The New York Herald Newspaper, January 4, 1868, Page 6

"EUROPE. Our Special Correspendence from London and Dublin Law of Newspaper Libel Defined by the Chief Justico of England. French vobate on the Army Bill and tho-Military Attitude in Ger- many and Italy, What Esgland May Sacrifico for Peaco in Ireland. ENGLAND. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALO, Whe Press and Parliamentary Reporte—Amerl- ean Finances and Free Trade—Land Pure eh: and Natnratization=The Fenia a Informers—Victims of the Clerkeaweli Bxplosion—Tho special Constables—Mr. Giadstone’s = Speeches—Ireland and Scot- ‘heatrical News. Loxpox, Deo, 21, 1867, ‘A case of great importance to the English press, and also, as a precedent, to the press of the United States, ‘was decided yestorday in the Court of Que the Lord Chiof Justice anda special jury. Mr, Rigby ‘Wason presented a petition to Parliament Jast session, acousing the Chief Buroa, Sir Fitzroy Kelly, with having Pledged his honor toa false statement some thirty-twe yoars ago. For reporting the debates upon this absurd Pelition and for commenting upon these debates edi- Yorially Mr, Nason brought a libel suit against the Times, The jury found for the defendant, of course; Dut the important point waa that the Lord Chief Justice @mphatically and authoniatively deciared that a fair @nd impartial report of Parliamentary debates was a Taatter of privilege, 2s was also.an honest and candid @ditorial upon tho subject. This decision will cover all Bewapaper reports of public mestings and is of mestima- Die value tn protecting the press from annoyance. No Bimilar decision has ever beon given in England before, nd none, I think, in the United States, ‘The old op- Positton to reporters, which once displayed ttself in Yebement attacks upon the New York H«racp for pub- Usbing accounts of the anniversary meetings, is now Begalty squelched by the Lord Ohief Justice, who has thus earnod the gratitude of all journalista, The space now occupied In Eugiish newspapors by Articles upon American affairs becomes every day more Moticeable, It -is not uncommon to find two leaders upon American topics in a single issue of the Times, and the other journals follow suit, Just at present tho Times isin trouble about the American finances, and fumbles over the matter in a very amusing manner, One day it gets its figures wrong and {ts theortos all Fight; tho next day 1t corrects ite Ngures and then has fo change lis theories, Evidently 1t would like, if poasl- ‘ble, to prove that the United Siaies will shortly be Baokrupt, Some of tho other papers take more eu Gouraging views, but the prevailing opinion is that we Breto a very bad way about money, Those wr Boow nothing of the energy, the vitality and thi Sources of the United States, and less of our domestic Politics, For example, the 7imes predcta that the re. ‘ent democratic victories will iead t atinuation, oF even extension of the protecuve tarif poticy, but ‘bas mot yet jound time to explain when the democrats bo- Same protontionists or when the republicans became free 3. The purchases by Secretary Seward of Alaska from Russia and the West ludian islands from D @uzbt to be popular in the United States, if only pe- Gauss they are so much disiiked here. it England bad Known that Russian America and st, Tuomas were in the market she would either bave made a bid for them Or skirmisbed diplomatically to prevent ih-ir being sold fo anybody else, Now the Hernato’s auconncement that Secretary Seward is negotiating for Cubs takes everybody by surprise, although the idea was foresuad- wed in your Madrid correspondence last spring. ‘The frtuence of tho United States as the greatest Power on e face of the earth bezins to be practically acknowl edged, England will yield gracefulyy to ths Ameriean Snterpretation of the eifeec of naturaiization, and ihe ost illideral of Evglisn papere, the Sdurday Heview, Q@eserte that Germany will yreid also, vow that the pew Bond has a seacoast and commerce which we can attack case apy Of our naturalized Gorman citizens are mo- ied. ‘Iho law of nat s (be law of force; bat it ia Birange tat #0 simple a proposition ws the rigut Of a Wun to transfer his allegiance to auother goverament Should requiro the incressed power of the United Stavus fo compe its acveptanes by Europe, The woman aud two men arresed on the charge of Deing concerned in tho Clerkenwell explosion have Deew fownd guity of wilfal murder by the coroner's Jury, and fully commited for wtal, it is only far to Biaie that no evidence was produced jvculpaling them fp the jeasi, except the fact that (vey were identified ax friends of Hurke and Casey. Four other mn, named Niebolas Engi'an, Vatrick Muliany, Wiliam Desmond and Jobo O'Keefe, wore arrested on Thursday and Dbrougut up at Bow street on the charge of (reasou-fvlo- 7, yesterday. An informer, named James Vaughan, Sabre that these men were Fenian leaders iu London, that they held meccings in Leicester equare, and that Timothy Desmond (brother of Wiliam) con feayed to bm be iniended io biow up the House of Detention. importaut if true; bab it ts toe testimony of an Iniormer, and the whole story looks as if it were patcned to meet the case, You will remember that only a fow weeks ago a woman named Jarman was turmel 0 7 person arrested for assausipatiug & boom Very wary of in- tured & somewhat smi) Bf eourt for having Mory in regard to U dand mau, is of @ been survivors, The gover: Went will do nothing ter the sutferera The Quoen bas went them some grapes and has also bestowed tho Munilicent gift of £25 upon the widow of Bergeant Brets, the Manchester policeman. One blushes to record Bucy Wonderful generosity. Lhe Home Oilice hus added @ thousand men tv the regular force of the London price. ‘and special constables continue to be sworn in bY uadreda, Hut pobody seems to know exactly what the Guties and respeusibilitiee of a spocial constable are, The Jaw rays that they are to be the same aa those of pollce- Maen, but that only shifte the question, Probably the Qoovement wil) amount to netbing, and the special ‘ore it be ever paraded, will resemble the motley assom- 0 that used to Luro out om training day in New York fee Durlesquing the militia aod mare way from oicers. The opinion which I ¢: ta form ers of tho inefiic bee ‘ Gov. If Mayue bad been more vigilant the whvie Aiair could Lave veo prevented. During the past week Mr. Gladstone bas been visit! Dia constiteate in South Laneastersbire, and (he papers Baye been filed with reports of bis long speeches. Ho threo in one day and two the next, and in these Dive speeches touched upon every subject under tho sun @xoept the one subject about wulch everybody wanted to know what be had to sar, viz., the future poiley of the liberal party. Mr. Gladstone is a great orator, but Bothing wil over make bim a great political leader, He Made a single suggestion in regard to Iroiand upon which Roe Zelegroph of to-day caare the boldest editorial which Bas yet appeared upon the Lrish question. @ugierted that Irelan Gad the Zebgraph {oll immense wottld C land, bow beneficial woul w culpable we Ei Buch wide distinc'ton ou ntries, aset ibeir constiiueucion, ‘Tbe mort of tho theatres are now closed, to prepare for the Christmas pantemimes; but to-might at the Prince Wales’ theatre there is to bo « vorital ia ta the production of the pew comedy, “How She Leves liim,” by Boucionult “The comedy has siresdy Deen played at Now York, but la Mow cousiderabiy Margod and improved. Al Oe! a about it, for it is the first attempt at mritimaie oom fo London for very mony year, Byers place in june bas be: a account of. entaurant AIM @ cafe chanian’, tmolud Vance, reat pots of BeDuve porter aad boiled kidweys ad libiium, Hure Baud's pew comedy, called “Humbug,” produced as tue Gew Hoy acy lags Thoraday wight, was « fellurs, IRELAND. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALS. The Fenian Change of BasewSabsidence of tie Political Avitation=A Da oun Calm= Bart Derby Bide i the State Chereh Be 8 ~The Outrages to Eogiand Condomned=Ldncntional Progre _ Dewi, Dae, 21, 1807, The Connell of the Feniam organization Moved their “base of operations’ to the ott &t. George's channel, demonsirations in connection With that movement have quite ceases i Ireland, The Bate wupsecution of the jesders of ihe Dubiio NEW YURK HERALD, SATURDAY, ‘JANUARY 4, 1888. funeral procession who have been committed to stand ‘heir trial at the ensuing commission in February has also checked further displays of that nature, and en- forced observance of the probibitory ‘prociamations, Thus the present aspect of the country might leada Superficial observer to conclude that all was peace, and that there need be mo"occasion for further anxiety. The very contrary would bo nearer the truth, Tho diflealty of dealing with the so-cailed “Irish question” probably never exhibited itself with a moro complicated appearance than It does at present to Lord Derby and bis Cabinet, It has long been the alm of the Well wishers of the country to unite the component e ‘aud foster anton of classes aud creeds, Recent upaes those exertions Party feeling is din all {t# banoful shapes, Did sections aro galvanized imto fresh existeuce, and chronic bitter- hess seems the legacy of Fenianism, Ia the northera and eastera provinces the Orange party are examining their rtrength and catling for hberty to oxterminal tionalists, while pamphlets, manifestoes and such like are almoat daily issuing from tho eager partisans of both partis, the moderate section of the community standing aloof in sullen watchfuiness, ‘The disposition which the tories have shown to con- cede some measure of reform or amendment bas, con- fequently, a host of claimants for the bonne bouche. Foremost in the ranks are the clergy of the Roman Catholic Church, demanding the abolition of Protestant ascendancy, and periect religious equality, To press thetr claims most urgently a meeting of the clorgy was heid yesterday iu tho cily, presided over by Cardinal Cuilen, A comprehensive petition was prepared for pre- sentation to Parliament, sada series of resolutions passed protesting against the right of the State to force any system of education on Roman Catholics which ro- siri.ted the authority of tbe hoad of their Church against the existing monopoly of higier education mainta.ned to perpetuate ascendcncy, condemuing the present mixed aveiem in the Queen’s colleges, model and train- ing schools, and claiming the right of State aid, as long sa hostile institutions are maintained in possession of endowments conierred originally for Cathoilo purposes by pious members. of that faith, A public protest acainst the maiutenance of the State Church has also been pubiiaued with the siguacu: eight peers, tweuty-five members of Parliament and vambers of otier -iguaturos of privy couucillors, deputy lieutenants hud such ike persons The Protestant section are Kol- ting their house in order to meet the acrutiny of the Royal Commesioners, who bave opened their inquiries iv Siigo, A puviic mueting to organize a defence asso- ciation is anounced to be held in January, aud eubscrip- tions to a large amount have beon aiready collected, The Presbyterians are angrily growitog over the bint that their ananal regivm donem must stand or fail to sympathy with the rev. nues of the Established Churol, ‘The outrages committed in Eagland by those who as- sume ts be called the friends of Ireiaud are sirouly coudomned here. Even tie most disaffected districis are issuing protests against reckless recrimination; for, although the oLerisved wisi of Ube masses may be to sever the connection with Great Britain, and to gai that poms they might not hesitate to take up arms, it & slander to assert that they iook favorably on assassina- tion of outrage, Sympathy with the men banged nas lod Lo the setting on fovt a national penny collection to provide for their families; but, haviog carefully tested (he tone of the respeciabio aud’ property holding classes, I find that the position of Feaunisin has not improved during tue past balf year. They -uil retuse to regard it as ine lever by which Ireland is to be raised from the “slough of despon i,” “ The exercise of a liberal and generous policy might, Perhaps, raily these classes to the side of Lord Derby. At present they look oniy to (he new reform Parliament as likely to undersiacd the wants avd feehngs of te people, and regard with doubt We assurances of the present assembly of art-iocraite ascendancy, The Trivh Reform League has been forced to yield to the unsettled Biate of the country aad the disagreeable effects of gov- erument cspouage. ihe Royal Comtmiestoners for inquiring into primary education in Ireland have just been completed, Karl of Powis 1s named as president. 5 High Steward of the Uniyer-ity 0° . the Chanceliorship of ‘Trinity College, Dublin, was es inna, Lord Justice of peat for Eugland, Thiseis oue of the highest distin Femaiuing 1 the gict of the country, — Tue position was first filed according to inatrnotion in Queen Elizapein's charter, by @ member of the aristocracy, Lord Bur biey, but subsequently it has been @ post of amiivon fur members o the royal Jing, being heid by hig Majesty George tie Secoad wid by bis sou, the Vrince of Wales, Lord Cairns is oue of the mast dstinguls ed Irishmen adorning (be Eugish bench, aud tue a porntment ineets with goueral approval, German Opinion of the Clerkenwell Outrage. [rom the Cologae Gazetio, Doc, 16.) argaet twat rand’ hae caused now existing m trend, and uerecore, has no reason compiain reaud "is now taking a term revouge, doubt Ealand 1s respon vole for mach Trisn the establishment in Ireaud of af foreign Churen, and the still existing rewuits of comfisoations of land etlectad At the beginning of the present century, ure her work, and the Feniau conspiracy may be said to have arken from tuese (raditional grievances. of the Irish pooplo, But whatever cause of cowpiaiat tbe Trish may have had fifty years ago, they have none now. Ihe days of hor misfortune aro over, ii she will only w Many retorms have already boen carried omt, many conces- sions to the national spirit have been made, and those 10 wake the favoriie comparison ot Ire.and with Po- land betray te most evident ignorance of bott coun- Tt i misery Chief of the State said that an effective of 600,000 muet be ultimately arrived at, thought the number ex- consive; but at present 800,000 aro demanded, with a mental reservation of 400,000 more, What has sin: tak Place to render (bia iocrease necessary! ‘And what reproaches are not deserved by a policy which has imposed such a necessity? That policy has gt one, and instead of increasing the broad has placed the country in such @ position that, in order not (a decline, France is compelled to call a larger number of her sons under arma, (Applause to the left of the speakér.> There is in facs, @ single nation which that polisy bas moteffended. Eng- land, by the conspiracy of tne colonels (after the trial of Bernard); Russia, by the Orlmean war: Austria, by Italy; Prussia, by Austria; and America, by your sympa- thie: for the 8 and the Mesican jition ; you have besides allowed two large Powers to be created aud maiptain in the midst of one, in spite of its protests, « email kingdom which may become the occasion of an alliance between your enomtes of the South and of the North, Your expectant policy towards ths formation of German unity did not perinit you to gount upon the friendship of the conqueror or of the conquered, and I repeat that, in order to maintain her position, Frauce was oblige? to arm all ber gous, (Hoar, hear, Dis- sent.) But is the remedy which you propose au efficiont one? M, Jutes Favrn—TIt will increase the evil. Mi. Juces Simon—You prolong tho peried of service by two years, but by sb doing will you augment your army ? Six years will _be necessary to add sixty-live thousand men (0 your present eflective, 1 do mut tink war 80 immivent as 43 supposed by many persons, as no Power has an interest in {t, bat sulll ft is possible, ing marria, you reduce the number of who Will in future draw in the conscriptidn, whereas you ought rather to favor an increase of tho population, believe that abundant sores, impr vd arms and plenty of financial resources are more ‘ul than a large mum- ber of sidiers, (Applause on several benches) We aro iries, Moreover, Kogiand ts using her best efforts to romove by peuoeful legislation any weil founded griev- ances that may still exist; and if all the uations on the Coutiaeut could reckon oA tne tree developman: and im- proyewent of their aifurs with as much certainty as the Irish, Spain, France, Russia and @ certain sunall State of North Germany would be better olf than they a FRANCE, The Legisiative Debate on the Army Dil!l— Troops of the Line and Votunteers—The Freach Soldicr Not cible=Milisary *Lntoxteation”? Across the Khine tary ‘‘Impreeations” Across the Alys— The Ratlronds as a War Agent. The French Le Body met in session Decem- ber 19, M. Sebn M. Kouher, Minister of siaie; Marshal Niel, War; Admiral Rigault do Ge- iy, Marine, aud otier goverament cominissioners, resent. ‘Ihe order of tue day was the discussion on the Army Organization bill, M. Juss Siuow said:—No assembly has ever had to disouss a more {mportant ineasure than this. The prea ent bill is @ project which has been quite transtormed, but we must bear in mind the plan of last year, as it wil explain many paris of the new measure, Original- jy an armed force of 1,200,000 mea was deuinnded, and pablic opinion was exclied against the bil, be- cause nO OUe, AB Was Kaid, Could escape the con- scription, aud’ also because ‘the sumber of wo be drawn sunually was no longer to be voted Chamber, In consequence, this second project has been drawa up, and is i# certainly preferab! much nearer to the law of 1832 I to four years and that tt creates a Mobile, ‘Ihe reparation is good in itseif, i that the active army stovid be pod the reserve @. tiempt bas beea made to show that the p ig @ relief, inasmuch as the eystem at prosout existiog imposes seven years of active service, but Wo must get nd of that pliantasmagoria, (Approbation from the left, and toterraption.) We can- Bot wil from the bill what'shall be the precise rela numbers of the active torce and of the reserve. io Coamber, it i¢ true, will bave the power to limit tho former aud increase the latter, and {t may alao do the Teverse, but L believe the governinent desires an aciivs army of Jour hundred thousand and arearve of the same nem)” Undor the old plan, out of a contingent of one hundred thousand mon, seventy-one thousand were incorporated, which js mot fo at prevent, and iho question Whetkor our military burdons will of will not cannot be determined by tue bill before mption, however, is that they will be ft.) I cor gravated. the time passed tn but of very bard service. Yas, the th yoars of servico will be a pai L (Renewed approbation ‘aggravation is more than a bail, because a pro- ‘Dill dates (ue active service from the Ist of July instead of the Ist of January preceding, aa at Preset, and those six months ongbt’ to be taken iato account, Would not the young seldier coutinue te feel during the whole of that peri hich bad seized om him at the idea of being obliged to serve? forced cessation from ‘A Vorca—Do not speak of terror. ‘fue Paesipert—I should noi wish tho speaker to be \uterrapted from any quarier, M. Grawma DB Casaacxac—The words terror of being obliged to serve wound the naienal feeling, (“Hear, ‘The Paxewant—If we commence the debate in this way how shail we em (Alaure) M. Jeums et eras in its report eays that tion formally. Bat the present measure goes far- ther aud deolares that even the married mom of the re- sorve will be subject to military discipline, 1 certainly do not think it desirable that this branch of the miliary force should be exempt from xoreisa, bat l am not frieediy te & namoreus active army. The reserve, it is said, Will not be called out except in umpe of war; but the phrase is vague, Whatisa umeef wart Wo have bad war io the Crimea, in Italy, alos! im Mansco, © @ & Corps of 000 what ig under. plause from + w know, left) when they hear of @ corps of cooupation im ‘ay! a upon War aud peace, and we dosire rotion the fewest nember posable of that discretionary powe: Commities but we find in it only a subject of grave preoccupation, ("Hiear, hear,"’ from tho left.) Al (he least rumor of war the young mon of the reserve called out, and employers wilt fear ject to this linbiilty, (fear, Under tho restoration, after the disas'or of 1815, was ouly 40,000; tm 1824 it reached overnment of July arked for but 80,000 n coalition was forming awatnat it; the verninent inaugurated contingents of 100,000, and on three occasions aeked for 140,000, taking almost ell the ome men of the year, Iu 1807 we stomed to several forms of national pride, which however, decreasing. A Voice—So much the worso! M. JuLes Simon-—In France the Fronch soldior is said to be the best in the world. Ido mot know whother it iw true, (Noise.) 1 believe be is equal to any other. But [know how to render him invincible. Give him the cause of liberty to defend, (Applause around the speaker. ) Embrace that cause in hoc ign vinces ; otverwige you May bave an agglomeration of soldiers, but you will never have an army, (Hear, hear.) ome Davin said—A fataland inevitable cessity is tending to increase the military resources of rival States, Hapid concen'rations of troops by railways have modified the tactics of armies, and the discovery of a new engine of war ig sufficient to give the nation which Porras ua bodness which is already @ pledge of success, @ most valiant peoples are thus forced to neglect notbing Lo improve (heir miliiary systet France is no doubt at peace bu! the boasting of the military pa ty and the intoxication of vicury om ‘he Khine, and the tmpreca- tions of the military purly across the Alps, make ta duty for her to adipt measures (o preserve the siiuarion of that ‘great French family which kas always tts tradi- dymal auhority in Europe. The dill enables us to matu- tain the superiority, the numbers being equal, Franco bas always possessed over the best troops in Europe, That pre-eminence arises from two causes—from the possession of old soldiers of from seven to fourteen yours, whion otuer armies Lave not. Tue soldier of tea Yeura is perfect, after fourteen years ho is worn out; discipline has destroyed his initiative. The popu- Jar tradition bas been mistaken in its ideas of the efforts of volunteers during the French revolution, Tio old troops of the monarchy it that bore the A proof of this fact is furnished by the frst historic reverses of the teers: Longwy, tho defile of Croix-aux Bois, t! of Maulde, and’ th Jomini deciares th among the vol ariny would ha ; Marshal Gonvion Saint-Cyr says {t is ap error to suppose that recrai's dressed in uniform aro soldiers; they aro ouly an embarrassment to an army; General Bugeaud devied in the Chamber of Doputies in 1834 that the yo. lunteers under the revolution had eonquered Europe, They were boaten in the two fret campaigns, and were ouly soldiers im 1794 Ihe bates of Jemmappes and Vaiiny were gained by old troupm — The late war in the Uniad States is supp sed to be an argument in favor of volunteers, (Hear, hear.) But had the North possessed oid soldiers, ths wow ur uld have lasied onty a monihs Snstead of fw yars, The Poles who rose in masses Were aiso Vanquished, (Hear, bear.) hey were inst ten, 8 Davio— poan nations do and make military xorvice ob- rast to volunteers, . In Prussia mon owe their lives to aaty (0 forty; in Austria rain the army, and a of forty-five; in Ru the enaniry fro thay have Lo rer hab‘e to be calied on until thi the service is twelve yours under tho flag, * Th! orgautzation proposed by the bil is the least onerous of all Luropo, (Hear) uw Latvor pu Mouns—You wil not deny that in France tne ehildrea are soldiers, ard that under the first empire huts of fifteon nud sixteen Were under fire, (Nowe; mterrepuon.) Yea, in the second portod of {he frst empire tue viclodes were gained by young soiers, General Dacruevnis—The young mingled with the old, M. Latour pv Mowiy—Doubtloss, Generat, but Tonly Busta that there 18 BO Necessity for ali the men to be trained, Baron David declared that the soldier of ten years i perfect, and gay towards the end of the first empire there wore very few of them lett (Interrap- Won.) [bey Goneral Lebrewon, who inierrarts me, to explain his idea General Lennerox—I said that there wero at that time young sold mixed with the old, and that the latter Were the bost, Ail those who made tho campaign of 1815. i I was of the number— remember tuat after gut well, the young recruits covered the r axony with thee corpses. Tt was not cour- xo Whieh failed them, but streagih and moral energy, The courage oi the soldier arises {rom his ooutidence In his cuie(, wod fu the organization of the Uns can ouly be acquired by experteace, (Hear, bear.) M, Ensesr Picanp—Then Yt must return to the law or . M Latocr pv Mourin—In the young soldiers of whom I speak demoralizat ou waa the result less of the eno- imy’s fire than of the sentiment of the general disas wiiek commenced to attaint the empire, (‘frue, tru on several benches.) What I contend is, that such a Jong apprentisage to arms is Unnecessary, M. Gre ster-—W bat you pay po at ention to ts that the Superior Council in 1828 demanded nine yeara without any break, (Noise) ‘The Paesmevt—I domand that these interruptions should not take place inceseantly. M. GRANIER DE Cassacnac, In the midst of the tumult, pronounced some words, of whlch ail that could be caught were : vattie of Toulouse.” ‘The Preapayt—We are not at the batile of Toulouse, (Laughter) Let the speaker argue as he wisnes, M. Latour pu Sovnin—I beg Mi. Gramier do Oassagnac to ropeat his interruption, for I did not caten it, Tho PaestpeNt-1 request the speaker to continue Without heeding the interraption. M. Larova pu Movux—But I should wish to uader- etand—— ‘M. Gravren pe CassaGxac—I said that out of respect for the speaker, (Noise; interruption.) The PReupsvt—M de Cassaguac, please to wait for your turn to «peak till I give you authorization, M, Latour bo Moutis—I bog the President to permit M. de Cassagnac to repeat nis interruption, M. Gaasixe ps Cassacyac—I remarked that out of re- spect for principle wo had allowed the speaker to de- liver his battle ef Toulouse in 1815, wiiile Marshal Soult delivered hisin 1814 (Laugiter on many benches.) . Latour ov Moviss—I thaak M, de Casaagnac for his ‘correcvion of my /apeue lingua, I think I am as well acquainted wita our bistory as be, and I do not understand tho force of his ob- In conclusion I say that 6) a de- mocratic tem ig not entered upon, which would have at least a8 many advantages aa this, ft would have been better to keep to a law to which every one accustomed, and whieh bas been In force for thirty <A years, During war evory citizen understands that he tmay be called under the fag. But tho law we are enacke ing 4 made with a view to peace, Several Vorcrs—No! no! M. Latour pv MocLiN—I sball remark to the Minister of War, who makes a sign of negation, that it was de- signediy Laid 1 did not suppose we wore at this mo- ment passing a law with a view to an approachiug Wary for otherwias this would be, on the one band, an implicit Tefutation of the epoech to which I reply, aad, on the other, M, Jules Simon has demonstrated that th present 0 I do not share ali tho ideas ex- ay to maarriage, 01 worthy of atone the population has incre in forty years; 0, There figures are eloqu servation, increase Would not attain, ta the ovent of wat ou propose, object ro. 0 meat against iM ene abroad Is not solely m large battalions, but in {us accord with public sentiment, Consider also these words of Taclus '—Pesrimum —inimicorum genus, tawduntes, (Marks of approbation. ) Numerous Voices—'To-morrow! To-morrow! No! 1” The Parainrxt—It is Count de la Tour's tura to speak, Count ve 14 Tour—Gevilemen, I am at the orders of the Chataver, but H seems to me dificult at thi vanced hour to discuss the quegtion compistely, The Chamber decided that thé question shoad be Journed, YUCATAN. Latest Movemonts of the Contemante=Tiva FI tmperto! the Rebel Watchword, The folio letter will throw additional ligit on the at, Doo, 2, 1867, ‘There is not much of news to tra . It may be faid that afl the towns of this State kave sided with the y Of the Geposed officials have quietly rotired to their hom ad tho arly pro. Claimed aathertties do aot meddle with thom. A fow 0 the two armed vessels blockading thin port fred om 0 fortifoations, This ooowrrence is attrisuied te” }0@ Aboard Of goveral ex-ofitials, who,carried off aition of tho «garrison nod 000, It is pretty sure port in the rebellion, as have peace, Two com- from Mérida that fort for the of the © peohs people, WF the arrival Of those prosoribed fraporialists who 6 Deen wander ing about for nome time, afraid to join their femilion ‘They may now reture without foar, especially those who are conscions of no gutlt. This revolt has nothing to do with the o of the Jate empire, It {s true that the watebword used by the insurgents was “Long live the empire!” but thie was merely ag Acountersign, You beve seen aireaty the substance of the prociamations and wili bave remarked’ that not a word was about the empire, Is would bave been ridiculous In present circumstances, ational government knows ita interest {t will Wo Its sanction 16 this jest movement in Yucaea, most @f the population wast to missioners bad purpose of NEW YORK CITY. THE COURTS. UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS’ COURT. Alleged Violation of the Navigation Laws— The Case of the Steamer Tripoll. The United States va. The Steamship Tripoli,—In this case a preliminary inquiry bas been ordered by Judge Samuel Cunard, one of the proprietors of the British and North Ameri Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. The steamship Tripoli Is one of the Cunard line of packets, sud bed been seized for alleged violation of the United States Vassengor act, Tho inquiry was yosterday by Comimiseioner Osborn, and tho lirt witeess to sustain thi i. Edward Cun brother of the petitioner, Who was examined by coun: con- siderable length, Ia the course of the deposi- tions tho wilmess testified to the healthiul scoommodations eiorded to tho emigrant pas- sougers by the Tripolt, and disclaimed all in- tention of violating the laws of the United States; that duriug the year 1867 that sieamer conveyed to the port of New York nearly fifteen thousand passengers from Europe, and in ali that number there wero only threo deaths on board during the collective number of trips she bad made. Mr, Lowry, counsel for tho petitioner, Mr. Simoas, Aasistaut District Avworney, forthe govern. meut, tho case stit! on, Seizure of n.Distillery and Committal of the Operator for Trial. Yosterday morning, on the information and depositions of Thomas O'Callaghan, Ipterual Revenue Coilector of the Ninth district, George Nicholas was committed for trial on the charge of running spirits from an un icensed still im the basement of No, 74% Eighth aveuu prisoner was arrested tn the at of diatiliation on t morning of Christmas day. PETITIONS IN BANKRUPTCY FILED YESTERDAY, Abraham I, Ackerman, Newburg, N. ¥.—Roferred to Register Little, Bs calves Little, Newburg, N. ¥.—Referred to Register tie, ‘Alexander Danah, Newburg, N. ¥.—Referred to Reg- aster Little, ph hbsaim Bolts, Cornwall, N, ¥.—Referred to Register tie, eet D, Wilson, New York city.—Referred to Register Hen, George §, Brandreth, Sing Sing, N. Y¥.—Referred to Register Close, an t Griflln, Somers, N, Y,—Referred to Negister 08. Emanuel Joseph, New York city.—Referred to Rogis- ter Dwiybt, Order of reference returnable January 6, ‘two o'clock P, M. Folix A. Finn, Pleasant Valley, Dutchess county.— Roferred to Register Beale, Order of reference return- able January 10, at tweive M. Toomas V. G. Nolant, Kingston, Ulster county. Re- ferred to Rogistor Gates; order of reference reternable January 8, at twelve M. Charles Gerding, Tremont, Westchoster county. Ro- ferred to Register (lose; order of rererence returnable January 8, at ten A, M, Proceedings Before Registers In Bankruptcy. Before Register John Fitch. Samuel A. Beekman; first meeting of creditors, claims Proved; creditors chose J, M, Andruss assignee, James Walmsley ; examination of petitioner and Ed- ward Poucher, assignee, Adjourned to January 15, 1868, at twelve M. Samuel Cline; examination of petitioner commenced, Adjourned to January 10, Joho H. Valentine; examination of petisioner, Ad- Journed te January 6, at twelve M. Josiah Carpenter; exammation of petittonor con- tinued, and adjourned to January 7, at ten A. M, Natuanio!l Doie; examination of petitioner and order of discharge, Examioation of petitioner continued, SUPREME COURT—GENERAL TERM. A Petroleum Stock Transnctlon— What Con. stitutes a Binding Contract? Before Judges Leonard, Sutherland and Peckham, Joun M. Otter, respondent, vs, the Brevoort Pamleum Company.—This waa an appeal from a judgment ren- dered at the Circuit, argned botore the Noveraber Gene. ral form, and tho following opinion, reversing the judg. ment and ordering a new tria!, was rendered by the- lasts , defendants authorized Gaorge H, , then President, and William H, Lee, a trastos, to sell four thousand shares of the stock of the cowpany for $2 30 per <bare, the par value being $10, White received from the pla ntiff $1,750 on the 23d of Augast, 184, avd signed a receipt for that sun from the plain= Wil “in ruil for seven hundred siares of the capital stock”? of tho company, the receipt to be exchanged for certifle cates of Sock Of presentation to the secretary; White signed tho receipt “ior J. G, Williams, treasurer.” ‘Ts 18 a valid contract on the (ace of it, binding the company to deliver the stock for whic the plaiatil's money was roceived, Itis said that pudhic policy will not permit aa incorporated compauy to sell its own shares for less tuan par, The facts are not before Court to raise the question montioned, It as not been made to appear bow the company acquired too stock. It may have beea issued for property and acquired subsequently by the company, or it may have been forfeited stock for the nen-pay ment of the subscription price. It cannot be inferred in fa. Vor of tue detundants that tho stock bad not been fully paid up and afterwards acquired by the company, If iL were otherwise Iam unable to perceive any rale of public policy shat requires the court to relieve the de- en ants from @ Contract otherwise without objection, binding it to the delivery of sbures in its capital for a rice below its par value, The contest in this case ré es to the non-delivery of two hundred shares, a tion of the number mentioned in the coniract, vered to the plaintiif certificates for tiv res, adiniting the validity of the contract extent. When the receipt was signed by mt of the company the plaintiff stated that he bad agreed with Mr. Lee to take two hundred shares from bim in addition to the five hundred which be had agreed before that time verbally with the president to take and pay for at the price named. He stated to White that Lee bad agreed that be should have two hundred shares of the movk which the company were offering to dispose of through the agen- oy of White and Lee, It appeared that leo ‘Was absent from the city of New York when tho busi- hess was transacted, and White, relying upon the truth of this statement, received the money of the plain! and signed the obligation of August 23, binding tho company to deliver the additional two hundred shares claimed by the plainti?, Lee was a witness on the trial as well asthe piamtiff, and testified that be had not made any agreement to sell the two hundred shares to the pisintit, Upoo bis return be had informed the ofi- cers of the company that he not made any snch had been claimed by the plaintiff, and in. bares so claimed had been takea by and }, the said 140, The defendants accepted jon of the matter and issied the shares in con- trovoray to Mr. Lee, It is quite clear (rom an examina- tion of the evidence that there was no valid contract botween Lee, either im bis individual capacity or actin, asthe trusies and agent of plaintiff for the purchase and tion. ‘There pardes, or ceived om account, As between Lee aud the platwtif the con-ract was nudum pacum, and in no war obligatory upon either party, tatement made by the plainti to White, upon whieh he procured the contract for the not to have been made, it may bo that there had been Additional 200 shares, was without foundation, and ought @ conversation between Lee aud the plainuf to ine ofect stated by the plaintif, and the plainti® may not have Intended a fraud upon any ono; but that does n: strengthen the case on ble pari, although it may hai the efect of relieving him from (he chi sontetion with a fraudulent intent. Th signed by White, under a mistake at fact of a wale made by Lee, and that mi by the erroneous statement of the plaintit, @The con- tract for that reason was not diuding upon the co far aa it related to the two hundred sharea The de- fendante were willing to rescind, and tendered te the nti! the money received from lim, but he deelined it, for $6,048 64 damages for the hundred highest the specie delivery of the shares, This judgment for money damages Instead of the shares ia claimed by the plainti® upon the ground issued certificates for the said shares to Lee bad rouder themsoiver ineapaule of specifically performing the con- tract by delivering tno shares to the plaintif, The rule stated Is correct, but the fact has not been shown toexist med. There is no proof that the defendants bad ‘ber shares for which they could lawfully lasne cer- the plainti? if they were under an obligati SUPERIOR COURT—CHAMBCAS. Alleged Clairvoyance on the Part of a Doe tor=A Singular Case. Before Judge MoCuaa. A singular caso came op im Superior Court, Ohambers, before Judge Movu yesterday morsing Carlos Fredorict obtained a habeas corpus {a this court for pos tession of bis wifo, under the following cireumstano-s:— It appeared that the petidoner and wife went to a Dr, A. U, Atwood as weekly boardera, The lady was suffering from disease ef the heart, and it was thought his art would cure her, It was further alleged that some difference having arisca between the doctor and ‘tho petitioner the latter left the house to ieok for other aparimenia, buton bia revarn to 96 Kighth street, ¢) real of the he was refused admittance and iptisoned =and held d the object of the habeas eer; ind reetore her to her husband. wos issued aod the lady a Poked much caroworn, wasted nad dajectod, and wi excesdingly nervous, Mhe was sccommodared with went near tbe bench and her answors were scarcely audible. Counsel for the husband, Carlos Frederic, submitted that aho should be discuarged from the custady of Dr, Atwood on the ground thay sho was uniawiully detained. It wea contended on the other side that Carlos Frode. fio, her busband, bad treated her badly aad sue was ow taking refage from bia violence, Judge Movena ebseryed thas we only question the ne court had to try was whether the lady was restrained from her liberty, If she was not so restrained them the case was st an ‘ end, In reply to the Judge the lady faintly steted that sho ‘Was not restrained and that she was in four of personal violence from her husband, Judge MeCunn said the court could not proceed fur- ther tm the case and the writ was dismissed, SUPERIOR COURT—SPECIAL TERM. A Peep uta Dance House~Hew They Waltzeil to the Workhouse. Bofore Judge McCuna, On Monday evening the tuhabitants of tho salubrious locatity of James street wore aroused to more thaa ordi- Bary attention by the sounds of the nightly revel and oereuse from ono of thoso dancing dens which ara thickly scattered along eliher side of the way, The all night till the broad day- 0 and deemed it pi ceeded admirably, and pe; Permint flowed in buruing # ‘along the baliroon, The police arrived on the scene, and, with a want of panty hardly to be eoucelved, ed no less than fourteen damsels and two men, When brought before the Jastice they wore sontenced to be sont to the work- house, but, that course being deemed unauthorized, they were takea before Judge McCunno on a writ of babess corpus to bedacharged, The maie deinulters were let out on bail and the ochers remauded til to-morrow, the District Atvorney desiring so furnish a brief of authority, Alleged Cruelty to a Seaman ou the High Seas Yesterday morning a seaman, namod Lewis Moore, weut beiore sir, Joseph Beil, United es Assistant District Attorney, and mado to bim a statement regard- ing the alleged ili treatment of John Moore, a seaman on board the bark Cruso, sailing under the British fag. The statement was to the following effect:—That tue bark Cruso, E, A. Mix, captain, sailed fromthe Verde Islands on the 24th do 80 during three months, the lasting four months Moore was taken sick the whi and the eaptaio put man in hia place, and then, according to the paiement, kicked and thumped Moore, and knocked Mm down on the deck, he being unable to walk at the time, While g Capo Horn, tho season being wot and as eburged, stripped Mooi bi eto. a negro; kept the man d [aps of salicloth where be could neither , nor stand, nor eat, and sometimes eaused hiin to get up at six o’ciock in the mornl ad put him {nto the coop among the fowls, Tho vessel arrived at Callao on the 12th of February, 1967, and Moore died the day following and was there buried, It was further ascertained by the party making the complaint, that the captain had caused two men to carry Moore about ihe deck on a capstan bar in the game manner ad if “riding on a rail,” as the vessel bad arrived at Cal went on board the bark, inquired if any one 5 \d was informed there was uot, while Moore, who was below, was about drawing his iast breath. Further than thia, 1t was alav alleged that Moore's body, owing to t! ill treatment he had received, was black and blue over, Lewis Moore, the complainant, is brother of the do- ed, Jobn Moora; was boru in Ireland, but came to country at an early age. Mr. Bell jaformed the complainant that as the vossel was an English one the United States courts could not take cognizance of the charge, Moore said that he bad fc ur or flye witnesses te prove the statements he had made, oer th POLICE INTELLIGENCE. Tae Wau Street Ronpery.—In the case of Thomas McKeon, Edward and Washington Gradey, recently arrested on suspicion of being the parties who knocked “down Lewis W. Kingsley, the check clerk, and robbed him of $3,633,681 61 in WaN street, near William, as Previousiy reported, an exaininat jon took place before Justice Hogan, at the Tomba. ‘Two or threo witnesses were examined ag to the identification of the prisoners, after which the hearing w: till this afiernoon. Th defeadanis as yet have not been posi tively identified, ALLeceD ATTeMPt aT BURGLARY.—A young man, giving Lis name as Charles Hatflold, was yesterday brought before Justice Hogan by officer Rea, of the First pre- cinct, on snspicion of attempting to enter the office of Mr, Prescott, stock broker, on the third floor of p: No, 30 Broad sireet, by means session of the prisoner were fou 8. Hatfeid, who failed to gi * himselt or his possession of the suspicious implements, was committed for examination, AN Orriver ArRestzy.—Patrick H, Dunn, an officer of the Fifth precinct, was yesterday taken before Jus- tice Hozan on the charge of being intox: De Shays being the c tmpiaiaant, tion of the case, howe \a- tained aud the Magistrate allowed the olicer to report back to the station house fur duty, A New Year's Day Fracas,—On Now Year's night a party of four men, Peter Connell, Matthew Bonen, Pat rick Burbridge and James Burbridge, paid a visit to No, 929 West Twenty-sixth street, While thoy wero there they wore mot by ® man named Hugh Murphy, who was quietly enjoying bimeelf tn the house, After re- maining for some tine the party were about leaving, when, witbout any provocation, it is ead, they set upon Murphy aud beat lim tn a most shocking’ mauner about the body and cut his bead with a milk pitcher, with which he was struck by one of th brought belore Justice Ledwith ‘& complaint prefer. Ted against them vy tho sister of the injured maa, who Hes fo a very critical condition, His Honor com the accused to give bail in the sum of $500 to she charge at the Court of Generai Sessions, A GotvEy Row on a Bap Fouxvatios,—Dennis Maney, ® “ral ould Irish gintleman that obsarves the laws and iver gits dhrunk excipt whin payin’ bis riepicts to a beraived widder at awake, yer Haner,” went before Justice Mausiicld yesterday and demanded “the law on Pathrick Golden and Michael Foundation, the rap- scallions, fat kilt him intirely and had threatened till have his life, sould have ite coorso,”” nd sey kill you bad?’’ asked bis honor, dead man you appear remarkably lively. “Yis, yor worship; au’ they kem till me house at No, 12 Birmingbam strect, ow Year's night, an’ they swhore, {bat they wouldu’t iet the Christmas pase by widout killin’ me intire! A warrant was tssued, ind Micky Foundation, with their wives, friends an tnosses, were on band aud ready “io goon wid the ‘Dennis Manay, state your case,” said the magistrate. pose you xre ready?"” x an’lam, yer Haner, Yose be eotn’, oa last Winsday night, Just as [ was takin’ mo clothes aff av me till go to bed, there's be a windy in the front av the house, an’ whe shud ve comin’ along, shwearin’ tear-ane agers, |.ko that ud be takin’ tne lite intirely, but Mickey Foundation there and Patrick Gowlden, too, shure; an’ be pushed bis fhist through the windy glass that is <a the dure, an’ suwearin’ he'd bave mo Jife; an’ whin——” “Who was it pat his band through the glass in the window frame?’ intorrapted is Bon: “Michael Foundation, yer Haner ; a1 his fhise through the windy giass, the life av me, I pat sa mo briteies an’ | pushed in till the back room; aa’ wip Paddy Gowiden, the villain, put ;hrough tho windy——"? 1 Just now said it was sichael Foundation," re- marked the Judge. “‘ite Michael Foundation I be moantn’, yer Haner, It wor him fat sthruck bis fhist through the windy, am? te wor bim or Paddy Gowlden funt fired the pisiies at me.” “There were pfstols fired, thon?’ said his Honor, Well, goon. What olse?” “Faix, yer Flanor’s wurahtp, an’ there bese nothing lee till’ tue fore, Shure, I've towld yose the turn. An’ wow lot the lab take its coorse, an’ Paddy Gowi and Mickey Foundation be puni#ued as the jab dhiri fe “Fora a jhwearin’ till (ake me tie an’ in? Kilt me imtirel on New Year's night, avout two o’clov! you witnesses, sir, to prove your charges pured ?"" be i ‘matter. " compiatat, “on night thim rapscalilons there—an’ tho Lord be morcifol to us!—kim li our dure im Birmingham street, Och! yer Ronor, an’ they kim till it to kill me ould man, Demay, there, an’ me maked-like in bed, ail ‘but mo bare fait; an’, shure, we wer doin’ notbing to nobody, whia—glory ay a pirtio; aa’ Denny—that’s i & a o wit lags; an’ . 0) are 4he dict alter Se is, tat rho shed is Wobai these spalpeens, enon im; an’ Ls man there, ho jumped out ay bed au’ he push back room an. Did you see either of the accnsed at door or wia- dow of yout house creating or attempting to croate a disturbance?” demand! ha oF. Ts it 14 wee Pat Cowldem 4 @ bed, wadbressed- — bet me fait tap aside, ma'am,’ responded the martatrate, “Tlave you ang one sie present you would like to have examined?’ “shure, yer Manor's Wurelt case {nan f{iligint manner, Al Tah to take its ooorne,'’ “You will not object to the defendanta offering an ax. Planation, Prebably thoy may not be #0 badas you represent them,”’ said bis Houor, qatet ' I've proved me it mow ia fer the “Shure, an’ it ‘ud throubl bye himestt, now, til offer doanso for sucl spalpeeus as (bem but I'll let the law take is coors,” you to say in defonce of your Dig-hoaded, low-browed joned, resolute looking fellow, who dressed in would make @ first clase stag’ ypion pathriot, ready to die an’ live any day for tne sod," aod eoizing a front lock of bis shagry bair made a bow to bis Hlonor, which, if not so gracetul, was probabiy aa courteous as bows usually are, ti fag) Hanor, Denne ir % Law ‘has beon shwearin’ false now,’ commenced Mr, Foundat! “Phat joni?’ cried the complai “Oye 1p, put that man sot!) his oat now, aad lot Jan take its coorse,”? “Whist, Denny, yese ould fule phat yeso benan’ let me tell bis Haner the thruth, will yese,” Foundatior Won't detain the coort # minit,” bo added, turoing to the magistrate, “Yer Haner, ‘Year's night I wint to see somo ov me frinds, 1 got as dhruok agit wur possible for a dacent . on — whiskey, an’ whin the row tuk place at nia Maney | | | | suhreet, an’ po more fit to git home au me fait thag a blind pipe xy eo “Pll swere do vat Misder Foundation say,” claimed s well-dressed German wadesman, from the crowd gainered arou; seat of judgment, |» “Iv's the baker, now." cried the complainant, “He & Datcbmaa, an’ @ (rind av tbe Foundations an’ th Gowldios, Joos} put lim om Cat—on hia oat, yor Haner’s warship, aa’ thin lec the inh take its cooree,” ‘“Misder Fountadion vas (rank 48 could pe,” resumed. the brod bacher, ‘wad be vas shleod in a stoop dm Mott strauts, uod bis frau esk me do priog bim und vent do bim, ven I suust bick Lim uD in mine arms ao dook bim do bis fran, who swore itkge der tyyols act bim. He vas nod wit'der rows, Dat is vat I helt gow do fay.” Wire ap? ite enough,” resomed Mr. Foundation. “T was dhruok, yer Haner, wid the real ould sthuff, an” that drunk aire, may bev kep mo out ay the Siate’o prishon, Now, who knows?’ “As for me, here reniarked one an eye beaut: - fully draped in mourning, Mr. Goldin, stepping fors word, *I was lively dtironk antil New Year's Nich, an’ there's no denying that avaybow; but shuro] & about as soon thinkay burten ould Maney as 1 wor av okinnin’ his wife's tom cat, Flat ’ad I belaguer to ould man for? Shure, I didu't mean anythin’ whi) % brok his windyglass. | Au’ the ould villam that ye ar,’ defendant added, “ye wud parjure yourself bo say.a” that b fired @ pistil at y 9 “L didn’t do omaythtog av the kind, Mickey, Sture I know yeae couldu’t pull the thricker widout fointin’,’?> roplied Mr. Maney, sarca-ticaily. “ruin, yo towld his Han’ a lie, ye omadhoup, foagf yese bo, An’ l’vaagood mind to enter @ complain yo for parjury, au’, as veso be all the thine @ gayli’ the lab take it corse.” Vhere did you get that eye, Mr, Goldin ?”? jaquircd his Honor, in asvmpathizing tong of vole, -~ “It's riminiseince, yer idauer,”? remiuiscence?”? “"Yis, sur, Ye see, yer Wurship, I have ® naice fhea: does be livin’ au till the First avenue, an’ I visited hee! en the Now Year's, Woin I lift the house, ther seomed to be the divil to pay wid the futwalk, an ier ach wud rise up like, an’ sthrike mon the eye, an’ the way (hat kem about.’ ‘ou ever here before?”? tw f in mt was drunk I was tuk in an? did “yi ‘ane for till the cebu: $10. “Well, I shalt id you to ballin $300 to keep #] peace, Golain, Foundation is dismissed from oustody,| as it is vory evident Le was wo drunk to hurt anybody) or thing. oI “Tm plased, yer Mat remarked the complainant! as he took up ® tile of the fasion of Hs thereabout, @ lab has tuken 119 Course, aM! jo Goldin is puoi i) Thereupon the parties to the sult of “killing Mr.. Maney” left the preseuco satisiied that the 1st of Janu- ary ought not to occur oftener tuan once a year, i SURRENDERED TO TAK Saxsuvr OF DuTcHESs COUNTY, OR a warrant isaued by Recorder Taylor, of Poughkeepald, ‘ for defruuding August Heifuer aud wife out of money and goods in exchange for unmade clothe and silks, Aaron and Kobbel Heyman and David Joseph were y terday surrendered by Justi District Police Court, to she . beriil of It will be recollected’ that this party, about two w ago, by false representations, swindied George Hoffmay, | of 1,015 itird avenue, They compromised matvorp’ with Hoffman, but the magistrate named beheving ther was good reason for holding the accused eommitt them to prison, where le has since held them, Wo know nothing beyond the statemeut above made of the: reasons which induced Br. Taylur, of Poughkeepaio, demand their surrender to bi cry Tne Sreesrs anp toe Weatrer.—The January thaw which comménced so inauspiciously-on New Year's Day still continues, The streets are filled with slush, the: sidewalks aro wet, padestrianism js @ bore, car ridihg. uncomfortable ad everybody tooks givm, Everything considered, things wear a rather dull and gloomy ase pect, and will probably continue so unul a good rain storm is experienced in this locality, ‘ibe therm 4 at seven A. M yesterusy morked 20 degrees, at noon 41, and at two P, M, 39 and four PM, 4! Tus Fenton Centra, Camraox Cion.—This newly formed association, which professes as its object tho: nomination of Fenton as the candidate for Vice Presi- deut in the coming Presidential election, held another. meeting last night at the st. Nicholas Hotel, for ther purpose of perfecting {ts organization. The dusinese. trangacted was chiefly of a routine character, and con+ INTELLIGENCE, had been organized at a previous meeting, and U is therefore uow in tair working order, Workincmen's Untox.—(he regular semi-monthiy meeting of this association was held last evening at No, 267 Bowery, Tuere was only a small attendance of delegates present. The priucipa! business of importance transacted waa the election of officers for the ensuing. #iX months, Tho following are the names of th elected:—W. J, Jessup, President; Henry Lucker, Fi Vice President; Jonn Woods, second Vice President; Reoorsiog ‘Secretary; @. P, Taylor, Wiliam J, Jessup, Corresponding. sisiant Corresponding ry rer, aad John Mongerr Sergeant at-Armns, After the result of the election Was Sonounced and some minor business transacted the meeting adjourned, ANsiversaRyY Mass IN Memory oF ARCHBISHOP Kvcurs —The fourth anniversary of the death of Arche bishop Hughes was duly ob-erved yesterday at St Patrick's Cathedral by asclemn mass of requiem, The church was appropriately draped in mourning, and @. neat catafalque wasereciad in ihe centre aisle, At ten o'clock A. M. the services conmeuced, tue Very Rev; Father Starrs, V. G., acting as celebrant of the with Rev. Dr. P. F. Mesweenoy as deacon and Rev, J. McGean as sub-deabdon, and the Rov. F, MoNierney ao master of ceremonies. During ‘he rags his Grace Arche bishop MeCloskey occupied the episcopal throne and the conclusion of eoremon @: prowounced the fi absolution rn direction of Profe Sebmitz, organiat at was well selected, and was hers of the eboir manner, The edifice was overs of the ki bishop, whi im the sagctuary waa a large delegne ton of the clergymen of this and che adjoining cities, 1 Tae Moxvsrove Agacit ov toe Brotasas Lawn, Coroner Rollins yesterday took the ante-mortem states mente of the brothére William and Petor Jind, of Nea 196 East Fourth street, who were so terribly beaten m the night of the Ist Inst., as res Henard. No evidenoo eould bo ow the vames of Lao parties come and the jury found that the ir injuries at the hands of some pereon of persons unkoown, on ihe lstof January, 1868; Tsougratiox.—During the monih of December 10,171, immigrants arrived at this port, These were broughs over the Atlantic, The destination of these passengers: ri Maine. 6; sichigam, 300; Mine nesota, 60; Missouri, 273; Mexic», 2; New Hampshire, 4; Now York, 4,108; New Jersey, 258; few Brunswick, 1; Ruode I Kino wr Fantina Down Scare —Am Inquest fwag, yesterday held at 181 Elizabeth street by \ oroner Fly: over the remains of James Me aon, whose death wag the result of tnjuries recetved by falling down « Mght, ofmarson (hureday evening, A verdict of acel Ceath wes rendered by tho jury, Decoased was Atty: one yours of age aud a nativeot Ireland, Dear Prom Scatps.—Coroner Rilins yosterday hed fan Inquest at 261 West Twenty-eighth street on the body of Gertrude Davenport, a cuild two and a half died eftecta of scalds re~ m ‘Vho } ry rendered a co demtaiiy received, Excision Lopat Revxtox,—teldom has Irving Malt’ ‘witnessed @ more really social scene than iast night, the occasion of the seventh annual reunion of Excelsio# 100 of 3 oontribul to most success. ui gatherings ev inaugurated by ihe brothe hood, Awenica’ Paorsarayt Encamrueet.—The annual meeting of Mount Carmel A. P. B. was hed at theig. rooms, corner of Eighteenth strost and Fighth avenue, on Thureday, January 2, 1948. The following ofcers wore elected tor the ensuing year, viz. Worthy Pattie areh, ~ir Jobn Beil; V Sir Joseph Smyth Seribe, Sir John Win, Hea ial Sort Jiekson; Treasurer, Sr Chaplain, Rov Sir Theras Walsh; Guido, sir Joho W. feona; A Gilde, Sir Wiliam Bev; Watovman, Sir Jauos Collins; Mentinel, Sir I. L. Kony. Fouxp Deap.—Yosterday afternoon the dead body of an tnknown man was found lying on the pavement la 1224 street, between Second Third avenues, The body was taken ia oharge by the pviice, Who nbtiled the Coroner to hold am juquest ‘ Fine 1x Weer Severteents Stnert.—Detweon two and throe o'clock om Friday morning a fre broke out in the glazier atore No, 205 Went se outh atreet, owned by Harris Aronson, Tho contents of the store and tho furs pituro on the second floor wera pearly all destroyeds Loss about $3,000; insured for $2,500 im Mamilton ang $2,000 in Firemon’s Fund treurance Companies The carpenter shop of Charles Hotton, No. 207, ts damag About $100; insured for €200 in the St, Nicholas Inaw ance Company, Too rear part of the bonalag No. 1 Eighth avenue is damaged about $50, Nos, 205 a1 are damaged about $500. They are owned by LW, Howe and insured for $900 im the Broadway Insurance