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Miveng geversmen's te whty bach and ebain down to Breix dene of darkness, he bas alec to struggle against ‘Be Corlist conspiracy, unmensely strengtnened by the Jeerent angry ~wntiment of the priesthood, and stimu- tated by the gold of Russia. The malle post whish mould have conveyed to France the Spanish journals of ‘We 10th inst,, was attacked by a Sarlist band betwoen Baioresea acd Burgos, al) the letters and journale in its esseosion opened, read and destroyed, and the vehicle Mec burnt. M. Bignon, the bearor of deepztches to fide Freneh government irom the Marquis de Turget, the ambasssdor of France at Madrid, wee amoug the pee pepgero; and on hie appealing to the assailants and de @laring who he was, and his claim t> respect om the ghea of the common law of nations, #0 far from finding ‘his ampaseadoris] letters treated with more indulgence ‘han the rest, recerved s violent alsp im tne face, ands piste! was presented to his breast. It was with some @éHiculty, eve, that the leader of the dan succeeded ‘te paving M. Bignon’s fe, “We owe nothing to the Feonch govervment,”’ it was said, ‘(and do not respest itt; ite spies hover everiastingly on eur frontior, and it makes war with Russia, who is our beet ally,’’ The in- felligonee of this act of violence reazhed the Tuileries ealy last night, by electric telegraph from Bayonne. Napoleon in said to haye the istentien of as- the Empress to Biarritz towarda the @n@ of thie month; but ite contiguity to the Spanish fwentier in preeumed to have an interest Rim im the present state of the political horizoc qaite a9 great as any sanatory speculation. a that his stay will be short, and that on h'e mevorn to Paria be is very des rous of entericg into some specific arrangement respecting the Bonaparte gucces- wion, which the increasing war }the obaracter of his The following particalara, eeatained ip a letter in the Independa mew to persons in society in Paria, bat tomiathe frat have been embodied in any public jouroal ster is somewhat long, but probably aot without rte family wlll very short time be assembled in oF Napoleon III, who desires that the several pax: sone dearing his name should form, ‘Last year, it will be remembered, the son of Prince Jerome, by his firet marriage with gop, of Baltizoore, and clso the son of that geatleman, esme to Paris on the invitation of his Majesty, Toe father afterwards returned to Aerica t2 fetch adother youpger scv, and both are soon e: ako up their permanent revicence. 8 800, 8 fine, handsome young man of t renty- the American ermy, it were, w faiscean oted in Parts, to Pattersoa Bons wos placed by the Crimea to ‘3th cragocns Ho has cvinoed great talent ana admira Die courage whilst rerv.nz under ona of sno bast French generals of cavalry, to whom he is ord apo bis father have been admitted as priaces of tae civil fawnidy. Also, during the last two ays, all the childron of the Proce of Cinino have arrived in Paria end tasen up heir residence ins botel purchased aad fitted up for them by order of the Emperor, at the end of the rus de This branch of tha Luolen faaily da compored of four brotuers, the princes Charles, Loy's jen, Pierre and Antoine Bonaparte. three eons. The elves, Prince Joseph, formerly ano, woo is thirty years of age, 19 mother, the Princess Zenaids, @eughter of King Joseph, and who died etx months ago ‘ome; the second has entered the chureb, and 09- tained from the Pope the tittes of Cameriers an teen years of age, a yoathof great a great favorita with the Em to be educated in Paris, pass his examinations, at Saint Cyr, in order audsequently to wepresent the military part of the Napoleon family. The Fupperor received these princes last weet, they having ‘Deen brought to the Tuileries from their hotel in two of ‘the court carriages,’’ The speech of Prince Albert at the Trinity House has as implying aa opinion bs of vury lengthened which cannot be carried on with success witkout the decisration of a Dictatorship suspeadiag the action of Parliamentary goverament and the bab- meities of the press. inoe’s short horns, p'gs and sheop, exhibited at fhe late Paris cattle show, were all sold at large prices; t cisappointment of the Parisian: duce his Royal Highness to patt wil evebs and hen!—:hough as much as 1,800 fr. was offered for a cock and a pair of heas, One cock and two hens ef the Dorking breed, (white, without crest, and haviag brought 750 fr. Mr. Join G, Greene, som of aa American banker, Deen greatly distinguishing bimwlf by a rapbs of Kgyptian archwolog: bt back from the bake of the to the Inztitute. lie discovered also a small chapel snd a tomb da ed from the 18th dynasty, views of wuich be has tohen in all their detaiis, ficulties attendant on clearing away the palace of Modi- met Habors, he succeeded in discovering the celebrated jan calendar of which Cismpoliion could only copy A cast of this monument was taken on fhe spot by means of o particular kind of comsosition, Photography not reproducing it properly. : Diflerent collozsal figures, the upper parts of which were only visible, have beon now cleazed away and hsought to light; one of ikem, in excellent preservation, mbews the features of Ramoves iL, and is aboat nine: Mr. Greono, im sivaring roucd this eelossus, was able to discover and take drawings of the igscripton of the pylons or grand portal erested bs- teen the two courta; and he has also proved the ox Astence of & pavement in granite, which probably covor- ed the whole court. savant thus complete! important edifices of merous inscriptions which they Tight on Egyptian philology, aud learued men is Mrance aye enthusiastic ia his praise, The desire for investment im public securities, so re- markably-developed by the Emperor in bis national loans, Ried a remarkable exemplification on Thursday at the Howl de Ville and in :he twolye mareis of the Jrench Bixty millions of francs were required to continue the various improvements now in progress, and a oan was determined on. In twelve hours the sum sub- scribed immensely exceeded the required amount ‘The color sal American clipper, the Groa® Republiz, har Just left Marseilles for Constantinople, having on board 1,200 soldiers,200 tons of bombs aad a quantity of stores @repelle St. Germain. ‘Tho Grat named galled rrince de Man had never quilted mer, and the third, restly commented on gle with Russia wi Notwitustanding the dif- teen metres high. Tho excavation of own one of the son) ypt, will, by the aw furnish, ‘throw frosh ris, ma the theatrical wor d, is Ina furore about edian, Signora Ristori, now playingat tho She speaks execrable French, bat ter pose, her mancer of draping herself, and ber mag call down thunders of ecstatic appliase . and Madame Rancoxi have been muiually the world as to their respective claiaus to for adultery. Thelady is on her defeaca, has ro ekiifully turned the taoles oa bor husband, ene of whons most amorous epistles to a chere amie Rae dean pdb! cly read, that it rcems to be » quostion wbether she will not, with ail bee unbouadod oxtrava- gasce anc general licentionsness, walk out of court,ait r alt, with the repucation of aa injure? individos) the Italian trag: The Sloge of Sebastopol. (Letter from camp before Sebastopol, June 5.) While-our detached force has been career of oonquest oa tho nort the Crimea, denpoiling the enemy of thoir accumulated stores and threatening the fortresses of their Caucasian frontier, we baye not been idle or without sign of hope rogress at tho chief seat of operations, Daring ight which haa now elapsed sinse the sailing ot on, @ large pumber of ad , and an enormous reach of ition bas been tak pation ‘The “etsrnal Cos down into the valley of of the Highlanders’ camp; not only is tue debaterd: Jand occupied and resigued within Oue eotamn moa’ nd beyond chance of reprisal eacendly in the in the laxarian lain; the Waronzoff road. ia traversed by our fi thas boon mace, b, e " of the soluier and the amateur, the actors am fore of the wa wera shores of omal troops ava and outside of ‘The Russian, for aught wo know, may dirouss ia Simpheropol o defy hts most eg: The marines, who «9 mountain top above Ps Balaklava, have taken ‘their pre vious stronghold, whore they van. The Sardiniass, who loserve commen tation for their soliierlike ‘tus of campaign, crowa tho read over many 4a undaliting rool ia Tue French, with 4 theix head, have crossed the river, and now ithin inex extenJed lines the bridge, by which ur desemding from Mrsteazsio’s As you stand on the heights by ths l’renoh tele the Woroazef road, wel! mscada- vende its serpentine course to- horgoun, the spestacia fs a proai Tho vordaat prairie which roled by tae dotted en. as and the fisld works 1 find wosparing ppesrance aod ap mnit of Caarodert’s favorite geaeral, the armies passed graph, from whi maised and enginesro wards Kaila and end an animating ove, stretches beneata y mts of the four n whick throughout the wiater aud @ur rear have lost their yaluy, aol 5 memoria! of the past. sense of the tera. the masts Na Deleagured city to those which como in $0 our untmpeded harbors. meund, as you look eastward, the ‘the faint mosotony of their droniar masic coms » Forther to the .a(t tae m aré sprinkled with the waits teats of tae in aad agala 6 pon thy borwoa forevelling no distant conclusion to the pro You descead amid waving grassos, msied by the ssent of a thousand us t from the ros, aad you tram ins, coavolvamis aad popay and wild parsiey, with inmumarabdle other olov ank and fie Ih (ea vivid ant delinions o9a ‘trast to the hoof-trodden ani arid waste dasolatod by ouc winter encaunpment, cut {ato ns spontaneous (airy tings by tents planted and removed, and sowa broadcast witl fad discarded r@lmeat—a contrast not less refreshing to the eve of mam'thas ite of amyriad of beats. ou with his hant Boad of sucenient forage. The hebitevon and contriv with gwen branches of \ De enjoys y sista acrouwmriated to his h Tt in no longer a question whether this jutsiag coraer of jasale shall be oars —earth and w: ther the brate abl! outle the man strive beyond his fail vain, The feet of oar horses bave besa is of broken bot sbady bower thatoaed derwoal, beneath which ; the bumdle burgesses of Baidar have tea- Jase cobatecton to tas alten Up to thove prect- pious ridges whied bound the pror ssered oy rela and streabed wits white ssams Of lemen! there iano tur. The fro:te o the flank march are rips end partes of the two strepgth and tbe purpose great countries of Western Kurope have made toemaalvas at lest pla'ply wisibl« to the eye of every beholder, and the roer of the guns whica beoge round Sebastopol in Dearer and nearer embrace, seom to have a sound of tri umph mised with its malign and deep rev-rberation. Our own army 1n once ore what Engiano’s ebould ‘De, if it is to represent ber—in first rete con-i! full of vigor snd ep!husiasm—por is there any doubt n any soldier’s mind as te what he can co and will, The knots of mep who group themeelves at leisure bours on every favorable spot for a skht of the towaand batteries have bat one current and upiversal phrase empbesiaed a thousand ways by the gun wider of 3 " by don’t they let us go at It?” The weather ia uot ia the low nda desperately bot, sad even on the heights the thermometer witoin doors raoges sbove 9 dexrese in the ¢ayt me; mine wtood neur 80 degrees at 10 o'clock last night. but ulmest every ‘fey there are soeae hours of coo! breeze that ets iaut9 o’clocs, and holds oo till Ber 4, Sopply is plenty of ali xinde—enough and to spare. The commissariat officer declares that be pate twenty-one different wrtisies witbia the reach of those wham be caters for, Canteens flourish e01 grow atl over the camp, diffusing email luxuries of every imaging dle kind, vatiog Wenbam late ico and asta water, which ere, however, ramored to be upon tatir way 1 rdewn below cau only be paralleled by the an Eng ith ractcoarse or @ statate fair, It in a Babel of bilerious topguea and a rurfeit of anall wares, ‘‘Barceloney nuts’? ‘cluded Che offi er cam eat hia turbot for dinner, aad thinks claret aod champiges Dut mor erate liquore, saving the price. If he will take cb for it, hy may gatner him- elf a dixb of a veo withia the coofines of the division. Camp if i: is pot attogether Copuan, is at all cveots ‘tke a wruster pionte, with your well stuffed guest and yoor woll wettad servagt woltiplied spd refrauted on every aide Even the dipner dell rings cheerily, one muy say—at lerst, there are re- men ich own a welodious goog, aad toil out the ours across the plain clearly as a Sunday steepio in Old Frgla ‘At nigbt, the whole country glams and spsrb les round you like the outebirts of Lonsoa, looked down upon from Highgate or Hampstead Mideight ro- velrien send their ovial sounds bither and tuither with the drifting sir. £0 far as we vare yet sivanced into the merry month of Juve, it iaan easy, happy, fovigor- brit antmal kind of existence tha! men leai— the life of cities, invigorating as taat of patri- arohs; and, if rural sounda, vo !ees than raral wights ag Thowacn somewhere coclares, exhilurate (he eonses, there is no Inch of cock» to crow, ducks ts quack, doge to bark, sbeep to lemext, and males to woinvy, while the onde, though »sarcely rural, comesin os aa ia- copttapt bass, now wardly foit or missed any more than ro lwiy train ww the maculecturing districts. During the lost few deys there has been aeithrr event por casualty of serious import in tae sisge works The fighting is done by j: and starts, gad the combatants, like Bomer’s heroes stand at ease the best part of the time, and take it coolly, meaning deadly mischief ali the while, The shorpest onset ie generalivy on the sive of our allies, avout the Fisgetafl or the Quarantine Battery, where they are still sedulosusly advancing treir endless mileage of trench ano paralits, promisiog themseiver a reguli be- fore torg There bas been an upusaal jamgor on the ride of the Ruasians, doe, as one wall bave it, to pesti- lence in Sepastopol— as snothor eprculater, Lo the desire of ecopomising pmmuniton—as a th rd proposes, on the authority of a liveceserter, to the detachmentof alarze dot'y of men to strengthen the oatiying force on the other bank of the Icbernaya, and keep Bosquet in check. We know, for we can seo it, that they are work- ing away to strengthen ard provisien the fertress oa tue norta side, We bnow, for their hghts glance at night along the lofty background, that they mupter in no in- contideradle number upon the rifges which overlook our encampient, azé cover the road by which supplies are conveyed into the town. We attribute to them the impression that tieir term of stragylecn the hither bank is drawing to its close. We unticipate the moment when, by one means or another, final oonclacion shall be put to the protracted opposition, gh The Hango Massacre, [From the Loudon Times, Jane 20.) It han never fallen to our lot, in the coaraé of a long to comment upon any oue event #0 distress: ing to the best feeliogs of ihis ration, 20 disgracefal to the enemy with whom we are at war, #0 rlamofal to humanity, ar the mastacra committed by the Ra boat’s crew of a British man. of-war oa th June, at Hange. Not only do we maura the loss of six- torn gallant young fellows, whose fate would have been glorious if they had fallen by any of the commoa acci- dents of war—not caly are we rovolted by ihe treachery whick firet alowed tila boatto reach the shore under & flag of truce, and thea butchered the crew—unsrme}, unzesiating—with ao overwhelming force of troops, who sprapg up from their lurking places im tho rocas; but, while we deplore the pasrion and violeves which so basa and ferocious an action will impart to every future en- counter in this war, wo participate in tho cony that no effort is too great ani xo meagare too strong to bring the authors of this crime to the condign punish- ment they dene: ‘War, no doubi, Jong track of dev gebool of bonor, and full of horrors, and is marked by a mm and of blood; but it ia also the laws are more sacred than those which regvlaio its exceserr, Between civilized nations those acts of forbuarsncs and of courtoay, which are not unfrequent, ¢\¢n in the heat of s contest, mitigate the wilder paesiors, and show that in defending the interests of their country tho com*atants havo not forgotiea thi rights cf humanity. The boat of tha Cossack w. n- geged in ono of these very errands of civility at the mo- mint whrp this murcerous enslanght was mae upon It, It was to convey erven Finnisa prisoners to Heago, whom the Acmiral had no wish to detain, o# thoy we: notin the service of Russie, taat the bost was sent shore. The stewards of the m089 accompan ed the par: in the hope that this littie attention would be sckno ledged by the permission to bay some fresh provisions, Thus coofloing, thus deceived, Leutenan’ G: neste and his men pulled in behind the telanda off Hango Paint. It may here be observed that this was no plot of our off- cers to nend a boat into Hungo harbor, for oriera had yeengiven by tho A‘mirn’ to lard the prisonera wherever they pleased, and it waa by their own choice that Hango ‘was pelectod. A flsg of truce, visible from the shore, was flying all the time on the ship, and on apprathing the jetty the officer in command boat again waved the same ensign of peace. It is, however, apparent from tha re- sult that the approscli of this boat om its friendly er- rand tad been deliberately used by the Ft iti in command at Hango to organise one cf th teatabie and bloody etratageme recorded ia history. Five hundred erme3 Jay concesled in tho immediate neighborbood of the place. ‘The liberated yri- roners nud the officers jamyoi out of the voat; they were immediately enreouniel by this overwhelmiag fe The miscreant cyamanting tho party seem to een # man of some a, for he spoke Rag- E al cath aooa that tiag of truce Which he was about tov By his oe der tho riflemen oponed « sharp fir iainediately and i Cisoriminately on the oflicers who hal la men in tue boat, aed even on the Finaish priccnel bad just been shore, ani who feli toa m: der ibe mere’ bulleta of tneir own tyrants. man was struck Cown, sad, with one exception jer: ec, One wounded man waa dragged out of the bottom of the bout, where he bad folten, and bayonstted upoa the jetty,’ One sole survivor murvslionsly esosprd by feigning oath as soon as he wes bit, and altimataly culsng the boat ac rift. This aw'ul crime was rot, toe living witecs to relate aud atie ounce to mznkind end to posterity, in the srongest language of indignation aud horror, the atrovioua ecu elty of this unmanly deed. Among the Decoits who in- fest the banks of the Ir. ore, Isft without 1 ratical tribes of the Hastera A on their guard against every stratagem of }'o0 and fathless barbarians; bat ia what fs Christian warfare, at a spot to wish order can bo forwarded in a few hours from the asat of government, pepsraved only by a few miles of island rea’ from tho capital of the Re ; aml consequently untor the @irest coatea! upreme authority in that cour were not prepored for a breach common humanity which woul rettloment and tho most bar’ a savages of thy hobitable glohe, Hid the autiorities at Hango ty any motive to eat the boat from enwring th port, or for refusing to receive tho fig of trac thing was easier thin to have stoppad tn ech of our men by firing a ehot across che bow of boat Had they even atterapted to take them prison. ers for any alleged misconduct or broach of the privt leges of a flog of trace, nothing was more easy, for the party were unarmed, anc tho dis tina of ‘naxadors of the Russisns quite irresistible. Bat sash were not their ipteationa. No signal was male to warn the bost off, and, when tho gig sabseqaenily pulled 1a to ascertain the fate of her missing comrades, an attempt Kad mace hy people ow the shore to dessy ber, too, ia their power. No summons ty #arcenter war addrouset to the porty, and the atrongest proof that could be given of the insne ferocity of the Russians, wao ware deter. mined upon the instant murder of the whols crow, is that they shot down seven of their own countrymen, who had scarcely eet foot upon the bessh, ant the fia nish captain fel, waving the flag of trace. upoa which the Russians did not hesitate to fire. Such (s the mation which barely bulf a century ago wreatel ths provinse of Finlaod, the scene of this tragedy, from tao mild ant free governiuent of ths crown of Sweden. om of ell that ta bell mg mon—leaves un be annals ofa nation A period at 227 years has ced from the msmory of the poole of England the atroc ty of the Amboyea mansure, whoa an Rovlish ees captain and nine of his mon wore aaeri- ficed to the ruspi ons poliay of the Dutch: a1 acon tury has ort diminished the infamy which the night of the Piaex Hole of Calcutta left upon the me nory of the rolor of Bengal. Aa long as the novels of this momora bie year are recorde! in tho pegys of history, the ms sacre of Hango will rank with thove sinister no ments, for no paraliel can be foun! to it eave ia ths worst and most perfidioas actions wile. have disgrasoi humanity Indeed, thit surprise execoia thea sil, for our gallant countrymen were cut of ia tho very yerlormance of an act of courtesy and kictooss, at Bader the sheltar of an ensign whist every natioa bat the Russian knows how to rosy Throughout tas Yor, wherever this tale fs told, the compsasioa felt for iio untinely end of these brave youag fellows will ba followed by & thrill of horror at the guilt of their mar derets. Throughoat the world, wherever the British =, can carry its flag or point its gun#, an avenging irit will walk the deep; aad nota British reamin afloat but will remember the boat's crew of the Cossack in the hoar of battle, It in not the least of the eri's of such bad actions that they invest Justios heres? with the flercer passions, and render war more pitiless aad Seetenctive: but, on the other ham’, they whew as clearly with what on atversary wo have to deal—ior {alee how cruel, bow unssrarvion prove how Ammpomeinle It 18 to died the Ri the obser. vances beld siered among eoemien, by the ia- fluence of fear dnl ef superior fore. They esavines ne ‘Moré and more that the anomy to whom (tt: one fort ras to be opnoned 4 net only the auemy of b Froac®, bat ef honor ant humanity, wo czrtaialy ry vonor aul of grace the ram teat NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1855. Bict among Amvrican Sailors at Havre, Franee—-A Great Deal of Hloudshed—Ar re Be. ‘Frem the Journa) ¢o Hi. Jane 18. Revers) times, of tate, we have bac eavaga pugitetic enoountere between Americam seamen. but esterday spart of our city wae throwa ieto cuafanien by ® Gisturbence whico took the ferm of real Dattle, in which bnives, maz)pg- band ppikes, and other weapons were free y used, and which ‘was onty put dow the evergetic and reiterated ia- terventien of the police. Anew api siogular ‘oatare was given to this melée by the fact that ip addition to the origins! cause of the fight, it was further intensified y tenacious hostility which reigns between the white snd blick crews 1% {a weil Boown that the white and colored sailors keep frets Po trom each other while on shore, 1 en take their meals in neparace boarding houses. It will be casy to understand, then, the savege ardor with which they seize upon every oovasion to cispley their ha'e. and bow onier sach circumstances a trifing quarrel maz end in a blood: melee, The affair of yesterday is acase in pont. It commenced as tollowa:— Ab American pailor entered a café from the quay Oa- shnir Delavigne, with a font bis cress cisarraaged. In attempting lo pass to the back part of the sbop he wan Opposed by the women im atte whom ne re uled with violence. Apother sailor who was preszat fa des with thy woman, and att: mpted to aettio the But, frat conti 1g tO maitreat the woman, he street and fought, A the sailor, tuus op- pored by superior Dumbera, oon defeated Thie bappened, as wo dave eaid, in the morning; bat at about eve o’cioc’ in the afternoon 4 nuin>er of white stan on, from the crews ot gether, armed w douse o: M ‘The negross, excited by the aseailos these trom tha house, the quay Catiwr Delavigne rtan?, and tho compa: took ctrried on so warmly *hat the combatsnte seized iron bars from the merchants, who were abutting their storesin dread of this ter rible reepe. Unfortunately, the police force m this quarter was not strong, and the efforts of a few the enra; com sattants were, for tirely ineffective. Corporal Opeon, the marine gendarmerie, ip his courageous endeavors to prerezve the peace, reseived several wousds and had bie sword broken, sthough he did not ca)) it into servics. M. Lebévre, of tae brigade of Surete, was also energetic in bis endeavors to arrert’ the progrei Among th ‘ollowed them t Here the whites made n08e8, &e., bear witne a {0 the ferceness of tho battle ‘Among those most seriourly burt ia an American who was car. ried in a state of insepasbility to the houre of M Michan, ist, ruc de la Crique “thas been rumored that iiked on the apot, but it is certain, on tac con , that hie wound wi'l not prove t.tal. bout three o’clozk, an additional police forss hav. ing arrived on the ground. the Sight was scopped and a number of arrests were mate, ‘The afiait them peemed terminat-d, bat so flerse was the batred of the combattsnte thet a short time after ‘wards another bioody epivode in the history of the day ce neat the gate of Maria Theresa. The oom bsttants included some of those who had been epgaged in tbe fight of the morning, recruited by the addition of others, who had previously been inactive, Tho police was upon its guarc, but was not yet in sufficient force. Ib Wos pot vati after three hours fight that phe agents of the police foree, the marize gendarmeric, aided by a com- pary of Custom Houre offizers who were returaiog from procession, were able to put s Gas! stop to thia sion cf ceplorable ssener. In this la ter phase of the combst a great deal of blood was again spilt. Police agent Predel received « knife wound io the right ear and upon the hand, and was otberwise maltreated so yerely that he is obliged to keep bis bed. It is, however, believed that he will soon be on his feet again. Patrole Pps bave been organised in the quar! where the fight took place. Sixty two arrests have beea made, which ehows that the affair waa a serosa one, Aclore inquiry into all the circumstances bas been commenced. Trial of Madame Ronconi for Adultery. Madame Ronconi, wife of the well known singer, was, on Fridsy, plucea at the bar of the Tribunal of Corres ticnal Police, Paris, to answer s chatgo of adultery, mado by her husband; and M. Vincent Cattabeni, an Itelisa refugee, and professor of the Italian Tomar wan ploced at the bar with her as ber accomplice. Ma deme Konconi was dressed entirely in black, but the in- terior of ber bonnet was ornamented with srtificial flowers, She stated ber age to be thirty-four, but looted younger M. Cattabemi, who is a very energoti: looking ian, with large beard, said that bis age waa thirty. The President having requested Madame Ronconi to riso, Ve yOu aby explanation to give with respect jon which wei; your “None, sir,” » With a strong Itallun accent. “You ad- mit the facts laid to your charge?” ‘Yes, sir.” Yoa decla the course of the preliminary investigat ia tbat you intend to give explanations to show that 149 conduct of your husband caused you to act as you Lave done. Issuch stil) your intention? ‘You; bat [ am too much agitated to preeent explanations myself, and I count on my advocate to give them for me.” ' And you, Cattabent, o you admit the exastitude of the acts’? “Yee, sir ”” M. Liouville, ndvocate of M Ronsoui, after expressing Tegret at having to appear as counsel on such a ge Ogainst a distinguished artisic like Madamo Ron- cont, prooceded to speak as follows:—Io 1856 Madame Ronconi_ martied Gioveninna Gismont, and up to 1860 their anion was only disturbed by those incidents which neceararily arice in the life of public performers—inci- dents which created frequent quarrola, followed, bow- ever, by constant reconci!}iations, Duringal! that time M. Rouvoni loved hia wife passionstely, and she on her port entertained, if not pass‘on. at least affection for him, It wos eke, however, who exercised authority im the household, and she sometimes gave her husband physical ‘octs that he was in subjection to her, Im 1800 M. cecni, who was then to Londo, became intimately acquainted with Cuttabeni, a refagee, and introduged him to hin wife. After a while circumstances rose which caused Mi, and Madame Ronconi to de of oplaion that it would be best for them to asparate, and to live a3 e¢—Madame Ronconi with the preasnt accom M. Konconi with a Spavish actress named raen, of whom he had besome enamored. He ar- ranged with his wife to allow her 2,000 fr. a month, but required her to promise to reside neither in Hogiand, Spsin, France, Russia nor America, He then accpted a brilliant engegement in 8, Petersburg, and from April, 186%, to January, 1866, he owed her as much as 24,060 tr.” ‘What, however, did she do? Why, ahe came to Paris, and not oontent with one scle liaison, engaged in DY; she, im fact, it was aleged, went to remce in & house of questionable character in the rae de Ia Vis toire. M. Fonconi, dirgnsted at the idea of a womin who bore his name acting in uch a way, remonstrated with ber, but to no effect. Ho then offered to make ar- Tapgements with her, but she would not listen to them At length, in January last, she wrote s tetter to the Em- rR r of Russia, in whien sbe accused her husband of AV domestic hearth,’ and taxen up courtezan; and of having, moreover, In violation of legal engagemcats entered into at Losdon, lett ber without resovrces, whereby alie tin’ become reiusel to the most fulghtful missry. She, therefore, “as the legi- timate wife, Ueiore God and the Jaw, of a man who earns 126,000 franca a year,” implored his Majeaty, “on her kpees,”’ to constrain him to cive hor the msaas of living. ‘Thia letter shy pablisued in the newapipsss. ‘The arové of M. Ronconi immediately wrote to the news papers to say that tre lady's ntatements were com- pletely untrus, and, to prove this, he assected that hs actually beld her receipts for sami amounting to 24,009 franca, which had beew paid har from April, 1853, to No vember, 1804, and that, an the very day before her let. ter bad been published, he had receive’ 10,000 feancs from M. Ronccin at St, Petersbarg, of which 2,003 francs were to bo givin to her, and 8,000 francs to bo employed in paying her debts Ho added, however, that, in consequence of ter letter, he should refrain from em: ploying the 10,060 frares watil he rhoaki receive {xe ther instructions from M. Ronsoni. In answer to this letter, Madame Roncori wrote to the papers ta aay that the assertions of the aroué were * compistaly ¢nexuct,’ and thet sbe defied him to produce any receip: of her's, That gentleman anewercd by a letter, stating that o the sum wentiored 9,000 frases bad boon paid through Mr. Ploust, banker’ 10,600 franca throngh M Roug mont, banker; and thet he himsslf bad paid ths remaining 5,(00 fransa——tho receipts for whieh h» was able to produce This correspoadencs way com municated to M, Reaconi, aad eaussd him to de. termine on obtaining «# reparation from his wife. A ter written by Cattaber! to Mad, Nancont, which left no éoudt of the nature of their commerce, bad been seized by M Roncoal. The soizure exasporated Catia beni; and pot content with having dichonered Ronson), he went the length of mansstag them “M.@ Roncon,”* he wro'e, ¢ zou have he the bireness to open aad keep a letter which I wrote to Glovannina, That is am action the fall iafamy of which canaot b9 exprassed in words. A man must creep in filth like @ reptile to be able to concelya it. You may be a great artirt, but you area acounérel—a may without hynor—a ridiculous being without bratns—and you cover yourself with the robs of & Jesnit. You will send mo back the letter withont de lay, or 1 will forward a copy of this to your fallow actors, in order that they muy know of what you are capable, and thas I have insultel you as ons insults tbe st of men! You may be certain that I will ind you one day or another, and compel you to act as an hoaest man!? The learned gentleman conclnied by saying that the aduliery must be considered as clearly proved, snd by detsan ting ia the same of Ronecrt the condom: nation of the defendants; but, he ssid, that, as the od- ject of bis cliemt was merely to obtain » separation, ho was anxious that the sentence of imprisonment’ oa Madarse Foncont shoald be as tight as potable, M. Langlsia presented the dofince of Caiiabani, who was, he raid, man of root family, but had boon driven from hia country by the political events of 1818. At London, where be wae residing, he met tho Konson’ the bourse of Makio, bis friend. He became intimate wi them, and, efter a wlile, Roncoui left Sim frequently with bis wife, wailst be ran after other women. Roa- cont’s principles in cenieget matters, were, 19 fact, very peculsr “When a couple cease to love each other,” he used to say, “they eoparate, and cart Joes what he orshe pizases’? And not only did he profess :bose principles bat he acted onthem. Cattabent # iautof the French law, and sivcercly tho: Ronconi bad given vp all Lesild over or right to his wife. It bad been eusd that Cattabentand Madame Ron- coni resided fa a houre of ili-fen, but the fact was that the koure, though a very bumble one, was pst- foctly rorpectable, an! Madame Ronsoui’ hal bern obliged to live im it from poverty—poverty ao great ‘that che bed sctasily beea compelled to «: ance from the Aastrisn embarsy. learned gentleman, in conclusion, were in Paris, instead of St. Peter: who would stand at the bar, and not hi Cenerves to do so much more thon abe, hider ber ? i ; and he rt whilst she 1 parades in all the t coni, pleaded, om her had been adomioned and lett without nes by the man who onght to hive protected hor; that that men hed himsef throwa her ino the arms of Cattabeot, and that be had acted sbominshly tm takiog Ay with the Spanish court-sap. He then produced a letter to prove thet Ronconi wae an adulterer, dated 8th Jone, tain'ng exp my poor b vevera) times, and I new write to you to repeat all thas ey from you, my divinity! I wept dunng elt at every moment a an yt a ee levee somnquaset high separated me from eon whom ‘Joved moet im this work.” He then Peo t have tad my wife everything with so much she ie persuaded thet all my heart is your After over the matter calmly with her, we have agreed that J shall be allowed to pase the day and night wherever I oe, and that, shall not ast me the least question, ut thet] sbali continue to reside in the same bonse with her, im order that people may not talk 41) of ms, for Tam exposed to public criticism. In consenting to 1 was sure that inless than a month m: mand a sepsration. But,” he coatiat af my beart, that I cansot I rappot l ve away from 30. ‘treat her in the most impassioned terma to wave Madrid, ip bim at Paris:—* Ceme to my srms—hstes to my vel Leave madrid on the very aay on which you re- ceive this letter, It ia the letter ® man in despair— of 8 man who is lest without you~of a man wno pra- fera death to living ia such a way. Carmes of my heart, have pity on your poor George! Come to my aras, 1 will rneder you more bappy tuan you e' wer ly {promise that, and I will Keep wy word! Come! And, it you wirb it, 1 will, efter a time passed together, din with you! [have in my possession a terrible po'oa, which will cause tbe quickest death that caa be imaginsd. We most fulfil our dert ny! Vo a0t suppose that I can be tran- quil away from you—no! If you do not coms to me, I will go to Macrid, cee you once agato, and then dio de- hestb your balecny! I¢m quite decioi—death if you will not be mine! My lire aud my bappiness are in your ban¢s. Io the name of God and the Holy Virgin, Listen * * 4% Tam becoming mad o0aded sole me! Come snd tell your poor George that you wit! e always bir! Tears snifocate me. Come and coasoi+ our atucere lover After this epietis the learucd gea- demen produced another, which he said coatained a full authorisation to Madame Ronconl to act 2a she plesaed In this letter were there expressions:—‘I caraot and Dust not live with yor * * Tam fran’ ant tell you that I bave only one heart, and that it {a no Inager it belongs to another. * * not Delisve N abandop you—no. Although I no loager love you, I em more generous than you toink—aad wii Pp ove it, if you promise me witdin s month, or two at the Jatest, to retire te some town in Italy with tho per ron for whom you feel affestion !”” The learned geatie. man concluded by contending that his client waseatitlea to om sequittal, ‘The President asked Macarce Ronconi if she had not Isid a cempiaint aghinst ber husband? “ Ne, sir,” sha apswered, ‘but l will ¢o ro pow.’? The padlic prove cuter copterded that aa the adultery was clearly proved she could not be allowed to ward off the puaichm-nt ane Dad mcurrea by complaining ot ber huaban. wecate ok Hemeenh: en, hi part, remarsed, thet the letters produced were dated 1351, and that con: equently, puppoing adi was proved to have been committed, the oten covered by prascrip- tion. Mme Ronconi, however, signed a formal som- plaint, to the effect that, ‘since 1861 her husband bad St Petersburg, and was doing #9 ded to be allowed to prove it, Tae Tribups) deci'ed that Mme Roneoni’s complaint sbonl+ and that time sbould be granted her to pro- duce evisence in support of it. In the meantime it postponed judgment on her and her accomplice, ‘The Constitutional Struggle in Hanover, The Chambers baving been opsuot on the 1oth uit, one of the first acts of the government was to lay before them the decree of the German Diet. and the proposal for altering the ccmposition of the Chambers, as at pro sent existing. The proposal will first be diacasacd ia general terms, 10 as to allow the members to apast out their sentiments on tro subject, and then be referred to @ committee to report on it According to the new plan, the Firat Chamber will be go poasd of the royal primsenabove the age of 18, the beads of the noble families of the kingdom, tho beredi tary Postmaster General, the heads of tamilies with en- tailed eatates of the annual valuo of six thousand dol late, appointed by the crown; the Abbot of Loscum, the bisbeps of Hildesbeim and Osnabruck, tro mem»ers of the higher 1 utheran clergy, feur members appointed by the King from any class of the communtty he thinks 8t, a deputy from the University of Gottiogen, the com. missioner for the public cebt, twenty-six’ depution from the Order of Knizhts, ani eighteen landed proprie tora, with at least six handred dollars anaual revenue, elected by general election. ‘The Second Chamber ia to conslst of four members ap pointed by the crown, # royal commissioner, avi avven- ty-fix representatives of towns and boroughs possessed of a certa'n fixed smount of property. Ministers buve drawn up and presented the budget, which stands on the orcer of thecay for the Baxt att: tivg. Te former Prime Minister, Stuve,bas been oficially ask- ed if be is willing to be the madiator batween th» govera: went and the chambers in thé present critical state of tke constitution question. His resly was that under existirg circumstances be feared Lis modiation would not give satisfaction to either party. If this be eonfirm- ed, it would follow that the eanguice hopes cf miny persons, fourded on the possibility of coming to an amicable uncerstanding on the subject, are more remote than ever from being fulfilled. ‘The Electsie Telegraph in Europe. A letter, dated furin, Juna M4, atates that the Chera lier Bonelli proposes a plsn for eastabiiabing a submarine tehpraph as far as Constaatinople, by taking Cagliari se the point of departure. The Chevalier believes he Lan discovered the mesns of diminishing the weight an eapense of Eubaqueous cables Tho wire woall rap from Cagliari to Malta, thence to Candia. Bere {t would branch off in ove direction to Alexsadris, in Egypt, oni in ibe other to Gallipali. The expansa would not awauat to three millicns of francs. The plaa has been sa. mitted to the government's of England ani France. Tar Moniteur publishes a notice that =. telographis acepa ches sre now reeelved far Langdon (Gironde), aad Reaone (Loire), and also tor the following places in d f- ferent foreign countries:—Bocknia, in Austria; Piorz- heim, Grand Duehy of Baden; Harzboarg and Wolfen buttel, Gaand Duchy of Brunswick; Culembourg. Deven- ter, and Meppel, Holland; Anklam sud Wolgast, Prussia San Kemo, Serdinis; and Alexinacy and Kragujevasz, in Servia. ‘The telegraph offices in sweden, the same no- tice declares, do not transmit any despatches on Sun- days snd fé/e days, except these of the government. The Yne of telegraph ‘uniting Austria with Russia upon the frentier of Galicia and Poland, was opeued on Lust Filday, Despatches tay be sent in German and in French. The telegrapbie stations establishéd at chia moment in Russia, are:—Varsovia, Moscow, St. Peters burg, Riga, Kiew, Odessa, Dunebourg, Dowst, Konwola, Lelsivgfora, Cronstadt, Gatechina, Revel, Narva, Bolo goie, Krementechug, Nicolaiew and Wy berg. Marine Court. Before Hon. Judge MoCerthy. IMPORTANT TO PUTATIVE FATHERS. Jury $.—O' Brien vs. McElrath.—The pla‘ntiff, as the asnignee of ore Jane Gorman, sues to recover $300 for ten years’ board, clothing, schooling, &:., of James Me- Etrath, of whom it was alleged the defendant was the fetber, and the assignor, Gorman, the mother. the mother was sworn, apd test fied that defendant (who was present in court 2t the tine) was the father of the Loy, who ie now twelve years of aze, and born in Sco: land, where the parties formerly resided; that he (de fendant) bad never done or promised to d> anythiag to- words supporting tke child, except once, wheo she brought bim before one of the courts in scotland, where he wea comptliad to sign a papor agreeing to pay £4 par year for its sup; ; it immediately afterwar'+ he tuddenly left nd ese to tals country, whitior she followed bimn about two years ogo; that ‘she called ov him then, and he offered to take uipport ths boy; but she refused to part with the ebild, and defendant positively sefused to (urnivh any support for him ether wire, Tho Court held that the action could not bs main toined uniers s positive promise was proven against de fendact (19 Wend., 400), The law, oot revognizing aay claim o! the fatber overs natural child, wili not hob Dim responsible for its sepport, There are statutary exceptions to this rala. Th» present case does not coms within them. Complaint dismissed. A CAUTION TO MARINKRS-——A REPRACTORY DEPEND ANT. the New Yi tion ws droug a penalty of $50 from de‘eadant, Of w vores! lying at the foot of Roose for refusing to obey the orders of one of the Harber Masters of this city, relative to hanling bis ves- #0), ond thereby preventing other vessels from going in or out of the slip. The xait is brought in the nam» of the President of the Hospital, to which the recovery (if apy) goes, under ove referred to, The defend. ant conducted his own case, Dut was wsuccessfal At ter jadgment was rendered against Lim, he rofared to Phy; ARG the Judge signed «committal Yor bia to the iy prison. IMPORTANT TO LESSERS OF CORPORATION PROPENTY. Adams ve. the Mayor de.. of the City of New York. — This action was brought to recover from defendants, the Corporation, the sum of $231, paid to them wader the following cixcumstances, Ia March, 185i, the defend ed, at pudlic acction, several of the ia the city of New York. The plains re at the foot of Fighteenth and oir. tleth strests, im the city of New fork; the terme of sale ere, that the purchacera should pay down ton per esat d the auctioneer’s fees, at the tia of ale, and within Biftecn days therea‘ter should furnish two’ persons as sureties, to be approved of by the defendants. The plaintiff offered to prove that the leases were not ready, becaues the form sabmittel by the Comptroller to the Common Council #as ao! approved by the, until Ostober, 1353. That it was the castom of defend ante, im all eases, to prepare ail leases to bs exo cuted by them. That in consequenca of the delay oy the defendants in preparing the lease, plolatiif, on tha fd July, 1868, notified the Comptrolier be would not ac. cept the rame. he Cafen’ ants’ counrel insisted that bafore the plain tif could complain of delay, or sock to recover bask his woney, tendering the suretien, &o , within fifteen days, ‘was a condition precedent to be performed on his pirt ‘Toe Court sustaiued this vlow of the cate und non suited the plaintidl. GENERAL TEUM. Present Judges McCarthy and Birdsall, CABE OF NEGLIGENT DRIVING. Jcuy 6 —Hardy vs. The Second Avenue Railvoai Com. pany.—This wes an appeal from 4 judgment of non-ruit, rendered by Justicn Thempeon about a year ago, MoCarthy, Justice. —From the cage. as presented to | ft eppears that the men-suit wae granted oa the viz -—1, That the plaintif was nota duly lic: vas driver, 2. That the plaintiff failet to sb: defendants guilty of negligeace, As to the frat for the purposes of this ection, It is immaterta! «| plaintiff was a licensed driver or sot, defendants 20 more right to injure unlicensed than a licensed one. While facts faily the jury, and the court them pass on the question, Julgment reversed, with costes, . INDEPENDENCE DAY. THE FOURTH IN WILLIAMSBURG, The seventy atath anniversary of American Indepen- dense was crlebrated in the Eastern district, yoaterday, with considerable spirit. The residents of Greenpoint heli a celebration in Mr, Messerole’s orchard in thy afternoon. A atand was ereet- ed upon the ground, appropriately desorated with flags, 4c. On the platform were seated Wallace’s band, miats- ters, orator of the day, thirteen girls, dressed ia white, represeniing the thirteen original States, and the com. mittee of arrangements. The Duncan Artillery, com- manded by Captain Taft, were in attendance, and fired solutes from an eminence @ short distance from the stand. G, W. Kelsey, Esq., presided, and stated the ob ject of the celebration, when he introduced the Rev, Mr, Talmage, who opened the exercises with prayer. The “(Star Spangied Banner”’ was then sung by the girls who represented the different States. Dr. C. V. Rivea- burgh them presented to the Duncan Artiliery a splendid silk flag, on behalf of the ladies of Greenpoint, im a neat and oppropriate speech. Coptan Taft replied for the company, thant- ing the ladies tor the acceptadie went, Tne Declaration of {ndependence was read by A. J. Provost, Feq. The oration wea delivered by H. P. Lovell, Kuq., of New York, The odinge were onsed with & bemedic: tion by the Rey. Mr. Boyce. The intervals between the diferent as were filled with masio by the baad aad singing by the girs. The exercises throaghout were highly interesting. In the evening thera was a revd ditslay of fireworks on an eminence opposite the Forth t ferry, covsieting of appropriate derices, The wh air was got up with taste, reflecting credit upon tbe coc: mittee of arrangements and the citizeas erally, tbe entire expenses baing made up by prira tributicm. A large concourse of people was in tencance in the day and evening. Ip the other por‘ion of the Eastern district there were no public demonstrations 1n the duy time, Ip the evening there was a magattcent display of dre- wor! vao-nt Jot in Leonard street, between North Eeoond and Jhird streets. ‘the ground beiog very high the opportunities for seemg were exce lant, and the Jo:4- tion about as central as could be fount —Notwith stonding the uncertain state of the weatner, thousands Of people were present, the whole spice appeured to be Living mare ap the different pieces were set off aid rew forth their magvificent gare of many colors, it with shouts and cheers by the multitude. the display acci¢ent occurring 10 m: The lager bier entabiie! ‘the Sixteen! were ajhopen during the day and did an ox'eusive ba- sivess, but no fight or disturbance of apy kind ocsurred in them, Every thing ACCIDENTS OF THE DAY. Will'sm Robie, a boy, residing in Powers street while Asscbsrgirg a pistol it exploded and blew off one of his fingers, ‘2 young man, about 19 yeare of age, was accidentally shot in the band by smother person, at the cornor of Grand ond Fourth streets ‘A boy, Dames Henry Cline, while loading a pistol it ex- ploded +n shot away one of his tingers. Robert Boyles, a colored boy, was shot by » small can non in Lia side, receiving meroly a flesh wound. A boy, ratacd John H. Rhosdes, while putting load. ed piatol into his pocket, it went otf, lodging the soatents in bis abdomen. Medical attrndaace was imaelictely ocured, but itis feared that he will not survive the injury. His parenta reside in Attorney street, New Yor! A toy, named Dominic Sher#ood, had a tioger blown off wich & pistol. ‘4p unknown man was found on Wednesisy morning at the Houston street ferry. He wan about 3s yeura of age, 6 feet 8 inches bigh, and stout; brown hair, no whiskers, When found he had no clothing eo, and from appearance had been in the water bu! a short time Coroner Handferd held an aquest, oa a verdict ef acci- denta) drowning was rendered. A fire waa discovered on Wednesday, about noen, on the roof of house owned by Stephen Masters, in Grand street, near Grabem avenue. The fire was put oat with out apy sericus damage. A Gre was ciecovered about 3 o'clock the same day, on the roof of Andrew Weramil’s house. in Fifth atrest, pants South Fifth and Fourth streets. Damage trifting. ‘The members of Hore Co. No. 3, and Eagine Go. No. 10, ip going to the last fire, got into a row, when dtones aad clubs were freely used, ard at one tim threatened se. vious consequences. ‘The Fifth district the disturbance by teking the ringleaders lice quel'ed to custody, THE DAY AT THE LUNATIC ASYLUM, BLACKWELL'S ISLAND. ‘The celebration at this institution was of 2 somewhat movel and interesting ebaraster. Probably in no o!her essembly, on this day of assemblies, were so many dis- tinguished peracnages gathered together aa were yeater- dey afternoon beneuth the dome of the Asylum, or any who more heartily or honestly entered into the spirit of the occasion or the day. The ‘‘ Fmperor of all the Russias” was pointed out to us, inthe undress uniform of the islsud. A¢miral Von Tromp, with bis macsy forehesd surmounted by a blac obecked vaval hat, was seen seated n‘ar Capt. B—, of the Royal Guards; while sprinkled eround were several af noble or kingly birth, who forgot for the time their rank ond lineage. Among tose of lesser note we saw two poits ; a distinguished inventor of the long sought « perpetual motion ,” « private individual, whose nams for State reasons we ore not at liberty to disclose, who, ‘a8 soon 28 the crromonies of the day were leaving for Europe by telegraph, for the purpo: plowizg up astopol with 200 killogrammss of gun- powder, al Metert, Among the lacies present, and honored wherever movirg, Mrs, President Pierce, who had resigned @ dignity of her White House and the care tly, to add to the iutereat of the oc:asion aé of Byron, pale and pensive of folk, the identical lady who of a» no exercises the Church of Rome in the settle- ment of the puncium (heologicum of her Immacalute ©. cepticn; with many other celebrities, of whom want of syace alone prevents our opeaking. At43; o’clook P, M the patiente, numbering some hundreds, witb invited gu and strangers, were gathered ia the large rotunda and ous of the loa hi Of the building, and the followiag programme of ex cises commenced :— ‘A chant by the patients—‘ Oh, come let us sing,” ke, impressively executed. Opening prayer, by Rev, Mr. Searle, chaplain to the institution. Reacing the Declaration of Independence, by Judge National afre—‘Flail, Columbia,’ “Yankee Dood &e., incircriminately, but capilaliy performed, by Pro- fessors Roberta anc Quick, on the violin. Oration, by W. A. Burcett, of the Aaylum. Song—‘America,” and arranged for the oseasion by W. A. t; sung by male and femile members 0: the Aay Echo tong—By the same. Penedict on, Never have ws listened to ® more impressive ren ing of + tue immortal docame hi bi of the Ten Governors almost ony other reader, yet the Jadge bept « and collected, uncer the circumstances, as if been one of the original sigcers. ‘The great featare of tre cecasion, however, was the oration. For eloquence, wi ing, patriotic spirit and comprebensive r heard an ora- tien that pleased us more: marked now and ty come wild dasces into poetry aud the rexlsos of imagination, there was little in its character in‘licating insanity, untese it might bo in its wit, for, ss Pope bas nt wit to mi es nourly ie allied, ite Goa thin partitions dy vs bounde divide Over the bead of the orator, oa the one side, hang the banner of the female patients, and the work of their own hancs. bet the morto, “The advancement of social apd civil liberty—the elevation of our sex,’ while on the other hung the banuer of the other eex tearing the {ollowing:—“‘ Religion, education, herty three persone of an nvincible trinity—the soul of re- pudlica ” We regret that from the pressure gn cur columas wa are unable to give the address ¢ lucratim, bat hope be- fore long to nee it published complete, ce it deserves to eral devortinent of the audience, of which, of grester bumber were those iaboring uad Ciflerent forms of insanity, vas admirable, matter of wonder to many, tutions ¢f the kind could my o long and with eo little dlstursa fal refreshments passed around, had something to do wita reflected well upoa the i Waragement of the institution THE CELEBRATION IN ALBANY. Atnayy, July 4, 1855. Fourth of July in Albany—Fine Public Demonstration— The United Americans ond Know Nothings ou! in Un precedented Numbers, dc. ‘the anniversary of American Independence was ob. rerved in thie city to-day, with unusual demonstrations of patriotis srdor, The weather was highly propitious; rain at carly dawn to keep down the dust, the sam od: toured by thick clouds, a refreshing breeze from the fouthwest, contributed esveutially towards the plea- tures of the occasion. At an early hour every avenue Heading to the city: waa crowded by visitera from the adjacent cities, and eoun- try towns, wo that by ten o'clock our principal streets were most densely crowded, The processicn moved at 11 o'clock, consisting of military, firemen and civic societies. No iimer Aisplay ever greeted the eyes of our citizens or their visiters. Amongst the most pro- minent were the militery Continentals, and the efvic or: ¢er of United Americeas. Both tu-ned out in large pumbers, and their marebings and demeanor received the uvited commendation the crowd. “‘Sam’’ waa it be, as bis ta cslebrat- o@ paper was read by a young ied uel attorney, which Ls called backvied phrases, which served many s previous atereotyped edition. Fou: of July orations hare be cme so stale here that our best and talented speakers will rot undertake them. During the éa; pational nreeze, over the State “a itol, Cit several public botels, and from the mast Vessels in port. The steamers on duty floated in the river, apd alongside the wharves, were alse eae Ab ibe ey sping sare and stripes. ‘This beiwg "he soniversary of Ficap Independence, ano un the immortal a1 Imperisbable wanilesto mace po allusion what apy ' Pred bitory )iquor Jnv.’’ the people have celeb, ted the cecarion on ibesr fathers and themeelves seventy eigbt yeare bave doce, There wos no exces’ indulgt pce, and te parsed off without the exhii tion of apy 1c nev of ii " CO Looe ee? The. play of beautiful fireworks in ty evening, Hr ey wae witnessed by twenty thousand p clove pie, ex en of thedsy, whea the peo uie'ly retired to their respective homes, with the hi Deering confidence that the country was perfectly naff THE DaY IN ELIZABETH, N. J. ‘The Fourth was a gale day io Rtizabath. The () Coune'l, ia their wiscom, ordained that there should BO pubis celebration, in consequence of there being Gisposition on the part of a large portion of the renu! dents to give the Funday school chikiren of Elizaboty City oud the surrounding districts ample scope for full enjoyment of the day. Atan early hour in ¢! morning the tratus from the different prints came | loaded with living freight, and before eight o’clock teen bunared shi cre, 'y dressed in their boli glo: it v: the direction of the chief marshal of the ds; Meiine W. Hskoy, kvq., at precisely nine o'clock, ti whole army of juveniler entered the First Presbyteri; cburch, when tbe orser of exercises commenced. Ty ir Merrey cflered up to the thro: Braee beautitnl and tovcb py prayer An opening ode was th dy the chilaser, which was followed. Dy erees from A Q Keasoy, Eeq,, of Ni the copelurion of bis adcrean another ole was sung ¥ the ebik ren wbich was followed by a beautiful adtee from Frecezick T. freegnuysen, Esq.. It fhe beppieet eforts, and he most maried attention. Tue gray haired « of the church, who set upon the platiorm, shared the general seGltog, and ae the eloquent wor the insipguisbed orator, they gave vent Bethe Bnd touching manner, Belusion of Mr Frolinghnysen’s speech, \, Jemer W Wootruli, sled the chiloren to time for ty copcivd pg oce. whi b was written expressly for thed caston by Mr Wilhom W. Alexander, of Philadelpy!! Tre whole puwb+r uoited, ond the effect was gris and withont oiscord, whish Mr. Woodraff, under whose ear nies practised provounced by the Rey. Dr. Mig the church eiosed, ted by their marshals laashort spsse of ti ‘nm were on toe move, Th’ te the resideuer of Chancellor Williamsoa, why mente xere provided for them, After ragal themselves na bepvy manner, in the baautifal g attached to ths Cownsellor’s dwelling, they were +; ca led to orcer and diemissed, The whole of the ¢: ciege were over before the hent of the day bad set od the b PY Youngetera returned to their homes, ingle aceicen: ocourred to mar the feativitios, aad ccmmittse of atrangementa deserves great praise for ye irsble manner ip which the whele fete was cond: and trims the jay ‘Th echotinm #7: THE FOUR‘CH ON THE ATLANTIC, TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW YORE HERALD, The Fourth of July on ooard the steamer Herma was celebrated with much spirit on the evening of the inst. Oar gentlemanly and efficient captain assemb all the passengers, avd to tae gsy and festive music ‘the polka, recowa snd sobottisch, the dawning hour the Fourth was usherei in; upon tho stroke of elg Dells, whic on sbere we call the midnight hour, dancing evaved, and our gallant und patriotic cod mander surprised us with festivity as rare as amexpec: ed, The ladles, each with a cavalier attending, hai socner secended the quarter deck than a aalate of th'y ‘teen guna was f10d, (man-of-war style, so well under stood by ovr gallant commander,) which, with blue ligh' d rockets, sxpounesd ta the gay and expectant ase’ bly that the 797b advent of our giorions anniversary hi dawned onus, Capt Higgins, at the bead of tye a eae pote one with, chore} the eek ot 1) propos! the bie remarks the we: to by W 0, Hemt'on, Faq terms, and was tollowed by &® warm, mcs’ truth/ul demonstration in the shape of health of the commander and his lady, who, by tho races of man.er and persoa so well combined, had co! idute? in ro mall degree to the plossure of the The bealth of Wr. R. Venas, officer of the steam pored—thsn whom (no more gallsnt ever trod the deck of ship—which wi Teaponded ta by thet gallant officer in a few brief marke. The sunrise of the mornive was duly ushered in by national salute, At 11 o'clock the chairman, Mr. P. Brown, of Obio, introdaced W. C. Hamilton, Faq., otator of the doy, wio, afters brief and brilliant 0 tion (wbich elicired the applause of the whole asa Diege), prooseded to read, in © trae oratorisal styl that most precious of cocuments, the Desiaration of i ce, im the prevence of ‘the captain, crew ax! Pasrengers (the former in uniform), ut the cione which the "Star Spangled Banner” was sung by fellowing passengers and officers Coptein HS Austin, New York; F. J. Girand, Ke tucky; P.@ Bs W. Browse, Hall, Regist W. Wand, Ton‘on, Encinas k; DM. Dollins, wes most as an address of thank by Mr, Bart, of Canada, whi 4 to in the naval happy maaner which er # the commander of the Hermann. TELEGRAPHIC, FATAL AFFBAYS, Borrato, July 6, 1895, An affray occurred at an Irish dace house ia th: city, op the morning of the 4th. A man named it mara was stabbed to the beart by another Lrishmad mea Harrigan, end ied iostentiy. Harrigan is jwi. The drinking houses here sre generally hept ope: Curvenasp, July 6, 1865, named Roxbury, a #hip carpanter, was kill erday, ty deine strack on the head with Tke man who committed the ast ia uni Mayor’s Office. ALLEGED VIOLATION OF 1H8 QUARANTINE LAWS. The Commissioners of Dealth, consisting of the Mayo! Health Officer, Resident Poysician, Health Commission Dr. Milier, the City Inspector, and the Prosidents of t! two beards of the Common Council, received a shor time sgo the following communication from Dr. R. Thompson, the Health Oilicer, im which two person Jobn Minnie and Avgustus Johnson, are accused of vio sting the Jaw pertaining to quarentine, by bolding ecmmupication with s vescel contrary to section 36 the ‘Act Reintive to toe Puolic Health in the (it +d aprit 10, 1800. The name of tt Fiy,’” bailing from Batavia uy way t ths time of the allege? violation tied for thirty days, becoure it-w too time of ceparture of the vessel fro the yellow fever and cholera the lettor:~ Quarancine, jee, June 2H, 1853 Healeh of Hy j To the Mayor and © the ( ity’ New York:— GENTLIMD N—Seotion 85 of the general provisions of t Isw pertaiping to yuarsatice makes it my daty or privil to report to + unr Gosty infractions of the said Lyws. ania lu perce upon you the suty of giving such injormation wt trict asteruey, that he may prowecute the offenders Mi elas. ng jor thirky baraover existing whe ara vow at the eley fran the ol pow w city, an ih tl 7. B. Wiliams, who is the consiguen of the veseal, and (0 y David MeLyman, who may be found at Qu ja prompt attention te paid to this and uolees the offenders hed, w Tews at a. herefare, @ au interest ia the proscoution, for ti Froteetion of the envi) hem tb; Remy yours, l. PSOW, Health jeer. ‘The section violated ia this: — bas Seo. 38, Bvery person who shall go on bo 1¥ commu icaticn, Intercourse or deallug #it w out the permission of the Hest *. withoa? authority, th we oBence, aad be ent; and such offender shall be d the Health Ofhver shall dired Tn auth persom. abail ‘The two perscns accused are in the nae, of the Car tom House, and were seen by Cornesias Cols and Deri Mel yman to put off from the dock at Qaarantine, and pans some articles ea board, Distriet Attora: y was givea information of the violation. but thinsing thas the case could be dealt with fa s mor summery manner, Mr Hall has recommended the ince tigation of it to Justion Onvorne, who in tare has sent! to the Court of Sprcial Sessions, where it wil eoms 0; next Tueadey moraing Each of the acrused waa belt to bail in the eum of $200, to anewer the charge. United States District Court. Petit Jury for Listiict Court of the Um ited States 10, at the mew City Hell Wa. ati $ Wiley, |. W. Snyder, Hiabsaet Stear J Lasas, 3-:K ne, . Abrahai 4. Storms,” A. A. Jonn»n, JH N T. By b . Wm. Ba'lard, The fse for non-sttendaace will be enforced - $20" The jurors receive $2 for gach day's attendaneg,