The New York Herald Newspaper, March 3, 1855, Page 2

482 AFFAIRS IN EUROPE. Oar Parts Correspondence. Panis, February 12, 1855. Rumored Assaule upon Sebastopol—Sebastopol, the Prize Ox at Paris—The Fatted Cals eitled at the Palais Royal Dinner to Prince Napoleon—Bali at the Tuileries and “American Court Costumes—Princeas Mathilde, her Bet and her Pear! Necklace—Ex-Queen Christina, that “poor ile—Beirothal of her Daughter and the Son of Princ a—Brilliant Wedding at the Lus- embe a: the furkish Embassy —Ai the Hotel de Ville—Dhe Washington Bal!~Death of Prince Fers dinand—Moniloria of the Pope and the Moniteur—A Fagvot of Political Topice—Mr. Souli— Mr. Mason, de. Madam Rumor says that to day, the twel’th of Febru- ary, is to be memorab’e for the long-delayed assault of Febastopo!. Will time, General Canrobert, and Lord Raglan contradict ber? Meanwhile the Parisians do not fisten too credulously to ber, Toey even taluk they Sgpy a great peard under her mufiler’—the beard per- bape of another Iartar, Are we not in ra!l cernival, the season of disguises and decepzions’ ‘The carnival ie shorter than ueual this year, but st will not close withoat delighting the Paris‘ans on Sun- y next, or Mouday, and on Shrove Tuesday, with a sight of Sebastopol; that is, of the huge prize ox which has been honored by the name of that formi lable for- trers, and, with its two competitors at the cattle markes of Poissy last Thursday, Bomarsund and Trebizonile, will be paraded through the etr ding to the art annual custom, suggestive of the worsh:p of the old buil | Apis, The oxen, it is said, are to be drawn im antique atyle, on a quadriga, a car with four horses abreast, and to be accompanied with the usual procession of ale gorical and historical figures, of maskers in every guise, and stout butchers ‘The fatted calf bas been killed at the Palais Royal. Ex-king Jerome invited the high functionaries of the Empire, and particularly the generals and superior offi- cers now in Paris, to the dunner which last week ‘‘conse- erated’? (in French parla the return of Prince Napo- yeon, I have already informed you that the father of the Prince ‘went forth to meet him,” in as patriarsnal fashion a8 a modern express railway train permite, and that his imperial couein ‘fell on his neck and kissed him and wept,”’ also as much 1ke an ancient as is possible now-a-days, when he was welcomed at the Tuileries, “Muse and dancing,’ which were the ovder of the day, or rather the night (but the night is day, duriag carni- val) before his arrival, baye not been interrupted by it. As I have told you, he went to the opera with the Em- peror, not long after their first interview. Last 'hurs, day evening ‘Her Majesty, the Empress, opened the bali at the Tuileries with His Imperial Highness the Prince Napoleon; and Her !mperial Highness the Princess Ma- thilde with Lord Cowley.” His Majesty, the Emperor, did mot dance. The Princess Mathilde entered with her fa- ther, the ex King Jerome, with whom, you recollect, she was formaily reconciled on the lst of January, and her brother the I’rince Napoleon, But it is said that she claimed from the Emperor the other day the payment of ‘a wager of 25,000 francs, which she had made with bim, that the Prince, in spite of his new epautetts of a Gen- ral, would return from the Crimea without laurels. If this be so, she must have overheard some of the epi- grams and stories that had more cr less seriguely com- promised his official relations which the recent dinner at the Palais Royal was doubtiess intended to re-establish. At the ball, the Princess wore her famous pearl necklace, which is probably unequalled by any other in the world. Among the distinguished strangers present, were re- marked the Austrian General, Count de Crenae and the Prussian General, Baron de Wedel. The ball was less erowced than most of those which have been given at the Tuileries this wicter, and splendid costumes and elegant toiletter were dixplayed to better advantage. The brilliant crowd will be increased on the next ocza- sion by some forty citizens ant citizenesses of the United Sta, whom Mr. Piatt presented at court last Saturday. Mr. Ducley Mann and Mr. Marcy might well be shocked at the quantity of “bras gold lace, white kerseyme: without counting kids, paten: leathers, and hveried foot. men, which must be fdoted up on another bil!—supplied by Woocman to Americans ambitious of gaving for a few hours at imperial upholstery. they must comply with the prescrided etiquette, While imdurkey, why not govbie’ While with peacocks, why not strut and spread’ Mr. Mason, indeed, and any other accredited <iplomatic sgent of the Cuitod stutee ernment, at tha or apy other European Court, might Eave strictly foliowed Marcy's Instructions aed shamed brighte: colors w! sober black, without let or hindrance, if they had deemed it best not to exercise the discretionary p-ivilege left to them by the instructions, Bad the latter been either explicit or silent on the sub- Jeet, loss materia! would have been furnished for a new chapter in the next edition of Sirtor Resartus, that com pendium of clothes philosophy. Ex-Queen Chiist'ua was present at the imperial ball last week. Her ample proportions have not dimiaishod, and in spite of all the sympathy that the “poor exiled Queen”’ bas elicited from fatterers at court, her fat purse does not seem to have sbrunk 40 wovully as might bayve been anticipated from the loud outery of Spain last summer, dewanding that the Queen Motier should dis- ea at least, of herenormous treasures, Chris- a dowry of a million to one has just ined, it is waid pen married of ber m atic daughters who is about to be toa ron ofr e Czartorieka, that venerable patriarch of the Poles at Paris. A brilliant w Luxembourg Palace, to waich more than two hundred carriages |rought the guests invited to the religious mony of the marriage of M. Emi at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and daughter of the Senator-President of the Imeerial Court, | one, ‘The chapel was, of course, too smal to contain all who were invited, and the rest crowled the parlors contigu- ous to the rich historical chamber of Marie de Madicia, The nuptial benediction was pron moced by his Eminence, the Cardinal Dupont, But the most aplen lid entertainment of the past week, was the ball on Saturday night at the Turkish Em) in the Rue de Grenelie, Saint Germain, Tho.e who ar- rived early enough, could admire at leisure a profusion of flowers and gorgeoasness of cecoratinns that, with the brilliant il umination, the malti Ambassador him javhing with diamon the Sirst time, the grand cordoa of whe reminded them of the magnificence celebrated in the Arabian Nights. fo great, that allhough a vast temporary gallery hat been erected in the garven, atiog was almoat im- possible, and even the pear!-necklas) of Princess Mathil- de, and the famous hussar jacket of the Duke of Bruns- wick, could searcely be distinguished in the splendia confusion of the scene. Upwards of three thousand persone were present durng the nght, ani the parlors, incluging the gallery, coulis not sowfortably holt more than a thousand ata time. The invitations t> this ball had been distributed before Vely Pachs was recall ed from Paris, to be Governor of Srotsse. He could not have taken hie farewell of the Parixiany in a msnner mcr? elegant, cr more sure to multiply their regrets at bis departure. You know the rage of larivans for oficial balls aud | merston’s accession to the highest post in England | i coats and blue buttons,” | s, cocked hats and swords— | Of course, if they go, | ‘ite aud entertaing right royally @t Dlalmaivon, and | | the military resources of Fran lding bas just been celebrated at the | re- | 20 foot or hi ile Gaudin, sub-dizector | consist'ng of 3 div le Dolangle, | or of 40 | two battalions of foot assy, | | added 10 more regiments, 1: of servants in rich | battalions, an armed polics of nd, for | gion of Honor, | gether a French complement of something like 600,000 But tne crowd of guests soon became | NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, MARCA 3, 1855. are among the main topics of public attention this week ot Paris. Me Soule’ from Madrid aud arrival here, bis way to Engiand, whence he will leave at South pton, on the St. Louis, with his family, New York, on Wednesday next, have supplied an addi Tendering ap account to his adopted country of the high mission which had been entrusted to him, as well of the peculiar difficult'es which he must have encountered in the effort to fulfil 1t—difliculties arising quite av much at Warhiogton, perhaps. as at Madrid, Will there be “trouble in the wigwam’? when he reaches home’ We shall see. Meanwhile, 1 must repeat my previous ro- wark, that, du:ing his recent sojourn at ri, the ultra-moderate press hae not reproduced the absurd calumnies wita which it had assailed the American Minister in his absence. I may add that bis farewell visit to Her Catholic Majesty was marked by the same exchange of courtesies which had been displayed in all his previous intercourre with the Span‘sh Court. On the day aiter bis departure from Madrid an immense sepeation wes produced there by she distributioa at the office of the Clamer Publico, of » pampbie tled “Cuestion de Cuba, @ Principlos de 1859, Apunte por Daviel O’Ryon de Acuva.” This remarkable pamphlet, over whick | have had time to glance but cursorily, pre- sents ‘dr. Soulé under an entirely new light for Spain, According to its sutbor, who is ‘a Spaniard, in spite of bis ball Irish name, Spain has, in the American diplo- matist, pot « flerce adversary, but a sincere partisan of an inti allianze bevween the United States and the Peninsula, by means of a general treaty of commerce and mire reciprocity of Custom House tariif be- tween the isiand of Cuba anithe Uuion, Mr. Soule lett Paris this morning for London, The health of Mr. Maroc, American Minister at Paris, continues rapidiy to improve. The Judge has naturally been not @ littie vexed at the obituary notices of him- self which he has reac in the American journals, avd particularly at the rtatemsnt of a al correspon- dent” of tne New York Tribune, that he is “rarely ra- tional.’’ FIGARO, tional topic attention, Mr. Sculé may ive Washington a few cays before the close of the “ elonal session. At ali events, be will not long de! Panis, Monday, Feb. 12, 1855. ‘The year 1855 and ite Prospects—Protable Advance of 4 French and Austrian Army onthe Prussian Fronticrs —Magnitude of Russian Preparations on the Coasts of the Baltic— Further Restrictions on the Hench Press— The Pope and the Sardinian Government—Actual Strength of the Russians in the Crimea—Grand Ball at the Tuileries Ball at the Turkish Embassy—Prince Napoleon, tc, dc. Winter, which for a moment seemed to have bade us farewell, and yiclded ite frigid sway to the mild ad- | vances of a precocious spring, has returned to take up its abode, and by a driving snow, that freezes as it whitezs the housetops and cupolas and spires of our public buildings and churches, visibly attests that it has etill rights and privileges to assert ere its valedic- tion is complete. In the meanehile, as # contrast to the icy torpor of nature, civilized man is toiling uight and day to see how best he may destroy the life of his fellow and reduco the world to something like original chaos. Lord Pal- Pp pears alzeady to have added fuel to the half smoulder. ing embers, and from each extremity of Europe we now hear of nothing else but gigantic preparations for a year which, by unanimous consent, seems fated to be a mem- orable one in the history of the world. The events of 1854 may be considered but the flourish of trumpets and beat of drum, indicative of a general array of armed legions, such as have seldom dazzled the eyes of won- dering spectators. The yearon which we are now en- tered is, im fact, to be the real inauguration of that state of thinee, which, haply, for many long year to come, will bury under its deadly shade those progres- sive arts which, during the past forty years, have added so much to the comfort, well-being and happiness of mankind, That a French army will soon unite itself with toat of Austria and approach the Prussian frontier, and that the Emperor Napoleon will command it in persoa, has now ceased to be any longer a matter of conjecture, but it is openly spoden of in ail diplomatic circles ag a matier determined on, and as wuch fixed as it one of the usual decrees had issued froma Lhe Cabinet of the Tuilerive. The Empercr, Francis oseph of Austiia, is to do the rame, and who knows but there may be three Ric moncr—three Emperors—in the field, and the torribie Czar show bimuelf as formidable at the head of his army as hitherto in the recesses of his closet. It is evident that while others are busy, and acme amusing demon- xtrations are preparing at Vienna, that he is not idie, It is raid that in the neighborhood of the Baltic every fort is being s'rengthened and every point where a land- ing might be attempted examined; that lines of tele- graph are now forming along the sbores of the gulm, and that even a step in advance is contemplated, by which attack rather than mere defence has been the watchword. Contracts for immense supplies of hemp, canvass, oak timber, plank, and every other descrip- tion of naval store, all to be delivered on pain of heavy penalties by the entof March, are entered into by the Russian government, while ber diplomacy never ceases the action for moment, as Sweden and Denmark can bear testimony. Not a stone is left unturned to shate these States from their position of neutrality, Auotria, it is not sup; April, as {he state of Gaiicia during the month of March renders military operations almost impossibie. For want of forage, the greater part of the cavalry has been removed from Galacia to Hungary, anc the prices of all the necessaries of life are so enormously high, that the ipbavitants of the province are reduced to the greatest distress. but noching can well exceed the complete eficiency of She has literally five armie¢s—one at Boulogne, con: ting of no less than 60 battalions, each 1,000 strong, and of 50 squadroas, with ies, One army, again, at Lyons, ns of infantry, and one of cavalry, ttulions, 16 squadrons, and 10 batteries; also, at Paris, whicn, besides its two divisions battalions, its 20 squadrons, and 6 batteries, in addition, a# spscial’ garrison troops, uards, four squadrons of horse guards, one battalion of sapeurs pompiers, and asa reserve corps, 11 battalions, 10 squadrons, and ot 2: contains, | four batteries of the Imperial Guard; oae, too, in the Fant, 90,000 serong; and lastly, one in Africa, which, with the division of o:cupation at Rome, ferm together 20,000 bayoneia or sabres. ‘lo this force is yet to be brigaded, or 21 active 008 man, and 100 de- pot battalions that daily rective young soldiers until the accession of 140,000 men lately decree], maving alto- xoluiers—a very marked contrast to the present effective force of England, which hy many is stoutly maintained to be under 12,000 bayonets. Napoleon the Third burns in bis secret heart to place himself at the head of these Iegioas; and already a iriendly notice has appeared in the columas of the Moni- teur, that though the time has not arrived when, as a meaiure of public safety, a peculiar restriction must bo put upon jonrnale ast that the importint nature 0° the present policy for the maintenance of the equilibrium of Europe obliges a discretion on the part of all corres. | Pondents, foreign and domestic, which is best eviaced py silence. It i generally believed tuet the government will not very long confine itself to so friendly a form of adm cnition With respect to the Diet at Frankfort, it is stated that several of the governments of the Gervainic confedera- wil not be #urprised fo arn that the applicatious for | tion intend to call on Austria to make known whit is the next ball at the Hovel de Ville, om the 17th inst , had exzeeded by 15,000 the number to which the list is coa- | ordinary beste moenures in fined, 8,000, before th ctof the seine had time to annoance that it was ‘The American banking houses of Messrs. Livingston Wells & Ca, Greene & ‘and John Monroe & Co, united in proposing the’ comurmoration by a ball the 22d of February, o' jortally identified with that date, The Americans in rin will doubtless readily respond to thir appeal To conclude this long cliapter on balls, I mast that the Monifeur of tomo! will aa the postponement of the b imst., om account of thedeath of Prince Ferdinand, the the eo Washingtoa, | Taileries on the 15th | tom the nature of the dangers which ne tate such extra Austria is thought not to have renounced in reality her propos'tions of mobiliza- tion, and in order to counteract her Pras: is said to be busily negotiating with the eecoudary S'a\ M. de Bruck, the new Austrian Minister of Fiance, has laid down the following condit.ons for taking that post:—1. That in his sphere he ehould be independent of the decisions of tre Council of Min'sters; 2. That a re. form shoula be made in the War department, and that it ald be placed on the aime footing as the othor miuis, ol! commercial polfey, of a cus- many, should be resumed ® Louise of Baveria bas arrived at Vienna, ab Duke of Genos. The court willo iato mourning on the | to be present at the accouchement of her daughter, the 24th, for four days, on the same account. ‘This triple affliction of the King of Saré #0 lately lost both his mother and his w warded otf the additional tormentof the monsorinum of his Holiness the Pope, severely censaring the measures which bave been recommended by the Sardi abe ment in relation to ecclesiastical property. Perhaps it enormity of his presuming to relieve the finances of the Ih lom by profenel Etec Bat ¢ lardinian ministry har thus far they had proposed. Moniteur's monttorium insisting upon st'Nt further touchicg the treasures of the | France, which b ¥ | cently with an eye to the Sardinian convents ¢ rayed no disposition to abando» the measures whica | with a view of proving that tothe Catholic Chur | than to the firmn | Emprees of Austria. who has | has not | dinia— which Some apprehensions sre felt about the position of Sar- by the way, has just sustained another dewestic calamity in the lovs of the Duke cf Genoa, s0 | lately a visiter at Paris—in respect to her conventual reforms, Should the Pope venture to issue an interdict, | it might have » bad effect in France, seeing the intimate was thought that this moment of domestic grief would | alhance which she Las now formed with the State be favorable for awakeniug th» royal conscience tothe | to lie nnder the Papal ban. bout Something of this is already seen in the Univers, the great theological organ of jately been publishing articles—evi- tion— , not less ‘of the civil power of France, is to fall of socialism and anarchy; ad be attributed t “‘pradence”’ on the part of the French press, in relation | that on its spiritual iofinence t! jon te the actual war, and nominally addi 1 to French, | have also to rely considerably for mccess in the war while reall; {eh journi the private | it will have to wage, not only it Prussia abroad, warning which the Siecle lias received on account of its | but the renarcent democracy at home, 00 earnest invocations for enlary berty of the press; he election of O'Dillon Barrot, asa member of the sec- fon of moral and politica! rclences at the in-titute; the ong-drawn out maintain its attitude of neutrality: the prospect of a vitit of the Emperor of the French, in company with the Irince Napoleon, first to the Emperor of Austria, ant then to the Queen of England: the chance that if, inthe | the Count de Moray is not | celebrate absence of the Em; ir, mamed Lieutenant-Cieneral of the Empire, a Couseil of y may be forme!, with the ex King Jorome at its head, appointed Regent of the Empire: the 0 iv armies, at the head of ven Emperor Napoleon IIL may #000 place himself, and the pian of his first cam- paign: the possible substitution of General Pelissieg as commander in-chief of the Crimean army, sod recall of Canrovert and Forey, in cola ewith the dations of General Niel as well as Prince Na : the probable cor ences of the change of in Great Britain, pecially that ‘beginning of the end’’ the bestowal of preferment in the Britis: anization of upon merit, and co longer exclusively upon gold | aud favor—ia fine, thé jemocratisstion of the British army towards a soeial revolation not the lees eure ig slow : tl of Hanover as well ie Western Powers ; in fa ay aud tye disa ot ive ppd the allied armies he Crimea, spite of contradiction of the rumored mutiny of the to and the ex! ited accounts negotiations of Prussia, with a view to | or even that the Empress berse'f may be | | | state ti | teresting intelligence about Russia. the demorali- | fon of the Englieh ae wel) s* Turkieb troope. these , reipforcemente, As Spain, as we'll av Sardinia, may soon fall under the penalties verted in the chatr of St. Peter, the following short account of an “interdict” is worth consi ‘An interdict may be personal or local, particular or general, the latter being the case contemplated at this moment for poor Piedmont when it extends over the whole kingdom. During this general interdict no one is bound to go to mass; vespers and benedictions may be by the clergy, but without convoking the people by the tolling of bells; the doora of the churches are closed, and the service in celebrated with- out music, and in ® low voice. The periods of Christ- | mast, Harter, Whiteuntide, the Assumption, and the Corpus Domini are exempt from the op:ration of the Papal penalty. During the existence of the interdict, | the church iaay be opened in order to allow the clerey @ bell | © preach to the people, and for that purpose th may be tolled. Baptirm, confirmation, and coefesrion too roxy be practined: marriage alko, but without the usual benediction. The Eucharist is only administered to the sick. Keclesiastical burial te not ‘allowed, en in the case of baptised | arrived at Bayonne Mr. Soulé, after q Mi on the evening of the 5th, and left the next morniag for Bordeaux. It is thought that the Emperor of th» French will to Boulogne next week, unless the present the weather should have changed his plans. The Courrier de Lyon publishes a letter from Cons! inople dated the 20th of January, =e gives sone in- ‘ays— ba ae agen Be the Crimea ban just received large ROW conrirte of the garrison of Se posed, can take the field before | north an it of the camp of the all municates with Seteatopol thos tached divisions in the pheropol, which may be concentrated in a few hours, 0 ‘as to oppose to the bestegers @ maxes of 100,000 mon; of & of from 25,000 to 30,000 men fortified in the posi- tions of the Alma, in order to close the road against Omer Pacha to Sebastopol, and to cut off all communica- tions by land with the allied army; and lastly, of about 50,000 men whoare encamped at the entrance of the Isthmus to protect Perehop ovserve Kupatoria, keep up the ccmmunications of Prince Menschikoff with 8 and be ready to go wherever they may be required. (ult has been stated that the Russians make use of lassos Yo catch our soldiers. But they employ the rope in sa- other manner also; two strong Cossacks, holding one by each end, lie flat on the ground at @ spot where the beviegers wili bave to pase in repulsing & sortie, As oon as they see French or aglish soldiers arrive in pursuit of Russians, they raise the rope and cause them to fall. On these the Russians then moke ap offensive return, and the unfortunate soldiers are semetimes killed or made prisoners, ‘Such a trick vages,”’ says the letter, ‘than for disci- and excites one’s contempt and indigna- ¢ who make use of it.”” : In the midst of all this military array, going on in the nome of his unlucky « he Turkiah Ambassador, Vely Pacha, on Saturday ga sidence, in the rue bassacorial magnilicen: degree of a country’s importance, For a proof of which one need only compare the tcene cf Saturday night, with the Turkish Ambagrador, attired in a Turkish dress, pro- usely adorned with diamonds and other precious stones, and wesriog, foy the firet time, the grand cor’on of thé Legion of Honor, surrounded by servants in gorgeous tiveries, and standing in the midst of a super) suite of reception rocms, ornsmented with a profusion of flowers, end lit up ro brilliantly that the tales of Eastern magnifi- cence in the Arabian Nights involuntarily occur to the minds of his three thousand guests, with the pe- culiarly republican simplicity of a ba'l given by any minister of the U: Statee. Onecannot help thinking there is @ mistake in each, and that the representative abroad ought really to present in his manner of living tome notion of the relative status of his country. The Turk is here as much too high as the American is too low. The quantity of diamonds worn by the ladies was ex- traordinary, possibly to co honor to the Ess‘ern par- tiality {or precious stones. The Duke of Brunswick, with his painted cheeks, his darkened eyebrows, and black wig redolent of cur’s, was the observed of all observers, notwithstanding that M. Drouyn de l’Huys was pre- sent. His Highness displayed on that occasion ins cele- brated hussear jackie which was one biaze of diamords. I could not help thinking es they g)istened before my eyes how much better one of these brilliants would have been devoted to r Mrs. Grabam, whose neck he al- most broke by sudvenly jumping out of the balloon in which he had ascended With ber, and though, in conse- confined fo her bed for many months this miserable scion of royalty never relieved with a single shilling. The Emperor's first grand ball at the Tuileries this reason was a source of general interest ; and, from the late period of the winter that the invitations were livered, a feeling of more than usual excitement prevail- ed. The fact is well known that what the dram is to an Englishman, a Hollander, or a Norwegian, the ball is to the Pa without which he lingers, fades, aad jumps Selne; and, though thousands and tens of anés sicken and die at Sebastopol, to deny to him this resource’ is to ravate to an intolerable the necessary horrors of warfare. Hence, when it was Anown that the ieee doors were about to creak on their Binge, French ladies, by troops, besieged the bu- reau of Cambacecis, while others mobbed the Duke of Bassano whenever he turned from off bis threshold. As for foreigners—Americans, English, Spanish, Portu- uese, Italians, Greeks, &c., &c.—a perfect fusiliade has en sustained by their ambasssdors, siace the hour when such an event was first announced as probable. However, at last, the chosen few—which amount- ed to a number of some four thousand—found them- selyes at the palace door with passports of admission, and ourselves amorgst the number, commenced pressing the soft, luxurious carpet which covers the broad steps of that magnificent staircase that conducte to the noble suite of rooms where the Emperor, now relieved of State affai omes his guests, For the first time, alone were in entire possession of the style of their dress, shelled in pie cased in and rounded off like ancient Knights of the Holy Land, was very striking. On horseback, their sky-blue uniforms and silvery-looking armor give them an appearance of being under mounted; and whether it is that the horses, resembling in color those of tke British Life Guards, and purchased by Colonel Fleary during his late visit to London, were injudiciounly selecied, I don’t know, but they do not seem up to the weight they have to carry, and, what is extraorJinary, appear to be very indifierently handlad by thelr new cavaliers. However, nothing of this is seen on these oc- casiona, and, whatever may be the objections at other times, on fvct and in @ ball room there was but one opinion, namely, that fag Neouent like Paladins of old— knightly, courtly and gallant, ani as if no ordwa: projectile could cisturb the square, solid, bulky atreng’ of their stature, The staircase was lined with them on either side, and ther muskets bore the long sword blade bayonet—tnat invention of the Emperor—which ia te roks. earco and mines, meativa she anentes OF rick the Great. Some Uriunere stalwart knights bore the banner of their corps, rebly worked and superbly fringed in gold, and stood like fableauz vivants, puzubing the spectators to know whether flech and bh] od or the shade of Madame Tous- saud had come down to these kingly halls to match the world with plastic wax. ‘The mourning for the Court of Sardinia, hitherto so general, was aby erded for the occasion, and all the iplomatis corps wore white dresses, including the Em- press herself. Her robe was singularly chaste and beau- tful, and consisted of a white embroidered tarlatan, with innumerable flounces, each edged with a fringe of light feather trimming. In her bair were marabouts and dicmonés, and round her neck shone conspicuous & ‘magniticent collar of emoralds and diamonds. Her Majesty's fragile form, ben under its own tender weight, looked to in+xpressible ad- ge when thus attired; and what, with her ante appearence, and her more than usual anim: tion, and general attention to her guests, the saloons echoed from ena to end in her prai By her side was a strange contrast to this beau ideal of imperial innocence and unalfected simplicity; a short figure, al- most Learing down, with the fulln of its obesity, clothed in white figured ilk, trimmed with black blonde, surmounted by & countenance whose features still pre- served traces of great beauty, but whose expression was marred by the malignaut stamp of every early passion, ancwered to the title of Maria Chrietins, tne Queen Mother of Spain, The Emperor wore long white silk stockings. Prince Napoleon was there and opened the first quadriile with the Empress, Lord and Lady Cowley, Marshali Magnas and the Austrian Ambassador, forming part of it. 1 Princess Mathilde had on ber famous pearl neckla and in her bair an orvament that attracted general ad miration, nainely, an eagle formed of disinonds of singu- lar beauty and lustre. Napoleon waa never observed to be insuch excellent spirits, His countenance was not only right and beaming, but his jocund laugh and cheerful repartee might bs beard wherever ho moved. Unfortunate remarks were rife about Prince Napoleon, who seems fated not to ar whatsoever be docs, What bad taste, it was said, to come toa bali, to recently invalided from the seat of war. How weak | of the Emperor to take him up, and be so friendly with him, when cowardice is the only term to apply to his conduct, &s., &c. And if the poor wretch had bided at home it would have been said—‘‘see what disgraze he is in; it is all fudge about the tender receptions the Em- peror is reported to have given him’? What is very unusual, the Imperial party returned to the ball room after supper, and continued there till near 2 o'clock, evidently to the great fatigue of the delivate Kmpreas} but Queen Christ.aa had a faney to do 0, 4 as the Fmperor is so studiously polite and consi attentions to her in her Majesty's saloon nothing could b3 denied her. One of her just on the point of being married to the young Prin Czartoriska, and the bankrup: Queen presents her with dowry of ‘£40,000 Another ball takes place on ‘Thursday next, and one at the Hotel de Ville on Satur day nexf, for which fitteen thousand applicat ons nave teen made. The invitations number eight thousand, and the Prefect apologises for not sending ao individual re- funal to the other seven thousan}, BERLE, Our Australian Corresponden Mexnocrws, Nov. 2. 1854. | The Great Anti-Convict Demonstration—Prospect of a Revolution in the Volony—Ezasperation of the Gold Diggers against the Crown Commisstonera—Deplorable Spread of Intemperance— Regrets of an American Emi- grant, &e., de. You have no doubt received the repor’ of the great anti convict demonstration which took place in tais city on the 23¢ October last, and which reflected faithfully the sentiments and feelings of the great body of people | in this country. Three-fourths of the speeches were dreadfully rautilated by the press, and most of the strong expressions suppressed, In fact, the people are on the eve of a revolution, and I do not see anything to hinder it but a reformed adminis‘ration. It behooves the British covernment to play their game upright with the people of this colony, or they will assuredly regret It when too late. At Balaarat there jen great deal of excitement, an the diggers are daily holding large meetings, and are much exasperated agninat the Crown Com who urea great dea! of authority and are very tyranal- cal. The military and available force are frequently despatched from Melbourne to quell disturbances bet weon the diggers and authorities, In every case, however, the latter get the worst of it. They were worsted in the reducing of the license fee, The people are strong enough, willing enough, and determined ecough to tke care of themselves. Folks here are republican enough in their ideas, though they do not wish you to think so, ‘The bone and sinew of the country are, the wort logmes, and they feel a great denire to take care of them: Drunken ness is truly an affliction here. Many ® man has made a fortune here, drank it out, and gone to work ngain, The great majority of women are uepurs. It seems to be # natural failing in the Foglish women ‘Trey are not perticular, either, as te the quality of their | liquor, but baw eye to the er. They take it in rmall but eure Coses, ‘Old Tom’ ia quite a favorite with them he excites and inspire: them to relish “Uncle Tom,”’ for you must heow they are great phi- Janthropii when under the influence of the former. silke and sating, but I ach for the style of their milliners. As to i, the outside dress is all. Their under gar- told, are only on terms with soap and water every six months, washing being very expensive here. They would be « coprequential race if they knew how; the —_ up their noses at everything that savors of eciam. Papers go surer by way of England than direct to America from this, ro 1 aba) rend you, by every English | lan, ané his dist mail, at least two newspapers. Ihave been here from New York just twenty mont and _ twenty months too . It is @ miserable and I long to get back from » Teame. Labor is down and provisions high. The goid fields are none of the best; these failing, I know not what would become of us all, We stould only require the cholera to put us out of a pechongse and more misera le existence. . B. Music and the Drama. Ao adeptation ‘by Reynoldson of Meyerbeer’s ‘' 1’ Etoile du Nord’’ has been underlined at Drury Lane. Herr Gutzkow, the German dramatist, has brought out a new comedy, ‘Lenz und Sohne,” (*‘Lenz and fons,’”) which, on being performed for the first time at Dresden, was receivea with considerable applacee—a result towards which Herr Emil Devrient, by hie imper- sonation of one of the characters, 1s said to have largely contributed, After its first successtu) night, however, the play has been prohibited, as it is Nees ape by com- mand of the King himself. It is not to be represented any more, either at Dresden or at any other place in Saxony. The London Atheneum, having ‘fallen in” with some cf the criticisms which the transatlantic press is just now bestowing on Madame Grisj, says :—'‘ Rarely ave the inevitable doings of time and change been commented on im less measured phrases. Meing far tetched and rae bought, the prima donna is accused and abused, and her still high qualities are ques- tioned, because she i# not twenty-tve and a sylph, and because ber voice is no longer at its best. Yo bystanders, it is sadde: think that reat’ artists, at the close of careers full of finer, when no need exista, should subject them- selves’ to cold welcome, coarse comparisons, and grudging approval, from ‘a public as willing to’ stare at as to care for them. et it be once understood, that by gilding the bait sufficiently, any actor or singer can be prevailed upon to face any new ordeal—whetber fit or vnut, inclined or disinclined—and it follows that such a want of self-respect shall be met by a contempt which perceives small difference betwixt a Norma found unwor thy of ber reputation, and a Joyce Heth proved to be only eighty in place ‘of being double the age. Those forced musical progresses in search of monstrous are good for neither America nor Europe; and thou aftera time, they will destroy themselves, their ean: quences in the interim are bad, ‘To judge from the of the press, Mdlle. Ws Fr seems to be considered as “(the coming lady,” and, we suppose, is expested to pay a vinit to the United States. Meanwhile, our neighbors seem making haste to Ar? together a nomenclature of their own, which will add a fitth jengon to the bad Eng- lish, bad French, bad Italian, and bad German already fxemage strangely on the pages of our published mu- tic, Plays are now acted in a ‘‘ theatre” by universal PO ah consent, A singer who has been accused of ‘sac flatting”’ is defended in the New York Gazette as wnocent of the imputed crime, Another is blamed for not posressing the ‘tones that ring a house.” Itisa pity that, ince music is the one universal langu: there should be so many different dictionaries ot terms, and in the columns of these so many m sprint The late London papers bring no accounts of new pieces. a At the Court Theatre at Vienna, in the half year end- ing the 3lst December, there were 118 representations of cperas. Amongst thtm were twenty-two of Meyerbeer, sinsteen of Auber, and twelve of Mozart. 4 Gluck’s “Iphigenia in Taurica’’ has been brought out at the Theatre xoyal at Berlin. Madame Viardot is about to give a series of chamber concerts, Molle. Jenny Ney, belonging to the Dresden Opera, is mentioned as engaged to visit London this spring. It is said that Mozart’s ‘‘Idomeneo”’ may be produced during her visit—since that opera contains one of her favorite characters, Mr. Henri Herz has completed a new concerto, which is well spoken of in the Parisian journals. Letters mention the first representation cf a hi melodrama of the good old orthodox school, at the ‘Theatre de Ja Gaité; it is called the ‘‘ Masque de Poix.”” ased (n a famous murder committed in France ears ago by means of @ pitch plaster; but out of regard to our friends the Russians, the scene is trans- ferred to Russi nd the criminal and his accomplices are represented as Russians. By the way, it seems that French dramatists have received the mot d’ordre to make, as faras porsible, all their villains Ressiais. Half a century ago, the stupendous crimes which are nightly cone in theatres used to be im; on the uofortunate English, But so wage the world. A M. Antier is named asthe author of the new play; he was, it is said, of great melodramatic celebrity some thirty years ago; but vhe real author is understoed to be no less a personage than M. Mocquard, private secretary to the Emperor. Accmmission of lunatico inquirendo has been sent cut by the family of a lady who so determinedly foliows up Signor Mario. M. Eggis, a German, a writer in a thea:rical journal, was expelled from Paris afew days ago with anexam- pled haste. He had been for some time a cher ami of an actress at the Frangais, who had formerly « Liason with “his betters.’’ An intimation bad got abroad that certain letters of hers in his possession were likely to Ye published. The police made a descent upon the house, feized hia papers, and ordered bim to leave Paris in four hours. Hor Mejonty'e letter to Mr. Sydney Herbert has been yersified by Mr. W. H Beliamy, and set to music by Mr. J. W. Hobbs, Mrs. Bishop, who left this country come years ago for America, with Bochss, the harpist, is performing at the ‘Theatre kan Francisc3, and has appeared in the musical trifle called “The Black Swan,” in which Madame de- ecended to the blackening of her face, in order to play the dark heroine —Court Journal. Mr. Macready proposes giving selec‘ed readings from a proponen 8 Milton and Buskapeare, on , at Bradford, in behalfof the infirmary. Mies Hughes has invented a it improvement in the piano, dy arranging the flats bebind the sharps, and thus riogyng mere notes within the player’s command. Theatres and Exhibitions, Acapxmy oy Music.—This even' there will be & rapd sacred concert at this splendid opera house, by le Rull’s w troupe. Selections from Rossini’s ‘‘stabet Mater,” Mayerbeer’s ‘‘Le Prophete,”” and the prayer trom * in Egypt,” will be given. Two grand or- chestras acd a powerful chorus have been engaged. From the character of the relections, and the reputation of the artists, whose names are on the reamms, there can be little coubt but tbat there will be a crowd- ed audience. Broapway TuxaTre.—Miss Mary Agnes tab nefit at this theatre to-night. Sheridan Kowles’ popular jy of ‘The Wife’ will commence the amusements, vr. KE. 1. Davenport as Julian St. Pierre, aud Mi 8 es Mariana. The next pi is the comedy cf a jora- ing Call,” Mr. Perry as Sir Edward Ardent, and Mad. Vooiri as Mrs. Chillington. Bowkry Turatry.—The pieces selected for this evening are Lord Byron's tragedy of ‘* Werner,” in which Mr. R. Jobneon appears as Werner, and Mr. Arnold as Ulris. This will be succeeded by afancy dance by Miss Wells. The next piece will be the musical farce of the ‘Two Gregorics.’’ Mr. Dunn appears as John Bull. The ro- mantic drama of “ Michael Erle” concludes all. BcRton’s Tur rRe.—The new dramatic anecdote, dra- atized from the French, called the ‘ Black Swan,” is announced as the first piece for this evening. Burton and Miss MeCarthy in the leading parts. farce of ‘Where Shall I Dine?’ will follow, and the entertain- ments will clore with the amusin; Dad called the “Wandering Minstrel’ and the “Spitfire,” Burton ap- pearing in roth, Wattack’s Tunarke.—The new comedy of the ‘ Basy Bocy’’ will commence the amusements of this eveniug, all che lading artists attached to the theatre appearing. It is every evening witnessed with delight by large and respectable audiences. She erio-come drama of (O’Plannigen and the Fairies’’ wiil terminate the enter- taipments; Brougham as Phelim O’Flacnigan. AMERICAN Musevm.—The selection made for this after noon and evening is ‘Uncle fom’s Cabin,” and as itis her be- arpounced as the last time it wil! be performed, thove who have not seen it should embrace the only is aa ty they will have 0° doing no, Mins Me Messrs, Clarke, stayer, and other favorites, will appear. % A’ Afrique,’? together and instrumental music, is announce } for this adaway, evening. Becxiey’y Senexapyrs —The ‘Two Pompies,” a new piece in two acta, is announced for this evening, wilh other amusing features. BRoapWay TARRRNACLE.—The Black Swan will g Jast concert at the Tabernacle this evening, when will sing a variety of the most pleasing ballads, as« by her pupil, who is termed the Indian Mario, Mx. Ginx, the cele?vrated Dutch comedian, com nences A star engagement at the Bowery Theatre on Mon iay evening next. American Bible Soclety. The stated meeting of the Board of Managers was bela at the Bible House, Astor place, on the Jat inst , at 4). P.M, Dr. Thomas Cock presiding, assisted by Hon. 1. Bradish and A. B. Hasbrouck, with Beojamio L. Swan ‘0 in Tecneasee, d Oregon. from Dr. , the sentor Secretary, stating the gradual im- provement of his health , from Rev. C. N. Righter, the pociaty’s agent in the East, written from the camp be- fore Sebastopol, stating his Kind reception by Lord tribution of Scriptures im the army and among Bursian prisoners ; from Rev. Ramon Montsal- vatge, agent to New Granada, with an account of suc- crseful labors in Laguayra : from Rev. Sherman Wal! of Sauk Kapids, stating bis Progress in preparation ol the Ojibwa Testament . from vy. § Cummings, of Fuh Chau, China, stating that the blocks tor print ing the book of Genesis avd the four Gospels in the Fub Chan colloquial have been completed A letter was also presented from Rey. L. B Peet, of Fuh Chau, proposing difficult question of a the name of the Divine Being in Chi- ® compromise for rettling t! term wo ex Rey. J. C Fletcher was eppointed agent for Braz'!. Grants of Pooks were made to Rev. Mr. Leach, a Bap- tiet clerg: , for distribution in Vermont; to tl Americal ct Seciety for a Sabbath achool i to the Mariner's Methodist Church in Cherry ; a colored Sabbath school in Staten Island; Spanish Bi- dies to the Methodist Missionary Society for Buenos Ayres; to theS. 8. Union of Protestant Reformed Dutch church; to the Children’s Aid Society; to the Clothiers’ Evangelical Association; to the Rev. J. C. Fletsher for and $200 wero op priated to Am. B C.F. M for printing the gospela of Luke and Jobn in the Seneca language, with several volumes for the blind, New Promiprrory ‘Law IN New Junsry.— The the Ist inst Speeches f by Senators Allen, Chetwood and Martin, and againyt it by Messrs. Howe! and Franklin. The dill foally paened by a vote of 13 to It will now goto the House, here it will aleo ly pase. It them be left for The people to dectte agen. | telligence through your columns, INTERESTING FROM CUBA. Island, de. NAMES OF PERSONS ARRESTED AT PUERTO PRINCIPE, BY ORDER OF GEN. MANZANO. ‘Yaneclo Torres Mogarrieta 18 Moy tia. Carlos Mola, Manuel Cordova. Domingo T. Mora. Joaquin Bilva. ‘Miguel Batencourt. Joaquim Aguero Sanchez. Juan Porro. José Valdzz. Justo del Risco. Francisco ‘1 Carlo de Varona de la Torre. Federico Monteverde: Pedro and Joaquin Lopez. Arcadio Pera. Juan Artesga Pina. y Blas Betancourt and Diego de Varon And about twenty others, The following are fugitives :—Daniel Sariol, Manuel Mon: ess, Francisco Estrada, Napoleon Arango, J. Ribera, Fernando Napoleon Aguero. Many of the above mentioned persona are well known and esteemed for their wealth and position. OUR HAVANA CORRESPONDENCE. Havana, Feb, 23, 1855. Gen, Concha’s Circular—Comments Thereon—Uontinued Preparations for the Defence of the Island—Arrival of the Isabel with Passengers—British Fleet in the Har- bor—New Consul, dc., dc. That there may be no mistake as to the effect of the blockade edict of General Concha, I give the following circular addressed to the various Consuls, in response to an application made by the acting Consul of the United States, Col. Wm. H. Robertson:— ETARY’S OFFICE OF THE GOVERNMENT. T hand, herewith, @ copy of the edict published to-day, declaring the island ina state of siege, and its co.sts and waters under blockade. The context of the article relative to the last point shows clearly that no clasa of commerce and Gergen ou with the ports of the island is prohibited, but that the authority will exercise in their waters the right of examipation and registry in the cases which are expressed. The trader in good fait bas nothing to apprehend from the exceptioi state of ‘the irland, and in any matter not expressed I have dic- tated most conclusive instructions that the ‘rights of men,” universally acknowledged, shall be rigorously ob- served. case as yet so unknown in this right, as the power to attack in full peace a part of the territory of a nation by people gathered in another State, has not per- mitted me to express with es name the rights of legitimate defence of the threatened nationality, but that which is indicated excludes all doubt that the word “blockade” has, inthe “edict,’’ no more signification than other circumstances express which qualify and de. termine it. God guard you many years, To Consul of * JOE DE L.A CONCHA. Havana, February 13, 1855, A very significant, expressive, Kinderbook non com- mital, worthy of Prince John’s father, and complimen- tary to President Pierce and Mr. Marcy, who are permit- ting their honest neighbors to be frightened by things as yet unknown, in time of full peace. The exceptionable state of the island need cause no apprehension to the fair traders who have not the fear of the Black Warrior before their eyes—reized in fraud, condemned in perjury, and sustained by forgery, in times of ‘full’ peace with a neighboring State. They will know, also, that uncer the far-reaching arm of the late General in Mexico, that protection will be assured to American faterests, covered by the American fisg, before a life-time is passed, pos- sibly, in pursuit of indemnity for the wrong done. comfort to know that things are to be no worse; that, communication is not to be interrupted ‘‘of any kind;’ that our citizens coming here, while the island is ina state of blockade and siege, for their health, are not to be thrown into prison, dragged from one end of the island to the other in chains, and possibly (if suspected) are to have the fair trial the law—the sacred law of treaty —allows. The case of Mr. Felix, Capt. McTulloch, his mate, and of nine American citizens, (mariners,) in the Tacon prison, are evidences of the good faith, the honur, the honesty, and the justice that will be meted to Ame- rican citizens, as occasion presents. It is an enlightened government that shute up its best citizens under the in- vention of suspicion—deprivng them of iight, air, and free communication with friends, while malignity is hunting them to death in the dark, and the stranger can expect no better treatment—while Mr. wares neseely nvtifies the Spanish Minister at Washington what the government expects a6 to the form of trial for citizens of the United States in Cuba, to which the same attention will be paid as was given to the ‘‘serious remonstrance’”’ of Mr. Fillmore. The war Lage aieipe goes bravely on—our cooks have cockades in their hats, chevrons upon their elzevos, and we Foon expect to see our negro servants wearing their side arms while in attendance upon our tables, for the pur; of giving us more protection or cutting our throats, 8s may be most convenient. We are to have eavalry also, to ssour the couniry, which will troops bivouacked in the count: known things from the neighborland, from heaven or from ——, our good Gencral rot tellus where. But «few months ago there were reckless filibusters knock- ing at palace doors in Madrid, and the Conchas were of those who influenced their proceedings, wherefore he does not wait the evil he fears, which is germinating here. It will be o iY, as the Diario says, all this waste of valor and patriotism, but it will show what could be done if there was any truth in the proposition to come. While the frensa, sup. wed to be the erpecial ‘sonal organ of General ‘oncha, in the issue of the 16th, comes out with one of the vilest constructions upon hypothesie, without rea- sovable supposition for basis—of palace fabrication— picturing consequences of crime never contemplated except as a suggestion for the creation of excited condition and to draw sympathy of the people towards the high dignitary that was to have been immolated on the slter of freedoi So runs the story which has been poured into our cars, but those who have witnessed the recent reception given to Concha from the heart of the pecple—those who know the high character, eleva ted sentiments and untarnished Boner of those who have been marked as vict' to subserve the cause of tyranny, do not bel’eve. The article of the Prensa is an elaborate tissu false induetion, with declamation to inflame the passions, and to induce actua) crime amcng our citizens with red stains of fraternal blood, an¢ the jurtificat‘on, crime that was never dreamed of, even by the wife of Cwsar. ‘Ihe three carnival days were dull The masks were those who required no cover to bide thought and feeling, and were to be found mostly at home, in the palace and var'ous organic shopa of the exceptionable government, The usual places of amusement were, however, filled. ‘The steamer Isabel arrived yester lay morning, bringin; forty seven passengers, among them Mr. Fish an fomily, one our Senators, 1 believe, Hon. William Denison, Capt. Parker, British army, and a dozen others at Hotel Cubano. We have no Consul, but do very well, as we are with the Acting Consul. ‘The British sloop-of-war Vestal, (pure as light ) brig do, Arab, with wild ones when ashore, steamers Buz- zara, lock'ng for prey, and Medea, to enchaat us from the evils of filibusterism and comestic ineurrestion, are lying in our port, as guardian angels devoted by the » Waiting Almighty T'rotectorate to watch and ward over dear | Cuba, forgetful of the demande of the Crimea ond Sebas. topol Phe Creveent City, from New York, and the Empire City, from New Orleans, arrived early this morning, the last to leave in three of four hours from her entrance. ‘The other waits for communication with the Fl Dorado, not yet in view from Aspinwall. I hand you files which cover all the crders wich have been issued, Honesty, as policy, is best, even with imperial dignity, and would have raved Santa Anna the mortification of ‘covfession, and return of the $20,000 bonus, which has been made through the Mexicen’ agents here. The bar of public opivion, before which be was arraigned by the Hrnann, was too much for bis nerves; restitution is the conse quence, and the iniquitous trafic will cease. So God speed the truth—the facts of earth @@tributed to its ia- My packages, ag sume, are safe, and thanks therefor. GO AHEAD, ™, arrival of the steamer, that Major J. , of North Carolina, has been appointed United ‘opeul at the Ha If #@, it is the best ap. ment since that of Gen. Campbell; d while we one good acting servant of the people, we gain another as good, with the same nerve for any emergency that may occur Havaya, Feb, 23, 1858, Enlisting of VoluntecrtWarlike Preparations—Uni- Sorm of the Recrwits—Gunboats—More Arrests— Fate of Estramyes and Felix. Since I last bad the pleasure of addressing you, on the 15th instant, via Now Orleans, such an excitement amongst the masses has prevailed that it is quite out of my power to describe it. Like a child with a new toy, the Speniards have been delighted with the idea of be- ing permitted to possess a real gun, and that too withoat any cost to themselves; the thought threw them into reptures, so they hastened to the nearest enlisting place and were enrolled as good Spsniards to the extent of about four thousand. As few questions were asked of them, as you will readily suppose, they form a motley | group composed of men and boys of all ages, of the vari- ous provinces in the kingdom of Spain, and I verily be. lieve some of them are Chinese. Four battalions are already formed in this city alone and « fifth isin the course of formation. One of these battalions is com- pored entirely of creoles. Their object in enli can easily imagine, After the arms were di witnessed scenes that woold make # parson laugh in the middle of his cermon. One poor fellow declared the routhet hurt bis shoulder and madeapalof bie bana. Lerchief to reat it wpom, anotber found the piece so heavy that he called a yolante to carry it for bim. For tome two or three days, in every part of the city, no- thing wes to be seen but men polissing thelr guns, there which, ‘I reckon" have A friend of mine, who is somewhat of = wag, appreached @ group thus employed a few days ‘and asked “ if the guns were for sale!’’ Of course (What are you going to dg ‘Tower m being 6! been ccndemned. It is | | too, (for that delicate young man cou! VOL. XX. with them /* he inquired. ‘' We don’t know,” waedho avewer. ‘Who does know?’ he asked. “ Ob,” said ons, ‘ The Captain General I suppose does” And thus it is with these poor fools. ‘the know not why they have teken arms, except that the Captain General wished them to do so. I had occasion to go to Regla, & few days since and saw a parcel of these v teers malig bets, outside a grogsho, ho could bounce the ramrod farthest out of maning playthings of their wea To suppose that ruch creatures can, in a short space of time, or indeed ever be trained to stand a volley from “Yankee rifle- men,” is simply ridiculous. *y would myself undertake, althou not possessed of great physical pow to Whip aay au'ol Diem: and make thamers eseer nee I armed with one of Colt’s six shooters. But this, per- haps, will be considered vain boasting. These brave volunteers! Oh! could you but see them drilled, as } have done, evening after eveni the Campo 1 Their uniform, it must be co \t one, and suited to the climate. It consi ad) use, with either white or blue unmentionables; & patent leather belt around the waist, attached to which is the car. touche box; anda Jipa Japa hat with a broad rim, and a square piece of red cloth, with a brass button in’ the centre, fastened to the crown by way of cockade; and there you have the dress of these ‘fire eaters,’’ who are todo I know not what—nor do they either. p- tain General, 1 know, refused to give @ Spanish mer-- chant, who belds some command amongst these volun- teers, any information as to the object of raising the battations. ‘The Cuban treasury must te short of funds, for they have recently been duoning for duties oa yoda that pave passed the Customs scarcely a week wisreas, so recently as lsat year, six and eight months ergdit was given for duti Peveral coaesing schooners and the steamers that ply round the island have been embargoed, ant had cannon placed on board of them, so as to ture ‘them into a sub- stitute for gun boats. ‘The Cura (Curate) of Jaruco, who wat being concerned in the alleged conapir: made his en. cape, but had the misfortune to be taken ‘st in ap open boat; and now, I understand, is in chains on board a veese: of war in this harbor. It is reported—but the report requires confirmation— that Mr. Andrew King, proprietor of the eugar estate called La Luisa, near the Coral Faleo railway stati and brother to the well known T. Butler Ki has bee arrested, and is now imprisoned at the le at Ma- tanzas. Ayoung man named Edmond Slater, I learn by & private letter from Matanzas, who is eaplored, by @ most respectable house in putting up machinery, upon estate some fifty miles from that place, an who been similarly employed for the last ten years, was ar- rested about the 1ith instant, while pursuing his legal oecupation, owing to some informality im his ‘license’? or “pass,’’ which was taken out on his return to the island in October last, in strict comform'ty with the Jaw as it then existed, Of the recent change in the law, respecting ‘‘passes,”” he, residing in the country, was -| not aware; he wus ‘captured ana made prisoner without being comscious he was the least in few: He was dragged from one partido to another, each captain, on his telling them that he was an American, coming from New York, taking apparently peculiar delight in treating him with’ the grentest indignity and insalt. He was locked up one night with thieves and robbers for asso- ciates, and put to the greatest embarrassment and ex- pense. beat he was sent to Mat in chi ofa villaneus looking escort, and was compelled to the horse he rode, at a cost of some twenty-five or thirty dollars. Arrived at Matanzas, he found hundreds of friends among his countrymen, who offered to become his security for any amount that might be required. The Governor of Matanzas told him very politely be had no charge sgeleat lum, fined him ten dollars more and ret him at liberty, but would not afford any redress for the insults cffered by his menials, nor for the injury sustained by Slater in being dragged from his business ‘nso brutal and unceremonious @ manner. The secret of it allis bis being an American, aud his being employ- ed by a house suspected by the government of symps- thizing with the creoles in their 51 le for liberty. But now for iatelligence of a most important charac- I know from an undoubted source, that the trial of uch as it has been, is concluded, sentenced to death, and Felix to ten gang in Africa. | know, too, that mockery of a trial is in direct contravention of the Riis’ between the United States and Spain; and that the life of Estrampes. andin all probab ty, that of Fethe, never endure & single month of torture in Africa,) are now in the hands of General José de ia Concha. I therefore feel it my bounden duty, as your Nga iperyty to ark you to de- mard of Franklin Pierce, President of the United States, upon this occasion, to make good the promises contained in hin taasyerss address, or stand convicted before the world as a traitor to bis fellow-citizens who elected him as their Chief Magistrate—in this case to protect two citizens of the United States from Spacish tyranny and cruelty, Would that I possessed a Milton’s pon, to rouse the government of the United States to immediate action. I upon the President as a father, as @ brother, and ican, to stand forth and veto thie y ty ; Concha Let President Pierce do this, or else 1 envy him no: bia death bed. ‘The carnival has passed with its accustomed maske and balls. The last performance for the present season of the Italian Opera company, has tai ce, and Lent, the season of atonement, bas commence ‘The British brig of war Hussar and steamer Buzzard, srrived in this harbor on the 17th jost., acd the British steamer of war Medea bas returned nish troops to some other again, 1 understand, to be similarly employed. ‘The Guaréias Crvil are doing garrison duty in this city, soit would seem they have not too many soldiers to »pare, vOUGHKEEPSIE. Havana, Feb. 24, 1855.35 Raising Black Regiments—Ltems of News. It was not until after I had dropped my letter in the steamer’s mail bag, yesterday, that it wae announced she would not depart until this morning. By this latter circumstance, Iam afforded the opportunity of sending you by ber am additional item or two o! interesting ia- telligence, gathered yesterday. ed with a sort of king, whose orders are implicitly obeyed by his subjects. The Captain General, I understand, bas sent for several of there kings, in ordtr to ascertain how many men each could raise, in the event of the necessity of their aid being required. Free negroes, I know, are en- listed amorgat the volunteers, and I have heard of one in which a slave tad also been enrolled, Rumor ye the latter circu y occurred. However, 1 only have ell authent'cated cane. Senor Fcheraina’s family have been allowed to visit him, while toth Le and Pinto are deprived of the use of It has been discovered that a riques, who had returned to this island under the rec amnesty, was the man who betrayed Pinto sod his socistes to the Captain General. I shall bave the plensure of agaia writing yon te-mor- row, (divine permisrion,) by the Ieabel, vin Charleston; and, therefore, apologize for the brevity of this letter. POUGHKEEPSIE. a knife anc fork to eat with. niard, named Rodt- it The Future of America. A LECTURE BY REV. CALVIN COLTON. The Rev. Calvin Colton delivered # lecture before the New York Geographical rnd Statistical Society, at the University, on the subject of the future of America, a+ deduced from its present actual condition. A good at- tendance was present, and the lecturer was listened to witb great attention and interest during the whole course of his remarks. He said it is a remarkable fac! belt of the globe contained within the twenty- ‘the sixtieth degrees of north latitude has been the cradie of all the nations which have ever arisen to any impor-* tance in the world. This portion of the earth in best adapted to the constitution of man, It may be safely set down a8 a fundswental principle, thet nations eccu- pying the temperate regions of the northern hem\sphere, always having governed, will always govern the world. To this Australia is the only exception. In tbie belt men was create], and here he has performed all his notable ex; loita in history, He alluded to tee desirable intercourse between Avis and Eurape, and spoke of the eifficulty and expense attending commerce between these two continents it is important, toa, that the United States should establish easy communication with it ulties attend us in the Lave to surm great cemderatum in tLe comm Asia pearer to Kurope and Ameri vious years, the effort to flad a northwest pasrage. spoke of the great revolution effected w thins recent Cate by means of steam and the telegraph Mo-e than | ally. two thousand miles of railread are now completed annu- The greatest di | Pacific is less than tvo thousand m two localities not be connested by | All the world, Ame. ica aud Eutepe for it loudly. (Great +pplause.) | commen ex: between Euro | conveyed around Good Hope, ts E5004 (00, exp ‘ng 2.0(0 ships and 50,000 seamen. railroad scros* cur continent all this traffic will pass this way. (Applause) ‘Three-fourths of the time inid’ te saved by. this mose of tramp newed applause.) ‘The expense will not be greater. He alluded also to the great revenues which would thereby accrue to the government. This railroad is tobe the criterion of the future of America It ‘» to connect Asia with Eurepe; its tine is across the Pacific Osean, across this coxtinent, and across the Atlac be a direct route from the remotest Eaat to the remotest Went. It will be not rightly cailed merely the Pacific railroad, but the great Bighwa of the world, (Great applaure ) This great construction will elevate Americe ‘othe highest position among the nations of the earth. (Continued Sapieste. ) At th anion of tLe remarks of Mr. Colton, a vote arore and cone! was tendered to bi | made some complimentary re which the audience dispers ind Dr. Haw! rhe to the lect Before Hoa. Judge Roosevelt. ACTION FOR ASSAULT AND Barrny Mancn 2.—Robert Craighead vs. Crandel Rich.—This was an action for damages for assauli au: battery. The plaintiff is a mercbant down town, and the defendant i* a democratic politiclam, The plaintiff havieg male fome reflections on‘ ognestic bearings of the defen dant, the iatter cowhiced Me Craighead, at Mount Ver- nen, in September inst. The case has occup'el two aad the jury rendered a verdict for platatiff Marine Court, THE TIMES CONTEMPT CAS! Moncw 2—Judge McCarthy bas namel Saturday, the 10th inet , ae theday for the hearing of Mr. Basteed’a, no im behal! of the reporter of the ob ectionable artic