The New York Herald Newspaper, September 7, 1854, Page 4

ea em NEW YORK HERALD. JANES GvRDON BENNEFS, PROPRIETOR AND BOL. OR @PFICS N. W. COANSA OF NASSAU AND FULTON STS. TERMS cosh va advance THE DAILY NERALD 2 cents per THE copy—S1 per annum EEKLY HERALD every Saturday at 634 conte % per annuin ; the Buropern Bdivion $4 per an- / Creat Britaia, and $5 to any part of the + clude postage Qnonymous communications, We do No, 246. SROADWAY —Oaonuz. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowsry—-Sinvasarsiwe—No, a Tum GLoRious BrNORITY. BIBLO’S—Tue Coos BURTON'S Baeacn m MILLINERS. SATION «L THEATRE, mae Voury Tareves. WSLLACKS’—Inim BE Fnoox. AMERICAN MUSEUM.—Afrormoon—Dume Man oF M ate- euxsten—Bvening— Lavy or Lyons ROMIsE—TRYING IT ON— ham street—HAamier ~Fe- —-PAeNOMRNON IN A WOOD'S MINSTREL HALL, 444 Brosdway—Bruoriay wrneisy AND BURLESQUS OPERA BUCKLEY'S OPERA HOUSE, 089 Brosdway.—Buox- sav’s Erworiax Orzna Taovrn, MECHANICS’ HALL, No. 472 Broadway.—Nrono Mrx- ormaisy. STUYVESANT INSTITUTE, No, 659 Broadway.—Sanv- woan’s Oras Trovure. FRAY CON!’S HIPPODROME, Madison square.—Equrs- waar Praroamanozs. Sew York, Thursaay, Septeanber 7, pte: ia he atest cae ns . THE SYRACUSE CONVENTION. | shawls rapgrd the previr us sale. Meesrs, 8. H. & C. W. Foster held « spec'al sale of Venus d Paris biosbé 8 age, of te mporia- tion of Mesers. Be kard & Hat'oa. Th comprised 455 l-ta. Tne higher class broché cash- mere sbawls, of Inia figures, were o rich aod superio: quality, as well ass a-onable and desica- ble goods 22, $30 and $44 +ach. The long fancy colored rom $i1 75 to $44. Toe sqaare shawls brought ‘rom $475 to $13; plain tippets, $2 to $5 75 and $6.50. Golden bordered broché shawls brougit $7 50 to $19. Merars. Wilmer & Mount held a sile of staple dry goods, foreigo snd domestic, ammg wa'ch wer2 a large lot of blankets, not only the first sale of toe season, but jor several years past the first of any size. The sale a’so incladed considerable lots of pilot and beaver cloths, and heavy cassimerea, which, with silk vestings, were scld at low pricas. Some of the latter were passed. Blue pilot cloths sold at 42hc. a 40c. per yard; drab beavers, 62}c.; petershams at 524¢c.; brown whitneys at 70c.; horse blankets, assorted sizes, brought 72}c. a 80c.; 84 white twilled blankets, fancy end, 52x72, 34 Ibs, $115; Paris 94 all wool twilled white do., $1 60; gray do., two wrappers, 90c.a $115; Paris bine do. 62x74, 5} Ibs., $1 65; do. 60x80, 6 lbs., two wrap pers, $1 50 a $2 25 each; pair 14}, twilled, ribbon bound, $4.8 $412). Plaid fancy cassimeres, 26:.a 27he.; do. shaded spots, fancy, &c., 26c. a 25c. Mesers, Van Wyck, Kobbe & Townsend teld a sale of French goocs, comprising a splendid and extensive line of cap and bonnet ribbons. Some lote of wide, richly figured, edged, and heavy bioche ribbons, brought $4.4 $6, ani in one in- stance $8 per piece. The other more extensive and cheaper styles sold well, though in sone cases in favor of purchasers. Many of the desirable lots ‘The electricity in the atmosphere last evening put | were duplicated. The sale commenced at 10} A- am effectual stop to all telegraphic operations; con: ¢ M.. and Jasted tili avout 6 P.M. A liue of shawls, ‘sequently, we are minus our report of the proceed: ings of the Democratic State Convention at Syra- @use. However, we publish under the telegraphic Read such intelligence as reached us doring the embraced in the aame catalogue, was not reached in time, and will be sold taday. They had a good and spirited company, and all went off well. Mesers. Haggerty, Jones & Co. held a special sale forenoon of yesterday, and it affords a pretty fair | of 500 pieces of carpeting, manufactured by the idea of the ‘emper and tone prevalent in the con: | Franklin Mills, many of them new styles, and vention. There serms to bea brilliant prospect of | woollen filling, ingrains, damasked, twilled, Vene @ uplit—indeed, we should not be at all surprised if | tian, dc. The sale arew a good company, and the # ahculd bec: me a perfect chasm—between the fac- | whole were sold at prices folly equal to the previous ‘trons of the soft shell faction on the Nebraska prin- | sales. ciple. It isa great pity the telegraph gave out just The aggregate sales of dry goods made yesterday at the mcst interesting moment. It will create | probably did not fall short of between $300,000 and wuch disappo'ntment. THE REVOLUTIONS IN VENEZUELA AND NEW @GRE- NADA. The letter of our correspondent at Maracaibo, $400,000. It has been many years since these sales were 80 active, or excited more interest. LATER NEWS FROM EUROPE. The steamship Africa left Liverpool on the 26th @eted August 8, informs us that accounts had | ult. for this port, and her arrival is momentarily ex: reached that place frcm Merida of the rising of the | pected. She will bring three days later news from province of Barinas against the government; and it ‘was also reported that Rodriguez had been killed in an encounter with the troops, However, all was Fomor, confusion, and, we foar, anarchy. There is mo definite news trom New Granada. Melo re- mained at Bogota, and the government troops were being centralized at Honda. NEWS FROM NEW PROVIDENCE. Europe. The Diplomacy of the Admiatstration-Fatal Blunders in Spanish Negotiations, The conduct of the administration,@e well in domestic as in foreign affairs, must by this time have made the American people keenly feel the magnitude of the political catastrophe We received yesterday files of the Nassau (New | Which elevated Franklin Pierce to the Presi- Providence) Guardian to the 12th of August, but dency. It wasa great blunder, the fruits of we bad previously published later news from the | which are nauseating, even to the most gro- Bahamar. From Abaco we learn that an excellent | yelling politician of the day. The only relief erop of oranges had already been gathered at that feland, and that 24,000 had been shipped to Charles ton. BOARD OF EDUCATION, ‘The Board held its first stated meeting last eve- ming, after the August vacation, and welcomed back its President, E. C. Benedict, Esq., who has deen in Europe during the summer months. No Wwusiness of any special importance was transacted. ur report will be found in another column. MORE SMUGGLING. Smuggling seems to be practised to a great ex- tent in this community, and we have recently no tieed several heavy seizures of merchandise bytie sevenue officers. Yesterday Capt. Ssrray, of tle brig Ippegreffo, was arrested, charged with staug- gling between ten and sixteen thousand dollars worth of silks, velveta, and other articles from Ge wea. The captain was required to find bail in the eam of ten thousand dollars. THE BOARD OF COUNCILMEN. This body met last evening, and trensacted but ‘BAtle business. A resolution directing an inquiry into the subject of paving the Bowery and Chatham street with granite, or something of equaljdurability, ‘was adopted. The report of the committee on the mew City Hall was made the special order for Mon- day, when we shall perhaps be informed as to the wesulte of the various geological excursions aniin- vestigations that have been enjoyed by the com- mittee. MIBCELLANEOUS. As was to be expected, the State of Vermont, true to her ancient faith in abolitioniam, has chosen to be found from the vacillating scenes of the administration is that which comes from the univereality of public reprobation of the Presi- dent and Cabinet. We look to the asylum for remedies for the insane—for the weak and imbecile there are no cures, The policy of our government is marked by every sign of the latter. The plan of intervention in the local affairs of Spain, with the view of gaining a foothold in Cuba, is, cf all the measures of the govern- ment, the most extraordinary. Revolutions in the peninsula of Spain pervade all time. Like harvests in the tropics, they come and go with lees excitement than characterizes elections in this country, and they affect public senti- ment, so far as the general policy is concerned, about as little. Spanish revolutions and Con- gressional duels, which so often threaten, but so seldom sacrifice, human life, are of the same order of disputes. It is not material whether we are indebted to Gen, Pierce, Gov. Marcy, or Col. Davis for the policy now pursued towards Spain. It evinces, in’any event, an unaccountable weakness—an obstinate persistance in error—an unpardon- able ignorance of the condition of public sentiment in Spain and of affairs in Cubs. General Pierce inaugurated his administration under the fatal delusion that anti-Nebrasks whigs for State officers, Congressmen | OUr domestic and foreign concerns could be ‘and members of the Legislature, thas securing the | best conducted by a grand system of policy lection of a United States Senator of the same | Contra-<distinguished from the obvious prin. politics. The position of Judge Boyce, the candi- | ciples upon which be was elected with such sur- date for Governor, on the temperance question, con- | prising unanimity. Every day evinces more ‘twibuted to lessen the whig majority, which is esti- | and more that the American people are tired, mated at five thousand votes. ‘We elsewhere publish full particulars of the riot at Newarkon Tuesday. One of the wounded died, ‘tnd the Coroner yesterday proceeded to hold an in- quest, in the course of which, it is probable, all the fects connected with the origin of this melancholy affair will be brought to light. ‘The riotous Turners at Philadelphia had « hearing fatigued and disgusted with the mere manage- ment of the politician. The cords that have held men to party have been broken. The dis- turbed condition of public sentiment in this country now—the impossibility of calculating the results of popular elections—free soilism, temperance, Know Nothinge—are all the fruits, before one of the Philadelphia magistrates yester | and the inevitable fruits, of the past tyranny of @ay, who pat all of them, with the exception of the | party—efforts to throw off the thraldom that one who stabbed the policeman, under bonds to ap- | has held the political judgment of the country pear and answer. The unlucky gymnast who in- Micted the dangerous wound on the officer wascom- mitted. The prisoners were from this city, it is eaid. An account of the examination is given in fe-day’s paper. STATE OF THE MARKETS. Pioar sold to a moderate extent yesterday, without material change in prices. White Southern wheat @old at $1 90 a $1 97, and red ditteat 31 75 a$1 87. for the last twenty-five years. What principles cannot now effect for good in the general ad- ministration, must remain for future enlighten- ment. Mere expedients, even in local affairs: are diecredited and condemned. At all times they are the weapons of small men, and are to- lerated only in obscurity. How deeply ‘dis- graced are the American people by the great orn sold freely, bat closed in tavor of purchasers. | fact which etares them in the face, that their ‘Meas pork was tolerably active at $14 a $14 25, with | administration, after eighteen months’ expe- scontract for 1,000 barrels, deliverable before the @lose of Beptember, buyer’s option, at $14 50. To- bacco was firm, with more doing. Tallow declined ae. per Ib. ‘Yesterday was another active day at the dry goods auction rooms, The trade, this autamn, has as- rience, is one of unmitigated expedients! Not a line of rational policy having its founda tions in justice and right can be traced to the deliberations of the Cabinet. “The wind bloweth where it listeth ;” we gamed a new phase. For s year or two past jobbers | hear the sound thereof; but the wise man is not thave entered very strongly into the business of im- } here to tell “whence it cometh and whither itis porting goods direct from Europe, instead of pur | going.” ehasing them from importers on the spot. This ‘worked very well until the heavy importers at the ‘commencement of the present season found them- eetves short of their usual ran of customers, and, to amake free sales, were compelled to seek the aid of Each day the sails are set to the popular breeze, but the reckoning tells us of the utter incapacity, if not imbecility, of the commander. Our relations with Spain, and the condition ‘enctionsers. The consequences are that the large | °f sifairs in Ouba, have not been changed since sales of French goods have commenced a month | the President delivered his inaugural address sooner than usual ; and as the goods sold are below | and his grandiloquent message to Congress in ‘We cout of importation, and in many cases of simi- J reference to Spanish Americen affairs, The ‘gr goods imported by jobbers, they bave in turn | government of Espartero is in no wise different ‘been compelled to enter the auction rooms, and there [ from the government of Christine, so far as wake their purchases, instead of either making } those interests are concerned. The complica- | garther importations or of buying from the regular Sanporters as hitherto; and this they have done at rates ‘which leave them s handsome margin for profits on the resale of ths goods. The parties, proba- ‘bly, who will suffer most by the sales where the tions of European affairs, by which England and France assumed all the obligations they can well diecharge, preceded our alleged griev- ances in Cuba and the Spanish revolatien. If goods nell too low, will be the large importers and we had rights to redress, they were not changed agents of English and French manufactarers—on | by affairs on the other side of the water. ‘whose account they are chiefly sold. Messrs, Coffin & Haydock offered a catalogue It is undeniable that both the American government and people regarded the outrage yesterday of 326 lote of French goods, incluiing | in the case of the Black Warrior not so much merino cloths, bombagines and moustin deJaines. | with reference to ‘the injuries inflicted upoo ‘They sold 1,200 pieces of French merino cloths at prices varying from 60 to 86 cents. Tne goods were taken quickly, and chiefly by jobbers of a stable class. The prices were fally equal to those our citizens as to the ultimate fate of that island, Three-fourths of our people believe that, by of last week, and mediam grades were a shade bet | the laws of population alone, we shall, sooner ter. Black bombazines brought 57} to 85 cents. or later, effect the conquest of Cuba. General 14w qualities black avd colored de jaines sold « ! O'Donnell, himself one of the chiefe of the re- "\ ame catalogue | hey were sold at prees varying from | ' j cent movement in Spain, has repeatedly said thet euch wou'd inevitably be the effect of the popu'ar curre:ts of the future. What sense or propriety, then, i+ there in ovr government chsnging fr nt ani throwing into Madr d it, futile efforts »o control the ne# administration there, so aso modi y Sp-nirh rule in the island? Thre is but one rale for Spain—one destiny. He is stupidly and wick- edly blind to the even’s of the past who hope« to infuse into the Cabinet of Madrid liberal and enlightened principles of governmeat. God hes given to the Spanish character but ove idea of rale—but one form, in fact, of gov- erpment—a naked, unsophisticated military despoti:m. Its colonia! policy has ever been shaped to this standard. There areno relations, in truth, political, social, or commercial, be- tween the peninsula and the colony. It is the traveller and the highwayman. Not to Madrid, then, should we go to seek alliance, that our efforts may be fruiifal of good tous and the people of Cuba. We are, and ever shall be, the antagonism of Spain. If we trust her she will deceive us—if we aid her she will cheat us, and will use the means placed in her hands to oppress her coloay and bind still clo-er the chains which enslave it. Let us look for a moment, in proof of this, to Cuba. Her interests are certainly all on our side, She has been our neighbor, and imbibes our ideas of government, We have aided her while Spain has oppressed her. We have taught her lessons of freedom--to sympathize with us—to look to us for deliverance. She has great industrial intereste—greater than any people of lke number on the globe. She pro- duces more and is less crippled in her natural economical condition than avy other; her pro- ducts are few and of universal necessity. The great value of her labor and its perfect organization are the only guarantee which Spain has of the continuance of her rule. Sla- very there, as here, is a conservative institu- tion; its success depends largely upon the sta- bility of the government. Anarchy destroys it. The industrial interests of Cuba, though taxed to the point where ability to pay ceases, still maintain a formal allegiance to its oppres- sors. Remedies carry with them great sacri- fices in such cases—great possible sacrifices. The history of Spanish revolutions is a history of cruelty—of blood. The successful party is always a tyrant, rapacious and merciless. Re- volutionists must regard this fact. What, then, is the character of allegiance ia Cuba? Can there be a question in regard to the desires of her people? Do they hold any other relations to the government than those which are forced, and that which is dictated by self-protection? Surely not. They are essentially our alliesin everything that relates to their and to our interests, which are identical. In politi- cal ideas, commerce, geography—in social ha- bits, in education, and in those undefinable sympathies which unite mankind in a common brotherhood, they are drawn to us. The philoso- pher sees in all this the finger of Providence shaping the destiny of nations, and bringing together the extremes of opposite races. The question again recurs, what conceivable motive—what utter fatalitys-has driven the administration at Washington to seek a friendly alliance with the oppressors of such a people? What has carried them away from the scene where efforts might be beneficial to where they must end in mortification, defeat and disgrace? The power to regenerate Spain and to draw her from kindred alliances with the despotic States of Europe into one of friendly union and oo- operation with this republic, docs not exist in Washington. Diplomatic notes are not the levers to raise a people from serfdom to liberty. Political intrigues are fruitless remedies to cure a State of despotic habits. Reforms in Cuba, if they ever come, will epriug from revolution at home, Liberty on this side of the water is not destined to receive its light from the political ambuscades of General Pierce in Madrid. What an administration we have! Errects OF THs HOT WEATHER ON THE Bi.oop.—It may aid the philosophers who are busied in studying the connection between mind and matter to note the fresh illustrations of the sympathy existing between the temper and the blood which the last few days present. Beginning with Sunday, a “ heated term”—as the sagacious Merriam has it—has worried man and beast, and dried up the little moisture August had spared: and, beginning also with Sunday, the passions of men in a large number of citiesin the Union have led to riots and bloodshed. We have riots in New York, and riots in Philadelphia: affrays in Missouri and affrays in Massachusetts: stone-throwing, stab- bing and shooting in the North, and the like gentle practices in the South: besides a host of affairs of a cognate order, which the modesty of the actors or the obscurity of the event have concealed from the all-seeing telegraph. This is no isolated coincidence. From the days of Actium ond Pharealia all the great battles, with some half-dozen exceptions, have been fought in hot weather. In hot weather riots in large cities have always broken out; the most heroic feats of arms have been done under a scorching sun. Till Febraary, 1848, it was ad- mitted on all hands that Paris was safe, if the dog-days could be got over without distur- bance. When the mercury rises in the ther- mometer, the blood begins to boil in the veins. Men grow eurly and excitable. Dogs snap savagely at flies. Irishmen take it into their heads to superintend the coiffure of their fellow- citizens, and reward wearers of white hats withred crowns. German Tarnerbunds set a fighting among themselves, and end their fes- tivities by thrashing policemen with fence rails. Ruffians, deprived of public safety valves for their overheated blood, ease themselves by domestic scenes ,in which jwife, children or servants are flogged. Men of higher organiza- tions, unaccustomed to use stick, knife or fist, merely snap at their visitors, and scold clerks or debtors. Throughout society, “heated terms” doa world of mischief—as baneful to the animal as to the vegetable crops. Let us sae for cool weather and rain. Tar “ Know Notuies” 1x Ecrors.—We pub- lish to-day, contrary to our usual rule, and simply on account of the singular character ef its statements, an anonymous letter giving a description of certain secret societies for the propagandism of republican doctrines which are paid to be rapidly spreading themselves al) over the European continent, ani which, ap proximate very closely in their organization to the youthfal confederacy which is likely, at the next elections, to cut the gronnd from under al) the old fogy party compacts and sectional inte- rests that have hitherto divided the opima spo- lia. We do not, for the reason we have given, vouch for the accuracy of our correspondent’s statements, although we have reason to believe that the spirit of Oarbonariem was never more rife than at present fn France and Germany. Our seaders wust take them. as we ourselvesdo, for what they are intrinsica ly worth. The Soft Shen State Oonv:ntion—Symptomo ef a*mash Among the Crockery. The preliminary cauoas proceedings among the velegate: of the soft shell democracy gath- ered togeth«r at Syracu-e, go very far to coa- firm our worst apprebensions upon the subject. The great difficulty upon principles threatens torsuit in another split upon the spoils. ‘There are, it appears, three parties upon the Nebra:ka question—the out-and-out adminis- tration Nebraska party, headed by Captaia Rynders and Benjamin Welch; the other genu- ine Buffalo free soil party, headed by Peter Cagger and Preston King; and the party of the moderados, whose great object is to concil- iate the city spoiiamen and the county dele- gates, by a clever dodge of the Nebraska bill, and the slavery issues connected with it. This perty is very properly headed by John Coch- rane, who proposes to put the Nebraska bill in his breeches pocket, like the scarlet letter, and to say not a solitary syllable more upon the subject than is absolutely necessary to give a sort of quasi endorsement of the abstract question of squatter sovereigaty. Captain Rynders and Benjamin Welch have the advantage, on their side, of a frank, fall and efficient adeption of the precise Nebraska platform laid down by the administration; but the question arises, did the administration in- tend that this platform should be the test ia New York? There is some doubt upon this point. Captain Rynders has very likely per- mitted his zeal to outrun his discretion. Mr. John Cochrane, more intimately in the confi- dence of the White House, appears to under- stand his cards much better. The enthusiastic Captain Rynders has been egregiously hum- bugged. Nebraska isa test south of the Po- tomac, but is not a test of democracy at Syra- cuse. All moonshine, Captain—all moonshine —as perhaps you may be informed in season, from Washington direct, by telegraph. John Cochrane knows what he is doing. He is, we suspect, authorized to conciliate the faithful at Syracuse upon a dodge. Can there be a doubt of it? We think not. All that the ad- ministration expect of the Buffalo party—all that can be asked of them in State conventions —is that they let down the administration as softly as possible on the Nebraska bill; give it a rousing puff on the veto of the River and Harbor bill, end the Lunatic Asylum Land bill, and “back it up strong” on the Gadsden treaty and the bombardment of Greytown, and the President, the Cabinet and Col. Forney will be satisfied—only let there be union among the small fragment of the New York democracy that remains to them; only let there be har- mony—just enough to keep up appearances will do till something better can be brought oot irresistible New York democracy of 1852 were cut in half by the offensive, insulting, and vulgar epoils policy of Guthrie in 1853. Now, in 1854, frem the difficulty of agreeing with the administration upon various things, and from the greater difficulty of understanding the ground it really wishes its New York free soil- ers to take upon the Nebraska bill, there isa prospect that the cabinet half of the New York democratic party will be subdivided into two or three little separate cliques as violently op- posed to each other as Captain Rynders and Fred Douglass. Cochrane is working like a beaver to'avert this catastrophe. The result is yet doubtful, for the elements of discord and disruption have already boiled to the top at Syracuse. Is there no virtue in solar salt? Can’t the country delegates be convinced that the Buffalo platform is not among the Balti- more resolutions? Can’t the Tammany spoils- men satiafy them that principles are all gam- mon, and that true democracy sticks to the plunder, whether Tyler or Pierce be President? Where is Mr. Purdy? Raw MaTeRmALs FOR THE FABRICATION OF Paren—We invite attention to the important facts developed in the correspondence between the Departments of the Treasury and the Board of Trade in England respecting the vege- table substances which may be advantageously employed as substitutes for the cotton and linen rags now used in the manufacture of pa- per. As the supply of the latter materials does not keep pace with the rapidly increasing con- sumption of the manufacture of which they form the basis, it will be necessary for usim- mediately to turn our attention to some means not only of making up the deficiency, but if possible of reducing the present prices of paper. The spread of education and the thirst for information through the medium of books and newspapers, which have occasioned this in- sufficiency in the supply of the raw materials ot paper must not suffer a check as long as there is a prospect of our obtaining them from any other source. With the great variety of climate that we possess it will be seen from the facts stated in the report of Mr. Forbes Royle to the Board of Tradé that we ought to have no difficulty in growing many, if not all, the vege- table substances which he suggests as fitting for the purpose. We trust that the attention of our own government will be immediately directed to the subject, and that experiments will be made by competent scientific persons to teat the capabilities of those indigenous plants that seem to offer that quality of fibre which will best supply the conditions of a good manufacture. . Dr. Corrman anv THE Loypon Trwes.—Our transatlantic cousins seem considerably alarmed at the prospect of friendly negotiations being set on foot between the Emperor of Russia and the United States government, and the leading organ of British opinion is particularly severe on Dr. Cottman, the emissary of Nicholas. We do not share the belief which appears to be entertained in certain quarters that the Doc- tor has been utterly extinguished by the broad- aide of the London Times ; to our fancy, the artillery of the Thunderer has seldom been less formidable, his shots more clumsily aimed. In the publication which has given such annoy- ance to our cotemporary, Dr. Cottman stated two leading facta: First, that the Czar was not ill-dieposed towards this country; and second, that the allies had not achieved such wonderful successes a8 they expected. Does the Times— does anybody deny these statements? Is it not notorious that the only exploit of the cam- paign of which the allies can boast has been the reduction of Bomarsund, where the British and French were six to one? Then as to the Czar’s respect for this country and his opinions sbout republicanism in the abstract, it is quite clear to any man of common sense that there can be no enduring compromise between abeo- lutiem and democracy. Rigber the people must govern themselves as they,do in this country, or they must be governed by some one not of themselver, as fe the case in Russia. Every at'empt that has been made to blend dypsstic authority with popular insti utiens bis been a failure. Such experiments in France and Spain have led to bloodshed, revolution, and sad ruin: tbey must come at last to revolution in Eng- lend. Timely concessions have retarded the evil day; but it is mot the less inevitable that atime will come when the existence of the Houee of Lords and a hereditary throne will be found entirely incompatible with free govern- ment in England. No one knows better than the Times that Nicholas is quite correct in re- garding his form of government and ours a8 the on'y two which possess within them ele- ments of stability. We are, we confess, not a little surprised to find in the Zimes illustrations and similies drawn from « catchpenny novel, the patronage of which we had hoped that men of sense in England would have left to strong-minded women like Lord Carlisle and the Duchess of Sutherland. Whether Dr. Cottman has or has not a plantation in Louisiana, his opinions with respect to Russia are not the less worthy of at- tention; and British writers if they desire our eympathy, had better set their wits to work to disprove of his statements, in which their sol- diers cut so poor a figure, instead of borrowing from the Mrs. Jellabys of the day silly ancers at negro slavery. ‘Yrauan Orrna, Casts GaRpan.—ihe second repre ¢ :- tation of ‘“Lucrezia Borgia’’ last eveningwas not as numei- ously attended as on itd first production. The seats front- ing the stage were well filled, but the side benches, owing probably to the exceasive heat of the weather, presented rather a tenantless aspect. The fair incognita whose apparently hopeless, but persevering passion has driven her to brave the dangers of the sea and the notoriety of public recognition, in order to teatify the depth of her devotion to an obdurate swain, cecupied her usual pro- minent position in front of the erchestra. We question whether the stase of the evening excited more interest amongst the spectators, if we might judge from the ¢rowd that blocked up the passage leading to her seat. She took refuge behind an enormous fan, which served to conceal her in some degree from the public gaze, but this Tanceuvre only increased the curiosity excited by her movements. Once, and once only, we had a glimpse of her features, and that was when a gentleman (Councilman ‘Wild, we understood) took a seat beside her and engaged her in conversation for a few minutes She was very ele- gantly dressed in a robe of white silk, with flowers in her hair, and « profasion of ornaments. Her costume, in fact, resembled rather that of a vestal attired for the Jast important ceremony of her maiden life, than the eve- ning dress suitable toa theatre. We can only sigh over and pity the insensibility of the Corydon on whom such evidences of intense and unqualified admiration are lost. Having already folly aualysed the merits of the new stars in this piece, it is unnecessary for us again to enter into a detailed notice of the performance. Both Grisi and Mario were in excelleit voice, and Susini, warming up With the encouragement he has received, excelled his previous efforts. ‘‘Lucrezia Borgia’ will be repeated ‘Watrack’s THRATRE—ALYERATIONS AND DECORATIONS. — This theatre opens to-night for the year. Within the past few weeks great changes bave been made by Mr. Wallack throughout the entire building, and the au- dience to-night will be ushered into a theatre as rich in point of decoration as any other in the city or country. From floor to ceiling the walls have been painted, frescoed and beautified with gilt. The most commendable change has been made in the entrance hall to the theatre. Here the ceiling has been elevated four feet, and two large en- trances cyt both to the dress circle and upper tier. In ease of accident this makes s capacious place of exit. This entrance has been adorned with new carpets, chandeliers, busts, &c., altogether making it very chaste and attrac- tive. Entering the lower part of the theatre, one perceives that the large rear posts, which so much obstructed the stage, have been cut away, and small, neat iron pillars put in their stead. The ventilation of the house has been much improved. The cost of these various changes and decorations has been, we underatand, about $5,000. The different tiers have been connected, and hereafter the price will be the same to all parts of the house. Obituary. PRINCESS ZENAIVE CHABLOTTE JULIA BONAPARTE, WIFE OF CHARLES LUOQIEN BONAPARTE, AND DAUGHTER OF THE LATS JOSEPH BONAPARTE. ‘The last arrival from Europe informs us of the death of @ distinguished member of the Bonaparte family, namely, the only surviving daughter of Joseph, the bro- ther of Nepoleon, and the wife of her cousin, the cele- brated ornithologist, and son of Lucien Bonaparte, Prince of Canine. This lady died at Naples, on the 8th of Au- gust, in the fifty-first year of her age, having been born on the 8th of July, 1804. She was the daughter of Jo- seph Bonaparte by Julie Marie Clary, of Marseilles, and was married to her cousin, Charles Lucien Bonaparte, at Brussels, on the 20th.of June, 1822, She was the mother of eight children, aad her usual residence was in the vi- cinity of Rome, where three of her married daughters, and her eldest son, the Prince de Musignano, are now living. Joseph Bonaparte left most of his large estate to his widow and his daughter, the subject of thissketch, His second daughter married her cousin, a brother of Louis Napoleon, who died in 1880, and her death took place at Florence in 1889; Julie, widow of Joseph, died at Flo- rence in April, 1845, Joseph, her husband, having pre- coded her to the tomb in July, 1844. Joseph Bonaparte, it may be recollected, came to the ‘United States in 1815, and purchased a residence at Bor- dentown, New Jersey, on the banks of the Delaware, : which he made his home until 1838, when he went to England, but returned to America in 1687, and again took up his residence at Bordentown. His wife did not scoompany him to the United States, but always resided in Europe, In 1889, he embarked for Europe, and did acquaintances in the United Stat ted with the English language, and was a lady of refined manners and education, and bore an amiable and irreproschable character in the classes of society with whom she mingled in Europe and America. We believe that all of her eight children survive her and mourn her loss. Her husband, @harles Lucien, the Prince of Canino, who also survives her, was born at Paris, in May, 1808. He was President of the Roman i i : i | i Z 53 T t i wee H é gs BE 2. tr az it g? zt i ‘ | i eo A PS AAS Oy Tus Wesrmee.—We shall never tire of finding fault with the clerk of he weather, to long as he pours the “hot™ down upon us as he oid yesterday. There was hardly « @ay during tbe past scorehivg summer, when the heat as more intolerable than yesterday. therm: 5 our office stood as follower iia gens 8P. M. oP. M, 93 89 64. M. 12, MM. 3 88 Men perspired, fumed and melted as much as if we. were in the micdie of July and august, instesd of being pear the midd’e of : eplember, where we have a right to look for sometting b-tter If this continues, oar eitia~ ens wili be driven in flocks back sgain to the summer re~ treats, from which they have just returned. the last winter ran elmost into the summer, and we remember a beavy snow storm late in April. Perhaps to matters, pature is pew going to run summer into winter, ‘This principle of tu for tat, is sometines, but im the present instance, it inte feres grievously with our comfort. We hope for cooler times. Diary Sramers—Warrs ane tak Contnacrors (Wher the Street Contractors were sppointed some time ago, our citizens laid the flattering unction to their souls that clean streets might certainly be looked for im a short time; but how sacly bave we all been dis: ed eee ae sit, Is a RR an, ne jor Pweeping the metropolia wre ay ited. If avy one will take the trouble walk into the Sixth ward he will be convinced of truth of ovr assertion We understand, from the residents uf the Sixth, that there are shes some streets their d'strict which pas not seen or felt s broom or shovel upon them since the contracts were awarded. Centre, Franklin, apd Walser streets are the number that we could name that are now with filth. There are other wards in We Brae} the Sixth, ‘Will the contractors talk and t! less of drawing their bills and more of doing their duty Accrpgst on THR Harem Raitnoa,.—Yesterday afters neon, about one o’cloos, as the Harlem train was leaving: ft i eft i i A i i ib i 3 : i £ i ll i F f ie J: onrsttere tant au) the mat the exq fashion by which it is distinguished, render of universal surprise that such a $8 60. The store is at 118 Ni her ¢ j i j i! ie tl fi nif i { plate and numerous engravings of fashion, pat- FOANK LESLIM, No’ 6 Soha sire, and all booksellers Rey Pope | Importations.— FRANCIS P. & 00., Chambers next ta Higa of ti the richectSocerations, nad orery ether siyh> ‘and quality in the line. Skilful paper-hangers employed. | ! f J iy i F or a j if ‘| if fi Me afl ul i § i ‘ " Fy ti i ti i i i p Fagiticn 1s bevend csntingsany, tes estest ent ce Pe oe ey ey Spplet of CRBTADOMO'R, We. 8 Astor House, Aca Beautifier and Clarifier of the Human i 7 fli i Eg [ E