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74 We, He volunteered his services, taking an Supreme Court—In Chambers, WEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. | milter Bl, uke niege that followed es ctvelt of the Before Hon. Judge Morris. Wa sekdians ah Cacriohongats Ss wie be Ss aigbod hiss, BABRAS GORPUG—IMPOBTANT DEUISION OF HON- courage. s JURIBDICT! THE Aaarese of Jonn C. Deverous, Hage, on Wile} fitheraoed to him the cater of arms, for which he Aeeshan a maton of ithe). Bn, lied Mam Penn, was fora time anxious. The Admiral had some other aoe » 7 ‘Te regular monthly meeting of this society was held | devicns for his son. He was subsequently, for several the Recorder for refusing to anewer, Jadge Morris gave wating ot oe rump inthe iver, Wass | Co SPT inne nn ote Se ese wm, a Yen too square, to transset their ordinary business, and to | And'bustnesa talent of & hich order, i one of torn of aba gore aed Cheer Pathe ety Usten io an address to be delivered by Mr. John ©. | yisitsto Cork, while at Caenger: , body. 4 and county lew York. The urns that Devereux, on William Penn, as lawgiver, statesman, aud | fered again the > TES Ee - John J. Hicks is imustody and rotait virtue of a ly the apedio of Hligibian-Mber tp 'end equalit Quakers were already rous in Treland. ving by commitment of of the eity of New York, a caninently the ap rty and equality. | geeident that Thomas Léve, of that body, whom he 3 copy of whieh Sheriff Orser attached to his return. The ‘Me Hon. Luther Bradiah presided, and opened the pro- | heard at Oxford, was to preach, curiosity to test a boyish | encourage learning ; wite and ierantan) past of sald emusttiocanh ie asntaine’ ia the cringe follows —Gensamen, cine | last had he | SRETOuIOS wy te ceca ot tec ieiicrmel | shs'N i tents ecrary fr eytailiy oft Race | Oeming erat fom Hv pleasure of meeting with the society, Ihave received from | induced him to stay and listen. ‘There is a faith that | that the educated in noble thoughts and virtue; | ,.Wurerenn,ou the 2st day, of Marah, 1433, before the Re: committee of gentlemen in this city, and have been re. quested to present to the soeiety, a copy in bronze of | come by the world.” overeomes the world, and there is a faith that is over- f b Snch was the text of the fervid | side with speaker. Adapted to his condition, this topic seized once | cannot be educa vitiate any form of civil pewer—while men Serieen sige, the fen of that them from the disastrous ences. ‘that vice corder, reoually a) dA. C. Fi CoMptroller of the city of Rew York, and mada ecmplaine that ortain crim) nai offence to wit, criminal fraude upou the corporation of the city of New York, and the obtaining, by erimiual means, the original beautiful medal in gold struck in honor of | hore upon the mind of enn. He had hesitated, hitherto, | He concludes it by declaring that, ‘in reverence to God from the treasury of sai add heen ooinmitte Menry @lay, and presented to that, distinguished citizen | to ober, the monition ‘af hs own hears eheviabed by | and_ good, conscience “rare "he ba formed hi “3 fersone nkews, and shorth for i ce society, business, and the wishes father; but the | scheme of government, ‘‘to sup, power im reverence 1 said complainant ly before his death. This medal presents upon its | 0nd) ‘Come at last. The olf emotions were foreed | with the people, and to secure the people from the rR Sea LY Stuanite ine asin faee an exceedingly good likeness of that distinguished | jack with redoubled force, and from that night Penn | of power ; that they be free by their just obedience, and | embraced in said complaint, and upon uch examination It iti upon its reverse a brief record of the great events | was in fact, ax in heart, one of the new Society of | the magistrates honerable by their just administration.’ | sntisfactorily appeared to me that Jobn J. Hicks wae s ma ef bis dime, and the leading measures of the government | Frieuds. Knowledge of this relapse quickly reaehed | ‘The constitution provided every guarantee for civil liber- | {¢Tial amd neconary witness om bohelf of the people of the im whieh he ly participated, and these are beauti- | Admiral Penn, and Wiliam was soon recalled to London. a It knowledge the aad sovervignty, and estab- | oyenoes, ac.—on the, 27th of March, T ineued a end: fully enclosed in a wreath composed of the five great | The interview between father and son, with whieh this ished a graduat. Tegisiative system, based oe neral wena to the said John J. Hicks, commanding him to appear riaple products of the country, called wheat rice, cot | rapid atch of the years precoding that incident in the | suffage and the ballot.” Penn aimed to provide thereby Petare ma, de, on sheath of Marck te, to give evinonce ten, cco, and hemp. Asa specimen, this medal is | life of the latter commenced, took soon after his | a democratic basis, leaving details to be filled up as time, | in tion to said complaint. which said eubpena, ax exeeedingly creditable Roth to those whe dosigued aad | a:rival at home, with the result stated. Bebold him | events, the public ‘good, rendered them necessary, proved by the eminsion of role Haba, Was duly sacred, 69, those wlio executed it; and 50 long as brilliant talent | uow fairly entered for the great “battle of life’—ever | the public voice called for them ; and thus allowed the | 2”. mye ve sball continue to excite admiration, so long will the name | a scene of trials and victories. I had not p: 1d to | new polity to develope itself in accordance with its own liad of Clay continue to live, not merely in the history, but in the teful recollections and affections of his country. nse ¢ . Dr. ie presented a resolution, to the effect that the thanks of the soviety be tendered to the pres senters of this medal, which resolution was seconded and earried unanimously. The ordinary business of the so- ciety, euch as reports from committees and nominations fof members, having been concluded, the President in- trodus Ma. Deveneex, who saii—Mr. President and Gentle- men:—William Penn uow stands before the worki as he sbould have long since appeared, a great historical eha. yaeter—the courageous defender of free thought, the champion of religious equality, the consistent friend of sivil Kberty—a patriot incorruptible—eminent as an au- thor, a lawgiver aud statesman, ef enlarged and liberal views myself s biographical eulogy, and shall not, and as the consistent friend and advocate of true religio the religious profession just made, which exercised transition state. Society there tions upon whieh reposed t men—bad fts votaries, enterprising and ardent. Religio “Ta dark age, against example good, opinion was equaby divided by nusberless sects, inglu Against allurement, custom, and a work! Otiended—fearless of reproach, or :corn, Or be violence, ———, | 1 need uot, surely, offer any words of apology | for bringing such & subject be’ore a learned soci- | only the dream of a very few. The mass of disputants ety, devoted, with partictic ardor and scholarlike | he crosa, as now at the sepulehre, took no quarter and te the collection and vindication of American | gave none. Mistory, Ite great names are truly. the jewels | esult of fanatic bitterness ans strife jusire and value in our histeris treasury, We ri 7 i 4 aoe ae wetghten thee: wih bene, aa give tien § Ot eee ron other faith, for milder beams Of Meavenly justice, roam the Christian's dreams. worthy setting. 1 can only regret that some one, from lel baer pe Pace oaneD the many distinguished gentlemen of our own body, | < 9 - . who, by eloquence, ability and acquirements, have ably | Mustrated history and her kindred pi its, does not fill the place 1 occupy this evening, gentlemen, by your kind indulgence, to treat of the pleasing and important topics suggested by the career of one so truly great and emi- Rentiy good as the Quaker stateeman of Pennsylvani) new areva, and combated with ardent aad promine veal, unknown to more reeent disciples of his school. B the excesses of many early Quakers are not traceable Will my audience turn back With me to the point of time | by them. These excesses arose out of that tendency te at which the drama of his life really opened. Puch sound doctrine to extreme consequences—an olf Louis, already the Magnificent, afterwards styled | SP or idiosynera ignoranee, or weakness—which “The Great,” sits upon the throne of France. | bas made nearly all the fanatics, and a large per centage as yet absorbed by one passion, amid) the | of lunatics, in every age; a tendency that. with us, pr the court, he has not lavished upon absurd extrames and systems, which, throagh zninal impulse, the blood and trea nall settlements upon the sh A few enre of Burope ef our continent, among them those at Jamestown, or geal. At Or: i other Friends sought to ow York, Plymouth, and St. Mary’s, struggle with the perils of a ieevle infancy, neglected in great part, and almost despised. ‘The Commonyealth at howe, following its * Proteetor,” after @ last glimmer, like tle candle in its socket, bas jascelaway. The Stuarts are again im power, firmly seated as when the first Charles adventured the pretensions of an absurd preregative upon the aro: early members of the society included pertion of intelli the position of law abiding, peaceful men, lovers of ju tice, ebarity and order. fore, prolong the preceding narrative of his personal history, | lished in the infant perforce contenting my-elf with reference to such addi- tional incidents of his life, as may be necessary to illus- wate the career of Penn, as the founder of a free State, freedom. But first it is proper to dwell for a moment on great and peculiar influence on the after life of the sub- ject of my remarks» At the time, confusion, almost anarehy, of opinion pervaded England. Things were in a \d_ not recovered from effects attendant upon the civil troubles preceding the Commonwealth, that had apparently loosened the founda- social edifice. Every shade | The foundation of government was perfect; the super- Of political belie’, from the strictest school of divine right | structure upon it Prosperod, and continues to prosper. towildest republicanism—even that of the Fifth monarchy ing the Anabaptist, the Arian, the Brownist, the Per- tectist, aud others, many of whose names even are now | people, lost, warring upon each other with am energy and ani- | succeeded. The reputation of its founder, widely known, mosity til then unknown. ‘Toleration, in any shape, was | secured to the new colony a hearty reception on ever Alas! It bas been too often thus—a natural The followers of Fox were among the champions of this Fenn or the more intelligent and more prominent mem- bers of the body, but were on its outskirts, and repudiated on and intelligent diseusaion, however, do little | ind soon exhaust the ambitious spasms of eccen. indeed, a» apostles, Penn " seminate the new mys- | ins’ tieisan by fervent precept and example, and for the pur- | feat oppression. pose exhorted, preached, and travelled much; but the p unusual pro- nt thiokers, and maintained as how the thought they aimed to ren natural genius. In fine, there — permanently — 1g colony equal laws, popular cont ‘mo to be 8 over all the powers of the Liste, freedom of theught and | the ruth o i mat in his Eneerleage relating Sonn conseience, sacredness of person and propérty, election | SH We pocitively aad, wilfully. refused 20 be awora aad to by suflrage to public trust, a perfect equality of politics! | <éstity in said matter of comolai is knowlodye there- us | and civil rights, without difference of rank or privileged order. The Indian was mildly dealt with, and protected ’2 | in all his rights. Said the Sachem chiefs to the colonists: direeted b; ters wit! le was ordered to ahow cause Om the 29th of March why ould not be aworn and testify, or xtand committed. On th of March he appeared, and no suficient or iozul “You are our brothers and we will live like brothers | (auselaving been shown for bis so refusing to be sworn Aud with you, We will bave a broad path for you and us to | {0 {estify in sald matter, and seid, Hioks sul) persisting in walk in. If an Englishman falls asleep in this path, the | criminal contempt im vo refusing and continuing to refuse, Indian shall pass him by and say—he is an now, therefore, man; he is asleep ; let him alone. The path be pat plain, There shall not be init a stump to hurt the feet.’” ou are hereby commanded to take the body of the eaid Joun J. Hicks and forthwith convey him tothe com- mon jail of thecity of New York; and you, tho keeper of said Jail, are hereby reyaired and commanded to receive the said John J, Hicks, and him safely keep inclose custody until he shail submit tobe aworn and testify in vaid matter, or umtil he shall be discharved by due cours¢ of law.”? Yo this return of the Sheriff the prisoner, John J. Hicks, in accordance with the authority of the 60th «ee tion of the act iu relation to the proceedings upon ha beas corpus, (2d, B.S, 569,) denied teat Recorder Tillou had obtained jurisdiction ef a subject matter, so as to authorize that officer to ixsuea subpeeua and attachment, aud adjudicate the contempt, and issue the commitment mentioned in there proceedings. As these proceedings have very properly excited public attention, as the sub- ject inatier of the investigation pending before Recorder ‘Nillou, (if such subject matter exists.) is of vital con- cerument to the well being aud reputation of the cit and her citizens, and as it is most desirable that our fel low citizens should know the powers of judges of the highest judicial jurisdiction, in exaininations to detect the commission of crime, and cause the arrest of offend ers, and to know the duty of eli judves, whether of the same or even of a less general judicial jurisdiction by habeas corpur, in fact to reverse the proceedings of the judge conducting the examination, I will prosent, fer the information of my fellow citizens, the powers of these apparently conticting magistrates, though all I say May not strictly epply to the case under consideration. The statutes of our State, and particularly title 24 of chapter 2, of part 4th of the Revised Statutes, found at page 706, second edition of the Revised Statutes, as alterea by the constitution of 1540, and the judiciary acts possed under that constitution, gives to acy a8 a weapon or shicli | the persons for the time being holding the following He did not plant in New Englond | offices, power to issue process for the appreheasion and Penn firmly believed that there is in human nature us | virtue sufficient for self government. He truste:! Hl | that great thoughts consistently throughont, at great personal ,sacrifices, to the invelligence and conselence of a free The experiment and was not di at | side, There were already scattered Dutch and Swedis emigrants within its borders, New settlers fiocked in crowds from Holland, the countries of the Rhine, Wales and every part of England, to enjoy its ample privileges and liberties. These are considerations that force themssives on | the attention in this connection, Penn was far ahead of e. He actually carried into practice that which wisest of his day hesitated even to think of seriously, and the prudents regarded as visionary and dangerous. nt | His institution of government was, by a plan perfected at ‘ut | the outset, even before thought had been reduced to rea- to | lity; unlike other American systems, which grew into freedom by chance or circumstances. I say it, without fear of contradiction—that Willliam Penn was the first to | who planted free institutions on this continent, upon the true and republican basis. The Puritan is not an ex- ception. He furnished indeed, fit material for the pioneer of an unexplored wilderness. Of iron frame, of strong 0 | energy of heart and purpose. with capacity and acqure- | mente, of unbending principles in practice and th | he was drilled toendure but not to forbear. He ent | tained or understood liberty only in opporing tyran- | ny. He took up its adve 3 | freedom of the true stamp, or toleration. He set out | detention of persons charged with the comunission of of there, indeed, a sturdy tree, whieh, by a forced procass | fences, viz.—Justices of the Supreme Court; Judges of —by grafting—produced in time the right fruits. Would | the Surerior Court of Law of the city and county of New any one of m: tors now consent to live under atheo- | York; Judges of County Courts; our City Judge; Mayors, S- | cratic rule, Such as that of Plymouth, Massachusetts, corders and Aldermen of cities; Special Justice: and or Connecticut? On the other hand, could he desire | Assistant Justiees of the city of New Yor! justices of wa of popular opinion, But with Cromwell and his | “ér into practice was grand, and it was complete. They | q better government than the one enjoyed by the | the Peace, appointed for any city, and elected in any goverment the popular theory is by no means lost. It is bed the doctrine of social and political equality,and | first colonists of Pennsylvania? 1 have thus, but | town, and to no ethers. Fach of these officials, in per- not even in abeyance. The King, in sits at White- aimed at the institution of a universal religion. they | jn a manner quite inadequate to the subject, traced | formance of the duty of causing the arrest and eonducting ~ hall, and with the coneurrent of majority; but bad appealed equally to the lowest and to the highest, | the public career of William Penn. I cannot—time | the examination of a person charged with the commission the state of public feciing and discussion indicates that the milkmaid to the Lord Protector, in its behalf, | will “not allow me--follow into the relations of | of an offence, has no more power than the other. The teaching of such doctrine the seed has been planted and is ripening to a harvest not remote. Avout this tine, in the year 1667, two men have within a private wonsion of London.’ They are sur younded by the indications of comfort and opulence. The elder, advanced in life—winter has nestled in his hair— ef stern and manly bearing, carries about him the air of ene who has thought long aad done the State much ser- viee—as much at home in the courtly saloon as upon qnarter deck. The younger of the two, of twenty-three summers only, we niay regard for amoment more closely. **He has already grown trom the slight and unformed youth into a gricelul man. Tall and well set, his figure Promises physical strength and hardihood of constitu wen. His face is mild, and almost womanly in its beauty ; hus eye soft and full; his features well defined, and ap proaching in contour to the Greek ideal ; the lines of huis month sweet. yet resolute in expression. In mien and manners he seems formed by nature and stamped by ort a tdeman. He has travelled, as his dress indicates ; | it ie that of the court ; he wears lace ani rutties, plume | and rapier. The graceful curls of the cavalier fall in vatural clusters upon his shoulders.” These details, sup- We nied from an acenrate writer, are addod but to fill out | she scene I bave calied up before you. The man and youth are father and son. The younger alone is covered, and et it is not from want of any filial reverence. The meet- ing has evidently @ purpose; it is by concert, on one side to hear, and the other to announce a settled resolve. We der suffering tired cut persecution. They declined fr xeruple, as vain and foolish, several wordly customs of pect, but did not adopt any unusual fashion of dre, as is commonly supposed. ‘The present Friend’s hat ai garb are tho-e of the substantial and steady zen of the time, as distinguished pery of the rather, Dimeelf suddenly in fashion. ment on the Friend, or his peculiar opinions. rine of the ‘inner light,” cided and elevated in performance. And that activ tenet ef social and an consistently practiced by the Quaker, elevated in hi: gather as wuch from their expression and manner, In | Tal idens, already characteristie of the new convert, | & former interview, the elder, who is Admiral Sir | resul position, study and circumstance. We will William Penn, Jord Commissioner of the Royal Navy, | sow turn to his political career. The careful observer high in favor aud station, has remonstrated with the ether upon the folly and wesknes ferring vo those honors belonging to his al wtation, cyen a peerage in rortain prospect, the eross of | @ prosérived and persecuted But William sees ‘these matters from a point of view far other than that of the fond but worldly father, ambitious for the one destined to inherit, as he supposed, bis rank, fortune, with neither whig nor tory. as in itself a reyo- (not be put down, because the children | of light were also children of peace. Their patience un citi- Jrom the frip- rt, which they have continued to our day; and possibly, in the capricious revolutions of taste. or, yle, in dress, the Quaker may some day find Tam not here to pass judg- Granting oll that the most orthodox may object to them—that they were heretic in theory and schismatic in practice— can regard Penn's character rather as the natural re- of Quaker discipline than Quaker principle. The whether viewed as newly | scovered truth or the exbumed delusion of a former 2, (some trace its parentage to Origen,) of one thing 1e eertain—acting upon the eharacter and moral dis- position of Penn, it produced at least a thoughtful and suggestive conscience, scrupulous in aim, deliberate, de- political equality, taught and heart, from sentiment to duty, a strong tendency to libe- rust derive from it instruction and profit. It will repay the seholar for bis labor, whether viewed in its relation to affairs in England, or ‘as eonnected with the founda- t ofa State in America. A neutral in the current of jities of bis day, Penn identified himself, as 1 have said, From this middle position he wax enabled to render, time and again, service of great importance to those suffering from penal enact- private life, the tranquil course of his mild virtues as son, hu-band, and friend. One of the foretathers of this re public, Penn’s great example emphaticallywarns us against the fatal results of the despotic spirit of monopoly, under its politieal and religious impersonations. He employed, in favor of truth, justice, and moderation, all the arm: with which learning, philosophy, sober wit, and literary talent could furnish a judicious zeal. He inyeighed, with enthusiastic energy and startling effect, against the | erimes of fanaticism and tyranny; reprobating every- thing which bore the character of oppression, harshness, or barbarity, whether in religion, administration, mo- rals, or law. ‘He commanded kings, warriors, priests, magistrates, and the people, in the name of nature and religion, $o adopt, as their signal and watchword, reason —toleration—bumanity! It remains to point tht moval of his career—that career exobodies the impressive advice | of one inspired by nature to speak truly— “Be just and fear not; Let all the ends thou aim’st at be thy country’s, Thy God’s, and truth’s.”’ The reading of this ¢laborate essay was received with great applause by the gentlemen present, and a vote of theuks having been Proposed to Mr. Devereux, which @ | was oe and car: unanimously, the meeting se- para presiding justice of the Supreme Court in those matters has no more power than the justice of peace. Each of these officials must gain jurisdiction in the same manner, via: by the presentation to them of facts showing either the commission of an offence, or sueh facts as tend to show that an offense has been committed. These tacrs may be establiched cither by the oath of a complain. ant, or if the magistrate saw the facts which tended to show a criminal offence been commiited, he may enter a statement of them in his proceed- ings, and upon them issue his subpoena. If he saw the facts he may issue his subpona without en- tering & statement of thein in his procsedings, though as he is obliged to prove his jurisdiction, it is prudent tor him to enter them. After such facts have been proved and the magistrate’s jurisdiction thus established, he may issne subpornas to witnesses, requiring ther attendance and obliging thera to give evidence. Jf witnesses refuse to attend, they may be arrested on attachment for not attending: and if, when thus brought before the magis- trate, they refuse to be eworn or to testify, they may be adjudged guilty of criminal eontempt and imprisoned until they will answer, unless they excuse themselves by stating that their answers might tend te criminate theni- selves. All this may be done before the name of the per- son who committed the offence has been discovered, and done for the purpose of discovering who committed the offence. I will now present the obligations and duties of the same named Judges, except such as are Justicas of the Peace merely, upon the subject of the writ of habeas cor- pus. The Constitution, (4, art. 1, declares:— The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus cannot b pended, unless when in eases of rebelliun or invasion the public tafety may require its suspension, Revised id is | > Theatrical and Musical. a | Bowery Tyea Charles Bourke, the popular comedian, is knnounced to appear in his favorite charac: | ters of Caleb Sorimmage and Ebenezer Calf, this evening, in the drama of ‘Jonathan Bradford,” and the pleasing comedietta of ‘ Ole Bull.”’ He will be assisted by Messrs. Kady, ‘Johnston, Dawson, Griffiths, Glen, Mrs. Herbert and Mrs. Yoemans, The drama of the “Golden Farmer” |, | willalso be given. tuiex, 2d vol. 505: See. 32.—When the Supreme Court ot any justi shall have evidence from auy judivial proceedings thereof BRoApWAY THEATRE.—Mr. Forrest, the distinguished hat M on within the county in which American tragedian, is to appear in his famed character as re Sa fll ally contined and restrai shall be the of Claude Melnotte this evening, in Bulwers’s beautiful | lnty of such court or off r elief, al- and honors. It pains a gentle natare to plant disap. | ments. ‘This could not have been were his stand marked | ‘c 7 | w writ! of Aheas corpus or certiorari for hls rs pointment, is « thorn, in the path of one entitled to hie | as that of « friend or enemy of those in power. Anad- | fy4,0/ the \ lady of Lyons.) He will be supported in | though uo petition be presented oF application mado for su b utmost love a ‘The son has turned and viewed | herent of the court, he would have been under a neces- | Pogiat Wire Veckon aol. Mee bare. nl Pope, Aime. | writ, fi Yhe great « ed to his deliberate judgment | sity of conforming himself to its prineinles and policy: | coited’« Diamond Cut Diamocd, will be the onvelading. | Kone ot hie aero te cern era ar tepized by the provi and conse) light; has balanced ambition | as its enemy, he could ask or obtain no tavorat its bands. | fature, epee | tiorart, shall refuse to grant such writ when legally applied and dut in perspective, with steady eye, | To describe his position at the time, I cannot do better eae for, every niember of ench court, who shall have samoneed ¢) the roads 0 a coronet, the ot perchance, | than employ the language of one of his ablest biogra- Berron’s Tinzarer.—Manager Burton has provided a | puch refusal, and ever; flicer, shall severally forteit to to the pillory ismade’ Tt is now announced | phers:— At this period of hia life (about 1678,) Penn lived | Very attractive bili ot entertainment for this evening, | the party nx 4 one thousand doll Z with sorrow, but in terms of modest ficmuess, and | moich inthe world, and was received with distinetion by | Comprising the amusing drama of “Charles XII,” the | When the prisoner is brought before the Judge who is- William Penh is driven with anger fro: his father's | nearly all conditions of men. His position was indeed an | farce of “Poor Pillicoddy,”’ snd the drama of “Luke, | sued the /uteus corpus, he must discharge the prisoner if uncommon one. Standing aloof from all intrigues in the Laborer,” the casts of which will introduce Burton, | the precept upon which he is held is defective in some | pone ws. and even from shelter under the pa‘ ernal roof. departs in tears, no longer the admired courtier in the road to -elfich honors, but the destined apostle of @ivi} and religious freedom. Let us trace back briefly the antecedents to a resolve so full of promise. The W Yenps were, in the early part of the sixteenth century, an eld family of England, to a district of which, in | 9m Buekinghamehire, they bequeathed their name. I 1 spoken of the Adi The mother of his children was a lady of Rotterdam, in Holland, the daughter of an epalent Dutch merchant. Their ellest son, William was born on t rth of October, 1644. He was the ebild of hope, grew up promising and graceful, while great events were tal e in his native eountry. Charles stuart bad lost his crown and life— the hero of Dunbar occupied his seat. Admiral Pena that most intriguing of courts: taking no dire tomed, from his yonth, to nix freely and on equal term: ith the best society rits of the day, yet ition or devouring hu to the great objects of to him @ lerger shar than perhaps any oth In the good graces of the kin the Duke of York, it was ea ersonal and part intercourse wi! leading mei ee thronged the ‘or per- sonal yart ip polities; a candidate for no offiea: accus- acquainted with all the leading ossessed by none of their eager of pleasure; no man’s rival in love, business, or gallantry—his perfect neutrality as strife, secured eli | | WALLACK’S THEATRE.—The benefit of Mrs. Stephens is igh standisg with ‘the wits, ministers and favorites alleries of Whitehall; while be- yond that circle he enjoyed the confidence of men whom Placide, Dyott, Johnston, Miss Weston, Mrs. Burton, Mrs, | matter of substance required by law, rendering suck Bernard and Mra, Dyott, in the principal characters. | oo Mo He he ——— . s | Namionar Tiearre.—Purdy advertises three very at- | ;,,\ Nem the Process, though in proper form, has beon \ tractive pieces for the amusement of Ris RaMecus bat | owen keane ee tan encoded) Giliuervasrvocsetiny | rons thisevening. The commencing feature will be the 0 drama of the ‘ Charcoal Burner’—gbia will be suecee by the popular piece styled the “ Ref Reiver of Scotland, and the whole will terminate with the drama entitled a | “Tom Cringle.”’ Court or off place, sam or 2. ‘ at When the Court or officer had not obtained juri+lietion of both the subject matter, and of the person of the prisoner, a want of jurisdiction of either the person of the prisoner, or of the subject matter, compels the Judge to discharge. Upon haters corpus the Juige ean only look to the face of the process upon which the prisoner is committed, and at the question of jurisdiction. If the process is correet, and the magistrate has either obtain ed jurisdiction, or the facts show a colorable jurisdic- tion, the Judge must re-commit. Jurisdiction is where | to take place this evening, and the amusement provided | isofabigh'y attractive character. Ihe comedy of the “Road to Ruin”’-—the cart of which embraces the names ofall the leading comedians—is the commencing pi Miss Malvina will dance the “ Tarantelle.”” The orchestra served and illustrated the Commonweslth, acquiring | uo royal Dlandishments could win, Not only was he | Mis* Malvina will dance th 4 etre | the facts show an offence has heen committed. Colora- frm and fortune under it} but was not its ealogist. 1 with | the’ \Cathollo Duke of —_ Nicene the CRogninem on ee | ble jurisdiction is where the facte proved show a pro- | sper elentapheanabcery one equally noble sons, the nf Ossary, ; ; ability that an offence has beea commitred—that ix St court Willem rapidly im? Lord Adrian, but also. with the ebat. | AMERICAN Musxcw —The dramatic performances an- | -ufieiont jurisdiction to authorize the magistrate to proved in useful and elegant scholarship: showed a rare aptitude for business: was attached to field sports and manly ¢xercises. ixford be was «ent for more severe studies at once, after the Restoration, under the auspices y whom the services of his father, ion with that event, were ever William obtained a position in me a favorite mong his equals by illotcon. His genius and his virtues were ¢ iated by the whig, William Lord R 1 Hyde, and the republican, Alzerno; act does but justi Penn’s character and virtues among his countrymen rprise hae been expressed, not unmixed with ean that a man of his unworldly profession should mingle, o terms of caxy of Charles the Second. youth bac been passed in courts, with wits, Surp gratefully remembered. in college circle; was a hard sti with his superiors by scholarship- his manly «ualities. profonnd, for bis age, with history anc theology read the Latin and Greek classics, and acqu and men of fashion. thorough knowledge of several mod languages. Fox, he great pleasure, hewever, while at Christ Chureh, was in | duty, b reading the doctrinal discussions of the day, whieh, without doubt, gave to his character its first serious @irection. With others of his fellows, he boldly op. posed. even to revolt, the attempts of the court to mtroduce into the University its spirit, in a pictureaque | } ritual and more courtly ceremonial, and at length foun! his conscience at war with the powers his fether lonored, and sbocked at the reign of profligate vice then ¢ M ing. At this early day he seems to have coneeived the | relative, whom he loved, the ‘ first notion of an n the New World, with ac- | gests a stmilar morality, in words of gen’ counts of whose broad lands and vast forests his childish | tion peculiarly his own 1 forbid, imagination had been impressed, “equally free,’ as his | I should make you an ambitions He left there with an acquaintance had sombre oc morb that sprightly cb both as courtier and Quaker, those with whom the ordinary ways of life may ineontact. Ina letter of counsel to a young end nob! ion of Protestant doctrine, the pions and the gentle | to the unbounded influence of | re, | the tragedy of “Ugofino” again, this evening, at the St. | tercoursé, with courtiers such as those It will beremembered that his noblemen, | After his adhesion to the opinions of 4 views of life or fulness of man- iral to him, and that jocose humor, | and adinireble tact as a talker, that ever rendered him, n agreeable companion. | This was in accordance with his ideas of duty—that a re- | ious man may live in, if not of, the world; shonld do the vices and frivolities, but not avoid the persons of Tring him id prelate of Cambray sug- une- | ys, ‘that ! Bat without nounced for this afternoon and ever’ drama of the “Six Degrees of Crime,’’ and the farces of ‘Allow me to Apologise’’ and the Irish Tutor.’’ The Roman Brothers will also appear in their pleasing Athe- nian exercise, o. Sr. Caantes Toratee —Mr.. J. R. Seott will appear in ig. comprise the | inake the examination, thongh eventually it should | be clearly proved no oflence had been commit- ted, or that the person charged was innocent. | I will now apply those legal principles to the case nnder | consideration. The commitment and the attachment, | upon their face, exhibit no defect in law matter, or snb- stance required by law, rendering them void; taerefore | there is nothing in them requiritg me te discharge the | prisoner. I have had more difieulty mn determining upon | the sufficiency of the subpoena; but still I have come to | the conclusion that it is sufficient in anbstance to require the defendant to appear. It directs him to appear and | testify in a certain matter, on the complaint of A. C. ¥lagg, verified by the oath of A. C. Flagg ani others, leging and charging the commission of certain crimin offences within the city and county of New York. ‘Al- leging and charging upon oath the commission of certain criminal offences” may answer the substance, yet it | have provided an unusually attractive programine for to. | Srerinet SuaU ontaunalvoniben Oaprrers our Keo n-ne ; | sider it sufficient, I now come to an examination of the le | Dk, Vasewnne is to give another eccentric lecture this | omplaint, to see if that gives tothe Recorder jurisdic- evening, for the benefit ef the New York volunteers. tion of a subject matter, or jurisdiction of a probable Owen’s ATMINE RAMBLES AND ASCENT OF MonT BLANC has pn matter, Upon a careful examination of the com- | become quite a pleasing entertainment, at 539 Broad. ee int, made by A. C. Flagg, it will be seen that the only | acts} he swears to from his own knowledge—and n Charles. The new drama entitied “Fveleen Wilson,” and the amusing farce of ‘‘A Kise in the Dark” will also be given. Cmevs.—-The equestrian performance offered by Sands and Company for this evening, at the Amphitheatre, is for the benetit of Mr. Burtiss—it is highly attractive, and no doubt will draw a crowded assemblage, | Cwnersry’e Orxes Hovsy.—Christy’s popular Ethiopian | opera troupe announce a light and varied amusement for this evening. Woon’s Mryerneis, whose performances always please, rapher expresses it, ‘from bigotry and the dead for- | being indiscreet or obtrusive, you should put yourself in | ““Yaxvaxn's Paxonawa or THE Hory LAxp continues to | which,, consequently, are the only evidence the mulism of State religions.” While at Oxford, he first | the way ef yersoms in power, and eultivate all fair oppor- | Yo exhibited with great success at the Ceoraroa. Recorder can consider for the purpose of oby- heard preached the doctrine of Fox, to which, for its ne- | tunitier of attracting their good will. © © & t is taining jurisdiction of a matter, or of | preper to despise the world ; but it is ghect of forms, his attention, with that of others, was di it anbservient to one’s landable views. reeted in a special manner from the nature of the then college revolt. Admiral Penn was shocked at the idea of his son becoming, at eighteen, a Noneonformist and fan atie. To draw his attention from sombre thoughts and inferior company, William was sent abroad, to Paris, and | upon the grand tour—was presented to the French king, and at his court became a frequent He forgot his austere gravity, proving himself as yet more of a Cavalier than a Quaker, The Admiral, delighted with bis son’s conduct in France, caused him to remain abroad, to merit in abundoning it from sloth an ca it, xo far as it is your daty, but do not lov tiver of ambition. either neglect it from idleness follow it from vanity.” The social position thus acq by Feon gave to his pueifie plans of benevole toleration the contin powerful fy'ends tained at the expen: ny of no unworthy act or cor complete 1 tion before entering the army, for | Penn spoke publicly, and wrote, in favor of his relis mhich step nente were already made. He accord- | His second written essay in the way of doctrin: me at Saumur with Moses Amyrault sion, called down upon his head the wrath of th ‘ti ft a distinguirbed « ine and reformer, and with him read shop of London aud oth 0 proper to make It is proper to be detached from it, from motives of religion, but there is no ce, Attend to it from mo: red mer Night’s Dream,” accompanied with Mendelsohn’s and | musie, performed by and for the benefit of the American e11 intiuence and support of ol! and His hold on the polite world was re- ion. | loving citizen ious of the American Dramatic Fund Society, viz., the raising prelates of the established subject obtaining jurisdiction of a probatle subject matter, are “That A. U. Flagg is Comptroller of the city aud county of New York, and that as such Comptroller he has in his custody, care, and control, the documenta, vouchers and papers relating to the Hinance Department of the said city.’ Thode are the only factshe proves. These facts certainly do not show, or tend to show, that a crime has been committed, nor are they facts tending to show that it is probable a crime has been committer. The cor plaint then states:—'' That from the said docu ments, and from information which he has received from various quarters, which information he believes to be true, frauds to a large amonnt have been committed upon the public treaanry of the said city, which frands he believes to be criminalin their nature and character.’ Prov. Henixr is to give another of his, pleasing airées diableriv this evening, at 549 Broadway. Musicar Noventy—Reapive oy “Mpsewsnn Nicur’s DRKAM,’? WITH ORCHESTRAL AND Vocal ACOOMPANIMENTS — | One renders may remember that some five years since, n¢ | Fanny Kemble read in this city, Shakspeare’s *‘Midsum Musical Fund Society—a society which has stronger im» than any other lipon the generosity of our music inasmuch as its object is similar to that | a! sof w fund for the po of aiding unfortunate musicians 1¢ and their families. This society has now raised nearly ten thousand dollars: and as soon as the fand reaches among other matters, the principal’ fathers, with gome | church. At their instance, upon a warrant from the office twenty thousand, they will be in a position to aid the «uf- | The complaint does not even show what the documents theology. He afte vds travelled, when he made a first | of the Seeretary of State, he was immured in the Tower, | fering of their fraternity. The ontertainment above al are, or what is their contents, does not state what the gequaintance with Algernon Sidney, who was then r where he remained confined, mostly in solitude, for more | Inded to was eminently successful, and we are pleased to | jnformation was which Mz. Flagg received from various ing in honorable and voluntary exile on the contin than eight months. This was not by imorisonment; | learn that it is to be repeated some time during the | sources, and the legal opinion seen in the complaint is chance meeting was followed by an intimacy which but he bore them all alike, He wa» innoeentof all bn | month of May, in Metropolitan Hall. having in view the | not that a crime had been committed, but only that the resulted in a strong 3t.achment on (he part 0 the crime of nonconformity. He refused to vee par. | same praiseworthy object, but with diflerent yeteqnally | frauds were “criminal in their nature and elarac he had committed no offence. F They are mistaken in me,”’ he si » wot their thres ont their matic ither great od t don from that dietingnished man and his prineiy opinions were, heyon doubt, there enced. The young traveller returned hc gentleman.” The change in his man ings were ever atiained without fe | able artists. We understand th tithe society have en- id, | gaged Miss 2. Kimberly, the popular and talented Shake ©, | pearenn reader and actress, to read the play, with the | Mendelsohn music aecompaninent, to be performed by ter,” which all frands are, though all are not Then follows, ‘that among them’’—that is, awong before mentioned frauds which, in Mr. Flagg's legal opinion, are “ec al in their nature and c'iacacter, minal. aed valley in Gen pete wkd. Bh and | ud reap and not about one hundred instramental and yoeal per- | and which legal opinion he forms from “doenments aud the King and Dake of York—became a courtier r, mUwt pe “Telliny father, formers, consisting of the first artists « | information he has received from various quarters.” He with the ladies, composed chansons, and lisped th who I know will ask theo, “anid he to his servant, ntano. | Mise Kimberly has before rend the gi mewhat in detail ‘What one of the instances nage of polished compliment. His fath#r, delighted | ther time, “that my prison shall be my grave before 1 | tiful piece ‘in Boston, in conjunction with the | purports’ to be. The complaint then states—“De with all thie, avoied reterence to the painful past will budge a jot: for 1 owe my eonselones to no mortal | celebrated Germania Musical Society, and it met with | ponent says that he has reason to believe, and docs hiss by osbabarte ‘ - man.” Ho add: his prison, to those in immense snecess, drawing the most crowded and fashion- | believe, that various other frauds, of a inal clia- muuee Wins piey vi thority. 2 remonstrance again y able andiences, embracing the very (Ti ~ We | racter, have been perpetrated upon the saii corpora. csiste tats” Wane ed his right as an English e least doubt but tion in the presentation of bills: whieh is not a piste I got 2. But the plague 500 1 pr Punish attend the entertainment here. The object of the society | charge of the existence of a criminal offence, but only the cok a fainted. the warrior quailed | 1 uid be awarde in reli. | being to relieve the distresses of nnfortuoate musicians | of an offence criminal in its nature. This charge, how- before it. was a viel ation to make the least suscap- ters. “Ite ‘to satisfy the and their families—and the elass is byno means limited— | eves, Mr. Flagg does not even make upon information, tible to rel mprendepe lok thegrest question fa:| 1 Id sectarian that he can forbid his rival Share our citizens will doubtless rejoice at the opportunity soon | but only upon his belief, and without either facts or ia the face tin full foree the religious tenden of heaven, without also bar t m the earth to be afforded, of contributing their aid faa cause so | formsifon, The complaint then concludes with a prayer of the yi lent, and swept away at ones all ! He treat ero cpinion, tha’ | eminently deserving of public countenance and support. | that the Rerorder make full investigation, and tuat he courtly refinement» nnd pursuits. His time was now | becauxe varee a= to the things whick belong | We have every confidence that the novelty of the enter- | will proceed to examine into the complaint, and that be spent in carefn @ areat writers op controver- | to ancther life, they should not be at 1 to ¢ tainment, united to the worthy objects liad in view, wil ond for proper witnesses—will issue necessary and shal theology and po’ his manoelater, few in number, | drink, sleep, walk, trade, think, and speak in this | draw together as large an suditory ge over asse ; Against whom legal evidence may were selec row devout. Admiral | He meinteined that the understan eoull be | within the wails of Metropolitan Hall. he «@ a petition does not Penn, returning fic p- | appealed to by renson, not by foros, What could | Goon Breemnc.—Dir, Forrest last night in play ing ‘King . Taete only give jurisdiction. The posed, at the sul ona | be done with such a prisoner let h © Lear,” hadgthe misfortune in the last scene of the second is forth th of the Recorder if facts Siatt 6 buainers and land, where he had | He would accept — liberty cond » teat off the white wig he wore and throw it some n him jurisd the statements contained an estate, with the b ones more, by | W m inherited from hia f handsom rom him, The act was ludicrous enough, but i¢ , in this complaint are notof the description or of the ef change of pursuits and scene upr | estate, a large claim for arrears upon th appear to annoy the artist or impair the histrivie , ficaey of the cave supposed by the District Attorney. He set out at once for Dublio—tai« in 1606—fu the xt was poor and could not pay. nf ol the great tragedian, who finished the scene | When a man swoars toa statement “that he saw two nisbed with introductions to the Dui Ormons, and votiation and , in discharge of that debt usual thrilling eflect. ‘Not one of the immence | men, unknown. drgging a female, who was screaming the most distinguish a oust now @ rent State of thie confede | 3. “ abled tittered or smiled—a speci ‘of | for help, along the ayenue, and place ber in « carriage then noted beyon! « ty and upon bim by royal charter, Tr wae | Dreeit it of hastily off with hor,’ such statement is of F ‘ } good breling much te the eredit of our worthy comneagngens-the purity he brilftaney nia—that ix, the fo nd of Venn. | . * show the commission of an offence, and of ite fashion.’ Py that with the intel he eh ¢ received the King's signature on the fourth Mr. James W, , Ar, ie envaged at Burton's jurisdiction, although investigation show Tigenee, spirit, and breedivg of the youns strang 1681, Penn exclaimed —“God hath given | theatre, and will y, appear in. the. new Kaglish « merely retmrning an escaped fimatie to the asta wee we mi and caressed. Penn affects face of the world-—he will blew and make | Comedy of ‘C.vilization,”’ now being played to crowded cleo that the Recordor, upon the evidence before ners, but gave himeweif with mo ‘ “ Now, lord proprietary anc ¢ houses in Jondon, me, had neither jneiadiction or eolorable jurisdiction, “T eoenpetion and tly amus An overe new province, he was unaware o' Mr. Burton intends te stor ‘i during the summer, while | mot therefore discharge (xe prise rom the oom wit #vept at thiw time, revived in his mud wm Mepuiee (oy | be ian ; that he had gece vay) bit owe theatre is alowed, | ment Interesting Stattstion of the Mextean Republic. 178 PRRSBNT AND FORMER 1) ¥, WITH THAT ‘TRANAYERRMD TO THR : REIGN DEET AT EPOCHS PROM 1821 ro aa €CVNL BUDGST—1TS VARIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS — ARMY, ETO. [lranslated from EI Universal Mareh 9, 1853,] Buperticial extent of the Mexican repubhie, distinguish” ing that which corresponded to each State, district and territory, in 1621, from that yielded by the treaty of Gua- dalupe in 1848, and giving the present extent of the re- publte — anand Territory Superf- ‘Tote! Super- yielded fo cies in , pews in W821, the U.S. 1852. Sq. bag’s, Sq. leag’s. Sq. leag's. Federal distriet!....... a7 wer 12.57 STATES. Seamaite and Texas... 33,300.65 25,902.65 7,947.00 : tare iy g63 meee mate z Queretaro...... San Luis Potosi. Binaloa, Taare BESESEE Ze SSstsssassasass TERI Upper California. 49,488.85 Tower California, 29,199.66 Extent of the ‘re sory line of 181: yard Extent Lose of territory sinee 1892 109,944. 34 Fqual to a lose of half the territory and 1,939 square leagues over. INCOME AND EXPENDITURE. BEYORE THE INDEPENDENCE. From 1795 to 1799, the everage of the total receipts, was... + $20,562,307 The average to i810, was, 7820;000,000 Corts of administration Lay war, tee Portion remitted to Spai Ultrs-marine allowances of the American and Asiatic poses: 8 piblle aeserding to the divi. ry Sarplus $20,000,060 SINCE THE INDEPENDEXCE. THE EUTRE, 1822.—Total receipts. Expenses... 2.6 Deficieney......-.+++ -$19,411,220 3,000,000 1825 to 1830,— Ave Deduct for loans, & © 0! total receipts . Net amount of revenue of the confederacy Revenue of the States.......... 4,000,000 Revenue of the nation, - 14,411,220 ADMINISTRATION OP GENERAL HUSTAMENTE—FEDERAL SVT 1831,—Total receipta....... eee BIT? Deduet for sums belonging to the previous Mr. Beuzon. that his wife t some of the jewelry from a German woman Ley aera fon tie see. charged with orime; after search, pucceedsd, ine inthe! fees ian German Sonny Ly) at No. 106 Pree n scye reet, and Sale nn were found other articles of stolen y Bhe was taken at once bolero the Police Here a curfous circumstance was developed. The young woman acknow! her guilt to Mr. Benzon, and sald that after she had the ty, she came on. to New York, and returned again fies; that ina small German boarding-hour¢ in Boston, she became se- quainted with Christopher W. Williamson, the person now in the Tombs, arrested only the night before. charged with swindling Mr. Lapnor and others; that on the Ist of April she married Williamson, in Boston, and came to this city on Sunday last, since which time she bas been. here. In reference to the candlesticks stolen by the bur- glare, she states that while in New York, a German. named Carl Seybold, formerly in the employ of Mr. Ben- zon, brought the said candlesticks to her, and asked her to sell them for him, giving her one for herself; she sold the- three for $5, and gave him the money. The candlesticks were recovered, one in hor possession, and the three where she had sold them. it Bthe impression of Mr. Fenzon that the womun aided in the burglary, as the selection of articlef in the house was evidently done by some one well acquainted with their location. The magis- trate cauted Williamson to be brought from pote, ane he substantiated the fact of his marria: the pri- soner, and stated that he now felt that he had been de- ceived inher, as she represented herself to him to be a dressmaker, doing a good business in New York, an thought he married a nice, honest girl These lest re- marks made by Wiiaeoe, ware 4 ty ome very serious manner, caused quits a Present, to think that a'man of his ideas of honesty should hhaye them to ups son, and no doubt they will be taken to Boston for trial. "The oficer deserves much credit for the perfect manner in whieh he worked up the affair, | been deceived. The magistrate com 6 | A DARING HOUBE BURGLARY —ARREST OF THE ROB- BERS BY THE POLICE. ts At about two o’elock on Wednesday morning, q men Farrington, Raynor and Walker, of the Seventeenth: ward, observed ‘four suspicious-lookiny in the ward, and followed them, believing that they contemplated yome depredation. ‘The officers kept on thelr traek untit they arrived in Fast Fifteenth street, and at the residence of Mr. Samuel G. Paxton, No. 137 that stroet, the offi- cers lost sight of the men’ At once the police (elt satisfied that an attempt would be made on the said premises by the burglars, and accordingly xpproached the house with caution, and from the rear’ fence the officers, on through a crack, saw the glimmer of a light, aa if by a match. and therefore concluded that’ the robbers were at work foreing an entrance. Two other policemen from the adjoining ward, named Macks and Watson, were called into requisition, and the five then surrounded the house, awoke the inmates, which gave alarm to the bur- | glars, two of whom sprung over the rear fence to eseape, | and were taken | committed to prison for tri | Capthin Hicks and cific | butcher's sho; year and for advances on maritime imposts 4,355,860 | «12,908,059 + 4,000,000 Net revenue of the confederacy. Revenue of the States....... .. Tote] revenue of the nation.............+.. $16,909,059 ADMINISTRATION OF GENRRAL SANTA 4NNA—-CENTRAL SYBTEM. 1844.--Total receipta, «$29,323,423 Loans, deposits, 15,901,560 Net revemne., ee vevee$13,421,863 ADMINISTRATION OF GENERAL ARISTA--FEDERAL SYST! 1851 —Total receipts.....-.....+++ * Deéuct American indemnity, and other celpte, whieh are not revenue,.......00+6 ‘eM. ve 815,118,383 6,084,819 Balans Pevenu Total revenue of the republie...........+..810,! FOREI DEBT. ber. Since December, 1832, when eral Dustamente ceased, the foreign debt has increased $18,450,747, having yielded the crediters in tie same ried” $23,811,747, 1,268,494. DOMESTIC DEBT ANTERIOR TO THE INDEPENDENCE. 1808.—Besides a sum of $400,850 annual ex- pensen of rente, the nation owed a capital of $16,428,508 1821.—For net capitals,.,....... $66,520, For interest payable thereon 9,765,799 $76,286,409 1§22.—About half of the payments were ar- ranged, leaving. . +++ 40,000,000 BSEQUENT TO INDEPENDENCE. Debts of various kinds, Diplomatic contracts. $22,028, $04 4,149,512 Total since the year 1822........ sence es 4 6 808,190,408 Balance due to the creditors before the inde. PONAODCE. sce ceee cesses seeneeseee ven eeee$40, 000,000 Total amount to be liquidated for debts con- tracted before and since the independence, . $74,179,406 ARMY. RUPORE THE INDEPENDENCE, 1808,=Veteran or permanent troops Disciplined militia........ Do. of the coasts,. Inner provinces. VYucatan.....6 40,000 1820.—Expeditionary troops. Veterans of the country Armed militia. ..... 41,000 Royalists paid by the municipalities 44,000 —— 85,000 THE EXECUTIVE POWER. SINCE THE INDEPENDENCE. Veteran troops, + 20,000 Provincial militia, 9,500 ADWONISTRATION OF GENERAL, VICTORIA, 182%.—-Permanent artillery infantry...... 12 166 Do. cavalry... 7407 Garrison and coast compa 3317 Total number of permanent troop. Armed militia... Unarmed militia ADMINTETRATION OF 1851—Yermanent troops Militia under arms. Unarmed militia... ADWENIGTRATION OF 1844— Permanent troops Armed militia Vnarmed... Lae MINISTRATION OF Gi 1850—Permanent troops, active militia and National Guard, within the confed- eration. ... ene BS 1851—Ditto distributed as follows :-— In the federal district and State of Mexico... 1 In Yueatan,.......+. In the inner eastern States, In thove of the west.. In the other States an A ROMANTIC FEMALE THIEF CHARGED WITH GRAND LARCENY AND BURGLARY, AND BEING A LUGE TIVE FROM JUSTICE IN BOSTON. A yory remarkable case was brought before the Moliee Court on Tuesday, at the Tombs, in which a young Ger man wowan, of rather prepossessing appearance, calling herself Caroline Josephine Schmidt, was taken into cus- toly by offiver Ma from the city of Boston, where ehe stands accused of stealing a quantity of valuable jewelry and wearing ap- parel, the property of Mr. R. 1. Benzon, residing at 77 Boylston street, Boston, araounting in value to more than one thousand dollars. oth these sums making a total of | Ne. 32 Rector street, risoncrs. ‘The policemen then ent the house and found the other two concealed—one in acloset, and the other under » sofa; they were also- taken into custody and conveyed to the station house. In the forenoon the accused parties were taken before Justice Stuart; they names, John Moore, Wm. Johnson, Jobn Brown and William Brown, and were all —the punishment for which mprisonment in the State oificers of the police, in t robbers. rd.—On Monday evening, a was arrested by Assistant connedy, of the Seventeenth saulting policaman Ken- severe wound on his hand. oxicated, and went into a cet, near First avenue, with lich he flourished about, and with an assault. The police wore called in, and x er Kennedy approached the prisoner, the latter aimed « blow at the ofiicer with the swore, ‘The officer turned the blow with his cub, and the sword struck him cn the hand, infietiog a severe wound. After a violent struggle. the police succeeded in taking the sword from Fly snd eonveyed him to the sta- tion house. In the morning the accused was taken before the magistrate, and held 10 bail to answer the charge. Arvest of a Stoindler.—The police of the First ward, on , arrested 1 man calling himself George Yellon, «lias Christopher W. Williamson, on a charge of fraudu- ly obcaining money from various persony, under false representations, Oné charge is stated to be that, about six weeks since, the p-isoner represented to a Fren that he was a captain of a ship, and persuaded him to leave six hundred francs in his possession until the vessot sailed. It is needless to say that the Frenchman never more saw his money after that day. Another com- aint is made by John Lapnor, ship ehandler, of who charges that the prisoner obtained from him $6%, on the 28th ult., under the pretence of representing himself to be’ captain of the clipper ship “Grecian Maid,’ that the money he wanted to pay his mate, who’ was about to leave; there was considerable rooney due from the con- signoss, which he would get the next day. The accused represented that he was putting up at the Astor House, and for Mr. Lapnor to enclose the money, directed to him; at the said hotel. Mr. lapnor believing ‘the statements, enclosed the money as requested. The accused was on the look out for the letter. and received it at the desk a few seconds after it was delivered. As al} the represen- tations were false, the accused was conveyed before Jus- tice Bogart, who committed him to prison fora further examination. ‘Suspicious Characters.—Two men, named Thomas Har- rison and Joseph Moore, were arre:ted on a charge of en- tering the dwelling house No, 205 First avenue, under- very suspicious eircumtunces. It seems that the pre- mises are occupied by Mr. Joseph Corbit, and about Tyo weeks since some rozues entered the house and stole therefrom, during the day, "considerable amount,of perty. A'plan was subséquently adopted by Mr. Conit, in order to catch the next rogues who entered; and to effect the object, a bell was attached inthe kitchen, and the string leading from the bell attached to the front door. Yesterday afternoon the family were alarmed by the bell, and on hurrying to ascertain the cause, saw the two young men above named in the entry going up stairs. ig not les than ten yes prison, Much praise | the capture of these mis Violent Assault with oS man, vamed Dominick | ward, on a charge of vi nedy with a sword, ivil It seems that Ely wa in Tweltiin a «word in his hand threatened all within » | The police were called and the accused parties conduct | ed before Justice Wood. who committed them to prisox for a further examination, A small “jimmy” va; ound on the person of one of the prisoners, Arvest of a Hotel Thief. —A genteel looking young man, somewhat known to the police authorities, calling him: self William Cosgrove, alins Wilson, alias Connelly, was arrested on Tuesday evening at tite New York Hotel, having entered room No 1s, occupied by one of the boarders, broke open the trunks and ransacked the eloth- ing, evidently in search of mnoney and jewelry; tut it so happened that the gentjeman cant the property had but a short time previons removed his money trem the trunk. It seems that the prisoner came into the hotel, looked over the register, and in a few minutes Mr. Whit- man, the bookkeper. saw lim leave the desk and up siairs. Mr. Whitman followed him, and saw that be entered the room in question with a false key. In a few seconds after, the rogue caine out of the room, when he was detaized, anda policeman sent for, who took the accused into eustody, and on searching hia person @ num- ber of skeleton keys, a small chisel suitable for breaking open trunks, together with a pisee of wax candle and matehes, were found. The rogue was conveyed in the morning’ before Justice Stuart, who committed him ot prison to answer the charge of burglary and attempt at grand larceny. Marine Affairs. PWR PASSAGE OF THE ARABIA. KOITOR OF NEW YORK HERALD. TuRSDay EvaNtne 1 perceive, by this evening's express, that the Arabia arrived out on the 20th ult., at half-past 2 A.M. If the- 20,000 | above is correct, she has made a shorter passage than. the Areti If you will state in your morning’s paper | her exact running time, you will much obli A SUBSCRIBER, ‘The Arabia arrived at Liverpool at fifteen minutes past five on the morning of the 2lst ult. Her passage was twenty-seven hours longer than the Aretic’s. As an answer, however, to sevecal other correspon- | dents who haye been led to believe that the Arabia =B field, charged with being a fagittve | It seemp that, according to the evidence of Mv. Ten- | von, the young woman was engaged as a domestic in his dwelling house, and that, during the temporary absonce of the family on Friday, the 18th of March last, she st from the house a diamond brooch, a pair of diamond rings, diamond finger rings, and other articles of jewolr together with two $59 gold pieces, and about $50 in sm, cr gold coin. In addition fo this jewelry, carried olf a handsome erape shawl and many oth cles of female apparel. On the family refornin, linding the house robbed, the police of Boston wore put on the alert to seareh out the whereabouts of the thief. They however failed in their ellorts, and, strange to re- late, on the nicht of the Sst ult., two weeks afier the perpetration of the first robbery, Mr. Benzon’s honse w: entered by burglar, who found an entran ing open A rear window, and, among ot rogues cartied off four silver plated matters ned to ies evide y. The above named tion whieh lod hi A ‘olf Blumenthal, of No. Los Washington street, had in his possession # box contain- welry which corresponded with that stolen from Mr. fenzon. Accordingly he made a search, and on the premiees of Blomentha! found all the jewelry and the gold | coin, subsequently claimed and identified by Mr. Benson. Blumen, as taken into custody on a charge of re- iving th property, with the guilty knowledge that the same was stoion, He was taken before Justice Be rant, w mmitted him to prison to await a further hearing. ho attention of the officer was next drawn to © xeneching oat of the woman, who wax well believed 19 be ip ible elty, av the prisgper, Blumenthal, acknowledged arrived on the morning of the 20th, caused by its being so incorrectly stated by several of our contemporaries, we give below an abstract of her log, taken from the Liverpool Journal of the 22d ult.:— Arama Stvasemp.—During her last passage home 1 | the Arabia has encountered severe easterly gales, ax a glance at the following log will show :— M wind W.N.W.: at 256 P. ted went set on full peed stanoo run, 217 nd clear. e, Fun, 28 knot N65 Es: It: strong breezes ree, N. 66 istance Fun, and cloudy. distance run, equally” 28, long. 3 heasterty: wants long. 21 nd 24 knots: iat with thick weather, 18.—Wind, Southeaster! QS kuote: Int ty ree, N. 70 E.; distance run, fresh gales and clewr wen . 81 E. stance run, breeses and cloudy. abroast Cape Clear: . onthe HA MTOR OF THE HERALD. New York, April 5, 188: Will you please to state, im your paper of to-morrow, the horse power of the Cunard steamer Arabi y doing <0 you will greatly oblige two of th wders of the K ‘The power of the Arabia is stated in a Liverpool paper, Which published a list of the tonnage and power of all the steamers of the Cunard line, to be 950 herse. Vor Fu xovr.—The British steamship Asie left port ac wk yesterday, for Liverpool, with 110 passengers. Purchase of Forcign Silver. MINT OF THE UNITED STATES. braperrmia, Mareh 31, 1865, liy virtue of the 2a seetion of the act of Congress, ap proved Feb 21, the Treasurer of the Mint, with the approval of the Director, gives notice that he is prepares to purchase silver coin and bullion, delivered at the Mint, on the following terms, vir.— For dollars of Mexico, Peru, Bolivia, Chili, Brazil, (re- stamped.) and Spain, for francs, for silver ‘coins of the United States, other than the three cents, the price pai will be $1 27 an 1 For thalers of Sweden, « y. S101 an ounce For silver in} Nee, KOSS. i the Northern States of Ger- , $1 21 for each ounce at standard finenoss, (0-10the,) as determined on assay at the Mint ‘The payment will be made in gold coins, or in silyor ins of new emission. at the option of the seller. " rnishing silver to the Mint, according to the terms of this notice, will receive ® proforence in exchanges for the new coin, according to the order_of prioritygof their sales to the Mint It is expected that an emission of new coinage will be vaade by the middle of April. The prices herein fixed, will continne until further notice, Approved, G. N. RCKERT, Director. E. ©, DALE, Trepeurer.