The New York Herald Newspaper, January 29, 1858, Page 1

y ’ HE NEW: YORK HERALD. WHOLE NO. 7219. MORNING EDITION—FRIDAY, JANUARY 29. 1868, D CANADA. ARRIVAL OF THE FULTON THREE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE. rn ATTEMPT ON NAPOLEON'S LIFE. LATER FROM INDIA, THE ARIEL PUT BACK. THE RATE OF INTEREST AGAIN REDUCED vie LEVIATHAN ALMOST AFLOAT. sorToN DECLINING--BREADSTUFFS DROOPING. CONSOLS 94 58 a 9 34, &., &o., &o. ‘Fre eteamship Canasa, Captain Lang, which left Liver- poo! at 70:20 o’clock on the morning of the 16th instant, ealled off Cork on the morning of Sunday, the 17th, and (Wok in the mai nd sixty-six passengers of the disabled ship Ariel, and pro@ded about noon of the same day, and arrived at Halifax at four o’clock yesterday morning. She sailed again from here at seven o'clock A. M. for Bos- ton, where she will be due about four o’clock to-morrow @riday) afternoon, A stiff N. W. wind was blowing. Weather cloudy, The captain threw over a despatch for the Associated Press of New York when about ninety miles off Cape Race. She did not go nearer that point. The United States mail steamship Fulton, Capt. Wo ton, which left Southampton on the 13th inst., arrived at this port early yesterday morning. Tae news by the Canada is three days later, and is im- portant. ‘The Vanderbilt steamship Ariel, Captain Ludlow, which Wit Southampton for New York on the Sst ult., broke her ‘wain ebaft when some days out and put back to Cork tin- der sail, which port she reached on the Véth inetaut. The agent of the Associated Press is indebted to the kmoaness of A. L. Holley, Feq., who came passenger by the Carada, for the subjoined particulars relative to the disaster :— The Ariel with vinety-six passengers, the mails end a Reavy freight, left Bremen December 27 and Cowes De- cember 21, She experienced strong westerly gales, whsch gradually increased until January 6, when at 9 P. M. in lat. 50 N., long. 29 W., she broke her star- board shaft just outside of the ehip. She was hove to ‘ender drag and storm rails, andon the morning of the ‘7th it was found that her port wheel could be worket. The sbip was then put about cast, and moved at the rate of eight knots an hour. She shipped several tremendous seas and broke her foreyard, when she was again laid to, ‘anti the morning of the 9th. Sho succeeded in sighting Cape Clear on the morning of the 14th, and reached Queenstown about noon the next day. On the 14th Instant the Bank of England reduced its rate of discount to five per cent, being the lowest point touch- ed for fiftecen months. It was anticipated that a further reduction would take place in a week or two The dis- eount houses bave reduced the rates of allowance at call from 434 to 334 per cent. The Joint Stock Bank has re- duced the rate for deposit to 3 per cent. This action of the bank imported firmpess to the stock market. Choice paper was negotiated in the discount market at 33¢ tod per cent. B. ©. T. Gray & Sons, of London, im the Canadian trade, have suspended for about £30,000; alse, Bishop & Gesring, wholesale stationere, for about £50,000. « AB atiempt has been made upon the life of the Emperor Neplocon, dut it failed, though a projectile pierced his bat News from India, one week later, had been received, ‘Bet thore is nothing further from Cawnpore, owing to the mterrnption of mailabetwoen Bom ay and Calcutta. Bri- @dier Inglis had beem promoted tw thegrank of Major Genera! for his gallant defence of Lucknow. The Leviathan has deen pushed to within half a dozen feet of the extremity of the launching ways. She would remain in that position until the prevailing spring tides were over, when she wonld be pushed off the ways, and eo await the high tides of January to float her. The Britieh Minietry were expected to assemble on the ‘14tb inst. Reform meetings were being extensively held both in Loadon and the Provinces, The Chartista were taking part in them. A vew Spanish Ministry had been organized. The Paris Moniteur of 12th instant publishes the text of the Queen of Spain's epeech on the opening of the Cortes. After expressing thanks t heaven for the birth of a son, Der Majesty announces that a bill will be introduced to indemnify the Church of Rome for the sate of church pro perty: that she has accepted the mediation of France and Bngland in the difference with Mexico; that the Spaniah ‘Trapeatiantic Colonies are tranquil; and that there will be ‘an increase of the pavy to protect the increasing maritime ecommerce of Spain. Her Majesty then thanks the army for ita devotion and loyalty. After stating that there are great prospects of an abundant harvest, her Majesty an mounces the introduction of various financial measures for the establispment of railways and for other improve mon's. Tt is paid that the question of the Daoubien Principali- ties is now #0 complicated that no day can be fred for the meeting of the Paris Confereace. ‘The commercial advices from the French departments @tate that the buyors that present themerlves are very G@MHcult in their deal nga, nevertheleas, some sales in cot ton goods were effected at Rosen on beter terms than might have been expected under existing cir umstances. The wool trade was dull, prices low and would continue @0 til trade revived in the other manufscturing towns. ‘The Paris flour market was completely inactive. The Bakers showed no desire to buy, and there were conse quently more offers than demands. The corn market was also dull, the few farmers that attended during the week asked higher prices than buyers were willing to give, and few alex took place. With regard to the fraud ou the Australian Joint Stock Bank at Sydney, Australia, it i# stated that the swindler, Miranda, bad drawn only £2,400 on his protendod letter of ‘credit from Rarings for £20,000. ‘The London Times of 13th inetant anys:—The bill of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, to be Iaid before Parliament, Propowes an increase of capital, by tbo creation of new shares ard the borrowing on mortgage or bond, the orig!- fal capital of £350,000, now all paid up, being found, “in onsequence of circumstances beyond the contre! of the @cmpany '’ inadequate for the purposes of the undertak. tog. A great portion of the extensive cotton manufactory of Deseaint, Dalphard & Co., of Rouen, France, was destroy. ed by flro—one warehouse containing printed cottons to the amount ¢f £12,000 waa totally consumed. ‘The monthly statement of the Bank of France shows a Joas of over eloven millions of franca in cash hold in Paris, and « gsin of twenty-seven millions in the country brancher. A letter from Marseilles reports that the Amorican ship Adriatic, which was confiscated by the French Court of Appeals, on account of her collidon with the steamer Lyonnais, had made her escape from detention at that port, and pat to soa on the night of the #th of January. A French war steamer went in pursuit, without effect. Kt wns feared that serious diplomatic complication may arise on this cave, ‘The ship Oxford, of Westport, Maine, was abandoned at fea in November, in a very leaky condition. Capt. Minot ‘and her crew were picked up, and taken to Gibraltar by the American ship Mary and Martha. ‘The ships Colestial and Assyrian had arrived in England from China, with 1,246,100 Ths. of tea and 1,756 bales of ilk. The London money market was slightly casior. Conaols lowed at 94; 9 O4% for money. ‘The sales of the week in the Liverpool cotton market ‘wore 35,000 bales, the market closing at a decline of 1/4 on fair and middling qualities. The lower grades were lees affected. The Liverpoo! breadetnffe market was dull, with a de Clining tendency. Provisions were quict. Thé Canada reports having spoken the following named veseels:—On the 16th, the American ship Saranac, bound ont; the British ety Sea Snake, ancl the steamship Mersin, ound in. Our Paris Correspondence. . Panis, Jan 7, 1858. The Winter in Paris—Severe Weather—The Mercury Tn doors Below Zero--The Police and the Skaters—ZJmperial Reception on New Year's New Journat, de. Here we are, with the thermometer standing in our bed- rooms below zero, and with every promise of one of the smartest winters we have experienced for years As yet bo snow has falien,and the cold, sharp as it is, hase healthful and cheer'ng aepect. The magnificent pieces of weter in the Bois de Boulogne are frozen over and afford a field for skating such as no other capital in Europe can offer. But somehow or other the tron of despotism rings dismally on the ice, in the midss of the sport, and ‘spoils it. The visiter, with his recollections of the gay and busy scene on the Serpentine, in the Park of London, is astonished to find a few chilly bystanders shivering on the edge of the lake of the Bois de Boulogne, whgle a hun- dred skaters’ ekim the glassy surface for their edification, Unconscious of offence, he himself perbaps quits terra firma for the slippery plain, in order to observe more nearly the artistic skill of the exhibitor. Ina moment the hoarse voice of a gendarme, in cocked hat, long blue cloak and sheathed sword, meets his ear— Monsicur, si vous 'ne patines pas, alles vous en! For it appears that none but the skaters themselves must be on the ice. Of course the motive is a good one, but in common with a thousand other similar good motives, the arbitrary power employed fails of its object. Instead of the frozen region eeboing with the glad cry of fun and frolic; imatead of nature in her ice-bound dress eummoning around her an infinity of fer tile resources, as ditplayel by ber children in snow- balling, sliding, rollirg, curling, &c., &c., as soen in prolific ever-varying abundance in England, and doubtiees in America, all is comparatively stitl life. The skaters seem more intent on execating their little feats of skill before the thio e~ of bystanders than on dash- fog forward, pell-mell, with that joponssess which evinces the exhilirating’ nature of the peculiar exercise The larger area of the ice is uptenanted, and nothing breaks tbe monotony of the scene but the occasional action of the policeman, who, with his broom, ever and anon sweeps amar the ice dust thrown upon the surface by the evolutions of the skaters Many years aa | bave had tue opportunity of witnessing the contrast in common matters prodaced by the cifference between arbitrary end repre nentative gover nie J have never seen any evidence of it more strongly mevhon shan thie, In London—busy, toiling Lonaon--\! * wealous contrives to flad a spare hour for ihe ( 4; and Paris, which contaios so many idlers tia: \f oy man will try the experiment of standing stil! and Jook'ng at his shoe string for two mi nutes he will find fifty people to collect about him aud keep him cowpany, cannot send forth five hundred happy spirits to enjey, alter their own fashion, one of the most beautiful play grounds in the world—because its govern. mens treats the citizens like children who cannot be en- trusted to play with each other. ‘C'est defendre’’ is the magic epe!l which, in winter as well as summer, benumbs the faculties of all independent action and produces those fearfal popolar explosions which render the fairest coun- 7) in the world unstable and untrustworthy as the banks ' physical volcano. The Emperor and Empress on the 2d of January, in ob- servance of their annua} custom, received the ladies (on this occasion it wes permitted that their husbands should escort them.) who bad previously been presented to them at the palace of the Tuileries. On this occasion the is placed in grand tenue. Tho chandeliera, resplendent with their thousand lights, shed their lustre op the richly gi ded walls, and on sumptuous carpets, such as the manufacture of Ghobelin alone can produce. The Cent Garde and the picked representatives of the differont arme of France line the ample staircase which leads to the princely suit of rooms guarding the Salon du Trope; and at 10 o'clock the marshals of the palace announced to the assembled company that thoir Majesties are graciously pleased tw receive first the salutations of tho ladies, and then of their better hatves. On ips sg Emperor is seen standing before the imperial state chair, in a Meld marshal’s uniform, and by his side, al ostanding, the beautiful lady who aitides with him, If not the cares, at tenet the ‘attractions of bis imperial je. The Empress ie wore a crimson velvet mantle, embroidered with gold, over a white dress. She was from head to foot a very blaze of diamonds, and never, at any time, did her beauty appear more surpass- ingly lovely. On eithe, the imperial pair the princesees and prise @ dynasty. Fach lady, as she entered the a er name to the Marshal, who banded it to another, he took charge of her trai, and thus the name was forwarded to the imperial ears. Their Majesties graciously bowed tothe reverences, thrice Tepeaied, made oy the fair dames who humbled them- selves before them. The ceremony was got through with great rapility, and all the presentations, both of la dies and gentlemen, were over in the course of an hour. ‘There was no refreshment g ven, and the company alto- other could bes have amounted to more than five jupdred—s very smal! pumber scattered over that splen- did area of palatial magnificence. Among the most worthy of attontlonu—and ail wore indeed splendidly arrayed—were those of Mrv. Baring, sister of the Duke do Bassora, who had & dress and court mastle of moire aa- tique of pale green. She is a person of great beauty and of command'ng Leight, aad her appearance was very strikurg ; but tbe toilette which was the observed of all observers was that of Mme. Pongade, consisting of a dress of blu in, with a mautle of the same color and mate rial, orpamented with bouquets of flowers aod cherries. She is a person of strizing presence, about thirty years of age. Her complexion is dark, but with festares of perfect regularity, and the graceful movement of her slight fig: re #48 a geooral heme of admiration. 6 wayins coxtaining the Curniture and baggage of General de Lamoriciere were, by special order of the Frepeb government, not examined by the customs officers on the froatier, on beiog brought into France, a few days ago. The prodigal, as of old, often gets the best of i: in these days. If a Wyn! subject of the government, aa at Ot establiahes, had arrived, with sundry woollens, pose and broadcloth, in bis portmanteau, for his pereonai use and comfort this’ cold weather, he would probably bave bad great ¢:Moulty in passing it through those cus- toma offcers’ banda, even at a coat of 31 per cent, A new journal has made ite apy , wader the aus joes of BM. Casrnguac, depaty of the Legis: facts, and one of the prinvipal writers of the C ucionnel. Tie Bret article js from Caseagnac himself. Under the title of ‘Solence de V' Orgie’’ he sets forth his views on journal- tem, literature and the new drama, and his object in pub- lishing @ new journal. His words are worthy of remark — “It must be evident toa'l men that at the ony iutical journals, without having lost ir utility, we lost w litte of their importance. Generally speaking, when the political press ix strong it is because the ruling power is weak. to take up questions it is necessary that ministers should have Jet them slip from their hands; and a = murt peces:arily exist somewhere, it falls into the of journalism aa soon the government cannot hold it. But as soon ae a beloved at power westaoliah ed in a country which show: lf jealous of ite work, and accomglishes it manfully, questions and affairs remain within the circle of goverement; or when they leave it, they leave it sifted and settled. This is precisely the posi on io which Franco uow is, after many yoars of confusion and strnggles. The government governs. -The power is at the Tuileries and in great bodies of State, and pot ip ba'fa dozen \skstands. Public opinion and public inte rests follow their natural ogg instead of losing them selves in a thousand labyrinths, the tracks of journaliats tribunes, &o. The press en’ q without solving them, the gove-nment eolves them without ea venoming them. Let us for it Correspondence. Beniis, Deo. 30, 1857. The Christmas Fettioal in Berlin—How they Spent the Holidays in the Prussian Capital—The Christmas at Court—Presents from the Royal Family of England to Prince Frederick Witliam—Bifect of the Crisis upon Manufartures—Rxtensive Commercial Forgery at Dus setdorf, dhe The good city of Berlin bas just got over the Christmas holiday#, and is reposing (rom the fatiguing duties of eat. ing, drinking and merry making, in expectation of similar and equally ardvons toils to be encountered on the last day of the old and the first of the new year. Here aud throughout Germany this is @ season of general rejoicing Scrooge’s spirits of Christmas—past, present and to come —would be delighted > seo the way in which they and all their race are honored. In every household, from the richest to the poorest, a Christmas tree is erectod— sometimes a Lona file fir, eametimes an imitation of moss and green colored paper—tho branches of which, reaplend ent with Dutch gold, are loaded with presenta, contisting of nite, apples, oranges, raisins, cakes, confectionery and knickmmcks of every description, intended wortly for the younger members of the family. Among the elders an interchange of cadeaus takes place; the wife surprises her husband with & Heatly embroidered segar case, a highly ornamented tobacco pouch, or some other pretty little good for no- thing article of feminine handicraf,and receives in return acashmere shawl, a pear! necklace, an clegant satin man. Ullag or @ fashionable robe with innumerable flowers and furbelows, (for the dear creatures are ever the losing parties in these exchange transactions.) Out of doors the chief attraction is the Christmas fair, or Christmakt—iong rows of beoths being put up in one of the principal tho- rouphfares, filled with toys for the young, and wares more showy than useful for the grown up, and illuminated by oil lamps that cast a flickering light on the treasures spread out for eale to attract the eyes of admiring specta tors. This year, uniuckily, it poured rain on Christmas ere and #ho day preceding, when the purchases are usually effected. Many of the vendors had to shut up their booths to prevent their goods from being ruined by the pelting of the pitiless storm, and loud were the com. plaints of the unfortonate tradesfolk; but as it is ao Our Berlin ’ ‘Win that Mows nobody good, the reguiar shopkeepers ‘were the gainers by this contretemps, for people being da- termined to purchase, they repaired to the shops when they found the booths closed, and a thriving business was driven by the former at the expense of the latter. At court Christmas was kept as zealously as ip the less elevated regions of socisty. The members of the royal family assemtied at the Prince of Prussia’s, where eacb had a separate table, graced with an enormous tree and groaning with presents rich and rare. For Prince Frade. rick William a whole wagon load of artic’es of taste aud virtu arrived from his future relations, the royal family of England, who, being more than half German them- selves, are naturally inclined to follow German cus‘oms, particularly one so innocent and so agrecable to all par- ties. The soldiers were treated to a supper, to make up for the disappointment experienced by them oa the King’s birthday, when the rejoicings with which it is uwevally celebrated were pestponed sine dice, 02 account of his Majesty’s illmess; in short, feastiag and revelling was the order of the day, or rather of the days—for here we have two Christmas (ays(the 26th and 26th) instead of one—and the day succeeding being Sun- day, the bappy Berliners had the satisfaction of enjoying three consecutive holidays or four, if Ch-istmas Eve be included, as it ought to be, very little elew being done on that day besides giving and receiving presents. ‘The zest witb which tho Christmas festivities were en- tered into was unquestionably enhanced by the feeling of relief occasioned by the cessation, or at least the mitiga- tion of the financial pressure which had so long we! upon the commounicy. Jt is hoped and believed that the ‘worst is over, and a better state of things is looked for- ward to, jough the disastrous consequences of the panic are stil! severely felt, especially by the manufac- turing intereste. In the woollen factories and calico print- ing works nearly ail the looms have been stopped, and numbers of hands are outof employ. Therels a small town, near this capital, called Bewau, inbabited almost entirely by silk weavers, who are thrown out of work by the suspension of the establishments ia they were engaged, and are reduced to complete destitu- tion. The great steam engine and locomotive factories of Borsig, however, continue their operations the same as before, employing some thousands of operatives in their foundries and workshops, and have not dismissed a le band, in spite of all the rumors to the contrary have been industriously propagated by their rivals. I furnighed you, some time since, with an account of the origin and foundation of trese works by that ente! man, John C. Borsig, whe commenced business ip 183’ with about fifty hands, and ap to the middle of the year 1851 had turned out 380 locomotives, besides other en- gines, cars and apparatus. This has gone on progrossivoly ; and baving lately received many orders for tne Russian and Polish railways, the number of locomotives prowuced is now upwards of 900. When it has risen to 1,000,a grand fite is to be given, to commemorate an event 30 honora le to the establishment, which is one of the largest of that line in Europe. It was stated, not long sence, that it bad been disposed of by young Borsig (the old man doparted this life about throe years ago) to a company of shara- holders, and negotiations for that purpose had in fact beca pending, but it appears the terms could not be agreed upon, and 80 it bas remained in the hands of the present Considerable sensation has been created by the detec- tion of extensive forgeries cominitied by a house of Dus- seldorf under the firm of Aruz Brothers, dealers in paint ings and proprietors of a great lithograpbie institution, woo have just failed with liabilities amounung to two hun. dred and fit thalers. Such a failare would pot be thought much of in a commercial city, but it makes atremendous noise in a quiet place like Dusseltorf, known only as the seat of a great academy of painting, where artists from all parts of Rurope and America study under Lessing, Leutze, and other masters. It is chiefly, however, from the forgeries connected with this bank roptey, that it derives its importance. As far as I haye been ‘able to learn, it seems that the culprits drew priaci- poe A on three publishing houses—at I/ipsic, Stuttgart and holm—and then forged the acceptances, making them payable at bankers or banke in other cities, and remitted ‘the amount at maturity. This must have gone on for a number of years, when the present crisis led to the sus- —— of payments, resulting in the discovery of the raud. acceptance sto] Several 8 boing presented, after the ans wer was that the acceptances were forged. , to the houses they were drawn fsa the ‘any bills of the saree description are still in circulation; and having several months to ran, some time may elapse before the whole amount can be fixed to a certainty. ere is nota scrap of paper containing memorandums in reference to their Dill aifairs to be (the books a9- pear to have been di or carried off,) and thus it is impossible to ascertain when these crimipa} practices commenced, what acce} if any,are genuine, and which are counterfeit. losses, of such parties as have discounted the bills will be heavy. Tw» bonuses at Berlin and one at Cologne are mentioned. For the artists of Dusseldort this catastrophe is quite a oala- THROUF event, as many of them are in connection with the establishment, au? bad claims = it which have not the slightest prospect of being settled. The two brothers Aruz have absconded. They were traced as far as London, bat when the hue and cry sent after them arrived there they had just left, and embarked, it is thougbt, for Australia, where some rel of theirs are residing. Doubticas, however, they bave only spread this report to throw thoir pursuers off the scent, while they gain time to continue their flight across the ‘Atlantic, found. Our St. Petersburg Covresponaence. Sr. Perensnces, Jan. 1, 1868. Settlement of the Emancipation Question in Russia—The Terms of Enfranchisement Proposed by the Lithuanian Nobility— Circular of the Russian Minister to the Ret of the Nobility—Russian Successes in the Caucasus—The Mission to China, de. ‘The emanc\pation question may be looked upon as set. tled, although in a different manner to what was generally expected. git was thought that the Emperor would either iseue an ukase calling upon the nobility to en- their serfs on certain conditions and within a ‘time, or else would order the manumission to take place at once, reserving to the landholders their rights of property, and @xing the terms on which the gryuols cultivated by the peasantry were to be held by them ia future, Government has chosen a less direct and moro cautious, but perhaps not less efficacious way of attain. ing their object. The nobility of the Lithuanian provumecs of Vilna, Grodno and Korno transmitted a few weeks since, though the medium of their Governor General, Nazimoff, an address to the Emperor, stating their desire to raise their vassels to the condition of free tenants or copyholders, by a sort of gradua ting scale, the effect of which would be that in twelve years fromthe date of an agreement on tered into between the noble aad the serf, the Iatier would cease to be glebar asscriptus, and have full liberty either to remove from the spot of land occupied by him, or to continue tilling it on the payment of a rent or com- mutation tax to the owner. A similar process was pursued in the Baltic provinces of Livonia and Esthonia, ‘under the reign of Alexander 1, and waa attended with complete success, although the condition of the peasantry then was rather different to what it is in Russia proper, ‘and in fact moch less advantageous. The Emperor re- ceived the petition of the Lithuanian nobles, which was possibly suggested by the Governor-(eneral, in the most gracious manner, and gave orders to appoint a commis sion to regulate the affair on the basis laid down by them At the same time the Minister of the Interior, M. lanskoy, issued a circular to the nobility of the rest of the empire, informing — them of the resolutions adopted by their colleagues in Lithuania, And inving them to imitate so magnanimous an example, the results of which promised to be equally beneficial to the ‘and conducive to their own interests. Such an invitation is, of course, almost equiva'ent t> a com: mand, and we may ¢: to see it pretty generally com plied ‘with. If there should be apy provinces in whi ey ‘wil be eventually ompelted to grant whet ibey tiles w concede roluxue ty’ The goveremsst of st. Petersburg haa beon tho first to respond to the call made the Fim, and his minister, At a meetng of the no- peror bi convoked by their Marshal, Count Shavaloff, it was rosoly ed almost upanimoualy, to adopt the em: bodied in the address of their Lithuanian , and a committee was nominated to deliberate agen the means of carrying them into effect. I hear that the nobility Moscow, who have always bad the reputation of being the mort liberal of their class, ee met for a similar purpose. In short, such « ‘erent being once begun, it ean have but one term! pation, and even those who are most wedded to the old System wil! do better to make a merit of necessity. In epite, however, of the ready obedience these mes. surce are likely to moet with, it must not be suppoeed that Les received with unmized approbation even by thore whore interests are not affected. The ultra conservatives weuld prefer to bare no change at all, the ultra liberals (if we may so term them) would like the emancipation to be eflected a - stroke of the pen, ‘and not by slow gradations will require years to be com] They are apprehensive, moreover, that the breathing time ailowed for the carrying out of this seherne may be taken advantage of by the anti emancipationiats to dey the intended to prepare it til some change in yi Bd government enable them to set it aside altoge: . Astong as M. Lanskoy continnes Minister of the Interior a sharp lookout wil! cer. tainly be kept to defeat any machinations of that kind; he bas always ‘an advocate for the abolition of villanage, and was probably selected on that account for bis present office, in the room of M. Bibikof, eho was pimey @ op. ed to euch “ revolutionary ideas,” as he called them; Bor the Minister ine septaagenarian—bie tenure of office far from secure, and who can answer for his successor? ‘The Pmperor, to be-enre, ie known to he sincerely desirous: of signalizing bis reign by an act which bath his auele and his father had in view, and were both unable to accom ih; but it fe very much questioned whether his firmness equal to bie in intentions. On the other hand, it feast be admitted thet s0 important «step, involving the future desting of twenty four millions of human beings, According to the reportof the Minister of the Interior, fr the year 1865, the number of male peasante owned by the Rossian noblesse amounted to 11,800,000 souls, Allowing for the increase of population ence then, and including females, the whole number cabot be much under twenty four millions ] should not be taken without matare deliberation, that « sugden change in ther condition might give rise to great ¢is fers, ‘and lead to the most serious consequences ; aud that tious ticwness of reform has invariably proved utary in the end than the headlong Fae ered of revolution. As to the suspicions that mobility wonid avail themselves of the latitude granted them oy the proposed enactment t» evade the falfi'ment ef the ob- ligation it imposes upen them, it cay bardly be imagined | that they will be guilty of ao suicidal # course; if they are, they will bave to thank themselves for a servile war, which will infallibly ensue should the peasantry be disap- pointed tn hopes so just and demands so moderate. The accounts from the Caucasus are remarkably favor- able. Anothor compaign like the ast, and we may look forward to the final pacification of the eastern portion of that mountain land that has cost Russia so much blood and treasure. A desperate effort of Schamy) to ro-possess: himself of the district of Satatavia has deen defeated with great slaughter on the part of the Leagh’ans, the fortress: of Burtanai having b+ en strong enough 10 bute all the at- tacks of the brave but undisciplined mountaineers, and ‘the Imaun has retired into the hearto? his territory, which is now surrounded oa every side by @ chain of Russian strongholds. In Circassia Senior particular has occurred since the expedition of General Philipson to Ghelt . but considerable bodies of troops have been taaded at Anapa and Soukhoum Kalé, preparatory to the operations of next year's campaign. In acknowledgement of the valor displayed by the Caucasian corps, the Emperor bas conferred upon it the title of “Army of the Caucasus,” which gives its commander-in-chief, Prince Barintioeky, equal rank with Prince Gorichakotl, the commanderin-chief of the western army. The, re- ductions effected in the military establishment jast foar do not extend to the army of the Caucasus, which re- maing on the old footing, and consiats of three divisions of infantry, one division of grenatiers, three brigades of Georgian and as many of Caucasian oative infantry, one division of dragoons, and a numerous park of artillery, besides Coseacks, militia, &c. Tho Caspian flotilla, which bas been very much increased of late, and manned wita galors drafted from the Black Sea, is also under the or ders of Prince Bariatinsky, and may be ueed at any time to transport part of the army to Astraba!, in case the Per. sian government tg require its assistance against the unruly Turcomans, who seem to be giving the Shah a good of trouble. No later advices have been received from Admi- ral Putiatin, and we are quite in the dark at to whetber his embassy bas failed or succeeded, General Monravieff is still here, and will probably not setout again: for Irkortek until the question of peace or war against China is decided. He bas recently been promoted to the dignity of aide-de camp general to the Emperor Our minister in London, Count Khreoteviteh, a son-in- Jaw of Count Nesselrode, has expressed b's determination to retire mto the shades of private life, and will be suc- ereded by M de Brunnow, who was aceredited at the Court of St. James previous to the Orieatal crisis. M. de Brunpoew is accounted a finished dipiomatist, though ill natured people say he is so very clever that he sometimes overreaches h mself, He certain'y manage! to involve us ip a war with England, notwithstanding all his diplo- skill: let us hope tha: be will have better luck thie time. 1 have not heard who js to replace him at Berlin. Gen Alexander Wrangel, and not Gen. Khrouleff, hue been appointed Governor Geperal of Miagulin, vice Prince Gogorin, whose axsagsination I mextioned in a former letter, The War tn India, The weekly mail from Bombay, with dates of the 24th of December, bad reached Alexandria. It contaned no thing from Oude or Cawnoore, owing it 1s presumed to the continued interruption of the mail between Calcutta and Bombay. The garrison at Fatebpore was pressed by the insur gents, and they had abandoned part of their entrench ments and taken up another and more secure position Acolumn from Delhi, under Colonel Seaton, attacked a body of iceurgents at Genowree and defeated them, kil! ing 150 and taking three of their four guns. Three British officers were killed and one wonnded. The insurgents in the neighborhood of Jubbelpore were attacked on the 20b of November, without decisive re- suke. Reinforcements were advancing to Jubbelpore. The Rajah of Aamjheer and his Minister had been tried and sentenced to death. The Minister was hanged, but the seatence against the Rajah awaited the confirmation of the Governor General. Other executions had also taken place. ‘The Punjab, Scinde and Bombay ware all quiet. No further rebel depredations were reported, and quict generally prevailed. At Bombay the import market was generally lower. Cotton had declined. Exchange was 2s. 23,4. THE LOAN FOR INDIA. ‘The Times says that an Impression seems to be enter tained that the amount of this loan, instead of being limited to six or eight millions, will be as much as ten million pounds. Another Attempt on the Life of the Emperor Napoleon. ‘A despatch to the Times, dated the evening of the 14th, say The Emperor was fired at this evening, at half past nine o clock, while entering the Italian Opera louse in the Rao Lepellier. Some persovs in the street were wounded. The Emperor showed himeelf to the peopie at the door of the Opera Hovse, and waa received with enthusiastic cheering He remained till the end of the opera. Ono his retorn, at midnight, be was hailed with enthusiastic cheers by the multizade, who were waiting in the streets to greet im. ‘The Moniteur of the 16th, saye— On their Majesties arrival at the Opera, three expie- sions, coming from hollow projectiles, were heard. A considerable number of persops who were stationed be- fore the theatre, including some soldiers of the escort, were wounded—two of them mortally. The bat of the Emperor was pierced by a projectile and Genera’ Roguest, Aide de Camp of the Emperor, was slightly wounded in the neck. Two footmen were also winded, One of the horses attached to the Emperor's er was killed, and the carriage itaolf was broken by Projectiles. The latort despatches say that sixty persons wore wounded and three killed by the projectiles thrown at tho carriage, The conspirators are Italians, and many arrests have been made. The Emperor and impress suffered nothing from the event, and on the following day they attended solemn mass, accompanied by the Ministre of ‘State. Pams, Jan. 15—P, M. Four Ttaliane, among whom are Counts Orsini and Pierre, have been arrested. Many other arrests have been made. ‘There are five persons dead and fifty or sixty wounded by the explosion. ‘The Emperor and Empress drove out to-day in an open caleche, without escort, through the streets of Paris. ‘They were enthusiastically cheered by the people. This morning the Emperor visited eight of the sufferers at the oepital. Pans, Jan, 16—A. M. Tn addition to the foregoing particulars, it is ascertained that five minutes before the attempt, M. Pietro had arrested, close to the Opera, an exile of the yoar 1962, who had removed to Paris under» false name.” On his person were found a grenade, a revolver and a poniard. The police of Paris were forewarned by the Bolgian police on Thursday of an intended attempt at tion, Of thé sixty persons who are wounded are in a dangerous condition. Some of them have been re- moved to the prison at Marae, Arresta are multiplying hourly. Spain. A despatch from ‘id of the Ith saya that the Spanish Mixistry tendered their resignations in conse- quepee of the nomination of Bravo Murillo. Their resig nations had not been accepted. The Cabinet would re. main in office if the Queen would consent to dissolve the ‘the mediation of France and England as a proof spirit of conciliation which animates her, but that under Any circumstances the honor and reputation of Spain shall be preserved intact. A despatch from Madrid, dated Friday, the 15th, reports of the nceey of the resignations of the m nisters, and the formation of @ new cabinet as follows —Premdont of the Council, Isturita, Ministar of Finance, Ocana: Ministr of Justice, Boz: Menister of The Interior, Diez; Minister of Marine, Guesada; Minister of War, Espeleta. Italy. M. Marzini bad publiehed ae article of eight columns in the Malia det Pageto, addressed to the ‘men of action,” ae he telis them that to conspire is not « right but a rr Prussia, The Prussian Diet was opened on the 12th. The open: Baron Mantouffel. It predy reco a Fejoices at the approach- ing matrimonial alliance een Prussiqand England. It refers to the Danish. Holstein question, and swys that Prus- sia an! Austria are resolved, in union with all the other governments of federal Germany, to insist on the vindica- tion of German rights and interests, Tho allusion to the In Dameh nced loud an! unanimous applause. and It also alludes to the government measures to mitigate the effects of the recent panic. Roessta. The nobles of the district of Nigna Novag vod. fottor the examples of thore of Lithuania and St. Petersburg asked the Emperor's permiasion to enfranchise their serfs, ‘and the Emperor had granted the request. China, The Hong Kong correspondent of the Londan Times, under date of November says :—Mr. Read, the American Commissionor, remained on board the frigate Minnesota, carefully avoiting any entangling allianc:s. He says that the Minnesota, from her great size, wou'd prove almost useless for warlike purposes inChiva. Toe sams letter predicts that the Britieh would have possession of Canton before the end of the yonr, and that free and unrestricted intercourse with China would be demanded, General Walker's Arrest in Nicaragua-The Ostend Manifesto and var Neutrality Laws. {rom the London Post, Jan. 12.) The public im thie country, wo ve, will hear with: uprpixed fatiefaction that an unex ected and effectual stop has beew put to the proceedings of General Walker in Cen- tral America By the mail which arrived yesterday we learn that Captain Paulding, the commander of tho United States squadron, has arrested the Genera woll as the one hundred and fifty man who lanced «ih him asbort. time ago at Greytown As filibusteriam has long been under the ban of sound and wholesome public opinion in Europe and in the United states, the step taken by Capt Paulding would bard!y seem to require justideation at our bands, eepecially after the strong condemnation Bucbanan has recently passed up on the piratical pm Walker and bis confederates. But there i# a mystery ‘n the policy of theCabinet at Washington which it is ox. tremely dfficult to unravel. With regard to Walker, the course Which has been purtued may be thus desorbed — When reduced to the last extremity of distress Waker and his companicns were, a few months ago, received on board an American vessel and conveyed to the United States. The General, as he ts styled, was received with enthusiasm in the South, and when about to return to the scene of his former exploi'e he was urrested by the United States Marsha', and held to bat! in a@ sum which Mr. Buchanan bimself descrived as altogether (nsufft cient. Ordera were then given to the American cruisers to imtercept the supplies of men and arms which were about to besent tothe filibasters, an! the cap- tain of the Saratoga, who permitted Walker to land, was superseded for his uegligence. In the meantime Mr. Bu- PRICE TWO CENTS. might Sod @ way ont of the difficulty, + may not beso easy for law to do the same. Commodore Pau'ding ip arresting Walkor bas done exactly what ho ordered to do, and atcer the very faebion most desirn: insofar ag be has utterly nullified the expedition and avoided all bloodshed to boot, Without fring o he has brought Walker from Nicaragua and aot Bi: wa in the streets of Washington. Unfortunately, \o doing this bo himself committed igh with ait good intent, the of fence with which Walker was cbargeanle, It wil natu- rally occur to every reader tbat this offence, after ai), againet the Nicaraguan rather than the American govel ment; that the work of complaint devolves upos {rmer Power, apd that, under the circumstances, |+ might be expected to view the trespass with conaideran| induigence It 18, perhaps, however, impossible tha: the could omit to take cogaizance of aa ita ‘ Paulding may be a though it would certainly be hard if his auocer# ‘al shoald entail serious censure. Che diecoral of ..0 filibuster seems to furnish a puzzie in itself Theat be was captured by an onlawfol act ie beyond a inestion; but it ie also beyond a question that he himself had oommivted eimilar act, and with bad motiver,too If the American government proceeds rigorously agaivet Commodore Paulding for the violation of (10 Nicaraguan territory, how cau it ler > General Walrcr aout free, who also violated the some larritory with far worse intent? If uhe illegality of the arrest emboldens Walker to demand restorazion of the status quo, what nay Do: the government of Nica a demand alter the self conviction of this Genaral by his government of a own officers chanan, in his message ts Congress, had pointed out in terms of just indignation the disgrace which attempts of this Kind—made upon weak and feeble countries—must bring upon the national character of the United States, Putting all these things together, Captain Paulding was perfectly justifie1 in believing that Mr. Buchanan waa sincere in his desire to enforce the provisions of the Ame. rican neutrality laws, and that consequently {t was his duty to seize and capture Walker on the first convenient opportunity. In England the press has never hesitated to ah cings ‘by their right names, and to stigmatize every species of filiburterism as pwacy. But public opinion in Am rica — wo be a very different thing from public opinion in England. The people of the South regard alker as a pioneer of slavery, and as an awertor of that principle of annexation, which, if unchecked, would place at no aistant day ail the States of the Isthmus under the rule of the great northern republic. poraaeorng the doctrines which were laid down in tbe celebrat Ostend manifesto—t'.o most extraorditary and iniquitous cocument which is to be found in the literature of diplo- macy—the sympathies of Mr. Buchanan may got be alto- gether so adverse t» the eventual annexation of the Cen- tral American States as the words of his message might lead one to suppose But wecaa very well bel.eve that the capture of Walker on other grounds may be ex tremely embarrassing to the Cabinet at Washington. In the first place, there is no government in the world which ia more goleronly pledged to observe the obligations of the strictest neutrality than that of the United States Two yearr ago tho Cabinet of Mr. Pierce was on the eve of embarking in a most foolish and ancecessary war, because certain unauthorized ageats had taken upon themselves to enlist in the United States a fow wretched foreign eny'rants for service in the British army, ‘This preceeding was regarded as a gross insult to the so. vereignty of the repnhlic—prosecutions were instivuted with a degree of celerity very remarkable, when con- trasted with the comparative immunity which Walker bas received—and Mr. Marey and Mr. Caleb Cushing, with perverse ingenuity, ransacked the works of Wolffe, Grotius and Vattel, for the purpose of establish- ing some supposed complicity on the part of the British government. If the same respect for the sovereignty of Nicaragua had been displayed by the Cabinet’ at Washingon—not only recently, but in former years—if the neutrality laws of the United States bad been enforced with something like the same ices ga and industry agairst Walker, Central America would by this time bave been in the enjoyment of peace and settled ernment; not a prey to innumerable factions which to foreign aid for their support and success. Who can hope for a satisfactory solution of that “ irritating sore,” the Bulwer Clayton convention? who can ex ect to see the gradual development of tho natural resources of Central America, and the extension of commerce to that part of the world #0 long as the system of filibasterism remains to excite general ehension and to promote internal discord ? t the Cabinet at Washington will, no doubt, bave great ditticalty in dealing with Waker. ‘By the bentrabty laws of the United States (the act of Congress, 1818) every person who fite out an expedition within the jurisdiction of the republic against a Power with which the government fe at peace ig guilty of a misdemeanor. Walker has beon formatly charged with this offence, he has been baited, apd, baving once more came under the power of the fede” ral govervment, he must be judged like avy other crimi pa!l—in the kame manner as Hertz was the other day tried at Philadelphia, But sach @ proceeding in a country where extensive eympathy for every species of tiltbuster- in exists, is, we admit, © disagreeable, perhaps a dan- gerous, Decessity. At ail events, Captain Pauluing is ea- titled to approbation for having acted a manly and honest part; and the people of the United States may aa well obliterate from the statute book all traces of thelr new trajity law, il they now permit a second time the escape of an offender, who, if he bad fal'en into the hands of the ’ juan authorities, would deservedly have met that ent which the law of the civi ized world attaches From the London Times, Jan. 13 } Fis disp omed to oy @ pretty imbroglio, Ifthe events 8 the american aban wilt furnish linn with such ap opportunity as is rare! |. As it happens, we can look on with the sareatey of simple spectators though itseems that our escape waa a barrow ono, that we were within an ace of entangled hke others, Walker, the filibuster General, tmving sailed from Mobile in the Fasbion steamer, suoveeded, as our last accounts reported, in eluding the cruisers commissioned w ‘cept bim and in landing with his baad of bacapeers ov the Nicaragua coast. As the design of th had been perfectly notorious and its tlle; beyond a/l donbt, orders bad been formally issued by the United States government that lt should, if possible, be stopped. Off the very polot where Waiker landed lay an Amori- can ship of war—the Saratoga—the commander of which, howew could not ratisfy himeelf, after overbaultag the Fasbion, that he would be justified in seizing her, and the General therefore disembarked bis forces without wwterruption and proceeded to execute his projects. In virtue of bia pretensions be styled his fol- lowers th Army of Nicaragua,” himself “Commander nd ‘President’! of the State; and by way of #y mbolizing all these claims and expressing the position he had assumed, be boleteo the Nicaraguan flag at hia * head warters’? at Punta Arenas, by ths mouth of the river san Joan. ‘The perils of the passage, therefore, were now over, and here be stood on Nicaraguan territory, not only asa Nicaraguan citiven, but, according to hig own anser- tions, a chief of such citizens and head of the Nicaraguan government. Meantime a good deal of remark, as our columns have shown, was occasioned by the success of sucha venture, and the commander of the Saratoga seems presently to have thought that it would not doto let the General alore. The Unitec States’ cruisers bad been strictly charged to intercept the expedition by all means logitimateiy at their com mane. They had failed in this attempt, and Walker, in fact, had been too adroit for them; but there he was still, under their very eyos, ‘within reach of their guna, and with bis mission and cha- ne —_ 5 undet el ? Captain Chatard thought he did ree achance of action, and so he munae Qgatianee tions with hiv guns and sent officers op shore to parley. Walker, however, fully comprehended the advantages of bis position, and gave Chaptain Chatard to understand that if any of his men approached the Nicaraguan “camp” otherwise than through challenge and answer, according to the veages of war, they would be fired upon. The end of it was that the Saratoga, though on the alert and remaing off the coast in ot 5 tion, did not proceet to actual ‘ores, and the filibuster general commenced bis operations by detaching parties oo various services, seizing positions, capturing steamers, ‘and go forth. Presently, however, anew completion was given to the affair. On the 6th ot December the United States bts en] Wabash, with Commodore Paulding on board, arrived off Puta Arenas, and was followed on the aame day by the Britis ships Brunswick and Leopard. Suortly afterwards the American steamer Fulton joined the squatron, so that Walker stood in presence of an overpowering furce, Com. Paalding was by no means dispored to let the force undor bis command remain inactive. Two days after bis arrival he brought the guns of the Saratoga to bear upon the filibusteris headquarters, sent bis Flag{Captain ashore with four bundred men from the Wabash, aid summoned Walker to surrender. The freebooting General showed his discretion in avotding @ hopeless conflict, hasled down hie flag, gave himself up asa prisoner, and paseed wth the chief porthn of his army into the peaceful custody of the United States officers. A simple minded reader might fancy that this was about the most desirable consnmma- tion such a business could receive, but it appears that the embarrasement is only just beginning, and it is rather hard to see how it will end. That Walker's expedition was in violation of both Ameri. can oe reer Jaw there can be no doubt. The govern ments of the United States and Nicaragua are at peace with each other, and the invasion of the territories of the latter by an armed force from those of the former consti tuted a manifest outrage upon th» indepenience of the State attacked. But this is precisely wast Commodore Paulding’s own act amounts to; for he, no lesa than Walker, stood debarred from any descent on the Nicara ran terri except on the requisition of ite lawful au thorities. rae a he novor received, and he con sequently vi the territurial rights of a friend), ernment in the same way ae the filibuster hime! We it is that the objecte of the two wore widely different —that of one being aggression, and that of the other de fence; but the acta were ilentically the same, both Walker and Paulding having landed in artos on the terri tory of a weg government at peace with their own. The General, of course, bas not been slow tw discover this flaw in the procedure, and his demands have the ities of his ), Until Tesult has Seooes remartable in tC extreme. Com- modore be Ay bim on hie to New York, there to del into custody of the Proper officer, the United States ‘which the General duly fulfilled. The Marshal carried his Prisoner to Washington, but the authorities at headquar. ters, either discerning the trespass committed, or unpre. pared for so comprehensive an execution of their orders, J@ieclined, as the American papers assure us, to recognize ‘the caption. All this was charming to the filibuster and hie friends, who have accordingly “rin” on their antago: Dist to euch excellent purpore that, aa the last advices in- form os, Walker demands to be carried back to the Jath tus in a national vessel, and to have his fag saluted by the gnne of the said ehip after he has been reinstated im his quarters on shore, As for poor Commodore Pant ding, he is ordered bome to take Lis trial by a court mar. tial, ‘The results constitute, it will be ewned, a pret ty particular “fix,” snd, though common sense descent on their coasta? Tho American government, @ whose power and under whore contro: tne “libuaer has now been placed, proclaimed their oxtimate of his expedition by ‘seuing formal ordere for its stoppage; and it would be the extrome of absurdity ur argue that they should now carry him back and placa hitn in the identical position which they stand bound to dear him by all means in their power from aver siaiuing Possibly the unlawtulness of the procedure by which he ‘was removed may invest him, in the eyes some can ists, with a certaw claum for restitution, but it can hardiy be carried to sucn s length as this, If he cannot be le- gay detained as a presner in 2 Of hts recent capture, can surely de legally prevented from again inved Nicaragua, and the condonation of bis uncoubted offer would be a pretty good set off against his ‘false imprison ment.” For the rest, the governmen: of Nicaragua ia the td chiefly intereeted, and that covernment would pro- bly be exceedingly well content :f Conmodore Paull icg were honorably acquitted and General Walker restrained from further acts of aggression. The French Stave Trade. The Morning Advertiser having annoupoed tbat an Peg lsh cruiser bad captured, op the coast of Mulagecar, « ship belonging to Messrs. Regis, of Marseil E the Paris Pays, of January $, aoawers th f Jowsi—It is scarcely necessary to say th eptirely untrue; that the fact therein meatioued « or roneous as its aphica! particulsrs; and that the abio alluded to having never been ca)tored, has arrived at Martinique after 4 fortunate passaye Tt is well known that onr colonies onjoy a great prosperity, in consequence of their excellent adaivistra- tion; but they want a svuflicient number of laborers in order to atiend to all kinde of cultivation. To obviate that inconvenience, it has been resolved to iatroduce free laborers trom the western coast of Africa; apd that iden has been favored by the Navy Department, with the zeal and the devotion it ever exhibits for our colonial interests. Tt bas, however, givon occasion to @ misunderstanding caused by the assumptions of geveral officers of the British navy, who wished to avsimilate to the slave wredo thie free emigration of Africans, openly transacted, with the knowledge of the local authorities, and surrounded with ings 2 guarantee. Our sailors have sustained with as much firmness as reason the true principles which have triumpbed, as they were sure to triumph; but, we regret to say it, that the English press has a to change the character of the facts by lies and inventions of the same kind as that of which the article of the Morn- ing Advertiter is a ng oy specimen. et us add, besides, that the experiment tried by tho French government bas decided favorably the question of emigration practised by us, with aa yyaity as woc- cess. The same journal, Le Pays, has deen informed that @ company has been zed in Porto Rico for the tlave trade, and that it has boun! \teelf to introduce eight thou- sand slaves into the itland before the next sugar crop nea. ton, Siavers employed by the said company for tho trade were leaving daily. The ‘al Wedding tn England. {From the London Sonrt Journal, Jan 9.) The interest which the public take in all tha: ppariaien to the marriage of the Princess Royal, proceeds from tho kindest motives: and aiding them to fathom the little mye teries with which it ia surrounded i3 not pandering to ilo curiosity, but #bowing @ compauionsbip in their aympa- and good wishes towards the Princesa Roys! modal which ‘sto be strue< to commemorata the royal nuptials is to be of gold, silver aad broaw, ene of whieh will most Wkely be sent after the marriage cere- mony to each of the distinguished visiters. Tae vaiue of the gold medal! is more than 640. The costume which her Majesty will woar at the mar riage of the Princess Royal and Prince Frederik Willan will be of peach color moiré antique, wich Honiton lace flounces and peach velvet traip, the lace founces being the fame which the Qui er own wedd: The bridal costume of Royal wit, we an antique, ‘he lace dress of 6 Counce, ths i ve of Hoa, - ton gulpure lace, which will be worn i tyle ly novel in this country for bridal costume, aa attached to the head with magnificent Muori#h or Spaniab _ The dre iy worked—the en hem being th € g employed fifty yiria for the lavt twelve m: The oem style of veil was entirely ber Majoaty’s suggestion, aad the carrying out of the ides has mat the approbation of the Queen, The cost of this production will be abont £000. We voderstand that Signor Costa bas submitted an ode of his ows composition tothe Prince Consort The yoeal solos will be entrusted to Mdlie. Clara Novello and Mr. Sims Reevee. A visit to St. James's Palace and Chapel on Friday afr- noon enables us to give the latest detaiis of iho prepara tiene which ars making for the royal marriage. ‘ebape! assumes a much more finished anpect, ine seats are arranged ip their faa! pow tion, and covered wih scarlet; the pillars painted dlue, surmounted with gold shields, with V. R. and the crown, The pulpit, no: a very necessary adjunct to the er, but whieh cannot be removed aitogether, valuable as i# the space, is now placed |v a recess at the extrens right en! Jt was a matter of debate whether or not the prows abi? be required to attend in court droas, but with correct Jndgment, and perhaps an appreciation of (aa eensitive nese of some the journalists at being wv courtly « tume—which they might foel as an atempt w pul er into royal tbe gentiemen may attend oo lack, bh will bave & verdict giving arpect The floor of the chapel will be covered with = avaries carpet, and will be ontirely appropriated to the royal cortige, the illustrious visitors, aad their e.ites. The altar will be of erimeon velvet, on whieh will be the royal communion service, of gold piate. There a low rat! of oak rownd the altar, the supporters of which will be of gold, the whole of the top Seng coveres with crimsap velvet. It ie presumed that the archb shop of Canterbury will oMetaae, and be mes sted by @ Bicbop of Lordon, notwithstandia; that the latter 4 dean of tho ecbape!. The attestation of tho royal marriage wil) tak piace in the throne room. The royal attestation book # u the keeping of the Archbishop of Canterbury, ani « curious, |, Containing witnesses for centurion past. Close of Rachel's Carcer_Her Last Moments Earth on From the Paris Covstitat onne!, fan ll | The voyage to America was fatal to Mme. Ra hei—oot that her star had paled, aa some have Deen please! to say—but because it was there that the germs were on- tracted of the long and cruel diseneg that leet ty bor death. She left Parie for Lonoon onthe Zia: July, 16, and gave in that city bt or ten representations, whe ro. colpta of which werefabolovain amount On whe Mh of Avguet she embarked at Liverpy! Her fuccean wae not Jean groator less protuctive at New York than ‘a !endon. The receipts averaged 19,000 francs, and after eaob rapre- rentation the stage was ‘nvariad y covered with wreath and bouquets. Unhappily she wok cold at an evening PRY. given by M. Trobiand, the editor of the Courrwr de 'Burope. Sho was lightly ciad; the mistress of the hones lent ber « polisse, but Mme. Rachel returned t> her lotg- ings hoarse, and from that momen! she never cea! to cough. it was at Charleston that she ylayed for we ast time in ber life, and her last part w. at of Adrienne Lecouvreur. Since then her sufferings were con Se paeeed some months at ‘ana in the bopes morovement, apd returned to Maris towards the middio of February, 1856, in a state which inspired serious alarm. She le’t for Egypt on the 2d October, in the cams year, to fin! a softer climate and @ less ingiomentaky, but ber health, for ever lost, was only varied by an occasional alle riat« of ber ills. On her return to Marseilies at the end of Mi 1867, her doctors advised her to pase the summer in country houre in the onvirone of Montgelier. She went only once to Paria, ill as he waa, in the night of the 234 Jone, to take lonve of her son Alexander, who was going to Gea eva to finiah bia stadies, by she hal ken in the Piace Roy: for Le Cannet on the 16th of last Soptem der fatal day Mile. Rachel never roe once from ber bed | nothing can give an idea of the sufferiags ehe 80 courage- ously bas borne. she 0 with an unalteradio serenity of her > ing cod, raying to her friends that she had tasen the and apartment in the Pace Royale, that her friends wa0 ‘id ber the honor to come WS the fwneral might de well received. As ppens in such cases, either by the ilusion of the invalid or the of Prov a her end she ceased to and some Dot quitted her malady, ber maid, the rabbin cf Nice, and sistory. Her countenance wat akeree ae tener one ag Fy preserve tree. 80 Po , paes to posterity without being distorted by “Morte bella parea nel uo bel vieo.”* The Independance Belge gives the information that the fortune left by Mile Rachel will amowut to 1,200,000". , without counting ber jewels, which are of great value. This fortone ia divide? in half, Setween her family, cen tant and descendant, with the exoepvon 6,000fr. to ber elster Sarab, and eo apr ca) pension >