The New York Herald Newspaper, December 10, 1866, Page 4

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STEPHEN'S CHURCH, tween Lexington and Third avenues.— Vat AND PRomenapE Conci NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway. — with tHe Oxx-HypRogen Microscors | twice Open from 8 Eveniy-Gabih, street, be- RAND Fain, Festi- Gall; oe teAD ayp Rigut Agu of Pronst. A.M, ti 10 P. ML New York, Monday, Decomber 10, 1866. fH NEWS. EUROPE. Our news report by the Atlantic cable is dated to Sunday, the 9th of December. ‘Tho Czar of Russia, by imperial ukaso, abrogates “all the relations’? of the Empire with the Pope, and annuls the special laws founded thereon, Another French regiment has marched from Rome, ‘Tho Papal debt has, {t is said, beon arrangod. The Christians in Candia are reported as submitting hopelessly to the Turks. By the steamship City of Paris at this port yester- day we recoived our special correspondence, special despatches and European files dated to the 28th of November, containing very important and interesting dotatis of the cable reports to that day. Taking up the history of the Fenian movement, or “rising,"’ in Ireland after the 25th of November—to which date it was published in the Hrratp on Sunday—we give the newspaper accounts of its progross, conveying a ‘very accurate idea of the alarm which it caused to the English government, The editorial comments of the London journals on the “stamping out” plan of cure ‘were 60 fully summarized in the Heratn's special cable despatch of the 27th of Novomber, from that city, that it ls unnecessary Yo repeat them. ‘The position of Maximilian’s cause in France and Austria, together with bis prospects of an impcrial office at home, are fully treated by our correspondents in Parie and Vienna. From Madrid we havo a report of the feverish agita- ion which prevails in Spain, preceding the revolution which is likely to sweep the last remaining crown from the last of the Bourbons. MISCELLANEOUS. Our city of Mexico correspondence says that, since the arrival of Miramon and Marquez, negotiations with the Emperor for his return to the capital have been re- newod. It is now probable that Maximilian will do so. The Austrian and Be gian troops in Moxico city recelved orders to march to Vera Cruz on the 22d ult., but on that morning the order was countermanded. The Cabinet ‘was to have met at Orizaba on the 24th, when Vidaurri would advise an abdication and the opening of negotia- tions for that purpose with Juarez, Mejia’s forces at San Luis Potosi were levying forced loans to a large amount, Ono thousand dollars was demanded of the British Consulate, ‘The nows from the seat of war in Paraguay is dated Rio Janciro, November 9, and comes by way of Lisbon. A Bolivian army bad been concentrated on the borders of the Argentine repablic, and threatoned to invade that Stato, On the 18th of October the Paraguayans bom- bardod the intrenched camp of the allies, Official information has been received in Cana@a that raid is intended by the Roberts faction of the Fenians immediately, They are to entor near the village of Tonesconta. A private in the regulars recoived fifty lashos at Ottawa, on Saturday, for saying that Canada would be annexed to the Unite os in loss than two Yoars. Surratt, it appears, was supplied with funds by loading Southergors in Canada at the time he escaped to Europe. Traces of pre-historic civilization have been found in St. Anthony, Minn, A trap door, secured by a curiously shaped lock, was discovered in the floor of a cellar, aud on pushing investigation further it was opened anda spiral staircase, leading down one hundred and twenty- three steps, appeared. It ended in a passage which led into an artificial cave, about which wore strown iron and Copper instruments, and at ony side of which was an ele- vated platform and rude seats, A stone sarcophagus was also found in another apartment, which on being opened disclosed a human skeleton. Chief Justice Chase denies that the iron clad test oath fn Missourt has been decided unconstitutional by a ma- Jority of the Judges of the Supreme Court in conference. The foatival of the Immaculate Conception was cole brated with imposing public cero:monies in the various Catholic churehes in the city yesterday. Monry Ward Beecher proached in Plymouth church, Brooklyn, on the Nocossity of Suffering, Rev. Thomas Street de livered the first of a series of lectures to young men on the Immornlity of the Stage, in the North Prosbyterian eburch, at the corner of Ninth avenge and Thirty-first strost. Rov. Charles B, Smyth made a dofence of his course of lectures on the Naked Truth at the Evorett Rooms At St. Ann's Catholic church, in whth stroct, Rev. Father Preaton continaad bis series of lectures on the Necoasity of Christian Unity. Miss Emma Hardinge lectured at Dodworth Hall upon the New Religion, and the “Boy Preacher’ lecturod in the Advent church Upon the Ro-ostablishment of the Jowish Nation ia Paiostine. In the course of his remarks he said that Louis Napoloon was tho anti-christ spoken of by the in- spirod writers, A burial plot for the uso of Progrossive and Yow Tree lodges of Free and Accepted Masons was consecrated at Cypress Hills ery, Le Ty lay. The ceremo nies wore witne out two thousand persona, and the address wa by RW. Robert@Macoy. The Dodies of two decows: iren of the order were after. wards interred in the now ) 1 plot The Fishkill ol! case has ) led. A vordict of 952,873 was rendered for tio T% The ease will probably be carried to the lion ‘ The corner stono of |i ra’ Mouament tm Roston will be laid on New Year's Da Thore wi ® a grand Prooeasion of the civic and i he occasion, The three contestanta In ti out race are nearly complete in thoir propar Several steam boat excursions to the Hook to see the s art io.morrow have been planed. The remainder of the crew and passonger of the wrecked steamship Suwanoe reached Clarioson on Thureday. The remains of tho ateamor Relan, which burst boiler on Saturday while near Wolf Trap Light, \ NEW YORK HERALD, MUNDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1866. been towed to Norfolk, The wounded aro under excel- lent treatment, and all will probably rocover. An inves- tigation into the causes of the disastor will be held Ta Norfolk. Tho bushwhackers about Lexington, Mo., aro leaving that portion of the country under the pressure of Gover- for Fletcher's operations against them. Hoary Gideon, a noted Philadelphia rough, died sud- denly in that city yesterday? Nine persons were arrested on a charge of having murdered him, but on examination it appeared that doath ensued from natural causes, The Rusad-,/uerican Telegraph expedition were win- tering in Siberia whaa inst heard from. The Russians 2) received thom kindly, and ite Eeguimens aug ether tribes wore disposed to be friendly, "vig “geo Two river thieves boarded the stsamer Montana, in tho East river, daylight yesterday morning, and stole two hi fifty yards of carpeting. The watchman attempted to give the alarm, but was bound by the thieves and hanged from a beant in the saloon, so that his toes barely touched the floor. They then made good their escape, and their victim was only relieved after repeated ories for help. ‘Three victims to the explosion of the oil refinery in Cleveland on Thursday have since died. The Mexican Dificulty—Prospect of New Complications, The interesting intelligence-which was pub- lished in yesterday’s Herat im reference to Mexico, instead of settling the difficulty with France foreshadows new complications and the probable expedient of another emphatic cable despatch to the Emperor Napoleon. First, it appears from our Washington advices that the President is not satisfied with the tenor of Napoleon’s reply to the late emphatic cable telegram m the State Department calling upon him'® fulfil his engagements in the matter of the removal of his troops. It is probable, however, that no further re- monstrance will be made on that point, and that the French Emperor will be indulged in bis new promise to remove all his armed forces from Mexico in March next. It farther appears, from our Vera Cruz cor- respondence of November 28, that our Min- ister Campbell and General Sherman will be welcomed there by the French authorities with open arms; that they wero ready to place an escort at the disposal of General Sherman to conduct him to the city of Mexico, where he would be compelled to go for the purpose of seeing Marshal Bazaine and General Castel- neau, the only persons whom he could consult. At the same time, however, it appears in our correspondence from the city of Mexico that Maximilian, who had sought a temporary refuge at Orizaba, had agreed upon this pro- gramme :— 1. To abdicate forthwith. [He has doubtless received instructions to this effect from Napo- leon.] 2. To place the government ‘in the hands of a provisional triumvirate, composed of General Marquez, General Miramon and Teofilo Marin, present Minister of the Interior. 3. An appeal to the vote of the people to form a new government. Now, as our Minister Campbell and General Sherman are oxplicitly instructed to have nothing to do with any other government in Mexico than that of President Juarez, it is not likely they will seek the hospitalities of the French authorities at Vera Cruz or go to the city of Mexico for some time to come, They can easily avoid any difficulty in this matter by simply remaining at Havana until the French clear out, or by travelling over to Chihuahua, Monterey, or El. Paso, or to any other place where the movable government of Juarez may for the present be located. But there is still a very serious difficulty in this Moxican business as it now stands. Maximilian is about to abdi- cate, which is a good thing as far as it goes in the way ofan abdication. But his acheme of transferring his authority to a triumvirate, in- cluding Marquez, Miramon and Marin, who are to arrange for the election of a new govern- ment by the Mexican people, is a scheme which is full of mischief. The tri- umvirate Will be « French govern- ment in the face of the republican gov- ernment recognized by the United States and in opposition to it. The government which, under this scheme, will be elected by the Mexican people will doubtless be French, under Miramon, a devoted creature of Napo- leon, but the ablest soldier which Mexico has produced for many yeara, We can have nothing to do with this French triumvirate or this French government which is to succeed it. But if we allow this scheme to be developed, to the election of Miramon as President ot the Mexican republic, an army under Sherman or Sheridan will be required to get him out, or Napoleon will still be really the master of Mexico, with his new man Miramon in the place of Maximilian. Here, then, is matter for another cable des- patch to the French government, reducing it to absolute non-intervention in Mexican affairs with the abdication of Maximilian, He must be acting under Napoleon’s instructions in the scheme projected, and, if so, a remonstrance against this mockery and this double dealing diplomacy of France ought not to be delayed a single day. Tus Artantic Yacnt Race.—As the time approaches for the starting of the three yachts on the great ocean race of three thousand miles across the boisterous Atlantic the excite- ment of the public becomes more and more intense. Its novelty and the national pride it engenders causes st everybody to give expression to their g3 and to utter hearty good wishes for the safety of the vessels, Hundreds of persons will avail themselves of the opportunities offered by the various steam- boats that are advertised to run down to the Hook to-morrow to witmess the start, which no doubt will be of the most exciting Interest. The yachts, as we learn, are still riding in the bay; but during the day they will probably weigh their anchors and take their positions near the point from which they are to finally spread their canvass and woo the wind for the contest, which is destined to be one of the great his- torical events of the present age. Axoraen Nomtnarton ror Street Comwrs- stoxer.—Mayor Hoffman on Saturday last sent in to the Board of Aldermen the name of ex-Judge Allen for Street Commissioner. The papers were laid over, as from the numerous interests concerned we suppose the case requires a good deal of nice consideration. Our Aldermen are, perbaps, like Davy Crockett, they want to be euro they are right before they go ahoad, and perhaps they think they are all right as this office now stands under Mr. Tweed. Coxoness.—Thd to housed of Congress, | after resting since Thursday last, will reas- semble this morning for business. We hope | that the proceedings of the day will not be en- irely appropriated to bills and resolutions levelled at Prosldent Johnson and the spolls. Tho Powor of, Congress ever is aud Tolegraphs—The Duty of Our Representa- tives. . Whén the ¢onstiiution of the United States was framed and adopted science had not an- nihilated time and space and brought places thousands of milog apart into close and imme- diate neighSorhood. There were no great lines of canal, no railroads, no telegraphs. A traveller could not be whirled away from one oxtremity of the United States to the other in 8 fow hours, and the people of two continents, divided by a 1 = could not converse on the instant with each other. At that time the framers of the constitution deemed: it wise and proper to place in the hands of Congress the power “to establish post offices and post roads,” “to provide for the common defence and general welfare of the Unt'ed States,” to regulate commerce among the several States and to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying into execution these and other dele- gated powers, Thus the whole control of the transmission of intelligence and correspondence was placed in the hands of the general government, so far as the facilities of the age extended, in order that it might become a source of revenue to the country; and stringent laws were en- acted from time to time to prevent the evasion of the Post Office regulations. The construc- tion of railroads worked an entire revolution in the mode of transmitting mail matter, and the telegraph came into existence and in a great measure supplanted the Post Office alto- gether. Had these great improvements been known to the world at the time the constitu- tion was adopted there is no doubt they would have been regarded by Congress as within the scope of the meaning of the clauses to which we have referred and would have been held under the control of the general government asa part and parcelof the Post Office system. But coming into being at a sub- sequent date,as science pressed onward, and winning public confidence by slow degrees, they were appropriated by individuals, and have jsince been regarded as the legitimate objects of private entorprise. It scarcely needs an argument to show the constitutional power of the general govern- ment over railroads.and telegraph lines, under the provisions in relation to post roads, inter- State commerce and the general welfare, or the propriety of exercising that power. Every verson feels the great public blessing of tl Post Office system, which not only affords means of written communication to and from any part of the world at a merely nominal cost, but insures the public that their private correspondence shall be held sacred. No per- son will deny the wisdom and justice of making the transmission of mall matter a source of revenue to the country. This being the case, the revenue should not be crippled by the oppo- sition of the telegraph, nor should the facilitios for the speedy transmission of mails be interfered with by the privato interests of railroad cor- porations, Tho telegraph, in especial, should be taken out of the hands of individuals and made a government institution, not only because itis @ rival to the Post Office and seriously interferes with the public revenues, but for the reason that its extravagant charges are an im- position upon the cilizens, and no private com- munication intrusted to it is safe from viola- tion. Every day gives evidence of the treach- ery of telegraph companies or oporators, and no person can now transmit a confidential moasage over the wires without feeling assured that if the inteliigence it conveys is worth stealing it will be purloined and dishonostly used before it reaches its destination. It {s time for Congress to take broad and statesmanlike views of all subjects relating to the public weal. We are entering upon a new epoch and should cast asido all narrow, tom- porizing policy, and all crippled ang timid ideas. Thisis the age of grand movements, of the expansion of new and vigorous nations and of the annihilation and sweeping away of once mighty Powers that venture to stand in the way of the great progress of mankind. These are not the days when Congress can afford to waste ils hours in spiteful abuse of the President or silly and frivolous conten- tions over personal opinions. The people have decided all the main issues that now interest the country, and their verdict is final. Taey have swept opposition and remonstrance alike out of their path. The sooner Congress can be made to understand this tho better will it be for them and for the nation. Let the repre- sentatives of the people take a broad and com- prehensive view of the great material interests of the country and set to work like earnest men to advance and strengthen them. One of their earliest acts should be to exercise the power delegated to them by the constitution in a manner commensurate with the advancement of the age, by taking under the control of the general government all the great railroad and telegraph lines of the country. No person would consent that the Post Office Department should be placed in the hands of private speou- lators. The railroads and telegraph fines should in like manner be taken out of such hands and be manag’d as public institutions, for the benefit of the Commonwealth. Recoxstrocrion IN THe Merrororis.—This elty is in quite as much need of reconstruction as the Southern States. The charter election is over and we know who are elected, for all the talk about Mike Connolly's legal objeo- tions to the result is elther balderdash or black- mail; but we see no hope of any improvement in the city government under the present sys- tem. The dozen different departments will still war with oach other, eating up the public funds and neglooting their duties, and there ts no responsible head who can remedy abuses or introduce reforms. We have ceased to look for aid from the powerless Mayor, from the Comptroller or from popular elections in which the majority of our taxpaying citizens take no interest. The State Constitutional Convention will give us a better system by and by, and in the meantime we rely upon the Legislature for relief. In the first week of the session the Legisla- ture should appoint a Metropolitan Board of Control as a provisional government for this city, Brooklyn and all the contigu- ous faubourgs. This board should be made. ® general investigating committee, with the power of removal and appointment in all the departments, thus superseding the Inefficient municipal chief magistrate. All the authority which ean be granted to such a board under the present constitution should be freely be- stowed, and ite members should be hold pub- | licly responsibly for the condition of affaira under thelr administration. ‘The Constitutional nvention will give us a new and permanent system; but in the interim we shall find this Board of Control indispensable to a proper regulation of the metropolitan government. Let the Legislature be prepared to afford us thig assistance without delay. Our Latest Steamer News. The foreign despatches we publish to-day bring up in dotail to the 28% ult. the ndwa of which the cable had furnished the outlines. Prominent améfg the salient points are the revival of the Alabama claims, which are now under the consideration of the British Cabi- net; a hint in the London Globe that a serious difficulty has arisen between the British gov- ernment and the Washington Cabinet in regard to the maintenance by the latter of neutral- ity in the Fenian affair; and, particularly, the increasing Fenian agitation. A vivid pio- ture fs presented of naval and military and popular commotion, atirred up by the antici- pated visit of James Stephens and by appre- hensions of an outbreak which might lead to s revolution. Sudden preparations on the 26th ult. for the transportation of troops to Ireland, screw transports being hastily coaled and fitted ‘up for that purpose; a screw gunboat de- apatched to Queenstown to await further or- ders ; regiments held in readiness to move to Treland at a moment's notice; a detachment of Royal Marines hurried off there from head- quarters ; the troops in garrison at Dublin un- der arms all night and cavalry patrolling the suburbs ; twelve thousand breech-loading mus- kets distributed among the constabulary force; business depressed and almost suspended in Dublin and elsewhere; suspected Fenians ar- rested, not to omit the confiscation of a box supposed to belong to one of them and contain- ing—not an infernal machine, but an equally “dreadful thing,” the full uniform of a Fenian officer of high rank ; and, finally, the “stamp- ing out” cries of the London press—all indi- cate tho intensity of the Fenian agitation in Great Britain. In Paris the noisy talk of the journalists, speculating and wondering what will become of Maximilian and his ephemeral empire, con- trasts with the studious silence of the French government on the subject. The Empress Eu- génie and the Prince Imperial are expecting, it is said, to eat their Christmas dinner with the Pope at Rome. ° The Popo and the Italian government are obviously approaching an amicable solution of the questions at issue between them. The Emperor of Austria must follow the Christian example of the Holy Father, and, with similar moderation and wisdom, yield to the reasonable demands of the national party in Hungary ; for that party, under the leader- ship of Deak, is steadfastly inalating upon its ultimatum. Tho Mayor and the Croton Aqueduct Board. The State Logislature last session inserled a clause in the New York tax levy extending the term of office of Messrs, Craven and Dar- row in the Croton Aqueduct Board for three rears from the date of the passage of the act. Tine provision met the approval of the respect- able portion of the citizens of New York, who have been well satisfied with the manner in which the business of the Croton Department has been conducted. But it was very objec- tionable to the “ring” politicians, who, finding themselves unable to contrel the patronage and expenditures of the department, looked anxlously for the time when the Mayor would have it in his power to displace the present honest and capable board, and hand their offices over to the jobbers who have given such an unenviable reputation to the Street and Finance Departments of the city government. These disappointed politicians immodiately set to work to assafl the validity of the oxtension clause, on the ground that its embodiment in tho tax levy is in confliot with the constitu- tional provision that “no private or local bill shall embrace more than one subject, and that shall be exprossed in tho title.” The Mayor has chosen to follow the suggestions of the “ring,” and, disregarding the action of the State Legislature, has nominated a majority of new officers for the Croton Board in place of the present incumbents, It is immaterial to Inquire whether the “ring” objection to the mode of continuing the present management of the Croton Aqueduct Department is valid or invalid. The fact that the people are éntirely satisfied with that management, and recognize the department as about the only one that has been honestly con- ducted in the midst of the most notorious cor- ruption ever known to exist in a city govern- ment, should have been sufficient of itself to deter the Mayor from seeking to disturb it, But in addition to this, he is well aware that his attempt to seize upon the offices will entail upon tho city a heavy litigation, for the dis- placed membors of the board will of course test the matter in the courts. If the present officers of the Croton Aquoduct Board had been of the stamp of those who are either undergo- ing or have run away from official Investiga- tions, the Mayor might have had some excuse for involving the taxpayers in heavy law ex- penses in order to get rid of them. But, on the contrary, the citizens would seriously object to any disturbance of the present board, even if the Mayor had the unquestioned authority to make the changes he contemplates. This defiance of the will of the Legislature and disregakd of the public interests by Mayor Hoffman will convince our representatives at Albany of the necessity of speedy legislation for this “ring” ridden city. The power of the whole cabal, from the Mayor down, must be swept away, or no department under their con- trol will be free from abuse and corruption. The poople demand an immediate provisional government for the city of New York, to stay the hands of these political plunderers suddenly and at once, and to hold possession until the Constitutional Convention shall placo our mu- nicipal affairs on such @ sound and solid basis aswill assure their honest administration in the future, Toe AcanaMa Cians+Toem Prrssvre yy ovn Governmeyt.—We learn from an official source, that an exceedingly sharp. corres- pondence is now in progress, between Mr. Adams and the English Cabinet, relative to the Alabama claims, which the former is press- ing upon the attention of the latter under in- structions from Washington, A letter in the London Daily News recently called forth a statement from the Morning Herald, to the effect that the subject had been revived by our Minister “in the most conciliatory and friendly tone.” Wo havo reason to kuow, however, that ee ——— while’ Mr. Adams may have been “conciliatory and friendly” in his commu.ications with the English Cabinet, he has at the sa™ae time been So firm and explicit as to leave no ‘loubt of the intention of the United States goveramént require a prompt and definite determination of the question. It is, therefore, highly probable that the matter will be brought to a speedy issue ; and, as there can be no further dipto- matic postponement or evasion of a direct téply to our demands, there can be but one of two results—the Alabama claims will be im- mediately settled, or the United States will proceed to take such steps to secure indem- nity as the case will justify and opportunity render practicable. Tho Political Situation in Great Britain—Mr. Bright’s Latest Appearhace. Never, perhaps, did any purely domestic matter ins foreign country more thoroughly engage the attention and enliat the sympathies of the American public than the present politi- cal agitation in Great Britain. It is not that we on this side of the Atlantic have anything to gain or lose by the result, whatever the result may be. The cause is altogether different. Apart from all such selfish considerations, even ifsuch wore possible, the struggle is full of in- terest. It isa struggle for liberty, for justice, for right—a struggle the conduct of which hitherto has covered the people with honor and repelled in the most triumphant manner the vile accusations heaped upon them by their enemies. Since the time of the Hyde Park riots—riots which would never have taken place but for the blundering interference of the government—demonstrations of the most imposing kind have been made in all parts of the United Kingdom, hundreds of thousands flocking to the standard of Mr. Bright; yet, so far as we are aware, not a single instance of violence has been recorded. The spectacle ex- hibited from first to last has been that of a great people calmly rising in the assertion of their rights and fully conscious of a power which, if put forth, must prove irresistible, but unwilling to employ force where reason should prevail. The assertion of Mr. Bright in St. James’ Hall on the evening of Tuesday last was as true as it was bold—that if resistance were persisted in on the part of the legisla- ture “what was now only a great expression of opinion would become a great expression of power.” A struggle so noble in its objects and so nobly conducted cannot fail to com- mand attention and sympathy among the lovers of freedom in all parts of the world. It is not to be denied, however, that much of the interest which attaches to this movement among the American people is due to the al- tered circumstances under which intelligence of transatlantic affairs is now received. Thanks to fhe Atlantic cablo and the enter- prise of the Hrratp, the public here have been as fully and as immediately cognizant of every changing aspect of this agitation as have been the British public themselves. The old sepa- rating barriers of time and distance have been practically annihilated. The two countries, to all intents and purposes, have been brought nearer. The ties of relationship between the p2o- ples bave been drawn closer together. It would be strange, indeed, if such a change, which is destined at no distant day to exercise so pow- erful an influence on the common public senti- ment of both countries, were not already making itself felt. We are not selfish enough to refuse to admit that the public sentiment of Great Britain tg no} without its influence here. Nor is it possible for an intelligent ob- server of events on the other side to deny that the influence of the United States, lohg slice potent among the industrial classes in the community, and certain to have a marked effect upon the political future of the country, is telling with rapidly increasing power at the present moment. The lovers of freedom in all lands are related by the bonds of a common brotlierhood, and what is a matter of interest to one, cannot and ought not to be a matter of indifference to another. Enjoying such facilities for mastering every varying aspect of this movement, we cannot be unconcerned spectators of the efforts of those who are struggling to attain a position which ii is our pride to have won. So far as we are in possession of the details of the London demonstration it does not ap- pear to have differed from its predecessors in any essential particular. The number that took part in the procession was large, Their conduct was orderly and dignified. If Mr. Secretary Walpole and those who acted with him were not convinced before, they must be fully convinced now that the violence of the Hyde Park demon- stration is to be laid to their charge and not to that of the people. Mr. Bright on this last occasion does not appear to have softened down the tone of bis language, but from the outlines we have received of his speech he does not seem to have been either more vigor- ous or more severe than usual. It may now, we think, be safely concluded that henceforth the movement enters upon a new phase of its existence. The preliminary demonstration period is ended. The circle is now complete. It began with London—it ends with London. Popular opinion has been sufficiently expressed. More cannot be done till Parliament assembles. Relying on the successes they have won, reformers can well afford to wait the decision of government. That Mr. Disraeli will introduce @ reform bili is now no longer doubtful. What will be the character of his measure or whether it will be accepted as satisfactory are different questions. If the tories succeed in meeting the wishes of the people they may count on a long lease of power. If they are not successful they must make way for those on whom the settlement of the question seems more naturally to devolve. It ia by no means unlikely that before the question is finally settled the nation will have to pass through the trying ordeal of a general election. In any case the demands of the peo- ple cannot be refused. Reform in the repre- sentation must be granted. Then will begin a new era in British history. Gruetey’s Fatat Buoxper.—It is apparent from the unanimous protests of the republican journals of the “rural districts” that “If. G.,” in his last editorial manifesto for “impartial suffrage and universal amnesty,” or for the amnesty at a venture anyhow, has committed a fatal blunder. So far as the United States Senate is co ned, he is eviden \ dead cock in the p and the prize to lie bes tween two of onr Stat ators from the ine White and Fol and Congressman Conkling. Cranky reformers generally tall aa politiciaas or statesmen. oom: THE ATLANTIC YACHT RACE, SAAAOAAOORAOLCLORE, Present Moorings ef the Contesting Yachts— Steamboat Excursions to Wituces the Start, a&e., &e. ; may have been the cause of tho incredulity winch bes been indulged in by many as to the coming yacht .“8¢e to Cowes, there cam no longer be any reason for skeptic!s™@ even by those most loth to believe im ita Possibility, The propsrations on board all three of the Contestants are nearly completed , and they are even now anxiously awaiting the signal which will send them om their unprecedented trip. aR PLEETWiNG is now lying at anchor in the bay near noar the Quaran- tine station, Staten Island, where she took up her posi- tion on Friday'last. She is fully prepared for hor sew voyage, having taken pn board all the necessary pro- visions and tackte. THE HeWRrErTA loft her moorings at the screw dook, foot of Pike street, on Saturday afternoon and has taken up her position im tho bay, near the Fleetwing, being a little néarer Staple- ton than the latter vessel. She hag also taken on board her provisions, Her decks on Saturday presented quite busy scene, many of her hands being employed in stow- ing away the various articles of food, which were erriv- ing in very largo quantities, ‘TUE VESTA has not yet cleared from the foot of Corlear strect, where she has been lying since her return from her trial trip, Her crew were busily engaged during Saturday in com- Pploting the preparations for the coming match and im taking on board the necessary provisions, &o, She wilt in all probability ieave her present position about 14 o'clock this morning and gail down the bay to joim hee lant opponents. - STEAMBOAT EXCURSIONS, The following ateamboate will make excursions to Sandy Hook for the purpose of affording an opportunky to the many thousands who aro anxious to witness the starting of the yachts on the groat raco:— ‘The River Queon, chartered by tho New York Yacht Club for the exclusive use of its members, will leave the foot of Desbrosses streot, North river, at pine o'clock te- morrow morning. The Neversink will leave Peck slip, East river, at ten o'clock and pier No, 2 North river at half-past ten. The Charles Chamberlain will leave Peck slip at nine o'clock; Fulton ferry, Brooklyn, at half-past nine, and foot of Desbrosses street at ten. The Seth Low, Captain 0. D. Morrill, will leave Eighth street, East river, at eight o'ctock, Broome street ab quarter past cight, landing at Pock slip, foot of Dey street, North river; Dosbrosses street, and finally leave Christopher street at ten o’clock. The Antelope, Captain G. W. Wilson, will leave Christopher atreet at half-past nine o'clock, and pier Ne. 4 North river at ten. It will be seen from these arrangements that ample accommodation will be provided for those who wish te be witnesses of the commencement of a contest which should be of great national interest, and which is with- out anything like an equal in the history of aquatic sports. MUSICAL. Sunday C e it Steinway Hall, This popular hall was well filled last evening om the occasion of the fifteenth Sunday concert given by Mr. L. F. Harrison, The orchestra played Spontini’s over. ture to La Vestale,a work which displays sensibility, vigor and truth of expression; the delicious romana and scherzo from the fourth symphony by Schumann, and a scone and ballet from Robert le Diable, with sta stirring molody, strongly marked contrasts and dramatic effects, in the usual successful manner that characterizes this admirable body of musicians, Madame Fannie Raymond Ritter sang an aria from St. Paul, Hee voice is good, but betrays the amateur in mang instances, Mr. Wenzel Kapta, a now violinist, achieved @ marked success in playing the adagio end rondo from Paginini'’s second concerto. Ho gave the campanella im the style of an artist, and his pure, clear, neat intonation in this exquisite violin piece won the hearty applause of the audience. The following concerts will be given af this hall during tho week:—Mr. Tucker, the well known balladist, assisted by Mr. Frank Chaso and other artista, will receive a benefit this evening; the Cecilian Choir will give Samson for the last time on Tuesday; the Gift popular concert will take place on Wednesday, and Mr. Kennedy, the celebrated Soottish vocalist, will make hig second appearance on Friday. sy & sr) . Miscolliidaas Musical. The Cecilian Choir will shortly appear in madrigala, glees and other secular concerted ploags at Steinway Hall, Mastor Richard Coker, the celebrated soprano, is en- gaged for these entertainments. Mr, Edward Mollonhauer will give a his Conservatory concert at Irving Hall on saturday. ‘Miss Gertrude Benwell, a promising young American pianist, made her appearance in Jersey City at a concert last week, The second Philharmonic concert at SteinWhy Hall on Saturday night will introduce Mlje. Camille Urao, the celebrated violinist, and Madame Groschel, pianist, im addition to the attractive orchestral programme, ‘The great Hensoll concerts will be produced at Stein- way Hall during tho season ina manner superior to anything attempted in the piano line this season. ‘The present musical season is a brilliant one in other cities in this country as well aa in the groat motropolia, In Boston, Philadelphia and the principal cities of the West the number of concerts and other musical enter- tainments far exceeds tho records of past seasons, and is 4 gratifying proof of the progress of music in this country. —- oe MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Consecration of a Bu Hillis Cemetery—Inte: ja Ceremonien, &e. An interesting and impressive Masonic ceromony took place at Cypress Hills Cemetery, L. L, yesterday, The burial plot of Progressive and Yew Trew Lodgoa, F. and A. M, was consecrated in the presence of about two thousand persons, most of whom wore members of the Ordor, who were accompanied by their female rela- lives, The plot of ground is on the west side of the Cemetery, is circular in form, and contains as much pace as seven and a haif ordinary sized burial lots, It is divided into four segments, with intersecting walks, and in the centre is a circular space on which will be erected a marble monument twenty-five feet in heghs. The plot 1s to be enclosed by a substantial iron railing, with gate posts of polished granite. About four o'clock yeaterday afternoon the officers and metnbers of the two lodges in full regalia arrived on the ground. The brethren formed n circle around the plot, M. W. P. G. M. Robert Macoy, with the officers of Pro- gressive and Yow tree Lodges took sition in the coutre near two open graven, ‘which wer ceive the bodies of two members of the Lodges who bad gone to their last homes during the early part of the present year. The opening anthem of the consecration ceremonies, “ Before Jehovah's Awfal Throne,” was sung by achorr of young ladies who bad Yolanteered their services for the occasion. Rev. Wm. Morris, Chaplain of Yew Tree Lodge, afterwards offered a short and appropriate prayer, which was fol- lowed by the ritual, the responses to which were made by the officers and brethren. The ode commencing “OGod! who, when the world was young,” was sung by all present, and a lengthy and eloquent address wag thea delivered by R. W. Robert Macoy. The ceremonies concluded with the consecration prayer by the chaplain, and a closing ode commencing “Brother, rest from sm and sorrow,’ inthe singing of which all presont par- ticipated. The bodies of William F. Kemp, formerly of Pro- ressive Lodgé, and Robert Davey, formerly of Yew Free Lodge, were then consigned to thetr last restia; place with ail the rights, forms and ceremoniow Masonry. THE LOSS OF THE STEAMER SUWANEE. The Passengers an rew of the Captain’s ir B Saved. Witansotos, Deo, 9, 1866. The remainder of the crew and passengers of the steamship Suwanse wore picked up at soa by tho brig Potomac, and reached Charlestod, 8. C., on the 6th. THE RUSSO-AMERICAN TELEGRAPH, San Fraxctaco, Dec. 7, 1960. The Russo-American Telegraph Company's steamer Goorge Wright, which arrived at Victoria, V. L, Novem- bar 30, brings a collection of thirty boxes of animal, vog- etable and other curiosities from Russian America for the Smithsonian Institute, The companies wore all — when the Wright left, and work was progress! satio. factory. Houses and stations were built in Basterm Siberia, and many thousand 8 edn Brees A. Winter waa setting in when the #1 po tam ady for prose Plot at Cypress sians behaved kindly and the Esquimaa tribes were friendly. a by ar VIRGINIA. Ricnmonn, Dec. 9, 1466. James Driscot, a citizen of Richmond, was killed by T % Young, at Tye river warohouse, on the oanal, ‘los from Lynchburg, on Friday, Tho cause Tur Taproper advances of Deiecol towards Young's wit ‘as aagorted by her. The air created great oxoltoment, Driscol wae popular iu (ho peighborhged.