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2 into the difficulties for his own satisfaction; and } bis predilection for Greece into account, it looks very Likely’ to be the onee. ‘The private deepaich from Sir Jobn Young, alluded to, together with another letter from him dated Corfu, July 12 of last year, were stolen from the Colonial office, in Yondon, and were published in the Landon Daily News the 12th of November—just a wook after : Plreef Mr, Gladstone. ‘This ‘was’ terribio affair; the seoret was out. The ‘admission and recommenda- tion of Commissioner, Sir Jobn Young, to his govern: |, would reach the Ionian Ielancs about tume Mr. Glaistone’s ar- rival, and hig mission could be no other than a failure. senenessanes THE ENTHUSIASM OF THE IONIANS—THE SACRIFICE Mr. Gladstone arrived at Corfu on the 24th November, and was bailed as a deliveror. Wherever he went there was rejoicing, and in their enthusiasm, the — and that by the multitude, wherever he went, was mado the receptacle of petitions for annexation:— | AONE OANA AE OE TE LEO none YREK GREEOK, | LONG LIVER MR. GLADSTONE, THE PHILHELLENE. Deter niee see DOAN ed ONCOL OO LED AOA OOOONEELE ONION: | GLADSTONE AND UNION WITH GREKCE. | Qitece erent Anne enne se ee st eeAODODEEE LOLOL LODE D of the people, met the Commissioner Extraordinary’s gaze wherever he went, He was Greek enough before he | went to the Islands; but the Ionians claimed him, soul and body, Bligh Commissioner Extraordinary felt he required deli- | yerance from his friends. In the midst of the excitement attending his arrival the secret despatch of sir Joba | If Mr. Gladstone was Greck before, he was more 80 then in the estimation of the inhabitants, and his mission was interpreted into a bona fide intention on the part of -ywhere that the new Commissioner went he had to | make war againet the annexation movement The British | eTerument ot ovurse, haa to. srerifice Sir Joho “no further use in the islands—his writing the de. | gpatch was no crime; but its getting to the public—a cir cumstaoce over which he bad no control—was the crim trom his office, instructing him to jaform the representa tives and the muvicipality of the island of Corfa that her Majesty had no intention of making that island and Paxo without consulting the European Powers, which also she had no jvtention of doing, Tar same despatch tended to kill Mr. Gladstone’s impor Ae was set down as OF BOTH COMMISSIONERS. some places even went so far as dragging his carri UNION OF THY IONIAN ISLANDS WITH sansoanonepneee —and kindred other mottoes, expressive of the feelings | and with them he was Greek all over. The Lord Young, published as referred (o, arrived in the Islands, the ritish government ‘to grant them their request. ‘ung for daring to write as he had. He was of | He got a despatch from the governnreat before he retired Britis’ coloures, nor bad ber majesty the power to do 8? without power to consicer tion of the ubro- he qui gation of the treaty of 181d Her majesty’s govern- ment could not invest him with such powers, “nor would they if they could.” Without donbt, Mr. Glacsione will consider the last’ annouscement anything but flattering, and will nourisa his wrath tll he | gets home again. Duty to his sovereign bas, however, compelied him to accept the temporary commssie: over the islancs, and Sir John Young’ is learning exp mentally that Britain gi ion or protecto. she iN : r. t the question of the British p eim | question of The Powers have as apolitan, | 1 or Lombardian, The grcuuds of those complaints | may be, and are, measurably different; the discoutent and | with for a change are as unnanimons in one place as ia the other. Britain alleges that the Ionian discontent arises from Russian intrigue. During the war in the Crimea, Kiog | Otho—or his Queen, rather, = she was all authority—w se | | as‘stubborn as a mole with France and England, and both Powers ba: to send a portion of their troops there to keep him an¢ his folks in order and from attacking the Tar Though England made Otho what he is, the King pla into the hands of Russia. Now that the’ subject has got ventilated, Russia and France will not forget it in the next Congress; meantime her Britannic Majesty safe that she will not accede to the request of the fonians. History of the Great English Swindlers. FACTS, FAILURES AND FRAUDS. {From the book, “Revelations, Financial, Mercantile, Cri- miral.”” By D. Morler Evans. London: Groombridge & Sous, No. 5 Paternoster row.] The great object of the author of this work has been to bring together a complete record of the astounding frauds and forgeries, with othcr attendant circumstances, which have of late so frequently startled the commercial community from their propriety. There are in all eight chapters, the whole forming a good sized volume, and ex- hibiting ‘separate histories of the various great commer- cial epecuistious which in turn have formed the all ab- sorbing topic of conversation, and haye given point to the railing of the preachers against the depravity of human oa- ture. Chap. . is devoted to « philosophical dissertation on «High Art”’ crime, witb a rapid sketch of its inauguration, development and rapid progress; in chapter IL. is tracod the rise and fall of Mr. George Hudson, M. P., in connection with the gigantic railway speculations with which his pame is associated; chay TM. reads like a highly colored novel, though con! ietly to the facts which, to- gether, make up the career of Walter Watts, of tho Jobe ‘Assurance office notoriety—illustrating his mag- nificient but brief career, his luxurious mode of life, bis hoge frauds, his fall, trial and miserable suicide in New- gate; in chapter IV. we have a complete reflex of the soarcely less strange career and delinquencies of the Lon- don bavkers—Straban, Paul and Rates; the history of Joseph Windle Cole, in connection with the notable dock warrant frauds, is chronicled in r V.; the frauds and forgeries of John Sadlier, M. P., late Lord of the Treasury, are described in graphic fulness in chapter VI.; in chayter VIL. everything that may be required by way of reference in connection with the Royal British Bank frauds will be found ready at band, without entailing a iaborious search through filed copies of the Times; chapter VIIL., devoted to the Robson frauds, is more marvellous ‘than the most marvellous romance; the strange carcer and cnexampled swindling peccadilioes of Redp@th are re- corded in chapter IX., the writer exhibiting, with careful completeness and dramatic skill, those Protean changes in the finguiar fortunes of the dashing swindler, those romantic revelations which made Redpath the sub- ject of something more than a nine days’ talk; chapter X. is devoted to a history of the great bullion robbery on the Southeastern Railway, aud the cheque forgeries on the Metropolitan Bank; and chapter XI. to the fraudulent transactions of Colonel W. Petrie Waugh and Mr. J. E. Stephens, in connection with the London and Eastern Banking Corporation In addition to other matter, in an appendix, there is a record of the Times'Chapman controversy, arising out of the investiga. tion into the affairs of Messrs. Davidson and Gordon, and Mr. Joseph Windle Cole. For an early copy of this in- teresting work of reference, bearing on the great frauds which Lave marked the last decade, we are indebted to Messrs. Webb & Hunt, of Castle street. With this brief view of the contents of the volume, we give the following excerps, a8 earnest of the interest which will be found by a more extended intimacy with the book:— ANTECKDENTS OF STRAHAN, PAUL AND BATE: ‘The known antecedents of the partners were altogether unasecciated with any reputation for extravagance or imprudeuce. Their pertoual habite, while exhibiting those clegancies of life and that liberality of expen- diture becoming the station of eociety in which they moved, and the social rank of at least one of them, were by no means characterized by wasteful or wanton extravagance. Yhey were all of them jong past the age when the passions and indiscretions of youtn are apt to iead men, who are uprestrained by a sense of deep moral responsibility and innate honor, from the path of strict duty, ay to plunge them in excesses which, as in the case of 1% unfortunate Henry Fauntleroy, are certain to terminate ia ruin and disgrace. They were not like Roland Stephenson, and many who have mare recently stood upou the criminal platform, upprincipied adveu- turers from the first, whom a combination of lacky acci. dents, and their ow: persevering eifrontery, had placed tor a ‘ue iu tie control of funda belonging to other peo- ple, the temptation to appropriate which to their own pur. poses they were unable to resist. The two senior mem bers of the firm were the representatives of old aud wealthy families, long connected with the trade of London, aad icberiting by direct descent that confidence and credit with their fellow citizens, and with the money- ed world iv general—the natural reward of upright and honorable commercial dealing pursued throagh many generations for two centuries—which is even of more value than money capital. Sir John Paul was, furthermore, a mon of great piety, holding high place in thereligiona wor!d, and looked up to az ‘an elder in Israe}.’’ There was scarcely a society belonging to the evange'ical section of the Church of England in which the } baronet partner of the Temple-bar Bank did not hold the { honorury «fice of gy) trustee or committee mao, | | and fiom which his firm did not, in consequence, enjoy more substantial advantage as the custodians of their funds. It ‘s known shat Sir John’s father, the previous baronet, purchased many years ago an estate in York- shire, for which he paid 32,000 guincas; and that this Was co more fancy price, a8 at the auction at which the sale was cflected a competitor offered within £1,000 of the gum it was then knocked down at. It must be suggested that Sir Jonn, in carrying out a desire to become a landed proprictor, might have saddled himself with incumbrances and impaired the resources of the bank; and that fro: this original cause sprung the ruin which ultimately su pervened. But of this there is no proof; nor does it ap- pear in what way this property, the entail of which was Cut off, was disposed of—whether it ever descended to | the son or not. Mr. Siraban, when be came into the | concern, on the retirement of his father, the late Robert Snow—the Orm was formeriy Snow, Paul & Paul—en. | tered it asa moneyed man, having ‘just succeeded to a | fortune of nearly £200,000, him by an uncle, of the name of Strahan, in copsiteration of which sumed that surname. Toe oniy one of the thre ners who could not boast of private Bates; but he bad been for many managivg clerk of the rm; was well acquainted with the customers, and with tne business of had given satisfactory proof of his abitty during a long period of fait the late principals; and when a v y 1 the retircment of the younger Mr. Robert Snow, ‘x the telection of their old and tried managing ‘c All it was calculated to add more tthe credit o bak than the introduction of Mr. § ig almost impossible to imagine an establial ing in@ more marked degree the main e! cess. All the partnes © me thelr attention Pernght, Were men of b: duct of their affairs, extensive, pay inesa, and gave nally and wnremittingly to the cou- . The connection, though not was one that bankers generally ying. It consisted chiefly of bere of th agistocracy and wealthy commoners, when wnt ee large balances in their banker's hans banking business, they were eed? under the name of Halford & Co the taakrepey accounts proved to to the end, and the surplus natets of whicts nen something towards a dividend to the unfortunate creditors JOSEPH WINDLE COLE/AND THE LIVERPOOL BoRoUGH BANK, In the month of May, 1854, Messrs. git) produce dealers, of Liverpool, who bad some fot roe with Josep Windle Cole, and had sent himn tas tui’ | circular for several years, were oalled on by his brother who stated that Cole Brothers had a parcel of metals which, they did not wish immediately to dispose of, and would be bappy to receive an advance on this security. Regret ‘was at the same time expressed that nothing should baye | Occurred before this to lead to business, It was proposed | yi in | the country,’’ and, when they became importunate, were |. Liv | received an offer from Cole to give 8 cargo of sugar in ex | York could bestow | in dreams, but he nov | ispew how to ts. This arrange- eed to, after inquiry at the Liewrgal erodes Bank, and Sill and jeugens drew upon Cole , at three mouths’ date, for £25,000, the sum which nad been advanced, * * And now the day of retribution had ar- rived, The announcement that their affairs, the il! success of their operations in metals, and the heavy expenditure on the West Ham Distillery, bad become irre- trievably involved, created some sensation, and this being followed by the intimation that they had suddenly decamped, created further rumors exceedingly prejudical to themselves and the whole of their associates. ‘Through [ : i i this the first breakdown of the conspiracy. The suspen- | sion &f Messrs, Davidson and Gordon, their connexion with Cole Brothers, or, rather, aan Windle Cole, and the disagreeable statements circul , 800n Were produc tive of an unsatisfactory influence, and Mr. Cole was at length himself obiees to commit irregularities in meeting his payments. aspicion was now deeply enter- tained ‘of the stories respecting the heavy com- icity of Joseph Windle Cole in fraud and the issue of large numbers of simulated warrants. Maltby ‘was no longer to be found at the wharf, He had deserted his post, with all its emoluments and all ite dangers. Messenger after messenj came down to seo after tho jition of warrants in hands of impaticnt holders. ‘ore was the manager of the Liv Borough Bank stili wavering as to whether he should give up secu. rity, not worth a farthing, fora bill of lading for two thousand boxes of sugar. Merchants and clerks, soli- citors and bankers’, messengers looked in from time to time to learn the interesting news that Maltby was ‘in referred to his private solicitor, who hw! rngaged to make all necessary arrangements, Thus, whiist we hoiders of THE PARALLEL RAILWAY. jament of David bl tive Fen. Mr. AND GENTLEMEN OF yee ‘counsel for those who have made Dae ne Memes te \ induce you to grant it. In my par- pose to confine myself to g reasons, leaving the de- ayes any lk its ask is, that may be perm! to my clien! , that they itted jay iron fin in the Seventh avenue, from the Central Park to the Bloomingdale road, thence down that to Union square, thence through streets parallel to Broad~ | way, as far south as Barclay street, and to run upon these | Yale cars drawn by horses, as ohen Lay the Of passengers. "you will-looc sary for conveyance a. rou will *] | pg ate you will see that this route lies meen in the centro of Manhawan island, from Finy-ninth strect, down some o most populous: parts the city. It is for the convenience of hai railway is to be made, if made at all; and the first is whether so"promoted ‘by tt; and if It ‘vill (Sg Magee wel promoted by it; only ques- tloa’enion remains’ ie, whether tare bo sug Tessas why their coppenienen, should not thie he convenience of passengers wi ponent wo ways: First, the conveyance will be quicker, easier and cheaper than by the present omnibuses; and second, a large’ number can be transported. Or, in other words, if the omnibuseg could tako all the passengers who wish to go over the route, and will go over it within the next ten eurs, the new mode of conveyance ought to be adopted ise it is a better one; but when it is considered that the capability ef tho railway is three or four times that of the omnibuses, the reaton for the change is so much the greater. he fictutious warrants were alternating between hope and ear, were conning, in close and heated rooms, the my's- tery which, for all that appeared on the faco of it, Maltby alone could solve, they were left to imagine that im- portant personage refreshing himself, after his watch- {nl and ill.compensated Iabors, with a Continental tour, making Belgium the great centre of his temporary wanderings. As soon as the news reacbed Liverpool that the bills of Cole Brothers had been aehcocree apd that the Louse was involved in difficulties, Mr. Sil and the managers of the Liverpool Borough Bauk took measures to inquire into the property represented by the warrants. The latter party received from their solicitor the sage advice to realiza at once, evidently from the im- pression that as there was not sufficient metal to provide for all the warrants, the recovery of goo’s represented by them was to be determined by priority of claim, All such calculations were vain—the clerk sent down to Ha, gen’s wharf ou the partof the bank was simply badgered, Sill, who went up to London en this business, had to con! tent himself with attending at the office of Cole severa days in the ineffectual endeavor to see that individual Eeanwhile obtaining materials fora most amusing ac. nt, Which he afterwards gave to the manager of the Liverpool Borough Bank, who, on the 4th of July, fol- lowed him totown Ik was explained by Sill how the clerk had not cared to imtroduce him; how Joseph Windle Cole had not cared to sce him; how the brother of Cole had him that Colo Brothers would “go on again,” he (St!) should be easy abont the warrants, 2s there was enoogh meta! to meet them, and his brother W. Cole) was 2» honorable man. Previous to leaving pool the manager of the Liverpool Borough Banks had change for the warrants, upon which he telegraphed to | the solicitor not to enter into any compromise wulil he hal arrived, Now came up the question of acceptance. It was urged that there were many unpleasant rumors in connection with Maitoy’s name, and that, though there Was no doubt the warrants were good, it was best to make the exchange. With evident reluctance—for it was sur- mised by the manager that the warrants might possibly prove of larger value—the whole were released for a bill of lading for 2,000 boxes of sugar of the estimated value of £8,000. TUF CHIEF OF SWINDL Thus died, by bis own hind, at the early age of forty-two, Jobn Sadlier, one of the greatest, if no: the greatest, and at the same time the*mos: successtul swindler that this or any other country has produced, That he was a man of high talents, few who kuew him personally can doubt; and had he been content to apply those talents to honest courses, the brilliant opportunities which opened for their exercise would have enabled him to attain the highest position in the State. But his impe- tuosity would pot brook the jabor, and the toil, and the elay of gra‘ifying hisambition in a legitimate’ mauner. He sought the short road to fortune, and, like all who have travetied that delusive path, miserably failed. The amount of misery which he caused is almost ivcalcuiab'e. In the Tipperary Bank, numbers of his poorer fellow-coun- trymen had been induced, by specious representations of prosperity and false accounts, to embark their all. Not three werks before his death, he had. in conjunction with his brother James, issued a report and balance sheet re- presenting the bank to be in the most flourishing condi- tion, and declaring a dividend of six per cent, with an ad ditional bonus of three per cent. Upon the faith of these riodica) statements, numbers of farmers, tradesmen, \if-pay officers, and others in a similar condition, became shareholders, and were, in consequence, utterly’ ruined. From this establishment alone Jobn Sadlier had, with the connivance of his brother, contrived to abstract £200,000; and the total defaications of the bank when it’ suspended payment, amounted to £400,000. As chairmen of the Royal Swedish Railway. Com- pany, he issued false shares to the nominal extent of £150,0C0, the whole of which be appropriated. What be obtained from other sources will probably never be accurately ascertained, but the aggregate must be some- thing enormous. MR. HUDSON'S POWER OF MENTAL CALCULATION. Mr. Hudson's capacity for calculation, which enabled him to carry in bis hand the items constituting the aggre- gate of the vast amounts in which he deait, added to the desire to have recorded merely the results of his transac tions, Jed bim not only to suspend entries until certain successes had been achieved, but really to undervalue the importance of any formal method. When he had suc ceeded to the chairmanship of the North Midland he was reported to have scoffed at the systematic manner in whieh the accounts were kept, a proceeding which afterwards gave rise to the following satirical remarks in a public “Good accounts are troublesome things tokeep, jonally cause trouble to the parties of whose affairs rogisters. The true chandler’s shop eystem is to keep no books at all. A cross fora haif pemy, a down stroke for a penny, a littie 0 fora sixpence, and a larger for a shilling, ail in chalk, on a board or cup- board door, constitute the accounts of many a money-get ting shopkeeper, avé, we doubt not, would suit we'l the purposes of some of the railways. Chalk is easily rubbed out and put on again; ink is a permanent nuisanee. One great company is reported, at onc time, to have used pencils jor their figures in preference to ink, which, we presume, must have been for the sake of convenience.” To do Mr. Hudeon justice, however, i: must be stated that vouchers appear to have been kept of all the transactions, though the entries were not in the order i which arose, means afforded to thor hooks of checking the balance of the current accounts, and thus to discover how far tue counta hed been tampered with, In order to strike balances corresponding to halt-yeurly statements. Unquest the most rigid avcurdcy ia the entries male to the cretit or debit of parties, or heads of accoant, was essential for the protection of the company; aud no fill apology can be entered for bis negligence in bals. ties as to dates, names, sums an’ word was allowed to guarantee eve sumed to be properly done that ha bands. passed through TUE RAILWAY MONARCH. It was no wonder that the spirit of rulway enterprise, kindling, afver her rst great s ee polmk alter point throughout the kingdom, mching with ber magic wand the city of York, sho have fonnd men ready ond willing to entertain the proj it locality the a ges resulting sit. Of this pumber was Mr, ( at Hadson, who at the ly a member of the Board of ffealth, with than that derived from a life of con , Aud who, ag a linen draper, had secured a moderate fortune, his family being respectrdle and well established in the county, baying oconpied for at leas! two centuries an estate at Howshara. Sir. Hiden bad reached mature age, but be was to prove himeelf the man for the ovcasion,’” "and wa? destinet to operate, with no in- considerable influence, both in giving stability to those enterprise! about bemg alled into exist. enee, and in makiog the most of the powere which Parliament, public covfiden-s, enthusiasm, credn! or any of the thoncand and one’coniliciing motives w came to support the mo: mt. of York, \{ true to her own imte: shortly in the matter, and to West Riding appeare securing these fac It was felt the sts, niaet bestir berzelf ten a railway into the to be the most obvious mode of Hudeos had looked to the his- tory, financial and otherwise, of the railways then in existince or forming, aud was satisfed, from tho first conception of the idea, that a railway running out in that direction, if planned ‘with judement, e c structed, and efficientiy managed, ceed. The comple character of railwsy management, az compared with any other enterprise, only served as an additional motive with bim to entertain the proj He was favorably situated, too, for securing 1 publ attention. Jn the municipal post to which he had hee nominated, he bad shown to his fellow townsmen his capacity to appreciate the interests of the city ag far os. they related to that department, and exeentive ability “in carrying out improvements, Mr. Hudson's reputation for public spirit and practical efficien cy wae s'owly but surely rising. His narne was already enrotied in the book of fate for the bighcat eric honor that golden mace of the Mayoralty may have floated distantly could have anticipated becoming ‘the almost irreepourible monarch over a thousand miles of railway,” controlling the money market of the king dom, diepensing with a word, creating milljons of it | by a’gingle fat, and much less that after receiving the Uf the Litied and the great, antl b ned to og a member of the Legis! ig obseyu/0" nre—Hebrew home ly ond Christian bankers even acknowledging by testimoni als bis superior potency—it wae possible he couk! be driven from the face of men,” under the ban of pabli: opinion. through revebge for wounded self-esteem on the ide] it had co slaviehly worshipped. KING. HUDSON'S DOMINANCE. Mr, Hodson knew well how to make steady, gradual and permanent encroachments, 80 as Lo compel overs to con cede to h inte influence necessary for that free individual action on which be felt the very existence of th organizations he brougitt abont, and the encoese of the ne- fotiations {nto which he entered, depended. He further ke ‘capital’ out ot the feelings of reve- jration he exeited. Having ertered \ato yence and ad | rome arrangements for tne Midjand Company, which be had not vonchsafed to diacloge to the board of directors, these gentlemen, after having vainly atempted to worm out the coveted secret, serewed up their courage one day They a “How, now, gentlemen,” yibing happened?’ “Only,” replied one, ng equally reeponsible with yourself for what is done, are desirous of knowing the nature of your future plans.’ “You are, are you?” rejoined the railway mo- parch; “then you will not!” And the business of the board proceed Obituary. Died, at Cambridge Terrace, Hyde Park, London Jan, 25, Esty Merry, the wife of Colonel Lefroy, Royal Artillery, eldest daughter of Chief Justice Sir John Beverly Robinson, Bart, ©, B., of Upper Canada, aged 37 years. It is porzible that even to himeelfthe | ‘The traction upon iron rails being less difficult than upon common roads, ove sesult must be that the conveyance ig quicker. Such is our ex] 3 ‘The differcnce in time between the omnibuses and the cars of the Sixth Avenue Railroad, from St. Paul's church to the Croton reser voir, is uow about ten minutes in favor cf the railway—more than one-fourth—the cars taking ‘hirty-nine minutes and the omnibuses from forty-five to tifty minutes. The conveyance is eo much the easier as the rail is stocother than stoues, and there is less jar, less noise, and less dust, The wheels of the rail car being smaller, tho ig nearer the ground, and entrance into it is easier than into the ompibus. The fare paid is usually less, and ought always to be so, since the capability of the one mode of conveyance, compared with the other, is in a r ratio than the expense. What is this superior capability? Let us compare the two modes of conveyance in thatrespect: Tho omnibus is nine feet long and five and a half wide, is drawn by two horses, apd will take twelve passengers; the car is twenty four fect long and six wide; is also drawn by two horses, and wi | take twenty four passengers as casily as the omnibus willtake twelve. Many more are daily crowded into the present city cars, gometimes as many as forty. Mr. Faton, of Troy e car builder, bas. testified that a car can be constricted, to be drawn by two horses, and to take sixty parsepgers. Tbe whole length of the omnibus and horses ig twenty fect, of the car and horses thirty-five feet. So that, taking into coneideration the expense of horses alone, there is a saving of half, if not two-thirds; conside ing the epace in the street occupied by the vehicle there will bo a greats and taking ail the clements of time, motive power and space, the result may be thus stated: fifty ompibuses, if they were to go and return ihooteny delay, would, in twelve hours, take 4,800 passengers eac! way, or 9,400 in all, over the route I have just mentioned; while at the same time fifty cars would, at the rate of twenty-four passengers in each, take 28,000 up and down, or, at the rate of thirty-six a car, 43,200, and at the rate of sixty, 72,000. No more horses would be ued in the ore case than in the other, while the ovcupa- tion of the street by the cars would be in a far less pro- portion. T'ruight add the saving in time and expense to each passenger, elements inthe aggregate of great im- portance. Is this ‘kdditioval accommodation neede1? For an answer to this question I might appeal tothe obeerva- tion of every pergon atall acquainted with our city. There 1s nctbing like suflicient provision now for the pas- sengers, The cars are crowded, overcrowded almost to suffocation, at the hours of the heaviest travel up and down, I might also appeal to the arguments of those, or most of those who oppose this bill. Taey say the grant is too valuable to be given without a price; that it should be Bold to the highest bidders, and the profits paid into the City Treasury. ‘Without stopping now to consider the anewer to this objection, it is sufficient for the present to say that it concedes the necersity of the railway. Pas- sengers will crowd into its cars because they need them. And even if the number of passengers had not. been al- ready so great a8 to require the additional provision which this railway will give, a wiec forethought would have suggested additional railways as a means of occupy- ing the upper parts of the island, and increasing our po- pulation and our property. ‘Tho population of the city of New York, at the censue of 1855, was 629,000 ; at the census of 1860, it was 515,000; it is now probably 890,000. The increase is at the rate of from 40,000 to 60,000 a year; and, as the city can expand in only one direction, we see a hoai of buildings moving northward, like an advancing army, firet single houses bere and there like scouts, and then solid, compact masses advancing steadily onward; and so will continue to move Lill they cover the whole island. But whether they shall move faster or slower will depend upon the facilities pro- vided for thore who wish to live in the ‘upper portions of the islend. Itis marvellous how the facilities for travel stimulate travel itself, and for the same reasons any new means of moving rapidly, easily and cheaply from the lower to the upper wards will offer an additional tempta- tion to thoge who do businces belew to find themselves homes in the other parts of the island, Now thousands and tens of thousands live in Brooklyn, Staten Island, Jer- sey City, and all along the lines of railway leading from the city to the distance of fifty miles or more. : The more rapid settiement of the upper wards will in- crease in the same proportion the value of property there, adding to the wealth of the city, and of course diminish- ing the burdens upon existing property by enlarging the sources from which a given amount is to be raised. These, Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, are the reasons which, it is syppored, sbould lead you to’ think favorably of the present application for a railway. If I were to ex- ress my own opinion as a citizen, I shouid say, without Resttation, thata railway in every avenue of the city, from one end of it to the other, if properly constructed and managed, would be a public advantage. But there are objectors, many of them worthy citizens, who remoustrate with creat carnestuess against any new railway. They are entitled, of course, to respectful con. sideration; and if the objections caonot be answered, I should not expect from the Legislature the granting of my clients’ application. But I think the answers are obvious, and I sball endeavor to give them. Of course none of the objections come openly or covertly from any of the exist- ing ratlways, for it wonid be as ungenerous as it would be unjust for those who have received a giant from the pab- lic, upon the same reasons as we now present, to object to others receiving the like. They are not beter than other men, that they should Lave what is denied to those, nor is the publis served by them. car The Gret objection is, that the matter concerns chictly the people of the city, and should be left to them, This i# certainly a most ungracious objection Why do my clients come here? Besause you have n from the city the power to grant their application, Xcept ton conditions with which it is impossible to com. | ply. The history of this vexed questiou of power is too recent to be forgotten. Previous to 1854 the Common Council of the city granted permission to various associa- tions to lay rails 1p the streets and run cars on them. The power was claimed as being necessarily implied in the power to regulate the streets, the rail beiug only an im- proved pavement, and rs an improved omnibus. Vurious decisions on the point bave been held in the courts, the resalt of which, in my opinion, is tat the power existed. The language of the Judges of the Court of Appeals in Davis vg. the Corporation, has undoubtedly the question in some doubt; but I understand the majority to have been in favor of the power, The Legis- lature of 1854, however, saw fit to forbid its exercise ex. cept with the consent of a majority in interest of the owners of property in the street where a railway is to paes—a coneentecarce ever to be obtained, for there are Tew persons who would not gladly keep or drive out of hich they live not only all raitways, but pd all carte of every description, that act was, as my client submit espect, unsound and unjust. Tt aa perl that they vo live ipon « street. have some ex- ive right nm the street itself, We insist, on the | ctber hans 4 vey bave ne and that the question | i6s are to run in a strees, is 10 be de- who may use the street, ant not by oh of their windows uponat. Itwould be Td to give to the inbabitanta of a block [routing a Jerry Or & per the right io decide who should cross the ferry, or what ships lie at the pier. There was a time when ali trave! and ai) commerce was subjected to bind- ce an! burdens by those who dwelt npon the highway, ber of iand or water; the voyager upon the Rhine uolested by the robbers wlio infested ite shores; .the ve of the Miesesippi was annoyed by the possess- before it fell into our power; but few pe.sons now think these were rightful uses of mights To the objection, therefore, which would drive us from lature because we ovgbt to have goneto the Com- mon Council, we anewer that we come here breauge you have forbidden ns to go there. We are here ty your will, and my clients tronble you with their app teavon because ) phe cap grant it } It ovght not to be bs who Couneil $ d af 1 kind of ver by 1 the otien that some of the very ut we should go fo the Com. of the art they were ¢ that should bjtter be left to New York; but the answer was then What’ we re- mind them of now, that they could not rely be left to New York and her Common Council. Fite years li bol wrovght euch a change iu men and in yineiples that HM wae just then “ia unjust now, or what was then un vafe is Low perfeetly eafe an The next objection which 0 he railway will rend pon Albany th: nents make is, that 8 impasmble or less bie by 6 Whether this objec foundation in fact may be matter of tircets through which our pretent railways | uaversible by other vehicles; and if they ¥ a5 bofgre it is betause the rails have not been laid of such a k and in such @ manner os they o Epyincers have testified that a groove will Fufiice for @ city rail car, where the borse is te mo- tive power, which will not receive the wheel of avy other vehicle. Tiere is no good reason why the rails may vot be of such adescripuion as to form no impediment what- ever to the movement of ordinary vehicles. We are to reseon shout this a4 about every other measure, vpon the nevumption that it is to be fairly excouted. | know that laxity of administration is the great vice of our political system, We need an active and firm adminisiration in all departmants of the govern- ment Laws are a ¢ intier, and worse than use. lewe, without the living agent The statute book is fall of wise provisions, but the execution is feebie and Otfal. it were otherwiseif every law were put ip force ac: cording to’ the Ietter and the spirit—bow much better would things go on, and what a different pietare would our city show. [have now in my imagination that noble and vigilant officers; her laces weil ordered; her citizens everywhere protected; crime repressed, her ordinances quickly and vigorously enforced, Then would ber crowded port, her swarming streets, her overflowing warehouses, her temples and her palaces present a pic tore which her citizens could point to without a blash—a picture of prosperity, of well earned and well appli wealth, of a well ordered repubiicaa community without @ parallel, Whether this wit! ever happen I do not knu'w, though I rejolon tate hove of I ber Pac tare that ey OMG aok plan of public improvement. ment to ordinary travel. Bat if it were, is that a sul should be rejected? How fow changes, th improvements over those which have been most svecessful, which have not in their beginning interf with some existing interest. leaser number must yield to the convenience of the greater. The power loom encountered more rious and earnest oppoeition—than all the railway have ever been constructed, The river steamer displaced tho passenger sailing craft, as the ocean steamor has partially displaced the sailing packets, in which we were go suc- cessful and of which we were so proud, There is not a more instructive nor a more angusing portion of the his- tory of our race than that which records the tion made to every improvement as it came forth. Wit, sar- casm, vehement denunciation, pers nal abuse, violence, have all by turns been employed against ev: new, everything which disturbed existing arrangements, Sake opiate from Nhe ep Tenered ules some portions of a knowledge gained, or roi the inoolent to new thought and new exertion. A fit, though a very quaint example, I found lately in Southey’s Common I’lace Book, from the water- poet Taylor's diatribé against coaches, which had then just been introduced into London. Here it is:— If the curses of people thature w: by them might have prevatied, sure I thiok the mest part of them bad been at the Fevil many years ago. Butchers cannot pase with tbelr cattle for them; market folka which bring of vietual to the city are stopped mayedand hindered. Carts or waines, with thelr becessary indivgs, are debarred and letted; the milkmaid's im the dirt, and people's gute like to rowded and shrowded up against stallsand rpin with ber pander, and a palrof crammed pallets ride prinviog and deriding in thetr hell-zart at thelr miseries who go on foot; I, myself, have been so served, when I have wished them all {n the great’ Breach, or on a ight fire upom Hounslow Heath or Salisbury Plain; and wiog of the streets in this manner, w! together that they cap hardly sir, ta vartage to the most virtiious mystery of purse-cutting; for anythiog I know, the hired or hickney coachman may join in the confeder sbare with ths cut-purse, one toatsp up the way and the other to abift in the ¢rowd. Tho su pertiuous use of coaches hath been the ozcasion of many vile and odlous crimes aa murder, theft, cheating, hanglugs, whip pings, pillories, stocks avd cages; for housekeeping never de- cayed tl coaches came into Kngland, Ut which time were accounted the best men who had most followera aad re- tainers; then land about or near London was thought dear b at a noblethe acre yearly: and a ven pound honse rent DOW wasscarce twenty shillings then; but the witchcraft of the coach quickly monnted the price of all things (except poor men’s labor}, and Wwitkal transformed, in some places ‘tea, twenty, thirty, forty, Mity, slaty or one Bindred proper serving men into twoor three avimals, ridelicet, a butterily pags, & trotting footman, a atitf deinkiog coachinan, a cook, a clerk, steward apd a butuer, which hath enforced inany a’ discardnd tall fellow (ihrovgh want of means to live and grace to guide n inhis poverty), (9 fall lato such miscalevous actions before named; for ‘which I think the galiowaes in Eugland have devoured as muny lusty, vallaut men within thene thicty or forty years as would have ‘been a suilicient army to bw beat the foes of Christ out of Christendome, and marching on to Constantinople have plucked the great Tntk by the beard, bu: aa is aforesaid, this is the age wherein the world runs on eels, ‘This seems to be very absurd. Let not the example be lost. A third objection made against the railway, or ra‘her against the proposed grant of it, is that it ought to be made a source of revenue to the city, and should, therefore, be gold to the highest bidder. This is an objection which de serves to be carefully considered, because it has misled many excellent persons. But why, it may be asked in the first place, should a rule be adopted in respect to city railways different from that adopted for every other rail. way, and, indeed, every other improvement or franchise? Did anybody ever hear of the State putting up to sale a railway privilege or any other privilege or franchise? If the principle be sound, why sbouid it not be universally applica? The absence of such a practice hithorto is cer- tainly an argument against its present introduction, unless, indeed, it can be shown—which I think it cannot—that there is something in a franchise to be exercised in a city which makes it different from that which is to be exer- ciged in the country. ‘The concessions already made to the different city railroads were made without exacting a price from the grantees. We have ‘now seven railways laid upon streets of our city, two of them, the Harlem and Hudson River Railroads, entering the city from the country, and the other five, the Second, Third, Sixth, Fighth, and Niath Avenue Railrouds, confined wholly to tho city. These railway have all made the same use of tho city streets as tho railways now proposed will make, and they have never paid a compensation for the privilege. All that any of them have paid has been a small sum as a license foe— a mere police regulation. Would it be just to impose upon anew railway, entering into competition with these, a burden not imposed upon them? That would be favorit ism; unjust inequality. Upon the plaincst principles of equality and ‘justice, if a price were to be demanded of my clients It should ‘be demanded of the others. ither, then, let the opponents of this bill abandon this objection, or propose at once to attempt assessing and collecting an equal amount from the seven roads I have mentioned for the benefit of the city treasury. That would be equality, though it would be against the uniform . Apart, however, from the consideration justly due to an. estublished practice, I submit to you that the practice is a just one. It is against the policy of our government to | sell either its offices, its franchises, or its favors of any kind. What it granis, it grants not for private, but for public reasons. It looks not to the benefit of the indivi- dual, but of the public; and when individual advantago gtows out of the public convenience it does so—at least such is the theory—as_an incident to the main . If in this city the sale of ferry leases is an exception to the eneral practice, that is an eaten which, if it can be justified at all, must be justified by a different rule. ‘The fact that a grant from the ‘overeign authority isa benefit to the grantee, furnishes no reason why it should be sold. If it did, offices might be sold. It was the prac- lice of the government of France, before the revolution, to sell its offices, even those that wore judicial; it is the practice of the government of England, at the present time, to sell offices in its army. No person would think of introducing that practice in this country. This much upon the general principle. Let us see if there be not also reasons peculiar to the grant un- der consideration why it should not be sold. There is one reason certainly, and that is, that whatever is paid by the grantee is taken by bim from the passengers; and, therefore, any price upon the privilege is in effect a tax upon travel. ig is true even of our ferries. What- ever ig taken from the leesees is added to the ferriage. The true rule, I conceive to be, to let the ferry to trust- Dede persons, and reduce the ole bs to the lowest possible limit equal to the expense of the best possible accommodation. So it would be in the case of a railway privilege gold, the price would be taken from the pockets of the passengers. That, we in the State of New York do not think a fair way of mecting the expenses of govern- ment. In New Jersey they think differently, and make every traveller pay his contribution to the State treasury, Whether that is an example to be commended, or likely to be followed, I leave you to answer. There is another reason why the sale of this privilege would be objectionable. The streets of the city of New York are not the private property of the Corporation, and it certainly, without the consent of the Legislature, contd not sell the rightof using them in a particular way. Could the Legislature give it the right to sell themr That will perbaps, upon the nature of the trust under which the city holos. The trust is thus described in the statate of 1807, under which most of the streets have been either taken, by adverse proceedings, or been oeded to the city In trust, pevertheless, that the same be appropriated aad kept open tor, of as partof, a public street, aventie, aqnare, or place, forever, in like manner as the other public s.reeis, avenves, sqimies, and places in the said city are, and of right ought to be. ‘Thoge who have ceded the streets to the city have given for such purposes and upon such trusis;-taose who have sold them, bave received a compensation measured by not merely the value of the land, bat the advantage to the owner from having access to aljacent property. Take, for example, the owner of the land on the Bloomingdale road, between Forty-second and forty third strects. When the title was vested in the city by proceedings ua der the act of 1807, be received a mere nominal considora- tion, becanee the ‘strect was already a highway. After that, could he be made to pay for the privilege of passing through the streot thns taken? Clearly that would be in- consistent with good faith; but if, instead of treyeling in his own carriage, he prefers to.take a seat in a railway car, can be he made to pay for the privilege of travel with any wore reason than before? And if this cannot be dyne ai can it be done indirectly? Can he be made to pay to the grantees of the road, that they may pay to the city wben-becoale not be made to pay the sane amouat to e city? * ‘ These, gentlemen, are the considerations which Tam Instructed by my cllents to lay before you, The subject is one of great interest to the city and 10 the Stato. For whatever concerns us, concerns a'so you. Every citizen of our commonwoslth must feel a’ pride in the present greatnces and future growth, the embellishment and the good name of its metropolitan city. Bebold her, as she Sits at the entry of the sea, receiving contributions from the water and the land to swell the volume of her wealih, her population and her traffic. Already the first in the New, she fullg behind only two cities ot the Old World, and in natural advantages she excels them both. Before her are the continents and islands of the rich and ancient Fast, with which her swift ships hold her in close smmunion; bebind her is the boundiess and iaexhansti ble West. There cannot arise a city in the wildernoss, there cannot @pring up a State beyond the Father of Rivers, there cannot be anew railway or canal on this hemisphere north of the equator, butit helps to make ber #treets more busy, ber warehouses more full, bor ex changes more nearly universal. Let ua make the most of there wivantoges; let a wise and provident policy prevatl in our legislation, and the eyes are already opened to the Tight which will see our city of Manbattan the first in the world, Another Will by Hon. H. L. Ellsworth, (From the Tatayette ({ad.) Journal, Keb. 21,] The Trustees of Wabssh College, ’ Crawfordsville, Indisna, have commenced a suit in oar Common Pleas Court, to probate a will made by. E worth in yby which will M aths cure ntire estate to his dahghter, Sire. Roewell same proportion to his gon, Henry W.; to hig gracdebiliren, Henry G, of Calilornia; and the remaining two- paylog his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Jane thovsand dollars) equally to Wabach College, tenths ( Beard, ov Yale College, the American Bible Society and the Ameri- can Colonix: DM Isworth endorsed on this will of 1851 9 n terms he reiterated it, and ox- tered ite bequests to all the real and perronal property of which be might die poesessed, But without the codicil, we are informed, under the laws of this State, Mr. E.'s entire catate, rea! aud personal, would pass to the legatees under the provisions of this will. Wabath College alleges in ber complaint that this will of 1861, a copy of which Is produced, is now in the hands of Jadge Wiifama, of Hartford, Conn. ; that it was the last will and testament of Mr. .; that at the time the will of 1857 wae mace Mr. ©. was of unsound mind, and that the will of 1857 was not duly executed: that Mr. E., although in Comnectient at dhe time of his death, wag, in fact, domi- ciled in this State; that at the time to Connecticut be was of tusouud mind, and, conse- queit'y, incapable of changing his residence! that’ at the time he left thi State be continned his principal office here, with bis confi tential clerk; that be left a farnishod houre, and that be left with an inteution (if he was capa. ble of laviog any) of returning to this State, Those are the prive!pal potnts iu the complaint, and we understand Mowrergy, Feb. 3, 1859. Americas Sympathies on the Frontier—A Millionand a Quarter in Silver coming Monthly to Texat—Gen. Blanco’s ‘Troops and the Silver in the American Legation— Vidaurri Preparing to Take the Ficld—Consul Wals Come Home—Market Prices of American Fubrics, dc. On this frontier, and all along the lino of its seaboard, ere American merchants and factors, who have the re- spect of the native population for their talents and cnter- prise, and consequently the affection of the people, who | fancy they have political and personal affections with the citizens of the United States. Look, for instaace, how this has manifested itself im Toxas, California, Now Merico and Arizona, and in only a few short years. It becomes jmperatively our duty to checkmate the great Powers in their designs against Mexico and our dearest in- teresta; humanity and civilization require it of us; it must be done; civil wars, corruption and religious intolerance would be subdued by the arts of peace and with the hum of industry. ‘The day is fast approaching when the republic of Mexico will be the Alps of the tourist—the wonders, beauties and legends of Alpine scenery will be deserted for journogs to the easy and accossiblo scenes of toil of our intrepid ex- plorere, Mexico ts yet unknown; tuo time will arrive when travelling opportunities will iutroduce greator wonders than N.ugara and the Mammoth Cave. if neglected it will be our own fauit, because wo have superior advan- tages over apy other nation, The amount of one million three hundred thovsand dol Jars in silver aud bullion passed through the House at this placo during the past monib, a} 20,000 skins aud hides aud 6,000 bars of load have been exported, and more than $200,000 ia Americau and Fnglish goods have passed through the Custom House for the interior during the same space of time. The grrival of the troops of Generat Blanco yesterday caused considerable excitement in our quiet city. These men baye now been in campaign one yeur, and have re- turned cu furlough for one month, They’ were all well armed and equipped, and iooked like very good soldiers, after a fatigve of one yoar, ‘Tney number 400 men, and ¢ to returp op the Ist of March next. An officer bas re- lated to me that the liberal forces extracted from the Ca- thera! & Morclia 10,000 pounds of silver and 726 pounds of gold, the half of which Blauco took to Mexico to cy coined, and left the same in charge of the Amwrican tion, and being oblige? to abandon apital thoy threw the whole into a weil of the residence of our Minister. The cxportation duties paid during the last mouth on er aud bullion place Vidaurri in funds to raise an other smal! army, which will leave on the 1th instant for the interior, to join Colonel Quirage, Colonel Zuszua will command ip chief; he !s sow here, and is organizing 1,600 men. Colonel Quiroga, from this State, with 1,000 men, has defeated Miramon, brother of the General, who was be- sieging Zacatecas for three days. Imniediaiely on his arrival he attacked Miramon und defeated him, with « great loss. General Rucha had retukén Colima, aud Gene: ral Degoliado is pow at Morel'a with some 6,000 men. He may now be more fortunate than bofore, having re- taken all the artille/y Mirainon abandoned near Colima, The famous Gereral@oronarorlo, whom you have heard 0 much of, has lately turned out to be a public robber. Tie has pitiaged all tho email towns be pa: tbrough to such an extremity that the Governor of Zacatecas ordered & force in pursuit of him to recover the pillage and rob Dery, amounting toa large sum. Should he be eueoun- tered he will undoubtedly be shot. Consul Walsh has left for New Orleans, and left in cbarge of the covsn'ate a British subject, The following are the current prices of domeatics:— Bleached shirtings, wide (vara) Brown shirtinge.. Prints, wide English. Prints, American. Codfish, box..... Checse, American, pound. Butter...... Money, per month, 3 per cent: leans, 10'per cent; exchange on New York, government State bonds, 60 per cent discount. Monterey, Jan. 25, 1859, Condition of the Country—Military Movements—Force Un- der Vidaurri—His Pertonal Movements, dic. The civil war progresses as vigorously as at any time horetofore. The country is certainly going to destruction very fast. There is no probability of the Mexicans mak- ing peace until the country is reduced to the very lowest state of poverty. It would certainly be a great blessing to the inhabitants, and the foreign residents in particular, if some other government would control this country until the natives get out of the habit of war. They have been at war so much that they are dissatisfied with peace, and any man who can contro! a few hundred men‘can find the State at some time not well defended, and by makiog an attack when the authorities are unprepared to receive it, he can get into power, and once in possession of the gov- ernment, he is recognized as the lawful governor. - At present the forees on both sides are much more numerous than they were some months since. The libe- rals have a great advantage in having possession of the seaports. They are able to obtain a considerable revenue from customs, which aids them greatly in‘carrying on the war, also receive a great deal as export duty on specie (five per cent). Three days ugo a train of wagons arrived from Zacatecas bringing more than seven hundred thousand dollars, on its way to Brownsville. During the last two or three months there have not been any impor- tant battles fought by the frontier forces. However, there have been two battles fought on the borders of the State of San Luis Potosi, there being but a few hundred on each side engaged, in which the forces from this State, under the command of Col. Quiroga, defeated the enemy in both engagements, killing some,and taking a numbor of pri- soners, There were about three thousand men, or between three thousand avd four thousand, who pertained to the ariny of the North (Vidaurri’e army), who were not in the batue of Abualulco, and, therefore, were not dispersed like those that were in tbat batile. Those were at ferent places, and liad faited to obey the order with the main force to meet Miramon. They a: etl ta the campaign, but some of them have gove tn other purts aud do not operate with the army of the North, but about sixteen Landsed have returned from this Sate, These, with those that still remain 2s a part of the army, under Vidaurri’s command, make a force of abou! thros thousand five hundred men, without the forcea of Tae maulipas, who a'so claim Vidaurri ag commander.in- chict. Zuszua, who commanded at the battle of Carretas, Zacatecas and San Luis Potosi, will return to the cam- paign in two or three weeke with a thous:nd men. About ten days ago Col, Zaragoza returned to the campaign to take command of tue troops who have lately goose tram this State, and are.under the command of (ol. Qnirnga, General Vidaurri’s forces wii! soon be ir five thousacd men, with which they expect to operute against we euemy in the interior, and, if porsibie, to Degelaainiat they lost at Abualulco, Since Vidaurri’s defeat he has been to Victoria to con- sult with General Garza. Since that be has been to Lam- paras, bis native home, from which he returned a few days ago, and wae received with a salute of cannon as he passed the citadel. PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF MIRAMON. A letter from the city of Mexico of the Sth inst., pub- ligbed in the New Orleans Hee, has the following :— After much beeitation President Zu'oaga resigno!, ap- oe Sy heya eens reo a ms gare for haif 000), ant singe red, waiting, like Micaw ber, my something turns ey Fy Miramon is now at the head of overnment. He has not yet constructed his cabinet, aud the business of State is performed by clerks and other subordinates. His plea ig to leave Mexico on the #h, and march to Vera Cruz, which he will endeavor to reduce to obedionce. fle has contrived to obtain « loan of $800,000. [t is diffioult to predict his policy. He is a young man of twenty-five, resolute, impetuous in action, but very reserved in speech, ‘and tortuous in policy; as much feared by the conservatives as by the liberals. His person is diminu:ive and slender, with face that betokens audacity and cunning. The Reception at the President's, (From the Washington Star, Feb. 23 It_ was the. unanimous verdict of the “oldost intabi- tants” and the best posted in such matters, that, since the foundation of the city, the executive mansion has nover been crowded to anything like the extent it was Iast even- ing. Several circumstance sult—the combined to produce this re popularity of the President and his nioce, the great number of people from the States now sojourning in the city, the annivereary of Washington's birthday-—it bo- ing the net reception of the eeason—the balmy mildnese oud the starry oeauty of the evening, all conspire: to Hleod the White House with the congregated beauty and gullantry of the metropolis and the nation. Shortly aftor eight o'clock the long crescent carriage way in front of the mansion was lined with carriages, which extended ont to a considerable distance up and down the street; and upon the sidewalk, from either direction, came a surging tide of iningied broadcloth and crinoline, Not only the public rooms of the mansion wore crowded, but the private apartments, up stairs and down, were thrown onen to tie ladies, and were immediately overflowed with the coming ovalinche of humanity, while the porticoes were much of the time crowded with those unable to gain admission. Every department of government and all classes of socie- ty wore fully represented, ‘Tbe President was ip his usual good health and spirits, aed was atiended by Marshal Belden and Doputy Marshal *Wiltipe. ’ Dr. Blake, as 1, officiated in the presentations to Miss Lane, who appeared,as over, to charming advantage, and was aseisted In her receptions by the accomplished Mrs. Craig, of Georgia, We would no doubt besafe in saying that almost every- body of note in the metropolis was there; but so dense was the crowd that we could get to sco but comparatively few. Among those mogt prominent we noticed particular. ly Secretary Thompson and lady; Lord Napier and Lord Hadwtock; Count Sartiges and lady; Sonator Gwin, lady and danghter; Senators Houston, Magon, Jones, and seve. ral members of the House; Capt. Ringgold, of the United States Navy; Mrs. James Gordon Bennett, accompanied Bass, of Mississippi; Mrs. Conrad, of ‘amy Kemble; Miss Emmes, of Provi- dence, RT, &e., &o, After nine o'clock, the front door was almost constantly Wooked by counter currents going out and coming in; and it was after eleven o'clock before the house was cleared, A good many hats, coats and shawls changed owaers in the jam and confusion that prevailed; and we saw several gentlemen reluctantly taking their departure with their heads tied up with baudkerobiefa, =| ‘THE DRY GOODS TRADE. ‘The following is a comparative statement of the tmporés of foreign dry goods at New York for the week and sines Jan Li For the week. 1867. 1858. 1889, Entered at the port..82,265, 1 2, Entered at the «22, iT 8, 21,092, Fesrvary 25, 1859, Consumption. Value sto Phys | Pale. Ribbons. a Sie . 206 239, 1908 Gravaiesc2. It 400 421 Vosings.... 3 1/208 99,166. Hose 2 182 48/064 Satine 1,16 94;539 31 “se Total.....2,447 $650,758 Withdrawn from Warehouse, Cottom—— Wooilens 28 $15,597 $46,486 Carpeting...) 29 6,141 20,247 | Worsteds 6 112 2,066, Delaines...... V1 2.745 9,024 Cott. worsteds 18 7,856 1,234 Shawle....... 8 445 1,268 Braids Kb... 81,837 3/990 Bionketa 111,597 5,608 Braida & b. 2 6 3,887 rapes .. 6 1 1,232 8. & cotien 1 1 _—-— 514 1 Total....... 58 $25,552 2 2,015 Total......1,587 $26,848 Entered for Warehoure. Colton— 1 $471 Cottons. 14 $1,481 % 8 208 9 2% 8,606 Shawit....... 15 7,830 —— = paaiiggpesahicil i, (Dye ale ya 9 Total....... 40 $14,767 Sik— Flox— 5 5 3,100 Linen........ 6 834 — Miscellaneous— Straw goods. 2 1,612 B rhe intered for Consum; Packages. Yate Manufactures of wool, 970° $431,268 Do 650,758. Do 8,109 ‘e34 1,618 ‘Total, is 100 $28,200 The arrivals from sea were larger within the past week, and the importations show a decided increase. It ‘will be seen by the above official statement that the entries of dry goods during the week ending to-day largely ex- ceed those for the same time in 1858, and are nearly up to those for the same period in 1857. The totals, since the first of January last, are more than double those for the ame period in 1858, and clossly approximate those for he came time in 1857. These importations, however, are more PS leer than they were in 1857, because then the country in all directions was stuffed with goods, while this ‘ear it is comparatively bare of supplies. The business, owever, may be overdone, and considerable shipments of specie may, ere long, be required to settle balances. ‘The small amount of importations for the same period im 1650 ig sconnnted for by the pressure of the ppnic then vi 9 There has been a fair business doing among both im- porters and jobbers the past week, chiefly from the South ‘and Southweet. It is too early for the commoncoment of the Western spring trade, which is not expected to equal that of 1857, while it will, no doubt, be some botter than it was in 1858, Cotton domestic goods continued to rul firm, and mana- facturers continued to be well employed, being engaged, in many cases, in the execution of contracts for future delivery, while some mills, producing particular kinds of oods, have engagements on band up to May and June. ‘ancy woollen articles continued to be in good demand at steady prices. The supply of English flue cotton has more freely appeared, but so far they have produced no effect mpon the prices of American goods of a similar character, The stock of brown shectings and shirtings continued ight, and beavy standard makes were firm as %e, Goods under the standard quality scli at about 8%. Fine bleached . sheetings and shirtings were at light supply end standard makes sold up to prod r Drills were firm, with a good export demand, the principal inquiry being for China; the stock was mo- derate; pieces of 40 yards length wore firm at 8%c. standard makes were held at 9c, Pieces of 27 inches wide were selliag at 73¢c. for eome use. Bleached were selling at 826. a c., and blue a: 103c. a 10%c. Stripes and denims were selling moderately at unc! Printing cloths were less activ buoyant, while quo- tations were without material change. Lawns were im fair demand, according to styles and makes, varyog im prices from 103gc. a 1ic., and 1834c; Prints wore in fair demand, aud prices firmly sustaiaed jor the now and de- sirable styles of emarahths, which were brisk at 10c. Regular madders ranged from 84 a 10c. Lower qualities were . firmly held, with a tendency to higher rates. Mouslins de Jaines were selling at 16c. a 20c. for desirable styles, Ginghams ranged from 934¢. a 11c., with a fair demand. luths and cassimeres presented very little va- riation in prices or change in movements from those no- ticed list week. Some desirable styles of fine eur were doing well. Kentucky jeans wore in good demand, and active at full prices. Mixed fabrics were also selling ine: Satincts, however, were in limited request and sales ight. dn foreign goods the business in the main was consider- able, but somewhat irregular, Fancy goods of new styles and fresh importations were ia active request, and readily sold at satieMctory prices, Plain black silks were firm and in good request. Light and fine printed (Pome ‘were in reques: at satisfactory prices. Both Foglish and Continental fancy goods were selling well. Heavy staple foods. including woollens, were less active aud buoyant, ut without change of moment in quotations. Hosierios were quiet, but unchanged. Ribbons, of new and fancy styles} were ip good request. Pemonal Intelligence. Hon. Sherrard Clemans has concluded not to take his! seat in the present sersion of Congrees, and has returned to his home in the Pan Handle of Virginia. Rev. Wm. H. Milburn, formerly chaplain to Congress, and known to many readers as “the blind preacher,” accepted an meme to deliver in Philadelphia a lectat on Alexander Hamilton. George Washington Dixon, ex-editor, nogro singer, &c, was recently arrested in New Orleans, charged with dan gerously burning a woman nemed Madame Rodolph, fortune teller in that city, by setting hor clothes on fire. The Genera! was imprisoned to await the result of tho wo- man’s wounds. She bas since died. Professor Mitchel intends to deliver his series of aster nomical lectures at Aibany noxt week. ARRIVALS. From Liverpool}, in the steamship City of Manchenter—tay-| i Farrie 1.0 Holle, B Downing and indy. ¥ yah fev © LAile, Indy, two ebildren’ and servante Gerttie, Edwin Bonstield, Wim Plunkett, Mr. Nicboll Cornforth dnd brother, Misa Oakes, Mise Sandorsou Mus Fa and servant, Miss Bridge, Mr Scott, John Th y fen, Thee Kribh,Mr Heinirauil, James Wright, Otiag & ever, Tames Patcn, Gtaiton W Oardior, Rev eB worm J it, Mre Willams and daughter, Mra a: ere0n, Mr Taylor, Jon Kodgera. ¥ Reilly, 8 Urew anit oan me ensoy, Win Crua, 6 J Pearson, William § Damerel--56 in Tor, Mra Milner, Jom amon tiga ant anor, mith, yren, B Mivinger, P Staith. Cibert P \s Genial, Mina Mera, Miss Md Cayendy i Bherro} A Btarr, 8 Waterhoure, Lawia Crowley, J RK Hudgins, CL Wool—and 31 in tho neeragy DEPanrunns, From Richmond, in the steams Gone, Baek Bhver, Mra cpt 8 For I. 1, In steamalip America, trom Bi —J Joy, of Roxhuiry Curnbten, and two childrens of Ghetee x Cay \ Mra Skill Bath; FacRamabotiorn: of Fa Rite ee eras yh Ties Annle ee sonoe, ties Flor vane Tasnel, —Barnewel!, J. Ruy Pore Ot Ne winks iy and Mra Chas Spencer and child, G ® Wormrath, A K in rat , Alacanah W: tn: Hugge, of Balumore; ‘ov Dr Quigicy, ‘of Michigun, A Holeomb, of Troy: A Stork, of Volumb' of Manchester; Ft flolman, of San Fr A Buel of England; G Watson, of ' Scotiand; Harvey Honea. Tondon; Mr end Mra Thos Mathias. of ‘Windsor, O.W5 J Falmer, of, posdoe, OW; Julins Thompson, be tna a fol mien I iabec; Solar, of Mexico dohn Prinee? sk me John er, Ohas A: men)=40. Hor Lalifuxee’4 © Walker, PN King, G ‘utnam, of New York; F Muor: FN Gisborne, of Windaor, 90, Of ri; JO Bow! ee BEd ti Pte BS