The New York Herald Newspaper, January 15, 1867, Page 5

EUROPE. Reported Plot for the Assassination of Napoleon. TURKEY AND ITALY RECONCILED. The Eastern and Scandinavian Questions. Russian Policy Towards Greece and the Porte. New Year at the Courts of Italy and France. &e. BY THE CABLE TO JANUARY 14. THE EASTERN QUESTION. Adjustment of the Difficulty Between Italy and Turkey. Fuorence, Jan 14, 1867, ‘The difficulty between Italy and Turkey, relating to the Italian steamer which was fired upon by the forces of ‘the Porte, has been amicably adjusted. The amount of indemnity to be paid by the Turkish government has not finally been fixed. FRANCE, Report of a Plot Against Napoleon’s Life. Panis, Jan, 14—Noon. ‘There is a vague rumor afloat, but which is not con- firmed, that a desperate plot to assassinate the Emperor Napoleon has been discovered and frustrated by the officials. &e. ke. SPAIN. Progress of the Revolutionary Agitation. Mapai, Jan. 14, 1867. A revolutionary junta, having its headquarters here, ‘bas just issued a strong and stirring address to’ the People, RUSSIA, Amnesty to Offending Editors. Sr. Prrmnenvra, Jan. 14, 1867. ‘The government of Russia has ordered a general am- westy for all offences committed by the newspaper press of the empire. SWITZERLAND. Adverse to Aiding the Pope. ‘Baune, Jam. 14, 1867. ‘The Swies government hae under consideration a Proposition to probibit the people of Switzerland from. downing tbe Pope's army: FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. ‘The London Money Market. Lowpor, Jan. 14—Noon. ‘The following are the opening quotations for American wocurities — United Stater five-twenty bonde. f Central shares. 72; ae + Lorpor, Jan. 14—Evening. Console for money closed at 00. American securities closed as follows :— ‘United five-twenties. Tinnewe ‘Canal shares. Brie Railway shares, The French and German Bourses. Despatches received from Paris and Frankfort-on-the- ‘Main give the closing quotations of United States bonds = oe a those cities at 7234 and 763g reepec- tively. Tho Liverpool Cotton Market. Lrverroon, Jan. 14—Noon. The cotton market opened let and steady. The wales to-day are estimated at 7, bales. Middling up- lands are still quoted at 1430, Liverroot, Jan. 14—Evening. ‘The cotton market closed very dull, and the day’s sales did not even reach the noon estimate. The total wales reached about 6,000 bales. Notwithstanding the dulness, prices of middling uplands remain frm at 140. Liverpool Provision Market. Lard is quoted at 648, a 66% per cwt. for American and St Petersburg. Liverpoe! Produce Market. Petroleam closed at 1s. 74. per gallon of 8 pounds for Peonrylvania and Canada refined. Ashee—Pote are sala- ble at 868, for American, MARINE INTELLIGENCE. ‘Logponpgrny. Jan. 14—Noon. ‘The steamship Damascus, which left Portiand, Me., December 29, arrived to-day en route for Liverpool. Fatal Shipwreck. ‘Livawroot, Jan, 14—Evening. ‘The Thomas Humphrey, whieh cleared from thie port for New York, was lost atees, near Holyhead, Wales, a tow dnyesince. Al} on board except the captain and one man were drowned, BY STEAMSHIP TO JANUARY 3. ‘The new steamabip Manhattan (of Guicn & Co.'s line). whied left Liverpesd at wo o’clees P.M om fhe 2d and (Queenstown on the Sd Janvary, arrived at this port at an carly hour yesterday morning, after a very fice run, Baving been off Bandy Hook on Sunday night. Bhe brings our Glee aed special correspondence, con- taining. very interesting details of our cable despatches. § The ecean yacht race had lost none of ite interest, as ‘will be seen by the reports. ‘The returne of the English revenue for the year were ef that satisfactory nature that the London Times antici- pates Mr. Disraeli will have to deal with a surplus of bout a million and three-quarters sterling. Op the night of the Sist December nine men were arrested at Belfast, Ireland, while in the act of preparing Penian ammunition, and in the house of fone of the pri- senere the police found a number of rifles and bayonets, together with several botties of Greek fire. ‘The London Times, after an elaborate review of foreign Maire in 1866, saye that notwithstanding the stil! un- settled frame of men’s minds throughout Europe, it pees good reason to believe that 1967 brings peace with tae a New Year gift Financially, the London Times thinke that taking all things into account, it may be eonsidered tbat in no instance has a year opened with better promise than that which attends apon 1867. A Madrid telegram of December 90 saye:—Several deputies having assembied in the Congress and drawn up an address to the Queen, Senores Rios Rosas, Salaverria Fernandez do la Hoti and Robert took direct steps to be admitted to the palace, in order to present it to her Majesty. ‘This proceeding being irregular, the govern. ment have caused the deputies above named to be con- veyed out of the country. No Senator wok part in the ection of the deputies. ‘Tt was expected that King Victor Emanuel would thortly pay a visit to the King and Queen of Portugal, Ad imperial Austrian patent was expected to be issued \erminating the period of six years for which the pro- vincial Diets and the Reicherath were elected, and order- ng new elections in all the non-Bungarian provinces. The Diets are to assemble February 15, and an extracr- dipary meeting of tho Reicherath will be convoked for the 25th of February, The object is to effect a compro- tise with Hongary. The Universal German Gasette doscribes in the follow- ing cunous terms the meeting ofabe King of Prussia and the King of Saxony at Grosabecren — ‘The royal train stopped at the ‘it ride of a platform arranged for the occasion, King William walked quickly to meet Ring Jotn, and said to him, ‘elcome, brother- in-law!’ 6 latter, holding his a od hat in one band, and with the other straight down by bie quite @ military atitude, said, with a serious and moved air, to the King, “Your Majesty, I” — Mam did not allow him to finish, but taking him by poth drew him near, exclaiming, ‘No ceremony, brother-in-law,” and kineed him on both cheeks afterwards entereg tbe ryya) carriage apm im Arm, sowed by the P, Tet Dow, Kinsed “se Rend of the King of Prune The Loron Bank of Mexico and South America has notified (he receipt of the half yearly three per cent dividersa and three and a half per cent amortization fund, amo.enting to £13,498, for account of the holders in Eng- \.od of their certificates for the English convention debt Of Mexico, 1861. The Paris correspondent of the Lendon Pest, writing On the Slst of December, says:— It is understood that Eastern affairs are giving tho French government a certain amount of anxiety, and that the aia de Moustier has drawn the Emperor's attention to events and indications which threaten the tranquillity of the Ottoman empire in various directions, Advices from Australia, dated at Melbourne, Novem- ber 27, report the shipments of gold during the month amount to 112,000 ounces for England and 87,875 ounces for Gallee, ‘A bill for the reduction of the duties on goods has passed the Legislature of Sydney. The steamships Edinburg and Queen left Liverpool simultaneously with the Manhattan. OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE, THE EASTERN QUESTION. QUR ATHENS CORRESPONDENCE. The Policy of Bulgaris—The ‘‘Panhellenion” Again—Barbarities of the Turks in Candia and Protest of the Foreign Powers—Euthue sinstic Ovations to the English and Russian Ministers. ine re Deo, 23, 1866. M. Christides, the Greek Finance Minister, has found his post anything but a sinecure, It is, you will confess, rather difficult to display financial ability where there is no money and no credit, and yet vast outlays have to be made, and this fact Christides has had both time and opportunity to verify. For some time past it is only with the greatest difficulty that he has managed to keep his head above water, and when he was informed the other day by the Minister President that immediate means must be forthcoming for naval and military pur- poses, his Hellenic heart was, it is said, 80 overcome that he burst into tears, For the truth of this last statement, I cannot vouch, although people here are very expansive in their feelings and demonstrations; but it is, at any rate, now certain that M. Christides, worn with the cares of State, has at length tendered his resignation. His protext is a misunderstanding with the War Minjster; tho latter, it appears, after receiving from the Finance Ministry, and expending the amount set apart in the budget for the War Department during the past month, having now made further demands of an insatiable nature. The resignation has not yet been accepted by the President of the Ministry, who is using his mediatorial offices with & view to effecting @ reconciliation between the two officials. M. Christides, however, has assumed a digni- fied tone, and has not taker part in any of the Cabinet Councils since his resignation, declaring that either he or M. Zimbrakakis, the War Minister, must discontinue their functions. Bulgaris, the Greek pe feels keenly the necessity of completing his Ministry; ‘but he cannot find men willing to follow out all the phases of his peculiar line of policy, including as it does a violent dissolution of 6 rere ean es @ total overthrow of the constitution and the uration of a fierce and de- structive civil war. There is, however, not much time left, as in a day or two the Chambers meet, and if by that time a new Cabinet is not formed the old one must already famed for its many daring captains, eaysan Athens journal, have received ‘io in the event'ofgtheir capturing the Panhellenion, to every one on board and blow up the vessel. All accounts tend to show it the conduct of the Turks in Candia is of the most atrocivus and barbarous soldiery with their commander. Some Cretan prisoners are believed to bave been roasted alive and others flayed, while mutilations of the most horrible kind are not, unhappily, the ex but the rule Such a pitch have these ‘ie ties reached that they have even called forth Temonstrances from Consuls of the for- eicn Powers, who, by their indifferent attitude, have all, with the exception of the Russian representa- tive, hitherto fullv to consent to.all the cruel- ties which have been perpetrated by the Turkish govern- ment in the case of the brave but unhappy insurgents. Mustapha Pacha, of the Consuls, acknowledged the correctness of the tacts protested against, but dec! that it was, completel; out of bis power to repress the fierce animosity of his men to all that bear the name of Greek or ) and added that although {t was quite true that the Turkish eoldiery, after a successful ¢1 like demons than men, yet he Testrain! their zeal ment, behaved more no effectual means of cause, The Pacha should children were brought a tee shore by their husbands, fathers and brothers, and the scene which ensued when fight. But, of course, there can be but one conclusion to 80 unequal a contest. The whole power of the Ouo- man empire, so thoroughly organized, well equipped and efficiently armed, cannot fail to finally overcome and destroy every obstacle to its complete domination over the Christians, and again place upon them burdens doubly augmented, and insults and wrongs doubly in- tensified, For the Christians do not possess that organ- ization, that control of munitions and material of war, and that abundant exchequer which must supply the sinews of along war. The aid that began to flow in through illicit channels, and which told with so much foree upon the iasues of the campaign, is likely to be cut off by increased vigilance and an augmented naval force upon the blockade, so that we can here see but little prospect of a successful termination of the gallant attempt of the Cretans to throw off the galling yoke of crescent, and place in its stead the sacred emblem of the cross. Weare unbappily convinced that the eflort will result disastrously, and that the Christians wil! be exterminated, or plunged still deeper in woe, at its con- clasion. Throughout the entire contest, from its very beginning, Russia has looked on with the deepest interest and with the liveliest sympathy for its fellow Christians who have 80 nobly and bravely raised the cross and battled for it with so much fortitude, courage and zea). Russia can- not remain insepsible to any contest in which the forces barbarism and infidelity are marshalled against the disciples of the orthodox Church, to crush and slay them Ike dogs, She feels that the battle is hers. The faith- ful, looking up to the head of the Church, will, some day or other, not afar off it is believed, find in her a de- fender and vindicator that shall forever sweep from the face of the earth all vestiges of Mohammedan imperiaksm and power. All feel that great problems are not to be worked out inaday. Time alone must be had to ripen vast designs and perfect grand undertakings, and time now is moving on so swiftly that the most impatient is hse to await its de elopmanta, feoling assured that cofnprehensive and compléte solution of the vital issue will amply repay the brief delay, *. ¥,<tsm- Mobammedanism is not viewed here in a more friendly or favorable light, since the near manifestation of its old vindictiveness and cruelty towards the Christians. and it has but accelerated by this exhibition of its true char- avter, the coming of the great day of settlement. As connected with the great Eastern question, this Cretan revolution is not without elements of deep importance. Unfortunately it arose prematurely, and could not gather to its aid the active assistance of a powerful sympa- thizer, while it developed the fact that French interest pe pation sympathy unmistakably tended towards the urk: The same political reasons which brought France and England together to wage war against Russia in the Cri- mea, now leads the former, if reports can be believed, to tender the samo active assistance to Turkey as against the Cretans in the present unequal contest, England feels disinclined to extend ald to the Ottomans, while her moral support goes out to the Cretans. France, on the contrary, true to her traditions, has tendered, if we may trust to what seems to be authentic information, abso- lute and direct aid to the Turks by lending @ naval force tothem to make more complete the blockade of the isl- and, in order to keep out Greeks and volunteers, together with munitions of war. ‘This proposition has naturally caused a great deal of fecling in Russia, It is not favorably receivea you may rest assured. It is rightly regarded asa direct blow against the Christian Church, and an indirect intimation to Russia that she will find in France an enemy in all her hopes to alleviate the condition of the Christians in the East. No intention, however, is had of confronting France with force just now. ‘The items are merely {ecien in the account for future settlement. Meanwhile ussia will in every way convey to the Cretans and to the world her deep and abiding sympathy with the strug- gling Christians in the East, and her lively solicitude in their welfare. More she cannot do now. he future will show how strong her affection is for all the suffering faithful, and what potent efforts she will make to raise them up and place them under the cross again, where they may worship in quiet and peace. I believe that future is not far off, and that the great question ‘will be settied in less than ten years in such a way as Russia desires, and in spite of all efforts of France and England to the contrary. During the past week a very unusual occurrence for Russia has red, Suppreesions of newspapers aro not frequent here, although the range of discussion of various important topics ts not greatly confined. Papers have been allowed to publish pretty freely the thoughts of all classes of men, and have never been an- therefor. Of course the press is under police sur- veillance, and maj ete that tribunal for offences against the State or Church, but they are not commonly disturbed unless for good cause. ¢ Gols, ‘one of the most widely circulated and influential daily papers of the empire, pablished in St. Potorsbarg. has 8 during the week serpent aad for the pe- riod of two months, while ite editor ‘been sentenced to imprisonment for three month. Various causes have Lege oh hate action on the part of the authori- tiea, but the true ones, probably, attacks and re- flections u) the police authorities and upon the Minis- ter of the Interior, the latter having control of the press, I believe, of the empire. 1 do not know the exact nature of the offensive articles, but they ere said to bi been vigorous criticisms upon the acts of the Mlinister of the Interior and the ent of the police. As the latter depart- ment of government is tolerably powerful in this country I can easily imagine that a paper would come to grief which jed its management without gloves. I know nothing about the merits of the question, and merely confine myself to the statement of the facts of the suspension of the paper and the imprisonment of the editor. I presume it would not be politic in me, or sufficiently interesting to your readers, to enter into any discussion of the rights involved in the affair, even if I could, which I certainly cannot; #0 I will take leave of the sul is time. The great breech-loading small arms question is still an open one in Russia. No decision has yet been reached pe the government as to what arm shall be adopted for e rearming of the immense army of the empire. A highly intelligent and experienced or commission of the first officers of the army, at the head of which is Prince Mecklenburg-Strelitz, has been for some time in ewes — a and pores the various — of tl breech-loading and repeating pattern 5 been brought before it for ‘adoption by the Russian government, A majority of such guns have been of American invention, The Pe: Board, and others are yet to come. Major General Rob- erts, of the United States Army, has been fo r some time here with his gun, and it has already und thorough and eminently successful test at ¢ the Commission. Still further tests, as to ite vitality and freedora from fouling when repeatedly tired, have yet to be made, but thus far the gun has performed to ‘the satisfaction of the Board, which is unanimously im its favor. The Grand Duke Michel is greatly pleased ‘with it, and declares it to be the best gun he has yet seen. The Emperor has also seen it and handled it himself, but I have no knowledge of his opinion of the he: details that it gained for him the b.ghest euco- mniuims and rewards at home, and extorted, eve from his able and skilful opponents, t! admiration and re. spect. In those magnificent Sia from his pen, daring the Polish trouble, to the French and English governments, who were str with force in th he over his opponents, . each nation to care # own internal interests without interference from abroad. His intellectual efforts then and since are based upon the profoundest knowledge of international law and an extended acquaintance with diplomatic precedents, and clearly place him at the bead of the statesmen of the present time. His tried and trusty friendship towards the United States has been more than once manifested, and in this he isan able exponpnt of the sentiments cherished by his august master, the Emperér, who has hé¥er swerved fora moment from a line of’ policy which proves his desire to maintain the closest and most amicable rela- tions with the great republic of the West. Socially Prince Gortscbakoff is one of the most delightful of men. His absence would be greatly felt in the brilliant society which he moves in and adorns, and all would look iD vain for one to supply bis genial, cheerful and sunny presence. May he long be spared’ to carry out the im- portant duties entrusted to his hands, and continue to guard and protect the interests of the’ empire in every land. No ont could perform his labors more efficiently and happily, and it is doubtful whether any could be found to do them so well. Mr. N. Appleton, of Boston, and Charles A. Long- fellow, of Cambridge, had the honor of a presentation to his Majesty the Emperor last week. They were very cordially received and agreeably entertained by his Majesty, who always takes a great interest in America and Americans. One of the peculiar sleeping cars, afier—although a good ways after—the American plan, was burned on the St. Petersburg and Moscow Railway last week. The passengers escaped with their lives. The accident has not, it is said, affected the general comfort of the travel- Mng community, except for the better, as the car, as well as its comrade, was the most uncomfortable and fearful affair that ever ran on wheels, FRANCE, QUR PARIS CORRESPONDENCE. The Celebrated Mexican Cable Despatch Maximilian’s Loan- mored Naval I stration—-The Great cean Yacht Race- Exhibition Matters, &c. Panis, Dec. 28, 1866, The Paris journals and Parisians, who interest them- selves particularly in the matter, are not yet quite clear upon the subject of the famous American cable despatch of the 23d of November, which the Moniteur stated bad been communicated to the French government. The Patrie, apparently half in jest, assumes that the despatch itself was a fabrication; and it has also been in timated that, upon Mr. Bigelow's pressing to read it to M. Rouher, then acting as Minister of Foreign Affairs, the latter refused to listen to it on accoant of its peremptory, and what he considered its undiplomatic tone. Now I am fully satisfied that the facts are simply as I stated them in my last letter—that the despatch was not in form communicated to the government, nor intended to be, but that ite object was to instruct Mr. Bigelow to complain more loudly than ever against the prolongation of the French occupation. This he did, and the result was the obtaining the written promise of the government to remove all the troops by the 15th of March next. Now that the evacuation of Mexico is determined ‘upon, the principal question of interest in France is, who is to pay elther interest or principal of the Mexican loan. This, which was at 330, is now quoted at 185, under the impression that the French government will assume it, and among the exciting questions which will come up for discussion at the next meeting of the Corps Législatif this will be one of the most #0, I understand that while all the opposition agree to open all their batteries upon the government relative to the Mexican expedition in general, there is a division in their ranks pon the ques- tion of the moral obligation of France togvarantee this A singular rumor fae been in circulation during the past two days, to the effect that three iron-clad frigatee— the Flandre, t! ime and the i course of actit Le ge og ee Cruz. The cause of’ this sudden nation of be the reception of infor- in the United States vessels, ibly in- tended for Brazil and Peru, but which are really intended to attack the French convoys. The absurdity of this re- rt 1s a sufficient refutation of its but I can assure you absurd ag it te, it he ot considerable cro- dence. Already ten of thé transports intended for the return of the French troops have left, and others will follow in a few days. About the busiest man in Paris, even during these holiday times, is Mr. Beckwith, the United States com- missioner for the Great Exhibition. As is well known, great delay has ensved in all the of the American portion of the Exhibition; but everything now promises well and is progressing rapidly. On the 15th of January the installation of the goods will commence, and by that -tme™~ Mr. Beckwith to receive three hundred ready to get into their proper places. In the American portion of the exhibition building the is all down and the partitions which are to di- vide the different classes of goods in process of erection. @ additional building connected with the American department—a building about three bundred feet in length, ‘and intended principally for’ the display of agri- cultural machinery—will be completed by January 15, Mr, Beckwith has succeeded in obtaining considerable additional room in the Park, the Imperia! Commission having been exc*edingly liberal, in one case having sup- several pathways between the grounds in order to objain the requisite space. Patti sang the Traviata last evening to a crowded house. ice of the dina eeeme to become daily more fexi- be, ile her acting, although it has lost ¢ome of that girlish charm which characterized it when sbe firet ap- peared, is much more artistic. @ Another American prima donne—Mme. Agatha States— has already established herself as a great favorite with the critical audiences of the [talians. Another American colebrity—Adab Isaacs Menket soon to make her appearance in Paris nt the Gaieté, where she will undoubtedly succeed i “outstripping” all her predecessors. SCANDINAVIAN UNITY. OUR STOCKHOLM (SWEDEN) CORRESPONDENCE. Political Feeling Towards Prussia—Industrial ice—-Tribute to the Future Empress of H i iH ui fa Hi | j rf & & i 4 i a i i I =f 2 B 7 i i i il in Ll HH ile i: i : rt if i dee be ek I é : oi | i £ : i a i [ QUA ST. PETERSBURG CORRESPONDENCE. Cretan Insurrection— from Experience— Sympathy With the Christians—The Anglo- French Alliance in Danger—Suppression of Newspapers-Breech- Loading Small, Arms and American G Under Examination—A Military Mission to Americn—News from t! Amoor and Progress of the Telegraph— Prince Gortechakofl’s Health. &. Sr. Psrznssure, Dec. 21, 1866. The revolution in Crete, according to the information ‘we receive from the Ottoman government, through the papers, is in process of rapid suppression, and the time ig near at hand, we are assured by the same authority, when it will be entirely extinguished and “stamped out.’ But information which reaches us via Odessa conveys impressions of a different character than those which the Turkish officials desire to give, and Iam in- clined to believe that the revolution has attained groater and more serious proportions than the Mohammedans care to acknowledge. Instead of being on the wane, the forces of the insur- rection are increased greatly by Greeks and Garibaldian volunteers, and the rebellion blazes out with in- tenser violence all over the island. By the admis- sion of the Turke themeelves we know that arme, ammunition and gallant volunteers are daily landed upon the isiana, in spite of the efforts of the Otto- man croieers to prevent any communication with the valiant Christiane in that doomed island, and they greatly tend to give strength and direction to the patriots, ‘The latter bave held their own jn several bloody com- bate, and in others have gained decided and brilliant victories over their cruel oppressors, and, when they have been overpowered by superior numbers, have only succumbed after most sanguinary contests, In which the epemy joet heavily. ang vrectically aained little ip the bay, oe ghee ny the ican inventions, It is of course, that the army must be supplied ith knew that has bot by say meas wally sdopied, Cet be = a : i : ; ht By Fl & i 5 i li i 4 ; it iit i e is a i i il & 5 Hr fi : i F H § i Eg et i; f AI if tr Le | ge asd eg8 H i : 2 "3 Bans ussian telegraph com are now pi communications io Pekin, China I canpot venture to give Fou the precise time in which a tted, but I believe it to be the quick- IY @x- jort time they Land. jus Kuss Th enterprise will join the East with the West and place, in e Emperor of China in daily communt- cation with his ‘stmoas-ayed e yee in jifornia and lor to Washington. nounce that bis Excellency off, Vico Chancellor of the em is cent severe iiiness, which threatened for mort serious termination. For four no one but the sicians and nurses were permitted to see him, and to survive. a 4 ee am, that the sicians justi ‘8 brief time, Rie" son, hel ‘Gortechake# and his private secreretary. then he has, I am to say, signs of jual and sure im) hopes are enter- Until the recent disturbancee in the political world have had time to subside we may expect to hear con- will accept it or not je uncertain, even if de true; but, though Prussia ie far too ag- grandizing to give up an inch of the ground che has eo won, it is quite to be expected that she ehould be magnanimous at a time when, with a few exceptions, all is going well with her, and the decorations recently bestowed on the King and Crown Prince of Denmark are jon to the iron works, Asa id charred turf has been used; all fuel, coal, is justly of hore offers a field for ly taken ad- of wethe fewe bas been received with th of ie bad ph here says the modern times ‘Ip OAditign 10 the fal) Aotailo pf the marriage NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1867.—TKiPLE SHEET. Princess Dagmar, your readere may hike'to know that as @ proof of the attachment subsisting between the Danish people aud the future Empress of Rossia, the inbavitants of Jutland are going to Present her Royal highness with full length traits of the Kine and Queen of Denmark by the how celebrated Carl Bloch, a rising painter, who bas attracted great mation by Lis contributions to the gallery in Co- penhagen. An Austrian correspandent favors one of our ra, the Dagbladet, with the following poetical edusion, far from complimen'ary to Prussia or re-essuring to the pub- lie mind :-— Worle! warte! warte! Ral komont Bonaparte Und wird sieb da D Was Breus en. Fer giebt pur ewe Es glebt pur ein Ki which may be freely rende it! beware! await! An important international meeeting of the booksel- lers of Sweden, Norway avd Denmark was held here recently. There an attendance of nearly one hun- dred and fifty, comprising in addition to booksellers proper, printers, paper makers and several authors. Professor Arrhenius, of Stockholm, and Professor Daa, of Christiania, attended the gathering, and e groat spirit of unity was the result. The speakers addressed the meeting in Danish or Swedish indifferently, and ina discussion on the right of the original author of a work to forbid translations, the observation made by Wiesel- gren, one of the officers of the Royal Library, that trane- ations from Danish to Swedish were unnecessary as they were one language, was received with applauee. The chief practical result of the meeting has been the establishment of a weekly journal devoted to the inter- ests of the literary community, *Vieuna. PRUSSIA. QUR BERLIN CORRESPONDENCE, dings of the North German Confer- ence—The New Parlinment—Alleged Designs of Austrin—German Progress in the Chinese Waters, &e. Rerun, Dec, 27, 1866. The sittings of the conference assembied for deliberat- ing on the formation of the North German Confederacy have been suspended during the Christmas holidays, but will be resumed to-morrow or next day. As yet, except the opening speech of Count Bismarck, nothing official has been published respecting the progress of their Jabors, but it has leaked out that all is not going 60 smoothly as would be wished and as might have been expected from the immense preponderance which the Prusgian giant must possess over his pigmy col- leagues, The head of the opposition is the representa- tive of the free city of Hamburg, Senator Kirchenpaur, aman of talent and a good speaker, who at one time is said to have been an ardent democrat, though of late he has displayed more conservative tendencies than are consistent with his former principles. What he chiefly objects to is the revival of the old Diet with almost al) the functions and attributes of its extinct pro- totype; be argues very justly that the more power is vested in that body, which {s cemposed exclusively of delegates of the governments, the less will fall to the share of the Parliament, which represents the people, This would be peculiarly disadvantageous to the Han- seatic cities, Hamburg, Lubeck and Bremen, whose in- stitutions are far more liberal than thoee of the king- doms and principalities by which they are surrounded, and which may reasonably expect, therefore, to find sup- port and sympathy in a popular assembly which they know by experience they cannot look for from one in which the monarchical element is prevalent. * From different motives—jealousy of Prussia, distaste to the whole scheme proposed by her and eagerness to grasp at pny pretext for retarding its renlize- tion—the views expretsod by M. Kinchenpaur ake favored by other members of the Confo- ‘ence, which bas thus become the ecene of very animated and even strong discussions, Count Bismarck, however, though slowing his allies to deliberate pro formé on the programme drawn up dy him, is deter- mined not to tolerate any eesential modification of its character, and he bas already notified the Senate of Hamburg that he is highly dissatiefled with the conduct of their Plenipotentiarice, which he can bardly believe to be in conformity with his instractions. Of course the Senate has no alternative but to submit to the will of their imperious confederate, and M. Kirchenpaur will either be reduced to silence or be euperseded by a more vious diplomatist. After all it appears quite doubtful whether the Parlia- ment will meet in February, as was eel contem- plated. The Conferences cannot possibly be closed before the first week in January (pernaps not till the 10th), after which the draft of a constitution agreed upon has w be ratified by twenty odd governments, and as this includes the mode of election it will certainly be the end of Jan- uary or beginning of February before the electoral dis- tricts are formed, the write issued, &c., for which, in several of the States, Saxony for instance, no preparations whatever have yet been As for the elections them- selves, the first that have ever taken placo in Germany by direct universal suffrage, wag opinion is gradually awaking more and more to their importance, and the va- rious parties, radical#, moderates and conservatives, are sing for their respective candidates, It ld be premature to speculate on their results which, in all probab!litv, will vary very much according to the different localiues. In Berlin the deputies will be Iberals to a mi nd altogether, in the more consiaer- able towns, the democratic element will be largely rep- resented. In the smaller places the bureaucracy ere likely to havea chance, while the influence of the landed propri- etore will eusure thelr return in many of the rural dis- tricts. Thus, in Silesia, great noblemen like the Duke of Ujest, the Duke of Ratibor, Prince Hohenlohe, Count Renard,’ &c., who are the hereditary ownere of immense domains, have announced their intention of running for the new Parliament, and their tenants who aro still in a condition not far removed from villenage, will scarcely dare to vote against men whom they are accustomed to look up to as their feudal lords. In Hanover, too, and vn Mecklenburg the nobility are in the ascendant, and in the Rhenish provinces the authority of the priests will ted in favor of the Roman Catholic candidates, ‘he whole the liberal party are by no means over- sanguine of success; they are prepared to have a strong minority or even a slight majority against but they comfort themeeives with the hope that in every 'resh acces- repeaeion ee a aa weight scale Progress, In other respecte the situation remains un- ince te, bk pe sane 12, se Moms 4 ; ty mont is bearing, itself ecuniderabiy with the naire of “Hie Majesty's government,’ sayn Official organ, ‘have always devoted ial cate to the jotion of German trade with Eastern particu. prom Asia, false China and Japan. When, therefore, at the beginning of this year accounts arrived that European wade was molested on the const of China by pirates, his Majesty’e resident at Pekin was immedi- ately instructed not only to urge the Chinese government to take the Measures Tor the sup- 8 ability, the ings of those European bassadors at Pokin who bad received similar orders, and to offer the Saco of the Prussian navy. At the samo time bis Majesty’s war corvette Vineta, hereto- fore stationed in the South American waters, was ordered from tho coasts of Chile and Peru to the Chinese seas, where she was to place horself at the disposal of tle Prussian Minister, and to contribute jointly with the ships of war of other naval Powers to the suppression of the system of piracy so annoying to trade. At the first intelligence showing that pirates were interrupting commercial navigation on the Chinere coast, the Prussian Minister and the Plenipotentiaries of the other naval Powers at Pekin had made the proper representations to ‘the Chinese government for the adoption of stringent necessary | anew Piracy in their waters, but to support, to the An! mensures In ‘of this # promise was given on the 34 of May to Prussian Minister on the part of the Chinese anthorities that they would take energeti steps for purpose, and even hiro severat is @ prospect, made for the protection of trade will be m with the desired success,’ This je the firet time that Prussia ‘appears in the character of a naval Power; for perceive that she talke of ‘the other naval ” considers ‘de questioned, but @ man of ‘at the ing to supply” the funda sheimay toon have 8 ver? w Feapediabie maine for hie since the aco anpezation of (be towns, abe pos- 5 vr sesses all the elements in a strong mercantile navy, Com- modious barbors and @ seafaring population, NAPOLEON AT NEW YEAR, The Imperial Address to the Diplomats Clergy. The Paris Momifeur of the 1st instant contains the fol- lowing:—‘“A telegram from New York states that # pro- clamation has been issued by President Johnson placing French vessels in all the United States ports upon the same footing as American shipping In conformity therefore, with the decree published\in Friday’s Mai- tewr the American flag will be freed frym all navigation dues in French ports,” At the reception held in Paris on thelist inst., at the Tuileries, the Emperor addressed the towing speech to the diplomatic boay :-— The opening of the new year furnisher me an oppor- tunity of expressing my wishes for thy stability of thrones and the prosperity of nations, I yope that we are entering upon a new era of peace and sonciliation, and that the Universal Exhibition will contritute towards calming passions and drawiug closer the general interest. His Majesty thanked the diplomatic body for their con- sratulations, and begged them to convey to thar respec- tive governments the expression of his sentments of friendship. The Emperor, addressing the Archbishop of Paris, said:—When } see at the head of the Paris clergy a pre- late so deeply devoted to the interest of religion as Well as that of the State, one who everywhere mpports by his words and actions the great principles of faith, charity and conciliation, I say to myself heaven will hear his proyers. Those prayers are for France a blessing, and for me a new source of consolation and hope. VICTOR EMANUEL AT NEW YEAR. Ata reception given to-day by King Victor Emangel to a deputation from the Malian Parliament, in Florente, January 1, bis Majesty thapked the Senators md Deputies for the sentiments of perfect devotedniss which they expressed in their name and in the namdof the country. The King said:—The new year reminds Italiane that they have now secured the independence of their country, and with itn improvement in the civil administration, and increased public prosperity. During the period of peace upon which we are entering we shall not cease to devote our attention to the army. The army is not only necessary for the preservation of that independence which it so greatly contributed to acquire, but is in iteelf a solid guarantee for internal security and an element 6f moral unity and of that civil training which rendem dia ciplined nations strong and capable of accompl'sbing great deeds. THE EAST. Dificulties and Diplomacy Between Turkey and Greece—England’s Neutrality—Garl- baldi’s Opinion. When the steamship Manhattan left Liverpoo!, January 2, the position of affairs between Turkey and Greece at- tracted great attention and much speculation as to future results, ‘The Paris Pays says that the news, according to which a rupture between Turkey and Greece is imminent, may, unfortunately, be considered only too probable, Euro- pean diplomacy, which, fortunately, is now relieved of @ certain number of important questions, may yet, the Pays toaintains, avert danger; but it must be quick, as there is not a moment to be lost. The London Herald announces that the British govern- ment will pursue a rigid neutrality, and have refused to station a British man-of-war off the Island of Crete for the purpose of receiving the sick and wounded of the in- surgents, On the other hand they have not interfered to dictate the policy of the Greek government; but they have informed it that if its policy should eventuate in @ rupture with the Porte, Great Britain will not intervene to avert from it consequences of its own actions, baldi has addressed a letter to a friend in London in whieh he discusses the Eastern question. He ex- Presses great surprise that England could for a moment biihet ay ae eainion, of the Turk snimaronss The General writes in strong lan; upon ‘Toc o@icia! Hustiae Journals have repreduced che art cle Jately published in the Times upon the East- ern question, and ex} satisfaction at Anding their views so well expressed therein. They add, Eurniscantly. that as the question is between Turke and Christians Europe must respect the principle of non- intervention, FE The New Cabinet of Greece. A new Ministry had been formed, with M. Cosmoun- douros as President; ©. Botzaris, Minister of War; M. Ch. Wicoupi, Foreign Affairs; M. Maiya, Finance; M. Christopulog, Justice; M. Lombardo, Marine, ° MAZZINI'S ADDRESSRECENT ITALIAN HISTORY. 10 THE fDITOR OF THE RERALD. Asan old personal friend of Mazzini, knowing the course of his life and actions, and, I think, understand- ing hia views, may I be allowed a few words in answes to your article of yesterday, headed “Mazzini’s Last Ad- dress to the Romans f'’ Thoee who reading this have not that article before them may understand its tenor from such expressions as these:—'Joseph Mazzini may bea good man—e great man, judged from a certain stand- point. No one, however, who has been watchful of his career can refuse to admit that he is ono of those im- practicable visionaries of whom the world has had enough”? * * * * “Jt is difficult to resist the con- viction while reading this addresa that Mazzini’s chied regret is that the sensible aspirations of the Italians have been crowned with success rather in spite than by means of hie instance.”’ Permit me, sir, having ,watched Mazzini’s career, to roply—and ghat’ without speaking offensively—that, though want“ef personal knowledge may be allowed to qualify the goodness, want of historical information is the only excuse for any doubt of the greatness. The man whose persistent propagandism (well acknowledged tbroughout Europe) made and maintained the Italian national party as well as the Italian republican party the man who at Milan honorably gave his repubfican in- fluence to Charles Albert, for the sake of union; the man whose able government and heroic defence of Rome are known to ail who have cared to track Italian efforta; the man who orgenized and ordered and provided means for Garibaldi’s Sicilian expedition is not one of whore great- ness and practicality and dismterestednéss there can be OW & question. Nor are the founders of nations so many that this word great can be vague or misunderstood, Mazzini has made Italy. Even his enemies no longer deny it. From the days when Italian merchants and sailore carried bis secret messages from Marseilies to Austrian Lombardy to the day, In March last, wher Sicily kept his birthday as the saint’s day of the Islan: trom the be 9 when the Triumvir, coming down from the Capitol, walked alone and unarmed through the French occupiers dared not touch him, to this, when he gives his last to the Romans Dim still ae Triumvir), Mazzini has been Sor coud 68 jumvir) Cavour—Piedmontese at heart ond in pes Tealy. and san hate ‘Washington—and |i the , be between Andrew Johnson of Victor Emanuel and Ns rou! you accept it? Would it be & ‘selfish ro- for loss of influence, or, - =, ‘and despite the foreign Rome, despite the bem pee Emperor, declares herself still Italian; and if Ital: led: by a French pretor, will not annex Rome, proclaiming the republic, will annex po Is it an American journalist who finds republicanism only utopian and visi ? and who considers '‘a united kingdom,” which surrenders its capital at dicta- tion, a8 a ‘sensible aspiration,” and success 80 mien aaa that the best patriot should now ‘‘let wel e W, J, LINTON, No, 181 East Nuvta Sreeet, Jan. 13, mis- ome, 1867. ‘SPORTING. TO THE EDITOR OF THR HERALD. I hereby challenge any one in the United States or thirty-two stationary leaps, each leap to be four feet ett inches or five feet in height, for trom $1,000 a ride * wards, the mutch to take place at the Jerome Park Im May of Jane next. No Iimite to the weight of rider, and fot to carry weight aceording to age, To those who may not know the mare I would state that it fs the same one which Miss Adah Isaacs Menken rode at the Broad- theatre last in Mi id has never been w will aliens H. B, Gates, om. No, 26 Ween Forty- fifth street. Naw Yona. Jan. 14. 186%