The New York Herald Newspaper, November 16, 1857, Page 4

D. NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES ‘GORDON BENNETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR, OPTION NX. W. CORNER OF NASSAU AND FULTON STS. ¥D ie WERaLD we rein ALL), the conte annum. Pit © MREALY HERALD, every Siar. gine ee re wopy, oF $2 per annem; the Ruropean annum to Q or wn Bran or 88 t'any part of the Connon, Both THe haaey HERALD, every Welnenday, af four cone por wROLENTARY. COI CORRESPONDENCE, containing important ir ited fo ‘the Faly pote for.” arOUk Founign Conmest Comm Ransronnen ann Fan ‘LSTYERS AnD Packages frowasiy vO Nt ed i CT anonymous correwpondence, We de not ron P. executed with neatness, cheapness and des evitat in the Weneur Weenie, Pa ‘and ta tho ‘Becty Henan, Pamir ind Rurapeam Bditions. No. 316 AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. BROADW. THEATRE. jor 4 Bap Jupas BED Pelencis Maras conse Lason mes. GARDEN, Brondway—Foon Loveas—Tigat Born Fasts—@artoume or Bocas. BOWFRY yunares, Bowery—Love Cause—AnorreD Cump—Tur Fasvon Sr: BURTON'S THRATRE, Broadway, My Sow Diana—AcTRESS OF ALL WORK: eee ras, Broadway—Lonvon AssvRANCB me LeviseLe Ht Bond Forty Winks, LAURA KEENP’S THEATRE, Broadway—Tue Sea oF Ice, on 4 Moturn’s Prayer. ACADEMY OF MUSIC, Fourteenth street—Itaviaw Orzea —Lucerria Boris. NAGLF'S JUVENILE COMEDIANS, 444 Broatway—Bex CHARCOAL SKETCHES. BARNUM’S AMERTOAN MUSEUM. Broadway—After- noon, Youtn wuo Neves Saw 4 Woman—Broomrns ix Love. Evening, Roa oy Lire. WOOD'S BUILDINGS, 561 and 563 Broadway.—Cnoroe Ousirr & Woon's MinsTRes—P eran Piree Perren Poet MECHANICS’ HALL. 472 Brosdway—Brvant’s MrvsTeecs —Ermiortan KOCENTRICITIRE—LIPE AMONG THE ALABAMA Corton Heaps. EMPIRE TALL, 596 Brosdway—Parseines ILLUSTRATIVE or tux Kane November 16, 1857. New York, Monday, MAILS FOR EUROPE. Whe New York Herald—Edition for Europe. The Conard mail steamship Canada, Capt. Lang, will leave Boston on Wednesday, at noon, for Liverpool. The European mails will close in this city at noon to- morrow, to go by railroad, aud at half-past two o'clock P. Wi., to go by steamboat. The European edition of the Herazp, printed in French and Engtia, will be pablished at nine o’cloek in the morn- ing. Single copies, in wrappers, six cents. Subscriptions and advertisements for any edition of the New Youx Henan will be received at the following places In Furope — Lowpos.. --Ramson Low, Son & Co., 47 Ladgate hill. Express Co., 61 King William st. Parm.. press Co.,8 Place de la Bourse. : ropean Express Co., 9 Chapel street. “R. Stuart, 10 Exchange street, East. Saves... ..Am.-European Express Co., 2} Rue Corneille. ‘The contents of the European edition of the Fimanp will pombine the news received by mail and telegraph at the office during the previous week, and up to the hour of publication. ‘The News. The steamship Philadelphia, which left Havana on the 9th instant for New York, encountered a violent gale on the day following, when off the coast of Florida. On the 13th she broke her shaft, thereby disabling her engines, but succeeded in reaching Charleston on Saturday last. The St. Louis, from Aspinwall, with the passengers, treasure and mails from California, sailed from Havana for New York on the 10th instant, and in all probability encountere ed the same gale, thus accounting for her non-arrival at this port. ‘The Vanderbilt steamship Ariel, which left Sonth- ‘ampton on the 4th instant, was boarded off Cape Race last Friday night by the news yacht of the New York Associated Press, and her news, which is four days later than that brought by the Arabia, | telegraphed to this city from St. Johns, Newfound land. By this new and expensive arrangement wo were enabled to publish the advices from Europe in the Haxacp yesterday morning, about three days ia advance of the arrival of the steamer at this port, where she may be looked for during to-morrow. The Ariel has $400,000 in specie and one hundred and eighty-four passengers, from Bremen and South- ampton, on board. The political news is very meagre, but the trade reports and financial advices fre interesting. Cotton had a downward tendency, but prices had not altered from those quoted on the 30th ult. Flour was still dul!, and some circulars quote it at s fall of sixpence a barrel. Consols were at 89] 289) for money, with a depressed money mar- | ket in London. There was nothing later from India. An attempt was made to launch the steamship Groat | Eastern on the 3d inst., but it failed, and the under taking was postponed to an early day in December pext. No official fntelligence has yet been received by the government from the commander of the Utah military expedition relative to the Mormon attack bat private letters fully confirm the accounts already Tt has been ascertained that the des fon of the supplies will not in the least em- Darras the progress of the army, as they were of a description that could be easily dispensed with. ‘The Kansas Constitutional Convention concluded their labors and adjonrned on the 7th instant. A nal government has been formed, with Mr. un, the United States Surveyor, for Governor to go into immediate operation. The Convention adopted & separate clause sanctioning slavery, which section will be the only one submitted to the people. It is stated that there was a plan on foot to obtain the acceptance by Congress of the constitation before tho meeting of the Territorial Legislature; and it is furthermore stated that Governor Walker has been urged to call an extra session of the Legislatare in | order to head off the movement. The Legislature wil be composed of forty-five representatives and fifteen senators. Pisew we publish a letter from our correspon: dent at Bombay apon the capture of Delhi, its effect npon the Hindostanees and giving much interesting in- formation apon affairs in general in India. We also pab- lish a letter received by a lady of this city from her bister in the Convent of Mussorie, near Agra. which contains some interesting descriptions Of the scenes which have occurred in that quarter of | the Ifdian peninsula since the outbreak of the mutiny ‘This lady's narrative is confirmatory of most of the accounts of the atrocities attributed to the Sepoys. Ow reporters have made « tour of the station bouses, with the view of ascertaining from the cap- tains of police the state of affairs in the various i wards with reference to the effect produced by the | Prevailing starnation in business. The result of their inquiries is embodied in an interesting report, which we publish elsewhere. There are from twelve to fifteen hundred applicants for lodgings at the ftation houses every night by homeless wanderers bout one-third of whom find accommodations, In another column may be found a full report of the proceedings of the Police Commissioners on Saturday afternoon. An interesting debate took place, at the saggestion of Mr. Perit, on the question of the legality of the dismissal of the old force and their eligibility to reappointment. Mayes Wood strenoonsly advocated the claims of the municipal force. A list of tue officers recommended for the ‘Thirteenth ward wae ordered to be published and Gefinitely acted upon at the next meeting. Mr. Perit expremed his intention to devote all necessary time to the business of the Board at any hour of the day. We give elsewhere « corrected list of nominations for the coming December election, as far as made. The new Catholic Chureb of the Immaculate Con ception is nearly completed, near the corner of 5 ourteenth street and avenue A, and a fair in aid of the fonds is to be held this week, beginning this af- NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, ternoon. A full desoription of the church will be found in another column, We publish this morning a full report of the severe disaster which ocurred to the clipper ship Great Republic, on her voyage from the Chincha Islands to London. Our correapondent, dating at the Falk- land Islands, on the 16th of September, notes the rise and progress of the storm, and reports the con- dition of the vessel after she fortunately made port. The schooner Red Fox arrived at New Orleans from Tampico, Mexico, on the 6th inst., with newa to the 3ist ult. and $63,622 in specie. Senor Fer- nandez Flores was acting as Governor during the absence of General Garza at the capital. The Legis- lature was still in session. The great Sierra road approached completion. It was hoped that the ra.l- road from Tampico to the city of Mexico, witha branch to Vera Cruz, would soon be completed and every communication afforded. The churchmen still refused to acknowledge the authority of the civil power in the State. Our correspondent at Grand Turk, Turk's Islands, writing on the 3d inst., says:—“The salt rakings are large, and 10,000 bushels were sold this week at 9} cents per bushei. The stock on hand is over 42,000 bushels, with an increase in prospect. The health of the island is good. The supply of turtle is far below the demand; turtle is now an important feature in our exports. There is an increased de- mand for junk, old copper, zinc, &c. Breadstuffs and provisions are nearly exhausted, and it is sin- gularly strange that American merchants have not directed their attention this way in supplying Ameri- can produce.” The value of foreign goods imported at the port of Boston during the week ending 13th inst. amounted to $1,382,313, showing an increase of $22,351 as com- pared with the imports for the corresponding period in 1856. The annexed table shows the temperature of the atmosphere in this city during the past week, the range of the barometer, the variation of wind currents, and the state of the weather, at three periods during each day, viz.: at 9 A. M., and 3 and 9 o'clock P. M. :— bia payed ponoy “you upoar ‘oggy all day. jorning clear and blowing fresh nil day; ight i the night. —Morning, rain; afternoon and night, clear, lay —Clear ail day and nig orning, overcast, with light showers after ht, clear. Saturday—Morning, overcast and cool. The cotton market continued quict on Saturday, and iu the absence of sales of moment quotations were nominal. ‘The stock continued quite light, and holders munifeste disposition to press sales. Flour was heavy, with m rate sales, and the market, eepecialiy for superfine anu extra State and Western, declined about Se. per barrel ‘Wheat was in light stock and sales moderate, while prices were without change of moment. Among the transactions were prime Chicago spring at 98¢., Milwaukie club at $1 06, Tennessee red and good Canada white at $1 30. Corn was scarce and firm, with limited sales of Western mixed at 78c. a 79c., with some sales reported at 8c, Pork was dull, with sales of mess at $19 62. Sugars were sold to a fair extent, confined chiefly to low and common grades. The transactions embraced about 350 hhds. and 800 boxes, at rates given in another column. Freight engagements were interfered with at the Mer chants’ Fachange by the political assemblage convened there during the usual business hours. Engagements were consequently light. To Liverpool about 2,000 n 3,000 Dbis. flour were engaged at 2s., and 400 bales of cotton at 4-524, Revival of Plans for the Acquisition of Caba, Whenever an ambitious political aspirant is desirous of obtaining any particular office or | public position, his friends always bring for- ward the awertion that he bas the ability to do some great achievement in connection with the desired appointment which no one else can per- form, and which, if he is not appointed, will be eternally lost to the country. The annexation of Cuba having been long a popular measure with the masses and the politi- cians, there hgs not been an applicant for any mission or consulate abroad that did not pos sess, in his own estimation, some particular qualification or ability to further that measure at the post he desired to obtain, whether it were a mission to Timbuctoo or a consulate in Kamechatka, As for the mission to Spain, the number of applicants that claimed to be the man and the only man who could carry that measure with the Court of Madrid has been past computation, and all of them possessed some peculiar ability that no one elee had. To say nothing of those who went before him, there was Mr. Soulé, who spoke three or four lan- guages, was a smooth and polished diplomatist, knew all about Queens and Court intrigue, and whose friends were con- fident that if he did not succeed no man could. Every one, knows how he came back with drooping feathers--a most utter failure. After him came Mr. Dodge, who, in the wisdom of poor Pierce and Marcy, was supposed to be “just the dodge.” How he has been enubbed by the polite Dons ie a matter of public notoriety. We are no nearer the pur- | chase of Cuba to-day than we were thirty years | ago. After all the mischances that have befallen us in this matter, it would naturally be sup- posed that we ehould set ourselves to study Spanieh character and history, and eee if there was not something in them that preventa our succeeding in the negotiation for Cuba. But that is not the case. Everybody still retains unbounded confidence in his plan to effect the purchase, provided always that he be appoint ed to some saug mission for which he is peculi- arly fitted. The latest phase which this mania has taken is exhibited in the friends of Mr. Bel- mont urging him for the mission to Spain, while Mr. B. himself opines that it would be useless to shelve him in Madrid, but that if he were sent as Minister to Paris, there, in connee- tion with “our house,” the Barons Rothschild, he could buy and sell Cuba and half the crowned heads in Europe. Now, although we have a good deal of confidence in Mr. Belmont’s ability as a and it is demonstrated in his successful *peculations abroad as detailed in our Wachington correspondent’s letter to-day, wo believe that he is just the man to fail in an at- tempt to purchase Cuba, whether he be made Minister to Madrid or Paris. His nationality and his peculiar connection with the leading Jewieh house in the world would make him peculiarly distasteful to the sensitive and “most Catholic’ Spaniard, who would reject with scorn the idea that a Jewish banker could perform what the ablest diplomatists of the age have failed in. But there t« no necessity for discussing Mr Belmont’ disqualifications for the mission to Paris or Madrid. The question of the acquisition of Cuba mast be viewed from higher grounds than that of personal merit or demerit. Who ever will glance for ® moment over the pages of Spain's history will see at once that she never has sold territory voluntarily. She preferred to lose the Low Countries in the most ignomini- ous manner to treating even with the Prince of Orange. When Napoleon desired to buy Louisi- ana in order to raise money by selling it to us, Olivarez, the Spanish Minister, flung back his propositions with the proud reply, “Spain.con- quers or loses provinces at the point of the sword: she never buys or sells them.” Napo- leon negotiated no more, but with Charles TY. and Ferdinand, the heir apparent, prisoners in France, he took possession of Louisians. So, too, with Florida—when General Jack- son marched into that province and took possession of it Mr. Madison was almost frightened out of his boots, and at once pro- ceeded to purchase and pay for what we already held. The wily and false Ferdinand took the money and signed the treaty, and then ordered that the province should not be given up. How that determination was circumvented is naively narrated by Pezuela in his history of Cuba. “A few months,” says he, “after the stipu- ated cession of Florida to the United States, the Spanish government gave orders to Cagigal (the Captain General of Cuba) to arrange all the points relative to its delivery with an Ame- rican’ commission sent from Washington to Havana; but at the same time it secretly order- ed him to lengthen the negotiations, and delay the departure of our garrisons from Florida under every possible pretext. * * * Simi- lar instructions were brought by General Mahy (the new Captain General), and during the firat few months he eluded, under masked motives, the daily demands of the American Commis- sioner, Col. Forbes, and his companions, * * But the following despatch from the truthful Mahy to the Minister of War, on the 31st of May, reveals too fully that their intrigues were not limited: ‘I might have delayed sometime longer the United States Commissioner, Mr. J. C. Forbes, notwithstanding the frequent visits he made me, and notes asking for immediate despatch; but having learned that some of the commission were taking active steps to obtain plans of these fortifications, having gone so far as to offer toaclerk of the engincer’s 150 ounces of gold, I deemed it my duty to despatch them as soon as possible, The clerk reported the affair to his chief and this officer to me; therefore, in order to prevent them taking steps in aay other direction, I di- rected that they should be entertained with hopes until on the eve of departure, when 300 onnees of gold were demanded. This price they would not agree to, and they departed without obtaining their desire,’ ” In all these things there isa key to negotia- sion with Spoin, and that is that the possession desired must be first obtained before it is nego- tiated for, A negotiation in Paris or Madrid, whether conducted by Mr. Belmont or any one else, does not fill the required conditions. In fact, there is but one course open to us that does. Comonfort is Dictator of Mexico, and is on the verge of a war with Spain. We can easily strengthen his hands—as we pointed out aday or two since—so that Mexico can take possession of Cuba in a just war, and she will be glad to dispose of it tous at once. That is the true course and policy for us to pursue, and not to waste time in profitiess negotiations with €uropean Cabinets thai will agree to nothing which may tend to the advantage of the United States. By a proper understanding with Comonfort the whole affair can be arranged in ninety days or four months, while four years will be wasted in vain hopes if Mr. Belmont is charged with a mission; and not only shall we attain nothing, but positively be in a worse po- sition than we are now. Poirmes my Wau. Street—Tuk Mayoraury Fiza. av run Mexouanes’ Excuance.—* Every man to his trade” is a very homely but very sensible axiom. It is a great pity that ia the course of things we find so many deviations irom that sound rule. Lately we have had par- sous all over the country turned into fire-eating and pestilent politicians; and now we have the merchants and frequenters of Wall street com- mencing to follow their lead. The mecting of Saturday afternoon in front of the Merchants’ Exchange was proof sufficient that the mer- chants and speculators were much more at home in attending to the prices of flour and cotton, and tallow, and in builing and bearing railroad stocks than they could ever hope to he in attempting to amend our political condi- tion. The materials for a splendid demonstra- tion were at band, but the managers were ua- used to such things and did not know how to take advantage of them. There were no speakers provided to address the audicnee, aud the eon- sequence was that one or two fiery ward politicians got a chance of distinguishing themselves and of saying something for the candi- date of the American party for Mayor, much to the disgust of the managers and the meeting. Then the Chairman was in a burry to go home to dinner, and the merchants were in a like anxious condition. The result was that the as- semblage dispersed dissatiefied with the whole proceedings, and that nothing came out of them bat the nomination of a man whose letter of de- clination the Chairman held in bis hand at the time, and the appointment of a comimitter—tho members of which will probably never meet for the purpose intended. All this shows the folly and absurdity of men underteking to do what they know nothing at all about. Fortunately, or unfortunately, the business of politic is a «peciality in this coun try, confined to a small clas+—and that class by no means the most respectable. If our mer- chante do not wish to have themselves duped and fooled by some knavish politicians, they will not repeat the experiment of Saturday evening. It wonld be avery de- sirable thing, no doubt, to have our manicipal government purified, and some limit put to the steady enormous increase of taxes. But our new fledged politicians of Wall etreet onght to have brains enough to understand that the int of these taxes is in no degree affected by or connected with the tueumbent of the office of Mayor. If there is profligacy and ex- travagance, and corruption, and shameful neg ligence in the management of our city affairs the responsibility lies with the Common Coun- cil and the Comptroller. They ought also to know that the present shamefi:! condition of the city is ina great measure due to the despotic and corrupt acts of the last black republican Legielature—acte which were forced upon the city againat the will and in spite of the resiet- ance of our citizens and their chief wagistrate. Our merchants should recognize these facts that are patent to the rest of the community Let them look to the Common Council and cleet proper men to that body if they desire to put # stop to corruption and robbery. Tus Apminusrration anp Cantril. Ams- nickA—Generat, Henntasen’s Lerren.--We published yesterday a curious and reimark- able letter which has been addressed to Gea. Cases by Gen. Henningsen on behalf of the native supporters of Walker in Nicaragua, whose safety and freedom were guaranteed by the terms of the capitulation of the filibusters ‘&t Rivas with Commander Davis, of tho United States sloop-of-war St. Marys. ‘The letter is a well written and logical docu- ment, and sets forth the position of the contend- ing parties at Rivas on the 1st of May last, and the immediate causes which led to the capitula- tion, in a more succinct and’satisfactory manner than anything that has been heretofore puh- lished. Gen. Henningsen takes the ground that the forces in Rivas were abundantly able to cope with the enemy besieging them; and frankly acknowledging the straits to which they were reduced, he proceeds to show that the enemy were not in a much better condition, and that they were besides disheartened, short of powder, and threatened with cholera and the rainy season, without any hope of rein- forcement. At this juncture Commander Davis intervened in the strife, and commenced his negotiations for the surrender of Gen. Walker by announcing to his commissioner that he should seize the schooner San Jose, con- taining his reserve of arms and ammunition, which the allied army of Central America were utterly powerless to do. On learning this fact Gen. Henningsen entered upon the negotiations with Commander Davis, and the stipulations agreed to were entered upon solely on the faith of an officer of the United States, who, commanding the forces of this country in that region, was looked upon as its representative. It was on the faith of this official character and tacit guarantee of this country to the terms of surrender that con- ditions were consented to that never would have been accepted on the faith of the Central Ameri- can governmentsalone. Prominent among these was the stipulation that the native Nicaraguans who had served with Walker should be per- mitted to reside unmolested wherever they pleased in Nicaragua. This was guaranteed by the American commander, and Gen. Henning- sen assumes that bis course substantially binds the United States to protect them. The im- mediate occasion of the letter is the unhappy condition of Gen. Pineda, who was one of the persons that capitulated at Rivas, under this treaty with Commander Davis. He is represented to be a man of high honor and fidelity, and brother of a former President of the country. In spite of the terms of the stipulations with Commander Davis he is now set to work in chains upon the roads in Segovia by the present government of Nicaragua, and Gen. Henningsen now appeals to our govern- ment for redress, and for the fulfilment of that direct responsibility which, as he claims, at- taches to the government of the United States. We are not disposed to discuss the question how far the acts of Commander Davis involve the responsibility of our government to see that the stipulations made with him are carried out; but the publication of this letter at this junc- ture, iinmediately after the departure of Walker for Nicaragua with the avowed purpose of re- dressing the wrongs of himself and his followers, seems to us more like an attempt to further hefog the Central American questions, and to involve our government in new and still more complicated discussions, The ground that Gen. Henningsen has broken presents a new view of matters, and may yet be oac of the many rightful causes that shall lead our gov- ernment finally to send down a force, aud, taking possession of the Transit route, adminis- ter justice to our own citizens aad all others, and sccure that isthmus to the peaceful transit of the whole world. Tar Deravcations IN tim Crry Exrenpt- TURE—ACTION OF THE Boarp or ALDERMEN.— The report of the committee of the Common Council appointed to investigate the city ac- counts, comes before the Board of Aldermen this evening for confirmation. It will be recol- lected that after detailing the discoveries that the committee had made of unvouched expen- ditures of the city revenues to the extent of eight millions, it recommended an appropria- tion of five thousand dollars to enable them to prosecute their inquiries into theee defaleations. It is the question of this appropriation that comes before the Aldermen for decision this evening, and we trust that there is sufficient honesty and public spirit amongst them not to defeat the inquiry by refusing their sanction to the grant. It is of the last importance that the discoveries made by the committee shal! be fully carried outand tested, and we hold every man who opposes the appropriation to be a party to the delinquencies which it is their object to expose. If the vote be passed this evening the commit- tee will in all probability be able to conclude their investigations before the close of the year, and the Legislature will thus be enabled to de- vise measures to put a stop to the frauds and leakages by which the revenues of the city are | protiigately dissipated. Innesponstarity oF ocr Boanps or Commis sronens.—Of all the anomalics which exist in our city government the most remarkable is that presented by the different Boards of Com- missioners, the aggregate expenditures of which | amovnt annually to the sum of between three and four millions of dollars, aad which are, to all intents and pniposes, irresponsible to any authority. This remark applies particularly to the Commiesioners composing the Board of Education, to the Commissioners of Emigration, | the Commissioners of the Central Park, and the Governors of the Almshouse. Although some of there are required to make detailed reports of their proecedings every year to the Sti ‘ec Legivlature, they recognize no executive antho- rity but their own, and expend and appropriate | the people's money in that feeling of perfec security which official irresponsibility always creates, The strongest exemplification of this fact is to be found in the case of the Board of Educa- tion, whose expenditures for the pre sent year are estimated at over twelve hundred thousand dollars, and who are respon sible only to the Legislature of this State. Now this responsibility amounts to nothing, and, so long as the Board remains a separate organization, independent of the supervision and controlling power of the chief magistrate, ax all the Commissioners are, its expenses will go on increasing out of all proportion to the ao- tual demands of edneation. The fact ia, ell these boards are mainly made up of designing, corrupt, «poils eveking politicians, who combine with lobbymen and contractors to defraud the public, and to whom the people of New York are chiefly indebted for the enormous increase NOVEMBER 16, 1857. of their taxes, The only remedy for all this— the only way in fact to pat a stop to the schemes of and corruption of which this official irresponsibility is the fruitful source, is by placing the supervision and controlling power in the hands of the chief magistrate of the city. Court Crnontcies or Haytt.—His Imperial Majesty Faustin Solouque the First, by the grace of God Emperor of Hayti, has certainly, for one of his color, a most laudable and judi- cious estimate of the high station which he fills among the sovereigns of the earth. The members of the imperial family, the high functionaries of the empire, the titled magnates, and, in fact, all connected with the Court, bear themselves also most proudly and with becoming state, as if resolved that the positions which they occupy and the titles which they bear shall not be lowered or sullied in their persons; therefore it is that the doings of the Emperor and of his brilliant Court deserve to be noted from time to time—more particularly as they are chronicled in due form by the Court journalist, and pub- lished in the Moniteur Haitien, for the informa- tion and gratification of the loyal subjects of the empire. It is from that authentic source that we derive the glowing account of a recent royal merrymaking, which we have translated, and which we to-day present to our readers. The chief butler of his Imperial Ma- jesty is a Duke. His title is well chosen and appropriate, and the selection of it shows that the Emperor is something of a wit. He rejoices in the style, title and dignity of the Duke of Lemonade. The idea is carried out in the titles of the junior members of the noble house, for we find among his sons or sons-in-law one having the dignity of the Marquis of Alert, which is only a synonyme for the expression “look sharp.” His Grace, Monseigneur le Duc de Limonade—as the Court chronicler desig- nates him—has a magnificent villa in the suburbs of Port-au-Prince, and it was the house warm- ing, or baptism, as it is termed, of this pleasure house that was the occasion of the splendid féte which we to-day immortalize. The description of the villa and pleasure grounds is inimitation of the style of the French novelists, and does credit to the genius of the Court journalist. Their Majesties the Emperor and Emprees not only honored the festivi with their presence, but actually stood sponsors for the house when it was baptized and blessed by the good Abbé Subrine, Their Majesties were attended by the imperial princeases, a pair of marchionesses, the Ministers, the Grand Chancellor of the Empire, the Grand Master of Ceremonies, the Governor of the capital, generals and aides innumerable, a squadron of the Imperial Guard and a detach- ment of the Foot Guard. The famous junket- ings of good Queen Bess at Kenilworth Castle were hardly more right royal than those of Fanstin Solouque, at the villa de Marquissant. The Duc de Limonade appears to have acted the part of host magnificently, assisted as he was by his eons, the Berons of Ulysses and Excellent, and the members of the Alert family. After the banquet, which was al fresco, their Majesties repaired, as we are told, to the saloon, where a large company was assembled, and where they epent the morning in agreeable pas- times. It is a great pity that the chronicler wis not more explicit as to the amusements with which the time was beguiled, for the sports of royalty are always of interest. We think that this description of a royal merrymaking in Hayti ought to go very far towards establishing the claim of Solonque to be regarded as the peer and co-equal of bis royal brothers of the European continent. The whole thing was a capital imitation, not to say burleaque, of the regal pomps and pageantries of the Old World, and shows Solonque to be what our friends in the South would call him, “a right smart nigger.” ——— Tre Fivancaa, News ny tae Arret.—The Ariel, from Southampton on the 4th, was board- ed on Saturday off Cape Race and her news published in yesterday's Henan. They had received in England one week's news of our condition under the suspension of specie payments; they were fully aware of the action of our banks, and of the Judges of the Supreme Court in sustaining them. Still, as yet, no change for the worse seems to have taken place abroad. We are told that the Lon- don money market wae depressed, but the funds had riven; cotton and breadstuffs were both heavy with a declining tendency. It is evident that the English have not begun to feel the full effect of our embarrasament here, Partly through the efforts of the London Times and other journals in the interest of the stock- jobbers and speculative bankers, and partly in consequence of the cheering effect of the India | news, the London money market has been kept up to a pitch which must have surprised even | the most sanguine. Ten per cent was the rate | which was confidently mentioned as likely to be | | | | adopted by the Bank as soon as the news of our suxpension of epecie payments reached England; and, if the Bank did not suspend, it certainly seemed that no less a pressure could be relied upon to counteract the tendency to the expor- | tation of gold to the United States. It is pro- | bable that the government, needing money ; for the India war, has iuterposed j to prevent this ontural rise, and has | promived, in ease of emergency, to come to the | relief of the bank: for neither in the papers by ) the Arabia nor in this telegraph of the Ariel's news do we perceive any indication that the rate is to be raised above eight per cent. | | | Some days and even weeks must elapse before we hear the full effect of the crisis in Ragland. | So long a# any thing remains to be done in | India, it will be the interest of the government to depreciate, and, if possible, to arrest a panic, | 80 Jong as there remains any money to be raised | for the suppression of the mutiny it is the policy | of the government, in a purely commercial point of view, to keep things straight and quiet | in the flaancial workd. On the other hand, it is evidently everyone's interest to give the threat- ened houses every chance, and alao the rope they require; so that those among them who have means on which they can rely may have | time to go round to their friends and obtain all the assistance they can. We are now hearing of this period of respite. In a few days the game will be played out. It will he no longer possible to conceal or to miti- gate the injury inflicted by our disasters here; and, be the consequences what they may, the honree which have plunged into the present crisia without resources on which Implicit re- lianes ean be placed, and those which have al- lowed themselves to be mixed up with onr rotten corporate institutions, will need all their cour- age and «ll their address to weather the etorm. Tur Poor or New York—Tusmi Prostacrs vox THs Winrsr.—In another column will be found an interesting statement of the present condition of the poor of our city, prepared from the inquiries of a person specially detailed from our establishment to visit the different station houses, and to report upon the facts bearing upon this subject, which have come within the cognizance of the police. It will be seen from this document that the amount of distress haa been very much’ exaggerated; that it ig coa- fined principally to cases imported into the city from New Jersey, Connecticut or other neighboring States, or to recently arrived em!- grants, who are always more or less a charge upon public benevolence. Even these—to we the language of our reporter—“do not appear to be in any special distress, and do not mani- fest any great dissatisfaction with the presemt condition of things.” The demands for relief rag our own operatives are comparatively: flew, thereby proving that the so called “hua- pitideg? Mane ee up to promote the views of Fourierite and social- ist philosophers, who would gladly throw every- thing into confusion to enforce the influence of their insane theories, It proves something more valuable in the eyos of those who are really interested in the social progress of oer people. It shows that a spirit of thrift and economy has grown up amongst our citizens andghat they have had the good sense to pro- vide against the Consequences of commercial imprudence, such as we are now suffering from, by laying by a portion of their earnings, This being the case, we cannot concur in the appre- hensions expressed as to the fate of our poor during the coming winter. With the publie works that will be put in operation, and the efforts that are being made by charitable asso- ciations and individoals to guard against the pressure of want, it is to be hoped that we shall have no unusual amount of suf- fering to record. The numbers that will bo immediately set to work on the Central Park and other public improvements, for which appropriations have been made, will absorb a large part of the, unemployed hands con- tributed to us from the country districts. Fo: the rest we have no doubt that their own econo mired resources, the exertions of charitabl associations, and the benevolence of individual will provide sufficiently. All circumstance considered, we have no reason to anticipat that the winter through which we are abou to pass will be so severe as has been anticipated Tne Scenes my Tompxmys Sqvare.—We per ceive by the reports of Saturday’s proceedings of the loungers in Tompkins square that that ex- citement is pretty nearly killed. On the firat two or three days of the meetings we have no doubt that many workmen out of employment were induced to join in the movement, the design of which ostensibly was to force the corporation to give labor and wages to the unemployed. Many foreigners newly arrived here do not an- derstand precisely the theory of our govern- ment, which recognizes individuals, not masses... They expect the government to employ and feed them, which is simply absurd. These men, however, erred from ignorance, and have bad their eyes opened. There were others, how- ever, at the bottom of the movement, who went to work in a thoroughly wide-awake manner, and for political purposes. It would have been quite satisfactory to these fellows and their employers had there been a bread or bloot riot, which would have ended in no bread aod much blood. The people of this city are rot quite #0 great fools as the politicians imagive, The scenes in Tompkins square wero watch with apparent indifference, but the first overt act would have been a signal for strong mea- sures. Every sensible man kaow that the de- monstrations were not made by the people wha are really suffering from the effects of the finan- cial revulsion. Every one knew that the speakers and leaders were professed pot-house brawlers and small politicians or crazy women, who ought to have been-at home knitting stoek- ings for the winter, Well, the poor dupes found this out, after a while, and the “riots,’* as the country papers called them, dwindled down to an assemblage of a fw rowdy boys, fit subjects for the polire- mons’ clubs, The whole affair died a naturat death, and is now a matter of history. The demagogues may attempt to revive the excito- ment, but it is #0 far a hopeless fizzle. The men who are out of employment mdé really desire to obtain it will no doubt be mo- cessful in so doing. The Central Park will tke © thousand to-morrow, If the supply of labor ia in excess over the demand, however, the ilen that the article will be in the same request snd command the same price as under a differend state of things is absurd. That is one pari of the moral of the scenes of Tompkins squire. Another is, that the workingmen or any oer men should be self-reliant. They should notde- pend on committees or organizations of ny kind; they are the curse of the poor man in the Old World. Individual exertion is the serret of snecess in everything. God helps only those who help themselves. Con, Forsky on Tue Prestpent’s Lyerwo- trons TO Gov. Watxer.—The Philadelphia Press publishes the “instructions ismed by the administration to the Hon. Robert J, Walker and the Hon. F. P. Stanton after they had re~ apectively accepted the high trusts of Governor and Secretary of the Territory of Kansas,” and mye, “ We should like any critic to poing ou! the passage in these instructions infringed upam by any act of Gov. Walker or Secretary Stanton, since the date of their nppointment.” In reply to this we have to inform Col. For~ ney that thegnstructions which he publishes are the general instractions to Mesers, Walker and Stanton, of June last; but thag the instractiona which were technically disregarded in the re- jection of those Oxford precinct and NeGea county frauds were the special instructions of September. The special object of these instruo- tions was to guard the Governor against giviag offence to either party by assuming any de~ cisive authority over the clection returns, which might be claimed as an authority only belonging to the Territorial Assembly. Tech~ nically, therefore, in the decisive rejection of the Moresaid franda, Gov. Walker and Secre- tary Stanton did eved the limits of their instructions, and to this extent they will Lave been admouished by the President of the fact. But inaemnch as, althongh subject to this admonition upon the technicalities of the lew, their condact can, doubtless, be vindicated! upon the broad principle of moral right and justice, and according to the trae intent and spirit of the doctrine of popular sove; reignty, the officers in question will still be regarded by the President as having acted strictly according to their conscientious convictions of publig,