The New York Herald Newspaper, June 5, 1862, Page 4

4 INTERESTING FROM EUROPE. ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. The American Question in Eng- land and France. Lord Palmerston's Speech on the Policy of Lord Lyons and M. Mercier in Washington, What England Has Learned from the Fall of New Orleans. Lord John Russell on the New Treaty Against the Slave Trade. Effect of General Prim’s Letter on the Invasion of Mexico. His Conduct Approved of by the Cabinet of Spain. Prince Mapoleon’s Opinion of a Foreign Throne in Mexico City. It Would Be a “Target” for the United States. Statement of the Captain of the British Steamer Bermuda, key &e., xe. ‘The screw steamship City of New York, Capt. Petrie, which sailed from Liverpool at two o'clock on the after- noon of the 2st, and from Queenstown on the 22d ulti- mo, arrived here at half-past fiveo’clock yesterday after- noon, bringing mails and passengers. ‘The news by theCity of New York bas been antici- pated, in all its main points, by her own report d livered off Cape Race, which was telegraphed from St. Johns, Newfoundland, and published in the Hexazp, in synopsis and detail, on the mornings of Sunday and Monday last. Our files by the City of New York are dated in London and Paris on the 21st ultimo, and contain some addition- al particulars which are of interest A debate took place in Parliament on the brutal agra- rian murders now of such frequent occurrence in Ireland, and strong measures were urged for their suppression. Sir George Grey said government intended to do its duty firmly but dispassionately, and he had no doubt success- fully. In the House of Commons on the 20th of May, the pro- ceedings were unimportant, but Sir C. Wood said thera was not the slightest truth in the report that the Per- sians were marching on Herat. Private letters received from Cherbourg, from an English gentleman well qualified to gfve an opinion upon such matters, state that the French iron-plated frigate Couronne, now lying in Cherbourg basin, has in her tecent trials proved a decided suceess in every way. She is 250 feet long on her gun deck, carries thirty-two guns on her main deck, steams fourteen knots, and has proved herself to be an excellent scaboat. The Couronne’s frame is of iron, coated with wood, on which rest the armor plates. She was placed on the stocks in Septem- ber, 1858, at Lorient. She is coated with armor from end to end, and her engines are of 900 horse power, ‘nominal. A conference on parliamentary reform was being held in London. Several prominent reformers and members of Parliament were taking part in it. ‘The returns of the number of visitors to the great Ex- ‘hibition in London during the first half of May show a falling off of more than one-half, as compared with the same period during the exhibition of 1851. A return shows that the annual mileage of the Freneh ocean mail service is 873,024 miles, with asubsidy of £656,520. The mileage of the English service ie 1,898,096 miles, with a subsidy of £669,840. The contract money paid by the French government is, therefore, a little over 15s. per mile, while that paid by the British govern- ment is less than 7s. 1d. per mile. The English government had declined to assist in the sonstruction of a railway from Halifax to Quebee in the manner suggested by the Colonial governments, but had offered to the Provincial governments an imperial gua- rantee of interest towards enabling them to raise a loan for the purposes of the proposed railroad. The Allcanzo of Milan publishes a manifesto from Kos- suth, calling on the Magyars, Sclayonians and Romans to unite in a confederation. The Montenegrins took Nicksich by assault, capturing sight hundred men, twenty-seven officers and twenty- three guns. A later despatch says the Montenegrins only occupied the town of Nicksich, the citadel remain ing in the possession of the Turks. The Turks had taken the whole province of Kutscho. ‘Tho inhabitants of Rome are convinced that the fall o¢ the temporal power of the Pope is near at hand. The King of Italy left Naples at midnight, May 21, in the Neptune. Sir James Hudson accompanied him. Prince Napoleon left Naples on the morning of May 21 ‘The London Times publishes a letter exposing a scheme professing to convey emigrants overland from Montreal to British Columbia im five weeks. It shows that the Proposed route would take at least ninety-one days. The loss of the iron ship Pride of Canada, in the St. Lawrence, was reported May 21, at Lloyds. The amount of insurance done on her in the room was very large. THE AMERICAN QUESTION. Alleged Officia! Difficalties Between Lord Lyons and M. Mercier in Washington. In the House of Commons, onthe 19th of May, Mr. made @ speoch on the third reading of the Cus- toms and Ireland Revenue bill. During his address be attacked the money expenditure of the government and the Anglo-French alliance and in conclusion said:—Before I sit down there is only one topic on which for a moment I wish to dwell, and I do so with regret, because it ix about myself.’ But I really do it from respect to the House. The other night { made a statement illustrative of the relations that existed between the governments of France ani England with regard to America. I was urging then upon the House that it was inconsistent with our cordial relations with France to hear the l’rime Minis- ter and the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs inveigh against the foreign policy of our ally; but I said | thought, at the same time, that if there were any place where France and England had a com- mon object, and should have a common course of Policy, it was Amorica; notwithstanding which, | regretted to add, word reached my ears that there was the same want of accord between the representa. tives of the two gonernments there which we find in other places. I dia not say much on the subject; it was a deli cate one. But i said there was @ sort of constant ma- ment, ah AbLempt to obiain rival influence, which, considering that they were accredited to the Pre- sident of a republic, and were in direct communication ‘with the Minister of @ republia, seemed to be quite out of piace, and more in keeping with the intrigues round the capacious tyrant of a Divan, 1 said that; I could have aaida great deal more. I refer to apast debate, with the permission of the House, because this is a personal mat- ter. The noble lord when he replied, contradicted me on that head in terms which, allow me to say, were nei ‘ther social por Parliamentary. (Laughter.) The nobio Jord said the statemont was false. Weil, I did not int fore at the moment, because, to tell the exact truth, I really was 80 pleased to see the noble lord at the end i ry Jong debate disporting himself with so much vigor {great laughter), that Toolud not bring myself to jn. terrupt him by am interference, which would not havo been angr; which would have been serious. But | also hough probably this House would believe that one filling, however unworthily, the position which I now ocoupy, would not have made @ random statement on such ® subject, (Cheers.) I knew the matter would keep, and, , being here again, I must tell the noble lord that I believe the statement that! made was most accurate, and, although from its particular cha ter it is not ‘capable at this moment of mathematical proof, before very long, perhaps, there may bi tho table of this ; but oortainly ina form y lees authentic, sufficient proof of that statement. (Iear hear.) And as lam speaking in tho presence of a great many gentlemen, who are fortunately what are called young members of Parliament, I may be permitted to slate that this is not the first time that the voble lord ngs contr verments that I bave made, ina man. fremonious and equally fallible. Ford PaLwenen in reply, sald:—Sir, the first duty which. under presess circumstances, I feel it incumben, « NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, JUNE 54, 1862—TRIPLE. SHEET. om me to perform, is to assure the right honorable gen- Uemanjthat if on a former cecasion | stated that the as- sertion which he made, not oa his own authority—of course he could know nothing about it—(laughier)— upon the assertion of some one else of course it was—did not accord with the faets, nothing could have been further from my intention—I should be ashamed of myself if I had any such intention—(hear, hear)—than to impute to the right honorable gentleman that he bad stated any- thing which he did not believe to be perfectly true. (Cheers.) Tam surprised he could have supposed that I meant anything else, because, if my memory serves me rightly, I went on to say that the right houvorable gentle- man must have been deceived by some information which he had received, and I cautioned him not to trust to the same source in future, inasmuch as that information was totally devoid of foundation. (Hear, hear.) To the latter part of the right honorable gentleman's speech T may be allowed to refer in the first in- stance. He stated on a former evening that Washing- ton was the scene ef intrigue between the English Minister and ench Minister; that they were under- ‘mining each other by their intrigues. I denied that when the right honorable gentleman made the siatement, and I repeat the denial now. (Cheers.) Every one who knows Lord Lyons knows ‘@ man like bim, so honorable and straightforward tn bis dealings, would be incapable of intriguing and planning against his colleague. (Hear, hear.) I have not the pleasure of knowing M. Mercier personally; but I have watched his progress through the many diplomatic missions which he has fulfilled, and I believe him to be aman as incapable as Lord Lyons himself of doing anything which he and his govern- could not manfully avow. (Hear, hear.) Therefore, I must again assure tho ht gentleman that he has been totally with re- gard to the assertion which he has made. At the s: time, there are persons who by the ex- treme licity of their character—(laughter and cheers)—are led away—are induced to believe easily and hastily that which js told to them by individuals whom they suppose to be possessed of accurate informa- tion. (Renewed laughter and cheers.) Whatever the right honorable gentleman may think of former assertions, I again assure him that he is completely mistaken as re- gards our Mission and the Mission at Washing- ton. Lord Lyons and M. Mercier, I am happy to say, are Another Lesson bes” England from Ame- ica. From the London Times, May 7 In the strange history of the capture of New Orleans one incident alone appears as yet both certain and nota- ble. The city was approached by the river, and tne pas- sage of the river was defended by forts. The federals, however, had some iron-plated gunboats, and these gun- boats set the forts at defiance, steamed by the Confede- rate batteries and presently had the town at their mercy, without having experienced any material hindrance or any considerable logs. Jt scems as if the American war would furnish us with illustrations of all the debatable points in warlike science. The Merrimac settled the ques- tion of wooden ships, and now the capture of New Or- leans has read us a timely lesson on the efficiency of stationary forts against iron-cased vessels. Uf course there 1s something yet to be learned, and the case is one in which detaiis may materially affect the conclusion ; but, from all that has yet been reported, it appears as if heen were of very little avail against the advancing ot * * * ° * * * It will be said, Perhaps, that this remarkable story tells as hardly against advocates of iron-cased ships ag against the partisans of stationary forts. The Confe- derates had both at New Orleans, but were not saved by either. On this, however, we must observe that, where- as it is certain the federal gunboats did engage the forts, it is not clear that the Gonfedeate vessels were brought into action atall. The forts, as we must needs conclude, did their best to stop the boats, and utterly failed; Dut what the ironsides e Confederates were doing all that time is one of the most mysterious questions in the whole affair. It deserves to be noticed that the flotilla which achieved this easy victory was by no means a formidable one. The federal fleet in the aggregate ropt sented, no doubt, a powerful array of vessels. The Northerners were never tired of enumerating the bomb vessels and mortar vessels and vessels of all kinds which it comprised, but the flotilla which did the actual work was comparatively weak. It consisted of gun- boats only, not above a dozen in number, and not all iron cased. Some accounts, indeed, give the whole credit of the affair to a couple of these boats, which, relying on their metal shields, ran fearlessly by the forts and got up to the city. Although, therefore, we may presume that the forts on the Mississippi were not such forts as we should build in this country, yet neither were the vessels which succeeded in defying them any fair speci- mens of a modern European, Without pretending to dogmatize in a case as yet so imperfectly known, we must say that the lesson appears extremely important. Gunboats have beaten forts. Perhaps the forts were not heavily armed; but, if the chain detained the vessels within their range for ever so short a time, the result, according to the current esti- mate of these matters, ought to have been very different from what it actually was. We will not say that the question is settled, but, at any rate, it has been rather forcibly illustrated; and, though a fort mounted with guns too big for a ship oither to carry or resist might certainly destroy a hostile vessel by a lucky shot, it is clear enough that, in spite of all such defences, a fast iron-plated steamship might prove a most dangerous enemy. Seizure of the British Steamship Ber. muda. ‘The following is a copy of a letter from Capt. Westen- dorff, of the steamship Bermuda, to the owner in Liver- pool:— Pmaperrma, May 5, 1862. Dear Sm—You will, no doubt, be astounded when you receive this, informing you of the seizure of the Bermu- da by a federal war vessel. I shall give you tho facts of the case as brietly as possible, and leave you to judge for yourself of the high handed affair. Having received instructions at Bermuda to proceed to Nassau, I left that place on the 23d ult. for the latter port. On Sunday, the 27th ult., at’ half-past four A. B., we made Abaco light, bearing southwest half south, dis- tant not more than eighteen miles; wind at the time very light from the eastward, th vessel going along about nine and a half knots. We were steering at the time directly for the light. At about five A. M. we made a steamer to windward of us, and on looking at her through the glass found that she was coming down towards us. Ina short time she dis- op at her peak the American ensign. I immediately ours hoisted, and, as we were drawing near the land, hauled the vessel up half a point to the southward. I was surprised ina little while to hear the booming of @ gun from the steamer, but, not dreaming for a moment that they hada rightor would dare board an English vessel in English waters,I kept on my course. After some time had elapsed I observed that the American steamer luffed up, and in a few moments the curling smoke gave notice of another gun—this time a shotted one. e shell came whistling over our heads, in be- tween the mainmast and the smoke stack. J immedi- ately stopped the engines and waited for her. It was at this time twenty minutes to six o'clock, Abaco lighthouse bearing about S. W. half S., distant, in the opinion of all on board, between seven and eight miles at most. When tho steamer came up alongside of us the officer on deck hailed and asked where we were from and where bound. I replied, “from Bermuda, bound to Nassau.” He said he would send a boaton board. When the officer came on board he demanded my papers. I showed him tho register, the clearance from Bermuda and the manifest. He said he would take them on board and show them to his captain. After a little while he returnea, saying that the captain wished to see me on board. Leaving the vessel in charge of Mr. Reed, my first officer, I went on board the American steamer, which I found to be the Mercedita, Captain Stillwagen. He re- ceived me in a gentlemanly manner, asking me if I were the only captain of the Bermuda, to which replied “Certainly.’’ He then wished to know how it was that we bad 80 many military stores. I told him I took my cargo in at Liveerpool. “Then,’ id he “that vessel must be searched. Detaining me on board, he despatched three boats, with officers aud men armed to the teeth. Assoon as they got alongside the officer asked Mr. Reed if he was in command of the Bermuda. Mr. Reed answered that he was, during my absence. Said the officer, “1° lieve you of your char; They then took entire con- trol, put two engineers down at the engines, aud placed armed sentinels at every hatch and door. The Mercedita, while the search was progressing—and which was done effectually , paying no reapect to private pa anything else--stewmed ahead and sung out charge tofollow she steoring directly off th : ‘This, it i8evident, was done to get out of sight, and where they would not be likely to be disturbed, as‘ they never even hauled do the English flag until three hours after they had taken charge of the vessel, and were about thirty miles from land. Asa matter of course, when the captain informed mo that he would have to seize the ship, which was before he had received any report from the officer who was sent to conduct the search, I told him to recollect that I pro- tested against the act as an illegal one, and should claim the protection of the British flag, to which he replied, “Oh, yes, certainly. I was sent out to look after you Some of the officers subsequently informed me that they hada list comprising quite a number of British steamers that they were ordered to seize wherever thoy might catch them, and that if we had passed the Merce- dita, two other steamers wore cruising in<ido of the Pro- vidence channel and just around the port of Nassau, which would Imve been certain to take us; in fact, that that harbor was well blockaded After the search was over the whole of my ship's crew were transferred with their luggage, as were also our 8, to the Mercedita, and @ prize crew put on board the Bermuda, The engers were afterwards allowed to go back on board, and proceed to this place in the vessel. The only persons of my crew who wore per- mitted to remain on board were Mr. Reed and another ee) the steward, stewardess, the cabin boy and my- self. At four o'clock P. M. of the same day, both vossels and steered to the northward, the Mer- way. hag a pag with us un- tl the following day at about two P. M., when, after a visit from Captain Stellwagen and other officers, we were allowed to proceed alone. The behavior of the of- ‘icers has beén gentlemanly throughout, and Lieutenant Abbott, who brought the vessel to this port, has done rything to make our time pase pleasantly. Yesterday (Sunday) being permitted to go on shore, Tealled on Mr. Kortright, her ty’s Consul, to whom [ related the eircumstances connected with the seizure of the vessel. He requested me, as soon as we had given our depositions to the Prize Commissioners, to call at bis vice and note @ protest, when he would communicate immediately with Lord Lyons. Having been engaged the whole of to-day before the commissioners, I have not been enabled to see the Consul, but shall do 60 early to- morrow, You will please write to me by return mail, and if you iio not send an agent out, be kind enough to Instruct mo how Tam to obtain funds whorowith w defray oxpendes iar for legal advice, &, Lam, dear sir, respecttully, G. W. Westen DO} ions of the French Press. ng iy correspondence of the London Post.) march of events in America ouce more engages the attention of the French government, and I find that the two American parties of men und Confederates hore in Paris seem to believe we are nearor a period when North and South will decide on making peace. The Southergers are unable to account for the easy victories of the federal forces by land and by sea, aud they begin to find fault with conduct of naval and military af- fairs by the Confederate government. Such is sure to be the case when the friends of any cause see things are going wrong. ever may be immediate cause of @ reconciliation between the North and South, it will be hailed in France with satisfaction; perhaps moreso even ‘than in land. Should the government of Richmond or that of Washington call,upon, England and Franee, through their representatives m America, to take any steps, Official or officious, with @ view ef closing the civil war, the envoys of St. James’ and the Tuileries will be found, I believe, —eany together in the strictest harmony. The instructions of M. Mercier and Lord Lyons are identi: cal. It is supposed here in Paris that the balf hoped for overtures must come from the South; and there are those, on the other hand, who still declare that the causc Of the slave States is not sodesperate as to oblige this humiliation of a proud people, who still ‘an un- beaten army; but the persons who hold these views are the minority of Americans amongst us. Certain it is, no despatches have yet reached the French govern- ment which indicate that the South will seek peace; but such despatches are, J beliews, expected ere long. FRENCH TRADE REVIVING FROM PEACE RUMORS. es (May 19) corres; of London Times. ] last private accounts received from Lyons state that the recent success ef the federalists and the visit of M. Mercier, the French Mipister, to Richmond, had raised the drooping spirits of the silk manufacturers in that city. Several ‘on speculation bad been made under the jon that the civil war in America is about to be put an end to by the intervention of the Eng- lish and French the meantime great dis- tress prevails both in Paris the departments. —— The African Slave Trade. ‘THE NEW TREATY WITH ENGLAND FOR ITS SUPPRES- SION—MR. LINCOLN’S GOOD FAITH ACKNOWLEDGED IN PARLIAMENT. In the House of Lords on the 20th of May, Earl Rusaau, in laying on the table a copy of the treaty concluded be- tween United States and this country (ead) for the suppression of the slave trade, made a few remarks, which were very indistinctly d in tho gallery. He ‘was understood to that present government of the United States had shown great anxiety to adopt strin- gent measures for the extinctiog of that nefarious traffic. ‘Their lordships were aware that for some years past there had been great facilities afforded to persons at New York to fit out slavers. Those slavers went afterwards to Havana, and thence to the coast of Africa. Her Majesty’s government were fully informed of the names of the persons who fitted out those , and y advised our admiral and cruisers om the African coast on the subject. Owing, however, to their using the American flag, those slaves were enabled to escape from search by our crt gers, and their operations consequently could not be cheoked. But President Lincoln's government hadjgiven orders for the entire ion of the slave trade, and had also taken effectual steps to break up the practice of fitting out ships at New York for the purpose of carrying iton. Besides these,as occasion required, other steps would be adopted for the effectual suppression of the slave trade. The present treaty had been negotiated be- tween Mr. Secretary Seward and Lord Lyons; and he might take this opportunity of stating that it’ afforded the best evidence of the sincerity of feeling and Poy ‘for the suppression of the slave trade, which, since the elec ‘tion of the present President, had charactzrizad the govern- ment of the United States. The treaty gave extensive powers of search to the cruisers of both nations, and he had now the honor to lay it on their lordship's table. ‘The Bishop of Oxrorp took the earliest opportunity of expressing the very great gratification with which he had heard the announcement just mado by the noble earl. It was a matter which, as their lordships were aware, ho had long deeply at heart. He believed this was the step in the right direction which was so much needed to ren- der our efforts for the suppression of the slave trade effectual. He bad long felt that if we had but a sincere and honest treaty with the United States, such as the noble earl had just laid on the table, that tho American flag should not cover the ill-conditioned of any nation en- gaged in the slave trade, the long servicos and sacrifices ete oun try would be effectual for its final suppression. fear, heat ¢ Earl Sranuorg, in expressing the same satisfaction which he was sure was shared in by all their lordships, had only to ask this question—whether the treaty which the noble ear! now laidon the table was merely for a term of years or indefinite in its extension? — Earl Rvsseut replied that the treaty was to continuo for ten years in the firet instance, but it was renewable at the expiry of that term, if its renewal should then be considered necessary. Earl Grey had always considered the use which was made of the American flag the great obstacle to the sup- pression of the slave trade. He hoped the government would pursue actively the moasures which were neces- sary for putting down the slave trade; and, what was of not less importance, giving security and protection to the vative chiefs of Africa in the development of the in- ternal resources of that country , particularly in the cul- tivation of cotton. Looking to the stoppage of that staple from America, and the uncertainty of its supply from India, everything practicable should be done to encourage its growth in Africa. Already a large quan- tity of cotton was grown there, and it was his firm con- viction that if the necessary encouragement were given to the native chiefs, with @ view to the peace aud security of that country, a large trade in cotton between Africa and England would be di It was quite hopeless this could be done whi ve trade con- tinued to be carried on; but, as we had now some pros- pect of secing that trade suppressed, he hoped govern- ment, in addition to what was being done at Lagos, would take measures to extend British protection to the native chiefs of Africa, and encourage the develop- ment of the resources of that country in the production of cetton. (Hear, hear.) THE INVASION OF MEXICO. General Prim’s Course Approved by Spain. In the Spanish Congress on the 19th ult. Senor Castro made a long speech in support of the proposition to cen- gure the Ministry for their conduct in reference to Mex- ican affairs. The Minister of State, in defending the government, said they approved of the conduct of General Prim and the Spanish Plenipotentiary. He promised that an op- portunity should be afforded for a full discussion of the question after the official documents had been examined. These documents he said would be communicated to the Congress at the proper time. Senor Castro then withdrew his proposition, British Opinion of Gen. Prim’s Letter. From the London Times, May 21.) General Prim’s letter has informed the world of his reasons for withdrawing the Spanish contingent from the Mexican expedition, and what were before only sur- mises begin to acquire by this evidence the compiexion of facts. France goes to Mexico alone because France alone profosses an interest in the alleged object of such anadvance. The convention which formed the basis of the original alliance stipulated for the satisfaction of several lawful claims and the redress of many heinous ‘wrongs as concessions to. be exacted from tho Mexican government; bat the French, according to General Prim’s statement, have now resolved on interforing more eificaciously in the atiairs of Mexico, and on providing that country with a political organization, a stable gov- ernment and a crowned head. -ihe soldiers of the Emperor,’ says the Spanish commander, “remain in this country to establish @ throne for the Archduke Maxi- milian.”” ‘The Genera! thinks this is ‘madness,’ and perhaps the act will not be regarded in this country as one of wisdom. But, without entering into the merits of the selection, or the promise of the new dynasty, we can only say for ourselves that if the Prench choose to un- dertake the office of regenerating Merivo, and constituting @ respectable and responsible State in one of the finest regions of the world, we shall not view their procesdings with jealousy or suspicion. The Mexicans have made their government a nuisance to the commonwealth of nations, and if France accepts the duty of abating it we can but thavk her for her trouble ‘The whole expedition has been hitherto a miscarriage. ‘The Allies consumed much time and many precious lives in negotiations which, it is reasonable enough to think, would have lad to no substantial r Tn fact, whatever might have been the terms of the convention, it was clear from the first that, unless the intervention did in some way or other bring about the establishment of a strong government in Mexico, it would produce real advantage. If protnises of money and good behavior were to by received by tho Allics in satisfaction of allclaims, that amount of redress might cortainly have been obtained at a cost far less than that of the joint expedition. The party in power would have under- taken anything. and the only resistauce offered by Juarez and his acc’ ices proceeded, doubti from their suspicion that the settlement contemplated by their visitors involved the termination of that anarchy from which they derived their power. We might have got acknowledgements of debt to our heart's content, and probably a mortgage on customs’ duties or some other branch of revenue, but it would have been on condition of withdrawing from the country,and lesving affairs to goon as before. Twelve months hence a second ex- pedition would be as necessary as the frst. The fac- tions by which Mexico is des iatet would have resumed their old habits, life and property would deen as insecure as ever, and ‘ Death to strangers ’’ would have again been the cry of there murderous brigands in their quarrels with each other. It was impossibie, in short, to anticipate any durable success from the expedition unless the anarchy of the country were brought toa close by the establishment of some new government with support from without. The solution, therefore, now pro by the French is the ouly’ solution of which the problem admitted, though it may be rather surprising in its form. ‘The idea originally entertained was, that one of the fog into which the Mexicans were divided, or per- aps a new party format ty some fusion of the others, should be taxen up by the Allies, and, if fund acceptable to the country, against’ the machinations of rivals for atime the new institutions had been consolidated. ‘But this, though an obvious, was not a very promising expedient. The point involved in a selection was exactiy the point on which the Allied Powers might be expected most seriously to differ, Kagland would certainly not have been disposed to promote the merciless bigots of the old church faction at the expense of the party which made at least a profession of constitutional principles. Spain, on the other hand, was known to favor the pricst arty, which was supposed to retain whatever ingering traces of legitimist opinions survived in the country. Franoe, as it would now ap) liad @ cause of her own, and we are perfectly willing to believe ttat when it came to the point it was found absolutely im. possible to rely either upon Juarez or upon his antago nists for the conduct of the political experiment, F suh a work Mexico, in all likelinood, had neither men nor the means. We know full well that we never joint occupation of Trieste, with what feelings would ‘the intelligence be received in France that M. Kossuth and General Klapka had been invited by the Enr'ish government to form part of the expedition, and that it ‘was their avowed intention to bring about the elevation of some German prince, favored by England, to the Would not the Austrian government full right to refuse treating with the fared any better under one party than the other. Con- stitutionalists and churchmen proved, for all practical purposes, exactly alike, and murdered by both, with equal ¥ we are now assured that the materials required for the construction of a Lew ernment were not to be found in the factions which have desolated Mexico for the last thirty years, we cannot pretend to dispute so probable ‘an assertion. France, however, is probably thinking of herself as wellas of Mexico. Though she does ‘*go to war for an idea,’ she may be expected to argue that, if troops and Freuch money are expended in the expedition to Mexico, France may reasovably calculate on the profit ‘as well as the glory of the enterprise. Wedo not deny it. On the contrary, we wish hor all suceess. The occu- pation of Mexico by French troops — certain = costly to France, but it may perhaps agreeable to French nation, and it cannot be otherwise than bene- im such case ha: lish and French plenipotentiaries until Kossuth and pe wero sent back to England; and would not, in the event land refusing to com| “3 with so reasonable faithful illustration of what has just occurred with reference to Mexico. We a therefore, not ee a ene sractaten. that government japoleon III. see many inconveniences likely to arise from abandoning ficial to the rest of the world. In Mexico France may de | the line of joint action go clearly marked out at infinite good, with little chance of doing harm except to | the commencement of the ion. When the French herself. There is no “nationality” to be supp , no | plenipotentiaries, in their note of the 9th ef April, speak of the ex! t of Mexico as an oppressive feeling of liberty to be stifled, no popular voice to be over- powered. The Mexicans have shown such incapacity for self-government that it would be absurb to invest them with the dignity of political ce. If they are ever to be organized as a State it is clear that some! must do fer them what they cannot do for themselves, of the julators. The Americans knew perfe can politics. A Mexican occupation thus begun may that Me could never last; but reckoned on iis falling | perhaps, be so speedily ended. We are happy ‘into the The ds have known for | to receive, through our Paris correspondent’s letter of ‘some time that their old colony was disposable, and the in which is visible in General Prim’s vorable and, it must be owned, contradictory A , no doubt, from the way in which Spain has it is the desire of the Emperor Napoleon to reeall the mepereneah 1s, efice hemes, ae tothe contingent as soon as possible, proposed. Everybody knew, probably, from the ining, that ‘the expedition were to be a mock- Defence of the France hag not sought the ret ty, she has the habit of not drawing back from any sac- ice, she also is accustomed not to give way under these new conditions, or shape @f | accomplishment of a duty. In this circumstance the the compensation which France will naturally expect for | Guty was not doubiful, and it has required the strangest her sacrifices and her trouble. Whether the eleva | ineijente-ciet us say ihe word, of all tion of an Austrran Prince to the Mexican throne | fora go clearly defined aim of the expedition to be lost may enter as a consideration into some | sight of tosuch a point that it may be said that certain transaction of European policy, or whether French- | pjenipotentiaries must have lost their memory on the rather than Austrian influence) may be ulti- ‘What were Spain, England and France about to undertake in Mexico? ‘Three memorable documents in- form us. The writer here quotes the words of the Queen of Spain to the Corteson the 12th of November; the language of the Emporor of the Freneh, om the 27th of January, in mately represented in the new kingdom, are questions which we are not concerned im raising. We are per- feetly pre to find that France is reckoning on some equivalent return for her outlay snd her exertions, and ither deny the justice of such expectations nor re- gard with alarm the results of the enterprise. If the address to the Senate and tho Legislative Body; and energies of the French nation are cramped a ire beg a the royal speech to the English Parliament, on the 6th of (is eenaere, Manco at cn caer aed ~ Gr | February, at the opening of tho session—all of Which developed together, and nobody, we are sure, who con- eal be aly ‘iene aniaaiiel Tarapieeing siders the state of the country for the last thirty years will deny that the people must be gainers by the change. We should not undertake such an enterprise ourselves, tl but, if it suits the views of our neighbors to do 80, w® | an accord between the three Powers? What has taken honestly wish them success. 4 French army of occupa- | place since the troops of France, Spain and England landed tion will find much better employment in Mezico than in fa'Mexico? ‘Have terror and anarchy ceased to reign in Rome: that unfortunate country? Far from that, the just griev- ancesof Europe against a government which has placed itself beyond the pale of humanity have only increased. All the reasons which led Spain, Franco and England to Mexico exist now more ever, and retreat in such cir- cumstances is oe sare teal jfiable than the — fee e fe remen at the height o fr parcsbeeas is it just? Is it reasonable? Is it worthy of governments which on all occasions understand dignity and honor so well? Happily, whatever may happen, the cause of civilization will not be abandoned, and the hopes of that large number of op- pressed who had witnessed the arrivaljwith so much joy ‘will not be disappointed. [From the Paris Siecle, May 20.1 ‘The French soldiers are marching upen Mexico, and we can only express our wishes for, their success; but we hold to the terms of the correspondence published by the Moniteur, and to the declarations of the French govern- ment—there can be no question of imposing on Mexico by force any government whatever. When our troops shal! have entered the capital of that country, when we shall have obtained indemnities for our countrymen, there ser be any occasion to prolong in those distant regions an onerous occupation, which would occasion so many losses in men and money. Thus, it is impossible to associate ‘ourselves with the aspirations of certain visionaries, who dream of @sort of campaign of 1823 in Mexico, and who represent “France ag the instrument of a monarchical party, the an expedition ever more We ask, was tho necessity of clearly demonstrated? Was theaim of an expedition evor more clearly defined? is there now no longer The English Capinet on General Prim’s er. Fibre the .ondon Post (governmentorgan), May 20.] turn which the Mexiean question has Just taken, and the com divergence of the courses respectively pur- the military .and diplomatic representatives of Spain and Great Britain on the other, may ~~ call roan. a ap ea feelii regret and surprise. It musi & matter of re- ia A the moral influence of the Mexican expedition should thus be weakened by disunion at the three allied Po |, and it may well be matter of surprise that this inion should be caused by the resolution of one of those,three Powers to pursue a separate military action for the very object that has beem distinctly re- nounced and abjured in the convention drawn up to de- fine the character and limit the extent of the common operations. ‘The Mexican expedition was undertaken by the British government, in union with the governments of France and Spain, for the attainment ef ends which every government must secure unless it would abdicate the functions for which alone it exists and acts. As the first condition of all domestic policy is to protect the lives and properties of the citizens, the first condition of all foreign policy is to obtain adequate protection for those citizens of the Stave trading with, or settled in, foreign y rested ‘necessity countries, Its justification ‘on the same which had compelled each of the three European govern. | chief of whi ments to claim and enforce, in the respective cases of ee srs Naples, Greece, China, Cochin China and Morocco, repa- ration for the endured in these States by English, French and ish subjects. The convention of London, whilst giving a legal form to tho joint decision and ‘co-operation of the three European Powers to obtain a jary indemnity from shall never allow our countrymé whatever latitude they may be; but it is impossible that we should make ourselves the Ferdinand Corte: of the Archduke Maximilian, and that we should conquer for him a doubtful throne. Py is ee Kec iy or iS the Mexican government for the acts of oppression, ex- ercise ® pressure upon waom the Bowty tocuen and doanright robbery” eommitted by kn’ the chooetag, the form of Ite goverment should be Breserted persons and properties of their subjects, jealously.guard- | in Be pices oe pnw Haag restor’ ed against the possibility of the’ expedition being made | 6" imerica ‘rope. to sorve any ulterior ends of ambition either of the three eure Admiral De La Graviere. Powers themselves, or of the political jes in the Mexican republic, It was exirenty etipaated that the | The Paris Moni!eur of May 18 publishes a despxtch from right to demand and obtain reparation for the Admiral Jurien de la Graviere, dated Orizaba, 20th uit., iajarion done to French, Spanish or British | announcing that the expeditionary corps which left Cor- Subjects should not be ‘made a pretext for | dovaon the 18th ult. entered Orizaba on the morning of the 20th, after a successful cavalry engagement. The Mexican army withdrew from the town. ‘The health of the troops had never been better. meddling with the sfexican constitution or adminis- tration. As regards our own government any other line of action would have been simply impossible. ‘The same principle of non intervention which has pe heys intersering by armed force in the of the Italian amy le y to insist ag [ea drawal rench corps of occupation in |), which, 40 dit merican civil war Cruz. {From the Paris Patrie (somi-official organ), May 20. ‘General Prim, on loarning Marshal Serrano’s refusal ing rectly affecting, as the A place ships-of-war at his disposal to convey his troops i classes back to Havana, chartered a number of merchant ves- pepe eseany de Rep recten 5 Boog in our own | sels. ‘The enthusiasm of the Fronch soldiers was ex- " the contest, a ‘the | tremo. All the reinforcements from Martinique, Guada- loupe and France, had arrived, with abundant com , atric Ne South, could not, without the it - Aladenioems ‘oon, violated in’ Mexico ty making | stores and artillery. The monarchical consistency, have been ted in Mexico by making ition subservient elther to European am. | General Almonte their chief. Five generals had recog- pie gs to ‘Mexican partisanship. a ond the | nized his authority, placed themselves and their troops clea Hehe and duty of protecting ber Ow | Sum ed ae French arvie Cn Chace, General Alm England had comparatively little inte- | Aston as rive % reat in’ Moat teat inter | deilt be declared the chicf of the ionab rest in Mexico at all, The political iuterests of Spain were, perhaps, greater; the pecuniary in-. terest of France was certainly rated at @ mnoch higher figure. Nevertheless, however different might be the degrees of political interest at stake, the three European Powers had equally given their consent to the principle of the convention of London, by which it was stipulated that all interference in the internal affairs of the Mexican rapublic should be carefully avoided. We have no occasion to remind our readers of the suc- cessive incidents in the Mexican expedition, rev either a strange misunderstauding curious misinter- pretation, on the part of the French diplomatists, of the terms of the convention of London. The disapproval by France of the treaty of Soledad first indicated the extent of the difference between the French as opposed to the English and Spanish mode of viewing the Mexican ques- tion, England and Spain have limited their action to the purposes originally determined by the convention of London. Satisfied with obtaining the reparation due to their own subjects, they have neither directly nor indi- rectly interfered in the political affairs of Mexico. It must bo matter of extreme regret that a like course has not been pursued by France. ‘There has followed in the train of the Freuch expedition a certain General Almonte, accompanied by other Mexican emigrants, who, on their arrival at Vera Cruz, mu: * no secret of their intention of overthrowing the Mexicun republic, and of substituting for it a monarchy, with the Archduke Maximilian of Aus- tria at its head. The remarkable letter written by General Prim, the commander of the Spanish contingent, on the ‘14th fou nome from cranial makes known in its full catent consequences vis most tinjud Almonte mission. It has veaty di verted—as rogards the operations of the french diplomatic representatives and military agents—the ox- pedition from its origiual scope. The Mexican govern- ment refused to treat with the plenipotentiaries of the clare the definitive resolution of the nation. whos juccess seems certain. This party, supported Prince Napoleo' Opinion of a Foret; Throne—It Would be a “Target” the United Stat ject, it strikes us that to re- official protection to refugees who loudly profess their intention of changing the national institutions, is a de- arture both from the spirit and letter of art. 2 of the foniion convention. The French plenipotentiaries, ac- cording to the Montteur, describe as an absurd calumny but we wish they may prove acalumny. The protection of our countrymen, the London conven- tion and the triple alliance, are all moonshine. is that France is, single handed, undertaking to build up a throne in Mexico for Archduke Maximilian. The Consti- tutionnel and Patrie, who are admitted to the secret conclave of the gods, ought to enlighten us as to the profit we may dorive from such an undertaking. As for us, our unaided intelligence could not, we confess, im- agine anything more inexplicable. We will say nothing of the equilibrium of our budget, already destroyed in Mexico, while in Faris so much trouble is being taken to establish it. We will say nothing of the unjustifiable interest, ‘Allied Powers until General Almonte and the other emi- | Meddling, without any right, any grants were sent out of the country. Thoir refusal was | cause, any pretext, which ombarks us, at the acknowledgod as legitimate and just by SirCharles Wyke | tail of a few rofugees. in an expedition with- out an issue. Bat the Mexican oxpedition is simply a mistake, or it is intended as a ransom fer Ve- netia. Now how can it be supposed that Austria would ever exchange Venetia for a probmatical throne across the ocean, easily raised. no doubt, but impossible to support or defend; for a throne which, before two years and General Prim, for the latter is better known to most readors by that name than by his title of Count de Reuss. Both the Spanish and English plenipotentiaries regarded the note of the Mexican Minister of Foreign Affairs, of the ad of April. by which he demanded the removal of General Almonte and his companions, as a proper and reasonabie request. The two Ft . | were over, would be a target incessantly batlered by the tiaries, M. M.Jurten do Teereviers’ a inte United States, which would be for Austria a sourse of em- de Saligny, on the contrary, positively barrassment and danger, and which would require for to consent to General Almonts’s removal. ‘Their | it8 protection a navy and an amount of Treasure which note, of the 9th April, in ply to that of | Austria does not possess? Oh! it will be said, but France would guarantee the possession of Mexico. In that case a war may be looked on as certain between France and the United States; but as the United States just now have a -y respectable army—as they are close to Mezico, from which we are separated Ly some four thousand males of salt water, we may, by trebling the cist of the Crimean campaign, form an idea of what we would have to pay for a war in which viclory would bring us no advantage and defeat only add the logs of prestige to our pecuniary loss. the Moxican Minister for Foreign Affairs, shows that General Almonte had not only the sanction of, but a direct invitation from, tho French Imperial government, before he set out, in the train of the Freuch contingent, to the expedition. Under these circumstances, both Genoral Prim and Sir Charles Wyke announced to the French plenipotentiaries, their colleagues, that they could not take any further part in the joint expedition; aud we learn that the troops of the Spanish contingent have since all re-embarked for H The Freven contingent now remains to pursue its military operations alone. After a successful cavalry ovgageiment it entered Orizaba on the morning of the 20th. Meanwhile, we Coroners’ Ofice. Tar Scrrosgp Mcrper at Tur Foot or Hovstoy Staret.— The case of tho unknown man found floating in the water are told the intelligence was certaiuiy to be expected) that civil war has again | at the foot of Houston street, East river, proves tobe broken out im Moxico. A letter from Vera | one of more than ordinary interest. The body hasbeen Cruz, of the 18th April, published in the Patrie, informs us that the monarchical party in Mexico has acknowledg- ed as its leader General Almonte; that five Moxican identified as that of Bernard Lewis, @ scene painter at Laura Keene's theatre, who has been missing since the 20th ultimo. It has been ascertained that on the day in question deceased went to his banker in company with three rough looking customers and drew $700; that he intoxicated at the time and rode around the city in arriage, The banker says he thinks he can identify the men who were in company with deceased, and has given @ doscription of the parties to the police, Tho of decoused having been shot, ther with the absence of the moncy, induces his friends to believe that he has been foully dealt with: The wound found upon the person of the deconsed is Pree ests been a fatal one, and was probably in- ted witha pistol. Mr. Lewis lived in East Twenty+ onth street, and was a man of family. Accidental. Porsoxina.—Coroner Naumann held an in- quest yesterday, at 49 Delancey street, upon the body of Jobn Martin, @ native of Germany, aged thirty-five years, who was accidentally poisoned by taking an overdose of laudanum, Deceased, it appears,was in the habit of taking the poison for years, for the purpose of relieving ® pain in the head, Verdict in accordance with the above facts. ‘Tam Arrray on Boann tux SmP Rocrr A, Heann.— ‘The inquest in the case of John Pearson, mate of the ship Roger A. Hearn, who was killed inan affray with one of the sailors, named John Williams, as reported in yes- terday’s Herat. idence seemed pretty conclusive as to the assault having been committed by the prisoner, and the jury rendered a verdict against him accordingly. The accused wes committed to await the action of the Grand Jury. als New Bownn acs Menken has accepted an engagement at this establishment, and will make ber first appearance on Monday nexs, position of Juarez from the Presidentship of the republic is declared; that, a goon as the French contingent shall have occupied the capital, Gen monte will be claimed the of the’ provisional government, that a Constituent Assembly, to be summoned by uni- versal suffrage, will make known definitive wishes of tho Mexican people. If anythin, ore were wanted to justify the resolution taken by the English and Spa- nish plenipotentiaries of withdrawing from the expedi- tion, it would, wo think, be found in the attitude thus assumed, and the part played, by General Almonte with the direct sanction of France, This course of proceeding is to be lored. Tho Mexican govornment may have been in the wrong on many previous occasions, but we are bound to admit that in the prosent justance it ts completely im the right. The French Imperial government, in its past remon- strances and demands te Mexico, may have been wholly in tho right, but in the position which it now takes up it is a8 unquestionably in the wrong. We observe, in tho letter published in tho Moniteur, in which the last phase of the Mexican question is narrated, an attempt to rep- resout the protection accorded to General Almonte as bound up with the honor of the Fronch flag; that it could not have been withdrawn without an insult to tho French eagles. The honor of France is not implicated ali in the question, or, it 80, it is implicated in quite another fashion. In carrying out the clearly expressed terms Of @ convention, the honor of a great State will instinetively sugges \e cossity of @ strict adherence to the terms and the spirit in which that convention has been frame pose the case of England and France ontoring into vention of which the scope should be strictly It to obtain reparation for certain supposed wrongs dono by Austria to English aud Freach subjects, by means of a = —Miss Ada these freebooters, Walker landed ‘The Spanish forces wereon their way back to Vera party had made Merico. A constituent assembly, elected by universal suffrage, freely exercised, will meet at Mexico, and de- The com- mercial, manufacturing and landed interests, as well as the clergy, are favorable to the monarchical party, France, has for object the triumph of civilization, order and liberty. {From the Opinion my: pee Napoleon’s organ), lay 19.) * * * Notwithstanding all that the Patrie and the xisting government, to grant the intention ascribed by the Spaniards and England to the French government. Absurd we readily grant it; The fact 4 ' The Brooklym Navy Yard. PRESENTATION OF A SWORD BY THE NICARAGUAN | GOVERNMENT TO COMMODORE HIRAM PAULDING. It will be remembered that in December, 1857, it be- came necessary for Commodore Paulding, while in com. mand of the Home Squadron, to assume the responsi- bility of landing a force, with @ view to disarming and arresting the notorious filibuster Goneral Wim. Walker, with his followers, who had landed at ‘San Juan Del Norte for the purpose of conquering tho republic of Nicaragua. f . ~ ‘Though this landing of an armed force by Commodore Paulding, on @ neutral soil, was not approved by the Bu- chanan administration, and was denounced in the halls of Congress, yet the government of Nicaragua completely exonerated the Commodore from any blame in the trans- action, and conveyed to him, through Goneral Juarez, ‘one of her most prominent citizens, her approvai of tho course pursued by him, and tive act s sword and large tract of land. decreed to him by legisla- Congress having authorized the acceptance of the sword, his Excellency Senor Don Luis Molina, Minister Plenipotentiary from Nicaragua to the United States, having entrusted the presentation of tho sword tothe hands of Senor Don Jose Rosa Perez, accompanied by « letter from himself, that gentleman called upon the Com- modore to learn his convenience for receiving the sword. Tuesday having been designated, s gay party of naval officers and other friends of the Commodore as” sembled at his house about twelve o'clock, when Senor Ferez, in @ few appropriate remarks, presented the sword and letter, to which the Commodore made the fol- lowing reply: ‘My Frmxve—I weloome you here on an occasion of ‘vast interest tome. Some of you will remember, that = few years since, while in command of the Home Squad- ron, it became necessary for me to assume a responsibil- ity demanded by the honor of our country and the high- est dictates of humanity. proclamation and the laws of the land, William Walker, aided and abetted by prominent Southern men, left our tho’ pence and happine ‘peace pines: sister republic, with whom, at the time, we had the most friendly relations. Regardless of the the United States sbi In violation of the President’s orde of followers, % prey upon of the people of jicaragua, @ Sarsioga, which had been winced wi in the arbor of San Juan del’ Norte his party at Point Arenas, directly under her guns. When in my flagship I arrived there from Aspinwall, he had already com- menced his warlike operations, and from the condition of affairs,I found the only thing I could do was to dis- arm the party and send them home to answer for their crimes. I remember, as doubtless do you, the bitter denunciations which were hurled at me by the leading depredators—those vampyres who had partitioned among themselves the homes of an un- offending people, and how they deplored with impotent rage the loss of a new field for the institution of slavery, to be lished on the ruins of a free and independent republic. My proceedings were approved by every good. citizen, yet such were the influences ther controlling the administration of the government, that the course of justice due to a friendly nation was set By ing Southern men, who bad doudsiess pai shameful invas! yf Nicaragua, and who are now in ree bollion againat the free institutions of our country, I was denounced in the balis of Congress for violating the neu- trality of Nicaragua, by landing on her shore. Th vernment of Nicaragua, with a high sense of justice, at once exonerated me, by conveying through one of her most distinguished citizens, Genera! Juarez, her appro- valand thanks for the course | had pursued. Subse- quently she decreed, in her halls of legislation, to pre- sent me @ sword and « measure of her public domain. His Excellency, Don Louts Molina, Minister Plentpoten- tiary from Nicaragua, bas entrusted this emblem of bis country’s good will to the hands of Mr. J. R. Perez,to whom { most cordially tender my thanks for the complimentary an‘ highly flattering man- ner ia which he has discharged this duty. I rece! from you, Mr. Perez, with my profound acknow! = ments to your government, its Minister and yourself, ighly appreciated gift. For the honor it conveys it be herished memorial fcr me and all be my happiness to dispiay his occasion, I can say with @ ‘This sword illustrates the jus- “ foeling of honest pride tice and generosity of the government of Nicaragua. It relieves me from imputed wrong wo her, and the im- puted commission, op my part, 0: ‘a grave error,’ whilst ina faithful and Coarless discharge oi my duty pub- lie officer.” I bave thus, my friends, given a brief sketch of the transsetion which-assemoles us here, and though the whole siory is not told, 1 will not further de- tain you. Agein, Senor Perez. permit me to express my thanks for the kindly manner in which you have execut- ed the trust contidedto you by His Excellency, your honored representative. We eubdjoin copies of the Minister's letter and Commo- dore Paulding’s response:— Wastmatox, May 19, 1862. Im compliance witb ordere from the government of Ni- caragua. [have the bonor to forward to you tho sword which, as expressed in the decree! have lad previ ‘usly the pleasure to communicate to you, that republic has desired to present to you for your noble conduct at Punta de Castilla on the 8th December, 18! ‘On that oceasion you, not without a knowledge of the gravity of the act, but with a just consciousness of dis- charging a duty toward your own country, and abound- ing with zeal for its honor and good name, as commander of the naval force of the United States in those waters, decided to seize, and did seize, and brought back the no- tori dventurer William Walker and the other indivi- duals of the expedition he ledfrom the United States, and which he landed at Punta de Castilla in the ce of one of their vessels of war, in violation of their muni- cipal laws and of their juternational obligations, thus at- tempting a second time the invasion of Nicaragua, State with which the United States were at peace. That moritorious act performed by you, instead of re- ceiving the approbation of your government, met with @ severe censure from Mr. Buchanan’s administration, and subjected you to undeserved mortification and Prejudices. At the time alluded to Nicaragua had a mere de not a practical dominion over the port of San Juan, which really was under a sort of protectorate ofthe United ‘States and Great Britain, and on looking upon the moe mentous action you took, with ‘no other object than that of preventing the piratical invasion of her territory by citizens of the United States, she could not consider your conduct as offensive to her, nor be indifferent at the dis- agreeable consequences it brought upon yourself; on the contrary, regarding it as commendable and well calcu- lated to prevent injurious complications, ag well as other evils undeserved on the part of Nicaragua, and at least unfruitfal for the United States, she has desired to give youa spe ae her just appreciation of your noble conduct and high motives by tendering to you a vote of thanks, and presenting to you twenty caballerias of public lands, and a sword: which Ihave now the pleasure to forward to you by Don Jose Rosa Perez, a Nicar- guan citizen. My government has regrotted that the United States Congress should not have given their consent to your accepting lands; and the sword has reached me very recently only, because they awaited for information in regard to the resolution of that body as well as on ac- count of posterior accidental circumstances. Please, sir, to excuse the length of this note, to be as- sured of the great pleasure I take in complying with the order from my government on this occasion, and to ac- copt the high esteem and consideration with which I have the honor to subscribe ntyself bi most obedient servant, UIS MOLINA. ‘To Captain H. Pavipina, U.S. N Commanpant’s Orrics, Unrrep States Navy YArp, Naw Yore, Juno 4, 1862. ®m—lI have the honor to Fe etabag by the hands of Don Jose Rosa Porez, accompanied by the letter from your Excellency of the 19th May, 1862, the receipt of the sword which the government of Nicaragua by decree has directed to be presented to me for the course which I deemed it my duty to pursue in arresting, at Ponta de Castila,on the 8th December, 1857, the notorious fill- buster and outlaw, Wm. Walker, with his followers, who had landed on the shores of the republic of Nicaragua in violation of the laws of the United States and of alt civilized nations. For the generous manifestation of your Excollency’s government by the decree presenting this sword, and 0 the tract of land (of which latter the policy of my government does not permit my acceptance), of the ap- proval and estimation of my course on occasion above referred to, I can only say that it is far above my deserts for the simple performance of what I then con- sidered, and now consider, to have been my duty. Of course it is the desire of every officer to receive the approval of his government, and if I did not then receive that of the administration and of Cengress, I think the cause can be directly traced to political events which have since culminated in the present unfortunate con- dition of the country, which no one can more deeply de- plore than myself. Be pleased to accept for yourself my sincere thanks for the kind and flattering manner in which you have con- veyed to me the wishes of your government, and to press through you to your ellency’s government the a appreciation in which T | always hold this ma- nifestation of ite approval of my official act. Tam, sir, with sentiments of high regard and esteom, your Excolloncy’s most obedient servant, H. PAULDING. ‘To hia Excellency Senor Dow Luvs Motma, Envoy Extra- ordinary, &c. Tho sword is a magnificent one, the hilt and scabbard being wot po chased in the most elaborate style. The hilt is studded with thirteen beautiful amethyst stones, with the ccat of arms of the State of Nicaragua beauti- fally oe ed thereon, around whieh is the following ptiod:— republica de Nicaragua al Commodore H. Pauld- the blade is also engraved the following:— Per su noble compartiremente en Punta de Castilla, Dicombre de 1857." OPFRATIC ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE Fatt, Srason.—Laettors received from Maretzek announce that he has concluded an engagement with Madame Charton for the autumn and winter. This Indy is an artist of splendid gifts, somewhet in tho syle of Madame Sontag, She appeared in Paris in March laat with Tamberlik, and made quite a sensation, Mazzoleni, sai. to be one of the best Italian tenori rovusti now living, aad Bartolini, the great bari- tone, have aiso signed contracts for the United States and Havana, Maretzek was about to leave for Milan to engage another prima do:ne and tenor, Nowo’s Garnen.—Miss Caroline Richings takes hor benefit at thie establishment on Friday next. We trust that the public will testify to this interesting young singer and actress, dy their atteodance upon this ocea- sion, the high estimation ia whieb ber talents are held.