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SOULE’S MISSION TO SPAIN. Another lnstalment of the Correspondence Respecting the Affairs of the Man- chester and the Black Warrier. MR. SOULE TO MR. MARCY. Usirep States Lecation, MapRiD, Fed, 23, 1854. * * . * * * * Though little anxious to approach the members of the Cal while they are involved in their present difficul- ties, I did attempt, some time since, tp get the ear of the Count of San Luis, and succeeded in opening to him a general of the relations no Care) between our groaned and that of her Catholic M suggesting desirable it were a a shoul Senaes ey friendly qbaracter, and intimating my utter distrust o ever a a ny thing effected in that direction so long as ‘the present chief of the State Department should retain @ seat in the Cabinet. I mentioned, among other indications conclusive of Mr. Calderon’s antipathy to come to «closer connexion with uz, the averment made to me on that same day,that, for three years past, Mr. Calderon had been urging an entire divorce between the United States and tne colo- vies , as the only means ofYseving the last from the grasp of the first, AndI went on observing tha: such seemed to be the settled policy of the Secretary 0° State with reference to us; that he was literally uaap- proachable on any question which had the least bearing on the expediency of establishing a more liberal inter. course between our country and the possessions of Spain adjacent to our shores; and that such an un- wgneas on his part to meet on any ground was buts poor and discouraging return for the repeated evidences we had given of our disposition to maiatain a good understanding with Spain, and of our i every thing that might be in the remotest or even & pretence off collision between us, He admitted that Mr. Calderon was a diplomat of the old school, who could not be brought easily to mor where he was likely to encounter a difficult or simply a new subject to handle ; but that tie dispositions of her Majesty's government were not to be judged by any slowness or reluctance of the State Department to eater into the discussion of any subject that might tax seri- ously its attentions, or engage toany considerable extent its responsibility. ‘And, without going further into the subject, he gave me the strongest assurances of his de- sire to see strengthened the ties which bound the United ‘States to Spain by common interests, and of his wiliing- mess to bestow his whole attention, as soon as he mght have leisure from more pressing 4xigencies, on such over. tures as I might feel inclined to make, We agreed that ‘we would resume our conversation on some future day, and then explore and debate the merits of the questions embraced in it, and try if our mutual wishes could not be reconciled, and the interests which they involved amicably regulated and adjusted. iy . * ‘The tendencies of the Queen’s Camarilla are well known to be in favor of an absolute monarchy, or of such other form Gal Alay passgpd as may not be embarrassed by other checks than those of the royal will. ‘The ministers, though not averse to such views, have not yet dared to strike the supreme blow. They cannot, how: void coming to it except by retiring from post ; and as it is by no means prob will outlive the crials, its duration. ‘ish void obabie that they they may strive for a tims atill to protract Their position is extremely criti- eal; they have held out promises which they caguot realize. The treasury is exhausted to its last dregs. ‘The Bank of San Fernando decline: peremptorily grant- {ng the government new loans; even those private deal- ers, who have long fattened on its necessities, now tura backs on its demands. The Queen has expended the whole of her year’s salary in advance. Distress is felt in bre 4 branch of the public service, whilst articles of the first necessity have doubled in value, and the — classes <2 Ms i odie a fis 3 to hi LA at ublic ex; iu initation of system adopted in Paris; and this in : ‘to exceed nse, tl a country where the production ought the noessities of its population fourfold. evident, that con- most interestin; ernment of the United States, Sha! and to what extent ? 3 improbable that whilat vernment is in this necessitous condition, ¢ will not pass by without some outbreak island of Cuba. should an insurrec- prove the outset successful, or at any time assume such spect as hetokened the im- pending of all Spanish rule over them, I cannot bt t those having aoe of the destinies of this country would at once seek, in a negotiation with us, the means of securing what might still be saved of the cherished jewel, ‘The case ating of my being ap- proached on #0 momentous a question, I would un- @voidably find myself ins most awkward preticament; ready, = cert to Rigen beh Che Pig might be ‘made, and yet incapable, perhaps, of turning to profit tiie Ghantes Mt ES miomiick, Yor toe weet a specie powers to trest, or of sufficient instructions to deter- mine brid far I might Safely Ro. * In this state of affairs it must b tingencies are likely to arise of character to the ‘they be improved example, it is by no met ‘the Spanish the apring-t! MR. MARCY TO MR. SOULE. Lxcavios ov THe Unrrep States, ‘MapRip, Marob 8, 1854, Sir, I bave the honor to transmit herewith the tr. ation of two notes received from her Maje: of State, dated 15th November, 1953, and 4th of ruary last, upon the subject of the detention and search merican of the Ai Ga fea oncnees bond Cape St. An- ‘thony, 4 Spanish armed cruiser, ‘You will rosicet thet the original insteustions of the Department to my predecessor were not definite; nor did they authorize him to go anything more than to call the attention of her Majesty’s government to the cirsum- stances of the occurrence, Indeed, the fants of the case do not appear to have been, at that time, clearly known ‘even to our government. They are now, however. sufli- ciently well ascertained from the admissions contained in there two notes, ‘The Manchester, it appears, was found stranded, and the cruiser, after getting her afloat, entertaining some suspicion of her errand on the coast, although her ~~ were in every respect correct, broke open Bitches, and took out a part of her cargo; when, finding nothing to warrant suspicion, the same was returned to tts place, the Manchester piloted out into the open sea, Ae toontaben government attempte to thi a its to excuse this con- duct by considecntions connected with the pecalisr ov dition of the island at that time; and in these last two notes seema to be desirous of diverting attention from ‘the main features of the case toa transaction between Spanish pilot, in- saving the two questions in- , Viz.: that of indemnity to the owners of the er, and that of the insult offered to our flag. I have now the honor torefer the whole subject to you for such further action, if any, as may appear proper to the government. * * * * Thave the honor to remain, with the highest respect, sir, your obedient servant, PIERRE SOULE. First DePantMent oF State, } Patacr, Nov. 15, 1853. | ‘Sre:—The Captain-General of the island of Cuba, from | ‘whom information bad been sou; conceraing the cir- eumstanstances of what took place in the detention of the American schooner Manchester by a Spanish cruiser, near the cape of St. Antonio, in said island, bas | transmitted to this First Da; it copies of the com. munications, which on this tand at bis instance | have been addressed to him by the Anglo-American con- | sul at the Havana, and the Commandant-General of that naval station. According to what is remembered by the secretary of the consulate with reference to the information wich | was given him at that time by his pradéceesor, Mr. | Sharkey, and according to what appears from a despatch which the latter addressed to his government, the con- sulof the United Staten has stated that, at the begin- ming of March of this year, a letter was received at thi consulate, signed by the captain and mate of the ‘Mai cheater,”’ in which they said that the schooner being swept by a strong current and having stranded near the | ‘Cape of St. Anthony, a Spanish war scbooner presented herself, which sent men to them out of the | ‘difficult situation in which they ; that the officers | ‘of the Spanish vessel, on account of some suspicion whieh entertained, caused the hatches opened of the cargo to be removed; but, not , they put the Manchester at liberty to continue her voyage. The letter contained also a postecript charging Mr. Sharkey not to pay to the pilot of the Spanish schooner ‘thirty , which he exacted for his services. Mr. Sharkey, 4, being of opinion that the captsin of ‘was under the obligation of been claimed of him, seeing that they him out of a perilous position, caused the pilot to deliver him the account receipted, and sent it for payment to the collector of the custom house at York. Afterwards, and in view of an article ina per of that city, in which the captain of the +r gratuitously accased the crew of the Span- schooner of various outrages which he supposed they had put upon him, Mr. Sharkey, in order to estab- lish the truth of the facts, wrote to the minister of foreign affairs of the United Etates « narration of what gy ‘collency will perceive, the result is, that our excel . the result is, 5 a a search of the Manchester did take place, it wes after having afforded her the protection and aid whith were egacted by humanity ‘and the difficult position in which she was, and in consequence uspicion sufficiently justified by the spseml circ cen of the isians of Cuba and the projects of inva- sion. which she has been more than once threat Tought, nevertheless, to may to your excellency that, ia the communication of the commandant-geners! of ‘the naval station to the captain-general of the island, an explicit assurance is given that thirty dollars were not exacted from the captain of the Manchester for hav- ing placed her at liberty, since, besides that the com manding officers of the ®panish cruisers had thus stated such exactions are fn open opposition to the regulations | of the navy. In view a the complete contradiction as regards this int which exists between the communications of the nglo.Americam consul and the commandant general of that naval station, Gen, Canedo bas sought from the latter new information and ® more detailed ascount of all that oecurred. I will hasten to transmit the same to your excellency aa soon as it shall be received in the First Docettnent, eee I am confident that, in addition to what is stated by the American consul, your excellency*will have recognised the bad faith with which a aa Manchester has proceeded in accusing, th out r? officers of the Spanish vessel of is course, his i é langaage merite. Mt of this occasion, ke. ively ‘A, CALDERON DE, LA BARCA. To the Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States. Finet Department ov State, | Avery Parack, Feb. 14, 1854, Sra—tin sccordance with what I had the honor to an- ounce to your Excellency in my note of November 10 of Usat year, the in General of the island of Cuda has ‘trang itted to the First Department the new informst! Priatyre to jhe (¢veution of the Suerican schovo:s Men- nea; and having agreed that it he stated that he “4 account of being without mot him a letter desiring the consul of the United Havana to pay him that amount. be thirty dollars, could not pay it at that moment on , but thathe would give Btates at Instead, therefore, of any violent exaction on the part of the pilot, there was in ceptance of the voluntary offering made by the captain; who at the came time wrote in a contrary #e1 to the consul referred to, and afterwards published ii case no more than the ac- American nowepaper of the Union a false account of the ocenrrencs, cefaming the loyal deportment e the Spanish to l ought nevertheless the commandant general vana has ditapproved of the having accepted a recom; the conduct the navy prohibit; imposing upon him ment for not having made known the same, as to the captain of the vessel in which he served , which the regulations of soa punish. cellency that he ought, For this reason the proper communicati: have been addre: to the commercial agent of the United States to the end tha Spay the in. he Spi ‘ia cruisers shall receive no recompense whatever for the of the Manchester. T avail myself of this occasion, &c A. CALDE LeGation or THe Unrren Skates, Maprip, March 3, 1854. ar Ex Sm—I have had the honor to receive cy’s notes of the 15th November, 1853, and February last, referring to the case of the schooner Manchester. n of services of the same nature as those which and unfounded complaint of the RON DE LA BARCA, } elian- the 14th American In reply, I beg leave to say that your Excellency seems to have beon laboring under a misapprehension in supposing that either this Legation or the government of the United States had felt any considerable interest in the queation of the payment of thirty dollars between the captain of the American schoaner and the the Spanish armed vessel. ilot of Whether either or both those individuals proceeded with good or bad faith in that transaction, is a matter of very little importance in this discussion, The points to which, however, I feel it necessary to recall the attention of your Excellency as important are :— Ist. The question of indemnity to the owners of the Manchester for the injury and. losses which they may have sustained on account of the illegal detention and search of that vessel by a 8 ig The insult ‘offered to tl whether the same may have occurred in the the island of Cuba or in any other of the waters which | surround this earth. ish cruiser; and fing of the United States detention and search of @ vessel under its colors, waters of As regards the first, it may perhaps prove to be, in this instance, but a mere qui juries sustained b; have been oply ni cruiser in osning Set her out from among But with regai ion of right, since the in- the owners of the schooner may inal, and their losses more than com- pensated by the benefits received from the crew of the | the reefs. to the second point, Tam not prepared to declare the explanations of your Excelleccy as sat- isfactory to m,; vernment; yet, cullar "dircumstances of this ease, in view of the i will tramamit the communications of your Excellency to the Secretary of State of the United States, and will wait his inatruc- tions before making any further communication oa this subject. Tought, however, to say to regards the been prefe in, or to ap either against or against any person connected with th which has been brought to rhe notice of her government. The simple suspicion only that under the flag of of its officers, 80 our Excellency that, as captain of the Kfanchoster, no complaint has ‘on his part to the government at Wash- far a6 | am informed, 6 officers of the Spanish vessel-of-war, oscurrence | Majesty's | United States has been forcibly de- tained and searched by one of her Majesty’s armed cruisers, in time of peace, will alw: be sufficient to excite the very serious attention of the government of the United States, and must necessarily, in every case, lead to a rigid investigation of the circumstances which may have conduced to taking of so very step. Meantime, 1 take a sincere pleasure ii your Excellency that no government is more delicate a suring sible to the courtesy, nor more prompt in acknowledging the favors which its vessels or citizens in distress may re- ceive at the friendly hands of the subjects of other Powers, than is the government of the United States; and it would be for me @ source of the highest satisfac- tion if I should hereafter be called upon to address your Excellency in no other than cases purely of this last description. T avail myrelf of this occasion to renew to your Exoel- Tency the assurance of my most distinguished consider- ation. Your obedient servant, PIERRE ZOULE. His Excellency Don A. CALDERON DK LA BARCA. MB. MARCY TO MR. SOULE. Der. ARTMENT OF STATE, Wasmncrox, March 11, 1854. S:r—I have only time, before closing the mail for the next European steam packet, to sp; rage committed on some of our citizens by the Span you of an out tab authorities at Havana, which cannot fail to excite deep ond indignant feelin; transact tion to which I allude ia the seizure by throughout thie country. The these au- thorities of the American steamer the Black Warrior. The letter of the acting American consul at that port, and that of the owners of the vesvel, addressed to this department, persede the necessity of presen ‘copies of which are herewith sent,) will nu- “ herein a ‘aotail of the of that transaction. You will at once perceive they are of a character to justify the excitement which is like- ly to result from the promulgation of them. has a ready called upon the President for all the informs- tion he posseaces on the subject it, he will probably make some as to the mode and measure of the pro} 1, in communicating inct recommendation isfaction which will be required for this injury and outrage. T cannot in this communication inform you what it will The course hitherto pursued in regard to our com- plaints for thi authorities or to most unsatisfactory results, and oppressive acts of the Cuban n to appeal to the court at Madrid, thes her Catholic Majesty’s | ling nas almost al- ways been attended by great delay, and, gene Even if our eo ly, b; plaints could receive prompt attention, which has been very rarely the case, a considerable delay would be unavold- able. The dilatory proceedings on the part of the Spanish government, in many cases, have been but an aggravation of the wrongs suitered by our citizens, and in some others have leo them to abandon their just claims for redreas. anomalous in our relations with Spain The authorities are at our doors, and the authorit; 1¢ obliged to apply for redress is in anol In this respect there is something offending to which r hemi- sbere. This government has suggested to Spain the only remedy for the evils of this condition of things, but she has refused it, We must continue, therefore, in this embar- would the power to redrens it devise apd apply a remey. Those who do ; and the party should have the right to apply directly tu 13 them for that address. With such vice-regal powers to inflict {pjuries, the Captain-General should have autho- rity to aflord satisfaction for them. Tam not instructed by the President to say what course of action he will re- commend for obtaining redress in the case of the Black Warrior, or what measures Congress will rovide for that purpose. but I am quite sure that neither the govern- ment nor people of this country will euffer the deiay con- sequent upon a dilatory and protracted pegotiation. if the case of the Black Warrior was the only grievance the United States have to complain of, the difficulty of edjusting it would be leas embarrassing; but it is one of a long list of unredressed wrongs which m ast be settled. ‘The prompt interference of Great Britain and France in behalf of Spain in the late disturbagces in regard to Cuba may bave emboldened her to experiment upon the patience of this country; but I'am not prepared to be- ie ve that these power braced in their joint pol whatever be the schemes em- y as to this hemisphere, will sustain her in such a causelers aggression upon our commerce and national rights. Were it certain, how- ever, that she would be countenanced in this conduct towards us by these be thereby deterred to their in, of het fl it ured citizens and a sacred regard for jag alike require them to pursue it the very place where the injury was 1 in case oie pe satisfaction is promptly the spot, then the matter will be ended; different course be ds withheld, 7, be thought advisable to make our appeal tor 2, the United States would not ‘rom taking the course which justice the honor with you on the subject, and furnish you with the in- structions of the President for the guidance of your con- duct in this unpleasant affair 1am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servan uber Y W. be MARCY, Prenne Sovix, Eaq., &e., ke., Madrid, | MB. MARCY TO MR. 800) PRPARTRNT OF STATE, Washington, March 17, Sir—You will perceive, by pany this despateh, that t ‘ssa, } the documenta which accom- seizure of the Black War. rior at Bavana is ite ode esa serious attention of the President and Congress. ed ebaracter, that this ow ¢ is of such « mark- ine dek be justified in demanding immediate satisfaction of the wrong doers at the Havans, end in case of their refusal, of taking re- érese into ite own hands; but the President, anxious to soe Apd peaceful relations with Spain, has determined bring the case to her Catholic Majesty's noti oe, in the hope that she will not only make prompt reparation to the injured citizens of the United States, but init with her displeasure the Cuban officials who have perpetrated the wrong ‘The President's wensage to Congress clearly the course #! it is expected the nibs indiestes vermment Spanisn go will adopt in this case. Neither the views of this go vernment nor the sentiments of the country will brook any evasion or delay on the part of her Catholi ina case of such flagrant wrong. ic Majesty You are directed by the President to present the transaction as tt is set forth in the hoes tog, J documents, and demand acd me | argo are estimated at three hundred end this amouot you will demand an for the injury. © demages to the owners of Warrior and t) thousand dolla faction the indemnity to the injured parties claimed for them for thia government. Having presented the case in ile strong features, it ix not ed by the President that you showld enter into any further discussion of it, ee ee ay carly |. The messenger | a reply as practicable to your whe will deliver this commuoication to you has instrne- tions to remain a reasonable time at Madrid, ‘that be ard to our ints That course has, in effect our claims for redress, and resulted ine ‘The ment ef Spain tive sfion by referring aj vadera at Cabs, and t fa order | may be the bearer of the reply you may receive. few daya, it in believed, will be suilieient for thai | ree hitherto porened by the Spanish govern- Ld ‘against the eaibort of not meet the exigency of been an evasion of denial s usually ae leations (or re prosental their | tusivaluct es Lae easwer by Uaoes appuce § NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, tions. Buch s course in an case is un- Brasiendy ‘he sasurance of my most distinguished ova. satisfactory, bat, in such « case as seizure of the | sideration. SOULE. rarrior, thout any plausible pretext, and forel- His Excellency Don A. Catpxnon pm La Barca, mie i from ons comeas property Re wer Minister of State of her Catholic Majesty. , as an aggrava' a Lecarion or Tax Untrep Starxs, Iti that Spare will be when yousuai | (! Mapuwp, April 11, 1854, present the ae: to government of the Bim :—Nearly three days having now elapsed «i I course sheintends to pursue in this matter; and was the in the hands of course be either a disavowal of the acts of her offi- our Excellency the claim for redress w! Thad been cials at Cuba and an immediate directed te urge in bebalf of the Uaited States, on the fetes cg page of upholding their occasion of the outrage co itted on the American conduct. a matter of such iport, involving | packet steamer Black Warrior, by her Catholic Majesty's her amicable relations with this country, it ia not to be | authorities at the Havana, and ne fatimation having aa assumed that she has not a full knowledge of the acts of a8 reached me of the course which her Catholic by puberdinase.ettaerss at arene. REEF bag y soverament intends to pursue with reference folloy ean feel const rail to a - tion fa the ease of the Black Warrior, It would be taken sp no witntbat th lations with the United States. Tam, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant, W. L. MARCY. Prenne Sout, Eaq., &e., &e., Madrid, ceeding despatch occu before us. 7 4 the message of the President ‘of the United States sug- gesting to Congress the propriety of adopting such pro demand. The papers, or the material portion of them, were published a year ago.) SOULE TO MR. MARY, Maprap, April 7, ie} Lxcarion ov tik Unrtep S147 Sm—* * * * T took advantage of that manifesta tion, and, avoiding baste on my part, enjoyed not long afterward the oppor- bo ded a frank and fall conference with the Minister upon the subjects referred to, I noticed a marked change in his manners and tone towards me, with an affectation ot » deciced witli to be on good terms with tte United States. I omit the details of this conference, however, as being necessarily of a prelimi- pary character aud very diftuse. Ita Principal and im- portant result waa the declaration his to adopt the idea of establishing, by a treaty, such oom- mercial and other relations ax would remove hereafter all causes of difficulty and collision between the United States and Spain. Immediately after this interview I caused the draught of such a treaty to be prepared: but, in a subsequent in- terview with the President of the Council, upon my inti- mating to bim that I was then ready to lay this project before him, if he could give me the assurance that the Spaniah government would reriously enter upon ita con- sideration and join me in an effort to bring tt toa suc- ceaful conclusion, he again protested his disposition to favor my views, but asked to be allowed to lay the mat- ter before the Council of Ministers before giving mo a decisive answer. ° bd y | ¢ Your despatch No. —, upon'the subject of the claim of the owners of the American bark Carmelita, has boen received. The whole matter was very clearly elucidated by the documents annexed to the two despatches of my prevecemor, referred to in your own. ‘I would especial: recall attention to the copies of two letters from our Pidal, then Minister of Foreign Affrirs, and one of the best lawyers in Spain. | Lenclosea translation of this note, in case the one sent by my predecessor abould bave been mislaid from the proceeds of the sale of the privateer, over which the claimants might exert their rights; but it | tions contaived in the note from the Marquis of Pidal, arte the letters of our Consul to Mr. Barringer, on this subject. bumals of the country this government considers, and L | think justly, that it has exonerated itself from’all re- | sponsibility {nthe premises, * * * © © | Your despatch, witnout number, dated the 11th of March, on toe subject of the outrage recently committed | by the seizure of the American steamer Black Warrior, at the Havana, was received, with it enclosures, on the 4th inst., and has beeu duly considered. I have not thought proper to take any step ia that very grave matter until I should receive the further com- munications alluded to by you, and which I had rea- san to suppore would son reach me by. upecial bearer of despatches, then on his way to Madrid. In effect, before closing this, I have the satisfaction to March, on the same subject, just placed in my hands by Mr. Winslow, and shall make this affair the occasion of ee next communication to the Department. sir, your obedient servant, PIERRE SOULE. Hon, Wiuuam L. Maxcy, Secretary of State. Finst Deranraeyt oy Stats, Patacr, June 22, 1850. f1r:—I bave received your Excellency’s note of y terday, in wnich you ask to manner ought to resort the owners of the American bark Carmel indemnity which belongs to them, according to the sen- tence which has been pronounced in their favor. In reply, I have the honor to state to your Excellency that, according to the laws of Spain, the sentence being once pronounced, the business i+ reduced to a quortion between the two partien, namely, the owners of the Car- melita and those of the Unico; that the execution of th sentence belongs to the Marine Court, which decided th case in the firat instance; and that to it lew in order to prove obtain the indemnity! = who has defended their rights, and who naturally will know perfectly the steps which ought to be taken in the buriness until ite termination T avail myrelf of this occasion to renew, ko. PEDRO J, PIDAL. The Ministxx PiesirotextiaRy of the United Stater. MR. SOULE TO MR. MARCY. Leoation or thx Usrrep States, } Mapnip, April 13, 1854" f Sin—Mr, Warren Winslow arrived at this legation a about eleven o'clock on the morning of the 7th instant, | rage committed at the Havana by aod the Americ: | steampacket Black Warrior, and an inclosure consisti | of the President's message of March 15, to Congresa, | with tts accompanying documents, printed’ in pamphiet form. 1 immediately addresrod a note to her Catholic Majes- ty’s Minister of State, desiring an interview. (Cop; marked A.) Mr. Calderon named I met him, according to that on the Sth instant. pointment, in the Department of State; and after plaining the object of my visit and the nature of the afiair referred to—in the course of which | took occasion to read to bim portions of your dexpatches on thia sub. | ject—I left in his hands the printed documenta and men. ‘sage atove mentioned, and also a note of the same date, (th iostant,) making a formal demand upon her Ma: Jesty’s government for indemnity and ean. (Copy marked 8. awaited tiently the result of that step until Tues- day, the 11th, when, not having received any reply to my communication, oral or written, and no intimation that such a reply might soon be expected, I addressed to her Majesty's Minister a second note of the last mentioned date, in which I fixed the term of forty eizht government. Mr. Perry, the secretary of legation, was charzel to deliver this communication (copy marked C) into the dx of the minister, which he did at 12 o'clock M. of me da} minister *aid, on this oceasion, that | he had not yet presented my first note to the considera tion of the Council of Ministers, | delay necessary for translating th | ‘ late in the evening of the »ame . a tion from Mr. Calderon (tienslation marked D) in answer to my note of the #th, purporting to have been written before the reesipt of my note of the 11th, but which appears to show strong indi- cations of having been written in view of both of these documents. | replied to this note on the morning of the 12th, amd maintained the position taken in my note of the llth (Copy marked E ) Finally, om the morning of the 13th, I received the de- finitive aiewer of her Majesty's government to my de- mand, (translation marked F,) dated the 12th, to which I reptled Immpdiately by my note of this date, (copy marked G.) I make harte to transmit the same to you with ail the above mentione: documenta, by the hasd of Mr. Winslow, who leaves Madrid this very night. Copies, im the original Spanish, of the communications from her Majesty's government, will he tranemitted afterwards, there not being time to prepare them this evening. 1 sincerely regret the failure of my efforts to obtain, » prompt and eatlatactory revult to my demands, under your instructions, but trust that my course will meet with the ap roval of the government; and have the ho nor to romals , air, with the highest Frowne your obe- dient ser PIERRE SOULE. Hon, W. L. Marcy, Secretary of State of United States. Many details, which I have no time to write, will be cor munieated to you orally by Mr. Winslow, to whose discretion | have committed them for that purpose. [Ay Lxaanion ov The Unrexp State, ) Mapeio, April 7, 1854. ) The undersigned, Envoy Ex’ and Minister Plenipotentiary of the U: States fof America, preeent« his compliments to hia Exeellency the Minister of of her Catholic Majesty, and ‘to be informed when it will be convenient for bis Excellency to receive him, for the purpose of lixtening toa communication of grave importance from the covernmest of the United Staten, e undersigned taker thin occasion to renew, ke PIERRE Sore. Hin Excellency the Miniwren ov State of her Catholic Majesty. (B.) Leoation oF THe rep Staten ) Mavumw, A 164. j Sim:—1 am instructed by the President the United | States to place im the hands of your Exeellency, for th. information of her Catholic Majesty's government, th» within enclesed documenta, containing « full stateman! of the circumstances which have farnished the autho rities of the island of Cabs tence for the highhande! outrage which tory have recently rated on pro ty and interests belonging to citizena of the rites mtates by the serure of the steamer Biack Warrior, and the confiscation of cargo whieb she bad in (raneitu for the port of } may have shown themselves, on more than one oocaxion. upcer most grievous provocations same authorities, 4 patare of thove which | of the Wack Warrior to remain unatonet. They are of «0 marked a character that they would have United States in j by the President as an indication of a favorable disposi- tion on the part of Spain to adjust other claims hereto- fore brought to her potice, and to maintain friendly re- e documents mentioned ax accompanying the pre- thirty-rour pages of the pamphlet ‘They consist of the papers relating to the seizure of the steamer Black Warrior, for an infractior the revenue laws of Cuba, which were tra: tor Congress on the 5th of March, 1864, im connee! with Visional measures as the exigency of the case seemed to ything which might appear like rime Consul at Barcelona, and tom uote from the Marquis of | Two thousané dollare is the only sum undispossd of | will be necessary for them to comply with the Indica- | By transferring the whole matter to the judicial tri- | acknowledge the receipt of your No 10, of the 17th of have the honor to remain, with the highest respect, | t tribunal and in what | ita and her cargo, in order to realize the | ht to resor the deacges aod and they may eonsult, in case of aby doubt which may occur in this question, the lawyer bearing your despatch No. 10, on the subject ofthe out: the hour of one o'clock | hours after its delivery for the reply of her Majesty's | York. However enduring and conciliatory the United States “on the df the the ve been iSdisted ea the owners bave before orally stated, to wit—that the plained of in the present instance, being of a wrong com| highly grievous character, and bearing on its face the most gluring evidences of a preconcerted purpose on the pert Of its perpetrators to barrass and offend legitigaate erexts and high susceptibilities, the United Stat « cannot brook that the reparation due them for the insult offered to their flag and the injury done to the property 96, thei citizens be in any way evaded or unnecessarily jelay J must therefore insist that those who have been wrong- ed receive an indemnity equal to their losses, mamely, three hundred thousand dollars; and that ali persons, whatever be their oficial rank or importance, have, in any responsible manner, been concerned in’ the perpe- tration of the wrong, be dismissed from her Majesty's ser vice in the efices which they now hold, The non compliance with these just demands within forty-eight hours after the delivery of this communica. tion into the hends of your Excellency, will be considered by the goverowent of the United States as equivalent to &@ declaration that ber Majesty’s government ix deter mined to uphold the corduct of its officers, With my best wishes for the conti ice of the friend- ly relations which have happily existed be- tween her Catholic Majesty's government and that of the United States, L renew to your Excellency the assur- ance of my most distinguished ene aout Pri ULE. His Excellency the Mixtsfer or Stare of her Catholic Majesty. ) Finst Deraxtaet or State, Patacn, April 11, 1854. The undersigned, First Secretary of State of ber Ca- tholic Majenty, has received the note which the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States has addressed to him under date of the 8th inst. In this note the Envoy, &c. encloses to him various printed documenta, which are copies of those transmit yy his Excellenoy the President of the Republic, with his message of the 15th of h last, to the American Con. whole relative to the detention and confisca jon of the steamship “Black Warrior’ at the Hava: which in qualified as unjustified precipitation and violent outrage, for which the Envoy, &0. demands, in the name of his government, a prompt satisfaction, ‘and also in- roprietors of the veasel, tof her Majer a as yet in posnen- thentic and complete data which, in good law, are indispensable in order to form a correct and equiable judgment of the case. It has before it only the | Barrative opinions encountered in the periodicals, and those contained in the documents which the Hon, Pierre Foulé"annexes to his note, written by those in- terested, in moments of irritation, and before any defiai- tive legal decision had been pronounced upon this oc- | currence, ‘The accredited rectitude and recognised intelligence of the Marquis of Pecuela, Captain General of Cuba, are for the government of her majesty a guarantee that itis | not mistaken in supposing, as at first view it supposes, that this disagreeable occurrence will turn out to be one of those which in all countries, and even in the United States thermeelver, have arisen from the severe, or per- haps mistaken, application of the custom house regula- | tions by rubaltern officers, The government of her Majesty cannot admit the pre- tension of considering it ax a gratuitoun insult, thus cei- minating, before hraring, the high functionaries tn whom it has placed its confidence, and giving for a result that they have contravened its explicit will be little delay, probably, in receiving their explana- tions. With these in view, i | tially and cautiously, the g Majen' jeterminat.on, | termi the feceral government ought not to donbt. | Her Ma; demres, with no lesa sineerity than the supreme magistrate of the Republic, to preserve unin ich happily exiat between Spain and the United States; and benides, being « lover of jurtice, whenever this ix made clearly evident to her, her Majesty knows and respects the obligations which the Jaw of nations imposes upon her. | ‘The undersigned avails himself of this occasion to re- | new to Mr. Soulé the assurance of his most distinguished copaideratioa. A CALDERON DE LA BARCA. | _ The preceding note being approved, I have the honor | to receive at 12 o'clock M, the new mote of your Excel- | lensy dated to-day, Iwill lay before her Majesty, and communicate to ‘our Excellency the reply; meantime leaving it stated Lore that the government does ‘wet, consider thls os am answer to your last communication. A CALDERON DE LA BARCA. ‘The MinisTex PretvorentiaKy of the United States. {E) LxGariox ov THe Untten Stares, Mavnip, April 12, 164. Sm—In reply to your Fxcellency’s note of yeuterday, which I received late in the evening, I have the honor to state that the reasons by which your Excellency seoka to | justify her Catholic Majenty’s government tor not coming ‘at once to n definite and decisive action with re‘erenc to the outrage which I denounced to Its justice on th» | Sth instant, are wholly satisfactory. |, Har Meienty’s government cannot, ua the 11th dey of April, plead want of authentic data In case of wrong perpetrated at the Havana aa early as the 26th of Febru- ary last, when at the same time an authorised nnoounce | mént wax made on the Sth instant, by the official ga rette Stat the government was in poscession of des | patches from the authorities at that place up to the | lbth of March, and when it in known thet letters have | been received in Madrid more than three days since with Havana dates up to the 13th of the same month | Neither will the government of the United Seates admi that an ofiicer of the accredited rectitude and the recog- nized intelligence which distinguish the Marquin of Penuela bas so tar been delinquent in the performance duties which he ows to hit own government, as @ it to this day witnout information concern ing an event affecting so deeply ite reputation and honor. | Heeing, therefore, no motive for varying the terms of my note of yesterday, I tender to your Excellency the renewed assurance of my mont distinguished considera- tion, LERRE BOULE. His Ex. Dow A. Catprnow px LA Banca, Minister of State of her Catholic Majesty. J Finer Derartaest oF State, } Pataon, April 12, 1854, f1x— Yesterday, the 11th inst., was delivered to me, € at 12 o'clock precinely, by the Secretary of your Lage: | tion, the note of your Excellency ot the same day, re- minding me of that which your Excellency himself placed in my bands on Saturday a clock of the | | afternoon, to which were annexed various printed docu- ments, and to which I have already replied. In this second communication your E niders the detention or the Biack rrion “1 premeditated by those who committed it; demands the | jon from Her Majesty's service of all persons, | w may be their rank and social position, who | taken part oMfeially in that transaction, and um of $300,006 an the indemnity for the in- | jured partion Finally. your Excellency adda that the non.compliance with this just reclamation within the term of ferty.eight | hours wil! be considered by the United States as equiva. lent to # declaration that the government of Her Majes- — ty is resolved to uphold the conduct of ita functions rier, and in order that I might not forget the term pre fined, the Secretary indicated to me the hour on the | clock’ before giving me the writing Dotwithstanding the short time which the government of her Majesty has had to acquaint iter lf with the docu ments which accompanied the first note of your Excel. | lency, of the Sth inst., which, besides being voluminous, were not of eaay translation, and considering that the which followed ito delivery was Sunday, ond a great saleaaley asponges ur, that I had to give ita contents to the Council of Minis‘era n, my Indy, I have replied to your Rxoel- leney not only without delay, but, on the contrary, with promptoess I said to your Excellency honor to repeat it to da: jt shall have before it the authentic which it lacks at present, it will Majesty a resolution conformable 10 justice. that, having heard only one party, and that one they who vuppored themnelves aggrieved, there should be taken immediately thove grave and definitive determina tions which your Excellency proposes, does pot reveal in the opinion of the government of her Majesty, that eoneitiat disposition and that consideration which practice establishes between friendly nations in thia | clase of transactions. Your Excellency is too intelligent not to edm't that « compliance with your demand, without previout and careful examination, besides beirg incompatible with the dignity of s nation which iteelt, would Involve an inexeusable act of arbitrariness and injustice. Nor ‘would it be surprising to the penetration of your Bxes lency that ® manner so peremptory of execting satirfec without listeniog to the defemce of the should suggest to the government of her Maesty » icion that [it Is not ro much the manifes fivety Interest in the Cefence of pretended in incemprebensible pretext for exciting extrangerment, not a quarrel, between two friendly Power | flatter myself the belief that the asetrances ready given to collency will satiafy the Federal government sod induce it to await, with confidence in the rectitude of her y's government. the rewult of the statements which the latter waits to receive If unfortunately, {t should not be so, the opinion of the | civilized world will decide on which vide is the right Vermit me, in conelusion, to impress upon the mind of your Excellency that the government of her Majevt ealoun sino of ite decorum, is not aeouxtotnml t t hersh and imperious inanser with which it hay been pressed which, furt is not the wort for attaining to the amicable settlement which is for. Desiring no jens earnestly and sincerely than your Rx cellency the continuation of the amicable relations exiat ing with the United #tates, I renew tw your Pacellency the sesurance of my mot distinguished consiteration, ae. CALDERON DE LA BARCA Hon. Pinar Sovte, Envoy Extraoidinary aed Minister Plenipotentiary of the United Btates Usrren Bare Len anoe ’ Miomo, Aprils, 164, 5 fim—T have the honor to acknowlesge mymif in pow session of your Eacellency’s note of the 12th instant, in forming me of the determination to which ber Cathotie government has come po: 'o comply'with the Geronnds made of its justice by the government of tne United Bates, ligation of otherwise | reference to ite contents. Bot | eaasot diemiss canotice! certain remacts which | your Keeelleney hes venture! concerning the comres | which the poverpmemt of the United Maton bas Uygugh +B) W Puree ue Rew peeens aetqaes, to them than by a mers MARCH 25, 1855. | been held up by the press in cou: that ite manner and tone be rather on its part, to excite a au@eulty’ taen « ‘to vindicate ite insulted honor, and to in- to ita injured citizens, is but little cre- to the candor of her Catlolic Majesty’s govern pan, oe ag in very bad grace from one who, like your y, cannot but be aware that the records Of this Legation, as well as those of her Catholic Majea- «Department of State, are loaded with reclamations = there cases in which it may become a tion to show itself magnanimous, even under the infic toh of most unwarrantable injuries, ean never be when such injuries are coupled with so barefaced a dis regard in due to a frien tly Power as that which the United States ia the deten tion of the Black Warrior and in the confiscation of her ry Coning here what I bad to ray on #0 ungrateful a aub- ject, and still cherlshing the hope that her Catholic Ma. Jenty’s government may, before it be too late, come to more conciliatory resolves, | renew to your Excellency the assurance of my mont distinguished consideration, PIERRE SOULE. Tis Excellency Dow AnGxt, Cauprnon pe LA Banca, Her Catholic Majesty's Minister of State, MR. SOULE TO MR. MARCY, LEG ATION OF Tilk UNITED Starey, ) Mapu, April 22, 1854. * * * In the meanwhile Mr. Calderon has, after four days of meditation. sed me the note of which Trend a herewith « i e answered it romptly, as per copy herewith transmitted, and there 6 matter rests for the moment. MR. CALDERON TO MR. SOULE. Finst Diva wTMKNT OF Seats, ’ PaLacd 118, 1854, f Sm—Friday, the 14th inst ck in the even- ing, 1 had the honor to receive your Kxcellency’s note Gated the day before, in answer to mine of the 12th, re Intive to the Black ‘Warrior. Ax soon a» was possible I have placed its contents in the knowledge of the Council of Ministers, and have raised it to that of her Majeaty, With their accord I proceed to reply to your Excellency, In the first place, the government of her Majesty can- not comprebend why your Excetiency aflirins that it hax declined to accede to the demand which that of the Uni ted States has made upon its justice, when Ihave assured your Excellency, positively amd repeatedly, that what the government refuses todo is to pronounce inconti nently, without sufficient data, a degrading sentence, arbitrary and consequently inexcusably unjust, agaiust all the authorities who without hearing their defence, and impelled by a pro exaction founded on the representation of those w suppose themselves injured, paying to the latter, witho examination, the aum of three hundred thousand dolls which they denignate. ‘The delay which its own dignity and ita daty, as well as equity, demanded from her Majenty’s gov nt has been very quickly justided by events, if the recently re ceived accounts are certain, though unollicial, that the * Black Warrior’ had been alre delivered to bi tain, and thus the principal difficulty 4 Just as Little bas there appeared to be any goo ground for the allegation of your Excellency that the same sive excui mation oa in oth 0 of which your Exceliency says the archives of thi tion and this “Cepartment are full, For my part, and rince I am at the of it, not a single one of yours bas failed to be taken without delay by me into serious consideration, and replied to Your Excellency bax made no reference apecitically, or oy, way of renewing them, to other anterior ones, which, if they have not been decided, it is to be pre numed dings in many that it has been because the procs doubtful, and the investigation of the facts difficult. It is near fifteen years that Spain hax hed pending at Washington the reclamation of the schooner Amistad, and more than three those of various Spanish #udjecta for damages and injuries occasioned during the war with Mexico, and for alleged illegal proceedings in California, and never has the government of ber Majesty thought to attribute the delay of the solution toa epaiee or to an unfavorable disposition. What your kxcellency thinks in a general way con. cerning the magnantinity of great nations in not taking notice of offences, which are not ne love of the na ture of that wh no pplication to this qu ‘ it in this case, nor would she ask it in aay other, be cause if—and this she ix not accustomed to do—s should deliberately oiler an iolury, she would know hi to manifest the fortituce and perseverence of haw ia en proof, submitting herself to the conser In the present occurrence, I have the honor to repeat to your Excellency, the government of her M4, ‘dgroo that there hax been an outrage, ner m meditation. In my turn, your Excellency must mit also to say to you, in the same general and hypothetical way, that when the amicable arrangement which your Excel lency exprenses the hope of seeing concluded promptly is desired in good faith, those expressions which might lend themnelvex to be interpreted as harsh and offensive are avoided in the negotiations which have for their ob- ject ® conciliatory renult, Your Excellency concludes your pote with the mani- festation that you had said all that you bad to say. The government of her Majesty just as little can add any thing more untilit acquires. as it hopes to do in a abort time, an exact knowledge of what hax happened. Nor does it fear that, having reason on its wide, the conside ie rerolution which it may then adopt wiil arrive too te. Lavail myself of this occasion to renew to your Ex cellency the aasurances of my most distinguished con- sideration A. CALDERON VE B, The Minister Plenipotentiary of the U ‘The Case of Capt. Fillett! and the Brig Ba, i We have received » communication relative to this af- fair, which we subjoin, divested of nome objectionable panrages, TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK HRMAL. As Captain Filletti bas lately been brought be! United States Courta of this city, and as his name h greatest crimes known to our laws, Messrs. Lupton & McDiarmid, of Greenpoint, La to build the brig Balear for the trade between thix port and Tampico; but before the vessel was in frat embarrasemente obliged those gentlemen to auspend th epecations, and Capt. Filietti consequently had to rent @ necessary portion of their shipyari, and Gaish the versel himself, Among the mechanics that presented themselves to the captain for employment, was s man named Raymond Knowles, who waa engaged in some unimportant capacity, as shown by his wages —ten ahil lings per day—when very ordioary sbipoarpenters were earning from two and» half to three doliars Koowlen was Cismisned alter having worked on the vessel Uiree quarters of a day, for which he reee:ved ninety four cents; be waa discharged by Capt. Filletti. This act of right and justice is the sole origin of the captain's aulae quent troubles, Knowles immediately deciared that he would ‘have something out of the captain,’ before he left, and trumped up the story that Captsin Filetti was the seme person he had seen aa Captain Kraft in 186%, in command of the schooner Advance, on the const of Afri ca, (afterwards condemned, as intended for bong he, Knowles, was employed as cooper e Un mo built by Capt. Filletti for t! u T launched 16th last December, and about the mid ry commenced to load for Tainplco. A little before lock on the afternoon of Baturday, 27th Filletti was arrested when on board of United States Deputy Marshal Horton, on the affidavit of Knowles, to the effect above stated tnnd as every one au thorized to accept bail left the Marshal's office at three o'clock, Captain Fillett) was sent to the Tombs, where he was confined till the next Woncay evening, when on the nny jon of the United States Metrict Titseney Hon, Joba Keon, bail was accepted for $5,000, by Commie sioner Morton, who kindly inconvenienced himerlf to go to the prison Inte im the evening, to release the onptaln Although Mr. McKeon gave the case bis prompt atten tien, the examination lasted some two weeks, a4 several witnesses on the part of the government were called from distant points, The only witnesses thet swore ositively to the identity of Capt. Fillet! with Capt ratt were Knowles and an Irish musician of the Ger- mantown, named McNeil, while their superior officers, Com. Lavalette and Lieut Rogers, who had had far vet ter opportunities for judging, sald only that their im. preanicon that Capt. Willett! « t Kraft were one, ta. tras nela’r, bot the government, swore positively ease. All the witnesses brought for he fact that Capt andiog, and at the in command of the their evidence upbewtat gly ‘Mett! ine man of w time apecified in the schooner Amphitrite og { New Orleans to vari ous ports in the Gulf of Mexien and the whole weight of the testimony was so undoubtedly in favor of Capt Fil letti, that at the conclaaion of the examination Commis slower Morton, without waiting to have it raimmet u discharged and fully exonerate! ne Fisherts fines the examination, Captain Filletti hee re ceived a letter from the owners of the Amph trite, Messrs. Harelli & Co, of New Orleans, ant » certificste under the seal ot that custom house, proving thet from March 24, 1862, to April 90. 1868, im clasive, he arrived at thet port im command of the schooner Amphitrite five diferent times, and cleared as often—once for Chagres, once for Navy Bey, ones fi Hise! and twice for Tampico—eufiicie vines every one of his inpoorner were the examination itself, These papers are im the of South Wi upon bis evidence or District Attorney to prevent reetric pare nod others concerned, ané the Baleer clearet for Tampice on the I2tu inet, under comment of Capt. Robert D. renith, instead of | Captain Fillettl, thes till detained The resulta of th « perereutom of Capt. Fillett, malicious foreiy on the part of Kaowles, ani that be hea to two dare ta miserable cel in the Tombs to poy ‘oh te: the privilege of bring e¢ mitted to ball, to lone ble» in the Be lear to pay lawyers charges, and cutee ta 4 mind sed bedy during his cons aroination. Hie pee thoogh as (ane | ones | framed thet be hee no remedy agai nnd Would wtand & very poor chance to por ae be Ceserves, were this \o be atiemp ec It la te be hoped that this care le © lesson to the United Ptates authorities tbe mor evidence on which to arres the pomishment of which | showhd e4d that Capt, Filletté mas for the leet ton ar Aiieon years. commanded Amer sen | port of New Orienns, amt s “ | and standing, ran Soattrer ving ferbthat be bag * ine Ge emg in has oola chacgs, fovea Besicas paris, may have intervered in the affair, | sare attempted to be employed in this recla- | of them are long, and the basia on which some rest | | hundreds of thousands of dollars in specie, One set of | bills of ee wee exami 000. Hots Lobach & chepeler, Negrettt & & Sons, Shiers Oliver—all Bevor Doo Francia- ode Ay , late Mexican Consul General ; at. denne Chase, of eng yy ' wt the oo Mortality ‘TO THK KPITOR OF THE HERALD, From the admirable weekly synopsis im the Henan of the mortality in the elty and oounty of New York, imfaa- tile convulsions would appear to bear an unusualig large proportion to the other causes of death, when com - pared with what is the average result ia other large cities; and Ian now, with your permission, desirous of directing the attention of my professional brethren and the pubite generally to the subject, hoping some addi- tional light, from closer inquiry, may be thrown over what appears to be so frequent « cause of death during infancy im your greateity, It would seem that 204 im- fants died im the course of the last four weeks from the eflects of convulsions; and I would presume tn all these fata) canes there was po other complication Analg abe caure of death, In London, with « population and weekly mortality fully four times as great as that of New York, the total number of cases of convulsions re corded in the y bils of mortality does not ex At any one time, two per cent of the entire deaths, while in your city it is upwards of ten percent, This difler- | ence is in Paria about the same that it isin London. | Now, for this great diversity in the frequency and fatel eflects of tile conyulaioi ork, Loa- , Paris and other great cities, there must be « cause, combination of causes; and to the investigauon discovery of these, humanity ani the im- of ‘medical rcience alike and that ne time nor labor should be #pared. That the fatel cases of infantile convulsions which take place weekly im your city owe their origin to various causes I do not entertain a doubt, and | merely wish here to call attention to the dangerous effects of colt on the healthy state of the b: at different a} of life, but more particularly during early infancy, very general custom that prevaila in your city of leaving the heads of 7oUne intents exposed is at all nensons of the year of somewhat doubtful propriety, but in the winter season especially, when the tempera ture of the alr is no low as it has been for several moaths ng, atlomded werful wt, it in, 1 bave no hesitation in asserti with the most fatal consequences, Cold ha: | effect at ali cges in producing congestion sion of the brain, and hence, | the great increase of deaths from apoplaxy, Many of the lower © oung until they have acquired quifieient strength and necessary covering to sscure them against the deatractive effects of cold, the path same end? It is in vain to expect health y atage | of life if the phynical management be totelly at varianee with what the natural pow: the body oan austen. | The custom, therefore, of keeping the heads of infante uncovered from the earliest age, whether the weather at the time be bot or cold is very dangerous, and no far from being » preventive endless source of disease. Honoxxs, March 12, 1805. KOBERT LITTL, M.D. Spectal Legislation at Albany, TO THR KDITOR OF THE HHKALD, Under the above heading, I find an attack in the New York Daily Timer, upon an article of yours adverse te the passage of the bill now before the Senate of this #tate, to incorporate the “New York and Brooklyn Loe Company.’’ ‘his article in the 7¥mee contalas such fle grant miarepresentations calculated to misiend the pub- lie, aa to call for refutation from some quarter, and alter waiting a few days, withont seeing such refulation appear, I offer the following iucontrovertible facts to the coumideration ot the public, and to caution them to beware of this attempted w#indle under the specious ion. liffedly false that there over has bees now a monopoly in the tow trade of thin city. Kye tines the t cilities to these of leas capite: than tering into and outing the business highly eredite- ble to themselves, and for which they are entitled te public eonfiden 2, Tak thay rage rates at which {ee is furnished in thir city, an rim that it is impossible under any olr- cumstances torupply it at any lees rates. Except me cecasional occurrence of scareity, the fuc- tuations of price are trom 12% cents per one hum Ored pounds, ev ‘hen in Ube delivery labor toe smount is required, and if every consumer of toe in city were & stockholder in the New York and Brooklye lee Company, it would be impossible for him to procure Lis nupply of ice at less rates 4, From « thorough daily and hourly knowledge ef the {ce business in NewYork for the past twenty five years, 1 affirm that the present dealers oe alunat Hesiod every other year entered into «» competition with other, and thereby reduced the prices, and espectally the pant year, below even a living profit, 4. The second object to be obtained by the formation Of this chartered lee company, ae given by ‘A Consa- muer,"* ia truly n novel one. He saps it la to At aeeve- rege price to the arvicle at ® now! cont of procuring later my teal knowledge of that he and every ot consumer in New York get thew nominal advance upos the ving transportation delivery. but littie reom to any ome offer afew brief hints amd hb what 1 try to make, 10 take before purctmsd think every one will be liked the stock. If it be as profitable as represented wh pot they remain in it’ If it baw paid os well aa is all how did it happen that some of the parties above all to beggered themselves and others in the ution of An apawer to these two 4 ns will be the beet antidote to this bill, and « #ure explosion of the whale bubble. When ‘A Corsumer’’ answers, then the writer of this will, if necessary, enter upon & history of the ioe trace in the city of New York for the past twenty five ware, in which it will be shown that the etock of the New York and Brooklyn Ice Company’ will never taken up. eQuiTY. New Patents tsaued. List of patents innued from the United States Patems Office, for the week euding March 20,1455, each bearing that date — FAward L. Berthon, of Fareham provement in folding life bosts dupe 12, 1661 Fibe Biss, of Newark, Nod Fogland.—For im- ted in England For improved awivel for * Blotgett, of Haontbal, N, ¥.—For improved ae W. & John W. Chapa — For improvement in knobs for for other i of New York, N.Y. toning curteles and Yor method af of Benece Falls, N. Y.—Vor deview far alr chamber umpe Archibald H Ororier, of Oswego, N. Y.—For machine for eutting barrel heads Chartes G. Curtla, of #pringfield, Mans Abbott R Davis, of Kast Cambs proved shot eartrid Howard Velane, of fyrscase, N, ¥ Vor improvement in feeding {wel to furnaces Alexander H Gaston and Joba “ath, of Bunbury, Ubiom For iuprovement in rakes avd elevators Vor pumpa Mass —For um Joel I of West Middlebury, Uhio—For impeove- ment in extension tables Thos, Hanson, ot New York, N.¥.—For valve foe hg- draulic ram Bibridge Harrie, of Boston, Mast —For improvemamt in lamps Trane W. Howgiand, of Jersey Oty, N. J.—Wor ship of Windsor, N.Y —For tmprove- brakes —Yor (mprovel has of Walpole, N. H.—Wor improvement of Albany, N. ¥ Fred. Newbury For \mprovemmat, in Orearme Abuet N. Newton, of Wichmon4, lad —¥or improve- ment im cartridges Deniel Hi. Phillips, of Greenville, 1 —Vor improve towel in eee! planters Loomis BK Ransom, of Havana, Ohio—For improve- went in the manefsctare of bricks. Fisk Russell, of boston, Mase.—VFor improvement im mowing marhines David Bhive, of Mbiladelphis, I's Polishing (aguerreoty pe plates. Denjemin M. Basil, of Hancock, M4.—Vor improve iment in reed piawtors ba A. Spragee sed Bernard O'Connor, of Dayton, For improved self WaAing cart of Montville ~Vor marl ne ter + mortiving amt provement in lovmes William | Vose, of Newtons Alerent: ¥ Printing press Uecer Wills, water whee Waiter A. We men’ George © M. Vout, of provement in cultivators (eo, A. Prentiss, of Cheshire county, NI —Pee lmprovemeet in the arrangement of whee, exiles, ead trietion rollers George W Sixtman, of Viewss, NJ Tor tas opt 8 Mowing machines rer vu M Hh Hartley, of Now Yoru, N. Y.—Wor im proved press for making cy'intro comical projectile by peeevare € 4 Cotten, of Fhetworne Fi Mas For um provement in attaching segare to Preven rbaler, of Matson, Comm —Vor iaprovementa of Waardet vt, of We ror (Ahem, Mist —For tm 2 Ore separators Themes JW. Pobertecn, of New York N.Y, senenar % T 4 WW Reberteon wad Alfred F Reach, of came pace bor ar provement im mahi nee Cher Le Thaley, of Pertiand, Ms. eengnoe te bamentt set Might) Netung, of same place—Vor improvement re eee tor fw: rlgne. Jee W Gertarr, of Meelvarne Pelle, Maas. Pyladripria, y | — Yor Genwen for (able forks Jnenh Benny amd KAwart J Delaney, of | Pe —Tor Gor'ge Cor cowking swres,