The New York Herald Newspaper, April 27, 1858, Page 3

y : ‘You wii observe the ipsireetions to the Freacb Centar ies, en sloeed ts Coont Walowsk..’s des} Peregny,o the llth December, sbat all is made @ertain points to which the Amerixan government. or, ale’ the Amerian comaissinner, i understood to ownsiderabie fmportance, You have alrea/y al- Ieded ww your corresponder oe to these points, which em- (0 reside 10 Eog- opiaion for the maintenance of consular age! United States, or for the enjoyment of freedom of opinion by Chinese subjects, or a reform of the ‘istration of empire. I do not find any instenctione bave oa — one cpr partment directing ouragente ina eel ‘of these demande’ ‘The first is a question of doubtful advantage, and ‘ought not to be urged by as; and the others relate to ‘the comestic institutions of the country. These in- stitutions being che ‘york, the wreck it may be, of centuries, and interwoven with the whole socal. tem, the direct interference of other Powers in iy to change them would probably aggravate instead of mitigating the existing evils; an introduce such arrangements into a commercial treaty would certainly embarrass our efforts, and probably dereat the Co ‘The President is well aware of the just cause of eomplaint which both England and France have against the Chinese government and people, but the means. as well as the measure of their redress, are sutjecta with which other nations have no legitimate eoncern. The United States have not been exempt from wtmiler seuenons, and have had causes of com- plaint also for the injuries which their citizens have received in China; but these have been generally ad justed by the Chinese authorities, or redress has been Obtained by the prompt action of our offivers, 80 that my immediate predecessor felt himself justified in saying to our commissioner in China, in a despatch of Liang | 77, 1867, that our relations with that evontry did not warravt a resort to war, even if the President could constitutionally have recourse to extreme measure. careful examination of the reports and des Enya er au perg leads me to concur in The President has attentively read the circular nete addreseed by your lordship to the British con- gals, and which enumerates the various objects the ita of England and Fraace propose to ob- by a revision of the commercial treaties, and considers the propositions just and reasuable, and believes they would prove beneficial to China, as well as to the allied Powers and to other oo:uimer- cial nations. With respect to the great elements of py aed commercial enterprise, security and faci- y, they contain important and salutary provisions, Yowards the attainment of which the agente of the United States will be instructed zealousiy to lubor, in concert with the British and French officers. Our interests are as directly involved im a successful re gult as are those of d and France; and the has no hesitation in instructing oor Com- in China to come to an understanding with English - por tir nig ch to the us plan_of proceeding ia order to oro- firm representation, the consent of the Chi- government to make these propositions the of treaty arrangemente. The existing treaty between the United States and China contains a provision for its revisal at the ex- piration of twelve years from its date. That tine in 1856, and we are now fully at liberty to upon the Chinese government for such modffica- tious of the treaty, and additions to it, aa experi- ence may have shown to be for the interest of the parties, and «specially with a view to prevent fature mieu ings. Immediate measures for this will be‘adopted, and our commissioner will jarnished with full instractions for his guidance, adapted to the new circumstances in which the Chinese empire is placed, and he will also be directed at himself in frank communication with the lish and French ministers, and to unite with mf 3 i z df HE it is them in their efforts for a revision of the existing treaties, and for the prom tion of a more liberal po- liey towards the commerce of the world. He will, however, be informed that the United States are not to become a fay ho ens Sventy wate® maaz be joint- ly yy England France with C \ but it our conventional arrangements with the Chinese empire must be confined to that Power and the United States. He will be also informed that the President is sensible of the liberal policy of the allied Powers ip their disclaimer of any intention to wecure exclusive commercial advantages for them- selves; a policy which the United States have alroady , and to which they will faithfully adhere in ‘The President, Jobs Clancy, Baq., tm the chair. (APYPUCATION POR 4 POLICE JUSTICE POR THE MAYOR'S DRPART- ‘MANT. ‘The following communication was received frem the Mayer — ‘To rus Goronasiz tee Common Cove — Gerriamey—in consequence of the large amount of whied is brought to vp ‘This was roferred to the Committoo on Police. ‘Tbe oommunication was subsequently called up, and on sootion of Alderman Apama a resolution dotailing Jasiice ‘Welch to tbe Mayor's department Aomm from the Fire Commis. sy pers Lew C Meeks, Robert B. Sanderson, Jebo Clements and Enoch , as Fire Wardens. pawe were con firm Aldersnap CLancy on di the C.erk.of the Common Council to have pubiished in doca meopt forto al laws ire at its late iytieisce are He fit zak # eri it i i l : | ili i : | i | f | $785 | iF Hi Hf wth the execution of the gold medal presented to Ansist- ent Burgeon Frederic H Rose, R. N., by the cvow of the the , porte st afear wena dra hr ery uring whe whole cruise. {tis all very well n”. Merriam to diecuse thie ea! before a warm firo side [t would have been better he. fefor med him ol of thore things beta about them for taking the weathor, the result g iar eee es Ene, ‘raion ore by een ) to show that they have Connnipates Targoly wo myeoreligy, Ww WEW YORK HEKAi.” a THE CANADA’. THB FRENCH BTATé TRIALS IN LONDON. . AILS. THE CASE OF SIMON BERNARD. Our London and Paris Corres- pondenc:. TROUBLE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND AUSTRIA. AMERICAN GOSSIP IN PARIS, &., &., &e, ‘The mails of the Canada reached this city from Boston early yesterday morning. Our telegraphic summary from Halifax, published on Satarday, 24th instant, contained the chief points ot the news. The following extracts from our Buropean files will, however, be found interesting. The London Chronicle of 6th instant, in an edito- rial on the Mormon question, says:— A confederacy 80 anti. cial to the reeetve’ optotens of the civiliz-d worid as sormo: ism ean only be safe ta the far wilderness. Let itonoe trpinge agaiass the geaeral commupity, and a coulsion is wevite ie—one of the two must succumb. Society is the strongest, aud #ill sooner Or tater comb'ne to the total extinction of what is a>eo- lutely ap arch trosgon aga‘nst its oberished compacts, tis Decese Ries and i 8 mostha lowed trad tons, The Manchester Guardian of 6th instant re marke:— Now that war has fairly begun, however, the fotoral jovernment bas Do choise bat to persevere until the re- hon is finaly suvdued; and thousn we may have great pity fer the unfortunate vicsims of that straogo delusion Jounded by Joseph Smi'b, and may ovademn strongty the treatment they have bitherto met with, we must confess that the interests of ctvil'zstion aro uot hkely to suffer by the final d¢ struction of Sait Lake City, Bucharest letters state that the French company for navigating the Danube has proved an entire failure. The Paris correspondent of the London Herald, writing on the 7th instant, says:-—- ‘The ebief topic ot conversat'on to politica! eircles here is the growing hostility between the two groat powers ef astern Ewope. The many Rassians in Parts speak of tae outbreak of @ waras a probable contingency, snd it ie generally expected that the Aust-iao amateador at St Petersburg ei ere lovg take bia departure from the Ras- 86D Capital It is no secret for any one at ali conversant with the state o° Europe thas for along time past a feck ing of b tter animosity has ex'sted between the two em- pires, and it 's pow s ated that Russia is eager to take von geance on ber quandom ally for her eelfian desertion dur. ig tae Crimean confhet The formation of a canp of 100,000 men at Warsaw i pointed to as a prel'mnery symptom of the bursting of the storm which bas ioag ben vrewing, and the Austrian of Montenegro ie mentioned as a likely pretext for an open rapture Advices received from @ceana announce that Prince Tamatoa, a son of Queen Pomare, has been proclaimed King of Raiatea and another island, in presence of the French authorities and the English and United States Consuls. The ceremony of washing the feet of twelve poor men by the Emperor of Austria took place in the palace of Vienna on Holy Thursday, according to custom. The proceedings commenced with prayer, and were closed by a dinner, in which each of the twelve poor men were allowed four plates of meat, a deasert, and a pot of excellent wine; each was, be- sides, presented with a suit of clothes cut in the style of the middle ages, a small sum of money, and @ pewter goblet, bearing a suitable inscription. The same ceremony was performed for twelve poor wo- nien, who obtained a good dinner and received simi- lar small presents. General de Vega, of the army of the Argentine Republic, proprietor of the chateau of Arnes (Gers) haa sent to the Chef du Cabinet of the Emperor Na- poleon, as a mark of his feclings on the attempt of the Mth January, a sum of 2,000f., to be divided as follows:—1,000f. for the soldiers and others who were near the carriage of the Emperor on that occa- sion; 500f. for the orphan asylam of the Prince Im- perial; and 500f. for the pocr of the town of Auch and the commune of the Ile d’Arnes (Gers). The Lioyd of Pesth states that the Turkish budget comprises the following items:— War, 230 million stroe ; 25 millions; na‘ On’ ; Justice, Fo mult pa. Mic worsbip and “4 struction, 44 milbons: agricul and public works, 80 Hone ; affairs, 10 mulions; millions; police, 6 mill fore! Mons. pend! of the total receipts of the empire. The Paris correspondent of the London Post, writing on the Sth inst., saye:— In the of the jalatif to the dad, exiting ” Corps Leg dey fo get of 1855 Oefiniively made up, was ward for con6: , and the House, pursuant to ite costom, as & matter of course, when M short but speech de. the surpins of 894 mili ons for 1865 was le, and thes ia reality there . A great many deoa ties seid privately that M. Oultvier was qu! 8 division be was su; d only by the three depatice who, with bimeelf, copatitute the small opposition team, M Darimon, member for Paris, Dr, Henon, of Lyons, and M. Curé, of Bordeaux. The Vienna correspondent of the London Times, writing on the 4th of April, says:— Tho larguago of the Prussian organs of the press to- is Aus ria has recent'y underg»ne a chenge A short Ago it was the fasblou to apenk slightingly of the Ans trian empire, but the different parties in Pruesia soem to have come to the copc.usion that, for the momens, the leading German Powers capnot afford to quarre! wita each other about trifles. Tho inclination of Austria and P’ramsia to increase the intimacy of their rotations wih Eogland becomes more and more , aod if the Freoch gov ernment shou'd continue to act as it bas done during the inst two months, the chances arc that thore wili sooo ba an allisvec n Groat Britain and the German Powars. It te weil known In this city that the state of public feeling in France is bad, and po ago than yesterday a por- #00 of very high rank that the iaformation he ro- coived from Paris meade ‘bisa oxeeodingly uneeey. “Tt ap- ))* sald be, “that ror = hay eS pe inpoleon t# losing The Hamburg correspondent of the London Post thinks that the mercantile community in Bngland are not aware of the fact that in the seven years from 1848 to 1854 the value of the goods sent from that port to North America increased from under two millions of thalers to above seven millions, or that the exports to India, China, South America, the Pa- cific, Australia, and the various other countries in connection with Hamburg, made the enormous stride from ten to thirty-two millions of thalers per annum during the same period. The London Times of the 8th of April, speaking of the course of English diplomacy in Sardinia, and the blunders made by her Minister there, observes: — very LF we bad an instance o’s Minister was yok State of the New World— s and fidgetty terms yh ifferences, and st least to take care there should be BO MisuDderatanding in tho official communications of the ‘countries. Mr. Crampton, at the Ooart of Washing: a] 3 3 z 3 complicati The Courvier de Paris of April 7 announces that according to ite Port au Prince correspondence o Marob 4, the inland of Navaza, in the etraite be tween Jamaica and Hayti, and belonging to that em pire, bas been seized by some adventurers, who have hoistea the American fiag. “This,” says the writer, “deserves the attention ofthe European Powers own- ing posseesions in the West Indies, It has bedn pre- dicted for some timo, and ft is beyond all doubt, that the day the Northern Americana take a foothold in Cuba or Jamaica a stroggle will become anavoid- able to preserve the European colonids, Is not the invading of Navaza sach as to seriously recall thie important consideration 7" ‘A Hamburg correspondent of the London Poa, writing op the 1b of Fobruary, ays:—The ratification of Me Sound Duce Treaty by the (hited States baw jast boon re coived at Copenhagen, and the mercantile commanity ¢f Europe cannot bo otherwise than obliged to the Ameri capa for baving, by thelr oxamplo and porsevorance, evabied all to get rid of a ta to tho lovyiuyg of which they had too long subaritied, Gar London Oorrespor dence. Loxpon, April 9, 1858, The Ware in India and China— Fashionable Life— Count de Persgny’s Visit to Victoria —The Contemplated National Exhibition—Thestrical Keview— Actors at Home and Abroad—Affairs of the Cryetal Pulace Shareholders, By the arrival of the North American we this morning received New York Henacps of March 24, 26 and 26. Save Colonel Lockridge's o»ntempla- ted filibustering expedition to Northern Mexico, you send us little or no news, whilst this m i] will convey to you the welcome int Iligence of the capture of Lacknow, witi a comparative small loss on oar side. Sir James Outram has evidently been the hero of the occasion. Unfortunately, they have not canght Nena Sahib, who is supposed to be at Jebanpoor with the chief rebels. The intelligence from the Celestial Empire is to the effect that Master John Chinaman, the imperial party, does not intend to permit filfbustering Joho Bull and John Crapeand to remain in a bed of roses in Canton, How they are to help it, poor devils, we are at a love to conjecture. At all events, we are not going to Pekin this year. Commissioner Yeh has condescended to take a marine trip, and has arrived at Singapore. It is not clear to me but that we shall have a row yet witb Naples in regard to the Cagliari and the en- gineers Watt and Parke. Take my word for it that there is a devil of a row brewing, and all our papers, from the Times downwards, are piling on the ago- nies ; that is, the inflammuble concomitants for a general flare np. The runaway affair between Lord Cardigan and Mies Di H—, bas been hushed up, Lord Clanricarde is said to be practising some hew system of pulming. Colonel Phipps, of the hack staircase, dressing and bath rooms, appeared the day betore yesterday, for the first time, as Sir Charles—Les extremités se touchent; du sublime au ridicule il n'y a qu'un pas” — which clearly means from Havelock to Phipps. There is no truth whatever in the oft repeated as- sertion that Count Persigny, the French Ambasa dor, has recently been on a week's visit to the Queen at Windsor. He is certainly a very clever, in- telligent fellow, and it ia really to be regretted that he should leave the Court of 8t. James, he is #0 well posted in Englieh affairs, and was here an exile himeelf for many years, being unusually hard pat to it at times, The Council of the Society of Arts have azain met on the subject of the proposed exhibition for 1861, and on Wednesday next, it is said, will have agreed onthe form of the information to be made to the public. We are promised a proof copy of these re- solutions, aud if not anticipated by the papers here, I will despatch it to you. I believe I am not very fur wrong in stating that the exhibition of 1361 will be essentiully one to show progress; that, strictly speaking, it will not be international, but that fo- reigners will be invited to contribute on the same terms as Englishmen. Manufactures, machinery aud fine arta (including painting) will form the general objects of the exhibition; though last, by mn» means least, most we omit music, for a Musical Congress isin contemplation. “Per se,” as Johnson said, “woman likes mustard by itself.” Here there is to be no nationnlity—nothing by iteelf—that is, no English, French, American or other divisional com- partmenta. The American plough and reap- ing machine will stand side by side with simi- jar machinery from other countries. Ethiopian minstreley, with continen‘al warblings, and #0 forth. But, we forget, is not this per se? Well, so it ia, and so is it a different arrangement from the 1867 or any otber exhibition. Prodesse Civibus is not alone to be the watchword, but to he of advantage to the hu- man ace. I hope by next mail to be in a position to give you detailed particulars. You have, of course, all of you heard of the cele- brated amatear pantomimes given at the command = im the prevence of ~ aaa tn Aaa ad the ruling protectress of our + A ratio ra matic amnsements. Well, Mr. Seo Robhins—not Grimaldi, bat the other Joc—was the langhter stirring clown of these well remembered ama teur attempts and successes; as we “did” a French monarch, one of the dramats persone, we feel bound to record und plurulize the last substantive Mr. Robbins has tor the last twelve months quitted the militia of the drama, and joined bard He made a start of it at Brighton, veee h and low—which inclades the pabli> preas ‘im = as good as Liston, ia his prime. To the point: In about ten days a complimeatary fal and other extensive patrounge) at the Lyceum, jceum, when Mr. Albert Smith, amen in himself, will do something funny, of course. Mr. and Mm. and Miss Polly Keeley will fill up a farce and make it ran ted a over wit) ter. Messrs. Holmes, Wray and other celebrat nateurs will apy in @ comedict- ta, and Mr. Joe Robbins himself kles to in a per- sonation farce. ir. Stephen Massett, I hear, leaves in the next steamer for New York, with a view to a circuit of the entire Union, when be will give his “Reminie cence of byt A — og 3” Moy eye ne | appropriate letles— . songs for chime}, in which he has been #0 success fal in “many lands.” Mr. Massett, it appears— vide the correspondent of the “Thanderer”— had a very narrow escape of getting his throat cut when among the mutinons sepoys. No doubt, as Mr. Massett cannot rightly phlebotomize his wind Pipe. he will illustrate the event by some gurgling roulades. My most interesting news forthe music loving pub- Ke of this metropolis. as for those of the States, (for the is soon expected to crows the Atlantic,) is the arrival of Madame Lepita Gawier next week. She returns crowned with fresh lanrels awarded to her by the dilettanti of Rome, where she has been sing- ing at the “Teatro Valle” during the recent Carai val She débuteed in “La Bonnambula,” the same opera in which she achieved the extraordinary suc- cess at Drury Lane Theatre in 1854, whea the les- see, policeman Smith, presented her, on the night of ber benefit, on the stage, before the crowded audi- ence assembled, with a massive silver vase. Never, till our last gasp, shall I forget the astuniahment de- sted on little-great Mme. Gassier's face us she ked up across E. T. Smith's corporation towards E. T. Smith's profile, the while he paid her « com- plimentary addres, with and without the letter H., and of which she did not understand a word. In Italy, where the criticiam i4 more +e vere, and the approbation or condemnation of an artiste more decided than that of any other pub- he, ber formance (and Prince Ruedtowski, the diplomatist and componer, is a fair and reliable au thority.) has caused, if porsible, greater enthasiasm than on the occasion above referred to. After Amina in “La Sonnambula,” Mme. Lepita Gus rier appeared enccessively and succeasfutly iu “ll Travatore,” “Don Pasquale,” “lacia,” “La Tre viata,” Xec., &c.,and by each im; tion increased her reputation by her matchless vocalisation, and she war ni serenaded by the opera band aud the the theatre. The land of her adop- tion, i. ¢. of her talents, (for it was in London her jewelled notes were first ated.) is ail attrac- tive to her, and notwithstanding the te:npting offers the ied Madame Gassier comos don season, to the wreat delight of all those who ever listened to her marvellous ye tH she ee eran ¢ now oy air of the south. it, pray, fe Mis« Charlotte Cashman doing in America? Coining money let us hope, rhe doesn't want any more; and why does she not come back to her admiring Britiahers? Law bless us! how we have ber charming evenings at home in Bolton row, where we were wont to meet the aristo- cracy of stewed oie a deo thn Vio Arrangements have just been made for « England of one of the bands of the Garde Nationale , of course with the kind permission (vide f 5 & 3 F of Paris the play billa) of the Emperor, as we are givon to understand without the knowledze of M r Jal lien. They are to be here, in strength forty, for the months 4 Ma: os — pT earioas in om matters, it will afford opportanity comparing the temperature of the entente cordiale now existing be- tween the two nations with that of Chree years since, when the band of the Guides were received with so mach enthusiastic warmth and good feeling by John Ball 1am mistaken ele, or the niisical strangers now expected will meet with the same hospitable reception which is ever our custom The musical world here notices with intinite plow sure the encout ent you award to an artist of t talent and vocal powers, the baritone Tris jasier, husband of the lady we have baiwribly mentioned above. In London or Paria a einger must either bring a great continental reputation or wait tiently many years before making way. A reer ‘particularly on the Italian stage) i# a work of it difficulty, beset with fatrignes and contending cliques in which the prettiest face, the bras dodu, the jambe bien fate the lengthy and active tongue and the deepest purse neraily succeeds the soonest, to fade she soonest Style ephemeria. This considerta, it #as no wonder that Monsieur Louis Gasser was not 2) Well Kiowa to yoo iy name as other baritones and has * Whose appearance xt the Italian operas of New York Have been announced with powp and yoremoay TUESDAY, APRIL 27. i¢5e—TRIPLE SHEEP. We are glad also to learn that the great long haired basso, Hers Formes, has so triumphantly taken yeur operatic poole and hie brother masons by storm. They beth indeed add honors tw those wh bave preceded them. We are all agog for the retarn of Mr. Charles Mathews, with his new, aud as we are told, beauti: tel wife. Ah! Uneureus coquin, luck bas ever beeu mere vreful to him than mehes cos why? Cos he cap bever pet quit of good fortune. Poor little Allerc(t, the once well known music seller and theutrical ticket vender of New Bond treet, ard for many yeara Mr. Mathewa’ exchequer at the Lyceum, is now a raving and chained maniac at me Juvatte arylum in the preen lanes of Highgate. And he prattied o’ green tields.” What a mockery! Talmest forgot to have my say out in reference W Mersrs. Gassier, Formes, and all other true artintes; for their being appreciited by your publig and press ta moat pratifying, proving, aa it aba, fallacy of the estubliched opinion that anecess in America ie almost only to be arrived at by anlimited preliminar' prfting, ond pester perfectly Patagonian, with al! the other Barnumirtic means adupted by speculators (not to call them managers) to excite curiosity. This is a sytem, to your dixadvantage, generally be- lieved in here, and an artist, or artiste, in treating for yoor favors, stipalates as urgeatly for his puffs and hin posters, aye, to the very size of the letters, as for len apnointements, However, we are glad to be able to remark that reputation alone is not enough to command the respect and approval of the American public. This is evident by the marked indifference with which certain artists of self-constituted Euro- ean repute, and others of meant exhausted powera, ave been Tove DRO during your hate season. It will rerve, let us hope, as a lesson to your managere, and ‘each them to sesure thoxe singers who rather by their deeds than their names can claim the suppert of a dikcerning public, Our charming Crystal Palace—everything, like every medal, seema to have its reverro—is in very bad hands just now. The impatient shareholder, at a inceting lart November, severely and very anjastly condemned the policy followed by the director hitherto with so much succers, and passed some very unjustifiable resolutions censuring the manage- went of Mr. Ferguson, a gentleman who-—notwith standing the generally unfeeling disposition ‘ to al- low him) not to ledge here’—more than any other connected with the establishment, has worked hard and Joyally to suetain the reputation of the building. ‘The shareholders will repent their blindfold pro- ceedings, for the resignation of the then directors and Mr. Fcrguson ix generally to be regretted. Bince the resignatiop of the former directors and Mr. Ferguson, every step taken by the management hax proved out of order. Evidently the lowering of the prices of admission to one uniform charge—t e., la—was a mistake; the attempt to recall a certain number of shares, by giving fn exchange so many annual tickets, was a mistake too; und surely the bill of fare we have hinted at stands for itself, Tcan- not understund why our pres (unless for similar rea- sons touching the manner in which they were sold - anent the shem Itahan conferences—for shame), ixso silent onthe subject, though the Post did on Wednesday express itvelf strongly, which may be the precursor of some more conscientions articles ou the subject. There is an enormous sum of pri- vate capital embarked ia the undectaking, and it is surprising how the present di- rectors have ben allowed to pursue for so jong a time their present Crystal Pala- cidal policy. I believe that that indefatigable impresario, Mr. Willert Beale, has made some fabu lous offer for the whole establishment during the summer, which, if accepted, will enable the direc tors to show a large dividend at the next meeting of thareholders. Let them catch a wealthy speculator while they can. If it ia refoxed, and they continne their present management, the shareholders will have ratber more cause of complaint than they had lust Novemter. One hundred »ames are already down on the Gar rick Clob Hist 10) the Shakspere anniversary. This isa bigh compliment to Mr. Charles Kean, tor even when Mr. Charles Dicken took the chair, two years ago, they only numbered 70, then the greate-t meet on record. Lord Normanby, like a true noble hearted gentle- man as he i#, has sent a thousand francs to the La martine Fund. Oar Pa-t) Correspondence. Panis, April 8, 1858, The Feeling tn France Against England—What Will Napoleon Do?—The Emperor's Daily Drives Unattended— The Improvements in Paris— Sale of Rachel's Effecta—French Ideas of the United States, I wish I could report that the state of feeling in regard to late events, as relates to England, was assuming a more temperate aspect. I certainly see no symptoms of it. If it be the object of the French government to alleviate internal inflamma- tion by counter irritation, 1 can quite understand the advantage of its present policy. It cannot be doubted that at this moment the thousand and one grievances which public liberty lays at its door are less thonght of than the possibility that the day is fast approaching when France, in the full plenitude of her strength and the might of her arms, shall exact from La Perfide Albion that reckoning which for half a century has stood against her. Napoleon is immensely the gainer by this. In every society, of whatever political shade, you hear of nothing but @ kind of moody irritation. Le gitimist and Orleanist, Republican and Bonapartist, though differing greatly in the language they use, may be observed to be alike drifting towards the same conclasion, namely, that such an opportunity was never before given to France,and may never egain occur, of gaining that preeminence among the nations of the world which has so long been re- tained by England. “We will shake hands on this head and act with one head and heart, even though for all other purposes afterwards we become a rove of sand.” If sotne one less eager than the reat sug- gests that the expense will be ruinous, or that suc- cess will saddle France forever with its present dynarty end its consequent slavery, the answer is, the popularity of the policy will pardon the expense, and its certain success will prove a mine of wealth, and subsequent events will of themselves be strong enough to deal with the dynasty. The attentat of the Lith of January is thas tarned iuto political capital, though not precisely after the fashion of such events in general. In ordinary cases the nataral borror of assassination, however unpopa- Jar may have been the chief executive, comes for- ‘ward and flings the shield of ita sympathy over the head of the intended victim, and a fresh lease of the country’s good will ix drawn out for him. But Na poleon bas an inscrutable way of his own, and chooses that his political capital shall be realized in a different manner. Hence his complaint against England. Hence the manifesto published under his especial auspices, 400,000 of which have al- ready been sold. Hence the tence with which the atientat is still a open by means of the proaching Btate trials in Kagland. Hence also bis vermission to the journals under governmeut in- Toence, such as the Constitutionnel, the Patrie and the Pays to keep an open sore without entirely rip- ing off the bandage. Every word that appears vy england in any one of these papers is first submitted in proof to his ay yy eyes, often without the author's knowledge of the honor conterred upon him; but through the various «trata imposed between the Emperor and bimeeltf a filtration of the imperial ap- rovel or disapproval, somehow or other, reaches im, and he knows what to do. Not that I would in- sinuate that at this moment N: has imparted to any human being an outline of his future policy. On this head, even to his intimates—if any may really be called such—he is more inscrutable day. Of him emphatically it ma; that hi Fight hand doth not know what hia loft band dooth; and as Abdel-Kader was released from bondage his M y's own motion, without the minia- ter who stood elbow having received the slightest warning of bis intention, so will the gaunt- let be one day fiung down ich shall it the in dames and avenge the exile of St. Holena. Hot care will be taken above all Og done in the cause of Buropean right. One of the Emperor's strong antipathies is the slightest appearance of — on the part of any who approach him. Anything like a one ew tion, anything like a foot-fall near the citadel his own thought+—that fortress he so guards— he discerns with the of a sonsitive plant; and the offender i only made to surmise the cane of his offence some time after by the discovery ‘that he it no longer wanted.” RB is the abscace of every hd be ge gh) of this kind that rendors the preeent English Ambassador ao acceptable to him, and Lord Cowley, whose ouly taleut is that of making ® faithful record of what i+ jast before him, and never actin, pr motu, has the rare honor of being considered indispensable, Whether eventually he will prove to be the best agent for Bagland uader such circumstances, is another question. Napoleon ts detortitned that, whatever else may be alleged against him, no reasenable imputations shall at any rate lay against bia personal courage. Nothing can be more feariess than the manner in which he expowes himself. Sinee the article in the Times, which waa perverted so aa to imply that bis Majesty's former habits of driving about the capital in a aimple and unostentations manner waa changed pone day passes that he ia not seea driving slowly down the avenue of the witbout other attendants fot his Easter Sunday, such was the dense crowd of car riages in the Bois de Bor » that the Imperial cortege was often obi to go at a foot pace for ten minutes together, though pe oy ood cure is taken to avoid a circums of this kind. He may always be said to be well re- ceived in public, when nothing is shown to the con trary, for the French, with all their impulsiveness, are not a demonstrative peop'e in their hero wor- ship. In England, whether it is that we are not often favored with a sight of royalty, the people are very apt to give themselves serious sore throats from the energy of their wivats after the appearance of their chief mugistrate in public. he French are more cautious, and a rea! euthuaiastic manifesta: tion, after our Anglo-Saxon fashion. I have never yet witneseed. A stranger would say that the Emperor waa received with indifference, and | suspect the word is not inappropriate, the majority considering him “a prerent necessity.” The public reception on Monday, when Napoleon inaugurated a magnificent improvement of the capi- tal, called the Boulevard de Sebastopol, reactiug from the Strasburg terminus to the Selne, 2,500 metres, and from the left bank of the river to the Otwervatory, 2,000-——making the whole distance more than a league—was certainly a most favorable one. Nothing charms the French so much as the improve- ment of their metropolis», and not the sternest repub- hean, nor the most envious legitimist could refuse their meed of praise to one vho, from his first as cent to power to the present momeot, had showa himelt indefatigable in giving expression to the popular passion, The public works of Napoleon will be pyramidal memorials of his reign, when much that is now deservedly complained of i» forgotten. Few other cities can boast of such @ magnificent thoroughfare as that begun in 1864 and opened by him on Monday laat; and the prospects of the future in the way of improvement will, if rewlized, certainly render Paris the most aplendid city the world has ever known. Central markets provision ber ina manner unexampled; sub- teranean galleries, worthy of the works which exist in ancient Rome, render more wholesome the atmos- phere of her crowded population, while the eye is gratified with an outline of architectural beauty such as nowhere elee may be seen. “But your task, gentlemen,” saya the Emperor, addressing the ma- nicipality, who have bound themselves to accomplish gigantic improvements during the next ten years, with certain aids from the State, ‘is far from being accomplished; yeu bave lately approved of a general plan, which is to continue what you have ro well begum. The Chamber will, I hope, soon vote it, for they will then see every year fierh arteries opened, populous quarters rendered more healthy, rents lowered from the multiplicity of constractions, the working classes enriched by «m- ployment, mivery diminished by a better organiza- tion of charity, and Paris thus made to respond more and more to {ts high destination.” The effects of M'lle Rachel are advertised for sale on the 3d of April. Her Jewish kindred have put forth an advertisement worthy of the occasion. Everywhere we are told that during her passage through life the deceased received presents from sove- reigns or illustrious personages, all of which are no offered to the highest bidder. The advertisement adds that the ndmirers of M’lle Rachel will be nu- merous, and will warmly dispate for some souvenir of the great tragedienne. ‘The Presse has the following comment on the Kaneas bill: — The adoption of this bill, whose object is to introdueo Kap+as into the American Union with tha Lacomptwa con- +tiution mast be considered as a momentous snocess for the Sothern slavobolcers; but It is probable tual this © Tetintion favorit g siavery, which has Been tmp wad by the Scuth and Mr. Bucbanan. will, before the ond of the yeur, bave been revised by the citizens of ie new State. The Pays, however, has something more interest- ing for your side of the water, which yon will do well to read, mark, learn and inwardly digest. Lt saya:— Late accounts from the United States betray a apeciag of geveral cecay which is worthy of remark It is very tear tbat owing to tho constitation of that repablic, Amo 1» polit cians profit by every cirsumerence to axsail (a6 party in cfiice, enher with a view to their own bene'tt or that of their frien’. Public welfare is the last thiog In this copriats tho most certain and active of rations. Nothing great por profitable can iebed by a nation who is constantly pra ocsa ped with ifs nex! day’s existence, and whose streng’h ia stent ip contem ptivie strageles for office T> toese causes, to thin state of tho publo mind, must be aturinuted the 9o- cial sores of which fresh symptome are offered daily Ths door not en prise us 00 the partot a peopio whore wweonei-tercy ie cnly equalled by thetr vanicy. ‘We have heard of a certain geotleman, who shall be nameless, reproving sin; but France reproving another nation tor “inconsistency and vanity” is an exaggeration which flings the diabolic imperti- nence quite into shadow. M. Armand Levy, wood dealer, of the Rue de la uette— where took place the decapitation of Or- sini and Pierri—is to be the government candidate for the next circumscription of Paria; General Per- rot for the 3d, formerly commander of the Nutional Guard; for the remaining district M. Perrot, Mayor resigned the mayor- of the 8th arrondissement, has alty in order to become a candidate. . re is still living a M. Bouchard, at Berne, an nt wine merchant, who was the ctator of famous Convention, the details of which he relates—although active and intelli intimate friend o! , and was & 6 some of the most remarkable events of he has just entered on his 100th year—with great clearness and precision. His memory is extraordi- a, and he repeata ine from Virgil, which he learned while studying at the Jesuits’ Col- lege at Lyons in 1760. He became a widower after Lomein 9 heen married 69 years. He has since ma- naged his household affairs himself, never retiring to rest without having first made out an account of all his domestic ex; for the day. He rises with the eun, and is juently met at an early hoor in the morning at the top ofa lofty hill three miles from his house, and to which he had walked for the take of fettiog, fresh air. His friends hope that he pe le life many years from his present state of b Panis, April 8, 1858, The American Duel—Decision of the Umpires— Marriage of Miss Ridgway, af Philadelphia Republican Wealth Going to Prop up Broken Down Nobility—American Taste for Entails— The Entente Cordiale in the Hands of the Chevalier Wikoff, &e. The late duel between Messrs, Calhonn and Bre voort is the all engrossing topic of interest amongst our countrymen bere. Both parties are, I believe, heartily ashamed of the affair, and would gladly have suppressed all mention of it. As incorrect versions of the cause of quarrel may have reached you, I think it as well to send you an accurate statement of it- The facts are briefly these: Ata dinner party at the Café Philippe, at which were assembled some fast young Americans and three or four beauties, of the lorette order, the attentions of Mr. Brevoort to one of the ladies were pushed so far as to irritate Mr. Calhoun, who believed himself to possess stronger claims upon the lady, and who in his anger applied some offensive epithets to the former. These were replied to by a blow, and a duel was the conse- quence. It is alleged that Mr. Brevoort was guilty of a serious infringement of the rales pre- scribed by the code of honor by firing after the time agreed upon, and the seconds of Calhoun withdrew him from the ground. The point involved was sub- mitted to three umpires—Mesars. Pringle, of South Carolina; Thorndike, of Boston, and Low, of New York—and they decided that the dael was properly putan end to after the irregularity, whether acci- dental or otherwise, committed by Mr. Broevoort. Whatever may be the opinion entertained by the friends of the respective parties, no reasonable ex- can be taken to this decision. It is a pity that the principals in this unfortunate affair did not fall into the hands of their referees before they brought upon themselves the publicity and scandal consequent upon a breach of the laws. A grand event in our American circles came off this morning. The only daughter of Mr. John Ridg- way, of Philadelphia, was married to the Marquis de Gannay,a French nobleman. The bride has only just turned her twentieth Se ean and highly ae oy view of her father's enormous wealth has been considered a great prize, and all the young bloods of title have been en- in a hot pursuit of /a belle Americaine for the three or four years. Her parents have allowed her to exercise her own eat tame in this, to her vital affair, and nds i an agreeable exterior an old aame and fare rable cane i ate The marriage came off this morning, first, in the Protestant Chapel, the of the bride, and the Lge By: then repeated in the Catholic church, to which the oe . A break fast in the Englieh fashion followed at house of ently Poneh, Home teeiah ad e sprinkling. of moet Ua Ame: were a The “American Minster ‘was Called on to the marriage contrat alon, bg Mr. a pe a, London, an ir, Hottinguer, ‘rench jer. The bride looked very lovely, aa any pretty girl of twenty must do, with a becoming wreath of ora blossoma on her head, and her eye nm MS tl animation of such a thrilling moment. “ happy man” was essy and graceful, aa all well bred French: men are, and he seemed wonderfully resigned to his luck in marrying at 26 years of age ® young lady inseeing vo many chaTTa®. wobstuotial wise, as the fascinating Emily Ridgway, ond cle ] : 3 It isromored that Mir. Ridyway does net mean to give his daughter any covsiderabie dover at present and some eay thut be intends Lo test ew the bulk of bis vast fortune on his only son, a youth of some five or six years old. His futher before him, Jacob Ridgway, of Philadelphia, made tue sam? pre- ference for the male branch, by bequeathing most of bis meney to his son Joun, and euttin, off his two daughters, the late Mra. Rash ans Mrs. Dr. Barton, with the imi-erable stipened of #500,000 apiece. If, theretore, Me Jobn y, now of Paris, serves his pretty daughter in the same way, he will be under the unavoidable necessity of leaving to his son, the aforesaid young gentleman, the pitiful sum of three millions and upwards. The fortune of Mr. Ridgway must be hourly increasing, und it he lives twenty years longer. there ‘is no tell - ivg to what it willuRimately amount He is a care- ful man in money matters, aud never makes a bad investinent. In the political world a calm has succeeded the late hubiub with England. One thing i# certain, that sending the Duke of Malakoff to London cor ced the Mnglish government and press that Na- poleon was in earnest, and that if they wanted a quarrel he would not banlk them. moditied ita tone, and the Court has feied the French: ambassador going away, and itis swid the govern- ment intend to receive the grim Pelinsier with great ceremony and flatter all his hostile intentions out of him. The English, you see, know how to play on the French amour propre. ‘The Chevalicr Wikoff is at present in Paris osten- sibly engaged in making arrangements for the pab- lication of the French edition of his work, but im reality, | understand, in settling the snarls and com- cargos in which lreneh and E: i ve contrived to involve them» ing taken President Buchanan chia prote stiow and set him right with the Engtixh pustic, he thinks it but fuirto give Walewski uud Mulmesbury the benefit of his good offices. A happy man is the Che- valier. He lives ina world of his own creation, and continues to draw within its magic circle all sorts of talents and celebrities. It is indifferent wo bim whe- ther they enter yout? ot reluctantly bis charm- ed ring. He uses and dispores of them with the same superb facility aa if fate hud placed their desti- nies absolutely in his hands. ‘The War in India- The Fall of Lucknow. {From the Londoa Pines, April ¥ | ‘The siege, or, as we may all but say, the capture of Lucknow, bag absolutely oontirmed ascon- dency of our arms at a amall cont of Ife, and has dis- perred, though net destroyed, the last great or- ganized body of mutineers. These results are eminently satisfactory, for if we have not actually annihilated the revolt we huve stormed its last stronghold, have successfully ecouomed yur expen- diture of blood, and have driven the rebels in head- Jong rout into @ country where they cannot be dan- gerous and are not likely to be long secure. The hero of these decisive operations appears to have been Sir Jumes Outram, whose intimate fami- liarity with Indian warfare, and whose recent ac- quaintance with Oude and its people pecutiarly qualiticd bim for seconding the schemes of the Gon manderin-Chief throughout this critical campaign. Lett. after the evacuation of Lacknow, in th of the enemy's territory, he succeeded in rej from his position, without ios# to himself, a! swarms of assailants who were launched against ita walls; and after thus defying for weeks to the whole force of Oude, he turned out with his gar- rison in perfect efficiency to support Sir utin Camp bell on his fine advance. * . . With this success ends probably our last great de- finite operations against the mutineers of 1557. We have yet to be informed of the condition or num- bers in which the fugitives escaped, but the di- rection of their flight is #o fur fortunate that it vomitus little service to them aud comparatively little trouble to ourselves. It was not at all de- sirable that they should cross into the still, fernent- ing districts of Bandelcund, or disturb the popu- lous and productive provinces of Behar and Bengal. The degree of irritability etill surviving in thoeo parte may be easily inferred from the report com- municated by this very mafl,to the effect that Cal- cutta itelf ‘was in a panic as late aathe 3d of March, and that volunteers were called ont capnon planted against an anticipated uttack from the disarmed sepoys of Barrackpore. Under aneh circumstances it is an obvious tourer of satisfaction that the rush of the fugitive rebels should have beea made towards the west rather than the east, and in- - deed the measures of the Commander-in-Chief seem to have been expressly taken with the view of placing at least this result beyond doubt. All ave- pues of escape towards the east were carefully closed againat the inaprgents by the columos under Jung Bahadoor and Brigudier Franks, while the main army itself was inte! between them and the south. What may be the fortune reserved for there thrice beaten bands in the district of Rohil- cund, to which they have retreated, we shall not be long in learning. The province iteelf was undoubtedly one of the worst seats of the original rebellion, and some of the moet flagrant exam; of mutiny werg furnished by its garrisons. But the capture of Delhi, the incessant march of reinforcements from Meerut to the cast, and more recently the success. ful ‘tions of Sir Colin Campb- Il himself against the rebels at Futtehghur, must bave intimidated the turbulent, and brought the country to a great extent under control. There was a force, too, of Sikh levies lately organized, and placed under the command otf Brigadier Chamberlain, which was to descend from the northwest 0; this ver rovince, aad which, if we mistake not, should at time be somowherv about eee and therefore well placed to inter- cept the fugitives. Finally, twostrong detachments from the army of Lacknow, well provided with cavalry and horse artiliery, are already on their heels, so that little time, itmay be hoped, wilt be given them either to reorganize their forces or to — themselves in any fresh position for another stand. Although onr satisfaction might have heen more complete if the Indian revolt had been terminated by a definite surrender on the part of the Lacknow garrison, the actual result was certainly more de- sirable than the ouly remaining alteruative of a desperate and sanguinary struggle. We might have destroyed more mutineem, but we should have loet many more of our own soldiers; whereas at preseut the capital of Oude has been captured at litte cost. to our army, while the prospects of the rebel4 are unpromising in the extreme. How tenacicusiy the original mutineers preserve their military orgaui zation we have repeatedly seen throughout the course of this contest, and it is not improbable that one or two such assemblages as that still existing at Calpee may call for distinct expeditions on the part of our commanders. But main body of the fugitives, hemmed in between their immediate pursuers on the east, the friendly Sikh chiefs, backed by the entire force of the on the west,and the columns advancing through Rajpootana on the south, must be speedily reduced to despair; hor need we anticipate a renewal of an: such contests as have been sustained at Lacknow and Delhi. The mutineers have now ao stronghold or asylum remaining. They are at large in @ count where they have nothing but indifference or hostility to expect from the general population, where oar ascendency hus been already established, and where their few allies have paid the penalties of thair trea- son, We may still experience some trouble, bat Sir Colin Campbell's victorious campaign bas exempted us from any further risk of disaster, and haa termi- nated the conditions of regular war by the final dis persion of the enemy. Inte from wert ‘April 4) ole 5 Times | ‘he plot for the overthrow of the throne of a Taabella, and which is known by the name “Fusion,” begins to awaken genera! curiosity, in opie of the efforts of the favor- a9 if he himself were to Pog LY it; and he is now doing bis best to secure the Presidency of the Cabi- net for General Narvaez, who etill his eter sword for the service of his country. Ho, you see, it's the same old song. For these and other reasona it is thought that Narvaez is destined to be the champion of the fasion, and with this hope ita partisans are removing every obstacle in the way of his accession to power. In order to secare the graces of the nun Patrocinio, he sent her a hand- nome a any to assist in defraying the expenses of the religions ceremonies last week in her convent. It is alao supposed that if be aneceeds he will have for & no less @ person than Gonzales Bravo. Phil T mention what people Foam 4 think on this subject, my own opinion ia Nar- vaer will hardly te accepted by the Queen as Prest- dent of the Cabinet. She hay 4 strong dishke to him, and Ieturits is for we ‘acent ® minister for her Majesty to pert m. gto ares to the interests of Maria Chris- tina combate energetically the vlan of the: fusion, It boldly doclares it to be notLing more nor lees tham