The New York Herald Newspaper, May 2, 1858, Page 1

5 } | } THE NEW YORK HERALD. WHOLE NO. 7912. ARRIVAL OF THE BORUSSIA, ONE DAY LATER FROM EUROPE. Oe) THE NAPOLEON ASSASSINATION PLOT. SIMON BERNARD ACQUITTED IN LONDON. THE PARIS ELECTIONS. AFFAIRS IN SPAIN, &e., &e. : &e. The steamship Borussia, which left Southampton on Sunday, the 18th of April, arrived as this port early yes- terday morning, bringing advices from London dated om We evening of the 17th, and despatches from Paris to the evening of the 16th ultimo. The news is one day later than that brought by the The Paris correspondent of the London Zimes , writing on Friday, 16th of April, at six o’clock in the evening, aye: — Four o’clock this afternoon was the last hour allowed to for the sixth district—go that, for bad, three democratic lawyers have | capital chance of being elected for the department of the The most important is M. Jules Favre, who was of the most prominent republicans of the Legislative The Emperor will, it is thought, spend but a few days at ‘the Camp of Chalons, towards the close of the season. ‘Until then the camp will be commanded by Marshal Can- robert. It in said that two frigates are to be constructed on the plan of the ships of the line, plased with tron, as invented Dy the Emperor. They are to be first class, and built after the model of the Audacieuse and the Impetueuse. Orders have been given that companies of sappers and miners shall be organized on the island of Reunion and the French West India islands. They aro to be raised by voluntary enlistment, and are expected to contribute con. siderably to the defenee of the colonies in time of war. It is stated that the French riflemen are to be armed ‘with double parrelied guns, and that the experiment will be made with s fow companies at frst. ‘M. Brogniart, chef d’escadron of artillery, has been ap- pointed by the Emperor Napoleon to the command of the mihtary mission in Persia. It is worthy of remark that appointments of this kind are now for the frst time made by the government. During Louis Philippe’s reign the Freach officers who accepted service in Persia were struck out of the army list. It ip announced that M. A. Hausmann, the late Chance- lier at the French Legation in Chins, has been appoined French Consul at the Cape of Good Hope. The notion that it is intended to make the Paris Confe. ference a permanent institubon is corroborated by private letters received from various quarters. Some of thé fermen Powers have already taken alarm at the idea of = Conference meoting regularly in Paris to nettle the ‘quarrels of Europe. The Paris Patric states that the government, baving consulted the Council of State, Bave abandoned the idea of modifying the inw imposing a duty on the transfer of relway shares. The question is to be further considered Previous to the session of 1859, when time shall have shown the effect of the existing law. The people of Nantes are in great alarm lest the whole shipping trade of that port on the Loire should be inter- cepted by the new harbor of St. Nizaire, at the mouth of the river, just as Havre at the Seine’s mouth prevent: beav ) carges from going up to Rouen. The receipts of the Paris and Orleans Railroad Company for tbe week ending the 6th ultimo amount to 1,062,186f 18e., being * decrease of 112,339f. 81c., a8 compared with the corresponding week of last year. The receipts from the lat of January to the Sth of April amount to 13,569,- 97f. Sic., being a dimination of 1,750,440f. 465,, a8 com- pared with the corresponding period of the yoar 1857. ‘The traffic returns of railroads in the United Kingdom, published for the week ending April 10, amounted to £407,230, and for the corresponding week of last year to £436,710, showing a decrease of £31,490. The gross ro- ceipta of the cight railroads having their termini in Lon- don amounted for the week ending a8 above to £167,704, ‘and for the correspondin~ week of last year te £186,773, sbowing a dectease of £19,069. The following despatches were received by telegraph $0 the London Jimes:— Manar, April 15, 1858. Colonel Verdugo, Deputy to the Uortes, was severely wounded in s due! yesterday. It mw said that her Mi is in an interesting state. ‘The Madrio journals of the 12tp of Aprii do not contain ews of much importance. ‘The result of the Customs Conference at Vienna is so incomplete that the’ representatives of the various Pow. ers are to return in June with fresh instructous. ‘Baupress bas the following — — ’ Napum, April 14, 1858. Tae formation of a camp at (acta is seriously spoken of. Count the King's brother, has resigned the com mand of Royal Guards, in consequence of a difficulty ‘with his Majesty. Tt i understood that every effort will be made to ar- range the diflerence between Sardinia and Naples prior to the meeting of the conference. The submission of ihe queation to arbitration is stil! talked of, and the King of Bolland is now named as perfectly neutral, and yet with sufficient maritime interest to constitute him an eligible arbitrator. In the Sardinian Chambers the discussion of the Alien Conspiracy bill was renewed on the 13th of April. The day's proceedings were opened by Count Solaro della He did not, he said, impugn the ° 5 Ss ; i ul Hn i ited Ha BgS38 i He denounced the whole joct ae ® mockery, os Proj ory ‘We know the value of the French alliance, the respect due to the majesty of those who reign; we hold in detesta- tion the attempt of the 14th January; if we combat the Jaw, it is without any idea of hostility to the ministry— ironical laughter)—and tf the offenders are to be sent be Ae ae ep nnn “inahond of Betere Juries,” we will vote The honorable member eat down amid the cheers of the ee espe mer, ® ministorialist, rose to suppor. ‘The Snabian Mercury, of April 14, announces from Heg- Ddurg, Switeeriand, that 250 men have been sent for to put down troubles which bad broken out on the occasion of the municipal elections, A red (lag had been displayed. ‘The public houses frequented by the radicals are closed by authority. ‘The London (lobe says it is positively stated at Berlin (Cologne Gasettr) that Russia intends to give notice of the 4 Ceagation of all her treaties of navigation and commerce ‘with other States, and to modify them in conformity with the new custome tariff, taking the treaty between France and Rogsia as the model. The relations of Russia with foreign countries will thus become more free, and will soquire more extension. It is thought tbat the treaty of i commerce between Russia and Prussia will also be re- ‘vised, ‘The situation of Turkey and Montenegro appears 20 alarming that the Russian Chargo d’ Affaires at, Vienna has Dees charged to announce that Russia is concentrating troops on the southwest to provide for contingencies. 4 letter from Mostar, in Bosnia, of the 2d of April, in- forms us that the Turkish troops, at that date, remained ai their camp of Stolaz, and that it is not probable that hostilities will commence for some time to come. Kadri Pacha and Selim Pacha have 12,000 troops yder their orders, and of them one-third are regulars, The Pachas have, moreover, 2,000 irregular cavalry. The majority of those troops are at two days’ march from Trebinye, but they do not show any disposition to move there. Our London Cerrespondence. Lonpon, April 17, 1858. ‘The New Government—Mr. Disracli’s Financial Statement— “Honorable” M.P.’t—Giovanni Lani Condemned to Death —Prostitution in London—One Million Francs Subscribed Sor the Families of Orsini and Pierri—The Political AspectThe India News—Prospect of Finishing the War— Removal of the Payer Duty—Theatrical Items— Mr. Dickens? Reading for the Beng: of Sick Children Crim. Con., dc. After an interregnum for the accommodation of the new government, the House of Commons has re-sssembled. As yet the meetings of the representatives have not been characterized by the production of any measures from ‘those in office or the hostility of those in opposition. All parties appear to concur in awaiting the new financial statement of Mr. Disraeli today, amd there has been no measure proposed in the lower House since the de- cease of Sir Robert Peel which has occasioned such antici- pation or originated to much discussion. There can be no question that on the equable taxation of a people depends its welfare; and more, upon the successful working of taxa- on, when equable, depends the very existence of a na. tion as such. Such is theory, and he would deservo well of his country who should frame a tax to perform its several purposes without occasioning dissatisfaction to the taxpayer, and enormous outlay of coMoction, and yielding at tho same time sufficiont revenue. This is the problem, and on its solution depends the permanence of direct or indirect taxation. Virtue haying run full tilt against Mr. Isaac Butt and come off but inferiorly in the encounter, has again poised 2 lance against another member of Parliament, and this time with better success. Mr. Glover, who had been re- turned for a respectable burough <1 have forgotten the name), was declared by his antagonists to have calmly perjured himself to the Sheriff when he affirmed that he possessed the qualification to sit in Parliament required by the statutes. But it would seem on investigation that, like many other gentlemen who live om nothing a year, the embryo legislator was not of sufficient compe. tency to entitie him to sit. is £3008 year. Acsord- ingly Mr. Glover will pass the next four months of his Ten ee Sie Seen © ae ae house of de- Apropos de . The trial of Giovanni Lani has i it have anticipated, in a im the case drawing attention to the necessity for !mmediate magiste- rial 60] gion towards the gate dens which abound IntheJlaymarket and ts neighborhood. weno ee, in company with a medical friend of my own, ie attach- ed to one of the London tals, the morning after the murder. He was requested by the = of the estab- CJ faidy inthe last” f immediately’ and e '@ went 11 on our arrival we were ushered into the house by Madame ah or and Mr. and Mrs. Disher. ‘With much ceremony they escorted vis up stairs toe filthy denuded , next to the ber where the murdered Laubin lay, contained nothing but a bed and ite occupant. In sq and misery this wretched woman lay loted with @ hideous a , the mere aspect o which made me udder—s See ferror ito he vines more tba the hombien fax army of bishops. friend performed an operation of which, as your journal is not a special one, I Talluded just now to Orsini. The time of reaction has arrived, and he who a fortnight ago was cursed ricide, is Dow veneratea as & with the Ravaillacs and z 5 i : ri & Sceevola or a Brutus. What must the Emperor feel that wy bed the lies of aD aly, oad in thie ies te an country the sxbecription is yy the chief nobility of Tuscany. hort out feolings and eo we someumes stacy our fling, wurt our 80 we 'y our fee! x oureatven te Go Wath, ama oncuatenly tod ives in no end of scrapes. The political world of cence, awaiting on' popping forth wen cork of dighomatio wourve to cause no end of rows more ‘vades the Continent, to say nothing of there at home, We were always lost in ‘the incomprehenribie conduct of the late governmest in not leaving & stone unturned with a view (aod aided, too bya of the London press) to provoke s rupture with . Let us call your attention to the great exertions of Louis Ni to turn his naval re- Sources to the best and most account. Con siderable alarm is felt here at the prot of the Cher- ae about to in the SE Oe nee one ae ee Only to think of the senseless amd absurd proceeding of that ane- bores nt illegall: & French vessel. The Kitg of his narrow, ontinental sip ‘without his host, «| a Coburg. ‘The grand question of the hour is whether Russia and Austria are likely © come to blows. It in evident that Austria bas long since forgotten her 1848 devt of gratitude due to Russia. Truth being stranger than fiction don't de astonished if Louis Napoleon yet takes the liberal side in italian matters. ‘You will not find our Indian news by this mail quite first chop. The recently received telegrapnic despatches make it that General Wyndham reahnens, guard nomines. As it “is an ill ‘wind that blows no body good,’ the probable continued for steam transport will prove very favor. American . e able, has been compiled with great care and an industry of antiquarian learning that is quite unusual at the present Fie reruit of Mr. Kean’s labors will be seen in the splendid developement now in preparation: and if we are to anticipate the successes of the fnture by the triumphs of the past, we may safely say thet the great tragodian of the nineteenth century, insignia iptr, ‘ligno patr natus, bas accomplished @ work that will entitle him to be en Foiled in the records of English dramatic history as one of ite greatest ornaments and most successful represen tatives, Charity begine at home: and go the old adage 's a correct Opp, Mr. Caries Dickens read his ‘“Ohristwas Carol’ inst SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 2, 1858. evening in St. Martin’s Hall, for the benefit of the hoapi- tal for sick children, and this morning most of the papers announce that he is shortly about to give readings ‘or nie own es] interest. Thus, all these ‘cnaritapie” ap- peart have, after all, have been but renearsals and puffs prelimimary. Mr. Dickens must remember toet an accomplished amateur docs not always make a good ac- tor. However, this he knows by experience, havivg tried the “sock and buskin” before. He mast not be envious: there is butone ‘Mont Blanc” and the Smith family have laid main forte on that and Vesuvius tao. pe. Fame benaon of ae of scandal in ail truth- nese reported to you in one of my recent episties, you must know that our pet here—' in bis case means the reverse of # great man or a ‘warrior—Lord Osr- digan, has done his best to hush it up. However, thus stands the escapade: The and aristocratic young lady, Miss Di W——y, although @ virgin mother, is, she bez never entered the bay marital state, was deperately evamored cf the olfactory lord—you know that he is remarkable for # proboscis—and expressed herself to ber putative pater in language which meant to cou- Was can’t live without him.”? Now the at least the yachting world the lord occasionally visited at which he did the usual, but dishonorable wi ya- siness, in, took no notice as long as the confined to his chez sir. Wnen the pabhc et “(disgustibus,’’ did the surprised and eo up the jumpang Hart, the up cavalry. “Never,” exclaimed about packing her luggage. To be as know that Italian proverb bas it, have a long purse, so is certain smiles. She is vow located at the Park Hotel, opposive the marble arch, beahedeunay yseshphaheang ‘“‘hichéeing’’ herself by her style of living. Our Paris Correspondence. Panis, April 16, 1868. The Weather— Political Clouds—Lord Cowley’s Visit to London— Activity in the French Army and Navy—The French Press on the Perim Question—Pellissier’s Prepa rations to Depart for England—His Suite—The Persian Envy Left for Marecilles— Napoleon's Attentions to Him —Favorable Accounts of the Crops—Trade Dull—Mar- riage among the Beau Monde~Musical and Dramatic Ttems, éc., dc. We are favored with truly delightful weather. The wind, indeed, blows somewhat keenly from the north ‘west, but a bright shining sun renders us proof against it. There are two months in the year—from the date at which I write to the middle of June—when this capital, always beautiful, possesses its most attractive aspect. In no other city in the world can there be foundsuch a happy mélange of town and country—palace, foliage, fountain and ver- dure—and at no other period can it be seen to such advan- tage. Ere it wings its flight to other centres of attraction, the beau monde now clus‘ers in the highways as if to in- vite ali the world to admire ite equipage and toilette, and other innumerable accessories of its station. The mid- summer scorching rays #0 keenly felt in this bright at- mosphere, reflected from snow white buildings and sandy avences bordered with asphalt, have not yet arrived; and we acknowledge nothing of the sun but its loveliest beams, ite most gladsome aspect, and ite vivifying effect on the countless beanties of the city. The silvery stream of the Seine, the budding leaf on the groves of trees which so harmoniously blend with the triumphs of architecture, the gracefal curve of the palatial streets, the inaumerabie fountains dancing in the light, the fiasbing gleam of armor which the peculiar military régime eo constantly presents té the eye, are never seen with such effect as at this sea- som, and they who would visit @ smokeless atmosphere and epjoy such wonders of art as the industry of ages has collected and concentrated in the Queen of Cities, should don their travelling sandais and come hither. Pity it is that there should still be signa in the distance Of political clouds whose gathering may one day interrupt the pleasures of the voyager. But an opinion prevails «mong all well informed persons, that in spite of many courteous speeches and of a manifest desire on the Emperor's part to keep matters as quiet as ponsible, there is still “mischief s brewing.” This mach js certain, that while the refugee question and the atientac of the 14th of January is much less discussed, the promi pence of England’s geographical position is continually brought om the tapis, accompanied by remarks which suff ciently indicate a desire to enforce a more equitadle arrangement on this subject. Men of all parties seem to find a common field, and the fact of the English being themselves aware of French jealousy, as evidenced by the late Parliamentary discussion of the nevy estimates, by no means diminishes the frequency of the comments made on this side the Channel. It is wei! Known that the Fmperor has intimated to those arouad him that any re marks made on the subject of English and French diffe rence will be moet offensive to him, and suo more, his Majesty's private opinion is therefore a sealed lotter. Notwithstanding whch, however, his enfowrage are not slow to make their sentiments tolerably well known, and it may bo said that at no time since |ts accession has the second empire been #o free from invidious disparagement on the part of legitimists, Orleaniata and republicans a now. It is generally supposed that Lord Cowley’s present visit to London is to tel) the Derby ministry all be knows. That hie Excellency does not Know much more thaa his neighbors, is, however, probabiy y near the trath He can but say—what ail the world knowe—that at so than now, that the means of increasing t almost ince. nitely are most carefully for; that at Touloa, Brest and Havre the navy is receiving from the highest quarter perpetual stimulus by action, wi Ube great national dockyard, the travail is increased and ; Dut that in the meanwhile nothing can be fairer than the language of Napoleen The foliowing, from the Courrier de Paris, ie worthy of Attention, as being a faithful epitome of what those who imspire the bigher journals say, but ecruple to wrie — The possession of the Isiand of Perim completes, in an sd- mirable marrer, ibe network of atrategical 8 hich Ineures the security of British commerce and of the British Davy Compinintaand represenia'ions have been made in vain tothe Knglish government, which remains ‘althful to ite ancient traditions of developit set toot, of never drawing from a stragale, bu of si Ways bolding Keelf prepared for he laiter Hiab, not th the occupation of Perim, have already com erecting fortifications on that spot to. ” Ng of @ Power waich violates neither tolemn treaties nor the dignity of lis neighbors, and which, with insane Dijadness, abandons itseif to lis lust for comqnest and lennon afforied by recent misfortune land reine thatthe ininnd of ey an thuch ae Ube Tala: vot the he ows bono ¢ ferim belongs to Turk And tbat if the Porte has not the energy to guar fag integrity, t behooves the great Powers to pains Duke de Malakoff has started for Bagiand. Greet ve been tl © may appear arintocratic Colt of te aes with proper eclat. Some ‘upat the — after Easter ey demanded could not be The reservoirs in the Dols de Bologne will thie year a source of great to the municipality by the quanti laa) winter Paris con: made by the feet wide and 62 feet deep) to extend this advantage still further. They are to be divided into ten compartments, each capable of = she went, whether to the to dor }—\o chapel, al eyes were fixed ‘upon her. Avone ime it was even said that the Emperor himeclf was ie danger of falling at her feet, and that Lp ae sitted upon ber name being strock out from the Imperial invitation list, Whether this be true or not, it is certain that she bas continaed to be up to the present time a eub ject of admiration on the of the male sex, and of very considerable abuse on the part of her own Three days ago, however, she con rented to forego the fleeting honors of public adm ration for what—it is to be will form the more en- during laurels of domestic life. After scorning the sent ambassador at Florence, Mr. Howar'!, rother of the Far! of Cartisio—fionting various other private secretaries to attaches and heirs of splendid rent rolls, she hae thrown herself intagthe arms of George Pexe, Esq. one of her Majesty's attaches to the British Embassy, only too happy, &s some spitefnl young ladies say, to find suck « termina tion to a career thet had already ceased to be brilliant. The fact ip, Mire Shey: others of the power of mind over oth updoubtediy beautiful, but hor beauty an snstance among ten thousand atters she was of itsef preserved her superio She had a certaiu esprit that came in aid and sustainé@ her pre jong afier ber good persona) attractions had This was her secret, and it has enabied ner without the ad- ‘vantages of great fortune, of aristocratic birth, or any possession more than may be found any day 1a thousaads of her sex, to hold a place in aristocratic circles here, such 88 is given to few. What the advantages of the mao she bas delighted to honor may be, I do not kao, except that he has long been remarkable for his handsome per- sen; but in refusing to unite her fate with Mr. Howard, the recently appointed Minister at Florence, in the room of the Marquis of Normanby, aud formerly Charge d’ At faire at Paris, she has certainly show an example of the Ld sure! as be. Mee ‘aac rene Lee tat eames yg success of Tamberlik. His et 3 H g J E 5 = 4 g i a [ : H iit a “pert 8 hee The Political Horizon—Presentiments of Trouble—Warlrke Preparations of European Powsrs~Tha King’s Health — The Prince and Princess Frederick William —Appear anceand Manner of the Princess—Annoying Restric tions of Court Etiquette—The Academy of Arts—Model of the Vistula Bridge—1he Bridge and the River—Ap proaching Oumpletion of the Eastern Railway, dc The state of things in France aad the incomprehensible Dehavior of Louis Napoleon have caused, and are still causing, the utmost anxiety here, as well asin the weat of Europe. Al! confidence in his prudence and circumspec- tion is gone, and apprehensions of a sudden coup de tite are entertained as vivid as when he pronounced the me- morable and ominious words, ““L’Empire c'est la paiz.”” Muzzled as the French press is, no one can tell with any degree of certainty what is going on in the country itsel’; Dut this very circumstance gives the more weight to the violent and incessant attacks of its accredited organs upon England, it being naturally concluded that #0 acute a po- Utician as the Emperor of the French would not allow the passions of his subjects to be lashed into fury without in Vending to avail himself of them for the prosecu tion of his plans. It ia recollected thgt the war with Russia was ushered in by s similar discharge of paper broadsides; then, as now, the Univers led the van, launching the same anathemas against the achismatical Muscovites as it does now against the here- tical English; and the occupation of the island of Perim affords as good « pretext for the expression of virtuous indignation as did that of the Danubian Principalities. In a word, there is a feeling of general uneasiness—a kind of presentiment thats terrible storm is brewing, which may burst no one knows when, and shake all Furope to its foundations. England ts evidently taking evory pre- caution in ber power to secure herself against any sudden eruption; Austria is increasing ber army in Lombardy, and Russia is concentrating @ strong force in the kingdom of Poland—perhape to co-operate with her new ally against her quondam friends. As for Prussia, she will persevere an long as possible in the attitude of neutrality abe main- tained during the late confiist, though her wishes would prompt her to take the part of Fogland if she were not afraid of being sasailed by Russia in the East while en- gaged with France in the West. Thero is some talk, in. deed, of her assembling & corps of observation on the Rhine; but unless a war should actually break out she will refrain from any step that might give umbrage to louis Napoleon, who very possibly would be glad to indulge his beliicose propemsities in some enter- prise less difficult and dangerous then an invasion of Kag. land. So anxious is this government to keep on good terms with its formidable neighbor that the police have repeatedly admonished the Berlin newspapers to be cau- uous in ther remarks upon French affairs, and A laddera- datch, whore irreverent witticisms bad excited the ire of M. de Monateir, the French Ambassador, bas been obi! ip consequence to restrict bh mself to sly allusions, in which China reads for France, and the ancient Roman emperors for their modern colleague. It appears the King’s journey to ao has been adjourn- ed sine die, but 1 am upable to learn whether this is owing ‘to the state of bis bealth or to po!itical considerations. That the former is till far from satuefactory is evident from his having been unable to attend at the christening of . & daughter of Prince Frederick oh wok place on Saturday, Ho will be & fow days from Chariotienburg to Potsdam, where he wo B ed the spring, and his further move- ments will depend upon circumstances. Prince Frederick William and his young wife, too, will leave Berlin to day, Sehlors, which could not be ly warmed by any known process of calefaction while their own is not yet ready to receive them, and will not be the next iwelve months. Festina lente is the favorite maxim of the Germana {they take their own time, and are not to be hurried, whatever be the 'y of the case, I had aa tunity on Friday of seeing the Princess at the English chapel, where | was seated only afew yards from her Royal Highness, and must modify aod Roy: flatly correct the description I gave you of her extérieur jw own oF chestnut, sleek and glossy, and quite in with the whole contour of her face. the really & ‘winsome wee thing,’ whom any man might be happy to cail his own. 1 am told sho focls very mach annoyed at the strict etiquetie she obliged to observe here, and which is quite at va- rianoe with her tastes and inclinations. Her first lady of Countess her, a formal old the duties of her faak,’ and as ovatincally aghast st W jaties ran ‘as con! ie indiscreet condescension’ and taunted’ neteete of the little Princess, who cannot be made to under she onght to talk, thi in fact do everything, different to day, jumping up to out of the covered with sleam, and erchief to wipe it off herself, at i pa LAT, Inet the erection ted iron upon seoure an upinterry| yaomage Sug the winter and Tt spans the Vie 500 feet in length, stone piers. The chief or central pier is surmounted by two towers, one on each side, and reaches an altitude of 180 feet. The width is 50 feet below and $1 fect at the top. The railway in the middle and each side, with overhanging footways outside the towers, and the iron girders that tondway from the ye eastern portal of the brhigé is an arch 120 feet in height, opening from a fortified and castellated yard, 111 feet long by 72 feet broad. The arch will be ornamented with scuiptares representing the introduction of Christianity in Prussia by the German knights, &c. Sanguine expectations are entertained by the inhabitants of thie capital respecting the advantages that will accrue to traffic by the completion of the Kagwro Railway, open tng as !t does the core growing provinces of Eactand West Prussia, from the arrival of whose produce @ redaction in the present high rates of provisions is antici The distance from Beriin to Konigsburg, the great shipping port of the Baltic, about 400 miles; is now travelled in 15 hours. Next summer ) continue butlding the road to the Rossian frontier, 6 it is to join the 8. Petersburg rail- ‘way, 60 that by the time the latter ts finished there will be an uninterrupted communication by rail from Paris to Banu, April 14, 1868. ‘The Prime Minister's Statement to the House of Lords and Chamber of Deputica—TIhe Administration of the Gov. ernment—The King’s Health Improving—His Brother Empowered to Represent him for Three Months Longer— Rumored Conditional <Abdication of the King—Cost of Potice Espionage and the Governmet Press—Ihe Prince and Princess Frederick Wiliam—The Difficulty about the Marriage of the Princess Hohenzollern and the King of Portugal—Two Royal Prowies for the Wedding—Ami- cable Settlement of the Affair—The Berlin “Punch” on Napoleon—Goverement Interference—The Drought, dc. ‘On Monday the Prime Minister made the following state- ment, first in the House of Lords, and then in the Cham- ber of Depaties:— It is now almost three months since it was my duty te make you sequaluted with the circumstances which had led to the measures taken inreference to the supreme ad- ministration of the country. Authorized by a professional ‘opinion, I was enabled at that period to express a confi- dent that the Lag 4 ‘mprovement vistbie in the health of bie Majesty the King would finally result in his entire recovery. These hopes baye not been weakened since then; on the contrary, the bee physicians, on being Crew aoe by command his Royal Higo ness the Prince ef Prussia as to the state of his Majesty's health, declared on the 3d of the present month that sub- sequent to the 24 January, when they made their Laat re- port, a marked improvement hd ensued in bis Majesty’s concition; and that accordingly the illustrious patient must pot only now, as then, be im the light of an undoubted free agent, but the hopes expressed in the certificate above mentioned as to the probability of a favorable issue of his ma'ady, and the con- sequent ability of his Majesty to resume the direction of affairs, mij be entertained with still greater pros- ~ of their realization. In reference to the period, wever, in which these exponaiions are likely to be fu'filled, the medical mon still deciine to venture upon a decided opinion, confining themselves to a repetition of their former remarks, that even after his Majesty’s com- plete recovery it would be necessary for him w guard againat a relapse by abstaining for several months from ‘apy participation in State irs, Under these circum- stances—continued M. de Manteuffel—tne King and the Prince of Prussia have come to the same conclusien aud adopted the same resolutions respecting the further ad- ministration of the kingdom as were communicated to tho Legisiature on the 14th of January lsat. His Majesty has again entrusted his august brother with full and unlimied wers to replace him in the direction of government af- the famil ire and concerns of the royal bouse for a term three months, inning with the 23d instant, and his we “ Highness bas been pleased to accept of this trust. It is in compli- ance with the orders of the Prince of Prussia that the Cabinet have been induced to make this communication to the two houses of the Legislature. * The above announcement has occasioned considerable surprise and some disappointment. It has been currently reported that the proxy granted to the Prince of Prassia would be prolonged for six months, with the understanding that if at the expiration of that time the King should still be unable to resume the exercise of his regal functions, the Chambers would be summoned to receive the intelli- gence of his Majesty’s final retirement from the helm of government. The medical opinion quoted by M. de Man- tevffel, though exceedingly cautious in its phraseology, seems rather to confirm the impression universally enter- tamed, that whatever may be the improvement in the King’s physical health, his restoration to the use of bis mental faculties bas made very little, if any, progress during the last few months; and at bis age, and with the symptoms that are continually show. tng themselves, there appears but litle prospect of equilibrium, mtate internal administration of the country, but which, con sidering the threaten'yg aspect of foreign clouds that are gathering over attended with serious danger were it not known ernment ikely to Sate of suspended animation, only be emergenc; now in voting Fite to pene re ees on One of the chiet ob- jects of attack were large sums of money devoted they described as a servile In ee ‘of their eloquence, invariably passed as proposed by solid phalanx of adherents is not to be moved by oratory or shaken by argument. It is deserving of notice that cee, ee With the police belongs to the department of M. de Westphalen, the Minister of the Inte- rior, who ta partioularty obnoxious to the liberal party; and the ardor exhi in his defence by the right is an evident proof that they stil) consider bis venure of office quite secure, alt h the admirers of the Prince of Prus- ria are persuaded as soon as his Royal Highness his own master his first act will be to cashier M. de West- ‘The rate are generally quick enough to leave a sinking ship, and as long as they stick to her there can hardly be much danger of her foundering. ‘The Prince and Princess Frederick William returned from Weimar on Sunday even! and will remove to ing, in the course of thie week. Great excitement haa been created in our higher circles by Aan incident oon. . Princess stephanie of Hohen- and Chamber. sD the Berlin “Punch, y in it fea’ and Quite acci- jero end Cali- news| Pep pa hy ‘it ip noton ul of offending ita own government, bu reprimanded for ite strictures upon that After a few days of fine Into Siberia, and of aparte. weather we have re have Oe ye tT eranon a cold. ‘in thot, the thermometer has tea below the freezing point for several nighta in succession. There searce & trace of vegetation to be seen, and everything ‘woars the appearance of mid-winter. Apprehensions are entertained that thie unseasonable rigor of the atmos. phere, combined with the excessive drought, will geatly delay the labors of the ulturiat, and seriously inter. fore with the prospect of # good harvest. Our Madrid Correspondence. Maparp, April 3, 1859, Pohtical State of Madrid— Queen in Procession on Holy Week—New Steam Vesela of War—Ame rican Vessels Freighted with Coolies for Cuba Recall of the British Minister The political condition of Spain still remaing Colony in Guinea doubtful. Within the week there have been seizurea made of Carlists at the capital itself, and at the same time, with views widely different, and objecta avowedly opposite, the republicans have also issued handbills of encouragement to the liberal party of the country. . In the midst of these kindlings to strife has ap- peared a letter from Don José de Olozaga, to the electors of Albacete, declining to be @ candidate to the Cortes, unwilling, he says, ‘to expose his friends to persecution, advising them to retire from @ con- teat’ where victory is net possible, in spite of nam- bers.” Had the language been that of the brother, the Minister of the liberal party at Paris—re-called with the downfall of Espartero—it could not have been more eloquent, or delivered to better effect. “Taking ao in these struggles we aid them, retir- ing we destroy them; for selfishness, intolerance and injustice undo the most robust of parties, and this (the absolute) is weak indeed.” Itis iS ae hee 1 ee to spi we are approaching— e ice of the throne, may be the asbandency throug fire and blood of = republican party. And yet in this holy week the een has walked on foot with her maids of honor t h streeta both narrow and broad, showing herself and saluting crowded thousands without seemingly exposed to danger, and without ‘a thought of it, the women admiring beauty of her dress, and the men in their gallantry declaring that she was guapa. But who would be so foul as to raise a riot in holy week? No cavallero —no Spaniard. One of the journals in a pl piel sara the while, thos peas aloud to itself: “The life of absolute kings is laborious and agitat that of constitations!’ ones is < ail and secure. The undertaking of an lute monarch to bear upon his shouldere the weight of governing a people is a task superior to the strength of any individual, however gigantic he may be. The task of a constitutional Be so right that ae one may go on with it having thoughts of rectitude and feelings of good intentions.” The schooner-steamer Santa Teresa, which, as I wrote you, had left the stocks at Ferrol and gone to sea, has made a trial trip thence to Corunna and back, with a velocity and precision of movement highly satisfactory to the bate of the govern- ment. Her ery is exclusivel, i. at the naval station on that island (the only one that Spain has), and remarkable as the first that has been produced. The power is eighty horse, and the works throughont are declared to ectly well made. Other vessels of war will be ic] ina short time, which are also ordered to be fitted with due care and in a like manner. ‘The last returns from Manila show that the su- ee of that island in the last year has brought @ _— price than ever it was known to have dona before. The exports had doubled in fourteen years. The income from the customs in 1857 amoanted to $766,409, or say $155,000 more than that of the year previous. The crisis of Europe and America had not there yet been felt. The Spanish ——— having issued orders to permit the landing of as many as 60,000 Chinese im the Island of Cuba, the exportations had so greatly augmented at Macao as to have attracted the atten- tion of the American Minister, Mr. Read, who had sent a note to the Spanish Consul General there, in- forming him that the laws of the United States prohibited the taking of persons from China by American vessels to any country where slave ists, to remain there for an indefinite time; nsequently the Minister requested easy, and that cor the Consul not to allow the of any Chi- nese to the Island of Cuba to take place im American vessels. The Consul, it seems, has courteously nded that he can do no less than observe the of his sovi and protect those who in the favor of the Spanish laws pursued # per- mitted business, and that the grounds of complaint would be probably better laid before the Court of Madrid through the there of the republic, after which he should be pleased to execute whatao- ever the authorities in their union might think pro- per to resolve. The sudden recall of Lord Howden, as British Minister at Madrid, has been the occasion of sincera Tegret amon; the Spanish people. He has lived im the Peninsula very many years; has fe it with them in the war of succession; speaks their lan- | moe gene is fixed in their customs. Every year vy sums have been handed over for the use of the poor, by this patron of the arts and familiar friend of gentlemen of letters. With these great advantages it bas been observed, with pain, that he has been without influence in the Court equal to his personal advantages. In fact, since the mar- riage of Montpensier with an infanta, the Frenchy have had an aseendency with Sores, which was not lost with the downfall Louis Philippe. The noble lord is reckoned eccentric. In the cake: dral of Seville he has saved, at no little » the frescos of Murillo from ruin, The most r4 ‘ef all ball fighters at the close of his career sent him his red apron and blade, which are trophies upon ‘the wall. In the same room is a Mount Calvary, raised with a truly monkish taste, that looks to ear- lier and darker days for reapect and lanation. ‘The ambassador, it is said, has stood ever firm in the support of liberal primciples, and if he haa failed to accomplish his desires he has been strong aang te neu! the evil councils of some, wha, it is aon with some spite—have not his claims ta ) a gov the pelitical affairs of Spain. ernment seems to have determined apom enlarging and making permanent its solony in the Gulf of Guinea. It offers ise passes to those who would send agents there to fix houses, and jae ay iarsof the order of Jesus are about leaving for Sie propagation of the Christian religion among the heathen Africans. THE NAPOLEON ASSASSINATION PLOT. Simon Bernard's Trial In London-i it Detence of his Counsel—Acquittal Prisouer. (From the London Times, April 17.) las Battie aod @ person name unknown, was resumed om the morning of Friday, 16th instant, (ith day,) before the Lord Chief Juatice, the Chief Baron, Mr. Justice Frie, and Mr. Justice Crowder. ‘The interest in the p oceedings appears to bave increased rather than diminished, and the announcement affixed to the doors of the court shortly after 0 o'clock, that the gal- Jeries were full, afforded s proof of the auxiety of the public to be present. Immediately on the arrival of the Judges, Mr. Edwim fis i? permitted to say it in the presence of one of ‘whose , Whose attainments, whore whose eloquence was to be found roomie in the of the lant State trial which bad taken place in that Court. presemt case came before the jury under the most ex- traordinary circumstances, His able friend, the Attorney ph OE, I th 4 of dignity wi Wotoue ance sb the penn a — > explained it apnals of abould ba verdict apon = of Orsini and scaffold with oor ground or pers prove the pur- framers. It it wae thas deen applied to be put im Jorce against prisoner at the bar. As be had said, there bad been an ominous silence uy thie subject on the of the Attorney General, be (Mr. James) be- lieved that heshould beable to satiafy a thie was ® prosecution, not for any injury—God forbid +— of which on fon oe j—net for an injury of which any English subject complained, but that it was ‘and he should in this cane the which belong ed to ish advo- cate in an English court of justice—at foreign dictation, for u ‘Compassing & political object which the go- ‘vernment had not the boldness to secomplish by su Ling @ measure on the subject to the Erglish people the English House of Commons. The Attorney had told them r othing apon this part of the case, and they must bave tried in vain to eoilect how |} came about that acharge preferred for many days of conspirasy cane suddenly to be qonverted, a tne raking up ofa musty ‘act of Parliament, into one of wilful murder. For weeks a}! sorta of evidence had been adduced against the prisoner on a charge of covepiracy, and at the Iast moment one of the moet eminent criminal lawyers in the Kiagdom (Mr. Bodkin) dicovered this old act of Parliament, and sag- gested tbat the government might be relieved from s great political d fleulty by speculating apon ® charge of wilful murder under an act of Parliament whied was peyye it