The New York Herald Newspaper, November 24, 1858, Page 1

Sn EE E NEW YORK HERALD. H —— —_=_ aw WHOLE NO, 9)17. ABRIVAL OF. THE CITY OF BALTIMORE, | The Recent THE BRITISH TREATY WITH JAPAN, JAMBE TAKEN BY THE DUTCH The Dutch Slave Emancipation Bill, INTERESTING FROM PRUSSIA. Sketch of the New Government. THE SPANISH AND MEXICAN WAR. THE PARAGUAY EXPEDITION THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH CABLE. Napoleon on Negro Slavery and Coolie Immigration, &., ‘The screw eteamship City of Baltimore, Captain Leitch, which sailed from Liverpool at noon on the 10th instant, arrived at this port at about quarter past three o’clock yesterday morning. ‘The news is four days later than that brought by the Canada to Halifax. ‘The City of Baltimore arrived out on the evening of the 6th, and the Cunard steamship Africa reached Liverpool ‘as 9:30 on the morning of the 7th instant. It is stated that the assent of the Emperor Napoleon to ‘We prosecution of Count Montalembert was obtained with difficulty, being for some time refused. The charges in the indictment are very serious, amounting to something like constructive treason. Conferences on the subject of Mexico had been held at ‘Madrid, between the Minister of Foreign AlTairs and the Ambassadors of England and France, and a semi-official Spanish journal saya that such conferences promise a satisfactory solution. The case of the Jewish boy Mortara, who was abducted dy the Roman Catholics, still occupied considerable atten- tion in Italy, and a letter from Turin says that Count Cavour had directed the Sardinian Chargé d’Affaires at Rome to remonstrate with the Roman government in the matter. A change of ministry in Hanover was considered pro- bable. It was thought that the formation of a liberal Ca- inet in Berlin would produce some modifications in the governments of several of the smaller German States. ‘The mails from Australia, dated on the 15th of Septem- ber at Melbourne, had reached England, but the principal features of the news had been anticipated vy telegraph. The supply of gold was keeping pace with that of last year, and the export was expected w be fully equal to it, though short of that of 1856, Additional advices from China inform us that the French and Spanish forces had landed at Touran, a port of Cochin China, and the place was taken without the loes of a man. ‘The bay and river of Touran were held in a state of effec- tive blockade by the forces under Admiral de Genouilly, from the Ist of September. ‘The Dutch expedition against Jambe bad also been suc- cessful. The landing took place on the 6th of September, end Jambe was in possession of the Dutch. The loss of ‘the natives was considerable, while on the side of the Dutch four were killed and thirty-four wounded. In Copenhagen, on the 6th instant, the constitution o Alolstein was abrogated by royal proclamation, This is « Danish concession to the Germanic Powers. Toe latent reports (rom Turkey state that Fuad Pach: had returned to Constantinople, and @ despatch says it i not improbable that be will be made Grand Vizier, an shat Ali Pacha will become Minister for Foreign Affairs. ‘A telegraphic cable between the Isle of Crete and Egypt was being laid. The plague bad disappeared from Bengaze. Letters from Smyrna report the accident which happen. ed to her Majesty's ship Curacao, having Lord Stratford on board. It seems thaton Sunday, the 24th inst., the ‘Curacoa, steaming towards the bay of Smyrna, came into collision with a small brig, and, having disabled her, she took her in tow. In the afternoon of the same day the frigate, just before entering the bay, ran aground on the ‘mud bank which runs out from the old castle, about nine or ten miles distant from the town of Smyrna. The French Admiral sent his steamer to the resoue, the Turks sent theirs, the Americans “‘loaned’’ their corvette, but up t Tuesday morning, 26th ult., in vain, The Curacoa had gone so far on the mud bank that there was Jess than six foet of water under her bow. However, the med is soft and harmiess, #0 that although guns, coal, ‘water, &c., must be taken out before she floats, no da- mage would be done to the ship. Lord Stratford “sticks tothe ship.” ‘The Parliamentary session of Belgium was opened on ‘the 9b inat. by @ speech from the throne. In Bolland « bill had been brought before the States, at ‘the Hague, for the emancipation of the slaves ‘n Surinam and Curacos. The first colony ix get elevea millions of florins, tho second three millions. Slaves are ontimated for indemnity according to tariff. A negro on a sugar Plantation, 375 florins; on « coffee or cocoa do., 200 florins; on a cotton or rice do., 200 florins. There are 37,740 slaves in Surinam, and 9,000 in Curacen. ‘The Prince of Wales bas been gazetted as a colone! in the English army. The order is dated the 9th inst., the day on which the Prince completed his seventeenth year. ‘The whole of the English artillery regiments of militia ‘were to be embodied for permanent duty, and to be em ployed to strengthen the garrisons stationed in the forte along the coast, This was regarded as @ very important measure of defence. Gen. Peel, in bis speech at the Lord Mayor's dinner in Lon. don, said England bad now nearly 93,000 troops in India. Sir Jobn Pakington, First Lord of the Admiralty, spoke ‘emphatically of the necessity of Keeping the navy in a state of vigorous efficiency, and of maintaining with Orm Rens the supremacy of England on the seas. In Queens county, Ireland, a gentioman named Richard Fly was fired at by an assas#in in a place called Kyle, and died the following day. The guilty parties escaped. A party of armed men had also made an unsucconsful at- tempt to murder a land steward in Donegal. An incid-nt has just ccourred at Parma much re- sembling « late event at Venice. Madame Ristori was in. vited to give some representations, and proposed to play &e,, &e. in “Jodith.’”’ In this tragedy some lines occur to the fol lowing effect — “War is holy the foreigner.” This is a hymn which is sung at the end of the piece, and which at Venice Jed to boisterons demonstrations. censor at Parma accordingly hesitated to allow it to be sung. An appeal was made to the Duchess Regent, who replied that in the Duchy of Parma there were no foreigners, and that, there- fore, no one could be offended by the allusion. Tho ‘woe then playod in ite integrity, and the Duchess being Present at the first representation, witnessed the enthn. ‘siaem which the hymn referred to evoked. Every suc- ceeding evening that Madame Ristori played, the audience Called for the hyma; and one night, in the of “Myrrha,” and another in “Phadre,” the celebs tra (n the midat of the loudest applause, recited the mn of Judith, ‘The Paris Patric, of the 4th inst., contains the follow. ing According to reveral foreign journals, information ha reached the Pope's Nuncio at Paris that bis Holiness ha | sent to all the courts of Europe a statement of the facts Which relate to the Mortara affair at aa ‘We are authorized to state that no information of the kind has reached the Nuncio. The Agamemnon, ninety-one, British screw ship of war, has had her boilers taken out and been put into dock. Sho requires extensive repairs. India, ‘Tho Calcutta mail of October 9 arrived at Suez on the 24 of November. ‘The news from India was not of thp slightest impor tance. ‘The Calcutta produce market wa inact! was abundant. Imports were dull. vgnhe we rd oma @ull and lower, Exchange 2x. The Bombay mail of October © arrived in but the details add nothing of importance to the y tel , Change of Govern” ent in Prusela, Fall of the Manteuffel Cabtnet—The Liberal Constitutionalists Again in the Ascendant— Interesting Sketches of King Frederick ‘William and the Prince Regent. The Manteuffel Ministry has fallen, to give place toa more liberal and progressive administration. This event, although ardently desired by the constitutional party, had not been looked upon by them as s0 near, So much doubt existed as to the Prince Regent's intentions that it ‘was not until it was known that Messrs. Auerawald and Schleinitz had had frequent conferences with him that the dismissal of the Manteutfel Cabinet began to be viewed as probable, Our Berlin correspondent, describing ina re- cent letter the feeling excited in the public mind by this expectation, says:— I do not recollect the public having been in such a state of agitation since the ‘glorious days’ of 1848, and it is only to be hoped that the present high anticipations may hot result in a similar disappoint- ment. It is quite amusing to watch the attitude of the ess, and especially of those papers that have hitherto Been favorable to the lato ministry, as we must. now call it, or have at least refraed from expressing any decided opinions. With the exception of Zeil, the official organ of the Baron Manteuifel, they all welcome the pproaching change with exultation; even the Spenersche }, oue of the most servile prints that ever existed, which at one time praised M. de Westphalen up to the skies, and as soon as he was turned out discovered that all the obnoxious measures of the government originated with him, that his colleagues had always been opposed to them, and that consequently nothing was more desirable than for them to remain in office after having thrown their Jonah overboard—even this model of flunkeyism has gradually veered round, and is now swimming merrily with the stream, giving its former idol a gentle kick to aid bim in his descent. The liberal organs, no longer in dread of the police, are at no pains to conceal their ecsta- cies, while the Kung Zestung observes a moody silence not displeased at the fall of a statesman who had dese the favorite champion of the aristocratic party, but appre hensive of the consequences it may lead to, and mortified to se@ the labors of ten years of reaction rendered nuga- tory through the interference of a Prince who was once considered the firmest prop of absolutism, and whose re- turn from exile was due ina great measure to the exer- tions of that party which is now receiving the de grace from his hands. No wonder they are sa- vage at such conduct, and taik vaguely about ingratitude and — inconsistency; but they are blame the Prince of Prusdll, who has only’ shown sensible man, he knows how to profit by ex- perience, aud place the interests of bis house and his country above those of a mere faction. Since the above was written the Manteutffel administra- tion has formally ceased to exist. Tho Prussian Staats Anzeiger gives the foliowing list of the new Cabinet:— Prince of Hohenzollern Sigmaringen, President of the uupcil. Baron Flottwell, Minister of the Interior. Baron Auerswald, Minister of State, Baron Schleinitz, Foreign Affairs. Genera! Bonin, War. M. Patow, Finance. Count Auckler, Agriculture. M. Berthman Hollweg, Public Instruction. M. Von der Heydt remains Minister of Commerce, and M. Simons Minister of Justive. The London Times does not regard the retention of Messrs. Von der Heydt and Simons as certain, but we be- lieve the list as it stands will be found correct. Of the members of the new ministry whose appointment is undisputed, we may remark that the Prince of Hoben- zollern, the father of the Queen of Portugal, is a man of great political insight and military acquirements. He is, though a Roman Catholic , a decided liberal, and his nomi- nation to the Presidency of the Council is a strong proof that the Regent, ‘a strong Protestant, fully appreciates his abilities. ‘Prince was, until 1849, the sovereign of the principality of that name. Being a statesman of cle- vated views, he wished to give his little country the venefits of a powerful government, and, acting by antici- pation on the provisions of the clauses conta’ned in the treaty of succession which ewists between his family and the royal branch of Hobenzollern, he, as well as his rela- tive, the sovereign of Hohenzollern-Hechingen, abdicated in favor of the King of Prussia. In retu the rank of princes of the blood was accorded to th The Prince is married to the Princess Josephine, daughter of the Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden, and he is there- fore, by that alliance, cousin of ‘the Riper: “ poleon IIL Since his abdication, the Prince has belonged to the Prussian army, holding the rank of general of divi- sion. He was very popolar at Dusseldorf, where he re- sided for some time ag the commander of a division of the Prussian army, and it is said that his strateyical know- ledge, coupled with a great talent for administration, will probably lead to his Giliag one of the bighest coramands in the Prussian army should circumstances require it. Public pinion has always coutidered him as aman devoted to ral principic#, and who anderstands the wante of his day. Duriog the war in the East, be defended in the King’s councils the policy of the Western Powers, It may be remembered that it was he who at that period was sent vo Paris to bring about an waderstanding between the two Cabinets. This is the first time that a Catholic has ever been at the head of the Ministry in Prussia, and this nomi- nation may therefore be considered as afresh pledge given to the freedom of Catholic worship without the Protestants being in any way annoyed, as they rely on the enlightened opinions of the Prince, Next to the President of the Council, M. d’Aucrewald is the most eminent member of the new This statesman is a stanch liberal, very popular, right centre in the House of Kepresentatives. He was wnt of the Council in 1848; since that period be has ccessively presided over the first Prasian Chamber and the Upper House of Parliament of Erfurt, and has also performed the duties of Civil Governor of the Rhenish province, When, in 1850, the fonda! party had the upper the King’s councils, M. d Averswald retired into fe. It # stated that during the government ad the Prince of Prussia, M. Auerswald exercised influence over the course of — affairs, and, with the friendship of William, ma- his advice to the constitutional § i ! af ! ! ! i ail fillet HE i dismissed from the same post during the M. de Berthmann- Hollweg, the Minister of Public Wor ship, is a dist ished savant, and the chief of the Left Centre or old .” He signalized himself in *) and energetic opposition to the and refused sit im the late Arrembly because tbe Rie ‘would not dis- miss bis ministers when defeated by overwhelming ma- Jorities. M. Flottwell has not as yet sided with any party. It is understood that Baron Bunsen was in) Regent torepair to Berlin with the intention of him a jo in the Ministry, on the formation of whi the Baron's advice was taken. For the present, however, i e it is decided that he will not enter the Cabinet, as he pre- fers to take his seat as an independent member of the Upper House. It is reported that Count Pourtales and Ba- ron Usedorn will be appointed to high offlces, and it ie an- derstood that important changes are pending in the Pras sian diplomatic corpe Of the late Ministry, it may beremarked that they could not be expected to resign, as they had all along declared that they would remain in office till the King dismissed them. After having been plainly informed by the that the time for their resignation had arrived, and gtill continuing to cling to office, the Regent had no choice him but dismissal Since the dismissal of the Manteuffel Cabinet some new light has been thrown on that extraordinary passage in Prussian modern history, the secret abstraction of impor- tant State papers from the eacritoires and repositories of certain individuals of the highest mark in Prussia; and it geome now to be pret Baron Manteu), ¢x-Premier, was habitually cognizant of this abstraction, as well as of the system of over the King and the Prince of Prossia. A to this story is now being whispered about in Berlin. Tho Queen of Prussia, on her recent journey with her hasband to his present Tesidence, lost a casket, the noise made about whieh either originated in the fact, or the ‘surmise, that it contained important letters which passed between the King and the Emperor of Russia during the late war, and which the Queen waa so anxious to keep secret that she carried them with her wherever she went. The King of Prussia, says a letter from Moran, bas be- come moch better, and in some measure his for mer portly appearance. It adds that, in conversation his is more ve, and appears in good spirita, peror of Austria hag, we understand, written to the Prince Regent of Prussia, inviting bim to go to Prague to witness the uncovering (on the Oth inst.) of the mona- ES ment which bas to the memory of the late Marshal Radetzky. If the invitation has been accepted, and tho heads of the two great German Powers meet, the French writers for the prees will hardly fail to attach great political importance to the interview. RING FREDERICK WILLIAM IV. OF PRUSSIA. The people of Berlin witnessed a scene of deep and touch. ing interest a few weeks ago. In great numbers they flocked to the depot at the Potsdam Gate, and there saw, in profound silence and sadness, the monarch who had reigned over them eighteen years, enter the royal car of a special teain, accompanied by their excellent and somrow stricken Queen, and then slowly and solemnly take his departure from the capital which they had both so much and 80 long loved, amid the heart felt prayers of the peo. ple for the recovery of his health and the epeedy return of both. It ie said that the spoctacte drew tears from every eye— nor can we wonder at it. The death of a king who has reigned for any considerable period of time, and with even no more than ordinary prosperity, has ever been accounted by his subjects an affecting and often a most 8@- riousevent. But in the present case there was something more touching than death itself, Of the vast multitude who saw the King of Prussia depart from Berlin, proba- bly not one in @ thousand entertained the expectation of seeing him re-ascend the throne of his fathers. Frederick William IV. of Prussia, is not dead, but ho bas passed from the circle of reigning sovereigns, with no prospect of entering it again, His lot is remarkable and unusual, Even whilst living, death bas so far done its work in his case that his character and his actious have passed into the domain of history. Under these circum- stances we have thought that our readers would be pleased to have a brief, but trustworthy sketch of his reign, and of his character, both as a man and @ monarch, placed be- fore them. Frederick Wiliam IV. was born on the 15th day of Octo- ber, 1795, and consequently he has entered into his sixty- fourth year. He was the eldest son of Frederick William IH. and of his celebrated Queen, Louisa of Mecklinburgh Strelitz, His youth was passed in troublous times. Be- fore he had reached his twelfth year Prussia was pros trate beneath the proud foot of Napoleon, and his fathe: little better than @ vassal of France. In his fifteenth year his beautiful and public spirited mother died of a broken heart, occasioned by the cruel and inaulting conduct of Bonaparte. But brighter and better days were before Prussia. The disastrous campaign in Russia in 1812, and the scarcely Jess fatal one in Germany in 1813, ending with the battle of Leipsic, forever relieved that country from the chains of the despot of France, and restored both the king and the country to independence, Prosperity ‘and happiness. The education of Frederick William [V. was prosecuted in his father’s palace, and under able instructors, He was not permitted—a tact which ho ever afterwards re- gretted—to frequent the university, as so mauy of the present kings of Europe have done—bis father not deem- ing this course to be consistent with the dignity of his birth and expectations. But that he was well instructed in hig youth, and even afterwards cherished a very ar- dent desire for knowledge, is most certain. During the quarter of a century which clapsed between his twentieth year and bis accession to the throne, his constant and most intimate friends were either literary or well instructed men. Much of his time was devoted to study, and with so mach success that the celebrated Maron Vou Humboldt expressed to the writer, in 1841, the ¢ inion that “he was one of the best informed monarchs in i vrope,” and added that “he was in many respects a self-od cated prince,” On the 16th day of November, 1823, i vederick William TV. was married by proxy, andon the 29th day of the same month, in person, to the Princess Klizabeth Louisa, daughter of Maximilian-Joseph, the late King of Bavaria. That excellent lady was born on the 13th of November, 1801, and is now fifty-seven years old, She was a hand. some woman at her marriage and for many years after- wards, and even now retains many traces of her former bean. From her youth sho has been somewhat lame, but this defect has but slightly impeded her graceful movements. She wasa Roman Catholic at the time of her marriage, but renounced the peculiar doctrines of tne church of her fathers and openly professed the Protestant faith. This event gave great satisfaction to the good old King, who was a very decided Protestant, and bad him- self labored zealously for the conversion of his daughter- in-law. few queens in Europe have been so much beloved as the present Queen of Prussia, Beautiful, accomplished, amiable, and yet firm and decided, she has been just such a wife and constant counsellor as’ her open-hearted, im- petuous and imprudent consort needed. Nor has’ sbe failed to be properly appreciated by him—his ‘“chére Elise,” as be had been in the habit of calling her in the endeared little home circle of the palace. On the 7th day of June, 1840, Frederick William IV. ascended the throne of his fathors. The scene was deep- ly touching. Having stood by the bedside of his father till death had done its work, he turned away to receive the expressions of fealty from his brothers and the ofticers present, and then showed himself at the baleony of the ve, where, bathed in tears, be stood for a moment to ear the multitude assembled ‘in front of it shout “God save the King.” From this spot he hastened to his pri vate library and wrote to bis most intimate religious friend, Chevalier Bunsen, who was then Prussian Ambas- sador In Switzerland, wo th: —“My dear Bunsen, the King has just died, w am about to ascend the throne; pray for me, Oh, pray for me.” On the 20th of September he received the outh of allegiance of the great functionaries at Koenigsburg, and on the 16th of October the oath of those at Berlin. The reign of Frederick William IV. has been in the main A prosperous one. During the entire period Prussia has been involved in no foreign war, and with the exception of some very sad popular tamults in 1848, which were, however, chiefly confined to the capital, there has been great internal tranquility, And never, since the foundation of the monarchy, now one bundred and fifty-six years ago, has that country enjoyed greater material prosperity. ‘The large increase of steam- oats on its rivers and along its coasts, the opening up of railways in all directions from Berlin, the steady improve- ment in its agriculture, the uni growth of ite manufactaras, and the expansion of its commerce and of ite interior trade, all demonstrate that ita advance in ma- terial interests has been great. Nor have the interests of education, literature and science failed to keep pace with the material interests of Prussia, The government has, 00 the whole, been wisely and faithfully administered. In no country in the world, probably, have the official employes, from the highest to the lowest, been more intelligent, prompt, civil and obli ‘They are an uncommonty well educated body of men. There is need, most certainly, of a great deal more civil and religious liberty, as well ax free- dom of the press and of trade, But, taking the govern- ment of Prussia as it is—a movarchy removed by afew constitutional provisions from absolute despotiem—it bas been as well administered under the reign of Frederick William IV. as any other government in Europe, let the form of beef gene be what it may. And never bas the court of country been more pure in its morals or more happy in its com In the month of April, 1847, Frederick William IV. gave to hia people his long promised—and certainly v expected—constitution, which fell so far short of the wishes of the people that it excited almost aniversal who was then James, had at ition. iF 3 i i i SEF 4 iF if if i i Ft ei ‘ 35 oF zt if { a7 it ait i i af iH i i Hat iT the last twenty years, and he heritate to aifrms thet the hes ever seen the evidence that bo wan on int mm, oo otey Coa Ld i, Aman temperament, of generous impulses Se 2 , and moet eaay of access, he bas many sincere and friends, and yet, pad ge ET : amount of obstinacy in some things, have combined make him not a few enemies. : Such a man was Frederick William TV., the sixth monarch of when in the full faculties of his § time that which that monstrate that kingdom into the late was wine, notwil fected contempt with him. ‘THE PRINCE REGENT OF PHUSBTA. Having in the preceding article epoken of the character and reign of Frederick William IV., wo now wish to di- eet the attention of our readers to the character and probable policy of his brother, whom he has appointed regent, and whom the constitution of 1850, in its fifty. sixth article, designates as the person upon whom this Frederick William Louie, Prince of Prassia, was born on the 22d day of March, 1797, and is now in his sixty second year, His youth was passed very mach like that of hi elder brother, the king—that is, beneath the palace roof he showed considerable fondness for military te Prisoe Charles, and ie has for many Youre held vers mn the Tilh tay of June 1850, he was married to Maria Frederick "arand Duke. of Saxe Weimer tule prnveass early z AD Fi s i if a 2 A = il B23 ii i if ascend consort—whieh day is probably not dia- and Princess of Prussia have two chiliren— 2] i son and adaughter. The son is Prince Frederick Wil- iam Nicholas Charles, He is now in bis twenty vighth year, having been born on the 12th of October, 1831, He was married last January to the eldest daughter of the Queen of Fnglaud. There has been but little worthy of special notice in the life of the Prince of Prussia, He ‘has passed long years in comparative inactivity; heir to the throm because the King bas had vo children, and yet with almost the cer- tainty of not reaching that elevated position until the pos- sesaion of it would be of little value to him, the position which he bas been compelted by uncontrollable circum: stances to occupy has certainly not been agreeable; and ones be ever subsisted between him and his elder rother the most endeared friendship; and throughout tbe past year of great perplexities and difficulties arising out of the strong antagonism of the parties whout the throne, he has acted with great respect for the feelings of the im- becile King and the disappointed and unhappy Queen, Its well known that the Prince of Prussia has never been a friend to a constitutional form of government fo that kingdom. In this respect he has differed much in opinion the King. His sympathies were strongly Russian, and he was often at St. Petersburg on visits ty his sister, the now Dowager Empress of Russia. In tho autumn of 1847, when the King was becoming more and more decided to try the experiment of introducing a con stitational form of government into Prussia, he sent his brother, the Prince of Prussia, over to Chevalier Bunsen, then and for many years the Prussian Ambassalor at tho Court of St. James, in order that the Chevalier might in. itiate him tnto the nature and the working of the British constitution. During a visit of a fortnight, spent under the roof of the Chevalier, every effort was made that could be to enlighten his mind. He was often in the House of Commons, and perhaps oftener in the House of Lords, and held converse with those great luminaries of English juris prudence and government, Lords Brougham, Grey, Lands- down, and others like them. Certainly the Prince ought to have profited by all these advantages, and he did it, for he went back to Berlin with exalted ideas of the ritish constitution and government, but still entertaining the opiaion, as the King wrote to Bunsen, that Prussia was not yet prepared for such a government—an opinion in which he was probably more than half right. Under circumstances, aud having such antece- dente, it becomes a momentous question to the friends of liberal institutions in Prussia: How will the Prince of Prussia act, now that he has become Regent, in reference to the constitution and the Parliament which it has created, and which in many respects reeenibles that of England? Without affirming anything with contidence where there is so much reason to doubt, we may say that we in- cline to the opinion that the Prince of Prussia will act more favorably towards the constitution than perhaps might be expected. The constitution Las now been in ex- istence cight years, and its influence has not been such as to create lity on the part of the monarch. It seems to be quietly and slowly working its way into the respect of the rulers as well as the ruled. Besides, the Emperor Nicholas is dead, and a far less decided enemy to constitu- tional government reigns in his place. Austria has not as much influence over Prussia as sho had ten years ago. Buta few months will do for us,on this subject, what speculation and conjecture cannot. Let us wait. ‘The King was a great friend of what is termed Evangeli cal Protestantism, and a decided foe alike to the old ra- Uonalism and Hegelian infidelity (for it is but little less, if at all, than sheer infidelity); and his in- fluence for eighteen years has been decidedly felt in bis court, in church, and in the six Protestant uni- versities of tho Kingdom, in fayor of evangelical and or- thodox opinions. be reaction was great, and in many respects exceedingly injurious to evangelical Protestant- ism. Certain men, like Stal, Von Gerlach, Hengsten- Derg and others gained intluence in the councils of the King, and presuming on bis support, they went to outrage ous Jengths in the doctrines aud opinions which they pro- pagated. They became High Churchmen and Sacramen- tarians tes, if we may so speak), in reli- gion, and absojutists in poli This conduct ‘on their part bas driven from them the friends of evangelical union between Lutheran and Reformed churches and of political liberty as weil. It is well known that the Prince of Prussia has had n y! kind feeling towards this High Church party? Indeed, the King himself becamo much displeased with them @ year ago, and very much cast off their influence. But now comes their utter down. fall! This will be a serious affuir. Will the Regent go over to the ranks of the enemies of evangelical Protestant ism, to the party ofjindifferentism and infidelity, which has sprung up out of the débris of the Rationalists aud Hegelian schoo! of phi! iy’ Many fear this, and hence there is much solicitude in the minds of the best Protestants in Prussia. Time will soon show how matters will go. It is an omen for good that the Regent has treated Chevalier Bunsen with more respect than the King bas done for the last few years; and now it is said that Rerth- man-Hollweg has been appointed Minister of Pubtic In- Struchon. us looks well. Both Chevalier Bunsen and Rerthman-Hollwey are well known friends of constita- tional government and enemies of all extreme measures. Here we bring this noticewf the Prince of Prussia to a cloge. It is clear that Prussia is entering a very impor- tant phase in her interior affairs, upon which a few months will throw much light. Her foreign srelations are not likely to be disturbed by the passing of the scoptre from the hands of Frederick William IV. into those of bis brother, the Prince of Prussia. Pe Fees Si tee ee Immigration. The advices from Paris are dated on the th inst. The Momiteur publishes the following letter which the Emperor has addressed tw Prince Napoleon, Minister of Algeria and the Colonies — Sr. CLowp, Oct. 30, 1858. My Dear Covsry:— Ihave the liveliest desire that at the moment when the difference with Portugal relative to the Charles et Georges has terminated the question of the engagement of free laborers on the African coast should be definitely exa- mined and finally settled on the truest principles of hu manity and justice. J energetically claimed from Portu- gal the restitution of the Charles et Georges, because I will alway8 maintain intact the independence of the na- Vowel flag; but, in this case even, it was only with the 2 :. z it l i | i i i i i HT] ge ie ti it : H ig = 38 i 1 i ] ! 5 8 a = F i g i | Bas ft iy i i i i Ha ii : Ht Ee é E i ? i i i i r fe i E if j i itt Hu df i i i iH ef ge , : ; H i | E i ¥ i i i H E 3 8 i g g i ; i ty i 2 §, ; i 3 if ne pel fil s § 5 Ea! . PH 4 2 2 = A H F iL i i Z z i 3 zs Hid lh Bi i ry Be i ji za i ; Is E48 i f #8 ally have been the Charles first in tial withthe slave or yet it is to be idl iT i i i i i a rf i Ez if i 33 i 2g 7 ; f fF i i i : e t i i EF: 5 i : i f ree i i 25 Fi a il i ii ge ; ize eit iE ut vnayoidable. The peace of Burope is not to be lightly dis turbed, and even arrogance and violence must be allowed to have their way for a time. The moral reprobation which buch acts receive must be depended on as a guarantee against their frequent repetition, Nothing like an apology to Portugal for the indignity she has suffered appears in the imperial letter, The Eng- lish people are consequently, it seems to us, absolved from the duty of making any warm acknowledgments for the Emperor’s change of mind, They have been seandalized at the sight of an injury inflicted on a weak State which was laboring to carry out a righteous and hu. mane policy. If the Frénch Emperor uow thinks that the inconveniences of disguised slavetrading overbalanee the advantages, we are glad that he has come to so sensible a conclusion and if he wishes for coolies from British India he may haye them, provided no inviolable representative of France comes with a vessel to carry the men on board with their hands ‘voluntarily ted ‘behind their backs.” But we shall not compliment the Emperor on his letter. Retreat from a false position ix no doubt wise, but it may be too long deferred to command admiration or y. The English public, deeply moved by the lawlessness of the recent proceedings, will look upon the present act only with a cold patisfaction. THE APRICAN PRINCES AND THE NAPOLEON 8 ie ‘The French government has, it is said, received accounts from the eoust of Arica annonucing that Mr, Roberts, the President of the Republic of Liberia, who showed himself so hostile to the French in the affair of the Regina Cali, has not been re-elected, It appears further that the States of Liberia and Cape Monte—seventeen Negro kings, nine chieftains, thirty-six towns, and the sovereigns of Daho- mey und Benin—have consented in future to the system of free immigration as regularly organized by the French government. The Atlantic Telegraph, MR. WHITEHOUSE REFUSED PERMISSION TO EXPERI- MENT ON THE CABLE ANY LONGER—DISMISSAL OF THE VALENTIA STAFF OF ELECTRICIANS—HOPES THAT THE CABLE MAY YET WORK-—LAYING THE SHORE END ON THE IKIRH SI0E—SPEECH OF SIR CHARLES BRIGHT. Mr. Whitehouse, the late electrician of the Atlantic Tele- graph Company, publishes a letter received by him from the Secretary of the company, refusing his reqnest that the line might be submitted to his further tests and expe- riments, and declining to enter into the proposal contem- plated by him. The Tralee (Ireland) Chronicle publishes a letter dated Valentia, November 4, to the following effect :-— Great excitement prevails here in consequence of the summary dismissal of the electric staif connected with the cable, and (he unexpected closing up of the company’s premises. On Monday morning Mr. McEarley, secre- lary’s assistant, (who had arrived from London on the previous night,) proceeded to the telegraphic office, and, without any previous intimation that such a course was to be adoy , kave orders to each of the clerks on duty wo leave the premises, as their services were no longer re- quired. Some time ago each of the clerks got notice to be ready to leave on the 30th of November, but it was hoped that the cable would be so far remedied before then as w render the, ices again Mdispensable. The agisted of & superintendent and six assis- tants, Ag iN 6 efficietit and respectable body of men could not il. The cause of this uncourteous and narrowminded proceeding is by some attributed to the active part taken by some of the clerks in getting up the recent demonstration of respect to Mr. Whitehouse on his arrival here, But the more generally received opinion i, that as the majority of the staff were young men of Mr. Whitehouse’s selection, on the ception of the cable pro- ject, and who have become skilled and experienced under his instructions, it was deemed wise by the directors to remove them, lest they might be too willing to aid him in any exporiments or efforts he might desire to make to re- store the cable to workiug order. It is not yet known whether they are to be succeeded by ant stall, The laying of the shore end was commenced on Monday, and is progressingly slowly. That part of the cable be: tween Lock Key and Valentia is laid down, but the most difficult part remains to be done, and a long time will elapse before it is completed. The’ persons to whom this all important task is entrusted are Captain Kell, and an assistant of Mr. Henley’s, who have come to test the cable. ‘Ata banquet given by the Fishmovgers’ Company in London, on the 9 tant, Sir Charles Bright, the Engi- ueer of the Atlantic Telegraph Company , was t Sir C. Bracut briefly acknowledged the compliment, ob- serving that much of the merit of the great work to which the Prime Warden had referred was due to those with whom he had been associated. They must not be aston- ished at the partial failure of the first attempt to carry out the telegraphic communication between England and America, of suppose that there was any doubt of the ulti- te success of the experiment. The completion of the system of electric communication throughout the world was buta question of time. They should bear in mind that it was compdratively but yesterday that the firat ves gel propelled by steam crossed the seas. Railways were of stall more modern growth. And what reason waa there for supposing that the electric xystem of communteation would not be as successful as either of those other two in. ventions, by whieh the world bast been #o largely benefit- ted? He bad no doubt that before long wo should be able to congratulate ourrelver, not only upon the success of the Atlantic telegraph project, but upon the universal applica, on of the system, which 80 much for the wel- fare of mankind. (Cheers.) ‘The British Treaty with Japan. The more important stipulations of the treaty signed at Jeddo on the 26th of August last are published. The treaty, in the first place, engages that thero hall be perpetual peace and friendship between her Britannic Majesty and the Tycoon of Japan. Secondly, that her Majesty may appoint a diplomatic agent to reside at Jed- do, and the Tycoon a diplomatic agent to reside in London, doth of them respectively to have the right of travelling freely to any part of the empire of Japan, and to any part of Great Britain; also cither Power may ap- point Consuls or Consular agents at any or all the ports of the other. The ports of Hakevtadi, Kanagawa and Nagasaki, in Japan, are to be opened to British sub jects on the Ist of July, 1869. Nee-e-yata, or, if Nee-o gata, be unsuitable, another convenient port on the west com of Niphon in w be — on the lst of January, 1860; Hiogo. on the ina nary 1803; and British subjects may permanently reside in ports, imay ground, or rarebonises leone purchase or erect dwellings w but may not erect fortifications. Within a certain dis- they pease, ly, thep have a fetber ly, ve @ of some 20 to either of them. From the 1862, they will be allowed to reside at Jeddo, the Ist of January, 1863, at ‘Asaea, for the All questions of rights, reves shal Tarwdictlon of the Beiush elves shall of the British authorities; if they commit any crime against the Ja- i by their own an. = a Co pee wi tri punished by theirs; but in either case, the British Consuls are to act in the iret in stance as stmicablo arbitrators. In rorpect of debta con tracted on either fide, the respective muthorities will do their utmost to enforce recovery, but neither government will be beld responsible for the debts tts sub: jects. The Japanese government will place no re- hatever upon ment by British of the employ wful capacity. Briti¢h subjecta will be of their religion, and for this purpove erect suitable places of worship. H HE i 3 ll if zi i Ea i 4 i 3 3 } H tax, duty. Boch articles may be re-exported without the payment of any additional doty. The J are to prevent fraud or smuggling, and to recetve the benefit of all penalties or confircationa. The treaty is written in English, Japanese and Mitch. the Dutch version to be con sidered the original. Ali official communications on the part of the British to the Japanese authorities shal), how ever, henceforward be written in English, though for five years from the signature of the treaty, to facilitate the tranraction of business, they are to be accompanied by a Dutch or Japanese version. The treaty may be revived on the application of either of the contracting parties, on wing one year's notice after the Ist of July, 1872. All the privileges, immunities, and advantages granted, or lo be granted hereafter by Japan to any other government, are to be freely and equally participated in by the British government and its subjects, The treaty is w be ratified within a year from the day of its signature. For the regalation of trade. the articles which are ap. pended to the treaty are to be considered as forming « part of it, and as equally binding. The majority of these relate to the arrangements of the Japanese Custom Houae, bat the more important contain the tariff of duties to be levied. Inthe first class, as free of duty, are specified and silver, coined or uncoined, wearing in ac tual use, and household farpiture and prin , not intended for sale, but the ‘ty of persons who come to reside in Japan. On the second class a duty of five per cent only will be levied , and this class comprises all arti cles used for the purpose of building, rigging, repairing or fitting out ehipe, whaling i, of all kinds, salted provi and breadstuffe, living animals, coals, timber for building honaes, rice, paddy, steam machin fk, cotton ‘and woollen man A duty of 36 per cent will, however, be liquors; and levied on intoxicating: goods not included in any of the preceding classes will pay a duty of 20 per cent. Jn pancee which are : as cargo will pay an export of 5 per cent. above are substantially all the of this important document. [From the London Times, Nov. 10. friendabip is to exist a Her Majesty ‘and the Tycoon of Japan. are to entertain ves at each "s courts, Lord Elgin on the part of England that the alter ego of the shal) travel unmolested on the railwayr ofGrent . Deliberately. and with proper pn ee A ap a roand 5 of them are to offer an imme. PRICE TWO CENTS. go for business or exerciso a days journey from our settlements; the Japanese give us a circuit of thirty miles Without a scruple. They throw upon us the odium of pun- ishing our own rogues, and take the same office upon themselves. But, with the hope that we may retorm our European sailors without the aid of puniehment, they in- vite us to build churches on their shores, and to’ bring in our books ard furniture free of duty, With an innocent confidence whereof we fear that we foresee a most un- grateful abuse, the Japanese negotiators suffer us to store our munitions of war upon their land, and to do every- thing except only to build fortifications. Manchester and Leeds may pour into that sweet city of Jeddo their machinery, their cottong, aud their woollen: and if we grieve to think that the maidens of Jeddo may be frighted from their simple habits by rude European sailors, we may enjoy, if we like, the grovelling compensation ‘that the change Wil! be for the benetit of British trade. There is a clause which we hope was suggested by Lord Elgin, for it would otherwise lead to the unhappy suspicion that insolvency is not unknown even in Japan—neither the Japanese nor the British government consent to be answerable for the dishonest dealings of their respective subjects. ‘The Japanese officials have undertaken to learn English in five years, after which time all our communica- tions with that court are to be in our mother tongue. It is to be hoped that the authorities at our Foreign Office will understand this to be @ reciprocal duty, and that they will immediately apply themselves to the pleasant useful task of mastering the Niphon dialect. material stipulation of this treaty unatated, except that whieh provides for its revision at the end of fourteen years Nothing can be fairer or more favorable than these terms ; it remains only to be seen whether the resources of the islands are so great as has some times been conjectured, and whether the people have tastes and wants whieh our manufacturers can satisfy. We are ourselves inclined to think that the im- portance of the Japanese trade, like the beauty of their country and the innocence of their inhabitants, has been over estimated. If our maoufacturers should give way to the first fervor of their enthusiasm and send out car- goes of pianofortes and balance handled knives to Kana- gawa, ax some of them did tifwen years since to Hong Kong, there ts a great probability that a few shiploads of thoee ai will glut the market of Jeddo; for the pre- sent, steam ploughs and locometive engines should be very. sparingly consigned; and it should be considered that a too terrible influx of very large bales of cotton goods may excite suspicion in the minds of the natives that we are bent upon infringing that stipulation of the treaty which forbids us to erect fortifications. Seriously, however, we hope that our merchants will not repeat old errors’ by inconsulerate expectations and unreasouabie consign ments. The Expedition Agatist Paraguay. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LONDON NEWS. Having long resided in and lately arrived from Para- guay, where I had the best opportunities, ofticial and otherwire; of learning the views of government and peo- ple, allow me a few remarks on a matter directly aflect- ing that country and the United States, and, indirectly, Fngland, both 4s to principles of international maritime Jaw and! as to commercial considerations. As an old offl- cer in the British naval service, Ltrust I shall receive credit when 1 profess anxiety to speak truthfully. ‘The expedition under Conimodore Shubrick, with Mr. Bowlin as diplomatic agent and Capt, Page among its offi- cers, bas for its avowed object to enforce reparation, first, for alleged injustice towards the late American Consu at the Paraguyan capital, Asuncion, viz., Mr. Hopkins and certain American associates in speculations there; and se- cond, and ebiefly, for an alleged aggression on the Water Witch, whilst surveying La Plata and its affluents, the Pa- rana aud Paraguay. According to the American press, assuming to represent the government at Washington, there are far other objects : in fact, the expedition is to be a fire-and-sword propa- ganda for forcing American terms upon Montevideo, Buenos Ayres and the Argentine Confederation, as well ag Paraguay. Bot this must be treated as a [libel on the great American repu' and cspecially on the eminent personage at its head, whose character as a statesman in nrope is a sufficient answer to charges of ing any such buccaneermg nostrum. Mr. Buel ® reyutauion for justice and moderation is not jee great than for high minded patriotism; and all who know him are convinced that, once he learns from his. properly , temperate as himself, tho real merits scarcely fail to act in the interests of peace, humanity and civilization. Had any such repre- sentative of America been in Paraguay a few years ago as the accomplished and responsible commissioner now sent out, not a syllable of dispute would ever have been heard, while hundreds of American citizens would probably be a! this moment in Paraguay, benefitting themselves and the country, as was the earnest desire of President Lopes aod his faimily. accredited ag: b which has the arana jn its front, and the terry ‘orrientes opposite, On the Paraguay side and close to the batteries i* a fmal! island in the possession and occupation of the Jsraguayan government, and be- tween the batteries and the camp ia narrow channel, the navigation of which is strictly prohibited, and is quits un- hecessary to commerce. Captain Page, commanding the Water Wilch, being absent on some important sarvey- ing business, the ofiicer left in bie place got up steam, and attempted to pace the channel, He persisted in eteaming on, even after being informed by the com- mandant that lis orders were mperative to prevent ves- other than of the Paraguayan government from pase- . This must have been well known tw the in- 4 should have been respected in an eape- y the official ctizen of a power Bo cre- cial degree ditably punctilious in the assertion of its own inte pretation of its own maritime laws as the Aunerican Jnion proverbially is, The commandant’s remon- strances being “inreqardod, afew blank cartridges wero fired and then, as the Water Witch still steamed on, a shotted gun was diecharged, but wide of the vessel. Tho Americans replied with round and grape; the batteries re- turned the volley, striking the bull the steamer, and Killing the man at the wheel. The Water Witch not being a vesne] of war, and consequently not qualitied W contest the point further, then steamed down the river; but po exultation was maniferted by the Paragusyans, as she & right to reguiate the navigation of its rivers as it "§ deem necessary for the security of the State, no one will deny. These laws have long been in operation, and were not improvised for a Detorious Ut animate every transaction he is identified with, 5 = regard beg sae we Hopkins, if Comaussioner Bow - in will impartially inquire into the one »; that funetonary ant the American [i pg and the favors heaped upon him by President 5 cluding @ loan of nearly £3,000, not @ shilling which has been repaid, he will ied, 6: proceedings, hat Mr. Hopkins and associates were the ag- gressors, and that, according 10 the laws of Paraguay at that period (185%), the President was fuily warranted in withdrawing protection #0 ungratefully abused. Conmut Hopkins and (rieuds were, to use a mild phraso, very \ir- wr,’ ancl on several occasions gave serious offence to the citizens. But nothing save patient investigation by Comtiesioner Buw!in can unravel those intricacios, and it will be well to inquire concerning the pursnite of Mr. Hop- Kins at Buenos Ayres, Rosario, and other places, as be aa- cends the Parana. An aggression of the nature intended by the United adjusted, will States, should the prevent difficnities not be not only injure Paraguay but the whole region watered by La Plata and Parana. thoes internevine feuds which the Presence of armed foreigners is certain to reopen in an aggravated form, and with most ruipous consequences to the very seeds of that, commerce which (he eulogists of this expedition say the government of Washington are #0 anxious to develope, Pnglap’ and the United States believe that Paraguay it what it was under Francia, hermetically sealed against othing can be farther the truth. ves assuming to be in the van of Bu ropean civilization which are in the rear of Paraguay im many important respects. It is undoubtedly true that, owing to her whole revenue being derived from cus- tome and the government sale of the yerba (no taxea of any kind beng known,) high duties are resorted to. These, It will soon yield to the more fruitful source of the lowest practicable imposts. So far from Paraguay being desirous of isolation, it was her British built war steamer Tacuari which first proved the possibilty of going from Asuncion to Buenos Ayres and back in twenty days. Within the last eighteen months they bave placed on the river the packet steamers Ypora and Saito de Guaira. These perform the voyage in the «ame time, taking and landing passengers at Corrientes, Bella Vista, Goya, Ks: ina, Parana and Rosario, both going and’ returning. This communication will soon be ‘weekly, government having ordered four fine boats expreraly for this service. A powerful steam tug has lately been launched, and another js building, for towing merchant versels at mode- ate rates. Railway irom, for a line of 160 miles inte the yerba and tobacco districts, has been despatebed, and an engineer engaged to carry out the project, which will serve to develope the rich resources of the country, A patent slip is How being also shipped, and will actually be the only convenience of the kind on the eastern seaboard of South Amer from the Amazon to Cape Horn, about SA these All ‘ts Will to acomplete certainty be topped, and el of y with them -hould hostilities arise. A powerful nation like the United could blockade the river and entirely stop the trade of that rising young . The results would be grievous to Paraguay, while the ‘States would reap only the dubious credit of having destroyed the shipping and com of ig sister republic, and thrown merce a her back into the Betpescness from which she waa rescued by President Lopez, who, whatever his demerits in other es, has at least the recommendation of being popular with the natives, than whom amore peacrabie, contented, ‘and cheerfn! population is nowdere to be found. Se far, however, from the President being enamored of his « views exclusively, and opposed to innovation, he is stantly importing European intelligence and skill, and by the Paragnayan steamer Rio Bianco, in whieh { ar rived in this country, he has sent over seventeen youths of superior promise, to be instractet here in the arte most likely to be beneticia! to their country. It ie to be hoped, therefore, for the welfare and progress of ail