arrivals at the Metropoliian Hotel. W. W. Coreoran, Washington; T. C. Hi. Swith, Cin. Obio; Hoa. K. B. | arch, Virgiv Walters, Baltimore; Alexander Necbit, Philadelphia; i Peckrell, Georgetown; Samuel G. Tipp. Providence; W. E. Brownell. Boston; C R. Coffta, Maine; J. F. Jones, Syracuse; Hon. J, W. Robertson, Ga; | Dr. Mandeville Thum, Kentucky; E. K. Sauborn, | Lowell; Lewis Williams, Ohio; D, A_ Woodbury, Michi- jan; Lt J.C Walsh U.S. N; Dr. W. K. Freeman, Cal.; ion. J,G Crawford, Glasgow; A. Paul, New Hampebire; ¥. F, Fullerton, Vermont; R. J, Remington, Ogdensburg. At the American.—B. Pennock, Pa; D. Fish, Syra- cuse; H. Whipple, Philadelphia; B. G, Gilmore, do.; J. 8, Bates, Boston; (. Elmon, Richmond; Major Howell, N. J: B. B. Peck, N. Oricans. At the Astor.—J. Paxon. Philadelphia; J. Leonard, do; M. Barnes. Springfield; W Ford, Gulifornia; Hon J, 0 Hobson, N. ¥.; J. Chaw, Boston, D. B, Mudge, do ; J Stetson, Boston. GENERAL Prerce nor Gorxe Sours —A letter has beon received from General Franklin Picroe, the ident elect, relative to his visit to Philadelphia, in ich he states his intention to remain at home until alter the first of February. The letter was written to the Democratic Committee of Arrangements of Philadel- phia, and is es follows :— Coxconn, N. I, Nov. 18, 1862. Gextiexex—In reply to your kind letter of the 16th instant, I would state that I do not to leave New England for the South before the first of February. Accept my thanks, gentlemen, and believe me, very truly yours, FRANK, PIERCE Aw Unknown Man Kritep.—A_ man was found | he Boston and Providence Rail- | dead opon the track of road, in the town ot Bf tohavebeen killed b: atm, which was cut off, were impressior of the following letters, in ea) 5 . which ere supposed to bo the initials of his name and the year of his birth, fe bad a wallet about him containing fome seuenty-one cents in cl , and @ bill of goods, | beaded * Thomas Wilson to M Tarr,” to the amount of | tixty five dollars He had formerly lost one joint from the middle finger of the right hand. Lance Ligvuon Sazvrt.—On the 20th inst., at Bangor, Marsbal Farnham, furnished with a precept, | virited the schooner Kelipse, trom Boston, dischatging at | Kleker & Jewett’s wharf. and took possession of sixteon barrels of American liquors, rum, gin, and brandy, and two quarter pipes of excellent Pelevoisin brandy, bearing the custom houre brand of F. Webster, Boston, Bome of the beriele fa directed ee cards appended. haf onts, ‘Tbe juer email tabels, * grant: fart,” spon them. She bon liquor was stored in the wateh-boure, and the good in the "s office, | were to be contended for fue Wratnen, from Monday night continued wet sot cane ne taerrad Ot a ea Roop, we @ sudden change; e day became , with a light, warm air. ‘The thermo- eter at the HxxaLp anged:,at noon 404 ; building at 3 P. M.. 49}¢ deg.; st 5 P.M., 49 deg. came on, it vas again foggy and wet the adva : night was mild, without rain, Considering the period the year et which we have arrived, the weather is a mild, ‘put the sudden changes of temperature to whic! we bave been exposed have produced a good dea! of in- fluenzs and rheumatism. Vecrranian Soctety.—The second monthly meeting of the New York Vegetarian Society was held on Tuesday evening. at 15 Laight street, the Prerident, Dr. Wall, in the chair. An addiess was wade by Rev. Mr. Shaw, of ‘Williamsburg, who contended that the practice of. eating the fiesh of animals was contrary to the Bible, and the principal obstacle in the way of the Gospel reform. 8e- Veral other gentlemen related their experience ia vege- tarianiem all bea:tog testimeny to the heslthtul in- fluences of an exclusively vegetable diet. After enroliing geveral new members, and appointing ® committee on py-laws. the society adjourned to the 14th of Desember, at which time it is expected the Rev. Mr. Shaw will again be among the speakers, Tue Boanp oF Surervisons—TuHe Invex Book Con- tRact,—In our Mport of the proceedings of the Board of Supervisors, on Mondey night, which appeared in the Henarp of yesterday mosniog, there is an error ia giving the statement of his honor the Recorder. relative to tha saving which, he submitted, would be effected by an al- teration or re-arrangement of this contract. ‘The report, as published, reads that the Recorder stated “He would yote for an adherence to the terme of the contract up to paying for two hundred and fifty books, but that the remainder, up to one thousand, if required. should be paid for at the lower tender which he proposed, and that the difference would amount to sixty six hundred dol- ars”? We now find that the saving would amount to a vast deal more money than the amount reported above. The Recorder pointed out the reduction of expanse which would be efiected by adopting the resolution which he proposed, avd concluded by stating. “ that the differ- ence on the inlexes of the Register’s office will bs $3.600 per volume cf five hundred pages, or $28 800 on eight volumes; that the d flerence between the prices origi propored, and those now mentioned. on the who! of all the offices, will be upwards of $60,000. This is serious, and requires to be looked to. Posironey —The ceremony of laying the corner stone of the House of Refuge for Javenile Deltuquents,on Ran- dall’s Island, was postponed yesterday, on account of the weether, The steamboat Astoria leaves this day, at 11 o'clock, A. M., and will conduct the company to the ground. ¥inx.—A fire broke out at nive o'clock on Tuesda} morping, in a carpenter's shop situated at No. 128 Tent street and Sevexih avenue. The police and firemen were quickly upon the spot, and through their exertions the damage wes nos very considerable, as it was ut first dreaded it would be "tn the confusion, man employed upon the premises fell from a window in the second story, and sustained eome serious internal fipjuries. Fire Avaxm The fire alarm which was tolled out at a querter to twelve o'clock last Mondsy night, for the Fourth district, was from the ringing of the bells in Brooklyn. The peculiar state of the atmosphere caused an ecbo sound. like as if the bell was in the midst of this City, The City Hall bell rang an alarm inthe Fifth ts very «reat they are not flogant in apres i. al fev ot gaiters of or vit asortment of gi or children’s thoes, &o. a= Bowery. Wind ayy Pra gon, No, Lat Broadway, and No. 54 Eade on Land #n oxtensive stock of brocatelies, tainer, worated damask, lin curtains, sitet abion lifee falls teenth en coat o! we are selling fal went 04) tay. thor calehilsanents Meomine Yer Lees offer before you purch It ls Becoming now Generally Known FREEMAN, 9 Fulton strect, ie selling libtle the bat for the inonoy, th bought in the aity. think, a splendid no. 1 silk hat for $3 60; a very fine hat, $3. Children’s favey hate and caps, and fers in every Variety, and at astonishing low prices. mise! rt ‘sna 4 WARDS, 65 S Braden ad two large Invoices of Meemuuteds tat bene Miare} also, one lob of richly ‘werked tandsr Ladies Fancy Far.—First Prez of the Americ: institute in the years 1850, 1851, and neral assortment ¢ fine furs, im; Ee a LANDAY, B95 Broedeae y Furs! Hats! Caps !—Knox is now more than: usually busy, and his stock of magnificent furs is rapidly- disappraring. under the comsined effects of cold weather. and economical © % bp selection: ats and caps yo ter, offering ™ 0 purcbase, to patronis: his establishment, street. The Hat Season at Gentn’s Lower Store seoms asif it had jnst begun, so great is the demand for his winter styles Ba] The Genin's Felt Beavor seoms to charmed half the hat-wearing public, and th style the other balf. These hats are cert Heyer Sela tre and 7 in wl ome athave appeared thi asen, at any price, andiit may well provoke the astonishment of those np not aware of the almost unlimited extent of Genin's busin that ho ean sell such hate at $4 each. GENIN, , Opposite St. Paul's, 214 Broadw: Hatters—Who are they t~». nearer, The mechanics of the first order. In the 350 they were incorporated ag the Hat Finishers’ Union. ‘This Union is composed exelusive~ ly of practical batters, whore aim itis to produce su- perior to that of any establishment in this country. They hare done s . They will contiane to di Their sales- room is at No. 11 Park Row, opposite the Astor House. Standard prices $4 and $3. tor the most art of hatting The People ‘Their superior productio’ Furs at the Bazaar.—As was anticipated, the ladies flock in crowds at GRNIN’S Bacaar for the pose of examining the magniGcent collection of furs at that e lishment. ‘the sw ston are selling at pri beauty and finen the resertmont within the last few day vy Jy #ald that the various furs recognized by taste aad fashion were never so brilliantly reprosonted in New York as th+y now are at Genin's Bazaar, 513 Broadway, St. Nicho- district, at ten o'clock last night. Upon inquiry, we could not find a fre, The note was given from the Centre market bell. Farau Reseut or ax Accipent —The Coroner held an inquest yesterday afternoon, at the City Hospital, upon the body of aman nemed James Melnrally, who died there on Monday evening, from the effect of injuries which he received last Friday. Peter Duly eworn—Was ni work with the deoesced last Friday, in’ Thirty-ninth street, near Third avenue: we were employed in sinking a here bad been a blast of the rock in the eewer: ove | we went away, and returned efter it was discharged; I vent to work; deceased turned back about thirty fect from where I wes working; Iecon heard him call to me, raying, “my leg is broken;”’ I found that a large stone | had rolled from the bank, and crushed his leg; my im- prostion is that he went to remove a board whish had been broken by the blast, and that this eaused the stone {ofall upon him. Surgeon Suckley—Deceased was ‘ad- mitted to the Hospital cn Friday, the 19th, with a severe compound fracture of the left leg; he died, in consa- quenee, ap Monéay evening Verdict accordingly. De censed Wat a native of Ireland, and aged forty years BSeniovs Accipent—At a late hour om Monday evening, a laborer named Mathew Cyphe, who was employ ed in working at the new building, No. 125 Green wich street, aseidentally fell from the fitth story to the barement, injuring himeelf in a most serious manner. He wes taken up by his fellow workmen and citizens, and conveyed to the Citw Hospital by officer George Ro land, of the Firet ward police. Hopes are entertained of his recover Supprx Dratn.--Coroner Ives has been notified to hold an inquest on board the packet ship Manhattan, now lying xt pler Ne 23 Kast river, upon the body of a wo- Tuan, who died rather suddenly, after the voyage from Liverpool. Drav Bony oF 4 City Fousp —The police of the Kighth ward. found the body of an mfant in the dock foot of Chariton street last Monday evening. Military Parades ‘The Dufly Guarda, Captain William Wilson, passed our office yesterday, on their return from target practice. They numbered about sixty muskets, and made a fine Appearance ‘The Guardian Guards. Captain George C. Brown, also pasced. They numbered about eighty muskets, They contended fer twelve valuable prizes, which were duly awarded to the ruccessful shots. The above company t# wttached to Engine Company No 29. They were ao- companied by Adkins’ celebrated band. Cumberland Guards proceeded to the country for tar- gt practice yerterday. attended by Shelton’s American rass band, We saw a number of valuable prizes which ‘The Nasruu Guards. This spirited company intend to give their annual ball at Tammany Hall, in January. From the preparations now making, it promices to be @ very fine affair, Shelton’s band is already engaged for the cecasion, Tho Ogden Guards, Captain Tice, fifty muskets. This company turned out armed with umbrellas. the muskets haviog been forwarded by express. For sharp shooting, the taiget cam be compared with any other eecn this rexson, The Brooklyn Sunday Liquor Traffic—Upin- jon of Judge Stroag. SUPREME COURT—SPECIAL TERM. Before Judge Strong. Miles Wood against the City of Brooklyn and others — Justice Stroug has delivercd an elaborate opinion upon all the questions arising under the Sunday ordinance, ‘rhe principal points he decides are:Ist, Toat the Uom- ion Council has no authority to arrest on Sunday, 42d, ‘That the proceedings are not criminal but civil, and that all rnies ard practice governing civil cases apply to proseeutions for violations of the ordinance, 3d, That the parties are entitled to be tried by ajury. 4th, That licensed inn or tavern keepors have a right to vend on Sundays to lodgers and travellers. Sth, He has graated an injunction against the city enforcing the ordinance against licensed inn o1 tavern keepers, Marine Affairs. A Rerie or ine Past—The aged and venerable bark Meria, of this port, which bas been for some time under. going repsire, was hauled up on the Fairhaven railway on Wednesday. This vessel bas reaehod the age which is seppointed unto man—threescore years and ten—and Was, we believe. built at Kingston in this State For the inst fifty or eixty years she has deen successfally engaged in the sperm whale fishery, having been owned by Saw'l Rodman, Heg., of this city, and beirg now in possession of the Redman family. It is undoubtedly true that the Maria was either the first or recond vessel that displayed the American fleg in the British channel. Notwichstand- | ing her great aye, 1t is thought thet. by the exercise of a little care, rhe may eafely arrive st her hundredth year Her model is very singular and different from that of any verre] at the present time.—New Bedford Standard. Lavncues.—At Rockland, 14th inst., by Mr. Horace Merriam, a superior freighting stip of 902 tons, called the Paragon, built of best. white oak timber, and of the best materials and workmen-hip, to be owned partly in Rock- land, and partly in New York and Philadelphia, and tobe commanded by Capt Samuel Duncan, of Rockland. A bark of 328 tons, intended for a whaler, to be called the Sea Shell will be launched at Warren, R. 1, on the 25th inst. She is owned Mr. R. B. Johnson and others. of Warren, and will commanded by Captain Wm. Martin. Court Calendar—This Day. Bvrenion Covagt —(Iwo Branches )—Nos, 221, 553. 2, 248, 143, 408, S81, 479, 182, 267, 432, 200, 583, 853, 584, 508, B24, 218. 556, 802, 456, 0, 402, 7, 250, 189, 539, 425 533, 169, 534, 491, 679, 338, 250, The Daguerreoty, of Daniel Webster, from which was engraved the portrait published in the gal- lery of illustrons Amoricans, may be seen [at BRADY'S na onal gallery 206 Broadway, corner of Fulton street. he Crayon Duguerreotype ts the most thing ever produced by art, and is it is taken only by ROOT, at 363 Broadway. Call and goo it, and which it drew this Odd Fellow’s Hall—The Cheapest Clothing store in New York —Call, examiae, and purchase at pri than the down town establichma v ia to otreete, We Advise allin q Clothing purchase red uperiok quality, ‘rook and dress: 76 conta to $350, and a gar- yin A Word of Advice—The morn! evenings aro now very cold, and a good ov meni no one would willingly tho streets without this desirable Would advise visit to SMITH & RIC No, 102 Fulton etree ont are or. To such, we clothing store, mand Lose Lge ee eae ae Fe igdrenmnte,, he ere re 1? over the various arti: umn! Lo va] eles. Lock for yourselves, Fitting Beficetions on ranted to bt don’t fit, it for. ‘The most befi immedi: Houre, Ww! went hom of boots, 6! be desired, for bo 0 Bram aay athe store Gan boast of in the sells at lees prices. Blegant French Wedding Cards and En- The subseriber would respectfully all the at Hina “ a ne tra ly clogant, ts hie Lo Srendvey, corner ane BtTeote, 3 | of incorroptiole teeth. at 52 Lispe: Iss Hotel. Prices Reduced.—Many of our. Delaines and rich brocade silks we are now sellin juoed prices. ityles vill be fourd most beautit Our stock of om- breldere apd laces aro complete and full. Also, cloaks, shawls, morincs, linens and domestic goods. TIFFANY & CUTTING, 321 Broadway. Dodworth Music Store, No. 403 Broadway2 —American and foreign music, for the voice, piano, tar, violin, ocrnet, sactera, Wo. Band copped ise instrumenta. military concert or orchestral masio books,. paper, &e. HARY EY B. DODWORTH, loader of the Core net band, and CHARLES L, LAZARUS, Proprietors, Portable Dressing Cases.—These Articles siaim the attontion of travellers, on account of their exe frome compactuess and utility, which renders them at once aonveniens companions to all whose bu salle them from home, SAUNDERS, Ni and 387 Brosdway. paige Dehn Ive a Fine Cutlery.—The Subscriber's Assortment of pen, pocket, and sportemen’s knivi braces all the Aifferent stylos of Joseph Re Son’s manufacture, gating the richoet display of the kind to be seen in the olty, Sal ERS, No. 7 Astor Hi and 387 Broadway, Tortoise Shell Dress Combs.—Ladies are. fospectfully invited to examine the choice selection of dress dombs at the subscribers’ establish: doubt the largest in tl rod. A. 887 Broadway, between Walker and White yond An Assoctation of Gentlemen, ha‘ chased the Metropolitan Billiard Room, 504 neat door to the pastrapeltian Hotel, and appot Perkins, forr orly of Odd Fellows’ Hall, Manager, have the Vleasure of informing citizens and strangers that itis new open, and is well worthy of a visit. Important Discevery in Dentistry.—The insuppertable agony of toothache ivstaatly relieved, with out pain or extraction, by Dra. H. C. nery, surgical and mechanical dentists, way. Alloperations in dentistry and safest mode, and upon tho most Doctor W.R.T. Lutener, Oculist and Aus rist, 60 Prince street.—Abundan} and most satisfactory evi- dence can be produced of Dr. Lutener’s success in that pars of bis oelen re pouch, he has aow directed his exclusive multitudes anner- ide cynsaweccn experi sce and ‘practice kore ‘nd ear, many years experionee an tatisdod his patients and himee'? that non ‘Seyout all hope, have not bonefitted by his treatment. Dr. Luvener can bo consulted as above, from 9 t9 3 o'clock, every any, At" 80 Prince streod, within one door of Brosdway. Dentistry—A Rare Opportunity.Dr. Ns Edwards, Dewalt § 833 Broadway, will noes entire sete of the aud dura) ir gad witheut pain, for $1. i jen snd gentlemen in New cinity,. aring the Doctor's teeth; will be riven in reference to the abiiity of she undersianed, 7, N. EDWARDS, Dental Surgeon, 333 Broadway. Galllco was imprisoned In 1633, for assert= ing that the earth moved, and in 1862 Dr, Watts is pro? nounced insane and disregarded, for saying the brain is the source of physical ag well af mental power, that by exeitiny the brain to physical action by tho Nervous Antidcte, phyet cal health is ro cstablished. But Dr, Watts, like Galileo, iD Li his theory firmly established, for all who try t once Convinced of the truth. J. PYNE, No. 102 Nasoau streot. The Greatest Thing Yet.—The Balm of #. thouesnd flowers, which is unequalled for removing frocks Nes, blotches, &c., which have remained on the face dbood; atso for cleaning the teeth, no’ a9 the Irving book+ ever been found to equal it. For sale store, 71 Chambers stroct. —————$—$____ Trusses, Shoulder Braces, Female Sup- porters, and belts for lad er sonfinement; slso instra~ ments for club feet, knock knoes, we the joint and curvature of the spine, and a very superior lace steok- ing for enlarged veins of the leg, children’s trusses, fox sale at DK. GLOVER'S, No. 12 street. Gouraud’s Liquid Hair is, without exe seption or reservation, the vory beat evor invented. Bew: st puted dyes. Equally celebrated is Goursuds Modientea Boap, for curing p implos, freckles, sal lowness, ohape, k9a8, &o. Poudre Sudtile w ‘te hair from part of body. Liquid icone Lily White, and Hair Gloss at No. @ Walker stivet, neat Bi The French Army soon to be reduced, but the army of customers flocking daily to CRISTADO- RO'S, No. 6 Astor 1y of bis um ae The Public are particularly informed that Oristadoro’s Liquid Hair Dye is, by the, consent of all, ad~ mitted to be the ne plus ultra of mod The tints it bestows sre unsurps they bear to nature. Manufactured, sold, and applied im private rooms, by CRISTADORU, No. 6 Astor House. Lovet's Office, f his eolebrat baldness. All oa] end curing of his helor’s New le ab perfect imitation of Na- brated Liquid fog coloring, the hair plied. wonderful varntad \F astoniabings tis Yor ent oor applied: BALUUALOR'S Wig Feototy, No.4 Wall ebeeehe . Frederick 5 saarconcine’ hie bain, whieh was gone Ti'Dreand ile Indy have algo beow very suo- heir hair. Thet esto ling oases. in Call k’head of and wore & Hundreds of of . ‘be addne Sol at $leach. It is worth $10, by the way, go a . McLane’s Liver Pllls.—Mr. W. @. But« De: it ntre county, Penn. had been affiot- it for a her of yoars, and wae ‘young lady of his acquaintance wee. La Jacob Widner, pootn 4 63 is stock of medicine somplete without Mr. James Stewart, of Richmond, Jef- - their use. re eat satieft he heny county, did her more For ICKN! Bem Evidence.—From_ the London Timess “Aaa friends tonishingly agecesetul street, Rew York, are in America, to whom in Brooklyn by Ladies Chemical Cha Sas a ee ee tifa ae i rsd Sis tas ing corn i A term alingt, Beds