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NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JUNE 27, 1858. - AFFAIRS IN EUROPE. _| siutrtt.'2,¢ exstenoe, of baniohuent for weer next brother to the Prince of Bunux, June 2, 1858. ps deg vexation are Prince Albert's Visit—Specwlations as to its Ojeot—Polits | their former idolatry of that ‘ chi cal Motives Assigned —The Princess Frederick William’ | The two brothers—who, by Indispordion—Childashness of her Character—Pleamure | 1,0"? austere, the daugblers Which she Takes im Upsetting the Stiff Ceremony of Prus- other with 0 very fraternal Court _ Y Ms i existing ween ea pe dag 5 te TAsererh 6 ba | woes, of when Prisve Breamick Charles, tesush tee off ee ecco er Spring of the younger brother, is by several years the Albert, the Prince cousort of England, arrived at Pots- | Shier of hie cousin’ He is reported to possess greater dam last nigbt on a visit t? his som-in- and daughter, | military talents than any of his relatives, and acquired the Prince and Prieccss Frederick William of Prussia, The pene & ie against the ied 5 was wounded; but he is Young couple were to have gone to meet him at Coburg aad violent in his character, and quite unpopular amongat wate Princees being rather unwell, her physicians Sawentiny: pren > papain, oS — ‘Vetoed the journey, and she bad to content herself with Some wy 4 ard wi — Soin mtemeeamamonane sas sores | Kee eaten dante area) small revioue, welling w! y 8, uence Ancogmito—that 1s to say, without any of the official parade freee Shooarvioes 2 San mabey intent, K inowing which is usually observed on such occasions. Thisexcur- | ~ yr, Rarey, ino gress Aumartenn beree-tamer, expected sion of Prince Albert’s is quite an unexpected event, and | here shortly, @ sul having pel gl | various are the interpretations it gives rise to. It was Rome eee, ie prem by, bis ae ramored, indeed, some time sinoe, that Queen Victoria and | ty come presided an ieust. nent thoeant tiles her busband intended paying thetr daughter a visit in the | are raised to remunerate him for his trouble; and the cm ecm bs nbn Sn ur | ea ney wie Wa ‘suthority."’ As to the royal consort’s undertaking ajour | there can be no doubt but that this sum will be easily col: ney, accompanied by his illastrious spose, such | lected. His wonderful feats have excited general in- eo idea ever entered any one’s head, and ae ot, the statements fname S agt People arc apt to imagine that it must be/ they feet Sitteh res enemas ke something important that has induced her to trust “my ‘connoisseurs in herse flesh who Albert”” out of ber sight. The ostensible motive for his declare the whole thing ‘visit is, of course, his anxiety to see his daughter again after a separation of four months; but this does not ex- - an wipes Lien plain the suddennese of his expedition, nor the fact that | &! iscovery seems natural a bo has left the Queen at home, though the foelings of a ‘Thibesuened ia cover ae enue aes sand tea Pos mother towards her child are assuredly not less fervent | Corporation of Merchants had been fname guy} govern- than these of a father. The stats of Earope, and of Eag- | ment about the Stade duty, which is levied by the Hano- Innd in particular, at this present moment, would warrant all ee the belief that this journey is not entirely unconnested being compolled with politics. In spite of Mr. Disrasii’s great speech, Y « ‘Stade there is a general impression thet the misuaderstandiog the dues be between England aod France is gradually widening toa breach; that Louis Napoleon is positively p:eparing his figets and armies for an attack, and that ere long he will surprise the world by one of those coups for which he is famous (or rather infamous). Ueder these circum stances it is natural for England to beon the look out for allie; and the matrimonial connestioz lately enter ea into between her royal family and that of Pri would seem to facilitate @ political Union between two Da. tions similar in their origin, in their religious faith, aud partly even in thetr tnstfiutions. Nothing would be more Likely to deter the French F nperor from attempting an invasion of Kogiand than the prospect of being assailod ia the rear by « /ruseiau army; and it ie far from improbda- bie thst Prioce albert, who is ow the most iati mare terms with the Prince of Prussia, may be commisstoned tovound the latter on this subject, ana to make eure of bis co ope- ration in case of auch an emergency. It is of great oonse queves, too, toe Fogland to kaow whether th» noarallty of Rursia mght be depenced upon in the eventof a war | King of Hanover, whose d pasty is closely allied to that with France; and on this point the close frieadahip still | of p Feel Victoria; and pete Mr. 5d ge ‘got a com- existing bet ween the courts of Borlin aud St. Petersburg | mittee appointed for the of investigation, it will must cnable M. de Menteutfel to give him some vaiaaie | very likely “draw its slow length along ” for an inded informacion. Time wiil show whether these sarmises are | nite Period, as there iy correct, and whether the character of a tender parent, ia | aristocracy does not troubie itself about such trifles. We which Prince Albert appears on the scenes, is only in- | were pleased, therefore, to ive by the late 5 tented as # mask for carrying om secret negotiaions with. | ings in Congress that the will det poy 0 out giving umbrage ts a slippery ard powerful neighbor. 1m this business, and have no doubt the affair ‘The indisposition of Princess Frederick William, wa.ch Prevents ber from meeting her father at Coburg, nas been occasioned by ber sprainipg her sakie in a gam; at romps with oung childr ber cousin, Prince Frederick Ce. ‘an acciceat that bas alarmed her medical a same Vigor and repul visers more than it would bave done at any other time | royalty, they will have to give ‘way too. In ancient from her showing eymptome of being in that condition in | the country of which Stade is the capital benans which Indies wish to be who love their lords. The little Archbishopric of Bremen, and the toil was granted it b: flags are exempted, thoy ing allowed to lie to while Le and their manifests and i the United lady really oes love her lord more devotedly than is | Emperor I. as early as the beginn' often the case in her rank of life, and there are many anso- elovents century. a ly, a8 stated in ine chroni. dotes in circulation ijustrating the artiess manper in | cles of the . it was found to be 80 oppressive that it which she displays ber attachment. The otner day the | gave rise to destruction of the town in 1267 by the Prince went over to Potsdam ‘‘on important business,” | forces of the es At the i.e drilling avd mancruvring his brigade of Guards; but | of West; the province Bremen, with the he had scarcely been abeent a few hoars when he was re- | town Stade, which had been built up again called to Berlin by @ telegraphic despatch from the Prin- | in the interim, was ceded to Sweden, the toll cess, beegitg bim to retura immediately. He hasten | was re introduced and the rates were fixed by a de- ed back ip the utmost slarm, fancying something Creadful had happened, avd was quite reileved by her receivipg bim in ber usual heaitn and spirits, only stating, ‘when questioned why sho bad sent for him {a 89 vivient a burry, that spe “bad felt such « longing to see h'm agaio,” “and besides,” she added, on ber busbeed’s remon- cree dated 1688; but in 1719 the country reverted to Hano- ver,by whom the dues levied by Sweden were not only con- tinued butconsiderabiy increased. At the Congress of Vienna, in 1814, a prospect was held out of the duty being abolished, but up to the present day all ni with Hanover have remained without effect; nor is there sirating wita her for calling him away from his profes: | an: ability of thei forced Biooa! dates, “maiome always telegrapia for papa whea $040 "ao by A irveune ee ~ oe abo wants him’ This reference to what her mamma | By the last sccounts from Hamburg the agita doer, the little Princess considers a sufficient justification for any off*nce she may commit against the starch eti- quetts of the Prussian court. One day she put oa ber bounet and walked across the street to her father tn law’s, ‘without even a footman bebind her, to the inexpressibie horror of her Otuhofmeisterin or dusnna in chief, who ex- claimed that po Prussian princess bad ever becn guilty of such a breach of decorum. “Bat mamma doss so at Vic the Second, “and if mamma does, Her affabitity and good nature bare ber generally popular, thongb sbe a'most raised a rebellirn m the kitchen lately by tnsisting that the female domestics should all wear caps. Now, the ¢ servaris are remarkably proud of their bair,aod never ion against the obnoxious toll was on the increase, sud the press-is loud in its complaints ef the inertness of the German public who are unable to act than three months American ships have refused to pay the toll, only depositing the amount under protest, so that they can recover it again hereafter. The Committee the British House of Commons have requested the Cem- merciai Court cf Hamburg to furnish them with details relative to the working of toe Stade duty, and have invited two Hamburg gentlemen—Professor Waren and Mr. San- dore—who have ocoupied t! woe for some time with ‘this subject, to come to England and confer with the ssid Partiamentary commiites. No little alarm bas been excited in the commercial world by the threatened difficulty between America and Kng- land which, however, is ailayed by the conviction that John Bull will knock under aud not suffer the quarrel to Proceed to extremities. What @ curious spectacle it is to see on the one side the United States, without fleets, think of putting on acap for fear of spoiling their laxuriant Great was the commotion, therefore, when tbe treseor. . “Ia mamma's establisha wear caps,” she raid, ‘and so they must ia mio the departure of ber mother in law, the Princess of Pras om Berlin, abe much more of her owa way than eb to, the Queen being so entirely taken up with | without armies, without fortresses or }, and on the attending to the King that she is not able to interfere with | otber the monarchical nations of Furope, armed to the her, and the Priace yielding like a gallant husband to ai! | teeth, their shores bristling with cannon, and their re- the innocent caprices of his fair young wife. tources lavished on enormous military and naval estab- ‘The Prince of Prussia bas profitted by the matrimonial Biliance lately entered into bet ween a younger branch of his fumily and the royal dynasty of Portugal, to pat in a good word in behalf of Don Migue!, who, since bis forcible 00 lishments, and yet whenever a dispute arises rode young giant of the West, they all turn out the fray as quick as possible, and leave ofthe field. He seems perfectly defenceless, every side to attack, and his part, and yet they stand tion from the throve of that country, has been liring—if no “the world forgetting,’ yet assuredly “by the world forgot'’—in the south of Germany. Some years sgo tbe | even English diplomatits, usually so imperious and over- ol4 usurper, who bas never ceased to style bimself King | bearing in their transactions with foreign uations,are as of Portugal (im partibus infidelium), thought proper to | gentle and forbearing towards bim as any member of the take unto Dimseii a wife, a young princess of the house of Peace society, and submé to insult with the most lamb Loewenstein Rosenberg, who has cousidered |« her duty | like patience. Is it because John Bull, who crows 80 bo perpetuate the illustrious race of Braganza by sa% | loud on his own cungbill, finds thet Jonathan can crow {ng her lord with a child regularly once a year. This cis | still louder than he’—or is ft the secret power of republi- play of phfloprogenttiveness, though an unquestionable | can institutions that ire their possessors with a conf. evidence of condubial foliclty, bax produced a diva. | dence and intrepidity which strikes terror to the hoarta effect upon the Soancial irs of poor Miguel, | of their enemies,and make them hesitate to arouse the who flods bw rapidly diminisl reven' total! spirit Of & people whose bold attitude the inadequate to the mainteuance of » numor pears that the l’rince of Prussia bas al: ‘fan interest in the fate of the ex King, who by the believers in the Divine right of monarchs is atill looked upon as the legu:mate sovercign of , and be has now seized the opportuvity to make an application to thecoart of Lisbon, representing the embarrassed situation of his Protege, and con turing them not to compromise tne houor of royalty, in this revolutionary age, by allowing the des condant of #o mi ‘4 kings to be reduced to pecuniary dis- trees. Don Miguel, it is said, would be ready to renounce bis claim to the throne ia exchange for @ moderave peo 8100 Aad the Tesutution of bis rights as of Portugal ; ‘00 | understand that Ion Pedro V. ie iy not wa Willing to agree to euch an arrangement, but that bis M Risters are doubtful whether the Chambers will grant them the necessary funds. Perbaps, however, their resistance will be overcome by the of Goally delivering their country from the eviis of a di succession, par ticulariy as the inflaence, not only of Prassia, but of most of the other courts, will be exerted to atiain an object in which all the crowned beads of Earope have a comin interest enmupes tore pew: bern from the , em, pretensions explanation feng evi given by the English historian son, who says that although American peopie and their pative courage’ would be sure to render them successful in the end. Our Parts Correspondence, Panis, Jane 10, 1868. Paris Under a Tropical Aspect—Fourth Sitting of the Paris Conference ~The Late Duelt—English Diplomacy — The Secret of Mr. Howard's Late Escapade, dc. King Abab and bis people in ancient times never pray ed for rain more earnestly than of late have the inhal!- tents of this fair metropolis. It has come at last, thank Heaven, and the ordinary occupations of life can at length be pursued without fainting by the way. Tne thermometer has constantly marked a degree of tempe- rature amply tufficient to account for the perpetual plaiat | of “heat, heat, eternal heat’ bat there has been that of | which this useful instrument has taken no note—namely, an electric state of the atmosphere, an absence of any- thing like refreshing air, that bas been positively pros- trating. Some fierce voyageurs, to be sure, suddenly emancipated from commercial routine, and whose adveo- turous wanderings are limited by the pater familias to a week's sojourn in Paris, may be seen manfully defying coupe de soleil in their edifying vocation. of “lioniziag;” Benzin, June 9, 1863 Departure of Prince Albert Supposed Political Objects of hie Visit—Health of the King—Dissensions in the Royal Family avul Disgrace of one of the Princes—Anticipael View of Mr. Rarey, the American Horse Tamer-—The Stade Toila— russian Opinions Regarding the American Difficulty with England, de., dc. The virit of the Prince Consort of England to his Prua- finn relatives has deem of very brief duration. He loft Powdam again on Sunday evening for Dusseldorf, where he passed a few hours with the Prince of Hoberzollern, father to the Queen of Portugal, and then returned home | but the more prosaic portion of mankind have @ piteous Via Cologne and Brusseis. Into Berlin he only came once, | ok, a, bat in band and wiping from their head and face Sitended by his son in law, to & look at the new | the beavy perspiration, they drag along their languid Palace bu'iding, or re building, for the latter, which bas | feet. Old Indians, missing the pancha, the well saturated been goig on very slowly for the last two years or so, | ™At, and the thousand and one aids the climate has sug- And l# not Gnished yet. The official papers and offioml | Pested, declare that the Fast isa very mountain of snow People deny most strenuously all tho reports circulated of | Compared with this western broiling. Yet throughout the Political objets Connected with bis journey, aud reiierate | Whole, whats lovely aspect has the city presented! No Aueir aasurances that (t bad no other motive then the | Wonder the traveller who sees it for the first time, bas natural desire of @ father to see his child again after a | bressted the fervid heat, in order to gratify his eyes. long separation (four months). Perbaps they may be | Thore gorgeous boulevards glistening in the sun like ala- right—et least we bave po tangible evidence to the con | baster palaces, decked out with gold—that never ceasing Wwary—but the public have been taught by experience | #tream of flaunting equipage—here and there dotted with that official statements are not always to be im. | #2 nodding plume and prancing charger of the warlike pueNiy relied on, and the more vehement they | cavalier—that unbroken series of cafes, patissiors, res. Gre in their assertions the more liable they are to be | taurants and estaminets, ail redolent of joe and snow Viewed with distrast, The fact, too, is dwelt ou with | White liven, and fountains, and fruits, and flowers, while ome empbasia, that while Prince Albert was staying at | immediately in front, or at their fest, sits a treble line Potadam, the Prince Koya! of Wartemburg, brother.in. | Sdorere, quaffing every species of libation, as various law to the Crar, passed through here en route for St. Po- | i Color as tulip tints, from the brown beer, with foaming toreburg. Nothing is @aid, indeed, aboot an interview be. bend, in crystal jag, to the verdant shade of much loved toon those two lilustrious porscuagor, but that does not | Mbeynth. Where else shall he behold such a sight? exclude the porsibility of one having taken place, The | Intenee, too, aa is the sun's searching ray,the military Pol Lom condition of Kurope is so precarious, the rela | precision with which the duties of irrigation, cleaning and fiona between the different governments so avomalous | Washing the streets is performed does much to alleviate fod uncertain, that every atraw is anxiously watched to | it, There is alsoa refreshing shade from those trees, nee which way the wind blows, aod importance is at. Whore rich green so continually breaks up the architec tached to circumstances and incidents which, in quieter | tural line of thecity. And then that ceascless plashing Umer, would be allowed to pass without the slight . | of fountains, which if in very wantonness, seem om ealghteat Com: | ciriving to tose thelr epray right in the face of the owe face all other things are Itt settled now that the King is to spend the summer | prostrate, ie such a sight as no other metropolis in the & Tegernece, in Upper Revaria, & piace celebrated pete pl ann ona tie ‘all this is the look of I for i picturesque situation and for the salabrity | enjoyment man —the dolce of ie mineral The tranquillity and retire. | whether nebo the’ loner we Y Soont” she geeed mert of thie del ‘ul residence, and the contemplation | of the cbarming scenery that surrounda it will, it is hoped | Nid at breast have a favorabie effect upon bim, and assiet in dissipating pO of De aurteas of ale toot the masing po the clouds that obscure his intellect During his absence | litieian or attenuated reader of romance—d oning re. the affairs of government wil! be conducted .as heretofore, | clining, or fast asleep—the very printed ailing by the Privce of Prussia, whose proxy, which expires in | from his hands, iteelf seeming to be with the J ©, will be again renewed tor three month« court | electric state of the atmosphere—this is Paris out of. ie , “rone Frederick Charles trom the command of t ' Guarda, with permigsion, or rather with o t (evel for a year, which may be diary. which dosen’t scruple to cail it an enchanted land. Tt must be confessed, however, that to an Aabitué its considered ag | bemution, gromt as they aro, are more agoeptable with a money and the return to the jiom of the clergy of the property remaining unsol ey Ly bas been seat by the British govern- mont to Madrid for the making of a postal arraage msat and the bases of the agreement have already been fiso: upon. The watter thus put on th: way to a spredy tor mination has heen a standing subject of diplo many years. The iaterests of American and S, merce, as well as social iatercourse, that a like arrangement will be ettempted her long for the free passage of letters through Eogland aot France, as weil as through Ouba, to aad trom tne Uaited 08. The Director General of the Post Oflcs, whose abilities are tho subject of froquoi by the preas, thus reports upoa the comparative of the affairs under bot in the last two years: — Danubian }, relative to the property of the ular to that of convents dedicated to Sepulchre, has been banded to the Plenipoien- tiaries. The persons whose siguatures are affixed ask to have the property in question transferred to the jurisdic ton of the civil authorities, and that in place of being #1- Lattor sta a,000,t6e sasszter seisaot |, a8 at preseut, by the convents with a com- . o 882, 812,39) - be oil $760,708 "885,351 ‘134643 ade it may be placed under the gurv! 9 007 angitat nis - M. Ponsard, Prefect of Saone and Loire, has proved b | i more aeelous than dlsareet in nis attempt to‘carr: out the 848,740 978461 129,721 capitali lands,” Tale bin bad taken upon 4 a letter to $415,850 397,601 — 18,159 the managers of this property in his prefecture, informing Some of of Spain are contending upon the them that be expected » decision by the 1st of Au; subject of the of Loyola, against which, says La Mo- next, and that they must clearly narquier so many satires have been launched, so made up their minds to consent to the imperial desire, all have been told, and upoa which the ernment subventions would be immed: withdrawn. have been inflicted. The“ History of the aa mialear immediately arose against such | Reign of TIl.’’ recently published at Madrid, bas intemperate haste. Even those inclined to look with | been the cause of the fresh renewal of this polemic. Tais Frocseure, and the Febe Ande ib trosseasy to caziaatsr | written an renpeous style; wend ont an a composite by Noth ew ‘ the hand ofa muster, ticularly tarough the enero wh ST ey eee, | Sena he aac earatebate doubtless excellent, an it he i jut tee 4 Be ceived from the perusal F it comes Rot so much from the more w to enter into these official | force of the comments on the ministerial circular (Gen. Espiuasse’s | with which letter). It would, in our opinion, bave been wiser to | theless, i have allowed the first impressions, excited on both sides | faith, and by the projected conversion to have calmed down, and | carefully to have awaited from the patriotism of the hospital com- | that he errs, missioners the best poesible solution of the question. We| glare of the Pig that were = circular Apsaseive, in oe In the - departmenta, erpretations to it by , from the Prefect of Saone and Loire, our regret would be | of which would accrue to the poor by the conver- | appears: sion, rather than menace with @ withdrawal of State | ® people in the subventions. It is particularly in a measure of this na- | standing ture that irritation must be avoided and conciliation | Mexican Drought into play.” state advancing to The view I took of this meagure at the outset is being | Catholic bishop that confirmed every day. All solid thinkers concur in con- — demuning it, and in believing that even the power of the | FZ , Emperor will be insuflicient to enforce it. The clergy are | of such ag toa man opposed to it, and Napoleon has yet to expe- rience what boa Co powerful body can effect when set- inst hie. oy, whose disastrous duel with, or, as it is 'y supposed, murder of his brother oflcer, the public, yesterday under wont the ceremony of degradation previous to his imprison- ment; his epaniettes were torn from his shouliers, his regimental butions violently rived from big dress, and bis sword broken into splinters at his feet He was thon marched off to the prison of St. Joseph. The truth is the military are in tres mauraise odeur just now, and this is ‘not a time for justice to be shuttingoneeye. The Figare has been summarily enjoined to make no allusion what- ever to the late duel with to publish any bulletins res astonisbmen; of every one, and to none more than to that of the medica! world, M. De Pene seems ina fair way of hay any region of the country now within the limits of the Union. The of the government at Madrid published on the 15th of this month a table of articles of the greatest importance that have exported from the country dar- ing the first month of the year, and has made compari- son of their amount and value by another table of the game Character with those to the like period in the year previous. The results, furnished in a condensed table below, as Ly sae Cer : Phen vo se neral surprise an ppointment; and although @ single month it should be remembered does not suilice to settle recovery. should have fairly passed, the exportation would There is considerable in diplomatic circles touch. | 80 augment as to be even grea! that moderately ing the sudden arrival and departure of the newly ap- | culated by the Bureau of ; Whereas it appears by ted Minister to the court of Tuscany. You will resol- | these official returns that the difference in vaiue against that at the time of the appointment I informed you last and in favor of that preceding, is no less that a weaker character than of Mr Howard, brother | than 22,556,992 reales vellon (20 r. v. make $1) equal in failing off to one third; for the official statement is that total value of all the articles exported in January, ‘1867, is 61,241,437; while at the like time in 1858 is 13 only itt so that the result is the docroaso stated of 1849. ‘iue is ope of the things that has most fallen away in quantity: of the commoa and of Riogy the exportation is one half lees, as is also that of Xeres—that of Malaga standing 2l2arrobas only against 1,660 ee ed Jan previous. In the ‘* wines ym other — there ts a slight increase of 475 arrobas, but still ving the total decrese of value in the articie of wine at 12,394,661 r. v., or $619,735. The diminution in olive oil of the Ear! of Carlisle, was not to be found in the whole of the Foreiga Office, that great almshouse of British aristo- cracy, aud events have proved the truth. Some yoars ago he marrie3 a Mins Mactavish, who whipped him about as the poor cur of the domicile. Mr. Howard was loudly crying out for help to his relatives, when death hapoily came to his rescue, and removed his wife. Since that, after filling some subordinate diplomatic appoiniments, where he bad nothing to do except to sign his name, he was made Charge d’Affairs at Paris. In that office he hed #0 little to co—t hn the remuneration is something like £1,500 year—that even to write his name becamealmost Lj above bis powers, and his whole time was spent in one Viaison or other. His last entanglement in this ling is with | is in value 6,743,149, aad on oranges 4,429,408 r. v. & daughter of the famous “ Sand; and after The important differences so far st the present year are m the articles of wine, olive oil, and or 3 which three products together make up a@ total value of 22,666,992, being less than in the January of the past by 22,166,218 r. v., the actual amount of the goaera! deficit stated. This loss is sustained ia the more tempo- rate regions of Spain, ta Audatutia, Vaiencia, lower Cate lonta and the Balearic Islands. In the ores there bas been an increase we'l worthy of remark, equal to 8,220,960 r.v. The value of the amount of jead nas likewise notably goné up. Ina general view the variations that other articles have sustained are not important AMOUNT OF PRODUCTS EXPORTED a! of AMUARY 7. $5 Common wine and that of Rioja, arrobas.747,778 363,4: Of Xeres aud El Puerto 108,306 64,7! receiving his Cee as Minister of Tuscauy, he still kept livgs on at bis Delilah’s feet until there was no further excuse for delay. At length he set out, carryirg with bim a French cook and all similar ad- denda necessary toa due discharge of his diplomatic du- ties. He bad written previously to Lord Normanby, ea- gaging his lordsbip’s bouse for three years, and his car- riages, borses, piate, &c., were all duly installed at Fio- recce. But he bad no sooner put his foot within walls than be received a letter from a friend stating that his chere amie was already consoling herself with another ty. Hine iile lachryma, 1a the most reckless manner @ sends in his credentials, puta the whole ducal! court ia ® flurry, who are obliged {0 come up from the country to meet the blood ofall Howards, thus thrown in their faces in the form of a British minister. The ladies are 33 82 sitting in array, Mr. Howard is fast speeaing his way over the Alps towards Paris, in orderto upbraid his faithless mistress Op reaching ber abode he found his rival in posssssion; | but there was no duel. The blood of ail the Howards tas | bees appea-nc. and Richard is himself ‘once more in | thearme ¢/ bis Dalene, Tt is quite possible that this ri- dictlous c.rcumstance may have some effect tn reforming | English dip!omacy, which t@ too much made up of an monopolize? by similar incapables, | | | | Oar Madria Correspondence. Mannip, May 22, 1858. The Queen's Trip to the Mediterranean—The Spanish Press | on French Despotiem—Church Reforms—Shaky Conti- | Liquorice ‘stick, quia tion of the Minisiry-—Powtal Arrangements with Eng. | Poot Aid shoe, pairs. land—Discovery of an Ancient Report on the Condition | Papet, reams Silks, value, r. of the Florida Indians—Falling Off in Spanish Ez. | ports— Alterations in the Tobacco Regulations—New Mail , Line Uetween Barcelona and the West Indies, dc. The Queen and court continue at hor seat, enjoying the summer beauties of Aranjuez. The Minister, Isturiz, con- tinues in the royal favor; and the papers say, with a sigh, that there will be no more change in the Cabinet until her Majesty gets back from her ride to the seaboard and | ‘the trip she proposes out into the Mediterranean. Two thousand tickets are tendered her by the directors of the railway, for distribation among those who woald attend the royal convoy. The Marquis ae Turgot will accom- pany their majestios, and two imperial steamers havo Joined the Spauieh equadron at Allcante, now awaiting the arrival of the 26th. This movement will disperse the fashionable circle now at the royal seat, aod the meetings of the ministry will cease, as two of the mombers accompany the Qacsa. Bravo Murillo, it is said, goes to Paris, Gen. Peziela to Segovia, O'Dornell to his seat, Somos aguas, Gonzales Bravo to hie duties as plenipotentiary near St. James’, and Narvace to Vichy, the waters of which the news. papers insist vociferous'y are good for his health. A leading paper of Spain remarked yesterday, ia com. mesting on the political condition of Frasce—* The Em- pire is not object of odium even to many of its former supporiers, because it does not satisfy the political waats Salt pork and beef, Cotton cloths, value r. v. Woollen do. Canclos and tallow, Ibs — quintals , One of the constant sources of considerable revenue to the government is the monopoly of purchase and sale of tobacco, and so indispensadie is the ariicle deemed to spa- nish existence that its quality and price are quite as often & subject of animated remark as those of wheat aed bread. In the improvements now going on the Adminis. trador of the tobsoco trails has come out with an altera tion, which has received as muct attention and compli ment—indeed, more—than the managoment of Manresa ia the Departmen: of the Post Office. It is now announced, ‘with ridiculous importance, ta the editorials of the vews- papers, that todas o— cents. Superior, the pound box, $1 60; the half do, 7 of France The revolution of "89 left a path so deep that 2. Mild, the 4 box, $i 25; the half do , 6244 cents. it cannot be efaced by the weight of armies crowned by 3. Mediam, the pound box, $1; half do , 59 conte. Victories, nor with the grandour of monuments raised by Aod tt i# said the Admistrador atisfied that the con ind od art. sumers will be with the different preparations, The Lord Cardinal Archbishop of Toledo, formerly Arch inasmuch a¢ without any sacr‘fice to the revenue or ad bishop of Cubs, has directed two orders wo the Vicar of Madrid, which commend peblic attention ani receive the eulogiums of the prers—the ove requiring that with regard to the clergy and sacred orders the canons bo put ia force with all rigor, #0 that the members be restrained from wearing the secular dress, from attending theatres taking part \n other forbidden diversions; the other + a ing the priesta not to burry through the mara, but deliver it becoming!y with proper pauses and devotion, in atime not lea than twonty minutes. Fvery violation of these re. juirements will be pumished agreeably to the sacred rules. ia certainly a good begianing for the Father Cirtlo but it will Se worth staying a while in Spain to see how he pate b's canons im force, for mea are prone to evil, the clergy to ndependenos, and the curates, the world over, given to republicanism even. It is not so far back in bis vanoe on price he has been enabdied to bare each article of the best quality of the kind, the broken leaf freed fram stems, dust and every other impurity. The bores of tin are described as in form cylindro-eliptical, dengned to preserve the freshness, the aromsand the natural condition of the tobacco, and as @ guaraates for gona ineness the covers are secured by a ribbon tastefully arranged {a such a manner as to cut off the poms!bility of adulteration, at the samo time unfailingly ‘ndicate the character, }» price and growth of the con ‘This disposition for the monopoly i# hatled as a d 4 advancement, as keeping pace with the requirements of the age aod the countries most enlightened and civi lized; but the grumblers, and worse, the republicans at hoart, say that it is all woll enough while it lasts, but ‘We are aconstomed to smoke picadilla fall of dirt and ms ALT that there was time a Pope for | poison, so that the pure may injure us, and ff it do not, the bull fight within this most Catholic realm—sven | and we should become used to that what is to insure & bishop was found to question and resis; the mandate | us returning to fou! tobacco agala, if there be not whieb the tangles of a polemic and acatemic dis- | a radical change of government. No doubt the Adminis trador hopes to prevent smuggling theroby, to eel! more #0 thal is ail done from no love us, just as the chief of the Post Office, by his arrangements, bas come to carry more lotters, seli more stamps, and so get more money for ily remained unheeded forever in Cordova. ‘otle administration of Isturiz, now entering w ite ei month, appears to be drawing toa close. Minister of the Interior, Prag, baa ree 'gned because there {fe not that rigor exercised he deems necessary for a peace- | this despotic ernment. Look at the galt sold to the ful contisuance ofthe government, and which the Secre. | stranger -tothe Americans even—who smoke all the best tary of State, it must be acknowledged, like most Spaniards | tobacco of the |, Cheaper and better than to us, the children of (be soil, when the Merinos cannot taste of it, and the quaitty #f the woot, instead of improving, is 16 better now than always Maldito! ‘ot them carry the to that—to that, C——! government bas just made a contract with a com- pany at Rarcejona to c1 the mails botweon that port ‘and the West Indies, via Cadiz, for which six new steam- ers are to be employed. who have been in the achool of British affairs and come af- terwards to take part in the public concerns at Madrid, are apt to regard with indifference. Thus the people in the cafis every night bave for # long time walked their worst undisturbed tired iste Mannin, May 29, 1858, French Regulations Regarding the Press—Ratlroad Disas- ter— Discovery to Obviate such Accidents—Importations — New Line of Steamers to Havana—The Queen's Progress to the Seaboard, de. The instructions lately given by the government to the Chief of Police respecting the subjects on which the free- dom of the press is to be restrained are clear and explicit. Senor Herrera directs that the widest latitude be per- mitted to discuss everywhere and in any way, at the cafés, public meetings, and in the newspapers, the acts of the administration, forbidding only such covert or open attacks upon the constitution and the high powers, whon that instrument places beyond the reach even of reflec. tions, The journala have received the announcement ‘with derision and seorn, and one of them whose numbers of the day before was seized, publishes the fact, and quotes the language for which Ita circulation was suspend. ed, Still, however, the deposit of $16,000 continues to be rigidly required in every case on the setting out of every new periodical, to meet the fines that may be imposed or recovered of It for misconduct. A recent accident on the railway between Madrid and Alicante, in which « large number of persona received bruises from the collision of the cars im which they were gonted wR a belated train, hag led to po examination a: wepapers, and no rm’ = to it by the chief of the cabinet than if it bad been a rant pastil or the dream of an idler. jat the administration of Isturiz, whieh red to be bravely outriding the violence of storms, has been skreck by the wind from a quarter that, wit all his best endeavors, appears likely to carry him upon the sands, Fle had given permission, not long ago, for the erection of a bronze atatue in Madrid to the man who had successfully carried forward the movement to dispose of y of the clergy accumulated in mortmain, to the facte in counection with it, from which the pleasing reau't is mace known to the public that every signal was made, every check was employed, everybody did their Guty, and no ove was to blame, and also that had the ac- Cient pot occurred where tt did, there would have bap- Pened a more complete ard terrible disaster a little fur- ther on, What nas proved fortunate for the public im this ocourrence is that emong the many well known per- sobages present who suffered, was the Minister of Pudiio Works, and the lady of av odivor, 80 that punisoment di rectly fall on somebody, and publicity beeame genoral Attention ts forctbty calied now by activi’ ergineer to the acoption on railroads of ihe divcovery of Man dez de Castro for the prevention of accidente, yaose plan is anid to be simpic, scientific aod infaiiible. The agency is electricity, applicable alike to engines moving fu the SBME a3 ID OPpNsite directiova, Sharged positively aud hegativel , and Oxo alco bo applied toa Wain by a watcner ou the road side directing the electricity as a signal, aud a opposite force ~ ““ 0 of the rail. Be this through the coaducting power statement exeggerated or other wise, ith a select ° Stool, quintals.......666+ Aguaraientes, arrobas Wi all Tin, sbeeta, quintaia, ‘Tin, block,’ Ibs Butter. imporiation, and the duties they have paid, are:—In 1857, 9,848,642 reals; im 1858, 7,808,825 renla—difference, 2,489,819 reala vellon, or $124,490. The steam propeiler ship Europa is amnouaced to leave Barcelova on the first of next mont for Havaus, touching at Alicante, Cadiz, the Caparies and Porto Rico She is the first of the now line engaged to carry the mail for tue residue time, sixteen mouths, which the old line from Ca- Giz bas fa:led to perform uncer the contract. She takes out a large pumber of passengers. ‘There certainly must come a great chaage in the afaira of Spain, where timo is beginning to be vaiued and almost economised. Ax order that was iseucd the other day that no merchandise should be transported on the railroad here during the 24th and 28th of the month, because the Queen was gong to Alicante, is a matter that has not failed to recetve gome pretty aharp comment. fhe Minis- ter of Pudlic Works, who bas given an orcer that there should be no business done tn bis ¢ ent for three ai on aceount of the taki up the carpets, has Drought upon himself the remarks of the press, which pacuratly contend that—put, as he is, aj the head of ad vancemeat and public improvement—bo ehould of ail other men set an example of industry, end that his three days cf Santa Ketera (Sait Mats), added to three other feast deye thas fell about the same time, hac sacrificed a whole week, to the very sensible Injury of the laboring and commercial public. times ‘These ere evidently not the journey on assback, or to keep to get through with the . The energies of the coun Iry are in motion, aud po branch of the goveroment taat conducts its busuess op the pian of idieness and delay can hope for immunity from public censure. As the Queen makes progress along the Mediterrancan it is daily reported here, She has her ladies of honor with her, ber housebold, her physician, ber guards, her spothecary even, and his botica (shop). ' The Secretary of Stace fs at band with bis ane: t, aad public affairs are duly looked after, so that a month of government is by po means to be The Minister of France alone, of ail the foreign representatives at Madrid, with his Maraquesa, accompany the Court. From the private Rr $26,000 bas beon distributed among the poor by y. The concourse at every peint where their Majesties pass or are to be seem is said to be immeuse, the receptions and /ées cxtraordinary, aud got up at immense expense. ‘The Proposed French Canal tn Nica’ a, (Translated for the ~ Yorn Bxxaco from la Freese, june 4 } That noed of iy commuvication which is an indica tion of irrestible tendency that induces pations to unite, aac excbange their sentiments, their :deas, ana their pro ucts, shows iteeit in the New aa well as in the Oid Worl4, by the great interest which is taken in Isthmus travel Every piace situated clese to polmts where two ems are separated by «@ email peck of land urging the construction of a channel to connect countries aad occans waich at present can oply communi- cate by ing and circuitous routes. The Isthmun of Su the canalization of which woult ecosomise to Raropean: Coast voyage round Arion, attracted tho parte when i made by his order, the Atlantic and Pacitic oceane bae since ing Of the present contury also euracted the attention of sciemtific mes of the different governments, and of commercial interests generally. Three different routes have been proposed: - buspiepee, and the third betwesu the two through the San Juan River and the Lake of Nicaragua. All three seem to be practicable. The elevation of the country, however, dove the level of the sea, preseats serious obstacles to the construction of « caval at Pavama, and, s!nce this tdea ‘was broached, the discovery of gold in California bas im ‘ted greater activity tothe {ntercourse between the nited States and their pew territories ow the Pacific, and ra'lroad has already been constructed between Panama and Chagres. The plans foracanal bare net, however, been abandoned elther at Tehuantepec or in Nicaragua. A laiter point the opening of a canal does not seem to offer apy serious difficcky. A lake situated in the midat of the Isthtnus forme naturally a groat internal bar- bor, which Communicates with the Atlantic thro the San Joan river, end with the Pacific throrgh another amail river, which, if they were converted into canals, would put the lake in communication with the two oceans Bu if the diMfouities of cvnstruction are #0 with the political obstacles. We see in F Jections which Engiand opposes to the open'ng canal, Great Britein bas so long exercised a dominion over the sea that she cannot bear the ides of sharlog it With aty otber power. After baving obtained the oon. strection, in Fgypt, of a raliroad, which can only be used by herself, jastead of s cacnl which would become the common route of all nations, she now endeavors through bor leading journals to obtain an exclusire domiaion over tbat country. The Yaukees, who bat New World the good as well as the of English, have affected, conosrnil the Isthmus which unites the tw: exclusive and domineering tone which Foglant assumes in regard to the Suez cana). They boldly assert in their bewspapers that the two American continents must fall under their yoke; they set up, as @ settled political doo trine, tbat the European Powers have nothing to do with the alfaire of the New World, and ther announce that they will not permit} them to meddie with them—as if these great routes, which interest the trade of the whole world oxn become the private property of aaingic nation satinfied with (hese declarations, they act; ani while Erg. land robe the Sultan of the Island of Perim (her ally), tho Uuited States leaves to its Glibusters the care of annexing Mexico, of tating Cubs from Spain, and of reducing Nicara- 8 state of servitude, The two expeditions of alker had po other aim than this. It remaine to be seen ha 5k, mech oppered to piracy in the curable when the Americans prac nr fit in Central America, with vowed intention of be- coming masters of @ route will spare to Euroj vessels three thousan’| ae, of distance and a three months payigation around Cape Horn, In regard to France, it seems to us that her policy on this question should not be more doubtfo! than that pur- sued by ber in relation to the Suez canal, whatever may have been recently asrorted on the subject in the Brit! Parliament. It i# to the str h and the honor of France alone, perhaps amongst all other nations, that wo are to Jook for the Gefence of the Interests of the world and the rights of mankind, piring to no monopoly on her own account, she ought hot to submit to any; and strong in her own resources as well aa in the support that a generous and upright polic is certain to find amongst all ‘tat.one, ahe wih be ouabled to open the routes that a shabby policy would keepclosed and prevent grasping and upgovernabie races from usurp- ing the possession of those lines of universal fntercourse which God bas evidently intended to remain the common Property of mankind. France, which haa alwaye been the champion of the liber- ty of the reas, owen it to herself that the great principio of the neutra'ity’ of the straits and , natural as well fe artificial, of the world, should be prosiaimed universal ‘cannot belong to any LD ay 9 prepon throntoning and prejudielal to As France could not consent to the sand the permit fo become Engin property soa rm fan io te anon of te Americans. Importe’ into the ich is now so will Sind it as ex it for thelr own be- oi Feroua- | and Japan, is destined in afow years to aébract the attention and the golicitude of tae whole civilzed world, ‘The Coming Struggle for Cuba. | CHANOYS OF WAR BATWEBN SPAIN AND THE UNITED STATNS—HOW bk OATHOLIO MAJESTY WILL LN: VADE OUR COUNTRY AND RUIN US GENXRALLY. ‘The projecta entertained and bre of the Unived States for some years back wi the acquisition of the island oheck which covet dominion over the wiole continent ; anota Thermopylw, whexe « handful of valorous Spaniards may defy the North am eagle In a commersial of Cuba lays tribute on the American poopie, Its pre- ducts cannot be rivalled ; ita civil orgenizatioa furnishes it the means to sell ite staples at better prices other country of America; the protection accorded to Spanish commerce gives the latter immonse advantages, sl of which result te tho detriment of North Amoricaa trade. To these conditions must be adted many others ‘which it would be too tedious to eaumerate here and which can easily be conceived. 1( we mention only the moral inficence exercised in those seas by the miitary force of Spain ; her support of the independence of the S; American continent, and of tbe political stability of those republics—ap infiaeoce which one day may throw iw sword into the belance and check the pians of absorption foaterca by the United States—it will be seen of what high vaiue the possession of that island must be in the eyes of Americans, greedy for territory. Frem all these it may be eafely concluded that the United States will, by ali means in their —, try to make themselves master of the island of Cuba. However, it will be objected that the commerce of the United States, with a very ipfiuential portion of the lation, will, for reasons of self preservation, always pose a rupture with Spam. This consideration, doubtiess, woul be a guarantee of peace if these people were ralea Dy @ strong and independent government; if public uti ority were uot subjected and subordinated to the dermpestoous sway of an unbridied populace who know ne other jaw or rigdt but toeir own tary, and who, armed with their bouncless privileges, without any control, fit out invading expeditions to attack in full peace friendly nations, Whoeven for aday can give us security that Yankee bance will not carry out expeditions ageinst our coasts, or that they will not invade, in a moment of popular expansion, the homes of the Spaniards residing amongst them, outraging by & boody attack our fisg, as they aiready have done, uncer Circumstances still fresh in our me! ? And wi Spain be allowed t count upon the good faith of a go- vVernment which avails itself of ai! occasions to treat her im the provoking and baughty way which characterizes one of the last messages of their President to Congress, ¥en spesking of toe queswena pending with Spain? Can there oe imagined auything more offensive to our national honor the ecorning tbe aiways patriotic conduct of our we YY ive, through the feigned susceptibility t is eaay to perceiy " of the Yankee Presiceat, the {il-disguved cosiga to com- stantly keep a e an alarm aoa spirit of bostiity amorgst bis people agaicst the Spauish nation, reserving to bimseif part of an actor forthe moment, whea another Walker may present himself, claiming his pre- tection against Spr If this were not sullicieat to give us the measure of what we have to expect from American faith, jook to toe famous adventurer, who, without the leant’ Cieguise, pubushes hia iniquitous projects of inva- sion under the shelter of the Mexican flag. Fortunately be would not find himself suflicieaty sheltered under it against the sbot of our war sbips. ‘Thereiore .at us be convinced that war with the United Staves & unavoidable, and may, perk , ib its due tine be advaniagecus. Let us Bow submit some idens Lieve useful, and which are the true object of this articie. The pation which waats peace must be prepared fer war, This is a principle well founded and generally krown War with the United States, when the bour come, Inust instantaneously break out; the bad faith that people, their proxim distacce which separates: B:10b8, are reasons enough for supposing that our enemies Wil not give roctm for those formalitics which precede a Geclaration of war, and are admitted as law by our re- fined civilization. Therefore it becomes Spain to be pro- Pared in advance, not only to drive back vigorously a sudden attack, but also to pay the enemy at therate of one huncred tor one the damaes which be may infict. What are the measures to be to’ What are the resources to be kept ready, and to be employed at the first signal? Let us briefly expose some general ideas without ea- ter Dg wto details. Jost a the same way asthe experienced pared himself for the combat by measuring his adver with a stoady glance, and by covering his mombers wii ‘an olly substance that the strokes of might re- bound whist be himself sharply looked ous for the way to bis heart to give him the death wound at the first blow. Thus Spain, warned by her incautious enemy, may ma- turely meditate on the moans of annihilating nim, and study the road to bis heart in order to throw ata given moment fire and devastation into hiscamp. To this may be reduced the whole amount of our thought, to the differopt apa various means which may b6 proposed, there is one which may prove useful to our * In order to find out heart of the American people it to study them in their cities, to fro- im their porw, ia the midst of the of their — unbridied fect ip their armor, in order to carry death ‘st the first canvon shot. It is sot our the vulnerable point, to search for the heel of th: bs & a Achilles; on the . we deem tn apotber manrer. Publicity in this Bot useful; and ©0 the other hand, we are nct competent for such a Gel.cate mission. sion, headed by seme zenlour and intelligent chief of the Davy. The object of this commission is easily to be under. stood from what we bave just exposed:—To examine the military points on the const; 40 find out the easiest and pest way of hard,and in sight of the bostile camp, vast plans of ; to jearn the details of their navigation, the'r naval construction and armaments; to take a full inventory of the!r pava’ force and equipments: to ascertaia the number of foreigners who form a part of the crew of their war- ships; Wecquire with the groatest exactness possible a knowlege of their mereaatile oxpeditions and their object ; to study the resources of the country, the river naviga- tion, &e., &, Such would be the object of the commis- sion. [tis donbtlees that by euch means the way to the heart of North America wouid be found out. A( ihe same time Ly? musi have her navy ready and prepared for war. 'e do not say this aa if our equadroa Was not always one war footing Far be from us such an fea. We would only propose the taking of some din- rE a, to strike a sure te be well penenreoea ibe United States, for it is necessary to be we! with the thought that a war with the American confede- Ee must be carried by Spain into the bostilecamp, a no wi on our own under a defens' pan. Teun it becomes ber Tonor and her sons, who wish (o present themselves on the battle field atthe great day ef trial, atthe not very ditsant epoch when she will re- her supremacy aad impose respect on ber ene. mies. With reference to the armament of the American war jy 4 ‘Wo must point out some singularitics which deserve to be atudied. Between the United States ana there exists some ints of affinity, which, with a li eipeation, Mls cay ive. Hie, although rich im atl kinds of erourcen, te wanting | nity. This is the point wherein t essentially differs from our Spain, and in consequence of which the conditions of both States are counter- balanced. Tn fact, North America, rich, but wanting in unity, and Spain, less rich, but more united and oom- t Tor facing © national war, be as Balanced in. resources. - The } ah ey to realize considerable revenues viding for ir ne consition; but want of unity, and the predominance of