The New York Herald Newspaper, November 22, 1859, Page 4

4 ORK HERALD, ‘TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1859.—TRIPLE SHBET. | « i 1 the Americans, he when Judge Sieh came in of the | @ret with Russia, then with Austria, and lsetly with | was first givem to the %émes was that it might actias a lp oftce.__-M. do Padaue is a millionaire, js algo a | was nearly deserted by Baropeans an 2 the Brperor had 9 r°ESGng thom an wadleace "and it | plebos’ ts eald What Mr Weed rotae cae tae Dane pont, lialy—y So, manner of moana; andthe reult } gop to Carberus, who, content at having it exclusively, | %8 Oe aera wa rom i ve learn fom Agr tat Hr Bane dl Val, whe only remained for perihs tana prement to settle upon migpioners to receive the letter the request would be lever » poviuand: stlenco. of pees would refraim out of gratitude for the service ren- ‘aware that fa: ypbedhier cay tena over during the | had arrived there from ‘on the afterooon of the manner of approaching, the ‘Without going ‘and likewise if he would expreas his TIL, ab and in spite, letter MN de Balboa, steamer, ine, Medices deta upon the interesting conversations a at the north to exchange ations it has written to Victor. at last, matters | dered, from attacking the programm proposed ‘to e's administration—some were, I ara oars the Wa ul tm the Yee? hel ed png? war on which énsued upon this topic at this and subsequent inter. wot ‘acceded to. Both Propositions were declined, | in Tray are but one shotacererto Spelation than.thoy Victor Emanuel by ‘his ally. If such waa the reason a as yi lnchertens bia eeeds: wot the noissanier is 08 of the fe Fire Views, 1 vl ee eee ie ere te echived sant the Rapetoe eatin ot eine Se | whe foul ot Cabinet, “and. thst but | for the preference shown, it was a decided: failure} tho Femain. | The ladles have over played an important | was shortly expected from Alloante, ou his way toad, their wows, as these show most clearly the real nature of | on the: ‘time and place for the exchange. How. | for them, all would have [been “oit and dried," | s-Thunderer” ait not neglest a fine opportunity of oppos~ } #2 in the potitis of France. polis toyon what |" WHR TRE LeRe ih tackiaes a ibe SW, tho ceremony used at the Chinese ever, expressions were introduced into ‘Ward's | 80 to speak, in Italy before thie.» No, I¢ion’t 1 ttt | ing! the Emperor's views; it published: the letter, and}, Mp regard to the Great Fastern,I must relate to you what | || When the Ara) tft ty’a screw fri cetimation in which the Srapgror regarded | roply, regretting thatthe customs of Chiua and America | strongly suspect it, whiah ts about the samo thiag. ' What | 0°) 1.4 vcengland will see nothing in this programme ae hades hare falluka, Captain » and screw aren aise ad In Oery Tone ea te inal, | Peerenmeden andienco, bus that this lad no oftct om the | willbe the upshos would not uadertace.to.say_ in h Mie ‘ae; tay|/as phe ‘cannot generate steam enough, Her bollors are | Scplia. The Dorris, it was undersiood, was to leave noxt was in overy reg) to if, | real regard (elt both by the American Plovipotentiary and | letter if Tknew it, but something must happen before | to aause her to accept, a Congress.” |The Times was, fo three nd the porew and paddles willnot work | day for the const a8. far as Mogadore, where she would from tributary nations lke Siam, Cores, Lewchow or Au’ | the President towards ine Chinese were | long: Garibaldi is going off frequently: in: tte 8 | hig, as in many other instances, wrong in jumping 60 thers “He saya. that eho has pot at areeont power | meet the Coquette steam despatch boat, which had Time! “styled the, Feesiene ta hangtiy ee ttre: | Tart and wish met ehenen ont Peesauery Up. The King of Sardinia must be ina woful state ot pres | hastily at a conclusion. England did: geo in this peo igh to cross tho Atlantic under’uine days. In that case | some days previously to apprise British h eutjects of the pron and “Present a wo. hic he Aas Rrekbington. would be angry at this uoo-Foceplon of ts nfsy—aute cao {o make him eut of le auras, spapeanneepunmerctyste eatery sh ‘tl some et come, So ao omer ibe Southam Seer Fe croatia font ea ons veeesiatioee learned—and ‘Aeun-chi,’ Princely Ruler, q yi noted. Napol jae ous course of policy towards Franco, next roads % “angeme! bring away the British residonts who wore willing to teen the two sonctron the oe or Peer tent Me teh & the ieeetl Pesoripl ortering. welll. aber licereaeatcatan crag ope ae London Morning Post, Lord Palruorston' ’8 Organ, said that Dare bel out i) recalsovbhara aie aadetae Ces val hegre gry SPpekeahy 8 palank Oe obeisance required of envoys from these nations—4. ¢., | ang and Hwashana to apply the great soal to tho weary Grand Dukes of Tuscany, who aro: cragy to see the | England would now be willing te send a representative to a L ragh isporal, Fatables of. all kinds are to bo: {urniah- Sma hia als from Tangier, eft alencet | san-kverkii-hoh, “three kneolings and nino Knocks’— | of ‘Ren-tein, and then receive the letter from the Presl- | pictures inthe Pitth Palace no wonder. The | send uo mecting of the great Powors.. .The.day. before’ |, ©¢—in fact, sho is. to become a great show, tne | afterwards for ‘Totuan, where the arrival of would not be expected; “but,” said ne » Sone | dent for transmission to the Emporor. Hangfuh, the Go aly yer alee crowd, if-I use such a@ 0Xx- the Post, the ‘ ¢. No further mention is made of her crossing the OF ‘anxiously looked for by ‘European Knccling and three knocks will do for a friendly Power.” | verbor’ Geet ‘Chibli, was designated to exchange the | pi {0 ko ditingué a at, who i serene, smiling and | the Publication ,of this. article io the Rrench > Atlantic. maatiente. Hor Majesty's. steam sloop ‘Vulture, Captain ‘This remark was not taken up by the Commissioners, | rat of the treaty at Pehtang. cont 48 the Britishy:Prime Minister, who | goverument bad received. the official consent of the: on two since the Qonstitutionnel publishe a note Campbell after taking ina supply of whtan'ty tha ‘Now Forgan oni Stn | aes ea Ulan er atag P| SS bnkinse nn Svs om wl | gras » Gong, Ton sn md | ee eee een ae Bac | Sata rear ecg et dny shape was demanded of Mr. Ward by the Chinoss | Buchvoan’s lover. ites takes by hime oh uch soca ews of tho Inurrection ai Harper's Ferry has ore: | ng danger to the Anglo-French alliance is averted just at| ings epecdity named tothe post was proof of the greai | | Tho Tangier corrsp nae, oN: Gi . 7p Ui UW romied ts ‘win hr erage | 1Zaton ae hea ral am atid: | aed meyer chan anginng ie horee no | he ick ine, Lay ui incase Lamawaretha‘at iat | foto the Tendon havo rorasnaie otha | tb oft JB aL A a orders Y placed jication mpath; ‘persons a 4 a Consi ithout appri the greatest respect for his Majesty, and in that only felt | ae 2 gsi "7" | the contrary, an apprehension soem to trevall 1 the Baspetas Hangleomiiad hegnn to give way.to the re |. soceas and aséeriod toot must havo | Blanco and hie rngon, and this ‘what the President himself had expressed in the letter of Apentertainment was served in a style which would | might extend and involve the lives of many innocent per- | sontment felt by tho French public at the course pursued | taken, ‘the American government. could have na a er iteece tar which he was the bearer, he wished to declare in the plain- eons. Bul by @ soi disant ally, and that the French journals and | heard of Mr. Mason’s death. know est terms, that, highly as he would regard an audience, and importantas he deemed it under the: " still he had never asked it, aud said nothing about it; bit he would not kneel when he came before the throne; he could only salute his met as he didhis own ruler, and as Ministers of the United States did the sovereigns of all other nations when they saw them; he knelt only as an act of worshij God, and would never do so before any man. were of the Emperor and must obey his ritual, but he reprosented a nation whose dignity he could not compromise by such a compliance; and, furthermore, true respect must slways proceed from the heart, and if the outward ceremony was not voluntary it was hypocrisy. He would bow very Joo, and even nine times, if that would add to the solemnity in their view : or he stand uncotered, the whole audience, while the Emperor sat. More than this he would never willingly perform, while this form of salutation exhibited all the respect he felt towards the President, which they must themselves acknowledge was quite as great as he could feel towards the Emperor of China. The Commissioners answered that if they were in the United States they would conform, to any’ requirements made of them at an andienco with the President, and that the American Minister ought to act on that principle in their country! that they could not show r to their sove- reign Otherwise than by kneeling, for anything short of that was absolutely nothing in their estima- tion, and would be deemed so by the Emperor. He would’ regard it as an indignity for a Minister from a friendly natien to come to his capital and refuse to see him when he required so much less of bim than he did of bis own courtiers, besides which, the Pre- sident would be offended with him for not showing proper ct to his Envoy. Tn some European Courts, even in « 8 knelt before the sovereign when uted to him, and it is no more derogatory to do so an there. They did not hesitate to say that thoy regarded the homage paid their monarch as of the same sort as that given togods, and would even burn incense to the Presdest, as well as make the ko-tau to him, if required at Washington, in order to manifest entire respect. You are a ple 8 vashana, turning to Mr. Ward, “and certainly have full powers todo such an act.” “Tam not invested with powers sufficient to enable mo to change the laws ana usages of my country, and cannot do anything to degrade It,” was Mr, Ward’s reply. ‘The discussion bad now continued for two hours, nd the commissioners waved any further debate until they returned the . They invited the party tO a sumptuous repast in an adjoining ‘apartment, where the novelty of knives, torks, and napkins were geen, as well as the foreigne them. To Mr. Ward’s request to have horses sent to th Legation, 80 that members of the snit could take ¢ about the city, had taken place, everything of int the city and suburbs would be shown them w: pleasure. Such we know is the usage at Pekin io foreign embassies, and it was referred to in one of the letters received from the Russian Minister. The conver- sation turned on a variety of topics, and at the conclusion of the visit all parted in the best of humor. The same three officials returned Mr. Ward’s visit on the 2d of August at the Legation, coming in the same sort of carriages that are in use at the capital, and had been furnished the Embassy on its journey. There was no mi- litary escort, nor was the number of attendants upon the Prime Minister large; it was plain and unpretending visit, characteristic of the little display usually seen among high Chinege officers. ‘The subject of the audience was resumed after all had taken their seats, and nearly the same ground again gone over. The Commissioners adhered to their former argu- ment, that as kneeling was practised at some European courts, and Mr. Ward had agreed to do at Pekin wiat- ever he would do at any of those courts, he was bound to kneel at the Chinese, and. referred to the usage at Rome wf thsse who had audiences in the Vatican. This brought up a reference to the similarity in the religious sense given to the kneeling before the Emperor of and the Pope; but it was shown that the Commissioners had made @ ‘mistake in their reasoning, for no forcign ministere—Ame- rizan, English or any other—ever Keneeled to the Pope when presented to him. The explanation evidently was not alto- ether satisfactory to them, and they recurred again to the practice of Kneeling before the Queen of England, which had been already was only prac: tised by her own subjects when they ‘received an order of knighthood or some other honor, and had never been demanded or accorded by foreign envoys. They wished Mr. Ward to embody an account of the ceremony he was willing to perform in a communication 10 be sent to them: and the ‘raught of such a paper was mae up b fore they Loft, but it was too straightforward aud exjlisit. ‘they ‘said {. would be useless to take it. ‘They coveluded the discussion by saying thatthey bad ‘Detter report to bis Majesty th: 1 customs of the two countries were 80 unlike it better that no audience took place, much as he desired t6 do honor to the Ame- rican nat on in its repres*ntative. An agrecmen: was made with the Commissioners that the business which had brought the Legation to the capi- ta! should all be finished, 80 that it could return on the th; and they entirely disclaimed all restraint upon the movements of the American Minister while at the capital. ‘The policemen had been stationed about the neighborhood, indeed, merely torestrain the crowds of natives who would. otherwise throng it. ‘‘But,”’ asked Sieh, “‘pray what rea- son can we have to stop a few peaceable foreigners like you from going abroad? There is no guard of soldiers sta- tioned to keep you in the house.”” The facts about this matter are perhaps more easily explained by a reference to the ideas entertained by the Chinese respecting the dig- nity of any embassy, that its members should noi concern ‘themselves about the trivialities of trade, especially until public business was over and its chief head had seen tho Emperor. However, the Chinese were afraid of our see- ing the Russians; and a letter which came to hand that evening from his Excellency General ignatieff, proved that they had detained his correspondence six days. 6 Chinese Commissioners were obliged to go out twelve miles, to the summer residence of Yuen-ming-yuen, to re- port to his Majesty, who was passing the hot weather there, and no reply was expected from them till the 4th; ‘but the next morning the Judge, with counte- nance anything but joyful, unexpectedly appeared. He had come from the suinmer palace, where he and the commissioners had been all night, with a plan which he thought wonld succsed. This was, that they should ad. dress Mr. Ward a letter, stating that the Emperor intended to honor him with an audience to receive the President's letter; he should then reply that he was willing, if granted the honor, to make his resjects to his Majesty in the same manner that he would be- fore the President, neither diminishing nor adding thereto. ere was, of course, no objection to this procedure, and the drafts of both documenta were made out, and the Judge took copies away with him. The detail of the expedient to be observed was also explained, which was, that when the Minister came towards the throne, the table on which the President’s letter was to be laced standing between the two, he shonld bow as lowas Be had represented, and then tivo chamberlaine would ap. ach and raise him up, with the exclamation, “Don't neel.’’ He would then present the letter by placing iton the table, whence it would be taken by another chamber- Jain, who, on his knees, would hand it to the Emperor. ‘The Judge went away witha happier visage than he came with, and the next despatch trom Kweiliang was looked for with impatience. Instead of the expected do- cument, Sich himself returned next morning to tell us that the Commissioners had been outyoted, and his ‘Mojesty’s decision was, that unless the American Minister would either touch one knee or his fingers to the ground he would not see him. While this concession was refased as being much more than an American representative ever performed before his own or any other ruler, it was again declared that in this persistence of our own usages there was no disrespect intended to the Emperor, who must of course be the final judge of what he deemed suitable to his own dignity. The question of an audience ‘was thus settled so fur as the American embassy was in- terested, after five days’ earnest discussion. During the whole of it the Chinese Commissioners made use of nothing but fair argument. They never even alluded to the help position of twenty foreigners as a reason for their complying with a ceremony which seemed to them, doubt- less, the extreme of liberality. It is impossible to decide the question satisfactorily, but the final obstacle to the au- dience seems to have been the conviction in the minds of the Chinese, that Mr. Ward would not do what was really done at European gourta; and what they declared the English Minister had promized last year he would do— viz.: perform the same ceremony before the Emperor which he would before the Queen. The Judge remarked ‘once, thathe was certain the mainisters had come to an understanding at Tien-tsin last year respecting the ‘od ceremony at an audience, but he was assured that Mr. Reed had had never come to an agreement on this subject With anybody. It is unfair to the Chinese, in reporting this discussion, to take up the idea that they were insia. ‘cere or dogmatic in all their assertions, and had no scra- ple in what they said; for in their position erroneous ideas might casily be firmly believed, aid it was known to us Set Ralere aid agree to kneel before the Emperor anced sore his King; bat neither we nor the Chinese “next despatch from the Prime Minister was very characteristic of Chinese ‘iplomacy, for in it he referred to the unsatisfactory «icy, ‘asked the ‘Aiharion, b pes m about the ritual, and then for; he took the whote argument for oe 5 wnted, that Minister expected to seo. sovereign when hy gobi’ | his capital, and that as he would not see the Emperor the President's letter could not be recsiveds nad thon what was the next step? There ws as a do : until this was over, how and where coald the: iroare be axohanged? Fhe reply conveyed to Kweiliang a brict of the circumstances under which Mr. ar invitation at Shanghas to EMperor’s reset P municated by the Governor General at Poult Pests to do #0; and then Proposed to deliver the President’s letter to him, after which the treaty could be exchanged. The answer of the Chiness came late on Saturday night aaa sje nated that the Com. vers esty's reseript fixing t missioners idomeg, dy feniy, bus aided that ag the ¢ ‘audience could not take 80 the letter coult ‘not ti sndlency Chet Coorg would be cxsultabian coaeegn Le t have done honor even to Soyer himself, and the Prime Minister appeared,as he usually had done,a mild and bathe aria wegrrny He informed Mr, Ward during the his functions as Imperial Com: er and Hwashana would now cease, and they would soon return their seal of that office to His le not to feel a high degreepf re- spect for a man like Kweiliang, h he may have the Vices and failing of a » not only from his i Gal. poriion au he fet atuicoma inthe Kagan, Dat from his venerable age and the unaffected urbanity and kindness of bis demeanor. During the evening of this day proparations wore made for departure on the following morning, and some of the gentlemen went out in the afternoon to view the city walls. Letters were received from the Russian Minister, with a file of the Times newspaper to the 19th of May; but no personal intercourse took place with any member of that Legation. Several tradesmen came in with their wares and curiosities, but the shops are mostly situated in the New City, about three miles from Thirteenth street, and the as- sortment consequently was small, Tho state of currency in the capital is deplorably bad, and much of the traffic is carried on with paper money, which is now taken at a ee discount. The Mexican doliar was almost un- nown, and at first was refused. It was reckoned at 08 cantareens of sycce, and exchi for 470 cop- per cash, while a bank Dill of 1,000 is worth ae about 170 copper cash. The new iron-copper coin called tang-ehih, or 10 piece, has deteriorated till itis worth only two of the common cash; and a tael of pure sil buy 1,500 paper cash. The supply of copper and inadequate even for the wants of the capital, and indicates a prospect of improvement in trade or so in the metallic currency. Two of the gentiemen in the embassy, Dr. Sandford, of the Powhattan, and the Rev. W. Aitchison, one of the in- terpreters, were too weak from illness to ride in the car- i , and our kind hearted escort provided two mule for their conveyance to Tung-chan; and not only to that spot, but sent them to Pehtsang, so as to be realy arrival there to carry the invalids across the country Pehtang. To the dep regret of all who knew him, Mr. Aitchinson yielded to the violence of his dixease,and ded in his litter a few hours after leaving the boats’ at Pehtsang. Dr. Sandford improved daily on the road, and reached the ship stronger than when he left Pekin, ‘The return to Pehtaog was by the same ronte and in the same boats as the journey to the capital, and the assi- duous attention of the escort pe ‘Tsunghau, could not be exceeded, while his gentlemanly conduct won the regards of all. ° ‘The trip was made in lve days, and the only interruption of the pleasant weather experienced during the whole expedition of four weeks oc- curred the evening before reaching the Tocywan, when it rained violently and flooded the roads. in the alluvial soil of this plain the highways are soon cut up by the carriages, and when the embassy reached Pehtang about two o'clock on Tuesday its streets were already an- kle deep with nud, The Governor General and Treasurer of Chibii, Hangfugh and Wanhiuh, were already in waiting, surrounded by a large retinue of officers, whose numbers ‘Were now int ed by our escort, and they proposed to waive all ceremonyof preparation and exchange the ratified treaties at once before going on board ship. ‘This was ac- cordingly done, and certificates of the exchange signed before evening. After the exchange was over the Chi- nese proposed to deliver one of the two prisoners taken from the English, who had declared himself to be an American to the Minister, and brought him forward for that purpose. He proved to be a Canadian by birth, and it required some time to explain to the two Chinese offi- cials the political difference between Canada and the United States and their geographical proximity, the more £0 a8 no maps were accessible. sAfter a full explanation of all the points of the case, they concluded to deliver the man over to Mr. Ward. éutirely on grounds of humanity, and he was thus received. The next day, August 17, the Toeywan returned to the outer anchorage, where her arrival was gladly hailed by the Commodore his officers, and on the evening of the 18th the Powhattan sailed for Shanghai. Our London Correspondence. Loxvox, Nov. 4, 1859, The American Minister's Trip to Pekin—2he Derby Banquet —Lord Palmerston’s General Policy—The Harper's Ferry Invasion in England, dc. ‘The English journals have been overflowing the past week with the amusing details of the American Minister’s trip to Pekin; and certainly nothing could well be more ludicrous than the result of this mighty undertaking. It is the strongest illustration I have lately seen of tho fa miliar phrase parturient montes, riduculus mus! After much fatigue, annoyance and privation, the American MinisteF and suite were blessed with an insight of tho guarded mysteries of the impenetrable Pekin, re- Joicing in the residence of his Celestial Majesty the Brother of the Sun, and it turned out to be little else than a pig sty, sadly in want of a modorn Hercules to put it in decent order. This was bad endugh> ‘but worse remains behind. Just think of the luckless American Minister, after having his joints dislocated by the detestable roads, and his olfactories outraged by the seething smells of muddy Pekin—just think, after under- going all this and more, of his being allowed to come to Pekin only to be lectured by the veritable dignitaries”? of the “ middle kingdom” for bis having violated his neu- trality by interfering between John Chinaman and his late antagonists, the English and French. This was the “Jame and impotent conclusion” of this grand and im- posing mission. “It hath this extent, no more.” For after several days of agimated discussion between the be- wildered officials of every class of button of his Chinese Majesty and the uncompromising representatives of American dignity and independence, “ now and forever,” ag to the nive and important point of what amount of homage must be paid to a monarchy that takes prece- dence in time over both the Old and New Testaments, for all we know to the contrary; after, I say, the most earnest but the most polite efforts on the part of the tea-drinkers toget Mr. Ward on his knees, and after the repeated and valiant reiterations of the indignant Georgian that he would see ‘em biowed first, there was nothing left tor it but to inform, with extreme civility, the envoy of the “Princely Ruler,” as good Old Buck was christened on the occasion, that he had better go whence ho came; and Mr. Ward, consequently, lost flo time in doing it. He must have been more than once conscious on his return to | Shanghae of the singular but not gratifying similarity | between his inglorious mission and that of the famous King of Spain, who marched up hill only to march down | again. Whatever may be said or sung of the Chinese | hereafter, there is no denying that in the mysterious game of diplomacy they can give the English, Freach and Americans the first move, and beat them as easily as our Yankee champion did the chess players of all Earope. To be sure the crafty relative ofthe planets has a knowing coadjutor in the successor of Nesselrode, and Russian wit united to Chiuese subtlety is likely to’ put Palmerston and Napoleon III. on their mettic. “It is a pretty fight as it stands,” and the sooner Brother Jonathan, in the shape of a provincial politician, hauls off the better, for the | greatest nation in all creation only runs the risk of being made the dupe and laughing stock of all parties, And so ‘amen to lesson the t that Yankeedom has received from the Flowery Land. We have had since last steamer a grand oratorical demonstration at Liverpool, by te leaders of the conser- vative party, Lord Derby and Mr. Disracli. What they said or proposed it would be difficult to repeat, inasmuch as their policy now consists in saying and doing nothing. The fact is, the occupation of the conservatives is, for the preset gone, for the simple reason that the so-called liberals are just as little progressive as themselves. ‘This i6 not to be wondered at, and Idon’t mind stating the cause, which is that neither the party in power nor the Party that hopes to be, can ee the least necessity of Progressing further for the present; at all events, nobody in England just now is very sorely aillicted with the mania of reform, but indomitable John Bright, who must be making long rigmarole speeches about the ballot and other things he don’t understand, else his name could not be in the newspapers; and there is nobody loves notoriety 80 much as your parvenue reformer. How Lord Derby and “Dizzy”’ will get back to the Treasury benches, with out a single cry to waft them, is a knouy problem for them to solve. All they can do is to wait events and catch Palmerston a tripping, if they can. ‘The venerable Prime Minister, as he onght to be called, for big years, but which nobody js inclined to call him, ‘seeing he is 60 lively and wide awake, must be at some if or of 28 he is so very quict a meditator. He dot’t seem to take the ploasure he used to enjoy #0 much of throwing the United States, Congress and newspa- pers, into a state of hysterical excitement by some unex- ‘of Brit er. No, he appearsto have bi for this piquant sport, and, consequently, that Harney gave him has no atiractions for him. e Chinese ¢: ition is much too simple an enter- Prise to absorb.a calibre like his, and 4a there is nothing on at home but dinners to Lord Brougham or a parade of the yn at ap autumnal dinner, et sure his scent is after some foreign game wor down. If wo are to believe that crack- drained fellow, Montalembert, who was prosecutod to his it last year for England to the dis- credit native land, and who is like to be this ycar, always to his delight, for abusing England again tothe reddit oe a native oe to bel ie it is rather & hard thing—then should say thal lord ston was hard at work with Palmer the Italjlan question, in the modest hope of making it the toughest job that’ Napoleon III. ever undertook. Of course it don’t suit the book of old Pam, and he knows what he is about, bless him! To let a French Emperor ora Freuch auything elie, do just what hg likes best, e ‘Lonnos, Nov. 6, 1859. The Panama Route to Australia—Rivalry of the Great Eastern Steamship Compony— Movements of the European Powers—The Effect on Irtsh Ports of the Wreck of the Royal Charter—The British Ohannel Flet—A Royal O2- onian—French Inland Navigation—Guy Fawkes’ Day— Chinese Affairs and Commodore Tatnall, éc. It is eald that the present British Ministry have posi tively made up their minds not to adopt the Panama route to Australia, for which, in May last, they invited tenders, out of jealousy of American commerce. They pretend to think that the trade thereby created would be diverted to New ‘York and the United States generally. They prefer shipwrecks, delays, lost mails, ruined merchants, the dis. gust of the colonists and the uncertainty of the Suez route, in ease of war, to friendly competition with a kindred people by the Isthmus passage. I remember that great dissatisfaction was expressed in New York because the shares of the Panama Railroad were alleged to be chiefly in British capitalists’ hands. If the government of England persist in their'absurdity,, and war with France and Spain should occur, where will the Suez line be? Somewhere in tho latitude of nowhere, where the last sea serpent was seen. Iknow that Campbell, the Managing Director of the Great Ship Company, wrote a ridiculous but not the less mischievous letter to Mr. Gladstore, urging him not to grant the Australian Panama mail subsidy until the Great Fastern had been fully experimented with. As tenders for the contract had actually been asked for by the gov- ernment in May and since ignored, even such jan incident as this may have had its effect the highly cultivated: ignorance of the Chan- cellor of the Exchequer. The fact is, thit modern British statesmen have no time to understand anything. All their time is taken up in factious opposition, in keep- ing their seats when they have got them, and in prepar- ing and delivering, or in listening to and answering, sea- serpentine orations. é France is arming for Morocco, not China. Central Italy is addressing inflammatory exhortations to Naples. Spain is endeavoring to embark hor troops for Africa. England is beginning to take the alarm and to get ready for the storm that is brewing. Farini dare not avenge the death of the murderer Anviti; the people would not have it. All eyes are on Garibaldi and Emanwel. Really, the Emperor Napoleon has stirred up a pretty imbroglio of martial promise. War with England would be a grand national and popular solution in France; but then England is becoming awake to the danger. A’ Monsicur Jourdan, whose ame suggestively resembles that of Mon- sieur Jourdain in Moliere’s play, has just written an ill-con- ditioned, sulky sortof pamphlet, which is the topic of the hour in Paris. Paris thinks England selfish, interfering, overbearing and too rich. Tt must be owned that England has been humble enough for anything of late. The terrible wreck of the Royal Charter, whose details you have of course yot, is a reproach to Liverpool, and I Will not eay, a satisfaction to Ireland. ‘But it is an {ll wind that blows nobody good, and. the Irish are looking ‘up among these repoated disasters: A Mm passengers: landed at Queenstown and were saved. Australians will not forget this. Irishmen are right to make much of it. It isa grent and painful fact. A short time ago we had the Pomona, going out, wrecked in the Channel, and about as many lives lost, though less gold, and now the har- rowing disaster is ‘repeated; the Cunard steamers, too, forced to touch at Queenstown, thereby enabling English correspondents to write twenty-four hours later. This is an important fact, and I am using it. . The Great Eastern has made her third tri-* al trip, and has arrived at Southampton, af- ter a fine passage. She has made between eighteen or nineteen miles an hour. She rolled very much, but this is nothing. She was not built merély to prevent the qualms of cockneys. I do not helieve that sho will ever make the direct trip from England to Australia, Her average speed must be considered with a view to this. She bas undergone great perils at Holyhead, having been ‘within an ace of drifting ashore. ‘was as ‘up in atyle during the terrific gale which wrecked the Royal Charter, by one of Trautman’s anchors. John Buil is mightily comforted by a Iate performance of his Channel fleet. which steamed bravely ont from the offing of Plymouth during the late torrific gale. All went well. The vessels faced the storm in line of battle, and not a man, a sail or a spar was lost, although one sailor fell overboard; but he was actually picked up. The old fellow in the Fddystone lighthouse must have wondered as he saw, in the lurid light of the storm, these mighty vessels careering him, like huge animated things, rejoicing in the tempest. I imagine the French fleet was g on that occasion. England might have, and ought to have, one hundred such ships, to maintain position; but perhaps you differ from me on this head, and, like the Cardinal, in’ answer to the wrotch who ploaded a an excuse for robbery, that he must live, you “do not see the necessity.”” ‘To come to smaller things apropos of wind and steam, an American invention has just figured successfully in the Sydenham Crystal Palace. "I mean tho calliope, or stoam band—doubtless well known to you. What an excellent instrument for some folks to blow their own praises. The Prince of Wales is at Oxford, sucking in Eatin and divinity, with a trencher cap on his head. I don’t know if he took any learning there, but he is not likely to bring much away; for, in addition to the follies and temptations and absurd fossil mode of instruction, which induced the epigram I have paraphrased, does not fogey flankeyism surround each shining hour with a world of sleep-inducing boredom + J forgot to tell you that a great fassis made in France about the safe arrival of Canoniere No. 4, French gun- boat, at Bordeaux by inland navigation. " This, it is said, will settle the advantges of possessing Gibraltar. I don’t see it. What is it buta canal after all? Of course it is an advantage to France, to which she is welcome. ‘This is Guy Fawkes’s day. and I never remember more enthusiasm on the part of the ragged urchins of Protes- tantism. Immense bonfires are threatened on Blackheath and elsewhere. We fancied here that this sort of thing was to be suppressed, and its activity is an evidence of the folly of opposition to such nonsense, which might else die outa natural death undisturbed. Now, touching China, I am sorry to hear that Commo- dore Tatnall is criticised in America. Whatever he did has sunk deep into the hearts of Eogiishmen. How do you like the results of the horso-box embassy, with nine knocks and three kneclings? Could not the crafty Wi- koif, who ti¢kled even old Yam for a season, and got a year out of him to spend at the 2rois Frires, devise some expedient to get over this little difficulty? Could he not have explained, in his best Russian, that w place the thumb to the nose and extend the fingers towards the Ce- lestin! Emperor would have far exceeded, in grovelling debasement of ontal courtesy, the proposed prostra: tions’ I expected great things from the Chevalier in China, apd doubtiess hv has dpne them “under the rose.” But we Should like and exPect a narrative of “My Em- bassy and its Consequences.” Franco, as I told you, is very cold on this Chinero affair. ‘The brunt of the mischief and disgrace fell upon John Bull, and he-must resent it for himself as he ean. Our Paris Correspondence, Panis, Nov. 1, 1869. The Hatian Question—Tne Emperor's Latter to the King of Sardinia—The Attitude of the King of Naples—The French Expedition to China—The Campaign Against Mo- rocco—M. de Montalembert Again—The Ministry of the Tnterior—The Duke of Padoue—The Great Eastern—Cap- tain General of Cuta—Thwatrival and Operatic Move- ments of the Imperial Family—The Duke of Malakoff, do, ‘Those taking an interest in the Tialian question have just had anew subject of debate afforded them. A few cays ince the London Times’ published in tts second edi- tion a letter sent to it by its Paris correspondent, who vouched for the letter az one written by the Emperor Na- poleon to the King of Sardinia. This letter is a program- me wheroby the perplexing Italian interests may be set- tled. It will seem surprising, no doubt, to your readers that this imperial document should have first appeared in the columns of the London Times, that arch enemy of Louis Napoleon; but the ways of diplomacy are very strange, and I am sure the fact will not more astonish the American public than it did the subjects of his Majesty. No one had heard anything of this letter previously to its publication, and when the nows first reackfi™ here there was a general incredulity evinced as to it#Wuthenticity. The next day, however, the Constitutionnel—the semi-official organ—published the letter, saying it had every reason to believe it was written by his Majesty, and as the Monijgur did not deny the fact, it was at onco apparent that the letter was an exposé Of the Emperor’s views as regards Contral Italy, Iwill not pause to translate the document, as you will find itin all the Foglish journals, praised and censured “alike, Jt was supp ¢ Wat the reason this letter pamphieteers were about to begin a crusade against Engiand that would have rendered a continuance of the alliance a moral jmpossibility, But the storm has blown over; harsh leaders and pamphlets giving forth to the knowlodge of the world queer and startling facts regard- ing English policy and. diplomacy must be laid aside, but {hey will not by any means be destroyed; like the sword of Damoctes, thy will. be suspended. Matter enough had ‘been raked up to make a dozen quarrels with as many different parties, and a longer dolay on tho part of England would have brought about her cars a hornet’s nest such as would have most terribly stung her. Ameri- cans have but little idea of the intricacies of European diplomacy, I have succeeded in getting an. insight, within the last few days, mto affairs, that wo should, on our side of the Atlantic, term scaly; and yet European journals throw large stones at us very often. It must be from the very consciousness of the fragility of their glass dwellings; and then, you know, great danger makes the veriest cow- arda desperado, 1 will not attempt any analysis of the Emperor's letter to Victor Emanuel, Your readerg will judge of the document for the I shali simply call attention to the fact, that, in the Emperor's pro- gramme, no mention is made of the Logations? “It wil forcibly strike your readers that the Romagueso require the care aud attention of the great Powers as much as any of the Duchies; and I can assure you that, at last ad- vices, they seemed determined to hasten matters; a spirit of revolution is rife throughout the province, and unless some change occurs very speedily we must empect. grave disorders to occur, . Should the Romagnese break out into armed rebellion, or, rather, 1 should say, were they to commence an attack’ upon the Papal forces—for they are already armed—the Italian question would become sadly complicated. The ‘Pope would withdraw the promise he has just made to accept the reform proposed by the Emperor Napoleon, and we should find it a harder matter than ever to get a Congress together. The influence of Louis Napoleon is certainly yery great throughout Europe; an evidence of this fact is to be seen in the present attitude of Francis II. of Na- ples, The young King had almost been persuaried by the wily Jesuit Antonelli to lend armed aid to the Pope. Tae forces of Naples had; in fact, marched to the Papal fron- tiers, and wore aeady at a moment’s notice to join in any attack upon the Italian League. Just at this juncture of affairs the Emperor Napoleon informed the’ Romagnese deputation that he would not permit any Nea- politan interference, and Francis Il. paused in his onward career. He was sure that Louis Napoleon would do as he eaid,and he felt that he must not draw upon himself the displeasure of so powerful a sovereign. Thus matters now stand in Italy. At the last moment, and when al. most too late, Pius IX. promises to grant the needed re- forms to his subjects; but will they accept this tardy change of policy? I am afraid not. The army of the League, commanded by Fanti, Garibaldi and Mezacappo will not remain idle much longer; besides the money to pay them is not forthcoming, and serious fears are enter. tained that they will give way to a spirit of revolutionism and attack both the Pope and Naples. But let me return to the affairs of France. Pleased with the assent of England as regards the Congress, this government ing rapid preparations for the China expedition. ig, a8 during the Crimean campaign, we shall seo tho Allies begrimed with the smoke bat- les, shaking hands on the field of victory; Scotch Grays and burly Englieh Grenadiers will be hand in hand with the wiry and adventurous Chasseurs or Zouaves. The Anglo-French alliance thus begun, and may it continue as jong as the cause of peace may. he served by it, attendant, the Moniteur announces that the Second Zouawxes have been giving the Moors a taste of their qua- lity, having drubbed{ them:so heartily that. they took to flight, leaving the brave regiment masters of the field and Sosy. ‘The Second Zouaves highly distinguished themselves during the late Italian campaign. It really seems as though they were having more than their share of hard knocks. The Third. regiment is on its way to join jem. The French force to be sent against the Moors numbers from thirty to forty thousand picked troops, under the command of Gen. Martinprey. Gen. Thomas, a most dash- ing and promising officer, died a few days since, after the skirmish with the Moors { have referred to, from exhaus- tion. [He bad received no wound, but wasso_wornout with excitement and fatigue that death ensued. He was a great favorite with the soldiers, who bitterly deplore his loss. Spain bas formally declared war against the Moors, and by this time the Spaniah troops must be near Tangiers, a8 portion of them sailed yesterday. I shall probably have gome information as regards the expedition to give you betore closing this letter. Your readers will not have rma forgotten M. de Monta- lembert (Jesuit) who made a fuss several months since, having, in his anxious desire to attract public attention, written some offensive articles upon this government, lauding England most highly, so that he might the more easily attack France. He su: in his desires. The Minister of the Interior wes so wéak as to fall into the trap Jaid for him, and Montalembert was prosecuted. He at once became a martyr to liberty, went over to London, ‘was taken in hand by the London 2¥mes, and for a brief space of time was a sort of balf lion. When his trial came off I well remember that several personal encounters took place at the doors of the Palais de Jus- tice, so great was the desire to attend. He was found guilty aud condemned, and was getting to be almost a whole lion when the Emperor suddenly curtailed him by granting him an unconditional pardon. He refused this Clemency, wishing to keep the farce up as long as possi. ble, but he soon found that the public had lost all interest in him, and he retired into privacy. Now he issues forth asupporter of the Pope’s temporal power. He is un- doubtedly a man of talent, but at the same time he is the most inconsequent, a fe one Tever heard of. He now | attacks Fngland, says that the réle she is playing is “an ignoble one,” and utterly condemns the Italians for desir- ing a form of government that he was raving about for Fran¢e only a few months since. He wished to be con- sidered a martyr for liberty a short time ago;now he wields his double-edged Penwoanceet that goddess. He says tbat the Italians, and the French, too, must be d—d unless they change the heresy of their ways, and tells them that anathemas and excom- munications are still at the service of St. Peter’s succes- sor. Steam isa great antagonist of humbug, and even that slow people—the Italians—are profiting thereby, With increased facilities for soquiring information, thev learn to shake off imposition, and the fiery diatribes of M. de Montalembert or his like will rare in sepa ing a despotic power for the Pope. Religion must, durin, this age of progress and civilization, be tempered with good genge and moderation. The egueiion is only toler- ated now inEurope on the boards of a theatre, and even then much to the intense and loudly expressed disgust of the denizens of the upper tiers. M. de Montalembert drew u himself another “warning” from the Minis- ter, and if he offends a second time, the periodical ho edits will be entirely stopped. The Monitcur announces that the warning is given owing tothe grave insults offered by M. de Montalembert. ‘The Moniteur, of November 2, startled the Parisians by announcing that the Duke of Padua was no longer Minister of the Interior, that important post having beon again confided to M. Billaut. Your readers will remember that this gentleman was Minister of the Interior at the time that the atleniat of January 14 took place. The next day &M. Billaut resigned and General Espinasse took the portfo- lio of the Interior. Many persons were under the impres- sion that M. Billaut’s resignation was the result of the care- legences of bis agents, and that the Emperor put him aside owing to the fact that the police had not before ar- rested the conspirators. ‘This was a mistake, ag the fol- lowing explanation will prove. M. Billaut had depending upon him an ofllcer styled Chef de , who was @ sortot higher policeman. The person was named Demas, and had heen brought from some provincial post by the Minister. Demag received warnings in the way of anonymous let- ters of the plot then being concocted ay i¢ _Empeo- ror’s life. He sent these letters to the Chief of the Police, Pietri; but at the Prefecture they looked upon it all as over zeal on the part of the new fonctionary, and no at. tention was paid to the warning. The result was such as all the world knows. M. Billaut proved to the Emperor that the zeal of his employés had not been lacking; the fault evidently laid at the door of the Chief of Police, Pie- tri, The latter was, however, quite powerfal; and, un- willing tobave any struggle, the Minister resigned.’ He took with him in his retreat the esteem and confidence of Louis Napoleon, as is proved by his reinstatement in office. Pietri was a short time after superseded, and is now used by the Emperor as a special agent in Italian matters. He has been travelling about Central Italy, ob- serving the real state of affairs, and reporting them to his eaty. It is supposed that the advent of M. Billaut to the Minis- try wil! cause some important changes in the Department of the Interior. M. de la Guerroniere will most likely give up the poet of Chief of the Press Department, and re- sume bis labors as Councillor of State. The new Minister is much liked as a general thing by the Freuch journalists. He is considered as very liberal in his tendeucies. It is to be hoped that M. de la Guerroniere will retain bis post, however, for he really seemed animated with a desire to serve the best interests ot journalism in Franco. |, The Duke de Padoue receives the Grand Cordon of the Legion of Honor. I must tell you a queer story as re- the Duke. He was appointed to the Interior, so some twenty or thirty prefects might be removed. They are known to be Orleanists, and their re- moval is an object tothe government. Noformer Minister liked the job, for each of these Prefects has score of powerful friends—especially female friends, Conntosses and the like—who, having received favors from tho Pre- fects, are their sworn friends, and besiege tho Minister each time thero is any talk of removing the obnoxious Pre- fects. The foregoing Ministers did not like to bring upon themselves the enmity of these powerful families, Tenure of office is not certain, and one does not Vike to have a host of So the Projegts re- tial eneraigs. Latest saves from foes go to show that ogee Ser- rano has for to fill the office o1 Ly eral of that ‘island. ‘The Spaniard seem perfectly carried away with the idea of mating bP od Morocco. The Queen is rey to have she would sell the Jewels of the crown were this necessary to carry on the ‘war. The people of the Basque provinces have offered to eq) DE Soeroare ob Hats prmvarpanee, vabe from all quarters of the kingdom private.suscriptions are pouring in. The journals speak of this war as though ’twore a most sac’ ed duty, and young men of aif classes are volun- ‘ooping. as private soldiers. letter has grown so long that I must defer till next bei several things I might call to the attention of your readers. In the way of theatricals I have nothing of great inter- estito mention. The celebrated tenor, Roger, who, as you are.aware, lost bis arm from a gun shot wound some time since, 18 now sufficiently recovered to resume his duties at the Grand Opera. He has been supplied with an arti- ficial hand so perfect as to conceal the loss of the natural ‘one, and before the end of the mouth he will appear in one of his most popular characters. He is to have a grand benefit on the 10th of December, which will be quite an event in the theatrical world. ‘The Emperor, Empress, Prince Imperial and the per- song inyited to Compiegne, lett Paris at two o’clock yester- day for that favorite sojourn of their Majesties. ‘The Em- press, who wore an air of lassitude after the late campaign and before her departure for St. Sauveur and Biarritz, is now as fair and rosy as ever. In fact, itis said that hor Majesty is in better health than she has been for years, ‘The Emperor {s quite well and stout; he goes shooting twiee a week, and rides or drives each day. Tats exer- idence of the famed spinal disease cording to so many Par! ‘espondents, was in the habit of keeping him at death’s door. I dare’ say your readers will remember how frequent and lugubr.ous were the prophesies indulged in as to the Emperor's sudden demise, all to be occasioned by this spinal disease. Just to spite these croakers, his Majesty keeps up against its encroachments, and, to the ment of the corres- pondents I refer to, he manages to thrive and keep get- ting stouter during the struggle. They will no doubt come to the conclusion that it is the song of the dying swan prolonged out of measure. The inmates of the) Palace at Complegne wih fund it mag- nificently arranged; all kinds of improvements have been going’ on there during* the summer, and it is now one of the finesvor the chateaus belonging to the Imperial domain. The forest of Pierrefonds has been Deautifully laid out in walks and drives, while near the grand old castle the grounds are laid out as jardins An- glais. The magnificent pile has now resumed all its an- cient splendor. ‘The Emperor has. caused the gaps in the walls and ramparts to be filled, and some corrosive has been put upon the new stones, giving them the same time- wor air that the castle bears. Your readers will remem- ber that Richelicu caused the walls of Pierrefonds to be cut open down to the ground, and a royal edict forbade their being rebuilt. The wily Minister wished to humble and weaken the powerful lords of Pierrefonds. ‘The Duke of Malakoff has returned to Paris from his Spanish tour. It was generally announced by the Paris correspondents of the London papers thatthe Duke's Spain was for a political purpose. This mistake; the father of the young Duchess died a short time since, and the Marshal went to Madrid to attend to the settlement of the estate, as well as to visit the relatives of his young wife. The Duke has lately been appointed High Chancellor of the Legion of Honor, and now occupies the fine palace on the left bank of the Seine, the ugual residence of thatfunctionary. A fow evenings since I saw the Duke and Duchess in one of our most frequented salons. I observed that the young lady looked careworn; lines were perceptible in her’ coun- tenance, whichavas, when I first saw her, a twelyomonth since, fair and smooth. , The period I refer to was August, 1858, during the Emperor’s tour through Brittany. Mile. Paniega (now the Duchess de Malakoff) was universally admired at the balls that occurred during the trip I refer to. She.was lively and animated, and most beautiful. Now. all is changed. As she moved listlessly around the spacious rooms, I wondered whether she regretted her barter of youth and beauty for a ducal coronet. You.are aware that the Dake is more than twice her age. I have heard it asserted that the old marshal is rough and somewhat brutal in his manner to his young wife, and I fear that the high-toned, delicate woman is wearing away in the struggle she has brought upon her- self. marriages de convenance are frequent in Franco; Ifear that the young Duchess de Malakoff is another vic- tim toa bad custom. ‘One sces in the Paris salons or ball rooms fair young creatures clinging to the arms of men who are old enough to be father, and in many instances grandfather, to the well dressed, be-jewelled beauties, and a pang of real pain is felt when one learns that the Persons im question are man and wife. The Russian Emperor’s Reception of an American Citizen. We have received a lithographed letter giving the fol- lowing particulars of the flattering reception given by the Emperor Alexander to an American citizen:— Lacation oF TH® Unirep States, St. Perersnura, Sept. 22, 1859. During the great Court Ball given at Nobility Hall last night, in honor of the majority of the heir apparent to the Crown of Russia, the Emperor came up to me and said he had that day the pleasure of sending for Mr. Silas E. Burrows, a fellow countryman of mine, and receiving him at the Palace, where he was glad to have the oppor- tunity of welcoming him, for he had been a great friend of hig father, the Emperor Nicholas, and did many kind things tor Russia, and was very hospitable to the Russian prisoners at Hong Kong. ‘His! Imperial Majesty then added, with warmth and feel- ing, “I am glad to beable tosce him and give hima raed sa by the hand, and Iwas pleased with the interview.” Grand Duke Constantine also made the warmest acknowledgment of Mr, Burrows’ kindness and geuerosi- ty. . Barrows had solicited no presentation through me, which is the ordinary mode of seeking an interview, ter Emperor, but expressly said. that what he had done for the Emperor Nicholas, and his naval officers, had been done as a private gentleman, and he would be grati: fled t@ receive an acknowledgment personally from the Empefor, but he would not request or seek it through me, the Minister of the United Staves, T dg not know that a private citizen of any country was ever before received by the Emperor of Russia in his private cabinet alone, in such a friendly and informal manner as Mr. Burrows has been, and 1 ‘consider it the highest act of ren! kindness and unreserved welcome that could be extended to him, and reflects great credit on the gooduess and Kindness of the Emperor's heart. It ig true that what Mr. Burrows did in rescuing Baron Krudener and the officers of the Russian Navy, who wero passengers, from the wreck of his Imperial Majesty’s cor- vette Kensington (now Prince of Warsaw), in 1830, and refusing the ten thousand dollars which Baron Krudener (who:was the Russian Minister to Washington) bad agreed to give Mr. Burrows’ captain for returning with them to New York, merits the highest praiso. In addition, his afterwards advancing sixty thousand dollars to refit that corvette for sea, and sending her to Russia, at a pe- riod when the Poles wero in prssession of Warsaw, at great sacritices to himself, altogether exhibit the most ex- traordinary acts of generosity and liberality ever per- formed by a private gentleman for the exclusive benetit of foreigners'and a great potentate, ‘Mr. Burrows’ acts of hospitality and liberality to the Russian who were prisoners at. Hong Kong, evinced the feelings and magnanimity of a true American citizen. For all of these acts ho deserved everything that could be done by a noble and generous monarch; but, for the Emperor to evince such unrosorved kindness, when his time must be absorbed by the great and pressing de- mands of this mighty empire, is evidence of ‘uncommon warmth of feeling towards Mr. Burrows, and is alike to him aud honorable to bis Imperial Majesty the Exnpetor F. W. PICKENS. , THE WAR BETWEEN SPAIN AND MOROCCO, Excitememt in the Mediterranea: ane pc. serted=The British Fleet Off the lace-Striking the Spanish Flag and Joy of the Moors—A Continued Exodus= Consular Notice to Foreigners, é&c. Her Britannic Majesty’s sloop Virago, Commander Dunn, which arrived at Plymouth on the 3d instant, brings intel” ligence from Gibraltar to the 25th ultimo, She had a mail and despatches from the Commander-in- Chief at Gibraltar, and a despatch from the British repre- sentative at Tangier to Lord John Russell, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. It was currently reported at Gibraltar that, although the Spanish Charge d’Affaires at Tangier had struck his flag, ho had not proclaimed the declaration of war. The gunboat Redpole arrived on the 26th ult. at Gibral- tar with official communications and 159, Moorish refugees. ‘The Lapwing and the Coquette aro ing constantly betwobet Tangier and Gibraltar. J Alzesiras continued in quarantine. The British fleet at Gibraltar composed the Marlborough, ar the Centurion, the Conanerot. De a the Orion, the Neptune, the Casar, of non, the Lapwing, the Flying Fish, and the James Watt, which was under quarantine in consequence of oue or two 8 Of emallpox. # <eThe French squadton off Algésiras consisted of five Tine- of-battle ships and one a The h squadron included one liner, two small ‘and four or five lesser steam vesse|s. ndvices from to the 29th ult., received at by the mail steamer Coylon, state that Tan- ‘every appearance of a desolatedcity. Nearly all ger ty. inclined Moors, with their families “and x gone into the interior or mountanous parts of country for safety, and the few remaining Hobrews, intending to abandon their houses, were about to embark in the veesels lying in tho harbor.’ The total number of fugitives who had arrived at Gib r we every day was largely adding to th Hioved that the question might still bo arranged, and now ilities must very soon com! . Pethe: beautiful Spanish Consular house, situated in a most congpicuous is now converted into four barren. walls, nd during few days that Mr. Blanco stayed herp See ring from on board the mattress om which The anthiiaaam of the Moora for war la momeutatiy ta exetuni iy upon the fewarde which they expect fo tala exclusive ¢ rewards Wi ny eX] ol in Paredibe ‘after killing in battle one or two infidels, Government, on this occusion, supplies with powder every one, from the hi to the lowest, who may wish te take up arms in the defence of Islamism. ‘The emigration continues without abatement. The French cousular despatch boat Albert left for Gibralter this morning, overloaded with pagsengors and . and at this moment a great many ‘are eml in the Redpole, Our worthy representative, notwith- standing his important occupations, receives with the greatest kindness all those who, with tears, apply to the consulate for passage, assuring them that all will be em- barked in the British men-of-war, and that he will not comes until there is not a soul remaining who may’ to leave. Tho whole of the personnel belonging to the French mis- sion will embark to-morrow, and it is believed that they will proceed to Cadiz rather than to Gibraltar. Several consuls, hearing that Mr. Drummond Hay intends remain- ing inthe bay during the operations, have manifested their desire also to remain. : The game correspondent writes a3 follows’ on the 27th ull Tavame, Oct. 27, 1859. Thave nothing nef to report since my last. The om- barkation of passengers and baggage has continued inces- santly, and Tam at a los to know where 80 many people and articles of every description were accommodated in Tangier. According to calculations made it was believed that the Hebrew population did not exceed 2,000 souls, and it pow positively amounts to more than 3,000 between those who have already gone to Gibraltar, Algesiras, and Tarifa. The French war steamer Mouette left yesterday for that place with all the families of that nation, the cap- tain taking care not to receive on board any one who could not produce a French passpor All the a French mission are still hore. The Earl of Lonsdale took a great numb of passen- gers, all in indigent cireumstances, ant who, thanks to the generosity of Mr. Mateos, were conyeyed gratis. Tac Redpole is at this moment embarking avery large number. Mr. Drummond Hay has sent round the place a public crier to apprise the peo- ple that he is anxious that everybody should embark, and to witness their departure. I have beca told he has sent word to those that are invatided in order that they may also be embarked for Gibraltar, where ‘there are very good hospitals, and in which they would be treated with every comfort. I believe that acts like this carry with them all the deserved paises, and conse- quently I leave your readers at jiberty to judge of the amount of gratitude owing by these people to our repre- sentative. Hostilities will not, tt is believed, commence 80 F00n. On the eveving of the 27th ult. the steam tender Red- pole arrived at Gibraltar from Tangier with over 400 fugi- tives. ‘When the Redpole left the flags.of the British, French and American nations were still observed flyiog over the consular houses in Tangier. The Kabyle tribes, wl had for some days been hovering about in the environs of the town, made iheir entry into the city onthe 27th, The three Spanish war steamérs left Tangior the same morn- ing, supposed to have proceeded to the westward. ‘The following is an extract of a private letter received at Gibraltar b; British brig St. Francis, dated Tetuan, Oct. 25:—The fears of a war betweon Spain and Morocco, and that hostilities may very soon commence, have cre- ated a greatsensation. Wa are consequently quite at a Joss what to do—whether to leave the place og await fur- ther news. Our late advices from Tangier are of a most alarming pharacter. The French Consul (who acts in the same capacity for the United States and Portugal) and the British Consul have apprised their respective subjects and protégés to be in readiness for embarkation at a moment’s notice. The French subjects are to go on board a man-of-war of that nation, and the British embark in one of their own, both vessels having been expected off the port ever since the 18th instant, but up to the present time neither of them has made {t8 appearance. This notice created much alarm among the Jewish population. The Pasha (Ben-El-Hadj) immediately sont them word not to be afraid, as he had received instruc- tions from El-Kutib, the Minister, not to put any impedi- ment in the way of all those who were desirous of taking their departure, and he advised them not to move, there was not the least cause for it. He added that would take care that the Mellah (a separate part of the city, where all Jows and Christians reside) should be guarded by as many soldiers as might be necessary their protection. ‘This meseage of the Pasha calmed down their excite- ‘ment as well as the ingolence of the idlers, who thought to make a harvest by the departure of the numerous families in easy circumstances. A number of these schemers had madearrangements to palm themselves off as servants, &c., at the hour of embarkation, but their “peo EL-Hlad) making every ion for the n: El ig every preparation war. ‘The batteries are very well’ mounted with cannon. THE LAST SPANISH ULTIMATUM. ‘The following are translations of the 9 Ultimatum Inst delivered to the government of ooco, and the Moorish reply :-— PRAISES TO THE ALL POWERFUL. ‘To my Frigxp, Tae Intustriovs Seep Monamer Et Kunis, Minister, &c. ‘The peace and help of God be with you. Previous to the receipt of your note of the 13th of this menth, the difficulties which opposed themselves to the one satisfaction of the outrages committed upon the Spauish flag in the neighborhood of Ceuta having beem removed, the government of the Queen, my august sovereign, commands me to say to you that the satisfac- tion demanded fs to be carried into effect without loss of time and in the following manner:— 1, The chief of the rish troops, who should be the Bey or Governor of the province, shall replace with his own hand the Spanish arms in the same position which they occupied when they were torn down by the vandals of Auggora, and shall kave them saluted by his soldiers, 2. They shall carry out the last penalty of the law upon those persons who were the real promoters of the attack, in the presence of the Spanish garrison of the above-men- tioned place. Both of these demands shall be fulfilled immediately. 8. The Moorish government shall nominate two engi- neers, who, in conjunction with two Spanish engineers, shall determine the most convenient places for the now frontier line, on the understanding that they shall neces- sarily take 08 a basis for this lino of delimitation the Sierra Bullones. ‘The Spanish government will not consider fulfilled the satisfaction which they have an indisputable right toexact, and which you have consented to in the name of your go- vernment, if all these measures are not carried into effect in the shortest possible period. Until such is the case Spain will continuearmed, and I warn you that the smallest delay on your part in the most exact fulfiment of my demand will be the signal for the commencement of hostilities, and consequently of a rup- ture in the friendly relations beiwoon the two countries. The government of the Queen, my sovereign, hopes that that of the Sultan will not provoke so serious am an hits that such disastrous consequences may be avoided, T await your reply, which must be as clear and explicit ‘88 the maiter requires, and I warn you that I will not ad- mit the slightest observation in opposition to the just de- sires of my government. ‘ At the Pointfat which things. have arrived no other course remains for you but to comply strictly and without delay with all which we have agroed on to give due satis. faction to the Spanish nation, or war. Choose. Tancrer, Oct. 16, 1659. J, B. DEL VALLE. TRANSLATION OF A LETTER ADDRESSED DY SERD MOHAMED KITA- ‘TEEL TO THE SPANISH CHARGE D’AFFAIRES, ON THE 17TH OF OCTOBER, 1859, Praise to the one God! To ‘TE CHARGE D'AFFAIRES OF THE QUERN OF SPAIN:— ‘We have'received your letter of yesterday (16th of Oe- tober), aud we have understood its contents; and we are much astonished at all you havo stated therein, for it is not in accordance with that which you had told us in our nterviews with you, nor in your previous letters, ‘Wo have been’ empowered, as we told you, to settle those demands that ity mentioned in your letters of the bth September and bth October; and wo further agreed, in our letter of the 15th of Rabea, the first, that you should. occupy the high ground requisite tho de. fence and security of re town, but not for any other view. You had stated tous, in’ conversation, that supposed that high ground might even be within the marked boundary. Wo are vot acquainted what is the site you call Sierra Buliones; but if ibe the place which Persons have told us it is, viz,, about three hours’ journo} from Ceuta, we bave no anthority or power to make snc concession. Such a demand must bo referred to tho Sul- tan, and a suitable term named to enable us to refer the matter to hie Majesty, who is at Meknas, and that his oy has time to consider it and to reply. ‘We do not conceal from you our extreme surprise that you should have written to us as you have dono, after tho friendly manner we have actod—aeceding to demand after demand, on three different occasions, solely with the object of satisfying you. Should you break off relations and declare war, as you have stated, because we did not cede that whioh we have ‘no power or authority from the Sultan to grant, we rotest against you for all the consequences that may A now and hereafter. fe have to repeat, however, we adhere to the engago- ments we have made to fulfil the demands mentioned to you In ourfetters, but not according to the construction. fomotoose to put upon our words In your Jeter, for wa ve no power to make such concessions,—Peaoel ‘Ocrommn 17, 1859. MOHAMED KHATEEL. WAR FERLING IN MADRID, uis between the Spauish govern