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2 ‘whe had served their time'were again called into service, tiens were made fer into militia my the ‘Penineuiae? pel args tend and — foreements were demanded from Puerto Rico, In adii- ‘Wom to the adoption of these etic measures, the ey ment arrested and ‘® number of per- po naga reputed to be members of the junta of general feenmesten, or commancing generals er chiefs of bands. At Havana there were arrested Ramon Pinto, head of the @ rich Catalan, very intimate with the Capuin Cintra, an eminent advocate, Jose An- tonic Bchev: @ distinguished writer, and the eu- ped ‘of the rsitroad from Matanzas to Havana, Carlos sea, Juan Cadalzo, the two young Balvices and Pinelo. Other arrests were made at Matanzas, Bejucal, Guines, Puerte de Golpe, (Villa Clara.) Cardenas, Pimer del Rio, Trinidad, Taru A number of per- gone have fied; this affair is being actively followed up the government. Pinto, the head of the conspiracy, iy compromised, ‘and important papers have been 1m his house. Rmigrants who had been itted to return to Cul ‘ave amongst the number of the most dangerous and deeply ec mpromised conspirators. In mnenoe of the Tneasures adopted by General ‘men are concentrated at Havama and 3,060 at Las Tusos. The mi organizations which have ‘been effected raise to 20,000 men, the number of the de- fenders of the government of the island. Ie io ox; that the American steamers of which we have spoken will be detained by the autheritles of the demand of our consul. Spanish ships of war have been hai hha Adcig be enemy. Large transport steamers have n go’ P to all the points that were Whely ion. ‘The council of Ministers listened with much interest te the report of M. Bastillos; it was decided in council thatithere should leave Cadiz on the 12th for Havanaa bat- tallion of infantry which is at present on the island ef San ande, and by the lstof May there shouki be a embark for Cuba sufficient tioops to eomplete t ieland the effective force of 30,000 men. The @overner had ordered the judgment by councils of war, eenfermably to anterior laws, of armed bands of more three men who might be found traversing the inte- ‘terior of the island. In the latest news of the Patric, we find the follow- ing — Oar letters state that the conspirators in Cuba had de- taymined to assassinate the Governor General in the ‘theatre. It was intended to upon him from a box opposite his own. Then the was to have been put ext, and the Lieutenant Governor General Manzano, and ‘the other officers of the suite of General Concha, were to Ihave been despatched, The conspirators, whose num- ‘der is estimated at two or three thousand, were abun éanily provided with arms, ammunition and even artil- RXOITING SCENE IN THE CORTES ON THE SUBJECT OF OUBA—IMPORTANT DECLARATION BY THE SPANISH MINISTRY. ‘The Madrid correspondent of the Paris Presse gives the following account of the interpellations put to the Spanich Mimstry in the Cortes on the subject of Gen. @onena’s despatches :— ‘Bho Cortes came to a vote to-day (March 8) of high jmmportance—an importance the greater from the tact ‘that it seems to prejudge the solution of the question left to the Assembly by M. Olozaga. It has affirmed in the existence’of two chambers, by a majority of 201 votes against 155. Bat the sittsng reserved for us other emotions. I an- meanced to you, a few days mnce, the discovery of a very serious censpiracy in the island of Cuba. This morning the gorerasiens received circumstantial des- aouee brought to it by M, Bastillos, one of the most tinguished officers of the Spanieh navy, who has just veturned from the island. Now General Serrano aud- deny interrupted the debate on the constitution by demanding of the ministry if they could give seme ox- planation as to the contents of these despatchez M. Luzuriaga, in the midst of a silence truly solemn, gave s reply as’ categorical as the circumstances would ‘A great conspiracy had in fact been discovered. Bat ‘the Captain-General Conchs had succeeded ia nipping it im the bud. All the priocipal actors in this drama were im the bands of the authorities. The minister was able to give the assurance that the security of this rich col- ony was in no danger. Large re-enforcements of troops were about being dispatched to Gen.Concha. Spain would Dieed frem a)l her veins, sooner than support in that quarter either injury or dishonor. On the characier of the conspiracy Mr. Luzuriaga was mot xplicit as he himself would no doubt have desir- ed. enly ventured to insinuate a fact which people here would like to doubt, namely, that the impulse of thes SRT UNCY, came from the United States ; and he immediately asserted with energy and in a manner which produced a profound impression on the assembly, that all the conspirators arrested were acknowledged parti- sans of the maintenance of slavery. @n this occasion the minister made a declaration which refleets the highest bonor upon him, as well as upon the eabinet whose sentiments he expresses. He said, that without invading the rights of established property, without refusing to compensate them by a suitable in: demnity, the Spanish government was finally decided to put anend tea barbarous institution, which all civilized nations condemned, and which M. Luzuriaga did not fear te call s pest and jame to humanity. ‘The Es ministry has the more merit for having taken this generous initiative, from the fact that negro slavery reckons, in this liberal land of Spain, numerous and very warm jisans. And for Cuba itself, the declaration is not without its perils. M. Olezaga constituted himself the interpreter of the sentiments of the whole Assembly, by proposing a vote ef adhesion and thanks to the Cabinet. It was the pen- dant te that which was passed about » month si ‘eensequence of the explanations demanded by M. Ma teguy. The Cortes have proved once more that they are Gcnidea not to retreat from this position, in which the henor of Spain is so deeply involved. apart from the debates of the Assembly, I hay ‘bat the principal author of this Cuban conspiracy afrocked monk, who bad succeeded in insinuating hi wolf, to a certain extent, into the confidence of Gen. Concha. Mention is also made, in connection with it, of well known employé belonging to the engineer corps. AFFAIR OF THE BLACK WARRIOR. The Madrid Gazette of March 4 contains the follow- ing — Some journals have, during the last few days, occu- ps themselves with the question of the Black Warrior. is their right to do so, but it is to be regretted that they are not in jon of more exact details. The government has clearly made known in the Cortes the sme which will guide it in its international rela- ; they are those of justice, which is the sole source eof veritable force, veritable authority, and veritable na- tHenal dignity. The affair of the Black Warrior has been ‘tweated with the strictest justice, and as soon as it shall be terminated on both sides, the government will give publicity to all its acts. AFFAIRS OF CUBA—RUMORS OF 4 MINISTERIAL CRISIS. ‘The Clamor.Publico of March 10, says that the govern- ment had received news that some of the conspirators in Cuba had been executed. A letter says:— It has been reported for some tims past that a palace intrigue has been got up against the ministry and the vevolution. But the truth is that the Queen, ina re- eent conference with Marshal Espartero, showed every confidence in him, and the General, on his part, displayed ‘the most respectful deference towards her Majesty. ‘The Queen, moreover, bas formally denied in her own mame, and in that of the King, that there was any truth im the rumors that had been spread about on the sub- ject, and she added, as a proof of her sincerity, that she ‘was ready to make any change in her household that might be considered desirable. If any interpeliation on the subject be made in the Cortes, the goversment will state that it is perfectly satisfied with the court, It has been rumored that the debate in the Cortes relative to the constitution of the Senate may lead to a ministerial exisis, but the ministers have determined not to make a eabinet question of it. In addition to troops who are about te be sent to Cubs on the 18th, 600 volunteers are 40 leave at the end of the month. ‘The Spanish government at Madrid had delayed the sailing of the Havana mail steamer of the 9th of March im order to send out a regiment of infantry in her. ¢ In the Cortes on the Sth of March, the Minister of Fereign Affairs, in reply to a question from M. Rances, said that he entertained hopes that the differences be- ‘tween Spain and the United States would be satisfac- torily arranged. M. Rences said that what the country wanted was to see them honorably settled. LATEST, MADRID, March 14, 1855, ‘The proposition ef M. Olozaga relative to an’ elective Benaie, appears 10 have some chance of success. The wnt will abstain from voting on the question, A (isa er 24 Carlist horsemen have’ made their appear: anes im the mountains of Burgos. Troops have been vent im pursuit of them. THE NEWS FROM CUBA DIRECT. OER HAVANA CORRESPONDENCE, Havana, March 25, 185 The Monroe Doctrine—Intereits of England and France in thegWest India Islanes—Alarm at Sagua la Grande— Fear of Filibusteros—Excitoment at the Arrival of the Prineton—American Shining at Havana—English Vessels of War—Execution of Pino—His History Commutation of the Punishment of Cadalzo ant Pi nelo, dc., de. My reeent allusion to the ‘Monroe doctrine,” as it is generally called, was without intention of giving to your readers any new views as to its practical absurdity, how. ‘ever wise it might have been when uttered, as Iam in- lined to believe, withcut much reflection. Such is my weakness, inexamination of the policy intimated, that 1 find no reasonable grownds for sustaining it, or tang ling’ with itfour politieal relations. France, England and other Powers have interests in the West India archipe” Jago to justify honest oversight, care aud regard for anything in the vicinage that may jeopardize them. ‘The United Staves, with self-respect, in view of her own relative interests wuder like cireumstances, could not object to active measures here on the part of Euro. pean Powers, when their interests are assailed or threa‘enec, any more than they could if the immediate domain of those Powers were entered by invasion of ‘“filibusters,” instesd of that of their neighbors. ce have shown, by recent action, w they take of (heir own rights, pre- enting therewith the force necessary to sustain them in Ha assertion; and while they claim the debt of gratitude from Spain for the preservation of the “ integrity” of @uba, they bave their eyes open to their own imterest— with the Sexon, @ two-edged sword, that ents both ways. ‘The British and French veestis of yar etil! continue in abeyance to Spanish necessities and Spanish fears; and they propese to follow up the practice, under the prece- dent now established, upon the neighboring coasts, or any pear lands that may be liable to, or open for Kinney emigration, for fear that these agriculturists, ashas beem eften the case with our great grand sires, may prove wolves in sheep’s clothing, to the detriment of Span. ish power in Ouba, and the prejudice of British industry: By the time that France has done lifting herself, with her foot upom the neek of England, and Louis Napcleon is safe im the saddle—umpire of European, Asian, and African power—but one great antagonist left upon the stage to grow! defiant negutives to his ambition, them eur good mether will begin to ‘count the value of the Crimea and its Sebastopol to herself—and the fatal blows wherewith she has severed the fond and filial sympathies and interests on this side, will be multiplied in the devotion of ber own Eng- lish heart, at home. No one objects to England or France in comfort and aid, ae it may be needed, furnish- ed to Spain; but not therewith to plant a policy upon the island of Cubs that will not only be fatal to Spain, but to the nearest neighbors fraught with imminent danger. The friendship of England has cost Spain more than the enmity of France im days gone by— and her love embraces now will be certain death; the nerves of old age may not endure it. On Spanish plains, and before the walls of Spanish cities, the battles bave pean fone thes vere at beep erntial for the safety of Great in, an in largest - Hons the debt, ox gave. the ends, which have. Yoon wearing into her vitals since. With the new sprout of the ancient terror, that Britain is bleeding at every pore her best blood to nurture and strengthen, & new and un- natural line of re are being created, which may be finally elucidated and adjusted upon British soil, in- stead of Spanish, when they may feel the want of the stropg arm of the green child—the towering sapling of the Western world—too late. Asthe sun sinks in the West, the grateful shadow may cover in the East mil- lions that these struggles wake to freedom, for their comfort and guidance, Iam ‘no het or the son of a prophet,”’ but these things may just as well be, as the dreams which tincture the present of British policy, now being webbed round the feet of Jonathan; so adieu to the shade of Monroe and his doctrine—it is not a necessity for human ress, and therefore can never be realized. Ta this connection I may as well note that full advan: tage is taken by the sla vers of the “‘actual circumstances’? of alarm created inthe palace by premature ¢eclara- tions of the invasion for which it was ‘‘noforious that tions were being made at seyeral points in the Jnied States,” not a thousand miles from ‘‘Sagua ls Grande,’? where the authoritles are so sensitive as to the vi influences of a painted spread le upon an eighteen inch square piece of pasteboard, hidden away in ,the counting room of a Yatkee merchant—not dis- played over the entrance of his office. An awfal alarm was created a few evenings since by the report that some theusands of filibusteros were being landed in the vicinity. The volunteers and the regulars, both white and black, were aroused from their dreams of safety, and got into beet order as soon as possible. Ad- vance guards of picked chivalry, soon eame in view of the cause, and hastened to give the fraternal embrace to their brothers from the coast of Afries. The of the neighborhood was restored ; two hundred ounces to dream comforted the loyal officers, who went to sleep, over the nightmare of the ‘spread eagle,” which rested upon their quaking bosoms; and four hundred and fifty Africans rejoiced in having escaped the chances of British philanthropy. Several other landings have been made on the south and north side of Cuba during the ‘extraordinary cir- cumstances” which make the key to the still pouring offers of nal services and means, predicated for the period when consummation shall occur by piratical in- vasion, and the number is stated at over two thousand five hundred Africans that are duly regiatered and pro- vided with ‘‘eedulas’’ of protection. On the morning ot the 3d of March, I think, an Ameri- can man. of-war steamer was reported in the offiag, sup- wed to be the Princeton, Fagle, commander, (the San jacinto bad arrived the day previous.) We had been so long in a period of some excitement, without any na- ‘tional representative, that the rumor caused the curthin of Valdez to be filled with spectators to witness her en- trance. Strangers and citizens mingled together, and as the noble steamer entered port the air was filled with waving handkerchiefs in welcome to the stars and stripes and the ship. Iam told that such an on the entrance of one of our vessels has never before taken place. I mention the fact only to intimate the necessity that always exists in this port, for the pres- ence of @ respectable vessel of war. It makes a great difference in the confidence of business men, and in the treatment of American citizens. It gives security to our commercial marine, employed in the carriage of the island products, which is to-day sixty-five American ninety-nine of all the rest of the world, and I have known of twohundred and is in this port, two-thirds to be of United ge. The idea of the proximity of Cuba to the coasts of the United States making it unnecsssary is an error—the vicipity makes it more imperative. The relief of our vessels of war could be so regulated that health would be consulted while the public interests would not be neglected, as has been the case in past years. I see H. B, M. brig-of-war Espeigle reported arrived on the 19tb from Port R. with ‘powder and ball,” not a usual form of announcement at the inspec- tion office. and leaves the impression that brings those munitions for the Cuban government. In the pa- pers the Espeigle is reported from Port Royal only. hile England uses these arguments to impress her reasoning among her neighbors, itis not to be preaum- ed ibat we shall keep up with her, without a little of ‘the same logic, which will be found much more effec- tive with the Spanish mind than the fine epun expecta- tions of the State Department—at rate, it will serve tofenforce ‘respectful attention,” which has never ob- tained in this jurisdiction without it. Itis hoped by our business folks that the matter will be esteemed of sufficient importance to induce investigation or enquiry by the proper department, when the tions of our correspondent will be verified, as they ever have wn. Our vessels are fired into, and no reply is even condescended to official questions as to the reason why; our arma are hunted. out from the interior of a public office and dragged from the walls, with- out the shadow of cause for the indigmty; and our citizens taken in the peaceable and honorable discharge of their public duties, and dragged lice con- viets from Sagua to the Havana, under a guard of sol- diers, to the great injury of their business.. After being detained here a few days, Mr. Thompson is told that he can return to Sagua la Grande, but no intimation given him that he will be compensated for the outrage; and while these things are being done, under the protection of Bngland, France and Africa, the treaty between ia and England is violated in so open # manner that it is not porsible ta: the attention of Jobn Bull: but the difference. Wi e seed pow strewn broadcast in the land, the objection ceases. mg wilt make excellent vo- lunteers in two or three years, for service in Cuba or the neighboring coasts, as may be deemed advisable for the fruition of British policy. The San Jacinto, it was known, could only remain here a day or two, which caused the welcome of the Princeton and its ‘* Eagle,’’ under the belief that they would not put their hands with impunity upon him, to drag him from his ship, for reason of the obnoxious name, worn in honor by the noble sailor. ‘A word expressly for ‘J.’"—the fair and romantic apo- st for Spanish wrong doing-—vide Bzpress March o— which, as bon bouche, extensively copied by the Cuban press—embraced by the Diario, “J.” may be nervous; she certainly is full of charms—person and mind, in angelic harmony; and all bow the knee in wor- ship of the divinity which’ stire within her; but a month was @ short period for the procurement of the vast Lnowiedge csplayed of Cuban aWairs,coubling ber to write such a philosophical sweep; to give the negative to the best Spanish authority, which had been kindly put in requisition for the intelligence of her countrymen. It was not pretty in her to deny what General Concha had proclaimed in solemn edicts to be @ “notorious” fact, and for which be had put us wader martial law, and the coasts of the island under blockade—pot to say any- tiing of the arming of volunteers of all shades and colors, and calling to his aid the maritime forces of France ard England. The sweet play of her imagination over the surface of “social things we can duly admire, but we want also the sterner staif of delving judgm which shall give us basis for actien, avd shape the tion for the advantage of mankind, whieh we hope she will try t us ip,—and we will go to heaven, or any where ¢lse that may be permitted, under the prestige of her gentle influence. . T should like to close this letter without adding less easing matter, We had believed, as we had hoped, that Pinto and his companions were safe, from what seemed to be well established data—but not #0. This people had to learn, that justice could be circumvented for a pur- pose. The ‘Court of Correction,” created by General Concha to meet the case, after refusal of the Awlitor of War to confirm the sentence of the court martial, had divided—two being for death and two for much milder punisbment—so that the casting vote was left to the Captain General, who gave against Pinto. He was put in the “‘capilia’’ the 21st, morning ‘ollowing the conclu- sion of the verdict—delivered to the hands of the exe- cutioner, morning of the 22d—and expiated the offence of which he was suspected, afew minutes after seven o'clock A. M. tears have been shed in Havana nince, Pinto leaves @ wife and nine children Tam 1 formed by those who knew him well, that he was uni sally esteemed in this community, Of the others, I shall have something to sey, if possible by this steamsr. Postcrirt.—I am promised » copy of the last will and testament of Pinto, but fear that it may not be a time for this steamer—as from the last words of a man who has not been insignificant in his career, light may be thrown upon a subject which now seems buried in mys- tery. Ramon Pinto was 51 years of age; was born of respectable parents im Barcelona, not rich, but comforta- biy occupied with the industry and business of the sity —in what class of trade, if any, 1 am not advised. The family had property at cent in that city. The youth of Pinto was passed at Madrid, near the court, ng pro- of the popular favorite of that day, Duke of Alagon, who was the most intimate friend of Ferdinand Vil.— the King baving also given the asvantage of his influ- ence for the manly culture of Pinto, of course througb hia friendship for the Iyuke of Alagon. Pinto was edu cated at «seminary under the royal patronage, and in- tended for the priesthood, which he declined when the period arrived for taking orlers and the robes, as his tastes did not lean that way. He joined the volunteers of Madrid in 1820, when the covstitution was prociaimed and was one of the three thousand men that foaght the celebrated battle of the 7th of July, in the rtreets of that city, and repulsed the royal guards with great lomw, He was one of the guard that escorted Ferdinand to Cadi, when, by surrounding oreumetances, bi becowe a king, of which advent Ferdinand never forgot the face or name of individuals, which trait was remarkable with him. On the route from Ma- drid, at a small village where they rested for the night, Pinto was placed by the officer the immedi ard of the royal person at the door of the King’s On coming out of his room into the hall he looked at the ‘an duty, exelaieni } that you, Pinto f ea, your Majesty.’ NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1855. Pinto?” ‘Your Majesty will ever be safe with the yo- | diMculty. The reply informed Tunteers of Madrid.’’ respemec was, “I y ts lieve so.” The passed into another room and re- tarped in a few moments to his sleeping it with a bow to his sentinel. Remon Pinto was one of the det ‘of the salient work of the Cadiz defences, called the Trocadero, which was opened tothe freneh through treachery, they entering with the naked sword only, in superior numbers to the sur- ised of Madrid pri ity boys, but they fought ently, each one paying his score ashe went. Of ive left alive, Pinto wae one. The pol pasa that soon followed showed that freedom wes not in the Jand or its éoueaile Pinto embarked from Cadiz for Cuba. Here he was well received—the fame of his cenduct at Madrid and Cadiz having preceded him. His aspirations of life have been for one cause to which he has undoubtedly been ae- voted. The objections made heré are to the mode of his trial, and the incompetent testimony upon whieh he bas been condemned, as well as the repugnance to the punishment of death for poli’ offences, which ip abolished in Spain by legislative e1 ‘A day or two since I had the pleasure of meeting a gay fart) com of Western New York and North Caro- lina, just on their retnrn from inspection of the More Castle and the Cabanas fortress; I congratulate the military intelligence eer city that from an inverest- ing source—the perso Ppa of one of your journals —they will have a scientific picture of these impregna- ble work with “« charme and beauties of dear, lovely Cuba.’ Thus much I gather while helping them to du joyment of their supper at the Dominica. Will the ly also say that ‘it is 8 pity, such aman should and se die,’ while she vindicates the way and the manner of the cause? or will it add another rose leaf to her Cuban embellishments, while she condemns all but her own dear relf—of the many who presume to know something of the subject of which they speak? would ever have her free from the incubus that the soul of self-condemnation—as to the itis of but Httle consequence what we in consciencefree. with, in the Diario de la Marina of the 23d" you will find the condemning orders stripped of all intermediate ee before urement of the form of verdi Cadalzo and Pinelo committed to ten Fai preridio at Uueta. Many others remain on the age military docket. Pinto made his will late inthe night of the 21st, giv- ing in direction to his executors where to find deposited his letters received from General Concha while in Mo fed with a request that they shoulo be sealed up and de- livered into the hands of General Concha. xy have been bree ll aubinat a much Loken ag nant it b supposed anact of magnanimit; ivery them under the cirenmatances. aware of the | Ges Cay af the Heraxp, I have taken the largest narra for fear that something of interest might be omitted. ‘the news of the death of the Emperor of Ru does not find ready belief, for reason of the late taking of Se- bastopol, for which our choice wines were violated, and we bad the mortification of finding ourselves done. Pinto was executed upon the Punta, but not at the same point as Lopez, as stated by the Prenza of this morning. who saw also pinto “tremble” as the garrote came in view. The earth may have trembled—Pinto did not. Havana, March 25, 1855. The Case of Ramon Pinto—His Execution—More Arrests— Trial and Conviction of Estrampes aud Felia—Acquit- tal of Capt. McOulloch, dc. I little thought when I closed my last letter to you that I should again have occasion to mention the name of Ramon Pinto ; but circumstances that transpired af- ter his brutal execution, exhibit in so strong alight the character of General Concha, who manifested his v geance even upon the dead body of his victim, that I feel I should be wanting in my duty as your correspondent, were I not again to “write of the dead.” You would scarcely give credence to the fact that positive orders were given not to permit the members of the family of Pinto to follow his remains totheir last resting-place, and that it was only by a special personal application to the Captain Gencral that a nephew, a #on of his sister, who married General _—-, was permitted to co so. The body of Pinto was taken charge of by the “Hu- mandad de Ia Curidad,”’ @ negro religious society, who narrowly searched the{corpse—stripped it, I understand, to find any money or valuables upon it; but the brutes only found w single segar in one of his pockets, Then the Captain General refused to permit the corpse of Pinto to be placed in one of the n‘ches in the wall that sur- rounds the ‘‘ Campo Santo;”’ and the body resta in the sare hole as thatin which the remains of Narciaso Lopez were pla Every effort was made to induce Pinto to make dis- closures that would involve other parties. The Chief of Police went to him in the prison several times for that purpose—on the last occasion about three o’clock in the afternoon of the Cay preceding his execution, wken he was in capillo, making bim an offer that his life should be spared if he would make the disciosures; but the ying n nobly replied, “Do not pester me— let me die as ho Save lived.’” When he was ascending the the scaffold the attendant priest rmpressively urged the doomed man to make the desired disclorures; but, waving his fastened hands after the marner of Spaniards, he simply raid, ‘No! padre, no!’ Within two minutes after uttering these worde—which were bis last, pot thoxe mentioned in my last letter —he ceased to be of thin life. His eldest daughter is literally crazed, whilst the second, pamed Marianne, has been at death’s door ; three evenings since the boly sacrament was adminis- tered to her, it being then thought she was dying: but the Deity, in His infinite mercy, has spared her, I trust, to be the mother of a race of patriots who will not dis- grace their lineage. The fourth and favorite child of Pinto is named “America.”’ His last message to his children was— “Never to be ashamed of their father’s name.’’ But I will pursue this sad theme no longer. The intelligence of the reader will naturally supply suitable reflections upon this mournful event. Don Francisco Valdes Herrera, who lives at Guanajay, has been arrested and brought to thia eity, where he 1s permitted to remain at hberty, under his parole of honor not to leave Havana. Forty other persons of great respectability have been brought in prisoners, from the Pinar del Rio district. Amongst them there is understood to be a Lieut. Gover- nor, whose name I have been unable to ascertain. Doctor Pinelo and Cadalso are again, I_understand, incomunicado, Francisco Estrampes, Juan Enrique Felix, and Capt. Richard McCulloch, were yesterday placed on their trials befere the Consejo de Guerra. Neither of the accused chose to be present at their trials. The Prosecuting Fiscal read from a manuscript book some twenty Pat m coming to ion that was pot material to his case, said this is then turned over about a dozen few more sentences. This farce was re} times; then the Military Defender en ‘upon _his de- fence,and after a briet consultation, the Consejo declared Estrampes folty, and he was sentenced to die by the rote; Felix was also declared guilty, and sentenced to 1 years imprisonment in chains, w ist McCulloch was le was not, however, at liberty at a late hour last evenin; I presume we 6) Spanish brutalit; i have another dreadful sacrifice to within forty-eight hours. The early hour at which Trabel leaves this morning, does aot permit me to make any lengthened remarks, but I will simply aek if such a trial can by any ingenuity be con- strued to be according to the seventh article of the treaty of 1795. I think that isthe date of the treaty be dween the United Strtes and Spain. BRUTUS. Havana, March 25, 1855. The Trials of Feliz and Estrampes—Invitation to the American Consul to be Present—His Treatment by the Officers—His Refusal to Attend the Trial, de The battle against life and freedom opens fiercely un- der the new lights which have given the “ Military Com- mintion’’ the meaps of securing any verdict that they may be inatructed to find by the rabble in arma, or the power that trembles at the creation of his own brain. ‘The revising court can be assembled at any moment when it may be esteemed necoasury to evade the legal adviner of this branch of the judiciary of the country— the ever just and honorable ‘Auditor of War,’ who tefures to sanction the use of vile convicts for the con- struction of cases of their own denunciation—or the sen- tences that may be derived from them by the hosorable gentlemen of the “commission,” whose “sense of jus- tice’’ sleeps with the swords they wear—in tneir scab- bards ~not to be driven to howest action, even, if seor- pion like, they could strike back with the spurs they wear upon their heeis. We have just eanght breath to yo on in toil for our daily bread, with the hope to hear no more of ‘ military commissions,’’ courts of correction, or Concha convictions—when we are aroused again by the alarm that more justice is about to be dene—after ‘The trials of Messrs Felix and Estrampes, both citizens of the United States, were ordered for yesterday, by General Concha, before itary Commission, and # commu- nication of the in was sent to the acting consul of the United Stater, inviting bim to be present at the trial, The consul went to the place appointed for the display of justice, apd finding the court not orgenized, the members of the august body amusing themselves tn they could, be drew «chair near « window, for the advantage of fresh air. and seated himself. In a moment ‘an officer of the court Me pike pat and informed him that it was not usval to admit strangers into the part of the hail where the court was organized. The consul replied that he had no intention of intruding and could retire, bur thet he was invited by the Captain-General of Cuba to be present at the trial of his countrymen, as the con- sul of the United States. He was immediately informed that a place was especially appropriated for his service, which, after several serpentine curvatures, he wae brought to—behind the arras—a rat! a rat!—in the rearof yellow—very yellow fever looking curtains—which made a convenient whispering screen for secret inquimtorial messages, He found a small partitioned work, not unlike the eagés on board of the Rodney, in which was placed achair, By great exertions, and with the advantage of a bole, he cold see through the bars, and get @ glimpse of what might be oD, with the aid of imagination, He declined accepting ure of the place or the chair, which wes as unlike prevent at the trial as the trial iteetf was to be unitke that provided by just con. struction of the seventh article of the treaty between Spain and the United States, They ret: to the court room (old barracks}, and the officer mace explanation z that the Conrul of the United Ststex would mot accept © ccommedations proffered i General Kamon * resident of the Counell of War and of the Com- r patched an sid to the Captain Genersi for wet as to what couse should be taken in this that the not required to appear before the Court until they are req for sentence.”” Col. Ro! immediately replied :— “If that is the case, gentlemen, 1 have no business here. I can witness no peoneatings tess do not conform to the requirements of the treaty between Spain and the ‘United Btates, and therefore I shall not Dgt Se ober a $ jorable gentlemen, and requésted tin! ald be givem to the Captain General for his kind consideration in providing achair for his use, regretting that, under the circumstances, he could not use it, the ball immediately, which caused Ling despatch to be sent to the palace fer more ice. Late last evening nething could be positively ascer- tained as to the demand of the Queen’s Attorney, but it in geners supposed the hves of both were selicited of the noble judges. A great many of our most respectable country citizens have been called to reside in Havana, as General Concha wiehes them near his person. They come on their words of honor; the city limits their bounds of circula- tion, and they have the pleasure of reporting themselves every Gay at 20’clock P. M. to the military Governor, Munoz, that he may be assured of their good health, ba ects. § wy oan just now throughout the country and all the cities. D. THE OUTRAGE ON THE AMERICAN VICE CONSUL AT BAGUA LA GRANDE. ‘The reeent arrest by the authorities at Sagua Ia Grande, of J. P. C. Thompson, Esq., American Vice Gon- sul, calls up the recollection of an outrage committed at the same place, in 1852, upon his predecessor in that of- fice, of which mention was made in the Nxw York Hur- ALD, at the time of its occurrence, About the Ist of May, 1852, the brig Lucy Watts, Capt. Watts, being at the port of Sagua la Grande, three seamen were taken out of her by order of the Spanish authorities, on the ground that one of them was a de- serter from a Spanich man of-war, and that that the other two complained of ill treatment on board. Upon the application of the Captain to the American Consul- ate, anda request from the Vice Consul to the Spanish Commandant of the port fora return of the men, with the potice that Captain Watts would protest in case of Tefusal, and claim dameges, this official declined sending por ah nok Se , Conphranddd demanded their el 8 AD 8, threatening the Captain to arrest him and send him prisoner te Havana. The Lucy Watts final ly went to sea without her men, but was not allowed to depart, however, until the fees fer the ble of taking the men from the well as for their maintenance while in prison, were paid to the Spanish authorities fi Upon facta to his chief at Trinidad, Spenish Port Captain that he should sustain Captain Watts in his claim for compen- sation for any delay he might experience from the ab- duction of the men, as well as exact an apology for the insult offered to American . Not receiving either the one or the*other, he laid the whole matter before the General of Merine at Havans. The finale of the matter was that tl ficial, after shirking the true issue of the case, sustained his subor- dinate in bis acts, and recommended that the Vies Oon- sul be ‘“ severely corrected”’ for his course, in conform- ing to which the bey daw General fined the Vice Consul F 00, and forbade from exercising that office in future, The summary of the foregoing is, that a Spanish official violates international law, causes losses tctenshe to inmoceut Americans, and upon the representative of their nationality fulfilling the cuties of his post, ne re- dress is obtsined, but the representative is fined and disgraced by the highest authority in the island. THE CORRESPONDENCE. Saova, La Granpe, April 28, 1852. To Tux COMMANDER OF MARINE AT THIS PoKT:— Smr—I am informed by the Captain of the American brig Lucy Watts, now at anchor in this port, (and I respectfully give you notice of the same,) that a ms- riner of his crew has been removed from the vessel by persons obeying your orders, and without the consent or wieh of ‘said eaptain: and I beg of you that said mariner may be returned to his vessel. Though I am ignorant of the causes which exist or may have existed for such proceedings, I do’ not donbt that they are founded in the justice which always distinguishes the acts of this comandancia; yet the duty which the post I occupy imposes on me, ol #8 me to apply to qs in support of the request of said captain, wh ch ope you will grant. JAMES H. WES1, Am. Vice Consul, delegated by Saml. Mclean. SAGUA LA GRanpE, April 30, 18: To THE COMMANDER OF MARINE OF SAGUA 1.) Sm—Captain Watts, of brig Lucy Wat! tag notifies me that three mariners of his crew have n removed from the vessel of his command, without bis order or consent, and without the knowledge of his Consul: that, consequent’y, he is constrained to stop the loading of his vessel, and that he is not sure whether he will be able to proceed on his voyage, on account of the want of his sailors, as im this port there are no mariners that can be shipped in the place of those of which he has been deprived, and that finally he protests most rolemnly, against whom it may concern, for any prejudice which may result to him, declaring, at the same time, that he does not consider himself responsible tor any expenses incurred for or by his mariners in the afluir which is the cause of this communication. Ail which I inform you ef, for your guidance. JAMES H. WEST, American Vice Consul, &c. SaGua La Granpe, April 30, 1852. Mr. James H. West: S1n—My vobleness of character constrains me to tell you, that, as captain of this port, I am responsible for every disorder therein occurring, whatever erin the nationality of the vessel in which it may take place. Three meriners have been disembarked from the Ame- riean brig ay Watts, Capt. Watts, on account of the ill treatment tl yé there received. One of them pro bea deserter from the Spanish man-of-war Patriota; and the cther two refuse to go on board, on account of their having been frequently threatened with a pistol by the said captain. These reasons make it impossible to oblige them to re-embark, And respecting Capt. Watts, you may tell him that he has no right to claim damages of avy kind, the authority which [ represent in this port being enough to proceed against him ia any way which he may deserve; and please further advise him not to resent to me claims of on berets as I then shall be forced to commence suit Ke him, arrest him, and send him to Eavana. AVIER CROQUER Y PAVIA. Saaua La GRANDE, May 4, 1852. Mr. James H. West:— Srr—The two individuals arrested by me, at present in the jail of this proceeding from the brig Lusy Waits. Captain ‘atts, disembarked from their vessel on account of threats of said captain and the ill treatment which they received, have asked me for the clothes and beds which they have on board said vessel. Please elaim said clothes and place them at my disposal, , a the same time, wish to be embarked in one of the Ame- vessels now in the harbor; and it not in my dower to do, to, I communicate to you tn order that you may embark them for America, it possi ble for me to send them in the same vessel ie which they belonged, as in so doing I should violate the palice regulations. ZAVIER CROQUER Y PAVIA. ConsvLare ov THe Unrrep States oF AMERICA, ‘Trisipap peCona, May 7, 1862. To THE COMANDANTS DE LA MARINA, Sagua la Grande:— Sin—I have this day received from the United States Consular Agent at Fagus the of a correspondence between him and yourself, relative to the abduction, by our eae three seamen from the American brig a ‘ith respect to the one claimed by you as a deserter from a Spanish man ef war, Iean only say if such de- sertion can be satisfactorily proved, you may have a ht to reclaim him, but your rearons for taking the er two men from on board the brig do not appear to me to be satisfactory—unless some ¢ has been eom- mitted, which requires the intervention of the proper authorities, I cannot concede the right to any person to interfere with the command of any American vessel in my jurisdiction.—The mere ‘ ipse dixit ’ of two dis tisfied seamen should not, in my opinion, have had su’ ficient weight with you to induce you to take the res- ees you have... Captain Watts was at least enti- toa hearing, which I presume from the tenor of your note, he bas not had, and as it is not the habit of ‘American shipmasters to ‘use pistols in the execution of their duty, I must beg to be excused from giving cre- dence to the statement of the men, until confirmed by better autho: ’. If L have taken a correct view of the matter, Captain Watts is fully entitled to compensation for any delay he may experience from the abduction of the mon, and I shall consider it my daty to support him in his claims for it. Should you deem {t proper to send bim to Ha- ‘vana as you threaten, my further intervention in the matter may become unnecessary. I sincerely hope, be- fore you receive this communication, the matter’ will have been satisfactorily arranged. SAMUEL MCLEAN, Consul U.S. A. ConsuLate UsrTep STATES OF AMERICA, ‘TRINID. AD, May 17, 1862. Jaurs H. West, Esq., ‘Acting U. 8. Convular Agent, Sagua la Grande:— Dear Sin:—I have this moment received your commu- nication of the 6th inst., arked the 8th. You will bave received my letter of the 7th before this, inclosing one for your captain of the port. I have only now to say, that I shall exaet from that gentleman full and am- le Log ve for the injary he has done to Capt. Vatte, as well as an apology for the insult he has offered to our flag The consuls or their agents are the only persons allowed by our government to interfere between masters of vessels and their crews, «xcept in cases where the laws of the country they are in are int a, and I feel perfectly satisfied with the competency both of my agents and myselt to attend to the duties imposed on us, without the int aes of A subordinate officer " ‘ou will of the port,and at the same time intimate to him that I am anxiously waiting for his reply to my letter of the 7th inst. Your Obd’t Serv’t, SAMUEL McLEAN. P. 8. If the man claimed as a deserter cannot be satis- factorily proved as such, he must be sent on board of Captain Watts’ vessel with the other two. ConsvLate oF Tie Untrep STATES OF AMERICA, ‘Taipan, May 24, 1862. James H Weer, Eaq., Acting United States Consular Agent. as. Dr. ae vont communication ef the llth, with P. 8. of the 14th instant, waa duly reesived. [am without a reply from the Os ‘of the Port. Should I not re- cerve one, and that of @ satisfactory character, in all this week, I will lay th: matter before the ‘‘ Command- ante General de la ina,’’ froma whom I shall ex full and ample redress fur the outrage comm' by his subor¢é imate in your place. You have acted perfectly right im not taking charge of the men seized; when the pow port not withoat in- BAM'L. Mo LEAN, rtructions frem you to do so. INTERESTING FROM EUROPE. Our London and Paris Correspondence. THE PEACE CQNFERENCE IN VIENNA, THE ¢ZAR ALEXANDER IL Death of Don Carlos, the Spanish Pretender, &, &. Our London ee, Loypox, March 16, 1855, Opening of thee Vienna Conferences—The Siege of Scbasto- pol—The Attack of the 2d February—The Railway— Bupatoria—Death of Mrs, Cass at Rome. Having written se recently as Tuesday last, I have not much to say to-day. The Conferences at Vienna have commenced. Prussia is not represented there, Of course nothing reliable has transpired as to what took place at the firat meeting. A general opinion prevails that the new Emperor, Al- exander I], will do what he can, without compromising his dignity, to come to terms of peace. The last words ef Nicholas are said to have been advice to conclade peace. The dying Emperor avowed that he never believ- ed that the alliance between France and Eagland would last. That was a great mistake, We have letters from the seat of war to the 4th March. ‘The railway at Balaklava was already of great ser- vieo, Kre this it is completed to the camp. The French hada very serious brush with the Rus- sians on the night of the 234 February. The following is an account of it:— It is known that the Russians were erecting important works of counterattack near the Malakoif Tower, to- wards which the French ines were gradually Soren ing nearer and nearer. As these works were likely to embarrass the French miners and disturb the plans of the allies, it was resolved to destrey them. {fo this effect a portion of the Third division, under the orders of General Monnet, advanced during the night of ‘the 234, and attacked the Russians in their intrenchments. ‘The Russians, much superior in numbers, made a valiant defence; but, notwithstanding their resistance and the fire of the batteries and vessels in the port which bore upon th Leben eden they were driven out of their positi and works destroyed. it appears, was the cele object of this nocturnal expedition, as there was no idea ef remaining ins position that could be swept easily by the oo of the port. The French returned after accomplishing their object, but not with out considerable loss, estimated at 100 killed and 300 wounded. Among the former there were seven or cight officers, and some twenty officers wounded. General Monnet himself had the thumb of his right hand shot off, and received a shot in his arm. loss of the Russians, which must have been considerable, could not be ascertained, The reports of a great battle, in which Osten Sacken ‘was wounded, &c., are all pure fabrieations. No further attack has taken place in Eupatoria since the defeat of the Kussians on the 17th Feb,—what Menschikoff styles ‘‘a reconnoissance.’’ Menschikoff has been recalled from the command in the Crimea. What- ever may be his faults, his defence of Sebastopol was well managed, and the sinking of the ships at the en- trance of the harbor saved that piace. ‘Tne news of the death of Nicholas had been received by the allied armies, but the effect produced upon the Russian army has not yet oozed out. The French have been throwing a new kind of rocket into Sebastopol, which has set it on fire in two or three places. Here all is quiet enough, and the first warm days of spring have shown themselves. ‘A letter from Rome, of the Sth, says :-— Yhe diplomatic circle here nas recently sustained a fresh los# inone of the most amiable of its members, wh eath sueceeded those of the Marchesa Pralormo, M Bargegli, end Baronue 4’Arnim. Mrs, Mary Cal ro Ludlum, wife of the Minister of the United st was yesterday snatched from life and from the afi ction of her relationa by the bursting of a blood vessel in the head, She was near ber accouchement. Her vir- tues, beauty, and amiable qualities will make her me- mory deeply regretted by all who knew her. Louis Napoleon has not yet left for the Crimea. Lonpox, March 15, 1855. The New Ministry and the Czar’s Death—The Vienna Oonference—The Chances of Peace—Sir Charles Na- pier’s Position—Commotion all over the World—Dr, Granville, the New Prophet, dc. dc. Since the unexpected death of the Emperor of Russia, our new ministry may be said to have obtained something like a respite, though there unmistakable sigas abroad that such is but of a temporary nature. This event has fallem with such stunning effect on the genera councils of Europe, that parties and individuals seem glad of the momentary pause, to lay aside old manwu- vres, and take a fresh survey of the policy of the day. A new starting point appeared to present itself, Every one has been busy endeavoring to solve the great problem whether, hitherto, we have been fighting a system or a despot? and the balance of opinion among club-states- men was, at the outret, “most decidedly in favor of the last. Lord Palmerston himeelf was at first disposed to believe that his old field of protocol was fairly reopened, and that the laurels he obtained after the French reve- lution of 1830 were, after the lapse of a quarter of a’cen- tury, about to bloom anew. Lord Clarendon, we knew, caught up the straw, and fairly flew away with it; but itis understood that communications from Lord John Russell, at Vienna, have tended greatly to shade off the bright hues of first impressions, and to impart a severe, if not sombre, tone to the hopes of the future. As far as relates to the new Emperor's manifesto, every allowance is made for it, and its identification with the he. reditary policy considered as & thing of course, whatever degree of modification m‘gbt afterwards occur. But it has, semehow or ether, oozed out that Lord John has ascertained that whatever might have been the present Czar’s reluctance te the commencement of hostilities once the sword drawn, his very existence prevents him from sheathing it, except at the triumphant cry of vie- tory. With an understanding that he will give the im- perial prestige to the prosecution of the war—that he will eee St. Petersburg, like Moscow, reduced to ashes, before, by acceding to peace, he takes a step in Russian retrogression—the whole influence of the party repre- sented by his brother Constantine is to be brought in support of the throne, and under the double influence of a listless, mild, but dissimulative chief, and a stirring, active, talented, and arbitrary younger brother, backed by a majority in public opinion, Lord John thinks that the chances of » penceful eolution are even farther off than during the lifetime of Nicnolas. While thete views are floating up by little and little from the Austrian capital, public opinion at home is gradually of itself assuming a shape and tone that indi- cates a settled conviction that « struggle is about to ensue of a nature calling for many and bitter sacrifices for years to come It is observed that nothing has oc- curred during the long reign of the laie Czar to change the normal and aggressive character of the Russian State ; that though he has greatly improved the millions he governed, morally and socially, that he Isft his empire as he found it—a people still seeking for a local habitation and a name. It is observed, that while England, shcrn of all her dependencies, would be Eng- Jand still ; that Framee, bisected and subdivided, would be France to the very nail, Russia. presents the seat of her empire to the world—her capital of St. Petersburg— a mere depot of lodgings—of public offices ; that com- paratively few females take up their abode in it, and that commeree, instead of establishing itself and becoming de- veloped and rooted in localities, as the nucleus of civiliza- tion, is driven hither and thither, and rendered su dser vient to military convenience and goverzment. It is ob- served that Russia is a mere aglomeration of Poland, Persia, Turkey, Tartary and eastern desert, and that he, very constitution seems to compel her to push onward to the standing ground of Eurepean civilization; tha: her colonies are military if not penal, and that Turkey would have been safe to this day if the military settle ments in southern Russia did not at once supply the out Pg th agg Sr arg? for the armies en e Danube, the Pruth, and the [cbernaya. It is ob served that wherever Russia has put her foot she has never receded, and that blight desolation soon fol lowed ; that Livonia, Finland, Lithuania, Poland, have ail become withered’ or nipped up—all sunk and their history clored—and that whether the Czar be Nicholas, ‘Alexander, or Constantine, this policy of Russia is, and will be, the same. Therefore, that the c! for Kurope— for England especially—lies between continued advance- ment in civilization, or submission under Russian en- eroachment. The danger of French aggrandizement is alleged by rome, and there iss growing disposition to admit the objection; but the answer is, we have no choice except to go forward in this My Po the ive cha- racter and barbarian jaence of Kussia, even though France and England fly at each other afterwards. Such ‘an evil might arise whether Russia were or not, and if whem we have battled t ir inst the com- mon foe, we should afterwards out, at least the con- test will not find us unprepsred,unexercised in arms and ignorant of the resources of our foe. Russia—it i# naid—if we would not share the fate of Greece; of Rome, under the Gothic invasion; of the under the Franke—must be made to keep her bounds, and, if need be, dirgorge the mations she has devoured, unless we pad nia hand down England to our the shadow of her former self. It in very true that Mr. Bright is listened to, while with fluent amd unquestionably powerful oratory be de clares we are warring for an unattainable ob; phantom of the yt character—that cm sake of the fall of | pol and mili renown, are payin; price of education, civilization, morality, nay, even life iteelf—that we are plunging the eoun' into pauperixm of the very w: and most ebarscter—that the country is disgusted and be- wikiered, the House of Commons scarcely less #0, and the government a perfect , But these are arguments which do not yet penetrate into the large midole and thinking classes, who, with few exceptions, are unanimous in the belief it the war ina most just. and necessary evil, which, in justice to the common country, we have no right to refuse, In the meantime, the state of our executive ig one of pr? Gm GRA princes fe en stich ns of bein, and are many who tit wil fl ngs Sie Cormwall Cawis Gomes focwand with bis ney That the opposition are waiting Puy their strength on that occasion is generally believed, and it is thought, moreover, that Lord Palmerston will exert bi Senn Wey ee Srey tion of | ‘Ba character as may enable hic, if atadcaty, tute it am appealto the country, | repeat lyatrion you that whenever that did take place, was to be on & financial question, because in this on); is thers a chance of weakening the protectionist party, who are quite a3 ready to prosecute war as the Primier bjmself The only q nm on which Lord Palmerston ince bis elevation, appeared at all like his former sel in his defence of Sir Charles Nupier, which hae won him. olden opiorons. The country is slow to believe thet japier is unworthy of his reputation; and the discove . ries of gross mismanagement in the army, incline it to suspect that if a searching inquiry were made, he would be found to have very just cause of compiaint agains! thore whose duty it, was to see him adequately previ for the important expedition he commanded. Slr James: Grabam, on the contrary, is by no means popular wi:h the country; and @ suspicion prevails that whenever th correspondence is published, Sir James will have the| worst of it, The Knight o: Letty ia ® peculiar ta- lent for getting into hot with his assosiates. In 1834, he separated from the whigs and disgusted every, one by the personal apite he flung into his opposition. You know, in England, we don’t admit of the same Hens as in America; and when Sir James said that England| had had all kinds of administrations, but mever before! « bby one,’ and that Lord Brougham, after floun- bout inthe mire of radicalism, had sunk—oll, inte the lees of the ballot—ne eas 6 to) use very strong language indeed, He Jent about the China war, till snubbed by Wellington; and then there was bia ‘‘peeping”’ at oe as none by Mr ae beg) member for jury; and many other gq je. Altogethe: he is pot the man to strangle A Charles Napier, p= | Lord Palmerston hai both the House and the country] Min him ess eo pee sboulc fe nis fermer colleague. He dec! that nothing which the gallant| Admiral had done lately bad in slightest degree, changed his former opinion of him. There is no doubt] the Premier has still his eye upon the Admiral’s futu: services, should his administration hold on, He could n¢ re-appoint him to the Baltis fleet, because Sir James! Grat am, as First Lord of the Admiralty, had appointed Admiral Dondas—Admiral of the very China expedition| he once #0 loudly condemned—juat before late| resignation, But unless death—and he, too, ia a ,septa- ee ian—intervene, “Old Charley’? will still ‘probabl; ve another chance, Commotion, it is to be remarked, seems quite the orde of the Riots in Australia and proclamation o martial law at the Cape, the prespect of another Caffir| Ouba is unsettled, and General Concha is bur; Denmark ber bec ition. Sardinia seads to Count war 8 du guogue, and Spain| has voted herself Catholic and tolerant at the same time. You will have seen in the English journals the letter] which Dr. Granville had, two years before, privately sent to Lord Palmerston, predict the Czar’s death at] latest in July next. Perhaps @ short biography of gentieman who has succeeded in attracting so much st- tention me male i a - baad readers. Dr. Gran. ville was 01 ly in jeapolitan navy as surgeon. His proper name is Bozzi, but thinking that of Grasvill more euphonious, and, 10 English ears, aristoeratic, hi adopted it. Being an Italian, be managed, on first ao’: ting up in London, in 18165, to pick up some little prac among the opera singers then chieay in vogue. Fro there, he worked up his way among some of the mer. bers of the aristocracy, as a capital paysicles. for stren, thenia the vocal o chest | on , 1B} a looking wan, above ry er hé'toon became fatous ” He took a splen id hoase, gav magnificert soirées, at which bis singing fr Itai'an Opera assisted, and rapidly on. Hi money infivitely taster than he made it, but his kept him above water. He went to Russi and came back published its histor; olumnes Some people bb Dover went farther than Naples. ‘Was there a migeral spring discovered anywhere in Eng land, the parties appliea to Dr, Granville, whe immedi ately (on being paia) wrote up ite medicinal properties. He wrote # treatise on the spine, and was nearly winning] the Fotkergillian medal, it was, unfortunately, die- covered thut he had bribed some one to steal his com titor’s notes. He kept town houses, eountry, houses, and cottage ornévs, with a suit of car- mi ; he brovght up « family, ana good berths for sock member; he wrote books in English, though « fo- reigner—he lives like a millionaire, while ne one giv: bim credit for being worth « shilling—in fact, he is very prince of enarlatann, emd now turos out, just fore itis e to shufiie eff hie mortal coil, to be th reatest prophet of the nineteenth century—one wao, faa he been hstened to, might have saved urope mil. iions of treasure anc torr le spent geni month, of blond. UNIVERSITY CLUB, Our Paris Correspondence, 7 Panis, Mareh 15, 1855. ‘The Peace Conference at Vienna the Order of the Day —Tiv Position of Prussia—Will Napoleon Go to the Crimea: —The Suppressed Pamphlet om the War—The Case q Gen, Forey—The Palais de UIudustrie—The Russia Crars, de., de. The feverish state of the public mind respecting th absorbing question of peace or war, is evidenced in phase of sogiety. The absence of any faithful ch through which the ebb and flow of popular thought md; be recognized, causes it to gush forth in most eceent jets, now soaring up high in air, straight, clear, pellu. cid as truth itself—now twisting, spurting, gyrati and splashing its turbid stream in the face of eommor sense, as it trudges on in daily routine, he réle @ dil‘gest correspondent is, I ween, so to eatch up th salient spray and condense it, that men afar off may « ail, without the trouble of inspection. It is perfectly true, then, that since I last wrote Bourse bas gone up on the report that the plenipotea| tiaries at Vienna have commenced their conference with the firmest persuasion of a peacefu solution; but it is no less true, that the moment began to be effected, the Bourse went down as fast as get up; and though the air is resonant with gen! Dreathings of courtly letters from Prussia, ef centen plated mourning for the deceased monarch of Russie, o| tender emotions and compunctious misgivings of Au tria—the Czar’s former fidus Achates—still, I eonfeas see nothing that should induce any modification of previously expressed opinions, that the elements of fare are precisely where they were, and that Euro convulsion has hitherto only been dallying om threshold. The dying request of the late Ruasian Emperor to hit brother in-law at Berlin, that he would never forget th words of William the Third, his father—a request whic is said to have sunk deep into the@fi ng of Prussia’ heart—are the following:— Keep yourself free, my dear Frederick, frem the ma, nia of innovation, which bas become se general, from the numerogs theories now exii , which canno be carriec into practice. But take care also not to into another excess, which may be just as fatal—that ive precilection for ancient institutions, Itis oiding these two extremes that you can make ul ameliorations. Keep up, as much as depend on you, a good understending with the European Pe ay Prussia, Russia, and Austria in particul separate, for their union is bulwark of Euro; pence, There is little doubt that the Prussian King, wi 4 warm heart and a weak bead, feels himself sorely what course to take; but opinion leans strongly te belief that his place will ultimately be found by the of Russia, His actions, however, are precisely soch | we see in every day life, when the animal tempera and the intellectual are too nicely balanced. Fom stance, a difficulty suggested itself at Vienna about tering upon negotiations. Alexander the Second had yet been recognized by France or England, as soversii of Russia ; and it would have been competent for P when, at afuture time, called upon to subscribe to result, to plead the informality, and so invalidat® whole preceedings; but King Frederick showed hi at once ready to remove this ground of cifficull proposing himeelf to be the medium of Alexander’ ession to the two Western Courts, who, in ackno: ment, will put om court mourning for the Orar, Tho all fear of the Vienna business having to be done © again, in consequence of a technical objection’ taken away, But his Prussian Majesty has fooner ratisfied his love for fair dealing this point, than he sets to work to make conference not worth the good ésaners it will consume, by straining every nerve to turn the tion of the federal contingexts of Germany, not Russia, but against Frene#. The consciousness of this determined Lord Jobs Ruasell and M. Bourquenay—t English and Frene® plenipotentiaries—to insist, aaa liminary of ulterior proceedings, on the minister » for Russis sccepting, by the affix of their signatures, certain bedis—for example. the interpretation of the tocol of the 28th of December, as afterwards explal by the treaty of December 2. If they decline, the © isat anend, It may happen, however, that principle shall be accepted, while the exceptions to details are such as to oblige the pleni; refer to their respective governments—in which case ai tie course will tum its length, until the weather invites the conference to tarn their attention less sedentary occapstions. If the protocol ix at accepted, Prussia. though no party tothe cont cannot be more jealous Ruewia than she ie heagelt, will, of course, jo the European concert. * To turm to matters a earer home, but still bearing