The New York Herald Newspaper, February 8, 1853, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE ATLANTIC. Your DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE. ~~ BAPOLEON’S INTENDED MARRIAGE. Its Méect in Burope. SKETCHES OF THE NEW EMPRESS. Impertant Relative to the Cuban Slave Trade. Decrease of the British Squadron Round the Queen of the Antilles. NEWS FROM AUSTRALIA. ARRIVAL OF THE BARK DOLPHIN, AT | (oe ity em eof CAPE TOWN, OC. 6. H. &., ke, ke. and improved, from time to time, 50 ps ae wants und ofa Hi few steps in advance of the \ = 2 pereafords, ud the sil oa mieee dee ea i E iom, they are uow eontent to a good grace, and join in that general reform which otherwise wi a little later be accomplished withoat their assistance. From a very old statesman, like Aberdeen, we can in fair- ness, and consis his antecedents, expect nothing else but caution, which means, in plain language, doing as little as possible to redress grievances, or meee agen, ees others, too, among hi followers, speeches at the elections indicate a similar policy. x momar. Hariers, for instance, though he loudly laims his adhesion to free trade prine! as , sound, just and beneficial,” is still by no means decided in his language, on parlia- meu reform, which in his opinion requires time and “a patient, deliberate consideration” —caution pn gh oar 5 sul as , his notion is clear education, into which alee dae can largely enter, isa curse rather than a blessing— by that wora religion, meaning, of course, the reli- ished—that of the Church of le, and Messrs. Glad- stone and Cardwell, the men of most promise in the Peelite section, it is not ible to be certain of their course ; but it seems unlikely that ee med ex; » learn wholesome | they go on and ‘The Collins steamship Atlantic, Capt. West, ar | lessons of lil y and knowledge from Lords waved at her wharf at half past 9 o'clock this morn- | J- Russell, Palmerston ure, aud Mr. Baines fag. She left Liverpool at 11 o'clock on Wednesday Se ee ene popow ae mening, the 26th ult., and has therefore made the | ed them from joining the progress ry. aasage in eleven days, twenty-two hours and thirty | Lord John still of refc reform ‘without ‘minutes. ballot ; but if he means such a reform as was re- cently offered to the House, and if the voters’ privi- ‘The Atlantic has the largest cargo ever brought inte thie port by a steamer. She has 960 tons, ata valeation of one and a half million of dollars. ‘The news is foor days later than that received at | bribery boro Boston on Saturday night by the Canada. We are indebted to Chief Engincer Rogers and Puseer Collins for late papers. ‘The Cunard Asia, hence, reached Liver. peel at half past 10 o'clock on Wednesday morning, ‘Me 2th ult. @ensols closed Tuesday, the 25th ult., at 99 13-48 | ‘far nesount. B. P. Pries is fully committed to take trial for the Jate forgeries in the grain trade. ‘The Emperor of the French has made his official eemmunication, with respect to his marriage, on Sa- twrday. In doing so, however, his majesty did not mention the name of the lady. The Moniteur an- moances that the reported dissenions amongst minis- | ters are withont foundation. | On the 15th ult., Omer Pacha took Grahovo by | storm, but in attempting to surprise the capital of | Montenegro, in the mountain, he was repulsed. He imtended to renew the attack on the 17th. We have advices from the Cape of Good Hope to | ‘me 18th of December. With respect to the war, the | news is not of much importance—none of the pro- | seribed chiefs had been given up. Gen. Cathcart, with 2,500 men, crossed the Orange river into the eovereignty,on the 30th November. See letter of @apt. Trundy’s, in another column. ‘There wasa public meeting held in Exeter Hall on | ‘the 25th ult., to hear the statements of the persons ‘whe went to Tuscany to obtain a mitigation of the @emtence passed on the Madiai, and, if possible, to Main their liberation. The Lord Mayor presided. Advices from Paris, of Monday the 24th, say:— | created by the Emperor’s speech, both | Sates Seana ee a | only 1,750 have yet voted at all. Gladstone, how and mid my the manegs was everywhere well received. ? f elasses, is described as unfa. L i Presse com: of a depression in trade, which is | ti x gens " | much more active than he has hitherto shown him- iemporary. No confirmation of the re- | weit, the Chancellor of the Exchequer may consider the Bourse opened to-day, under the | his election safe. The extravagant expense thus t F i = uced by the leading article in the London Seturday, on French finance, which was much of by speculators. A report was then circulated Emperor had determined to make » further re- in the army, of 60,000 men. This report pro- porary reaction, which was not maintained. ere read from Madrid, stating that considerable existed in the electoral districts, and that a | was considered imminent. luced an unfavorable effect on speculators. | Cente opened 79 75, and closed 79 70. Four and per Cents closed 104 50. f This announce- | if E concealment ing- ness to come forward and fight the battle » to reform abuses, of all kinds and degrees, to advance the privile; real producers of the country, and to give equal rights to and impose equal burdens on various branches of the community. The government, in- deed, contains a few good elements, it must be con- feased ; but how, when the yeast of party ferments, the two widely different sections will ‘agree, is a problem that time onty can solve. Much as the Carlton Club has disgraced itself in previous elections, by using its money in illegally in- fluencing the return of ene members, it has, on this occasion, out-heroded Herod in dishonest, low intriguing; nor can I Gal a. Cea and saddened—more part’cularly after the brutal “bosky”’ insult offered to Mr. Gladstone, a man of such high | and chivalrous senze or honor, that any of the Peel party still consent to enter its doors and mingle with the factious crew within. We suppose, however, that as the Lsraelites in their journeyings sighed for the flesh-pots of Egypt, so they cannot without pain break off their old _counections and associations. If they are honest in their professions, however, they wiil speedily do so—speedily throw off such contami- nating influeuces. Should they not do so, they will have much to regret. Let them remember Lot's wife. She became a pillar of salt; they will become # monument of shame. The Oxford election still drags its -weary length along, much to the dissrace of all the parties con- cerned in the opposition to the late member, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, now Chancellor of the Exchequer. The state of the poll from day to day, nevertheless, shows bow vast has been the exertion required to make even a show of opposition. Why, had the protectionist party of the University felt any real confidence in their cause and its doughty cham- pion, Dudley Perceval, they would long ere now have polled not $00, but three times that number of votes; for there are upwards of 3,000 masters of arts, and ever, has a majority of at Jeast 160; and, unless his opponent be, during the next two or three days, incurred by the opposition of a few obstinate, self- willed church and king parsons, is much to be la- mented. However, the battle is now near a close, and I trust it will be long ere rampant toryism, of the worst and oldest form, will venture again to raise its bydra-like head. In spite of all the attempts to bolster up the repu- tation for pepularity so fondly coveted by Napoleon the Third—in spite of all the us. announce- ments of unanimons confidence in imperial ad- ministration, the existence of some unhealthiness in The London Standard city article, of the 25th, | the state of the conntry is incontestibly shown in the ays:—" The advices from France, respecting the | ‘tate of the weather, have attracted more attention within the last two or three days, because of the ex- eemive prevalence of wet. It would appear, how ‘ever, that in most parte of the Continent there has een a mild temperature and unseasonable moisture. | Parties connected with the English market are still ‘eenfident in their view that the last harvest was defi- q@eat, and that as the spring sowing of wheat in ‘Pa prices.” Carp Town, Carr or Goon Horr, } Der § eceraber 19, 1552. Jamns GoRrDON Bennert, Eso. Dear Sir—Knowing the great circulation of your | waluable paper, I have deemed fit to drop you a few | Mmes to inform you of my passage, the deaths on ‘age from New York to this port, on my way to Aus- twalia, which please insert in the Henaup. [leit | Mew York on the 27th Sept. | DIED. | ©xu board the Dolphin, of consitny Mrs. Samuel Bullie Maddork, wife of John Ford Maddock, formerly of years. ‘Devento, Upper Canada, aged BO: @x 34 Dee., the wife of Samuel Binger, of a @a 6th Dec.; the wife of Robert Byrne. of a « SPOKEN. . 22, lat 740 N, lon 2541 W, Vr bark Croix Oui Leone for Havre. . 28, lat 7 09 N, lon 26 58 W, whaler NathanielS Per from New London, bound on a ernise. . 29, lat 229 N, lon 24 59, whale ship Peruvian, of | . from Desolation Island. 868, lon 27 45 W, ship BAward, of and from out for Calcutta. Steckholm, from | f coals, leaking i; the Captain aud | requested to be taken off, and they went on board . The Columbue sonk on the 15th Get, in sight of the Witness, and on the 17th her crew was wans ferred to the Lady McNaughton, for Loudon, with troops: 0, lat 27 50 8, lon 20 30 W, ship James Brown, of | Philadel)! paseqngers. ia, 62 days from Liverpool for Geelong with AMERICAN VESSELS IN TABLE RAY. Dee. 19—Ship Lorena, Urquhart, from Dublin for Port Philip; bark Lady Suifulk, Cuvier, for Boston in 2 weeks, | and some 30 British vessels. ‘The Dolphin arrived at this port on the 6th Dec. | % days from New York—a good passage for this season of the year. Up to this date, the West Wind | ‘and Ocean Eagle have not arrived. There has been but one American ship touched here, the Wm. Fro- | ‘The Kaffir war is quiet. place are on the frontier. 1 Mons on the farmers every little while; they kill, barn and destroy wMnever they e an opportunity, and there seems to be uot much pr weoming to a close. ‘The gold mania here for Australia is great, Bicht | ow ten vessels are up for the gold diggings. Freight from here to Australia is £4 sterling per ton. Flour is worth $8, pork $30, and ai! provisions very high Yours respectfally, Gro. A. Traunpy, Commanding bark Dolphin, of New York. Lowpon, Jan, 18, 1 The New Ministry and their Promises—The Cart. | ton Club and the Peelites—The Oxford Election— English and French Funds—The Earl of West- mordand—Burmah and the Cape—-The Law of | Diworce—Kirwan the Murderer—Theatricals, Little as I feel disposed to place my confidence in ga Administration composed of such incongruoux materials as the present, I neverileless conceive that their measures will, on the whole, not be retrogres sive, but a step in the right direction. What the Earl of Aberdeen meant by his notable assertion that a con. servative is a liberal, and that a liberal is at the eame time » conservative, I leave to wiser heads than my | own to make out; for in my ignorance I have always considered that your conservatives are those who | would have things as they are and long have been, —— | own, has bee Azstval ofthe Bark Dolphin at Cape Town. | | discount made by the bank. Some, indeed, are dis- | posed to consider that the fall in the one country | mastes, | years our ainbassador to the Grand Duchy of Tus- My passengers were all well on board during the | poy | more profound dipiom tt All the troops from this | p natives make depreda- | ct of the war | without on applicat he Hone of without desiring pxtraordi | this way p while the liberals are much as have a desire that our | Spstitutiogy pad fiscal regulations should be chargid 4 long-continued daily decline in the prices of the Rentes, so great, indeed, on the whole, during the last fortnight, asto have become intensely a! to the government, as well asto capitalists; and thong! the Moniteur babe eget organ) may profess to assign such fall to the intrigues of a high fanction- ary, aud sce Sohne nrg yet it will never suc- ceed in so fax hoodwinking refiectin; of confidence among the moneyed men of France, of a | every grade, in the stability of the existing govera- ‘vebves more uncertainty, holders are likely to obtain ment. The result of the above depression in the Freuch money market to the state of the fands in our bundautly proved in its depression and inactivity, within. the last few days, and this, too, notwithstanding a favorable decision respecting springs from canses who the other, and p ly 4] may be right, but when we cousder how extensive are the railway and money speculations in which both are mutually en- irrespective of that in | gaged, au y much Engli sney goes to uphi Beard the D., and of what vessels I spoke on the voy" | Leta table pane rgrrtagy Eker Soro Parisian speculations as a better investment than our country offers, it does not seem an improbable supposition Unas the fail of our own funds may have been caused by the unhealthy connection subsisting | between speculators on both sides of the Channel. — Every ove hae heard of the music-mad Lord Burghereh, the umateur director of the Royal Aca- demy, the composer of operas, cantatas, symphonies, &c., without number, who was for some Well, thisinusical ambassador, sinee become eccentric old father, long has been sent on @ special + in faith, of eany. —requ ati-t than he 7 does hi interests of best de inh protec Ao! and redressing the spend, country? In at- : and persecuted British suab- How then? In econdacting—very con- indeed, in the minister of a Protestant Queen and a Protestant country—masses, aud an- thems, and requiems of his owa comy cathedrals and chorches of Popish Pudor! Lord Clarendon, wh J. Russell's place at the Pore narrowly after this musical envoy, who very clearly has not brains enough for a diplomatist, whatever he nna. | may have for a rmsiclan. J noticed the great dissati-fac- A few days baci tion felt by the Governor4ieneral of India at the in- ert and yaeillating conduct of Gen odwin, in charge of the expedition against Bormak; but we | learn from the last mail that Prome was taken by as- sault on the Zist of November, and is now occupied by British troops, while oar armed steamers are guarding the whole delta of the Irrawaddy. The war, therefore, may now be cousidered as closed; and it is said that, although the Indian government con- template the inmediate “annexation” of the pro- vinee of Pegu, they will not farther proseente hostili- ties 4 wet the Bur inless they interfere with the British by a ug them, (as seems by no mevns unlike! n their new posses sion, Should the King Burmah, irritated by the late success of our troops, venture on sucha course, an advance will undoubtedly be at once made on Ava, and the whole kingdom perliaps subjected or annexed—auch is the phrase now in yogue—to onr indian possessions, As respects the © if war t sed bey although the in so disturbed a state yters, that the Governor has bee era foree of two thousand nen nd put down both robbery and op- tish power. We hope soon to te nee the full restora from ted with the obta ich, it ix well bs nown , cannot be tore tice that the rich alone should be all themselves of an odious and disg | nection, while the poor taust live on, grieve, and bear their egies, 1 am clad, there- | fore, to that the veteran pile law-refornmer, ving introduce a measure in the House of Lordy which will replace the present tedions s siveness of divorce, hy a simple statute, , bring the law within reach of the poor as well es the rich, and render unnecessary the three successive | tedious and costly trials in the law courts, the church courts, and the now costs from £3,000 to £1,000. rwan, the murderer, and his antecedents, are en- rowing all the attention of ovr mercuriak neighbors wt Dubin; wud wy silesoyt, very resenty, bay berg men as to | | lead them to attribute it to any accidental cause | rather than the real and true one—that being a want e comes to fill Lord | nm Office, must look | louse of Lords —a proceeding which | rant acquired fresh laurels. Monsieur Jullien a series of joy. I shall give you a full report in my next. Don C.zsar. Lonpon, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 1853. —The Press and the Theatres—Railway <Acci dents— Windsor Theatrieals—Jullien, §c. to lecture on logic and discuss good actively on race is beste Aceon to history. How anxious, indefatigable, have been Louis Na- paes endeavors to procure some alliance with a lady whose birth is registered in the Gotha Almanac? The Baden affair turned out a complete failure; the intrigues of dear old Princess Stephamia were . Valueless, and poor was found—de trop! In fact, after haw! Europe, he is at length compelled to put up with a morganitic mésalliance with one Donna Eugenia de Montijos of whose family or antecedents no one has any knowledge, further than that she is true Spanish a gata ap oir daughter of one of the first houses in Spain. Oh! whata fall! The Count- ess Theba and her daughter Eugenia are about to do great things for France. Let us see the results. A Josephine once exerted a healthy influence over France; but a dream like that, bel exclusively to the old empire, is not likely to be in the reign of N: ‘apoleon’s successor. Lot poleon is still the rejected of royal lovers; perhaps, for the nonce, a3 in his uncle’s case, a puppet lady—a reine faineante— ‘serve his purpose till better times offer to him a Marie Louise—a daughter of the legi- time families. Louis Napoleon, verily, has all the audacity of his uncle; but it would be hard to discover where he is to procure the ability to mcet all the re- jpirements necessary for him to cope with or eclipse is t uncle. Tiere has lately been an émeute between the pro- prietors of the theatres and the gentlemen of the press. The latter, very properly, had from time im- memorial possessed the right of a double éntrée to the metropolitan theatres; but the privilege was grumbled at, and the claim has now, we believe, in most cases, been allowed to fall into disabeyence. is a great matter of doubt, however, w! proprietors of theatres will benefit their interests by por in visiting the theatre, the result will be that they will stay away. It is too short a time since the commence- probably the Apa will think less of the theatres, and the latter will fall on their own resources and merits. Railway accidents are such a prolific source of daily news, that they scarcely require a notiee; but we see some recent di ition in the directors of companies safety of passengers; that is, to establish a perfect communication requisite, in all railway locomotive. We are glad this has been done, or is in progress of being accom- plished, because it lies at the foundation of all secure nals be ever so correct, they may all fail if the en- gineer is not in constant intercourse with the con- ductor at the rear of the train. Surely magnetic influence might be made to run from carriage to carriage, aud from rear to front, to do all we hope to see accomplished. The third representation of the series of Royal | Windsor theatricals, comes off this evening, when Donglas Jerrold’s long promised and highly lauded comedy is to be acted. Mr. William Robert Sheridan Markwell’s three act tragedy of “Louis XI.” is announced for represeuta- tion at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, next Monday fortnight. Mr. Markwell's three act drama, called “The be expended on the mise en scene. Mr.F. W. Allcroft still continues to drive a roarin, trade at the little Strand theatre. He has engaged “Civilization.” fayorite as ‘La Blanche” and ‘Norma. general interrogato1 Jullien to go to the United. States, when he is doing so well in her Britannic Majesty's He is now, with his unrivalled orchestva, kingdow? in Dublin. Our Paris Correaponnence. Panis, Jan, 20, 1853. Late Hurricane- ct Florence—Grand Balls at Paris—Preparations Jor a Ball at the Luxembourg—Other Balls— | A Theatrical Party—Mask Balls—Suicides— A Now Plun of Banking at Marseilles: Sale of Louis Philippe's Paintings—Discor. ey of Statues in Africa—A Cider Barvel— Female Emigration to Austratia— of Monks to America—Eugene Sue and the Catholic Pari Tom Dramatised—Theatricals. 1 declare I have never experienced, cither on land or Paris on Sunday last, from one to four o'clock. We | had bad already, for the last two days, a continual suceession of rain in the day time, and moonshine in darknese hung over Pari venturing themsel | brellas were overturned. good demand, and a+ a matter of cov their bosiness either out or in Paris, but do four finding o'clock no meaueto the home, by return Finally, evening. ‘The river Seine overtlowed its | above and below Paris; and inside of the | the waters were so high thut they had roa , and were threatening to demolish the stones upou which the bridges are built, tely, this overflow did not last long, and the water and which causes @ total interraption ‘in the tion of the Seine. rosa all parts of lranee we receive the intelliyenve that the flood of the rivers has taken place, and caused much damage in the country, The commerce ‘i is also much damaged by these unex- ,aud the utmost consternation reigns | pected foo articles which | cities by the ri nd canals. In the meantime, the extraordinary «pring season, of which T have j already spoken, continues all over the land, and | T caw on Honday last, at Nevilly, near Paris, a & be me tting up two or three » how- red ‘contradictory wan W. Allcroft, the lessee of the Strand theatre, qd following up one succes upon another. Las evecing the sew and successful five act la; entitled “Civilization,” was re-produced at this thee- tre, when Mr. James Anderson and Miss Fanny Mo- romenade con- versal favorite, Dr. John The Oxford Election—Marriage of Lowis Napoleon The Oxford election is ended at last. Perhaps this is the most striking instance of rampant tory op- position to high personal talent and enlightened po- litical views that has occurred since the days of Lord North and the “‘heaven-born” Pitt. It is satisfactory, however, to reflect that, although every nerve has been exerted, and loads of money have been spent in bolstering up an expiring cause, Messrs. Dennison & Co. have been moat signally defeated—the state of the polls on the last of this weary fourteen days’ election exhibiting a majority of 124 for Gladstone. Oxford has been for the nonce surprised out of her usual sobriety; masters of arts, usually more disposed than enter litics, have been seen hurrying, half mad, up and down the High street, and in and out of the schuols. But cui bono?—the whole has proved a failure; the last of the Mohicans has expired—their himself through the States of It | ther the | this policy, for, if critics have no interest or no power, | ment of the system to judge of its result ; but most | ‘tween the conductor and the en- | gineer—the great desideratam—the indispensable | twavelling by rail. Three or four recent accidents have resulted trom this very cause— and, let the station sig- Beauties of the Night,” is to be produced the same | evening at the Theatre Royal, Surrey. £1,000 is to | Mr. Jamea Anderson for an additional week, conse- | quent upon the great success of the new play of | Messrs. Stoepel and Bourcicault’s elegant little operetta of “The Sentinel,” has become as erent a | ere is net @ provincial play billin which it is not to be | found. is, what on earth can | The Scine—Damages Caused | France by the Overflow of the Rivers—Eavly Spring—Springing up of the Crops—Weather | Emigration ‘he African Roscins—Uncle on sea, such a terrible gale as rushed over | the evening; but on Sunday morning the utmost | the slave States, or th nd at ten o'clock the rain fell slowly, but soon turned into a deluge, which was mixed with hail, thunder and lightning. It wos indeed a very curious siglit to see the ladies in the streets, and fighting with the wind, ky which their (petty)coats and uni- The carriages were in vehicles in Paris) was not sufficient to contain all the unfortonates who hed The Palais Royal wud the Rivoli were filled with people anxious to it. weather cleared | up, and the sun shone for a few minutes; then | the rain fell again, and continued for the whole banks upper parts of the arches of all the bridges of | piles os | fell to the usual level of a big tlood, which they now | among the traders in wood, coal, wine, and other conveyed to Paris aud other rose are out of the ground, and seem to grow ata ik sok Tag hn ta part fw Wat toto a unexpected Asa matter apne wean Neve & winter; sil shall Bove Hi , what will happen in July next / Oo one can Whilst we have such fine weather here, I am told by an American gentleman, just returned from Florence, that when he left there the weather was tly a terrible frost. How anomalous to see that It aly. country wee, used to in winter to the sun and heat, has me the reverse from what it was! Decidedly earth is an old woman, full of fauvies, and knowing not what she is about. We are nightly dancing in Paris, and since the branle bas given by the Emperor at the Tuileries, we have had a series of which has not ceased for a night, and which will last for the whole length of the Carnival. The ball of the Prefect, given on Monday last, 17th inst, at the City Hall, wasa grand affair, at which more four thousand Reo} le were invited. All the leading statesmen and matists of Paris were present, with their wives, and among them I re- marked Veley Bashaw, ambassador of Turkey, whose brilliant costume attracted universal at- freeging, with a snow storm, and tention; Mr. and Mme. Rogier, of the em- bassy of Belgium, Mr. and Mrs. Rives, Count de Hasieldt, minister of Prussia, and his lad, , Marshal Magnan, and his wife, Mr. Ducos, Mi of the Navy, and his charming wife, Mr. de Persigny, Mr. ba pe Mr. and Mrs. Fould, and also all the literary = musical somenete eae oe bh sted — leyerbeer, Ingues, the " composer, y ala Carafa, the wonderful musician, Sivori, J. Janin, etc. Ax for the Americans they were few in number, and all of them belonging to that clique to which the tickets are distributed ut the legation. Much anxiety is reap Yat ace majority of the fashion- alle peo le, who are de 3 to be present at the gr ball to be given at the Luxembourg, by the Dae ae that inst. be Kee that the pre- parations for fete are of the most gorgeous style, and that the expenses will cost one fs francs to each Senator, who is obliged to pay that sum of money to obey the wishes of the Emperor. The whole palace will be lighted with fie and candles, from seven o'clock in the evening till daylight in the morning. At the the Tuileries another grand ball is to come off on Saturday next, 22d inst., and will, no doubt, oust the preceding one. : 5 ely Bashaw is also pre, a grand féte, which and second night of will, no doubt, be the thor the Arabian entertainments. The Duchess of Stourza will assist him to do the honors cf his house, not to ae Mrs. Blaque, the amiable wife of the Secretary of the Turkish em! A The celebrated Count de Castellaine, the ‘‘ mad” old lion of Paris, whose eccentricities have nothing to compare with in this world, gavea theatrical party on neater evening last, which was attended by a large crowd of fashionable Peopl, Several actresses of the French theatre, viz., Mmes. A. Brohan, Fix, Theric, St. Hilarie, and Savari, assisted by Mr. Grabouski, a Polish count, who delivered a charade entitled ‘‘ Galathée,”’ which elicited much applause. The words of the riddle were ‘ Gall,” (the Doctor of Phrenology,) and ‘‘athée,” (atheist,) the whole being “Galathée,”’ the statue of Pygmalion. The fete con- cluded by a ball, which was a very fine affair. The Grand Opera, the Comic Opera, and the Ita- lian Opera, are all giving masked balls; but I must say, as a faithful historian, that only the first one is attended by the crowd, the two others being only visited by those who have either tree tickets or free admission. This attempt has proved to be a failure, because no gentlemen or ladies were allowed to come in costume. Whilst so many amusements are going on, the mo- nomania of suicide is reaching its culminating point. We have numbered, this week, morethan at any other epoch for many years—thirty-seven suicides of men and women, who had either thrown themselves in wee river, hanged themselves, or blown out their ins. A very profitable, and still untried bank, is now in full operation at Marseilles, and is worth being pa- tronised. It is a Bank of Exchange, which is di- rected bya Mr. Bonnard, and has for its object to fa- silitate the operations of all branches of eee A man, who is a bootmaker, gives a bon for 100 francs of his trade, and receives another bon of 97} francs, subscribed by a bootmaker, who furnishes him with boots; and the same with a butcher,a baker, a grocer, a poultr y dealer, &c., &c. No money is required by those who are thus trading aud paying their notes with their work. .The shares of that bank, which were at first of 25 francs, have now ebtained a pre- mium of 80. This bank began with the small capi- tal of 8,000 francs, and is now worth 1,500,000 francs. its shareholders have received a premium of 80 per cent for the last year. to accomplish the one-thing-needful for securing the | Fottae tal The sale of the paintings of Louis eral and the Duchess of Orleans has attracted many visiters tothe salesroom of the auctioneer, and the paintings were sold at large prices. ‘The finest gems of Ingres, De- lacroix, DeCamp, Gudin, 4. Vernet, and others, have been bought for prices unknown before. The whole sale has produced 1,500,000 francs, A basket-fall of pre of paintings, which had ween cut with sabres 1848, by the Vandals who destinyed Neuilly and other places belonging to the D Orlens family, was sold for 500 francs. At Bone, in Africa, a very precious Gscovery of thirty Roman statues, in a very fine state ¥ preser- vation, was made on the 29th ult.,in a brick -ellar, | which was broken open bya man who was diggag a well. These statues are of white marble, and a hw of colored marble with white marble heads. They belong to the artistical epoch of Augustus. A barrel, or rather a tub, containing about 600 gal- Jons of liquid, has heen built at Eu, for the use of M. deFlutre, who intends filling it with cider. A dinner to five hundred persons was given on that occasion. The French ship Nicholas Cwsar left Havre on Monday last, with 454 passengers, sent to San Fran- cisco by the company of the gold bars. The last ship- ments of these-emigrants will leave in May next. A company of Englishmen are recruiting in I and in France, women to be sent to Australia. Nine hundred females have already gone to Southampton, to be embarked, ‘Two monks of the Order of St. Benoit—MM. Ul- rick Christine de Strauz and Beda Conner—have left their convent of Notre Dame d’Einsiedten, to go to New York. They are called to the State of Indiana, toestablish a convent in the game style as that in Switzerland. Letters have been received in Paris, at the Acade- my of from the government at Washing- ton, inviting the @vants of France to unite their ef- forts for the propagation of science, in meteorlogical observations, with the astronomers of America. M. Dumas, the French novel writer, who had be- gun in the newspaper, Le Constuutionnel, the novel ‘andering J in which the life of Jesus Christ was related ina very odd style, was obliged to stop the publication, by order ot the government, who prohibited it, at the request of the clergy of the Catholic churel Carcassi, the celebrated guitar player, died on Mon- y last. He had no equal in his profession. The American actor, [da Aldridge, who is.a black Man, war received with the utmostryinpathy at Ber- lin, on the 11th ipst., where he made his appearance as Othello, in the play of Shakspeare. He also per- formed the part of Mungo, in the one act comedy of “The Padlock,’ and received the most deafening plandits. Tle was to play Macbeth. We expect him | in Paris at the end of the month, and he will no doubt be received with much curio and feeling. The drama of “Uncle Tom's C 1,’ by Messrs. Dennery aud Dumancis, of which J have already spoken, was pertormed on Tuesday last, at the Am- bign Coimigue, and was received with the most deafening applause, from the first to the last scene. This play, which is somewhat different from the American novel, contains many great points; but it is lacking of genuine anf local ners. No doubt the writers have never visited Orleans or would have tried to repre- sent in a more accurate ‘y, the repugnance of the whites to the blacks. With the exception of this fwult the drama is very interesting, and will attract for a long time at this theatre. The scenery is mag- nificent, particularly the passage of the Ohio river on icebergs by Hliza, and the attack of the black ronaway slave by Tom Locker and his men. Madame Coyon, Messrs. Chilly, Dumaine, Lemative, Brési and Menier, deserve much praise. All the Ame living in Paris will, uo doubt, visit the Ambigu ‘thelr drama.” p Caité theatre the same “Unele Tom's I atized by M. Alboise,and iy next. 1 Opera the translation and adapta- tion of Verdi's “Louisa Millet” is ready, and will be performed next week. B. IL Re ror now DISCCSSION BETWEEN MR. CROSKEY, AMERICAN CON- Uh AY SOUTHAMPTON, AND THK LONDON SHIP- PING GAZLTTH, RELATIVE VOTNT--DEATH OF DR. PERIERA AND TIE RARLS OF OXFORD AND BRAUCHAMP—MR. CODEN PAMPHLE- THEMING— MI. INGERSO! PRESENT TO THE MAN- on on LIRA R KI iG AT BIRMINGHAM ON BLAALY OV THE MADIA UNCLE TOM” ILLUS- TRATED IN PAPER HANGINGS—~THE PRESS AND THE LONDON THEATRES—-AGRICULTURE. At the present time it is in vain to look for news eleewhere than in France. In Britain, at least, it is difficult to find anything of interest to report. There is av ression that soon after the reassembling of word Palmerston will bring forward a mo- for an increase of the army. The political clubs have been «omewhat enlivened, within a day or two, y a “«peck of war” between Secretary-at-War Beres- ford and Lord Drumlanrig, respecting some incau- tious language used by the latter in an electioneer- ing addres---the affair, however, ended not even iv AND tree covered with foliage, and having the appear- , smoke, hut inexplanation. arg Vi Wee Meee Ye yo uy The yardgng qyyun tion. Jign A.C. Murray, why bas just petagned fgom the , Newman's. Achilli, has been | ie eB time to consider.” - A notice is isgmed from he m8, “Encouragement to Soldiers,” out various inducements to young men to enlist in the army; among other advant ot heretofore enjoyed, are progressive pay for of service, the ap- pointment of a certain number of non-commissioned officers to commissions. Another Segue agrarian murder is reported at Ireland. aries nding between Mr. Cros- A curious discussion is key, United States Cor at Southampton, re i of his- London Shipping Gazette, respecting a tory, whieh," bly, the Secretary of State, Mr. Bancroft, Richard Hildreth, or some one else, may ‘be able to decide. Mr. Croskey, in his speech at the recent shipping bengues at Southampton, said:— As from Southampton the Mayflower went with the firat rims to the New World, so it was to Southampton that the first American steamer came across the Atlantic, The Shipping Gacette, on the other hand, says:— The Mayfower neither belonged to, nor was she fitted outat se res for her intended voyage. She was chartered to sail from Delft. It was not at Southampton ; she embarked her human freight, but, if we mistake not, chiefly at Dartmouth and Plymouth, and most decidedly, the latter was her point of departure for the New World. Dr. Pereira, author of ‘Elements of Materia Me- dica and Therapeutics,” died at London, on the 20th ult., from some internal organic disease, at the age of forty-nine. His death is a loss to the medical world. The Earl of Oxford is also dead, and this cele- ited title becomes extinct. Earl Beauchamp, an ed peer, is also dead, without issue, his title de- ig to Gen. Tygon. Mr. Cobden has in the a pamphlet entitled “1793 and 1853,” in which he traces the causes of the last war with France, and compares the policy of England towards France then and now. ir. Ingersoll has made a donation of books, &c., to the free public library at Manchester. An influential meeting was held at Birmingham on the 21st ult., in behalf of the Florentine prisoners, Madiai and his wife. A petition to the Queen was voted, soliciting her Majesty to remonstrate with foreign powers, against persecution for religious opinions. Tre latest Uncle Tom-ism, we notice, isa specimen of paper hangings exhibited in a store at Liverpool. ‘The pattern represents, in compartments, the most striking scenes, from Mrs, Stowe’s work. Eliza dresses in the latest Parisian fashion, and the male | slaves are portrayed in the costume usually worn b; Don Juan's Ine jess man Leporello, if A curious ex) has been made, recently, of the extent to which the system of ‘‘dead heading,” or giving ‘press orders” of free admission to the theatres, is carried on in London. After suffering the infliction for a long time, with ition, the mana- gers, backed by the more respectable portion of the Paes, have come forward to abolish the nuisance. Webster, manager of the i Sao and Adelphi, publishes a statement of his free list, from which it appears that, during the past three years, 71,376 persons * connected with the press” have obtained entrance to those two theatres, Keeping out a value in money equal to £16,004 sterling! [t is no won- oe, therefore, the managers want to abolish the system. ‘The anxiety of the farmers has been in some manner relieved by indications of a favorable change in the weather, which, it is hoped, will now become season- | able, and soon prepare the ground for the commence- ment of spring cropping. ith fair weather, there | would still be time for putting the crops in the j ground in condition. For two months past, it | may be said to have rained with little intermission, | but now frost has set in, with an appearance of more | settled weather. From Ireland the accounts are | similar; and there, too, an early and favorable spring | would yet set all to rights. A it mecting was held at Exeter Hall, on the 23d, in behalf of the Madiai. The Peninsular mail steamer Tagus has arrived at Southampton, with dates from Lisbon to the 10th. The news is nnimportant. The American Minister at Birmingham. On the evening of the 21st ult. Birmingham offered its hospitalities to the Hon. J. R. Ingersoll, the repre- sentative of the United States. ‘The invitation to his Excellency originated with a meeting of some of the most influential gentlemen connected with the commercial, mercantile, and manufacturing interests of the community, who, taking advantage of Mr. Saweety visit to Lord Cal- thorpe, at Perry Hall, near Birmingham, resolved to | tender their hospitality to him, as representing that nation with which the town and the iron district prong is so intimately associated by business rela- tions. The entertainment took place at Dee's Royal sd Covers were laid for upwards of one hun- red. ‘Tha Chairman, on rising, said they were honored on that occasion with the presence of a distinguished indivi- | dual who, as he had before said, was the representative of a great nation, which was destined to be still greater. He couid assure them that that individual would not be standing there if he was not fit to be the representative of such a nation. He was sure he only ex) entiments of that assembly, when he suid they could not do that nation too much honor. He Proposed them “The health of the American Minister.’ Mr. INGRRAOLL, on ong be acknowledge the toast, was received with repeated bursts of cheering, which were | renewed again and again. ‘He said he really could not thank them sufficiently for the honor they had done his country in their kind notice of 60 uaprevending an indi- vidual'as himself, When he had the honor of accepting an invitation fiom the noble lord whose mansion graces tse immediate neighborhood of Birmingham, he certainly hatno iden of becoming the subject of public distine- tion, 5 well as of private kindness. That noble lord, however, had the faculty of giving distinction to every- thing thit attaghed to himself; and the benefits he had conferred spon his neighborhood, as he (Mr. Ingersoll) pressed the | had always :nderstood, could not fail to redound to his honor, as wel.gs to the advantage of those by whom he | Was surround, Cheers.) ‘They had the happy | facility, however, here in England, of bestowing fe | yors upon these »ho did not always richly de-erve them. They sat hyiad upon the bearer of them; but when he considered the liberality with which they were offered, and the truth ani grace with which they were conferred in his own parteular case, he felt deeply the | kindness and the distinction. “It was particulurly gratify ing to him thet their mutual weoting was in a tune of general and local prosperity. (reors,) This couatry, he believed, never was happier than’ be ab Gin cncunentt at peace in fact with all the world, .nd yet possossed of a gallant band, who on former occasions yhienever {hey were called on, had made such marks on thir enemies as to secure peace for period now advancing's half a They had adopteda maxim which his on eon been the first to sngge: 1 which he hop the be the last to violate, that to be prepared tor way wy best way to preserve peace. (Renewed cheerity their foreign relations were prosperous and su domestic concerns were a A with remarkaty pros perity. Capital found employment, labor found naar wages were high, prices were comp ly low; the yp ratives had got ridof the uotiou they at One time ents. tained, that theirinterests wore opposed to those of ther employers; and they had learned what was long a secrey to them, that the improvement of machinery ani the in- troduetion of it into general use, so far from being an i jury to their prosperity, had contributed to it in a high degree. In this state of matters all must rejoice part of the community had more reason to r than that part of the country whose commercial prosperi- ty was never greater than now—he meant Birmingham. Cheers). It was also particularly gratifying to think that there never was o moment when our two countries were bound together by ties of closer friendship. (Great cheering), He assured them that if he rejoteed in that re- flection—-as he did from the bottom of his heart—he rejoiced still more sincerely in the response which had come from the bottoin of theirs. (Renowed eheers.) Business rela- tions had been multiplied between them; visits between the members of the two great families as’ he might call them—(cheers)—were constant, and were as rapid as steam and energy could make them. England was the elder sister, and America the younger; Fugland was the and America dalighted in being considered its ‘ihey bad a common language—a language which was spoken everywhere, and expecially in» intercourse—which enabled those on both sides ti Atlontic to understand and appreciate the transactions in science, in literature, in poli! every thing that pertained to the prineiples of I and the other in all those discoveries of the day thnt ficial to mankind. Thue they were sll aware of exjert D ing on upon his side of the water with regard to | ship, which had been attended with even Now only let them consiler of speed, they would, by | ion of vessels on the ovesn | as it was utterly impossible to provote | sion, while the cost was one-fifth leas than that of 1. Not thwt this was a novelty, It might be ney, however, to many of them that Mr. Stirling, here, by tween thirtwand forty years ago, contrived, and sugges ed, and carried into execution, this principle of propur sion by the expansion of heated air. Even steam itself | of } that great ogeney of power which Birmingham knows well, intimately associated as it was with the name of Jas, Watt «s)—alter it wae known toa certain exteut weer by here, was brought in practical use as a marine po y Robert Fulton, who first navigated the rivers, and then the ocean. Now, what were Lhose great rivers? Some them 2,000 miles in extent; some with currents so rapid that steam itself could scarcely conquer them. What would these be with regard to navigation without the propulsive agency of sieam, which turned months into days and almost into hours? Then eame the mag- neile telegraph, which had gone on improving till it had reached an excellence which more than anything else rivalled magic, which carried the emotions of reflection and the transactions of business to the ends of the earth iteelf. It was his country and theirs which bad reduced to practical uses the abstract i which had slopt for fifty yexrs, for it was now known that in 1786 the inven- tion was known in Trance, and deserihed. These things tered to show that there was a community of fecling between his country and theirs; that there was a rivalry between them in things tending to be useful and beneficial to the haman race. (Choers.) May the rivalry, he said, be continued. newed cheer ing.) ‘There was a time when it did not oxist. There was @ time when it was said that in America a hob-nail could not be oe A time was when it was asked, who statement that negotiations had between the a reduction into Austria, \ Cardinal Diepenbrock, Prince Bishop of Breslau, themselves, and justl; reason upow is; but, above all” had to be @ ByS~ tem of popular education which, secre oaleues egos the reign of Edward VI., still contributed, by its adapta- bility te all classes, to make @ virtuous as well ae a wise population. (Cheers.) It fitted them for the Uni > the medical profession, and the other relations of and in each with an energy and success that reflect great credit upon those at the head of the institution, and upon that estimable Bishop - of Manchester. a lighted to see that a relation of a somewhat meant when contrasted | chester, which America supplied with the raw materia! . if thei ufacture—but with the case was alte i; Bien was the producer and the manufac- turer, and -America was the purchaser. He trusted the heir estal the purer than that mingham was tiens of its soil; it was better—in the industry, the poy oe of its inhabitants. Irom waa can doubt that of all the commodit from the ‘of the Birmingham had, of very late years, made jhemselves known ina place and on am occasion that gave them a world wide reputation, if they had not pos- sessed that before; that it was second in the extent and importance of its contributions only to the metropolis itnelf; thus proving that it could 0 exhibit, and carry on every sort of manufacti “Froictien, equal to any other part of the world. Now, why should we not, {Bab ahall tory ao @ibreaniicn’ ae altteeatah lata ats! now nO rrul no tl town in which he stood, surrounded excellent and influenti should not © forward! —(cheer on together, as. the piel the religion, The morality” the lan- guage, and the liberties of the world? (Great sheeriag:) Several other speeches were made Lord _Cal- thorpe, the Rev. J.C. Miller, Messra. Daw- son, Scholefield, and Spooner, all of whom are celebrities. Belgium. PLAN TO GET RID OF THE YRENCH MERCENARY S0L- DIERS—-CONTRACTION OF 4 LOAN FOR PUBLIC ‘WORKS. The Belgian Chamber of Representatives hax passed a law, by a majority of 79 to 3, placing on the retired last all foreign officers in the Belgian ser- vice. ‘This is done to get rid of the Frenchmen in the ser¥ice. , The city of Brussels has contracted a large loan in Paris, through the agency of Mexsrs. in, ~ ae Co., for the carrying on of several publi works, Italy. REPORTED SALE OF BENEVENTO TO NAPLES—PISCAT- REGULATIONS AT ROME—A MADIAI CASE AT GE~ NOA—ILLNESS OF THE POPE—PROPOSED LINE OF STEAMERS BETWEEN GENOA AND AMERICA—NEW REGULATION FOR THE MILAN CARNIVAL—QUAR- ANTINE AT GENOA. A eee ae! Rome, cee reece | states that an extraordinary congregation of twenty cardinals was held five days befor - it was endeavored to keep the subject of discussion a secret, it is generally thought that the question un- der consideration was the cession of the ‘egation of Lele! to the King of Naples for 8,000,000 cats. The commission for the withdrawal of pa- per money from circulation at Rome, has —— its accounts, from which it appears that it has an- nulled old paper money to the amount of 3,086,733- sendi, (16,660,094 francs,) and issued new paper the amount of 3,236,500 seudi, (16,425,237 francs.) Letters from Genoa state a trial had taken zinghi, 25 years of profession, 1 25 years , @ surgeon, * fetal took “place with ston , was charged with having, in company with Captain Pakenham, of the British Navy, Vag iro ero the religion of the State and praise of \- mae gt was Lge ra Lo eran for three years, by virtue of pay ‘e ihe coreainience of the London Globe gives currency to a rumor that the Pope is iy il from an attack of apoplexy. The statement requires confirmation. . The Genoa correspondent of the Morning Chroni- cle says, e project of a line of steamers. from Genoa to the United States:—The project of ex- tablishing a transatlantic steam communication be- tween Genoa and America has existed for some years. A Mr. Koster obtained, in 1851, a concession from government, and a contract for the transport of the mails. Messrs. Livingston, Wells & Co., of New York, were the principal capitalists im that undertaking. It has, however, since fallen to the und. A new company, em, of Genoese, has, jowever, been formed, with a capital of ten millions of francs. They purpose starting seven steamers of 256 horse power each, and of 1,500 tons burthen, per- forming a monthly voyage between Genoa and New York, and Genoa and Moatevideo. A single house in London is stated to have taken shares to the amount of three millions of francs. His Royal High- ness*the Duke of Genoa, and Prince Cavignan, have likewise encouraged the undertaking by taking shares. The trade between Genoa and America ix estimated as follows :— | Year, Tons. Ships. | 185 ‘ 228- li zt 185: 457 25H A great number of Genoese are established in South America. Hopes are entertained that, when the railways connecting France and Germany with Piedmont are terminated, a great part of emi- grants to America from those countries will embark at this port. The transport of fruit from Italy is very great, and an accelerated mode of communics- tion would certainly absorb all that trade. Masks, and the throwing of sugar plums at the pamerety, are both forbidden at the carnival at Milan this year. Without them it will be buat dull fun. A declaration from the Genoa Board of Health no- tifies that all vessels arriving from the Brazils, West Indies, New Orleans, and Charleston, 8. ©., will ba: tubjected to quarantine. Austria, | OFFCTAL, RECOGNITION OF LOUIS NAPOLEOS--OON- 7 TION OF A REVORTED COMMERCIAL TREATY BETVEEN AUSTBIA DINA) DIEPENBROCK. D PRANCE—DLATH OF CAK~ The Beaburg Nachrichten pabtiches a copy of Count Buo'g Serpe hto Mo tlobuer, at Parte, in which the austrian goverumient makes its reserves concerning tie dynasty of Lov'is Napoleon, The despatch is datal Dec. 2), nad reat thns:— kxeelleney-—the French riiuent In notifying to ue th uration of ‘he em, (8 same time for- copies of the Sen ud of the Plebis- tive to the teans/oi + the government © been efiected im } » documents, ax ‘o the interior st ; we have now ional 1 etn ro done to the Ma- ry, the r of the fry kly express~ its intention to mainta eroment the ly relations which 1 ted between. ‘the two countries, Austria passing a juégment upon the p: the Plbisite , which has now become a law ef the State, nor of admitting before hand the conseqnenves which wight be dedueed from it in the future We abstain from adopting a more soleman form for our restrves, and we believe that we thus give to the French government a new proof, which I trust it will appreciate.’ of those conciliatory dispositions which animate us, and which inapire the desire of avoiding all that might be eni- culated to interfere with the good understanding existing between the two governments, to the invariable mainte- nance of which we attach the highest value, for the sake of social order and the peace of the world. With these sentiments, I have the honor to transmit to- you the letters which accredit you anew to hia Mi the Rmoperor of the French.” nude (Signed,) The Lloyd's says that there is no truth in the been entered into vernments of Austria and France for the duties on French goods imported Yas just died ,aged 55, at the Castle of Johannin lerg. Turkey. Wi0ROUS EFFORTS TO PUT AN END TO THR Wak \N MONTENEGRO—THE BANK OF CONSTANTINOPLE. \dvices from the Dalmatian coast state that the Poke had sent orders to press forward the war agagst the Montenegrins, being anxious not to give oppttunity to the intervention of diplomatists, ie Tritte Gazette, of the 19th inst., states that the Turki had already commenced offensive gm ry Montenegro, Eight battalions had already from Bosnia, and pitched their camp at , Within six hours’ march of the mountains, oe for reinforcements. Omar Pacha's forces pnmbered 12,000 regular troops and 6,000 read on American book? Now England had tanght them; Arnau or Albanian grerillas, and they had not only been able to make their hob-nails, The ‘borrasements of the Bank of Constantine but (o isexe in England an American production poured i ple ave } be cleared off by government. \