The New York Herald Newspaper, January 31, 1853, Page 1

yr The First Stops of the THE NEW YORK HERALD. WHOLE NO. 7345. ~. MORNING EDITION----MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 1853. ARRIVAL OF THE AFRICA. FOUR DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE. The Detention of the Africa at Liver- pool, by Order of Government. ARRIVAL OF IMPORTANT DESPATCHES, The Return of the New Treaty Between Euz- | land and the United States. THE FISHERY DISPUTE. Steps » New English Ministry. ’ B*Pne Probable Return of Kossuth >: ® to America, $ Stoek Speculation in Paris, by General | Saint Armand. STATE OF THE MARKETS, % &o., ke, &e. The Cunard steamship: Africa arrived at her wharf at half-past six o'clock yesterday afternoon. She left Liverpool on Sunday noon, the 16th inst. She was fourteen days six hours and thirty minutes from dock to dock. The steamship Hermann also arrived last evening. She left Southampton on the 13th of January, and has had a long passage, owing to head winds and heavy seas. Her time was seventeen days and five hours. She brings thirty-six passengers, and seven hundred and fifty tons of valuable freight. ‘The Africa’s news is four days later. It is impor- tant, so far as our relations with England are con- cerned. Itappearsthat the departure of the Africa was delayed one day by order of the British govern- ment, to bring over special despatches to this country. We have reason to believe that these documents embrace the late treaties which had been commenced by Messrs. Webster and Crampton, and completed by Messrs. Everett and Crampton, and which had been sent to England for the confirmation of that government previous to their being submitted to the Senate. The London News, of the 15th inst. in speaking of the detention of the Africa, says:— The government have directed that the Cunard mail steamer (advertised to sail this day) shall be delayed at Liverpool tit to-morrow, in order that she may bear across the Atlantic despatches from the State for Foreign Affairs, Lord John Russell. ~There is every reason to hope and believe that these despatches are of a character likely te promote objects in which the public have long taken,dcep interest. ‘We may expect to see the present government play two winning ‘cards in America—ihe one by the settlement of the Clergy Reserves Question in Canada; the other by ar- ranging free trade between our American dependencies and the United States. The late government, it is under- stood, had entered into negotiations with the Americans on the footing of opening up the fisheries and the st. Tawrence—wiihin certain restrictions—obtaining in re- turn free intercommunication as to native products be- tween the United States and the British dependencies. The present free trade government cannot do other than follow up in a hearty and cordial spirit any propositions on this subject made by their predecessors. Indeed, it is far more natural to expect a sincere advocacy of commer- celal freedom abroad from a cabinet of whigs und Peelites, leavened by a wholesome spice of radicalism, than from any administration led by the protectionist Earl of Derby. Whe task of carrying out such advocacy in the present ease, will, of course, be facilitated by the accession of Mr. Pierce, and fy eretary of » ocrat ree trader, to the Presidency of the Dnited States. “ fyverything that tends to cement the union between gant and our Transatlantic brethren must be regarded as highly desirable. In America we ought to find our very best friends, our surest allies, our most valuable cus tomers. We want American corn and American cotton. whilst America needs vast supplies of manutactured goods, which we can send her better and cheaper than any one else. She needs capital, for which she can offer good security and pay good interest; whilst we haye an abun ance of money’ seeking good investment. All this in- ‘vites the most intimate national union. To cement our Canadian dependencies to their Yankee neighbors and cou- sing, is to rid us of one source of colonial difficulty. The interchange of the native products of the two countries will relieve both from vexatious custom house regula- tions, and both from the demoralizing effect of a system ‘of smuggling which now exists, and which no possible vigilance could subdue along so vast an extent of river and lake frontier. To give the Canadian Parliament the power of dealing with the whole question of the clergy Teserves, in accordance with the constitutional decision of 8} majority in tueir Legislature will be to remove the greatest “existing source of local discontent, whilst to arrange the free interchange of commodities will be stimulating an abundant local prosperity. To shut the rivers and canals of Canada against American shipping, damages Canada, whilst injuring and irritating her neighbor. If we were to establish custom-houses ou each bank of the Th , from Nore to Oxford, and if London in Middlesex ‘e to refuse the men of London in Southwark leave to navigote the river, except on difficult conditions, we should re: something like the state of things still upbeld in Ca: On_ both sides of the St. Lawrence, a3 on both sid ale are related one to the other. eir are alike. Yet on one side they have sugar, cotton, and hardware to change for the corn, timber, and furs of the other, Both are ready to deal with mutual advantage; Dut the custom-house nuisance interferes, trade is checked, apd the demoralization of smuggling induced. To tax the admission of sugar and other Yankee goods into Canada, is to levy an extra impost on the Canadi and if nothing else called for a change of the pi plan, the welfare of that rising and important po: should in itself be regarded as suflicient rea establishing, at the first possible moment, fre com:funication between the two banks of the St. Law- rence, and the two shores of the great lak cured, und a free passage given to the An on the St. Lawrence, and—upon fair Welland Canal, and we have another guarantee for good feeling and hearty co-opera: and Yankees, but between the Anglo-Saxons on c of the Atlantic. To svch a consummation no objection by fishermen and coasters, who fear U! petition, should the fisheries dispute be » same time on a free trade basis. But the fluences of competition under which our shipping, for in stance. has thriven on our own shores, may be extende with a tage to the fishermen and coasters of the Eng- lish dependencies in America. If the Legislature, the Senate, and the President of the United States, and the Parliament of England, acknowledge the wisdom, justice, That se: arise, unless and benefit of extending commercial freedom along the | vast river line of the St. Lawrence and its gigantic tribu- tary lnkes, the mistaken views of a few scattered colo nists, fearful of change, can never be permitted to check the ratification of an act of great, wise, and just poli The London News announces that “M. Kossuth it is understood about to payan early visit to Ameri- ca, where the election of @ democratre President has given many of his admirers a new influence.” It is understood that the Africa brings back a large amount of bills drawn on Collman, Stolterfoht & Co. The ship Provincialist, 880 tons, Shields master, from Philadelphia for Liverpool, foundered at sea on the 20th ult. The crew were picked up by the Span- ish bark Union, and landed at Vigo on the Sth inst. The officers and crew publish, in the Daily News,a letter of thanks to Captain Baudon, of the Union. Cotton, at Liverpool, keeps steadier, and grain is retive as ever. Advices from Paris state that for some time a com- plete panic had existed on the Bourse, which was decoming intensely alarming tothe Imperial Govern- ment, as well as to the capitalists. The Moniteur, aowever, denied the truth of a rumor that a certain aigh functionary had been implicated in Bourse wansactions to a large amount. ‘The first imperial ball given by the Emperor, took place in Paris on Wednesday night, the 12th instant, ind was most brilliantly attended. The Emperor presided at the Council of State on he 14th » The subject of the deliberation pas the law on civil pensions. Several of the Madrid journals were again seized onthe 10th instant, for the insertion of violent arti- cles against the government. Rumors of ministerial tions continued to circulate. The Duchess of Montpensier has been safely deli- vered of a daughter. We have advices from the Cape of Good Hope to ‘he 1st of December, but the intelligence is not of nuch importance. Gen. Cathcart, who left head- {uarters with 2,000 men, had arrived at thé Orange ‘overeignty. He had sent back to Fort Beaufort hree com} of the rifles, and countermanded he marci pag ot the armed Fingoes, who were to save joined In some of the districts the enemy tad re-appeared, and made successful inroads. The of the melancholy fate of the St. meet meee ay Tr. red in our paj It will, of course, be oligcied bat sis vesel was Gestrcyed by a Oe | rain fell than in any year of the p [ which ‘broke out on board on Christmas eve, by which it is to be feared that no less than fifty-one human beings met a dreadful death. The precise number may, probably, be never known. e now find it stated that per of the cargo of the vessel was naphtha and oil; if so, it will sufficiently account for the dreadful disaster that befel her. “We hope the statement may not be correct, for it would be asad reflection that more than one hundred unfortunate emigrants should have been exposed upon the ocean in, if not a fire-ship, a vessel that was very little re- moved from it. It would show a reckless indifference to human life which is harrowing to contemplate. England. CHANGES IN THE MINISTRY—THE OXFORD ELEC —ENGLAND'’S RECOGNITION OF THE FRENCH EM- VO BE GIVEN TO AMSTERDAM—THE AMSHIP—MURDER SAILOR—NEW LINE OF STEAM- 'STRALIA—-WEATHER IN ENGLAND— ROSKEY, U. 8, CONSUL, AT SOUTH- AMPTON. The only event of political import, of the week, is the statement made by Lord John Russell to the corps diplomatique, that he holds office only ad in- tervm,and will soon resign to the Earl of Clarendon. The Karl of Dalhousie is appointed Constable of Do- ver and Warden of the Cinque Ports. Lord Dramla- naig (Peelite) had been elected for Drumfrieshire, Scotland, Sir Wm. Jardine, the naturalist, by whom he was opposed, haying withdrawn. The Oxford University election is still protracted—Mr. Gladstone slightly ahead of his competitor, Percival. There is nothing clse stirring. sao We learn through the Emancipation of Brassels— for we have seen no mention of it in English prints— that Lord Aberdeen, on his accession to oifice, had caused to be transmitted to the French government anote stating that the new cabinet hastened to re- cognise the empire on the same terms as it had been already done by the former administration, but did so “without wishing in any way to mar the good rela- tions existing between England and the Northern powers.” The note (says the Emancipation) was read by Lord Cowley to M. Drouyn de l'Huys, who requested permission to communicate it to the Em- eror. : ‘The merchants and manufacturers of Birmingham have resolved to invite Mr. Ingersoll to a public din- ner during a short visit he is about to pay to Lord Calthorpe, at Perryhall, near Birmingham. Should Mr. Ingersoll accept the invitation, which it is thought he will, the entertainment will, in all proba- bility, take place on the 20th inst. The contiguous iron districts of South Staffordshire and East Wor- cestershire, that so largely benefit by the American trade, will doubtless contribute a large company on the occasion. While his Excellency was in Man- chester he puid visits to the various cotton mills and manufactories of that place. Amsterdam letters, received at London on the 13th, announce the failure of E. Werthemann, of that city, correspondent of Robert F. Pries. His liabili- ties are large-—say from £30,000 to £50,000—and ane of the principal merchants in Amsterdam are sufferers. The London, Liverpool, and North American Screw Steamship Company have issued @ new pros- pectus, in which they meet, in detail, the entire ar- guments of the various steamship companies who opposed their procuring 1 charter. The Earl of Stair, a distinguished Scotch noble- man, is just dead, at the age of 82. He is succeeded in his title and estates by his brother, North Dal- rymple. Sane excitement has been created at Liverpool, by an untoward event that happened on Wednesday night, the 12th inst., on board the shij Guy Manner- ing, lying in the Mersey, for New York. A difficulty lace between two of the sailors—William Christie, a New Yorker, and Mezia Da Costa, a Por- tuguese. As nearly as our correspondents can come at the facts, the men had some misunderstanding in the boat, and, on coming on board, the Portuguese drew a knife, aud pursued Christie acros3 the deck, on which the latter, as he says, in self defence, eee edenly sai et ee Ranier aa (tee he abdomen and back, killing him almost instantly. in cuneate jury was held, and Christie is committed for trial. A new line of Anstralian steamers ‘is projected, under the name of the Australian Direct Steam Na- vigation Company, to ply via Panama, or any partof Central America, that may ultimately be found more desirable. Capital one million, in £25 shares. The Canadian fishing schooner Caledonia, which arrived in the Mersey, was blown. off the coast of Canada, without maps or charts, and bore away be- fore the wind, steering east southeast, until {she made the Saltces, where she was taken in tow by the steamer Pelican, and brought into port. Passage eighteen days. Among the members of Parliament who will figare at the proposed conference of the friends of peace, to be held at Manchester on the 27th and 28th instant, Richard Cobden, John Bright, Thomas Milner on, Joseph Brotherton, George Hadfield, Charles ‘y rd Miall, J. B. Smith, W. Ewart, ag ley Pellatt, James Kershaw, James Bell, John McGregor, Joseph Crook, W. P. Price, Samuel Car- rank Crossley, and Lawrence Heyworth. ‘The numerous railroad accidents that have hap- pened lately, have at length stirred up the railway companics. Jt is consequently announced that the Directors of the London and Northwestern rail are about to introduce some means of communica 2 nd driver of their trains. late Dictator of Buenos Ayres, residence, Rockstone-house, South- are Gi has hired, as a ampton. On Thursday and Friday, 1th and 15th, there e 225 ships, bound on forelgn voyages, lying d bound in the river Mersey, of which 52 had put back. ™ The weather in EF een of extraordina- on. The mean of ered at Greenwich, was 46 de- 7 minutes Hovenheit, and the thermometer gree: only ounce descended below the freezing point. The average of the last forty years is only abo grees 4 minutes. During the past year, 15. tforty. ‘The Liverpool and Philadel Steamship Com- y have completed a contract with Messrs. Tod & r, of Glasgow, the builders of the City of wow ond of Manchester, for a new screw ) tons measurement, to ran on the ion, in addition to their present 0) de- more steamship o} Philadelphia ‘ednesday evening, 12th imstant, a banquet was given at S Sa ce to celebrate the jon of that port as the head-qnarters of the General Screw Steamship Company. Mr. Lankaster, Mayor of Southampton; Mr. Richard Andrews, ex-Mayor; Mr. J. R. Croskey, American Consul, and several other gentlemer, made speeches on the occa Mr. Croskey’: in especial, was a good one, ks for his health being drank, Mr. Crosk It was grati every company kindness towar , to hear in resent but one feeling of ry, and good wishes for its ‘nfed to know on the othe: this was a trae and gonuin 4 of the English of w g, and that it ¢ peoplo; for, if it did, he could ass America were ready to respond to it. (Hear, he: they were not yet quite satisfied thet that focling was genuine, (“Oh’l oh !’’) because some of the journalists of this country had, with illdirected feelings, taken advan. tage of any little faults, such as were to ke found in every nation, and had od molehills into mountains, in der that they mi avion to find fault with nied States. (Hear, hear Now, let the people of riea be satistied that this country felt towards them asa father towards I they would respond to it with all the affe Cheers.) The rela- tive position of Ameri gland was becoming more and more defined. In many respects they must be rivals: but they were manly, friend, », in the great race of civilization, (cheers,) and, if war should ever take place, he trusted that at least England and America would remain at peace, (Hear.) As to the Ocean Steam Navigation Company, of which he was proud to le the representative, ho thanked them for the kind notice which they had just taken of it. As from the port of Southampton the Mayflower went with the first pilgrims to the New World, so it was to Southamp- ton that the first American steamer came across the At- lantic, (Hear, hear.) He congratulated them on the General Serew Steam Company making Southampton the port of departure and arrival; and, if they met with the same treatment that ihe company he was connected with had met, he would say they neyer would have cause to regret their choice. (Cheers.) The alacrity and carnest- ness with which every want and wish was anticipated gave him a lively sense of satisfaction at being connected with the port. (Hear, hear.) But they (the people of Southampton) ought not to stop here.” They ought not to be satisfied with being the handmaidens of the great city of London, (Hear, hear.) It was in their power to have a commerce of thelr own, (Cheers.) If they would permit him, a foreigner, to speak of things that forcibly struck him in that town—and they know that at chess a stander: by would sometimes see a move that escaped the player—he would remind them that to be prosperous they must be independent. (Hear, hear. Row, they were all dependent on the trade of London, and'on cor- tuin steam companies that, from caprice or other rea- sons, might bo led to change their (Hear, hear.) But he was satisfied they had it in wer to create a commerce of their own. The Falls of ra had been described by a countryman of his as “a tarnation con- siderable bit of a stream for turning an oternity of cotton mills, and grinding all the corn in creation.’ (Lai ter.) So he sy to them that they had within themselves the same vital pewer of making cotton mills, He felt interested, as an American, in the establishment of cotton mills; and he urged upon them to look well into this subject, not merely with reference to cotton mills, but also to woollen and flax mills, for which they had every facility. (Hear, hear.) There were gentlemen who would give tle land in fee simple for the erection of cotton mills, in order to reap the benefit of the additional value which would acerue to the rest of their property. Gis, hear.) They talked of being the Liverpool of the uth, but at present they were nothing but the Black- well of London, (Hear, hear, and laughter.) Let them bring around them a good population; they bad indige- nous wealth of thelr own, and instead of seeking for eom- perhe, commerce would come and knock at their own ors. (Cheers.) France. OF LOVIS NAPOLEON BY THE UNITED NEW LINE OF STEAMERS BETWEEN CHERBOURG AND AMERICA—GRAND BALL AY THE -A DUEL—PRINCE NAPOLEON'S DE- RANCE AND THE RHINE—ES- PRISONERS PROM CAYENNE DISCREDITED —THE NEW C AGE. Mr. Rives, Minister of the United States, had pre- sented his credentials at the Tuileries, to the Empe- ror. The presentation took place with the same cer- emonials as on late similar occasions. The Ottoman as well as the Prassian and Austrian ministers also presented themselves officially, to the Emperor. It is stated in commercial circles that government had finally concluded the contract with the Messa- geries Nationales in conjunction with M. Levasseur, the great shipowner, for the establishment of a line of steamers to ply between Cherbourg and the ports in North and South America, The company, it is said, have undertaken to supply fifty-three screw steamers of 1,000 horse power each. ‘There is a report that the Minister of State has fal- len into discredit with his colleagues, who feel bound to disclaim his enconragementof the excessive specu- lation on the Bourse, that has resulted in the ruin of of many persons, Political on dits are, however, crowded out for the moment by the greater excite- ment of the first imperial ball, which takes place on the evening of the 12th. ‘The invitations were limited to twenty thousand, of which two hundred and forty were set aside for English. His Majesty and court came out in the glories of short breeches and silk stockings, having for the occasion laid aside their long pantaloons and bottes & Véeuyére. Saha ‘opos des bottes the Morning Chron- icle’s correspondent says, that court etiquette, in the matter of uniforms and silk stockings, as well as in more important affairs, is to be strictly kept up under the new imperial régime. It appears the courtis in commotion respecting the strictness of the obser- vances of state. The orderly officers and aides-de- camp pce are desolé. “Those of them who were allowed arnaeels the President of the republic with the familiarity of equals, now find themselves thrust back into the anti-chamber of the Emperor Napoleon III. They are not even allowed to enter the Salles des Maréschaux, which, in Louis Phi- lippe’s time, was their usnal lounge. To addto this, a great feud had arisen between the aides-de-cam and the newly appointed chamberlains, and the affair is said to have become so embarrassing that Napo- leon finds his household gives him more trouble to govern than the rest of the empire. The card for the ball was in this form— Par ordre de l’Empereur, la Grand Chambellan a Vhon- neur de prevenir M. qu’ll est invite & passer la soirée au Palais des Tuileries, le Mercredi, 12 Janvier, i 9 heures. Duc pg Bas3axo. On est priee de remettre cette carte en entrant. Though the hour mentioned was nine o'clock, yet long before carriages began to arrive at the court of the palace. There were two sets of tickets, those of a rose color procured an entrance by the pavilion floor, and were set apart for the members of the Diplomatic Corps and the higher functionaries of State, and white tickets for the other persons, who had access by another entrance on the same side. The Emperor entered the state apartments precisely at nineo’clock, and proceeded to the throne room, where he received such persons as were specially presented to him by their respective ambassadors. About ten o'clock a ge- neral movement was observed in the saloons leading to the throne room, and soon the Emperor appeared, with Lady Cowley leaning on his arm, and tollowed by the Ministers, the members of the Diplomatic Corps, the officers of the household, the great func- tionaries of State, and the ladies and 2 yee lemen who had just been presenied. Luuis Napoleon was dressed in the uniform of a general officer, with the riband and star of the Legion of Honour. He wore shoes with small diamond buckles, and ‘white silk stockings with diamond knee-buckles. The Minis- ters, and several other public fanctionaries, were si- aan habited. The Emperor looked well, and ap- peared in excellént spirits as he passed along be- tween the rows of poereons uniforms and_custly dresses of ladies, bowing to the right and left. He roceeded at the head of his brilliant cortége to the alle des Maréchaux, where dancing at once com- menced. ‘The Emperor had for his partner the lad: of the English Ambassador. Arrivals continued al- most without intermission till 11 o'clock, and soon the magnificent saloons of the Palace were filled, yet not inconveniently so. Dancing continued with spirit till near 12 o'clock. The Emperor had danced with Lady Cowley, the Princess Mathilde, and the Countess of Teba—the last one of the most beautiful women in Spain. He then sat down, with the Grand Chamberlain stand- ing or seated behind him, and looked on at others dancing, or walked about with a lady leaning on his arm. It is but fair to say that one of the most con- spicuous for the vigor and energy of his dancing, was Marshal Magnan, whose movements did not seem the least encumbered by the weight-of his new honors. At 12 o'clock the Emperor led the way tothe supper room. The feast was laid out in the theatre of the Palace, which was also richly deco- rated for the occasion. In order that the’ repast might be hesacade with more ease, it had been ar- ranged that the ladies should sup by themselves, and the men after. The Emperor was ‘followed by a nu- merous cortége of ladies and gentlemen. When the folding doors which led from the long gallery to the yestibule through which you pass to the theatre, were thrown open, nothing could exceed the brilliancy of the spectacle. Around the semi-circular apartment ran a buffet laden with refreshments. The number of tables laid out was forty; they were round, and each rovided ample accommodation for fourteen persons. Meats of every kind, and wines of every vintage, were supplied in abundance. Besides the’ brilliant light which flowed down from the Iustres which hang from the ceiling, three silver branches, with three or four lights each, were placed on each table. An elevated galiery ran round the hall, and two bands of music played the most select airs alternately during the whole time. The favorite air, “Partant was always sure to be heard where- 8 Napoleon made his appea remarked that the ies bore the initial Imperial crown, w! them—had the letters “LL. P.,”” and the date “1847 marked on them. Supper was over at two o'cloc Int more than an hour previously the Emperor re- tummed to the Salle des Marechaux with many of the ladies, and dancing was resumed with even more carnestucss than before. At three o'clock the com- pany began to thin, and before that time the Empe- ror had retired to his private apartments. Dancing was kept up till four o'clock. A duel took place, morning of the 11th, between Count Niewerkerque, director of the Museum, and Col. Edgar Ney. A lady was in the case, ani n damage was done. Count Niewerkerque, haying somehow fallen under the displeasure of the Princes Mathilde’s coterie, isto be sent on an involuntary mission to Greece. M. Dayres, one of the most distingnished sors in France, who was transported to Al a after the coup d'état of 2d December, died a few days since, in the military hospital of Oran. His "son, nineteen years of age, who was transported with his father, has petitioned to he allowed to return. The following adjudications, or tenders for the supply ofleaf tobacco to the government, were made on the 10th inst.:—M. Pescatore, for 1,200,000 kilo- grammes Virginia, at 96f. 97c. per 100 kilogrammes; 120,000 kilogrammes Kentueky, at 71f. 31¢.; 300,000 kilogrammes Brazilian, at 106f. 50c., and 1,200,000 kilogrammes Dutch, at 192f. M. Galine, 1,350,000 Kilogrammes Maryland, xt 85f. 33c.; and M; Man- guada, 150,000 kilogrammes Havana, at 284f. The Bishop of Nancy, Grand Almoner to the Em- peror, has arrived in Paris and commenced his fanc- tions. Prince Napoleon is ape 4 for the vice it kel of Algeria, but will not set out for the colony till after the Emperor's coronation in Ma next. Eight “chamberlains of the first class’ have heen ppoeee to the Emperor's household, among them the Duc de Tarente, only son of Mar- shal Macdonald. Colonel Fieury denies, through the Patrie, that at the ett lately given him by the officers of his regiment, he declared that the true bounday of France is the Rhine. The expres- sion attributed to him is sufficiently remarkable—' “The Emperor says, ZL’ Empire c'est la Paix’ —1 tell you the empire is war, and that your horses shall soon drink the waters of the Vistula!” The smaller German potentates, now that the great Pikes: have recognised the empire, oe eee heir obsequiousness by sending delegates of the very highest rank, charged with expressions of cordiality and so forth. Prince Frederic, brother of the reign- CAPE 0 N.,” with the hile the napkins—at least many of profes- oe of Hesse Darmstadt, is the latest arrival of this kind. incipel jallary corpe of Pare, namcly the ld Be mi ol is, namely, the ol principal Guard, now called _the Guard of Paris, and The ie Mobile. ‘The former are jealous of ee important posts being assigned to the The Patric contradicts a statement made by the Gazette du Midi, relative to violence the Moors of dare on some French subjects. ‘i adds that although some outrages certainly had tak- en place at Rabat, the Moorish authorities imme- diately addressed an to the French consul; and the Binpere ce wre Sm a Seonpintas was made, n ive 'rench govern- ment the satisfaction demanded. A line of steamers is about to be established be- tween Nantes and Marseilles, to consist of four paddle wheel steamers, and one propellor. A steamer is to sail every ten days, and to touch at Corunna, Lisbon, Cadiz, Malaga, lona and Cette. The Patrie denies that any prisoners escaped from Cayenie, as recently asserted in American papers. ‘adame Armand Bertin, wife of M. Bertin, pro- prietor of the Journal des Débats, died the other day. Her funeral drew together a very large assem- blage of political, literary, and scientific men, more so than had been assembled in one company for a committed long time past. The 25th instant was the day of the grand ball to be given by the Senate to the Emperor. The Journal Pour Rere has just been seized for making some of its political broad grins rather brodd. The mode of confiscation was ingenious : 8,536 copies of the paper were seized, and a fine of 55 francs inflicted upon each, making the total fine 470,000 france. No laughing matter. The authorities have undertaken to suppress paid claqueurs in theatres. large quautity of new coinage of the empire has been thrown into cixeulation at the banks and ex- changes. While the tasteful execution of the various coins is much edmired, it is objected that their in- trinsic value is far below that of the corresponding pieces of any coinage since Napoleon's of 1503. ‘The weather in Paris is so mild that the chestnut tree named after* the 20th of March,” in the garden of the Tuileries, is nearly in leaf; in the garden of the Luxembourg there are several rose trees in full bearing, as in spring, and at the Jardin des Plantes some of the almond trees are in flower. Eugene Sue, who is now in Savoy, has commenced the publication of a new tale, entitled Le Lac d’An- necy et ses Environs. It appears in a Savoy paper. The Moniteur publishes a decree of the Emperor, giving the title af imperial to the Hotel des Invalides, the Polytechnic ool, the Special Military School, the Military Prytanée (formerly the Military College of La Fléche), School of Cavalry, School of Appli- cation of the Staif, School of Application of Artillery and Engineers, and the military schools of medicine and pharmacy. The other establishments of the artillery and ineers, such as the cengral depot, arsenal, wagon trains, &c., will take the general titles of imperial establishments. The French newspapers are forbidden to publish that portion of Sir James Graham's recent speech at Carlisle, in which he spoke of “ forty millions of people lying Prostrate in the dust at the foot of a single man.” Spain, THE NEW PRESS LAW—CURIOUS ITEM OF NEWS FROM HAVANA—NEW PLAN FOR THE PROTECTION OF CUBA—THE SPANISH NAVY. The Madrid Gazette, of the 5th inst., publishes the new law regulating the press, It is less stringent than some of its predecessors. * ‘The following paragraph is going the rounds of the English press, ‘under the heading of “ Important from Havana :"—Her Majesty's ship Vestal, 26, Cap- tain Cospatrick Baillie ton, serving on the North American and West India station, was at Ha- vana on the 10th of December last, and a squadron of steamships, under his orders, were cruising in the neighborhood. Considerable excitement prevailed at Havana, owing to a British subject, Plassy Law- rence, who had been kidnapped from the island of Nevis, and sold into slavery at Havana, havin; trived to make her ‘escape and take refuge on board the Vestal. Application had been made by the British government for the release of the poor woman, but in vain. Her sad story will, without doubt, be made public, audiwill probably have the effect of in- ducing the English government to make further inquiries into the matter. ‘he poor woman, Plassy Lawrence, was compelled to prostitate hew <lf, and “her children were sold into slavery. Tbe iarks of the most suvage flogging were evident on her back when she -went on the ship. ‘The Vestal was under the guns of the bat- teries, and surrounded by the Spanish fleet, but her gallant captain would not listen to any proposal for giving her back to her inhuman masters, and she re- mains safe under the protection of the British flag, although she is but a humble putvecs of that country. M. Jose del Val had submitted to the Minister of War a plan for the protection of the Island of Cuba, which is to consist in the establishment of three “ flying columns” of volunteers, charged with watch- ing over the security of the island, and promptly re- pelling all attacks. Aromas to the Clamor Publico, the Spanish war navy, including the ships now on the stocks, comprises three ships of the line, five frigates, six corvettes, eight first class brigs, four second class brigs, four galliots, ten schooners, eight transports, twenty-nine steamers, and one hundred and two minor veskels—in all, one hundred and seventy-cight. The navy estimates for 1852, amount to 86,150,570 but that sum does not include the cost of maintaining the nayal_ stations of Cuba and the Philippine Islinds, which are paid by those colonies. n- THE GENERAL An XQ AFFAIR—THE FUNDS— RE OF MADHIRA. The Cortes assembled on the 2d inst. The Duke de Saldanha informed the House that the dispute re- specting the General Armstrong claims, which was referred to the arbitration of the French republic, has been decided in favor of Portugal. He also stated that Portugal had recogniged the new Empe- ror of the French, and had accredited a minister to the imperial court. A new company, called the Lusitana, has been or- ganized for the purpose of establishing steamers between Oporto and Brazil. The company’s rales had been approved by the government, and the en- hag! would speedily be put into working shape. ‘The steamer Iberia, a ithampton, has brought dates to the 9th from Lisbon, and the 11th from Vigo; but they contain no political news. The public funds had not recovered from the shock given to credit by the decree of the 18th ult. Fives were quoted at 37] a 38. On account of the distress caused in Madeira by the failure of the vine crop, a royal decree is publ ed, Be nitting, for one year trom November | versels, whether sailing ships or steamers, to land pas- sengers and call for supplies at Funchal, exempt from payment of custom house clearance, as well as from the charges for the health office and govern- ment visits. The import duty on salt fish is also re- duced to fifteen per cent ad valorem, and potatoes and pearl barley are admitted duty free through the Custom House at Funchal. ce the publication of the modified tariff, great activity has been displayed in the Castom House, where there had been & complete stagnation for several months, The daily returns amount to £2,500, and the new system is found to facilitate the clear- ance of goods, si i much valuable time to the merchants and the fiscal officers. A summary of the alterations in the tariff will ena- ble the public to appreciate the extent of the boon bestowed on commerce. It is affirmed that the go- vernment were opared to go much further, if any reduction had taken place in England on wines aud spirits. For my own part, I have very little faith in such assurances. The following isa statement of the new rate of duties, contrasted with the old, premising that all articles imported from the colonial Vrs 3 sions of Portugal will only pay one-fifth of these amounts: Cotton t) isreduced from 1,000 reis to $00 reis per Ib. Lace, 3,200 to 1,000 per Ib, Tn almost all other cottons the fixed duty is raised bs ant the reduction of 12 per cent in the additional utes :-— Horses are admitted at 10,000 rois in lien of 24,000. Peer, cider, and hydromel pay 1,000 in liow of 2,880 Brandy, gin and whiskey, 3,000 in lieu of 7,200 palmode. Wines, 1,500 in lieu of 7,200 palmede, Rum, 2,000 instead of 7,200 palmede, All restrictions are removed as to the size of the casks or quantity of bottles in a case, hitherto a reg of great annoyance to importers of foreign wines :— Wrought ivory is reduced from 4,000 to 3,000 reis per 1b. Bone, from 1,950 to 1,000 per Ib. Tortoise shell, from 18,000 to 10,000 per Ib. Prepared parchment, from 1,200 to 100 per Ib. Mait is reduced from 1,500 to 500 per ewt. Biseuit is inereased from 1,920 to 5,000 per cwt. Macaroni is reduced from 9,600 to 6,000 per ewt. Neither sugar, coffee, rice, cheese, nor butter is much affected. The increased rate is equivalent to to the per centage removed:— e Coshmeres are increased from 500 reis to 2,000 reis er Ib. , Carpets are increased from 360 to 450 per Ib. Irish linen is reduced from 600 to 400 per Ib. Watches will pay 1,000 in lieu of 2,000. Four. wheeled carriages, 300,000 in lieu of 500,000. ‘Two-wheeled carriages, 200,000 in lieu of 300,000. Cabriolets, 100,000 in lien of 300,000. Gutta percha articles, 400 in lieu of 4,000 per 1b. Ditto, mixed, 800 in lieu of 4,800 per 1b. An additional facility is also given by levying the duty on 100 Ibs., i of the arroba of 321ba., which occasioned many errors in keeping the accounts. Switzerland, AUSTRIAN INTERFERENCE. Letters from Bellinzona and Vienna state that the Austrian government is disposed to pick a quarrel with Switzerland, on the ground of the expulsion of the Capachin monks from the canton Ticino, Austria claims these monks as_her subjects, and has addressed a domineering note to the confederation, threatening to resort extreme measures unless they be restored. Italy. THREATENED RENEWAL OF WHOLESALE FORCED CONTRIBUTIONS—DEATH OF MADIAI NOT CON- The Opinione has the following singula h @ Opinione has the following singular paragra from Milan, 3d instant :—“ The apa of the In: crease of the Austrian troops in Italy is confirmed. Military quarters are being prepared at different ints, particularly in the provinces of Milan and Somo. Strange rumors haye circulated for time past. Marshal Radetaky is said to have or- dered the Lieutenant of Lombardy to make known to him, within eight days, the state of the fortunes of two hundred of the principal inhabitants in each of the provinces laced under his jurisdiction. The authorities asked if they should comprise the emi- grants, and the persons excluded from the amnesty, as well as those who were not considered Aus- ian subjects. The reply was in the allirmative. The object of so extraordinary a measure is not known.” ‘The reported death of Francis Madiai is not con- firmed. Yh fact, great doubt is thrown on the state- | mentof his deeease. It has, howeyer, evoked nu- | merous leading articles in the Christian press. Denmark. COMPENSATION TO PLANTERS IN DANISH WEST INDIES FOR EMANCIPATED SLAVES—DEATH OF EDDELIN. it is well known that much attention has been at- tracted in Denmark to the question of the compen- sation to the owners of the emancipated slaves in the Danish West Indies. Last year the Finance Minister offered forty Spanish dollars for each slave, the owners demanding seventy-five. This year he has brought in a new bill raising the popansation to fifty dollars ahead. Itis expected that this sum will be accept- ed by the House, and a disagreeable question be thus set at rest. Eddelin, the historical painter, is just dead, aged forty-nine. Austria, A HAYTIEN CONSUL AT TRIESTE—TROUBLES IN HUNGARY, OCCASIONED BY DEPREDATIONS OF OUTLAWS—HEROIC CONDUCT OF ONE OF THE ROBDERS. Owing to the festival of the three kings, (Epi- phany,) the news from Vienna is rather limited. Faustin, of Hayti, says a letter from Trieste, in the by Gazette, has appointed a merchant in that city his consul, and an exequatur 1s to be de- manded by him, though the Austrian FS aor es has not yet recognized the Emperor. The consul’s appointment is drawn up in the European form, and i joe by Faustin and his Minister for Foreign urs, While the north of Germany isenjoying fine spring weather, in Austria and Hungary the rivers Waag, Gran, and Sajo, are frozen over, and inthe Taeiss blocks of ice are floating. Letters from Hungary complain of the insecurity of the country, caused by the numerous bands of men, compelled by their outlawed condition—having taken a national part in the late civil war—to live in the forests and mountains, and lead a Robin Hood kind ofa lite, at the expense of their neighbors. Courts martial and executions are powerless against this evil; the gendarmes are harrassed to despair, and never encounter the outlaws without having to enter on a combat of life and death. The Austrians imagine that the object of these poor men is to get together moncy for a new insurrection, and never seem to think that an honest amnesty, such as would permit the men to quit their wild way of life, might restore them to quiet homes. On the last day of the old year one of these men was hanged at Pesth. Pre- vious to the execution he was taken about in a pro- cession for two hours, during which he sung patri- otic songs and displayed a supreme contempt for death. At the foot of the gallows an officer read a prolix statement of his crimes and sentence. The nante of Kossuth occurred in this document, and had no socner escaped the lips of the ofticer thaa the pri- soner took off his hat and reverentially inclined lis head. As the fatal rope was slipped over his head, he gathercd up his strength an cried, “ Magyars, Keep up; we will give it them yet,” and died. MILD WEATHER AT RIG NICHOLAS WITH 1 Accounts from eis of 3d January, mention that in consequence of the mild weather the port still remained open, and that a ship had just been char- ered for London, a circumstance wholly unprece- dented at this period of the year. The advices from St. Petersburg are to the 3d of January. The rate of exchange was still keeping up, soas to attract specie from England; but the principal part of the recent remittances had not then arrived. Owing to the Christmas holidays, there was little doing in any of the markets. The weather was mild and dark, with heavy rain. From Odessa the last quotations of the rate of exch C] were as high as 40jd., but the activity of the w market had subsided. At existing prices and rates of freight, shipments from that port to Britain would involve a loss of 4s. or 5s. per quarter. With respect to the affairs of Montenegro, we read in the Nouvelliste de Hambourg, from St. Peters- burg, Dec. 30:—*'The Emperor of Russia, in bi quality of chief of the Eastern Church, has cou sented only to a separation of the spiritual power « the reigning Viadika of Montene thus interfering as a spiritual superior only, but notin any way en- couraging the revolt of subjects again-t their tem- poral sovereign.” es Times, from Vienna, 7th and Sth inst., refers to the Monteregrin insurrec- tion, but throws little or no additional light on the events that have taken place. The Pacha of Scatari had assumed the offensive, and Omar Pacha, the Turkish Commander-in-Chief, was advancing to- wards the mountains to hem in the enemy. The Trieste Zatung says that 1,000 Montenegrias were still at Szabljak, and that a battle had taken place, in which the Turks were mercilessly cut to pieces. No date is given to this statement, and it probably refers to the attack on Sz ne already announced. The correspondent of the Moraing Chronicl says, from Vienna Sth:—Great excitement prevails among the Christians in Bosnia and Servia. In Al- bania the standard of the prophet has been raised, and has large numbers rallied round it; the men en- rolled amounted to 8,000 men. Der’ Lloyd says:— “Among the irregulars are several Hungarian rene- gades, who are eager for the combat with their for- mer brethren in the faith.” The 23d ult., the anniy ry of the birth, of the Propket, was celebrated at Constantinople with the usual pomp. Sulutes of artillery were fired from the forts nnd fleet, the public offices were closed, and mosques thronged, and in the evening the and public edifices were illuminated. The Sultan, red PRICE TWO CENTS. oak, the rugged and poe:ang pin of mckranitae numerous cascades, ¢1 Ori }o~ tures." Unfortunately the sojourners _ this ‘wien are addicted to shocking habits of intemperance ; they 3 largely and spend freely,” as gay in the gold colonies, and the consequence is the attractions of the richest fields—such as the Hang- ing Rock, for instance—are marred by disgusting: scenes of riot, debauchery, and drunkenness. New South Wales gold companies have received an addition to their number. A native associ, sued a prospectus of a plan for wor! wartz vein on the Lower Turon. olden Ridge Quartz Crushing Company have en- aged a Brazilian miner to report upon their claim, fut in anticipation of this geutleman’s report, they . have tested their quartz at Sydney. The resulis are truly startling. Forty ounces of quartz—thos it is literally stated in Mr. Lloyd's Sydney Gold Circwlar —yielded 12 dwts. of fold, or at the rate of £1,200 sterling per ton. Another specimen of quartz, ‘tin which no gold whatever was visible,’ was tried by another assayer, and produced at the rate of “152 ounces of gold per ton of quartz;” and a gentle- .man who returned from the ye claim in September, stated that there were hundreds of tons of quartz which were at least equally rich. If these statements be substantially correct, the Great Nugget vein will be shamed into utter nothing- ness, for the ‘‘agientifie of Sydney” valued the m get vein quartz only at £116 per ton, The neon (New South Wales, who live in a state of ami- cable rivalry with the gold diggers of Victoria, exult in the continued prosperity of their own flelds and the brilliant future which is opening for their companies; and they protest on avery occasion, that the yield of gold per man, in New South Wales, is etter than the yield of gold per man in Victoria. ertain it is, although the mining population of the former colony has never at any time been large, that gold to the value of £2,209,345 sterling, has been shipped from New South Wales since the first dis covery of that precious metal. In one respect, the gold fields of New South Wales are certainly inferior to those of Victoria. The Vie- toria gold is fine and pure. The Sydney brokers ao- know ete this much, by jpaving a small advance on the metal imported from the ‘rival colony. The New South Wales gold sells at £3 7s. 6d. per ounce; the Victoria fields, Mount Alexander, Bendigo, and Bal- larat, sell their yields at £3 10s. 9d., even at S: . The Victoria ‘accounts, too, are great in figures. But then it must be recollected that there are not less than 100,000 people employed in gold digging in the province of Victoria. Nevertheless, there something imposing in the fact that froni the 34 to the 26th of September last, the yield of Mount Alex- ander and Ballarat amounted to 366,193 ounces. The average yield of a week is 80,000 ounces, which, at 70s. an ounce, represents an annual id of £14,560,000 sterling—that is to say, ifthe tiveness of the lao- asa remains what it was in July, Augustand September last. There are, of course, no signs of any falling off; on the contrary, the yield has been increasing trom month to month ever since the first nugget was found. ‘The weekly yield," says the Melbourne Argus, “is constantly in ,. So is the number of diggers.” Still, the pa r which we quote calculates that a persevering digger can easily secure an ounce a week. On the same au- thority we state that the digger spends half anounce for his living, which leaves him profits at the rate of half an ounce per week. That there are large finds, too, that some are unsuccessful while others dig out a fortune in a week, has been mentioned in former Tears She is again incontestably proved by the latest advices. In September, a certain at Mount Alexander, picked out 2 noble solid piece, about nine pounds of pure gold, besides a quantity of smaller nuggets around it. The value of the “find” was from £800 to £1,000. Another man found between nine and ten pounds of gold imbedded in the pipeclay. A party of miners at Bendigo obtained in a day 208 ounces, and this “increased as the party fot further into the dip of the rock.” The Daisy-hill diggings, though operations have as yet been confined to surface washing, were daily gaining in public favor, At Reid's creek, near the Oven’s river, 180 miles cast of Melbourne, two men are as picked cp 17 ounces in one day. These two men computed their earnings generally at eight per day. The Melbourne Argus, in. giving particulars, asserts that facts like these must con- vince even the most cautious of the capabilities of the Victoria gold fields, and it hints that he must be a bold man who would dare to compare the yields of New South Wales with the inexhaustible treasures of ane Alexander, Ballarat, the Eureka, and Ben- go. Yn spite of the large number of emigrants from all parts of the world who reached the colonies in August and September, the cry for labor was as loud. asever. But it ought to be remarked that in this re- spect New South Wales isin a more favorable posi- tion; wages at Sidney are exactly one half of what they are at Melbourne. ‘The quotations of the labor market have already been given ina former report. It appears, however, that even at the exorbitant rates which are freely given, all trades and professions are languishing for want of manual labor. Mi cannot buy it. The Melbourne papers change correspondents almost every month. Journalism is beaten out of the field by the superior attraction of gold digging, and even of dray driving, Several gentlemen who reported for the Melhourne Argus are, it is stated, on the road“ driving drays,’’ for that, it appears, is the more lucrative profession. How the journals which reach us in due order, and in such mighty files, are brought out, is an inseratable mystery. Compositors and pressmen are not to be had, even for the high wages which that species of labor commands in the gold colonies, “ It has come to the “says the Argus, in one of its last numbers; “the editor is left alone this morning, to bring out the paper with his own han Australia, is the land of marvels, for that particular number of the journal was brought out, and very creditably, too. It is stated in London that the British government had sent despatches, per Adelaide steamer, to the Governor-General of New South Wales, and the Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria, authorizing the le- gislative councils in both these colonies to form them- selvesintoa Parliament of anupperand lower House, it being at the same time intimated that so soon as this arrangement shall have been brought into operation, the crown will concede to them the managment of their own affairs, including the entire receipts from the public lands, so as to assi ite their position to that of Canada. Those despatches ave said, likewise, to have contained an assurance that the transporta- tion of criminals to these colonies shall positively cease within a short period, which will be named as pon as the necessary plans for a different disposal of convicts can be completed. News received via Adelaide confirms the death of Leichardt, the Australian traveller. Cape of Good Hope. PROCLAMATION OF GOVERNOR CATHUCART—DEPREDA- TIONS OF THR SAVAGES—PARTY OF ENGLISH ALMOST DESTROYED—THE MARKETS. ‘The steamship Australian, from Sydney, whose arrival was announced by telegraph, per Arctic; has dates from the Cape of Good Hope to 1st December, in grand costume, attended by the visier and his ministers, the principal ulemas, the generals, admi- rals, end high civic functionaries, went in procession to the mosque of the Sultan Achmet, to hear the life of Mahomet read. The Journal de Constantinople publishes a lon, semi-oflicial article, complaining that the Haglish and French Md ae inisrepresent the financial and political condition of Turkey, both of which it avers are in a healthier state than is generally asserted. Ausiralia, ‘UGGET FOR THE QU » LABORER A NEW coNsTr BEING GRANTED BY THE BRITISH GOVERN By the steamship Australian, dates are from Sept. Sth, Port Philip Sept, 28th, Adelaide Oct. 5th. The news was mostly Cn ok by the arrival at Liverpool of the ship Marco Poio, already announced. On board the Australia isa nugget from the Ben- digo diggings, which weighs twenty-eight pounds, and was purchased at £4 68. per ounce, by tle gov- ernment authorities at Melbourne, as a present to Queen Victoria. The gold on freight by the Aus- tralia weighed 222,293 onnces—about eight and a half tons; in addition to which the passengers had considerable quantities, At the gold mines, twenty-eight miles from Ade- laide, about four hundred “people were at work, gathering, it was said, from two to three ounces per day each, the deposit being of a similar quantity and realizing the same price as at Melbourne. House rent at Adelaide had not risen, the ran being still for the established gold fields, especially Bendigo, but trade and commerce were greatly improved. Flour was £38 2 £40 per ton; beef 4d. per Ib.; pork 6d.; mutton 4d. Seamen employed in ships engaged solely in inter- colonial trade, get £5 per week, and are saucy at that. A Mr. Tong had cometo England to purchase two large steam vessels, to trade between Hol wih and Melbourne, none being yet on that line. The Hanging Rock diggings onthe Peel River are in good report, not only on account of their large yields, but also because the country is said to be ex- quisitely beautiful. ‘ Never, perhaps,” says a cor- respondent of the Sydney Empire, “ did men their en ey in such delightful und beautifal work- shops as these ravines, where the dark foliage of the eleven days later than previous advices. The goxerai scope of the news appears to be, that the war is drawing to a termination; but whenever the troo) are temporaily withdrawn, predatezy bands of tl enemy spring up and make suctvessful inroads inta the colony proper. Tn the meantime, Governor Cathcart had arrived at the Orange river robe eae with 2,000 men, and had —— bein rollowtng proc! tamation:— Know all chiefs, and men of all classes ; in Hor Majesty's touinions of {he Qranees arte bes ith thas t “iné ainéng you to administer, in the Queens tice and right equally to all. Tam not come to make war, but to séttleall disputes, and to establish the Dlessings of peace. 1, therefore, order and command you all to remain quiet, each of you, within your own country, and to await and ‘abide by my judg- ment and decision. I have with me suflicient of the Queen's troops to enforce obedience, and to with rigor and severity any clef, class, or tribe, who may dare to resist my lawful authority. All loyal subjects of the Queen will be ready to join me, should I éeem it. ne- cessary to call upon them for their co-operation against = contumacious offenders, od save the Queen! Given under my ht 15th of November, If GEORGE CATHCART, Lieut. Governor, His excellency was byes at Whittlesea on the 20th of November. He has also issued a warn- ing to certain traders who have been dunning Kreli for compensation. A further instalment of 150 head of cattle, towards the 1,500 due, was sent into King William's on the 15th November. The enemy, however, has re-aj peared in some districts, and made successful nd seal, at Graham's Town, this Mr. Walker has Island, having concluded a peace with , Who has sent in his complement of one hi “an Kaffirs were seen, but he As half darred, have ploughed but season. Queshu, who the Waterioot ta doaging souewhere fa Kalla, 4 » with but few followers. ‘The captured chlef, Seyolo,is to be removed from Robben Island to W; where he will be under | sarvellinnee of ‘olfe, the resident magis- Information had come in that the spoor of three numerous bodies of the enemy had been discovered, Tia.;—In the Fish Rives Bush, near Comulttecs, Fas