The New York Herald Newspaper, February 5, 1855, Page 4

276 NEW YORK HERALD. JAVES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR AND EDITOR. ‘BrRcE H. W. CORNER OF NASESU AND FULTON PPR. MS, cash in advo ¥ HER coats per copy—81 per HE We ¥ HERA DD every Sturdas se conte ger copy, oF $3 per annum; car ope ‘per an- to any part of Grewt Britain, and $6 te any part of So Gesticert. eth % Sncinde postage ” Velume XX 44USEMENTS THIS EVENING. BROADWAY THEATRE, Breadway—Civpsnetis~ Os Laue se Two Puss. BOWERY THEATRE. Yowery—Inerawy avy America ~Insen Kxow Noruine -Uurn Gar—Pappy Mives’ Boy, BURTON'S THEATRE, Chambers street-Fasaion— Bamuy Jane. WALLACK’S THEATRE, Brondway—Tows anv Coun- war—Tae Carrio, MBTROPOLITAN THEATHE, Broa¢way—Equesraian Perroananoxs. AMERICAN KUSEUM—Afternoon—Amprose Bvewing—Uocorno - Diacw Byap Busan. WOOD'S MINSTRELS, Moohanice’ Hall, 473 Broadway. WUCKLEY’S OFEXA HOUSE, 839 Broadway—Bvos- Ban’e Brmeoriay Ovens UPR. Qwiserr ooh DALDOON'S OPERA MOUSE—Hope Chapel, 718 and Broadway. New York, Monday, February 5, 1855. Malls tor the Pacific. ‘HB NEW YORE HERALD—CALIFORNIA EDITION. The United States mail steamship George Law, Capt. @. V. Fox, will leave this port this afterncon at two @olock, for Aspinwall. ‘The mails for California and other parts of the Pacific, ‘wil close at one o'clock. The New Yorx Wxaxiy Hxritp—California edition— sentaining the latest intelligence from al) parts of the world, will be published at eleven o’clock this morning. Ainge copies, in wrappers, ready for mailing, sixpence. ageste will please send in their orders as early as pos- The News. ‘The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Wis eongin bas issued a habeas corpus in the case of S. M. Booth snd John Ryecratt, recently convisted in the United States Court at Milwaukie of a viola. tion of the provisions of the act genersa'ly termed ‘the Fugitive Slave lsw, and seatenced to fiae and imprisonment. The State Court has heretofore de elared the law in question ucconstitutional and void’ On the receipt of the news ef the issuing of the writ NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1855. meseure, foreseen and provided for ‘The Great Wirepaller of Wuropean Diplo- Jn all the varying chances which the fortune of war and the errors of diplomacy are daily turning upin the present Earopean contest, only one of the Powers interested seems to be steadily converting them to his own profit The difficulty itself, in fact, hae been stealthily fostered, if not originated, by him. He has all along played the part of wirepuller to the Political puppets who fill the high places in European diplomacy, and he is now reaping the fruits of his labors. Need we say that we allude to the Emperor of the French. The dieclosure to the world of the secret correspondence which took place some years #go between the Czar and the British govern- ment, in reference to the projected partition of the heritage of “the sick man,” although it failed to compromiee the latter by what lawyers would call an overt act, clearly showed that the idea iiself was not so very repugnant at the time to the feelings of British statesmen. Throngh- out the whole of that precious epistolary chapter of secret Giplomacy, we search in vain for those generous and chivalric sentiments which have since been put forward as the pretexts for a coalition as inconsistent in its religious as it is antagonistic in its national elemants, With the manner in which her pre- tensions were ignored in the agitation of so important a question, France had just reson to quarrel, and all the efforts of her go- vernment have accordingly since been directed to foil and defeat Russian designs in the East. The sagacious mind of Louis Napoleon foresaw the double advantage to himself that was to be reaped from this course of policy. He felt on the one hand that nothing could strengthen his equivocal position amongst the European Powers more than his assertion of the right of France to exercise a voice in the decision of the ques tion of Ottoman independence, and he was equal- ly certain, on the other, that the worst com- plications that might arise from his interference could only have the effect of consolidatiag the then insecure fabric of his power at home by concentrating the attention of his people on their foreign interests. He accordingly des- ‘ef habeas corpus at M:!waukie a public meeting was eonvened, at which resolutions strongly censuring the course of the feders] authorities, and counselliag revolutionary action to defeat ths laws of the land, were adopted with frantic enthusiasm. The fire imposed upon Booth aud Ryecra’t amounts to $1,661, avd thisis to be made up by voluntary snbscrip- tions, in no instance to exceed one dollar. It has been stated that the anti-Nebraska mombers of Con- gress bave contributed towards the fand. The Legislature of Wisconsin met in joint cou- wention on Wedreeday las’, aud balloted three times for a United States Senator, but without making an election. Durkee, the candidate of the republican party, was far ahead of al! his competitors. Owing to the interruption of travel on the railroads,in consequence of the yreat depth of the anow, the Miinois Legislature was without a quorum up to the Jntest accounts, and therefore no elec‘ion of a Sea, ‘ator from that State bad besn held. ‘The steamship Union, Captain Adama, arrived at this port on Saturday night. She left Havre on the 17th and Southampton on the 18ih ult. Sre does not, of course, bring auy news, but we give eleewbere an interesting letter from oat Paris cor respondent reseived by her. ‘The sffeir of young Hernandez, on board th? stsam. ship Empire City, is rece'ving an elucidation. In addition to the statemeats made on Saturday morn- ing, and that cf youug Hernendez, published yeater- day, we give this morniag letters from Mr. Caraoo- eli and the Spanish Creal, whica will probably be the leet of the matter. Tasre does not appear to bave beem any force used ia any way ia regard to the lad. We publish to-day # letter from Rio Janeiro, Gated December 15, which gives qaite a graphi: description of the animated sppesrance which the hasbor presented owiug to the presence of a naval force of the United S:ates, five English war ships, a6 many French vessels, aud a large Brazilian equa- ron, in its waters. The Constitution—Old Iron wides, the pet and pride of our navy—is said to have Carried off the palm for aplendid appearance. The birthday of the Emperor wes celebrated on the 224 December with a grand military review, illumina thane, salates, visite of congratulation, &>., &c. In another colamn we pub!is: a report of an ex. eeedingly interesting t ial, before a Police Jastive, at Bt. Paul’s, Minnesota, being the case of the United States versus Willis 0. Gorman, Govszmor and Sa- perintendent of Ixdien Affairs of the Territory of Minnescta aforesaid. From the testimoay élicitel it appears that his Excellency’s exchequer }:aa been slightly sffected by the universal stringency of the money market, and when Frank Collies, suctionser, presented JJ0 little account 2 trifling extension was solicited. This request created in the mind of the guctloneer a suspicion quite natural under the cir. cumetances, which fund expression in a doubt as to the honesty of the Govergor. Iu a twinkling a gubernatorial fivt planted a crusher into the knov. ledge box of the knight of the hammer, who was “spilt upon the floor, while at the same tim? the Goverror’s arm, like the “guo well aimed at duck or plover, recoiled and kicked its owner oven” An “edified spectator” of the conflict “sst ‘em up,” and a trial for assanit and battery | forma the last ecene of the farce to which we have called attention. Upon a patient investigation ot the facta the jury were unable to decide who was the sggreesor. Apropos—the Minnesota Democrat announces the removal of Gov. Gorman {rom the office of Superintendent of Indian Affairs, to take effect on the lst of March next, and states that other, removals may shortly be expected. The police, on Sunday morning, arrested Francis Macpby, proprietor of s grosery store at the corner of Bighteenth street and Seventh avenue, on sus- of knowing something about the fire which took place in his stores short time after he was seen to leave i}. A report of the fire will be found elsewhere. The whole matter will be investigated ‘by the Fire Marshal, before Justice Davidson, to day. 4 ‘At w convention of the whig: of Franklin founty, held recently at Malone, a resolution was adopted Mr. Fitch, the Assemblyman from that to vote against William H. Seward for the States Senate. ‘A seriong accident occurred on Thursday las} at Rochdale, Dutchess county, by the falling of the hain bridge now in course of erection over ths creek at that place. At the time of the accident there were three men underneath the bridge, nansd David Lane and James and Jobn Sherman. Janss ‘was very seriously injared, having seve-al bones bro. ken and severe bruises about the head; but it is thought that his wounds will not prove fatal. John ‘Sherman was badly injured internally. Lane was ‘80 fortunate as to escape with little burt. Lieut. Robert EB, Johnson, of the navy, died near Wilmington, Del., yesterday. He was attached to ‘the exploring expedition of Commander Wilkes. ‘The President has off sially recogoized J. F. Me- line a8 the Consul of Hambarg for the States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin, In the case of Dennis against Kennedy, before the Court, General Term, on Saturday, being ap action brought by thé piaintiff'as member of an ‘agpotiation for the purpone of going to Californie, wand in.whisb the complaint was demurred to and ‘he demurrer overrated at Special Term, Jodgo delivered ax elaborate opinion, and decided jodgment upon the dewurrer should be with cota. congty, ie patched M. Lavalette to Constantinople upon an apparently frivolous and ill defined mission; its real purpose being to stir up the jealousy of Russia, and provoke a quarrel of some sort. It is unnecessary for us to recapitulate the succes- sive events which so fully realized his expecta- tions. Snffice it to say, that in her well founded apprehensions of his bold and ambitious de- signs, Ruesia thought it high time to make good the pretensions that the Czar had advanced in his correspondence with the British government, the more especially us at that time there was no reason to apprehend any very tincere or active opposition from the latter. The Emperor Nicholas did not believe, nor in- deed had he any reason to believe, that Great Britain would be disposed to stretch the pro- visions of the treaty of July, 1841, into a guarantee of the independence of Turkey, or that an invasion of the territories of the latter by his troops would be regarded os 8 European question. And £0 he was led on step by step until it became too late to recede, as much, it must be owned, by the apathy and indi ffer- ence manifested by the British cabinet in the early stages of the dispute, as by any real ap- prehensions that he entertained with regard to France. Jo the meantime Louis Napoleon was grada. ally paving the way at home for that grand stroke of policy by which he hoped at once to crush the power of Russia and consolidate his own dynasty—the Anglo-French alliance. His election to the presidency, after the revolution of 1848, had already seriously alarmed the moneyed and Janded interests both in England and France, who could only seein his accession to power a revival of the old imperial feud be- tween the two countries. The coup d’état and the subsequent confirmation of that daring step by the elective voice ot France, terrified them still more. Every one recollects the consterna- } tion that prevailed amongst all classes of the English people, and even amongst the highest military and,naval authorities, at the imminent probability of another attempt at a French in- vasion, and at the inefficiency of the national defences. Noone dreamed at that time that the author of the Idées Napoleoniennes and the inheritor of the great Emperor's throne and wrongs, could render his prejudices and resent- ments subservient to the objects of a grander policy, and forget in its requirements his heredi- tary griefs. Still Jees did the English expect to find the man who was bora to this legacy of personal hatred, stretching out to them the hand of friendship, cultivatiog with them the kindest and most cordial relations, and flaally proposing to them an alliance apparently bind- ing together the future destinies of the two nations. Had the English people reeollected the prudent warning conveyed in the Timeo Danaos of the Latin poet they would have hesitated before they at- tached implicit credence to the professions and coquetries of this new and unnatural suitor for their favors. The Corsican vendetta is not to be thus easily extinguished. Let us examine the results of the Anglo- French alliance up to the present time, and we will see that if it had been Lonis Napoleoa’s object to weaken the power and humiliate the pride of the Englieh nation, he could not have more effectually accomplished it than by yoking it to his policy. Thus far everything that has been done, either in the way of diplo- macy or of military effort, has only redounded to the honor and glory of France, while the same steps have entailed shame, mortification and heavy loss upon England. All the vacil- lation and want of energy exhibited in the diplomatic stages of the difficulty, and through- tions, are attributed with justice to the inca- pacity end imbecility of the English ministry, whilst all the vigor, forethought and complete- ness of preparation displayed by the French are clesrly due to the untiring activity and incestant attention of the Emperor to the requirements of the campaign. Thus the boundless resources of France, as a great military power, are daily made more manifest, whilst the Bnglish army--the object of eo much pride and solicttude—is rapidly perishing on the inhospitable soil of the Crimea, and exhibiting in the persons of its leaders a deplorable absence of those qualitics which are said to mark the superiority of the Anglo- Saxon race. If matters go on in thie way fora few months longer, the army of England will cease to have any existence except upon the lists of the War Department, and Louis Napo- Teon will be left to contest alove ihe palm of | national capital. Furopean military supremacy, Who can doubt that these resalte have been, out ite subsequent military and naval opera- | | lic @ liberal reward for his invention, and the ie ip 8 great by the sagacious raler of France?. Whilst by association with his plaas he is fast weakening and ruining the strength of England, he is a: the same time, by her aid; creating for himself @ dominant influence in Buropean affairs, aud fortify ing snd consolidating his power at home. Both ee a diplomatist and a fioancier, this ex- treordinary man ie puzzling and confounding the oid fogies who have hitberto minaged the Political affairs ot Europe. He at once outwiis a)l the diplomatic veterans and out-manceavres all the leading capitalists. To such a man no thing is impossible. We have seen him siace his accession to power pniling the strings of almost every political movement in Earops. Where and when the influence he is likely to exercise on the destinies of the present genera- tion will end, God alone can tell. Colt’s Patent, Grog and the Spolismen—Tre~ mendous Scramble for the Plunder. The debate in the House of Representatives on Saturday last, on Colt’s pistol patent ex- tension, presents ue the most revolting feature yet officially disclosed of the tactics of the Washington spuilsmen in working through their schemes for the public plunder. From the re- ports of the investigating committee of the last session, we had supposed that subsidies of cash to letier writers, douceurs of kid gloves aad perfumery to influential ladies, beautiful re- volvers to beliigerent members, oyster suppers to tHe gourmands of both houses, and other appliances to members and thelr friends, con- prebended the game of the lobby. Now, how- ever, according tothe official declarations of the House committee, the trump card of the lobby men is to get their claimant “ intoxi- cated,” soas to wheedle him and plunder him at discretion. We are sorry to learn from the testimony of thechairman of the House investigating com- mittee, that the lobby have carried this “soothing system” to such an extent with Col. Colt, that when called upon to testify before the committee, ‘he was drunk, and his mind was obfuecated.”” This obfuscation of his in- tellect throws a flood of light upon the “ fif- teen thousand dollars on the books of his clerk unaccounted for,” and explains the intense interest and industry of the lobby men in support of the extension of this pisto) monopoly for seven years longer. In this care, they have a man of almost unlimited re- sources of supply, a generous fellow, who may be “obfuscated,”? bamboozled and plucked ad libitum. His bill involves » monopoly of mil lions of profit. To fleece him it is only neces- sary to“ obfuscate ” him; and if they can secure the passage of the bill, who shall presume to estimate the subsidies, commissions and per- quisites of the lobby ? How many thousands in pensions, Gal- phin indemnities, land warrants, Iadian claims, contracts, and what not, are thus extracted by the lobby from the poor vic- tims to whom the money belongs, in “ob- fuecating ” their intellects? Who can answer to the mighty catalogue of spoliations effected by the Washington spoilsmen through the agen- cies of oysters, liquor and cards? Who can conscientiously say that these demoralizing ap- Pliances do not affect the morality, and even the mortality, of the two houses of Congress? How many models of virtue, integrity aud patriotism are carried off from Congress to the graveyard, by these lobby carousals among ton vivants, blacklegs and scheming spoiis- men? How much of Congressional legis- | lation is concocted and perfected among | the lobby mysteries of Pennsylvania ave- nue? When will the axe of reform reach these deep roots of the corruptions which threaten to overwhelm the government? Who can answer these home questions? If there be any place under heaven where a rigidly enforced Maine Liquor law and an anti- gembling law would be the highest blessing to the local community, and to the whole coun- try, it is the city of Washington. We are dealing, however, with Colt’s patent. What are the arguments urged for ite exten- tion? Its advocates plead that Col. Colt has invested his profits in the building of new mavufactcries. Very likely. He has a prince- ly establishment at Hartford, from which he supplies the American army with his revolvers; another at London, from which he supplies the British army; and we have been informed that he and bis agents are about establishing another immense factory in St. Petersburg, from which to equip the multitudinous barbari- ans of all the Russias, Such vast operations require heavy outlays; and it is not surprising, | therefore, that Col. Colt should ask the exten- sion of his mozopoly for seven years longer. His arms are also enid to be of a superior | quality, and hence, it is argued, Congress should secure to him the exclusive right of their manufacture. | This is the sort of pleading urged in support of this proposed extension. It is ‘lame and | impotent.” According to the decree of the Pa- | tent Office, Col. Colt has received from the pub- | bureau has refused its extension, on the ground that the government has fulfiledits obligations to the inventor and owes him nothing. Tais decree is just. The attempt to supersede it, is a piece of invidious, intermeddling, log-rolling spoils legislation, which shanld be defeated. It is a bi)} taxing the community (or the benefit of ®@ monopoly already enriched from the bounties of the government, drawn from the pockets of the people, Is there any man in Congress with a mind so “obfuscated” that he cannot perceive that a bill prohibiting the sale, for example, of | all white cotton goodsexcept those manufactar- ed by Col Colt, would be, in principle, precisely the same thing as this patent extension, Col. Colt having been fully compensated for his in- vention, what claim has he upon the gov- ernment in a military view, with his factory in | London turning out the same weapons, to be ured against usin the event of » rupture with England? Let his advocates, representing one of bis factories, or carrying one of his most beautiful pistols about them, answer these ques- tions if they can. The truth ie, this patent extension bill is but & log-rolling scheme for some twenty or thirty millions of the spoils, in a special tax upon Colt’s firearms for seven years longer, not for the benefit of the treasury, or the army, or the navy, bat for the special benefit of Col. Colt, | and the Jobby, and its spoils affilfations. The | French spoliation bill of five millionsis another | trick of the spoilemen. The real claimants, ond their righttal heirs, have died or sold out | for a cong; the five millions will be pocketed, | if passed, by the spoilemen infesting the | There are also other large | patent cases pending, Gardner claims, con- | tracte, indemnities, railroad land jobbing bills, | |" was one of the coltest days we have had this including the great Pacific imposture, the whole schedule covering an aggregate of, perhap:, not less than two hundred millions of tne pa- tic plunder. The session is drawing to a close ; the spoilsmen have been waiting long enough ; they are becoming hungry and desperate; they must make a strike somewhere, and so they | have opened their game with Colt’s patent ex- tension, close upon the heels of tho more | plausible bill of French spoliations. We have here the indications of a tremendous scramble for the plunder from this time to the drunken orgies of the last night of the session. The probabilities, too, are in favor of a great | hav). There are many influential time-servers at Wachington with whom this session is the last chance. They will naturally make the most of it. Uncle Sam pays all. Who cares? What a Godsend to such a lobbyman as Col. Forney is a millionaire claimant for a monopoly of millions, who ‘is fond of a glass,” and whose mind, when required, can be “ obfus- eated’’ to that degree at which it is impossible | to “ daguerreotype the testimony of a drunken man.” Who moves now for a Maine Liquor law for Washington ? Wasnineton News.—We published in yester- dey’s paper a despatch stating that Dudley Menp hed resigned his office of Assistant Secre- tary of State, his resignation growing out of the complications of Soulé’s mission to Madrid, and its happy termination, in spite of Soulé, Dudley Mann and all concerned. Now, it may be that Mann bas resigned; but we are not yet prepared to believe it. We suspect he is not quite so thin-ekinned as represented by our correspondent, and is too strongly attached to the spoils to let go upon a mere punctilio, or question of propriety. It has also been re- ported from Washington that this inventor of Pierce’s foreign policy will probably go to France in the place of Mason. This we consider too preposterous and ridiculous to be entitled to any farther notice except this—that Mann’s foreign policy does not recognize the govern- ment of Louis Napoleon. ; Our genefal telegraphic correspondent at Washington has also informed us that ‘it is represented there, by interested parties, that Collector Redfield has never intimated a desire | to be relieved from the duties of his office, and | that the rumors to the contrary are false.” | What isin the wind now? Is there a compro- mise? Are those ninety-seven custom house | short boys and pugilists marked for execution to be reprieved, in order to appease Mr. Red- field? The main difficulty of a reunion of the herds and softs in this city, upon the basis of the spoils, appears to hang upon the alleged co-operation of the hards with the Know No- things in our late election. Thischarge, under the representations of John Cochrane, may pro- | bably have resulted in the postponement, at the White House, of the contemplated sacrilice of those ninety-seven fighting soft shells, to re- store peace and good will among the hards. If this be so, it is likely that our Collector has re- | called his resignation, and that the nomination | of Mr. Pierce for the succession, by the two | factions in a Tammany meeting, is put off to the first fair day. We expect, in a day or two, the whole of the projects and proceedings of the late soft shell delegation to Woshington. It was large, their business was important and complicated, the White House junketings upon it were spirited and lively, and the results must soon come to Jight. THe Harp Trwes—Workinemen’s Move- MENTS —Altbough the soup kitchens sti!] con- tinue in operation, and thousands of working. men have not yet procured employment, busi ness eppears to be improving. Since the last grand demonstration of the unemployed in Washington square and the Park, their | meetings have not been so numerously at- | tended. This certainly looks well, if it | may be regarded as an indication that the num- her in want of work has been reduced. A meet | ing was held on Saturday night, at Mechanics’ Hall, at which the plan of an organization was | proposed, which it is intended shail extend over the whole country, and be free from all party predilections and prejudices. The object is to promote the interests of the laboring classes, | and to place only such men in office as are in | favor of their principles, Some of the most sanguine believe that before the Ist of March it will number over thirty thousand members. They have resolved to exclude from their platform of principles agrariavism, red republicanism, and everything that looke | like socialism. The plan, embracing as | it does the whole country, is cer- | tainly an extensive one, and if carried iato practical operation, would produce quite a re- volution in politics. It may be remarked, how- ever, that hitherto all such organizations among the working men have failed, for the simple reason that the causes which called them into being were only temporary, and when those | causes ceased to exist, they also became extincy. Such has been the end of all these movements Such will be end of thie organization. | Tae Wearuern avy Tae Poor.--Yesterday winter. The wether, fortunately for the poor, bas been unususily moderate tor this season, and although we have been called upon to re- cord a vast amount of suffering and destitution, we have not heard of a single death from expo- | eure. The winter is almost over, and with the spring will come better times for the poor—the revival of business, work for the unemploye?. and the closing up ot the soup kitchens. THE LATEST NEWS.| BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPHS, | From Washington. DEATH OF LIBUTENANT JOHNSON—FUNBRAT OF BX- | MAYOR MAURY— WIAR’S LAST SPRECA. Wasuinoron, Feb, 4, 1855, Tieutenaat Robert E. Johnson, of the navy, died to- day near Wilologton, Delaware. He was the nephew of | Joreph Gales, eq , and Mrs. W, Yi Seaton, of this city, | and was an active officer in the es exploring expeiti- | tion, | ‘The President and his private secretary attended the | funeral of ex Mayor Maury to-day, and also that of Au- stor Pleasanton. | Mr. Wine’s speech at Alexandria last night is substan- tially the same as that recently delivered by him at Pe- tersburg, and which has already been published in the Berar. Mer xots, Provipeyce, Feb, 3, 1855. Cotton in steady demand, with moderate sales at for- mer prices, Tho stock of woo! fo the market is st{ll Night, with a better demand than last week for the Gner grades. There iano accumulation of stock, the sales equalling the receipts. ales of the week 59,600 Ibs. Printing clothr—The better grades of 28-inch printings taken an fast se th made; 80.ineb ct on ‘leman, and mort huills making the style have véla 360 by 64 inches and higher counts, Kos Yo. higher. Peles 68,700 pisces. | is possible that her ear inclined to the key hol | de put upon his stage. | the National this evening. _ ton under the management of Thomas Ward | adaptation of Delavigne’s “Louis Xt,’ Dramatic and Musical Matters. Nearly all the theatres have done @ prosperous week's Dusiness There has beeo. nothing in the muvical way, except * Cinderela,” which has liad another week of snecess at the Broadway, and bids fair to run through this mox‘h, with which the opera at this house will | close for the present, Mrs Horncastle, who hae lately | undertaken the part of Baron Pompolivo, gives tze pub- lie the best English interpretation of the pact excep? Seguin. “Cnéerella”’ ie ancounsed for this_evening at the Broadway. At Bunrow’s Tueatre the only novelty during the week bas been the revival of a very clever meloirams, done from the French by Mr. Buckst one, and called ''Ts. abel.”” It wae very wicely mounted, and very well act- ed. Mr. George Jordan's performance of the hero of the piece—a gentleman whose life hae a secret, and who is terribly afraid that ghe villain of the play will tell somebody abont it—-was particularly good. Mr. | Burton apnounces a new piese, “not from the Frencb,” for Tuesday night. This evening the comedy of ‘Fash- ion’? will be played for the first time in this theatre, with Mr. Burtop a8 Adam Truemon, and Mr. Fisher, Sir. Jordan, Mise Raymond and other favorite artists in principal parts, At Warxack’s Treatre, “Tora and Country” and ‘The Critic” have been the attraction during the week, In the firet named play, Mr. Lester played Reuben Glen- roy, and some points of his performance were very fine. Mr. Blake, as Kit Covey, gave us another of those quiet portraits, rich in tone, warm in color and exquisite in finish, for which he has become to celebrated. Th» houses at Wallack’s been full, ‘‘ Town and Coun try’? and “The Critic’’ are announ:ed for this evening. Mr. Blake bas a benefit at Wallack’s on Tuesday evea- ing. He witl play Adam Trueman, in the comedy called “Fashion,” and Geoffrey Dale, in the ‘Last Man.” Sueb attractions would fill a much larger house than Wallack’s. Miss J. M Davevrorr will sail for California ia the George Law to-day. At Tar Bowery Turatre Mr. and Miss Charles hive been playing }rish and Yankee parts in the pieces first given to the public by Mr, and Mrs. Barney Willams. Neither the plays or the players can be judged by strict critical ruler, Mr. Charles is a close imitator of Mr. Williams, and Miss Charles is a pretty girl, with some talent for the stage. They have drawa well at the “Bowery, and will remain during this week. The Dill to-night includes four pleces,,in which Mr. and Miss Charles will appear—a pice de circonstance, called “The Trish Know Nothing,’’ will be acted for the first time, On Wednesday, at this theatre, Mes Dunn takes her first benefit. The bill is a very long and a very good one. The lady deserves a crowded house. At THE METROPOLITAN THEATRE the regular performances are over. Mr. Willard has given up the lease, and the company is scattered. A suit was brought against him the other day for five hundred dollara rent. He made no | defence, and a writ of ejectment was ordered to issue. ‘The Metropolitan is now oseupied by Sands & Nathans’ circus company. Their season will probably bea brief one, and the ultimate fate of the house is yet unknown. The rent is very high, ($20,000 per annum,) and although the auditorium is the most beautiful in the world, and the acoustfe and optical pro Perties of the house perfect, some improvements must be made in the stage. There should be at least twenty feet more of depth, and the construction of the “tormentors’’ and Gret entrances are very awkward, to tay the least. There isa rumor that Mr. Burton has leased the house for a summer season. At THE Museum, Mr, J. R. Scott continues to act to full houses. ‘Macbeth’ was very ereditably repro- sented last week, with Mr. Scott as Macbeth, acd Mr. C. W. Clarke as Macduff. ‘This evening ‘Ugoliao” and “ Black Fyed Susan’?—Mr, Scott in both pieces. INTERESTING PROGRAMMES are put forth for this even- ing, by Wood’s, Buckley’s, and Donaldson’s minstrels. AMUSEMENTS IN OTHER CITIBS. PwitaperPma.—Miss Teresa Esmonde has given a | reading of Irish poetry at Sansom Street Hall toa full | house. She bas been invited to repeat the entertain- ment. Mr. Stisbee has been playing Yankee parts at the Chestnut, to fair houses, Mrs, J, J. Prior has made a hit in Kate Kearney, Nothing newat the Walnut or the Arch. Mr.T. Fitzgerald is writing a play for Mr. Peter Richings. ‘*Macbeth’’ in Black has been pro- duced at Wood’s museum, Bostoy.—The Grisi and Mario troupe gave ‘Don Gio- vanni”’ on Monday last. Tle Gazette says:— A very fair house welcomed the re-appearance of this much raved about but never realized conception of a perfect opera, and with lively remembrance of former disappointments, the present failure may be justly con- sidered equal if not superior in sh its predecessors. Excepting the excellent presentment | of the mask trio, the duet “La ci daren ls mano,’’ ani | Don Ottavia’s aria, with a bit of ensemble worked up in 00d style, the whole formance suggested inadequate fod burried robeateal, with its us *, ness or ce. On Wednesdsy ‘Lucresia Borgia’? was given to an audience ‘by no means large or imposing.’ Mr. Hackett bas been playing Falstaff, to bring up the off nights. The Gazette says:— ‘The off nights this week have been very lucrative, and Sir John Falstaff, as impersonated by Bacon Haclgte ia first part of ‘‘ King Henry IV.,’’ and the ‘‘ Me1 ves of Windsor,’ bas drawn most excellent houses, This part isone'in which Hackett excels, though one or two vulgariems, which he introduced, ’ might be omitted without injuring the Portraiture. As the impresario hires the theatre for $2,500 per week, including the use of the corps dramatique, he is indebted to his excellence in Sir John*for quite an addition to his receipts. Hackett once had a twelve hundred dollar house at the Tremont | theatre to see his Faletaif, which ro elated the Baron, that for some time after, when he played the part, he announced it in glowing capitals as ‘the réle in which Mr, Hackett drew $1,200 at the Tremont theatre!” The same journal has the following anecdote of | Grist -— Speaking of the opera, a little anecdote is stated of Grisi, which redounds ‘io her credit, as straws show which way the wind blows. A lady passing by the rooms occupied by the couple at the Revere House, heard them rebearaing tho gems of the opera, ani yory naturally stood as quiet as possible to enjoy the unpur. chased note. As the tones me more mellifiuos Grisi suddenly ¢pened the door, on account oi the and surprised her auditor in a position rather awkwa: The lady biusked, and aj ed, and Grid enjoyed a hearty laugh, and ‘the lady by force into apartment, and obliged her nolens volens to uasiss 0 this most admirable chamber concert. Mr. Davenport is still at the Museum, and Mile, Duret has concluded ber engagement at the Nat'onal.—Three Irish lads, lovers of the drama, under fifteen yours of | age, were arres‘ed on Friday upon a charge of breaking into the box office of the National theatre, Boston, and stealing forty-nix box ‘tickets. They were anxious to witness the performance of “Jack Sheppard’? by Mile. Duret. This play has made more thieves than “George Barnweli” ever reformed, No manager with a proper sense of the dignity of his profession would allow it te “Ida May”? is to be produced at Barmmons.—Mr, ind Miss Richings are playing at the Charks street theatre. Paul Julien bas given # succes- ful concert. CoaRuestox, 8, C.—Mr. and Mrs. Coaway commense a shert engagement this evening in “Ingomar.” Mrs. A Parker and Mrs, Archbold have joined the company. Newakk.—A portion of the Metropolitan company, in- cluding Mesers. Thompson, Carroll, Jordan, and Floyd, are playing here, New Havey, Coxy.—Mr. E. S. Conner has been play- ve. Mr. Wyatt opens a theat ming. The play is The Stranger” the principal parts by Mr. J. W. Lanergan, Mr. F. Sand. ford, of the Broadway theatre, and Miss Woodward, late of the Metropolitan. Lovumvittr, Ky.—Mias Makeah, by a fire at the Galt Houre, on the evening of the Ist iust,, lost ner entire | stage wardrobe. Cixceynatt.—Miss Kimberly bas been playing a suc cessful engagem: it Baten’s theatre, New Onisavs.—Mr. Chanfrau and Miss Albertine are playing at the American theatre, opened for @ short sea: Mrs. T. D. Kemble recently died in this city. GALVESTON.=Miss Dean (now Mra. Hayne) was play ing at the theatre here at the last accounts. CALIFORNIA. —Mr, Henry Sedley has become one of the managers of the American theatre, San Francisco. Mr. and Mrs, Barney Williams were announced to appear in Marysville, on the night of the 0th ult. Panis.—The dramatic world was to celebrate the birth- day of Moliere (Jan. 15th) by # grand banquet. Tue letters of invitation were nigned by Taylor, Scribe, Le maitre, Samson, and other distinguished authors and artista—<The ‘“Crarine,”’ @ drama in five acts, (prose) by Scribe, has been produced at the Francaise. The role of the/Csarine was given to Rached; Blanvallet played the Czar; Gefiroy, Menschikoft, &c., &c. it was B puccers. . Loxpox.--Mr, C, Kean bas appeared in Bourcicaalt s It was not very nuccessful—The “ Aleostis of Euripides”’ ‘as been tfanslated from the original Greek, or & iranaistion of it has been adapted by Mr. Spicer, of Londen, and performed at the St James’ theatre, Ion- Gon. ‘A greed portion of the play,” nays the eritic of to any of | 1 result in careless. | VOL. XX. News of the World, ‘hae 1 pecy oirste cue a renin siour gaiety of Hercules axe nea:ly all the scencs the have beem erpezially resorted to na regards the origina’ play. As & spectacle its merits are great. Potting aride Fnvipides, and looking nt it ay a clascich! ah it | lee bighly pictuxesque and ¢legant pie.e,”’ ss dendott ie highly praised ax Alcestis. Yhe mosic was led by Sir Heary Bishop. 4 “ ‘The February Term of the Lew Courts. The Vebruary term of the law courts will be con” menced this day, by the swearing im of the several juries. The calendars bave vot been iauch disoimished by the business of the part month, aud are consequertty ati heavy, though we kuow of nocases of special import that si¢ expected to come on, Every day, however, developex. something new in our courte, and the most importa cause now pending is that of the Mexican gdvernaent and Senor Arrangoiz, which will be decided to-day or to-mor- row by Judge Hoffman, The Supreme Court (generat term) will sit this month, for heariag arguments aac consequently, there will be but one braach of the Circuit held im February, The Superior Court ana the Common Pleas will hold trial terms. We understan® that arrangements have been made so as to prevent the United States Grand Jury holding, in future, so long a éswion as the last. They will be subpensed fora cer- ‘ern term; a number of bills will be sent betore them. When they are disposed of, the Grand Jury will be din- charged, and, if mecessity requires it, a new Grand In- quest will be em; Med. The Common Council. The Board of Allermen will hold the first meeting off the February session this evening, but nothing special in expected until the Legislature takes action in the pro- pesed new charter, The want of ccurt accommodation. ia still sadly felt, and it is to be hoped that the Board of” Supervisors will, in answer to the petition already pre sented to them, provide the Supreme Court Jadges with: suitable apartments for the discharge of their duties. The News of Saturday. LOCAL NE WS, Yesterday's HERALD contained an interesting variety. of city intelligence. There was, in the first place, a fa report of » mass meeting of workingmen, held om Satur- day night, in Bester street, called to receive the reports of a commitee which had bren sent to Washington, te» urge on Congress the proprioty of taking measures for- the immediate relief of the unemployed. The committee- made their report through Mr. John Commerford, whew detailed at some length the result of his interviews with. the President nd several members of Congress. He was well received, but nothing was done, Resolutions were passed tendering the thanks of the meeting to the Prasi dent and different members of Congress, for the prompt attention extended to the committee, and, also, in favor of the Homestead bill. The outline of a mew politica. organization was then presented, and a series of lectures and other means of influencing the public determined. LAUNCH OF THE SABINE, Afull account was given of the launch of the Unite States frigate Sabine, from the Navy Yard, Brook- lyn, where upwards of ten thousand persohs bad assembled to witness the epectacle. The unnena> interest excited in this vessel was owing te the long time she had been on the stocks—thirty-one years. She had to be entirely remocelied. Twenty feet were added. to her length, and her bow was altered gnd modernizec’, under the superintendence of F. B. Delano, J0sq., navad constructor, The dimepvsions of the Sabine are now an follows:—Length in all, 206 feet; length of kee), 180 feot -, breadth of beam, 47 feet; depth of hold, 20 feet, ahd tom - page 2,046, government measure. Her armanent wil® consist of ien 8-inch sheil gues of 63 cwt., and twenty 82-pounders of 57 cwt, op her main deck, and of two 8 inch shot pivot guns of 12,000 lbs, each, and sixteen 32- pounders of 33 cwt. on her spar deck—maiing altogether, batteries containing forty-eight guns, The crew of the Sabine, when in commission, including officers, seamen, landemen, boys and marines, will number 476 ail told~- ‘The launch was in every respect entirely succees‘ul. VIBES. A fire occurred at No 128 Varick street, on Saturday night, during which one of the inmates of the dwelling, pamed Mrs, Belden, was burned to death, A ful! account: of this dreadful catastrophe was published in yeeterday’s r. aig POLICR NEWS—THE MAYOR'S BOOK, &c. Among the local news in yoesterday’s paper, these was. the customary amount of police intelligence and the arrests which bad been made the day previous. The complaints on the Mayor’s book worerather more numer- | oustban usual. ‘The war agaiost the fortune tellers has just commenced, and will be carried on until they are al | driven frem the city, or compelled to abandon their pe~ culiar occupation. Since the arrest of Madame Fleury, however, none other has been made, but the police are on the alert. A report wa received from Mr. Wainwright, Inspector of Weights ani Measures, showing that for | the month of January he lad inspected 2,186 scale, varying from a spring scale to a scale beam, of whieh 2,105 were correct, and $1 incorrect; of weights, 7,310, f which 6,516 were correct, and 784 were incorrect; of Gry measures, 1,97, of which 317 were correct, and: 1,080 were incorrect or unsealed; of wet measures, 3,698, ot which 1,479 were correct, and 2,210 were incorrect or unsealed, The municipal revolution, altogether, look» anif it was progressicg, with Mayor Wood at the helm. in addition to what has been already mentioned, wo also published a lengthy notice of new publications; theatrical intelligence, containing a review of all the thea’res and exhibitions in the city; legal intelligence, with the latest decisions of the courts; retigious intelli - ggnce, with notices of sermons, ordinations, invitations, installations, &c.; marine intelligence, with accounts of ships arrived and cleared; and a summary of recent did asters at cea; and personal intelligence, with the move ments, arrivals and depurtures of distinguished indi- viduals, Besides this there was the usual amount of. | city items» and city politics, suitable to the fastidious po- liticam of every shade and class. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. From ovr commercial articles it will have been seers. | that on Saturday the sales of cottom om the spot reached. 1,000 bales, at the extreme range of prices. Provisions | were without change Cf moment, with » fair amount of sales, Flour sold to a moderate extent, both to the home trade and fer export, at about the same rates. White Senthern wheat told at $2 20, red do. at $2 12, and white Michigan at $2 40, Corn was scarce, and only: one cargo of good Southern yellow sold affcat, at $1. Sugars were more active, aad 1,600 bhds. New Orleane and 200 do. Cuba were sold at steady prices, In freights, flour was engaged at is. 6d. for Liverpool, with 1,000 a 1,200 boxes baccm, and some lots beef and pork, at pre- | Vious rates. About ten vesrels were up for California, | two of which were recently on, and the remainder were | advance? in loading. NEWS FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE UNION AND | RUROPE. | Very full additional extracts our California files received by the Star of the | West, ameng which was a portion of Governor | Bigier's message, relating to the finances of the State, the condition and prospects of the mines, and the exports of gold dust daring the past year. Particulars of the storm in Sam Fraucisce anc. general intelligence from that and other cities of the State were givew at considerable length, The political news from the State cap! nd Washington was as fulk and interesting as us vlegraphic despatehes were reccived from all quarters, though none were of any po~ culiar importance. | Anextensi nd varied mass of correspomdeace wae published, consisting ot letters from our cor.eapoadents | tt Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Lancaster, Chieago, Wheeb- ing, Jacksonville and Boston, They contained much in- teresting Information respecting political and social move- ments. We also gave the letters received by the last steamer from our Paris corresponderts, and an article from « London journal oa the found duties of the Daniak> | government, a question that is oceupying the earnest at tention of commercial men in both hemispheres, an@ Which ix now a eubject of ‘avestigation and inquiry im Congress. Three columns of editorial matter, and twelve of new advertivements, presenting the wants and wishes of | this large c*mmunity, completed yesterday's issue of tha New York Haran, were given fron Court Calendar—This Day Unirey Staras Diernicr Count,—Meets on Tuesday. CouMON PuRa.—Part 1—Nos. 7 140, 153, 173, 180 to 186. Part 2.—Nos, 2, a 20,34, 98! 40, '62, 43, 44, 46, 47, 48, 59, »o | Sormxwe Cotrr—Cireult.—Nos. 1961, 674, 1178, 1268, { 2027, 1878, 1634) 1186, 6£6, 1836, 1453, i By 1233, ang lage, yaa att wean crue Covrt—Gencrai Term —Nom-enumerated me tion calendar, aad Nos, 1 to 15 on argument calendar. | see htt, ey 0, cy a,