The New York Herald Newspaper, April 20, 1858, Page 2

2 AFFAIRS IN EUROPF: ur Berlin, Paris, Madrid and Ply- meuth Correspondence. TRE GREAT OCEAN TELEGRAPS. Paris Fashion for April, d ae, ck, dn, HE GREAT OCEAN TELEGRAPH, Special Correspondence of the Hers. PuyMovma, Exciaxp, March 80, 1858, Eeradity of the British Admirally @ the Atlantic Tde graph Company—Three English Ships to be Detached for De Laying of the Submarine Gable—The Coiling Com- smencedl on the Niagare—The Agamemnon to go into Com- wission /mmediately—Criticism Invited from the Sacn fife Worke upon the Machinery to be Employed in Lay ing Cie Cable—Precautions against Mistakes, Indiffer. smce or Neglect om the Pert of Those Engaged in the Work—The Experiments te be Made with the Machinery— ‘The Trial Trap of the Telegraph Fleet to be Made on or About the 20th of May next—The 15th of June ized upon as the Day of Pinal Departure—Visut to the Ofive of the Plectriciens—How they Succeed there—Vésits of Old Friends t the Niagara— Application for Business Patron- age—The Niagara's Oficers Invited to Join @ Dancing Academy, de. My last letier informed you of the arrival of the Nix- ara at this port, and of ber having been havled into one of the basins of the Keyham dockyard, which is among the Gnest of al) the great naval areenals of England. This piace was selected iast year im preference to any ether on account of the great facilities which it afforded for the performance of the necessary work connected with the fitting out of the ships employed in laying the freat ocean telegraph. After the failure of the expedi- fuon of both the Niagara and Agememnon, it was decided meeting Of the commanders offthe telegraphic squad- Fon and the scientific gentlemen connected with the en- terprise, to make this the point of rendezvous. At that tame it was doubtful whether they would renew the at- tempt to lay the cable in the following month of October, or postpone it ull the summer of the present year. For- Wunate)y for te success of the enterprise the proposition to resume the wovk last year was abandoned, as the haste with which it must necessarily have boen undertaken ‘would bave seriously endangered its success at that time and celayed it for several years. The postpone ment of it to next summer must therefore be regarded ss tbe wisest conclusion et which they @oald bare arrived. They have bad ample time to mature their plane and to complete their preparations before the departure of the fleet next June. The engineers have taken advantare of the decision and the electricians have fmproved every epare hour. Both of the ecieniitic depart. mente of the enterprise wre stil working away, aad the TMmecbinery of one and the apparatus of the other are nt ‘Present iv such a forward state that another month would be all sufficient to put them in perfect order on board the two cadie sb This is one of the most gratifying facts fm the while affair, aod is certain)y most auspicious for the ewccere of the expedition. ‘The liberality with which the British Board of Admiralty have acceded to the demand of the Atlantic Telegraph Company should not be allowed to pags without notice, In addition to the Agazsemnon they bave, as will be seen Dy the foliowing communication, signified their intention to detach two other vessels to assist in the great work — Apsanarry, March 27, 1858. Sm--1 am commissioned by my Lords Commis- movers of the -Admiralty, to acquaint you for the faformation of the Directors of tbe Att Telegraph Gompary tba: in conformity with their reques, my Lorda be Jered her Majesty 's sup Agamemnon to be immeciaiely commissioned, and she will be commanud- e¢ by a captar. Tam further desired to add that two ether vesse's w 1) be attached to the Agamemuon for tne Special eervice eo which she iato be employe?. Tan, sie, Your mos: obedient servant, H. CORRY. ‘Bo the Secretary of the Atlantic Telegraph Company. Bix presumed that the same vessels which were en- Beced last year will be detache is time, and so faras peerible that the fame captains, officers and crews will be @erailed. Ih ie w eudject of regret that Mr. Noddall, who Gommanded the Agamemnon before, will rot be comnectod with the enterprise this year, but no doubt, whatever, is eutertaine’ ea other cemamandere being aga ‘The Leopard will a Sppoint t, itis believed, as the escort, and m making the gound legzaph plateac, will assist when re. the way. A third veseol is tm fact ab. otowly vecersary, as in the event of the Leopard being obliged to take the Agamemnon in tow the Cyclops will be required in ehowing the course. For the vrame = eneobe, the Unied States government sbould appo.nt tv VeRsels to ac 201 De rtand the other ss ¢ ship to act f the stout ba will verve i the pwied f hat bis survey of the plates: for the performance of the w fhould be herein at least fv whole fleet wT! be req wious to the trial trip, which ie to take of May next that day all the vessels will pro ceed some three or four bundred m oul to sea and Yet he machinery for laying the cable, wih the view of remedying soy defects or making Kay improvements that may be seen and required, As they wil mot take therr final departure for mid ovean (1) the 16th or June, they ‘will bave ample time to return t Plymouth and make whatever changes are deemed nece sary, ® mupporsed that pot more than a week will be occupied in this way, 0 that there will be every opportunity for mance of this easential part of the cndertaking. This, wer, is only oce of the many precaxtions wh mre to be taken, apd which experience hes proved to demanded si the hands of al) entrusted with the of the worg. The criticiam of sneer hag not only been imi be machinery at he laying of the cable, and before is ly adopted 't will have to pase through Smet rgvicraeal. If any impediment ebould #teud in abe way of ess this time it will certainly not be caused by Want of attention to this important part of the work. The same course is to be porsued in regard to the telegraph apparatue, and among the prom nen: e-ectr: bo bave been requested to express their ‘upon the adapta We inventor of t telegraph lately paionted tlemin it is sad w end will try bi ment 'n telegrenbing through great lepgins mos! be conirexed, somewhat dub: bere in the merivs it 18 said to possess, and believe that it succeed on the Atiantic cable. However, these ju trn fre rather premature, and should be euspended wil tae fetrument rail bave bad a fair trial The Agamemnon, at may be observed from the Wetter of the Board of iralty, given abore, ® w& be pet in comm mmediatey, eo! hes been placed under command of Captain George . Preiy, Mr. Noddall, ber former commanter having been appointed Mester Attendant at the Royal Clarence Victualling Yerd.Gosport. all of ber off who bave pot beep rent to foreign stations, will be 01 ed to jon her. She is now lying inthe sams basa with tle an four b Are pow receiving ube the Nisgars, and at a ditance of G@red f.et from ber. Both vessel cable, whicb is run cniied tor pate keoping whea Shine inst Gotober, This tank wa the cadle wer tw uodred m twere placed in this tank in large colle, end focr hundred milee of the ad tivonal weven of ebt buntred feceesary w make ‘t the requiret teneth, is lying athe bold of the steam Adomis, winch fo moored aioneide of tae Ni The ¢riling bas a'roady ward of the Niagers, we! the Adonit of wome ‘ifty miles of her cargo. be transferred frou ome \ea- exe ee! vo whe other in a> Among tbe wel with which the captals and off care of tbe Niagara have been greeted on their return lo Sng end ic the following from the Atiantic Telegraph Com — 21D Broan Srrmet, Lowpox, Ma Yan Snel bave been instrosied by tbe Auinntic Telegraph Company. ai their meet ng thie day express to yourselt and the officers under your somm: the pls seure and gratification they (sel in ay our aetivel On t t Brian the { far as the public service large of this second attempt tc countries in the bands of #0 many of the sume Dearty, adie and energetic offeers as were appointed to the former expedition. It is contdently expected that the tb 39, 1858, manect our @ork will on thie occasion proceed under more favorable Aunpicer acd it © encouraging to the directors to hope tat they Who shared n the disappointment of last year wi) pert spate n wel earned ew which, it is frosted, hey m ermitted te oment eccarion. | am instracted to ask of you the favor that Jor Will kindly ec ate the contemts of this letter to ine oftcere under 1. | have the honor to be, dear er, yours, fauth! WARD, Secretary The oaly member € cctmpany who have beea here from London en Cyroe W. Preld, who, tae been appointed genera) manager f the Niagara is Mr Hie wae bere, however, bot for afew daye, and returned web Mr. W. E Beerett, the cb fineer of the com mice whose direction the a tin expected , ho Cevepetion bere wh expedition is row! md wean, and t 0 believed that ihe Queen, rt, or some of the members of the tora be present to witnem ite departore Whea oo started from Valentia Ray, aod the rhore Lt cape wae lapded on the Iried conel, ibe Lora Nt (<ireeeeseeneeiestinneetneneicecineseeenetetetecaasiatnianncenanceintnmaempeunet NEW YORE HERALD, TURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1858—TRIPLE SHEET. Loentemmnt witnessed the ceremonies of the made quiie an enthusiastic Queen would not be expected to makea speecd,and her — presence would be more @ matter of form than anything else, yet as the head of & great nation, and the represen- tanve of ene of the two courwies ara to be brought ‘imte such iatimate connection, she owes it 0 ber; position | te participate so far as she cam ia the great work of the | age, by at least wit the departure of the hoy 4 | Squadron. There is no doubt that the President of ‘United States and Cabinet would be present on such an oc- caston if he were im the same circumstances; that is, if one ond of the cable were to be landed in the United | Skates. It 80 Lappens however, that the two immediate points of connection are in the British dominions, the ter- munus of the ocean telegraph being in Ireland and New- foundiand. The union of Englana with the United states is, however, ellected by the lend aod submarine lines which extend from Newfoundiand through the other British provinces to Maine, s¢ that the termigus of the At- lantic telegraph is Lo all intents and purposes in eur own country. The great objection which has been urged against our gevernment taking any part in the ewterprise ‘was based upon the grovnd that we were engaged in parely Engitsh undertaking—one which would ac and | o solely to the benefit of the Bstish government and peo- ple. But this was a boos & shertgighte? view cf the mat- ter, and eutirely over! od the impertaut fact that, as a commercial nation, we had ag deep an interest in it as they. Besides, this objection was made previous to the n, which has proved more in con- trovertibility than any argumeat could the great value of sneh a work to the United States. Bot this is a mater which has already been eo Woroughly discussed vuat avy further reference to it is entirely unnecessary. Per: there never Was @ great interpational work recom- mended by so many important cousiderations, and it is doubtful whether trere ever has been any which promises to be attended with such great results. The World’s Fairs which were held in London and New York were both very well in their way. but snag Seeile iato insignificance compared with this, the en! 30 in whieh sei- coe bas everembarked The scepticism with whish it3 accomplishment is regarded has, it is truc, been considera bly strengthened by the failure of the first atcempt, but it is Unjust to overlook the circumstances which caused the failure, and to ignore the fact that practicability of the work bas been demonstrated even in the very face of de- feat. There are some obstacles which must of course be surmounted, but they are of that character which proper vigilance and caution may remove. All that is necessary to muccess is the hearty oo uperaiion of those engaged in the enterprise, and this you may be assured will not be wanting. The officers in command of the ships, the scien- titic gentlemen in the mechanical and telegraphic depart- merig, and the men erployed in the coiling of the cable and inthe humbler but not lees essential parts of the work, are animated by the proper feeling, and are ready and willing to do anything that may tend to ite saccess. A visit to the electrict office is full of interest at this particular time, The builairg in which it is situated is an unpretending stone structure, which was formerly occu- pied a8 a storebouse in the Keyham dock yard, and which after the eailing of the telegraph squadrob, wilt doubtiess return to ils original use. Here Dr. Whitehouse and Mr, DeLanty gpend the greater partof the day, with their corps of sasistants, in making experiments. The taok which contains the cable, and from which it is being coiled on board the Niagara and Agamenmon, is witbin a stone's throw of them, and the whole place is redolent with the smell of tar, HExtending from thie tank to the office are gutta percha covered wires, which are placed in counec ton with the batteries, by meaas of which a constant current is Kept up through twenty-five hundred miles of cable. Here im this same office is xsmail jostrument, which measures the force of the current, and by wi the electrician is enabled to tell the precise quanti amount required for a certain length of conductor. have said. a constant current is kept up through the cable, 20 that in the event of any fracture occurriog, it can a! once be discovered by the break of continuity. The moment, therefore that the continuity is destroyed the coiling is stopped, the cable examined t'll the defective pert jg found, when the insulation is again mace perfect. e detection of a defect in the insulation is a matter of certainty was given on one occ tion whi y her portion of the deep-sea line in Liverpool last y it was found by nce to the Vlegraph instrument that the current did not pass through the wnole cable, and oa stopping w dis- cover the caure it was found that @ nail in the shoe of he workmen had penetrated through the wire 69¥ rcha coating of the produced in this rable and the gutta pe Through the small ope it way the electrical ttaid tad beon dissipated and thas failed to make the cireuit of the whole wire. Toe uaerring certainty with which the telegraph indicator works 10 ‘azea is one of the moet remar teresting features ot the science of ts also one of the strongest assurances which can be given of the periect cable while it i being laid, and Jaying is . The electr Other pointe Of interest; but as it we do justice to themn ali in this letter, I must de ed description suother ume. Since the arrival of the Nisgara in Keyham, and, in fact, from the moment she cast anchor ww Ptymoath Sound, the captain and officers havo deen deluged with circulars and business cards of every detctiption. T bi re, Washer women solicitations for patronage. Uie business ap: tions fs the following gein, which is worthy of pabii- Now, stnouge’ the | Golam, Fro.ace, in places where there are no British Consuls, ‘a8 heretofore, from the local authorities, for travelling in the interior of the French ‘The eamo authorities are likewise empowered, in care of urgent necessity, to give passports to return to England. ‘The British Ambassador may also forward 13 OD deimand to all parts of France, provided the application 's accompanied by a certifionte from the nearest Mayo? OF my ~<a Siamhaae applicaat io known tn him as & Br subje But littie confidence seems to be placed in the stability of the new Englir'n administration, though there is trong desire on this side the Channel to see it hold its ground. ) It is somewhat sipgular that both at home and abroad tue Derby Ministry should have the good wishes of parties who certainly never wished to see it in place. It cannot | be suyqyosed thet the Emperor wished any change. Lard Ciareadon’s foreign pence ben been subservient enorgh; and yet, now tbat Lord ley is not to be removed, I sus- pect his Majesty has no desire to see Lord Palmerston again reinstalled, At home. Lord Jobn Russell wishes tho ‘pew administration well until such time as, having got the whig party once more into discipline, be himstif mary lead them on to a new Reform bill. Any immediate dis- Oar Berlin Correspondence. Benuy, March 31, 1958 The Exess of Despotism—Restrictive Measures Against | the Press—Interesting Debate in the Chambers—Ru- mored Changes in the Prussian Ministry—Foreign Lot- teries—Marriage of the Princess Hohensollern Sigmar ringen tothe King of Portugal—The Weatha in Ber- | lin, dée., de. In the Chamber of Deputies ® point Was ‘wooted lact week which ig intimately connected Wi ‘Ung siate of the press in this country. It is well} own that up to the year 1848 the press was subj, to the direct control of government—DO DEWHPA’ org of periodicals of any kind, or even books of les? than tweaty printed sheets, being allowed to be pub"ished without the visa of @ censor ap- pointed by of%tial authority, The revolution of 48 put am end to Wis syetom; fora brief period the press was os free ar the winds, or as in America, and rioted in the en- aster to the tories must infallibly bring back Lord Palme: ston. The India bill looks very unfortunate; and in spite of the good wishes I have mentioned, ! suspect the administration will come down with a run. It has, in f¢ no head. Lord Derby is a man of too much genius——too fond of his own Jiterary ease—to submit to the necessary drudgery of working out au administration: Naturally courteous and contidiog, be is the very person for & min like Lord Ellenborongh 4 palm his schemes upon. Wish his lordship’s oriental niticance on one sido, aud the scherning ambition of Disraeli on the other, it is odds if the Derby dilly don’t upset. Lord Maimesbury bas been basy- ing about the diplomatic appomtments, and Mr. Howard, brother of the Karl of Carlisle, recently Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, replaces the Marquis of Normandy at Florence. A more unfortunate ‘instance of our oligarchal system could not be given, Mr. Howard being one of the most haliow drained nonentities the English diplomatic body contains. English affairs at that court must be easily arranged !f the admmistration of such a brainless puppy cau be of any avail there; and yet he will receive some £3,000 a year. General Pspinasee seems determined to immortalize his superintendence of the Home it. With his com- rede, M. Bottellier, as Prefect of Police, the sysiem of e- pionage is carried to an extent that, unless one saw it In actua: operation, would be incredible. To you it must be completely so. But the police now regularly visit every house in Paris once a day where the residents are known not to be adherents of the present dynasty, or profess po- litical opinions in any degree contrary to the prevaiting ones. 4 foreigner, these domiciliary visits are made at bis residence with more exact punctuality. The con- cierge is required to give in every instance a description of the parties visiting at the Rouse, their rames and abodes. The bonnes, or female domestics, are eemmoned before the Judge de Paix, aud questioned as to all that happens under their eye, and are informed that unless they render @ faithful account the /ivré which every ser- vant must have signed once a year by the police will be denied them. Many bonnes, rather than enbmit to the office imposed upon them,’ have qnitted their service aod gone to the country, In this country, however, the espionage is carried on with such rigorous exactness that every tenth man may be said to have an eye upon his neighbor. The Hmperor, ag if conseiour of the reports of bis unpopularity, bas been of jate rather ostentatiously driving about in his phaewo, with wo other attendants than his two crooms seated be- hind him, and yesterday astonished the teau monde im the Champs Blyseér by driving down through the avenne at an ordinary pace. U ly his pa something like fourteen miles an hour. Some gossip has sprung up in consequence of Lamar- tine’s pecuniary affairs baving been brought under the cognizance of Emperor, and the coraia! responee hes been msde in bis Majesty’e name by Geueral Expi- nacse, the Minister of the Interior. It is known that the Emperor bas oniy been too anxious to find a legitimate occasion of rendering Lamartine agervice, The difficulty bas aiwaye been not so much the political principles of the past as bis umour propre. The want of money—the root of a!] evil, as it is sometimes called —is, however, a tyra: leveller or buman pride, and M. Lamartine’s credi- tors bave of late become #0 clamorous that i$ waa either the rue Chepy —the debtor's jail—or the bounty of the Tuileries, No doubt Lamartine has chosen the wiser part, and the Emperor witl take good care in his manner of aseisting him to conceal from the indirect fouader of his own Drilliunt destioy everything tending to injare a dendence. Lamartire’s debts are sometuing Like £150,000, The shop windows are overloaded with Easter eggs, from the size of that jaid by the ostrich to tuat of the pigeon: then they are of every conceivable color, contain- ing, too, every imegivable variety of bon bons, manip Jated into arucles of all corta of domestic use, Frequont- ly-and these are the more coxtty—their contents are of a fer more aspiring character than the sugared dato vies of the hour. We witnessed one yestarday toa’ possessed in its interior all the component parts of @ ladies taiet, down to the most necessary utensils. The covtom of presenting eggs wt this eeavon of the year is derived from the Asiatic icca that the egg is the symbol of the primilive stare of the world — It ie still the custom im the East 6} the new Year, which is celebrated pt the sprivg eqainux, to pre- rent golden eggs, intended to call \ mind the begipaing of all things. The same idea predominates in aarociating Faster eggs in Fracce with the beginning of anew life in the resurrection of the Saviour, It was not tii the reiga of Charles IX. that the new year ip France was celebrated Tulion on the other ide of the ovean:— Mr. Wm. H. Weetcott (pnpil of Coalon and nephew of Mrs, Williams, the Uctagon) professor of dan cess street, Plymouth, teacher for the nob: &e., begs announce te the oilicers of the army and navy, and bis friends generally, thas be continues to re ceive daily #lolie, irre @ ace, for private tuition om all that pre lee reader bt imagine that Mrs. as well () state that sh cular part of the city ip whieh jolts,” and teaches “all that ls prevailing among the ¢lite,’’ is digni fei with that tie. Woesher the officers of ihe Niagara will take advantage of the remarkadie abilities which her pop possesses is somewhat problematical. Our Paris Correspondence, Panes, April 1, 1858, Holy Week in Paris—Farwesiness of Roman Catholic Vo- frees umaliom of the Satbath—Marshal Pelissier Studying the Graces to fit him for his London Embasry— Present Condition of the Eatente Cordiake— Feeling towards the Derby Adminiairation in France—Rigore of the Es- piomage System—Lemartine's Embarractwents—dAypeal to Lowis Napoleon on his Behalf, he., he. We are in the midst of the Holy Week. Prorything is done with more or leas entbasiasm here, and religious @>- servance, op special cocesions, it not am exception. The fine churches of the Madelewe, ~t. Roche, ~t. Bustarbe ead Notre-Dame de Lorette are thronge! to overflowing. The Tenebris, the ceremony of La Cine, or washing the foot of twelve poor perrons, the music of the Stab’, are 80- lew with all that pornp and ciroomstance which the mieh bierarchy so well know how to summonto ite For the nonce, the profane song, the light jest, the aid revel and tue dance have retrested Lefore the majesty of | Making free use of Che elements of resistance at his cope and casevck, the thon Jer of the organ and the raviab- ing votes of choral harmony. I confess I am pot among those who think there # no religion io Fr tas sumer, certalnly,a very d it aepect to that of Pro: testant countries; but fore , Tam noteure Wat there js rot quite at mach attention given to relyious obsery- ‘ance as will be found elsewhere, It i¢ impossible not to reapect the fidelity with which fasting ie observed two days in the week by the b lest of your domesti of a winter's mornip; labor, to basien to the © ways be remembered, too, that the first fruits of the specially sacred, and that the gay crowd which at 2 o’clouk I’. M. isevea disporting itself io the beams of the wan oo a Sabbath day, aa if reckles of everything connected with (ust day but the leisure it af , Tose with the lark, w: Protestantiarn was and, before breaking its fast, had been in the temple of the Lon igion is axcured!y not patforth in France with portentoas sauctity, ft ie seldom that @ scriptural quotation t# employed in conversation, T rather think the laity consider every- thing of that sort a2 ao infraction of the priest's domain but there is a vast deal of God-worsbip which does not meet the eye. It etart’es a Protestant to fod, for ivstanse, me gay revel,where ho has seen beau. h of Frevch tollewe, that that same beauty has been humbly prostrating herself st a chapel in her neighborhood, within four or fire boura of the closing of that roene of fes- tivity, Having devoted ite iret froie to the giver of al) good, the French seem to think they are justified in do- the remainder to «uch relaxacion ar i¢ available to them. Their love of sunshine, of rural bea ty, of wreath. ing streame, of soft breezes amid the baog.ng boughs, of violet flelde an { mnrnviring brooks, perhaps .nduces them ‘o think there im piety in the e oyment of there, even on the Sabbath: aud hence, Ail Protestanam is at cljrch, Catholiziem seems to be out of doors, Tt will be cartons if, after centuries of atrife and mutual rancor, the great diffe. sid be found to be principally @ matter of rence eb: “ houre 6 service. Malevolence, which even the solemnity of the Holy | Week cannot entirely banish from the haunts of men, is wicked enough to fix upon one denizen of France whose thonghte and babite are taking @ more vain direction than # suitable to the period. The Duke of Malakott, ambanen eador of hie Majesty the Emperor of the French at the Court of St. Jamon, it eaid to be diligently studying un- der the augpices of & posture master and a eclentifis pro- fecsor of the mysteries of etiquette, the part which after Haster he is to perform to a Loudon audience. With some- thing like £20,000 a year, the gnilant Marshal will have eaninge, aod as he it & bachelor, woo koowe | bot that Desdemona may to uis mcente weriousty incline? There are other conquests berides thove of the batie Held which @ brave old soldier may not think unworthy of hie ambition. ‘On the whole, since I last wrote there bax been a de cided lowering of the haughty (one #9 late y rampant ia re to Rogiand. The epirt in which te new Ambas- sador's appointment has been received in that country, the manifest disposition pot to qnarre!, i poesible, on the part of the Ang! and the complaints that have already been forwaraed to the highest quarter of the state of trade, which moat seriously feels the efr tf the coolness the alliance bae lately experienced, are probably not with- ont their due effect. The pear, too, i pose bly not yet ripe It bes been whiapered, cio, reper! og paaeporte to he Briteb Linbeery, thet oe) Brive vows recding 'o | think the true destination is ob the first of Jannary, instead of at the renewal of «pring, od in doing so & partof their importance was taken away from these paschal eggs. In Russia the paachal ees» are net distributed antil they Lave received a reli- gous Derediction, and the same custom formerly prevalied ere, Now it is Simply & child's present, Our Madrid Correrpondence. Mapxrp, Mareh 27,1858, Political Partus of Spain— Revolution Probabie this Summer—Force Sent to Fernando Po-4 Two Car- dinal’s Hats for Spain, §e. The precise condition of political parties at this moment in Spain is easily enough described ; the party in the government, moderado, is divided into many sections, and being by far the dominant one in the Cortes, has quarrelled during the session with it- self through all its parts. The position of all partics is that they are alike prostrate before the throne, un- der the force of the naked sceptre. wy from remote times can continue, it is diificnlt to de- termine. The exterior appearances are that the go- vernment feels secure, and the proofs that the Queen proposes to retire into the country by the 10th, and that one of the tribunals has decided that anamnesty proclaimed some little time ago to expaitriated Spa. niards in its force included Patricio de la Escosura, the restless progresixta, who being the Minister of Governacion in 1850, in the downfall of Expartero, which took place in July of that year, was found disposal, and with telegraphs in a few moments awoke the country with the tidings that the liberal party had fallen. But it was said then, after a careful sur- vey of that memorable revolt, and is continually re- peated since by all parties and conditions in hfe, that the next demonstration of the popular will and force will probably be the createst that Spain has wit nessed since the people rose toexpel the Preach. Persons who were only liberal three years ago, have been driven by necessity to become republican. The | long and wasting war of the succession, by which le- gitimacy was excluded from the throne, for the freer government of Iwhella onder the directing reins of Christina, has resulted in producing no different fruit, and absolutism has returned to power. The in terference ot the government in elections, the honors, the stations at its disposal vive an almost un less independence to its acts, attempted to be fettered by constitutional restraints. Love for the Queen there is none, for the throne there is much-—the force of tradition is more powerful, it is continually shown, than por* ‘velaws. Within a few weeks the repaty lican pe ty ‘demorracic), has detined its faith die tinctly to the liberal party (progresisia), that men have individual rights, and are capaple of self go vernment, and as necessary to that existence ina social state are the thal by jury and writ of habeas corpus. There is no doubt this party has increased minensely since its first appearance some three or four years ago; and its first purpose is perhaps to clear the throne. Th is sti] another party—th socialist—introdaced from France, which has some advocates, and in the manufacturing districts reckons some members among the operatives from beyoud the Pyrenees; but thie party is lit hy any, not altogether on account of its principles as its detested origin It is not proba open for many days m si that the Cortes will conti: e. The specch or the se n, one pe of the most interest ont of the country swell as in, Was a short imprompta by Martinez de ta Rosa in answer to a reflection cast by Senor Villalobos, in his declamation made against the poli cy of Great Britain in the slave trade, tonching the | verms that fell to Spain in the treaty of Utrecht, lor Cuba of the ships-oi-theline Rey Don Francisco de Asis and the steamer Ieabel la © schooners Perla and Santa Teresa have already left port with troops. The particular object of further strengthening the Spanish fleet in the Gulf of Mexi co is not very evident in the present state of the question with Mexico, unless it be to assist in pre. venting the landing of negroes on the coasts of Coba. Some persons near the government, however, rnande Po, th y there, which has re The pose to support its co | tome attention lately in the speeches of the Cortes, and to look after the British ernizers, whieh it i ly charged in the Chamber of Deputies are fering with Spanish vessels along the coast, on the pretext of their helng slavers, bat with the real object of crippling the other important traffic with the natives. The papers announce this morning the arrival in this city of messengers from his Holiness, the hear- ers of two hate, destined for the Archbishops of To: Jedo and Seville; and thia is consistent with what was said publicly a few days before, that those chiefa the church had been proclaimed cardinals 'p the Romon Copaistory. How long so ch obedience can endure, and reverence brought | i particularly that of 1835, of which the late | Minister of State was the signe ‘ short report of | it, now in the re of preparation, will ch you na few days. A der has just been jesned to the Depart | ment of Ferror directing the immediate departure Joyznent of ite unwonted freedom; but these halcyon days were soon followed by a reaction which, in Prussia as in the rest of Hurope, brought in ita train press laws, eg ging laws, and finally lois de sureté publiyue. By degrees, one shackle after another was im@osed upon the expres- sion of public opinion; bills of paing and penalties were issued against the political press, hampering it and hedging it round with suares and pitfalls, til its conductors wero almos! inclined to re- gret the old system of censorship. The ceasors were at least men of education and intelligence, and their decisions could be appealed from to the Supreme Board of Censorship, which occasionaily displayed a considerable degree of liberality; whereas now the unfortauate news- paper editors are quite atthe mercy of the police, who can seize their whole issue at any time, and not give it np for days, or even weeks, 60 that even if moshing is con- tained in it that can afford e pretext for a judicial prose- cution the myrmidons of government cao easily reine newspaper by repeated seizures. Not sntistted with all these coercive measures, the Minister of the Jaterior has arrogated to himself the right of stopping aa obnoxious journal altogether, by threatening to deprive the priater of his license if he coatinues to issue it, and it is a case of this description that has led to the debate I have alluded to You will recollect the petition presented lately to the Chamber of Deputies by the inhabitants of Elbing, com- plaining of the interference of the police with the elections im that city, and ihe very tatisfactory explanations y.vea by the Minister of the Interior in rep'y. It appears that the Neue Anzeiger of Fibing, a paper edited by Jacob Rieger, a person whose democratic opinions have long rendered him an object of suspicion to zovern- ment, contained some strictures upoa the conduct of the Minister in this affair, for the police of Fibing have thought preper to inform the priater that if he continues to publish such “spiteful and seditious” articles, his li- cense will be withdrawn; or, in other words, his establiah- ment will be broken up. A petition was addressed in con- sequence to the Second Chamber, who referred it to a specie! committee, which, being composed almost excia sively of members of the right, recommeuded the iiouse to pars to the order of the day upon it,‘ the petitioners ot having exhausted the means of redress open to them,” that is to eay, they might have complained to the Minteter of the Interior—the very person from whom the mess in question emanates, of which the police arc only the instruments. Un the report of the committee being drought vp, M. Mathis, the leader of the liberal conservatives, reminded the House thas in last session they haiex press ed their desire that the difficulties should be aoved under which the preas was laboring, aud Uaat aM, de Guilech, the head of the extreme right, had promised to bring tb & motion fo that effect. He was ashamed to say that the arbitrary withdrawal of licenses pereisted ia by the Prossian government was resorted to by n) other State in Germany excepting Flectorai, Hesse, and hoped they would not allow themeetves to remain aay longer in seco company. He concluded by mov. that tae peti- tion should be submitted t> the notice of m..stora as @ forther proof of the acknowledged necessity of sume re- form in the administration of the Press laws. was seconded by M. Wagener, ex-ecitor of the Kreus Dut mivisiers persisied in decbariog themse'ver jasti! in their proceesings by the regulations of the Prac which, by aforcea interpretation, they bave api primers Of newspapers, althou. i itis expressly att the Prees law that no journal should be suspeaded ex- cept by th tence of a legs) tribunal. . Wentzel, the distingawhed liberal orstor, said ho ehoald vote jor M. Mathis’ motion, thoagh he Lad uo ex- pectation it wonld lead to any practical result. Oo @ late eccasion they bad ai! heard the Minister floding no other faolt with the bebsvior of the Eling police than tom: they bao acted in too epen and downright: & manner, a1! there ‘Wae bo prospect that this soi disant interpretation 0” the Press laws would be abandoned unti! a hap arn of for tune should have transferred the admunis:ratioa of tae Flome Mepartment to other buds, This sally crested grest sensation amd called forth the Miaieter’s private friends, who insiuuated that Wentzel did not mean & mere ebange of ministry, but @ complete chaoge of govern- ment—the substitution of the Prince of Proesia for the King; and it is not unlikely that this was reaily the case. The hos wes, however, that the propowal of tae cou. mittee war adopted by @ majority of the House, aad the petition of the unfortunate Fibipg printer coasigned to that limbo io which 40 many aocum:ats of the kiod bave been silentiy euguifed. At any race, the discussion bas bad the effect of exposing the measures employed by | M. de Westphaten aod his satellites, and pertaps may de- | ter bim from executing bie threat azainst the pubiixbera | of the Anzeiger; in fact, tt bas not unfrequentiy been on: served that the bark of l'russinn oflicia's ts worse than | their bite, The citizens of Fsbing, who nare always had a for sturdy independence of character, hace thown-that they are nos to be intimidated, fo: oecurrg the other day the muntcipa! q gen Was clected a! mort t tke ap the fathers of the citi , ace among, © up for this, a desiara tion has been seed by & portion of the ianaltt tats, pro- testing their ity and figelity to the reign.ng house,” and o:sclaimiog the inventions attributed to them by vil Minted persone of “endeavoring to undermine the mo nerchica) princip’e, and to iutroauce the republican inet- tutions of North America."’ Rumors have been current again Iatsly thet the Minks- tere of Commerce and Finks» had eignitied thes des se of being Peliewed from the aut ee a aa aly con: sented to retain their portey wil ut close of th» »re- sentreesion, Asto M Von der Moyet, this report w ovr. tainly unfounded, he threatede to retire now ant the he cannot get his collesguos to agroo to some pet nies sore of his, but i alsays enon in & Compromiae, they being a4 nnable to do without him as he ia nowuling to deprive the sate or bia valuable vervices. M de Hyuel- shwing, it is thought, would be less disinc!inod to seek the shades of privacy ; he ‘6 but glenderly qualitied for ube arduous station be occupies, aad is esid to be painin conscious of bis deficiencies hiv retirement bee deem talked of 80 often, and to ali Mopearance ou suck und 16% tionable authority, taat wo one will credit it mow uli 1 ie actually o aretir. iar statemecta have been adoat reapectiog General Waldorsee, the Minwter of War, oni MW. de Raumer, the Miniscer of Puble Ineieuciioa: bal in my opinion there wil! be ne essential modification in tbe Cabinet antil the Prince of Prussia \s ia precession of fuller powers than he is entrusted wita at crereut At the ina auee of the Minister of Commerce, the Pree dent of Police hea recently issued a nice cautioning Prus- | sian subjects against endscribing to a vew losa #6; on foot by the Austrian Credit Mobiier, in the forma o a lottery, | with prizes amounting to forty two milion of f! | pertictpation in sneh a project being contrary t. sions of a jaw forbidding all tore | This government wi. have no joteries bes their own, ich yieide them sa annual income of 1,209,009 thalers, for tue sake of which they are content to wnderg» tas reproach of epeouraging an inettuvoa stznuized by Political economists as demora''z.ng Ww the peo eand ta juriour to their babi of inaustry, aod whien has been | aboliained in most of the other States of Europe. Preparations are beitg made as Court for gather fas- | tive event thas is about to tae pisce cere, marriage | of Princess Stephani of Hozenaiern Siemaringen to the yourg King of Vortogal. Tha ceresony wil de porformet on the 28th of next month by the Princes Riehon of Brea dma, at tho Oainoiic ch .reh of St. Het wig, bach parties be. jonging to (he Roman Catholic persuasion. Tae driae room is Lot expected to de preseus ia propria person; he will be represented by his anbanead.r Lovratio, end the bride wiil start immediately for acer ied by ber father ana brothers, The King e)oiees in the names of Don Pedro @’Als ado M.gnel Rapbari Gabriel Genzga X 10 Leopold Victor Amelio 68 Saxe Cobourg Gott PAAR, Dorn on the 18th September, 1837, bia iamaeon the yof the same yesr,so that there are only two Montha aifference betweea them. The Princes of Hotea v0)\eTB aro the eiéor branch of thecame family from which the Kings of Prussia derive ther origin, bit joes fortunate theo the cadets of their house, they only inherited a small territory in the South of Germany, comprising an area o about 300 square miles, with a population of 45,000 aoa! The revolnvon of 1848 was fal to the Indepenuence oi thi hilipurian principality, tho inhah tant row against the 1, woablo to reduce tom tw sunjection, the King of Praia, to bia assie: preferring peace sad tranquillity to the caves he descended from his mitiature throne and 0 Mewin, where he devotes his n of music and the fav arts, hav'ag received jarge ven in that province iv ecchange for his paternal de | Mesnes. Tho principality of Hobeazoiiera stow en invvgral Pert of the kingdom of Prosea, to tha great dincomdeire | Of the inhsoitante, who find the pedantic beroan ras. | aro cubjected to even more ineuoportable than tie quaint old fachioned despoticm of their avcient 78, aD LO Mae from ithave ‘een em'grating ever mince 1a euch numbers that if @ stop is not put to this exodua the Pr: sian Governor will be left finally like Sir John Moore, ' alone {a his glory.” Alter the severe cold wa exyerienced tn the begianing of this month, spring hae at length aet in, for tne last week or 80 we have had fine weat gentle southerly breezer. The old “ March coming ja like @ lion and going Jamb'’ has been completely verified this year. however, is much wented, as the rivers contiaw sively low, and the soil the efforts of the dro and eotunn, | 6 0x59 still parched and hard fro 1s that prevailed ai! lees summer Fashions for April, ‘The bright daye (any upton oe daye of carly spring which we are joy ing create ademana for fomsthing between the far sromed bourneur of the winter aed the light mancelet of onsequently, we have noticed in one of our first Douses several patierna of manties, closed in froat aod high to the throat. Among them ‘we may res-ra- mend the mantelet tv ive and the mantelet a merlaliiona: thes, ae well as pelisses and bournous, now made am ¢ Ik instead of cloth or velvet, are trimmed with rushes o° ribbon or velvet. The lastor « & Dore’ ent hee @ ery go0s effec Carey ee are wee sul worn, Sope LLL cially SOF mdoore, being so conver.iers while the and evenings continue cool, We have seen pio one, made of dark groseitie terry ¥ guipure, and tassels of lisse are gene! echall-mantelet. ~ = made o Bad cedars aheatthe middie of the shawl, thus ees. Indian cachemire and other shawis are aipure, is ae Aer ways much on the fre dress is pr skirts they are then made very full and in exe teriais. One very dgep flounce, profusely trimmed wi ruches or bands of Velvet, i# algo im favor. this forms the lower ekirt, over which is @ shorter one. The bodies of theee dresses are usually worn with basques. An attempt has been made to restore very narrow ma- ith 8 Desques, but they are not clegant, and therefore the lopger baeques are gti adopted, Pointed bodies are alzo worn. We have lately remarked a drees, the high body of which had six points ; others have four—one before, another bebind, and one under each arm. A yey nandsome dress of this form, amoug many others that we have lately seen, was of green moire an- tique, The skirt was plait, the sleeves puffed at the top and plain at he wrist. The trimmings of this robe were of jet pagsementerie. Avery pretiy negligee dress was of dark si!ver gray, shot with white. Jt had six flounces, with a simple hem two imches in width. The body was a basques, and the sleeves mousquetsires, with two revers on the body; on the front seams were lerge flat buttous, covered with the | same silk as the dreve, and on the left side of tue basque & wide gray bow. manielet of black tafletas, high, and open in the front, trimmed with several rows of lace, surmounted by a rib- don plaited i ia veille. Checked tafletse, in ell colors, wii! be much worn this Spring, and for ¢resses with double ekirts willbe very ety. Rea iiexilan sien sone very pretty silks, with small broches flowers, which make elegant dresses. Brown, violet, and dark green taffetas in new designs are also in grest favor. Green is decidedly a favorite color just now. A very elegent dress of this color was made with two | skirts, or rather two deep foun ses, balf moire sotique, with barrow eatin stripes. The body bad four pomts, edged With a sewing silk fringe about taree inches wide, and was | ornamented with brandebourgs of toe gimp. The sleeves Were composed of 2 deep frill fringed like th body, cut square end lined with white silk. A ruche of white ribbon eurroanded the insideedge. This eleeve Was surmounted by another frill, aleofripged, avd caught up m three places, thus forming three pomita on we sleeve. ‘Another walking drees was of black taffetas, trimmed | en tablier with two broad bands of violet and biack plaid, | cat crosewsy, and edged with narrow biack lece. hive bows of tailetas to match the bands up tho skirt, and edged with black lace. were placed down the front of the skirt. The front of the body was ornamented with two bande to match those on the skirt, only narrower, and finishing in the choulder seam, and fastened by graduated | vows. The sleeve was very wide at the bottom, and much looger at the back of the arm than at the seam. _ Over this was « second sieeve, arranged in a large plait at the ethow, apd falling im a pointe de fichu over the eleva, both being edged with plaid to match the trimming on we rere. A very hendsome drees of black gros de Naples, with avery full ekiri, trimmed en tablier in front, with fire Tews of thick eilk cord tied by aguiliettes. This trimming ig both new and distingy plaiting a ta vielle, about inches wide; orpamented by randeboorgs, and two rows of plaiting straight trom the wrist to the shoulder. A Very elepaniy Visiting dress was of Eugenia taffotes, wih three flovnces id @ medallion pattern, in gray and black, and edged with a gray and black fringe, he boay wae bigh, buttoned in front,and trimmed with bran ie- bourgs to match the medallions on the flounces, fawhed by aiguilleties. and Debind, and under the arms. One more of these dresses we must notice was of black veiver, with & body and small pesques. fhe fleeves were wise, and was cot up so as to sho dreea was worn w these plate. Witn this & smal] fiat collar, fnatened by two emorald butions; undersieeres to metch. Ths casaque was Diack et trammed with marten. The bonnet wos white crape, covered with black lace ip a check pattern. A long vand of green velvet was ar- rapgea in a point across the bonnet, edged by diack lace. ‘Toe strings were wh te tafletas: and besides thees were berrower sirupe of green velvet tied ia a bow over the white ones. A plait of green velvet crossed the bandesax, and was Shished by @ velvet bow. The cap was tulle Doulilonnes. One of the most elegeot evenicg dresses we have seen was one of cray moire aatique, with a doubie skirt, the upper one edged with @ ruche of’ very rich taffetae, form. ing m tonique. The body had four song potats, sad was trommed with smal) ruches of taffetas from the waist half way up the vedy. The sieeves were pagoda shepe, tuo revers being tritamed also with a roche, one row of which formed ® second revers, or Jockey, on the upper part of the sleeve. Another was of white cros grains tefletar, sprigged with email piok flowers, chinees. The body wes ‘ugh and open. A white tule guimpe, fished by a rucue, and fastened by an ag: of diamonds, was worn this gove shape, rather The sleeves were pa- & ene very full, with a dounle piait om the arm, 2 & swal! open jockey. The under sleeves were of benutiful Veoe aan lace. & lar, bow, with jong ends, was placed om the point the body, and others, t mach, on the sleeves. The ov.y orcem ip the hair was a po! of white t Ap exceedicgiy pretty dreas was pale pink taffetas, Adoudie skirt, trimmed with je, in which wae &® piok ribbos; the sgper® was raised on the rignt side by taltetas bow. The body, which was low, was eatirely telmmed with talle boulllonnes. A smatl piak taftetas sleeve was covered by & larger one of calle. A handeome, bat composed of lemon colored veivet, with two skirta; the vpper one, which was very short, wes trimmed with Vevetian jace, put on fiat. 0 ekirt was cut open at the sides, and trimmed round with ince, also flat. In these Openings Were placed bonquets of Dawercupe and Violet on the lower skirt. The edgee were suached by ruches of Dionde, with straps of velvet im the midaie. The body low, in fois, and with four jong po nw, A very simpre and pre'ty evening ress, lately worn by aS young lady, was white tariatane, with two ekirte, the upper one ornamesiet by a piaitwg a la viewle, The coufure was @ plat of green terry velvet, mixed with coral. Agetber voor, ly Wore, on the same occariog,® dress wih es € inked, each beaded 0; ruche w match. Her bair was arranged im bande in the front, and bag pe pg the oniy ornament being & coral comb, © dresa of white tulle, wih three Hounces, ruobes of blue taftetas, ‘ounces of ‘ace and quil fochwias, dress wera net of bice chenille, with ruses oa the left tide, and fastened by pearl ptus. Searcely less eieyent was a drees of white tafletas, covered with four Ponilloanes of equal width, separated by rows uf cerise velvet. The upper akirt was long, and looped ap to the wi flowere , surmounted by Anowwer charming drees was formed of bouillonnes of Diende, reperated by & brome’ Dionde. The winique was Alto of bionde, and cought ap op each ride vy pick ribcon, The hair war very «amply dressed, fastened by ® beautiful com>, a cingle rosebud on one ede derng the only ornament. Tecan searcaly be ont very beautiful bridal dresses. One waa e freee of white enti, with three di form.ng three skirts, the doudie plaiv. The flownces were trommed with two rowe of roched pink satin; over thees fel: three elegant lace founors. Tue boay was pointed Dehind, on the sides and in front, where (t was buttoned, It wae bait hgh, a la Rapnael, that ia to pay, cul square. Withio this was worn a gaumpe of tulle boul/lonee, with a ince collar. “he sleeves were in large pial, open" ai, square, aod trimmed round the inside with a rache o| The undersieeve was formed of three tulle roe (ville placed alternately. A second, alto of white saun, was entirely covered by fo unces of point d Angleterre, surmounted ty rashes of ribbon. The bair wae dressed 2 I'/mptrafrice, with @ ronnd wreath, compoved of white Lise ant orange blow kotor. Another waa a crews of moire antique, covered with ruches of tiie. The besy was quite high, and trimmed ‘on the shoulders by a berthe formed of raches. The coif- fare wax composed exclusively of orange {i> wera, The mamma of the br.de who wore tho jast described drees wore a dreng of green move antique. with av thaw! tranmed very richly with lace, with rik and jet. A white bonnet benntifus blonde barbe and a bouque: of feathers, AS & ball given Alter ® marriage we saw cone very fplendid dreseee. One waa of fodian mu: lin, Ggnred with gold. The bead dress was compoved of bows of lace worked with gold, and «! branches of coral. A bandeome urens war of pink 1 with Eewieh ince flowncer, & covTere formed of rosea and diamonds mounted ia fol Another waa of white silk taffeta d'Ttalle, with three broad Ayunces edge6 with gca:lot velvet. The body waa trimmed with velvet and Ince. The sieever were tulle donilionne, trimmed to match. Tre Read dress was mara. bouts nod eprige °f gold acorns, Viowers are, if puesible, moore in favor than ever for evening coifures, OF course the coiffure must be more or Jeem elegant, according to the drese. For omer arene, we have n forme charm ef little cape, formed of a very broad -bionde, trimmed oc one # Je with two rky Dias feathers: on the other aide, a how with long ends wae paced on the bandesix, vitn barbes of toile trimmed wish @ bionde ruc A very pretty coiffere de bal was formed of a paft figured with silver stare, and loog barbes (ailing bebind. Avother wea @ rouleas of silver, with jold crescents ar- raped in accrones Thie ia catied the “eultaua.”’ Anetber wan vel roves, with wheat osceof diamonds. ‘Barber are worn very Ved, sad are Srequentiy pias rly on to the foret Ose we have much admired hal nds thrown very cinch back, der theoe were red geran.oms nnd gold strawberries, with long grace. A #oar: bow, placed quite low behind, completed ti alte in another ety le isthe cache peigne, which, although worn for ro long & time, evil remaing ja faver, These made with very long epraye, sometimes oven reaching be Jow the waist, A large bow of tulle with bright leaves, or (wo narrow bande of green velvet noroes the head, ‘nd, hanging over wide tulle oleta on the lef nde, wtS eth, form very pretty ovif- entier oO mach worn, A resile of leht green Toivet, with & lenge gold bead |p each che een leawen fa)\ing om che show feece bas 8 very pretty effect. ecrrovnded by a broad ace, wit EL pide, sad o tran b 0? rower on ho tgbs, eeleo very ele. Teo ot the mort © ornet -dceae opifforen we have peer nie y are G8 fo 10% Ore WAH mH ou ern ag Corn MOWER, FL RTE Them ORR Cr veue le Shiny Over this dress was worn a Maintenon | The form of the body was peinsed belore | m large piaite; the jockey | n@ most elegant toieites we Rave soen was & piakes; thene wern covered by | i¢s formed of white ronea and | The body was trimmed to match. Ths heal | Jet by agraffcs of cerise velves and | ends of < piace to rovce two or three | The body was ornamented with diamonde, and | | Mie & titadem; the other was of water lillign and hearts- | eases, wilh green foliage and white gauze leayos vomed: with gold. As yet we have not any very decided qnange in bom nets to announce. They continue s'anjl, Some have Jstely been woru rather forward. Tye trimmings are still simple, unless in drees bonnets. Tigee mized with tuile, \ iw tough In favor, and very ‘Teotty, White satin bonnets , | algo are always Worn ‘4s ihis season. One we saw the other day Was “sed quite plain, the only ornament on the: outside @ satin Ww and «’blonde fanchon Fined wich satin, apd arranged in large plaits. The ends of tho’ fanchon formed barbes on each side. The bonnet was fastened by narrow ribbon strings edged wiih blonde. i Another dregs bonnet was pink velvet, the front eatire- ly formed of large plaite, On one siae was a half wreath | of pink feathers, and on the other a piuk satin bow. The, | strings were satin ribbon. A blonde bow, lined with pink, was the only ornament inside. A pink velvet bonnet, quite plain, with blonde brides. and a eipgle rose or bow luside, is also very pretty, This’ style is very elegant in sky blue or mauve, with black, lace brides and strings of shaded velvet. A talle apd yelvet bonnet which we much liked was white spotted tulle, with a biais of lilac velvet round the front, A trimming of lace was arranged in a point in front. Fourends of lace fell over the curtain, lil feather ornamented the left side, and the ends of the 1 was composed of blue velvet ans trimming were tied ae the chin, | Avery pretty ca) tulle. A band of velvet crossed crown, and three vei! vet roses were placed above the curtain, The ‘ring: were white ribbon, edged with blue velvet. t Crape bonnets are also trimmed with velvet. We ha: seen one of alternate folds of green velvet and white erape, trimmed with white feathers. Ove of thes: | feathers was placed across the curtain, which was edge, with velvet. t | We have also noticed a bonnet of green taffetas, trimmer with bands of the same, lined with violet taffetas. Thea bands were arranged in coqaes on each side, The bonne was lined with violet, and bunches of violet lined the in side. The strings were green aud violet ribbon, | Ata very stylish wedding we noticed that nearly all th | ponnets were of two colors, and almost all partly thin a ‘n. For example, one bad tho edge com| of like | Velvet; thea the front of white tull black lace. Across the middle was | and the crown was white tulle covered by black lacd | i The curtain was white, edged with a fulness of velvet; o! one side were lilac and black shaded feathers. The string, were broad velvet ribbon. Of another, the edge was pa ink velvet, full. The thin front was black tulle, covere y abroad white blonde. The crown and curtain we) partly black tulle and partly velvet. A {wil sawe pint tinted with black, hung on one tide. ' | A very elegant one was half white and half blask tui! covered with narrow rows of black lace and white blon bose baer the blonde on the black tulle, aud Jace on ti white. Ihe join was covered by rouleaux of corias velvé which were continued round the front. The strings we} cerige velvet. A.spray of flowers on one side comple! the ornament of this elegant bonnet. j Afstitl more charming bonnet was white tulle, edg round the front and curtain by a double biais of MWlac v | vet intwo shades. The only ornament was a thick ply | of shaded velvet, arranged ag a wreath, ra:ber forwal on the front,and tied bebind ina bow, wita two lo ‘ends. Round the inside was a wreath of very sm, | daisies, m the same shades as the velvet. A smail li} | ganze fall, trimmed with a shaded ruche, was faster | round the edge. $ The most decided advance towards a summer boni, we bave ecen was a lechorn, trimmed with may. T, er forms a very pretty orvament for almost any b, net, and is ently seen in one color. For instance arich, dark color it basa very good effect; on a w crape bonnet it is still more elegant, when mixed « long (go On a drees bonnet we greatly adinire: wreath compoeed of Bengal roses, daises and acorns Pear) beads. I — = — ' | NEWS FROM HAVANA. Arrival of the Black Warrtor--The Isle Surrounded by British Gunboate-Ame ean Vessels Boarded--Grand Spanish os Ball--The Sugar Market--Freights and &. change. |! ‘The United States mail steamship Biack Warrior, Cap 4 J. W. Smith, which sailed from New Orleans on the 4 and Havena on the l4th inst., arrived here yester morning. i She reporte from Havana eighteen Britieh gunboasa tioned around the island on consteurvey aud topreveny landing of negroes. American vessels trading about! island have been boarded and searched in the most Jent mauner by them without any ground of suspicio! their being engoged in the slave teade, and have , cane to complain against such detentions and insults.’ A grand ball was given on board the Spanieh flag: Isabela II. on the lith inst., and is reported to have | a dee affair. ‘ | Stock of gugar at Havana and Sa'anzas 216,000 bt | prices firm at last quotations, ‘ Exchange on London 12 percent premium; on New 60 days, par to 1 per cent for first class bill OUR UAVANA CORRESPONDENOE. t Havana, April 14, 18) irand Nara! Ball—Scene on Board the “ la— Startling Blaze of Beautyand Diamonds-+ Fleet Lighted Up—A Persecuted Lady — Insd of the British Cruisers—A Boat Race, §e. + The termination of the ionalfeasts, with the on the night of the 11th inst.,on board of the nat” | ship Isabel TI.,was a concentration of all the ¢ | beauty, wealth and loveliness that we have to 9 — Such a dazzling crowd of mortals never p, under my observation; but it was impof to pet to any point to analyze the throug or lineate any eet of charms, whether of bhzing monds or of the more soul penetrating eye were flashing everwhere in broadsides; they we mixed that individaality was lost, and the fair complained that they had lost their feet, while neighbors had more use of their crinoline than ¢ selves. It was jam, jam—you could not seq much humanity in the way; the only chance feel your path, and that I did midst masses of hess, putting heads upon wrong shoulders, pey | and winning ribbon orders from the flowing =i | every step. ‘The invitations to it were worded as followsy Fl Comandante General de Marina y demar 4 oficiales del A ery invitan a V, al ile gue | verificaroe #1 11 de Apriten el nivis Reina Isabel | celebridad de) natulicio del Principe de Asturias. 4 a law g erte billete es intramisible Senora y Senor. 5 Previous to the ball a notice appeared in tha ing newspaper to the effect that it being undeg that some of the invitations had been obtaing | purchase from parties who had been invite others who had not been, and therefore a cx sion of twelve officers and twelve citizen | were acquainted with all the persons who hag invited, was appointed, so that none others, 1 oy held tickets, would be adwitted. It is said that eight ladies in the party had ogo two and @ half millions value in dial it is possible. I never have seen sacl lavish’ sion in this community. The lady of General the charm of the eveni side. The Countess of Santovenia had a magn tiara of diamonds covering her head, and a a \ 4 | be ‘oncha, always plab , with ber Jewels f of much richness, with other ornaments, «air a very expensive rig, worth £240,000, Countess O'Rily, the Queen of Beauty, % the jewelry of the late Countess Fernand her own matrimonial presents, probably th costly toggery on board of the ship, wa: T cannot avoid, if it be only from love of « remarking that an American girl--1 know & name—for beanty of feature was universally to be the of the ball. There were o several others of more stately figure, but for ness of countenance she assuredly surpat” nm young lay sent, Mise T., with her mother, who seent too young to be the parent of such a tiouri; tracted univereal admiration. t The following was the order of the dancing Rigeton Spanish cootra: ‘Sraniab contra dance. Walt, Len Laneiers. Spanish cont é t Spanieb coptra danc Sabottise Polka. Spanish contra d” Dancing commenced about ten o'clock ang nated at three next morning. My account or description of this really,” affair wonld be far from complete were T note some observations upon the elegans <appert « npon a table extending the entire length of UF deck. ‘The supper, as well as the magniticens ices and other refreshments, were all supplieft Dominica, to whose proprietor, | hear. car’® was given to supply whatever he pleased, ref of cost. The months of preparation for thie fete h® been wasted; the resnit was a triumph of taste, embracing all things of art, science ture that could be made available ior the grea: the decks were swept as they never will while the holystone or tarbrosh remain in nv tical knowledge. The fleet of Spanish nava' in port——one ship, two frigates, three sloops, 't and eight war steamers, mounting 326 gun all under the most brilliant light during th mnaking one exqnisite night scene viewed f heights back of the city of Regla. No liv Jost in this engagement, bot how many lv have suffered cannot he counted. The sister ot the Charge of the United Lisbon, Mrs. Mary Madden, is laying very victim of a. most base and ernel persecuti story will all be told when she, of the me patient and Christian forbearance, is no mo) A friend of mine residing at Matanza date Sth instant, writes to me as follows: thig day here jn the Spanish bark Virgen de: 4 8 ‘ |