The New York Herald Newspaper, January 24, 1860, Page 2

IMPCRTANT FROM EUROPE, WHE MAILS BY THE AFRICA. Our London, Paris and Berlin Correspondence. The Creat Politico-Religious Struggle in Europe. ASPECT OF THE ITALIAN QUESTION, WAPOLEON'S PROGRAMME TO BE CARRIED OUT. Hopes of Italy fiom Walewski’s Resignation. Garibaldi’s American Muskets Embargoed at Cork. @utrages on Americans in the East to be Atoned for. English Views of the New York Union ‘Meeting, Rey Res he. Our Earopean files by the Africacontain seme very in ‘teresting details of the news, telegrephed from St. Jouns, N.F.,after the arrival of the Circassian, given in the Hanavn last Saturdey. A ketter from Beyrout says:— ‘Me American Ambassador hes left for Sidon, Tyre, Acre and Jaffa, whence he proceeds to Jerueaiem, and af terwards to Alexandria, where bis family is to’ winter. He has, | am glad to say, obtained perfect eatisfaction for Abe ingult caston<he American Protestant missionaries. Messrs. Dod and Benton, by the Roman bigots of Zaklic That town is to pay all experses—has paid them, in which the missionaries were put, the rent of , datnage and loss -of furniture, &c., to the res; and these, or any ether Protestant have fuli leave to resile ia Zaklie how, when and where they please. The Cork (Ireland) Examiner of the 14th inet. says:— On Wednesday, the 2st ult., the American bark C. 8 ‘Troit, Captain Scull, 416 tons, and ostensibly consigned to ©. B. Deunet, in Lon ton, for Colt, the celebrated amall arms manufecturer, arrived in Queenstown, carry’ somewhat remarkable cargo, deing no less than 20, muskets, with furnishings, contributed by American sym. izers to Garibaldi. At the time the vessel left tes there was no knowleage ofthe resignation of th famous guerilla. In consequence of the change of cir cumstances the vessel has boon desired to wait in her resent iocality until the issue of the Congress be known, ¢ Custom House officers have been placed on board, as M the ordinary course were not deemed sufliciently s: gare. By the London official Navy List for the present menth and quarter we find that the British nevy consists of 518 ‘weesels, including screw steamers of every description, exclusive of whici there are 163 gunboats, 121 brigs, hhulks, &c., employed in harbor service, and 47 coastguar4 tenders, (Of the number of yeesels composing the navy no Jess than 314.are in commission, and doing duty in every part of the globe. The yersels in commission are dietri- Dutod as follows: — Line-of-battle ships, frigates, sloops and gunboats ai- tached to the Fast Indies and’ China station 65, on eonst of Africa 18, at Australia 6, in the Pacific 13, in the Brazils, 3, on the southeast coast of America 8, at the ape of Good Hope 8, on the North America and West ‘India etation 21, in the Mediterranean 41, attached to the Qhannel squadron 19, aud the remaining 112 are employe: ‘on partiular service or attached as guard ships to the prize sipal ports in Great Britain and Irelgad. In addition to the above, there are 38 powerful vessels Duilding at the various royal dockyards, many of which are pearly reaty for launching. The People’s Gazetle of Berlin gives the following ac- sount of an interview which took place before the Arch. @uke Maximilian’s departure for Madeira between him and his brother, the Emperor of Austria:— Avery violent scene took place on the occasion, the Archduke being the only member of the imperial family who seetns to clearly see the situation of the Aas frian monarcby, and dares f recommend re forme. The Archduke strongly pressed his opinior the Emperer, but seeing that all was vain, he entet by faying, “The crown you bear is not the property of a single person, but belongs to all the dynasty, and when member of the imperial family sees that iis pl danger, bis duty is to speak.” This lauguage threw Us Emperor into great agitation, and be cried out se times, ‘Only a rebel dare taik so.” The intervention of a Bigh personage—it is supposed the Empross—was at Last necessary to put an end to the painful scene. ‘The Belfast (Ireland) Banner says:— ‘The Rev. Dr. Edgard, the Rev. §. M. Dill and the Rey. David Wilson—the Irish General Assembly's deputation Yo the United States of America—landed at Queenstown at half past two o'clock P.M. on Wednesday last, atter » Somewhat tempestuous voyage. We may inention that the frience in America of our mission schemes ha t the deputation and the mission secretaries home some £6,000 richer than they were upon taeir departure. A Vienna letter of the 29th ult. says:— ‘The conferences between Count de Rechberg and the Apostolic Nuncio have been very frequent of late; they even met twice yesterday. After the last of these iater. views the Nuncio had an audience of the Emperor, which lasted about aa hour. Two messengers left for Romo esterday—one of them from the Nuncio to Cardinal An elli, the other from Count de Rechberg to Baron de Bach, the Austrian ambassador. General Garibaldi has written to the secretary of the National Italian Society announcing tbat he resigns bis post as President of that body ‘The casualties of the Spanish army since the commence- ment of the campaign in Morocco amounted, on the 17th @f December, to 6,007—of which, it was expected, 1,500 ‘will return to join their troops. Volunteers continued to ‘arrive from all parts to fill up the vacancies. The road fo Tetuan waa being completed; and on the arrival of the fiege train the army was to march on the city, leaving Genera! Orozeo's division in charge of the earthworks on the heights of Serallo. Lord Howden, late British Ambaseador at Madrid, and now reeiding at Bayonne, had addressed a yery flattering Better to the Spanish Consul of that city. After expressing Ris sympathies for Spain, he requested his name to be in. goribed on the list of subscriptions opened to assist the government in defraying the expenses of the Morocco ‘war. Iie lordship had given 1,000 francs to that end. A Berlin letter of January 2 says:— ‘The commercial crieis of 1857 has left sad traces, which tare still perceptible in the industrial moyornent of Ger- many. The facilities of credit which had been afforded till then by our great banking houses to mannfacturers and merchants bave been succeeded by a general fecling of distrust, so that our principal bankers show extrems veeerve in advancing money on commercial securities ‘The result is that German industry is at this moment saf- foring {rom want of capital. Merchants have already Been compelled to restrict their dealings with America ‘and other foreign countries, which have usually been con- ducted on very long credit. Moreover, the number of eommercial bills in circulation, either accepted or en @orsed by bankers, has di:mmished to such an extent that Ge discount banks, which are numerous in Germany, have for come time past beep unable to transact thdir ‘wpaal amount of business, Ail through Germany the rate ‘of digcount is very low, and yet very Little first rate paper is offered. An important part of the war indemnity wich Germeny obtained in 1815 was assigned to the Dict of Frankfort to meet any occario:.s of extraordinary expen ditare required on account of the Germanic Confedoration. ‘MM. de Rothachii¢, of Frankfort, with whom the money was deposited at three per cent, Have recently applied to ‘he Federal Diet w have the interest reduced to two per ent That demand, caused by the ecarceuess of good ‘ills presented for discount, bas been acceded to in one of the late sittings of the Diet. A ketter from Madrid of the Sst of December says: — An affair, in which figures Cone! Count de Castella; rother inlaw of the Infante Don Heary, is exciting mach foterest. This nobleman was placed in command of a regiment of the army of Africa; but at the very beginning of the campaign be criticized, tm violent terms, and evea before his inferiors, all the operations of the General in- Qhief. This was a very grave fault; but he committed a sstill more serious one in not being at the head of his regi- ‘ment in the combat of the 9h. For this last negligence Marshal (’Donneil reprimanded bim very severely, and he answered haughty. The result was that he either de- amanded his dismiesal or was dismissed; and O'Donnell, ‘fn the order of dismissal, recorded—a painful thing fora eoldier—that he bad not been with his regiment in action. On arriving at Seville the Coont made use of such tmpra- dent language that the civil Governor had him arrested nd rent to Cadiz. The Captain General of the latter place had him coufined in the fortress of St. Catharine, sand the Supreme Naval and Military Tribunal of Madrid has decided that he shall be tried by court martial. The Patric staten that it is contemplated to establish § ireet telegraphic communication between Paris aud Na. A Wetter from Aroleen, the capital of the Principality of Waldeck Pyrmont, the thirtieth State in the German Gon- federation, states that the reigning family, with a portion of the Court, were expected to set out for England on the ‘3d metant The object of the visit is to seek a milder win- fer climate for the Princess Helena, by the advice of hor physicians, and the place fixed upon is Torquay, where tee samily Wiu remue tor three or four mo,tths. a rrr fer ty te scp iastenged Roation f eres coygre! moLihs, “NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1860.—TRIPLE SHEET. Our London Correspondence. Lonpon, Jan. 6, 1860, The Bur and Offspring of 1860—The Onward March of Napolcon—Commercial and Finoncit! Agairs—Gigantic Strides of British Commerce—English Imports and Ex- prrte—Ocemn Stea» Navigation—Th: Great Easern—The Immense Resources of England—Progress of the United States in Steam Navigation—The Late Arctic Expedition— Dr. Livingstone’s Voyajes—The American Expelitios to Japan and its Reslts—The Suez Ratlway— Architecture— Tnprovements in Navigation—General Affeirson the Vor tinent, de., de. Rip} teen husdred and sixty! An Impertant decade has Deen the last ia the political and c»wmercial history of the world. Louis Napoleon has made ‘himself Emperor, and consolidated his shrone by (reativs, protocols, wars, allianoes and conquests. Eegland end France, tide by side, forgetting Trafalgar, Talavere, Salamance, Laipsic gad Waterloo, stormed the Russiars in their etronghold @t Sebastopol, and made the Emperor sue for peace, Next, Louis Napotcon married his cousin, Jerome, to a princess of the royal house of Sardinia, made an allience with the King, declared -war against the Austrians, drove them from the banks-of the Po ané the Minclo, and eradicated their power in Milan and West. ern Iembardy. The Grand Deke of Tasoeny, and othor minor dukes, fled for their Hives, and left theiridomains in Iands of the people, while the old man that brootis over departed greatness in the Vatican ‘has soon his pro- vinoes revolt and get upa successful rebellion everywhere outeide of the Seven Hills. Lastly, Spat: has commenced a barren war against Morocco, and a general Congress of European Powers has been called to overhaul and alter the map of Europe, and the arrangements entered into at the Congress of Vienna, in 1815, Atthe Fast an Indian berbarian has revoltedagainst the power of the English fe Hindoston, and after a great slaughter on both sides, eed a barbarous murdering of Christien women and chil- aven, unexampled in atrocity, the rebels have been sub- without home, territery or army. France and Great Tritain have commeneod and flaished ¢ war against China, captured Yeh, the Governer of Canter, and held him ttt sais death, and mede a {favorablo commercial and capital being denied, another war wee commenced with a word and a blow atthe mouth of the Peiho, ‘These af'airs are now pending at the close of the yoar 1859 and the opening of 1860, England has alec made a favorable treaty with Japan, The United States, without wars or misunderstanding, has concluded treaties, on equally good terms with the most favored aetions, with China and Japan. In commercial and financial affairs the improvemonts, Giscoverics and cbenges have beer. startling beyont all former precedent. Gold was discovered in Australia in 1851 in quantity, and over a eurfaconcarly as great ae the discoveries of the precious metal in California in 1843. At British Columbia, and at Pike's Pesic, within the last two years there have been opened gold diggings that promize io be largely remunerative, and te add materially te the gold circulation of the world. British commerce has made gigantic strides both at home and abrowd. The repeal of the navigation Inws in 1850, throwing open the British foreign and coasting trado to ali nations on equal terms with vevsels under the British flag, has given a great stimulus to commercial transac- tions, and greatly increased the facilities for an exchenge of products by the producer and consumer without sensi- bly diminishing the profits of shipowners. : British exports and imports during the last ton years have more than doubled; the total in 1858 being £24, 366,611, or over $1,500,000,000; and of this amount about £120,000,009 were exports of Briih proiucts alone. The: xports: ay amounted in 1848 to £62,849,445. Toe annua! imports of gold and silver bullion’ and specie to the United Kingdom have increased from lees thaa £10,000, 00 in 1848 to £29,493,190 (about $160,000,000) in 1858 ‘The business of navigating the ocean by steam vessels has nearly quadrupled during the last ten years. The mercantile steam marine of the United Kingdom amounted in 1850 to 1,181 vereels, with a tonnage of 167,303; and in 1858 to 1,016 vessels, and 451,047 tons. At this time, not only specie, mails abd passengers almoct entirely, Bat a very great ‘proportion of heavy freight, and even coals, aro carried across the seas by sicam power. Tn carrying on steam communicaden over sea for long distances, it bas been found tha large companies bave established the safest business and made the largest profits. The Peninsular and Orion- tal Stenm Navigation Company have the largert steam fleet in the worl?, smounting to no less than fifty-niae steamships. Thelr annual dividends average fifteen per cent, besides large perquisites, profits and salaries to offl- cers, directors and agents, The Royal Mail and Cunara companies, also, have large fleets, and are bolieved to make larce profits, In America @ new Kee of ocean steamers was established by building steamers of unri- yalled power, speed and excsilence, and doing a business vnder the style and firm of E, K. Collins & Co. From ters and calamities incident to the incipient stages of occan steam navigation, combined with beavy opposi- von in foreign subsidised lines, and neglect of the Ameri- can government, this line ceased their traffic after a va- ried success of Rome five years’ duration. The Eurepean and American Steam Shipping Company, and various companies, were established in Great Britain, and D, owing unquestionably to bad management ie peculation of agents the first time a new and prosperous com- was set on foot to carry on a general ger and commercial tratlle betwoen Europe a from an Irish port, with their chiof station Jway. This lime was established by the individual prise of John Orrell Lever, Bsq.,an English mor- chant and ship owner, now member’ of Parliament for the borough of Galway. He was assisted and nobly seconded in his efforts by Fatber Peter Daly, @ patriovic Irish Catholic priest, who has spent a long life in aiding the industrial and Commercial resources of his country. The company have now a handsome subsidy from tho British government; have been doing a prosperous busi- ness for moro than twelve months; have a fleet of new paddle steamers building, and are entering on a commer- cial career under most flattering auapices, Another line of steamers has also been sot on foot by Mr. Lever, and ia now running monthly botween Milford Haven, Lisbon, Cape Verde Isles and Brazil. Thig line is under ihe Por: toguese flag, and bag every prospect of a successful career. The great event of the decade in steam navi- gation, bas been the conception, laying down, building and getting afloat the Great Eastern, by Messra, J. K. Brunel and Scott Russell. This ship, of "22,000 tons Durden, with both paddle and scrow engines, has been found capable of an effective speed of at least sixteen miles an hour, and withoot being greatly affucted by the roll of the sea, Veseels of this clags, and nearly if not quite as large, are destined to work a great revolution in commerce and navigation over the sea. If expectations, so far as there has been a trial, bas not beon fully met, enough hag been seca to render certsin the mechanical success of the vessel. In steam commerce Great Britain has outstripped tho world, and this in consequence of severa! fortuitous cir- comstonces. The isolated position of the country has made them of necessity # trading and commercial people; and having a vast abundance of the finest iron aad the worli—the first for coal in building =the yeasele, and the last for supplying them with fuel—they have grown into a position that no nation has equalled, or is likely to equal, for loaz years to come. In addition to the great natural advan. iager, must be admitted the natural genius and indomite- bie perseverance of the people, and the policy of the go- yernment, which kas encouraged the building of a steam marine, and directly patronized the leading lines by granting mail subsidies tthe amount of some six mil- tion dollars (£1,150,000) annually. The national compen- sation for this outlay is most ample; first ina direct re- turn of more than half of the sum paid in postages oa mail matter, contributed by thogo carrying on corres- Pondence; kecond, by enlarging the commerce of the ingdom, extending the demand and sale of British goods inevery part of the world, adding largely to the ex- ports and imports, and in a corresponding ratio augmenting the fiscal resources of the country in greatly Increased exciee ani import duties ; third, in extending commercial and political accom: modation to the various colonies, thereby socuring their trade, Duginess and allegiance to the mother country and fourth, in farnishing a vast fleet of several hundr steamships, which are at the command of the government when wanted for purposes of war or as transport ships, Jn ocean steam Bavigation the United States ‘have tike- wise made large progress, but more in a goutherly diree- tion, in the coasting trade, and to California and the Pacitic ocean. During the ten years under review a railroad has been built across the Isthmas of Panama, almost entirely dy the capital and enterprise of Americans. At this time agreat proportion of the commerce between the shores, islands and countries of the Pacific and the Atlaatic porta, the West Indies, and Europe, crosees the continent on this Vine of iron road. At the two termini, Aspinwall and Panama, are concentrated eight lices of staamships— sixty-four vessels, of 96,004 tons—tive of the lines being ‘American, and three British. Of these, thirty seven ves- sels and 56,167 tops are Rritish, and twonty-seven vessels ‘and 39,837 tons American. It is impossible to foresee the extent of commerce that will be carried on by steam across the Pacific, and from and to Australia, India, China and Ja- pon, but another ten years will find it undoubtedly equalling ail the amount pow existing on every ocean in the world, and far exceeding the wildest dreams of Oriental and Vo- hetian ambition and imagination. Tn voyages, travels and geographical discovery the ten Yoare last past have been most active, aad several great pro- biems bave been solved. Sir John Franklin perished in 1848, Dat lis actual fate was not learned t'l! more than ten years after, in the voyage of Captain M’Glintock tn Lady Frank- My Fox. 1 Ke Bought problem of the rthwest Passage was solved by Captain M’Clure several yare isco, while the subsoqient discoveries of Doctor ‘ane reduced to a certainty the conjectures respecting an open polar sea. Captain M’Ciintook journals, domestic utensils, skeletons, and numerous ro- lice and writings of the Franklin expedition, and retarned safely with the reeults of his valuable discoveries. On the continent of Africa, in that vast terra incognita, Dr. Livingstone actually Crossed and recrossed the | entire continent from Zambesi to the Guinea coast, opening up a mine of geographical discovery, while | pursuing bis peaceful vocation as a missionary, that bas | cast in the shade the efforts of all travellers whore joar- | neys have gone to the south of the Mozntains of tno Moon. North of thie doubly marked equatorial ii Mesars. Barth, Richardson and Vogel penetrated to Lake Tehed; and while Messra. Richardson and Vog.] periah- ed—one from the effects of climate and the latter by the bance of savages—Dr. Barth continued bis journey to Timbuctoo, apd returned savely to Europe, giving us, in ajouwnal oF interest, 8 of persoual died, and their chief, if not dead, x wandering fugitive, 4 ‘dvertures and ‘Deen given to the world since the ‘of Marco Polo, the Venetian, during the fearteenth cen- ‘tury. ‘An expedition on the Isthmus of Panama, headed by Lieut. Straip, undertaken for the purpose of finding a fa- verable routo for a ship canal, proved most disastrous to the party, while their journey and sufferings showed proofs and qualities of great heroism, endurance and sa- acity. A United States government hee ss gre to Japan brought back a large fund of geographical and commor- cial information, and gave promise of political resulta and mercantile benefits that, as yet, have not been realized. ‘The past ten years will also be noted as giving birth to a railway across the Isthmus of Suez, and a project of a ehip canal, planned by M. Lesseps, a French ambassador, and only productive. so far, of strife and divided counsels among the great European Powers, of which the most conspicuous instances were the perseverance of the pro- Jector, the favor of the Emperor Napoleon, and the dis- ingentourness, crooked policy, ill-concealéd pique and rivate opposition of the English government, headed by d Palmerston. ‘The raitway enterpriees of the period have been of the moet enterprising and sueceesful character. Sabstautial and magniticent bridges hare been threwn across the Missiesippt, the Niagara and the St. Lawrence, in America, tnd in Great Britain, acroes the Menai, the Boyne, the Severn and other waters. Nearly twenty thousand miles frallway have been built in the United States, the works n this one fleld equalling all the world beside. ’ Sinco 1850 ailways have been built for tho first time, as mentioned, at Panama, in Chile, Pera and Bra- il; also in Cuba, — Spain,’ Italy, Turkey, Syria, India and Australia, Steam havigation has peno- Tated the waters of the Volga and the Caspian Sea, and a ailway hne bas been actually commenced on the east side of the Bosphorus that is destined at no distant day to go through Pereia, the valley of the Buphrates, Nepaul ond India, to Bagdad, Bombay, Affghanistaa, Madras and ta, uta. in architecture, this utilitarian age has given rise toa rew order—the order of iron. The genius of a Paxton hes furnished to the world two buildings, tal palaces— one in Hyde Perk, London, and one at Sydeoham—that ‘bave eclipsed all other edifices ever erected, ia beauty, cheapness, fimplicity of design and immunity from do- sstruction by fre. Tadustrial exkibitions, commencing ia ‘London in 1891, and extending to Paris, New York, Dab: lin, Copenhagen, and numerous other great capitals, have been a new end powerful meane of educating the people, improving designs in the useful and fine arts, and extead ing commerce and ugeful inventions throughout the world. ‘Among the marked features of the age must be noted the improvexnents in pavigation, brought about by means of a clusrification of sailing charts and a mapping out of the winds, currents and depths of the sea; improvements for which the world is indebted principally to Lieutenant M. F. political treaty, with a provision that an Eng- | Maury: 1 os D.,Saperintendent of the National Observatory. e] ry at Was! fon. val with tl as been the extension lish and French ambassador could _—rresid® | the magnetic telegraph over sea, including one cabte of at Pekin. Ministers being sent, and their entry to the | over 1,800 miles in length, between Europ and America, uniting the shoresof Ireland and Newfoundland, but which unfortunately becarse dumb after the transmission of two or three bundred me . Magneti> telegraphs now Ftretch the length and breadth of the United states, from the reaboard to the Mississippl,and from Canada to Florida ‘and Lovisiana. In Europe the telegraphic syatem extends from Scotland, Ireland and land to Russia, Turkey, Eeypt, ‘and Spain, and across the Mediterranean to the islands of Sardinia, Sicily and Malta, aud to tue French province of Algiers. In America a new route to California has been opened across the country, and the California overland mail route has been some months carnying paseengere, mails and specie with great succces. Uprigings of oppreesed people have taken place, but no important revolutions have occurred; kings have diod, and worms have eaten them, but ‘none of any position have‘veen dethroned. Death has taken the scoptre, and closed the reigns of sovereigns on the thrones of Russia, Austria, Sweden, Denmark, Hanover, Naples, lortagal, Braz!!, Japan and the Sandwich Islands. One Presidentof the-United States and one ex-President have died, while Louie Philippe has joined the seeptred host, having pre- rey. lost bis earthly crowr. Numerous Iiluatrious men ‘have departed, prominent among whom will ba found the names of Webster, Clay, Calhoun, Peol, Wellimgton, Soult, Thiers, Cheteanbriand, Metternich, Wordsworth, Moore, Rogers, Lockhart, Wilson, Macaulay, Hallam, de Quincey, Irving, Prescott, Crawford, Sedg: wick, and numerous others, while the names of Jane Por ter, Jane Taylor, Miss Mitford, Miss Edgeworth and others have added brilliant lustre to the roll of emiaent and illustrious women. Of course histories could be written, and will be writ- -ten, on the stirring events of the lest ten eventful years; but'the above rapid and hasty sketch will give a faiut idea of the rapid changes and vast improvements that have taken place during the tenth part of a century. Many topics nearly as interesting as any of those men- tioned have been omitted, but the columns of a newspa. per give little opportunity for elaboration, or a notice of minor events after they have once leftthe domain of the present and passed into history. Loxpon, Jan. 6, 1860. London as it is—the Priace of Wales—His Expected Visit to Canada—A New Universal Exhibition—Anotner Opt- nion of the Cornhill Magazine—Lord Macaulay—Volun- teer Military Movements in England—English Periodical Literature—A New Arctic Expedition, and Opinions Con- cerning it—Death of Edward Wright—Theatrical Moce- ments—An English Musical Genius—The Chevalier Wikoff, dc. Although quite out of the fashionable season, at the moment I am writing Albemarle atreet is crowded with the carriages of the élite, who are attonding a Farraday Jecture at the Royal Institution. Added to this we have two weddings going on—one at the maagion of Sir Digby Neane, the other at tho St. George's Hotel. Alas! tho itinerant bands are noarly drenched to tho skin, and so are the bewigged coachmen and bepowdered footmen, whose liveries look particularly limp. Sir Digby is the owner of the palatial residence noar Epsom, whore report has it Lord Lyttleton saw the ghost. Pall Mall is destined to become more than ever a centre of attraction, orders having been re- cently given to prepare Marlborough House for the town residence of Victoria’s son and heir. The Prince of Wales is a fine, manly young fellow, having fully availed himeelf of the educational advantages his position has secured him. However,as he visits Canada in the early part of June, you will doubtless be abie to judge for yourselves. He will be accompanied by the (to be) Colonial Secretary, for we cannot expect the pre- fent Ministry to jog through the summer. ’Spose you Yankees will invite the fature sovereign of us Britishers to havea drink. Be assured less than & score of the banded Irish ultramontanists, who don’t like little Jobnny Rnaeell not at all, will take the first available opportunity to turn out the government. No matter—never mind our Cabinet; just you go in and be kind to our young Prince. ‘We have always told and repeated to you the cortainty another exhibition. One will take place in 1862— in London of cow The members of the Society of Arta are actively engaged in making the neceesary prelimimary arrangements. Louis Napoleon— a good angury of poace—bas pledged himeelf to do all he can to aid her Majesty and Prince Albert (who are hoart ‘and soul in it) to promote the interests of the exhibition. The Gornhill Magazine is a legitimate success, which in- deed it should be, considering the liberality of the pub- lishers in securing the services of Mr. W. M. Thackeray and his talented corps litteraire. Lord Macaulay is to be buried in Westminster Abbey. We have a ticket, and shall give you our special report. Of course you have heard of the new naval and mili- tary paper (a copy of which I tend you, and for the future you will be on the free list), edited by ‘W. Howard Ras- zell, the well known and justly celebrated ‘“belligerous”? correspondent of the “Thunderer.”” Its success is as- sured, for no paper was ever started under more fayora- ble circumstances, oither in London or anywhere elae. You mag always, with perfect confidence, refer to it for the earliest and best authenticated information on paval and military maiters. It is a paper that will of a surety perform its duties most un- fiinchingly, for all matters relating to the United Service will be dealt with in fearless honesty. The government will, in these Cepartmenta, require to be constantly on the qui vive, for Mr. W. H. Russell, the edi- tor, and Mr. J. M. O'Dowd, the sub editor, are backed up by all the true sailors and soldiers, so that information will nover be scarce; and by these means let us hope that kissing will no longer go by favor, and flogging be- come as scarce as unicorns:— XEW PAPER FOR THR_UNITED SERVICES AND VOLUNTERR CORPS, ‘On Saturdey, Jan. 7, 1860, will be pubtiehod, price 6d. ua stamped, the firat number of the “army and Navy Gaede and Journal ofthe Multia and Voluoteer Forces. In announcing the ap; ¢ of thie Journal to the mem- bers of the two services, to the Militia and Volunteer corpe, ‘And to all who are interested in the security of ths empire, we shall briefly state for their consideration the objects we bare in view. Nether in the height of our sneceeses in the great war vor fn the midst of the preparations against invasion by the first ni national eruitation afer cussiona which were hitherto 4 fealonal Interest hove extended the rphers of doale lauenoe, and they now attract the attention ‘of the country at. large Thee ee ee S eevel ana seery pubiic out tae wails jews on. Tr la’ one of the principal objects of this journal to meet the wide etrole in wblich nach subjects are st prowent populariznd, acd" to furnish them with & Dewsoaper somewhat Ike ths Specateur Militaire, or the Boldot-n Freund. in which toples that are of vital national tmporiaace shall be discussed soe constitution of the the form of its _adextnist arm: ite ‘ation and “goverment-ibe rature of the Thilan army-ihe best means e are quer. Teiation to the power ‘They were always so. But their empire were never hitherto fully tions, and @ istence of the appre- ciater . ‘The military ardor of the people, roused by a sense of dam- ger, fa giving 'ife and vigor to the Volunteer Corps, and these bodies must now be regarded sa ® nations! force. ‘They may evepivally prove an invaluable supplement io our army, Avy and militia In the Bou of trial. But even ifthe tral about not come in our time, the volunteers will, fosier—not aapirit of hostile ‘on the ‘liberti other pations—but ‘onr own. irmy and Nary Gasrtte seeks to deco! SS of the militia and of the volunteer forces ‘The of Her Majesty's fores are deeply interested in receiving early and nceurate intelligence of ail anolatments, and changes. As far an tha didfusion of auch infor mation may be permitted, witbout detriment to the public ser- viee, ibe Army cnt Navy Gazette will furnish ite Fenders, ah Bome and abroad, with the most resent and ralnabie rews. ‘The arrangement and conduct of the journal will be in the H. Russell, eq. L 1. D., Tst2 apecial cor- mes. becription to the paper is 6a. 64. per abgram, payable in sivanre, aod” the ‘annum, Ta in the Ubit raced Sonided to theremitance. Post oflce orders wove made pay, vince Te Weding (orth, ttrsnd, (asa Bacoebeld Werte” aia) #0 Landon, WC. per quarter, or 263, Dortage—anlforral ‘This paper "bas been started by Messrs, Bradley & Evans, the eminent publishers of Whitefrlars. By the by ppoeking ‘of these gentlemen, you of course recollect all about the Dickens row, when ‘Boz”’ struck work because Meesrs, Bracbury & Rvans didn’t ingert in Punch his treble accusatory document abou’ his wife. Well, on thia, you know, the periodical Household Words, after a pro: iracted litigation, was put up to public anction, for the benefit of the publishere and the axthar of “Pickwick” and the document aforesaid, Dickens starting on his private account ® new ferial called AU the Year Round, whiist Mersrs. Bradbury & Evans, at the same time, called into existence an hebdomsadal periodical entitled Onor a Week, Mr. Samuel Lacas, the accomplished literary re- viewer of the Times, being appointed editor. ‘The success of Once a Week is placed beyond doubt, and no wonder, as it has the advantage of being illus- trated by the well known pencils of Johu Leech, Millais, and other celebrated artists, “As your fucotious cotemporary, Punch, is and always has been the property of Messrs. Bradbury & Evans, they are enabled to inake the staff of the London Charinari available for the new publication, which, considering the wet bianket of a story from Mr. Charles Reade, may, in its success, be consider- ed to bave-achieved a tour de Mr. 'Reado’s tale was called “A Good Fight,” an we once tld you, should have been by Alec Reed,’a well known professor of the fistic art. AU the Year Round enjoys a very (air share of patronae. Mr. Albert Smith, almost miraculously, has recovered from his severe attack, not, a8 reported, of apoplexy, but epilepey, and will commence his Cninese show at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, next Tuesday. Wo are sorry 10 Kear that his indispensable and indefatigable brother, Arthur, has burst a blood yesvel. Apropos of Mr. George Vandenhoff's theatrical book on quitting the boards for the bar. La critique est casie et Vart ext difficile,” wrote Boileau, which is most ap- plicable in the present fnstance. Net that Mr. Vanden- hoff is a good critic. Had be been an adept, ho nover would have attributed his failure at the Haymarket thea- ire toa lady whom he abuses in the most exaggerated ‘ustian, The members of the Garrick Club (to which Mr. Vandenhotf no longer belongs) are most justly indig nant. Some propose to expunge bis name altogether from any connection with it, for his abuse of Madame Vestris and other ladies. We shall have much more to say of this amateur’s town performances and their attractions in another letier. Our Arctic people ure all agog bere touching newspaper reporta from your side, relative to another expedition to those inhospitable regions. We met Doctor King some days since, who, we feelsure, if he could bat obtain his ‘cara sposa’e””” permission, would be the first to volan- teer. Captain McClintock has been very much féted since his return. There fs a Captain Snow (an appropriate name truly) who has been oot inmary Arcticexpeditions, now bent on a journey overland, satisfled that he shail find some of Franklin’s missing party atill alive. It is said that Edward Wright, the well known low co. median of the Adelphi theatre, lately decased, left no will, out divided bis large fortune by deeds of gift. It is supposed that he has done this to prevent his wife—whom he marrried with a fortune some two yearsisince—getting @ peppy back of her own money. This suspicion becomes the more general from their separation, by private logal arrangement, sx months ago, and the fuct of the an- nouncements, in the obituary of the various papers, that Mr. Wright died + to the inconsolable grief of his siater and dauhter,” no mention being made of his poverty- stricken widow, for whom, no doubt, benefits will be shortly arranged in town and the provinces. Mr. aud Mre. Charles Kean and Mies Chapman (having passed their Christmas at the Vicerogai Lodge, Dublin) are now playing to crowded audiences at Sheffield. Doctor Joy is still their invaluable homme @affaires. We are in ‘ion of a letter from Sims Reeves, who having sung last week (imudile de dére avec succés) at two morning concerts at Shefileld, thougkt be would go to the theatre in the evening, and, though there long before the rising of the curtain, was obliged to pass by the stage door and ‘‘wing” it throughout the evening. The great successes of the season are Mel!on’s opera of ‘‘Victorine’’ and the pantomime at Covent Garden. Miss Pyne and Mr. W. H. Harrison will soon make their fortunes if this well-deserved run ef luck continues, and, worse still, we shall be deprived of hearing them in Mr. Wallace’s new opera, “‘Surline,” the anxiously expected musical treat. Drury Lane is not doing quite so well as last year; the Haymarket never better. Here Buckstone, Compton and Chippendale, with Mesdames Reynolds, Wikins, Amy Sedgwick and Fitz viltiam, are ever attractive. The Adel- phi bas not done so well this week, and no wonder, when the name of that accomplished actor, Beajamin Webster, the lessee, is not to be found in the “‘aifiche.” Tho little leg-theatre, the Strand, is coining money. Mr. Frank Tslfourd’s burlesque, ‘ William Teil, has done the trick, and” as = mnch_ may be raid of his extravaganza introduction to the Lyceum pantomime. Here Madame Celoste nightly delights crowd- ed audiences. It is said that Mr. Walter Lacy, surnamed the Sublime, of this theatre, will shortly o into manage- ment himeelf. We fear that no author will be found to write pieces euficiently voluble, mellifluoas and godlike for his playhouse. Princess's has been, aad re- mains still, in a beggarly state of empty boxes. The Keans did things well. Mr. Harris promieod mach, but as et, fave in tho pantomime, has only vamped’ up the Iresses aud properties of the former direction, and this to literally foreign to the purpose. His partner, Mr. key, the son of the well known banker, appsars to have had enough of it, having lost £4,000. He is said to have behaved in a princely manner to Mr. Harris, for on the diseolution, juat before Christmas, he gave him’a good sized check to carry on the theatre with. The Olympic ts not £0 crowded as it used to be. Whether the public is tired @f Me. Robson’s nightiy perspirations or angry at the secession of Miss Wyndham, we know not. Bosiness at the St. James continues improving. Tney have here the beet array of female talent in the metropo- is, to wit: Meadames Frank Matthews (a hostess in her- self), Tydia Thompson, Julia Murray, Clara St. Casse, Eliza Arden, Catherine Hickson, and their last profitable acquisition, Miss Emily Wyndtam. The bull Don Juan, and the other quadrupeds and bipeds are very attractive at the Alhambra Palace; and the elephants, horses, and girls and boys are the like at Astley’s. The Surrey is, of doing a tremendous stroke of business; the give a clear proft of £2,000 a piece epherd & Creswick. At the East Bad theatres the Britannia, Sadler's Wells, the Grecian, City of London, Garrick, Efingham, Pavilion, Bower, &>., they are play: ing the pantomime twice a day; and’ on Sundays, not the pantomimes, but popular preachers hold forth morning, afternoon and evening, @ deing sot to represent a room. What do you think of Mr. and Mrs. German Reed (Miss P. Horton that was) are ever popular at the Gallery of Iustration. Where #0 good an entertainment? ‘Where to clever a pianist? Where 60 accomplished and 80 sweet a singer? Sur Mer of the 29th Decom- ‘The Impartial de Boulogne ber contains the following paragraph:— Several musicians and amateurs of this town have en tO us of the to so eminent & Gegvec; hat ste reads and ht iD a oe, i] an at the most dificuit, by whatever master, and of whatever atyio, She ia Hkewise a'pianist of considerable proficiency and power, Dut it a especially aaa singer. that she dieplaye peculiar and most Pa pean ‘We are led to hope that this young artist will be allowed to sing at one of our fc philhar- moi for the benefit of the poor. We believe that the young child referred to in the fore- going paragraph is the daughter of a gentleman connectod with the London press, who is well known in masical, dramatic and literary circles. Just received, a letter from our well beloved and uni- versally popular Commodore, Andrew Arcedeckne. It is dated on board the Brazil steamship, at Lisbon, whero ho had just arrived, accompanied by’Sir Charles and Lady Ibbetaon, atter the most violent of storms in the Bay of Biecay. ‘Two men were washed overboard, and when e Vigo they picked up sixteen men from a water-loggod ebip. We are dull without the all-enlivening and elevating conversation of the Chevalicr de Wikoff. Return him £00n. Our Paris Correspondence. Pans, Jan. 2, 1800. New Year's Day in Paris—Brilliant Assembly at the Em} peror's Reception—Thanksgiving in the Imperial Chapel— A Glimpse at Napolom's Career—The Powerful Influence Exercised by Him in Europe—Orowds in the Bowlecards— Great Ice Conservatory—Lrgal Affairs, dic. The Jour de l’An has come and gone, and the man who ‘Seems to hold the tate of the world in his hand has maie no sign which by possibilty can be construed as unfavora- bie to the general desire of repose. As the inauguration of the preceding year had been sig- nalized by the sound of the war trumpet, many seemed to anticipate that the present year was likewise to be wshered in by a battle cry. All sorts of rumors were afloat. The Pope’s Nuncio was to offer his congratulation in the form of a protest. The imperial rejoinder was to bo equivalent to the delivery of his passports. Even Austria was to bo snubbed again, and some went so far as to talk of another war onthe banks of the Po. But the Jupiter Tonans of 69 fe converted into the ambrosial god of love and peace of 1860. To the chort speech of the Nuncio, which simply atated that on the occasion of the new year, which assembled round his Majesty the corps diplomatic, he (the Nancio) had the honor of presenting its congratulations and re- spectful homage. The Emperors’s reply was also short and precise. The anxiety to know the exact words uttered by the Emperor to the organ of the corps diplo- matic was intense to a@ degree. The instant the door of the throne rooms was opened to indi- cate that the ceremony between the Emperor and the @iplomatic body had terminated, every tongue through. out that vast assemblage of Princes, Cardinals, Ministers, Marshals, Admirals, Grand Chancellors and Governors feemed loosed—every one repeating to his neighbor his own version of the imporial text Out of doors the anxiety to be informed of the preciso language that had fallen from the imperial lips was so great that many of the Senators rushed down tho stairoase at speed to com- municate what they bad heard; and, though no one mong the masses congregated in the Place du Carousel, the Place Palais Royal and the Rue Rivoli, seemed to be able to answer the oft repeated inquiry as to what his ‘Majesty had said, it was clear that the public mind was ratisied as to the fact that there wae nothing at present trouble the political atmosphere. ‘The cay was a remarkably fine one—the temperature fo mild that fires in the houses were univereally eschewed. It being Sunday thoro was less than tho usual bustle characteristic of the first day of the year, though it was evident, from the small number of aristocratic equipages at the Madeleine, St. Roche, St. Germain des Pree, and oiber ehurches, that the higher orders were reserving themselves for a ceremonial of » lees spiritual character, ‘Between ten and eleven o’cloek the Court of the Tuileries preacni¢d a gay and bustling coup d’ail, The various regiments on guard, all en grande tenue, wore seattered ‘over the vast area. Officers in all the prido @f gtessy ‘broadcloth, dazzling epaulettes and glistening steel, were geen pacing the causeway before the Palace entry; and, ever and anon, there darted through the gay crowd of plumed troops and neighing cavalry the various smart equipages, brilliant as paint and new liveries could make them, of the different household retainers, who, on grand occasions come to swell the sails of imperial dignity. ‘Then rove up the carriages of the princes and princesses of the Imperial family, the chaplains, &c., of the kinperor and of the Imperial chapter of St. Denis. At twelve o’olock the Emperor and Empress went to the chapel of the Tuileries to hear mass, which was perform- ed by Cardinal Moriot, Archbishop of Paris. The litle Prince Imperial, Prince Napoleon, the Princess Clotilie, the Princess Mathilde, Princes Lucien Bonaparte, Joachim Murat, with three Princesses Murat—Lucien, Joachim and ‘Aupa—astisted at the ceremony. At one the Emperor re- ceived the corps diplomatique aud delivered to them his speech. Phe crowd in the palace was enormous, and must have consisted of three or four thousand persons, A more magnificent spectacle it is not easy to imagine. In fact the eye was almost fatigued with sich a sea of offulgence which so many grand crosses, grand officers, the Council of the Legionof Honor, the members of the Senate, legis. lative booy, Council of State, Court of Cassation, with de- putations of the clergy, prefects of the departments, mayors, deputy mayors, &c., presented, Old memories came upon me as J stood in the midet of all these notabi- lities, arrayed in cloth of gold, as the pigmy planets of the great imperial sun, and I could not help thinking of the Gays when, living in London, I used to see Louis Na- poleon returning from his evening walk to his little house in Queen street, May Fair, with Mrs, Howard leaning on his arm. In those days no one looked upon him certainly as arising sun, and if apy one baa ventared to predict for him less than a dozen years afterwards a gorgeous ovation like the present—a moral and material triamph ruch as has been rarely witnessed in any age of the world—it would indeed have been considered as insane twaddie. As this vast assemblage slowly Gispersed, some roliing off in tho luxurious equipages 80 Much encouraged by the second empire, others min- gling with the masses outside, whose dark outline was relieved by an infusion of gay and courtly apparel, but ‘one subject seemed to engross all men’s minds—the won- derful power which the Third Napoleon had acquired, not only over France, but over the destinies of mankind gene- rally, ‘Think bow, it was said, a motion of his lips to-day might bave ehaken Europe to its centre; think of the my- riace who are this moment in breathless expectation as to what be has said or done this day; think—and believe it if you will—that not a decade has elapsed since the wise and good almost universally pronounced him a fvol and a Bot. ‘The veterans of the first empire met on Saturday, and proceeded, conducted by their officers, to visit the Empe- Tor, Prince Jerome, and those of their old Generals who reside in Paris. Truth to say, however, there is somo- thing melancholy in the appearance of these ancient braves. The dress has nothing picturesque about it, and, in addition, is particularly unfavorable vo the appearance of men in the last phase of life. Take an old mun, for ex- ample, dress him up in tight breeches of a bright yellow, his shrunken thighs quivering under the smart tatloring; clothe bis calves in biack leggings; brace up his attepnat- ed and bowed body in a tight blue jacket with short tails, amply exposing to view what Washington Irving call- ed the “dik of the unknown gentleman,” and fi bia with a bell shaped cap and perpendicular feather, and you have the Old Guard before you. Add to the picture a stooping form pinched up and shrivelled, the features weaven and grouty, and a glance of the eye which tells of @ mind and memery that have nothing in common with things present, and the tableau is all that there is of the old soldier of the first empire. The Boulevards were more than usuaily thronged, even for a Jour dean. The extraordinary miliness of the weather—wortby of an evening in July—contributed to this, for on no previous occasion were the conjiseurs, the shops sacred to bonbons, so besieged. Long queues of persons were seen formed outside patiently waiting their turn to be served, and some tons must have been profit- ably disposed of. The barrieries drove a capital trade in their little wares, and such was the run upon them that the price was twenty-five per cent bigher than the day previous. ‘The ice houses in the Bois de Boulogne, which were filled during the late frost, now contain seventeen thou- sand cubic metres of ice, conveyed during etme og by 260 carts, and arranged in the same epace of time by 200 men. It ig calculated that this quantity will furnish ton woillions of kilogrammes for the consumption of Paris. ‘The trial of M. Geblain, ex-agent de charge, has resulted in his acquittal. The indictment was a heavy one. It stated that Geblain, not being contented with receipts which in one single year amounted to 1,200,000 france, had bad recourse to criminal manoeuvres; that he deceived bis clients as to the real price at which he had made sales or purchases for them, and appropriated portions of sums. which belonged to them, and that MM. Deriane and Fa- noel, bankers, at Amiens, had ‘The prisoner underwent a long interrogation. anda M. Lacbaud were counsel. The, President left no fewer than 850 questions for the jury to solve, a solution which they accomplished in an hour and a half, by de- claring the prisoner not guilty. The trial created immense interest here. The procees against MM. Chamerol, Vacherot and Marunet, the publisher, author and’ printer of a work entitled ‘La Democratic,” for attcking the rights of the Emperor, exciting to hatred the govern- ment and attacking the principle of property, took ap unexpected turn, ‘The accused were defended by M. Emile Olivier, who had scarcely begun his address when he was called op if the President w retract certain expressions which he had used. On tbat gentleman’s re- monstrance the bench withdrew to deliberate. On their return the following judgment was given:— “Whereas, M. Emile Olivier, counsel of the defendant Vacherot, has used these words:—'The public prosecutor has made an appeal to the most irritating passions, which is highly objectouab!e’— “and whereas, on being called on to retract these words, he not only reeisted but even aggravatod their meaning; and whereas, the same counsel has beenJwanting in res- pect due to justice, he is hereby, in conformity with the Jaw providing for such offences, 'suspended from practis- ing a8 an advocate for the period of three months.’’ Public feeling in Paris, a8 far as I have beer able to asor- tain it, is diametricaliy to the extraordinary sen- eitivences exhibited by the Bench on this occasion, and the sentence of M. Emile Olivier is considered to bo both harsh and arbitrary. Nothing does Napoleon so much harm as the hasty zeal of the ovurts of Jaw. It is known by maoy that personally he is always anxious that the administra- tion Of the law—even though the law bea bad one— should be straightforward and above board, but there is no such thing as keeping down the sycophancy of the ju- dicial ermine in France, which has ever one eye on the [ges and ed 2 while the other is employed in proper dui it e curse of deg that, spite of its will, it makes slaves of men. i Panis, Jan. 8, 1860. Intense Political Eacitement—Causes of the Sudden Post- ‘ponement of the Congress—Effect of the Quasi Imperial ‘Pamphlet —The Pope ina Quandary—The New Year's Re ception at the Tuileries—The Prince Imperisi—Changes in the French Ministry—Ejfect om the Bourse—troops for China—Theatrical Affairs—A Side Hit at the Pope—Mi- nisterial Affairs, dc., dc. Great excitement reigns in our political circles. First ‘and foremost is the fact that the Congress has been inde- Dnitely postponed; secondly, we hear of a total Minis- terial change here; and lastly the famous brochure, *‘Le Pape et le Congrés,”’ is making more and more stir each day. Iwill commence with the Congress. Do not place any reliance in the assertion made by the English jour- nals that the Congress will never mect. This is an error, and I do not doubt that with the London papers the wish is father to the'thought. The alarmists are secking far and wide why the Congress does not meet; the reasons are, however, simple enough. They are as follows:—The Utrochure “Le Pape et le Congrés” has thrown a new light upon many subjects, and henoe the diffrent governments have seen fit to recall their representatives, so that each Eu- ropean eabinet might renew its instructions to lis appoint- ed representatives at the Congress. Had the government waited until the meeting of the diplomats, ere it al lowed the publication of the brochure, the work would have fallen among them like a bombshell, and have occasioned a like scattering. But the brochure ‘was allowed to appear in time to give all parties due op- portunity for deliberation, and a consequent delay has taken place. You may rest assured, however, that the Congrees will meet about the middle of next February, and that it will find its work much simplified by the effect produced by the brochure. Allow me, en possant, to as- sure you that the pamphlet is the work of the Vicomte de Laguerronierre, and that it received the imperial sanc- tion ere its publication. 1 state this from actual know- ledge, and because a great deal of uncertainty seoms to | as regards tbe authorship You may imagine tter than Ican deecribe it the indigoation ot Pius IX. at a work thatis a powerful stroke at the root of bis tem- poral power. But the successor of St. Peter is forced to curtail any undue expression of anger. He is in the power of the sovereign who is determined to aid him at ull bazarde. Were be to act with too much violence, Louis Napoleon would withdraw his soidiers from Rome, and the Romans would soon pat a most effectual’ ter- mination to the temporal power of his Holiness. So the Pope fumes and frets, and talks of withbolding his representative (the Jesuit Antonolll) from the Coa- ; but he knows much better than to attempt such a ravado in the face of the real danger 1 bave just referred to, and 20 we shell see his wily delegate harping and carp- ing at the approachimg meeting of diplomats. On New Year's day the Pope's Nuncio was, as is the usual cus- tem, the spokesman for the corps dtplomatique when they waited upon the Emperor Napoleon. Early in the day a rumor had gained ground to the effect that the Nunsio ‘would not attend the ceremony usual upon the day. Bat this was an error; and at the appointed hour the Nuncio’s carriage, with its flaunting liveries, entered the Grand Gort of the Tui wip a short — made by the "8 repreeentative goes to prove that the corps diplo- matique bad given no latitude to bim as their space, Be merely said— free—On this first day of the year srhich aesembleg the dislo- tic body around your Majesty, I have _ ma body ora inleey, 1 hs 0k, Sire, Of ex: Anytbing shorter it would have been difficult to con- coct. His majesty answered in the following manner:— I thank the diplomatic body for the have addressed" nue on the retura of the New re att on iy happy this tine to have the opportunity of re- minding the members compcalng, it that since my accession t> wer I have always professed the deepest reapect for admit. tay effort wil be to everywhere re cetabiel, or saeh seals ‘on Me, confidence nud peace. oer Sarely a more non-committal discou uttered. ‘These few words have, of eaarse a differently appreciated, but a general 18 evinced at finding in the reply to the Nuncio the worde “peace and confidence,” the pon-internationalisis Tejeice at the expression, “I hayp always professe, the ae right. MA alae Pg fall ‘wor: am particularly happy amin, ‘an allusion to last New Year's discourse, that shook ne to its centre. e ceremonies on Sunday last were more than usa), Drilliant; the courtyard of the palace was literal crammed with the gala equipages of envoys and amba sadors, while mars) of France and superior r with their glittertog escorts, added to the splendor of ti pageantry. The little Prince Imperial, attired in "bt Grenadier uniform, was his = august pp rents Surin the receptions, and bowed ac kissed bis hands as tho gray heads of th representatives of powerful nations were bei respectfully before him. His bright blue eyes glistene for he remembered that a room full of new and m.: wonderful toys was waiting bis imperial inspection. ! foon as the ceremony was ended—and no doubt no wish the people ail away long before—he was allowed to reir with Mies Shaw, his English governess, aud give himse up to the exclusive enjoyment of woolley sheep, rockir horges and no end of guns, swords, horaes and'a Noah ark collection of animals and reptiles, Poor little feliov? the cares of State are already beginning to bear dow | upon him, tothe momentary exclusion of the aforesa room {uli of attractions. Prince Jerome Was two ill ts ag tend at the Tuileries, but he is much betier u he was last week, his physician having pronounced hi entirely out of danger. 1 must pow mention the ramor< ministerial changes. To begin, Count Walvwski, Minis: of Foreign Affaire, is to be repliced by Count de Persign or M. Baroche, Councillor of Stite. You miy deper upon it that if a chaoge is inide, Count de Persigay wi be the remplacant of the present Minister, who will eithc be appointed Minister of State or Ambassador aust. P tersburg—most likely the former. Mf. Billaut, ruta says, ig to resign his post as Minister of the Interior, at be replaced by M. Pietri, ex-Prefect of Police, or by tue V compte de Laguerronterre; but as the laiter is so usef al ¢ Director of the Press, I should hardly suppose his a poiutment to any other post likely. M. Magne, the Miai ter of Finance, is to be replaced “by M. de Vintry, ono i the great financial capacities of Franee, and a Councillor State. Admiral Hamelin, Minister of Marine, is to be r laced by Prince Napoleon, who will also resime the la. try of Algeria and the Colonies; while lastly, and mo important, M. Roulland is to be replaced as Minister Public Works and Worebip, by cither Bishop Coeur, Troyes, or Bishop Menjaud, of Tours, who is the Emp ror’s Chaplain, Tae importance of such a nomin tion will not fail to strike you. Monseigner Menjand as Minister of Worship’ would act as / rafegvuard — any undue hostility ou the part of suc ruiopé of the French clergy ag feel determined tobatt for the temporal power of the Pope, at all hazards, de Persigny, who is, as you are aware, ambassador at th Court of St. James, has been for weeks bere, his presen giving great semblance of trath to the rumors I have ju recapiculated. The effect of the present doudt and unce tainty is a decided fall at the Bourse. Toe specuiato: are frightened, and the stock operations languish. Peop do not know what turn affairs may take. In Central Ita the brochure that has cansed so great an agitation bere giving universal satisfaction. The people of the Legation deem itan imperial promise that their future shall! such as they desire, and that they will be safe from ar armed intervention, as well as delivered henceforth fro the temporal rule of the Pope. The Emperor real! seems determined to put an end to. the encroachments relgicus despotism upon the rights of States, and sure!) he will be entitled to the sympathies of the Americs people in his struggle against old and establishe customs and prejudices. 1 must, while speaking of tt Emperor, recount to you a trait which goes to prove tt eneroeity and thoughtful kindness of his character. H jajesty received, a short time since, notice that one: the government ‘steamers was to sailin a day or two fi China, from Brest, with three thousand ‘on boar: He at once countermanded her departure until one-thir of the troops should have been landed. He was dete mined to prevent any undue crowding of the soldiers c Doard the transport ships, and sent an officer of his sts to attend in person tothe matter. Colonel Casteinea: the officer in question, when arrived at Brest, summone a)l the officers that were to sailahe next day, and desire them in the name of the Emperor to let him know b what means they might be relieved of any care or sorro’ that weighed upon them. Many of the brave fellows mad requests for favors to be extended to their families, but n: one of them asked for money, though the Colonel hal del cately hinted to them not to hesitate as regards makin known any financial wat. The brave fellows departin; meny of them never to return, were touchea by the man. festation of His Majesty’s kindnes3, and loud were th! abouts of “Vive P. , Vira la France!” as th steamer bore them sw away from thelr native lan’ Paris has been gay during the last two weeks, in _— © rain and congequent mud and discomfort. The « UAn is a great epoch in France, and more especially i Paris, where everybody gives everybody else a present During the last week of Deeember the Parisians are th most delightfully polite people in the world. clerge and servants are unremitting in their attentions Your comfort seems their general preoccupation, and come to the conclusion that you are more popular you were before aware of. New Year arrives. Yoil make your little presents, and come home in the evenin; and find all changed: concierges, servants andall treat yo! with a want of respect absolutely appalling in contras| with the morning’s civilities, and you flad yourself forcec to resume your tormer leas exalted opinion of yourself] Human nature is the same partout. There is nothing new in the theatrical way to mention eave the production at the Porte St. Martin of a dram:| written by Monsicur Mocquard, the Emperor’s Secretary and M. Victor Sejour, a writer of some reputation here who is of the Dumas mahogany line—d. ¢ , he is a mulatto ‘The new play is called ‘La Tireuse de Cartes,” and is ¢ five act drama, founded tpon the world renowned Mortare| affair. 4 ppearing just at this time, it has a political sigat ficance as reftecting upon the Papal decision regarding the Jew boy. ‘Lua Tireuse de Cartes”’ is an austere drama, io| which sentimental love plays but a secondary part. Bui emrevanche we bave amost touching and mostexciting de. mopstration of the all powerful workings of the holiest | mest sublime of all human affections—mavernal love. Ge: mea, the beroine of the drama, a Jewess, leaves her infant| daughter with a Christian nurse. The latter, finding the] poor child ill, vows her to some gaintif sho recovers,| and places her in a convent, after having bad her baptised. A noble lady, the Countess Lomellion, adopts the child and carries her away, so that when the Jewees returns her child is lost to her. She determines to| Lunt out her offspring, und becomes money lender and Jorvune teller, fo that she may learn family secrets, After] seventeen years ehe discovers her daughter. The acene| when she reveals to the girl that the Countess is not her} mother and that ehe must choose between them, is a.most| painfully affecting one. The young girl listens to the voice of nature, and throws herself into the arms of Gemes, but she then recollects the tenderness of her adopted mother: and she rushes back to the Countess. Each claims her} Jove and filial duty, until at last the poor girl swoons, and when brought to life is insane. This scene is really most impressive—the real mother being made to use langnago! of a most elevated tone and touching to a de; T= last act shows us the poor crazed maiden walkiog about between her two mothers, unconscious their tender caresses, when she hears the bells of a church near by and the commencement of a sacred hymn. The music: unseais the fountain of her tears, and knees she weeps and The mothers rush forward to their recovered loved one; she joins their hands, and: they are to remain henceforth with her, The drama ends with a moat eloquent and forcible appeal for universal charity and love, amid the sobs of the touched and soft- ened audience. “La Tireuse de Cartes” is a great suc- cess, the theatre bemg filled to repletion each night. Monsteur Mocquard has written several other plays that bave also been most successful, and which are remarka- bie for elevation of sentiment ‘and purity of language. The Parisian theatres have a custom that I coat he might obtain great favor in our American theatres—that or tg nome reviews of the events that have occarred. during the year. Of course these reviews are burlesquee,. but at the same time they are most amusing, and atord the writer opportunities for a digplay of much wit. These French reviews are far of the London pantomimes. In the latter all the fun con- sissy in Jequin’s down or slapping: every one else on the stage, while he varies this amusc- ‘ment by occasionally running the scenes, to the great apparent damage of his nose, or else he falls over- all the chairs and tables to be seen—all this to the boister- ous applause of the Londoners. Now, here there must. be a dispisy of wit to make a review successful, while I most acknowledge that the fact of the ladies on the wearing dresses that begin very high up and very low cown, seems to add to tho attraction of the yeariy re- views, Blais que voulez-vous, on n'est pas parfast. Janvary 5, 1860. Since commencing my letter, the ministerial changes F refer to above bave commenced, and to-day’s Mondeur announces that M. de Thorvenel, now Ambassador at etantizople, is to replace Count Walewski as Minister of Foreign Affairs. M. Baroche, Councillor of State, acto during the absence of M. de Thouvenel as Minister pro fem. Count de Persigny will remain at tne Court of St. James as Ambaseador. He was the person chosen by his Majesty at first as the remplacant of Coant Wa Jeweki, but posterior considerations altered what was at. first an almoet settled matter. The remainder of the ministerial changes will most probably soon ence the whole affair is settled we shall Lave the Congress. M. de Thouvenel has made bimselt famous as a most de- termined adherent of the Suez Canal project, asd no doubt the English journals will greet his nomination with diefavor, Im almost inclined to prophesy that M. Ba- roche will retain the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs. ‘Re has for a tame belonged to the Emperor's Cabi- Det, bat without having a portfolio, and is consitered a most talented and efficient member. I have jus: heard that Count de Pet y Was not appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs owing to his being 80 actoriousiy « parts =< apse me wept veya Mt is thought better w- ave Bs eu. TER’ B Person commited to Bo well known course of policy. be —— occur, and Paris, Jan. 5, 1860, Excitement About the Congress—Interest Felt by the Cvm- mercial Men—Lord Gowiey's Departure for London— The Emperor's Desire to Co-operate With Bny Poor Chances for the Dukes—The Emperor and Lad} Cowley—Great State Dinner—Brilliant Receptiom—Pie Bishop of Orleans—Changes in Paris, de. There is a good deal of excitement prevailing touchiog the much talked of Congress. ‘To be or not to be: thar inftbe question.”? Apart from politics, it i a quostion of” Stirring interest to the commerce which depeads on the “‘seagon.’? So much was expected from the Congress in the way of attraction that unwonted preparation had been made in honor of it, Mercers, jewellers, and artists of every description, have buoyed themselves up with the thought of the “ good time coming; and now that omi- nous reports are current of the great Continental mesting which was to make Paris its contre, being about to collapse Just as it was expected to assume shapo and form, gloomy indeed are the visages which prevail ia the aristocratic marts of trade. The Boulevards refused to hold up their heads, the Rue de la Paix {s like Rachel weeping for her children, and the Chassée @’Antin will not bo comforted. ‘It is ome consolation to think that Lord Cowley, the Britieh Ambassador, has gone off to London to see what can be done. But I confess I do