The New York Herald Newspaper, February 9, 1861, Page 5

in the free r a a ae ae eee a a oe os = ‘, “2 NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1861—TRIPLE SHEET. 5 one the former revolution | this state of the qnestion i will be understood that a | that the petition set out & long settlement and a will England and Dcnmark. firm and all qualities slightly advanoed; common, 4s, 60. | was a delightful companion, and ws 4 thing in tho pre- . feeling of the most simple commends the great- | without Fy abstraot of their 5 Mae following Ss pubisted Inthe Grenstoten, @ jocrnal | a 4s. 7d. Spirits turpentine dull at the opening, quota- | years im surrounding hbiwoecht vith many ‘of the jouness of utter | est reserve, aod imposes the: necessity of awaiting both The Solleltor General said that the petition had no re- | published on the frontier of Prussia, as the despatch ad- | tion being 30s., but closed active at an advance of I. @ | distioguished men and women of the time. His heuse, ‘AS fhe the rivers— Sa lasatee |, whieh eee the ques- | ference to the settled propert? & to er ey dressed ed Russell Mr. Paget, who repre- | 2s., , yt a at Sis. a 32s. Cod oil, £36; lin- Mat Bund sivest, was famous for the literary reunions ari, new decision of Justice. which Mrs. Gurney possessed own it under | sents oD seed, a hat occurred there on Sanday even’ that if cut off : the will. Ormce, Deo. 8, 1860, ¥ LONDON MARKETS. with pictures and busts and other reset rgd way The Judge Ordinary—Then I the settlement Sim—Fnologed T send you the copy of @ despatch from | paring Brothers report wheat quict, and foreign de- | Wom he had known, as his brain was with lees tangible wed of the THE GURNEY DIVORCE CASE. was inserted because it was 81 that I might be a | Baron von Sebleinitz to Count Bernsdorf, and the answer |.) fons generally unaltered. Iron dull; rails, we souvenirs of his friends, pom ny ‘neither person of curious habits, and it ike to read itover, | which I have sent thereto to Mr. y a os. ‘dull. Tea more active: common Dr. Francis’ literary efforts are of course those by ‘cannot exist without sup) it had aothing te oo with the case. His lord- You observe that, in this despatch, I have indi- Congou, 1s. 14. L - 14d. Coffee firm. Rico steady. which he will in future be best known; their importanee northwest, and the ship suggested that some evidence as to the hus- | cated the obligations which, according to the views of her Mek. | 4! ‘$28. 6d. Tallow rally un. | 4 historical point ef view is more than considerable Court for Diverce and Matrimonial | }ynq’s income should be laid before the court. There | Majesty's government, the King of Denmark is bound in | SP!rits Ae ae am, quict: Now York barrols, | ®d their interest decided. His style was. animated” ealth the South is Causes, could pot be much difficulty in the matter, as probably | bonor to full. I have said, “fle is bound not to Inoor- St eee os, ‘Fish oils steady: linseed | diteursive, and often enlivened by bumor; altheugh the the prospect of (From the Liverpool Post, Jan. 24.} the facts ‘wero not controverted. “The proper course | porate Sebleswig m Deumark, to maintain the represen £7 1s. 5, Boston bags, £11 108; hn has declined 4s. for | Multiplicity of his occupations the haste with wealth but what is pledged CURNBY V8. GURNEY AND TAYLOR. ‘would have been to have included a prayer as to the | tative States of Schleswig,’as well as to protect tho | pa yay? “mand ab 28s. 6a. . which he wrote aid not allow him t>bestew so moch is best; and wo Before the Judge Ordinary. rty in the prayer of the original petition. Gorman and Danish nationality in the Duchy of Sehles- | *"8!8- time on the mere races and elegancies as would have Alabama is re- This was a petition by John Heury Gurney fora ais- | "the Solicitor ‘General—The petition shall be made | wig.” HAVRE COTTON MARKET. an of ir, | Secured bim @ more permanent literary fame. While, ‘wealtb—its virgin soil, | Solution of his marriage with Mary Jane Gurney ou the | more full aud more short. Wnatever the legal value of tho obligations towards | , The cotton market opened buoyant at an advanes Of Th. | however, his contributious to aptiquarian end local lure ground of her adultery with William Taylor. The re- decree ape suspended. Austria and Prussia may be, the government of her Ma- 8 2f., but closed quiet at 104f. for Orleans tres _ ors Dal ©, | will alwaya be read by those whose tastes or occupa sections peopled? In thoslave | spondent and the co-respondent had both put in answers From the London Te Jan. 24.] jesty, has no coubt that tho king of Doumark ia bound ia snd 100, for bas, The sales of the week were 35,000 bale8. | thous incline them to such studi, hie personal geniality, years since, six millions of whites, | denying the charges of sales. It has been said that lier {8 a'mirror of modern to fulfil these relations. He has publicly prociatm- HAVRE MARKET. benevolence and untiring energy’ will secure his lasting ie cle | wero panes "Say QS | humane Can ref ney Pawel te | a aun megane, ec a etan | ic cms ls ae tne fu att | Sasi Sathana, a ea ee > 9 u ? le, bu’ ‘esent ives fore! ers, mm. ‘ot m. i iu we - ‘host he ns ta Ca ae Pe Se eee Ae ee mene oar PNoRne River toch! eritenre, ood sormnees Sesndlont et eliee ‘Set rimiment ie not only bie duty, but his inten | Rice rm. Bogar dull, and slightly declined. Lard dul the celebrities ste Vor. mtamensteiage is . German subjects 5! percei under ir. ‘a son, Jobn W. Prancis, flories after have |. The Solicitor General, in the caso, stated that | S84 scenes exhibited are those of that mournfuleamora | J6tney stand inthe same logel Tight as other Danish this bereavement hata vnibie ‘effect upon his health, ‘The available military force of | the petitiener was a an of wealth and position, | ore urged against the procedure of this tribunal, on the ‘They will then possess the f of @ OBITUARY. Two other tons and hit widow survive him. Ho was & the slave States to live in the Northas the Persons go reverse; but there are enough of Southern wives. clergy. and educators who are natives of the North most mournful and dreaded Proced: ‘At present the alarmed slaveholders from the North are hastening to their native at any sacrifice; while the immigrant Southerners 1e8 show no desire to move. They desert- oh De aioking yeasel long ago, end are not going back to It is bad enough to witness the madness of rebellion ‘and treason from afar. We cannot have it here; and the barbaric _slaveh The American Crisis and the French Mo. ney Market. ‘The Paris Journal des Debats of the 22d ult., in ite mo- ney article of that date, says:— ‘The week which has just closed does not sensibly modified the condition of things, what we said a week ago, that eso Aa ull and that it could not be otherwise, from the instability which imcrease in e: @ rates always produces. The ship- ments of to America have already produced a sensi- Die effect, and Ade celine He ina short — e a: Fopean balance wi complete! 3 immediate result will be a return of 8] karina that heavy orders given at Lyons, to account of Ame- rican houses within two or three months, have not been countermanded. Must it be believed, then, that the crisis has termi- mated? Many of our merchante say that the real question tohave ut verifies has not yet come up. The monetary crisis has no fears fof them. What they regard with more atiention is the facts which have led to crisis—facts which have not yet been developed. Viewed in a political light the question of the secession of the Southern States resolves imto two considerations—that of war and that of eS In case of war opinion must not be disguised. far would effect a suspension of American orders and a diminution in the luction of cotton. and the United States, less , Would, in consequence, make dees pnrehases. In the event of pease would secession continue or not? If not, business relations, for a short time only interrupted, would goon be renewed. If so, there are new relations to be created, together with a change of markets and credit. ‘The relations between the Northern and Southern are not thoee of two countries who exchange their products. The Northern States, who constitute the ‘ankee population, possess wheat and credit, articles of prime necessity, to pay for their purchases of manufac- tured jucts, and which also constitute them the in- termediate securities between Europe and the Southern States. The latter have cotton, rice, tobacce and debt. their products they are able to pay for the greater part their orders for manufacture products, if, ia obtaining éredit with the Yankees, they have uot beforehand en- zed those same products. Here is the stumbling block. ill the Northern States continue their credit with the seceded Southern States? It ts known that the nature of their security is completely modified, inagmoch as Sonth- ern States will evidently acok tofree themselvoe from that restraint. They k already of choosing as au emporium either Norfolk, Savannah or Mobile, and ef holding direct intercourse with Europe; bat noth- ing indicates that they have found the means of domg away with their ordinary buginess agents. Will this be the origin of debt in the separated States Will the bankers of the North transfer crodit to the Southern States ? It is evident that before this point is decided a period of transition will como from which cotton indastry will have to suffer. There will be a decrease in the harvest. ‘because there will be @ diminution or total suspension « credit, without which the planters cannot act. Whence will follow an increase in prices, difficulty in exchanges, whose rates will be changed; from which again will fol Jow an inerease in prices, necessitated by the settling of accounts in advance, and in consequence of a dear rato of sale; necessitated algo to economize in purchases of manufactured products, whence will follow a decrease of orders op Europe. The conc! ision is, then, that cotton is to become dearer, and tt moré considerable por- tion of purchases must >: tied for with specie. On the other hand, w the gold of California to go? Evidently not to the Southern States. All the ship- ments, or nearly ail, are to the ports of the North. The result, is be, if the Southern States demand specie in payment, the Northern States will send us no more specie. But what an embarrassment will enaue in these specie movements which have hitherto been car- ried on with go much facility through the agency of the ission houses of New York. Such are the eventualities the at- tention of English and Fren: ts. fue first effect of the interior disagreement of the United States ‘would be a sudden and rapid rise in the rates of dis- count; cannot a disposition in this increased value of be seen to raise capital when commerce will have which now occu ch Perl , this ‘will result—that our merchants will themselves of the intermediation of English mer- |, and open a direct trade for themselves. All we Josejin the credit balance with America will be"gained with England, having also the benefit_of the brokerage. A\French View of the Fugitive Slave Law and the Right of sece: ° ‘The Paris Cy c 4 Fe ult. devotes a Jengthy article considerat our present na- tional difficulties, After dy the constitutional right of the South to reclaim its fugitive slaves, it eaya:— But if, in the minds of the authors of the federal compact, ‘this clause, or rather its practical utility, wae to be transi- tory, itexita not the less in the constitution, and the ‘States which still -< slaves have incontestably the right of invok' }. Whence it follows that South - when she reproaches the fourteen Northern States which have passed laws in favor of fagi- violated the common compact, Fu ‘If she (South Carolina) is recog- nized ys the only judge of hor federal engagements, of their yalue and continuance, she would be free to dia- solve the union between herself and her confederated States, and release herself whenever it suited her from all. hd bd Ad tis President elect, intends to ex- the from the Territories, and wage war against slavery until it shall have completely di rr 1 from the United States. Here it is that passion begi: to speak out. Neither Mr. Linesin nor his party ha ever intended to exclude the South from the common ter- ritory, but only slavery, whon the Territories are north of a certain geographical lin). Nothing in the apeechoa of Mr. Lincoln, or of his partisans, authorize any more to ‘than that they meditate a war against slavery. Hi The Ronaparte Legitimacy Case. [From the Paris Moniteur, Jan. 19 Several journals have announced that the Tribunal of Premiere Instance of the Seino bas under consideration a demand for partition, in consequence of the death of Prince Jerome, brought forward by M. Jerome Bonaparie aud hie mother against Prince Napoleon, tho ole beir of his father. Those journals have entered into and erroneous explanations on the subject. ‘The Chamber of the Tribunal of the Seine has in fact before it the application alluded to, which again raises the question ofthe validity of the marr! contracted in America, ia the year 1908 by blag ; rome—a marr! w Was protest ny his mother on the 3 Ventose, Am Xi annullo. by two decrees of the ror joon T., and of the i and 30 Yentoeo, An X{ll., and to which two deci- sions of the Conseil de Famsitle Tmporial, of the 4th July, » Sth July, 1960, refused all effect, de- clering that the union of 1868 was null hd void, and that ry , even under the cireumstances of ‘the case, rere uo cant to take the benefit of Arts, 201 and ‘of the @ Napoleon, stieibating toe nullified ma: inge the ctvil of marriage it has been con tracted in good faith. A memoir, by M, Berryer, to whieh premature publicity has been given, and ov the terms of which we shall not give an opinion, has been uted. 5 ’ ivonat ionpe- wa hi has confined tm : £ Dimeelf to diseribnting Wh collection of letters and official documeatn cosnocter with the aifair, Princo refused to decline the, of the ordinary tribunals, by invoking th special jurkdiction applicable 10 the sper feasiy in the member 0 of 8 well firm of Dankers in Norfolk, and , ’s Lynn. remendans, ad jane Gurney, was Aa et of Fic! Hanbury Gurney, who was the cousin of Joseph John Gurney, father of the petioner. Their marriage Place in June, 1846, at All Souls’, Marylebone, with the full knowledge and spaeciasion of the respective families. Mr. Gurney was then between twenty-six and twenty-seven years of age, and Mrs. Gurney between sixteen and seventeen. Two chil of town residence in Kensington Palace gardens, where he stayed when his Parliamentary duties required his Pre: sence in London. 1t would be give a his- unnepessary to giv tory of the manner in which the couple lived “eae until he approached the period of the elopement. ring the seasion of 1869 Mr. og been in somewhat close attendance upon his ‘liamentary duties. He left London if the latter part of the summer, and went with his wife and their sons and some attendants for @ tour in the Isle of Wight. in October, and after stayin, down to Catton. They stayed there, making occasional visits to friends and relations in the neighborhood until the 12th of December, 1859, when they returned to London. William Taylor was a footman, who, after behg in the service of Mr. Gurney for two or hag fae! was: ith he pred Mr. and Mrs. Gurney upon their tour in the Isle of Wight. From the time of the marriage until their return to Catton, in November, 1859, Mr. and Mrs. Gur- ney had always lived together happily, but certain mat- ters then came to Mr. Gurney’s ears, which led to his dismissing Taylor. On the 12th of December, 1869. Mr. and Mrs. Gurney removed to their town house. On the following ,the 18th of December, it was found that Mrs. Gurney had quitted her husband’s house, and she never afterwards returned fb it. She had abandoned her home, as was subsequently ascertained, for the - pose of consortitg with Taylor, and she took lodgings with him at 216, in the Marylebone road. On the eve- ning of the day on which she eloped, Mr. Gurney received the following letter from her:— My Poor Hussaxp-—I have, indeed, left you and our ghildrea, bot you know my neart han boen long anoters aad po Ce bode pe you any more, and way Meares ane Dek 6 Marylebone road, also the ‘small books I prought from Catton and my work. Your mi- serable wife, MARY JARY GURNEY. I God to forgive me and to preserve you aud the ‘The Dick alluded to in this letter was a favorite dog. Mr. Guri ately communicated with his attor- ney, Mr. and it was thought desirable that some Porson capable, trom tial pier rbd tracing out such matters be employ ig ostey the respondent and the co-1 ‘Mr. ‘pe hy the services of a person named Sim , Who was in the Ts? of the ex-detective Field. Mr. Simpson went to 21 ‘lebone road, accompanied by Mr. re, and Mayhew, a servant of Mr. yy, and there some conversation with Mra. Gurney, and identified her. They left the house, but in a few minutes Mayhew and Simp- gon returned and saw Taylor, who had not made his ap- pearance on their first visit. Mrs. Gurney and Taylor remained in the Marylebone road for a week. They oc- oupied the ground floor, consisting of a parlor, a second room and a bedroom, in whi Mrs. Gurney slept. ‘Taylor elept inaroom in the upper part of the house, but during the whole of each day he and Mrs. Gurney were together, they took their meals together, and, course they bad opportunities for criminal intercourse, if they chose to avail themselves of them. At the end of a week Mrs. Gurney and Taylor wont to Folkestone, on their way to Paris, and stayed for three nights at the Pavilion Hotel. They there lived as man and wife, occupying the same sitting room and the same bedroom. Simpson traced them to the hotel, stationed himself in a corridor, where he had an opportunity of seoing them, and pointed them out to the chambermaids. At the end of three days they proceeded to Paris, After Mr. Gurney’s attorney received information as to what had taken place at Folkestone, he immediately commenced the present suit, Mr. Sharpe's élerk, accompanted by Simp- fon and one of Mr. Gurney’s servants, followed them to Paris, and by means of inquiries at ihe passport ofiice, ascertained that they were staying at the Hotel dé Louvre. They occupied common apartments, two rooms communicating with each other, and they were identifed by the servants by Simpeon. These were the facts of this very painful case, and he would leave the evidence by which they would be established to speak for itself. He would assume that, if it bore out his statement, no shadow of doubt woull be left on his lordship’s mind either that the adultery charged had becn committed, or that the petitioner was entitled to a dissolution of his marriage. The following witnesses were examined:— Frederick Henry Bartlett, clerk to Mr. Sharpe, the pe titioner’s solicitor, produced a copy of the register of moar! It_wasfsolemnized at All Souls’ cburch, Mary- lebone, on the 16th June, 1846, and the petitioner was described a8 a bachelor, aged 26, and the respondent as a spinster. aged 16. Mr. Honry Edmund Gurney, who took the affirmation for Quakers in lien of an oath, said:—[am a partner in the firm of Overend, Gurney & Co., and I am the first cousin of the petitioner. He is a partner ina banking firm at Norwich. I was present at his marriage. I knew both the petitioner and the respondent before their mar- ringe. After their marriage I was in the habit of visiting them. My wife alo visited them. They lived together on good terms. They have two children living—boya. ‘One is about thirteen and the other about five. gardens; 3 & g FEeiE cn tet 1-3 nit H i f H i z ie 2 2 into numbers on the doors: were 409 and 411; 1 saw them an eee room (411) and into the other room; Mr. nerv “them the citation. eon turned back again and inquired for Taylor; 1 saw him in Mr. Sim} "8 presence, Mrs, Gurnsworthy—I live at 216 ‘lebone road, and Jet lodgings; Taylor is @ connection mine; in Decem- ber, 1869, he came to my hoase and engaged apartments ; he guid he wanted them for a Indy and himself: « lady came with him on Tuesday, the 13th of December; he eaid he should want the ments for a few nights only as they were going abroad; in the evening the lady said that if some luggage came for Mrs. Gurney I was to take it in; the | came; they oocupied the ground tioor; Mrs, Gurney had a back bedroom, and Taylor had a bed: room at of the house; they occupied the same Ritttny oe took se ee ae i were together the greater the day sitting room; boone was Wii thew ire, Gurney and Taylor remained at my honse for a week, and went away together. Jobn Sim I am assistant to ries Frederick Field, of Devereux court; I went to 216 lebone road with Mr, Sharpe and Mayhew; | saw Mrs. mney there; I went a second time, and saw Taylor there; Mayhew was Prevent; on the 29th of December I went to Folketons; on the 22d of December I saw Mra. Gurney and Taylor there, near the pier; I had ascertained that they were staying at the Pavillion, and saw them in the the chambermaide; I pointed them out; I afterwards went to Paris and aw the same persons at the Louvre Hotel. Ann Fowler—Io Docember, 1869, 1 was chambermaid at the Pavillion Hotel, at Folkestone. A gentleman and lady took a] ments . They were pointed ont to me by Mr. Simpson as Mrs. Gurney and Baylor. They came on the 20th, aad two days etter to pointed them out; on the following day they went away by the packet; they occupied the same apartments, slept ta ths sane bed, and lived as man and wife from their arrival until they went away. Mr, Maniaty Said he could not alter the facts, and it would be wi to contest the matter, ® The Judge Ordinary—No doubt the potitioner is entitled to a detree nisi. Upon the application of the Solicitor General, the de- cree was suspended, to give an opportunity for a future application as to the respondent's property. A —— on the subject had already beeu presented by Mr, Garney. The ‘Golicitor General enid the petitioner's advisers bad been rather perplexed as to the proper mole of pro- oveding. The Judge Ordinary said thore waa no precedent as to the practice, No such jurisdiction as that conferret upon him with regard to property had ever been ex- ercised before, and the olause conferring it was most barrassing. He wae ca'led upon to deal with 'y hont any indisation of the principles by which he was to be gnided. Ke wae navi ing @ new sAa, without either shart or compass, ip also complained ing while probate es by hungry fortune hunters. it day be too early in the it tures who enter this court or wi hearts? Mary Jary Gurney have been impatient for the day which would burn for ever upon her cheek the word ‘“adultress,’”’ and send hor forth, in her shroud of penitence, to be, until her death, aliving monument of shame im the eyes of the world} Her case i# one whiich we ve gadly pass over without comment, were it not that Circumstances are too startling, and the moral too solemn, to be lightly ten. What were the facts adduced on Tuesday last Sir Cre swell Cresswell? Tho very first was of ominous fo aadry Jary Gurney became a wife when she was not yet seventeen yeara of age—when she was a child—when her will was not her own—when she had no er and no right to determine upon the choice of a usband, & companion anda friend, with whom te pass, it might be, fifty or sixty years of her future career. Two children were born to this ill-fated couple—the one now about thirteen, and the other scarcely five years old. In the fourteenth year after their union Mrs. Gurney aban- doned her home and family, absconded with a menial, hid herself in obscure lodg’ , and then wrote a letter —_ de jing to herself, most pitiable and yet un- utteral {mapa Now, it is impossible to conceive a fow | expressive of more concentrated wretchedness pry tees Aa ment than theee, What did the abased woman think of her ‘poar husband’ when she quitted his roof, confessed that she had long been guilty, asked for her boxes, her little dog and her work, and signed herself ‘‘your most miserable wife.’” It was too late then to repent, to reflect upon the past, to cast aglance upwards from ‘the bottom of the ‘of shame, But what, in days to come, will be the iny of this hapless creature, bound by criminal and adulterous ties to a lacquey whom she must scorn and has sacrificed all for the sake of a gross, diseased, reck- Jess and unscrupulous passion; and what is she now, and forever, 80 long as her existence in this world endures, but an ¢xample, a warning and a breathing symbol of bum! We would not accumulate too heavily the scorn of s0- ie this deplorably misguided woman, and, in- Seal eamavers inducoment to spare tho feclings of her unfortunate husband; but more than a scandal ap- pears in the narrativeof the Gurney divorce. In the first place, it isf@ commentary upon the error of early mar- ; upon the sin and folly of binding children—for a girl between sixteen and seventeen years of age ig in cha- racter almost invariably a fe enduring pledges; upon the madness of beli that these experimentalists in life—who know of the world” who are ignorant both of happiness and of sorrow in the highest acceptation of the terms—should be capable of vowing themselves to husbands as vestals vow them- selves to the church, under @ penalty more awful than that of living entombment or burning at the stake. But if Mary Jary Gurney was ‘@ mere echoolmiss when she was merrried, she was ® woman when she stole away in adultery with a scoundrelly footman; she was more, indeed, than wo- man, she was a mother—and her two children—the one Just ripening into boyhood, the other just blooming out of infancy—are left with the stamp of her infamy upon their brows. It was not for her, however unhappy, to forget and immolate them, and to embitter their beasts through life by the knowledge that they can never think of the w who gave them birth without a blush of shame. | Well it 8 to be presumed that the publication of these cases has its moral effect. Perhaps some schem- ing parents, impatient to barter away their daughters, may hesitate to fetter girls of sixteen or seventeen for life in bonds which they may ultimately apurn. Per- haps men, when anxious to marry, may be more relue- tant to take child-wives who must live to be much older Defore they can sincerely tell whether they have placed their affections where their hands have iy been given for them. Perhaps, also, women of a pas. sionate and impulsive disposition, who have suffered their imaginations to stray, and are discontented with their homes, may think of the hopeless, the perpetual, the inconsolable anguish which this Mary Jary Gurney must suffer for the rest of her days, and halt on te bripk of ruin. Could she not have parted from her hua- band, bad sho desired it, without dighonoring him and her family? Could she ot have reconciled herself to an unsatisfactory position for the sake of her children’s happiness? It was passion—biind, impetuous and over- whelming—that forced her on, that gave her up to ber ignoble tempter, that made her a slave, a victim and a culprit, that bent her knees to mak» before her husband the eonfession of her shame. The Divorce Court presents but too many parallels to this melancholy cago, although it is seldom that an English lady falls from euch an exi- nenee as the wife of a high minded English gentle- man to become the toy and trafic of a fellow, whose most ambitious crime against the master who employed him, might bave been supposed to be an act of ilehing in the butler’s pantry, It would be absurd to mulet him in heavy costs, for he is @ menial, promoted into servile sloth by the caprice of a wanton mistress. Neither the act of Parliament nor the temper of society permit that he should be tarred and feathered, shaved and tattooed by his late fellow servante. Then what is to be done With him? He has no pesition to lose; his name is worth- less; he can. pay nothing; he is but the spaniel of this quondam lady, the hawk to perch upon her tinger, her petrated dwarf, her page, her jester; and, having per this inexpiable social treason, the plush parasite of Mary Jary Gurney is ible to no law whatever. A time may come when adventurers of this description may be held worthy of serious punishment; but in the meanwhile it would be a grievous truth to reflect upon, that tho pub- lic should simply regard a divorce cause, so mournful in all its details, as nothing more than a sullject of scandal and gossip. Garibaldi and the Nd saad Comunittees in Italy. General Garibaldi has addressed the following impor- tant letter to the Central Committee of Vigilance at Turin:— Carnema, Jan. 13, 1961. Howonanis Comnrrrmn Considering the note of the sth of this month, which bas been sent me by the Central Committee, Isum up my reply in the fe man. ner:—In accepting the Presidency of the aseociation of the Vigilance Committees, and in giving my adhesion to three articles drawn up by the General Assombly on the 4th, bappoint General as my ive on the said committee, authorizing him at the same time to sub- stitute for himself, when person: poseensing his entire , Central Committee, to Italian patriotism, will energetically urge the committees to call forth fresh donations among our fellow citizens, and to ure all the necessary means bY rwecoger hes Victor Emanuel the enfranchise ment of the rest of Italy. Another of bomg me du- ties of the Central Committee should be to form commit. tees upon ail the pointe of the Peninsula where none now exist, in order that from one extremity of Jtaly to the other, not ing Venice and Rome, the association may Lt af = simultaneously in concert, and promp' one impulse, The Central Committes ought, aa the motd'orire of every day and ev: instant, unceasingly to repeat to all the committees, to reek by every means to penetrate every Italian with the idea that in the spring of this year 1861, Italy must have a million of patriots arme— @ meana of us powerful, masters of desti- nies, and worthy of the respect of the world whose eyes are fixed upon us. I believe it right to warn the volnn- teers that no enrolment is f or advised by me for the moment. A journal entitled “Rome and Venice’? shld be at once established at Genoa. Inspired with the above ideas it should preach a holy war, and remove the shame which weighs upon Maly, It should also inculeate upon electors, as one of the hest means of fog mem Lag! object, the choice of deputies who, having as their first thought the enfranchisement and integrity of Italy, ehall obtain from the government the arming of the nation. G, GARIBALDL. The Siege of Gacta. The Moniteur de U Armec, a eemi-official paper, publishes the following letter from Gaeta, which contains some pecial facts of more than ordinary interest under exist ing circumstances :— fortress of Gaeta has received immense supplies within the last twenty days. All the sick and wounded have, moreover, pent iy, 90. it all the troops e' y the 12th, the King, ac- companied by the Queen, reviewed the troops. He told them that ina short time the struggle would recommence more warmly than ever. He added that he did not wish any man to serve against his will, and that anybody who wished to quit the fortress was todoso. I sured that three officers and 160 men accepted offer, and quitted Gaeta the followit remain 8, excellent troops, T have already than sufficient the defence. described the fences on the land side. There are more than 400 guns mounted. The Mente Seece, which performed so important a during the siege in the year 1806, no longer exists. Mopte sec- co Was ® hill five hundred yards from Gaeta, and com- manded it. The French, under the command of Massena, got of the hill, established their batteries on it, — red the fortress. The attack of the Day, Such an attack cannot produce such # ts Bagge tat ala eng Vombardapen ts het Ay a tM ay ag is juring @ mn s anchoring nd yh on the fre ct ‘Fowles Rete’ Wee ion, ant ine aie oreo he in motion, cant ire with the aame pre. cision aa batteries, The fleot, howovor, can Intsrrapt to communications with Gaeta, and fore it by famine 10 surrender after a certain time, On the other hand, the Piadmontese; by 160 of their ‘on the land » mut ineyi destroy the fellow loyal dependence on the Danish government, and up- right wish to maintain it undiminiehed. If, however, in copeeien, thereto, the education of their children in the Gee cae eee ae y ve government ap- 6 possessed of the wish to op] the nationality of Ror subjects of German Dirtescalare cam’ only evil pond sequences arise. Should the German Diet endeavor to carry out with force their resolutions of last Match, as surely the neighboring duchy of Schleswig will become the scene of agitation, perhaps of disturbance and ingur- rection. Then the King ot Denmark would himself make known the value of such conditions on the Schleawig poo ple, and he might in their eyes be suspected of a breach of faith, and might be open to the charge of having lod an inte! it and industrious portion of bis subjects into an odious and imsubordinate position. this despatch in connection with the one addressed to Mr, Lowther to M. Hall, and leave a copy with him. J. RUSSELL. THE NEWS BY THE CANADA. pa ° Huurax, Feb. 8, 1861. ‘The steamship Canada, from Liverpool January 26, via Queenstown 27th, anchored outside at three o’clock this morning, and arrived at her dock at eight A. M. The Canada has £53,000 in specie. ‘The London J¥mes, in another editorial on the American crisis, is very bitter on President Buchanan, It says few men who have been called upon to play 80 importact a political part have beca found more utterly unequal to their situation. Attention is drawn to the fact that Anderson, the fugi- tive slave, cannot be taken from Canada to England at present, inasmuch as he cannot be conveyed through American territory, and no other route will be opened before spring. ‘The prospectus had been issued of an India Cotton Company. It 4s proposed to establish agencies in Guze- rat and purchase cotton of the growers direct, and to endeavor to improve the process of picking and cleaning by machinery. The Galway mail contract is allowed to remain sus- pended till the 26th of March, and then to be eflectively carried out. ‘The Galway Company being unable at present to pro- vide vessels for the mail service, the Postmaster General has issued a notice that the contract is suspended till the 20th of March next, on the understanding that the com- pany will then be ready to carryjtho fortnightly service in an efficient manner. ‘The bombardment of Gaeta continued, and occasioned much damage. ~ ‘The Sardinians entered the Roman States on the 22d ult., dispersed the reactionary bands, and burned the convent of Casmalia, Prince Carignan was about to proceed to Gacta, ‘The Calcutta and Chiaa mails had reached London, but the news has been anticipated by the Anglo-Saxon. The steamship Australasian, from Now York, arrived at Queenstown on the 26th. ‘The steamehip Kangaroo arrived at Liverpool on the afternoon of the 25th. ‘The steamship Canada called at noon to-day with thirty- seven pounds sterling for Boston. On January 27, off Holyhead, she passed the steamship Australasian with forty passengers, namely:—Mrs, Gerbi, Mrs. Johnson, Miss Hailer, Sir Domius Daly, Mesers. Smith, Birkett, Birrell, Faglish, Shaw, Holthouse, Stewart, Hampson, Mackeand, Macan, Paton, Payne, Crocker, Farleigh, Edwards, Cobb, Knight, Jordan, Sleaper, Wheeler, Edmiston, Onkford, Caldwell, Row, Bailie, Lyle, Seller, Babson, Lamb and family, Barry. FRANCE. There is great activity in the French arsenals and porte. Acamp at Chatons is to be formed carly in the gpring. consisting of €0,000 men, under Marshal M+Mahon, General Lamoricier, na letter declining a sword of honor, writes that sueh distinctions are for battles won, &c., while his fortune has been the yery reverse. The Bourse, on the 25th, was quict but firm; rentes O7f. 500. ITALY. Advices from Gaeta are to the evening of the 23d. The fire of the Sardinians was vigorously continued and slowly replied to. The London @lobe learns that Francis II. has resolved to hold out at Gaeta, by the advice of the foreign Ministers. It was rumored that negotiations were progressing to replace the French troops at Rome by Sardinians, Typhoid fever was making ravages at Gacta. AUSTRIA. Austria bas issued an official ordinance relative to the thirty millions of floring lean already announced. SPAIN. Rnmors had been current of disturbances in certain Provinces in Spain, but the Correspmdcncia Autografa says they are unfounded. HANOVER. ‘A despatch says the last difficulties in reference to the redemption of the State dues is removed. INDIA AND CHINA. The India and Chine mails bad reached London, and the American portion was put op board the Canada at Queenstown. Tien-twin dates are to November 21. An instalment of the indemnity had been paid. A great part of the expeditionary forces bad reached Hong Kong. Twenty-five hundred Fnglish troops and a quota of French were Jeft at Tien-tain. Lord Elgin and Sir Hope Grant arrived at Shanghae December 4, and on the 7th both started for Japan. The Peiho was completely frozen up. Baron Gros and Mr. Ward had beem at Canton. A etoamer had been up the inland waters, near Canton, with perfect safety. The rebels were stil! in force and gained strength. The Yanete was muck infested with pirates, Calcutta dates are to December 30. § A monster meeting had been held, protesting against the government gift to Tippo Sultan's descendants. ‘Troops bad been added to Denjeling. The Calcutta import market was gloomy; rates were nominally unchanged, except for twist, which was a farthing lower, Freights unaltered. Exchange 2s. 1nd CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. Cape of Good Hope dates of December 22 had been re- ccived, Business was dull. Sir George Grey had gone to the frontier. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. LONDON MONEY MARKET. The money market is slightly more stringent, Consol “4 a 1%, for money; 9135 491%) for account. The weekly return of the Rank’ of England exhibits a de- crease of £253,000, Baring Bros. qnote*bar silver 6s. Lad; Monica dollars, 68, 3¢¢.; eagles, 768, 74. AMERICAN STOCKS. Baring reporte the market qniet and unchanged, with nominal quotations. United States 5's, 86. 87; do. 6's, donde of 1868, 98 a 98, LIVESTOOL COTTON MARKET. The Beles of cotton on the 26th were but 6,000 bales, including 1,000 to ar James Hewitt & Co report all qualities slightly declined. Buy- ers demand a reduction, but holdere generally refused any contesaion. MANOHESTER TRADE REPORT. ‘The advices from Manchester are unfavorable. There bes been but little inquiry, and prices are weak, with very light transactions, LIVERPOOL BREADSTUFPR MARKET, Messrs. Wakefleld, Nash & Co.; Richardeon, Spence & Oo., and Bigiand, Athya & Co. report:—Flour dull, with a decline of 6d. a is. per bbl, on the week, with quotations at 28a, 6d. . 6a, ia dull, and quotations are 1d. a 2d. per cental lower; red Western, 11s. a 138. Corn dull, and declined 6d, a 9d. since Tuesday; mixed, 968. 1. 4 37 8 D8. ; white, 393. n 398, 6d. - 1, PROVISTON MARKET. Reof h@lvy. Pork dull, Bacon dull, and declined 19., secsrally wachaaged;”‘WorwhAmorten j \y une ; meric an has slightly declined “ander considerable arrivals; Butchers’ Association quoted at 57. 6d. a be. LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKET. galt, brokers circolar t-—Asbessiauty at 205. 4 Pa” 7 pears. Sagar steady. Coffee dul, Rive quiet; Carolina, 232, Gi. 9 ve, Roein Death of Dector John W. Francis. The melancholy duty this day devolves upon ua to re- cord the death of Dr. John Wakeman Francis, one of the most celebratea physicians of America, and an old and honored citizen of this metropolis, The Doctor had fer some time past been laboring under a painful discaso (carbuncles on the back), to which he succumbed yester- day morning, to the infinite regret of the medical frater- nity and the community at large. Dr. Francis was born in the’ city of New York, on the 17th of November, 1789, and has therefore lived to the age of 72 years. His father, Melchior Francis, was @ native of Nuremburg, iu Germany, who emigrated toand settled in this country immediately after the Revolution. His mother was a Philadelphia lady of Swiss descent. In his youth Dr. Francis—like his great proto- type, Dr. Franklin, to whom he bore @ personal regem- blanoe—chose the calling of a printer, and many inte- resting anecdotes are related of his mealtime hours being divided between his frugal repast and his Latin grammar. Soon leaving the printiag office in which he was employed, he entered an advanced class in Columbia College, where, by assiduous labor and continual diligence, he kept up with his regular studies and made progress in the modical course, having decided eventually to adopt medicine as a profession. Entering tho office of Dr. Hosack, he took his degree of M.D. in 1811. His was the first name re. corded on the list of graduates, and he was the sole sur- vivor of the class. With his removal by death the last link of the chain is broken, and not one of all the young men who once formed that class is now to be found among the living. In connection with Dr, Hosack he founded the American Medical and Philosophical Register, a well known journal on medical jurispra- dence, of which he continued to be the chief editor for four years. During that time he contributed to the literature of the day a number of learned dissertations, of much value, on medicine, criticism, philosophy and sooial and political economy. Dr. Francis rose very ra- pidly tn his profeesion, as might be prosumed when it is remembered that his college essay on the ‘Uge of Mer- cury” attracted unusual attention among professional men on both sides of the Atlantic. On all questions re- lating to the theories of epidemics he was a great authority. It would occupy woo much space to give even the naked titles of the honors and offices of distingutshed trust which were held by the deceased, and on this ground it is only necessary to say that his name is asso- ciated with almost every triumph in his profession that is recorded of American genius. Dr. Francie will be long remembered by many of our eitizens. Although he had attained to the ripe age of seventy-two years, he was to all outward appearances a bale and vigorous man. Until within a very late peridd no signs of the encroachment of disease or the effects of gathering years were apparent upon him. His genial and smiling face, his silvery locks and his generally cheerful demeanor could nover fail to impress the ob- server that he possessed a soul of rare gentleness and kindness. The low crowned bat which he usually wore, with his neat white cravat abd gold headed cane—this latter being his constant companion when traversing the strects—helped to give him the appearance of one of the old Knickerbockers, who now only live in our traditions. Whenever there was pleasant weather the Doctor could generally be met on Broadway , enjoy ing the refreshing airs in the cool of the evening, making purchases in the station- ers, or conversing with some of his numerous friends whom be might chance to meet. Dr. Francis lived during the most stirring times of our country’s history, and took a lively interest in her po- litical affairs, while he devoted particular attention to the various philanthropic movements of the day. Fa miliar from his earliest years with the best phases of American and Knickerbocker life; knowing, even in boy: hood, the divines, physicians, lawyers and politicians of eminence of the day, bis acquaintance with people of dis- tinction and talent for halt a century kept pace with the rowth of the metropolis of which he was so proud. He watched, with ever anxious eye, every stop of progress, either in material wealth’ and prosperity or in intellectual culture, taken by New York; bo chro- nicled, at intervals, nearly every one of these stops; he assieted in- the successful accomplishment of many of them. His life wos made up of efforts to benetit the public; and while his career as a physician was com- posed of acts of kindnese and the devotion of a tine mind, large experience and great medical attatnments to the office of benefitting individuals, his life ae a man corresponded, on a more enlarged eoale, with his private and profeesvonal experierce. His relations with his pro- feeaional brethren were always of the most cordial description, while with a liberal hand he ever en- couraged the younger members of tbe profession to pursue the ‘onward path to fame. His lavish A member of Calvary church, and during his ness: was visited by Rev. Dr. Hawke, to whom he ttreely ex- pressed his religious views and his hopeful trast "tn the resurrection of the dead and the life of the work ta come.’’ special meeting of the New York Academy of Medi- cine will be held i the small chapel of the New York University at seven o’clock this evening, to take action. Folative to the death of this distinguished scholar and physician, City Intelligence. PIRE IN FULTON STREET—ONE FIREMAN KILLED AND ONE BADLY INJURED. Between two and three o’clook yesterday morning & fire broke out in the Ocean spice and coffee mill, No. 206 Fulton street, owned by Wright, Gillies & Bro. The flames were first seen in the rear part of the first floor. Owing to the intense cold the fire men had great difficulty im getting to work, and wherever the water fell it immediately turned into ice. The flames spread into the adjoining building, No. 208, destroying the rear and upper part of it. No. 206 was entirely destroyed. When the fire was nearly gub- ued it was found necessary to throw a chimney which ‘stood in the middle of the building. All persons were or- dered out of the premises severdl times, and it was nob until fifteen or twenty minutes after the first order was given that the chimney was pushed over. A cry wae them raised that several firemen were killed. Every exertion was at once made to extricate the unfortunate mem; and shortly afterwards the lifeless body of Joseph Skilman, member of No. 15 Truck, was taken out, and Willi Runnett, also a member of No. 16 Truck, was ‘ound oy riously tpjured. The body was taken to the Track by members of the company, and Runnett was conveyed to the New York Hospital. No other accident occurred, as far as we could learn. The efficiency of steam fire cn- gines was clearly demonstrated at this fire. The firemen worked weil, and are of praise, loss of Wright, Gillies & Bro. will amount to about $6,000; insured for $4,000 in the Park and East River insurance companies. Part of No. 206 was occupied by W. A. Hem- met, tailor; loss about $200; no insurance. No. 208 was occupled by Hedges & Morse, as a pal ; los about $5,000; fully insured in oumpanies.’ The second floor was oosupied by William Adams, boop ekirt and netting manufactory ; loss about $7,000; imsured for $1,000. The buildings Nos. 206 and 208 are owned by the Fowler estate; loss about $4,000; insured. How the fire originated is unknown at present, but it is supposed ta have been caused in some accidental re The inquest upon the body of Mr. Skillman was held at the truck house in Franklin street, by Coroner Jackman. Newton Barnes, a member of Hook and Ladder Company No. 16, testified that while they were at work a: the fre they were ordered to pull down the chimney of No, 208; the chimney, which was a tall one, fell with a crash, and crushed in the roof of the building No. 206, in which de- ceased was at work; deceased was buried beneath the ruins, and when taken out he was found to be quite death; the body was taken to 14 Engine house, and from there to the truck house, James Patterson and Augustus C. Viger coroborated the testimony of the previous wit~ hess, and the case was then submitted to the jury, who rendered a verditt of accidental death. Deceased was thirty years of age, and was a native of New York. Ho wus ani upholaterer by occupation, and resided im Vifth reet, TO THE EDITOR OF THE WERATD. Dean Sm—There ig no truth in the rumor of the of Mr. Runnett, He is but slightly injured, and the phy- sicians eay he will be well in a few days. No bones aro broken, nor is there any appearance of internal injuries. His face and arms are badly burat—that is all. With many thanks for your kind consideration, J am yours traly, JOHN ANDREWS, Foreman of Hook Ladder No. 15. Contracts ar THe Simxkr Derartwnaye.—Tho following contracts were awarded at noon yesterday, by the Street Commissioner, in the presence of Mr. Comptroiler Haws:—Regulating, grading, and setting curb and gutter stone, and flagging the sicewalks four feet wide, in Fifty- difth street, from avenue A to Kast river—eight bide; w Jobn Lanahan, at $5,905 12; time, eight mouths. Sure- tick—-James Saxton end Michsel Fallahec, for $3,000. Regulating and grodiug Kighty-third street, between Fichth and Ton‘h avenues—eight bids; to (Conner & Sullivan, at $7,891 88; time, one year. Sureties—Geo. Keller and Jas. Ladd, for $6,000. Licenses on Crrv RamRoaps—For the last few days Colonel Burnham, the City Marshal, hae been busy fur- nishing licenses to the Bixth, Righth and Ninth avenue railway companies for employing cars on their routes. The Licenses furnished thus far in the period mentioned are ax follows:— Company. Care. Rate. Thal. #ixth avenue -40 two horse, $00 2,000 “ 200ne 20 ‘400 Fighth even :botwo 60 2,500 “ seieeedB one 20 ‘300 Ninth avenue......36 one “« 20 720 trilin in the shape of revenue, derivable by the the means of these gigantic monopolies, Hor av Tum Gramkkcy Park Hovusk.—One of the moet charming reunions of the season took place at this hotel on Friday evening, and was eminently successful both im the selection of the company and in the arrangements made for their pleasure and comfort. The ement ‘was composed of a few of the boarders, who were ably ont, rough: generosity toward the unfortunate and euffering, especially the ly author and artist, eadear- ed him to al whowe life is brightened by his acquaintance, A liberal and enlightened citizen, as well ts professional man, Dr. Francis achieved singular emi- pence. ‘To relieve humanity of suffering, in whatever phase it is found, was his mission, To literature he found time to devote his energies, end New York {# indebted to him for the formation of some of her oldest and most honored literary institutions. The New York Historical Soclety more particularly found in him in its hours ofa versity a liberal donor, by which ita present and usefulness were scoured. With his us and generosity, upon tho first tation of the pro To Boctor comprehended” is pre ee b merits and lent a Ing band, ma] iz with Dr. Baus, be was fran tae ite an unwerering Sted and vo his eloquence, enorgy, extensive acquaintance and untiring Zeal, its present usefulness and permanent position are greatly indebted. Jn 1813, although only in the twenty fourth your of his age, he received the appointment of lecturer on the Institutes of Medicine and Materia Medica at the college in which he bad 0 recently beeu a student; and from this time his position a a man of science and ialeat was recognized by the community, he subsequently filled the chaire of obstetrics, of forensic meticine, of inedical Jurispradence, of the institutes of medicine in various other institutions; he went abroad, and became inti- mately acquainted with Abernethy ‘and other eminent physicians of the day, with Cuvier, Gall and Beewstor in scientific walks, witPsir Walter Scott and other lite rary men. While ubroad he contributed several articles to ‘Rees’ Cycloped In 1817 he became Pro. fessor of Medical Jurisprudence in the Institute of Medicine in this city. In 1419 he was made Professor of Obstetrics, “i retained the _— until 1826, when ab faculty resigy : started what was known the Rutgers Medical School. This lasted four yearsqand siuce ite dissolution Dr. Francis has devoted himself to the practice of his pro- fesaion and the pursuit of literature, Among his pereonal friends he numbered almost all the great statesmen and erainent literary people of the idat quarter of a century, whilr he always manifested a great interest for the stage and those whe tro! its boards; thus he knew most of the popular actors of the day, and lately wrote a series of theatrical reminiscences for a periodical sheet of this city. In 1847 he was clected the first Presi. dent of the New York Academy of Medicine, and he was an associated or honorary member of many scientific and medical Institutions both in this country and Europe. His degree of L.1..D, was conferred on hit ia 1860 by Trinity College, Hartford. His principal’ medical publications are: ‘Cases of Mor- | bid Anatomy,”’ ‘On the Value of Vitriolic Emotics in the | 8 Membraneous Sta res of Crouy ‘Facte nnd Inferences in Medical Jurisprudence,” “On the Auatofhy of Drunken. ness,” “Death by Lightning,” “An Essay on the Cholera in New York in 1842."" also wrote elaborately for magazines and newspapers, aud was the author of eevoral pamphlets and an annotated edition of Denman’s work on urition. His own works on the obstetric art, on the medicinal rties of inaria canadensis. febrile contagion, goitre of Western Now York and Canada, the mineral waters of Avon, the yellow fever and. the Asiatic cholera, all served to extend ae reputation as ‘8 most learned and skilled physician. But amid the incessant avocations of a largo practice Dr. Francis found time to manifest his interest in, and ge nius for, the liberal studies. In a sories of able dis- courses, delivered before various literary and #cien tifle bodies, he illustrated the valuo ‘and horticulture, the fine arts, Ai biography, history and seience, On all questions of local and personal interest the opinion of Dr. Francis was al- ways considered as a primal necessity, and he was fre: pom maa on the alfairg of literary and charitable asgeoe' His reputation and influence were distinguished in al- moat every branch of usefulness, though bie reputation as Sa was most onviable. He See inti in relating his _biographi reminis of its important citi- of the distinguished strangers who Ald relake ever soon rate, and minute; he could every detail in @ versation that occurred thirty or forty years ago, de- scribe ity in ay dress, manner pe living were born: was a complete authority in of foal antiquarian ner a ite lacontrovertitfe 0 a sul his apsertions about the ihberary: or nal Y o New York celebrities, He had abi of Humor amd ; ituute oMablity; wae eminently sooial in hig tastes; seconded in their endeavors by the proprietor, Mr. Bach, and his gengemanly assiatant, Mr. Buxton. New York Brntx Socrery.—The regular monthly meet- ing of the New York Bible Society was held on Thureday evening, February 7, at the Bible House, Astor piace, the President, Wm. Allen Butler, in the chair. The Commit- tec for the Supply of the Destitute Resident Popniation reported the visitation by Messrs. Watson and Gouble- man in the Eleventh and Twelfth wards, during the month of January, of 2,611 families, and the distribution of 781 volumes. Reports of visitation and distribution wore also received from the Emigrant and Marine Com- mittees and the Committees on Humane and Criminai In- stitutions and Military Posts, The necessity of an en- larged distribution to meet the wants of the ines easing tion of the city was disqussed at Interesting extracts from their journals were read b: Messre, Watson and Pierson, agents of the Board. thanks of the Board were presented to the trustees of tl Prick church for the ase of the church, and to the '. Dr. Fells and Dr. Van Dyck for their able addresses the occasion of the recent ann! Of the societ; the Board adjourned to meet again on Thursday evening, larch 7. Ameneax Bree Socuery.—The monthly meeting of the managers was held at the Bible House, Astor place, on the 7th inst, Hon. Luther Bradi¢h presided, aided by William B. Crosby, Benj. L. Swan and Francis Hall, Bags. Rev. Dr. Hutton, by request, read the Ninety-tirst Psalm, and cfered prayer. Four new societies were recognized as auxiliaries—one in Massachusetts, one in Jowa, one im Michigan and one in Wisconsin, Various communica. tions were received from agents and others in the home field, some of them of agratifying character, particularly one from the San Francisco Bible Society, and one from the President of the Charleston Bible Society of Sonth Ca- roliva. From abroad was a letter from the . John Cov. ton pmith, Resident Minister of United Sta:es at Bolivia, 8. A., including a cordial letter from the President of that republic, tn acknowledgement of a Bible sent him by the Towrd; another letter from Seth Driggs, Esq, , of Caraccas, S. A., asking for Spanish Scriptures for distribution; one from Roesia, in regard to @ new edition of the Kevat Testament; one from Batavia, asking for books; one from the Secretary of the British and Foreign Bible Seciety, in regard to an arrange- ment with the American Bible Society for primt- the Scriptures at Constantinople, Beyrout and other foreign countries, they are’ wanted for distribu tion, both by English and American missionaries. Over thirty volumes were received as donations to the library, most of them from James Lenox, Feq.. copies of the ear~ lier Bibles printed in England and Seotland. SOMEFTUNG FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF Panns.—WhiO Mir. Byrnes, the Superintendent of Parks, seome to be anxious to look after the particular business of his posi- tion, we know of a very great nuisance to which we de sire to call his attention, That portion of the Park down town, which lies just at and about the Morray street. entrance, is in a beautiful state of filth and disorder, rendered still worse by the fact that the peg from the Beekman street path is incomplete, torn up some time ago, for wi the ofticiais having charge thereof. certain, however, and that is that pedestrians are in the bavit of lamontiag. the fact y all it especially dtiring wet or snowy weather. tho ground there prosents the picture of a field of mad, embellished hero and there with diminutive lakes not, very easy of navigation. Cavtion To Srv axts.—Yesterday morning, ae the ser vant at the house of the Superintendent of the Central Park was lighting the fire in the range, the frozen water Eee hotty of fight ue gresteet pI Ee ye} ‘war not killed on the spot. Curuinc,—A match was played at Patterson, N. J., om Wednesday, between the Caledonia Club, of thin city, ‘and the club of that place, and resulted in a vietory for tho former. The gamo was played in one rink, with the following result caledoniane, 90; Pattereonians, 38; majority, 08. 22 Fee! <