The New York Herald Newspaper, May 2, 1859, Page 4

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Single copies, im wrappers, six cents. Svdscriptions and advertisements for any edition of the New Yors HERALD will be reccived at the following p'aces \n Europe :-- Paks, de la Bourse, "Lansing, Starr & Co., No, 9 Chapol treat, R. Stuarl, 10 Exchange street, Bast Aaver,... Lansing, Baldwin & Co., 21 Rue Corneillo, Huaworrs .. De Chapeauronge & Co. ‘The contents of the European edition of the Axastp wil! wombine the sews received by mail and telegraph at the office during the previous week and up to hour the of Publication. ‘The News. The steamship Bremen arrived at this port yes- terday morning from Southampton, with European files to the 19th ult. Her political advices are very important, although in reality only one day later than those reported by the Circassian. The Derby Cabinet made its long expected statement on the continental war crisis and England's position to- wards the Powers more actively interested, to the Houses of Parliament onthe 18th. The speeches are of high interest, and, as will be seen from our report to-day, war is looked on as inevitable. The indications were that Russia would side with France, and that England and Prussia would main tain an armed neutrality. The Anglo-French alli- ‘ance was by no means so cordial as heretofore. Paul Morphy,the American chess champion, was received with great éclat in London on his way home. He gained his most marked triamph there by beating eight of the best players in England. Consols declined in London very decidedly on the morning of the 1Sth, but rallied again in the after- noon, closing at #4§ a 94] for money and 947 a 95. for the account—still a decline. There was no change of importance in the Amertcun produce markets, The steamship North Briton, which left Liverpool ‘on the 20th ultimo, has arriyed in the river St. Law" rence. She will reach Quebec this morning, and her news, which is one day later, will be given in our evening editions. The steamer Fulton, of the Paraguay expedition, has arrived at Washington. She left Montevideo onthe 17th of March,in company with the Water Witch, and experienced a boisterous passage. The Fulton reports that the steamship Washington, from New York fo: San Francisco, was at St. Cathe- rines on the 23d of March. The Fulton brings a heavy mail. The movements of the squadron are given in a telegraphic despatch in another column. We publish the details of the news from the South Pacific and Central America, brought by the Northern Light, this morning, having given a full synopsis on Sunday. Chile was totally disorganized by the revolutionary movement under General Gallo. President Montt was aided by the govern- ment troops and finances, but Gallo was urged on by the young men of Chile, the priests and the wo- men—and, besides, he has plenty of money. Agri- cultural and trade operations were of course sus- pended. <A good deal of excitement prevailed still in Valpar with respect to the casg of Mr. Tre- vitt, United State: nsul, and the late outrage on American citizens, and it is probable that the Cabi- net at Washington will receive full reports on the sulject to-day or to-morrow. Our Panama correspondence contains a fall ac- count of the late riots at that place between the troops and blacks. The armed boats from the American squadron, signalled for by the authori- ties, were manned with a rapidity creditable to the commanders for the discipline mai: don board Captain Lambert, of the British sh had addressed a letter of thanks to Captain Watkins, of the Golden Age, for his exertion in saving a boat's crew of the Vixen from drowning. At last accounts General Lamar had quitted Nicaragua and was in Costa Rica. He parted with the Nicaraguan government on friendly terms, and presented the Cabinet with a large number of volumes of books, as the nucleus of a Nicaraguan State library. M. Belly, ‘i is said, was not in favor with the people, who looked on the French as filibusters. An exploring expedition from Minnesota to Bri- tish Columbia, to ascertain the most eligible route, will start from St. Paul some time during the pre- sent spring or coming summer. The route will be to the head of the Red river of the North, through the Kootonais Pass of the Rocky Mountains, explo- ring at this point as far as Edmonton, on the North Saskatchewan, through the Sthabasca portage, to the cource of Thompson river. One party will pro- ceed to the Pacific coast and by the mines, while ano. ther will explore the sources of the Columbia river and the region of the Kootonais Indians, and re- turn to St. Paul by, November 16. The party will ist of ten men, anda naturalist is expected to »pointed by the Smithsonian Institution, and a literary gentleman as traveller and author. A farewell meeting to the missionarfes to Japan appointed by the Board of Foreign Missions of the Reformed Dutch church, was held in the Rey. Dr, Macauley’s church, Fifth avenue, corner of Twenty- first street, last evening. A very large audience was present, and a number of distinguished divines occupied the chancel. The New York State Central Republican Com, mittee have issued an address to the republicans of New England. It begins with a pathetic appeal to the Massachusctts republican Know Nothings against the proposed law which Prohibits citizens of foreign birth from exercising the privilege of voting until two years after they shall have been naturalized, and wipes the nece, sity of concen. trating all the opposition clereats, of whatever creed, color, party or nationality, upon the one idea—hostil ty t) slavery, We doubt, however, whether the Germans, who as a class read the daily papers, and are, therefore, generally intelligent, will be caught by chaff of such poor quality as that thrown ut by the black republican party mana- a“ Fales of cotton on Saturday were confined to some few hundred bales, «ituout quotab'e change in prices. Holders were not pressing eales, being dispored to await the receipt of more decisive news regarding the prospects of peace or war in turope before doing much, The next «tenmer may ;ossibly bring something more definite onc way or the ottur, A telegraphic despatch to « house in this city, received on Saturday from New Orleans, stated ‘bat the receipts ot the week were only about 12,500 bales against 24,000 for the samo period last year. There was also a fa'ling off at Mobile. The transactions in floar were checked so far as the better class of brands was concerned, by the firmness of holdere, while inferior grates were urcbanged apd rather heavy. Wheat was firmer and more active; mixed Southern cold at $1 47, fair white “$1 68, Milvaukie club at $1 17, and red Western at #1 46.a$1 60. Corn was firmer and moro active, closing at full priser, Pork rallied a little, and closed with more buoyancy ; new mess go'd at $16 25.0 $16 40, and thin te s at $16 8 $16 60, prime mess at $15 75 a $16 60, clear at $19 50, and prime at $12 60 a $1275, Sugars were ‘uulet; the eales were copflued to about 400 bhds. at un chupged prices, Tbe stock embraces 64,461 bhds. and 18,8(5 boxes, 246 bhas. melado and 20,250 bags. Coffee #08 firm, but sales were limited. 100 bags Jamuaicn were old atl1Xe. The stock of Rio was only 7,800 bags, and he total of ail kinds em raved 24,087 bags and 43,922 msts. Freignt evgegements were limited, and rates with- out change of moment. The War Question tn Europe—Imminency of the Crists. The advices received by the Bremen are of the highest importance. All prospect of effecting an arrangement through the proposed Congress «ems 10 be, if not formally abandoned, at all events despaired of. Such we gather from ‘be ministerial explanations in the House of Lords to be the presen¢ feeling of the English Cabinet. The tone of deep discouragement which pervades the speeches ef Lords Malmesbury and Derby leaves no room for doubt that nearly all be resourecs of negotiation have been exhausted. In the statemeat of the former, clear, frank and emphatic as it is, we have a full confirmation ‘he opinion which we long ago expressed, that Napoleon concurred in this idea of a Con. grees mercly to make a merit of affected modera- tion. He never sincerely believed that it would 1 s4 to a settlemen’ of th: Italian question, and, what is more, he was determined that it should not do so. Lord Malmesbury’s statements are too explicit on this point to leave any doubt in vgard to it. He eays that if Lord Cowley had been permitted to continue as the sole mediator between the Emperor of the French and the Emperor of Austria, the negotiations would have been further advanced, and there would hive been greater hope of their success than is entertain d at present. It will be in the recollection of wer readers that when we learned that communications had been opened between the French aud Russian courts, immediately after the departure of Lord Cowley for Vienna, we expreseed our belief that it was the intention of Louis Napoleon to jockey England on this question, This is precisely what has occurred, according to Lord Malmesbury’s admissions. Of course it was no part of the Emperor’s plans hat Lord Cowley should have an opportunity of putting the existing difficulties on such a basis with Austria as to secure an arrange ment. By calling in Russia, and giving ker the initiative in the negotiations, he cal- culated on raising fresh obstacles to it ‘The singular character of the proceeding betrayed at once its motive. As Lord Clarendoa has well described it, it offered the curious spec- tacle “of one despotic Power proposing to ane- ther despotic Power that by means of a Congress a third despotic Power should pave the way for liberal institutions.” The result has been exactly what was calculated upon. No objection was raised to the four points of the English proposi- tion; but on the discussion of the collateral con- ditions Louis Napoleon showed his hand. Austria had insisted, as a preliminary to her going into conference, that Sardinia should pre- viously disarm. The latter Power declined todo £0, and assigned as one of her reasons her exclu- sion from the Congress. In thisshe was perfectly justified; for if she had assented to such a con- dition she would have been placed completely at the mercy of her opponent. In order to get over the difficulty, it was proposed by the English government that if Sardinia would consent to disarm it would invite France to join it in gua- ranteeing her against any attack on the part of Austria. The latter Power at the same time offered to make a public declaration that it would not make any attack on Sardinia. Nothing, it strikes us, could have been fairer or less objectionable than this proposition. It placed France in the position which she professes to desire to occupy—that of the legalized pro- tector of Sardinia—and obviated the necessity of her making any immediate reduction in her war organization, which she wowd be compelled to do if the principle of a general disarming were established in the Congress. There can be no more convincing proof of the intentions by which the French government has been actuated all through these discussions, than its declining to give such a guarantee. It shows unmistakeably that whilet from the beginning Napoleon has been making professions of a desire to avoid an appeal to the sword, he has all the time been determined on it, We can understand this, but we cannot com- | prebend the blindness of Lord Malmesbury and his colleagues in heretofore ehutting out the conviction of the double game that he has been playing. From the first it has been evident that it is not the independence of Italy, but a revision of the treaties of Vienna, and a reconstruction of the territorial arrange- ments of Europe, that he hasin view. He pro- poses to himself to vindicate not only the wronge but the policy of his uncle, and to re- build that vast superstructure of dominion which hie genius and superhuman energy had raised. From the emphatic declarations which they have made in Parliament of their determination to maintain existing treaties, and their equally em- phatic recognition of the right of Austria to her | Lombardy possessions, it would appear that the | Devby ministry at last appreciates in their full orce the dangerous designs and projects of their Freneb neighbor. The language which they hold in regard to him—a language re-echoed by all sections of the opposition—amounts almost |} to that of menace. As the Emperor has no longer any motive for preserving the mask that he has worn, the natural conclusion is that the entente cordiale is at an end. Tf our readers will turn to Lord Derby's speech they will see that we have not presented the present position of things uwuder an as- pect of too much gravity. He tells us that England has made one more effort to reconcile Le | the difficulties that have presented themselves to | & pacific arrangement, and that failing in that the time will have arrived fox her to withdraw from interference in affairs in which her interfe rence carnot prove useful, and to agatu reserve for herself the absolute and entire freedom to take such a course as justice and ber own dignity may call for. What this new effort is we are not informed; but from the gloomy language ia which it is alluded to it is to be inferred that no very sanguine hopes are entertained as to its succese, It looks, in fact, more like the pallia- tion of a painful announcement than the state- ment of a qualifying circumstance on which a reasonable hope may be based. It is scarcely necessary to add, in corrobora- tion of the views above taken, that the military preparations on a'l sides are being carried on with undiminished activity. The Sardinian re- ply to the London note in reference to a general disarming may be characterized asa covert sa- tire on the efforts made by England to meet the condition insisted upon by Austria, and it is evi- dent that by no diplomatic efforts can she be brought to assent to such a proposition, Under these circumstances war seems not only inevita- ble but proximate. The crisis has now reached such a stage that the arrival of the next steamer may bring us news of its outbreak. Threatencd Disruption of the Entente Com tale Between England and France. It will be eecn from the interesting debate in {be English House of Lords on the question of war in Italy, which will be found in our columns this morning, that there are evident symptoms of the breaking up of the entente cordiale be- tween France and England. It was a bypo- cri ical alliance from the first, and we predioted it would not last, It was not called by its right name—it was not a cordial or hearty understand- ing. It wasa mere bollow truce, in which there was no heart or sincerity on either side. In en- teriny into this alliance the Emperor of the French had h’s own secret motives, aod the Bri- tish government had theirs, But the great diffur- ence between the allies just now is that Napoleon hascarried all his objects hitherto, has gained im- mensely by the bargain, and accomplished what his uncle in vain attempted to do; while Eagland has suffered severely by it ia every respect— lost her prestige in the sight of Earope. Her government probably feels this result, and is ashamed to see the country dragged any longer at the tail of France. It is not prepared again to play second fiddle to Napoleon ina great European war. Todoso would be too degrading and too unprofitable, and the British government prefers to risk his displeasure and hostility rather iban submit to the humiliation. The en- tente cordiale was but a rope of sand, and now all that appeared cordial about it is likely to be scattered by the first gust of war like the sand of the desert before the breath of the simoom, There was no bond of union, no principle of cohesion in it, and it could not be permanent. It is true that it is not stated by the British Ministers in so many words that the alliance is at an end; such events are never so announced. But from the whole tenor of the sp:eshes of Lords Malmesbury and Derby it is very plan that anything but a cordial understanding now exists between the British and French govern- mente In order to take off the wire-edge of the announcement to Parliament, the other Powers are lectured all round, with the exception of Prussia. But it is impossible not to see that the aninus is meant for France. After expressing the natural friendly feelings of Exgland to Austria as an ancient ally in the most glorious pages of English history; as be- longing to the same Teutonic race; and, lastly, as being exempt from jealousy to her on account of geographical position—three grounds of frlend- ship the Converse Of cach ef whisk halds good in the case of France—in the ucxt breath Earl Malmesbury assails the French Emperor in these words:—“It is difficult for an Eng- lishman or for an English Minister to un- derstand by what process of reasoning, by what process of sound policy, the ruler of that prosperous country has been induced to interfere with other countries’ internal affairs.” Lord Derby also says that “the time is gone by for trifling,” that the British government has with- drawn from further interference, unless that one last proposition which it has made is still pend- ing, and will maintain an “armed neutrality.” What that means in the case of England every- body who has read her history kuows, “And if,” says Lord Derby, “war breaks out, what- ever be the consequence, our neutrality, as long as it may last, must, to a certain extent, be an armed neutrality, enabling us to take our part on thet side which honor, justice and the dignity of the country may indicate as best deserving our support.” This language is menacing to Napoleon in the highest degree. Still stronger is another sentence of the Earl of Derby, which, when taken in connection with the words of Lord Malmes- bury which we have already quoted, is evi- dently aimed at the eame distinguished mark. It is as follows:—“A serious responsibility, with all its results, will be laid on the head of the Power, whatever it may be, which, without due provoca- tion, and without the most urgent necessity, seeks for its own ambitious purposes to involve Europe in the calamities of a long and bloody war.” It is clear that the Coburg family interest has prevailed, and that the Englich government will now ttand by the treaty of Vienna, which it bus £0 often permitted to be violated—on one occasion for this same Coburg family interest, when Bel- gium was separated by revolution, in 1830, from Holland, and Leopold placed on the throne. Jf the Treaty of Vienna is good for anything, why was it not upbeld in the case of the Netherlands’ It is worthy of remark that Lord Clarendon is as strenuous in maintain- ing the treaty of Vienna as Lord Malmesbury or Lord Derby, and remarks that the unanimity of sll parties on this point hag strengthened the government. But Louis Napoleon disregards the treaty of Vicnna—his own existence as Emperor gives it the lie. If the British government is resolved to stand by the treaty of Vienna, then t must prepare to dethrone its “faithful ally,” Louis Napoleon, as it did his uncle aod the Na- poleon dynasty forever, in virtue of that treaty, on the very year in which it was consammated, Everything, therefore, indicates the disruption of the entente cordiale, The meddling of Russia is spoken of as leading to this result. But this is & mere excuse, The English government wants to take its stand now, and we may expect soon to Fee, 08 & Consequence, one of the most sanguinary | and terrible wars that has ever taken place ia Europe. ‘sinned Mr. Sovre asp Mr. Dovaras.—In comment- ing upon a late cditorial of this journal_on the dissensions and divisions of the democracy, in which we intimated that there was some appa- rent affinity between the Hickman-Forney de- mocratic rebellion in Pennsylyania and the Soulé rebellion in Louisiqna, the Charleston Me cur y €6y#:—" More eepecially are we satisfied that the Herat is utterly mistakea in its infe- rence tbat Mr. Sou’é is playing a part for Doug- las.” “We do not believe that, in the broad South, there is a braver or more uncompromis ing spirit in defence of the rights of the South (than Soulé), He will never be found playing lackey to such a man as Douglas.” In all this our Charleston cotemporary may be correct; and yet, if we are not mistaken, Mr. Soulé was the prominent figure at the New Or- leans democratic reception of Mr. Douglas, soon after the Illinois election of November last. We have algo entertained the impression that for the last eight or ten years there has been a very “happy accord” between Mr. Soulé and Mr Douglas on the subject of fillbustering. Tt ix due, however, to Mr. Douglas, to say that there is now one point upon which there is a wide difference between himself and the impetuous gentleman of Louisiana, Mr. Douglas evidently desireathe reunion of the democracy with the administrat‘on: Mr. Soulé, on the other hand denounecs and repudiates the administration as fiercely as Governor Wise. Perhaps, upon thie point there may be an impassable chasm be- tween Douglas on the one part and Soulé aod Wise onthe other. Time will determine, and we can wait. Getrixe Ovr or THe Way ror 4 Stason Tt is given out that W. HL. Seward will soon ew bark for"Liver pool, and from that point will pro- ceed to “do up” the circuit of the “ three king- doms” and the tour of Europe. The idea is a good one, and it is getting to be eomewhat the fashion among our aspiring statesmen and poll- ticians to be in Europe on the eve of a great crisis in our political affairs. Thus, for example, when Mr. Fillmore was nominated for the Presi- dexcy ‘n February, 1856, he was doing up the monuments, the old ruins, the wonders, the fine arts and the beauties of Italy. Thus the absence of Mr. Buchanan, as Minister to England, in 1854, in exempting him from all responsibility in the matter of that Kansas Nebraska bill, made him President of the United States. Thus the recall of Martin Van Buren from England, by the casting vote of the Vice President, Mr, Calboun, against his confirmation in the Senate, resulted in exalting the “Little Magician,” first to the Vice-Presidency, and.then to the White House. Prince John Van Buren, too, from every trip that he has made to Europe, has returned to find him- self a better and moze promising democrat than when he left us. It has been eaid that the prolonged sojourn of ex-President Pierce along the shores of the Medi- terranean and among the secluded valleys of the Alps has something to do with the next Presidency ; that his political friends at home still remember him, while his enemies have al- most forgotten him, and that he will thus, probably, return among us early in 1860 almost as good as new, and the very man for the Charleston Convention. True, he has entered a flat protest against any such idea; but such pro- testations from unsatisfied politicians do not amount to much. At all events, from the examples referred to, the projected tour of Europe on the part of Mr. Seward is a good idea. No doubt, in his ab- sence, his case will be well attended to by Thurlow Weed ; and should Mr. Seward prolong his Earo- pean antiquarian researches until after the or- ganization of the House of Representatives of the new Congress, in December next, it will, doubt- less, be all the better for him. Should he be present, and should there be any ugly split among the opposition forces in the election of the Speaker, Clerk and Printer of the House, he will be very apt to be held responsible. In view of some such difficulty, it would be better for him, on the first Monday of December noxt, to be looking down into the crater of Vesuvius than into the crater of the House of Representatives. Meantime, in this European tour we may dis- cover the most significant fact in reference to Mr. Seward’s calculations for 1860, He gpes to give his friends elbow room, satisfied of their fidelity. Who comes next? General Simon Cameron. The “opposition” Convention of York county, Pa., has unanimously recommended General Cameron for the next Presidency. Let him pack up his trnk and be off for Europe. And so with all the other Presidential candi- dates for 1860, on all sides—Crittenden, Bell, Breckinridge, Wise, Hunter, Douglas, Slidell, Banks, Chase, and all the rest. Let them all follow the example of Seward, and be off to Europe. There they can take care of each other, and in the interval of their absence the country will enjoy some repose. The prospect of a gene- ral continental war will add very much to the interest of a European trip at this crisis, and so, now is the time. Tue Wants or a Tumrsty Peorte.—In most of the towns of England the authorities have sup- plied small hydrants at convenient intervals the streets, at which the people can themselves with a drink of cool water a8 they pass along. In mo city in the world, perhaps, is the want of such conventences as these more apparent than in New York. In many other cities of the Union, such as Baltimore, there are public fountains at different points; but here, since the introduction of Croton, three-quarters of a million of people have not a single oppor- tunity of slaking their thirst through the long summer day, unless they resort to the barroom and appease their appetite with brandy or beer, or other stimulating drinks, which not only cost money, but are deleterious to health. One can- not decently go into a barroom for a drink of water without paying sixpence for it, and there is a strong temptation in such a case to take the worth of one’s money, and throw sixpence worth of brandy into the fluid, just “to kill the ani- melcule.” If drinking hydrants, with cups at- tached, were furnished in different localities, there would be lese resort to the grogsheps; and if the temperance reformers really desire te effect the object they are working for, they should take measures to have such hydrants supplied. In olden times drinking cups were attached to the town pumps in this city, as they are still in Brooklyn; but since the fatroduction of Croton water there is no such provision remaining. Small troughs aleo might be attached to the hydrants to receive the waste water. * These would be useful in assuagiog the thirst of dogs, and might prove in a measure a preventive to bydrophobia. ‘Theee facts are worth considering at this time. Court Calendar—This Day. Scrasue Covnt—Circuit.—Part 1.—Oyer and Terminor. Part 2—No#, 968, 1192, 1888, 307, 1209, 1815, 1161, 1175, 1863, 1413, 1014, $6, 1068, 1124, 1164, 1222,’1208’ 1200) 1810, 1864. Sormwor Covrt—Old room.—Part 1.—Nos. 148, 90, 129, 890, 215, 394, 897, 401, 403, 406, 10, 412,'414, 416. Part 2.—Te be culled in Supreme Court Circuit room, No. 16 new City Hal) —Nos, 298, 351, 368, 194, 392, 295; 398, 402, 404, 406, 409, 411, 418, 415, 417, Common Pikas—Part 1—Nos, 268, 976, 978, 873, 868, 929, 991, 823, 862, O15, 9F9, 620, 267, 606, #3. ' Part Non. 681, 886, 148, 914, 996, out, 882, 865, 1000, 1901, 1062, WM, 191, 814, 876, AFFAIRES IN WASHINGTON. New Betttsh Minister Looked For—Our Re- lattons with Mearagua and Sew Granade-— ‘The California Mail Contract, de. * — COR FECLAL WASHINGTON DESY ATOR. Wasnnorox, May 1, 1859, Letters received t@ diplomatic circles, brought by the leat stestner from reliable sources, eia'e that « change ia the Hngieb Ministry ie inevitabie, and ic that case anew Minwter ww place of Lord 1) oon ie very probable. deren bad « long interview yertorday ith the Sect otary of Mate § There ® wo dows vow that the Nicaraguan im- Orc g ite wth be speedily settled Jerer informed Secretary (Case be bed reeewved wtelligesce of the most ealiafactory cbarscter, aud that bis government was rea¢y and will ting 10 ComOREe everything that was honorable and just, (um Waved route should be froe to all the world. Gewer: Joes, Minister to Bogota, left for be Copesnl the Meamer Reasoke, now at Panama, to convey bum direct wo (erthagena. He goos fully armed © carry owl the Promdent's policy. His instructions are pectic acd pracefel and be « B endeavor to cultivate the east freed ly relations with New Grenade. Yet at tho samme time they are firm and decided, and be will main- 8 OOF Tebte Bed \otereets at all Razer ta, ‘Tide for Ch mam! gery ce between New York aad Cali- orn.a wore deposited yesterday The competition is very Ac mnted ead Use Bidding coer amoag the various rival yao A CNEL NEW APER DANE ATOR Wasumorow, May 1, 135%. ‘Mr Daevidge, President cf the Pacitic Mail Steamship C mpeny, @ on of the bidders for the contract for carry ag the mae to Oniiform a, aod Williaca Chave Barney has pot @ several properitiogs for the same wer\ ce via Nica. ragua and Gifferee routes The compotit.on appears ani- nated, abd there is @ probability that the service will be performed at © price lower than the amount of the post ue Tt & not Knowe whether ex Congreseman Greenwood, of Arkansas, will accept the appoimtmest of Commissioner Of ipdvam Alars, recently leader e@ bum ‘The Paraguay Expedition. ARRIVAL OF THE FULTON—-MOVEMENTS oF THE FLERT—THE STEAMSUIP WASHINGTON AY ST. CACLA- RINKS, WRC. Wasmmoton, May 1, 1869. ‘The steamebip Felton, which arrived to day, brought a heavy mail. She lef Montevideo March 17. When three days out she ebipped a beavy sea and lost one quarter boat. The Water Witch sailed in company with the Fulton, and was conriderably dam jed in her upper works in the game storm, The Fulton arrived st St. Catharines March 23, and met there the steemship Washington, from New York, for San Frapciaco. “he Fulton aod Water Witch let Barbadoes ia company April 23. The form r encountered heavy weather of Cape Hatteras, be frigate St. L. wrence «alled from Montevideo about March 11 for Boston, The Sabine was to leave Montevideo on the 2ist with Commissicuer Bowlin, and the rest of the feet would soon follow. all the veesels of the feet were to return to the same ports im the United Stetes from which they sailed. ‘The above data was furnished by Assistant Kogineer Burrows. INTERESTING FROM MEXICO. Miramon's Battles with the Constttutional- ietemMarquez’s Detent of Degoliado—The British Deaands on Mexico, &. Wasmoron, May 1, 1859, New Orleans papers of Tuesday iast contain the do tails of the Tenncesee’s news from Mexico to April 18. General Miramon managed to make his secape from the constitutionalists by forcing the lines of General Traconis, and arrived on the 1ith with two aidesde camp, just in time to congratulate General Marquez cu his victory over General Degollado. His a'my came in the next day or two, most of the troops in good condition. Miramon’s passage of the Cumbres was efiected only after bard fight. ing. Three several times did this reckless commander as- gault the enemies’ almost impregnable position, and three times was he beaten back. On the night of the 7th he succeeded in tarning La Liave’s wing, took the more difficult mountain pass, which ‘hat General commanded, and from that time forth the ‘way was clear. Gen. Degollado arrived before the City 0° Mexico on the 224 of March, and might haye then easily entered the city, but Le suffered himself to be deceived by the million- aire Eecanden, at whose place in Tacubaya bo was !'y- ing, Madrid und others of the Robles’ party, who made him believe, that he had a large party within the walls of the city, and that his great personal popularity would be damaged by violent measures. On Sunday night, the 10"! an attack upon men, ui Marquez. were allowed to flank the enemy’a posit day morning and the following day the force do, though fighting like tigers, Pperiority in number and et and vel the traitors and cowards of chiefs And left their brave soldiors to make ance they could. Tho result was, After the action upon the field d such as can hardly nevertheless be true. The cavalry of Marquez, urged on by several priests, amused themselves by lancing the wounded, with whom the field was covered, none of whon were spared. It appears that such deeds of blood and murder were not approved by all the members of Mira- mon’s jth es Mr. ‘k, our Consul, has had his rts tendered him. He applied to Mr: Otway, the English Minister, to take the American citizens and property under his pro tection In the absence cf any rey tative of our go- vernmcnt in the capital, and his request was denied. During the stay of the federalieta tn Tacubaya not the slightest disorder was permitted; everything went on well and tho rights of everybody were respected. But 9s soon aa the centraliats eritered, the scene charged: private houses without nnmber were sacked by the druaken sol- diery, citizens were outraged and murdered, and those who have escaped the tempest of religious fury still shad. bar at the atrocities which they have been compelled to witness. ‘The above is condensed from the correspondence of the i 4 E H icayune. A circular of the British Minister, Mr. Otway, dated April 4, addreseed to Frederick Glennie, commenoce:-— £m—From despatch which I recelved from the Bart of Malmesbury by the last mail, it would appear thal ber Majes ty's govenment, wearled ont by ts frutticss exeruogs 10 ob tain from the governaent itaeif the central govern, went of Mexico, anett!ement of the on'atanding cleimeo! Bt ‘Wah evbjects, and belng unable to bring to beer upon that overement tbe influence of the Britigh naval force natin a It fs therefore the intention of i Gutiee arte Se Beta Me & y vor pi rib ate einai eet force there, aa far as} f me ing clams of rial auijects ja Mexico. Mr. Otway requests Mr. Glennie to draw bim up a clear ond distinct statement of all those claims which be con. Siders ought in justice and equity to be protected and maintained by her Majesty’s government, and %0 enable him to communicate on the eubject with tbe officer com- toanding the Britieh naval force in the Gulf, and #0 carry out the instructions which Mr. Otway had received from OR ee Principal Secretary of State for Foreiga Affaits. The protest of the reactionary government (that of Zuloaga and eee) ‘Against the recognition of the con. stitutiopal (or Juarez) governmert by Mr. McLane, and iso againet all treaties, conventions, arran; * aod contracts made with the eame, begins with recital of the downfall of the Comonfort government, the proclama- ti the Tacubaya platform, the acocesion of and the recognition of ’ bis government by " fsyth, who united with the other lemen, his colleagues, in feiicitating the new President on his accession to power. It then proceeds to state Low the American Minister opened a ahon by the express orders of his own government with that cf the republic, for the purpose of concluding a treaty con- ding to the United States for a stipulated sum of money avery ‘onsiderable portion of the national territory aad the rip! of transit in perpetuity acrose the Isthmus of Tehusuicpec. These propesitions, however, were at once ejected as injurious to the good name and vital interests f the republic, whereupon it is charged the American Minister and the United Statce government at once changed heir policy, annoying and embarrassing the governm: nt by provoking and dinagroeable questions, wounding the vatioral bonor, and preferring unfounded reclamations— a ‘ped which finally resulted in the withdrawal of the gation, Dewth of Nicholas Hill, the Eminent Lawyer. Aunaxy, May 1, 1859. Mr. Nicholas Hill, the eminent lawyor, died at four o'clock this morning. He bad been attacked by a brain fever, but was supposed recovering until three o'clock, when he awoke jn a sinking condition, and in one hour ox pired, His death casts the deepest gloom over the com: munity. Naval Inte! nee. jORFOLK, April 30, 1869. Com, Dornin retires from the command of the Navy Yaid to day, Capt. Beli succeeds him. A large number 8 are to be put to work, provably to Columbia or Raritan, Wastuncton, May 1, 1859. ‘The steanver Fulton, of the Paragnay ‘expedition, ar- rived atnoon to-day. All well on board One of tke boiter honges at the Navy Yard was burned carly thie morning, The boiler was cot irjured. Loss $2,000 to $8,000, NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, MAY 2, 1859. Leter sews from EuropemArrival of the Noath Briton, Quxnee, May 1, 1650, ‘The eteamsbip North Briton, from Liverpool Aprit 2 pasted the station et River du Loupe at seven o'clock this evening. An accident to the news boat prevented the Procurement of her news. The North Briton will bo a this port early in the morning, when her news, whiok but one day later then that by the Bremen, at New York, will be promptly forwarded. 22x: eaultaaacac ESSE Arrival of the Steamer United Kingdom, Tho steamship United Kingdom, {som Uiasyow 10th wit, (rom. (i ow arrived at this port last night. Ste brings no later news pesecictoals emda bi rit 90, 1868, INCINNATI, Al 5 Flour sdvancing: superfine 86 20 a $6 w Mo, Fork quiet, “Bacon frm, and held ab TG, a 8, ARLESTON, 80, 1880, Cotton bas advanced 36. a Ke; milestone 2,60 Monux, April 30, 1969, Cotton firm; sales to-day 1,700 bales; idling 2 April 80, 18 Naw Cotton unchanged; sales to-day 4, ; IWige. Fr to Li 9-324; ; «hry 5 aaa verpool 1 # 9-324; gunay Avausta, Ga., April 80, 1859. ‘The Comsitutionalist’s table mukes the total receij cotton this season 8,477,900 balos, being 734,400 io excess of last year. Stock at Augusta 36,300 bales. a ‘The Common Council. ‘The Board of Aldermen wili hold the first mecting (helr May session this evening. There is a great deal a Foutine matter to be disposed of, but we suspyct the aud Jeot of the City Inapectorship, if agitated, will still remul ‘aa it ts—in the possession of Mr. Morton. Tho majority ¢ the members are determined to oppose any nominee of th Mayor's for that office. It was rumored that the name @ Alderman Adams would be sent in next for confirmatio ‘as City Inspector, but it is even doubtful how his broths democrats would vote on that occasion. The May session of the Board of Councilmen commense this evening at ix o’clock, whem the caleudar of goners orders will be called up, and tho papers, which are of | routine charscter, will pass to a final reading. May Term of the Law Courts. Very little business will be transacted in the Courts o: moving day, but as all parties litigant will be aaxious t dimpore of their suits before the summer vacation, we ma expect a busy time for the next few months, The mos mportant causes on the various calendars bave alread bee ited. The prisoners convicted at the Court ¢ Oyer and Terminor of murder and manslaughter will b brought up for sentence on Saturday noxt. The May term of tho General Sessions will open th morning, City Jadge Rusecil presiding. Our reporter, o inquiring »* ‘ho District Attorney’s office, learued that th calendar sists entirely of ordinary cases, such ¢ charges of burglary, larceny and felonious assaulta—tt indictments for capital offences having been traasferred | uhe Oyer and Terminer. Operatic and D: tic Matters. ‘The short season of tho Ullman company was closed ¢ Saturday, atthe Academy, with a matinie, in which ‘Ma tha,” with Laborde, Berkel, Formes and Sbriglia, was tt chief attraction. The attendance was large. 1t is rath) late in the day to criticise Formes in Plunkett, one of b very beat réles. But while acknowledging this, it is atti same time our duty to remiod him that ho is singiog the Italian Opera, the Germans, with all their love fi music, never supporting one of their own. Aud furthe| that bis singing the part of Plankett in German on Satu day, while the othore wore singing in Italian, was an i sult to the intelligence of the audience, and, ia an artisi| polat of view, in the worst poseibic taste. His interpo'| tion of Exglish was even worse, and Mme. Berkel w guilty of a similar departure from the ruleg of proprict] both Formes and herself gitiging the ductt ia the ’ act in German, fo that the opera was really en in three languages. The cffect may roailily imagined. Artists shovld remember that there ® point beyond which the greatest favorite not go without incurring the wrath of the pubic, wi is as blighking as their favor je giaddening. The Ullman company gocs to Philadelphia, o; there this evening. On Wednesday the Academy of Music hero will opened, under the direction of Mr. Strakosch, for go! farewell performances by Mdlle. Piccolomini, who s: for Europe by the Vanderbilt on the 4th of June. first opera will be the “Traviata,” with Picoolomiai, noll and Amodio, a distribution which could hardiy ve Proved anywhere, Youog New York will rally round| pet in full force on Wednesday. At the theatres there is hardly anything new. Davenport bad a benefit on Saturday at the Metropoill and produced “Chariote Ourday,!’ an eflective dri be ultra Trench sams cuilotte school. The andiencd large, and wag etirred to much enthusiasm by Davenport's singing of the “Marseiliaise’’ in tho paoular. Mr, Wallack bas been attraciing full by Wis capital §perfortoance of Don Cacear, which Le is as dashing and agrecabia asever. At Ni “Antony and Cleopatra” was ran through the and at Laura Koene’s “A Midsummor Night's attracts full houses. At the theatres named abo: bills for this evening remain the same as last week. the Bowery theatre to-night “Green Bushes Pleasant Neighbor” and “1a Tour de Nesle,”” will) given. At the Museum ‘Our Irish Cousin ’’ retaing its place in the bills. At Wood’s Minstreis, evening, ip addition to the usual programme, a new by Mr. E. Warden, called “The Genii of the Lake,” annonnced. Mr. Jefferson bas been playing the ‘ American st Buffalo to crowded houres. News from Bt. THE DANES AND TRE DOMINICANS—THE POWERS Yu. CHRISTMAS DOMINICAN ENVOY TO HAGEN—WRBCK OF AN ENGLISH VESSEL, ETC. Sr. Domuco, April 21, 1 As I announced to you in my former letter of the 1 instant, the Domipicar-Daniah question could pot be nitively arranged, The twenty four hours given by Chrietmas to reccive a reply from the government should satiefy all his desires—or rather that it should went to the demande which be bad mato—ba expired, be embarked for Santa Cruz on of the steamer Helmdal, carrying with him avewer t bis ultimatum, which, although and polite, ts energetic and full of unquest! receone, Mr. Chrietmas, on bie way to embark, ed to thoze who accompanted bum, how suprising to were the hostile dispositions whiet the gr 'efenes bat taken sysinegt Dewmark; bat if the Plenipotentiary would deign i remember the immediate bombardment which, the on Coming out of ve (coast of Poarto Puta) laden nnd, atmost at the see tot, the Demind Freceri¢o waa condemned in this port, Thy of he aot their Duminees, \ couree! the insurance companies that they should an agett in these places who m ght defend their 1p similar cages. Sr. Tuomas, April 2, 1 The Danish eteamsisip Hoimdel arrived bake from St. Domingo, bay dore Christmas has gooe direct, Miutaxy Foxenat.—The members of the First Pany, Sevontn regiment, National Guard, Onpt. Benec!, aseorabled at their armory at one o'clock day afternoon, to follow the remains of their late member, Cornelius Mable, to the grave, The acecinbled ip citizen's dress, Tce any ie we nay ra u ve © were man. oaher companies of the Seventh was widely esteemed, and bis loss is sincerely hy all who bed the gcod fortane in Ife tw be among bis friends. The funeral took place o'clock P. M., from the Dotch Reformed ebureh, Bleocker pred West Tata gtrecte,