The New York Herald Newspaper, January 25, 1853, Page 2

sag ec cg IT ETE CUR EUROPEAN DESPATCHES. Iateresting Intelligence from the Other Side of the Atlantic. Aprest of ap American i Citizen in Germany. @ur Postal Arrangements with France, &e., ke, &e. @ur London Correspondence. ALBEMARLE STREET, Poca} December 31, 1852. ‘Pre Now Ministry—Prognostications As to Its Speedy Dissolution—The Lady Abolitionists of England end Uncle Tom's Cabin—Epitaph to a Faithful Old Horse—Voyage Rownd the Cape— Louis Na poleon—Trial and Acquittal of Mr. Bower, for the Murder of Morton, in Paris —Full Description ef London Theatricals—Great Excitement Re- specting the Arrest of the Correspondent of the Morning Chronicle in Austria. “Faire mon devoir’’ is my object, and a precious @ifieult object it is, too, to attain at this festive sea- sen of the year, when it is next to impossible to re- fase the invites of one’s hospitable friends, or to at- tend to anything else, in the morning, beyond taking @ hair out of the same dog. Though at present of a eontrary opinion to a certain Latin poet—“Labor Spee voluptas”—I'll labor at a few political lines. The new wministry—Derby-dilly and Dizzy, of Boundsditch—having been, in the common course of ‘things, turned ont of office by the unanimous voice ef public opinion, we have at length (I spoke of them in my last), after an interval of ten days, another ministry, with that beldam, the Earl of | Aberdeen (frae the North), at its head—a ministry, however, composed of such heterogeneous materials ‘What it is not very difficult to prognosticate its very early dissolution—death at its birth. “La science du west qu'une science de combinaisons, Povelctions es eae lon estoy es liewx, | ¢ircumstances”—at least, so says friend Rousseau. | Bet me analyze our present mélange. What perma- | ment union can there be between a body of down- wight conservatives like Lord Aberdeen, Sir James Graham, Mr. Sydney Herbert, Mr. Gladstone, and men like the bottle-holder Lord Palmerston, Lord John Russell the bantam, et cetera’ Their fandamental political principles are diametrically op- rE and the first, the very first important question ght on the tapis, in which the welfare of the masses is at stake, will show at once who are, and whe are not, the friends of progress and true re- form. Of this, too, | feel quite certain, that so Jeng as the present ministry lasts there is no ebance of any improvement in the representa- | tion of the country; the masses will receive no consideration, and laws will continue to be enacted, as they have ever been in this country, for the benefit of the few, the wealthy and the titled— not to promote the interests of the industrious and manvfacturing classes, on whose energies the coun- try depends for its wealth and rank amongst the mations of the world. Till March this patehwork ministry may possibly i but when Parliament | once sets seriously to ¥ shall see the seeds of | producing their deadly harvest, in the crum- | bling of a house built on the sand without any solid | foundation. The people abide their time, and it will soon and surely arrive. | As regards the fair Dutchess of Sutherland, and the | lady abolitionists, ‘m re “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” a | natural death is evidently the fate of their move- ment, and I. expect we shall soon see the pages of Mra. Harriet Beecher Stowe’s work encircling lumps ef butter and pieces of meat, having been sold tor | waste paper. A gentleman, who then resided in Liverpool, | ought, in the year 1539, an Irish horse, out of a lot | jest landed. It died a few days ago, having been, | until the illness which carried it off, up to its work, and never tired of it. It was good-tempered, with a | Nght spirit, excellent in all its paces, and, what we | ean say of very few, if any, of our fellow-workmen, ‘was never known to make a false step in its life. It | wae buried with all the honors of horsefiesli—that is, im its skin and with its shoes on—and the following | epitaph dedicated to its memory :— “An Irish horse lies beneath this earth, A good one he from his very birth; He could leap or trot, gallop or walk— In short, do everything—but talk; He ne’er was known to trip or stumble, And death alone could make him tumble.”’ ‘The uninitiated are often most unreasonably sur- | prised at the apparently devious course which yes gels bound from this sours India or Australia pursue on their voyage to the Cape. Frequently, as im the case of the Velare, trom this port, they are found touching at Rio, or other ports | 4m “South America; and those who trace the @irect course upon their maps are not a little | puazled at what seems to them out-of-the-way er- ratic wanderings. An article in Chambers’ Edin- burg Journal, No. 455, entitled, “Steam round the »” contains the following explanatory remarks, | some of your readers might deem worth their i— Persons who do not pay special atten- to nautical matters, are likely enough to suppose | that, considering the large number of vessels at sea, the surface of the great ocean must be dotted over, almost in every part, with the sails of the countless fleet. This, however, is not the case; the ocean, like the land, has its frequented high wide regions of loneliness. If with a forty-Herschel-telescope power of could be elevated to a height creat enough to him a view of the whole Atlantic, he would be struck by beholding hundreds of els following one another on certain lines, along a very jar course, while over a large portion of the surface nota would be visible. Thus, he would see the ships which eave this country for the Cape or India, pursue at first a southwesterly course until they reached the neigh- borhood of Madeira, then keep more directly to the south, at a safe distance from the Afi til they crossed the line ; then stretch away ¢ the southwest, in the direction of South America, till they gain the zone of westerly winds; and, finally, making a rather sharp t into these winds, bowling along before them to the eastward till arrive at the Cape, or else, if so directe to the southward of it. On the voyage a similar circuitous route is purs the courses are to some extent rev gircuit or deviation from the direct line being made im the northern, instead of the southern hemisphere. In the extensive son either side of these fre ted routes, few vessels will be seen. Here and there an fri der might occasionally be per ceived, dodging from port to port ra slaver, scad @ing swiftly across the oc aps with a royal eruiser following steadil) r track, like a blood- hound in pursuit.” proceeds to remark, that steam vessels possess an advantage over saihug ships, in being able to strike outa new and direct route for themselves. ' The weather here of late has been most boisterous— wind, rain @ /a waterspout i thunder and light- ning. Chimneypots and flowerpots have been fly- ing about in all directins, and many a nob has been ii 4 this Christm me, as ity 1 its home: ward course after a jovial evening. No rose without its thorns. Louis Napoleon, the so-styled third the French is driving all ore him. A mperor 0 age vise la fin, e trial of Mr. Bower, for the murder of Mr. Mor. ton, (some months sinc Paris,) took place Tuesday last, before the Court of Assizes of Seine, M. Brisson being the presiding Judy tle after ten o'clock the Judges took their « the accused was introduced. He was ¢ black, and appeared thinner t he wa ed to be when residing in Paris. from London, oustody to stand his trial Meynard de Fra ed the ficer for the pro and th ent barrister, M. Chaix d nce. The court was Ww and many é! ly dressed lodie The examination of the wi found detailed in the newspaper jed the entire day, and the Pre evidence with great minnten tired at a quarter to verdict. Three min room was heart! to ri agreed, and immediately < court. Breathless was the then declared, in the usual form, that the one of acquit Some cries of “| heard ; and the accent in which they t ly that they had been m by sons of Albion.’ Mr. Bower was brought in, lent informed him that he was acquitted Mr. Bower was then, on the instant, set at lib and received the congratulations of those about Read attentiy the superb speech made b; Chaix d'Estan ‘or the defence : Kirwan, who was tried found guilty and sentenced ve himself into Advocate General, eat of t The te death for the murder of h Ireland's E has, owing to the great ) © interest excited, been respited. ADLER'S WeLis.—The Christm founded on the story of Dick Wi wonderful cat —Dame Fortune bei piece here through whose agenc i events of the hero's career a bont. The story however, is so far 4 from, thot the principal scenes in Master Dick's history are represented in vision, notin fact—as, for instance, the departare of | which he cidental to the life of a clown and ‘gantaloon; while Dick eetheart, , are changed i 1a oe nd Columbine, the ‘cat becoming. a into juin ve ey and mischievous ite. As for tricks jokes, this pantomime is of them—Uncle Tom, Disraeli cal Thiers, black slaves and white milliners, ‘Londom adulterations, bribery-elec- tions, and other such topies, being abundantly al- luded to, and with : Barry’s.—Uncle Tom's Cabin” —everlasting Un- cle Tom—has here received a representation that ad- mits of considerable equestrian display; and, with the exception of the Adelphi version, we incline to believe it the best in London. As tor the pantomime, clept “Fortunis and his Horse, Comrade, and the Beven Gifted Men,” its plot is, in the first place, only to be puzzled out; for, what with bad conception and worse acting, the whole of the introduction is a mere furrago of nonsense. The comic business is full of bustle, but displays little wit or few novel allusions. In tact, this pantomime is only of a very mediocre character. + 2 ScRREY.—Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick, the man- agers of this theatre, have employed young Blanchard to write a pantomime, and it is entitled “ Harle- in and the World of Flowers.” Germany, the ine, Australia, and the gold diggings, are uti- fully commingled; and then ensues a succession of well-painted mythological scenery, fairy ballets, &c., immediately preceding the transformations. is the Harlequin, Annie Cushnie the Columbine, Buck the Clown, Bradbury the Pantaloon, and Wil- kand Molino the Sprite of the pant , which then proceeds to its close, with all the fun and buffet- ing, tricks, and practical jokes, inseparable from a Christmas harlequinade, concluding with a grand pictorial illustration, commemorative of the hero of the Peningular and Waterloo. little theatre, just Srranp Tuxarre.—This prett) open, under the direction of Mr. Alleroft, of New Bond reet, assisted by the clever Rebecca Isaacs, as a manager, has os its visiters with the opera of the “‘Somnambula,” and marvelously well has it been put on the stage. The fair Rebecca, with her fine contralto voice, and sprightly style of acting, did ample justice to Amina; and Mr. Manley, the new tenor singer, has a voice and finished style of per- formance, that bid fair to place him almost on a level with our greatest of English vocalists—Sims Reeves. A pantomime follows, entitled “Harlequin and King Lilliput,” which is wholly played by children, very appropriately called “Living Marionettes;” and cer- tainly the young performers exhibit a degree of ta- lent. §) raviines, and activity, that might farnish a valuable lesson to more matured artists in the same line of business. The performances closed with the well known mythological burletta of Midas,” the art of Apollo by Miss Isaacs, who promises to rival in naiveté and comie power the celebrated Madame Vestris. On the whole, we think Mr. Allcroft has made a decided hit, and we hope some day to see him oceupying the station he richly deserves, and for which he is admirably adapted, as the director of one or more of our leading houses. Jullien opened last night, at Birmingham, to an overflowing audience. This evening he appears at Liverpool, and to-morrow at Manchester, where the tickets are selling at a premium. Great excitement existed this morning, in conse- qence of the leading article of the Times, on the ar- rest, by the military authorities of the Austrian gov- ernment, of the correspondent of the Morning Chronicle. It is nes me that England, as well as other liberal countries, should put a stop to the arbitrary proceedings of this most despotic and il- liberal government. A happy New Year to you, and very many of them, is the sincere wish of, yours, most faithfully, Don Cesar, ICCADILLY, London, } January 7, 1853. The New Elections—Mr. Gladstone—The Oxford University Constituency—The War at the Cape | of Good Hope—Indian Afirirs—The Campaign in Burmah—The Morning Advertiser on Ameri- can Slavery—The Female Philanthropists—The- | atrical Inteligence—The Extravaganza at the Lyceum—Charles Mathews and the Morning Chronicle—The Strand Theatre—Mr. Jas. An- derson—Intended Doings at Drury Lane—Wind- sor Castle Theatricals—Jullien— Albert Smith. It is to be hoped that Twelfth Night will wind up the series of Christmas festivities for this year, other- wise your faithful Don will be hurried to a prema- ture grave. During the brief parliamentary recess caused by the Christmas holidays, the new elections, resulting from the formation of the new Ministry, form the principal topic of public interest. The citizens of London have re-elected Lord John Russell without | opposition, and in Southwark Sir William Moles- | worth has also been unanimously returned. Tiver- ton, Wolverhampton, Carlisle, and the City of Ox- ford, have re-clected, respectively, Lord Palmerston, Mr. Villiers, Sir James Graham, and Mr. Villiers; nor does it seem probable that any constituency in England, except the University of Oxtord, will re- ject their former members, in consequence of their elevation to office. Itseems not at all unlikely, however, that Mr. Gladstone will have to seek a seat ALBEMARLE STREET, | Postal Arrangement between France and the United | only a high-flown panegyric on Mrs. let Beecher Stowe, the authoress of ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” but actually sug- gesting the propriety of a testimonial from England, expressive of the national opinion respecting the ta- Jents and philanthropy of fhat lady. What I have said before I now repeat, namely: that it would be far better, and more creditable to the tender-hearted jadies and gentlemen whose feelings have been so af- fected by Mrs. Stowe’s highly-colored * it Sey were to look a little at home, in the first instance, and relieve the hundreds of white slaves at their very doors, before they ik of contributing their mon in influence for an} such purpose as suggested above journal. Mrs. Stowe had better apply her profits to some cha- ritable institution. The fact is, we have no business, politically or socially, to interfere with the internal licy or social ments of other countries; and hose who permit such intervention are fostering an evil which, if allowed to grow, must tend to the bonds of amity that have so long united us with our kinsmen on the other side of the Atlantic. Those of your readers who take an interest in my theatrical information will recollect my notice of a fairy extravaganza at the Lyceum, (Madame Ves- tris's,) entitled ‘‘ The Good Woman of the Wood,” a piece which, I do not hesitate to say, will bear com- parison, in splendor and finish, any piece of a similar nature produced on the English stage for several years past. Well, this piece one Mr. Au, Reach (he calls himself “ ak,”) has taken upon himself to abuse, in no very measured terms, in the Morning. Chronicle, as being tame, uninterest- ing, and shabbily produced on the stage. Criticism more unfair never appeared in a public print; and Charles Mathews has very properly taken the matter up in a few spirited sentences attached at the end of his bills of performance. Mr. Reach, who is really an accomplished scholar, denies that he was the ee ty who reported the Lyceum piece on the night in question. Be this as it may, it is far above the power of any paper to injure so good a piece, and the arti- cle is: considered beneath the contempt of all the right-minded and honorable critics of the London public press. That metropolitan empressario and general favor- ite, F. W. Allcroft, is doing a wonderful good busi- ness at the Strand theatre. This little sleran’ place of amusement is nightly crowded with rank, fashion and beauty. On Monday next, Mr. James Anderson, the tragedian, commences a starring engagement of three weeks, at the enormously liberal salary of £120 per week. He opens in “The Slave,” then plays in “Civilization,” the beautiful play destined, by his admirable acting, to delight you Yankees. During his engagement will be produced a new play of his own, (ot which literary celebrities of the Garrick Club speak volumes,) entitled “Cloud and Sunshine.” It appears that Mr. E. T. Smith, the Lies sent lessee of Drury Lane theatre, is determined to secure Mr. Anderson’s services, at any price, for the parkas of his enacting Louis XI., in Mr. W. R. Markwell’s version of Casimir Delaigne’s beautiful tragedy of the same name. Should Miss Adcla Ro- chelle be able to get off her Parisian engagement, Mr. Smith will secure her services for the interesting part of the ‘‘Dauphin.”’ Previous to “The Slave,” on Monday evezing, at the Strand theatre, will be produced the long-pro- mised operetta called ‘‘The Sentinel,” the music by Herr Stoepel, the words from the pen of that talent- ed, elegant dramatic author, Mr. Dion Bourcicault. All the London literary world will be there. The second part of Henry Fourth” will be played at Windsor Castle this evening, under the able directorship of that royal protége and popular manager and actor, Mr. Charles Kean. The Paeeuates will, as usual, take place in the Reubens Room, in the presence of our dearly beloved Queen, Prince Albert, the royal children, and a hun- dred and fifty guests, formed of the foreign ambassa- dors and ministers, and members of the aristocracy generally. According to custom, the whole of the household will be present, from the rosy-cheeked housemaid, upwards. The following is the cast:— Henry 1V.......Mr. Phelps. Bardolf,....Mr. Wilkinson, Prince of Wales.Mr. Wigan. Mr. Graham. Prince John... Mr. tt. ..-Mr, Meadows. Prince Thomas. Mr. Sterling. -Mr. Harley. Prince Humphrey,, Miss J. King’s Pages.. .Brazier and Lovell. Chester. Archbishop of York, Mr. D. Apparition, . Mr. Tomlinson. Hddear. Fang and Snare... Warrell Westmoreland,...F. Vining _ and Veron. jellon, Robin, «Miss Terry. Mr. Bartley. ry Marston. Ryder. ; Z Up One BUCCeSs NpOI en route for the capital of the Eiriaeall Isle, where all | the reserved seats, we hear, are already secured. Albert Smith has no occasion to visit any other | diggings than his own. It appears that he bagged } £650 last week. Don C.usar. Our Paris Correspondence. Paris, Jan. 5, 1853. States. | elsewhere than in the time-honored University, has so long represente: | This promising statesman—for none can deny | that he is a person of great promise—has long been known as one of the tractarian or ultra high church pe and on this account he had to encounter, on is last election, a very smart opposition, which his friends managed to a . Inthe present instance, | , objections were urged against him on en- separate grounds, namel; that, through him, in a great measure, Mr. Disraeli was beaten on his budget question, and thus expelled from power, to- | gether with his aristocratic patron and head, the Harl of Derby. Now, this nobleman, it is well known, was elected to succeed the late Duke of Wel | lington, as Chaneellor of the University, and many of the members, especially those” of —protec- tionist principles, (of which are most of the influential ¢lergy,) have felt, and pretty loudly expressed their indignation, that their representa- tive should have had the audacity to oppose the Chancellor, or supreme governing’ officer of their ancient seat of learnin; They accordingly looked for another candidate ; and otfers of support were made tot Marquis of Chandos, who at onse de- clined coming forward ; after which they pitched upon a therough-going orthodox conservative, Mr. Dudley Perceval, (son of the late celebrated Spencer Perceval, who was shot,) and he consented to be put in nomination. The election commenced on Tuesday, with every probability of an animated and hard struggle between the old member and the new can- didate ; but as, according to the statutes, the poll may be kept open for fourteen di it is impossi- ble, without knowing the general feelings of the non-resident voters, even to guess at the result ; though Mr. Perveval is certainly ranning very hard on the late member, hard, indeed, that the latter may not improbably his seat, and have to look for another constituency. Now, Jam no friend to Mr. Gladstope or hi: religious—but certain any public body to expect that their representative would agree to have his political movements fettered by merely University considerations. Had they approved of his Puseyism, as a departure trom the orthodox faith of our national church, that indeed would have been a legitimate groand for disappro- bation, and he could not have wond C big-wigs oul position to the ther political or priaciples— y edingly unjust of Zari of Derby—t! e beyond ail forgive e be the high-minded, inde- him for, he will not submit to ness. pendent man I take insolent dictation ; and | k he will have wona Joss, if I may so term it, should he chance to be re- jected. | sent from tie Cape of ¢ the war of extermination, which has so ho ried on with the h and which Latin, ht to a close; aud yet been conclude vel is at length ns of peace have a both of the Kaffir and r till at large, yet their for broken an ilated and famine yas Hottentot chief is so scattered, so utte y the united rava of war fear need be entertained of to olfer any considerable oppo- utioned at ‘the confines of the t, Sandilli and Uithaale t nongst the bushes Another indication of war is to be art, the com ppointed a districts, on to f the purpose against the government for st nected with this war. con- as prelimina The the inurder The Indian papers give bata very ansatisfactor account of the war with Burma. Creat blame is at tributed to General Godwin, whose inactivity and va ilating condact have marked him aa utterly incapa ble of the command with which he has been entrust in fact, such intimation sent him of nor-General’ that he will y be for t into r etions, also, are most pr efficient hi Extensiv: rapid progress, under th ion of the Bar Dalhousie, for at once making a fiual blow at Ava, Two hundred and fifty elephan ve heen dea the ship on its adventure, the performances of the | patched from Calcutta to Prome, and a second de wonderti! cat, &c.; but, of course,as Dame Drippin tachment is being collected at Moulmein, to be for- ton and his master, Fitzwarren, have been Dick's warded to the same destination; besites which, persecutors, they meet their reward, in the transfor three additional war «t i he nm sent to the mation, by being doomed to al » culls and kicks in | Irrawaddy the flotilla nat riveryoats hag | ments between the two countries. Major Hobbie, The commercial intercourse between France and the United States has been much injured, for many years past, for the want of regular postal arrange- who visited Europe a few years ago, entrusted with | the mission of entering into some treaties with the Continent to regulate and diminish, if possible, the rate of postage between the New and the Old World, returned home without having succeeded in many of his attempts, and the matter was, for some years, subjectto a variety of changes, either in America or on the European continent. It is well known to all those who are corresponding between Europe and the United States, that we cannot only not senda letter, if not prepaid on both sides of the ocean, but also that the charge of post offices is dreadfully high. For instance, a single letter, weighing seven grammes and a half, (twenty-five grammes for the French ounce,) costs at the post office one franc and a half, | (30 ceuts,) and if there is a “paid” added to it, it is | taxed double. How many American merchants, writing to Paris, on thick American paper, are not aware that their letter will be charged, sometimes, three and four and a half francs. The tax of the French post office on every letter sent to the United States is ten cents, then the English tax is eight land postage, and the other remaining twelve cents are for the Cunard steamers. If the letter weighs more than seven and ahalf grammes, the tax being double, the French post office receives one franc, the English post office sixteen cents, and cents the steamers twenty-four cents, and so forth for triple | and quadruple postages. No doubt, for those who are connected with the regulations of their post offices, this mode of taxing the letters appears to be required for the future. But those who are not, think that many alterations could be made in the present regulations; and I have been par- ticularly directed, by many merchants, whose cor- | amounts | | every week to a large sum of money, to write a respondence with the United States special article on the subject, and the attention of the United States government to this important | the grand officers of the old Bourbon and Impe | Courts, containing the following names :— matter, particularly now that a postal treaty is on the eve of heing concluded between France and Amer- Would it not be poasible to have decided, that a single letter which would weigh from seven gram- | mes to half an ounce, should be charged only twenty- five cents, and that above that weight the tax should ouly be 124 cents for ev If ounce added there: to? This would be a ju angement ; and [ spe- cially call the attention of the Washington govern- ment to have the duced to a just rate. | have called at the General Post Office of Paris, and seen M. Morin, with whom I was ¢ New York, when he was nt of th hoard of the French steamers of Me 5 De Handel, and J begged him to let me know the particulars’ of the treaty now pending between 5 nd America. But he dectined in the most po: mer to communicate t ret of these ne- gotiations, sending me to Mr. who, said he, could, if he chose to do soy le! ow the con- tents of the documents. Our Mini M. Morin, who isthe chief of the fore ment at the General Post Office at Pari to inform me of the details of tt but he told me that he was sure tl ould take such steps as would secure the interests of his coun- trymen. During the time of Louis Philippe, and also during the republic of 1848, the tax on foreign newspapers was only two cents postage 1 it was considered very high. Now, since the lecree of 1 as ullowed poleon, on the French and foreign press, every newspaper is taxed two cents if it is of the size of the single sheet of the Datiy Ieeatp, and one additional cent if it is double, like the Wreex.y HeRAan; and there is, besides, a tax of another cent for the French stamp, which has to be printed npon it with red ink. Thus,a W) L¥ Heranp, which is sold in New York at six cents, and two cents postage to be sent to Europe, is charged here with four centa, and costs in all twelve and a half cents. Should that same newspaper be seut by 2 subscriber to one of hie friends in any part of I rope, he is eich and English postage re- | ’ of their letters in American aie which is: M—— X——, Paris, without menti the name of the street and the ber of the num! where Mr. X. is living. We have no private in Paris, as there are in New York—where all the merchants and importers have a private box for their letters—and therefore if Mr. X. is not well known in Paris, the letter directed to him is thrown aside and not delivered. I have seen at the post office a room full of ry Fone honed Seeger and by the ostrnaster to direct the attention of the Amer- ican public to that it. A letter sent to any per- son in Paris should be directed with the utmost care. Panis, Jan. 6, 1853. Official Reception at the Tuileries—New Members of the Senate—The Marquis de Partoret—De la Rochejacquelin—The Emperor's Housechold—Mili- tary Promotions—New Decrees—Coolness of the Great Northern Powers—Retirement of Mr. Rives —Mr. Goodrich, our Consul at Paris—New Go. vernor of the Invalides—Rothschild and the Em- peror—Count de Chambord—Foreign Gossip— Postscript—Acknowledgment of Louis Napoleon by Russia, Prussia and Austria. The political news is dull in France, and particu- larly in Paris, where no item of much importance is to be gathered. The task of a correspondent, with such a scarcity of intelligence, is quite difficult; and if I was not somewhat “ shouldered” and informed by certain diplomatic parties, I would very often be at a loss to write any letter. ‘The official reception at the Tuileries took place on New Year’s day, with the usual pageant and cere- mony. The Emperor stood on the throne, surround- ed by his ministers and all the principal members of his household, not to forget his cousin, Napoleon Bo- naparte, son of ex-King Jerome, who, dressed in a black suit, wore on his breast the great cordon of the Legion of Honor, which had been given to him a few moments before by the Emperor Napoleon. No ad- dresses were delivered on the occasion, except by the Archbishop of Paris, who spoke in a brief manner to Louis Napoleon, and was answered in a like manner. All the constituted bodies of the empire called to see the Emperor and to be seen by him. As for the di- plomatic corps, it was in very small number, and the absence of the three ministers of Russia, Prussia and Austria, was particularly remarked. In reply to the felicitation of the Pope’s nuncio, the Emperor expressed his hope, under Divine Providence, of being able to preserve the peace and to develope the prosperity of France. Among the members of the corps diplomatique we remarked the British Ambassador, Lord Cowley; the Spanish Minister, Marquis de Valdegama; the Portuguese, Swedish, Sardinian and Greek Envoys, and a few others of not much importance. The 5 nate followed, having at its head M. De Mesnard and General Barazuay d’ Hilliers, the Vice President, and General d’Hautpool, the Grand Referendary. All the Senators, with a few exceptions, were present. The Archbishop of Paris and his clergy followed next in succession, after whom came the legislative body, headed _by M. Billault, the President; the two ques- tors, MM. Vasi-Vimeux and Hebert, and MM. Dalloz and Duke of Tarente, the secretaries. The munici- pal magistracy, headed by M. Berger, came next, in ull force, but before proceeding to the Tuileries they all assembled at the Hotel de Ville, where a breakfast of 250 covers was sree by the Prefect of the Seine. The attendance of the olficers of the Na- tional Guard was very numerous; but, though it would have been the place to show it, no enthusiasm was remarked among these public functionar.es, who all passed in front of the throne and bowed to the Emperor, keeping the most solemn silence. The re- ception, which, began at eleven o'clock, was ended at half-past two, and then Louis Napcleon, havin changed his costume for an ordinary black suit of clothes, proceeded in a barouche to the Hotel of the Invalides, where he visited his uncle Jerome, who was detained in his room by illness. The interview was quite aflable, and lasted for three quarters of an hour, after which the Em- peror took his promanade on the Boulevards. In the evening the usual grand reception took place, at which were present all the wives of the above-named members of the bodies of the State, and which was as dull as any official reception could be. The Emperor did not remain long in the saloon of the Tuileries, and at eleven o'clock, he having retired into his private apartments, the assembly EAI up, and at twelve o’clock the saloon was de- serted. On the occasion of the New Year, the Emperor had prepared a shower of New Year's gifts for the politicians of his empire, whose names were published in the Moniteur of the Ist inst. ‘The fol- lowing have been named members of the Senate, with, according to the late decree, a fat salary of thirty thousand francs each:—General Count de Fla- hault, Marquis de Pastoret, General Count de Grou- ch eneral de Laplace, M. Magne, Minister of Public Marquis de la Rochejacquelin, General Randon, Governor of Algeria; General Rostolan, Count de Las Cases, Count Achille Delamarre, Count Villeneuve de Chenonceaux, General d’Andre, Gen. Gemeau, M. Delangle, President of the Imperial Court; General de Letang, Duc de Mouchy, General de Bourjolly, Count de Persigny, Minister of Interior; M. Clary, General Foucher, General Vaudrey, M. Maillard, Councillor of State; Generar Gues-Vilier, General Roguet, Vice Admiral Bergeret, M. Desma- sieres, President of the Court at Angers; M. Ca- venne, Vice President of the Ponts et Chaussées; Vice Admiral Cecille, General Korte, General Char- ron, General de Barral, General Count Bonet, Prince Lucien Bonaparte, Baron de Bourgoing, ex-ambas- sador; Due de Bassano, Count Tascher de la Page- rie, and M. Barthe, President of the Cour des Comptes. ‘The newly appointed Senators are thirty-seven in number, of whom a majority belong to the army; a number of others are devoted placemen, who C already served all the preceding governments, and the retnaining part belong to the legitimist party. ‘The name of the Marquis de Pastoret has particularly excited some surprise, as he used to be considered. as the secret agent of the Count of Chambord, and had been for a long time the distributor of the favors of Henry V. to those who considered themselves as the subjects of the grandson of Henry IV. This new Senator had also been at the head of the editorial department of the Assembleé Nationale, a legitimist newspaper, in favor of the “‘fusion,’”’ and now he fully ranks himself among the friends of the usurper of Count de Chambord’s throne! ©, morality! O, phi- losophy !—what a baseness in the French nation! As for the nomination aud acceptance of the Marquis de La Rochejacquelin, they have not excited the least surprise, for the heir of that celebrated family, who fought in Vendée against the republic, : | and against the Emperor Napoleon, isa man without reasonable, and no change or alteration is thought | | i : consistency, whose probity and honor are quite con- tested in France. Besides all these considerations, he being a nobleman without fortune, indebted to the utmost degree, he was quite glad to accept a lat office with 30,000 francs a-year. Although it had been reported that Louis Napo- leon was not to create his imperial house, and that he would be a‘ peror,”’ as Louis Philippe had been a 1 the Moniteur of the 31st ult. has published a deeree of the Emperor, restori Th#Hi-hop of Nancy, Marshal Count Vaillant shal of the F Colonel ef Almoner of his Household. nator, is named Grand Mar. ct of the Palace. yer. yr, Commander-in-Chief of the . is named Grand Veneur. ey. First Ven nd Master of the Ce is named General Treasurer of the Crown r deere , had named the generals to th tary commands of ‘am, to the command of the third military di ters at Lisle. de Rostolan, to the ninth military di < at svilles s le Riltrell, to the tenth military division ; Aqnarters at Montpellier, to the fourteenth division; head. th division (Rennes) in place of General \d General de od in his command of the ce 1 Lyons, But 1 morning, these com’ e exception of the two last, ig only important and necessary ment of the Empire number of generals who had heen placed on the retired list have also, at their own desire, heen restored to active , and have been placed in the second section of the reserve of the stoff of the army, after having taken the oath of al- legiance and fidelity. Among those high officers, sixty-four lientenant-generals and one hundred and thirty-eight generals of brigale. Resi all th nominations, the Moniteur con- tained three colamns of nominations to the rank of r or officer of the Crow of the Legion of 130 pard bad or legislative body. The Emperor by decree will then order the Siscnssi ion, and pole. the ne- eseary commission. It is by public, and not secret voting, that the Senate wil lare its assent or the conti to the ie enigma of the proposed law, which it cannot, however, amend. e dotation of the Senators, 30,000 francs each, will be charged on the budget. In the legislative body, the secret voting is also e abolished. The messages and proclamations of the Emperor carried to the House cannot be discussed except if they contain a proposition calling for a yote. The rules of debate are rendered more strict, for a member only speaks by leave of the Speaker, and all signs of applause or disapprobation are pro- hibited. The del of the House cannot be pub- lished by the press, and a member is only allowed to publish his speech at his own cost ; and the violation of this rule would bring on a member and printer fines from 500 francs up to 5,000. The dotation of the Le ell that of the’ , is to be chai on the bud; ‘The delay of the three Northern powers to acknow- ledge Louis Napoleon as Emperor of France has caused, and still causes, much anxiety at the Tuile- ries; and I am told by a very safe reporter, that this would-be insult is so much felt by the Emperor and his entourage, that very bitter expressions have been used, which have been, of course, repeated, and re- rted to St. Petersburg, Vienna and Berlin, which occasioned still more delay, in order to decide whether it would be better to proceed, or to with- draw all the ambassadors from Paris, only sending there chargés to take care of the interests oftheir countrymen. ’ Mr. Rives has received his credentials, and will be able to go to the Tuileries either to-morrow or next day. Our Minister in Paris is on the eve of retiring from office, and I cannot refrain from giving him due credit for his amiability towards the press, and par- ticularly to the HeraLp, in my person. I have al- ways found Mr. Rives courteous, and always ready to assist me in every way; on the contrary, on man occasions I have encountered what we call in Frenc! morgue and bad feeling with the Sones under him. Ihave always appreciated the deference our Minister had for Mr. and Mrs. Bennett, and those who were connected with them. Of course, Mr. Rives has met with people opposed to him; but his countrymen will be obliged to acknowledge him one of the best ministers ever sent from the United States to Paris. Mr. Goodrich, our consul, must not be forgotten in this eulogy. Never, for many years, have those who held this office in Paris done ‘so much for the inte- | rest of their countrymen, and the accommodation of | the French traders. Our consul has given to the | consulate of the United States in Paris a fame which must be considered as his own work, and it would be unjust and unpopular for the cabinet of Gen. Pierce to Sppolus another person in the place of Mr. Good- rich. General Arriglis de Padone has been named Gover- | nor General of the Invalides, and ex-king Jerome will only be the honorary governor of the same place, his new position of heir to Louis Napoleon's throne be- | ing incompatible with that secondary office. The friendship of M. de Rothschild with the Em- | peror has tray been the cause of much gossip,and | I have been told that a secret league is made be- tween the Emperor of the French and the emperor | of money to rule the world. This may be, but there is above them a Ruler who does and undoes better than all the potentates alive. Count of Chambord arrived at Venice on the 24th ult., with his wife, and they met with the Dutchess | of Berri on the 26th. The Emperor of Russia will arrive there before the end of January, and remain in that city for a few months. At Vienna the government has decided to have the city surrounded by a fortification, which would pro- tect the city against the invasion of an enemy. A million of people will be contained within the walls of Vienna. ¥ The aaa of Russia is expected at Vienna, | through which he will pass on his way to Venice; | from that city he will go to Warsaw, where, as it | nee place last year, a great military display will be held, The succession to the throne of Greece is entirely settled, and Prince Leopold will be the heir in case King Otho dies without children. Should he re- fuse to accept, his children will take his place, and after them Prince Adalbert and hisrelatives. Queen Amely, wife of King Otho, will always be the regent in case the king should be a minor. @ Abd el Kader was expected at Constantinople, | where he was to receive a magnificent welcome by the Sultan Abdal Medjid, who desired to show him much respect, as the defender of the Mahometan faith and liberty in Africa, M. de Kirsleff, the Russian Minister at Paris, has this morning presented his credentials to Louis Na- poleon. I am told by an eye witness, that the recep? tion was very cold, and that the Emperor showed a | certain stiffacss of language and air, which was not very Pleasing to the ambassador of Czar Nicho- las. The Austrian and Prussian ambassadors are to present their credentials to-morrow; and Mr. Rives will go to the Tuileries on Saturday mene | | ' Pants, Jan. 6, 1853. The Weather of Paris—Aurora Borealis—Large Conflagration—The American Club—Madamoi. | selle Montigo—Death of the Scotch Giant— The Remains of St. Genevieve, and Restora- | tion of the Church, of that Name—Interest- | ing Prophecy—Seizure of Fireworks on Board an American Ship at Antwerp—Enormous | Truffle presented to Lowis Napoleon—Sale of | the Duchess of Orleans’ Pictwres—Favorable News from Australia—The Cholera in St. Peters- burg and Persia—The Crew of the American Ship St. George, at Havre—Vieux Temps, the Vio- | linast, Preparing for a Trip to the East— Theatrical Chit-chat—Americans in Paris, | The New Year's fétes has been favored this year by | very mild and agreeable weather, during the 1st, 2d, | 3d,and 4th of the month, but on Tuesday evening the | wind blew hard,and rain began to full, which con- | tinued yesterday and to-day without stopping, to the great annoyance of the shop keepers, who are occu- pying their wooden stands on the boulevards and pub- lic places of Paris. Despite this bad weather, the first four days of this month have been sufficient for many among these merchants to realize large sums of money, and important benefits. As a precursor of the fine weather which we have experienced and enjoyed from the 31st ult. till the 4th inst., last Tuesday evening a meteorological phenomenon, called the aurora borealis, was wit- nessed about half-past nine o'clock, over this city, which caused much surprise to the populs The sky was as red as fire. The boulevards were crowd- ed by persons admiring this extraordi non, which has not been observed here insuch a bril- | liant aspect, for the last fourteen years, A few hours after, on the same night, another great light was witnessed in Paris, in the direction of the arch of triumph of d’Etoile, on the road of St. Cloud, but it was not a natural phenomenon, for, un- fortunately, a large fire had broken out in the im- mense carriage manufactory of Messrs. Mallen & Co., who are the general contractors for wasons, omnibuses, and coaches of the different railwa diligences. Prince Murat and his son, who are living near Mr. Mallen’s manufactory, arrived on the spot and showed the utmost courage among the firemen, who did their best to save the houses situated around the manufactory. The whole damage amounted to about three millions of francs, which will be paid by ent insurance companies, carnival avs, and winter have not yet begun, and, as the gu son is short this year, for it ends on the 9th of next month, those who are fond of enjoyment of that kind will have to | umerce, on this account, is very | dd, according to the reports | have had from , the ¢ faction is great among the jewels, artificial flowers, satin shoes, tailors, etc. re is not much to be said about the Americans smoment, with the exception of the state the American club, which is going down and is quite deserted by all those who had been induced to join the clique. ‘ in the fashionable quarter, much talk is going on | about M'lle de Montigno,daughter of the Marchioness of Montigne, who is an Englishwoman, and whose | father was the British consul at Malaga. Mille de Montigno, Countess of Teba, is a superb young lady, with black eyes, and fair hair of an au- burn color: and her admirable figure, her lovely feet and hands, have rendered her the lioness of Paris. Her sister is. the Duchess of Albe and Berwick, another splendid looking woman, who made, also, a few years ago, quite a sensation in Pari Mine. Weiss, who visited the Uniled States in com- pany with the forty-eight Viennese children, died on the 20th ult., at Vienna, leaving a fortune of 200,000 florins. The celebrated Scotch giant, who was seven feet and a half high, and who was exhibiting at the i Concert, in Paris, died last night, in the most terrible | convulsions. | ‘The Cherch of Ste, Genevieve, formerly know! Pantheon, which had been for many ye 1793—dedicated to the great men of France, and in the vaults of which Voltaire, Rousseau, and other philosophers, are buried, was restored, on Mon- | day last, to the worship of the Roman Catholic re ligion. The remains of Ste. Genevieve, which had of the bloody revolution id kept at Notve Dame, were transported perb monument built by the architect hy the clergy of Paris, who accompanied the been saved from the Vandal of 1793 to the Roofll | W. P. W. David, do. | Saml. Colt, Hartford. | every ich nee te eee ane following prophec; lished in the Gazette and Itl was and pub- it worthy of publi-- Templum augustum, ingens, a assurgit in urbe, Urbe et patrona virgine digna domus. Tarde aiiais, pietas, vanos, moliris honores! Non sunt hee ceptis tempora dignis tuis. Ante Deo in summé quim tem} Impietas templis tollet et urbe Deum. Here is the of the Latin for those of my readers who do not understand the language:— An august and immense temple ia built in the queen city—a temple worthy of the great city and of the Virgin, its patroness. Ah, too much delayed piety! its noble efforts have no power. The time in which we live is not fit for such enterprise; and before the monument will be finished and consecrated to God, impiety will have turned out God from his temple and from the city. ‘The palace of the Palais |, which ie to be for the future the place of residence of King Jerome, is now ready to receive the imperial of Louis Napoleon ; but owing to the approach of the annual exhibition of paintings in the provisional building added to the palace in its court-yard, King Jerome will not occupy the Palais Royal until the beginning of May, when the exhibition will be over. Twenty-five boxes of fireworks, which were stated to be biscuit for sailors, at the custom house of Ant- werp, have been seized on board of an American: ship. - truffle of the hae size was exhibited last week, at Potel & Chabot’'s victualing store, which weighed two pounds. This huge black mushroom was sent to Louis Napoleon, and served on his table on the first of New Year. The sale of the Duchess of Orleans’ picture gal- levy is on the eve of taking place, (on the 1#th,) and will offer a rey it attraction to all the ameteurs of painting. ‘This colleetion contains the finest gems of living artists, and will be sold at auction. The news from Australia, which arrived this morn- ing trom England, by the ship Marco Paulo, is favor- able, and has created much sensation at the Bourse. bale francs have arrived on board of the Marco: aulo, which sailed on the 11th of October, and there are 22,000,000 francs on board of the ship Aus- cena, which left Australia on the 24th September last. The cholera is still raging at St. Petersburg, and’ also across the Ural mountains, in Persia. There are 27 people dying a day in the capital of Russia. At Riga the disease is on the increase, and at Tauris, in Persia, on the 10th of November last, the number of deaths was 1,000 people in one day. The ship Orlando entered, on the 4th inst., the port of Havre, having on board the crew and a few passengers of the American ship St. George, Captain. airson, which was burnt at sea om the 24th ult. The details of this terrible event, which may be found in the French newspapers, are really terrific. The St. George had left Liverpool, and was bound ta. New York, with 137 ngers. Vieux Temps, the renowned violinist, whose talent met with so Dany, admirers in the United States, is on the eve of leaving Hurope to begin a tour in the East Indies, where, no doubt, he will en- chant the Indians and the Englishmen, not to forget. 2 | the Malays, Chinese, Cochin Chinese, and other bar- barians. The idea is a new one, and may prove very successful. We wish him success, and plenty of money. The opera of “‘Ernani,”’ was sung at the Italian, on Tuesday last, before a very large audience, by Cruyelli, Calvolari, and M. Arnaud, a bi ne ot much talent, who was rewarded with much Srpleute: ‘The part of Elvira was delivered by Cravelli with much talent, and the fair prima donna, at the end of each act, was called by the enraptured andience and showered with bouquets, Decidedly, Verdi is on the increase in public appreciation, At the Odeon a comedy review, in verse, by Messrs. Philogene Boyer and Theo. de Bauville, was perivemea and received with much approbation. It called ‘Le Feuilleton d’Aristophane.” The drama called “La Faridoudarne,” by MM. Depeuty and Bouget, was played at the Porte St. Martin, and met with universal applause. M. Adam, the celebrated composer, has written many melodies, which are sung with the utmost perfection by Mme. Hebert-Massy, a charming singer, whose sweet voice and exquisite method have for a long time been ap- reciated by the dilettanti at the Opera Comique. ‘he drama, which is in five acts, is very interesting and full of incident, and will, fora long time, at- tract rae Blay-goers to the theatre. At the Delahemeur Comique a review in four acts and twelve tableaux has also been received with much laughter. It is called ‘‘Le Bonhomme Di- manche,” and was written by Messrs. Charles Potier, de Tallais, and Renard Audevas. The two plays of “ Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” at the Ambigu, and la Gaieté, are ready to a and will soon be brought before the public. e two mana- gers have called on me this morning to obtain a model of ‘‘ rocking chairs’ which are to be used in the play. B. H. R. AMERICANS IN PARIS. Renj. Hale, Geney J.T. Moulton, New York 8. Rogers, Wore ‘A. W. Bonnett, Uxbridge W. Schall, New York. B. R. Botts, New York. © f. gg, do. H. R. Wallord, Maryland. H, Graves, Missouri, D. R. Hagner, Washington. . Caul, Boston. W. E, Johnston, Ohios P. J. Joachimssen,NewYork, J. F. Dwight, Mass. H. H. Coolidge, Boston. J. H. King, Albany. . De Groot, N. York. P. Boulden, Baltimore. ‘day, New York. B, W. Gilbert, Boston. fdward Brown, Baltimore. —T. . Parsons, Connecticut. J. €. St. John, New York. Mrs. Boulden, do. Miss; France, do. ©. M. B, St. John, do. G. W. Taylor, do. J.N. Phimb, do. ©. Bennington, do. A. Q. Keusley, New Jer Our German Correspor Mayence, Dee. 21, 1852. Coolness Between Louis Napoleon and the German Potentates—Political Speculations—The Germans no Longer Loyal to their Princes—Chances of Louis Napoleon Mecting with Success in Ger- many—Foolish Policy of the Despots—Outrage Against an American Citizen at Minden— Want of an Energetic Consul at Frankfort. The variance between the German princes and the new French Emperor, of which { spoke in my last» makes more and more its visible appearance, Whilst Louis Napoleon continues to profess to be the repre- sentative of peace, his friends begin to lay open, in the French press, his plans and intentions, to every one. He may, perhaps, merely want to stretch his feelers out to see what the world will say should he come out with his claim of Belgium, Savoy, and the Rhine, as the frontier. The circumstance that the prince heir of Saxony has made a prize of the in- tended of Louis Napoleon, the Princess of Wasa, will B. J. B. Davis, Philadelphia. | contribute to widen the breach which has opened: between him and the legitimate princes. This may have the effect that he will seck his allies with the people, and that, should he resolve upon making war, he may do it with the political propaganda, in which case he may be able to get the populace in Ger- many and Italy with him, and, in unien with the same, overturn all the there existing thrones. Heretofore, the Germans have the most: loyal people, their attachment to their inherited princes exceeding the profligacy of the latter; but at present such i feel sno longer the case. The Germans themsely ‘o such a degree abused that they e lost all loyalty. History shows no let where the confidence which a people had shown to their rulers has been so shamefully abused as by the German princes, who, im 1848, owed their existence and preservation merely to the moderation of their people, for which they are thanked with persecution of the worst k: rity of the Germans consider their pre- ition, and the restitution of the German federal organ—the Diet—as a state of things forced ow them, and without legal right. They consider the federal constitution of 184) a8 the law of the land; arguing that the National Assembly had, in 1848, by the free will of the rulers and of the Diet, been called together, for the purpose of making and giving to the German confederacy a federal constitution—that the National Asembly had done so; and that the same ad not gone into operation was neither the fault of the National Assembly nor of the German nation, but was really owing to the fuithlessness and perjury of the princes, who availed themselves of the fear which had overcome the Germans, of communism, and with this, ed by se il prejudices, dy- astical jealousy, and hierar: influence, they had refused to carry the same into fife; and, instead of progress, step by step they brought everything pack to the old standing—yea, even behind tlie year of 1848. The yy 1 cond 1 of Germany is now not a whit Letter than it was in 1806, before the lute af upset the old German empire. _ The new Emperor would find no difficulty in gain- ing the German people over to him, provided that nd he honestly eomes r wseerts the same, by driving off their prevent sovereigns, and of carrying into ex- istence the German national constitution, and allow- ing the Germans to elect their Umperor. If he does so, he will find in the same, and in the Germana, a strong and iota ally, who will assist him, in his plans, and Italy. A war withont the political propaganda must. prove destructive to him, as, although the Germans abhor their rulers, they would, in sacha case, find no interest to act against theia—they would only change one master for another no betier. The German sovereigns begin to perceive the dan- ger which is approaching; but yet, too blind to dis- cern their true position, they look only towards the | one in expectation from France, and do not perceive the gulf which exists in their own feel the necessity of malting face in country. They ommon against’ loou. Austin ang atterpt trom Louls N