The New York Herald Newspaper, June 19, 1855, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. JaMES GORDOS BENNEST, PROPRIETOR AND EDITOR. OTFICE H.W. COPNEB OF KASSAU AND FULTON Gr. Wolume XX. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery. apne. P, Ware -Gowpoisen’s Revi a GARDEN, Broadway—Davonrsr or Saur ARK. Srony—Ma. BURTON'S THEATRE, Chambers street - Parvrsn oF @uert—Ovr ror a Moumpay -PARnents anv GUARDIANS —Luxe Tue Lazonen. WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broa¢way—Criip or rum Rz- coment. WOOD'S MINSTRELS—Mechanice’ Hall—4]3 Broadway Py HOUSE, 089 Breadway—Buem- ian OPERA TROUPE. OBMIESE ASSEMBLY ROO: 089 mana oy Eunors anv Sixce oF PERHAW’S Bi {UE OPERA HOUSE, 665 Bread- way—Eruorian Orzna Taovure. New York, Tuesday, June 19, 1855. Boatueg—Pane NW YORK HERALD—EDITION FOR BUROPE. ‘Sho Conard mail steamship Africa, Capt. Little, will Jeave Boston, on Wednesday, at noon, for Liverpool. ‘Tho Burepean mails will close in this city at » quarter ‘to two oelock this afternoon. ‘em Hema (printed in Eoglish and French) will be published at ten o’clock in the morning. 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There was a great Krow Nothing or Native Ame- rican meeting in the Park yesterday, commencing at five o’clock in the afternoon, and ending at about Ralf past eight in the evening. James W. Barker presided. The Philadelphia platform was adopted, although there were some dissentient voices, and mpeeches were made by some fifteen or twenty gentlemen from all partsot tie Union, except the Bastern States. The attendance was variously es timated. Our reporters cet it down at eight thoa- “sand. The dey was the finest of the sessou—there ‘were avy amount of cheers—a national saiute— large quantities of American flags—plenty of musi>, patriotism and glorification. “A full repo:tis given @leewhere. ; The Know Nothings of Massachusetts have de- eided to call sn extra session of the Stnte Counsil. Ki will assemble on the 28th inst., when the seceding delegates to the Philadelphia Convention will miko ‘heir report, snd preliminary measures for a grand ally cf ali the disaffected abolition confraternity will be adopted. ‘The steamship Asia, from Liverpool 9th inst., is now fully due at Halifax, with one week’s later news from Europe. Full details of the news from Mexico to the 5:h imet., a brief account of which we received some days since by telegraph, have been received, The government troops had vanquished the re- volutionists in several encounters, and the pro. grees of the conquerors was signalized by that blood. thirety ferocity which is the characteristic of Mexi- ean warfare. The outbreak inthe northern provin- ees seems to have been s spontaneous affair, no political plan whatever having been promulgated by kaa promoters. Vigorous measures had been taken to quell the insurrection. The Thirteenth Ward Temperance Alliance held a meeting in the Cannon street church last evening. ‘The house was well filled with spectators. Rev. Mr. Hatfield delivered an address, which was received with applause. In another column may b2 found an important memorial from the merchants of Maiden lane and its vicinity to the Mayor, snd his Honor’s answer thereto. The object of the memorialists is to call the ettention of Mayor Wood t> the great danger in which life and property are placed by the present careless manner dealers and manufacturers of fira- works have of storing away their merchandise, con’ sisting, as it does, of the most combustible and ex- plorive materials. It is much to be regretted that ‘the Mayor cannot act with his usual promptitude and ragacity in this matter. Bot it appears that ‘there is no statute or ordinance expressly prohibit. ing the storing of large quantities of fireworks with. im the fire limits, and ts this circumstance may be attributed the shocking catastro. phe at No. 10 Maidem lane on Saturday last. The people of that neighborhood have awakened to asense of the great peril in which they are placed, and to the necessity of taking some proper action with reference toit. In the mean: while, however, it would be well, in the absence of legislative restraint, to follow out the advice given by the Mayor to persons engaged in the fireworks traffic. It should, also, be the first duty of the Com- mon Council, at its next session, to pass an ordi. Bance, as suggested by the Mayor, prohibiting the ‘the sale of fireworks otherwise than by sample, and requiring that only a specified quantity should be kept on hand. Onur files of Bermuda papers are to the 6th of Jaue, bat contain no news of immediate importance. The Bermudian of the above date has the follow: ing :—The ebip Pearl, under the command of Capt. 8. Hutchings, started on her firat voyage, on the 24 inat., for New York, with eighteen passengers and a freight of 4,000 barrels of native produce. She has wards of $19,000. It consisted ot 3,160 barrels, 80 begs and 8 boxes potatoes; 134 barrels and 1,640 baskets onions, 1,261 boxes tomatoes, 40 half barrels the islands for Halifax in his flagship _ Bor eawen, during the week. Capt. Charles Eliiot, la‘e Governor of the Islands, and now Governor of Trini- 404, is promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral in the English navy. The officers of the Boscawen had entertained many of the inhabitants of Bermuds a‘ 2 dejeune on board the ship. The Bermudian de- neturedly given to the inqusitive daughters of Eve, of ‘how the biscuit was served out.” Were the ladies hungry, or the men? The enles of cotton yesterday reached about ctipt of the Atlantic’s news last week. Common to good State brands of flour were sbout 12hc. per bar: rel lower. Choice Canadian white wheat sold at $260, and Michigen fair at $245. Corn wasvery active, amd the sales of Western mixed reached about 110/000 a 120,000 bushels Western mixed at 980. # Wile., closing steady. Among the sales 50,006 or 60,000 buehele were sold to go East, and considegable parcels for «xport. Pork was firm, and new mom was higher. Freightato Liverpool were Ligh ere, Abont 30,000 bushels corn were engaged in fogs at 5d. a Sid, Md atterwards C4. anked; and 1,600 & 2,000 bales of cafton at jd. 8 3 162, Factens—Alarm of the Seward wast ite NEW YORK HERALD, Cuba. The Knew Yothings and the Anti-Slavery | Avether Revolutionary Sovement to Liberate The Seward coalition are manifestly not as well satisfied with the working of the split in the Philadelphia Know Nothing Council as they were the next morning after that traasac- tion. Their enthusiasm has sub-ided, and they are proceeding to argue the cise. Read the asticles which we give this morning from the elder and the junior Seward organ of this eity upon the subject. The former dubiously pleads for the Northern issue of the restoration of the Missouri compromise; the latter insis‘s upon it that the split at Philadelphia is a disruption of thie new and unfortunate party. Neither of these organs, however, has a word to say upon the position and prospects of the American party in New York ; but we pre- sume that the meeting in the Park last night will bave very forcibly called their attention to this branch of the subject. Upon this point it may be well enough to admonish the organs and leaders-of the Seward disunion alliance that there is sti)l the basis of a Know Nothing strength in the North sufficient, in conjanction with the South, upon a common candidate, to control and carry the next year’s Presidential election. . The speakers, the speeches and the resolu- tions of the Park meeting last evening were all well eneugh in their way. They indicate ® wonderful improvement in the dogmas, doc- trines, principles and purposes of the Know Nothings, chiefly from the lessons inculcated through the warnings of the independent prees, and the wholesome experience of the Vir- ginia election. Abstractions and resolutions, however, at this time of day, are only valuable according to the positive strength of the party enunciating them. With such a party as the Know Nothings in this State, pledged to sup- port euch other through thick and thin, the question of a platform is certainly a matter of secondary consideration. Its utility extends only to the acquisition of reinforcements from other parties; and in this respect we presume our Know Nothings may reasonably count upon some additions to their ranks in the interval to our next fall election. q Take this new party as it stands in this com- monwealth, and let us see what is the prospect for November. They have an enrolled force ia their twelve or thirteen hundred Councils of full two hundred thousand electors. Putting the aggregate popular vote of the State at five hundred thousand, it thus appears that they have two-fifths of this vote positively pledged and secured. The other three-fifths are divided between the Seward anti-slavery coalition, the democratic hard shells, the democratic soft hells, and various little outside isms and fac- tions. Now, as it is next to impossible that there can be any combination or fusion of these discordant materials, upon avy pretext, or for any purpose, equal to two hundred thousand mep, we must conclude that the Know Nothings are good for this State next fali, by a plurality os decisive as that of the Seward league over either of the democratic factions in any of our State elections since 1848, Pogsibly the anti-slavery dodge may carry over a Know Nothing member here and there to the enemy; but all such losses will probably be more than doubly made up by the popular reaction throughout the S:ate against that despotic and odious bill of pains and pe- nalties, known as the Maine Liquor law. The mejority of the Philadelphia Council having promulgated a platform satisfactory to the South, the party in the Southern States may stand upon it and hold their own before the Southern people. The bulk of the North- ern States having repudiated this platform, the party of the North are free in each State to con- duct the business before them upon the practi- eal and local issues of the day, leaving the question of a national fusion open for a year orso. In the interval, order may be brought out of chaos, harmony from apparent discord, and unity and successfrom imaginary demorali- zation and disruption. Briefly, the Philadel- phia Council leaves for another year the Know Nothings of each State free to act for them- selves, as may best contribute, State by State, to their success in the intervening local elec- tions; and with an active capital in New York of two hundred thousand enrolled voters to begin with, this new party here will be very apt to make a telling blow in November. Let them carry New York, New Jersey and Penn- sylvania, and the approaching Southern elec- tions, and we shall have in ’56 a rally of the party throughout the Union upon some popa- lar and acceptable man for a new administra- tion, and a new order of things at Washington, which will be irresistible. It were absurd to suppose that the American party of this State, with two hundred thousand enrolled electors, will be frittered to pieces upon the two Philadelphia platforms. They will do no such thing. They are free to repu- diate both platforms, and to take their own course upon the living issues which will enter into our next fall canvases, This is the policy, too, which we suppose they will adopt; and if they manage their cards properly, they may weed out all the remaining Union whigs from the Seward coalition, and gain over the solid mass of the national democracy. The three parties of our November election will be the American party, the democratic spoils demo- cracy, and the Seward alliance. Between the two last named, the Know Nothings have now an overwhelming plurality in the State. They have only to hold it in order to place them. selves before the nation in 1856 in a most fa- vorable and commanding position for the Pre- sidency. Tae Recent Gamatinc Arrests,—It strikes us that the recent deecent of the police upon certain gambling dens has resulted in a very contemptible farce. The innocence of the stars concerning these institutions is very remarka- ble, What does our worthy Mayor think of it? Have his faithfal watchmen bamboozled him with a finger and thumb to their noses, or how is it? Very likely they have been pulling wool over his eyes with both hands. Suppose his Honor picks the flint and tries it again. He may rely upon it that, in spite of the inno- cence and ignorance of his policemen, the meal tab is full of rate. Let him stir them out. Tue Carson Leaour Snort or Fuxps.—Tho Careon League are to have a grand gathering on the 25th instant. The first object of this movement, we suspect, is to raise fands for ac- tive operations against the liquor men, and to charter a new set of spies and informers, a good many of the old ones having become disgusted with the business. Very well. The League will have plenty of business from and after “the glorious Fourth.” Let the grogshops give them a lift. Nothing like recfprosity in trade. We publish elsewbere a sort of pronuncia- mento or appeal from Senor Golcouria, la‘e treasurer of the Cuban Junta, to the Creoles, urging them to be steadfast in thelr desire for unconditional emancipation. The document is full of the usual poetic-patriotiem of Senor Goicouria’s countrymen, and is ehiefly re- markable for its barrenness of anything like facts of tangible particulars. We can only infer from it that the Cuban patriots are reso- Jutely bent on independence, and determined to follow up their schemes for the liberation of Cuba until they are crowned with success. The European world is evidently in a position favorable to their designs. A new revolution isregaided by many as inevitable in Spain. Senor Goicouria, the writer of the pronuncia- ‘mento, is a man of practical talent, and played the part of @ practical man in the attempt which was recently made to free the island. One thing seems certain: the Junta here in the North have ceased altogether to co-operate with General Quitman and his friends in the South, We have ona former occasion given some account of the movement in which they were engaged together, and which failed in consequence of the information sent to Cuba by the United States government. But as many of the facts were therein incorrectly stated, it may be worth while to state matters somewhat more in detail. It appears that the amount of money contri- buted by the Creoles to set the revolution in motion was $370,000, not half a million of del- lars as was stated at the time. Of this amount, the treasurer, Senor Goicouria, expended one bundred thousand dollars, besides $40,000 of his own funds, in the cause. The balance of the $370,000, or $270,000 was handed over to the control of General Quitman and the South branch of the Junta by the direction of the con- tributors to the fand. Of thisamount it is said that Quitman spent $150,000 in conditional contracts with Captain Graham for steamships and the naval portion of the expeditioa; the money was paid in advance, ani, of course, when the scheme fell through, it was set down as so much thrown away. Moreover, some $20,000 were paid to officers of the United States army in order to induce them to join the expedition. These preparations made, it appears that last summer, when the Spanish revolution took place which placed the Espartero government in power, the Junta in the North arranged an expedition numbering nearly 2,000 men, to ope- rate against Cuba, and avail themeelves of the confusion which it was calculated the Spanish revolution would produce. When General Quitman was atked to head it, he seemed to think that the period for striking a blow had not arrived, and declined; notwithstanding the earnest assurances of the Creoles that the time was very propitious and everything ready. Since then, General Quitman and his friends continued to spend large sums of money, until the interference of the United States govern- ment broke down the operation, and produced the disastrous results on the island which have been placed on record in the press. Naturally enough, both parties accuse each other of causing the failure of the movement. Whatever might be the result of a dispassion- ate inquiry into the facts, and whichever party is the most obnoxious to blame, the Creoles and their friends appear, as is made manifest by Goicouria’s pronunciamento, to prosecute in some new shape their project for a new revolu- tionary movement for liberty. And according to all accounts they seem to have effected such modifications in their old plan, as promise this time a much larger chance of success than the Iaat one. It is very well known that the influence exercised by the British government over the government ot Spain with a view of promoting the cause of African emancipation, has been one of the principal causes which have pro- duced a conviction in the Creole mind that independence is henceforth necessary. It was this which induced the Creoles to subscribe so liberally to the last movement. They are well aware that the emancipation of the slaves would be the signal for the destruction of the planters’ property. Hence their fear that the great influence known to be wielded by the British ambaseador at Madrid should be used to bring about this disaster, and their resola- tion to avert it by looking directly to Caban independence. The principal feature of the new project for the liberation of Ouba appears to be the appointment of a commission by the Creoles and their friends to go to E:gland and to lay before those interested in Spanish bonds, or con- nected in any financial capacity with the Span- ish government, the true state of the case, Possibly there may be some effort made by the new Creole mission to lay their story before the anti-slavery interests in Europe. But their chief aim will doubtless be to procure the aid of the Spanish bondholders in favor of the revo- lution, on the condition that their interests are to be protected when the island obtains its in- dependence. Should they succeed, the infla- ence that could be exerted by the bondholders would have a powerful effect in preventing or modifying the interference of the British gov- ernment, and possibly also that of the govern- ment of France. It is supposed that the ele ments of revolution are only slumbering in Spain, and that by proper exertions an arrange- ment may be made between the discontented in Spain and Cuba to co-operate as to time and ob- jeets. The plan of the last revolution in Spain was well known to many of the Creoles long be- fore it broke out ; their idea was to time their own movements by it; but in this as has been seen they were unsuccessful. What other steps the projectors of the Cuban movement, intend to take, it is difficult to say in the present incomplete condition of their plans. One new idea is that instead of General Quitman, who is judged incompetent by the Junta and the friends of revolution in Caba, Spanish generals should be employed who have already distinguished themselves in revolations at home. Another point on which it appears that an un- derstanding has been arrived at is the time at which the simultaneous revolutions of Spain and Cuba are to break out. The time selected is from the end of November, 1856, to the be+ ginning of April, 1857. This period has been selected as the best time to strike a blow for Cuba, because it is supposed that the interval between the old and the new Presidency will be marked by such disorder and confusion as will paralyse the government at Washington, and prevent the possibility of any steps being teken to interfere with the accomplishment of the designs of the friends of freedum. It is ex- TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 1855, pected thy.t the next Presidential election will be thrown into the House. There will then of of covaree prevail great excitement and intense agitation among politicians; and it is pretty certain that in the general tarmoil the govern- ment will be thoroughly paralysed, and any expedition starting would find little obstrac- tion, in consequence of the demoralization of the executive through the election in the House of Representatives. It will be seen, therefore, that the Creoles of Cuba have by no means given up their hopes of a revolution. They failed in this country; they new intend to try their fortune in Eng- land and France. Europe is certainly in a favorable position for the accomplishment of achemes like theirs, and will be more s0 in two or three years. Even now it is intimated that under the mantle of the Crystal Palace at Paris, a concentration of the friends of revolu- tionary movements from the different countries of Europe will take place some time this sum- mer or next autumn, and that in spite of the espionage of the Paris police, some general plan of operations will be organized to take advantage of any disasters which may grow out of the war for Eogland and France. If all these plans are carried ont, general revolution- ary movements may be expected to break out in Spain, England, France, and Cuba, either next year or the year following. Avpgermax Bricos Arrer « Lise. Surr.— Different men are subject to different passions— some have a passion for liqaor—some for fine horses, some for splendid women, some an in- ordinate passion for money, some for fighting, not a few for litigation, and here and there we find a customer whose peculiar weakness is a hankering for libel suite. Alderman Briggs is one of these. As Dogberry desired to be writ- ten down an ass, so does Alderman Briggs de- sire the glory or the damages of a libel suit. He has tried one of our cotemporaries, but it was a fizzle. It has been substantially decreed no libel to call Alderman Briggs a nuisance. Now, therefore, if the Alderman must have a libel suit, let him tackle the New Yorx Hera.p, and we will warrant him employment for five years to come, and his labor for his pains in the bargain. Such a libel suit would be more ex- citing tham all the examirations of all the Mat- sells, all the dog pounds, and all the black trunks inside the island. What says Alderman Briggs? Governor Rexper ReTuRNiNG TO Kansas.— Several of our cotemporaries are puffing Governor Reeder for his fixed determination to return to his official post in Kansas, in spite of the “armed Missouri slave-driving barba- rians,” as they are called. But what of it? Governor Reeder has made large purchases of lands in various parts of Kansas. It is neces- sary that he should personally look after them; and the expected profits from sales in small lots to evit actual settlers will justify a little personal risk. When a man is in for a good speculation he is not apt to stand back for such trifles as bowie knives, hemp collars, and tar and feathers. Besides, notwithstanding a'l the pretences of the administration to the contrary, it is very likely that Governor Reeder returns under strong assurances of protection from thé Kitchen Cabinet. Then, again, it will not do for Mr. Pierce to fall out with the Pennsylvania democracy. Forney might desert him. Let the Governor return. Tue Potice Commirree—Jupex Daty’s De- cision.— We give, in our impression to-day, the decision given yesterday by Judge Daly in the Common Pleas, in the matter of Alderman Briggs against Mackellar, Webster and McCann. The defendants, it will be recollected, are con- nected with the police department. They re- fosed to answer questions put’ to them by Al- derman Briggs as chairman of an investigating committee of the Common Council; whereupon the Alderman applied to the Common Pleas Court for an attachment, so that defendants, if they refused to attend and answer, might be hereafter proceeded against as in cases of contempt. Judge Daly’s decision is lengthy and elaborate; but he is of opinion that the Board of Aldermen had the right to constitute such a committee, and that the witnesses are bound to answer questions relevant to the min- agement of the police department. Judge Daly further said that an order would be made that the witnesses appear at the next meeting of the committee, to be examined on any matters embraced in the regjution of Mareh fifteenth. This is the decisfon in effect, and it seems to be founded upon the belief entertained by Judge Daly that the city charter gives the Common Council supervision over the police department. But it seems as yet an open question whether or not a committee of any legislative body have the right to compel attendance and answers of witnesses. The Board of Aldermen finds itself now in the same position of that of the State Legislatures and Congress. All these bodies are in the habit of constituting committees “with power to send for persons and papers,” but there is no statute law compelling the persons 80 sent for to answet. Even Parliamentary law, which Judge Daly quotes liberally, makes a distinction in regard to the questions which witness is bound to answer; and it must be remembered that Parliamentary law is not binding out of the House which legalizes so much of it as is required by its rules, It has been for many years disputed question whether any legislative body had the right to imprison a witness for contumacy, and the de- cision under consideration at the present time does not settle the matter. Six or seven years ago the members of the United States Senate read an important treaty in the New Yore Henan before it had been officially promulgat- ed. The Senate summoned one of the Hn- RaLp’s Washington correspondents. He refused to answer any questions, and was remanded into the custody of the Sergeant-at-Arms, where he remained until the Senate adjourned. The power of that body then ceased, and he was released from an imprisonment which was rather pleasant than otherwise. Now, the United States Senate is the highest legislative body in the republic, and it has some executive powers. It is quite certain that the power of the Board of Aldermen does not exceed that of the Senate. It is the opinion of several eminent jurists that the Senate excesded its power in the matter of our correspondent, and the time has come, we think, when the question ought to be settled by the highest judi- cial power in the State. The defendants in the po- Tice case ought to carry it up and contest it until such a decision is obtained. The worst thing that can happen to them isa ehort imprison ment in a cool place, and they can be cheered in. the meanwhile by the regular receipt of their salaries ond the consciousness that they aro doing the State some service. Tue power of the Aldermen is over in January next, and we want a final decision before that time. It is very certain that neither the constitution of the United States, the constitution of the State of New York, the Revised Statutes, nor the city charter, gives an investigating committee any Tight to imprison obstinate witnesses. And, on the contrary, the first article of the Bill of Rights says that “no member of this State shall be disfranchised or deprived of any of the rights or privileges secured to any citi. zen thereof, unless by the law of the land or the judgment of his peers,” * * “nor be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law.” In these days of innovations it is well to keep such sentences as are quoted above in mind. Mackellar and the other defendants should press this matter toa decision in the highest legal tribunal of the State. THE LATEST NEWS. BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPHS, None Arrival of the Asia, Haurax, Jane 18—10 P.M. ‘The steamer Asia, now im her tenth day from Liver- pool, has not yet arrived at this port, and her agents here do not much expect ber under 16 or 20 hours, ‘The Massachusetts Know Ni Boston, June 18, 1855, ‘The leading Know Nothings of this State have finally decided to call am extra session of the State Council on the 28th inst. To this Council the delegates will report the doings of the National Council. The obligation of secresy will them be thrown off, ands grand mass con- vention, in some central locality, will be called to take action to be pursued in the present political crisis, Meeting of the State Temperanee Soclety. Aupayy, Jane 18, 1855. ‘The semi-anzual meeting of the New York State ‘Temperance Society will be heldon Thursday next in this city. The Hom. Gerrit Smith will address the society. Kentucky Congressional Nomination. Lovisviiie, Jane 16, 1855. The Times announces that the Hon. W. C. Preston, late whig representative in is now up for the mame as the candidate of anti-Know Bro From Washington. ‘Wasninaton, Jane 18, 1855. It was rumored that the President intended leaving permlbem pe tte Akar hg A. § ign bod Pid a perronal friend in Virginia. will, however, Tented from doing no in consequence of the lines of He Extensive Robbery and Arrest of the Thief, Boston, June 18, 1855. Jackson & Co,’s express between jouth and Bos- Eoverament funds.” There, were $37,000 (a bags ta tue 8. ere were ia bags in the cars, being the balance of the iment monay after paying off the United States frigate Constitution. ory one bag was taken, and this it is supposed was got at “phe afterncan, Seth Roblagon, the freight agent of nt of the Eastern Railroad, was arrested in this city for stealing the bag of $6,000 from Jackson & Co, It ap. bag in his carpet bag, and city, and when the officers entered his fe belongs ta Portamouts; ist man 5 is 8 man and haa @ family. i Whe Anniversary of the Battie of Banker Boston, June 18, 1855. of the battle of Bunker Hill was cele- day, with unusual pomp and blic buildings were ap- itary and firemen turned from the Navy Yard and by les. The festivities were finished puree 1g. one fos- sional rowers, to be contended for on the 4th of July, at the regatta on Charles river. Markets. PHILADELPHIA STOCK BOARD. sey oy. Oe, eat Silt Canal 14%¢; Long. Inland 115¢; Penuaylvania, Hallrond, 44 5-16; Ivania State fives, 89. AtBany, June 18—12:30 P, M. Flour dull and unchanged. Wheat—No sales, Cora— Sales 20,000 bushels, at 96c. afloat, for Western mixed, and 9c. in ; yellow round at 980.0 100c. Oats Grooping. Sales of 2,500!bushels Chicago at 60c., measure. Whiskey at 3530. Recei ‘by canal to-day:—4,616 bbls. flour; 770 bbls. pork; 40,173 bushels oats, and 2,425 bushels corn. Burra1o, June 18—6.30 P. M. ‘The flour market, bas been very quiet to-day; bi taking only small parcels te supply their ‘Wants, in expectation of lower rates. at $9 37 14g for good Upper Late, and $9 60 for In- diana. eat continues quiet and n . Corn 2c. better and in demand. Sales 60,000 bushels at 80c, Oats dull and lower; sales 1,700 bushels at 4c. Barley—Sales 200 bushels at 08c. Whiske: gy nest and firmer; sales 360 bbls, at » Canal freighte 30. lower. Corn 12¢. to Albany and 4c, to New York. Receipts for the 48 hours en: moon to. day Flour, 1,871 bblis.; wheat, 8,628 bus 28,166 bushels; oats, 24,655 bushels, Osweao, June 18—6.30 P. M. Flour—Sales to day 25,000 bbls, at $8 75 c $9 for com- mon State and Canadian. Wheat—Sales 9,500 bushels Chicago at $1 95, and 2,000 bushels white Wisconsin at $2 20. Corn—Sales 6,000 bushels at 89 a 90c. Tur Batries oF WATERLOO AND BUNKER Hit1.—Yester- Gay was the anniversary of the battle of Waterloo. On that dey, in the year of 1815, the British army, aided by their Prussian allies, met the great Napoleon in a deadly fight, the result of which terminated his dazzling military career, overturned his throne, and eventually shortened his life. Since then its annual return has been » cause of extreme glorification to his conquerors. At dawnof day salutes were fired from every rampart in the United Kingdom, Horse Guards were worked up to fever heat, the troops were reviewed by the executive in state, the ground around the parks of London and Dublin trem- bled with the roar of rejoicing artillery, the “Tron Duke’? presented to the monarch his flag of triumph, and thus sesured the tenure of Strath- fieldsaye for another year; the Waterloo dinner at Apsley House was eaten, and the very schoolboys regarded the words ‘‘Frenchman,’’ “nasty people’’ and “frog eaters,” as convertible and kindred terms, Yes- terday, we presume, it was different. England is now engaged in @ life or death struggle with an unyielding foe, and, during the period the contest has lasted, the French—under rule of the nephew of the man she hai humbled—bas defended her cause with the charac- teristic magnanimity of the nation, fought her battles, and fed and clad her famishing soldiers in the Crimea. There were not enough of soldiers in Great Britain yes- terdsy to make up # good Waterloo parade; but even if there were, it would be such « violation of national feel- ing and good taste to have one, that we suppose the “order of the day”’ of Lord Panmure ran something after ‘this farhion :— ‘There's no more to be said of Waterloo: ‘Ns with its hero quietly inurned. Such are the changes of the last forty years. Yester- dey, the Americans celebrated the anniversary of the battle of Bunker Hill, fought on 17th of June, 1775, when Engiand’s power on tkis continent was stricken down, Ever keeping sloof from entangling alliances abroad, our government and people were able to observe the anniver- sary with honest pride, with rejsicings at the successes of their forefathers, and to do so without offending any power on earth, and feeling a dread of none. Yesterday was also the anniversary of the ‘‘ declaration of war’’ between the United States and Great Britain, in the year 1812, What a difference in the state of affairs | ‘Tue Tuxatres.—The great length of the American meeting in the Park, and other important news, pre- cludes our usual notice of various places of amusement, Excellent programmes of them ail will be found ia the advertising columns. The Liquor Dealers’ Organization, TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. I ticle i fh SRD te that in an article in your paper of yesterday you sta the keepers of o different hotels, insladlng the Union Place, = at ed pg bee te — Liga: guys an | to obta'n the opinions of lawyers, 2 carrying ap cases which might arise under the law, to a decision the Supreme Court. This, so far aa we are conserand, entirely fo ge eae one eh women meetings nor Al aney for such purpo:es, ear abe Poy O. fe J. WHEELER, Miblo’s Theatre- The Oaughter of St. Mark. Balfe’s operacf the Daughter of St. Mark” was pro- duced at thie theatre last night, for the first time, we: believe, in this country. Oonsiderable pains and ex- pense had been lavished on its preparation, the exam- ple set by the Academy in rendering its ploces an attractive as spectacles as they are in point of voce] merit, baving stimulated its English rival to de. pert from the old beaten track. Although the opera. selected for this experiment dces not rank as high ina. mutical sense a8 some of this composer’s other~ compositions, it is, dramatically speaking, perhaps the best adapted for show piece of any of his. works. In point of scenio grandeur the ex- pectation excited by the promising announcements made by the management were in the fullest respect gratified. ‘The piece was admirably put upon the stage, Alt the~ properties and costumes were new and of the most su- perb and costly description. Some of the picterial ef- fects were the finest that we have ever seen produced at. this theatre, more especially the view of the Palace of” Famagosta, and the Casino scene at Nicosia, ia Cypras, The general arrangement and grouping of the figures in. these tableaux were exceedingly beautiful, eo harmo- niously did they blend in with and contribute te the general effect. The opera itself, though, as we have already said, rather weak as lyrical compomtion, is rich in dramatic interest. ‘The groundwork of the plot is historical, but the sim. Ple incidents of the original story are complicated, and anachron{ams are resorted to to comply with the require. mente of the stage. Catarina Cornaro, the heroine, was, ‘we are told by an eld Eeghsh writer, the niece of Andrea Cornaro, # Venetian nobieman, who was sent as Auditor- Genera) into the kingdom of Cyprus, during the reign of” James, king of that island, and who was of material as- sistance to the latter in eertain pecuniary difficulties in which he was placed. The King happening to see a por- trait of Catarina, which the Auditor had purposely let érop in his presence, fell violently in love with the origi- nal, and on Andrea’s offering to give her as marriage pertion all the money he had lent him, and » hundred thousand crowns besides, the needy monarch caught st the bait, and took the Venetian maiden as his wife, On the death of her son soon after he had arrived at his. majority, the succession to the throne devolved on Cats- ins by his will; and in this way the island passed into the possession of the Venetians. Such were the facts of the historical episode, which, curious to say, almost simultaneously occupied the pens of four eminent living composers, namely, Herr Lach- ner, M. Halevy, Signor Donizetti and Mr. Balfe. The - piece represented last night is the production of the latter. The libretto is by Mr. Bunn. - ‘The dramstised version of the story is skilfully con- structed and is not too long. The opefing scenes. are laid in Venice, A marriage is arranged between Ca- tarina, (Miss Louisa Pyne,) the niece and ward of An- drea Cornaro, (Mr. Borrani,) and Adolphe de Courcy, (Mr. Harrison,) a young French knight. During the mutual congratulations of the lovers—a acene rendered. still more auspicious by the arrival of Andrea, who con- firms the consent he has already given, by renewed assurances of the happiness which the union gives bim—there suddenly appears another unexpected wit- ness of their interview, Moncenigo, (Mr. Horncastle,) one of the terrible Council of Ten, His presence throws: instinctively a cloud over the prospects of the lovers. ‘They separate with dark forebodings, and Moncenigo descends from the terrace to speak with Andres. He announces to him that he has been sent with a desree from the Secret Ten, to prevent the proposed union be- tween Adolphe and Catarina. The alleged motive of this arbitrary proceeding is this. The people of Cyprus hav. ing revolted against their king, Lusignano (Mr, Hol. man) the Council, m order to bind the States more closely together, have selected for him a Venetian wife, im the person of Catarina. This news falls like a thun Gerbolt on Andrea; he is almost inclined to brave the power of the Council, and to consummate the union between his niece and Adolphe, but Mon- cenigo points out to him the dangers to which he exposes himself, and those who are dear to him by doing #0, and ambition finally triumphs over the dictates of affection In the meanwhile the preparations for the marriage are proceeded with, and it is only when the lovers are «t the foot of the altar that Andrea informs them that their union cannot take place. ‘This ineident closes the first act, and affords a theme for an effective and powerful finale. ‘When the curtain again rises, Catarina is seen plunged” grief, and even contemplating suicide as a means of escaping from her miseries. The influence of religion, however, prevails over these dark thoughts. She learns from Andrea the real obstacles to her uniom, and the dangers that menace all who oppose the decrees of the Council. She is nevertheless determined to fly with her lover to come distant land, where they may be beyond the reach of their persecutors, and enjoy in contented obscur.ty tae happiness that has been snatched from them. Scarcely hhas she formed this rescive when Moncenige, like the evil shadow of her destiny, stands beside her, He terri- fies her by recapitulating the threats which he has al- ready held out to Andres, and points out the assaasias who are placed in ambush to strike her lover at a given signal. To save the life of her betrothed, the poor girl consents to reject him. Adolphe enters to carry her off. She affects to repulse him. Attributing her conduct to faithlesaness, he leaves her in anger, and Catarina, des- pairing and broken hearted, swoons away. Of the motives that personally inlluence Moncenigo im the cruel part he has acted, we now obtain some inkling . in a eoliloquy, in which he reveals to us his designs, The feelings that actuate him are the usual impulses of stage villains—ambition and revenge. The departure of Catarins for Cypras, where she isto be married to the king, is celebrated with grest pomp and festivity. And here, by-the-bye, it beoomes necessary to give some explanation of the title of the piece. It seems that in order to evade the rigorous law which prohibited the union of any noble Venetian with a foreign prince, the destined royal bride was usually adopted by the State, and declared # Daughter of St. Mark. She was then married by proxy, conducted by the Bucentaur to the galley which awaited her in the port, andescorted by a squadron of ships of war, with becoming pomp, and a portion of one hindred thesand ducats, to the territo- ries of her husband. ‘The third act opens with « beautiful tableaux, the fer- tival at Nicosia, in Cyprus, in honor of the approaching marriage of Catarina with the king, Lusignano. One of Moncenigo’s spies points out to him Adolphe, in dis- guise, amongst the revellers, and he sete his band of as- sassins upon him. Adolphe defends himself, but is nearly overpowered, whens stranger knight, maskei, comes to his relief, and beats off his assailants. It is the King! Bus Adolphe knows him not. They be- come friends in the faith of knightly honor. As they- separate Adolphe meets Catarina. Their love is re-awak- ened, but Adolphe upbraids the unhappy Catarina, till, stung to the quick with his reproaches, she reveals the . true cause of her supposed perfidy. The lovers are re- conciled, and prepare to fly; but Moncenigo again makes his appearance, and arrests Adolphe and Catarina, He - reports their treason to the King, who condemns them . to death on the scaffold. Preparations for the execution are made, and the victims totter on the brink of eter- nity, Bat Andrea at length unmasks the villany of Moncenigo, and shows him that the trembling girl whom he has hunted to the scaffold is his own child. Lusig- nino, touched by the grisf and sufferings of Catarina, 4 generously abandons his claim to her hand in favor of Adolphe, 6n whom he bestows riches and honors. The- piece concludes with a joyous and effective finale, ex- pressive of the general happiness. The piese bad undergone such careful preparation, that there were but few discrepancies observable. Eve- rything went off smoothly and satisfactorily. Miss Lou- isa Pyne, in the rdle of Catarina, as usual charmed the audience by the brilliancy of hor execution, aad the ex- quisite finish of everything she did, Q In the finale of the first act, and the cloning scene of the opera, she car- ried the house completely with her, and was rewarded by showers of bouquets, Mr. Harrison was equally suc- essful in the réle of Adolphe. It is one of the best parte that we have seen him in. He was deservedly encored: in the ballad of ‘* We may be heppy yet,” which war given with great tenderness of expression. M. Borrani made rather # cold and ineffective Andrea, although be sang correctly enough. Taking it altogether, the piece is of #0 attractive a character that it is certain to have a lengthened ran. As anplendid show piece, every one will go and see it. It would not be fair to conclude this description of ite e merits without awarding to Mr. W. Moore, the stage. manager, the credit to which he is entitled for the ju ment and taste which he has displayed sn all ite details. ———— Academy of Muste. BENEFIT OF MAX MARETZEK. Lest evening the Academy of Music presented a bril~ Mant appears: on the occasion of the benefitof M. Maretzek, The house wae fashionably though not very fully attended—the parquette and dress circle alone being 61! ‘The performances consisted of ‘ Mava~ niclio,” a scena from \ The Prophete,”’ a sens buffo from the opers “Dom Zucephalo,”’ and the second act ae nae ssl lll