The New York Herald Newspaper, July 18, 1856, Page 4

3 “whiotiedt genre of the Cetume XXI stete eee ceeerssseeN@e 198 AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. BROADWAY VARIENES, 472 Bannakiay, ann Pasruenis, HE Geek Woo! INSTRELS, 444 Breadway—Braiorian M- Pe Bs ian. EMPIRE HALL, #6 Broadway—Parniono ous Muomiaansous ‘TasLeavx—MosicaL SomeEns, &c. DUSSELDORF GALLERY, 47 ‘Pagremes aNd StaTUARY—MakrYRDOM OF Hew Yerk, Friday, July 18, 1856. Broadway—VaLvasia ‘Huss, Ao. Malls for Europe. WEW YORE HERALD—BDITION POR BUROPS. ‘The Collins mail steamship BaRic, Capt. Comstock, will “eave this port to-morrow, at noon, for Liverpool. ‘The Buropean mails witi close in this city at half.pest ten o’clock to-morrow morning. ‘The Hau (printed in English and French) will be published at ten o’clock tm the morning. Single copies, tm wrappers, sixpence. @ubsecriptions and advertisements for any edition of the Sew Youre Hmpatp will be recetved at the following places moh European Express: ‘17 and 18 Cornhill. agg do, Page de in Beare, Tavenrvoi—Jobe Hunter, 13 Exchange street, East ‘The contents of the European edition of the Hmmatp ‘will embrace the news received by mail and telegraph at ‘the office during the previous week, and to the hour of ‘The News. ‘We do not recollect to have ever been called upon ehael’s church, Philadelphia, attended by their friends, teachers, and Rev. Mr. Sheridan, left the eity on a pic nic excursion. The train consisted of ‘twelve cars, containing about six hundred persons; and when near Camp Hill, where there is a curve in the track, was run against by the down train, and, dreadfal to relate, some forty persons, mostly children, together with the seventy to eighty badly, if not cars of the up train were broken , and the fragments ignited from the ngine, by which many of the above vic- their lives. The down train was but slightly injured, and no person in it sustaisef any imjury. The greatest excitement prevails in the vicinity of St. Michael’s church, where most of the sufferers have resided. Subsequent to the collision, , and from fatally hurt. Three survivors, as far as ascertained, are given on our first page. By the steamer Fulton, arrived at this port yes terday, from Havre, July 2, we have received important intelligence of the substantial settle- ment of the difficulty between Great Britain and the United States, growing out of the misun- derstanding upon the construction of the mean- ing of the terms of the Clayton-Bulwer convention. A treaty bas been negotiated between (reat Britain and Hondures, by which the Bay Islands are retro- ceded to the last named Power, upon such condi- tions as are acceptable to our Minister, Mr. Dallas, and in accordance with the policy of our govern: ment. In the editorial columns we have comment ed at length upon this highly important news. By the Fulton we have also received English papers containing the debates in Parliament on the 30th ult. and the day following, upon American affairs, which we have transferred to our colamns. One of the most important meetings of the present political campaign took place last evening at Stuyvesant Institate, in the union of the two tions of the Democratic General Committees of the city and county. The preliminary steps of thix movement were taken some time since. It was ex- pected by some that at the last moment one of the factions would back down from the proposed coali- jon. Slight discontent was manifested by afew at the plan of union submitted, but the dissatisfaction was overruled. The meeting, however, was a long and somewhat exciting one, lasting till nearly midnight, ‘and terminating in the election of Mr. Lorenzo B. Shepard as chairman of the joint committee. A fall report of the proceedings will be found in another column. ‘A large and enthusiastic Fremont meeting was held at Manhattan Hall, Fourth street, last evening, at which speeches were made by Mr. Lincoln, Gen. Nye (who announced himself a deserter from Tam- many Hall), J. ©. Underwood (the “exile from Virginia”), and others. The hall was densely filled, and the meeting lasted till nearly 12 o'clock. f ‘The Virginia old line Whig State Convention, fol- lowing in the footsteps of the whigs of Maryland, thas declared in favor of Mr. Fillmore for the Presi- dency, bat disclaims all intention of adopting the principles of the American party. They propose a National Convention, to meet in Baltimore on the ‘third Wednesday in September. In the Senate yesterday Mr. Toombs introduced a resolution declaring the finding of the late Naval Board, in the case of Lieutenant Bartlett, a viola- ‘tion of the constitutional rights of every citizen, and therefore void and of no effect. He said he ehoald cail up the subject at a convenient opportani- ty. The Senate then went into executive session, and confirmed one hundred and ninety-five of the Presi- dent's naval appointments. In the House the Iili- noia contested election case was debated until the adjournment. Oar Washington telegraphic despatch contains some important hints relative to the contested cases in the House. In another part of today’s paper may be found the particulars of an alleged frandulent transaction, fn which the President, Secretary and two trostees of the International Insurance Company are charged with over issuing stock to the amount of several thouand dollars, and certain other financial echemes involving 4 large amount of money. Cotte was more active yesterday, and salee reached abent 2,000 a 2,300 bales, part in transitn, at rates stated in another colamn. Flour was again beavy, aod common ang mediom gradee, esperially native Ceylon and 100 do. Bahia, at rates given in wnother place. ‘Freigkts were easier to Liver pool, with more doing. About 60,000 bushels grain, ‘in bulk and bags, were taken at 6d. a 7d. By the report of the committee on the annual tax poll, in the Board gf Supervisors, last evening, it appears that the relative value of real and per- sone] estate in the city and county of New York has increased nearly twenty-seven millions over that of 1855. The tax levy amounts to $1 37 on each $100. The Counsel to the Corporation sent in a communication, giving his opinion that the appro- priation of $200,000 for the Central Park wasillegal. George Law, in « petition for the reduction ef taxes, | states that ‘his property in the Eighteenth ward should not be assessed at $200,000, and it was re- mitted. The Board of Aldermen , last evening concurred with the Councilmen in appropriating $100,000 for the expenses of the Central Park. The board ad- journed tothe first Monday in August. Important News from England—Settlement of'the Central American Question. The news from England by the Fulton, which we publish this morning, is of higher interest and importance than any received from the other side of the Atlantic since the acceptance by Russia and the Allies of Austria’s overtures of peace. We do not refer particularly to the great enlistment debate in Parliament, which we publish at length in these columns, but to our private advices from London and Washington, to the effect that the great Central American imbroglio is sudstantial- ly settled by a treaty between England and Hon- duras, to which Mr. Dallas, in behalf of the Uni- ted States, has consented to stand as godfather. This treaty was not concluded between the high contracting parties on the departure of the Fulton, though we have no doubt that it will speedily be agreed to and ratified by all parties concerned. We shall deal with it accordingly, as a settlement consummated, and are gratified that this warlike entanglement, which Mr. President Pierce had given up as beyond the reach of di- plomacy, has been reached by the simplest possi- ble solution. It is simple, conclusive and satis- factory. Our government and our people ought certainly to be satisfied; for all the important re- linquishments and concessions in the case are made by England. She surrenders back to Hon- duras the lately established colony of Ruatan and the Bay Islands, stipulating for the protec- tion of the established interests and rights of British subjects, &.; and this disposes of the greatest bone of contention in the whole contro- verey. The Mosquito protectorate was substantially disposed of in the late letter of Lord Clarendon to Mr. Dallas, in which the policy of England is repeated as by no means involving a tenacious adhesion to said protectorate; but, on the con- trary, its total relinquishment on the first oppor- tunity. All that England requires is that her adopted wards—the Mosquito King and Indians— shall not suffer; but that the State of Nicaragua shall make some provision for them in the way of protection and subsistence, including, perhaps, annually, a few presents, such as an axe, a hoe, a gun, a blanket or two, and a bottle of whiskey. In a word, England consents that these Mosquito Indians shall be considered as dependants upon the sovereignty of Nicaragua, and not as the sovereigns of the territory they occupy; and she only asks that they shall be treated as the abori- gines inhabiting our Territories are treated by our government. This, we presume, will be per- feetly satisfactory to Mr. Picree and his good man Marcy; and we suppose that General Walker's government may be trusted with the philanthro- pic duty with which it is thus proposed to saddle it. Mr. Clayton himself, who, for the last five years has been devoting his attention exclusively to the defence and Claytonian interpretation of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, will now be enabled to rest from his labors. The Honduras Minister to France and England, and the amiable inclina- tions of Lords Palmerston and Clarendon, will have relieved even General Cass of the necessity of furbishing up his broken sword for the de- fence of the Munroe doctrine among the swamps of the Mosquito coast. Like Logan, the famous Indian chief (North American), “we rejoice once more at the beams of peace.’ The Palmerston ministry and their organs, with their last winter's threats of inva- sion and of bombardment and fire and desola- tion along our whole Atlantic coast, had their purpose to cerve. At that time they were in danger of a public condemnation for their wretch- ed mismanagement of the Russian war, including their American enlistments, and that sudden war ery against the United States, in diverting and alarming the public mind of England, really did good service to the Palmerston Cabinet. It gave them an interval for serious deliberation, and it brought back upon them the judgment of the English people, in a shape so palpable that neither Palmerston nor Clarendon oould fail to perceive that @ disturbance of England's com- mercial relations with this country, upon any existing pretext, or all such pretexts put together, would be fatal to the ministry attempting the experiment. On our side, the President's bellicose annual message to Congress, followed up by other bel- ligerent meseages and belligerent debates from General Case and the Pierce and Douglas demo- cracy of the Senate, on the enlistment question and on Central America, and the pompous and awful diplomatic correspondence of Marcy, Curhing and Buchanan, were all directed, not to peace, not to the adjustment of Central American affairs, not to a settlement of anything except the Cincinnati democratic nominations; it was for Buncombe capital at Cincinnati, and as a diver- sion against the terrible Northern agitation re- sulting from the repeal of the Missouri Compro- mise, that our Pierce administration and the Pierce democracy were disposed to risk the chances of a foreign war, by playing back with interest the criminal warlike trickeries of the Palmerston Cabinet. The good sense of the people on both sides of the Atlantic, seconded by an independent news paper press, has disposed of these mischievous gambling experiments of desperate politicians with the solid interests of commerce and peace. There is peace with Russia, there has been a pa- cifie eettlement of the enlistment farce, and now that long continued and miserable juggle upou the Monroe doctrine and the Clayton-Bulwer treaty meets with a ready solution; because the NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1856. people of England will have it eo, and because the Cincinnati nomination leaves nothing further to be done by Mr. Pierce and Mr. Marcy than to Close up their outstanding accounts im a respect- able manner, and within the interval of grace re- maining to them to the 4th day of March, 1857. Our readers will perceive that the motion in the House of Commons fer @ judgment against the course of fhe Palmerston ministry in the en- listment business, wasdefeated ky an overwhelm- ing majority; but this amounts to an approval of the new policy of peace which Palmerston has been compelled to pursue tewards the United States, rather than an endorsement of his pre- vious ridiculous but mischievous warlike bluster and threats of extermination. We are apprehen- sive, however, that with the settlement of this Central American squabble some new discovery | for a new quarrel with John Bull will very soon be made. Perhaps he may start the Cuba question upon us in seme new shape, as offensive to all | sense of decency and fair play as the Ostend ma- nifesto of Mr. Buchanan; perhaps the trouble may spring up in Mexico, or away off there on the Northwest coast, and in connection with the Hudson Bay Company's possessory rights, and the onflicting claims of Ameriean settlers, It is hoping too much to hope yet for a mil- lenium between England and the United States while they stand as rivals for the commercial empire of the seas. We may think the retention of Mr. Dallas, after the dismissal of Mr. Cramp- ton, a great concession; we may consider the course of Queen Victoria towards our fellow citizen in the yellow waistcoat as in the highest degree conciliatory ; we may suppose that in this settlement with Honduras of the Central American dispute, that England makes a most extraordinary and unexpected sacrifice of State pride for the sake of American cotton and corn—but she is biding her time. She is evidently, too, under the delusion, with all her concessions, that we are powerless for war, and that she is magnanimous where she might be defiant. It is sufficient, how- ever, for present purposes that Mr. Dallas has found that an easy task which was an impracti- cable puzzle to Mr. Buchanan, and that our Pierce and Palmerston Cabinets—lately the two most ridiculous and blustering Cabinets in the world—have both, from the pressure of public opinion, been at length reduced to the simple, easy and satisfactory policy of common sense. Political Movements in the City. A good deal of enthusiam appears to have broken out of late among the young men of the city who are about to vote for the first time in November next, for Fremont; it has stirred up the elements of all the other factions and parties of the day. We understand that the Know No- things or Americans have been all of a sudden invited by their Grand Deputies, or grand hum- bugs, to assemble in their Councils and elect dele- gates to a special secret convention to be com- posed of members from each Congressional dis- trict in the city. These members meet to-night, and will determine the various Know Nothing candidates for Congress, and will afterwards pro- ceed to néminate candidates for Aldermen and other local officers. Many of the Know Nothing leaders have been driven to embrace this sudden policy by the sudden rout and demoralization that has taken hold of the rank and file of their party—who, it need hardly be said, are going over in squads and battalions to the popular cause of Fremont and revolution. The soft and hard branches of the democracy have been affrighted by the same phenomenon, and they, on their side, are very busy in muster- ing their forces in every way for the twin con- ventions which are to meet at Syracuse on the 3@th. With regard to municipal nominations, the democrats are all at loggerheads as to the best mode of selecting candidates. There is in the party as in the public a great and grow- ing repugnance to the continuance of primary meetings, which are the fruits as well as the sources of a system of corruption and outrage that has recently come to a head in a signal man- ner in California. The sensible men of the de- mocracy are fully alive to this repugnance, and are afraid of resorting to the primary elections on this occasion, simply because a recourse to them would throw the whole influence over the election into the hands of the vilest wretches in the community. They have not decided on a substitute, and are still in deliberation. It can hardly be doubted, however, but that the mob and the rowdies will be ultimately triumphant. Among the republicans numerous enthusiastic meetings are being daily and nightly held, prin- cipally in reference to the prospects of Fremont as the Presidential candidate. The enthusiasm appears to increase daily, and the symptoms of a political revolution are steadily becoming more manifest. But with regard to municipal matters all appears to be in doubt and uncertainty in this party. In this dilemma, we would take leave te eug- gest to these and all other politicians, that the old political machinery of the democrats, the whigs and the Know Nothings will not euit the temper of there times. With the example of San Francisco before them, the people of New York will not submit to be governed by rowdies, gam- blers, ballot box stuffers and the lowest vaya bonds of the community, as would be the case were the old system that hasbeen #0 long in vogue continued any longer. They demand an entire revolution in the system of nomina- tions. They say that Fremont was nowinated and triumphantly brought forward by the people and the independent press, and they ask why the same system should not be adopted with regard to other officers? We therefore call upon every citizen whe de- sires office, and feels himself competent for it, to send bisname in to us. We will publish bimasa candidate independently of the conventions, and from the various names published the people will choose one. There can be no difficulty in earrying out the rcheme. Send up the names. Laxrry ix Wastinctox.—A cotemporary, in alluding to the case of Herbert, where the jury could not agree upon a clear case of murder, ex- patiates upon the laxity of the administration of justice at Waehington, and compares it to that of San Francisco, Other journals have exclaimed at the laxity of the fine in the Brooks case, which ought to have been exemplary, but was nominal. They have generally ascribed the fact to the in- finence of slavery. ‘There must be something strange in the morals of the capital, for it appears that even Northern Senators, bred in the most intense anti-slavery feelings, cannot help encouraging outrages of this kind, and the laxity of the law, which is so much deplored. Read the speech of W. H. Se- ard on the recent assault on an editor by a member of Congress—Mr. Rust; there is nothing too complimenta."y to be said of Rost; he thinks him a pattern gent'eman, Jt is this weakness, thin imleeoili want of meral courage and backbone, in sudh men as Wm. H. Seward—who, as it will be remembered, interfered between a sentence of court and a violator of the law ina simitar ruffiem scene, during the passage of the Bankrupt low—which is the real encouragement of the ruffians who disguace Congress. ‘Tue Sex May.—The London Times, it will be seen from an article published elsewhere, has at length discovered that Turkey is a sick man; that the English are bound to occupy it, with citizens, not seldiers, and civilize it. Well done. The discovery comes sooner than we expected. We say aye: we shall be glad to hear of Turkey fall- ing into such good hands. Turkey in the pos- session of England, and Mexico of the United States, would be far better off and more useful to the world than they can be otherwise. THE LATEST NEWS. BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPHS, Important from Washington, SETTLEMENT OF THE ENGLISH DIFFICULTIES—HON- DURAS GETS BACK THE BAY ISLANDS—EVERY- THING LOOKS WELL—THE BUCHANAN MEN IN TROUBLE—ACTION ON THE NAVAL APPOINTMENTS —THE PRESIDENT AND THE CALIFORNIA DIFFICUL- TIES—THE PACIFIC RAILROAD BILLS, ETC. Wasuixeton, July 17, 1856. Important news has been received here, and is be- lieved to be in the hands of the Secretary of State. Despatches from London state that difficulties between England and the United States, in regard to the Bay Islands, are virtually settled, negotiations having been resumed between Mr. Dallas and the Earl of Clarendon. A new diplomatist appeared in the person of Senor Herran, the representative of Honduras, and entrusted with full powers from that government. Clarendon and Herran have agreed upon the draft of a treaty by which Honduras resumes possession of the Baylslands,and agrees to continue to subjects of her Majesty all the rights they have acquired during the time England has held the islands. Mr. Dallas, it is said, bas agreed on the part of the United States to accept this as a settlement of the affair, and doubtless it will also be agreed to by our gov- ernment. It ig believed that Senor Goicuoria, who is now en route for England as the representative of Nicaragua, will make a similar settlement of the Mosquito question, when all the questions between England and the United States wil) be adjusted. There is nothing else, I believe, t# quarre! about. ‘The democracy here are becoming alarmed for Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Allen will be rejected, which gives Tilinois to the republicans. Mr. Hall, of Iowa, will next go by the board, which secures his State for Fremont. Should Herbert be convicted of mianslaughter, he, too, will be expelled, with a hope of securing a free soiler from California to neutralize Denver. If tnese things be accomplished, and the Presidential election is thrown into the House, Fremont triumphs. Private letters from Mobile and other Southern cities, to prominent demo. crats bere, report Buchanan’s nomination as a dead flat. ‘The Freeident is having veto messages printed in blank to meet the one hundred and forty-four River and Harbor Improvement bills which will pass Congress next week. Senator Toombs, together with a number of Califor pians who arrived by last steamer, called on the Presi- dent last evening to ascertain what course he inteaded to pursue in reference to the requisition of the Governor ot California. He informed them that he could take no ac ‘ion at present; that the Governor must convene the Legislature, and that if they refused to take action then it would be the duty of the Federal government to inter- fere. He mformed them, also, that he had received let ters from responsible persons in California, stating that the difficulties would be all settled in thirty days. Let. ters from the President will be transmitted by the next steamer to the Governor, in substance as above. The Special Pacific Railroad Committee met this morn- ing, when three distinct propositions were snbmitted, all of which will soon be reported to the House. General Denver's bill, which was carried by a majority of the committee, is for three routes, granting lands; Mr. Wood's bill provides for one ceutral route, to be built by government; Dr. Kidwell’s bill is against any and all railroads—all of which will be submitted as soon as they can get the floor, The Secretary of the Treasury has asked Congress to amend the act of 1542 s0 that it will, ip addition to the prevention of the importation of indecent prints, paintings and transparencies, embrace statuettes and figures of a similar tendency. The Herbert case is progressing slowly. Mr. Bradley, for the prisoner. opened a broadside on some new«papers, charging them with studied effort to prejudice the case, and likewise condemped individuals for openly expressed censureson the Court. The interest in this matter seems on the increase. The District Atiorney is atsisted by Mr. Preston, of Baltimore. The Senate confirmed to-day, tn addition to the two yesterday, one hundred and ninety five appointmests or promotions in the navy, to fill the vacancies occasioned by the action of the Naval Retiring Board. Four officers, since their sominations were made, have died or re rigned. The Senate acted on the nominations om mas. A treasury warrant was issued to-day to Messrs. Glevor and Mather, for $200,000, awarded by the First Comp trolier ag indemnity fora breach of their contract by Postmaster Campbell, in carrying the mails betweon Louleville and New Orleans, Senator Wileon arrived here to-night, and denies most unqoalifiedly the report that be expressed a preference for Mr. Johnston for the Vice Presidency. Virginia Old Line Whig Convention. Rucuwoxy, Va., July 17, 1856, The’ Virginia Old Line Whig State Convention re-assem Died at ten o'clock this morning. The Committee on Re solutions were not ready toreport. Speeches were made by Messrs. Terrett, Johnson, Kilby, Speed and Carter—all in favor of Fillmore and Donelson, an¢ for the re-orgzani zation of the whig party. The Convention then adjourn. ed till 6 P.M. The Convention re-assembied at five P. M., and Mr. Mac¥arland submitted the report of the Committee on Re solutions. He said that the committee were unanimous in the opinion that the perpetuity and peace of the Union depend on the intluence of the whig party ‘The resolutions set forth that the condition of the coun try calls upon the whig party to exert ite power far the safety of the Union; declare, in substance, that the whigs of Virginia are free to select amoug candidates already nominated, but in making « selection do not merge themselves into that party whose candidate they adopt, but preserve distinctive principles, denounce the republicans, declaring the pretensions of their candidate are unfit to be considered In a national contest ; declare that the democracy, in nominating Frank!\a Piercec,aused all the agitation of the slavery question, he baving given, contrary to his pledges, countenance to agitation, by dis- turbing, for mere party ends, the compromises that long preserved posce ; arsert that the democratic party have forfeited the confidence of conservative men, because, “by ite administration,”’ it has violated pledges, and com mitted flagrant abuses and blunders in the foreign policy ; that no whig Can consistently support Mr Buchanan,urging, in addition to other objections, that he eustains ‘squatter sovereignty,” and the absolute power of Congress over slavery in the Territories, and is responsible for the poli cy of the Ostend manifesto; approve the compromises of 1880, ancl resist thesrepeal or modification of the Kansas. Nebraska act, consider Millard Fillmore the most suita- ble person for the Presidency, and recommend him to the nation, but disclaim all intention of adopting the Principles of the American party, and call upon their brethren to ewpport him; propore a National Convention of whigs to assemble at Baltimore on the third Wednesday of September, and invite ail States to participate in it, and authorise the President to appoint a central committe of thirteen to promote the organization of the party in the State The resolutions were adopted and the President of the Convention instructed to forward the resolutions to Mr. Fillmore, and request him to accept the endorsement of this Convention, The Convention then adjourned, with three cheers for Mr. Fillmore, and the crowd repaired*to Capitol square, where a number of speakers were heard Important Railroad Salt. Caxaxpaseta, N. ¥., July 17, 1856, Rose Winans ve. the New York and Erie Ratirond.— ‘This case, Opon @ patent Ppom an improvement on eight has resultet in a verdict for defendants, afer ve weeks The contraction of the ¢iaim by ae gucit that the plaintif declined to proces the case vp 0 the Supreme Court of the Uuited whe atr ew erates THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. FIRST SESSION. ‘Wasumatoy, July 17, 1856. ‘THE OASB OF LIEUT, , OF THE NAVY. ‘Mr. Toomms, (national) of Ga., introduced a joint resolu- tion that the finding of the late Naval Board in the case of ‘Lieut. Bartlett, was in violation of the rights guaranteed to every citizen by the constitution, and is therefore ut- terly void and of no efiect. Mr. Toombs said’ he should call up this resolution at a convenient opportunity. ‘The Senate then went into executive session on the navy appointments, and after confirming one hundred and ninety-five of them, adjourned. House of Representatives, ‘THE ILLINOIS CONTESTED ELECTION. Wasuineton, Juty 17, 1856. The House resumed tke consideration of the resolutions of the Committee on Elections, declaring Mr. Archer, in- stead of Mr. Allen, the elected representative from tho Seventh Congressional district of Illinois. ‘The report of the majority of the committee says that Mr. Archer was elected by two majority, and the report of the minority of the committee states that Mr. Allen was elected by one. “The subject was debated, and the House adjourned. Death from Sun Stroke in Cincinnati. Givcinani, July 17, 1855. George’F. Brown, of Boston, connected with Madi- gan’s circus here, died of sun stroke to-day, Several deaths occurred yesterday from the same cause. Markets. PHILADELPHIA STOCK BOARD. Puicapecenia, July 17, 1856, Stocks frm. Eeoerivens. State Fives, 8234; Readin, Railroad, 4554 ; Pennsylvania Railroad, 48%; Morris Canal 143g; Long Island Railroad, 13%. New Onteans, July 17, 1856. By a eenengee. Sales to-day small. Lard, keg, 13c. dian éc. Ady Borrato, July 17—1 P. M. Flour dull and lower—gales at $6 25 a $6 87 for good to extra Ohio. Wheat dull and quiet. Corn lower. Sales 16,000 bushels on the way here at 47c. Oats and rye quiet. Whiskey a shade tirmer—sales at 38c. Cana! freights lower—ldc. for corn, and 18¢. for wheat, to New York. Receipts yesterday—6,688 bbls. flour; 11,217 bushels wheat; 18,000 bushels corn. Canal exports— 26,295 bushels wheat; 48,508 bushels corn; 7,428 bushels of oats. Burraro, July 17—6 P. M. Flour dull—buyers demanding a concession; choice Southern Ohio was offered at $6 £0, without sales of im- portance. Wheat dull. Corn lower; sales of 3,000 bushels at 40c. for sound and 42c. for unsound. Rye dull; sales at 65c. Oats quietand firm. Whiskey duc. Receipts for the twenty-four hours ending at noon to day: —3,655 bbis. flour, 13,784 bushels ot wheat, 18,000 bushels of corn. Canal exports for the same time:—248 bushels of wheat, 59,951 bushels of corn, Canal freights dull, Atpany, July 17, 1855. Wheat—Sales 1,500 bushels, at $1 20. Corn—Sales 16,000 bushels, at 59. for Western from store, and 58c. to arrive. Oats—43c. for Cavada and Chicago. Osweco, July 17—6 P. M. Flour in good demand and stock light; sales of extra Cavadian at $675a$7. Wheat dull and market easier. Corn quiet. Canal freights—Fiour, 49. » 50c.; wheat 143¢c. and corn 10. to New York. Lake imports to-day: —68,662 bushels wheat, 5,000 bushels of corn, 1,276 bushels rye. Canal exports—1,000 bbls. lour, 23,983 bushels wheat, 18,700 bushels corn, Arrival of the Niagara’s Mails. The mails by the steamship Niagara arrived here about 1 o'clock this morning. The foreign papers contain nothing important additional to what was sent over the wires from Halifax. The Times city article of Friday evening, June 4, says:— ‘There has been a diminution of buoyancy in the Eng- lish funds, and they consequently close at a decline of one-quarter percent. The fact of a further amount of about fifty thousand pounds in gold having been with- drawn from the bank for the purchase of silver on the Continent, together with a report, believed to be prema- ture, of a new Turkish loan of five per cent being about to be introduced at the price of eighty-five, was among the influences which operated unfavorably. Our Washington Correspondence. Wasimyoroy, July 12, 1856, The McCormick Patent—The Facts in the Case—Ought the Patent to be Renewed ? The attempt to revive McCormick's first patent—which expired in 1848—was defeated in the Senate yesterday by & vote of 23to 15. Although this is the second time this session that the bill has been rejected, it is to be tried on again, both in the Senate and House—Mr. Seward, its great advocate, having been abseat yesterday. ‘The telegraphic report of the proceedings gives no idea whatever of the arguments and facts of this case; and if you can afford the space, it would be well to publish the speeches of Senators Collamer, Pugh and Jones of Tenn., 50 as to let the country understand how little merit there is im this attempt to continue the tax on the agricultural portion of the community for the benefit of a man already largely remunerated, and who has now two patents for improvements in his machine (without which the crude principle of his first patent is useless) which will aot ex- pire for five years to come. The facts are briefly as follows : In 1834.9 patent was granted to Mr. McCormick for a reaping machine, for four teen years. As the law then stood, all that was required of an applicant for a patent was an oath that he was the inventor of it, thus doing away with all in. vestigation into the subject, as the Board of Commis. tioners could not go behind the oath of the person claim. ing the patent. The patent issued in 1834, however, was found to be practically useless, and on the 31st of Janua- ry, 1845, McCormick obtained a patent for an improve. ment in the machine; and on the 23d of October, 1847, he obtained another i for another improvement These patents bad each fourteen years to run, and will expire on the 2ist of January, 1859, and oa the 234 of October, 1861, respectively. In consequence of these improvements the machine has become valuable, Ia 1848 McCormick made application to the Board of Ex tension jn the Patent Office for a renewal of his first pa tent, which was about expiring. Obedmb Hussey con- tented McCormick's right to priority of invention, and testimony wae ordered to be taken on thie point. The re sult was that the majority of the Board of Extenion, consisting of Hoa. James Buchanan and the Solicitor of the Treasury, Mr. Gillette, refused to grant MeCormick’s application—Mr. Burke, the other member of the Board, diseentmg. The patent of 1834, accordingly expired by ita own limitation. During the investigation the pal ex aminer of the Patent Office made a report, in which he asserted that pot only was the principle of the machine patented in 1834 found in Hussey’s patent, but that there were numerous patents long prior, in point of date, which contained the features claimed for McCormick's. From all these circumstances, which appear in the official re cord, it is evident that MeUormick owed his first patent entirely to the looseness of the law then existing, which istued a patent to any claimant as a matter of right, upon bis own aflidavit, without further examination. The patent baving thus ceased to exist eight years age, and the right to use it and improve upon it having vested im the public, the om mow is revive it, and seen, and the improvements for which be holds patenu: are valuable. But the ides is to regain into his custody the crude principle, and thus prevent others from im- poate BU Ad Pid EI even this echeme is rendered still more odious 9; ee eee which exists as to MoCormick’s The practice of special legislation is open to the most serious objection, and a very strong vanoed to warrant it. In the case of the McCormick C7 ication, we can discover no good reason why it should |. Not only has he two unexpired patents for all is valuable in bis machine, but in reality he will have enjoyed, neither of his last patents will be renewed, twenty-seven years vernment—a period surely of sufficient duration to satis. fy the desires of the most avaricious. tence that Mr MeCormick has not become rich by bis in- vention, and it is time, now that his interests have been cared for thus liberally, to see that justice is also done to the public at large. Noone can deny that the improvementa which Mr. MeCormick has made in his machine have been of the highest benefit to the agriculturists of this country and of the Old World. He deserves to be, as he has been, rich- ly compenrated. The simple question which now arises is whether. after having done ample justice to him, he is to be empowered to do injustice to others. He bas invented improvements on a erade principle, and have been iseved therefor which have years yet to run, and we trust that they will continue profitable ones to him Bat is Mr. MeCormick to have, in addition, the a ge him of crushing out all other inventive genius but ie own, by reviving a monopoly in the incomplete ma- chine which be has slrency exercised for fourteen years? He has benefitted himself and others by discovering im. provements in the principle of that machine, and simple juetice requires that others ehould not longer be debarred from the discovery and application of improvemente which may, perhaps, be of ewen greater value than those now in use, and for which he enjoys a monopoly from the geverament which bo one seeks to disturb. Wasuuvarow, July 16, 1956, The Recall of Gen. Gadsden, the Minister in Mexico, The war which has been waged for some time between the adroinistration and Gen. Gadsden, our Minister to Mexico, is rapidly drawing to a close. Jt has been settled at headquarters that the quickest way of settling disputes, both with Mexico and our present representative near that government, will be to send the latter back to his rich rive plantations in the Carolinas, and to substitute another agent in bie place. Mexico, in her preseut un settled and embarrassed condition is hardly prepared to reongnise the heavy claims upon her treasury witch bave been ed by oUF government in behalf ot American of aod bbe is less prepared to reject then '" by the claimants to press “ mands for erent, was bored and tormented by off- Is, unti! he was driven to turn upon hts~ pursuers, which he did, so far as Secretary Marcy was Soaceapes, and hot was the tire he poured into the old jovernor. “ It {s now understood that, so soon as Gen. Gadaden re-- turps from Mexico he will be superseded by Mr. Forsyth,, of Mobile, son of a distinguished member of Mr. y Buren’s Cabinet, and at present the editor of the Mobile~ Advertiser. Tar Cauivornia ViciLancs Commirras.—We> tee unanimously adopted the resolution to disband: on the 24th of the came month. Tae InunpaTions IN Fraxce.—Money continues to be | sent in to the Committee for the benefit of the sufferers | by the terrible inundations in France. Let New Yorks 4 remit a large sum. Those desirous of contributing cam | band their money to any member of the Committee, or te, he cashier of the Hrratp establishment. j ‘Tae Orgra.—There was arumor about town that Ma- retzek had leased the Academy for a year, at $22,000, buts. We can trace it to no reliable source, We believe thaty | affairs in Irving place are still in statu quo. Meanwhile | it would be cheering to the fashionable world to know’ whether the stockholders will pay that extra assessment,,, or whether the whole concern shall be sold out to pay ite debts, es City Intelligence. THE WEATHER—CASES OF COUP QE SOLEIL. For the ast two days the weather ‘n and about New | York has been unusually warm. The thermometer-’ | ranged from 80 to 96. Prodigious quantities of lager bier have been consumed during the heated term, while | sherry cobblers and brandy smashes refreshed thousands. F The neighboring watering places and summer retreato’ | have been crowded to excess; and now, in the midst of) 4 the “ dog days,’’ all who can spare time and afford te« spend eae ry fleeing the bes Baad more pleasant resi- | dences in country. A number of cases of a o sole have been reported. A majority of thes? cases have~ q resulted fatally. Imprudence on the part of those having out door employment should be carefully avoided. To thore exposed to the rays of the sun we would say, “drink but little and move about less.”” Suspension labor during the most oppressive hours of the day would be advisable. The following are the cases of coup de soleiy which have come under our notice :— Coroner Gamble held an inquest at Bellevue Hospital, upon the body of a man named Robert Watt, who wap | found prostrated with the heat at the corner of Fifth ave- | nue and Thirty-seventh etreet, by officer Tucker, of the ‘Iwenty-first ward police. The deceased wes a stone- mason, and was evgaged ‘at work upon a building now m. course of erection at the above mentioned place, when he | was struck senseless. The deceased resided in Eleventby avenue, between Forty-third and Forty-fourth streets. § He was 40 years of age, and was a native of Ireland. Verdict—‘Death by coup de soleil.’” Coroner Hills held an inquest upon the body. of a woman» named Sarah Rowley, who died at Bellevue Ho#pta® from the effects of the heat. Deceased was 22 years ol! age, and was a native of this country. Verdict—'Deatk, from sun stroke.”’ An inquest was also held by Coroner Hills upon the body of a German, named John Edoff, who died at No. 91 Washington street, from the effects of the heat. The de- ceased was engaged in loading a cart with hogsbea ts off sugar when was rendered senseless. Verdict-~- ‘Death by sun stroke.” Deceased was 50 he oe A man bamed Lawrence Dunn was found on ther sidewalk, in front of No. 23 Baxter street, yesterday af- ternoon, suffering from the effects of the heat. He was conveyed to the New York Hospital by the Sixth ward police. Yesterday afternoon an unknown man was found lying | insensible the effects of the heat at the corner 63 Greenwich and Rector streets. He was conveyed to the New York Hospital, where the physicians in attendance: have but faint of his recovery. About 8 o'clock last evening, officer Jeremiah Fowler, of the Fifth ward police, died suddenly from the effects off the heat. a Racin ee cnet at the foot-of Canals street, and on returning evening he , dead. The Coroner has been notified to hold gms upon the body of deceased. Fata Accipest oy THe Hepson River Rarnoap.—Aboun 6 o'clock, on Wednesday evening, a lady, named Anna Bary, aged 86 years, was knocked down.by ane of the Hudeon River Railroad cars, in Tenth avenue, between Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets, and was almost tn~ stantly killed. The deceased attempted to cross the track: as one of the passenger cars, drawa by horees, was com- ing along. and notwithstanding the warning of the driver, continued on her course until she was knocked down by the horses. Before the car could be sto} wheels passed over the body of deceased, pri most instant death. The deceased was convoyed to her residence, No, 114 Tenth avenue, where she died ina few minutes afterwards. ‘The driver of the car, William: Gross, was arrested by the Sixteenth ward police, tov’ await the result of the Coroner’s inquest: Coroner Con- bery, being notified of the occurrence, proceeded to ther’ residence of deceased yesterday, for the purpose of hold- || pg an inquest upon the body; but in consequence of the | absence of some Important witnesses, the case was ad- Journed until to-day. q PReseNTaTION.—A handsome fervice of plate was pre+ sented last evening to Capt. T. 8. Murphy, at bis resi- dence, No. 79 East Twenty-cighth street, by the mem~ bers of the Montgomery Guard. Mu has for a. Jong time been connected with thie fine peng of our citi- zen soldiery, and bas won the respect and esteem of hie companions in arms, who bave testified their regard him ip this substantial manner. AccipENTALLY Drownep.—Beajamin Fddington, a bey” eight years of age, was drowned on Wednesday after~ noon, while playing along with some other boys oa No. 4, Northirivers One ef the children, namea Wilts. Courtesey, was arrested by officer , of the heme ed having caused death of Ea- i The body has yet been recovered. Courteney remains in prison. BUHDING ACCIDENT.—A stonemason, named Fergus Riley, while engaged in the Bowery extension, and while at work in a cellar, had his leg broken by the fall ing of a wall upon him, He was taken to the Now York: Hospital by one of the Fourth ward police, As Emnangment Accipent.—Farley Kiely,.a laborer, while engaged in digging # cellar a the corner of Ji and Washington streets, on Wednesday morning, wae! severely jured by the falling in of the embankment. The junate Inman was conveyed to the New York’ Hospital, where he received all medica! attendance ne- certary in bis case. Fine at Mawnartaxvitix.—Shortly before 1 o'clock om: ‘Thursday morning a fire broke out in the white factory Se ee. Dodge & Britt, situated Manhattanville. The building was frame, aud before the firemen could get to work the tlames had well de- molished it, with its contents. The loss is estimated at about $500, aid to have been iasured. Mersra. D. F. Toman & Co.'s factory was in imminent danger of taking. fire, but through the exertions of firemen an lpolice, pg were confined to the building of Messrs. Dodge Arreurten Sricipe.—Yesterday aferneca, about 5. o'clock, a woman named Catherine Burns, wnile in state of insanity, caused by drink, attempted to drown’ herself by jumping off the, Custom House dock, pet 1, East river, would no doubt have succeeded the noble conduct of Anthon; = Customs, who, on seeing her, cued the upfortupate creature. Rescven.—Yesterday morning, at 93; o'clock, ag steamboat R. 1. Stevens, bound to the Fishing Banke, was passing Quarantine doek, Staten Island, Bernard Jackman, jumped or fell overboard pad wena ed op by Dr. Thom pron, and landed safely at Quarantine. ee val Intelligence. The United States frigate Macedonian, from China the United States, passed the Straits of Sunda on the 18th! of April, and may be daily looked for. The United States frigate Congress arrived at Gibralta®, on the 18th of June, from Malaga. Confiagration in o¥.. 4 [From the Rocrester Advertizer, July ,* bs We are indebted to Mr. Charles De Witt, mail agent, the following particulars in relation to the oy He says about two o'clock this morning, a fire broke ip Dyer's Block, on the north side of ‘ket and’ extended west as far as Terbll's dring store, and east as far as Cedar street, and on the south site from street to T. T. Fuller's boot and shoe store. the fire two weeks since, has Inid the business Corning in ruins, The Dickinson House aaenae Le the only Lene non ie Fpread ©o rapidly and was so intensely ve Of the goods m many Of the saves tore Mt the block where it was first discovered, nothing was raved, and very little on the Rp coy Seed the street. where it soon caught after rst discovered. Many of the Jouildings were ccoupied on the first as stores, and the rooms: We can give a w.. ly accurate sufferers who were doing business. They are nearly follows H.L Conch, hats, boots and shows; J. M. Smith, % goods; A. Kelley, druggist; A. Dnmis, dry goods? J. M. Watson, groceries and isions ; Jones & Jennings, ary 7 HB ist; He Long, dry goods 5 rh, sad ler y and druggist; J. R. Newell, beots and sho jet & Kimbal, groceries and provi- sions, Two stoves; H. G. Philli ries. On the south side the following were burned :—A.. Page, grocery and bakery; P. J. Overccker, crocker: store; G. Thompeon, ated provision store; Empire: saloon and boarding houserE. Marshal, Arbour saloons two clothing #tores kept by Germans; one music stores B. 1. Bort, harness shop; Hart & Colby, hardware; them came three or four vacant stores, the Corning Journal, republican paper, was saved. The Odd Fellows’ Hall whieh was in Dyer's block, and Masonic Hall, in Hannon block, were consumed without anything being saved. several of the above named suffertrs no insurance on their property and did not succeed in saving any? yen block, where the fire originated, wre not palm 4 The Jove ie astimated at $120,000 and vpwardes , dry goods and groce.