The New York Herald Newspaper, July 4, 1858, Page 3

( AFFAIRS IN EUROPE. Our Paris Correspondence, Panis, June 17, 1868. Effect Upon Pubtic Opinion of the Propose Confiscation of the Hospital Revenues—Anzious State of the Public Mind —The Emperor's Health—The Court at St. Cloud— ,. Ihe Prince Imperial—Government Report on the De Pine | Duels, de., de, J The substitution of M, Delangle for General Espinasse ‘for‘the Ministry of the Interior for the moment gavea slight fillip to public securities, but whether caused by the “@lectric state of the atmosphere or & moody discontent wit> everything reiating to the government, there is no reacon to believe that a slight change of this kind in the “machinery hag had apy great effect upon the nation, The withdrawal of Gen. Espinasse is underatood to be acon. cessivn to public opinion in respect to the contemplated capitalization of charitable property, but the Emperor can scarcely expect much revival of confidence from; it, while it is so well known that the scheme originated with himeelf, and that laid aside now itis ouly t appear again ‘8 season more convenient. There are in France some 6 (OU managers or commissiouers of this hospital property; wud selected as they are from the most respon- sible cection of the middle clarses, they have to a man re eistedghe overtures of the government, whether enforced by persuasion or threat. The feeling of the general peo- ple is exbibited by a common abatention from the exercise | of their franchige; aud though the results of the elections for the Councils-General of departments have beeu on the whole rather in favor of the goverument, the proportion of abstentions to voters has been in the ratio of one to six; , Sad tho reason generally alleged is the abominable system ) of cepiopage ourried on throughou’ the country, waich in (General Fepizasze found a zealous advocale, but which das produced a sullenness of feeling among the populace, he reaction from which may one day prove dangerous. / A btrange, indefaable uneasiness seems almost univer- , Bally prevalent, That there is something in the wind ia in every one’s mouth, but what, nobody seems exactly 0 ’ understand, The Moniteur repeats again, iteramque, iter- amue, that there is no additional armament going on, but people smile incredulously, and the relatioas of France with England no one weoms to think worthy of aay depen. amp @ence on. The public feeling in America is eagerly in. ‘| quirea into, and an simost unanimous belief prevails that | im an ourbreax with Eogland the sympathies of America \ would be entirely on the side of France, Count Walewski, whose anti-Fog!ish policy caused a disruption of relatiors between himself and Count Persigny, is more in the Im- \ perial favor then ever, and his Majesty, waen partaking of bia mioieter’s hospitality the other day conferred the barony of that place on the Count’s eldest soa, Much bag been saia about the decline of the Emperor’s hesith. I believe I can speak on this subjsct witn sume authority, having myself been very recently a guest at Fontainebleau and knowing parties who enjoy the most in- Uimate and private relations with him, During the three days of my visit, I can only aay that mentally or poyaical- ly w not the slightest change in his Majesty. In i851, , when we was President of the Republic, I formed one of a party who aseisted in an excursion on the water, when the President pailed bis oar with the ekill and dexterity of @ practised boatinan. The foliowing day ke drove this same party in aa open barouche and four, bendling tue Fibbons like on expert Paglish coachmaa ia the good oid days of the road. Well, the same way did ho the same thing and at almost the same date, seven years afterwards, last week. I was forcibly struck by the coincidence, while the difference was no more in the manwer of doing #t than that which one sees every day between Philip drunk and Philip sober—Napoleon single and Napoleon married. He was not quite so cheery and ious, but be pulled his oar just aslustily. He was silent and thoughtful as he sat on the box, but be Drought up a refractory leader by s stroke of nis whip \ with the same nerve aad skill as before. His taco hes unquestionably of late, but there can be nothing ally out of joint in one who thus partakes in all the active recreations of life. Througnout my snort stay he was alert iu his attentions to those whom he more imme diately deligbied to honor, and though never greauly aai- mated, hie smile was more appareatly free from care taan Ihave geen it of late. : ‘At ten o'clock the guestsassemble to dejeuner. Attwon Tunch is provided, Tae dinner hour is seveu. Horaes,car- Tiages, boats, dogs, fishing tackle, everytuing is at nand for the entertainment of the guests, and # special atiend- ‘ant appointed to each party or individual, who is respoa- sible for his care. Tne disci of the establish meat very much resembles what | have witnessed at somo ducal houses in Eagland, and has altogether’an Angtican tasie anu arrangement ‘about it. The young Prince impo iai was, of course, the observed of all observers. He is decidedly a remarkably tine child, strong and lusty, and eats uli the promise of vigorous maahood. Lead \ always talk to him thomeelves in Eugligh, aod governess, does not speak a word mor FO) i 4 “bw prees ‘iss Shaw, bis pursery “{ French. He is very fond of bon-bone, and on recog- izing the lady by whose side | was standing, and woose + husband was an old friend of the Emperor, he immedi- atery began rillng that part of her aress where pockets fre supported to be, Oao day, on Miss Shaw bringing ia - the child to the Emperor, bia Majesty said, ‘Well, aurae, hope be has been good today?” “Oh yes, sire,” was her reply; ‘during the ride he has said his prayers no Jeae than four times.” The nureo is @ Protesant, and be is particularly anxious to know why sce don’t go w papa’'s church. When the Empress retires to her dressing boa doir the little Prince is always introduced to see his piay- ‘hich consist of the Ei 4 aificent case of ile the thou. for & millionaire of the first water. Sometimes i: happoos ‘tbat the one which gives him the most pleasure is imme diately wanted, aod then the “original sin’’ of the future Emperor manifests {teelf, He won't give it up. In vain his litde band is seizod—in vain is he coaxed and wheedied—the pride of possession is stroog in bim—and not till the Empress has i and @ price’’ restored to ita owner. The Empress piques herself »\ on the obedience abe shall ever exact from him, and ” though his imperial often incurs some penalty or other, it muat be confessed there are no very visible collision between the two generally ends in afamiuy up- roar, The Emperor is very ie with his child, aad never seems #0 happy a8 whea him ou his kKace. | ESEE iz 3 H Cause of this alteration in the programme, a sit is svoght the personat explanation ‘8 views may serve to overcome difficulties which all the other 5 means resorted to have not yet been found euillsient to re Tove, and asthe of many otner contemp\ated improvements are dent om the promotion of tnia fe yorite measure of bis Majesty, peuber nor trouble willbe spared if |; is supposed that they can contribute to ite success. It will bencove both Emperor and his Mais ters, however, to take care that, in their too obrwus anxiety to encourage enterprise of all kinds, they do not foster a spirit of speculation which will be rainovs ia ite consequences. New joint stock schemes are launched & every day, and as it is the characteristic of all snca to give promiee of great advantages—personal, comme cial, or Ahoy require the more carefully to be ei amined privileges aro conceded waich may ‘on render their failure the more diaastrous. Among tho last of these is a Trans Caspian Company, witha wal of tro million eilver roubles, under the direction of M. Koxorett, ‘with a view to the extension of commerce with Csatrai ‘Ania and Persia, and as no proita can compensate for the risk in such an undertaking, it is evident that the whole scheme \s only one of the Branches of that sysiem of ag Krandicement potioy Which Russia parsaes, by bringing jato subjection weak intervening neighbors, that slo may be the more ready to lay hands on British ludia when iti thought there may be a chance of dolng #o other with im punity or suoeess, Bat while the purposes of Russia in th bast are thas supposed to be served, those in the Wost ar not overlooked or forgotion, as these are specially regarde in maintaining the influence which has Deca acyuired by she possession of Poland, which it is now thoaght will ta future be better promoted by the ment of tha , country being entrasted to one of the Imporisl family, efinther than to any ether porsonage, howover otherwise jpaitadle. Tt has therefore now been determined that wee the Emperor repairs to Warsaw in August tne ocos- ‘will be availed of to dispense with the futare services *rince Gortactakof, and to fastal one of the brothers Emperor in the office of Viceroy of the kingdom, dich preparations not to be musteken are siready ying both at St Petersburg and Warsaw. All thas is ’ #, oF that is intended to be done, either inthe Kast or p Weat, however, will not be’ prodaciive of more pictal consequences to the trae weifare of Russia What will be sooomplished by the judicious, bat les picuous measures whieh are in ress wader the ction of M. Kovalovaky, the new Minister of Public ruetion, Already have oxortitant fees bean redaced ‘nany \aptitations, amd schools for the im UJ cofton of the peaeantry have been estactished in saite district, from Wwhien the groatest good may be anth ted. Suotye system it had long Dee costempiatet to "| the efterpart of it a beautiful little cabin, al NEW YORK HPRALD, SUNDAY, JULY 4, 1858. 3 introduce, but some comvenient reasons for were ever reacily brought tor@ard, which were, however, uo longer listened to when affuirs were entrusted toa prac- tical man of experience, who willnow have the satisiac- tion of seeing that what has been zealougiy undertaken be successii accomplished, Royal Marriages in Turkey. THE SULTAN'S DACONTERS AS BRIOSS—NEZIBEL SULTANA TAKEN TO BER NEW HOMS. (Constsntinopie (June 5) sorres; of the Loudon On Thursday last tbe first pari of the nuptial fetes ended wita the solemn proceasion of Nezideh Suttena to ber bew abode, where her trousseau bad aireadea preceded ber on Mooday jet bow ceremonies wore exiromely curious, more especially the taking howe of the bride, as it afforded one of the tow opportanities of casting a gance on the internal life of toe Imperial Herart and is Ume bonored customs. The rigdt beceme dou ly inter. esting from the circumstance thai the Bosphorus waa the acene on which it was dispisyed. Not osly did this en bance the beauty of the ceremony, but it made it mach more public than it would bave been otnerwise. Wanen the marriage cortige goes by land it is formed inside the gater, and those ouside gece only the string of carriages. The ceremony was annjunced for the hour of noon, but long before that time the part of the Bosphorus im frond of the imperial palace was alive witn caiques of every sizo aud description, trom the stately five-oared, with ite crew in Brussa silk shirts, down to the most modest single-oared caiques, with & reg for a carpet and a Jew for a doatinsn. Before the waiting rooms, whica are separated by a courtyard, vansformed into @ garden, from the paiace itself, the caiques of all the pillars of the State were drawn up in a iipe waiting for their masters. These latver perform in we marriager of Sultenas the part which iz common marriages Delonge to the friends of the bridegroom, while the feroale portion of their families paid their horace to tbe bride in the harem. The palace showed no great of preparation. All the range of the apartments for males and the State apartments looked as dead aa de- gerted ag neual; only ut the gilé iron gate which leads to the harem symptoms of iife were visible. Tae passage leading down from the poriico to the waa enclosed by @ high ecreen of red cloth, aad the staps covered with gorgeous carpets, on which gaudily Gressed slave children were digporting themselves. A fow pa'ace servants carrying trays tied up in colored gauze slong the quay towards the caiques, some enpuchs in gilt uniforms making themselves busy. and now and then a white faced palace digaitary trying to look active, were ail that appeared. Bat if there seemed litue hie in the palace,sao much the more was outside, ‘dhe quay, usually so gray sad dismal, looked like the gay parterre of a garden; crowds of Tarkish women, in wil the colors of the rainbow, were trying to settle down, forgetting, in their eagerness of sight seciog, ineir inborn Oriental dignity, and chattering, quarreling, aud puaning about Like any lively Kuropean crowd. At one o’ciock the indispensable salute of cannon an- nounced the beginning of the proceedings. One by one the high officials entered their caiques; passing the palace they stopped at some distance from i:, waiting for the appearance of the bride, and ready to head the cortige. By degrees the palace caiques ap- proached and moored aiong the quey, leaving the piace of honcr before the gate to the spiendid State caique destined for the Sultana, and imme dimely betore it another, similar, but not so rich, for the Kislar Aga, who bes to deliver over the bride to her fu- wre husband, The Sultana’s caique was painted white, with richly gilt carvings along the bulwarks, aad rese colored oars, likewise relieved with gold ornements. la | all gold and pale blue, with glittering Venetian blinds, was erected. A faint gound of song, the usual marriage ditty, heralded the approach of the bride; the children disappeared, the eervanis formed a row and the procession began. First came, supported by two blacks, the Kislar Aga, who ts at the head of the whole female department of tue palace, and plays a prominent part on all such occasions. After bim the mother of the bride gorgeously dresaed in pink eatin ferigeh, likewise sepported by two biacks, one of them holding a large ping umbrella embroidered in silver over her head. o was followed by the younger brothers and sisters of the bride, each of them accompa. nied by their motaers and their suits of ladies and biacts. When these had and taken their seats in the cniques the red screen was spread out and drawn dowa (0 the door of the little cabin, 80 as to conceal the bride from profane eyes. 12 spite of these precautions, before she descended tne flignt of stops, one could catch a glance of her as she came out, covered with a rose colored veil trom head to foot and followed by a host of ladies and children of tho pelace who accompanied her, singing the monotonous marriage chant, which sounded quite melodious as it came acroes the water. The soreen was withdrawn, and a fat eunuch inarich uniform sat before the door of the cabin which ha let in the bride The signal was given and the procession started, the high cflicials in front according tw their rank—the highest nearest to the bride; afier them the caique containiog the Kisler Aga, and then the bride, fol'owed by her sis- ters and brothers and her own aud their suits. ‘The cistance from the place to Emerghan, where Mus- tapba Pasha’s summer palace has been taken for the coapte, is about five miles, and the sight which they pre- sented while the procession passed slowly wa: quite upique. Wherever there is a quay along the whole dis- tance, it was covered bobs amu ), almost exclusively women, who iu sight seeing have bere always the right of precedence, Wherever there is no quay and the houses ise close CY ee me: oe windows pei x. same aspect. prominent polats were drawn up, with their bands playing, 80 that the cortige was almost all along accompanied by the sound of music. The effect which thir ensemble produced it is impossivie to desoribe. Color, which forms the most feature in every Eastern tableau, lent w this, too, a charm of its own; the most glaring tints harmonized, and were framed im by the equally brigat colored houses on both shores, looking their best in the Drilliant sunshine, with emerald — ‘bills as @ background, a cloudless sky above, anda plus, calm sea below. It was a real feast for the eye. After @ row of about an hour and a half the procession reached its destination. The Sultana stopped before the harem door in her caique until ail the female part of tne cortége bad landed and formed inside to receive her. Before the screen was closed one could see the grande maxiresse come down to tntrodace the bride to her house. Again the sounds of the marriage song were heard, the screen was withdrawn, and the oride had passed. Yesterday evening the /éies began for the second mar- riage—that of Umayreh Sultana. Foreign Operatic and Dramatic News. Tue Orena 1x Lowpoy.—Titiens has appeared at Her Me- Jeaty’ the Countess in the ‘Nozze di Figaro.’’ Bosio has made asensation at Covent Garden in “La Traviata.’” Ronconi has reappeared In “‘Lucrezia Borgia,” with Grisi and Neri Beraldi. How strange it seems to write of any other tenor except Mario, with Grisi as Lucrezia, So the Times seems to think, but praises Boraldi’s voice, which we all liked at Castle Garden. Tho hit of tho night seoms w have been Didiie’s Orsini, which is fine. Mario has sung since the above named performance, with Bosio in the “‘Barber.”’ Porsiani and Viardot Garcia have reappeared in « concert at Han- over Square Rooms. “Rigoletta’’ has been given at the Drury lane cheep Opera, by which, as we learn from pri- vate sources, Mr. Smith has losta mintof money. We give asa matter of curiosity the London musizal pro- gramme for the week commencing June 7. We quote from the Témes:— ene cabling elaaaooiien "ruin aarnoe par offers a | “Don Giovanni ym (Me. George Vining), a captain of the Guards, provides a goue- ral panaces for b's wounds by couneelling nim toaroid the dictates of natural benevolence and to regard with suspt- clon every social phenomenon that may provent iteol’ for observation. “ Do and don’t be done; punish socieiy sod don’t let society punish you,’ is the grief abstract of ‘the gallant captain's advice, and is follo: by the request of & emall joan of £7,000, whieh will enadie him to marry fn unaamed young lady with ut the consent of her father. Mr, Potts ‘the money and resolves to act upon the couneel, b by a deliberate insuit offered to Lacy Johnaon (Mies Wyndham), the niece of a reduced gentle man, whose frst floor ne occupies, and who has hitherto regarded him as asincere friend. A visit (rom Miss Daeh- wood affords the next ity for reducing his theory favows to him tha; she loves Potts listens with a wit sneer, and responds to che expressed hope that he will favor the little innocent deocit in terms at once unfeeling and di . However,on of visitors he allows Migs Dash wood to conssal lite combat. He therefore resolves to call out Hardingham, and pot to advance £2,000. ,000. Jn the second act all the characters are brought together in their highest state of developement Te fancy ball given by Mrs. Polkinghorne (Mrs. Svephe: Atthe entrance of thie lady's house the vehicles Dashwood and Potts are brought into violent collison, @ squabble between the drivers leads to a quarrel between the gentlemen, aud the affair results in the conveyauce of Votts to the station house attired as Mephisiphiles. In the sanctum of the ballroom all soris of extraord: incidents occur. in the attire of a waiter, is on causes General Dashwood to be srreited in hig stead, the malignant Mephistophiles Potts, who bas been bailed out of the station house, tavoring the mistake, is led off, but Potts, who has drunk with champagi voidable. However, when Potts gets home, and the moment for the hostile encounter is rawiag disagreenbly near; when Major Steel, as the “friend,” arrives with acase of pis tols, and taike with calm systematic ferocity over a glass of brandy toddy; when, moreover, Potts reflects thas the inaulted Lucy, who, attired as @ keepor of cloake and {nstande of Pott’s uncle, Mr. Bovis Marks (Mr. G. Croke), has watched over his safety at the ball, ey be !coked upon as @ guardian avgel: tuen he, Potts, comes to the conclusion thu he is a very silly fellow, and that he would have been much wiser if be had followed nature. The conversion 9 tale \s hurrisd to acon. clusion, Four policemen evgaged by Mr. Sevis Marks are the firet checks to the hostile encounter, but by reciprocal apologies the very cause of enmity is removed, and as to marry Miss Dashwood, shawls, at the the impulses of his own kind! of Potts being thus effected, Captain Hardipgbam is allowed Captain Hardingham, who bas disgul himeelf as a Scotch lady, for the purpose of eloping with Migs Dashwood, bas become aware that a sherifl’s ye the look out for him, an tmoade himself exceedi: and Potts is delighted with Lucy, everybody is satis but worthy Major Steel, who can only lament that he was Dorn in such a degenerate age. ‘The least ratisfactory the logue between Major O’ Trigger and Acres rewritten, advantage of nity afforded him for bis master), bess, we could not help feeling east It ia in the delineation of the are barmicss. Gel ly Cn ag and is played horne, acted in Mrs. always the picture that will cause who, though eiliciently pon ee ee see tae Gaug tetas tea eoneges. ry » * Going to may led as one of Mr. Taylor's weakest ill reveals that art which enables him to give substance to an unsatisfactory story by a happy appliance of truthful details and literary ornaments, aod the applause at the fallof the curtain was such, perhaps, of the present day would as no other practical author have so fairly earned. Mowstex Concert at tne Cavetat PaLack.—The London a ry (May 10,) says:— them to dwell fenvare in this last production of Mr. Taylor’s is the manner in which the leading idea is carried out. At the beginning, when Potts firet resolves to ‘* go to tue bad,” we are led to expect something like a psychological developement carefully elaborated; piece probeeds we flad that the reaolution oaly serves as the pretext to ints oduce a number of farcical incidents — not as ap expedient to eifes; any moral Mephistopheles’ dress assumed at the ball migot as well have been a harlequin’s jacket for any reference that it bas to the artidcial malignity of Potts; and evea when the bustle of the ball is over, and the would-be misanthrope ig repentiog of his evil doings, the moral is mach less against cynicism than against duelling, so that in the dia- Steel and Potts we could almost we were witnessing the scene between Sir Lucius with the modera objection to duelling substituted for natural timidity. With all the Mr. Robeon’s acting, and with the opportu- imitations of druakea- ; Potts is one of tae detined and least interesting personages in the piece. secondary and inferior per- sonages, which are much more sharply marked out, that the author bas chiefly dispiayed his talent, The poirified brutality of the old Major, who is ever ready to cause a series of murders, with the strictest regard to propriety of form, is well maintained thronghout the piece, and the cast iron courtesy of the veteran fire euter is 80 charac teristically put on by Mr. Addison that there is something of evil augury in his eutrance, even when his intentions . Captain Hardingbam 's a vory good ex- quisite of the kind with which Punch;constantiy mikes us familiar, and the repreentation of this Drougbt to a high degree of finish by Mr. neral Dashwood is a good specimen of an irascibie elder- by Mr. G. Vining with becom- ‘The lady who gave the ball, the true style of Uustling hospitality by ; Smythers, a fashionable nairdresser, wio sists that the pronunciation of his name shall inoicate the presence of the “ y,’’ aad is admirably played by Mr. H. Wigan; and the whole mob of street loungers who stand in tae etreet before Mrs. Polkinghorne’s house and “‘ chaff” the fancifully attired guests on their arrival, unimportant as they are to the plot, al! give a reality to ‘much louger in the memory than the two ladies, fashionavle aod ua- fashionable, who form the pivot to the entire action, and sustained by Miss Herbert aad other than shado' musical festival which took invited the attention ‘ited tane,’’ was equally good, and with so vast an wi trape tive in lovd and soft thedrals. but thin was followed by so charmin; Stafford Smith’s glee, Whon the ev arranged for the purpose, that a second encore was unani- There were several [oe apl armen on the ‘Blue Bells of Scot- W. Martin, the conductor») ‘mousy insisted upon. aeneng whieh a fos part een land’’ (harmonized by Mr. G. a third encore ; and obtained “God save the Queen.” Twenty-two thousand visited ‘the palace on that day, 5 ie ae eeanite id F ii ij iF if 4 i : ‘ i return train was due for town, THE PORTRAIT OF RACHEL DYING—DRCISION OF THE PARIS LAW COURT. jan (From @elignani’s Nos The Triounal of First Instance gave jadgment yesterday In the case of Mile. Raohel’s portrai Worization by Mme. O'Connell. President, declared that | inasmuch duce and deltver to publicity, without the consent of the person on his or ber deathbot; ‘ae also the right to interdict such publicity ed; a8, furthermore, Mile. Sarah Felix had press terms, when she gave the order |, that no one whatever family, the features of iater’s features raphed, uld be permitted to copy the performan’ Uld Handredth Psalm was then sung, Produced by the combination of #0 many and vigorots voices was indescribable. —'*Sweetly ue Sab bash bell’ —! yoices, was given with wonderful deliwacy, and encored by the audience, The 119th Psalm, set to the “ Dundee r remarkabio for the ject contrast between ‘forte’ and ‘‘piano”’ in the al ive versee—an achievement of no smal! difficulty army of singers, whether young or old. , Thou that teilest,’’ from the ‘‘Messiah,’’ a little too difficult, and would have been better posed a note lower. Farrant’s well known authem, “Lord, for thy tender mercies’ sake,” was another fine , beautifully in tune throughout, and equally effec- waile the chant set to the place yesterday after- Crystal Palace was the irst of the entertain. ments ee pag pul chorus o1 between 4,000 and 6,000 the children and teachers of the echools of London and its neighborhood, filied the great orchestra of the Handel Festival and the galleries imme. diately above. The only iastrumental adjunct was the or. |, @ which Mr. Brownsmith (organist to the Sacrod Eirmonic Society) presided, beginalng the concert with & ice of the march from Mr. Costa's ye and the effect ‘thousand young A four part song a sem! chorus of picked “Rule Britannia’? was somewhat unsteady ; ig & performance of J. ening sun is shining,’’ the whole eoncluded paying $7,500. wenger ‘a8 DO one CAN repro doubt likeness; but at, nowith and) such interdiction, Mme. O'Connell had mate a re frou the photograph with very slight modiloa and offered & certain number of copies for sale in jone, the shop of Goupil & Co., the print seliers, such conduct on ber part must be dociared altogether illegal; in conee- quence she must, within the space of four and twenty hours, deposit with the Registrar of the courtal! the proofs of the picture remaining unsold, 25 in number, la omter to have them destroyed; of in dofaalt thereof, to pay to Mme, Sarah Felix 10 france (or each day's delay to the extent of two montha, after which the court would again decide what should be done, Furthermore, Mme. O'Connell's demand for damages in conzequenoe of hor ploture baring deen seized on the application stated to be without foundation pay All the oonts of tho mit, of tho FolleTamt!y, was j nd sho wae ordered to Peacum axp Arrim.—The Delaware (sertle saya We regret to learn that both the apple amt peach crop '€ likely to be very short in thie State. There is scarcely & hope of @ fourth of a peak a crop of the former ant « third of In Brandy@ine Hundred it @ thonght of, while there will be Geogge aut Rot Lion Has- good erop, dhe prosper ts ng) in Belgravia. Gen. ‘The General tH me, aud bas discovered that the 4 guised leay is Captain Hardingham, overpowers that gen- tiemen with such a profusion of insults that an “allaic of honcr” at tive in the morning now seems absolutely una- but as purpose. Tne bas been Vining. r#. Polkiag- wy per- jpectus bas Oa this occasion & selected from and endowed Persons it, painted withoat au- iM” Bonoit Champy, the Affairs in Venezuela; j BANQUET TO THE N :W GOVERNMENT—SPEECH OF MR. EAMES, THE AME <\AN MINISTER—REPLY BY DR. PORRAS—GRBAT ENTHUSIASM IN FAVOR OF AMBRI> CANS, BTC., BTC. [From La Regeneracion, of Caracas, May 15.) On the night of the 9th inst., several respectable citizens, presided over by the municipal authorities, honored with a splendid “banquet the illustrious citi- zen General Julian Castro, provisional chief of the State. It was a small but unequivocal manifestation ot the high esteem and gratitude due to such an ex- cellent citizen for the immense benetits for which we are indebted to him, he having been the first who raised the cry of liberty on the 5th of March in the camp of Carabobo, which will be ever glorious and of happy commemoration for the country. By an unforeseen event we were deprived of the honor of attending this solemn act, but by genera! wow we have been assured that the rejoicings, in which the company participated, were universal, and that we may indulge the greatest hopes from the demonstrations of true union which were manifested at that oecasion, Everybody went away extending a hand of sincere fraternity, and taking with him as the only motto the idea—‘the well being of all at any cost.” Among the toasts given in that assembly by the illustrious chief and other persons, that of the Hon, Charles Eames is deserving of special mention; in which he recommended peace and full harmony in the interior, and above all national dignity and jus- tice in our foreign relations. From the time the said gentleman first came to Venezuela, we have had the honor to possess and cultivate his friend ship, and we have now had the great satisfaction to see our judgment confirmed with regard to him, and to say that, whilst being the true represeutative 0 the interests of his own country, he is at the sam time the good friend ot the Venezuelans, and mor than that, a true guardian and zealous propagato of the democratic principles and_liberal institution which have been proclaimed in North America, and whose majestic echo has resounded in all indepen- dent Spanish America. The people of Caracas could not remain indifferent to the Janguage of the Hon. Mr. Eames—a language of infinite value for Venezuela under the preseat circumstances, much more than in any other occa- sion, A number of respectable ciiizens, accom- panied by a musical band and in the midst of a brilliant illumination, went in the pins of yester- day (the 10th inst ) to the residence of the Hon. Mr. Eames, and Dr. Mauricio Berrisbeitia, as the faithful interpreter of the sentiments of the people of Cara- cas and the rest of Venezuela, made, in the presence of the said gentleman, a brilliant speech as an ac- knowledgment of the high esteem which he showed for us in such a public and solemn manner. As it was natuyal, Sr. Berrisbeitia made a justand honorable ment#On of the President of the United States and its government, and at that moment Mr. Eames, somewhat affected, begged leave to ask the orator to suspend his speech, in order that one of his friends present at the occasion might raise the banner of the legation, thus repaying the honor which had been shown to the government of the United States. Sr. Berrisbeitia terminated his speech, to which Mr. Eames replied in the most polite and satist manner. We were very much affected by the last words of this gentleman: “Re- table citizens, I address together with you all most eer to the Highest forthe pros- perity of the actual government and the felicity of the people of Venezuela. Long live, gentlemen, the great national convention! Long live his Excellency the citizeu General Julian Castro, actual chief of the State! Long live the patriotic people of Caracas!” As soon as the company had retired, many friends of Mr. Eames remained with him a part of the evening, listening to several toasts which referred to the subject of the evening, amongst which was dis- tinguished an account of its high American policy— that of Dr. Manuel Porras—which we are satistied to be enabled to give in the following terms, as they have been at our request written down by the author ADDRESS OF DR. MANUBL PORRAS. Crtizen Eames -(Allow me to give you this mo- dest but nificant title, for it is it which, more than any other, is to fill with pride the friend of America and its institutions) —I spontaneously wish w render myself the organ not only of this assembly which is before your eyes, but of the whole ple of Caracas; my voice, therefore, at this solemn oc- casion, is that of all, and the ideas and thoughts it expresses are the faithful interpretation of their sentiments and wishes. I humbly confess that at this moment I am possessed with the conviction of being unable to worthily fulfil the duty which I have imposed on presi but although wanting in words proper to ern! lish the form and to offer you @ speech worthy of you and the persons {n whose name I am speaking, deep fooling will not bein de- fault. I shall have the eloquence of the heart,.that which does not sacrifice itself to the sonorousness of words, that which never deceives, and,in a word, that possessed even by the most uncivilized and savage when he is moved by a generous sentiment or by a great passion. Yon have been witness of our ignominious en- slavement; you have beheld the most shameful ab- jection; you have abundant reason to believe that the sons of Bolivar have degenerated, and that the descendants of the brother of Washington have be- trayed the holy cause of the liberty of the Americas. You despair, without doubt, that South Ameri- can populations shall have the necessary virtues to re-establish the republic, and perchance you suppose them condemned to be eternally slaves. How much ought your free and democratic heart to suffer! But if it is true that you see us dragging the chain of the ofthe Ath of March fately passed, hus proved. to of the ol itely |, has to you that Venezuelan breasts protest in secret, and wait but for the occasion to recover their lost rights, without shedding the blood of their brethren misled by error—a it revolution, which the world admires, which gained for my fellow citi- zena the estimation of all true republicans, and so that the powerful eagle of the American Union ex- tends its broad and protecting wht unto ua; a revolution by which we have not only entered into the enjoyment of our Us Som bat into the possession of @g@ honor ; # revolution, in short, which has been ve and applauded by the most competent ju PY, the illustrious and worthy representative of the model republic. Do not believe, American fellow citizen, that we can ever fe your sensible discourse of to-night. It proves to us that there are sincere apostles of li- berty who respect and revere the weak when jus- tice is on their side; and that there is a true Ame- rican confederation more powerful than the written coalition of kings, because it is engraved with the love to hamanity in all the hearts of the world of Colon. The Venezuelan ia triamphs—, omnipotent. World—a ala the nation of W: The ight ni form an epoch Venezuelans. the members tive Minister ae ral fellow citizens, and among them inister of K Relations, will take up the word to paint our happy situation, and to call our attention to the sympathies which the political and moral regeneration of Venezuela has excited, not only among the who tread our soil, bat among those who are separated from us by the seas—an eloquent example, gentlemen, which clearly proves that in the nineteenth centary the principles which we have proclaimed form the code of the rights of humanity. Let useustain it with dignity and content. Better to endure unto the end than to be inscribed in the catalogue of barbarous and enslaved people. Our illustrious Minister of Foreign Reiations mani- fested the energetic resolution which the govern- ment had not to permit the least intermeddie- ment which would obscure our rights and place in doubt in the slightest degree our charac- ter of a free and independent nation; and the Citizen Eames, who ia present, has recommended it to us as a virtue indispensable to the republican. Two cheers, my brethren, to these two worthy repre- sentatives of tree and independent nations. Long live the North American Minister, Citizen Eames !— jong live the South American Minister, Citizen Fer- min Faro!—long live the harmony and mutual alli- ance of the American republics! It remains to me, Citizen Eames, to record the beautiful qualification which you gave of our politi- eal and moral regeneration. You said that Vene- >'vuela is transfigured. Yes, you have, in one single phrase, expressed all the grandeur and all the eleva- tion of our revolution. Yes, from the hell of pam | and of corruption in which we were plunged, we have ascended to the heaven of liberty and of morals. We can already, without blushing, call the republic sister, which you so worthily repre- sent. We can aye! present to you a friendly hand equal to yours, and stretch over you a free and re- publican breast. I present to you this hand, and I offer you this breast in the name of the people of Caracas, Cuotma—-The cholera reported as prevailing in Arkaneas turns out to be ths hog chol soourge of mam, the Asiatic cholera, has not ‘this peas va in any of the American coniMent, 90 far sa our sources of information extend. The hog cbolera is amp istillery uiik. posed to have originate! In the wee of Sonoo. Teactens.—Rev. Anson Smyth, State Commissioner of Common Schools tn Oats, in his report to the Legisiature, say ‘Every teacher elemid road st Jonst one goo! Rowspaper, olierwise ho will ive im ug rance of daily cecamring fot, ia repeat to hina bts feesien re-gatres (ha: he wtypuid be Int tion of the Forced Interven: of Spain in Anglo uloan Conflict. [Translated from 14 Nord, Juno 17, for the New ‘York Haxarn } we pointed out the gravity of the conflict between England and the United t States, British cruisers upon American t in believing that the United States will only be satisicd when Kog- land, besides the actual satisfaction which they all the necessary guar- occur agen is to say, the complete and ex- P of everything that may haps the with- reaty of Wash- ington. But there remains one sid of the question which we should not overlook, although it seems Weare going to ex- amine how England acts with Powers who offer any concerning the outrages of the F ronsels, We claim, antees t! ives them tt those outrages will not icit abandonment resemble the right of search, and per drawal of article eight of the ti scarcely to be in question now. resistance to her, * is not without ote" com: pare with that ¢ableau that of her conduct®owards The United States are not alone con- cerned with England io the conflict provoked by the Gulf of Mexico” has been the theatre, Spain has also something to do forsaken that true sentiment of national pride for which she was the feeble. outrages of which the in it; and, if she has not distinguished among all other nations, she cannot jail to interfere in the debate. The English cruisers have stopped, boarded, which they were pleased to look upon as suspicious of being engaged in the infamous slave trade; but they nave done worse with Spain. They have violated her territory; they have practised in her territoriat waters and even upon her soil a system of espionage and violence which has disturbed the quietness of wounded her own sovereiguty and compromised her States, whose Vessels have been insulted and outraged in the very midst of her territorial jurisdiction. In lace on the 8th of Jane in Hart of Malmesbury has contested the exactitude, or at least the certitude of to the English cruisers as regards the American ships, but he has not denied those acts as regards Spain. ‘I must contess,” said he, “that some acts have been committed that are not justi- fGiable either by international law or by the treaties that exist between this country and the United States. 1 am informed that on one occasion a body of men were landed from one of her Majesty's ships on the coast of Cuba; though that is, of course, a Spanish question, which can only be incidentally searched and seized American shi her seas and of her settlements, security relatively to the United the debate which took the House of Lords, the facts charged mentioned when speaking with regard to America Statements have also been made that considerable annoyance has been occasioned to American trading vessels lying at anchor at Havana froma system of i ‘goes urveillance and ing them out to rowing around those vessels, watchi taken out and taken in, exercisin; espionage over them, and finally c! sea after they left the port.” Thus a system of police and espionage, organized by British cruisers in the ports belonging to Spain, ractice there is in those facts a bold and flagrant violation of the sovereign rights of Spain, against which Spain capnot fail to protes!. She will not atone be led toit by the care of her sovereign diguity, but she led to it by the exterior consequences which the forsaking of her rights in this occasion might !cad to for her own safety. Some have been of State at Wash- ington, in his letter of May 18, render Spain con- jointly responsible for the outrages committed by It is not, however, according to us, without grounds; and far from secing, as some others, in that letter of General Cass, a threat against the independence of Spain, we, on the coutrary, look upon it as a token of respect In fact it is in the Spanish waters that the outrages complained of py the United States have taken place; it is in the Spanish porta that the system of espionage against protests has been prac- and violation of the Spanish territory to searches, are the tacts confessed; a will be com; astonished to hear the Secretary the English cruisers. towards that independence. which the American navy tised by the British cruisers. Her very soil has been invaded: searches have been made by the English in the dwellings of her planters. It is not, therefore, astonishing that the American govern- ment compels her to see that her territory, which the prejudice of Ame- has been violated to rican interests, be respected. It is, in fact, her duty that on her soil and in the extent of her territorial seas no other police than her own be exercised. If, in her indifference or her feebleness, she allows thus .her most inviola- ble rights to be usurped—if she does not protect against all foreign attacks the foreign vessels going on the strength of the treaties—is it not to her that the governments, protectors of the rights of their citizens, have to look first before ar- iz the foreignersthemselves? Far from being 'y of indecorwn towards the respect due to her sovereignty, is it not,on the contrary, bowing with respect’ before it to compel her to insure, in her na- tional jurisdiction, the safety and tranquillity which are due to all those who frequent her possessions the international has to see that her is respected or to suffer that the United which she is the pretension of the Sec! Sree cre the ‘retary tate of the Union, and we do not truly see how the justice of it This pretension is undoubtedly dangerous for Spain, on account of the afterthoughts It is of the greatest importance for Spain that the ports and the into her gui and conform themselves to law and to the treaties? Spain ter States insure to their ships the securit; has not been able to afford them in her could be cont of the United States about Cuba. territorial seas of that colony, 80 cot asl; lusted after by her northern ‘neighbors, shoul not become the theatre of an armed contest “— has the greatest interest to prevent the veel supervision of her coasts and her seas, it is a reason the more for her to forbid England to usurp that right, Rime psd us tween the latter and England. But if States from exercising a public only to her national sovereignty. Spain reconcile her interest and her dignity. Spain is bound to England by four treaties, which, under the shadow of the repression of the slave trade, have subjected her merchant service to the right of search by the British cruisers; but the treaties of 1814, 1817, 1822 and 1835, which have given to England upon her vessels that jurisdiction which ail the Powers—France and the United States excepted—have nted, have not, however, given her any right of interference and of police on her waters, in her har- bors and upon her soil. Her territory and all the rights of sovereignty thereupon stiil belong to her. alone exercises there legaliy those rij of in- spection and jurisdiction which the British cruisers have dared to take Lg themselves to the prejudice of the American ships. She cannot therefore, we senens, it, fail to interfere in the existing question between the United States and En, he has fry Wo he gry ad er woerega ight jury to her ity an more signal fad more fatal. will, then also demand and has to obtain satisfaction for int In his apecch of June 8, the Karl Bacar vn | has announced that that was a ques- tion a mga bo hy be inci- dentally ment in relation with American question. The two questions are, however, insepa- rable; for Spain, formally compelled by the Ameri- can government, cannot fail to unite itand to — that they should be decided at the same ie. American Citizens as Railroad Contractors in Braz. Frooa O Correio Mercaotu of Rio Jancire, May 15.) the English packet leaves us to-day, and as it is natural that in those countries which ‘are in rela- tion with us, people are looking with some curiosity and interest on the contract which has been concluded at Rio for the construction of the second section of the railroad—the portion wherein the great difficulties of the enterprise are concentrated—it seems to us not out of purpose to state concisely the characteristic features of that coutract and the mo- ral guarantees which induced the directory to adju- dicate the works to those American citizens who, in company, presented their propositions. ‘The general clauses were published in the news- paj of the capital on the 2Ist of last month, and according to our information those clauses, to- ether with the specifications which have been pnb- fished, constitute the contract. Here follow the chief principles upon which it is based:— First—The railroad company does not advance funds for the preliminary expenses; only after the machinery and implements for the great works have been imported it will advance their value under security of the same machinery, to be deducted in fourth parts from the monthly aks ope for service accomplished. This condition depends on the direc- tory being satisfied with the conduct of the contract ora. Second—During the construction the contractors are completely sobordinated to the engineers of the peep who have unlimited powers as to the choice of materials, the nature and perfection of the manual labors, and all circumstances attending the execution. ‘Thinds—They Tpeeive at the close of every month four-fifths of the* valuation of the work accomplish- ed, measured and calculated in a price table annexed to the contract——the last oneifth remaining as @ re- serve fund for security. FourthThey are subjected as to efficactonsness of the means employed by them (asin all other oe Se nn 4 LT engineer, ee en m insufficient, may organize tl Wore for the account of the contractors. Fifth—-In case of re heavy fines, which, if be prolo over two years, may go ewan a8 far as the loss of the se- curity. Sixth®. They accept, in all cases of diffprences, the chief engineer a4 their arbitrator, with appeal only to the Lm oF Seventh they fuitil the contract to the satis: faction of the directory, they caterts paribus will have the preference for the construction of the rest of the line. This contract, aait is seen, is surrounded by aa many moral guarantees as may be possibly desired. It is a contract of reciprocal equity, in which on the one side the contractors being paid for all the ser- vice they do, and freed from the burden of all kinds of eventualities, have before them no probability of loss, and can for this very reason lessen the margin of their profits. On the other side, the company, aying for whatever it orders to be made, has ite fangs free for any modification of the plans, and is exenipted from the tifty or eighty per cent margin which is rendered nece; in the uncertain play of contracts in bulk, on a terribly broken country, like that of our Cordilleras. ‘The only serious objection to the system of con- tracts by the job preferred by the directory are those which, perhaps, may be derived either from the want of aptitude in the contractors or from the danger of losing time in consequence of their not be- ginning the service. We are glad to be able to tranquillize the public with regard to these risks, by stating that the contractors to whom preference has been given, offer in their antecedents and the cir cumstances which accompanied the concluding of their contract, excellent guarantees apart from the inducement which naturally puts them in motion, having before them a prospective construction of about 180 miles of railroad, besides the 17 for which they have contracted. A short notice of the part- ners who compose the firm to which the adjudication has been given, reposing on documents which have been shown to us, will have the advantage of tran- quillizing the country, which, not without reason, de- vires the rapid construction of the road, and at the same time to prove to the industrious men who are come amongst us if they comprehend, as it is to be hoped they do, t mission, at will be receiv- ed with the most cordial wishes for their prosperity. Two of the company are. capitalists: one of them—Mr. Watts—-living in the United States, and the other—Mr. Harreh-having agai’ for fifteen years at Rio, and now, as we are informed, exclu- sively oceupied with the administration of the en- terprise to which he has associated himself. Two other partners—Messrs. Robert and George Harve; are two brothers, exclusively engaged in rallross contracts. The elder—Robert Harvey—proves, with documents signed by the respective ‘presidents and chief engineers, to ‘have executed to the fulb satiefaction of the companies considerable contracts for the railroad of Raleigh and Gaston, for that of Richmond and York River, and for that of Rich- mond and Danville—for the latter, says the docu- ment, more than two-thirds of the road bed and for- ty miles of superstructure. The fifth partner—Mr. jacob Humbird—is known to Colonel Garnett. and his First Adjutant, under the direction of which latter he executed in the United States several contracts with excellent success. Of this latter contracter, Mr. C. Fisk, one of tne most illustrious engineers of North America, states that he has known him for long years, and that he never saw him give up unsuccessfully the execution of works for which he had contracted. Our lega- tion in Washington thus expresses itself with re- rd to him: “Mr. J. Humbird is known to me as an active and clever contractor, highly capable, on account of the considerable pecuniary means of which he dixposes, to carry out great works, as it is Poe by those he uudertook on different railroads mn this country.” At this very moment Mr. Hum- bird has finished, or is finishing, a tunnel of 4,700 feet in rock in the State of Virginia. rns, the sixth partner, Mr. W. M. Roberts, hag an established reputation as engineer; it was he who directed, as chiet engineer from the beginning to the end, the construction of the railroads in Cumberland Valley, Elion an Indiana; he vu also chief engineer of the Navigation Company of Monongahe- la, and of that of the Sandy an Beaver canal. For the Keokuk, Fort des Moines and Minnesota rail- roads, Mr. Roberts having become a contractor, executed to the satisfaction of the company pay: eight miles of the road bed. Our legation officially recommends also the good qualities of Mr. Roberts. These are, in ey ee moral guarantees enough for tranquilizing us, to which we may add that Rio is witness of the activity of the contractors, who, immediately after the adjudication had taken place, without waiting for the public act of the notary, be- gan to purchase implements and other utensils, and to-day are in the mountains in company with seve- ral sub contractors, with whom they Wiad to contract for different fractions of the service, in order to fur- ther the work as much as depends on their power. We will not omit to mention here a circumstance in our opinion highly significant, witnessed 2 a friend of ours who was casually and for another purpose present in the office of Sr. Sialho. We were not aware ofthis circumstance when we learned that the act of notary had been made public. The person alluded to reports that Mr. Meade Mee American Minister) before dipping his pen, asked the President of the company if he desired his signature as asimple private man or in his oflicial and diplomatic character; that the Counsellor Ossoni replied that the testimony of the private man was sufficient, bat that the signature of the Minister, if his Excellency deigned to Ty it, would be very useful and honorable. Then Mr. Meade, in- terrogating the two parties as to the spontaneousness: with which they have made the contract, signed the act in his quality as Envoy Extraordinary and Min- ister Plenipotentiary of the United States. We shall observe that either we are not able tocal- culate the signification of this act of his Excellency, Mr. Meade, or it must be admitted that it constitutes & quasi engagement on the part of the American government with that of Brazil, in consequence of which the works of the railroad of Pedro Il. will re- ceive a vigorous impulse and be executed with leyalty and consciensciousness. If in this way the United States will save us from the considera- ble expenses connected with contracts in the bulk by thus facilitating the extension of railroads, it must be avowed that the American policy has found out one of the best means of promoting the alliance to which it invites us. We shall close with the following reflection:—The contractors to whom preference has been given seem to have well understood their position and devoted themselves to the enterprise, perceiving, without doubt, in the energy with which till now the direc- tory knew how to resist. absurd pretensions, a sign of benevolence with which it receives and will re- ceive those who, without any pretensions of domin- ion, only endeavor to earn from their labors a remuneration proportioned to the sacrifices which they make in leaving their country. We wish from all our heart that they may completely succeed. Nineteenth Annual Commencement of Rut- gers Female Institate, ‘The celebration of the mineteenth ansiversary of the above institution came off on Thursday, at three o'clock P. M., 1m the Ruigers strect church, which was filled to ite utmost capacity by the rank, beauty and fashion of the metropolis, decked out in thelr most gorgeous and “widely epreading’’ summer attire, The charch present- eda very handsome and imposing appearance on the oc- casion, adorned as it was by so much brilliant beauty. At the appointed hour the pupils arrived, and wore ranged in rows ecross the two centro aisis, their appearanco Deing most prepossessing. They were attired in robes of snowy whiteness, while their heads were adorned with wreaths of towers and othor delicate style of colffare. Rev. Dr. Krave presided on the occasion. The exercises commenced by the singing of a song from Prayers having been offered up by the eaulanet te tae report Ee that compronions generally were chaaracterized by reports of the Committees on ), French, wore ‘oon rosa th Cin tne prise oom “4 bo ad oy BN A = na com positions, DRawine axp Painting—Miss Davitt, Drawine tx OHALK— Mies Davies, Havers The Misses J Der Se t= tt, Lacia , Angell me 7 Nellie Thee = REN PS * DRawine—A gold medal for the beet map wi awarded to tice Maria Park. n Maruetatics—Miss Sarah A. Stone ant Mies Charlotte Gamble were awarded special premiums. free naieT en Conmpenitcas avanden Guts SinaemnS Tuy Derartwent—To Mies Evel; i wxauire ue v4 iy Hoyt,” authoress of ond Derarraest—To Miss Fanele Hami ‘autho- ress of «the Unseen,” mm Finet Devantsaet—To Miss Louies Brautegen. Pevmanerre—A gold medal was awarded to Miss Char- lotte A. Wallace. Hirmcaacico—A gold toeal 6 toe Faas ATITEM ATIC ie 0. Barton. The Pxmanest then annouoced that the following young Indies Vig Ty the course prescri 8 the , commendation atter thorou, eee ‘Admitted to ite honors, and would be now ai a the institute — Faanie 0. Barton, Lizzie K. Holmes, Louise 4 Adelaide E. Horwen, ‘Auguste C, > Helen F. Medbery, Sophie W. Davenport, Jatia Percival, Eoma J. Duokley, Alla M. Rassell, Fannie A. Duryee, Jane V. | eed Caroline M. Duncan, ‘Susio bk. ry Amanda J. Edgar, Sarah [. Stone, Charlotte F. Gambie, Cornelia B. Talcott. Mary A. Hazlett, jume to the # then ent, Fannie 0. re. Sving tre goed medals endo te warm copious of Re exerciees were by several beautiful by the iS oan , with @ piano accom. The iotion having been given, the proceedings ter- minated. vorter Kriz. —Among the killed by the Peonsytva+ pi ster was Penn's Corcoran, eq , for many yearsa weporter and @titer of the New ( Picayune, aod the founder of the Hew Orleans Dyltq,