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NTERESTING LETTERS. Our French Correspondence. . Pants, Noy. 11, 1852. The Proclamation of the Empure by the Senatus con- sultum— The Opposition ‘of Two Members—The Opposition of General Cambaceres to Appoint mg Prince Jerome Successor to the Emperor —Death of Prince Leuchtenberg — Abd el-Ka- dir’s Further Interview with the President—The | Journal des Debats—The Dutchess of Monipensuer | and her Daughter—Formation. of a Ministry in | bab Peidmont—Decree of the Pronce of Parma in Reda tion to White Slaves—Visit of the King of Naples | M to Sicily—Storm im Greece— Rebellion in Syria— | Peculation at Constantinople by the Minister of | Pinance— Insult to the Sultan of Persia by the | Turkish Minister at Teheran-—Arrest of the In- wentor of the Infernal Mache, at Malta—Depre- ciation of the French Stocks—Death of Dane | Webster, Sc. The most important matter now agitated in | France is the vote of the Senate, and the proclama- tion of the Senatus-comsultwm, in favor of the Em- | pire. The Senate arsembled on Thursday last, and | the first proposition that was made, after the gene- ral call of the present and absent members, was that | of the proclamation of the Empire. It is said, and | J know it from a very reliable source, that the only | persons whe opposed it, among all the Senators, | were M. Vieillard and M. Moenard. Tho first is a true republican, and the second is dissatisfied with | Louis Napoleon fer having given to M. Troplong | the office of Procwewr General de VEmpire. They | Doth made a useless opposition, but at least showed | gome courage in doing #0. M. Troplong, the | favored Procureur, had, as a matter of course, | prepared his speech, and on Sunday last, when tho | company met at the Palace of the Luxembourg, to | decide upon the Empire, and to proclaim the Senatus- consultum, the opposition of the two above named members was put down, and they were obliged to sign the document. Before proceeding any further, I must give you a | piece of intelligence which is not to be found in | any of the newspapers of France or Belgium, but which will be of great interest to the United Stat On Saturday Jast, When the committee of the Senate | assembled at the Luxembourg, the Prince Camba- veres, who, like his father, is not in favorof Jerome Bonaparte being heir of Louis Napoleon in case | of his death, told his confréres that he would oppose article 4th of Louis Napoleon’s Senatus- eonsultum In the ssme moment, Jerome, who had been told that there was an opposition against him { and his family, came into the apartment, and, afver ® very violent speech, which was answered by some of the Senators, commeneed calling all his contem- poraries cowards, canailles, and other names | which were not of a very parliamentary s'yle. Im- | mediately after this debpte, the committee of the | Benate called at St. Cloud to see Louis Napoleon, | and reported the whole affair to him. Tho future | M Emperor, who is extremely cunning, was very glad | of all this; andthough he protested againat the refusal of the Senate to admit Prince Jerome and | his children as successors to the Empire, he objected | at the same time against the entire rejection of his | uncle. Nevertheless, he concluded to accept the | conditions of the Senate, ami they so ted with | the understanding that Jersme should never be chosen successor to Louis Napoleon. As soon as Jerome heard the particulars of this interview, he became much excited, and sent in his | resignation of President of the Senate, ani also that | of Governor of tho Invalides. Louis Napoleon re- | fased to accept the latter, but he accepted the for- | mer, and since that I have beon told that he has | declared that the Presidency of the Senate will for the fature be held by the Emperor himself Jerome | had also threatened that he wouid leave France; but | on second thoughts he has not yet lef; the Hotel des Invalides It is well known that ex Kin; is far from being popular in France, an he is the brother of the great Napoleon, he is re- | mire by every Frenchman as the enemy of France. | ides all this, Jerome is, what we call in France, @ man faré. {t is not necessary for me to report here in full all the proceedings of the Senatus-consultum, and Lou's Napoleon’s weseage, speeches and sayings; but I will only tay, that the last words of the message, by which the future Emperor annihilates the decrees of 1814, with hia usual cunning, have much excited the political and diplomatic world of Europe The Senatus-consultum, which re-establishes the Empire, is as short es it could be; and this is more striking, when one compares it with the Senatus- tonswium of the 18th May, 1801—composed, as it is well-known, of sixteen chapters and one huadred and forty-two articles. The present document de | elares that the Empire is renovated in France, whilst the document of 1804 only entrusted to Napoleon, as Emperor, the government of the French repablic Napoleon was only allowed to select for his suc- | eeors the children of his brothers, Joseph and | Louis, when they were eighteen years old. Bat Na poleon the Third has the power, by the now Senatus- @onsultum, to select the children and grandchildren of all the brothers of Napoleon, without any condi- tion as to age. There was algo an article in the de- eument of 104 relative to the ‘‘civil list,” whi was fixed at tho sum of twenty four millions of fran: the new Senatus consultum, however, contai no paragraph on that subject; and besides that it is @evia'ed that the Senate will regulate the position ef the members of the Napoleon family. Tue last graph of the sixth chapter, giving the future Emp ror & full authority over all the members of Baily. is still more powerful than the same do eouwent of 1804, whics only regulated the duty of the members of tho Napoleon family towards the Emperor Last, not least, there is no paragraph in thenew Senatus-consu lium relative to thore organi- sation of the grandes dignistés of the future Empire, which were one of the hes S burdens in the budget of that time. No one can tell if Louis Na- lean’s intention is to re ostablish those dignities Ny _a decree or not. The oath of allegiance of Louis Napoleon is not even mentioned inthe Senatus-consulium and no one has forgotton thet Emperor Napoleon the First had sworn “To meintain the integrity of the repub!io— to respect and wake respected the laws of the Cos- cordat, and the freedom of religion—to respact and make respected tho equality of rights, the political and civit liberty, the imviolability of the national property—not to levy any taxes without a law—to maintein the Order of the l-gion of Honor—to govern with a cole aim to the interests, happiness and glory of France” No doubt if the nephew was now obliged to make an oxth, it would not be like this; but it is well to remark that no one acks an oath from him. By a decree of the 7th inst. the people of France are called to the polle to vote for the Empire on the 2ist end 22d insts The Legislative body will also meet, by a decree dated the same day, on the 25th inst, in order to see if the votes have been regular, and to proclaim the addition of the same votes. Ar it may be teen, the Ewpire is nearly au fucit ace | compli, and the probability is thet tho grand affair will take place on the seoond of December next, the anpiversary of the covp d'état, and perhaps before. As zays the French eaying— Aussitot pris, awssitot rdu” Perhe news of the death of the Prince of Louchten- -in-law of the Czar of Russia and first con- poleon. who breathed his last on the Sth inst . at St Petersburg, has caused much sensa- tion at St. Cloud It is snid that the Prince of Leuchtenberg, being of the Beaubarnsis family, would have been demguated as one of the heirs to the Eopire of Fran his act of cunning of Louis Nepoleon had for its object, as it may be seon, to place himeelf on good terms with Russia. But ‘“‘man proposes and (od disposes.” Prince President has not been mach abroad the last week; and, wilh the exception of a grand review, which he attended on Monday last, at | Neuilly, of the first and seventh Lancers, twenty- second regiment of the Line, and the firat battalion of Gendarmes Mobiles, he has remained at Ss. Cloud, receiving his ministers, shooting in the morning, and giving great dinner [ogre ae night Aba el-Kadir still continues to be the lion of Pa- ris. He has visited the government printing office, the Hotel de Ville, the National Library of Kno | Richelieu, and all the principal monuments of Paris, | always attended by Sidi Allah and Kara Moham- | med. On Monday jast he oalled to pay his farewell visit to Louis Napoleon, before returning to Am- boise. Tho Prince President gave to Abd el Kadir Sabre, made for kim, and told the Arabian chief that he hoped this weapon weuld be used by hia against the enemies of France. Abd ei-Kadir re- newed his oath of allegiaucs, and appeared to be much de} Sag with this present. Ries two com- nions have wlsro received, one m magnifisent box with diamonds, the other a richly camneliad gold On Tuesday afternoon the three Arabs left the railway for Orleans | Songer i is = as dull ae it e coup d'état. The Independence Belge, | wherein so mapy usefal documents are to be found, is every week, three or four times, at the frontier, and no bone ae Paper containing any fact of interest is allowed to come either to Paris or ‘witbin the frontier. It is rumored that the Jowrnal . as been | des Debats, which, di the time dpa of EP | leon, was called del’ Empire, will be forcod to resume its former title. Then M. Bertin, its editor will retire, and be replaced by M. At. Gi- sardin, one of the rédactews. From source | tornado lasted five hours | and generally throughout France, for I have received | alley is one of the greatest curiosities of the capital | are denuded of every leaf and particle of foliage. | imperial arian a the hand of Justice in bi 3 5 de [ Empir borrowed from the red Proudhon— La Voix dw Peuple » but it is strongly in favor of npelent Spain, the Dutchess Montpensier has given birth toa princess, who was christened under the following names:—Maria Christina Francisea de Paula Antonia Louisa Fernanda Amelia Felipa Isabel Adelaida Teresa sone Joaqaina Juste Rafpia Sutgearda Elena Carolina Cibiana Polonia Gaspara Melchiosa Baltazara Anna Agueda Lucia Narcissa de Bourbon—twenty-cight names for one y! In Piedmont, the ministry is decidedly settled. de Cayonr is Minisier of Finance; General Da- bormida, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Chevalier Pousa di San Martino, Minister of the Interior; Chevalier Cibrario, Minister of Public Instruction; General Lamarmora, Minister of War and the Navy; Chevalier Boucompaqui, Minister of Justice: and Chevalier preteen Minister of Public Works. This new cabinet been received with much satisfaction by the whole country. The Prince of Parma has issued a decree, which has beea received with the highest amount of grati tude by all his subjects, and by all the phil: thropists of Europe. It forbids, undor the most severe punishment, the “trade of white slaves,” that isto say, the hiring of children by men, for a certain term, who make them their slaves, and ill- treat them. Everybody knows the Savoyards and Tyroleans, who are the “boots” in France. For future these children will not be allewed to their country. The King of Naples, who has visited the island of Sicily, has been received by his subjects with the utmost enthusiasm. From Messina to Catana and Palermo, Ferdinand was accompanied by the whole | population, shouting the most deafening cries of © Vive notre roi !”” From Greece, we have received news of a terrible tornado, which took place on the 27th of last month, and caused the utmost damage among the navy, as well as in the city of Athens, where one of the co lumns of the temple of Jupiter Olympus was over- thrown. Several houses were also destroyed. The In Syria the Druses are returning to arms, and thie renewal of the war gives much anxiety to the Turkish government. At Constantinople, Nefiz Bashaw, the Miniater of Finance, been arrested as having been connect i erli, an Armenian banker, im commit- ‘e robbery on the goverament fands It is eaid that Reschid Bashaw is connected with this transaction The Turkish minister, Ahmet Vepick Effendi, re- siding at Teheran, having hoisted a flag upon which the names of the four first suceessors of Maho met were inscribed—the name of Ali, son-ia law of Mahomet, being the fourth—this was consi- dered as an insult to the Sultan’s faith, who believes that Ali is the first and only succes- tor of Mahomet. Consequently, the Persian Am bassador at Constantinople was ordered to hoist the flag of Persia with the name of Ali first. This event took place on the 26th, and created an im mense scan Bome riot was expected to take place among the people. . Before closing my letter, I will mention here the news, that the would be maker of the would be in- fernal machine. generally called here imperial tor- pedo of Marseilles, had been arrested at Malta on the 30th ult. According to the report, ho had as- eumed a false name, and has made a fall confession of his intention to murder the Prince President. ore anon. The French stocks have, for the last three days, been subjected to a terrible fall, and I am told that the Prince is very angry with the bankers of Paris, whom he accuses of being the authors of the fall in the market. It is said that this will have a great effect upon the elections of the 21st inst. The death of Daniel Webster has been much Ia- mented by the French prese. We have published here the biography of that celebrated statesman, and the J/lustration will publish his ee GOSSIP OF PARIS Paris, Nov. 11, 1852. The Weather of Paris—The Hotel de Ville and the Louvre— Purchase of the Hotel Sebastiani by the President—Portraits of the Future Emperor-- M- mument to the Memory of M. Dagwerre—Ameri- cans in Paris and the Hospitality of their Consul —Abd el Kedir—French Theatricals §c. The Fresch Indian summer etill continuesin Paris, several letters from the south, west.and east of the country, reporting most beautiful weather. As a | matter of course, no one can complain of such agree- | able weather; and the city of Paris is now filled with strangers, attracted eithar by the clemency of the | atmosphere, or by the forthcoming events. At the | Garden of the Luxembourg, the phenomenon of the blooming of the horse chestnut trees of the large It is, indeed, quite surprising to behold # raege of one hundred and twenty trees all covered with leaves and snowy flowers, while all the other trees | The rose trees are in full bloom, and dsblias are as fresh as in September. No doubt this will not last long, but for the present the sight is really aston- isbing. Despite the elownese of the frosty winter to occupy | its quarters for the geason, the preparations for the fetes to be organized for the forthcoming Empire are going on in a very large scale. M. Borges, the amiable Prefect of the Seine, is hurrying the work- | men who are still ia possession of the magnificent parlors of the Hotel ce Ville, and I am told that, | with the exception of two large halla, which are now | being painted by M Ingres, the immense suite of roome of the magnificent palace of the Prefesture de Ja Seine will be ail opened on the second Docember | the next, fora grand ball to be given ia honor of | proclamation of the Empire. The Louvre is progressing in a very wondorfal manner There are now eight hundred workmen employed daily in cutting the stone and ma- sonry of the palace. The walls are already on Jevel with the ground, andif this activity continues, Tam eure that by spring the building will be haif completed The government has contracted for three years with the architects ani masone, but their exegi monwmentum will be pronounced by them before the end of that time. The Sainte Chapelle is nearly completed, and the tower, which waetormerly one of the finest orna ments of the church, and had been burnt, is now rebuilt on the ancient plan. The Hotel Sebsstiani, where the horrible murder of the Dutchess of Praslin took place, has been bought by Louis Napoleon, and is now rased to the ‘round, to make &n avenue parallel to the avenue 3abrielie. When this will be completsd the Palace of the fee will be totally separated from the block, and offer to the right. fine prospect The Hotel of the Stamp, which has boon built ia the Itue de J2 Banque, and was only completed a few weeks ago, is now ocoupied by the employees of the governinent; and the street in which I Jive is as busy asa bee-hive. I have visited the building, which is well adspted for the purpose for which 1¢ Was construed. The well knewn bronze statue of Napoleon on the top of the Column Vendéme, which was replaced there ofier the revolution of 1830, is to bo changed for another steiue of the groat man, attired in hi hard. By the by, all the windows of the en- @ ’ siores are now filled with litho; hs, representing Louis Pees with his mus ios and goatee, dressed like fis uncle on the jay of his coronation as an emperor. The words, “ Napo: | Jeon 111, Emperor of France,” are printed on eaeh copy A magnificent monument in honor of the lfaven- tor of heliography, M. Daguerre, was inaugurated on the 5th inst., at the village of Petit Brie. A do- putation of all the savants of Paris congregated on the spot, and the mausoleum was consecrated in the most impressive manner. A bust of Daguerre, sculptured by M. Haseom, was much admired Many epecches were delivered, and the ceromony exded at tho Caoateau de Rigny, where Madame Daguerre, the widow, assisted in the proceedings M. de Niewer Vecka, the prefect director of the museums of France, and also @ sculptor of somo talent, isto be named member of the Institute, in place of Mr. Ramey, who died a fow days ago. The Americans are now coming to Paris in very large numbers, and Mr. Goodrich, our amiable consul, has re opened bis parlors, (24 Rue de la Paris,) to all his countrymen. On Friday last, (it being | the evening for Mr G.’s reception.) there wero more than one hundred persons assembled there, among whom I saw several beautiful ladies of different States of the Union. Madlles. Good- rich are growing pretty, and their amiability ag well as tbat of their mother, is an attraction for | the American in Paris. Mr. Rives receives (in the day time) every Satar ph I visited him on Saturday last, aud was re- ceived by him, bis lady, and daughtor, in the most amiable manacr Abd-del-Kadir was present on Friday last at the rformence of the Selim, an oratoris, by Mr. er, in the oriental style, which afforded him much pleasure. On Sunday last he wont to the Im- perial Circus, called fe Arénes, for which occasion the manager had organized a id which elicited the utmost attention of Arabian chief. The balloon Zephyr, directed by M. Toutair, went up in m style. The Arenes wore bat with more twelve thousand 5 d’auvre of Rossini, Mose ie into French, and put op the stage is» ” Q | Kingdom, a ready means of access to millions of | former letter, they have contracted with Messrs. and [prio are the “ Pi vof the. Sea” offers’s never beheld in theatre. Mmes Laborde, Poinsot, and MM Opin, Moralli and mard, who the prineipal parts, were re with the u op use. The opera has alri been performed ee times, and night the theatre was filled to overflowing. - Roqueplan: will be a large fi : At the O; Comique, the new work of Mons. Scribe, G. Delavi and called * Les Mysteries d’Udolphe,” was }, and did not meet with much success on it of the libretto, which is tooznuch like a mi a for the excellent music of the French maestro. The composer was not at his ease to write a fine set of melodies upon words similar to thoe of the more terrific dramas of Shai ie, and, as a matter of course, ho has not Bu in writing an opera comique, but a musical melodrama. Atthe theatre Francais, Mme Rachel still con- tinues to attract the erowd, and every night she Va forms she is received with deafening plaudits. M’ Brohan, the two excellent actresses, are also the favorites at that theatre. The play of ‘Les Demoi- selles de St. Cyr,” in which they perform, has justly received great applause. Several new sare to be performed to night and a ly next letter will, I hope, be more interesting to those who like somes is eye AMERICANS IN PARIS. R. W. Ulrici, 8t. Louis; . ton C. ©, Col be W. Freeland, Brook!, J.8 Brownson, Brooklyn; '. D, Ely, Comneotic: T. W, Turmett, New York; F. H. Smith, Philadelphia; gE pay i New York; W. Tucker, J.J. 0. Tallow, 8t Louis; W. Beebe, Virginia; Dr J.H Gautier, N. J F. c lersey; H. Starr, New York; . Wood, a R. J. Turnbull. Charleston; F. W. Coggill, New York; Wm Kent, = Our Quebec Correspondence. QugsEc, Nov. 19, 1852. Railroad from @alena, on the Mississippi, to Halt- fax, Nova Scotia—Legislative Action on the Sub- ject—Proposed Application for Imperial Aid Owing to Increase of the Public Debt of Casada— Steam Communication between Liverpool and Quebec, Montreal and Portland—Terms of the Contract. Previous to the recent adjournment of the Legis. lature, Mr. Hincks had succeeded in having the various bills passed that were pending for the oon- struction of a main trunk line from Detroit to the Trois Pistoles river, 150 miles below Quebec, on the route surveyed by Major Robinson, and approved by the British goverrment, comprising in all a dis- tance of 881 miles, and passing through and con- necting all the great towns and cities of Canada. Frem tho Trois Pistoles to the Restigouche river, on the eastern frontier of Canada, it is 127 miles, and from the Restigouche to the Mirimichi, it is 100 miles—making 227 miles, which may be con- sidered as the only portion of the line that is not under contract, or for which arrangements are not in progress towards completion, the province of New Brunswick having entered into a contract with Mr. Jackson, the English agent, to complete the line from Mirimichi to the Nova Scotia line, and an offer having been made by another company to construct a railway from thence to Halifax, at the rate of $16,000 per mile, the entire distance through that province being only 124 miles, and through | New nswick 234. The nce from Detreit to Halifax, by the line | which has been surveyed, is 1,366 miles; and the completion of this part of the road will open up one | continuous line from Galena, on the Mississippi, to | Halifax, of about 2,500 miles; which, with the aid of the natural outlets of the interior lakes, will, it is expected, secure a fair share of the commercial in- tercourse with the Western States. And were the | Janadian Rovecnens to relinquish their dog in-the- | manger policy, and would suthorize the construction of a canal, at the foot of Lake Superior, or permit a Sempery to complete one —a bill to organize | which, is at present before the Assembly—to con- nect by steamboat with the line of railway that is being opened from Toronto to Georgian bay, at the head ot Lake Huron, these expectations would doubtless be realised to the fullest extent. The line of road from Detroit to Halifax will be ene of uniform gauge of five feet five inches, and of the most permanent character—superior to those | of New Engiand, which are said to be the best in | the United States, and upon which cars will travel at the rate of sixty miles per hour. To effect these objects, the provincial governments, in addition to grants of land, either take stock to a certain amount, or, as is the case with that of Canada, make advances at the rate of $12 000 per mile, being secured by a lien on that portion which lies within their respective limits; the efiect of which will be, as regards Canada—for the other provinces are comparatively free from debt—to incur an addition to its present public debt of $20,000,000, or at least twelve or fourteen millions ot dollars more. It bas therefore been deemed necessary by tho executive to solicit aid from the British govern- ment, and accordingly, when the adjournment took | place, a series of resolutions were before the House, which had been introduced by the Inspeotor General, and which will doubtless be agreed to, on which to found an addrees to the Queen, stating that in pro- viding for the construction of the railway from De troit to the Trois Pistoles, the resources of the pro- | vince will be too much exhausted to allow the con- | tinuing it to Restigouche, without assistance from | the Imperial government, and expressing the opin- ion of the House that this might be advantageously | iven for the completion of a line from the Trois ‘istoles to Mirimichi, by appropriating $300,000 an- nually, fora period of not less than twenty five years, in favor of Canada and New Brunswick, which is a piece of the most modest assurance that can be well conceived. The facts are simply there. The late Colonial Secretary in England expressed the willingness of the imperial government to advance some thirty- five millons ef dollars, or to guarantee provincial bonds to that extent—the revenues of the provinces being {chon br as security for the reguiar payment of the interest and ultimately of the principal—for the purpose of opening a railread through British territory, from Halifax to Quebec; and the line in- dicated was that which had beex surveyed about three or four years since by competent surveyors rent from England. This proposition waa assented to by the Legisla- tures of Canada and Nova Scotia; but the people of St. John had sufficient interest to induce tue Logis- lature of New Brunswick to refuse » compliance with the offer of the [mporial government unless the line wore to pass through thatcity; end asthe Colonial Secretary had already intimated that no aid would be given to that from Portland to the | boundary line of Nova Scotia, it was insisted that | it ehould pass through the valley of the St. John, | and therce through Sussexvale to that point, at the head of the Bay of Fundy, thus unnecessarily lengthening the route. The reswt was, that the British government re- fused to grant the proposed guaranty, or to ad- yance the required fands, » portion of which was to be expended in opening a line that would connect | with foreign State; andthe Legislatures of both | Provinces, defiance of this intimation, have pledged their entire revenues, either for the purpose of cpanioe up in Cenada a line which, with the ex- ception of the one hundred and fifty miles betwoon | Quebec and the Trois Pistoles, is to the weatward of that city—or of opening a line in New Brunswick, which forms part of the very route which the British government refuted to assist, because it | formed part of that to Portland. The reasons, however, that aro urged in behalf of obtaining the proposed aid/are plausible and weighty, avd will doubtless receive » corresponding consideration on the part of the British government, namely: that the undertaking will afford to the in- dustrious but crowded population of the United acres of fertile land, now utterly unproductive, in which they will be:ome consumers of Weitish manu- factures; it will save large sums of money annu- ally inthe expense of conveyance of the mail from England, while it will render that conveyance more rapid and secure, and avoid tho necessity of its de: pending upon the sufferance of a fore’ Ll and it will follow that line which fa itary suthorities have agreed in ¢electing as beat caleu- lated to meke it eminently useful to the defence of the country tw Not oply have the Canadian government adoptgd | there measures for opening a railroad communich- tion with Halifax—the nearest harbor to Europe available for such purpose--but, as I stated in @ McKean, McLarty & Co., of Liverpool, to rane | line of steam veasels once a fortnight, while the navigation is open, between that port and Qaebeo and once a month between Liverpesl and Por during the winter eason--the Canadian government 'y ing ¢9%5,000, and the city of Portland and the St. | the greatest irregularity takes place | St Mary end Casto:, for that | feet, ‘ izland. Otherwise the island is healt! | ported into Mazatlan. | have been arrested at | in the second = ip third class passe’ rho be em! its or class pgers, who are to cbatged at no higher than the ‘ellowing rates: —For every first class rir for @ second class parsenger, do 50, for class ger, unleas when milies, not exceeding $31 25, who are to be far- nished with superior diet three times a day, accord- ing toa scale to be approved by the Commissioner the Board cf Publis Works i Canada The freight for fine goods. from Live: 08M Montreal, is not to exceed $15 per ton of fort feet, and for coarse goods The rate of freight from Canada to Li- Nay is not to be more than a fairaverage of what is charged by eailing veescls; and the outward pas: sege shall not, ona yearly average, exceed four- teen days, and on the homeward passage it is not to exceed thirteen. The tripe, once a fortnight, are to be made be- tween the middle of April and that of November, comprising fourteen trips to Montreal and back, an: during the remaining four months, between Liver- pect and Portland; so that one of the steamers shall eave Liverpool and Canada once a fortnight, or once s month. The monthly trips are to commence Nith the opening of next spring, and if steamers are Bot built to commence the ‘ightly line, a sailing vessel is to be Gav oaroagge by the contractors onee a month, as a substitute. These vessels are to oarry a mail, if required, and, with a view of promoting emigratien, they bind themselves to carry all books, ae and maps, calculated to disseminate in- formation on the subject, and agents for the purpose distributing them in G: Britain and on the continent of Europe, and also terong their agents there to cause the same te be distributed and printed in the necessary lang’ }, free of all ex- pense to the government of da, except the actunl cost of translation and printing. The con- tract is for seven years, with one year’s notice at the expiration of that time, if either party is de- sirovs that it should then terminate, and the steamers are to be exempted from the payment ef light dues. and all ether provincial dues, on the River 8t. Lawrence. Ww. Our Jamaica Correspendence. Kineston, Ja , Nov. 21, 1852. The Legislature—Stoppage of Supplies— The Weather — Vacancies in the Assembly—Small Pox, §c. The steamers Georgia and Northern Light came to their moorings at the same hour this morning. I string together a fow news items, and shall send them by the first of the two that leaves. I think it will be the Northern Light, as, being smaller, she does not require so much coal. The island Legislature assembled on the 9th inst , when our Governor, Sir Charles Grey, addressed the several branches, in a speech of ordinary length, prolific in no:hing. Indeed, so barren isit of sug- gestions, or of anything in the shape of new mat- ter, that the whole of the island press, collectively, have scarcely devoted a column of comment upon it. The sitting ef the Assembly has not, by any means, been regular, in consequence of the very heavy rains, which have prevénted the regular ranning of the trains between this and Spanish Town, where the Assembly House is situated. Several of the mem- bers reside in Kingston. Mr Edward Thompson, ono of the delegates te England, who has just returned, has given notiee of a motion, the effect of which is to “ stop the sup- ies,” until some measures Of relief are afforded us y the parent government ; whether the motica wi!l be brought forward immediately or whether it will be carried when brought forward, I cannot say ; for myself, although ats later-pericd I might be in duced to advocate this, still I cannot but think it is Laisprevag s brought forward now. We should wait until Parliament has met, and see if any mea- sure of relief is afforded us Bince my last, which is some time, we have had rains almost incesrantly. The roads throughout the island are consequently much destroyed, and in the trans- mission of the inland mails. the rivers, whish abound in all parts of the island, being impassable. The Hon Daniel Hart, member of Assembly for sh, had died sud- denly. His successor bad not been elected, nor had the Governor filled up the vacancy of Castcs Vacencies had occurred in the representation of four other parishes, viz: Kingston, Metcalf, St. Catherine and Trelawny. The last named wa: the parich in which there was likely to bé a con- and that, perhaps, a fierce one, between Mr. Géorge Lyon and Mr. iced The state of the island is really deplorable. I allude to the agricultural and commercial condition. Mr. William Hosack, of St. George, has published a ei) liet of abandoned properties, showing tho fearful state to which the island is redaced. Itis one of the most valuable documents that has ever emanated from the prees By next steamer I shall give you some particulars. Meanwhile, I enslosa the document for your perusal, and, on behalf of jor Jamaica, I enlist the advocacy of their cause y your independent press. This is not asking too wuch from one whose influence sheds its beneficent effects all over the island. ‘The small pox sti] lingers in many parts of the , @xcept @ few cases of ague and fever. Our Mexican Correspondence, Mexico, Oot. 23, 1852 Influence Exercised over the Government by the British Minister—Monopcly of Mexican Trade— Fraudulent Importation of British Goods, and Consequent Prejudice to American Interests— The Seizure and Detention of Mr. Speyer’s Merchandise—The United States Minister An- tagonistic to Mr. Speyer’s Claim, §c , $c. I promiged to give you some information respect- ing the urjust manner in which things are conduct- edin this country. I must commence by telling you that the British Minister, Mr. Doyle, has em tire influence with the existing government, and through his influence he monopolizes nearly the whole of the trade—in short, he does what he can to prejudice the interests of foreign merchants, psrticularty the Americans. During the late re- volution in Mazatlan on the Pacific coast, which was entirely got up by the merchants there, an enor- | mous quantity of British goods had been fraud- | ulently imported; one vessel alone, called the British Queen, had £70000 sterling worth of dry gocds on board, for which the Mexican govern- | ment had received only $16,000 duty, instead of $400 000 ; others paid even less The British Min- ister ought, in common justice, to have protested against sending thore goods into the intorior, as he did unjustly, and where there was no cause relative to goods imported into the port of Matamoras under the Avalos tariff. Ho, however, in place of doing to, wade use of his influence in not only obtain- ing the pardon of the revolutioniste, but also had the goods imported free, notwithstanding the small amount of duty paid on them. I beg you to con- trast this with the treatment towards American merchants. I mentioned in a former letter the injustice which befel Mr. Speyers, an American merchant, who introduced goods into Matamoras; he paid on them the full duty, according to the tinted tariff, and after fulfilling all necersary ob- ‘ations, dispatched the goods into the interior, to onterey, with the I pene permits. Those goods were, and still are detained there. Mr Speyers duly complained of this most outrageous and unwarrantable detention to Mr. Letcher, the United States minister to Mexieo. Mr. Letcher, however, instead of see’ justice done to Mr. Speyers, acted in concert with Mr. Doyle in making complaints of the introduction ef the goods into Matamoras. I can vouch for the truth of this statement, which I have from respectable Mexican goveroment officers. Surely Mr. Letcher ought to have astisted an American merchant in his just clain—it | was his duty to do so—and had he done so, the o0ds Sera would have been free long ere this. f the Mexican government had geen that the United Srates Minister was determined that justice should be done to an American citizen, they would long ago have come to terms. I must add, that since the enormous introduction of goods into Mazatlan, Mr. Doyle haa discontinued his opposition that higher duties should be enforced, fearing that the same duties wight be applied to the is im- RDER AT CLEVELAND —Three men Cleveland, named Peter Casey, who kept @ grog shop called the Traveller's House, James Morriecy, and Michael @uire, on ® charge of murder, bared upon the following story of a boy who was in the employ of Casey. The bey says:—That one night between the 6th and 10th ot November, he was sleepi ry of Oneey’s house with a man nemel Morrirey ; that a noi fellow looked out ; Svrrosrp Mv Lawrence and Atlontie Railroad Company in Mon- | small boat, and catching the man, ‘ut treal $25,000---makin, $120,000 per annum for | towards the middle of the river, and ti pushed him the due performance of both services. down ; the man cried * murder” when he came to the Ph Peed aye Bek to be less than twelve = surfece of the river, bt im Rane 's, carpenter’s measurement, Tee | Sribes the handred hovee power; to be first class vessels, and | 5", le ‘te have capable of being propelled when loaded, nine knots | bern about Casey's anh poseesncd pf eonldeabie money. am hour, on the average. There aro not to be less | The watchman also heard a cry of murder, supposed Sapa five good vomels, of 280 feet length of hepl and | baye been ot the time stated by the boy. Our New Hampehire “ ial Vote of New Hampshire—: 8. ‘Senator—Mr. Atherton— Decline of Northern Ab- dlitionism— Mr, Hale—Great Demand for Some New “Ism”—Maine Law and Spiritual Rap- pings Likely to be Monopolized by Vermont and James € Jones—New Hampshire Legislature and the Webster Obsequies — Portraits of General Pierce—Unprecedented Scarcity of Office Seek- as, &c. In wy letter of Nov. 8, to the Herp, I esti- mated that Pierce’s plurality over Scott, in New Hampshire, would reach 14,000, and his majority over both Scott and Hale from 7,000 to 8 000. Here is the footing of the official vote, which I have not yet seen published in your columns: — Pierce, 29,997; Soott, 16,147; Hale, 6,695; scattering, 12. Pierco’s plurality, 13,850; majority over all, 7,143 This is probably the largest relative vote given for the democratic candidate in any State, Texas, per- haps, excepted. The Legizlature has nearly completed the second week of its sertion. Thus far, the election of a U. 8 Senator, on Thursday last, to take the place of J P. Hale on the 4th of March next, has been tho principal matter of interest. The result ve already received by telegraph. Theclection of Hon. Charles G. Atherton, of Nashville, the successful candidate, was previously predicted by the Hzraup. He was nominated in the Democratic Legislative Caucus by a vote of 89, to 69 for Hon. J. S. Wells, of Exeter, and two scattering. In the Houre, Mr. Atherton received 148; Ira Perley, of Concord, whig, 81; John Preston, of New Ipswich, free soil, 27; John P. Hale, of Dover, late free soil candidate for the Presidency, 4; John S. Wells, 4; scattering, 5 Total number of votes, 268.. Ather- ton’s mojority, 28 In the Senate, Mr. Atherton had ten votes, including that of Mr. Wells, who is the President of that branch, and Mr. A.’sdemo- cratic competitor in caucus; Messrs. Perlay and Preston, one each. Mr. Atherton’s election is generally looked upon asa iy fortunate one to the democratic rty, in view of the strength which it will give to jeneral Pierce’s administration. Mr A has already served twelve years in Oongress—from 1837 to 1843, in the House, and thence to 1849 in the Senate. Toa large experience in public affairs, he gained, while there, a high reputation as a talented an ready debater. Asa politician he proved himself to be discreet, sagacious, and far-seeing. He knew “no North, no South,” &c, and for this reason called down upon himself the maledictions of traitors and sectional agitators. ‘‘Gag Atherton” was the soubriquet applied to him b; abolitiongblack- juards of the John P Hale school, here in New Eag- food. Ae oe bp ial ie rita thought” of the of this great and ra; y, aeeeeing Usical anew factionists are consigned to the tom! of the Cepalete, while the statesmen and patriots | whom they rev: elevated to the highest Bee of honor. camskonaee may succe of our New England people are, at heart, sound in le are re-sought for, and repeated], “ 1 ‘Mithoug! their patriotic principles, and prove themselves true | to the Union when the emergency requires. Some- times they aro deceived, it is true ; but eventual: they are sure to retrace their error, and the’ deceivers. The result of the late Presidential elec- tion demonstrates this. Passing by the late inglo- rious defeat of the whig party, caused by the at- tempt of Seward & Co. to dally with the beast of abolitionism, and thus secure for Gen. Soott the free- soil vote, where do we find the legitimate free-soil faction itself? Literally nowhere! While, in1848, | it succeeded in seouring nearly three hundred thou- #and (291,342) out of an nagtegate popalie vote of over two millions and a , (2,580,7. here for a time, the mass | re - te ° Gone Ormsby, of New York. ral a suit of elegant apart- ments at Eagle Hotel, where he has signified bis remaining until the first of February, exlled away by circumstances now unforeseen. He will defer his journey to the South until that time. Among the distinguished uests at the Eagle, last week, were Hon. Horatio ymour, Governor elect of your State, and Hon. E. Corning, of Albany. The arrivals Of strangers from other States, since the Legislature commenced ite session, have not been so numerous as they were ; for a few weeks previous. A ants for office under the incoming administr are com) tively scarce. There are now indications that our New England railroads will not pay so i ences wr the first of Janu: i ine o icipated. e democrac; 5p ar ssveniy- Ove per cent more nodes in their demands now than the whigs were on the accession of Grene- ral Taylor. Wouldn’t it be singular if the former should generously take pity on some half a dozen thousands of the preseut whig incumbents at Wash~ gton and elsewhere, and suffer them to retain their comfortable berths unmolested—wouldn't it? Our Boston Correspondence, Boston, Nov. 20, 1852. Revolutionary History~ Mr. Sparks—“The Spoils” General Pierce’s Opinion of Horace Mann—The National Theatre—Tne New Theatre, $c. Mr. Walker, Secretary ef State, is about to pub- lith a valuable contribution to our historical litera- ture. He has procured, from England copies of the correspondence carried on by the tories hore at the beginning of the Revolution, eighty years ago. T' letters are mostly official, and they throw a great deal of light upon the revolutionary history of Mas sachusetts. It is a mistaken notion that the whole people of Massachusetts were on the whig side in those days. The tories were numerou:, and com- prised a large majority of the ‘‘ respectabilities”® of| the colony. I remember hearing a lecture delivered some years ago, on this subject, by a clever m who declared that there had been two great stra gles in this country between the respectable and isrespectable classes, and that in both instano respectability had to go the wall. The first con’ was between the tories and the whigs of the Revol tion, and the seoond that between the federal: the democrats in 1800 Reepectabiity, not shown its face in the political worl tury, and probably never would again. Hi no stared, but I never heard of his being again as to deliver a lecture. Truth isa valuable thing, dcubt, but people are very much like Mr. Rich Varney, who declared that he was not very much love with the lady’s naked charms. As timorolls on bowever, we get to be more tolerant of the losing side| in the early days of our national history, for d rties, like dead men, cease to offend’ our prejaj iees or injure our interests. A true history of th early parties of the revolutionary contest would b a very valuable work, and would throw a gro deal ef light on the origin of our present partio me are directly descended from those of the Rev lution. Mr. Sparks is generally thought to have annihil lated Lord Mahon, by hye prey In England, suppose, wey. think the annihilation is on the otho side. But there they have seen only one side of tl controversy. That Mr. Sparks has dene an: | injury to the Washington papers, I do not believ but then, I should like to -have Washington as h was, not as Mr. oe thinks he ought have been. But he does net stand alone amon the improvers of the works of great men in this ofthe world. A goteaen who is very famili with the works of Mr. Webster, informs me that Mi Everett has omitted several characteristic passag: from the six volumes which he edited. The Cam bridge literati labor under the belief that they wei born to correct everything, which is probab! '4,) wenow, | founded on the fact that they originate nothin; in 1852, only four short years intervening, find it | A Buble, pub! Almost antircly stripped of its wool John. Hels, | Pere i tattished aaae Sheis. sipervason, weal its Presidential candidate, receiving from 140,000 to 150,000 only! perfidy of abolitionism towards the country, as the treachery of Cain towards his brother Abel was | once upon a time laid bare and exposed in a certain | Eastern garden. Now, as aforetime, the righteous verdict breaks like a Spepeters traitors, while they seek conce: cannot find it, and they turn white in the face. Six years ago, in 1836, John P. Hale received the united voter, for a seat in the United States Senate, | of the whigs and abolitionists, (then designated as | the ‘‘allied army,” and famed as being the first coalition between those parties in New England,) of the New Hampshire legielature. On Thursday last, he received but four for are-election. Andon the following day, the legislature having previously voted to attend the funeral obsequies of Daniel Webster, at Boston, which are to be celebrated to- | morrow, and having ucanimously invited the Pre- | sident elect, General Pierce, to accompany them, an abolition member offered a resolution extending the like invitation to Mr. Hale. It was laid on the table with only three dissenting voices—one vote less than the great agitator’s vote for Senator. His opularity seems to be on the wane, even in the ae of bis own former friends, here in New Hampshire. His political glory seems to have gone out, like the big end of a farthing tellow candle nate away in the lowest recesses of the socket ot an old fashioned brass candlestick. There is not tap it left to again a spuffers to. Mr. le, itis reported, proposes to change his residence from Dover to this town, and eommence the practice of law here. The Judges of our Superior Court having decid- ed the Liquor bill or Maine law, introduced at the last June session of the Legislature, and then pass- ed by the House and referred to them by the Se- uncone ditutior aine the pores to obviate the constitutional objection 'r'day forenoon, in the House, an attempt to have | the new bill printed was temporarily defeated, that | branch voting to adjourn, while the question was | pecticg: by a vote of 126 to 83, being a majority of | e trumped up a new bill East In the afternoon, with a very A full House consists of about 270 members— there were 116 absent, or not voting. A though the Scott and Halo free soilers here are tempting to Bet aS new side issue on this M: law, ‘‘niggerizm” having become defanct, it isn le that they will meet with much sac- cess. ‘masonry never had any eran ia New Hampshire, when brcught into politics. Abo- litionism has bad only a temporary run. Millerism was started Mr Hale aitended grecing i Dover, and exhorted, fora short time a! Abolitionist, in 1846; but the animal had too many horns, final'y died of the horn-ail, and was aban: doned as unavailable for political capital. And | now, with the Maine blue law, the project is equally unpropitous. It will soon be abandoned in its turn. Our modern reformers and political demagogues will, probably, next take tho Spiritual Rappings. Bince the late Presidential election, there is some talk of their disposing of their whole stock and trade in these hobbies to their friends in Vermont, where the Maine law was passed la t week. Such bumbugs flourish better in the Green Mountain pas- ture, semehow or other, than on the New Hampshire side of the Connecticut river. Whether this may be attributed more to the virtues of sheep raising there, er to the effects of Groeley’s Tithune as a mavure, is questionable. An essay on the subject from the pen of some such politico-agricultural would, be interesting Cannot we have one, b and by, from the game press which multiplie » | curing the late csnvass, so many copies of “Soott’s Pictorial,” ‘Richelieu Robinson’s Essay on the Con- ttitution of New Hampshire,” the ‘ Why andjWhere- ore Horace Greeley wes a Whig,” before that party ‘kind o’ gin eut,” om the 2d November, &o. The Legislature will mi; ina body, on Tues- day next, to attend the Webster funer: oat 8, in Boston. The railroad companies have offered thema fi . The several halls of the State ii have been draped in black, andthe members e voted to wear the usual badge of mourning for the remainder of the session. On the 22d of Dacem- ber, appropriate ceremonies, in honor ot Mr. Web- ater, are to be observed here by our State govern- ment, consisting of an eulogy by Hon. Ira Perley, &o. There are many who think that the excursion to Boston, at least, is over doing the matter, espo- cially, sirce no public notice of any kind was taken of the death of the late Judge Woodbury and other eminent public men, residing within the limits of New Hampshire The movement, however, was made in the House by the personal and political friends of Mr. Webster, and has met with no oppo- sition, except from @ very few rabid froo soilers, rome of whom voted for Scott, and others for Hale. Somé of the ultra Scott men are perticularly vin- ive against Mr Webster, even now, when he is grave, moro 80 even than the Hale men. Mr. George A. P Healy, of Boston, the eminent has + the Eagle Hotel for a week past, ed in painting aitof Gen Pierse, which is eh bet gent Ic is an elegant in it, as io r who have seenit. Mr. Hoaly has beon residing for some timo in Paris, and this work boars the peculiarities of the best French masiors He will return there next spring, I learn, and take the portrait with him. Another exceilent portrait of the General, (and I know of no other good ones) was painted a few months since by Mr. A Fennoy, a New Hampshire boy, raised near Dartmouth Col- for lege, in Hanover. ‘though he has practised his profession only @ fow years, and never studied abroad, Mr. T.’s portraits are strikingly acourate as likenesses; and, in this respect, the one alluded to fa, of which there has beon, and ues to bs, a great demand for copies, thought by maay to "a. A poor gngreving of Tenney’s ig Hawthorne's of Genera ponent in The people have detected: the | upon the guilty | iment where thay | ly & pair of | alin eight several particulars, | thia House, the | printing wae carried, 78 to 76, a majority of two. | th an excellent likeness and | Gen. P., L learn, so considers | its pages all reference to “tH wrath to come,” all mention of hell, q undignified expressions as “*; &o. It would contain nothin; the feelinge of even the most fastidious sinner, an| with sppropriate illustrations, might become popular work, even in infidel countries, ‘hat interesting subject, ‘the spoils,” contint to excite political circles The Collectorship is lotted every day to a different ceca Mr. Hay thorne is one of those spoken of for the me. Son people laugh at this; but for my part I think he in every respect as well qualified for the place as Mf Bancroft was in 1838. fo be sure, Mr. Banerd had no qualifications, but he bad the eapacity learn, and proved himself an > scholar; and wh should not Mr. Hawthorne? r the Marshalship this cistrict there are about a dozen persons nam ud the list is growing. The most prominent a) cants are I. O. ae! W. Beard, and Pat Rile Iwould back Barnef against the field for wit good nature, Beard for persoverance in self-seekig and Pat for estching a nigger, though he is quite so Rood wt holding him, for it was out of custody that Shadrack was whisked, and I dare fay that it would havo been all the: same wil Metheck and Abedn had they also been in t fiery furnace at that But little is said abo; the Post office. The on’ Anse whose name Ih with itis Edwin Bailey, the managing man of the concorn now, as he has b = wee Ee He is fally eompetent to the ani sceeding Mr. Hudsonas Naval ficer, as the place has two great requisites in eyes of disinterested patriots—a large income no duties. It is, perhaps, the best office in } England, and no doubt will be worthily bestowed upon somebody. There are twenty ons ro to relieve Colonel Wright from the daties of N: Agent; but it is to be hoped that General Pierce recollect that the Colonel was one of his brothers. arms in the Mexizan war, and leave him for a ti at least to enjoy a plave that his admirable busin qualities have enabled him to fill to very gen satisfaction. The two gentlemen used to b> very timate political and personal friends. Mr. Hal hastad tho cold shoulder shown him in his deavors to secure the inflaénce of an eminent ded crat, to whom report hag assigned a seat in the 1 cabinet. ‘There will be obstacles inthe wa; jour appointment to the Collectorship,” were icy words of the distinguished personage afore General Cusbing, it is generally eapposed, w: ealled to the cabinet, should New Engl contribute a member to that august body. bar immense knowiedge, his industry is not to paralleled in this country, avd he has been b trained in all things calculated to make hima ful Secretary than sny other man in New Engl Among the on dits of the week, and one, [ thi entitled to more credit than most things of the k is this: General Pierce was asked what his opiy was of the Massachusetts coalition. He decllj opivion as to the general matter. but at he should be ashamed to sleep under tame roof with apy one who should take any p: m™ ither United States Sena:d st whom Gen Pierce would have expressed 8 severely, though there is no reason for ‘oiler to any station. Mr. Mann's | troversy with Mr. Webster, now that the la’ dead, makes his position a bad one tor the coal ut People here say that if the “Lemmon affair | occurred here the Union would have been tho; in danger, particularly if the time had been before the national election. We arenot at all pleated that tho affair occurred in a city wi Lo png 80 well established fer loyalty as ork. Although the National theatre has been some time in operation, it was not until the p week thet it has made an outeide show. The foldings, &c., have just been removed, and th fico mekes a very fine ay e—one h creditable to the builders, and which increase: observer's regret that its location is nota b Mr Leonard is determined to deserve y tinguished performers, who are to ex each other with the utmost rapidity. Mr. Bq will appear in Decembe: id Mr. Forrest irr, March Madame Sontag will pefy engagement in operas, when the 4 will be raised to two dollars and one dollar, The new theatre is to go up at last, in real est. The Mason street property was transfe; the company on Thursday. It will not be pensive a structure as was at firet contemplated will, nevertheless, be a creditable addition dramatic temples. I understand that ano Proprietors are Abbott Lawrence, John EF. Th | and some other gentlemen of the s: 800 whose connection with undertakings of the 8 to an endorsement of their success Mr. Bunn is meking a good thing of his dr; lectures in the towns of our neighborhood The drama tounded on “ Unole Tom’s Cabin | the Museum, is having a great run. JR will appear at the Howard on Tuesday evening ALao Siam Fignt.—The celebration of tho o: aoniversary of the battle of Trenton promises to ww consumed $16,000. The

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