The New York Herald Newspaper, April 3, 1862, Page 2

fi assisting the mo- | line? But, without Prevent the Minister of Finance from at Daou tou of M. Hager with ali bie might; Dut one of thee very inconvenient perscas who are Diessed with a good (memory was ii! natured enough to quote bis own words Qgninst him, sod they were pressed so convincingly that, afer sn animated debate of two days, the mluitors were left im a minority of 143 fo 171. The next day @ Cabivet council was held, and the peault was that they proveaded in corpore to the King aod fold iheir resignation at the feet of bis Majeaty. ‘Vhe commercial treaty with }rsnce is again in jeopardy. e name of the Zollverein, \d her with full power to thie being the caso, it Jifleasion was a mere form. ros out that it was alla mistake. Ba- g declare that, although they bad authorized Prcasia to negotinse the treaty, they bud re served the right of examining its articles and rejecting them if they ound them prajudicial to the tateresta of thew subjects, Soveral of the smaller States have joined 1, if thoy persist im it, the whole iPeaty wil probably fail to the ground, as France had Urcady yioided ou several important polite urged by Prua- fa, and It l# B0t bo be expected Mat she will give way any farther, aiver haying reason 4@ believe that reaty Was fected by the signature Of Prussia, and that its siipu tous were final. Indeed, she may justly consider ber- geif as baviog reoutved but scurvy treatment at the tae members of whic wot ag their repres NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, APRIL ¥, 1862—TRIPLE SHEET. ourselyos in the eoatemplat! eveutua cannot resent war will rad atta of Wp Americans, auc “a0. 7 tonew to sruggie * now it hea to combat the more ‘adle obstacles raised up by man. Let che way Dut contin»e for alow youre, fos ‘Amecigane inured (o a military regime, aud who can teli what ences this moral and social metamorphosis may leaitor We havealready Temarked that Sngland {gels instiactively the shaiow of ents, apd ther@fore made the Treat difivalty ® pretext for eulecting ® la ge force in Canata, anu placing the province in getate of defence. The examipie of France ‘bas taught (he Bricish siacesmen bow dae gervos bations are that are passing h tical revolution aad torn by @ivil dissensions, To-day such ® satin ap- pears @wept, a it wore, from the faceof ‘the aarth—her Dower dispersed to the winds and shattered to pieces beyond hope of recovery; to-morrow she rises more foruicabie,thon ever, striking terror tuto her adversaries, snd frustrating and qonfoua:l.ng the plans fouuded upon her weakness. it is plain, therefore, that the European ments who possess territory on American soil Taust look with considerable apprehension upon the pro- «ress made Dy Uke Americana iv the art of war, with prospect beiore them that th imestic strife Wul be made available eve foreign enemiss.’? The appoluunent of Mr. Cameron has been woll re bere, and our Court are highly gratified with the fatier- jug teria in whick Mr. Liucylu speaks of Russia ia bis letter to the new Minister. ‘The /nvalid contains a seriea of articles, statistics of hands of the Corman States, and it remains to be seen whether Louis Napoleon will put up with such conduct without remousirating very energetically against it. Tue ministerial erisia has taken quito a ditferent turn to what was generally anticiprted. it was thought (hat if ‘a ministry, the waority of which consisted of ci-devant Uberals, reinaived in oftie under the present auspices, it would only be oo coadition of their being allowed to pur. ue @ GOurse of policy conformabie with their anteced outs and with the wishes of the popular branch of tho , wut thas if they had to make way for a Cab!- Gos composed of professed reactiouisis the c 3 would waturally De attonded by the dissolution of the ym ber, Tre public ere smple enough to believe that ag far as M. Averswaid and his vileagues carried their deference tothe we wilt they would not go so far as to bulie all their Principles, and resort to the samo measures which Whey denounced #0 violently when taken by their prode- cessers. It appears, however, that the public were tais- (akeo—tho micisiry remains, and the Chamber is dis. gelved. Yesterday M. Vou der Heydt came down to tho House and stated that, it having become evident, from the vote af Thursiuy last, that t® ministers no longer en- the conti ience of + honorable assembly, they Offered their rosignation to his Majesty, but that the King refuse to accept it, seeing that ry of Uinued to enjoy his confideuce aud that of the “ well poset” pari of the population. In obedience to the ro; Command, they had, therofore, withdrawn their request; cessary for the welfare of the country ould exist between the government of the King ead the representatives of the people, they hsd decormined to appeal from the prosent Chawber to the nation at large. lu consequence of this a royal ordinance ‘Dad been issued, which M. Von der Hoydt read to the Ohamber, and which runs as follows:— ‘We, William I. Oy the grace of God King of Prussia, &c., decree, in con- fount with agraphs $1 and 77 of the constitution, oud by the advice of our Ministry of State: first, House of Deputios is horewith dissolved; secondly. Hvuse of Lorde ta prorogued; thirdly, our ministers are obarged with the execution of this ordinance. Given at Borlin, the 11th of Mareb, 1802." A similar communi- cation’ wag made in the Houge of Lorde, where it was received with loud applause ‘The impolicy of Unie act is es obvions as the want of prinetole displayed by the ministry in committing it. (he represen iatives of tho people are distuissed for no shor reason tha because they want tomzke use of their constitutional right of control over the government ex- peaditure—a cit which no one asserted more decidedly ‘than the present Minister of Finance and his colleagues vefure their nccegsion to power. Nothing can be plainer, therefore, than that the fipancia!l adminisiration of the government will not bear investigation; and as thie is a question that touches every one’s interests, to appeal to ‘ho Country on it is like courting defeat, Notwithsiand- img the intluence that may and will be exerted by the government offieizis, ail or nearly all the mera- ers of the opposition are sure to be re- vieoted, and at the next mecting of the Leyisiature {whidh, acoording to section 51 of the constitution, amt take place at latest by the 11th of June, isters i find themselves w the same position as they were in last—they will either have to modify their policy or issolve the House a second time. In the !aiter event, Wy ean only hope to have more servile representatives the game arbitrary measures that were taken ‘and Westphalia, and by which every wal minded man was kepi away from tho poils, or exposed to the most pitiless persecution if he voted ac. posi neyo os But if reactionary measures ws it will certainly be most advisable to entrust thom to reactiouary ministers, and not to men who have sompromised thonwelves by former professions of libe- talism, end will, therefore, become more odious the people tham those who never made such ; for a a t, honest conserva- ive will always be preierred to & renegade Wberal. Thus the presen! ministry will have attained uo otaer than to pave the way for a Cabinet com- posed of aristocrats pur sang, end have gi’ the coup de lepeked their reputation without insuring a longer lease in return for the loss of character. Quos Deus porders, prius dementat. ‘The Ministor of Ecclesiastical Affairs, though never so sdvanced ani liberal as some of his colleagues, is the wnly one of them who has behaved like @ man, and has terused to assume his porlefewilée, which bas been en- trusted ad interim to Count Schwerin, Great precautions wore taken yesterday, in expectation of popular tumults. Tho police were reinforced, abd the wg in readie aess for action; but, with the ex-eption some groups that colleated berore the House of Deputies, and the arrest of @ madman who talked about shooting the King, every- thing remained perfectiy quiet. To-day there is pot s Wace of agitation visiblo—i'ordre regne & Varaovis. Our St. Petersburg Correspondence. Sr. Perxrsrcno, March 4, 1662. Meeting of the Emperor with the King of Prussia and Napoleon—Affairs of Poland—The Russian Universi- ttes—Phe Seuernays Pchela on the American War and ts Consequencas—Losses of the Russian Army ia the Cri- mean War, dc., dc. I ig rumored in circles which are generally weil postod tn political affairs that the Emperor intends to pay a vi im the spring to his uncle, the King of Prussia, at Pots- dam, and that be will have a rendezvous there with Napoleon II, That three such great monarchs do not mest merely for. purposes of courtesy or friendship can bardly bs doubted; but opinivas differ widely as to the real motive of their interview, According to some it is the italian question that will be the chief subject of discussion, Nepolcon wishing to overcome the objections of Russia and Prussia to the reeogs|t of Liaiy, amd, perhaps, to discover what change there ts of oir conniving @t his iesigns upon Sardinia. Others are of opinion thas the Eastern qucstion wil! be again brought on the tapia, ap¢ that Napoleon will come forward with fis plan for the cession of Bosnia aud the Herzegovina to Austria in oxchange for Venice, which might be ren- red palatable to Russia by Fr: and Engiaod con. seating to a revision of thi ‘pulations of the Treaty of Paria im respect tothe narigation of the Black Sea. A third version makes the afairs of Polaud the subject of the proposed interview; but this ts quite unlikely, as asither Russia nor Pragsia would allow the loterferonce of France in their domestic concerns, particularly s$ @ moment when they beve almost succeeded ‘a putting down the agitation that hed seized upon their Polish subjects. By the last advices from Warsaw porfect tranquillity continued to reign in the sity; and, thanks to the sew archbishop, the popular Wfervoacence had subsided so completely tat even the sonfversary of the 25th of February passed over without jhe slightest dist irbance, and (§ was confidently Delleved that the state of siege would be raised on the let of _ April—an ominous date, by the way. It s almost cer tain, howover, that the Emperor will pags through War- saw cn routs to Germany, and we may hope that ke will ake the opportunity to grant ® genera! emuesty. In our capital, too, the excitement occasioned by the cloming of the Univorsity,;and the debates in the Assem. biles of the Noblesse, is gradually cooling down. The aew Minister of Public Instrustion appears anxious to face the unfavorable impression produced by the ili. wiviend mesaures of his » The University may be said to have been de facto reopened, the Faculty of Languages, which numbers some of the first \ingutete in Karope mcg ite professors, having beeo Already reconstituted, and the professors of the other facuition, Inaluding who had shown the greatest onergy in taking the part ef the stucents, such es Kave lin, Otin, Kostomanoff, ke., having received permission Re lectures, which are numerously attended. ly, the papdchitel aichebrave okenga (eurator of the Cducationary district of St. Petersburg), Geueral Philipson, who had been pitchforked lato an olfce for which he was palpably unfit, and whose ‘want of taot and common fense had provoked the whole diMioulty, bas received hiv conge, and will be & more suitable person is evident, from Uaat oUF Universities ero too moch crowded. there areover two thousand stovente; bere near y ae many; and it is mo wonder that where such swarms of bigh spirited young m togethor the authorities not always able to preserve proper iiscipine. Gow erument has resolved, therefore, to establish new universities , of which there aroat presens ony » Russia—e number quite insufficient for wo Ts would be tution at Tide for the Caucasian provinces. During the taterval of quiet which has just get in, ant which croakers look upon as the calm that precedes the Compost, wa cast onr eye with renewed interes! across the Atlantic, whore the scenes of the political drame @hYt more rapidly thaa in the Old World, One loading Journal, the Severnaya Pchala, repeats ite convietion that tha effeb's of the American rovolition will be felt on this wide ef the coven, and shake th viem of Baropean weilligrium (0 its basis. ‘ » ne ane WA 1 Med Mla, “thet Amerion fs fated faine polition) phases which we have through - ago Who knows whether the two Feat Aiericau ropublie, fa separatt Feta oach other, inay not form two powerful coms ering memaarobies, 008 Of Which will nwallow up Canade aod tte lini to Peonmeer eve w the o the Ruasian army since the accession of Nicholas Vaulo- vitch, by which it appears thas during the four years of the late Oriental war the lossea of our army were a3 followa:—-Killed in battle in 1853, 0 in 1854, 8,006 CM ores: 108, 28 54) ! ) in 1856, 2,168 (128 officers); died in 185%, 36,519 (ST¢ officers)’ in 1864, 41,150 officers); in 1853, 96,813 (025 officers), and in 1856, 83,110 (846 officers). Sum (otal, 4,109 officers and 287,930 rank and file, As the avorage mortality in the army during the three prac Years was some 40,000 annually, it follows that U War cust us no lexs then 189.009 mee, to which must be added the militia, of whoin about 10,000 were cither Slain at Sobastopol or died in the hospitals. BULL RUN RUSSELL’S LETTERS ON THE CIVIL WAR, More of His Lies—His Sympatutes wiin the South. {Special correspondence of the London Times.) Wassinatoy, March 1, 1862 Well, we are not engaged in civil war in Euglaud, and we caunst judge very well what we might do if wo w othorwise there are things Leing done here which De criticised. RUSSELL ON THR CENSORSHIP, Hore, for instance, is a movemont of troops from Washington to Baltimore and Harper's Fé TY), news of which would animate the North and strengthe them very materialiy: but it is malum prohibitum to ray a word about it lest the news should reach the exeuy. And does any one believe the enemy don’ know of it quite ss well as if all the news were published? Why, Maryland is full Baltimore is, perhaps, ag ful! of C rville was, By whatever meats the ve paper intelligence could have been conveyed to th ds can algo bo carried the rosuits of eyesight and hearing. So fearful are the authorities of the animoaity of their opponents that they do not venture to Isave a furlong of the railway unguarded. AsIcams down the lige this evening there were Leavy traing filled with gol. dirs moving to Baltimore, and at the station othera were drawn up crammed with’ men. Cxissous and artillery were shunted in the sidings. All the way to Washington, in addition to the numerous smal! pickets posted with blazing watchiires in front of their tents, patrols were moving up aud down, and aghain of contries was ostab lished to prevent any evil minded secesziouist from med- diing with the rails. A GUBSS AT THE MRANING OF M’CLKLLAN'S MOVEMENTS. The concentration of troops from Baltimore towards Harper's Ferry, and the reinforcements sent to Banks, who is now in full possession of the Confederates’ old posi tions at the other sido of the river, may indicate a doaigr onthe part of General McClellan to tura the outlying corps which covered the left flank of the Confederates at ‘Manassas, and to got down upon the Manassas Gap Rail- road; but the movement is not yet developed sufficient. ly to enabie one to judge whether Banks is going to Cperate independently in tbe valley of the Shonandosh, to the west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, or whether ho is to move oa Leesburg, on the eaatof the chain, also. Some are of opinion he has advanced to enable the government to restore the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. If it be true that the enemy were shell- ing the railway trains pear Berlin, which ie on the Maryland side of the Potomac, tt is evident they have not yet withdrawn from the country between Leesburg and the Kittoetan Monntaios, which are to the east of the Blue Ridge chain, The passage of Banks’ oolumns was effected in vory good order and without aay diffi- culty, and he bas now upwards of 35,000 mon in position and in support about Charlestown aud Rarper’s Ferry, with @ numerous artillery, and gups, and men fast coming up to his assistance in caso of , OF with the view of enabling him to complete his portion of the plan of the edvance which bas now been determined upon, General MoClellan has returned with hia staf from the scene of operations a. and, \f the,weather permits it, hes will ‘no doubs, jnake’ @ forward movement on bis it . Bot as £ have only b just arrivedand have not yet visited the camps I cau- Yell what changes have really takeu place, though I hear that Heintzeiman, who eocupies the left of the federal line, infrout of Alexandria, aud Fitajohn Porter, who lay almost on the right of the winter cantonments of the Army of the Potomac towards Vieuna, have moved their divisions. It ishopet that these demonstrations may shake the enewy’s line, and induce him to move out from his suy wrongly fortified lines pear Cantreville. He certainly cannot the Ma- nassas Railroad to fall Into the hands of the federala withont much {noonventence, The roads are now frozen bard, out @ thaw will turn them into mud, and snow, a fail of which seems imminent, will render them still less adapted for the movement of troops. There ts much diepute respecting the strength of the Confederates at Ceatrevilie, and it would surprise me to hear that they had really 75,000 effective mou along that portion of their very long line of defence. it arguee singular conttdence in their present officers to let Beauregard and ip inane Jobmston go so far away; but General Smith is highly spoken of, and, be- sides, Mr. Jefereon Davia ia within call, and would, no bt, hasten from Riebmwnd, as be did before, in cese another attack, It is not likely, however, that a si milar movement in all respects will be made by tho foderals OPINION OF M'CIRLLAN'S ORVRRALSEIP, Gonoral McClellan is apparently about to try the dan- gerous game of combined movementa. However, his plans may be modified by the movementa of the Con. federates, who muat naturally feel that their excuee for s defer 2 attitude heve ceased with the meua: ance of tl is to "the cradis of the fed ral Geners! th: ared with constancy, and, 20 without irritation, thong not without the attacks of ail kinds which have been directed m by the press and by politiviang, He knows full icy Will be quite roady to burrab sfter the cho- rot wheels of their quoudam * Young Napoleon,” (whom they now describe aga sort of @ cross betwoom Viteliius aod Heliogabalus) the moment he wive a victory, and to shout out, “Ther ways said so.’ It is insinn- ated that he is Iuxurioug, {mert and incapable, and that he is perveried by demecratic doctrines; it Is dectared that he should have “buried his legione"’ here, there and ery whore, as if they were cricket balls, and his accu. Be yre been free with tongue and pen. Should he fai! now he is ia evil case. if he succeed, none cam fix Dounds to the extent of his future carser; certainly not to the praise and honor to be bestowed upon bim. There are people who repeat that the new Secretary of War, Mr. Stanton, is not satisfied wiih General McCThlian. His Aecpatches, indeed, have given color to the statement by their curious phraseology aad by certain inuendoes and implied contrasts; but I atm {nformed that the Secretar, of War ia really ® staunch supporter of the!General, aud that there is a0 foundetion for these stories, The popu- lar impression haa been produces the other way, and it was in order to rectify it that sume friend of the Generai words in Mr. Stanton’s mouth in ‘ae of the Commander of the Potomac in the report of procesdinga at & meeting between Lim and the railway managers, which wore repudiated by the Secretary, end Lave given rise to comment aud correspondence in the New York payers, he WHAT AOMSL TRIVES OF OLD ABB's FLOCK. Pragident now and then orders a ruevement, or talle some cf Lia cfBeers, at least, to perform a partioular operation, it may be eoncelved the results are not al- wayelo mene tage chap secerammn Ct a 8 re mark genorally « to such tnt 09, it mas be staked that ihe shrewdness and natural sagecity of Mr. Lincoln are not more lauded by the naval and mili- tary men whoare it in contact with him from their departments than his desire te make himeolf ecquaint- ed with the merite and bearing of every expedition and movement, and the certainty with which be eventu- ipa the detatie. Hi © Sghti oiee ir ty and a “put ‘siidell down hie Yon the surrender of Mason they would perhape like him ali (@e more, though he waa ” v f the arguments ip his ‘jpoted State pepe: @ takes 8 creat in. torent ia the operations in (he Woetern waters auc States, A ER AT TEN CNION ARNTONRNT OF THO BOOTH, Ry-the-by, that “sipong Union wpgti » whigh flamed out so suddenly i= Wocealee Hk, wh out without much eplutter. Commodore Foote will no doadt, rekindle it with hie fleet of mortar vessels, which are to move down @# Boon 98 the land forces under Grant are reniy to eooperete, The Uaited States have no lose than Gfty.one thirteen inch mortars of the nod they are dally adding s@ those terri ting back tates ant cities jele the Unio HCUENCY OF OER NATAL PORCES, Put the mortar vosele will do their work. Wherever the feterais con peta thirteen (ned mertar afoat within 8,000 yards of open earthworks, redoubte or sities, the au! they oan seltle profit and loss after. is leaghing fo it sieeve, and, indesd nd them, at the army They claim as theirs ich have been ted by some of anfederate y ie their owe ‘ie. Thee | to Com. | maeder Dove, who wae ie Commodore Foote's piace, and | (eat be destined (he homer grovnd that the offer sould be made to Genera: t. On the other hand | Uelr Gre did litéle damage et Roanoke, A friend o wine, who was inaide afte nce fell, aaye there was | y ne man Kilied to be 0 troopa who took @innd the paige tb @ eta!) work the honor belongs. Th over ere amimated by « 6 the Confederates oyiog their wioter quarters, vara! moving their xoept those in pry tn Seek im ory made sbont this ( troee, whieh hae Deen perv” oye renew oo wastof in | paliy on the the Confederates were o te by were ex im. the receut successes of pty gee and rear cn the Cumberland apd Tenueasee rivers. 4 PROPAEBCY ABOUT ISLAND mO. 10. It is scarcely credible that they will be guilty of the folly ef failing back on ‘Island No. 10,” which lies above Memphis, i the Mississippi. If they do,a dose of Dubigrea shot and mortar shelig will but induce them to repeat the capitulation of Donelson. some hours’ journey above Memphis, when I was the: where they could better make siand, but thelr ri Positions exposed to be taken iu reverse, aad they will not like to put themselves under two fires, RUS@ELL'B OPINION OF OUR GUNBOATS. ‘The Mississippi expedition is now moving down the river, and the land forces are said to be in motiwn also; nov do the federals hesitate to express their convictions that they will be in New Orleans ina very short time after they have overcome the resistance to be ex scted usar Memphis. That cliy was poorly defeaded by para- pets of cotton bales aud some heavy batteries when 1 was there, und any attempt to protect it would lsad to the d struction of the place by the fire of the iron-plated gun- ‘Douts, These latier are considered to be ® great success. Foote’s flagship was struck sixty-one times at Donelson, ‘nd the tron mail suflered Little, though the woodwork was knocked Lo pleces, WHAT TE SPECIAL THINKS OF THM OCCUPATION OF MURREES- ROROT@A. ‘The news which has just arrived that tho confederaisa are surrounded by Buell’s forces a) Murfreesborough 1s most important, if true, bat granting that there is a rail- road from Nashvil'e, which has fallen into the hands of the federais, to ihat o, it must be by virtue of pat strategical and marching powers that General Buel! fot round his enemy so completely as to be able to demand bis unconditional reuder, Undoubtedly, the posssasion of that place would bea heavy blow te tho confederates. It would apparently throw the whole of the railroad {nto thetr hands down to the junction with the Memphis line, cutting off communication witn Vir- ginia, North Carolina and the Eastern slavo States, except by & most circuitous route, It 1s pot easy to porceive how Beauregard, who ia down with thom, cau extricate the confederates if these reporia be correct Hie has a formidable adversary in Buell. Tho f Nashville was a military necessity, bus if gonerais had lain on thelr arma after their and had given time to the confederates to col. hoir energies after thetr uight have given their enemy some troub said t have followed ‘their masters. They od by changing them in other parts of the on to the present writing,” and the accovnts nm Port Royal and the coast of North Carolina of their oadition continue to bs unfavorable, Tam not prepared to acoapt (ho Murfreesborough story, but the telegram will set it right or wrong before the Boston stoamor sails. ROMELL IN THM CONFIDE NCB OF THE REBELS, Tho Confederate goverament is by no means prepared to yisid Toangasee. It ia true Nashville hae gouo, and the Cuimborland river is in federal hands, and the Tennesse river is almost theirs; but the Confederate government has called out twenty two regimenta in the State itsolf, and West Tenoeasse is ioya! to tha core to the cause of secession. The defeuce increases im desperation as the fedorals gain ground, WHAT ABOUT THE SURRENDER OF PORT DONELM“ON. arrenter of Fort Nonslaon is no exception to that rn . The cauass which lad to it yet remain in obscuri ty. Genorel Bucknor’s atatemont, that he found himself ly in command, dows not throw any light op anos which induced him to follow Ul. The cause could not have been want of ammunition uor of food, for it ia said that sores of both ware found inside of the works. I hay Jeman who oouversed wit They told bim that, alter tremendous loss oa tho © wot @ ansploton on their minds ttl the federal columns appeared marching inte the works, My friend failed to discover any Union acatiment of which the Ubicago papers speak &monog the prisoners, whom be deacribes as rough, ill-ciad, poworfal follows, animated by the most bitter fealings against (ne Yaakeos, POR PRROMITY OF THR REMMLS. Tf the confederates in Arkeusaa deliverately poltoned the provisions left behind them ow the evacuation of Mud Town, 80 that forty-two officers and men died afer eating of them, General Halleck wil be justified in treating duck ferocious men with stern justice. 1 is to be feared that an inhuman and atrocious spirit animates the conduct of the war tn the remote border districts, which are far re- moved from the know or control of te ceutral au- thorities. But arson and bridge and steamer burping are not uncommon in the interior States. Is was with difh- culty that the people of Nashville prevented the Texans burbing their beautiful city bolore they retreated. WHAT THR UNION EBNTIMEST AT VIE SOUTH MEANS. Mestings of cotton planters have b-eo held, withs view, it is said, to an orgauized incendiarism of any cot- ton which may be in danger of falling into the enemy's hands. However, a federal offlcer whe proceeded sum days up the Tennessee river as far as Eastport, in the State of Mississippi, below Florenes, declares be found “Union sentiment” strongly prevalent along and ‘‘Umion sentiment” may mean twenty - " pound for cotton. It is significant that he could get so far in a single gunboat, aod that he could oarry away unmolested # quautity of stores intended for the confe- derates from on, Tenn. The attention of the Trea- sury and of Congress Las been turned to the best mode of cultivating and rearing cotton ia the parts of seceded States in foderal hands, and of reopening trade with Southern ports. The sooner the better. AGLAP aT THS TAX Bilt. The Tax dill is to be reported by the Committes of Ways aud Means this week. With its operation wili come the solution of the great experimen: ‘eo is reason to think the Nastern States will 4 their share, But will they pay the —— of the Western States aleo in case the iatter declare their inability to dosof The Germans in these States roundly say they have saved the Union and that is a muct Gp they cas be ex: pected todo, There aro thousandg in the Wostera Staten exulting in the prowess of their people, who will use the fame Arguments, and in some of the States the inbabi- tants of large districts will be found uuable, even if willing, to pay their quote. Mowvar, March 31, 1862. AM ATIAOK ON THR WRATIER, A becvy fall of anow took place yesterday. It froze hard last ‘night. It is thawing to-day. temps to get across the river, and ‘see how mattera were going on in the camps, wae utterly unsuocessful on my part. The thaw had loosened tho roads, and the snow was churaed up with the mud into & treackerour compost varying from eighteen inches to two apd « half feet on the levels, and any depth you like in tho ruta and hol- lows. Tne wagons slong the rond at the Long Bridgs were up to the axles init, acd tho six mules or hor to exch could scarcely move them, This disposes of she > advance for a dey or tro. It wes struggling through of etch mud as this that Genera! Lander, the nev whose death from exhenstion reached us last n expired, He waa endeavoring, 1 am told, to mén elong in continuation of the raid om Bice for which he had received such very high comme: from Mr. Staaton, snd died at a plave called Paw Western Virginia (where, by the by, one of your em poraries describes Buraside’s Geet as operating, iv she {oat amuzement of #ome American papers) rather from overwork than from the effect of the wound he rece'ved after Ball's Bluf, Hie lose will be greatly felt, and eape- My by the “energetic” section of the belligeronts. ‘The roada will prove as grave an obstacle to the Confede- rates in making any fresh dispositions as they are io the federais in their advance. Theformer are quiteaware of whet is oouming. intelligence from their cam juformed va thet they bave gent away men and children, aud that they are ready cantonments at @ Bhort notice. TRAUM OF JES, DAVES ARD TUE TENAOIET OF Kaw aves, LE ALMKS. By this time Mr. Jefferson Davis’ Message bas boon received in Engian’, The federals nea in ais frank con- feaston of ‘serious disasters’! an exproesion of deapoud- cnoy #5 to the ultimate result of the struggle, bul there is to tho neutral eyemo such meaning in the celm admis. sions, which are rather made the bases of « more streau- ous policy and vigorous resistence. And in his determi- pation be is well supported by the ‘‘n0 called" Senate of the ‘ao called”’ Confederate States, which op Last Thi day pasced sresolation that the government would en- tertain no proposition for peace founded on thy exctu- pion from the confederacy of any of thelr States, amd pledging themaeives to gontinue the war till the tavading should be entirely expelied from their ter- ‘This is the best answer which can be given to the romora tbat propossia to treat had come in from Mr. Davis, and this measure will effectuelly cut the ‘and from under the feet of the democrats of the jorth, who have been dreaming of a Peace,Convention and of @ recongtrustion of the Ualog 09 the old basi. ‘The coustancy aud unshaken faith of ¢! ato leaders are worthy of the highost—let us not Lo bet ter—cause. Extracte from the Southern jodraals, which are made bere to prove the straits te whicb the Confede- rates are reduced, do but exalt one’s Dpinion of their tenacity of purpore. Their soldiers are {il clad and badly armed, They are not weil fed; end as to the state of supplies read this:— 14 commanded a premium of 40 to 0 per cent, aad allver 1040 per oent, in Richmond on the 28th of Feb biskey was worth Hom for commo: holes Brands, Butter wae, w Per, Ib, ana Toni uer 750. « pound; eatfal n. ios in the WienMond uabket commanded §15.a barrel, "> lomergr, the 1 apor. + know whe T ty oe A pabat Tatton) He, ag Fran ellve aftor @ paper age io which aman had to ay 1,000f. (a fore nt dimper,and half the ited States exits an infancy sustained on paper éurrency which is not liquidated to thie day. Ths Cou- os are about to appoint a General Commanding in they are creating s neyy—where, how, and from what, ls beyond our ken; and their Presideut boasts that, four hundred battalions in the fleld, with propor. tionate forces of cavalry and artillery. Mr. Davis in- ‘veighs strongly against sbort term enlistments, which have impaired their ability for sucosasful defence, and 2 the Southern papers contain many advertisements (or Substitutes, at ume varying from $50 to $1,000, it iv poobable the now levies onlled for by the different States, which are said to be in course of organization ing hardly om the population. There is, amid tress and discomfiture of the South, no alg nub iagion of fear, any more tl ‘6 is on the part of ihe North amy token of weariness, rolaxation or infirmity of purpose. if correspondent could siply bimself at thie moment he would be oe y, onefol, 8 the American papers are now forbidden t publich any news rejat- ing to the war, except that of such accomplished fa. 4 as government may pleaso to communicate; but as Washington a the contre of the most mu\kont'c Informa. ‘sud as it will be close to it im all probability that ‘ent battle is to be fought, \t is better for me to ol thaa goon uncertain missieus with expedi- {lone im the Weat and interior, where the telegraph willfar anticipate written despatchen, if, tn the larier ever rosahed at all. A Wrend of the nseourity the postal ayatem weetward,Tmay mention that. the Tenpetsnes belwers the Navy Departigent and Commo- @ors Foote and others in the Weet hare boon miciaid or intercepted on eeveral occasions, and they roiy prinol- raph, Ube oot of which to govern- og Omormous, This (¢ & wer met 9 “butchers” bill's no official details have pub.ished, I hae © ne. we thin that McClernaad’s division lost upwerds of %,300 men in the sortie. RUSTHLL'S OYINION OF MR, BEWARD AND EULOGY OF LORD LYON, Although Mr..\Seward ia described to be semeowhat un- easy op tho seore of intervention, the relations between tho State Department and the Britieh Legation are more easy than thiby have boou for some time past, even be- fore the Trent affair, aud the Americau Minister a regard for Great Britain which is inconsistent opinions perhaps so erroneously attributed to Bim, For myself, I must say that, having had several op- portunities of hearing Mr. ‘Seward speak of Great Britain, it struck me that at the bottom of hi boart there was @ profound respect for the tra- ditions, i and powor England, mivglod position to regard ovrtain of her inatitutions as doplorable weaknesses, and that, next to the favor of bi own countrymen, he coveted the notice of England, aud would attract it, if it could be done ia no other way, by asiap iu thefuce. The letter in which he has renounced all claim to tho Presi has produced no impression; but I bolieve that if Mr. Soward were in that office, b would be less hostile to Great Britain thé brother politicians, though he would not counter suy risk except Lhatof war a Toutrane ing a pot syllogism or exprosaing & political paradox in 4 neatly rounded enter It is simost alarming to see tbat the American pap are hegiuning praise Lord Lyons. To some which have no gene of shame, dooency or justice, thereg iz a nice appreciation of profit and loss, and ‘in the {ace of the published corre. spondence they dare not deny to the Minister they had villifted and xbused the credit of fatrness, moderation, candor gud a sincore desire to maintain peaceable reia- tions, exhibited at the very time when they were accus- ing him of violence, passion, partisanship ‘and secession roclivities, and shouting out for his dismissal « la ainpton. If it were worth while, an amusing collection 8 could be printed in relation to Lord Lyons dur- ing tho last year. No doubt the popular impression among the readers of these papers was that the English Minister was continuslly shaking bia fist in Mr. Seward’s face, preparing secrot expeditions tv run the blockade of the South, and plotting with the Cabinet at Ricumond against the government to which be waa accredited. Nothing was too wild for them to believe. Let us hope that the sitered tone of the pross repre- rents tho reiurning sense of justice of the people, In the Weat there is, however, extrome irritation against Great Britain, why it would be to pay. <A perusal of Lord Lyons’ despatches, of Lord Ruseell's instructions and Speechos, ought to satisfy them of the honesty of purpose of our government, and of the strict adberence to neu- trality which was pronouuced at the outact of this most calamitous war. : HOW THS WEST YHKLS TOWARDS ENGLAND. It is well to know that any dosire to involve Great Britain (n a war at the close of thia contest would pro- bably be defeated by the unwilllognoss of tho Eastern Statos to inour frosh debt and now dangers, for the grati- fication of the passions of their well protected neighbors. Above all, it would be rendered very difficult by want of money and by want of troops, in consequence of uomeaus to pay thom. HOW THE AST I8 DISPOSED. Tt may bs a comforting fact to know that thousands of those volunteors are tired of the war already, und tho demanda for furloughs and discharges weary out the genorala of some divisions. One of those gonorals said, A short Ume ago, that he was gure two-thirds of his men would eagerly return to civil life the momout tho war was over. The weather is still very stormy and unsot- tied. Tho Vermont, old 120, fitied with stores, ia report ed 10 bo disabloc at’saa. Steamers have been dent to her, The pew United State man-of-war Pensacola has struc ou Carysfort Reef, and will probably bo useless, The American Arrests at Tangier. THM UNION FLEYBT AT ALGECIRAS—#HIPMENT OF THE PRISONERS FOR BOSTON. [From ths London Times, March 20.) ‘The American federal corvette Tuscarora, Commander team sloop Kearsage, Commander C. Pickering, ling ship Ino were (March 18) lying in the road- sioad of Algeciras, ‘ate atoamer Sumter, Captain Semmes, re- matnod at Gibraltar. The Kearsarge arrived et Gibraltar from America, Ma. deira and Cadiz, on the afternoon of the 8th, and went across to algectraa the same afternoon, f ‘The Iuo had taken the two American gentlemen seized at Tangier to Cadiz, where they wero transferred to the American merchant ship Harvest home, which sailed aimoat immediately afterwards for Boston, and the Ino returned to Algesiraa. It was said that the prisoners wore kept in irons. (From the Gibraltar Chronicle, March 11.} ‘With respect (o the allegation that no pressure kad boon put upon the Moorish government to affect the arrest, and that by the law of Morocoo the represents- tive of a Christian Power has jurisdiction over the eub- jects of his own government, the true state of the facts ‘appear to be this:—By the law of Moroceo the Suiten has algolute and despotic power in his dominions; by special conventions he has waived the exercise of this pr over the subjects of Christian States, delegating it to ministers or consular representatives of those States. ‘These conventions, however, code the jurisdiction over Curistians reeiding in Morocco for offei committed in the country, and have never been understood either by Morocco of Christian States to confer upen the Intter the right to pursue and capture upon Moorish territory po- Iifical offenders, Such offenders have heretofore i Aa as secure an asylum in Moroccy as in any independent State of Europe. They bave usually been men of liberal opinions tlyig trom the persecution of an absolute go- vernment, and it will bo singular if this refuge should now be destroyed by the agent of a kovernment boasting itsel( the freest in the world. Whoever wil turn to the last British treaty with Morocco, that of 1857, will find that while article 11 gives the right to British consuls to call for the assistance of Moorish soldiers to «rrest or transport British subjeste, article 15 spociiee the only case in which such aubjscts are to be conveye out of the country and placod on board ship—namely, when satlors attempt to desort their vesee!—a very neces ae to provent British shipping being disabled in foorish ports for want of hands. England dves not even stipulate for the surrender of deserters, but thero is 8 reciprocal ment that deserters from tho serviee of one State shall not be received into the service of the other. fe may fairly assume that the conventions mae with Morocco y other Christian States are substan’ the same as that of Kngland, and that equal privileges ‘and advantages are posserned by all. This bwing go, it is evident that no pressure wonld be required to be put on the Moorish autborities to effect the arrest of any foreign Christian, neeing that, under the articio we have quoted, it does not appear that those auth: 5 have the fight to enter upon the quostion of the Conaul’s compo- teucy to arrest before granting him the sasistanos of the ermed force. The course actually pursued by tho Moorish Minister therefore appears to have bosn the right sistance of Moorish soldicra was given upon dut when, upon investigation, diction, the Minieter demanded the reloase 0; tho prisoners, and only permitted their embarkation on board an Americaa ship of-war after tho Consv! had threatened to strike his flag try in case refusal. Then the Moorivh Minister yielded, fearing the responsiviliiy of involving the Sultan in another war, The whole aiair is but suother version of the old etory—the might of the strong overriding the right of the weak, Morocco is an indopendent State, becoming every year, from the im- portance of its productiona, more closely connected with the European ayatem. Christien Powers by their troaties recognizeit aa A Sovereign State, and {t therefore pos- esses i the righteof one. The right invoived in the present question is vory clearly deftued by the writers on tnternational law; by pone more clearly than the ‘Amerioan authority, Wheaton, who aays:— No sovereign State bound, unless by specta! compact, to TAOwS, Whether fisown subjects or foreigners, charged With, or Convicted of, crimes in another couatry, Zz ‘the demand of a te foreign State, or ita offlcere of jus- The Sultan haa chosen hy compact to cade certain of bis soveroign rights, in order that Ubriatians residing in enjoy the milder laws of their own subjedt to the rough and summary processes yedaa justice. iThis surely should obteln for him greater respect for the sovereign rights Doreteine, On this we believe that Univea ‘Siaiee goverament disprove theact of their Consul. it lu clear, besides, that question which concerns tot only she United States ‘States whe have treaties with the latter.’ Under the favored the same righte, immunities and cannot, therefere, push Deyoud the limite of the others. of Benders in the terri- tory of the Sultan, agalost bis will, would be @ manifest pag bo rag ea guide European governments polities! tmmorairty of extort- to puch selaures, inerely be- Gorton cLIN tht governbent govern When from ? We it seems more Lage ited States agent ot Tangier w’ i mot be ratified by his eorerupeat French Mia d or the discussion in the Legisiative Corpa, au: merican conflict wae being spoken of, M. Gave expression to some generous ideas in Imboring classes who are ev seriousiy injured by the Oy cop crisi, The war which is now dono. lating the UBited States hag caused s a ‘of business to the extent of nearly two bundred millions. M. Calvet R waid, with the emotion of ® mamof feeling, but wil! high reason which bows before the power of fact, that the efforts of private charity and the liberality of the ‘ament cangct supply the absence of so mi active industry. ‘There are no persoue in France who do not wish with ail their hearts for th end of the struggle between the Northern aad Southern Stotes, Are theee wishes, so much im accordance with the principles of butaanity sod the interests of Europe, nearly accomplished’ We do not even dare to hope. At the fires view St seeing that the question te already determined, and that there ie nothing left to the Confe- orate States but to submit. The New York journals reise their gongs of Me The English prose ia nol so unanimous. ee confidence of Mr. Jefferson Davie {n the ultimate success of the war is most remark- bls, inaamuob as bo doen not dissinulate the difiowlies of the situation nor the ware of the repolaes which the Confederates have sustained, Dut at the side of the danger be s9e8 the resources. If tho enemy ia pow- @rfol, there are, he says, no wand of the eloments of roaisiano . Bul are tus peop'e of the South doterminad to tn 4 ai! those resouress? Here is the whole question. Defi« pitely, stocess depends ® good deal lose on material foros than on moral energy. The goveroment at Washington haa made great efforts, it LJ ge fates Be army into the fisid; the resent victorie of Springfield, Roanoke ‘sad Donelson, and the capture of Nashville and Charleston as not yet heen aa baie sagen | memory of the defeats of Bull run an but the publio debt bas assumed uncasy pro. rion the exjeasos of the war are Gach thet the Rortbora Giotes will exhaumt their qredit, tf jhe strugnla | bee i ee i H be contin: apoiber ie ‘this eell” ¥ now know ana rng age Harris bas disbw: RG We know that Virginia amd the two Card D fre threatened, The navy of the Unio has eeided the seaports, and the federal troops imve panel fome suecesses in Missourl and Arkans3; ut they are uot completely wasters of those States nor of Kentgoky. Lo in driving into u States, it is plain Portant forge to mains to conquer Mississippi and Toxas, ficient atrength to blockade the consta to the far wost limite Of the Gulf of Mexioo. What will the felerat govern ment say (0 the Powers of Europe on that day when, invok- tng the fourth article of the Tveaty of Paris, they shalt place the federat government uncier the necessity of proving an effective blockade or to suifer now'rul vessels to enter freeky into the Sou'lern ports? In such a case, according to tho rights of nations, the seizure of a vessel would become an acs of hostility against the mation whose flag it car riod. © # * Tho strategio situation is also very grave, bat lutely hopeless. Masters of the outer line, the federal forces have before them an imnwise country to conquer, with one part of shetr forces, the other part being indispensable to keop the territory already conquered, and to maintain communication. They will have to traverse vast countries, ondure a burning climate, and tight frequentiy at points where their navy Cannot come to their assistance, ‘To these difilouities we ney add tho embarrassment of a financial crisis, The Northern States have vainly appoaied to foreign capitai- isi#; they have beou unable to inspire any confidence abroad; and ut present all the — scrip fs- sued by the government is uow in the hands of American citizens. Some of these are yol- untary creditors, being subscribers to the loans; the othore, an these form the great majority, are the hold- ers of paper money, Which the recent law of Congress has made a legal tender, Here is one cause of the evils and ruin which we pointed out yesterday, ‘The Southern States have nothing of the kind to fear, And President Davis has good reason to rogard this gnawing worm of debt which devoura the finances of his onomy, a8 An auxiliary of his cause, Such is ap important resume of the state of affairs. It is meianoholy for the Northern States, which are in dan- ger of ruin and bankruptcy; it is mournful for the people Of the South, who, infarior ‘im nurabors and in military resources, will have to oppose to their adversaries an in- energy; It is deplorable to the European na- tious, whose commerce haa lost the most lucrative outlet of thelr exports, The American crisis has tts victims at Manchester and Liverpool. at Lyons ana Koubaiz, as well G6 ut Donelson and Springfield. ‘There i# no uso in dissimulating and exaggerating any- thing. We must weigh the chances whlch may prolong the struggie, 80 as thoroughly to understand the necossi- ty Of seeking a solution as promptly aa possible. Tho first Blep towards discovering a retnody, is monsure the ox- toat and the gravity of the disor Free Trade in France. EYFEOT OF THE COMMERCIAL TREATY WITH EN- GLAND ON HOME MANUF ACTUKES—OPINIONS OF THE WORKINGMEN ON THE AMERICAN ORISIS AND BRITISH TMPORTATIONS. ‘Paris (March 17) correspondonee of London Post.) ‘n@ Cuancial debate in the legislative chambers has beon suspended, as it was agreed not to vote the main budget until the extraordinary budget shall have been placed on the table of the house. bi. Fould expects to give this document publicity about Saturday noxt. 1 now add a few speeches in the last sittiug of the Cham bors, which bear onthe commervial treaty. Paragraph eleven is as follows, and came under discussion yostor- day:— Desiring to second your viows, the legislative body be- Uevos that commorce aid private enterprice can only take a Erentor extension. by the ald of several conuitions, euch at lity in the custome dues, the reform of certain Commer cial enrotments, and the suppression of the impediments whioh the excess of regulation opposed to the productive forces of the country. On it the toliowing amendment was prosonted by M. Brame and other members:— Your Majesty is acquainted with the severe suiferings whioh afilicl our great towns, and seoks, by th t Benes rons gifts, to relieve them. But serious minds, attributing this unfortunite sitvation for the greatest part to the putting in exerution the treatios uf commerce iith England and Belgium, the Chamber respectfuily calla the aliention and sollcitude of your Biajasis to this grave iestion, and prays your Ma- Jesty to order an Inquiry into the real ‘results of those trea- ies tn order to put an ond tothe incertitude and apprehension of the working population, if pot well tounded. M. Braine vbsorved that the consequeuce of the treaty of commerce was a problem for many branches of manu- facture, and ee those who represented them had a right to point out their sufferings. They would, more- over, have remained silent bad they not read in the pro- gramme of M. Fould that the import of English manu- facturas bad not acquired = excessive development, and that the provisions on which tho treaty wes based were therefore completely justified. The discussion on tho addroes was intended to enlighten the sovereign and tbe country asto the real state of things. Tho honora- blo gentleman then read a letter addressed by the Cham- ber of Commerce of Rouen to the Prefect of the Seine- Inferioure, tu which tho disastrous etlect of the treaty on local industry was pointed out. Foreign compxtition had — ty crushed French manyfacture; and of 60,000 workmen, 20,000 were usihout employment. The Chamber of Commerce of Roubaix gave imilar account of the falling off in the commerce of that place; and were it not for private charity the workmen would die of hunger. There was an enormous stock of foots in tho ware- houses. The American crisis cantributed but ina very alight degree to this state of things. Jt was economical re- forms which had hese gained national industry. ‘the Cham- bers of Cominerce of Lille and of ‘Tourcoing had made similar complaints, and yet on the 20th January M. Yould declared 1o the Emperor that everything was golug on well, and that the results of the treaty of commerce confounded all ite detractors. If this was the way in which the Emperor was informod, he must be often de- ceived. Things wore going ou, he must declare, very badly. Under the protective system, irom 1850 to 1860, the national manuf: ‘os had increagod a hundred fold, and everybody was satisfied except fow free traders, whose complaints, unortuuntely, were listened to. Last year M. Magne declared, and proved, that the finances Were in a prospexous state, but two months later M. Fould asserted and demoustrated the contrary. M. Fouid, soeming to know nothing of, the treaty of commerce, and of the motives which led to the suppression of eighty millions of taxes, now asked for a hundred and twelve millions more, which, with the fifty two militons added when the eighty milliéns were suppressed, made one hundred end sixty-four millions to be paid, instead of eighty millious. [4 believed im the good intentions of the government, but the national industry sudered much trom thse continual changes. It was said that the depressed eiate of indusiry in France was caused by tue American crisis. He thought that suffering was ruther te be attributed to the treaty of cummerce. When the American crisis gan, in 1857, England suffered greally, but France did net, for she then had her home market, which she had since lost. The operatives were then every- where in full employ, which had not been the cage since the treaty of commerce came into operation, and the State had been obliged to grant for their relief, 1,600,000°. in 1861, two millious in 1552, and more would probably ve required. Lot them observe the opposite ellect pro- duced in England by the treaty. Mr. Giadstone stated that if the Enylish eeports to America had declined three millions sterling, U was partiaily compensated by an increase of two milivons in the exports to Brance. Mr. Bazley stated at Manchestor, iast January, that cortain towns in Eogland would have suffered great distress if the treaty with France had not onabied them to export thither two-thirds of what they formeriy sent to America. It was cloar that in this point of view France had suffered more from the American crisis than England had. He would read a passage from the English reports which required some explanation, 29 the official figures therein given dittered so widely from the French returus, and he nad no doubt M. Baroche would be well pleased to hear them. M. Barocho—Kspecially as you bave not given meany evious intimation of your intention. I should be em- Patrassed to give an answer at cace if it wore necessary, I must say that in England no one think of pro- ceeding ip euch @ manuer. M. Brame then read @ paragraph stating that the 3 4 exports to o@ had ticreased from 5,000, 1800 to 9,000,000 in 1861, sv that France had become al- met as @ customer as America. It was evident that the treaty of commerce had been benefloiel to king- laud and injurious to France. If they were not convine- ‘ed, lot them compare the present prosperity of English manufacturing towns with tie distress existing at Lille, fourcoing, Roubaix, and many other pisces. If the: had turned a deaf ear to the re; ntations of Fronel manufacturers, they ought not to bave forgotten the opinions expressed by the great man who, in bygone times, had explained the great principles ‘of govern- ment, Montesquieu, when peaking of inwe, said:— ‘haws ehould be adapted to the netion for which they are jatended, for it ie rarely or eeidom found that th, of ene nation are Voy another,’ member weut on £5 Cite an opinion PAL ION ear ‘Napoleon L., to the affect that France should always be on nat the importations of @ rival matiom; and also some werds spoken by Napoleon IL. condemning the lowering of tariff that gave protection against foreign compet oe ihe oy en. adi qurous ty. nt the Pfotection of twenty-five to thirty per cont guaranteed to French industry in the report boca lowered to ten, and in some cases oven to three or four percent? Had the state of the finances, as revealed by M. Fould, been kuown oarlier, tho treaties of commerce would never een signed. Wecome, reid the speaker, in our distress to beg you to maintain {ntact the rag of protection that still overs our industries, You have been very courteous to the Kuglish; the eus- tom houses at the frontier admit daily English and Belgisw merchandise at an estimate that causes loss both to the treaaury and to the national industry, A ie lately wade by an English Bouse two mecounts wel ent in—one for the purchasere, with tho real prices, the otQer for the Neyo with much I prices for the same goods. houses cli tho solves with the delivery of in Paris for « io of fifteen per ent, There might be twenty-one france to pay in all, yet these hous dertake it for fifteen franca, Here are six france evidently lost to Freuck in- dustry, And ts it under such circumstances that we promised the advent of new Cobtons from Switzor- d or Germany? Mr, Cobden, gentiomen, has en- od us in the net of his treaty of commerce; le ua ve of drawing the meshes clover, in Bugland he is ted with crowns and triutophrl arches; we our- ‘ea pay homage to the talent of ovr own nogotiators, “ge of those very workmon whore fate you now doplore.”? .Well, thon, be kim! enough to go there, (Interruption.) M. Baroche -Coult M. Pouyor-Quertier then foresee the American orivi*? Pouyer-tquertiorael counted on ali sorts of crises, 1 know that Froneh industry is affected by all foreign por turbations, and ar for criges, you will have th very year at your service. M, Rarooho—I repeat that you did not count on the American oriaia, “ M. Bynsaeek aay egainde the houerable Minister, go to | Normandy. But it ts inform you that aot thgso the seein fe acobden wre my soil, (Confused murmurs.) The ha oradic member com cluded i : a a urging the necessity’! SPpolabiag & ooub The Iron-Armored Fleet of land. mt TRIAL TRIP OF THK FRIGATE DEFENCR- nae Pee GRESS ON THE RESIBTANE, ‘ fFrem the Londov Times, March 14. The Defence, 18, screw, iru frigate, Cape. A. 41, C. B., weighed her anchor at Spithead pt bait, eight A. Mf. yesterday, to make her second trial of s St ihe measured mile m Stokes Bay. Capt. H. Broad head, of her Majesty’s ship Asis, and commanding the rewervesat the port, lad charge of ihe trial; ir, Sonat woted as pilot; machinery was under the care of Mr G. Mutdooh, inspoctor of machinery afloat, and Mr. Mul jor, Assistant Engineer of Portsmouth dockyard ‘The weather was favorable fur tho trial, but w tines very thick. The wind wes light, at west northwest. Tho sbip’s draft of water was nea ly the same as ou hee former pees A) foot inches aft, aud 24 fee¢ 3 inches forward. wee plete in her stores, and hdd 440 tous of cual on boards Aiter completing the first mfe to the westward the weather became thick, and the ship was taken off the trist grouud for @ ebort time; but the weather agals cleared up, and tho runs at full power ehowed @ mé speed of 11.612 knots an hour, ‘Thig compietea the tri at the moasured mue, thick weather again setting in preventing the half boiler trials being carried out. The ship was then taken off into deep water, and tested im ing round the etrcle, which she completed in eight iminutes aud tea segonds. In testing tho , they sto) ped, from the time ef moving the telegrs on the bridge, im twelve seconds, starten i fifteen seconds, and asterm in oleven seoonda, The temperatures on deck and below were as v—Ou deck, from 45 to 49 lows: in the middio of the ‘in room, from 90 to 100 and in the stokcholes, from 88 to 96 degrees. The made on the first rial was 11.357, and that made on thig occasion 11.612—a quarter knot leas than had been ag toipated. The paceitpeag Say rt of the ship were found to be ag uncertain as on the former trial. At the conolu- sion of the day's proceedings the ship again auchored af Spithead, where she awalts orders the Admiralty go wr future movements. ‘aout iene @ utmost energy is being display dook; officials at Chatham to har f yeré ve the tron screw frigate Resist ance, 18, ready for undocking on Monday rext, on whieb date ahe will leave tho dock in which she has been lying for some time past, and proceed iinmediately afterwards to the Nor ‘er speed at the measured mile, Mapite Sands. Ther upwards of three handred bands em- ployed on board, and a vast amount of work stil! re matius to be completed before she is ft for sea. Addi- tional plates of tron, rather less than ons inch in thick ness, are being placed at the etom of the vessel, beneat® the catheads, to prevent a similar disaster to that which befel the Defence by the anchor knocking a hols through her plates. Oni of the bottom of the Resistance has been payed over with a composition, the invention of Mr. Redman, of Chatham dockyard, and the other with the composition invented by Mr. Hay, of Portamouth Doolt- yard, in compliance with instructions from the Admi- ralty to have both preparations tried on the hull of thie ship, in order that their merits may be fairly tested ané compared, Tho Fashionable World in F'r 1, CARNIVAL BALLS AT COURT—ENGLAND'S BEVENGH OW THS MARQUIS DB BOISSY. (Paria (March 6) correspondence of the London Post. ‘The cuit of tho carnival is generally the signal for fashionable world no longer to hold sway ever ite ve taries. Balis and banquais still take placo, but upon @ diminished scale, The church 1s thronged inatead of the ly room; and for the next six weeks there will be 19 Of the gayety so dear to the heart of the ‘The opening of the scason was dull, am@ few auficipated the variod ents which bave taken place. There seems to have , towards tha close, an anxious désire ou th® part of the — of fashion to make up for the ap, aus uetearenton hospitality. Five 8 On & grand those who generally oxeraise the! The court has been splendid. scale; three on @ limited one, and oumerous bang lave succeoded each other wiih idity. Monday evening @ rounion took place in the ‘ivate apartments of tho Empr and it is conkdently hoped, by the happy f that have admission to the imperial circlos, that a 18} be ovntinued ‘during. Leas. Her ’Majesty’ bas the happy art of making those who approach 4 and reception that awaits them. gi! To Count Walewaki’s masked ball suceceded that ef the Count and Countess de Morny, which proved eq attractive, and was attended by most of tho distingul persona ia Paris, The dresses were upon « superb scale, each individual appearing anxious to add to tue eplender of the fete. It would be difficult to enumerate the per- song who made an impreasion on the oceasion. The palm lor beauty was universally awarded to two young ladies, who wore English, and to whom the journals give the position of being the daughters of La Marquise le Win- chiatura. Not being aware of any such person in the peeees the Anglo-Saxons were at a loss to recegniz® whotheir much admired countrywomen were. It wae wurmiaod that they might be the daughters of the Mar- chioness of Winchcater, but the peerage has shown thas this idea is incorrect. The costumes were varied, but tho Venetian seomed to carry away the preference. ‘The Emperor has joined in those masquerades with evé- fats enorme. Dut as bis domino hag been well knowm of the evening mado their approaches to him and amused him with their wit aud gayety. The de found himself in tha cl an English who not spare him for his hostility to her native ‘Hay discovered him, she followed him durii the and the worthy Senator appealed in vain to some of friends to relieve him from his persecutor, whose zeal was at length mitigated by his anxiety to make her feat at the supper table that he could be a devoted kn’ inte tty tie bp ating a ena naturedly of the Queen.whose people he so unhesitatingly attacks im his public speoches. To sil these amusements new succeed the ceremonies of the church. The Abbe Fressel, a man of considerable learning and of genuine piety, is the clergyman who will Terec ane eel pal Laced ‘he eh eens pat it of the princtpal pres rs at the churchea is ly @fBxel at the door in the different parishes, #0 9 public has opportunity of knowing who ia to heard, and of selecting the one who has the highest repa- tation. This year, with the exception of Pere Fel e Loscasurs, there is scarcely a well known name, English clergymen are not, at this eoason, behing their Parisian contreres; indeed, an advertisement, near- ly haifa column io length, in Galignané, informs re sidents and visitors that their spiritual ‘concerns will BO watcbed over by at iexat one of the recognized preachers, AMERICAN CONCERTS ANT RECEPTIONS. (Paris (March 6) correspondence of Some concerts are to take place at the’ eae a ® cred musie will be more especially cultivated. lish and Americans wiil not discontinue their am' excepting on Wednesdays and Fridays. An lady, together with a Spanish friend, Mrs. Barnes aa@ ted & nuraber of American and Spa- last, in m hotel fitted with more than usual magnificence, considering that atay here is but short, Tavir saloons, adoroed with rich paintings, anJ decorated in the style of Louis XV., pro- duced a very grand effect, A FULL D&k3S REVOLUTION—TREMENDOUS AGITA* TION AGAINST WHITS CHOKERS. ‘The Paria Sport, of March 7, which is the journal pa- Yronized by the clubs and by Trance, aunounces: the immediate extinotion of the white nockcleth—it ig Singuiarly bittor agaimat this admitted portion of the dress toilet, It seoms that the beg, Laas of fashion will not go to parties where this part of costume is indis- iy of ie cit in to tho decision. It appears that a lad: pensadle, and man; the patronessea of have given high distinction, who has the vation of most el it courtsey in Kurope after the Queen excited the risibie faculties of oneof the most ari assomblies by offering 8 most of talent to the whito-necked butler, whom Camp the house. den ieee i8 ‘Aa quite a sui reason Ponaoamseut of the doveatable white, and the gubstitee tlon of rose or pink silk. . ny The Invasion of Mexico, FRANCE ASSUMING THE LEAD. (From the Paris Patrie, March 30.) “Some Journals announge that a plan for an hae been necraeaed and decided by the allied manors in ‘ico, and been sent to Juarez. We they are able to state that this news is thing be determined until the arriv: Gen, diz, who carries with bim instructions im com- formity with the programme marked out by the British ge {From Gallgnant's Messenger, March 90, M. do la Fuente, Mexican Minister Phentpeesitary t Paris, has taken his copensare, Bains confided the care of biggountrymen to we Kegars Minister, Death of Jacques Eile F. Halevy, the Composer. [From the London Post, March 20.) ‘We aro informed that ths ce ted composer, Jacques: Elie Fromental Halevy, has just died at Nice, afore severe illness, parents, whore name wi entered the Conser ir sone in 30! ‘io, and in 1810 made ri piano under Charles Lambert. In Pupil of Berton, and studied counterpoint for five youre under Cherubini. btalned, in 1819, the great com~ position prize for his cantata of “ Hermoine nexgyeat he was charged with writing the music of de wrofndis on the death of the Duke de two years in Italy at the expense of and wrote ‘Les Bajemiennes,’’ ** Lon Deux Pavillons” (which did not appear), about thie Five yeare ister, in 1827, ho published ‘¢ L’ Are , @ comic opera ‘in one aot; and next year first bocame known by the piece de circunstanre which he wrote, in eonjunction with ga te ie fete of Charen X., oailed “Le Roi ob le Batolior. In 1829 appeared ig,” 2 five wot opers, with a part for Malibran; and subsequently, with alternations of success and failure, “Le Dilettamte on Leacaut”’ (ballet, ia (in conjanetion with M. C, Gide! Tontation, Pip, hob de Laftour,” whi Sane tor was written for the return somiq Balo rout work, “La Juive,”’ appeared ise th yon combined ‘ali his ersnd style, a his talent, all bis ridhness of instrumentation ’” an r theftheatres of Europe, Ho reosived a eS ty ils aubdsoquent = the government, ion,” and | i Honor for this work, pre oo st © too numerous to be alluded to as Jongih; but a thom may be mentioned “Guido of Ginerra; ou, Ia Teste do Florence!” (1838); \¢L'Rolate?? comic), very favorably re ) oo ito appearance tm § «Te Guitar ero,’? omit acie get) les VI. Moun juetaires de im Rett (1848); "Le Nabob’’ OL pete,’? gor in London ; Errant” (1855) ‘alentine d'Avbigne’’ (1866) giojeune’ (a &0, Halevy in also author of « great quantity of fugitive pieces of ail sorte. ‘TTuia emigent comporer beg begn, "Le