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2 NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1859. ledonia Club, above alluded to. 2 be ipnly. creping during eding summer, and al y nambei Seeneetinase Of mnombers,, mostly belonging to tho land of the mountain and the flood,” who have become Citizens of this great republic. R. MeMorrine, fsq., is the president of the club, ant it will be seen that their first ghd most important match of the year has resulted in their triumphant success. ‘The New York Quoit Club, which in point of nut and playing abilities, has bitherto oceupie t vie high sition, was first originated in 1857, by Timothy W: ‘Esq.,'an American gentleman, aud’ now numbers ov seventy members. It lias a regutar code of laws for t government of the gume laid down, which are universally aceepted as the authorities for its gs nament, At its an nual celebrations valuable and handsome prizes are regu Jarly awarded to its most accomplished members, and the pleasure as well as physical bonetit de froa ha. ractice of the game are daily increasing the number o its individual members. a ms match played yesterday took place at Waterman id College Hotel, corner of Varick and Canal stroots, au which is the headquarters of the various quoxt Matches were played between the New York and the St. Andrew Clubs, at two dif ances, Vi ares Ju “4 and 18 yards. "It terminated in favor of the st. Am irow Club, although, accordin to, pe ee. ae ae one parts, Mauer,” On this account we refrain from publishing the full scores of tho game; ms ‘The East New York Cricket Club held its “winding up day of the season yeatorday, on their owa ground. | The Weather was very coll, but a large number of the msm- Ders assembled notwithstanding. Among the visiters wo ad American cricketer, Cayp, who Jate from the cricket merges uch adorned, The metabers afterwards held a pieasant con vivial reunion, over 4 first rate dinner, after the entertainment of the day was over. New York Cricket Club also woand up their soa- son yesterday, by a match among their owa members, on their ground at Hoboken. Although the weather was very cold, yet the active, unceasing exercise of the game neutralized its effects, and somo very fine cricketing was witnessed, The slow bowling of Sharp and Wright, a la Wisdeu, proved very destructive among the player the annua! meeting of this club, held on Tuesday last, the following officers were elected:—President, H. Sharp, Esq.; vice-president, J. J. Davies, E: reasurer, James Higham, Fsq.; secretary, H. Spev . This club, we understand, will next year be joined by the Brooklyn Cricket Ciub, which will be incorporated with it. ‘The New York Club will, consequently, become the most influential, as it has hitherto been the most eflicient and able club of the United States. DE LAVE ON A TIGHT ROPE. Mons. De Lave, whose feats at Rochester Inst summer rivalled those of Blondin at Niagara, crossed a rope at wken yesterday afternoon and performed several its thereon, to the gratification of an immense crowd of people, many of whom ibt went there with the hope of seeing the fellow Wreak his neck. In this they y crossed, bul mselt in ed to about +a de of about round. It is the intention of De Lave to ¢! ions before the winter sets in. THANKSGIVING IN BROOKLYN. Thore was a general observance of Thanksgiving in this city yesterday. The stores and places of business wore closed about noon—the taverns were mostly open, although there did not appear to be much drinking of in- toxicating liquors. A number of target co s pa- raded through the streets, en rowe tothe country for a good time. Several fire companies proceeded to New York to participate in the engine trial at the liberty pole | Among them were Nos. 4,5 and 7. Franklin Engine No.3 went to Pat ‘ede, as the of that city, and expected to spend a plea- About eleven o'clock in the morning the side- were filled with church goers, and all places of worship which were open must have been well attended. ‘Ibe afternoon was doubtless devoted to feasting and y making in many fa In the evening there n to New York to visit the various From outward appearances the passed oif pleasantly and agreeably to most people. TELE APHIC. Pimzaperema, Nov. 24, 1859. Thanksgiving Day has been very generally observed by suspension of busin Two regiments of military para- ded. All places of amusement were thronged this even- ing. Bostox, Nov. 2, 1859. The time-honored festival of Thanksgiving received universal observance in Boston to-day, as usual. The weather was very pleasant. AFFAIRS IN EUROPE. Our Paris Correspondence. Panis, Nov. 3, 1959. ‘The Emperor's Letter to Victor Emanwel—The Brochure of M. Debreauz—France and Austria Understanding Each Otier—Opinions of the Dibats—Haly Must Help Herself — The Sentiments of Garialli—The American Minister's Reception Commented on in Paris—Opinion of tie Moni- teur—The Constitutionnel on Ireland—M. de Montalem, bart Again—Lord Malmeshury’s Speech in the Paris Papers—Ammti’s Murder—The Chinese Ezpetition—~The Weather, dc., de, de. ‘The grand topic of interest is the Emperor Napoleon's letter to the King of Sardinia, which, by a singular coin cidence, bears precisely the same date—Oct. 20—as the brochure of M. Debreaux. It is perfectly understood that this last publication derives much of its inspiration from imperial sources, French and Austrian. The attention given to it is commensurate with the high authority im- puted to it; and, with respect to the Emperor's letter, it is Jooked upon as an authentic exposition. At first acertain disappointment was felt on reading the missive to Victor Emanuel, in regard to the little ad- dition it made to previous intimations. But a nearer ex- ‘amination, aided by the light of M. Debreaux’s interesting work, has served to place the fact of Austria's rap- Prochementto France in much bolder relief than before, As far as I have been able to collect from men of all parties, the inference—and it is a most important one— generated by the words of Napoleon is, that Austria and France perfectly understand one another; but in stating the policy of France to be traced beforehand, and parti. cularizing the Italianization of Venetia, and the nocessity of Mantua and Peschiera as federal fortresses spoke for Francis Joseph as well as himself. Tho Journal des Débats has great doubts on the point, however, and ventures to ask the question whether France, by this programme, is or is not with Austria, This programme, it says, written on the very day hftor the signing of the peace at Zurich, can only be one of two things: either it is the manifestation and consolidation of the good understanding established between France and Austria, or it is the sign—while at the same time Napoleon it is the cause—of the opposition which will reign in the Congress between the views of the two Powers. But, it is observed that Napo- Jeon expressly uses the words to “ Monsicur mon frere?— ‘Your Majesty is to take notice that I am bound by the treaty; and that the scope of the Emperor's argument throughout is to show that, like the poor woman who | threw in her mite, his Majesty has done what he could— that is to say, he is to do no more for Piedmont; that Francis Joseph and himself are now near allies in the interest of their respe mpires, which, of course, ‘must take precedence of whatever sympathies there may befor Central Italy 11 is not possi! to suppose that Napoleon would have expressed himself as he has in this letter unless advised Deforehaud of the disposition of his ally. How that ally ntends to carry out the difilcult obligations imposed upon him, how all the German clement is to be extracted from his army in Venetia, and Venetia be preserved in its allegiance, is a problem which yet remains to be solved. It cert looks as if s understanding existed be- tween the two Emperors—sich a mutual desire on bo sides to be rid of the revolutionary clementecthat thou ‘the promise or engagement be kept rather to t than the spirit, there would be no haste on the part of Franes to interfere by military intervention. ‘The non, interference of any other Power is a guard ty Austrin and to the Duchies. One thing all men concur in—that is, that the hour is como’for Italy to help herself, if sho can. A friend indulged me a peep at a letter addressed to him by baldi, with om he has long been on intimate terms. it was dated Oct. 24, and might have been written with a knowledge of the Emperor’s leter, though nothing appeared to effect, Without entering into details, Garibaldi uses these words, ag near as I can recollect, for I was not _permitte to copy them: “Believe me, my dear friend, all will y come right with us; in France, you do not perfect justi to the Italians; they are capable of far greater endurance in the cause than any foreigner can be brought to sup- pose. Already the people are moved to the very heart: an at tempt to bring back these satraps of Austria, will surround the land with a girdle of fire. ail for us that bis great heart desired, but he has done enough to rouse Italy todo more; depend upon it she will do it.” The letter was short, and, I believe, I have faithfully given the political part of it; the rest was appro- Enc respecting members of my friend’s family. There is evidently the same warmth of character in Garibaldi in small matters asin things of greater im port. It was casy to observe that the expressione of con- cern about an ailing friend he mentioned were not mere words of course, but the genuine utteronce of a kindly ercroab Wereahts reat interest has been exhibited here in the account furnished of the American ambassador's reception. ¢ Pekin. All the papers give it at length, and most of them wind up with the remark that if there was any doubt before of the necessityof bringing the Celestials to task for their various sins of omission and commission, treat ment go utterly unworthy the envoy of a great and power- ful nation Femove it. The Moniteur writes—“We terday with | Your Emperor conid not do ever heard of,” it says, “that eix millions of Roman Ca- tholics should be compelled to support a dominant church whose followers did uotamount to more than a gixth of that number?” M. de Montalombort is again before the world for the honors of martyréom. — His old friend the Correspondant has received a warning for its publication of au articio written by the Count, entitled “Pius IX. et la Fraace de ’* in whieh the temporal power of the Pope 1s | dete t only on religions, but on political grounds. ‘The writer quotes with approbation the protest of the Bishop of Orleans, and surpasses that prelate in tie vivlouce of his attacks against Piedmont; Dut ne tinds chic fauit with France as responsible for all that bas occtrred in the “In the Congress of 1856," “ France permitted the expressions, rbnormal and irregular, as applicable to the government of the Holy See—expressions caught up anc dilated upon by England and Piedmont, and which have produced the present lamentable results. If France had wilied it Piedmont would not have dared to have wagged a finger at the Papal government. “Fly,” said the Emperor of the French at Milan on the Sth of June, “to the standard of King Victor Emanuel, who has 30 nobly shown you the way to hoaor, Remember that without disciple there can be no army; and, animated with the sacred fire of patriotism, be soldiers to day; you will be to-morrow free citizens of a great country.’ “The Romagnese,” says the Count, “took tue words as they were spoken.” ‘The Siecle did not wait for the warning which was, for this, sure fall on the Correspondant. A malignant voice, it says, has just been raised io favor of the tem- ral'power of the Pope—that of Count de Montalemert. This rancorous writer places at the service of the temporal power of Papacy his violent power of declamation, Sc. M. Bilault is appointed Minister of the Laterior ia place of the Duke de Padoue, who retires. Lord Malmesbury’s speech at the couservative din- ner lately given to Lord Derby at Liverpool is the text of the French journals. All those con- nected with the governinent give it at length. The compliments it contained to the Emperor were too important to permit of any portion of the speoch being omitted. Notwithstanding the late English Foreign Seerctary’s appreciation of the French monareh, I do not find any dispositien on the part ot those here who think they perceive the lengthening shadows of coming events to alter their opinion. ‘The general tone of that conservative meeting. they observe, was one of remarka- ble distrust—of men who felt they had no right to count on the peace of the wowld—no, not for a single hour. In this respect there is no essential dilference between the party in power and themselve and is full of alarms— France full of achemes. The susceptibilities and tho irri- tants are in juxtaposition—a friction is inevitable. The Courrier de Lyon publishes a letter from Parma, re- lative to the difficulty of punishing the murderers of 'Col. Anviti. It appears that the real actors in this sanguinary tragedy have all been spirited away. Arrests have been made, but with no possibility of a conviction, for no soul will dare appear against them. The Dictator Farini be- gins to recoil from the danger of a prosecution. The popu- lation have some 4,000 or 5,000 staad of arms among and besides this, they are exactly the people to rely » of any counter-revolution. It may, therefore, cipated that the manes of the murdered Anviti will upavenged, While on the subject of iy, let me mention a medical fact of some interest. We have all heard of the curious Nability of the Lombard population to wens in the neck and other parts of the body, supposed to be the result of the water impregnated with chalk. M. Demor- tt f apothecary to the Army of Italy, has just seat Marshal Vaillant an account of a series of experiments on thirty casks of water taken at different places where the wen disease most prevailed; and the singular fast has been elicited that there is in all an absolute absence of salts of magnesia as alro of rine. It will now be seen whether the want of those principles, rather than the su- perabundance, is the cause of this dreadful malady. We have of late had an atmosphere of wind that has not only torn up trees, thrown ¢own chimney pots by the thougand, tothe imminent peril of men’s lives, though fortunately the hurricane has raged most at night, but has proved most fatal to an institution which is now be- coming time honored—the ladies’ criaoline. Woe botide the Game who, in these latter days, bas had the hardi- hood to stir from her own porch. “If on foot, she has been instantly seized by the gale and transported, after a manner and fashion the least possibly preposessing, into positions so awfully ludicrous that respect for the sex prevents one entering into particulars. If she has acar- riage, the perils of have been fearful indeed. In an instant the audacious wind, as if delighting in its sat- urbalias, has pierced beneath the upraised foot in its ap- proach to the vehicle, and no human effort has succeed- ed in preventing a revolution in the crinoline which neither gods nor men would approve. A poor pedestrian, scudding before the gale with her upturned umbrella and no end of hosiery given to view is formidabie ewough, but such an inversion of aristocratic dames is insupportable. The Ocean of Brest eays that the troops will leave that port for China the beginning of September. Yesterday the Court departed for Compeigne. The new imperial train, consisting of nine carriages, was used on this occa- sion for the first time. The principal carriage, intended for the Fmperor and Empress, is lined with green watered silk and Morocco leather; the roof is of bird's-eye maple. The second carriage forms a summer saloon and a dining Too! The third is appropriated to the Prince Imperial and bis governantes. The fourth to the ladies and officers of the imperial household. The remaining carriages are fitted up as kitchens and offices. Paris, Nov. 3, 1859. Frightful Weather—Suicides—The New “ Diggings—How the French Make Coffee—Failure of the Champagne Vint age—Estension of Paris—Immense Dining Establish ments—Omnilus and Hack Fares—Join Mitchel’s Hoh Ww—The Expected Ballo, dc. The Emperor and Empress having gone to Compeigne, and having also, by some unaccountable oversight, ne- glected to invite me to accompany them, I am still in Paris picking up “unconsidered trifles,’ which I hope may prove of interest to the readers of the Heratp. I intend, however, during the imperial hunting season, to go to Compeigne and get a peep through the fence, if possible, at the Emperor and Empress, and the Russian Princess, Maria Nicalowena, who accompanies them. But, if they baye no better weather there than we have had in Paris for the last fortnight, the hunt will be a frightfullgy wet one. The rain has poured some here almost continuous” ly since the middle of last month, the streets have been dis- gustingly muddy, and the time has been dolefuland dreary generally—so much so that it is not very strange that the Morgue has been peopled with an unusual number of the mortal remnants of those sensitive persons whom such horrid weather as this drives to the universal French remedy for the ills of the flesh—suicide. Talking of sui- cides reminds me of the fate of a man who has played a conspicuous part, during the past season, at the gaming tables of Hombourg, and who was particularly noticed for his rash ani reckless play, who despite the immense ad- vantages which the proprietors of the Hombourg saloons hold out (playing the roulette with but a single 0), not only could not win, but has lost during the season about two hundred thousand dollars. This man’s name was Garcia, the son of a rich banker in Madrid, and having played out all the money he could raise, he finished the game a few mornings since by drowning himself in the waters of ihe Maine. But the wheel continues turning at Baden and Hombourg, and the little ivory ball, with its death-like rattle, seeks out the fated number, and the ex- cited players crowd the tables with just as much eager- ness as though poor Garcia had not lost his fortune, and then thrown himself after it. You have heard about the “silvery sea,’’ but did you ever imagine that it was an actual fact that the sea con- tained an immense quantity of silver? A couple of learned members of the Academy of Sciences, at the last sitting, presented to that body the regults of their investigations upon this subject, by which it is established that the waters of the Atlantic contain one milligramme (13g hun- | dredth part of a grain troy) to the hundred. killogrammes | (about two hundred and twenty-five pounds avordu- pois)—and of course the sea contains now amuch larger | mass of the shining metal than has ever been extracted | from the bor of the earth. They say its presence may | be accounted for upon two theories—that it may either proceed trom the emanations of chloride of silver, issuing fom the bosom of the earth, or else from the slow action which salt woter exercises on the argentiferous sul- phurets which crop out from the earth, both on land and | at the bottomn of the ocean. At any rate, they are satisfled | itis there, but as it costs now about ten times as much to | extract it as it is worth, it is not probable that this im- | mense piacer of silver will entice away many of the oyster | diggers who have recently fallen 80 fortunately upon that | big bed of the bivalves on your side of the water. About the first discovery which an American makes y, after reaching Paris, is that they make delicious coffee here. Aman who has | muddy compound which is generally served up in the | United States under that name, or the thin, watery mix- ture of which chieco: y is one of the most noticeable in- xredients, which be gets in England, let him be ever so biasé, experiences a new picasure as he takes a cup of the | Parisian coffee. There is a fine opportunity here to large upon this branch of the subject, and to go into e stacies over the delight‘ul fragrance which arises from tl steaming hot beverage, and the glorious tickling it gives the palate, and the delicious effects which it has upon the | brain. But I will spare vou this, and, taking it for granted | that everybody acknowledges French cottve to be the beat in the world, do something better, and tell you how to It is often asked why coffee cannot be made as the Americans and English as by the French— material being within the reach of the people of nations. The question is certainly one which ve very naturally suggested, and the answer seems 8 easy to arrive at, which Itake it simply is that the Americans and English do not know how to make it, Thave been taking a lesson to day in coflee making, have seen the cntire process, from the purchasing of the green grain to the pouring out of the rich and aromatic decoction, and I do not know of guything which ought to be.moré in: teresting to your redficrs than to know how the best French coffee is made. In the first place, all the blighted, blackened grains were carefully picked out, and then the coffee roasted in acylinder kept rapidly turning over a coal fire. The | ery were not blackened, but torsted to a rich brown, ing burned slowlv and thorough. ‘Bhon, ere the rich aroma which is evolyed from the’ coffue by heat had time to escape, it was ground and roady to be made into drink. This is not a universal, although a general cus- tom in families here to burn as well as grind the coilve the same morning it is to be used, and where the best coifee which can be made is the object it should always be done. ‘The coffee being ground is then put in the strainer of the double French coffee pot, in beg ag tai of eight table spoonsful for a pint of water, This, however, may be | the thr | eh trust we shall secure & better recepti S3a- a eee Engin eeption for the ambassa. Constitutionnel, whose sarcastic observations re- Ireland J remarked on in my last, again returns to the theme, and takes especial care to gt forth such polnts of Ireland’s misery as will be sure to dnd sympathy rit a Homan Catholio mation. “Was such an injustice regulated according to taste, although one great merit of the French coffee is that it is made very me: and may then be reduced with milk. Then a little boiling hot water, just enough to moisten Po the coflve, is poured into the strainer, and allowed to filter through, aud in a few minutes afterwards the bottom compartment of the eoffee pot filled (the water, of course, all filtering through the colfee), wud the pot belng Ieft near eugugh been accustomed to drink the | to the fire to be kept warm, but the coffee on no sccount being allowed to boil; in @ few minutes it is ready (or uring. ‘This ia the whole secret of making good colle. pen the milk shou d be boiling bot und mixed in the cups to the taste of the drinker, Try it; you would have delicious coffee during the coming cold’ winter weathor; and you will find that it will pay for all the trouble to which you may be put by it. From coffee to champag and T have been thinking” hi lovers generally of t by the sad news, oi t @ very natural progress, Your connoisseurs and the iat delicious beverage will be affected ch sooner or Jater they must hew comparative failure of the grape crop ta the lium district, both as rey quantity and quality, ‘This resuit will give them the assurance that this v ML not only be poor, high priced. Bat ‘itis «ui ill wind that blows nobody any’ good,” and while the lovers of good champagne will suffer, th manufacturers and venders of the villavous compounds, which, under the name of “champagnes” are 80 extensively sold in the United States, will have cause to rejoice, for, of course, their wares will riso in value in a ‘corresponding scale with the genuine article. But to the “facts”—the vintage of 1858 was not a very abundant one, but the quality Was superior, while that of the preseat’ is one of the worst being scarcely middling for quality, aad in quantity. The favorable weather im- mediately preceding the time for commencing the vin- tage could not compensate for the injuries which tho vines suffered from the frosts in spring, the storms and rains of summer, and the fogs and cold weather of Sep- tember. In the’ commune of Ay there are 1,800 acres under vine culture, from which a very superior and cele- brated champagne bas been made. In good years, each acre has produced from twenty-eight to thirty heetolitres (the hectolitre is twenty-two and a half gallons), while this year the average will be less than one hectolitre to the acre. Deeply do I sympathize with the champagne drinkers of my native land, and sha!limmediately proceed to drown my sorrows in’ a bottle of “ Bouzy,” which there is left in the cabinet from last year’s vintage. I think on the whole, however, I will postpone it until I finish this letter, for fear that the ‘ Bouzy” might make me boozy.” Great pégparations are being made for the enlargement of Paris, which is to take place on the first of January, when the city is to be extended to the fortifications, add- ing to, i eight new arrondissements, and a population of 251,000 people, who now live in the Banliene, between the old barrier wall and the fortificatious. Already the new bureaus Voctroi, where the tax gatherers levy a auty upon every egg, chicken, bottle of wine, or other eatable or drinkable which comes into Paris, are being erected, and on the first of January the’ population, composed almost entirely of the laboring classes, who have lived outside the barriers for the purpose of avoiding the payment of this municipal tax, will be required to pay their share of it toward the sustenance of the city govern ment, or remove still farther beyond the city I There was considerable feeling among the worki ple who ixhabit this district when the plan of es was first proposed, but it has all quieted down now, there is no apprehension of any disturbance. Si work, however, could not have ‘been carried out during any ef the reigns between that of the First and the Third Napoleons without a small revolution, The resturant Keepers in the newly added district will be seriou footed by the change, as they, having to pay no mun icial uty upon wine and provisions, can’ now furnish moals at about twenty-five per cent less than those inside the barrier wall, and are congequently patronized extensively, thousands of people even who live in the city going daily beyond the barrier to eat. Some of those establishments are immense. Two of them—the wine shop of the Petit Ramponean, at the Barriere Montmartre, and the Restau- rant Richefeu, at the Barriere Mont Parnasse—furnish food and drink daily, it is said, to more than twenty-tive thou- sand people. The latter is a magnificent building, five stories high, each floor of which is an immense dinin, room, in which a thousand persons may be seated and fe: at the same time. Here, dinners may be had at a remark- ably cheap in fact for anything between five sous and a franc, a deduction of one sou being made on each plate if the eater carries it to the counter to be filled, in- stead of being waited on by agarcm, and an addition of one sou to the bills of those who indulge in the luxury of anapkin. From ten to twenty thousand persons dine at this establishment daily, and 80 profitable is it considered, that a short time since the “good will” of the concern was sold for no less a sum than 300,000 francs. With the enlargement of the city changes are to be made in the fares of hacks and omnibuses. The former will be regulated entirely by time, instedd of as at present by time or by the “couree,”’ at the option of the hirer. e omnibus fare is to be reduced from six to four sous, but the “correspondence,” by which one can now, with: out any additional expense, change from one omnibus to another going on another route, is to be suppressed, It is too, that the railway, which now runs almost en- tirely around Paris, and which is principally used to convey merchandise from one railway Station to another, will be opened to the public. It is anticipated that next yeur there will be quite an extensive emigration of the working people beyond the fortifications. The pre- sent unsightly barrier wall, which ex‘ends for twenty eight miles, completely encircling the city, is to be torn down; mew and beautiful boulevards are tobe constructed, and the whole district beautified and improved, as it could not ‘be excepting under the management of a municipal gov- ernment. I was walking up the Faubourg St Honore a day or two since, when ‘who should I mect”? but my ancient friend John typ whom I had not seen since the time whenhe took his departure for the sunny Scuth for the purpose of advocating the reopening of the slve trade. Isee that some of the American papers stated that John, having be- come disgusted at the little cordialty with which his pro- ject was received among the sensible people of the South, had come to France in hope of iaducing the E: of the French to lend his aid to it. But such is fret: John has a bigger prospect than this befor. a much larger sized hobby horse, which ho w ride til] he rides it to death. His plan now is than to bring about an invasion of Irelini troops, who, he says, in a recent letter to tho 1 mar—the journal in which his lucw light—woiild not only be received wit that “two hundred and fifty tho: be ready to follow the cagles of Nu to Dublin, and to cross over Jobn thinks that the “goo come, and that England and ¥) the Mediterranean, and that th by French troops wil! ta 3 n Bantry Bay if necessary.’ wz? is about to wiil soon be at war in iting men’? will be at Ban- cclamations as their deliverer 8 the approach of his im- all occur, according toJohn ‘all events, he intends remain- engaged in writing up this new try Bay toreceive and to hail wih perial eagle. We! Mitchel’s programme ing in Paris for some tim: war. We are anxiously awaiting the arrivai of Mr. Caulincourt Lowe and his monster balloon, with dates New York only forty-eight hours old. When he gets here, instead of ingloriously packing up his “traps” and going back to America in such an old fogyish institution as a steamship, I shall endeavor to prevail upon him, if I see him, to fill up again and keep on in the opposite direction to the ‘course of empire,” as far as his gaz and the breezes of heaven will carry bim. Our Brussels Correspondence. 4 Brvssers, Nov. 2, 1859. The Congress—Attitude of England, Prussia and Russia— Interview at Breslau—Allianc: of the Northern Powers— Later of the Emperor of the Fiench to the King of Sardi- nia—Italian Confederation—Bivalship of the Italian Na- tiumalities— War in Moroce Belgium, dc. The difficulties of the situation are as intricate as ever, and the meeting of a congressof the Powers, though de- sired by all people, does notappear likely to take place immediately, for the nations vho are to send representa- tives are in a state of rivalshipand suspicion. A few days back it was generally believed England would participate in a congress, but now it is ascertained that England per- severes in requiring before al things the recognition of the vows expressed by the Itaian nationalities. Prussia and Russia seem to agree in all present political questions, and to have formed an alliance in anticipation of future events. It was inthe interview at Breslau, held some days back, between the Prine» Regent of Prussia and the Czar, that this alliance is supposed to have been conclud- ed. The opinion most prevalent in our political circles ia, as regards Italy, that these two great northern States would incline towards the restoration of the Archdukes, but only by persuasive means, aud not by force of arms, ‘The interview at Breslau has great political weight, be- cause 't is believed that, independently of the union be- tween Prussia aud Russia, Great Britain might be called upon to join in the league. What leads people to believe in the adhesion of England ts this alliance of the Powers of the North, are the family :onnections uniting the courts of London and Berlin: the Prince of Prussia, heir appa- rent to the throne, having married the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria. You will exsily comprehend the gravity of a narrow alliance between three such powerful empires as Prussia, Russia and England, having under their united command immense land forces, together with a well or- ganized navy. This alliance is evidently created to balance the political union which might ensue between France and Austria. ‘The London 1imes has published a letter from the Empe- ror of the French to the King of Sardinia, the authenticity of which has not yet been contradicted. This letter would be a new programme of the imperial politics, and. in the eyes of the public, is intended to maintain the difficulties that have arisen in Italy, for the re-instalment of the Duke of Tuscany, and the nomination of the Duchess of Parma the govercignty of Modena would not take place without energetic protestations from the populations; then Napolevn’s letter pursues the reall- zation of the Italian Confederation, which practically appears impossible, particulady as the seat of the Fede- ration would be at Rome, and that the Presidency would be entrusted to the Pope. Now there is, for instance, the most complete incompatibility between the Sardinian government and thatof the Pontifical States. On the one hand @ liberal constitution, oa the other the autocratic and dictator! principle. It is true reforms have been promised, and they talk of preroguing the constitutions in the Duchies; but will the svereigns be able to fulfil these engagements when roirstated ? and may they not have rancors which, for many a year, will trouble their States? In short, an Itatian Confederation is not deemed practicable; but [ am in jestice bound to add that the annexation of the Duchies tothe kingdom of Piedmont does pear much moro likely, on wecoant of the ling betw the chief towns—Tuarin, Mi- lorence-which must regret descending to a ‘a isy i, Thus Lombardy bas been linked to edinen ibuta fow months, and ‘already Milan, a proud ate icisncity, finds herself tumbled in having to acknow- ledge the sovereignty of Turin, the capital of the Lowbardo-Sardinian kingdom. Great discontent has been occasioned by the government wishing to submit the Mi- Janeee municipahty to the provincial wgime inscribed in the Piedmontese constitution. A% x compensation, the government has thought fit to fer the Cour de Casza- tion, the supreme tribunal, from Turin to Milan; the latter will, therefore, become the judiciary capital, while the former retains the atministrative powor. Genoa will be considered the commercial capital. This instance suffices Wo abow how dilicws it would be (0 unite, under one geep- tre, all the different States of Central Italy; Florence, par- ticularly, would very goon regret having fallen from the ravk of a capital to (hat of a chief town ta & Sardinian gro- vince. For this reason, all those who consider the future with calm forethought deem the formation of a kingtam of Italy a grand out up impracticable scheme. What seems much more rational is the constitution of separate States, governed constitutionally. Let Tusvany remain Tuscany ; let Modena, Parma and Plaisance be united; let the Lombardo-Sardinian kingdom preserve its present boundaries; thus there would be three distinct kingdoms: that might live at peace with one another. ‘A8 for the new chiofs of dynasties to be found, Europe would certainly not be at a loss to provide a few intelli. gent princes, reared at good political schools, and perfectly able to watch over the destinies of a people; Imoaa, for instance, the Count of Flanders, second son to the King of the Belgians; and the Duke of Leuchtenburg, of the im- perial futuily of Prussia, ‘A dovble military expedition is now being directed against the empire of Morocco—by France, against the Rut Mountains; by Spain, against the ports situated near the Straits of ‘Gibraltar. ’ The pretudes of this new campaign are as follows: ‘he late sovereign of Morocco died a few months since; the succession to the throne was attondot with civil war, which soon drew after it plunder aud de- tation, even beyoud the boundaries of the empire; the Moors al ‘d the small town of Ceuta, a Spanish military port on the African coust; at the same time, a band of plunderers burned several villages belonging to the French colony in Algeria. It is to avenge these outrages that Frauce bas organized a corps darmée under the superior orders of Gen, de Martimprey, and the military operations have already begun; Zovaves have obtained great glory. The Spanish expedition is being organized under the coin. mand in chief of the Minister of War, Marahal O'Donnell. ‘The resuit of the new campaign can easily be foreseen. France and Spain must be victorious, for they brave and well trained troops, burning with warlike en- thusiasm ; whereas the Morocco army consists of armed bands, rather cruel than courageous, and nowise calcu- lated to sustain a regular campaign. England has been unsuccessful in her repeated attempts to prevent the Spanish expedition. Her motive is not un- easy to guess. Great Britain s3es two strategic ma- ritime places which command the Mediterranean—Malta and Gibraltar, Now, it is most probable that the simulta- neous campa‘gns of France and Spain will end in taking from Morocco the coasts along the Straits of Gibraltar, after which pothing can prevent the French or Spaniards forming on the Straits military establishments, which would tend to destroy the power of Gibraltar—one of the strongholds Eng'and values most. é ‘Amidst the great facts which so justly engross public attention in Europe, the news I have to send of Belgiuin affords but slight interest. Her political character as a neutral Power compels her to take no part whatever in the quarrels of the greater States. As to our home policy, Zam happy toeay great calm has succeeded the temps” tuous discussions which agitated Belgium a year ago; the struggle between the Catholic party and the liberals. if not completely over, is much Jent, and daily Ie that animosity which m: ‘A cabinet qu tion has arisen—the Minister of Justice, Mr. Tesch, is ex- pected shortly to resi; This eminent statesman has been charged with using too much severity towards the French and Hungarian exiles who had sought refu; our free apd hospitable land. ‘True it is, Mr. Tesch de- clined to allow some members of the Hungarian emigra- tion to reside in Belgium; this measure has been bitterly censured throughout the country. The Chambers have now taken it up, and the Minister, it is thought, will be obliged to withdraw. think you will be happy’ to hear that the Belgians understand and practice the duties of a free people, and are willing, as far as they are able, to ex- tend to the oppressed a helping hand. Our Berlin Correspondence. Beri, Nov. 2, 1859. European Politics—The Morocco Difjicutly—The Schiller Festival, de. Ever since the Oriental war European politics have pre- sented a singular spectacle, All the old landmarks were removed, the old alliances broken up, and each of the great Powers was reduced to a state of isolation which favored the designs and secured the preponderance of Louis Napoleon, whose clever manwuvring had produced this result. England was at daggers’ points with Russia, despised Austria, and distrusted Prussia, and was obliged, therefore, to fawn upon and bow to her ‘magnanimous ally ,’’ whom ske secretly feared and suspected. Austria and Russia had, from fast friends, been converted into bit- ter enemies, and Prussia had lost caste by adhering to a system of neutrality which disgusted one party without conciliating the other. Lately the relations between this country and England had improved, though with- out acquiring anything like an intimate character, and the apparent good understanding between Russia and France had prevented the Prus- sian government from renewing the close friendship that had formerly united them with their powerfal neigh- bor in the East. The interview at Breslau may be consid- ered as the first step towards a change in this state of things, and a revival of those connections that had been interrupted by the events of the last few years. Russia and Prussia Lave come to a thorough agreement on the course of action to be pursued in reference to the political questions now pending; and although the utmost mystery is observed as to the deliberations that have taken place between the respective Ministers of Foreign Affairs, I have received private information which enables me to ac- quaint you with their results. In the main, I am happy tosay that they are favorable to the cause of Italy, which naturally occupied a prominent place in these con- ferences. En principe, to be sure, both governments acknowledge the rights of the banished Dukes, but they are equally averse to their being enforced by armed inter- vention, whether proceeding from Austria or from France. Rugsia is of opinion that a last appeal should be made to the inhabitants of the duchies to take back their former sovercigns, with liberal mstitutions under the guarantee of all the great Powers, but that, if this should still be refused, their annexation with Piedmont would offer the only other alternative in accordance with the future wel- fare of Italy and the permament repose of Europe. All such combinations as have been talked of lately—the transfer of Modena to the Duchess of Parma, the erection of an independent kingdom in Tuscany—are discounte- nanced by Russia as repugnant to the Italian nation, and consequently only serving to perpetuate a spirit of diacon- tentand to pave the way for fresh revolutionary explosions, which must lead to new wars and new interventions. If, it is said, the principle of legitimacy be dis- regarded, it should not be in favor of temporary expedients, but to establish a strong Italian mo. narcby, capable of maintaining order in_ the peninsula and dispensing with foreign protection. These views are assented to by Prussia, and will be advocated by the two Powers at the European Congress, which, in spite of all obstacles, may be confidently expected te moet in the course of the winter. On the other hand, both schismatical Russia and heretical Prussia will support the temporal sovereignty of the Pope; whether from a super- stitious veneration for the successor of St. Peter, or out of Fegard for the feelings of thelr Catholic subjects, T cannot tell; they will only insist on those administrative reforms which were recommended by the five Powers as early as 1832, and promised by Gregory XVI., but have never been carried out, either by him or by Pio Nono. Res- pecting the affairs of the East, Russia professes her sincere desire to avoid any further complications in that quarter, but she is anxious for the revision of some of the ar- ticles of the treaty of Paris, particularly the one relat- ing to the neutralization of the Black Sea. Practically, indeed, she has paid very little attention to it, as she still maintains a pretty numerous squatron of war steamers in the waters of the Euxine; but not content with this exist ing defacto, she would like to have it confirmed de jure. Baron sehleinitz, however, has declined to second such a purpose, pointing out to Prince Gortscha- Koff that it would be sure to meet with tho most determined — opposition on the part of England, and frustrate the endeavors of both Russia and Prussia to effect an arrangement with that Power for mu- tual action in the Italian and other questions; and his re- monstrances have induced the Russians to drop the sub- ject for the present, in expectation that, at no distant period, imperative necessity will compel John Bull to revive his objections, In addition to these particulars, the authenticity of which I can youch for, it will inte. Test you to hear that in official regions a breach between France and England is looked upon as imminent, and was freely discussed at Breslau, atlhough no measures were actually concerted by’ the neutral Powers in case of such an event. The French maritime preparations are stated to be on a most gigantic scale. The government establishmenta, dockyards, gun frctories and powder mills are working day and night, and the army are persuaded that next spring will see them renewing the glories of Inkerman and Magenta on the soil of perfide Alsion. 1am assured that the British ministry are per- fectly aware of the impending danger, but that Lord Pal- merston is confident that he will sncceed in arresting it by his diplomatic skill,in which he seriously imagines himself superior even’ to the French Emperor. Mean- while he has given his consent for a British plenipoten- tiary to appear at the Congress, without insisting any far. ther upon the conditions laid down by Lord John Russoll, who will probably resigi: in consequence. ‘The Morocco difficulty has created some interost here, ag affording Prassia an opportunity of exacting reparation for insults she bas received from the Sultan of that barbarous country. It will, perhaps, be recoliected that some years since a Prussian merchantman, the Flora, was attacked and plundered by the Riff pirates, and’ that Prince Adalbert, the Lord High Admiral of Prassia, at- tempting to chastise these freebooters, was repulsed with considerable loss, being himself wounded in the affray. As the Sultan fof Morocco jis the nominal suzerain of the Rifites, the Pruseian government applied to him for re- dresa, but their appeal was treated with contumely, the Sultan refusing to grant them the slightest satisfaction. At that time Prussia was obliged to pocket the insult, her nayal force being too insignificant to admit of her ayeng- ing it; now, however, when France and Spain are botl engaged in hostilities with the Moors, tle moment ap- pears favorable for her to bring forward her grievances, and to obtain an indemnity, A Prussian frigate has received orders to watch the proceedings of the allied fleets, and if they should succeed in humbling the arrogance of his Moorish Majesty, # is hoped that he will be found more amenable to reason as regards the claiins advanced by this country. It has even been suggested that Prussia should senda division of troops to co-operate with the French and Spaniards, and share the spoils of victory; but this pro- 1 will not be acted upon, as it would give umbrage to Sngland, with whom Prussia, for the reasons above men- tioned, is extremely desirous of being on good terms, The preparations for the Schiller festival are continuing with great activity, notwithstanding the hole made in the programe by the refusal of the President of Police to ranction the torcblight processions and other public solemnities that were to accompany it. Ata mecting of the Common Council and the magistrates forming tho municipal government of Berlin, a report was submitted from ® commission nominated at a previous board day, to consider the part that was to be taken by the civic authorities in colebrating tho fostival. The gommission was ly of opiwion that this gity ovght to participate in the celebration in a manuer corres: ponding with the obj view, and it was resolved, with Beven Vols against 9 enter into communication with the Central Committee formed for that purpose by some of the most respectable citizens Of Berlia, Tt waa pro- posed, moreover, and agreed to men con., to have appro priate sulemnities arranged atall the scuvols, and to distri- te books reluting to the great poct whose centenary was thus houored; besides which the grautof a sum of inoney towards the erection of & monument in memory of Schiller was recommended by a majority of nine to A further proposal for Mluminating the Hotel de pd for appropriating & certain amoant feom the ‘ipal treasury to Uae assistance of the Central Com- , was ‘ted, After this report had been read, ‘one of the vy Counciimen, Herr Seydel, moved that the sum 0: .4,000 thalers be granted by the civic authori. ties to defray the expenses of the festival, in addition to the subseriptions raised by the committee. Dr. Virchow wished to huve the question answered, whother the celebration was to be considered as emanating from the corporation or from the citizens in gencral. In his opinion the festival was of a decidedly popalar character; Le supported the motion for granting a subsidy towards the monument, laying the foundation stone of which was to be part of the ceremon; at if this could not be done, he would agree to vo other mire manifestation than the illa- mination of the town halis, The chairman proposed, be- fore the money grout was concluded upon, to apply to the more wealthy portwn of the inhabitants for voluntary con- tributions, the poorer classes being already unable to raise the taxes’ levied upon them, and therefore requiring a more economical administration of the city tunds. In short, there was a great difference ofopinion on the moaey rates, as well as on other points. At the close of tne de- Date, however, during which symtoms of a split became br Pate between the two municipal bodies, it was settled t two thousand thalers were to be appropriated to the celebration of the anniversary at the public schools, and that the Prince Regent be petitioned for permission to raise & monument to Schiller, and to assign a site for its ercction. The grant of 16,000 thalers remained in abey- ance. ‘The Central Committee appear to go to work more like practical men than the city authorities, who seem to spend their time in wrangling and disputing on mostof the points under consideration. At tho meeting just alluded to, a communication was received from the committee, stating that the following articles had been procured by them for distribution at the Schiller festival:—1. a Biography of Schiller, with his portrait, whereof 60,000 ¢ »pies ure to be printed, and divided amongst the pupils, male and female. 2. As prizes, 1,000 copies of a Life of Schiller by Ferdi- pand Schmidt;'1,000 copies of selections from Schiller's Poems; 500 copies of William Tell,” “Wallenstein,” and the “Mald of Orleans; 100 copies of a Biogra- phy of Schiller, published by Gustavus Schwab, und several hundred medallions with Schiller’s portrait in plaster of Paris. The committee wish to be informed whether. and in what manner, the authorities id superintend the distribution of these festive ings, repeating their request ramunteate with non the subject, as it is tho camest desire of the comnittee to act in’ unison with the municipal offleers in their arrangements, In fact, if the festivities como off in a manner worthy of the occasion and of the great capital in which they are to take place, itwill be entirely owing to the efforts of these few individuals, who have labored with indefatigable zeal to overcome the opposition of govern- nicht and the vis inertia of the civic digaitaries, The Tobacco Question. INTERESTING STATISTICS OF THE USE AND ABUSE OF THE WEED The Carlisle (England) Heanviner reports at great length a lecture which the Dean of Carlisie delivered, t subject being tobacco—its influences, physical, moral religious. ‘The large hall of the Atheneum was crowded. The Dean, in the course of his lecture, furnished the following curious statisties:—In 1856, thirty-three millions of pounds of tobacco were consumed here at an expense of cight millions of money; five million two hundred and twenty thousand pounds of which went in duty to govern- ment, tosay nothing of vast quantities smugyled into the country. There is a steady increase upon this consump- tion, far exceeding the contemporaneo.s increase of popu- lation. In 1821 the average was 11.7002. per head per annurn; in 1851 it had risen to 16.36, and in 1853 to 19 oz, or at least at the rate ‘of one-fourth increase in ten years. We hear of 20,000 hogeheads of tobacco in the bonding houses’ in Iondon at onetime. There are twelve city brokers in London expressly devoted to tobacco sales, 90 manufac- turers, 1,569 tobacco shops in London, 82 clay pipe makers, 7,380 workmen engaged in the different branches of the business, and no lees than 252,048 tobacco shopsin the United Kingdom. And if we turn to the Continent the consumption and expenditure assume proportions per- fectly gigantic. In France much more is consumed in proportion to the population than in England. The Em- peror clears 100,000,000 of francs annually by the govern- ment monopoly. At St, Omer 11,000 tons of slay are used in ¢ 45,000,000 Of tobacco pipes. In the city of Hamburg 40,000 eegars are consumed daily, alshough the population is not mach over 150,000; 10,000 persons, many of them women and children, are engaged in their manufacture. . 0 of segars are supplied annually; a pris entirely occupied in printing jabels tor 78, &c.; and the business represen mark the annual “oa of 70 ounces i per head of the whole poy = gum even Mmore—to 73 ounces, or & m oof @ pound rhead. In America the iv2: 0: : tly higher. It is calculated that the entire worlds... ' ¢#,snuffersand chewers, consume 2,000,000 of tom. «acco annually, or 4,480,000,000 of pounds weight~° .ueh in tonnage as the ' corn consumed by 10,000,00. of Englishmen, and actually at a cost sufficient to pay for all the bread corn eaten in Great Britala. Five million and a half of acres are occupied in its growth, chiefly cultivated by slave la- bor, the product of which, at two pepce per pound, would yield £37,000,600 sterling.’ The time would fail to’ tell of the vast amount of smoking in Turkey and Persia—in Iadia all clasees and both sexes indulge in tnis practice; the Sia- mese both chew and smoke—in Burmah all ages practise it—children of three years old and of both sexes—China equally contributes to the general mania—and the advo- cates of the habit boast that about one-fourth of the hu- man race are their clients, or that there certainly are one hundred millions of smokers. Are not these statistics perfectly astounding? Is not this a wanton waste of money upon an idle custom, admitted by its warmest ad vocates to be only a luxury, seldom beneficial, always dangerous? This financial view of the question ought to arrest our attention. Every working man who consumes only one ounce of “shag,” “returns” or “bird's eye,” per week, or the very moderate quantity of four pounds per annum, pays ovt of the fruit of his labors 12s. 8d. to the government in the shape of a tax on his luxury. Iet the working man look to this. The amount of money which they annually expend in beer, spirits and tobacco, would place them all in easy and ‘comfortable circumstances, and ina very few years obtain for them the franchise as electors much more quickly than friend Bright will get it for them. (Laughter and applause.) My friends, believe me that if you would break your to- bacco pipes, and never again drin‘ a drop of intoxicating drinks, you would rise in the world with a rapidity you little dream of, I, for one, would cheerfully vote for manhood suffrage if all men were sober and well in- formed. Applause.) The learned doctor dwelt at great length on the moral and physical evils of tobacco, and after strongly appealing to his hearers, and especially to the ladies, to aid in its suppreasion,*he concluded by ex- pressing his beliet that unless ‘something stayed the tobacco plague in America, that nation never could be reat. Itwas stunting their growth, and they felt it. fe was happy to say that three-fourths of the ministers of religion in America were abstainers from tobacco in every shape, and used their influence against it. But the nation which had destroyed the poor inferior colored man was now falling before him, or before a vice which he had taught. He prayed’ God that the con- querors of America might be able to conquer them- selves, and become a healthy, long-lived and happy na- tion. “Applause. ) The Coal Fields of the Indian Archi- pelago, [From the Singapore Times, Sept. 3.] The future destinies of the Indian Archipelago aro in- separably connected with the riches of its coal fields. Scientific investigation during the last twenty years has discovered vast beds of coal on the west coast of the Ma- lay Peninsula, in Penang, on the Island of Labuan, and in many parts of the main land of Borneo. No necessity has yet arisen for commencing mining operations in the two first named localities; but in Labuan and Borneo conl has been worked from time to time, with British capital, during the last ton years, with the most decided success. To afford something like an idea of the quantity of coal which a legitimate demand for the article might rapidly call forth by industry from the mines of Borneo or La- ban, we may quote afew iloms from the operations of the Fasten Archipelago Company, which show the quan- tity of coal which they bad raised from the commence. ment of their operations in 1849 up to March, 1851:— Tons. 2,352 3,695 Supply to ships in Labuan station, Shipped to Singapore... Shipped to Hong Kong, 303 Stock in hand in November, 185 1,648 Wott Jee Stes a Retires; lt vastaie nates ONS Quantity of con! raised and sfipped from the ena’ of November, 1851, to the beginning of Murch, 1852, estimated at, 2,000 Total - 10,025 ‘These fig ply to be regs as @ proof that so abundant is coalim Tabuan, and in the mainland of Borneo, that, under the impetus of anjaxtensive demand, and with a proper species of Inbor to supply it, the amount of production might be indefinitely increased. Malays, however, are found unadapted for this species of labor’ not only from their ayersion to any systematic routine of industry, but from their deficiency in physical strength. ‘When inining industry, therefore, begins to be in exten. sive demand in the British possessions of the Archi Chinese labor will bo found alone fit to supply it, in regard to English territory. ‘The existence of coal in Sumatra has been long known; in the island of Banka, too, and in many small islands whose geographical fea” tures have been as yet only superficially surveyed. The Dutch, however, have as yet made little or no progress in working their conl mine’, and instead of procuring it from their own possessions, they import it from Australia into Batavia, and their other ports in the Archipelago. Foreign Miscellany, The Moniteur de la Flotte says:—It is an error generally received in France that we bave none but religious inte- rests in China and Cochin China. France has likewi commercial and political interests there of the first order. ‘The value of our transactions with China cannot be esti- mated at less than from 100,000,000¢. to 120,000,000f. ‘This trade is now carried on alinost exclusively’ through the means of English steamboats. As to the part we shall have to perform in thoge distant seas, the Emperor’s gov- ernment, which knows how to become the heir of all noble traditions, will easily find in our archives the tho proofs of the elevated plans which the policy of the great King wished to realize in the extrem: Under Louis XIV. France was, in fact, secking in the China seas means to compensate her for the losses her colonial om- pire hadguffered in India, Tt was assuredly a grand idea, and it would be worthy of the government of the Emperor to take up this project and conduct it to a fortunate con clusion. The Armorieain, of Brest, rola beneficence on the'part of the Russian Admiral Nord, and the officers and the crews of the yeascls compoaing his squadron. The Russian Admiral, when off Ushant, signalled for pillows to take fis yoapely through the passes es the following act of to Brest, and, in the absence of regular pilots, throe ox- pcrienced sailors offered thelr services, which were ac- cepted. Shortly after, however, they were replaced by pilots of another section, but atill retained on board. Ow arriving at Brest they were paid by the Russian Consul the sume us If they’ had piloted the ships the whole dis- tance, ‘They then took passage in & Oshing boat to return home, but, ‘unfortunately, the boat was capsized by @ heavy gca and all on board perished. When the Rassism officers tward of this disaster, they made a collection among themselves and their crews, amounting to 148% francs, which they left with the Russian Cousul for dis Hon'among the fanilies of the three uufortuaate mom who had perished, ‘The Minister of Justice lately made his report on crime in Franca, and gave the absuract of itin the columns of the Komileur. “whe Minister (ook this occasion tw make some instructive contrasts between crime in France aud crime in England, in the course of which the Lord Chaa- irc England was described as presiding at Lao Old ley. Dr. de Pictra Santa, physician to the Emperor Napoleon has been charged by the Minister of ‘algeria with a ape- cu! mission to Algiers to stuay the intluence of that ol- mute in affections of the lungs. ‘The municipality of Havre hag sold 46,338 square metres of the ground occupied by the fortifications which have been demolished, and the sum realized ig 2,021 640fr. Bullin’s lithographic sheet (Paris) gives lor curious letter as having been rt to te ee Napoleon. Tt was detained at the Office for Examining Petiuons to his Majesty :— Bine—Leing the of & small roperty. Beau- wil for ‘wis Pane Be on Wieg made ies, favered by « two days befor Ubristmas, my wife hai these turnips, T fotind the taste go exquisite hint the iden of our dear Bmmperor instantly resumed to and Laaid to my wife and two sons, “Their ot, perhaps, a belter ‘Then atiapps { have no a $01 esed throu; bap ricpetiayd dest ron boop ype “Fe. ving effect to the Kea. May the vegeables be agrecavie to you, und we shall esteem ourselves so fortunate to have itm, ph he mat pettound Geabect. Bis. Your ace tate am, w! our und Very devoted subject, P- BULMONTY Kolasay Cal. ‘This letter was followed by a second, in which P. Bol- mont prayed that bis eldest son (he who bad conceived such an excellent idea) et be exempted from military service. It is not stated’ whether his Majesty has approv- ed the soup or exempted the son. The International Custom House at Culoz, on the frontier of Frauce aud Savoy, was to be opened on the Ist of November. ‘The lark cat&hers in the neighborhood of Antwerp have been unusually successful this season. In the fleld of two furmers, at Hove, as many ag 2,109 larks were netted om the 2¢6un ult. A Spanish paper, La Iberia, publishes a prophecy to the effect that Ireland will be delivered by an O'Donnell— a red haired man of small stature, with a natural sign om hisarm. “He will start from Spain, and vanquish the Knglish in a terrible battle south of Ireland.” Mr. Blanchard Jerrold bas returned to London from a visit to Paris, where he has been actively exgaged im making inguirtes into the and influence ot the Congeils de Prud’hommes—a tribunal: whose juiges_ consists of sand mon elected from their respective bodies, to settle disputes between them. Mr, Jerrold’s object is to relate bis experiences in the French capital to the Euglish public, with a view to show how far similar iustitutions might be adopted with advantage in the latter country, ‘on questions which often provoke serious disagreemants between the workman aod his employer, From the ma- terials which Mr. Jerroid has collected England may fairl, expect some important and valuable information Migant: ing the working classes of France. The returns from the Board of Trade show a decrease of £146,913 in the value of British exports to the Austra- lian colonies during the nine months endiog September 30, as compared with the same period for 1858, when the amount reached £5,930,717, while the declared value of enumerated articles for the same period of this year is only £4,883,804. A most extraordinary fatality attends the Alexandria, and Constantinople submarine cable. Mr. Newall, whe has arrived in London, has again failed in laying the lint of cable which is wanting to counect Alexandria with Constantinople. It appears he succeeded in laying the cable from Candia to within about 70 miles from’ Alexan- dria, the deepest water having all beer passed over, when a flaw of insulation was discovered, which compelled him to stop paying out. The {law wus about 20 miles from the ship, and when the cable was picked up to within about three miles of it, it parted in about 1,500 fathoms of water, The Registrar General has issued his quarterly return of the marriages, births and dea‘hs registered in England during the last quarter. This return comprises the births and deaths registered by 2,197 registrars in all he dis- tricts of England during the summer quarter that ended on September 30, 1859: and the marriages in 12,377 churches or chapels, about 4°,158 registered places of worship unconnected with the Established Church, and 621 superintendent registrars’ oflices, in the quarter that ended June 30, 1859. 84,090 persons married iu the quarter that ended’ on Jone 80, or 4,272 in excess of the numbers who married in the corresponding quarter of last year. The marriage rate was 1.712, the average oi the quarter being 1.698. The births of 168,311 children were registered in the quarter that ended on Sept. 30. The number is 10,862 in excess of the births of the corres- ponding 4 jarter of last year. The birth rate in the quar- ter was 8.377, the average ‘being 3.246. 63,972 was the excess of the number of births over the number of deaths, and that was, therefore, the natural increase of the popu- Jation ot ca and Wales in 92days. On an average 695 were added to the population daily, and the probable daily increase of the population of the United om was 1,042, which, at the ordinary rates of mortality, will supply 347 men daily of the age of 20. 104,839 persons died in the last quarter. This number is 6,079 in excess of the deaths, 98,260 in the corresponding quarter of last year; and the rate of mortality, 2.093 per cent is below ihe average (2.138); the excess in that average being due to the epidemics of cholera. - A fire was discovered on the afternoon of the 23d of Oc- tober, in the central pavilion of the royal bonding ware- houses at Antwerp. An alarm was immediately given, ‘but in spite of all efforts the part of the building where the fire originated, and all its contents, were totally de- stroyed. A Brusscls letter of the following day that the fire broke out a second time in one of the wings, and that the Brussels firemen had gone off by express train to assist in extinguishing it. The Antwerp journals state that the weather has been very severe, flakes of snow having fallen, and there hay- ing been wind, rain and cold. The Cologne Gasetfe states that a fire broke out some weeks back at Husinee, in Bohemia, the birthplace of John Huss. In about an hour thirty-two houses were de- stroyed, and among them the house in which the great reformer was born. Fifty-five families have lost all they poseessed. The Presse of Vionna says:—During the two months ef M. Hubner’s administration no journal of any importance in Austria received a warning. This fact imposes on us the date, of expressing our sincere regret at his retire- men’ ‘The Milan Gazette quotes a letter from Mantua of the 19th ultimo, stating that there are but few Austrian troops there, most of them having marched to the frontier of Ro- magna. ‘The Governor of Lombardy has issued a decreo regu- lating the intercourse of boats and vessels on the Lake of Garda with the Lombard bank, in so far as regards tho venue. A Milan letter in the Nord says:—The famous Iron Crown is lost to Lomyardy, Austria having made it a ques- tion of dignity. We regret that the Conference yielded on the point, not so much for the motives of municipal vanity associated with this external symbol of the past grandeur of Lombardy as for the political significance of the refusal on the part of Austria. At Naples, on the 12th ultimo, about seven o'clock in the evening, a splendid aurora borealis was seen in the northwest, the whole sky, from the horizon to the zenith nearly, being irradiated with a rich purple tint. Ttwas of short duration, and was much obscured by lark heay; clouds rising ‘up from the west-southwest, from wh direction the wind blew. The Malta Times says the erange crops, notwithstand- ing the retarded rains, promise to be most’ abundant and the fruit of a very superior size and description, The St. Petersburg papers state that a line of railway is about te be laid between Europe and India, traversing the Russian poseessions. A Paris letter in the Nord of Brussels says:—' of 100 millions which France is to advance ty Pioan pene notagift but a loan. In addition to the amount of the debt, there was a differenco between the aCbinets of Vien. naand Turin as to the mode of payment, Austria de- manding in ready money the capital of the debt, while Piedmont, from a varicty of reasons, would. only pay the interest. France has therefore settled the difficulty, and brought the negotiations to an end, by paying to Austria 100 millions on the tota® sum due to her by Piedmont. ‘The latter in her turn will pay to France the’ interest ac. cruing to the capital of that portion of the debt. Acommunication from Paria, in the Courrier du Ha states that the difliculties attendant on the organization of the principal clerks or assessors of the agents de change Appear to increase as the time approaches for carrying tho proposed plan into operation. Five or six of the prin cipal coulissiers had agreed to become assessors, but when the time came for discussing the conditions of arrangement, they could not come to an understanding and withdrew.” The Emperor Napoleon has sent a sum of 500 francs to the Prefect of Gironde, for the beneiit of a sailor named Pivert, who was run over by a private carriage on the occasion of their Majesties’ visit to Arcachon. Prince Napoleon has taken on a lease for four Chateau de la Boissivre, on the skirts of the tore or ane Douillet. ‘The Constitutionnel publishes a long series of romarks to show of how great advantage railway works aro to the iron trade in France. A soldier belonging to the Thirticth French regi the line was tried lately before the military tnbanal ot Bourges for robbing one of his comrades of a sum of six francs, and was condemned to twelve inont!is’ imprison. ment. On the very day of this condemnation he received S Pes isos ie hs peony that a ticket which he had taken in the lottery Des Orpheii ft prize of 70,000 francs. ee ee a Tre Nationa, Carrron.—At the Capitol pre- Parations for the reception of Congress at its coming Session are nearly completed. At every fresh visit to that noble building one can easily mark new rooms and Passages finished, and that the whole of it is rapidly ap- Proaching what it was designed to be—a master-plece of ulility, convenience and beauty combined. We notice that the room in the Sonate wing for the use of the Presi- dent of the United States when attending tho Capitol, is more than half done; it, will partake of tho elaborate character that pervades the entire edifice. The ceiling of it is very full of historical and emblematic paintings, among the former of which we may mention representa- tions in more than half-life size, and of much probable accuracy in lineament and figure, of Christopher Colum- bus, Americus Vespucins, Benjamin Franklin and Wm. Brewster. Very little requires to be done throughout the wing to complete the laying of the encaustic tiling for tho pavement of the passages; the flooring of the uppor story is now perfect throughout’ Hundreds of yisiters ciroulate through the Capitol daily, feasting their minds with @ sight of — Washington Elcigencer, Now fe.