The New York Herald Newspaper, July 4, 1853, Page 4

JAMES GORWON BENNETT, FTAOPRIEIOR AND EDITOR. OFFICE S. Y/. CORNFR OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS. THR.DAMLY BE aarp 3. Tie WEE’ LY AbkaLb met sektasy "a Tetoate bas ennum, to “Great Britain, and to Strokes (eh ee ey “" AMUSEMENTS FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery—-Afternoon-—Rosrwa Meacows—Juuso Jum~Lira’e Hum asp Hore’s AN: won. Evening. Last Days oy Pomran—Pirare or THE Isves—The Mummy. BROADWAY THEATRE, Brondw: In ane Our or Prace—Harry M. NIBLO" ay—Foun Lovyens—Ticut Rore—M. prow TS NATIONAL THEATRE, Chatham Goiven Fanuean—A. S. Tue Srorr Bu Hyowx —Cnanres If, #venine—Ba an Be nomxe— Seven Escares or ADELAITE OF DKEsDEN. AMERICAN MUSEUM—Morning—Inism Dyacoons— Linenick Boy. Afternoon: two performan.ees—Seam- Panis, Eycuing: two performances--AMekicAN Trevanp 4s vr Is Afternoon and Evening—Fran- COLossaL HEPPOD ROME. CURISTY’S OPERA HOUSE, 472 Brondvay—Ermorias MxLovres vy CuRiee's Gren TROUPE. woop's way -¥rusorr BUCKLEY'S OPERA HOESE—Bvourey'’s Ermorman Orena Trourn. VSTERLS, Wood's Musioal Hall, 444 Broad: Maxsrucrsy. GEORAMA, %6 Broadwey—Banva: sux Hoy Layo. 's Panorama oF New York, Monday, July 4, 1853. Notice, The morning edition of the New York Heratp will not ‘be published to-morrow. The regular evening edition at ‘one ani three o'clock, however, will be issued as u-ual. Malls for Europe. HE NEW YORK WEEKLY HERALD—THE CELEBRA- TION-OF THE FOURTH OF JULY. The royal mail steamship Nisgara, Capt. Leitch wi leave Boston on Wednesday, at 12 o’cloek, for Livarpool. Subseriptions and advertisements for any edition of the New York Hema will be received at the following places in Europe :~ Liverroor—John Hunter, No. 2 Paradise street. Loxpor—Edward Sandford & Co , Cornhill. * Wm. Thomas & Co., No. 19 Catharine stroet. Paam--Livingston, Wells & Co., Rue de la Bourse. “ B.H, Revoil, No. 17 Rue dela Banque. ‘The European mails wil] close in this city at three clock to morrow afternoon. ‘The Weary Huratp, containing a full account of the eelebration of the Four'h of July, the incidents and acci- Gents, together with news from all parts of the world, will be published at ¢leven o’sleek to-morrow morning. Single copies, in wrappers, six pence. Malls for the Pacific. THE NEW YORK WEEKLY HERALD—CELEBRATION OF THE FOURTH OF JULY. The United States mail steamship Georgi, Captain Bullock, will leave this port to-morrow afternoon, at two clock, for Aspinwall. The mails for California end other parts of the Pacific, will close ut one o'clock. The New York Weexty Herarn, California edition, e9°- taining a full report of the celebration, accidents, and ia cidents, of the Fourth of July, together with the latest intelligence from all parts of the world, and a varisty of interesting locsl matter, will be published at ten o'clock to morrow morning. Single copies sixpence. Agents will please send in heir orders as early #5 possible The News. Yesterday being the Sabbath, we, as usual, receiy- ed but few items of news by telegraph. The extra- ordinary barreoness of our telegraphic column to- day, however, is a very fortunate circumstance. for the reason that it gives us room for much very inter- esting and usefal reading which we would not otherwise have had the satisfaction of publishing The recess taken by the Legislature has tended greatly to relieve our columns of the monotony which the daily publication of the proceedings of the wiseacres at Albany ‘ends to produce. The over the partizan disputes which have characterized the trancactions of our legislators since they first as- sembled, in January last. Even the most inveterate politicians, as we!l as everyboly else, like variety, and in this numbe. » our paper we have endeavored to satisfy the wants of all. The steamship Empire City, which arrived from Havana last night, brought some rather interesting information relative to the arrest of Count Carlisle, on acharge of conspiracy, the design of which ap- pears to have been the overthrow of the present gov. ernmext of Jama‘ca by the black population. A ves- sel had been seized, loaded with munitions of war, alleced to have been furnished by the Count and others. Should the charges prove well founded, the movement for another negro empire in the West In- dies will be very apt to astonish Old England, and bring her to her senses with regard to the manceu- vres of the disciples of Uncle Tom. We elsewhere publish some important official docu- ments relative to the question of jurisdiction over United States vessels in British ports, being the cor- respondence between Lords Malmesbury and Pal- merston, the American Minister and others, concern- ing the attempted arrest of the chief mate of the steamship Hermann, by English policemen, while the vessel was lying in the roads of Southampton, in November last. We have commented upon this sab- ject at considerable length in another article. Hon. Pierre Soulé, the newly appointed Minister to Spain, arrived in the Empire City last night. He is en route for Madrid. The curious movements of the people throughont the entire conntry on national gala days afford a fond of amusing contemplation. The general order of things on such occasions is invariably reve'sed. Citizens, who can, always flee to the countryto avoid the noise and confusion, while the rural inhabitants of all ages and sexes make it a point to visit the city and enjoy the festivities. The metropolis is at pre- sent completely overrun by strane pedestrians—fa- miliar faces are not to be met. The parks, the tl tres, and other places of amusement, the hotels and saloons, will all be crammed to-day and to-night, with thousands upon thousands who were never here before, while the majority of our population »who have been compelled to stay in the city will quietly remeio at home, and perhaps enjoy portions of the displays of fireworks from the roofs of their hy os. This extraordinary change in location is not only the case in this but in every other large city, in il lvstration of which fact we observe that the Albany train which reached Boston on Saturday evening was composed of thirty cars filled with passengers. Fighteen thousand pounds of fresh salmon are said to have reached Boston last Saturday from St. John. During the week ending last Saturday four hundred and five deaths occurred in thia city, being one lun- dred and fifty-six less than in the preceding week. This gratifying decrease in the mortaiity is mainly owing to the purification of the atmosphere by fre- guent thunder storms, thereby almost entirely venting deaths from heat. There were only six fatal cases of san stroke, and six of congestion of the brain, while the week before there were twenty of the former, and twenty-one of the latter. Of cholera infantum there were forty-five; convulsions, thirty. nine; consumption, thirty-four; various inflammations, forty-four; dropsical diseases, thirty-seven; diarrhoa, twenty-three; dysentery, fourteen; marasinus, six- teen; and apoplexy, teh. The deaths among children under one year of age numbered oue hundred and sixty, whereas during the week previous they reached two hundred and fifty. While contrasting the pre- Bebb With ihe fubequent report oF te Cuy Tuspector, and returning thanks to the great Giver Tor the comparatively cool and wholesome weather which we have of late been the grateful recipients, let us not forget that our countrymen in many parts of the South and West are severely suffering from drought. May the refreshing showers net only be continued to us but extended to them also. i As an appropriate subject for the anniversary of the nation’s birth, we lay before our readers to-day H an interesting accovant of the vessels which have been , launched in New York during the past six months of | 1853, and also of those remaining unfinished in the various yards. It gives an excellent idea of the \ great progre‘s we have made in that important | branch of imdustry, and is well worthy the perusal of all interested in the advancement of American com- merce. In edition to much other matter, to which we havens room to particularly refer, to-day’s paper con- tains two very interesting reports from our new Eng- | land Commissioner; Letters from Boston and various Sommer Retreats; Communications relative to the Rasso-Terkish Question, and the Atlantic and Pa- cific Railroad; Details of the Proceedings of the Vermont Democratic Convention; a great amount of Commercial, Local and Miscellaneous News, &c. The Fourth of July. The absence of historical interest in America, save and except that which attaches to those fields on which the battles for her independence | were fought and won, furnishes matter for re- gret, rather thaa for indifference, and with her developement as a great nation, and with her satisfaction at seeing herself show the most convincing and unmistakable proof of the impo- tency of despotic powers against her success, there should ever be interwoven and consecra- ted the most vivid and grateful recollection of every circumstance antecedent to her grandeur and of every being contributing to her renown. The purity and simplicity of republican cus- toms, and that equality which is the paramount beast of our citizens, do not in this country permit of the lavishing recompense, other than temporary in its nature, irrespective always of that celebrity for great and good actions which is, and always will be imperishable; yet, be- cause America has a natural and firmly founded dislike to those aristocratic rewards freely given in Europe, where honors are hereditary, and where greatness of ancestors is shown in titles, accruing by birth to men who have no other claim to be considered superior to their fellow-beings—because America has these so- called prejudices there exists no good reason for her forgetting the duty she owes to all who have gone before and to all who may come af- ter, by obstinately refusing or wilfully neglect- ing to preserve the last earthly records of those who, by their deeds and lives. gained immortal names for themselves. and ever verdant laurels for their country’s glory. In the histery ofnations and of national re- grets there is no event that speaks more thril- lingly to the soul than that recounted by La- martine in his “History of the Girondius,” where a populace. in its violence and uncon- trollable fury, despoiled at St. Denis the tombs of France’s kings, scattering their monuments and ashes to the winds, which all the while moaued and sighed mournfully over the dese- eration of the memory of the dead. Yet even here there existed the consolation that a desire had once been evinced to preserve such relics, and that although the eforts of virtuous nation- ality were defeated by a mob’s rapiue and ruin. there still remained the conviction that the loyal wishers for a country’s good had once carried out their intention of doing honor to all whose names, (whether eclebrated by good or evil repute), it was impossible to separate from the history of their country. Free from the convulsions of popular distur- bance, aud in the enjoyment of unbounded tran- y and prosperity. which her natural successful enterprise, sound and just laws have ever given, this mighty re- public may read a valuable lesson from the events varrated by the French historian; and with ihe conviction, reasonable and inevit- able, that national feeling suffers and weakens by the endurance of national losses, she may, and undoubiedly will, endeavor to strengthea and support the feelings of concord and pride which bind her people together, and which give the promise of making them the most powerful of nations. The day has again arrived when the name of Washington hangs upon every lip, and when | qu position, the vastness of his fame, the amount ofhis self-de- nial, and the soundness of his patriotism fall with redoubled force upon the recollections of every one; and although in this country no fiush of | shame is ceen or felt that the mausoleum of the | ilusivious dead has been invaded, or that any | chance exists of the sanciity of their remains | being disturbed. the fact is. nevertheless, preva- lent and true that more merited honor might have been shown to their ashes, and more con- | sideration given, not ouly to the remnants of | their vitality, but to the conservation, az na- tional property, of what they most valued on earth. In coaneetion with these remarks. who cus | read without emotion a paragraph publishud by a cotemporary on the 36th ultimo, by which it may be inferred that the citizens of the United States a coustomed to the rumor of the sale of Mount Vernon toa joint stock company of ators and to this n there re- mained but to be added the intelligence “that the grave of James Madison, the father of our federal constitution, and twice President of the republic, cannot now be recognised!” Were it necessary to add to our selfreproach we might advert to the presen. dilapidated con- dition of Monticello and the grave of Jefferson —tothe marks of violence and Vandalism which disfigure! the tomb of Gen. Harrison; to the melancholy fact that a merchant of New York has saved the resting place of the mother of George Washington frou oblivion, and that the mod- est little monument which encloses the ashes of the “Father of his Country” was patrioti- cally furnished by a marble cutter of Philadel- phia, whoee advertisement, (if our recollection is not at fault) is sculptured upon the sarco- of © ar President—none of whom the nation de- lig’ nated to honor—camnot be recognised in the Vuase of weeds that surround it. Indulging in the belief that national ingrati- tude is a sin of deeper dye than personal forget- fulness of benefits, we bring the matter promi- nently forward on aday so fully dedicated as the Fourth of July tonational rejoicing, and possibly the temper and feeling of that multi- tude who assemble to raise their voices in honor ofthe republic, and to express their satisfac- tion at the visible effect of efforts at first pigmy yet afterwards gigantic, and resulting in our present happiness and strength, may suggest some plan as the means of saving from reproach acountry which has need of great men, and which at any rate is capable of decreeing a re. cognizable and permanent resting place for their lifeless bodies. If one voice be.wanting to proclaim the ne- cessity for bestowing honor where honor is due, and for transmitting to eternity historical monu- nents of America’s greatest men, we will raise it. and at the same time indulge in the antici- pation that the words we utter will, far and wide, find many an echo in the hearts of those who, whilst conscious of their apathy, have hith- erto been worse than deaf to the urgent plead- ings of the dead. Rights of American Vessela Abroad—At- tempted Arrest of the Mate of the Her mann, A most important principle of international and maritime law is involved in the case of the mate of the steamship Hermann, which will be found in another column. The facts are briefly these. In November last a difficulty, which ended in blows, took place on board the Her- mann, in the port of Southampton, between Mr. Venus, the mate of that vessel, and a French waiter, shipped at Bremen. The latter having been placed in irons by the captain. sent ashore at Southhampton, and discharged from the ship, applied for and obtained from the authorities of that port a warrant against the mate. With this warrant policemen boarded the Hermann in the stream. an hour or two before she sailed, and demanded the surrender of Mr. Venus. Captain Higgins stated that he could not. at that time, dispense with his services—that in ease of his own illness the mate was the only person competent to navigate the ship—that were the vessel to sail without him, and any accident to occur to himself, the insurance would be lost—and formally refused to comply with the demand of the police. In this reso- lution he was confirmed by the opinion of Mr. Croskey. United States Consul, who informed the bearers of the warrant that the mate would not be surrendered. The police then went ashore, and the Hermann sailed, with Mr. Venus on board. The occurrence has given rise to a volumi- nous correspondence—a portion of which we publish elsewhere—between Mr. Ingersoll. the British Seeretary of State, Mr. Croskey. gga the local authorities at Southampton. Our Oansul takes the ground that the magistrates at South- ampton had no jurisdiction over an offence com- mitted on board an American ship; and further —founding himself on the well-known principle, that a ship’s deck is to all intents and purposes the soil of the country whose flag she carries— denies the right of the British police to board the Hermann and arrest one of her officers. On these two issues Mr. Croskey has the misfortune to differ entirely both from the United States and the British authorities of State. Mr. Ever- ett was clearly of opinion that the facts charged against the mate by the waiter. “if correctly stated. not only justified but required the in- terference of the authorities” [at Southampton:] and that “if, when the police boarded the ship. she was within the local jurisdiction of Englaud, all attempt to resist them was unlawful, and would form a just matter of complaint on the part of the British government.” Lord Pal- merston, in like manner, considered “that Mr. Croskey was wrong in disputing the jurisdiction of the magistrates, as it was clear, and univer- sally admitted, that a merchant vessel of one country within the waters of another was as fully liable to the laws of that country as if the ship was high and dry on her shores.” The matter of the arrest ended, as such affairs generally do, in smoke. The mate surrendered himself on his return to stand his trial ; but no prosecutor was forthcoming. and the case was dis- missed. the magistrates contenting themselves with presuming that “there was some misap- prehension on the part of Mr. Croskey.” But the practical lt of the case is the establish- ment of a principle which shipowners and ship- masters would do well to bear in mind. It is now settled, so far as the concurrent opivions of two foreign governments can settle a point of international law, that where an offi- cer cfan American vessel is charged with com- mitting an offence on board that vessel while she lies in a foreign port, the ship may be hoarded by the police of the port, the officer ar- rested and carried on shore, and the vessel de- prived of his services for the voyage. Most of our readers are acquainted with the general piinciple of maritime law, that vessels at sea held to be part and parcel of the country to which they belong, and that they are subject to her jurisdiction alone, or, as Napoleon epigrammatically phrased it, that partout ot est le drapean, la est la pa- trie. Our resistance of England’s pretended right of search, and our subsequent vindication of the inviolability of our merchant navy. were based on this principle. But it only applies to vessels at sea, beyond any territorial jurisdic: tion. When a ship once enters foreign waters the municipal code overrides the international law, and she becomes, as Lord Palmerston says, as clearly subject to the jarisdiction of the country in whose waters she is as if she were high and dry on the shore. Henee it was that, when the men of the Sardinian frigate San Giovanni infringed our laws, our police were entitled to pursue the offender on board the foreign vessel, and insist on his surrender, are phagus itself, But without recalling these |*By the case of the Hermann the point is pluced things, let us hope that all such cases of de plo. rable neglect heretofore may he redecmed by a proper degree of respect for the illustrious dead of the nation hereafter. In the midd republican Rome knew of no more glorious eertainty for exciting patriotism. valor and intellectuality, thau in-| the granting bright garlands and substantial rewards to the living; whilst artistic. emble matic, and never-lading marble, w voted to the meritorious, the celebrated dead ; and if Rome in the age of barbarisna could look be- yond the present, and could desire to bequeath for the admiration of eternity names which her nationality and pride would not allow her to neglect or forget, how much more does it be- hoove us to follow the example she set us, and for the future, at any rate, save ourselver Hci sie chance of « statement that the tomb uges 0 in 4 still clearer light. |The offence of the Sar- dinians was committed that of the mate of the Hermann on board his ship, while lying in the port of Southampton. But so far as the question of jurivdiction is concerned the cases are parallel, and, as will be seen by Mr Tngersoll’s letter, there is nodisposition on the part of oar government to quarrel with this soterpretation of the law. still it must be obvious to all that such an derstanding may lead to grave inconve niences ean mail steamers are hound to sail on the day fixed under heavy penalties, As the law stands, any rascal may make an affidavit and obtain a warrant against the capteta or mate o one of our steamers just as she is on the point of leaving Liverpool or Southampton, and & place the vessel under the alternative of sailing Without an indispensable ofieer, or dolayiu, on shore: her departure at a ruinous expense. The same thing may occur here with respect to one of the Cunard vessels. Zeal on the part of a consul like Mr. Croskey may lead to unpleasant alter- cations, and disturb the friendly feeling existing between the two countries. It is obviously necessary that foreign vessels should not be suffered to play the part of harbors of refuge for malefactors ; but wisdom dictates the policy of narrowing the list of cases in which they can be boarded by police to as few as possible. A two-penny assault case is assuredly not one re- quiring an exercise of such delicate powers. Would it not be possible to establish a regula- tion at the great ocean ports under which the officer entrusted with the warrant should be authorized to receive bail for the due appear- ance of the officer accused on the return of the vessel? Ascommerce and civilization advance the strict requirements of the law necessarily submit to many relaxations ; and this, it seems to us, is precisely a case in which the dictum strictissimi juris should be made to yield to the necessities of trade and the public interest. We have, in truth, yet to learn that the rules of the maritime law which govern these cases have fallen under the notice of our Secretary of State; to suggest that he consider the expe- diency of modifying their tenor before we are sure that he knows of their existence might be premature. But should the onerous task of dividing the spoils leave him a spare moment for other duties, we respectfully recommend this branch of our laws to his careful study. ‘The Consular System of the United States. The modern office of consul first originated in Italy, about the middle of the twelfth century. The commercial relations of the Venetians and Genoese republics with various other countries, barbarous and civilized, rendered the establish ment of foreign consuls necessary, whose duties it should be to look after the commercial and political interests of the governments they re- presented. Other governments, as their commerce be- came extended, found it necessary to adopt the consular system. England, as her trade be- came enlarged, at an early period, followed the example of Italy. France also adopted the system. followed by other countries, until at the present time there is no civilized gov- ernment without its consular representatives scattered over the world. There is no official service more important than that rendered by consuls to their govern- ments when properly discharged. Their offices are threefold :—First, to look after the shipping and commercial interests of their governments; secondly, to keep them posted regarding all political movements of importance; thirdly, to note all improvements of importance, whether in inventions, mechanics, or discoveries or improvements in the arts, and especially in agriculture, &¢., accounts of which should be recorded, and transmitted to their govern- ments. They should also thoroughly under- stand the political and physical character of their own country, and be fully posted as to its statistics, resources, &c., so that they might be able to answer questions promptly, and to hold up the good points of their country to the admiration of others, and thereby gain esteem and confidence. Scarcely any two States have adopted pre- cisely the same consular system. That of Eng- land is, no doubt, established on the most ex- teusive and efficient scale. yet it is in some re- epects extremely defective. Among them all that of the United States is the worst. We hang toa system which was imperfectly organized in 1792, just after the adoption of the constitution by thirteen com- paratively poor and feeble States. In 1792 the whole cotton crop of the United States only reached 357 bales. Whitney's saw-gin was not invented until 1794, which increased the crop of 1794-95 to 3,750 bales. In 1792 we were unable to pay salaries to consuls. The consu- lar fees at Liverpool were insignificant, while thore at Havre and Havana were not worth having. Indeed, but few American consuls were sent abroad, and we had to rely upon the services of a few friendly foreign merchants, among whom was Mr. Fitzpatrick, the father of the present Empress of France at Malaga, in Spain. In 1803, fifty years ago, Congress passed an act amplifying the previous law of 1792, but which did not cbange the very serious defects of the old. Since that time to the present no other law has Leen enacted. The imperfections of the system have grown into monstrous grievances. and the whole rendered more or less useless, or posi- tively injurious, as far as the highest interest of the country is concerned- In the past fifty years the country has ex- panded into thirty-one States. with a popula- tion of about twenty-five millions. The crop of cotton, from a few hundred bales. has increased to one of over three millions. Almost every- thing has changed. Even State constitutions have been remodelled, and vast territories cul- tivated, but the wretched consular system of 1803 remains just where the law of that year left it. All attempts to remodel or improve it have failed. If the system is bad, the mode of filling consular appointments is still worse, and grossly reprehensible. Qualifications are rarcly thought of by any administration. The extent of assumed party services by applicants have generally appeared to be the sole test of qualifications, A man who has performed dirty work in local or State elections—a man with- out political honesty, or the sincere re- spect or confidence of the community, who knows little of his own country and less of those at a distance, whose education and | pureuits have been of a nature to unfit him for | the duties of a consul, who knows comparative- ly little and cares lees for the laws of nations or of trade, is ignorant of all languages but that of his mother tongue, and of all sciences and arts but those of the village pettifogger or pothouse orater, and reckless of all improve- ments saye those adapted to the winning an office—no sooner does his party triumph than he is first to claim his reward. Not fit for any responsible office at home, he is thought good enough for a consul, and is forthwith despateh- ed to represent the country abroad—to watch over the commercial interests of our merchants, and to elevate the character and dignity of onr ecuntry by the superior example of his pro- found knowledge, integrity, and industry. In plain Englieh, to injure our commeree, disgust bis countrymen travelling abroad, and to lower his country and people in the eyes of all en- sightened foreigners. In the last fifty ycars Liverpool has grown tepay onr consul ii fees nine to ten thousand collas rannum, and Havana about as much. ‘Theee offices are generally bestowed on pom litieal partizans, tor their services, while other consulates, in many respects scarcely less equal in commercial and political importaace, afford fees inadequate to support respectable persons in office, and are either filled by foreigners or some politician who is incapable of doing anything at home. Or, perchance, some. American factor residing abroad, is found willing to receive the title as a means of pro- moting his private interest. In brief, the whole system is a jumble of absurdities, disgraceful to the great and growing country which tole- rates it, and unworthy of the age in which we live. The magnitude of our growth, of our ship- ping and commerce, of our territorial expan- sion, of foreign intercourse and onward pro- gress, demand the complete and radical over- throw of the obsolete rubbish @f the past cen- tury. and the adoption of a new and expanded system. better suited to our new position among the nations of the world. We have, under Providence, a great mission to perform. We have to hold forth the principles of our free in- stitutions to the down-trodden people of the world. Our colors must be unfurled on our outer walls, and nailed to the signal mast of liberty. We must have able, true-hearted ministers of our faith, to represent both our pecuniary and political interests in foreign lands, whether sav- age or civilized, and if Executives will ap- point disqualified persons to go abroad the Senate should not hesitate to reject them. The only episodes witnessed in our consular system are to be found in the circulars directed to our consuls regarding routine local duties, and personal etiquette or deportment, with pecu- liarity of dress, ke. Some of these circulars re- garding dress are very curious. The following was issued by the Department of State on the 8th of August, 1815:— The consular uniform prescribed {fn the standing consular instructions is abolished, and the following substituted, viz :—Single breast coat of blue cloth, with standing cape or collar, aud ten navy buttons in front; one button on each side of the cape; four on each cuff; four under each pocket flap, and one on each hip and the folds; two on each side in the cen- tre, and one on each side of the same at the lower extremity of the skirts. The front, (from the cape down to the lower ex- tremity of the skirts,) cuffs, capes, and pocket flaps, to be embroidered in gold, representing a vine com- posed of olive leaves, and the button holes to be worked with gold thread. The button-holes corres- ponding with the width of the embroidery, which is not to exceed two inches in any part. Vest and smallclothes of white, and navy buttons; the former to have ten in frontand four under each pocket flap. With this dress, a cocked hat, a small- sword, and shoes and buckles are to worn. The hat to be furnished with fol loup, gold tassels, and black cockade witb gold eagle in the centre; added to which, it is to be understood that the mountings of the sword, and the shoe and knee buckles, are to be gold, otherwise gilt. Of all this, Mr. Marcy, Secretary of State, in his circular to our consuls, dated at the Depart- ment of State, June 1, 1853, makes short work. He says, that— All the instructions heretofore issued trom this de- artment, in relation to consulur uniforms, are here- yy revoked. Neither the propriety nor the utility ofany regulationon this subject is perceived. No law prescribes it to such officers at home—no usage warrants any such mere external distinction, and it could not be assumed by functionaries at home with- out offence to public taste. We shall proceed hereafter to show the im- portance attached to the consular office by Eng- land, and the extent and character of qualifica” tions deemed requisite to enable a person to discharge the duties appertaining to the same. By this means we shall see how far similar qualifications are regarded by our government, and how very deficient our system is compared to that of other countries. Mississivp1 Potirics—SrRawBERRIEs AND Cream.—It appears that, to all intents and purposes, the late whig party in Mississippi is dead and gone, and the men who composed it are now co-operating with certain independent democrats in the service of Governor Foote, who is sgain a candidate for the United States Senate. The Marshall Guard. a paper of the rural districts of Mississippi, says that — Governor Foote, as a candidate for the United States Senate, is gaining strength in all parts of the State; that all the whigs, except the secession por- tion of them, are for him; that the masses of the State rights pany: not the leaders, are flovking to him; that the Union democrats “almost worship him;” and that Marshall will elect a fall delegation to the Legislature instructed to vote for him. The ladies have sent him “two elegantly served up dishes of strawberries and Antwerp raspberries, with a pitcher of thick, fresh cream.” Politics. the compromise measures, the Union, the ladies—God bless them!—the ladies, and strawberries and Antwerp iaspberries. and pitchers of thick, fresh cream. If Governor Foote can’t succeed upon that platform he had better repudiate Mississippi as a hopeless case and proceed at once in search of the gold mines of Texas. But with such auxiliaries as those re- cited we don’t think he can fail. Let the ladies keep up the supply of strawberries, Antwerp raspberries, and pitchers of thick. fresh cream, and all must go well. Let the Senate prepare for another speech or two from General Foote. »The Union must and shall be preserved.” Now ror Iv.—General Almonte, Santa Anna’s especial protegé and favorite. and his newly ap- pointed Minister to Washington, has arrived there, and will probably be presented to-day to the President and his Cabinet on or before the reception of the people at the White House, Now for it. Heretofore the Mexicans have beaten our diplomatists all hollow. We shall watch with great solicitude and anxiety for the beginning, the progress. and conclusion of the negotiations upon Mexiean affairs between Almonte and Goy. Marey. We recommend our Premier to don the old continental costume of Pen Franklin—a broad shad-bellied coat, very long waistcoat, short tight breeches, neatly patched, and those blue yarn stockings—and set too with the cool, discriminating good sense and sagacity of the old Doctor, and thea we shall succeed in frustrating the machinations of all our enemies, open and disguised, domestic and foreign. in Mexico, without a resort to arms Gen. Almonte left Washington in 1815 be- cause his functions as a diplomat were cut short by a casus leili. We have now a similar occasion for just such another disturbance, But we rely upon our Premier to bring us out of it by good writing instead of hard fighti The web of our Mexican affairs is complex and difficult of disentanglement without breaking the thread of peace; but perhaps our Premier can doit. Perhaps t. We must wait, aad Wall street must be patient. The arrival o Gen. Almonte is something. For the rest, we can only urge upon our Premier the diplomacy of Franklin, as well as his old clothes, Keep cool. f. Nor ann, Jonny.— quads of poor whig clerks who have been turned adrift from the executive departments at Washington. and from the custom house in New York, within the last ten days, will not. perhaps, feel as jolly on this “our glori Fourth” as the hards and softs who have succeeiod to their places. But let all concerned bear in mind that their bad luck wAl not e retrieved by a reckloss frolic. All | persons inclined that way, “ ins” and “ outs,” Postmaster Fowler, which we published y day, regulating the letter carrier’s duties, and |. who bave occasion to trap: should reraember that “the glorious Fourth” is followed Ny the melancholy headache fifth. Doa’t forget the fifth. A Goop Bromninc.—The proclamation % defining their reapective districts in the city, ig @ pretty good beginning. Now let him jog the memory of the Postmaster General, and Mr, Nesbitt, the contractor, with regard to those stamped envelopes, and in relation to the re peated mail failures, particularly on the great Southern mail line south of Washington. We shall expect Mr. Fowler to aid ug and the Post. master General in perfecting, as far as possible, the whole letter and newspaper transportation of the United States. The New York Postmas- ter cando much in this great enterprise, ang much yet remains undone. Tae Mate Liquor Law in New Hamrsome.— The Legislature of New Hampshire adjourned. last Saturday. All the laws to regulate the sale of liquor were postponed. We have come to the conclusion that our Legislature will do the same thing. Is the country safe? EvROPrAN THLFGEATHO AGENCY.—Those of our reader the European telegraph lines advertisement, in #1 other column, for valuable informae tion. Mr. Honter has. as we bave the best reason to know, unequalled facilities for transactin, in which he i ed, apd baving empl yea him, in B « apd baving em) conection with the meming journals oF the city, for about cighteen months past, as our Ei correspondent. we know him to be faithful and in whatever be undertakes —Courier and Enquirer. We add our testimony to that of the Courter and Enquirer in behalf of Mr. Hunter's fidelity and dili- gence, and feel confident that those who employ him will have every reason to be satisfied with hig services. Orgra IN CasTLE GARDEN,—The public of New York will be pleased to see the announcement that Max Ma- retzek bas organized a company, comprising the most eminent artistes in the country, and that Italian opera is to be given in Castle Garden from next Monday, 11th July, up to the 24th of August. The ¢roupe numbers Sontag, Steffanone, Bertucca, Patti, Pico, and Costini, among the: ladies, and among the male portion of the artistes are Salvi, Vietti, Pozzolini, Marini,, Rovere, Roceo, Beneven- tano, &c. Soro my Bostoy.—The charming senorita, who attracted: such great notice in New York during her first engage- ment at Niblo’s, is now in Albany, where,.by her beauty and talent in the dance, she has captivated all behold- ers. The critics speak of her in the highest terms of ad- miration, e Talk on ’Change. *Change was thinly attended on Saturday, it being the eve of the national holiday, and transactions in most ar- ticles of trade were rather limited. The sales of cotton were 1,200 bales, without alteration in quotations. To- bacco continued firm, with sales of 00 a 400hhds., at fall prices, Telegraphic despatches were received from Ken- tucky, stating that there bad been no rain to do any good, and that the prospects of the crops were as unpromising as ever. Many of the merchants who resided up town spoke of the severity of the hail storm; the lumps of ice were the largest they had ever seen fall from the cloads; and were it not that the accounts were corroborated by such @ multitude of unimpeachable witnesses they would ap- pear incredible. The wonder was that greater injury had not resulred frum tho storm. The wiad came first, then» comparative calm followed, when the bail fell al- most perperdicularly. Hence, while a great many houses had the skylights broken, the penes in side windows gen- erally ercaped. There were serions complaints made by a number of mer- chants against the new United States envelopes,on aceount of their being stamped with Mr. G. F. Nesbitt’s name and residence, and at the very point where the private seal of those using them should appear. Thus, on receiving a letter in ons of these envelopes, and looking for the real, a person might imagine that it had come from Mr. Nesbitt, the worthy stationer of New York, and manufacturer of the government envelopes, Tt was. that the private seal of letters afforded an index to their authors and place of mailing them, and that lost or misplaced letters could thus be returned to their proper owners without being opened. Ia the pre- rent case, the place ct sealing being covered with Mr. Nesbitt’s nome and place of residencs, such letters might be sent to him instead of their authors, We heard a large number of merchants declare that thelr housed would never use the envelopes thus stamped with Mr, Nesbit’s or sny other porson’s name, Others said that if they did use them they would erase tho private stamp or cover it vith a seal, None could diszover any good purpore to be answered by this private otamp, Some considered that if the department had a zthorized such a liberty it was a g:ors error, and would defeat the utility of the stamps to the public. If Mr. Nesbitt was tobe benefited by the gale of them he would find it to hig in- terest to remove all private marks from the yelopes. The United States staraps on them were be: tifully snd elegantly executed, and were creditable to the manufacturer, and sincere regret was expressed that their utility was so seriourly marred, if not des- treyed by the private stomp referred to. It was hoped the difficulty would be rectified, either by Mr. Nesbitt himseM, or by the Post Office department, and at onee. It appeared that the German merchant previously referred to as being unable to obtain the interest on his coupon bords issued by the city of Albany at the Bank of New York, on Fviday, handed them to a notary for pretest, Ibis functionary, on hunting round, received the money at Duncan, Sherman, & Co.'s, and handed it over to the merebant on the same afiernoon. Jt was presumed from this fact thet the city of Albasy had changed oe elm in New York for paying it inverest, und had failed to apprise the public of the fact, either throvgn the Bank of New York, or the public prints, which was customary in all such cases, The Law Courts in Jaly, The trial terms of our lay courts have adjourned for the usual summer vacation, but the varlous chambers and pecial terms of each court will be hrld as usual by one Judge. ‘This day veing the Fourth of July will be ob- served as a holiday throughout all the law departments of the Cy Hall, ‘the Supreme Court Circuits have both adjourned with- out date, No further triels will be heard ia these branches vntil the first Monday in September; the epectal terip for trials and arguments has also adjourned sine diey aud the:e will be vo other special term for trials until tae first Moadey in September, The special term for motions oly will be held every Saturday ; but no motions will be beard until September, exeeptiog such as will not ad- mit of postpxement, hdwards will attend at cham ers Curing the prerens month, and Jud during the monin of Avgnst, The hours of chambers doring those months will ba from 9 to 1L A, M, The trial terms of the Superior Court have adjoarned to October, «hen the celendar of cases for trisl will bs con- tinued as the calender of Nevember and December terns be taken vp at the cor) cement of those terms, respectively, at Che place whe» the court leaves off ut the close of the tera immediately precading. Causes not no ticed for Lrial atthe Oc mo, and such as ere during that term put olf ior the term, or called, or parsed, may be netieed for the November or December term. Hereaf- ter gli nuves of ignue for the general, special, and trial teres, must be filed with the alerk eight days before the entof the first day of the succaeding term, The geverel term of this court for having eppeals for noa- tuumeraed motions will be held during vacation on Thursday, 28hof July, 8 27th of August, and Weds esday. Uih of © ‘The triai term of te ( €4 to Sep ember, bat # law and for motions, Judy commen tof Vommon Pleas is adjourn ola! term, for trial of issues of rill be held at chambers by Judge Daly during tne months of July and August. In acon dance with the usual and established practice» the Grand Jury will be emparnelied in the Court of Ge neral Sessionr tomorrow. To-day is the regular day for +mypanneling thet body, but as this is the Fourth of July the cours Will megly sit for a few moments, (as they are obliges to do Fo by law,) ani immediately adjourn without traveseting any business whatever. During the July term veveral grave cases of felony wit be tried, compriving. as usual, nomerous ones of w tempt to kill, burgiary, robbing, fale pretences, forgery, graad larceny, aud rivting. The lammany Hall rioters, whose sentence war port- pored rome tineo or our times, wid probably receive the Judgment of the coart during (his term, We anticipate; Lowever, rome difficnity in relation to the sentensing of these offenders, os their counvel, Mr. Cochrane, will pose Mbly enden vor to postpone theie senteace until August o* September, on the grourd that the City Judge bas a0 power alone te raateres pelseners who were tr consieted before bim ant tee aleeroon, The Gy Juv ge will cowe Lo court fi repared un thie