The New York Herald Newspaper, June 12, 1856, Page 2

4 NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1856. NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON NNETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. OFFICE %. W. CORNER OF NASSAU AND YULTOM STS. 18, cash in adoanes. AHL Y HERALD, 3 omio 1 per anew. BRUNE eros ns 5 unre | of Groat Bre, on 93 0 my part of tha Goninon, BAR ‘NO NOTICE ‘aten of anonymons cominunications, We do return those reverted. JOB PRINTING executed with neatnoss, cheapness and dea ADVERTISEMENTS rencwed every day. Voiume XX1. AMUSEMEETS THis EVENING, BROADWSY THRAYER, Proadway—Heir srLaw—My ‘Mexcenon’s Wire. HEBLO’S GARDEN. Broatwas -Youna MmrcLeR ON THE Shout Gora—Les Wruws—Poxco sd THEATHE, Sowery- Lavy or Lrons—Jane LAURA KEEWN’S VARIETIES, Brosdway—Musks xp Paces Manxtep RAKE. BROADWAY VAaRIRTIES. 472 Sroadwar—Poon PuticeD wr— feoDLEs~ By THE Woon & WaxsH JUVENILE OOMDLANS, ‘WOO 8 M\MSTRELS, 444 Sroa¢way—Brmorux Mon. ermmisy—Tan MMCEIEVOUS MONKEY ERLLER’S £MPIRS HALL, 59 Broadway- Braricar ap MmortsNzovs TastraUx—Vocar & insTavMENTaL MUSIC, BUOKLAY’S BALL, 559 Broadway —O10RAMA OF THE Bat- mun oF BUNKER WILL, CONFLAGRATION OF CHAxLEsTOWS, SC. DUBSALDOSS GALLRAY, 49 Srosdway—Vatuana PaaNTLY Ge AFD Sti TU 4S*--M4ARTYADOM OP Hoss ae. Jew Work, Thursday, June 12, 1856, The News. The steamsbip Ericsson, from Havre and Sonth- ampton 28th vit, and the Arabia from Liverpool 31st ult., both for this port, are fully due. The unterrified democracy had a meeting in the Park last evening, to ratify the nominations of the Cincinnati Convention. There was a large crowd, bonfires, music, cannon firing, and the usnal flum- mery, but not much enthusiasm. The union of the hards and softs gave rise to some queer combina- tions, which will be noticed by reading the report. Senator Douglas was the lion of the night. The Central Republican Committee met lastnight atthe old hata shell headquarters, in Broadway, which they +! retain hereafter, and passed resola- tions favoring the nomination of Col. Fremont for the Presidency, and N. P. Banks for the Vice Presi dency, at the Convention to be held at Philadelphia on the 17th inst. Much enthusiasm for Fremont was manifested. In the Senate yesterday Mr. Crittenden moved to takeup his resolutions requesting the President to appoint Genera! Scott to the command of the United Btates troops in Kansas. A discussion ensued, a number of Senators maintaining that the presence ef General Scots in Kansas would have a tranquil- Hizing and beneficial effect on the whole coun- try. Others argued that such a request would be an improper interference by the Senate with the exccutive functions, and that the difficulties in Kansas would soon cease if the people there would obey the laws, and ‘the people of the North would cease agitation. The subject was finally passed over. From present indications there is no doudt but that the proposition will eventually be rejected. The resolutions of the Massachusetts Legislature regarding the Sumuer assault were pre- sented, laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. ‘There was a quorum present in the House, but no business was transacted. Our Washington correspondent states that the Nicaraguan Minister has no intention of returning home for some time to come. The reports to the contrary are without truth. Goy. Reeder reached his home at Easton, Pa., last evening. He made a speech toa number of his neighbors, who had assembled to welcome him, but did not allude to political topics. It is said he has recently spent a day or two with Mr. Buchanan. There was a report in circulation last evening that the echooner Charies Cramer had been destroyed by fire off Barnegat, but no particulars could be ob- tained. Notwithstanding there was a falling off in the supply of beef cattle at the market yesterday, an average decline of one cent per pound was estab- lished before the close of business. Prices ranged for 8c. to 104¢. per pound. Veal calves were in de- mand at advanced rates. There was no material change in sheep and lambs. In the Philadelphia market yesterday beef cattle sold quick at 8jc. to 1lfe. per pound—a trifling advance on former prices. Sheep advanced a trifle. The marketmen of New York, not resident in the city, feel considerably exercised on account of a resolution recently sent into the Common Council directing them to give up their stands. Elsewhere will be found a report of what the marketmen had to say on the subject before a meeting held yester- day of the Councilmen Committee on Markets. ‘The Board of Supervisors last evening did nothing bat refer a bill of McSpedon & Baker, for $3,084 25, for printing and stationery, and order the payment of other bills, among which was that of John Orser, late Sheriff, for $1,992, ‘or official services and sup- plies to county jail. The Board of Aldermen last evening unanimously confirmed several nominations sent in by Mr. H. H. Howard, the Receiver of Taxes. When we recollect that the majority of the Board is composed of the political opponents of ex Alderman Howard, this speaks well for his selections, and shows that the Board have every confidence in him. The Board of Councilmen last evening passed an ordinance preventing the storage of fireworks (Chi- nese fire crackers excepted) within the city limits. ‘The ordinance provides that fireworks not exceeding $1,000 in value (small fancy fireworks excepted), may be stored within the fire limits from the 10th day of Jane to the 10th day of July ineach year, and no Jonger. The Board adjourned to the first Monday in July. pedi a statement published elsewhere, it will be seen that the Portuguese residents of this city have contributed the sum of $3,353 toward the relief of their famine-stricken countrymen at the Cape de Verde Islands. The brig N. Hand sailed last even- ing from this port, for the Cape de Verds, with a full cargo of provisioas sent out by the relief committee. The negro George Wilson has been indicted in Westchester county for the wilful murder of Capt. Palmer, of the schooner Eudora Imogene, in No- vember last. His trial commences to-day at White- plains. Our files from Bermuda are dated to the d inst. ‘Ulhe Legislative Assembly was about to appoint a xommittee to enquire as to the most effectual mode ‘by which the colony could be made to partictpate in the benefits of the reciprocity treaty between the United States and Canada. Five British war vessels Jay around the island. They saluted the flags of France and England, on Queen Victoria’s birth day: ‘The Wesleyan missions were going on prosperously. "The Odd Fellows’ Society had celebrated its eighth anniversary. A large quantity of rain had fallen, and the crops were in a luxuriant state. It was thought that the yield of potatoes would be short by some thousands of barrels. The journals do not an- ticipate that anything serious will result from the ‘Crampton dismissal. ‘We have accounts from Utah to the 22d of April. Everything in the valley of the Great Salt Lake de- noted an unusually prosperous season. Hon. George ‘A. Smith is now on his way to Washington with the constitution of the new State of Deseret. A large emigration was expected this summer, and exten- sive preparations have been made for its reception. The sales of cotton, yesterday, embraced about 800 bales, the market closing firm. Dealers were aisposed to await the receipt of later foreign news, dye by the Arabia. Common grades of flour were heavy, while the medium and higher qualities ‘were quitesteady, without quotable change in prices. ‘Wheat was firm; for prime to choice grades, while Aalerign qualitiga Wore irreguipe, 4 sual lot ghoicg Southern white cold at $181; Chicago spring at $1 28, and Milwaukie closed on conditional terms’ Corn was unchanged, with moderate sales. Pork was lower, and sales of meas were made at $1856 a $18 62}, with small lote at $1875. Sugars were firm, with sales of about 1,000 to 1,200 hhds. Cuba muscovado at full prices. Coffee was firm, with moderate sales. Grain was taken to Liverpool at 6d. a 7d., in bulk and bags, and flourat 2s. 4d. a 2s.6d- The Great Contest—fhe NSorthero Masses Moving for fremont. The true Presidential candidate for all the anmti-administration forces of the couatry is looming up at length into bold relief. In every direction where the name of John C. Fremont is mentioned, it strikes the popular fancy with electrical quickness) The epontaneous out- burst of acclamation with which, at Concord the other day, he was proclaimed the cham- pion of the anti-Pierce coalition of New Hamp- shire, expressed, we have no doudt, the gene- ra) sentiment of an immense majority of the opposition forces of the North. So self-evident is the spontaneous feeling among the anti-democratic masesa of this sec- tion in favor of Fremont, that if these June conventious of anti-slavery Know Nothings and nigger worshippers are wheedled and tricked by their little peddling and thimble- rigging politicians with any other nomination, they will either collapse and fall to pieces like empty tubs in the sun, or be compelled to sur- render to the pressure of outside public opinion. No confidence is to be placed in the. hidebodnd party presses of this or that fao- tion of the opposition camps. Very little of common sense or practical sagacity can b> expected of theee cut and dried conventions, packed by a few active aud unscrupulous pipe-layers to suit themselves, and their little short sighted and contracted schemes—men who appoint themselves, or get themselves appointed by the process of Tom appointing Dick and Dick appointing Tom—men who, to fll up the vacancies in these patriotic conventions, will pick up the first available loafer from the etreet, after the fashion of the great democratic party, or sup Ply a score or two of delegates in behalf of distant States, from the surplussage nearer home. Audwhat’s the odds? Does not the New Yorker, appointed to represent Wiscon- sin, for example, know all that is required to be known of the opinions and wishes of his party in Wisconsin? And if he does not, what difference does it make, so that these managers come to an understanding among themselves, and the party are servile enough to swallow the imposition ? Occasionally, however, we see that even these convention jugglers are compelled to give way te the outside pressure of ‘the masses,” This was the case at Cincinnati. A majority of the jugglers there were determined to kill off Euchanan. For months previously we had predicted his nomination from the im- pressive and powerful reaction among the de- mocratic masses against this corrupt, imbecile and most wretched administration and its chief supporterae. The first two or three days of the Convention locked gloomy enough. Bargain- ing and bullying, wrangling and threat- ening, were the order of the day, and whiskey slings, dice, cards, and other kin- dred amusements, were the order of the night. But after all their whiskey drinking, gambling, bargaining, bowie knives, bludgeons and roffianfam—afier all their plans and efforts to drive the Convention upon some desirable obscurity—the jugglers were beaten, and the manifest will of the masses ot the democracy at home carried the day, even over that hedge and ditch of the two-thirds rule, where so many of our old democratic horses and their riders have been thrown headlong into the mire. ‘The election of Mr. Buchanan is another thing, and it will depend lees upon the strength of the democracy than upon the divisions among the opposition factions. Should they combine honestly and enthusiastically, Mr. Buchanan may never touch bottom, and the glittering prize of the White House, which some suppose to be within his grasp already, may rapidly recede from his sight, till completely obscured by the clouds now gathering around it. The signs of the times, after a careful obser- vation of the opposition camps, are over- whelmingly in favor of a general concentra- tion upon Fremont. Next to Scott and Taylor, we are probably indebted to Fremont for the acquisition of the California gold fields, the treasures of which have revolutionized th? financial and commercial relations of the world. The tide is just setting in, fretting and splashing against the rocks, but not appa- rently threatening any immediate danger. Yet we shell not be surprised to see it a few days hence rising and swelling at the rate of ten feet an hour, like the wild rush of the sea into the Bay of Fundy, where, wave upon wave, with all their stores of cod- fish and mackerel, the grand inward flow is sustained till it gives you a glorious tide of fifty, sixty or seventy feet. Such may yet be the eurf and swell of the popular tide for Fre- mont, overwhelming or bearing away Know Nothings, nigger worshippers, and all the rag, tag and bobtail of the floating materials of the country. “Live Oak George Law,” with the Conven- tion which meets to-day, holds fast to the tail end of Northern Know Nothingiem. As Gen. Walker seized the effects and confiscated the charter of the Nicaragua Transit Company for breach of contract, so has “Live Oak George” brought to the hammer the great American party for the palpable blunder of its Phila. delphia nomination. We petted, and coax- ed, and shaved, and curled the hair of “Live Oak George,” as it never was curled before, in order to make him available at Philadel- phia, and we left him in a white cravat, with his head powdered and perfumed, and from top to toe in excellent trim for presentation a‘ court, But during our absence last winter at Rome, and while doing homage to the Pope with Mr, Fillmore and other Christian pil- grims to the Holy City, “Live Oak George” wot buried at Philadelphia under a parcel of forsils of the old Connecticut sandstone forma- tion. An ancient Tyler man, Mr. Stillwell by name, and a Mr. Stevene, of the tenth down- ward stratification of the rocks at Niagara, and some otherpre-Adamite political petrifac- tions, took our “live oak’ protege in hand and petrified him. The question, then, recurs, what is the poli- cy of “Live Oak George?” He has but one chance of escape from being laid upon the shelf among the geological specimens of some old curiosity shop; but that chance is a glorious one. Let this sub-soil Know Nothing Convention of his nominate him as their Presi- dential candidate, not for 1856, but for 1809, right away, and we shall atonce procure large sized shad barrel, tight and strong, in which to salt him down for the next campaign. We have a high reapect for “Live Oak George;” but let him take care how he this Convention of his, and mind the curves aud gradients of the road, or he may run the whole train off the High Bridge, head over heels, into Harlem river. We have next to admonish our Fillmore Know Nothing fellow-citizens that their pro- jected Corporation reception of their candi- date on his return from the Holy Father at Rome, is a very absurd speculation, and will not pay expenses. When Mr. Fillmore returns, and has slept in the city one night, and read the daily papers next morning, he will be very apt to make up his mind before rising from his omelette and coffee, that his Philadelphia no- mination, just at this particular time, is all moonshine and muddy water. Otherwise the reeult to him will be about as profitable, per- haps, as that of the great Tyler Baltimore Convention of 1844, Finally, for the present, no matter what this George Law Convention may do; no matter what Mr. Fillmore may do; no matter whether our Corporation may give him a Kos- suth glorification or not ; no matter what the nigger worshippers may do at Philadelphia, we have only to repeat that the ground swell of popular reaction and revolution against this debased and degraded Pierce and Marcy |. dynasty and the nigger driving and filibuster- ing democracy, is a ground swell which hes not yet subsided. The fragments of the wrecks of the old parties which it has left afloat may yet be constructed into a raft which will carry all hands ashore. From the unmistakable signs of the times Fremont is indicated as the captain for this emergency. With all the ele- ments of the opposition rallied upon Fremont, they may make a splendid, brilliant, and per. haps victorious fight, Otherwise their oil won't hold qué, The Kansas Difficulties=Proposition of Mr. Crittenden, of Kentucky—General Scott, The resolution offered by Mr. Crittenden, of Kentucky, in the United States Senate, that the President be requested to employ the mili- tary services of Gen. Scott in the pacification of the affairs of Kansas, strikes us as a happy solution of the problem which nowdisturba the minds of the people of this country. The reso- lation cannot but receive the attention of Cor- gress, but whether it will be a dis:inct emana- tion from the Senate, or assume the shape of a joint resolution, the future will determine. It is objected by Mr, Mason, of Virginia, that the condition of things does not justify the course proposed, and he therefore asked delay for consideration. But the public, oa the first an- nouncement of the proposition, ask for no de- lay. The Senate of the United States are, after all, the constitutional advisers of the President, and he may be thankfal that they are ready to adviee him in his present difficulties. As regards Gen, Scott, we frankly admit that while we have at times been disappointed both in his correspondence as well as in hisdiet, the hastinees of both being somewhat unfortunate, yet we cannot deny him the first rank as a mi- litary man, or as a negotiator with an army in his hands, Nothing has indicated more the correctness of his instincts nor the amiable tendencies of his character than his conduct on similar occasions, when it seemed that ne- gotiation was at an end and force inevitable. It appears asif he was born for such emer- gencies. We cannot forget his admirable ma- nagement of our Seminole difficulties, nor the Maize boundary question, nor the diffi. culties on the Niagara frontier, nor his conduct in South Carolina. On all these occasions he was a peaceful Cesar, who came and saw, and conquered by kind words, ra- ther than the javelin. He has established the highest reputation for skilfulness in compos- ing such diequietude; and it is no wonder that the politicians of Washington, having been foiled in all their artifices to embroil and yct not to embroil the country, find themselves powerless in a moment of real danger. Gei§ Scott, of all the men in this country, is best adapted to the exigency which has come upon us, The Cincinnati Convention has finished its labors. President Pierce is checkmated, the game is over with him, and he has left the board ina most complicated and dangerous condition. It is now time to reflect on the mischief he has done, and to apply the propar remedies. The proposition of Mr. Crittenden hits the nail on the head. Noman can doubt but that the presence of Gen. Scott in Kansas will ter- minate all theangry feelings which now ac- tuate the rival parties there. No doubt but thet his mild, conciliatory and kind counsels will save us from further bloodshed, and the horrors ofa useless, a criminal and uaneces- sary conflict. We have had some insurrections in this country before. We have had the whiskey war of Pennsylvania, the Shays mob, the Palmetto revolt, and the Providence Plantation mob of Dorr. All these have been overcome by the patriotic opposition of public opinion, without bloodshed. Let the Kansas diffizulties end in the same way, and let us see our hero of two wars crowning his illustrious and usefal life by staying the hand of fraternal discord. There can be no good reason tor refusing Mr. Critten- den’s resolution. Any attempt to stave it off, must justly be attributed to that bad feeling which has too long influenced our national councils. Discuarce or A Britisu Orricta.—Secreta- ny Marcy Nor Posten Ur.—After having been held eleven months under recognizance, Mr. Charles H. Stanley, the principal attaché of the late British Consulate at New York, was yesterday discharged, the United States autho- rities declining to bring him to trial on the charge of a breach of the neutrality laws, By the report of the proceedings, it appears that Mr. Stanley was held under recognizance by @ commissioner to appear when called upon, but that he has mever been examined and has never been indicted. How is this fact to be reconciled with the following statement ia Mr. Marcy’s official letter to Mr. Buchanan, in which he demands the recall of Mr. Crampton and the three British Consuls? Mr. Stanley, the assistant clerk of the Consu!, has taken a more open and effective part than the Consui himsel(, andis now under an indictment for violatitg the iae ete Seettnsowr ab tax Waniayncontets ie eens ooul at know . ‘fconduct in at ter; brt he still retains him in the Consulate? asi Now, it appears that Mr. Stanley never was indicted. Why was it that Mr. Marcy was not properly “posted up” before he penned an official despatch upon so important a subject? It seems that Mr. Stanley was held to bail on a charge of enlisting for foreign service, which war founded only on the allizavit of aman named Rosenbaum, on whose testimony Mr. Commissioner Bridgham refused to hold Capt. Carstein and five others. Yet Mr. Stanley has been held under recognizance for nearly a year, has never been examined by s commis- sioner, has never been indicted by a Grand Jury, and has now been discharged, and will doubtless follow his Consul and his Minister to England, Cxovps iN THE THEATRICAL Horwon—Tue Sock anp Buskin ar Loacerneaps.—The thea- trical atmosphere looks almost as squally jast now as the political. Difficulties which, like the Central American question, had been tem- porarily patched up by Clayton-Bulwer expe- dients, are waxing to a head, and are about to claim their due share of public attention. We cannot always live on political excitement. Variety is charming, and the caterers for our amusement, as they love to style themselves, rush in to beguile the tedium of the interval of suspense between the dismissal of Crampton and its probable ricochet, the ejection of Dal- las. Whilst we are waiting for the results ofa quarrel on # large scale, they generously afford us an opportunity of amusing ourselves with the mimic spectacle of contests, in which, as usual, there will be a great deal of noise, a great deal of recrimination, and but few '*] broken bones, Artista’ and managers’ dis. putes never prove dangerous, and when there is any damage, it is generally the public who are called upon to repair it. The last piece of gossip in this way is the announcement that Manager Burton and Mana- gerees Keene are at daggers drawn about the leseseship of the Varieties theatre. We are sorry to find that the former is losing his gallantry in his old days, and ie querrelling with the fair sex. But Burton is getting rich, and with the acquisition of wealth men’s na- tures are apt to change. He is no longer, ia fact, atan age to sacrifice interest to senti- ment, and accordingly the fair Laura has a bundle of grievances againsthim. The origin of the difficulty is thie:—Burton has just suc- ceeded in selling his theatre in Chambers sireet, which originally cost him only $60,000, for the handsome eum of $180,000, and he has invested the money in the purchase of the Va- rieties, which, in his hands, is likely to be one of the best theatrical properties in town. Laura Keene, it seems, has a five years lease of the theatre; but this instrament has not been allowed to stand in the way of the bargain, it being alleged, that she has not fulfilled all its covenants, The version of the affair put for- ward by the lady’s friends is this: She leased the theatre in December, to run till December next, at the rate of $400 per week, payable in advance. She had the privilege of a renewal of four years from September by giving notice on the lst of May last. On that day she was in arrears for rent, and gave no notice. Strictly speaking, therefore, the covenants of the lease were violated. But on the 19th of May she paid to Mr. Lafarge, at his residence, $2,875, the amount due, and has his receipts toJune the 9th, in full. On receiving the arrears Mr. Lafarge promised Miss Keene the theatre for four years from September, 1856, and made statements to that effect to several other persons. Mr. Burton has been long desirous of leasing the theatre; but Mr. Lafarge declined letting it to him, stating that he wished to sell the fee simple of the property or let it for a lengthened term—say twenty-one years. On Saturday last Mr. Bur- ton purchased the building and took a lease of the ground ; but under what understanding or agreement with Mr. Lafarge in regard to the present lessee we have yet tolearn, As will be seen by the following letter, Miss Keene is under the impression that Mr. La- farge’s word is as good as his bond :— TO FHE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. §m—In one of the city journais of to-da; were mace with respect to the estabiishmeat am Je:see that may lead to erroneous and unjustimpres- sions with respect to Mr. Latarge and myself, I have in- vested many thourand dollars, and all I possess in the world, in his building; aad all the profits of my arduous exerticns through the past season are visible in the im- provements, scenery and decorations. WereI tosurren- der my rizhts, therefore, I should Jeave the house with nothing but my will and energy. Ido not contemplate taking apy such step, particular- ly as I have had no intimation from Mr, Lafarge that any of my rights are in jeopardy. On the contrary, having performed all the covenants of my leate, I do not believe Mr. Lafarge would bes party to any ast tending to de- prive me of my bard earned propery. T am assured of this still further by the fact tha: he gave me his heartiest congratulations on my informing him that I wouid hold the establishment for the whole term of the several terma at which it was at my option, uoder the lease, to retam the house. He gtve ha ‘also, his word as @ geatieman that he would doall in bis power to promote my fature success, together with the presen: of one wosk’s rent a3 ‘an earnest of his sympathy and co-operation; and he witl not, lam assured, yield one tittle of his honor, or even the memory of bis warm and generous assurances. Youre, obediently, LAURA KEENE. ‘LAURA 's Varieries, Jane 11, 1856. However all this may be, it is certain that the theatre is now Burton’s property, and as Miss Keene intimates pretty plainly that she will not submit quietly to this transfer of her interests, the affair will end in litigation, un- less some compromise can be arrived at. We recommend Burton to play Petrarch to the fair Laura, on this occasion, and to accommodate matters in a quiet civil Toodles-like way. The affairs of the Academy of Music con- tinue in the same unsettled state. There is but little probability that the call of $125 per ehare, which has been made upon the stock- holders, will be paid up. The debt of the con- cern is $150,000, and the present call, if realized, would merely meet the interest of the money. Thus year after year the stockholders would be called upon for similar instalments, without any hope of discharging eventually the load of obligation which is weighing upon them. The only ra. tional course would be to pay up the full amount of their shares, and thus at once re- lieve the property from its incumbrances. Neither of these steps, however, are they likely to take, and the consequence will be that the property will fall under the hammer. Ae far as the interests of art are concerned this is the very best thing that could happen to the establishment. The concern will fall into the hands of the bondholders, who are men of intelligence and public spirit, and who will put an end to the conditions which have hitherto opposed such insurmountable obsta- cles to its success. The unfair privileges en- joyed by the sharcholders will be at once ex- tinguished, and the aristocratic taint removed from the house, which has given so much offence. The reduction of the rent to $10,000 instead of $22,000, will still yield the bond- holders a very handsome interest for their money, and enable a man of the requisite on- terpriee and acquirements, like Maretzek, to lease the house with a fair chance of realizing something by his labors. Once it is the pro- perty of gentlemen like Messers. Phalen and Coit there is no danger of the establish- ment remaining stationary. The former visite Europe periodically, and from the well known interest which be takes in these matters we which I may calculate upon his becoming the great connecting link between European and Ameri- can art. Hehas a keen appreciation of the tastes and wants of our public, and under his proprietorship we msy look forward to the Italian Opera reaching a degree of success and permanent prosperity which it has never yet had a chance of attaining here. These are, however, mere speculations. Until the meeting of the stockholders takes place no- thing can be definitely known on the subject. For the interest of all concerned, however, we trust that the decision at which they will ar- rive will not be the peddling one of agreeing tothe pregent call. Such a course would be of no benefit to the stockholders, whilst its cer- tain effect would be to damage still farther the character of the establishment in the esti- mation of the public, and eventually to ruin the property itself. Already there is a talk of opening a rival house, and the proprietors may rest assured that if they continue to ignore the interests of the public in their calculations, that intention will be eventually carried out. The Expected News from Europe, The steamer which left Liverpool yes- terday will bring the news of the recep- tion of Mr. Crampton’s dismissal. The Brit- ish government would no doubt keep the fact to themselves, but the press will learn it from our journals; so that about Satur- day or Sunday week we may expect to hear decidedly what people think of it in Europe. We shall have had inklings of their sentiments before. For some days pre- vious to the dismissal, it will be remembered, the Washington correspondents daily an- nounced the event as imminent. Their des- patches will not escape notice in England. No doubt the Arabia and Ericsson, now due, will throw some little light on the point, It is generally supposed here that the Eng- lish will be terribly cut up at the dismissal of their Minister. Wall street is so convinced of this that, while the money in bank has in- creased from near twelve to sixteen millions, stocks have rather declined than advanced. Nobody has faith enough in the future to buy. There is no doubt some ground for these apprehensions. Mr. Crampton’s dismissal will seem particularly hard after the ample apology of Lord Clarendon—an apology which, ia the language of a double-dyed Briton, ‘almost trenched upon British sovereignty.” Especially will the dismissal of the Consuls seem severe. They were modest, well be- haved gentlemen, whom everybody liked : who drank their Queen’s health once a year, on St. George’s day, in the best port they could get; and could at need sing a jovial ditty in reference to “Britannia raling the waves,” as no doubt she does. Moreover, they were efficient and popular officials with the mercantile commu- nities in which they were stationed. If they erred in this enlistment matter (as there is un- fortunately too much reason to believe they did) it was purely in obedience to orders from the British Legation; and a great country like the United States might have afforded to over- look delinquencies in subordinates. There are not wanting persons who couple their case with a peculiar view of Mr. Crampton’s; who, like Mr. Butler and Mr. Toombs, think the United States had no business to accept the apology of the British government, and, at the tame time, to dismiss their agent and repre- sentative, who argue that they should—the Minister and the apology—have stood or fallen together; and who further demand how it comes that the United States can be so puncti- lious about the violation of their neutrality laws, when they are so indifferent to their ob- servance by Nicaraguan filibusters. The ad- herents of this belief expect that Mr. Dallee will be dismissed forthwith; that Great Britain will order her fleet to be put in readiness; that the Times willdeclare war; and that a tremen- dous noise will be made generally with a view to bullying this country, or possibly to the rupture of friendly relations. Othere, on the contrary, and these comprise the bulk of thinking minds, expect that John Bull will relieve his mind by some bluster, and will then console himself by being extra civil to Mr. Dallas. This party is chiefly com- posed of admirers of England. They claim for the English too much common sense and too much manly experience to comport with so petty o retaliation as the dismissal ot Dal- las would be. They believe that the Engl'sh will eee on reflection that Mr. Marcy only stated the bare truth when he observed that Mr. Crampton’s dismissal was the best way of preeerving a good understanding between the two countries. They anticipate that Louis Napoleon may have tried to get up a quarrel between this country and England, but that the broad intellect of the British will have seen through his drift, and foiled him. And they are positive that the only result of the affair will be increased friendliness and re- spect between the two countries. A few days will decide which of these opin- ions is nearest the truth. Meanwhile, the pub- lic may rest quite satisfied that no war or in- terruption of the commercial relations between the United States and England can grow out of the squabble. The people in both countries have too strong a hold on their politicians for that. The Senate will keep Mr. Pierce in check, as he is ready to admit himself by this time, in spite of Cass;and we think we may leave Palmerston safely in the hands of the House of Commons. Any noise would cost him his office. Tue Last Sreampoat Stavcuter.—Our yes- terday’s paper contained the account of two fearful steamboat accidents, one on the St. Lawrence, opposite Montreal, namely, the ex- plosion of a boiler, by which some twenty lives are said to have been lost and some thirty per- sons wounded; another in the bay of New York, namely, the burning of the steamer City of Newark, involving the death of three fe- males by drowning. The first does not concern us otherwiee than as friends of humanity; an impreesion prevails that our Canadian neigh- bors will deal with the Grand Trunk Raflway Compeny in » manner that will astonish them. The last is peculiarly our concern. It appears that the fire on board the City of Newark caught in the fire room: hence it is presumable that it originated from carcless- nees, as there ought to have been firemen in that room to keep watch. It spread so rapidly that before the steamers Achilles and Thomas Hunt could reach the burning vessel, passen- gers were scorched, and three ladies drowned in an attempt toescape. This supposes a very imperfect construction, and a very inadequate system of pumps. Again, all the accounts concur in stating that the “ officers,” that is to eay the hands, were agitated and undisciplined in the emergency; which points to a very: loose state of average discipline. In fine, ®o far as can be judged from the evidence before us, it appears that the accident weuld not kave taken place, nor the three lives have been lost, if the firemen had done their duty, if the steamer had been pro- perly built, if the crew had been well disci- plined, if the pumps had been efficient and properly worked. We shall be glad to hear that the District Attorney has taken the stepe which devolve upon him to inquire how far these causes are responsible for the accident, We trust that the relations of the three drown- ed women will not defraud justice by with- holding affidavits or complaints against par~ ties who appear to blame. In connection with this accident we cannot forbear to call attention to the fact that there are running to Staten Island three boats which are peculiarly liable to similar accidents, and on board of which life would be as unsafe as it was on board the City of Newark. In hisre- port of the steamer Hunchback especially, the marine inspector stated that the peculiarity of her build was such that ehe would be very lia- ble to take fire from displacement of her boiler and furnace in case of collision; and every one knows how frequently collisions do take place in the bay. No provisions have been made for the saving of life on board. There is not s single life preserver or a single life preserving stool on any of the vessels of the line, When. the Columbus sank last winter, and the passen- gers escaped on pieces of ice, it was asserted by the friends of the company—Judge Cropsey for instance—that no such thing could have happened had not the ice been so very thick. When the Hunchback takes fire, and a portion of her passengers are lost, some other Judge Cropsey will no doubt say that they woul not have died had not the fire been so uncom- monly hot. It is understood that the company is on the: verge of dissolution. An application has been made, on the one side, for an injunction to re- strain them from running boats, on the ground that they endanger people’s lives; and, on the other, the Comptroller refuses to execute a leage in their favor on any terms, They are squatters and intruders in the pier and slip which they occupy, and any one who chooses to take possession of them would have as good a right to them as they have. Meanwhile, under cover of the law’s delays, they continue to use the ferry franchise, and make their $1,200 a week. They will not withdraw till they are driven out by the police, or until some fright- ful accident has brought their career to a la- tentable close. Fouiy or THE Party Press.—We notice that. silly attacks are being made on Mr. Buchanan on the ground that he was formerly a member of the federalist party. These old jealousies and prejudices of federalists and republicans or democrats died out a generation since. In their day the federalists were a most honora- ble and respectable party, which comprised many of the greatest national statesmen of the country, and was guided by great national principles. They may have been wrong in some things; but they were distinguished for their morality and their patriotism, and, like the old whigs, they died on their principles. The practice of unearthing the history of the old federal party in order to disparage politi- cians of the present day, is in as bad taste and as foolish as the course of the Know Nothing organs in ranting about the bones of St. Quietus, or the bulls of the good old Pope. Gury CovE.—This delightfal eummer retreat, situated’on Long Island, two hours’ rail from the city of New York, will be open for the accommodation of boarders on the 15th day of June instant. The house and grounés since last summer have undergone consicerable alteration; the proprietor, Otis Ormsbee, has had the house tho- roughly paiated, and bas refurnished it from top to bottom with costly furniture, has had gas fixtures introduced all over the house, and intends manufacturing his own gas, and made great improvements in laying out the grcund and removing the buildings by the water, #0 that frcm the piazza of the pavillion a full view can be had of the water. This retreat during the summer months, we pronounce the most comfortable and delight- ful of any contiguous to this city, where visiters are al- ways sure of having comfortable quarters, the best the affords, and the most prompt attention to their Arrival of a Liberated State Prisoner from Spain. THE TRIAL, TRAVELS AND SUFFERINGS OF A CUBAN CONVICT. Mr. John H, Felix, the fellow prisoner and fellow con- viet of the martyred Estrampes, in Cabs, has arrived in New York, from Spain, after enduring a series of punish- menta and gaol régime painfal to speak of. Our readers will recollect, from the fall accounts pub- lished in the HERALD at the time, that im the early part of Jast year Senor Estrampes was garroted at Havana as @ filibuster, and that Mr. Felix, who had been incomuni- cado in prison for along period with him, on a similar charge, barely escaped with his life, Mr, Felix arrived in Cuba on the 26th of Ostober, 1954, and having been arrested and tried, he was sentenced, on. the 24th of March following, to ten years’ imprisonment at Ceuta, end to endure the surveillance cf the police at the expiration of that time. In pursuance of this rule Mr, Felix was shipped for Spain, in the Nueva Apolo, on the 1st of June, 1855, and Innded at Vigo on the 3ist of the same month. On the 18th ef July following he was taken to Cadiz, and placed en carcel incomunicado, (without correspondence with friends,) where he wad kept until the 7th of August. From the prison at Cadiz be was removed to Ceuts, and thrown inv the strong- ete called the Hacho, Here he was kept continually ins. In the meantime, the friends of Mr. Felix in the United States were not inactive in his hehalf, and, af.er much effort, his pardon was granted by the Queen of Spain, through thetr instrumentality, on the 22d of March last. Mr. Felix immediately le!t Spain, and went to Gibraltar, from which place he took passage to Liverpool and thence to the United Btater, arriving at Boston ia the steamship. Niagara, on the 6th of this momth. Mr. Felix is a citizen of this country, and his rarrative of trial and suffering, under Spanish rule, {s at once romantic and exciting. Tae Alleged Slave Brig Braman. The brig Braman (clipper), which was pursued and’ eized on Monday last, bygthe)Deputy Marsbals, on the allegation that she bad been fitted out for @ slave voy- age, was yesterday taken fron the Atlantic Dock to the Navy Yard, under command of Captain Faance, of tho revenue cutter Washivgton. She arrived at 5 P. M., and will remain there im cherge of one of the Marsha! Mr. Peter Miller, to await the action of the authorities in regard to her, She ia a hermaphrodite brig and s surpassingly boau- tifal vessel, of Baltimore clipper build, and apparently uite substantial, Her tonnage {s 185,iage two years, nd she hails from New York. She has two yewls or quarter beats, and t# pleroed for four guns, which latter aro suppesed to be stowed beneath the cargo, She hag elso two suits of sails, with plenty of end spars, for|the purpose of dirguising her. In fate aft ber fittings and furnd+hings are such as to denote that rhe was intended for the slave traffic. Her and everything within her will probably be broken out to for examination, 266 sovereigns and 61 half do, were in- cidentally found in her yesterday. All the crew—fourteen in nnmber—except the cook (colorea), nemed Lewis Brown, are now in Kinga eounty jalt. The names of the officers . Delano, exptain; ai. J. Hyland, fires mate; and W. Fentz, second mate. All sre satd to be Enropeans, except the captain, who baile from this city, The mejority, if not all of them, were, however, entered on the vessel's papers av Ameri- cane. Tke cook shipped under the impromion that the vente! was bound to San I'ranciseo, where he has & wife end family. He is Portuguese or Spa and Waa greatly enraged upon hearing the real nature. of the voyage, He is still on board, and is acting ia hia capacity tor the Marshal and his aida, Henrico Ds Costa, who cleared the vesrel, was bailed out of prison on Tues. dav Jest, ia the cum of $2,200, and yesterday he was not to be found an; re. Immediately after her arrival at the Navy Yard, a person came on board in behalf of Mr. Benedict, tha owner’a counsel, to take charge of the veers); bac Mr, Miller, the Deputy United Staves Marabal, wae taere, ang,