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| iit EB 3 : 3 i H com) ‘exhibit, 4 true statement of the it be warrantabi the of v “oA y records was not deprivation to government. The commis: ‘shave been compelled to prosecute their inquiries ‘ander this accumutation of difficulties, and from various causes bave beea compelled to submit also to untimely daterruptions aud vexatious delays. Through the testimony of the receat agents and em- ployes of the company, aided by private notes and me- moranda tept wy re together, also by a few oilicial = ee ii records acciden! preserve 1, all the information within We jurisdiction of the commissioners tuat could be ob- tained has at length been elicited that relates to the duty with which they bave been charged by the government. ‘The agency of San Juan del Sur, represented by George id and Heury Dickson, has yielded, perliaps, the most reliable, but still unsatisfactory ” information. Their memorabda of freight and passengers—preserved im the office not by authority of their employers, but as a private reco-d—dates trom the month of January, 1854, tothe month of March, 1856. The statistics of these emen were obtained from way bills aud accounts of contractor who landed and embarked passengers and freight on the steamers of the port of San Juan. The evidence of Mr. Gattel, the transportation con- tractor for the Isthmus, embraces the same period of Ume, but is strangely variant in its statistics, Sy the ‘testimony of the tormer gentlemea the number of passen- gers crossing the Isthmus during the avove mentioned period, extending tbrough 2534 months, being 102 trips ‘@f the ocean steamers, amounted to 41,954, aa average of ba Fo trip, or 1,644 per month. ‘Ihe average number of passengers per month for ihe ear 1854, as stated by Mr. Gottel, was 1,948, or 25,383 the year. For the remain ter of the time to the moath of March, 1856, the discrepancy is equally in favor of the = average of monthly transportations. ing this period of time as the basis of calculation, the Commissioners cannot avoid the consideration of cer- ain facts, circumstances and intluences which have ope rated at various times within these 3 to elevate aad depress the business of the Isthmus Transit, Allow the stateaent of Mr. Dickson, which gives the smaiiest @umber, to be correct, it reveals toat from January to July, 1854, period of ive months—four steamers ‘per that the average of passengers per trip amounted 544 per month. er about this time it is ftestifled a combination ‘was entered into by the ‘‘Accessory Transit Company’’ ‘with the Panama Company, the eilect of which was ex ceedingly prejudicial to the travel by the Nicaragua route. ‘The combination was evidently a fraad upon the rights of the government, and inconsistent with the chartered iu- muUities of the Company, and whatever the motive tuat pone the arrangement, the result was fy but worable to the inigrests of the State. From July, 1854, to June, 1855, a period of nearly ten months, within which thirty-eight trips of We ocean steamers of the line were accomplisbed, there is exhibited an average of ouly 281 passengers p:r trip, or 1,124 per month, and during this ‘while eighteen consecutive voyages show the diminished average of 198 per trip, or 792 for the month, ‘The ruinous effect of the combination upon the Transit travel is too apparent {rom this statement to require the aid of argument. Ii anything was requisite to fortify this conclusivn, it 1s only necessary to compare the amount of ‘travel at this time with that of the subsequent mouths when the combination had ceased to exist. From July, 1865, to January, 1856, a period of six mounting Wo 2,216, while during the existence ‘ance of the rival companies the average per moath enly trom 702 to 1,124. During a considerable portion, ‘too, of the existence of the Accessery Transit Company there was another influence ‘upon aad controll. the fortunes of the Transit euterpewe. the Panama route there wus established an ‘Inde t Line” of Se with the Panama pany tor the freight passenger transportation, which bad the reverse effeet of the combination, and pro- moted During the opposition of the Panama Company and the Independent Line the average monthly transportation of fl of computation that should prove tobe striclly conro- apt with the actual condition of things, » error canonly Roster teuted 0s Sa dneneunsbin anes’? at sane which it was the duty ligation e@ company bave contributed for their direction ab | \ erninent. Pn fg oar would boned @ by Limiting cl per centage allo on the aggre- gate amount of treasure contained in th countable re- ceipts in possession of the Commissioners, !t wight be doing injustice to the company W iusist .. tah ng the average per trip of that aggregate, Comp ii. the amount from August, 1 and charging cevw aud interest up to the time of abolition of its charter, But to as- sume that its actual and profitable business of specie transportation had its origin with the line o' ocean steam- ers in 1853, seems, to the convictions of the Commission- ers, to accord with fairness, and to establish the basis for an Moyen adjustment of the respective rights of the State com| y. ‘The sum of $54,719,062, as the aggregate of specie shipments tor nearly three years, exceeding by a fraction eleven millions of dollars only per annum—co .- sidering the vast amount of treasure exported trom Culi- fornia during that period, and the success which, in other respects, favored the Accessory Transit epterprise—can. not be otherwise than an approximatioa to the actual sum transported. This esimate, as already siated, is based upon the ascertained average per trip of the thirty- three trips trom November, 1854, t Slarch, 1856. For the transportation of treasure the company receiv - ed one-half of one percent on the doliar, at which rates, at the average of $489,013 per trip, the receipt: of the company per steamer on its specie account amuanted to $2,449, or $4.800 ver month. Independent of the treagure, there was a large amount of freight conveyed across the route, which was not an inconsiderrble source of revenue te tbe company. From thef tatement of Mr. Gottell, the transportation contractor, the total amount of freight arriving by the rteamships @ the company and carried over the isthraus, from Janusry , to January, 1855, was 1 117,208 pounds, ‘average of 93,100 pounds. For the year united to 1,028 352 pounds, or an ayeray: of per mouth. Taking the average of but dg would be the amount of monthly ght of \he treasure would not ouads, but, assuming the g the weight of the trea mands, there would F month of 6v.¢ is per pound charg. itg monthly receipts the age, apd est) sure at the high figure oe of pour ds, which, at tb | dy the company, w sum ef $6,000. The revenues of freight and passeng there was also a o the internal travel of the country, avd the transportauion ef way freight The agency offices have preserved uo books, ne records, no memoranda from which might be deduced the probable amount of revenue derived trom these sources. The agents at San Juap dei Sur, Virgin Bay and Castillo give evidence of receipts at various times for way freight and passage, but have pre- served po official data upon which to fix aa esti- mate of the amount. The testimony of J A. roe who Was agent at Casullo from August, 1851, to December, 1863, shows that the expenses of that ageucy were more than defrayed by the sums received from this brancn of 1b wo company were not limited to the the busines of the company. He states that from $1,300 to $1,400 at a time have been paid to him for way freight aud paseage during the period of bis agency at that sta- tion. From November, 1851, to July, 1852, Mr. John I. Doyle was the general agent for the route, and kept bis oftice at Virgin Bay. In relation to the internal business transacted during his agency, Mr. Cyrenus C. Fitzgerald testittes — T recollect distinctiy im 1851 the agent et Virgin Bay saying and showing me trom the company’s books that he bad received enough money for baggage and passage money for tickets to Juan del Norte to pay his ex- penses upon This statement applies to the entire period of Duyle’s agency. Mr. Doyle was the ge- neral agent, and ail the other agents were subject to his direction, and the expenses generally were paid from the office at Virgin Bas : * Coneerning the same period, Mr. Gottel says:— From the 9b of November, Pr theeey Boy 19, 1862, 1 agent company, de compan {fe jontly entitled to "bo, deduction fron th tly ent no e grees revel pas of the ocean freight and travel crossing the Toute, fer the current expenses of the line. The way freight and traye. bave been suilicient not only to defray the Lecersary disbursements for keeping the line in regu- that were progressing during tion of the extent of the company’s business, largely the success of the Nicaragua Transit. | lar operation, but enough Fg that peri his reve ‘by the Accessory Transit Com early years of its existence, fully sanctions and justities Aree rtonent cf Me Geel, reached fo the mcreased | the basis of computation Litherto adopted by the Commis evidence before the Commissioners: all tends to estabiish the fact that the amount of travel | pany, over this lethmus the month of January, 1854, ‘was greater than since period, aud that when the ‘Transit Company was unfettered by alliance with its Pa- rival the number of passengers that traverted this | mate Indeed, during the whole existence of the com. large have been derived from the internal travel and trade of the country, but it is wholly impract:- cable for the Commissioners, by reason of the indefinite and unsatisfactory testimony in relation thereto, to esti- ‘the amount with any reasonabl¢ approximeticn to ‘accuracy. They Tore constrained, therefore, to the certain detri- 2,800: from Jantary, 1854, w | ment of the interests of the State, wo exclude from their July of the same year, when the combinagon did not calculation of profits the income obtained from this pro- ‘exist, it was 2,540; from Juiy, 1854, to June, 1865, during | litic source of revenue. ‘the whole or a great portion of which period the ull. ance The number of passengers transported monthly across fs shown to have continued, it was 1,124; aud | the Jsthmus froin the two oceans, the Commissioners from July, 1855, to January, 1556, when the com- | have estimated at 2,000, and the amount of freight, ex ry were disconnected in’ interest, it reached | Clusive of treasure, at 60,000 pounds, dating from August, 2,216. By reducing these several sums to a common 1851, inclusive. a mouthly ered Ageh, 1908, a everage, it will make the uumber of mout transporss- | mated at $449,015 Some | » , an Mons 2,144. pe <% ending with the let of March, 1856, The gross receipts ‘These estimates, as already intimated, are fermed from | of the auly reliable sources of information within the reach Of the irs, and the statistice upon which they ere based, if not scrupulously wocurate, are sulliciently 0 im the estimation of the Commissioners to warrant their po ene ‘Bus while it us their duty to guard and protect he interests of the Sate, they Lave been equally do- sirous to do ample justice to the Of the possibility of committing unintentional error by the adoption and use of incomplete statistical records, the Commissiourrs bave deemed it equitable to adjust the outbly average of passengers at 2,000, being couvinoed from the weight of testimony that it could not by any reasonable probability have fallen short of that number. ‘The almost positive averment ef Mr. Gottel that since 1662, or about the time of his connection with the com- pany, the average would fully equal the number of %,00u, Tenders little less than irresistible the couciusion of tue mocuracy of the estimates ‘The charge for the transportation of passengers over she route, from ocean to ocean, Was $35 per bead, at the Commencement of the transit enterprise, and has never Deen varied up to the time of the dissolution of the char ter. Taking the number of 2,000 as the basis at the rate charged, the monthly receipts of the company from the fethmus transit for passengers alone, have amounted ty ‘the sum of $70,000. The proof before the Commissioners as to the period when the transportation of #pecie Was commhenced by tie company is exceedingly Vague and Unvatisfactory. It is in evidence that the company, up to 1860, was Limited in its sphere of operations exciu«vely to the bu eas of receiving passengers and freight at the Atlantic and Pacitic ports of Nicaragua, end transporting bem 1 land and water carriage to efther ocean, regard! the manner of arrival at efther of those porta. J fag w the spirit and iatention of the charter th Y confined tteeif solely to th the Irthmaus transit, util the sp Of ocean steamers Was evtablisn the carry wg business elect @f ocean competition and probi ecross the country erriving at the Atlant and a monop arbitrary of transpor Serious ‘njury to the interests of the @tabie may bave been its results WU @f the company There can be eesential object of the charter—ih veying freight and passengers acroy ecean to ocean, leaving the business of World wide competition, instead of restricting it to Emits of an exciusive privilege, the only warrant tor which was an act of usurpetien—would not only ha Deen far more profitable to she government, in « pecuniary consideration. but the facilties of trans.t br tween the oceans would have been immeasurably iv creased. It would be ® reasonable supposition that the company entered (ato the arena of competition fur trow Gur shipments smukaneously with the orgabization aud embarkation of it tine of ooeam steamers. Taix hypo thesis sustaterd by so many concurring recollections fm relation thereto, and fortified by the impliet proof Contained be the suppietory statement of Mr. Guttel, that they amewet in the minds ef the Commiesioners to @ mo- fal com-acton of its arcuracy In the office of the agency at San Juan del Sur, the ac eountadie receipts of epece transported hare been pre- served only from November, 1864, w March, 1866. Bs yond that dav there is no record of memorandum, ia any of the Offices in Nicaragua, of the amount of specie name difficulties enemauntered by the Com miasionsrs tm ascertaining the montuly average of passenger tr portations equally apply, therefore, in dete extent of se branch of the company's. busine + The aggregate of the ame sinpped from No 1854, to March 2, 1856, amounts to $16,137 Qvernge per steamer—35 -teamer= ‘Tring, thy came average for tw Apr'l, 1853, the time of commencing t rations wo November, 1864. from which periva mistoners are in possession of the accountable receipts of the y, it will give as the product of the os tripe which the term embraces, the aldfional wom of | $18,592,525 64, which, united w tae fecertained proviuct of the thirty dhree s@oceeding trij, exhibits for the whole period the aggregate of 347,100 4 dollars. It might pet be improper, in consideration of the limited details the company’ agents ate enabled to exhibit of it# boxines: on the Isthinus, to extend thia average on far back a& August, 1861, the date of the commencement of the Transit enterprise. The Commi sioners would feel assnred of their asttcation in the pre meditated design and assiduous dever mination of t pany to conceal from the knowledge of the state th cords of ite Gnancial history. That treasure, arriving by ooran vessels, was conveyed acrovs the transit route anterior to the year 1868, there can be btile question. a though Iimited in amount as compared with toe « ing years. To allow credit to the government the amount of specie shipments for which t gioners have the accountable reeeiyts fol ve @ a8 0 limit the examination o i « Pense to the ascertained number of prxven ed during a fraction only of the term, in the which it has an equal intere-t ‘The Commissioners are fully impressed with the de ey Of determining matters of 8 ict moments tinport are embraced within the phere of weir respons it and are desirous of avoiding, In their anxety to toy fairly the interests of the jo wny rite oF ‘ of decision that would operat the comreny. That they wr idate on! ateortaim private fortun ore trans with t any wo the st » rm little doubt that a strict adheremee to the | > | been not only the company per month from August, 1551, to April, 1863, rating the passengers at $35 per bead ahd freight a} 15 cepts per pound, amount to $78,000, to which from April, 1853, is to be added the one half per cent upon the month'y amount of specie trausportatien. Ip order, then, definitely to arrive at the net profits of the company upon the bases established, aud ascertain company. In view, tien, | the amount due to the State, it is only necessary to e:- tablish the currert monthly expenses for transporting parsengers and freight across the country froma ocean to ocean. In the prosecution of this important branch of their inquiry, the Commissioners have succeeded in ob- taining vet ecurate information. The statement and exhibit of Joseph N. Scott, the late general agent uf the Transit Company, stationed at Punta Arenas, shows a profiigacy of expenditure incompatible with the idea of a protitless enterprise. ‘There ere many items of disbursements, however, re- lating to the construciion of wharves aud piers. and the repairs of roads and other kindred improvements, for which exper ditures the government is pot entitled to be charged. All works of this description were included in the original obligation of the company; and it would be fs littie reasonable to charge the State with the building of a wharf or pier ax it would be the coustruction of aby portion of the canal, or railroad or carriage roa. whic by the terms of the charter, Was imposed upon the com pany. The complete establishment or perfection route was contemplated by the grant to be effected by the reeiplents of the benefit out of their own capit without any deduction therefor from the inter: oft Mate in the adjustment of outlays and profits cnting these works, the company is only perfor duty which it should have accomplished at the beg. of its enter) In consequence of this incomplete cond: tion of the route—throngh the fault of the company alone— bumerous agents, employ és, superintendents and laburers | have been retained at a heavy expense; whercas, wer the hecersary improvements per fecte nenessity « this prodigal amount of expenditure would have be; wholly obviated. To allow the company credit for the diebureements would be a palpable injasttee to the Stat » ow ~abing and intentic toe Cha: f mutual rights are imited define | | monthly outlay for all the expenses of the route evtinated by Captain Scott at or about $00,000. The a J expenses, however, for transporting freight aad from ocean to denen, and compensating Des » { transports arly $10,000. The compensation dorsed by the Commissioners to the | | iiberality of the company, © recretar ie clerks and om 1 extent of th the number of ha mitted that of even mupiticent proc igality of the expenses which ha’ missioners, ought not, in a fair and eq charged against the government. them, however, for the reason exact from the company the conditions ‘* neminated in the be The necessary legitimate monthly disbursements for transporting freight and passengers acrovt the route, as made up by the Commissioners from the testimony of Captain Scott, amount to $20,058 0 but, for the convenience of round mumbers, they have estimated them at 21.000 dollars. The grows receipts of the company per month, exclusive Of the item of the treasure, have been shown to be 78,00) dollars, which, when is Ceducted therefrom tue monthly expences of the route, will exhibit a net profit of 57,000 acliars per month, or $696,000 per annum. Of this sum the State te entitled to tem per cent, which would estat ist: the claim of the government te ,700 dollars per mouth of an annual eum of $89,000 from August, 1861, to March, 186. When to this is added the bes d interest of ex per cent—lese than the rate in New York—the receipts from «pecie shipments from April, 1853, and the agnoal peym of 10,000 dollars provided for in the charter, the frome | roduct wil show the indebtedness of the company . to be four hundred and tweivs thousand ighty vine and 96-100) dollars ense, to he ve allower unwilling tu sifiiment of the presented no offsets evidence of any pay- i government, Not only tof the source: of ae the duty of the company to pro- strange inditference hae manifested itecif e company and its agents, in relation to this examination into ite [Sich being the circumstances under which this invecti gation has proceeded, the Commiseioners could not but appreciate to the full extent the arduous nature of their undertaking. bet if from the darkness they shall have giceseded in evolving @ ray of light eafficient to reveal the “my ste 7 of waiquity” by whieh the company has beon agerandized, and the interests of the State imperiled, | they will have acquitted themselves of a duty, to the faith | ful performance of which they have the consolation of having contributed their honest endeavors All of whieh is respectfully subrnitted. B. J. ©. KEWEN. } J. Hi. MARSBALL, 5 Commissioners WRC APITU LATION. Amount doe for year ending Angrust, 1862. 969,000 00 Annual payment » 10,000 09 —__—479 00 0 Interest on above from Aug. 91, 1862. to March 1. 1866, 3 yours and ( months, at 6 per cent,.... 6 0 ue 998016 00 7 #9.00 00 NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, JULY | Th mae Gopert, a German Half per cent on specie, from April 10 AUZUS, 1853 sess seseseee 2,706 00 Interest on above from August 7853, to March 1, 1866.......... 12,200 40 ——— 93,005 40 Amount due for year end- ing Aug. 1, 1804. Anpual payment... ———— $79, 600 00 Half per cent on specie..... 5,388 00 Intercet from Aug. 3, 1654 jo 1, August, 1855, yk payment. Half per cent on specie, Interset trom Aug. 31 1, 1856. 87,537 64 Amount due for 6 months, ending March 1, 1856.$34,800 Six months’ payment... 5,000 00 800 00 Half per cert on specie, 6 months, 2694 00 —— 42,494 00 Aggregate of indebtedness... ............ $412,589 96 BENRY DICKSON’S STAI faye TEMENT—NO COMBINATION, No. of passengers during tive months, from January 31 to July, 1854—twenty trips: ——Monthly Trips.—— im aa.” Bae ae, September . October..... November . December. Average per trip. Average per month Combination—No. of passengers from July 31, 1864, to June, 1855—or thirty-eight trips:— Total per Mo. Avgust.......000. 365 «S21 365 «1,821 September . 26500-2230 3271108 Cetober.. 407 403336 492 1,688 November . 435 240 550 330 = =1,635 December............370 380 250 255 1,255 Jannary.. a7 6206149 882 February 18 170-224 750 March, 230 «174202 768 April 219° «110-326 827 May a 3u - - 563 Total for ten months. 10,685 Average per trip... 281 Average per month, "2,800, Gottel's statement of freight for year ending January 1 No. of pounds... 1,028,332 Average per trip. AMOUNT OF SPECIE TRANSPORTED FROM NOVEMBER 5, 1854, ‘To MARCH 1, 1866. SESE SEEE3¢ a 2. 855. 5 December 1, 1855..Uncle Sam, Dates. 3 Amount. November 6, 1854..Sierra Nevada. . + $564,405 20 November 22, 1854.Cortes . 737,258 00 December 6, 1854..Uncle Sam. 800,352 00 December 22, 1854.Sierra Nevada. . 625,885 00 see A ies wary 20, 476,405 00 621,059 76 sis 168,643 00 302,591 49 277,937 49 Ba0,045 Sr 626,306 50 828,972 94 faolole 21 15 43 Pry 00 25 40 #0 00 0 54 00, o | 326, December 17, 1855.Sierra Nevada. . 429)230 January 1, 1866. ..Cortes......... 551,343 January 17, 1856..Uncle Sam. 683,446 February 3, 1866. . Sierra Nevada. . 242,678 February 20, 1856,Cortes.. 226,715 March 2, 1856.....Uncie Sam, 272,583, Total....... $16,137,457 62 Average per trip $489,013 AVERAGES OF SPECIE SHIPMENTS FROM NovEMRER 5, 1854, TO ‘MARCH 2, 1856. Aggregates. Av’; trip. from Nov. 5, 1854, sakes 1865—four mos..5,014,835 05 626,854 00 242,805 00 772,917 00 270,954 90 Aggregate of the 33 trips. .16,137,457 Common average. Aggregate of 38 trips, same a ‘April, 1853, to Nov., 1854 Add the product of the Total amount of spesie shipments since ‘April, 1853....... $31,719,951 64 MONTHLY EXPENSES OF THM ACCESSORY TRANSIT CoM/'As Y Agency at Punta Arenas — ‘One general agent. ‘Une agent One porter... Agency at Virgin Bay — (ne agent, One clerk. One specie condw OMe POE... oe... + One launch and crow...... 1,200 0% Agency at San Juan del Sur — ‘One MgOML.....s.++ ° One water boat and crew 180 00 One porter.......e00. 50 00 Lake steamer to Toro. .... 2,000 90 Wood for same... . 250 00 Ope steamer in ordinary... 250 00 ———_ 2,500 ¢ One stesmer from Toro to Castillo... 1,000 00 Wood for same........666ccceceeee TH — 1,075 « Two steamers from Castillo to Punta ATODA 606 sce sees csee sees . 2,000 00 Wood for same.. 500 00 One steamer in ordinary 250 6 2,759 o Isthmne transit — 2,000 passengers, at $3 per bead 6,000 00 £5,759 Ibe. freight, at Je. per Ib. 2,672 ing and embarking passengers at San wan del Sur, 2,000 passengers, at 35 each aslsded goss veces 00-00 86,760 ibs. freight, at $4 per ton.. 20,058 63 Monthly aggregate of expenses. Destructive Fire at Toronto. SEVEN LIVES LOsT—£35,000 worTH OF rnorrrTY DESTROYED. ‘We gather from the Toronto Glob the following parti- culars of « disasterous Gre in that city, involving los of jife and perty. It occurred at 3 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, the 15th inst. in the extensive cabinet factory of Messrs. Jacques & Hay, which was burned to the ground. At the time the alarm was given three hundred pon eters laboring in the various departments. The rushed through the premises with such rapidity that seven persons engaged therein were burned to death, ‘and four were cortoualy injered in_their atternpt to make their escape from lames. The dwelling o Mr. Jacques and the brewery of Messrs. Cayley & Nash were also consumed. This i the second time that this extensive extablishment has been destroyed within eight eon months. The (ote thinks it a fearful blow for the enterprising proprietors. Nothing has ever occurred in Toronto which hax excited a more lively feeling of «ym pathy, or awakened a greater desire to afford aid and ax. vistance. If the hearty good feelings of taeir fellow citi nenscan be of any benefit to them under their calamity, the eufferers have it most fuily, They were insured for £6,850. This dees not cover much more than one-fifth part of their lows; it is a mode wtimate that they will suffer ds by the event. The buildings and the machinery were worth £20,000, the lumber £6,000 or £7,009, anil the stock not jess than £5,000, The destruction of the factory is not alone & ruinous lose to the proprietors, it ix a serious blow at the buetners of the city. Hundreds of workmen have been employed in it, support sande of the ia lation; the ‘veges paid latterly have amounted to ‘Rov per day. That the stoppage of #0 great an establishment must be prevented by some means, i# the universal sen- tment of all our citizens, and dit heartening as have beer past calamities, we hope yet to see it rise a second time from ite ashes with renewed vigor. The following are the names of the killed — James Minne, « carver. Jobn Watson, cabinetmaker, was married, and had one child. Avthony File, cabinetmaker, had been married only a few 3 Charles Drummond, carver; leaves a wile and email family = Colom, carver; had been only » shah time in the shop, and but little wae known of hiv Tree Leguere, a Frenchman, carver bor. time employed. had been only a wae & stranger er . THE CENTRAL AMERICAN QUESTION, Our London Correspondence. Loxpoy, July 4, 1856. The Debate on American Affairs—The Explanation of the Vote—Palmersion’s Position—Settlement of the Central American Dificulty—The Proposition of Honduras— Everything 0 te Sellled—Monedary Affairs—Fourth of July Dinner, de., de. The anticipated discussion on the recruitment question in the Commons has finally come off, on a kind of hybrid motion, by a Mr. Moore, an obscure member from Ire- Jand, The metion, siter two nights’ discussion, was ne- gatived, by a vote of 174 to $0—most of the speakers against the government, and amongst them Mr, Glad. stone, voting against the motion, The discussion, not- withstanding the apparent majority in favor of the go- vernment, has been most damaging. It has strengthened and contirmed the conviction in the public mind that beth the government and its agents were deeply and criminally implicated in the violation of the laws and sovereignty of the United States. I doubt if there be a dozen members in the House of Commons who do not share in this conviction. How, then, it may be asked, are we to account for the yote on Mr. Moore’s motion? The answer is easy. In the first place, the question thus brought up was no longer a living one—it had no vitality ; it was concerning a matter which had been settled, and had become a fact of history when Mr. Crampton was dismissed on the one hand, and Mr. Dallas retamed on the other; and, as in the case of the Kars inquiry, the Commons only felt that a dis- agreeable, if not a dangerous, question had been disposed of, and no good could result from ite extenuation and dis- cussion. ‘There was, furthermore, a large party perfectly eatis- fied of the guilt of the government, who, at the sane time, approved of its course in retaining Mr. Dallas; who, if the question could have been divided and putin the shape of a censure for the act of recruiting, and of ap- proval of that of settling the diffculty—for such was un- derstood to be the eilect of Mr Dallas’ retention—would have voted for both. When the question as regards Mr. Dallas was under deliberation, a letter sigued by not less than thirty members ofethe House, generally supporters of the government, was sent to Lord Palmerston, distinct ly avowing the purpose of joining in a voto of censure ou the government jn case of the dismissal of the Ameri can Minister. Every one of these gentlemen voted against the motion of Mr.jMoore on Wednesiizy night. The ma jority obtained by the government, therefore, was not ‘a vindication of its conduct in recruiting, but an ap. proval of its keeping up good relations with the United States at any cost. It was a distinct intimation on the part of a large section of the House, to the govern- ment, to pursue a moderate policy, under penalty of being hurled from power. This condition is the teaure under which Patmerston holds office; he feels that he is “hedged about,” and must, if not entirely change, ai least greatly modify his characteristic policy, You may be sure the vehement cheers which greeted his at nouncement of the determination of the government jv reference to Mr. Dallas were far from being music in lis ears. I cannot believe that he will care to hold office much longer at the expense of his traditions and ia oor evidence of Palmerston’s restrained, if not altere:! temper, I may mention that the despatch of the 30th of April, signed by Lord Clarenden, was not the one origi- nally prepared by the Foreign Minister. It was entirely re-written by Lord Palmerston himseli, and weut out in the form last approved by him. But, after all, “th leopard cannot change his spots,’’ and however much the torce of circumstances may compel his lordship to * roar you gently,”’ his nature will out in the end ; and unles. he bas right very obviously on his side, when the iit comes on he will be driven ignominiousty trom power. Fortunately for him, Parliament is very much disor ganized, and there is no party strong enough to form a government in case the present one should be overthrowa. Mr. Gladstone openty regretted this state of things in hi speech, evidently wishing to intimate that it the opposition were properly organized and prepared to take power, ii ‘would be easy to change the administration, 1 think he is not for from right. The ‘Crampton difficulty” is now disposed of—de.d Mr. Crampton and his associates, who came over herv expecting an ovation, and that their outraged honor would be avenged by a blockade of the Chesapeake, if nota des sent on the Capitol, have met the coldest of shoulder; —to which marble would be soft and warm. The Engtish public pretty distinctly say, “Served ‘em right!” they are now all on the highway to obscurity, Farewei\, appreciable Minister! Adieu! © martyred Conzuls ! The Central American complication, it is believed } certain circles, approaches a solution. Mr. Dallas has doubt received instructions to sanction apy proposition. which «ball terminate the questions involved, in @ man ner not derogatory to the honor, or in contravention of the interests of the United States. And it seems further, ‘that Honduras bas accredited here @ Minister, Sr. Herrau to urge the claims of that State over Ruatan and the “Bay Islands.’ His proposition, if I am correctly informed, » substantially that indicated some time ago by the Henatp, and approved by the Times, as a good and per manent adjustment of the difficulty. That is tosay ‘e demands the restitution of the islan¢s to Honduras, \..» State engaging to recognise and respect all rights of prov or interest which have sprung up in them und Boe 'b ove! |, and to receive such of the inhal..tanu- may thus elect, the remainder to reside op their property as British subjects, on the same fov.og with foreigners ia general. To make this proposition more acceptable, Hondura« proposes to make the pro| 1 railway through her ter ritories from Puerto Cabalios to the Bay of Fonseca, frow ad to the whole world, and to constitute the port: at both extremities free ports, The articles to this eilect drawn with the view of being appended in equa! terms to all treaties which Honduras may make are understood to have been approved by th~ representatives cf all the maritime Powers im Londoy and will, without doubt, be adopted in the treaty now | + progress between that State and Great Britain. It is ai understood that the interest in the railway allotted i» England, viz. :—ono-third—(one third also being re-erve:t for France), has already been taken up, subject only ty the completion of this treaty. Don Leon Alvarado, appointed Minister from Flondure to the United States, is now in London,on hie way t« Wastington. He will’ probably wait tho signature of the treaty of Senor Herrap, in order to propove ono similar tn terms to the Americag government. He ts a most int: gent gentleman, and will form quite a contract to whe average of what Mr. Marcy is accustomned to call encnyet!- On the other hand, Mr. Murcoleta, the somewhat co spicuous ex Envoy of Nicaragua, has returne:| to Earop: with a settled determination never to put bis foot agai) on American soil. ‘The course that Lord Palmerston will take on Cena America is not clear, He, it is well known, was the or nator of that unscrupulows policy which bax broug)t about the wen pm of things, He, no doubt, avow- the agitation of the question, as any discussion mast ena in fixing the responsibility upon bim individually, whe: his defeat would inevitably follow. He knows thie, and consequently, now that the tangible stake for whieh le played his game in Central America is lost, he may seek to hush up and settic all differences—tosh the storm which be bas raised. Bot should he prove “ fractions sooner or later he will be beaten, I therefore look tipo this Central American business as one likely to be speesiily adjusted, or if not so adjusted, as likely to result eveu tually in’ the fall of the Palmerstonian government. ° It is evident, from the tone and language of the preee. that the country wiches to get rid of all questions ot difference with America, to balance accounts, and clean booke; and if President Pierce is wier he will avail himself of this circumeatance to settle uestions between the two countries, and retire to pris fe with the applause of all peaceable men, the satis{a thon of baying performed a high public duty, and of hay. left a barren held for his successor fonetary affairs are getting very easy. It Is antici pated that the rate will come down to three per cent within the next rixt, To-day, I should add, Mr. Peabody, the American banker, gives hie anpuai Fourth of July dinner, About « hundred and fifty are invited ‘The following letter bas been publi-bed in London — RUATAN AND THE “ BAY ISLANDS,” Sin—Will you permit a citizen of Honduras to en)! © attention to the most important iesue in the Centr. A rican question, viz., that of Ruatan and the “Bay l+.ancs These ieiands were discovered by Columbus, in bi fourth voyage, and from one of them, Guanaja, (now sometimes called Bonacca,) nis eyes for the first time rested on the continent of America, distant thirty miles to the southward. At that time they were densely peopled by #n industrious and relatively civilized population, who traded not only with the mainland of Honduras and Yuc tan, but even with the distant slant of Jamaica. Thie pulation, however, was rapidly reduced by expeditions ed out from Cuba for the capture and enslavement of the Indians. When Cortez visited Honduras in 1526, the isianders solicited his protection, which he granted; but, ‘on hie return to Mexico, the incursions from Cuba were renewed, until, finally, the islands became nearly depo- ulated. Prenbeequently, a few Spaniards established themselves there, and made plantatious, to which they retired during the sickly season on the coast, for the enjoyment of the reeze. [uring the domination of the freeboot in 1642, the island was captured by a de techment of that bedy, an’ ‘rom thence they out upon the Spanish sulpe apd galleons. These 5 Lo the olf Spanish chronicler, Juarroe, “were exocedingly advantageous to the pirates. becau-e, being near the main land, they pwere enabled to make their deecenta when they pleased, and intercept the com merce between the kingsom of Guatemala (as Central Atnerica Was anciently called) and Spain.’ The ev came 80 great that the Viceroy of Guatemal ernor of Havana, and the President of the Soto Domingo finally united to expel the pir chips of war were sont to the kK, but were | Tee equently returned With reinforcernent arte me hard fighting, drove on 19, 1856.° aa x ie soegne te Rave Temeined:in this condition until 1742, wwuey, of Jamaica, seat Captain Pistia coms Sy ae tne ane ce b . sams Engii#b fleet captured Truxillo, the point on the, ‘mainland nearest the Bay Islands, made estabishments at the mouth of Black river, and occ and fortified Ruatan. At the conclusion of the war Spain, in 1703, a treaty = rade helenae, the or orga ier by the 17th article wi was stipulated iy tannic Majes' to be demolished all the t ch other world, within foar moat! treaty was not very faithful violation by the English was a which commenced in 1780, in which of Guatemala forcibly expelled the then Nehed in Ruatan. In the troaty of 1763, it was stipulated, it would seem with special reference to these islands, that the English should xot only abandon the continent cept a certain clearly defined territory now known as Se- lize, within which they could cut logwood, but without derogation to the sovereignty of Spain), bat “all islands whatever dependent upen it.” Later, in 1786, Spain in- sisted on still more + tringent provisions, which were in- in the treaty of that Ba requiring the ro Ish to “evacuate the country of the Mosquitos, as well as the continent in general, and the islands atjacent, without exception.” It would be difficult to frame lan- nage more clear and explicit. a evacuation seems to have been complete, and Spaiu ‘Was left in undisputed occupation of Ruatan and its de- dependencies. It does not appear, however, that many ‘reons established themselves there ; for in 1796 the english government, baving resolved to deport the tur- Ddulent Caribe of St. Vincent (who, being tn the French interest, gave great tronble to the be oad settlers). car- ried them, upwards of 2,000 in number, at @ cost of a million sterling, to Ruatab, where they were landed, aud abandoned to their fute. Upon intelligence of this mea- sure reaching the Captain General of Guatemala, he des- patched Don José Rossiby Rubia, well supported by ot!i cers apd men, to inquire into the circumstances. This officer sound the Caribs in great distress, and they were invited, bp his recommendation, to the nlaud, where ‘their immediate necessities were supplied, and where lands were afterwards aseigued them ou the coast, in the vicinity of Truxillo. ‘They have since greatly mul: tiplied ; and, chiefly engaged in mahogany cutting, aro amongst the most industrions and loyal citizens of Honda- estab- ras. After this event, the Governor of Honduras, under orders of the Captain General, maintained a military post on the island without iuterruption, and many of the in- habitants of Truxillo again established there piantations there. Upon this point the world has evidence which no Englishman can dispute. This is the testimony of Captain Tienderson, who, in 1806, was commander of the British forces at Belize, He visited the island, and gavea des- cription of it in bis “ account of the British Settlement ot Honduras,’’ of which two editions were published in London, ope in 1809, and another in 1811. Oa page 204 of the Jater edition he observes : ‘* The island of Ruatan, a8 previously remarked, belongs to Spain, and a military station is retained ap yn it.’’ In 18]4 Great Britain revived the provisions of the trea- ty of 1786, in all that concerned the Mosquito shore, Be- lize &c., end consequently excluded the English from ‘the country of the Mosquitos, the continent in general, and the islands adjacent, withont exception.” In 1821 the inces of Central America threw off the dominion of ‘pain, and, as States, laid claim to the territories which pertained to them as provinces. The fortress of Omoa alone held out, and the expedition which reduced it con- ducted its operations from Ruatan, of which island the people of Honduras held undisputed possession. In 1830, owever, Col. Macdonald, Superintendent of Belize, made a descent upon the isiand, aud seized it on behalf of the British Crown. The federal government of Central Ameri- ca made a formal and reer gy remonstrance, and the act was tacitly, if not di , disavowed, and the Hon- duras establishment on the is! was kept up as before. In 1838, a party of liberated slaves abandoned the im- poverished soil of the Gramd Cayman Islands, and came to Ruatan to settle. Col Leustrelet, the who was stationed at Puerto Real, informed them that foreigners desiring to sotte-on the island must obtain per- mis=ion from the government of Honduras. and govern: seem, from a letter recently published in the 7 imes, was dated January 25, 1839, and was given by direction of Lord Palmerston. From 1841 it does not appear that Great Britain has ex- ercised any direct sovereignty over Ruatan. Its juter- ference was confined to keeping Houduras out of its rights. In the meantime other settlers came from the Cayman Islands, and were joined by a few families from the mainland. In 1850, the year in which the Clayton and Bulwer Convention was signed, island was visited izine for August of that year. He says:— The popu ation of the isiand is estimated at 1,600 or 1,700, In 1 twas only 80,...The mass of the population are libe- ated slaves from the Grand Cayman, and » smali portion are colored people, also patives of that island, aud for- merly slave owners. Added to these two classes is a third and moch smaller one, consisting purely of Euro- peans, who exercise a great intiuence over ton... Lettto themselves, and in numbers, hey experienced the wavt of government and la ‘They assembied together, and by universal suffrage posed ap aye IN This Assembly enacted laws and Tegulations, which were put in exec by magistrates of thei) own choosing....They aver that they are quite ignorant under what government are placed, and whether her Majesty's Superiutendent at Belize bas any authority over them. Some discontented people bave poisoned the minds of others, and induced them to ap- point magistrates in opposition te those reeommended by the Superintendent. At times the island has been with- ‘out any sort of government. Sach was the state of things when larrived. They have powelected magistrates vy universal suffrage, to act until the pleasure of the Gover- nor of Jamaica shall be knewn, to whom they have sent ‘8 petition ....The position of the island seems important in acommercial, and perbaps in a political point of view, Its proximity to Central America points it out as a good depot for English goods and manufactures, which would find a ready market, even in be ge to any duty _— enthem, [Stmogglingt)....The settlers have not en disturbed in their possession of the island of late years. Threats, however, are constantly held out by the neighboring gover nments of their intention to take pos. session of ieland.’’ The Hon reterred to was got up by the Eaglieh par- ty jo the island, and to give itan imposing appearance, the names of the little naked negroes in the school of the Werleyan Mission were attacbed. In 1861, in cou-e quence of the petition, Capt. Jolly was sent to Ruatan to aecertain whether, if the @ritish government sent mags trates to the itland, the 'nbabitants would pey a land wx upport. ‘As he went in @ vesecl of war, the im habitants consented, as a matter of course The next step in the usurpation of the ieland was on the 20th ot March, 1 hen a warrant was issued from the British nial office, constituting Roatan and the neighboring ‘a colopy under the name of the Bay Islands, ) is an itnpartial outhne of the history of Ruatan its dependencies. And now arises the question, by r coupied and colonized by 11 be time enough to contest the assertion that Roatan isa dependency 0’ Henze when it shall be seriously, made by a Fenpectable ‘authority. No one atall acquaint- ed with the subject can hesitate to agree with Mr. Cramp- ton, in bie letter to Mr. Clayton in 1854, in which he ad- mita that the role dependencies of Belize are the small jslands adjacent to that cettlement, enamerated in the treaty of 1786. Buteven if truly dependencies of Belize, Great Britain etn have no claim to them, as the sovercign- ty of Nelize iteelf was unqualifiedly reserved to Spain. ‘vatan cannot be claimed by virtue of conquest, for the descents of Macdonald, made in time of peace, and pro tested against by Bonduras, are only #0 many acts of vio lence, ant however frequent they may have been, and however pertinacionsly followed up, can never confer a right or title of sovereignty. Not can it be claimed ax abandoned property epontaneonsly occupied. Honduras has never failed to assert her right to it, nor has a single step been taken in bringing about the present order ot things, beg ty omg her earnest but un protects. It is said that Great Britain does not covet the posses sion of the “Bay Islands,” and that she ts willing tore novnce her pretensions, in case it should appear her oceunation of them is not founded in right. but that ber sense of honor will not permit her to yreld haughty demands of the United States, — Thi pelnt whieh requires careful attention, If suc! the disposition of Great Britain, a solution of difficnity ie easy. It appears, fortunately, that Honduras ne ited & Mineter to Great tain, 8. Victor representative in France, with the object of ging this question ina manner bonorable and «ate. ‘actory alike to England, to the United States, Honduras. It alro appears that Mr. Dallas has received authority to enter into an equitable adjustment of this question. Here, then, are concentrated in Landon «| the powers necesen”y for @ definitive conclusion of a. dis- putes. Whet, thon, is wanting to bring about that happy result? less it be diay on the ment and of Eng! dieposi re assured exists, and which, looking at the last despateh of Lord Clarendon, and the language of the British press on the subject, there can be no reason to doubt. th view of these favorable circumstances, and remembering that there is “ danger in delay” —danger of consequences of the most disastrous cl to the two reatest maritime nations of the world—the early and mnorable adjustment of this question becomes a matter of paramount interest, to which the attention and efforts of ai] well wishers of humanity should be carnestly di- rected. 1 will not enter into the question whether the colonization of thore ielands in 1852—two yrurs to the Clayton and Bulwer conven- of the clause of that con- parties to “oveupy, colo of Central America.” The nize, or fortil be Aas testimony of . Mitchell, that at the date of the con vention the of Ruatan Hid not know under what Jurisdiction lived, and that they then existed fs an independent community, under an ive goveru- ment of their own, proves sabsequent British autho- rity was an assim) against the true rense and pur- of the treaty of 1861 however, does duras can never admit that a contrary ‘ecision should be accoptet ae detinitive against her righte, or as in any way mpairing them. Her ciaims to Roatan are founded pon recognize? principles of public law, which are eternal, and which cannot be affected by cooatenetions of tr to which she is not & party. ik Weak, to enforce her nights; the most she eamde is: comp’aints heard, and che now abpeal, t> the goverd ment awd pos of Great britain for Justice, and 1 neroug o4 eration, whieh it is the duty, us it should the hibhest glory, powerful nation to extend to tl wees Aa upfortinate, 1, for 006, hee, toe ‘will not be made in vain, spectfully yor) LEON ALVARADY, Citizen of Hondu: Loxton July 4 1858. PY, "gals THE PAKISH WILL CASE, OPINION OF THE SURROGATE ON THE PETITION 0) THE COLLECTOR OF THE ESTATE. sofore A. W. Bradford, Kay, ‘The Surrogate yesterday decided upon.the petition d Hon, William Kent, special collector of this estate, pra; ing for the permission of the Surrogate to commence suit at law against Mrs. Parish, the widow of the testator to recover some $400,0(0 of the assets of the estat which she bad refused to deliver tohim. It was admitto that during bis illness she received all his income, bo mucipal and interest moneys, and invested the whol mount either m Ler own name or in securities tran: ferable by delivery, and neger making, in any instancg uring that period, an investment in the name of he Vusband. It was also admitted hat she had transferre| some of his old stock to herself, under a power of atto ey, apparently signed with his signature, but which th contestants deny was signed by him. Mrs. Parish claim ed and insisted that all these transactions we thus made by and with the conseut aud direstiol of Mr. Parish, as gifts to her intepende.it of tu] will and codicils, The Surrogate permits thi collector to commence a suit against Mrs. Pari: to recover the umount for the benefit of the es. By the SukroGare—Opinion.—The speciat collector ap pointed in this case has presented an application for leav to imstitute a suit at law against the wiiow of ths cedent, for the recovery of certain stocks and securitic standing in her name, and claimed by hor as her pro perty, amounting in value to the sum ‘of throe hundro and eighty-two thousaud dollars. The petition allege} that most of these assets were purchased after Mr. Paris! was attacked with paralysis in July, 1849, with fuo derived from bis estate, and that the rest were trans] ferred by Mrs. Parish to her own nawe, undor an alleged wer of attorney, subsequent to the same period. The cts are not denied, but by the aftidayit interposed ‘answer to the petition, it is set up by Mrs. Parish th the investments made in-her name, and the tran under the power of attorney, “‘ were specifically, in eac instance, made by the wish and direction to that effect of the decedent, ‘and so to become and be her property, Now, it is obvious that the validity of these gifts in th lifetime of Mr. Parish, and after attack in 1849, bably involve much the same questions as those u1 ler inves' in this on the probate ofth will an eige oe BOHEME, See ile the send hel possibly verse w the claim to th gis must afterwards be settled in another fo Inder this state of facts the collector declares that h deems it his duty to collect aud hold all the securities and property which, after the decedent’s attack, arose o were accumulated from his funds or assets, and to co diverting the sam permit ted to bring a suit for that purpose, and, I have no hes! and believe th tation in saying that permission should be granted. rs, valid, and the property is claimed b; Parish under them, then the assets should be placed in the hands of the collector who represents the L and they should not be left in the contract of a legat who has neither title nor official capacity. If, on th other band, there be a desire to st by the claim the property under the gifts, then there can be no legs reason why the gifts should not be tried in the appropri ate tribunal for that class of actions—a court of law] sets up _a claim, that it is inconvenient to try th claim. But, on the part of Mrs. Parish it is Tost that if the codicils are sustained Rhe suit at law wi cessary; and ove arguinent is unless I can intimate which party certainly shou d not do, even if I 90 ‘The cauve is but midway in progress, ‘it is not only duty of the Court to as far as possible, fi forming definite opinions, until after the final b also to refrain from expressions which might seem to dicate them. Without entertaining or expressing any some atihor nn w the resuitel, Qlecontenhce te position re me, I propose to grant this application, o the ground among others, that I ought not to restrain th precede —— such eye ‘at law as he jem proper, unl can is clearly wrong in contemplated fn. wag ‘and. that 1 cannot tapy batemee ete E involves my expressing an opinion present merits of controversy and its probable sults. But stil further, it mi be overlooked t) the collection of this estate devolves upon the minirtrator, and not upon me. He is the officer appoint by the law for that express object, and he is p responsible to ail parties interested for neglect or breach ropriety Rarhity when the administration is terminated accounts are settled before the Surrogate. to institute suite at the instance of interest, upon the <osts, he may from his refusal, Tae authority he receives consists “‘gpecial letters of administration, authorizing the p rervation and collection Paige so ase of the deceased,” ond the statute pore Ae es that he shall ewer “to collect the goods, chattels, personal estate debts of the deceuvea, and to secure the same at reasonable expense as the Surrogate shall allow, and those purposes be may maintain suits as adminietrator, ‘The law, therefore, empowers him to bring suits ‘as ad| ministrator,’’ and this, too, of his own motion, and out compelled in the first place to ask the sion of Surrogate. It is manifest, therefore, that f had not in the order directing the appointment of a cel} consent, he might have acted in this respect at bis sure under the authority conferred * bun by statute. That restraint was placed in order more’ satisfy objections, that numerous prosecutions instituted, than from su op my partthat it become a necessary check against undue exertion of cial power. It simply postponed from that time to tt the question whetber Collector should be pre from testing the title to these gifts in s court of law. now permitting bim to bring suit, Igive ‘no directions, but simply restore bim to his statutory pow: ers. 1 express no opinion whether the oxuse of action ‘well taken or not, nor do I suggest any advice aa to course; but my official duty is satisfled in saying that, the claim has been advanced, I can see no reasonabl ~~ for denying to the collector the ving it determined in the tribunal, if he a be soadvised. It is the statute which authorizes him sve, and I simply let the statute have ite course, in th absence of avy sufficient cause for Loge Me! b faa pipeline Wy Bo RH Bd ao dy enstate| ap ents nu indeyx ndent legal question youd the juriediction of the Probate Judge. It wok an UpWarraptable eesumption on my part. and hy without a single precedent, to enjom the officer represents the estate from appealing to a court of law decide 0 rely title, ype any supposed renseas ‘onvenience to y in possess! property| An order must, , be entered allowing the co ‘tor to bring an action to test the validity of theve gifts. Thenteteel, Mament, &e. Nino's Ganpen.—Miss ma Stanley is to repeat pee drawing room entertainment, ‘The Seven of el ie] | al this evening. Her engagement will Bowrny Tirxank —Two of Mr. Brougham’s cessful dramas, ‘“Dombey and Son’? and Dur Oo field,’’ are to be played to night by excellent casts. author personates Cuttie and Micawber. This isa bill tor Saturday night, when the house would be under almo-t any circumstances, Broapway Vanietins.—The popular juveniles give tl admirable representation of ‘Ingomar, the Barbarian," for the last time this evening. Go early, if you desire seat. Kitren’s Exrian Fact —Mr, Katen, the obliging surer, (an old citizen, by the Way,)' offers several tableaux for his benefit to-night. His friends, whhoo| distinction of party, are requested to procure tickets and be ready for ‘the Election’? which comes off in course of the evening. Woon's Mixereeis.—The extraordinary burlesque titled “lack Blunders,”’ is to be produced to-night, the inimitable George as the whimsical hero, Songs o the most amusing kind precede the farce. Are Slaves Passengers! IMPORTANT LEGAL DECISION UNDER AN ACT 0} we ee CONGRESS, on e learn from the Charleston papers . in the ot the United States vs. the steamer ‘Thornes x a ni per] The Thomas Paltimore, belonging to Capt. Thomas Petigra. arrival she was bor rded by an i , Sus $0 bave oe board Une scvoral thangs roqeirea by tl tras Sled ugunat her on th acco mt ad the matter was fie (pat om Srougtn tor adjeaiounce into the rict Court of tl United States. It was there contended that, 10 transporting slaves, she was not a boat ret at of the act. Bat act cient to bring any vessel requisitions of the law, and that was intended construction. p avy ed ag Ad the libellante the red dollars, provided io the act of August, 1862, with the costs of these proceed: Rar.R0ap Accrpants and Surrs For D, AM AGRS.— Railroad pany. It isan action for damages by plaintift, in mence of having been run over defendants’ care at rote] a bis foot, and amputation m laid at ’ The other was brought by Daniel Shay, i... D. Patchin, leseee of the Buffalo and Nev Yor’ Aa ‘ork City Railroad. Action for damages, in conse nen of the mother of the plaintit! having heen run over av killed by the defendant's car, on I'tchange street, Bath Jo, in August last. Damages laid at $5,000