The New York Herald Newspaper, September 30, 1868, Page 4

4 EUROPE. The Cunard steamship Cuba, Captain Moodle, | which left Liverpool on the 19th and Queenstown the 20th of September, arrived at this port yesterday afternoon, bringing our special European correspond- ence and 2 mail report in detail of our cable tele- grams dated to her day of satling from England. Telegrams from the Continent show that the sub- jects to be discussed at the forthcoming Ecument- cal Council at Rome include the policy of uniting the Catholic and Greek churches; the regulation of the relations between the Church and State, in view of the almost universal transformation of absolute into constitutional governments, and the best mode of providing religious instruction, a8 @ barrier against “the atheism of the day, so destructive to faith and morals.” The London Glove publishes a telegram, signed in the name of the Marquis of Bute, to contradict his repoyed conversion to the Catholic Church. » The number of French officers scouring the Ger- man duchy of Baden, intent upon military studies, seems to have increased. The Baden government issued orders enjoining the immediate aarest of all people found sketching in the flelds. The London Lancet of the 18th of September saya:— We are in a position to state that since her sojourn in Switzerland the Queen has greatly improved in health, The untoward symptoms which cost. her ineey and her subjects so muth uneasiness have yielded to the fresh mountain air and the change of Keene im the most romantic of European countries. ‘The beneit, indeed, has been so marked that the na- tion may look forward hopefully to her Majesty's re- suming (at least partially) those public duties from which she has been so long and so unhappily estranged. Queen Victoria’s yacht Victoria and Albert was placed in the dock at Portsmouth for the purpose of being surveyed and her defects reported upon by the shipwright department of the yard. Her Majesty’s paddle yacht Elin was at the same time taken into the steam basin forarefit and repairs to hull and machinery. In London Police Constable Kerridge was com- mitted for trial for manslaughter, It appeared from. the evidence given before the magistrates that he pushed @ man down in the street and fractured his skull. SPAIN. Queen Isnbelin’s Urgent Appeals to Na- poleon—The Pride of the Nation Insulted= Revolution at Hand. (Paris (Sept, 18) correspondence of London Times.) The Queen of Spain has carried her point, after a foxhion and at the cost of ner own humilta- tion, = We already know that a very bad impression has been caused in Madrid by the news that she Intended going to Btar- ritz to see the Emperor, when by the rules of eti- quette the visit should be from him to her. A courtier naiued Count Ezpaleta was sent to Biarritz fo negotiate the affair and found the warm support of the Empress, who must be rather amused by her former sovercign’s eagerness for imperial patronage. Count Ezpaleta was still at Biarrita on Wed- esday, and it was arranged that there hould be an interchange of visits, the Queen Inning. Of course, when her Catholic ‘ajesty sued for permission to go a second time to Biarritz it could not well be refused her, nor could the Emperor, being within two hours’ rail of St Sebastian, avoid returning the visit. But the aim will not be attatned—not even the moral effect, which probably was all that the Queen and her coun- sellors really hoped for. Unpopular, and even de- tested though she be her ge ge Spain, she is still La Reyna, the Queen and chief of the Spanish na- fion, and Spanish pride is bitterly chafed at seeing her pay her court to Napoleon. The step she has taken will bps not retard for a single day the eutastrophe of which the date is uncertain, , the occurrence inevitable. As regards any solid advan- tage to be reaped from the interviews, probably pg Queen herself does not venture to hope for that. If while she and the Emperor were to- ther to-day at Biarritz, or to-morrow at St. Sebas- jan, news were to come of a revolution at Madrid, and that half Spain was arming and rising, the Em- peror, we may be well assured, would weeply sym- athize and condole and might express every wish or her Catnolic Majesty’s triumph over her enemies; but would not further that ag by the aid of a fingle bayonet, not even though the bait were held outto him of half the Spanish army to garrison Rome in the event of a Prussian war. The Emperor knows too well what such an offer would be worth, ‘The reports spread of the readiness of the Spanish government to send troops to Rome have already Caused discontent in Spain, and especially in Mie army. It may not bo generally known, but there is no country in which the mill: tary service of the Pontit “is in i 3. teem than in Spain. When the Itallaus took a great part of Lamorictere’s army prisoners in 1860, and swept into their net French and Austrians, Bel- gians and Bavorians, Irish and Dutch, and many other nationalities in large numbers, they got only five Spaniards, Cavour had inquiries made about these men, and out of the five tliree proved to be es- caped galley slaves. In the present Papal army there are scarcely any Spaniards, General Turon, a man of no mark, but who has never taken part in any pronunciamiento, goes as Captain General to Catalonia, and General Calonze assumes the same post In Madrid. The resignations of Marshal Pezucla and Novaliches have DAC cepted. It must be owned that the Queen's marshals do not stick very closely to her in the hour of dim- culty, Marshal Manuel Concha is on his property near Malaga; only his brother, Marshal Pepe, was very lately, at St. Sebastian. The former editor of the Guirigay, M. Gonzales Byavo, will grace with his presence the interview of the sovereigns. M. Mon has gone to Biarritz, ENGLAND. Terd Amberley for the Ballot—Mr. Gladstone and the Church—Election Addresses and Promisee—Expenditures of the Disracil Ca- vinet. ord Amberley addressed a letter to a Weat of England paper, In which he states that from the conduct of landlords to tenants he is convinced that the ballot is indispensably necessary in order to secure freedom of election in Great Britain, ‘he London evs, in an article complimentary to fora at refers to the electoral contests at Rrad- i ford, Halifax and Pontefract. It has reason to be- jeve that the statement of Mr. Gladstone's conver- sion to the ballo: originated in a misconception. Mr. T. Weston, one of the candidates for East Saf- folk, stated at a meeting that in @ recent interview with Mr. Gladstone he had asked the right honora- bie gentleman what he proposed to do with the reve- Dues of the Irish Church on its disendowment. Mr. Gladstone declined to state his intention, but added, “Return me to power and I will propose a plan which, I believe, will be acceptable to the nation." Mr. Gladstone was fully recovered from his recent indisposition, The Rev. W. Keane, rector of Whitby, in a pam- pet recently published on the leading question of ie be said:—“I believe the Church of England dis- established from the State would become a bigoted and intojerant priestcraft, little differing from Popery, Mve in doctrins ad not even ditfering in that respect, if Mr. Glads' "s doctrines as weil as olitics Were to be adopter This Foes cael com- under the observation of Mr. Giadstone’s son, who is a candidate for Whitby, he wrote to Mr. Oeane asking what ground he had for the belief ex- rewsead concerning Mr. Gladstone's doctrines, his reply the reverend gentleman says:— hen I find among his strongest supporters those ho openly advocate union with Rome, as Dr. ‘usey, WhO has written a book to show that Popery and Protestantism are identical; when I find sucha one 4 with the flegally self-styled Archbishop of Westminster, and the Irish Romish clergy ina crusade against the ron supremacy and Protestant Establishment in Ireland, J think Iam fully borne ‘out in what Ihave said. {n politics Mr. Gladstone has presented as many changes as the phases of the fica but I will do him the justice to say that in re- gious opinions I have never regarded him other than an advocate of Komish, as opposed to Protes- tant views.” Mr. Keane received no rej ly. Mr. Childers addressed the electors of Pontefract. i followed up his former speech by charging the Disraeli government with extravagance. He had been asked how the late government met new ex- penditure by corresponding economy, and how the present government might have followed their ex ample. In 1863 £63,000 Was laid out for defensi Purposes, and in 1866 £484,000 for the saine purpos: and yet the estimates in 1866 were considerably lesa than tn 1863, In four years the late government re- duced the army gradually 16,000 men and the marine in the same proportion. The improved education of the soldier and improvement in warlike app!iahces, as weil as the greater efficiency of the reserves, made every single so\dier more valuable than before, and the stoppage of t) ® New Zealand war and the recent changes in North America ought to have enabled the present government to reduce the army aiso; but instead of that the numbers were now greater than they had been, and there had been a Teduction in the estimate: Report of the Commi: Church. [From the London Globe, Se; We are enabled to state that th Royai Commission on the Iris! been awaited with such intense anxiety, has been lasued to aay and we ate happy to ‘add that une recommendat jons of the commissioners appear to be such as, if adopted, will remove ail ground of grievance which has formed the pretext of Mr. Gladstone's assault upon the Church Esta- blishment in Ireland. The commissioners Pa to reduce the bishoprics by four, abolishing those ff Meath, Kilmore, Killaloe and Cashel. Their roposals also comprehend @ rearrangement of loceses. The total revenues of the Irish £600,000, the rent Vhureh are returned as littie over harge amounting to £520,000. It is also recom- on the frivk rt of the ih Church, which has | ied that ali deans, except eight, should be te | be veveved (ora moment, NW YORK HERALD; WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER: 30, 1868:-TRIPLE 'S - archdeacons should be retained diocese, The Royal Cominissioners pronase me extension of enl ree werd LO te cel paint cal Comulssioners, a vest m. of surplus revenues for the ey roviding ade- quate endowment for populous paris! It will be seen that these recommendations of the commiasion- ers touch the very root of the so-called abuses aud anomalies in the Church of Ireland, and if carried into effect would doubticss satisfy all sections of Protestants, except those who are bent on destroy- ing the estabiishinent in its couneotion with the state. The Franchise Registrations—Peerage Claims for the Right of Voting. The latest mai! summary from England supplies the following news items:— ‘The female suffrage question still occupies the at- tention of the registration courts. In London the jecisions have been uniformly against the adm! of women to the franchise, while one or two instances have occurred in the provinces in which the revising barrister, in the absence of any objection, has allowed the names of female house- holders to remain op. the lists prepared by the over- seers. In the Lanfoeth Court, yesterday, a lady claimed as a iodger, when her advocate was silenced by the barrister declaring that “every woman by the common law of England is disqualified from voting.” On this ground he dismissed the clams of two other ladies, At Marylebone a similar course was taken, the revising barrister holding that if the legislature had intended to confer the right to vote on women there would have been an express enact- ment to that effect. Another point of interest which has come before the registration courts is the right of a peer to have his name on the register. On this, a3 well as on the female suffrage question, decisions have differed. ‘Thus at the Marylebone court the overseers had _re- moved the names of all peers from the lists before the regisier was published, and on this having been objected to by the conservative political agent the revising barrister maintained that the peers so struck out should have examined the list and claimed on finding their names omitted. At West- minster the court allowed the names of peers tO re- muin on the register. ‘The barrister in West Kent rejected the claims of the Faris of Dartmouth and St. Germans, on the ground that no peer of the realm had a right to mterfere in the election of the repre- sentatives of the people. The Bank of England—Its Condition and Management—Recent Money Panics. The half yearly court of the Governor and pro- prietors in the Bank of England was held September 17 in the bank parlor. Mr. Thomas Newman Hunt, Governor of the Bank, occupied the chair, ‘The Governor said that the directors had carefully gone through the accounts, and he had to report that the net profit for the year ending August 30 amounted to £584,369 88, 9d., making the amount of rest or undivided profits on that day £3,610,596 17s. 1d. After providing for a dividend of four per cent for the half year, the rest would amount to £3,028,476 17s. 1d. ‘The Court of Governors, therefore, proposed that a half year’s dividend be made of four per cent, bemg at the rate of eight per cent per aunum, and that the dividend be payable on the 10th of October next. ‘The Governor, in replying to various questions put by Mr. Jones and otuer proprietors, said that the capital of the bank upon which dividend had to be paid Was £14,553,000. All the rest of the property Belonging to the bank were the profits arising out of the bank's operations, aud it was commonly called “rest.” ‘The rest was the undivided profits, which the court of proprietors long since dec.ded should never be allowed to fal below £3,000,000. ‘The build- ing in which they were assembled occupied rather over three acres of ground and its value was not in- cluded in the capital, but the branch establishments were. With regard to the rate of discount being different on long and short loans gentiemen of expe- rience must know that a discount was a short trans- action for a short time and @ loan might extend over a series of years, and the rate must be different. In 1866 the discount was 10 per cent, but the consols were only 2%; ratiway debentures, in some cases, were at 5. There were deposits of a permanent cha- racter, whicn the board knew how to deal with, and there were also short deposits, waich the, might be called upon to pay and must be prepared to pay at any moment. As to the bank not having deposits, he believed the deposits had never been so large as— not, perhaps, at tiat moment of speaking—but over an average of the last six months. (Cheers.) No doubt the country would be benefited by money re) lent to farmers, but it was notthe province of this bank to lend It to them. It could only safely be done by the local bankers, and even to them it was @ question fraught with grave dif- ficulty, With regard to the rate of discount the explanation was simple. Every one remembered that five or six years ago, that was @ period ante to the crisis of 1566, there was @ very great extension of credit, but those sudden and excessive tons of credit were not always wise. The first effect of it ‘was this—that those who embarked in business were suddenly called upon to pay their debts, and to do that they had to withdraw money from tie legiti- mate operations they were engaged in, and that pro- duced a crisis, What took place in 1866 had been miscailed a panic, It waga crisia arising from and following naturally upon too wide an extension of credit, and this crisis out of its convulsions pro- duced panic. Upon the 12th of May it was a banking mic, When people were seized with unreason- ing fear for the safety of their money and rushed to the banks and withdrew it, in many instances to replace it in the same bank, finding they did not know what to do with it when they had it in their possession. Then came # railway panic, when people thought that railway debentures of all Kinds were not worth buying. This was succeeded by commercial panic, when the trade came almost to standstill; but through ail this corporation had steered one steady course. With regard to the rate of discount, it of course depended very much upon the supply and demand. ff there was a large sum of money to lend and a few borrowers the money must go at a lower rate than if the number of bor- rowers were greater. Whether the bank had too much mouey to lend or too few borrowers the result was the same. Some said that the bank might in- vest upon je other securities, but they forget that the bank had to pay on demand, and it would be useless to tell aman ye | for his money that it had vested in a safe snug security. report Was approved and the dividend de- clard. The Political Situation on the Continent— Chances of War and Motives for Peace. (From the London Times, Sept. 19,] For some weeks past the two dark thunder clouds of the political atmosphere have been drawing sieadily together, until it seems as if the most san- yuine could now hardly hope that an explosion wili pe averted, France on one side and Prussia on the other are either anticipating war or despairing of peace. The King of Pruss!a has declared plainly and boldly that he sees no reason for fighting, but that he will fight if he must, and fight theend. The Emperor Napoleon could not venture to address his own generals, so sure was he that some menace of war would be discovered in his words. Perhaps the conviction was not ill-founded; but deeds at any rate are safe, if words are dangerous, and the Emperor might have fownd practical means of indicating his policy without exposing himself to misconception. Prussia did take the initiative by reducing the active strength of her army, but the example was not followed in France, and it is already predicted by poiltical alarmists that the present year will see half the con- tinent in arms before ita close, ‘The real question at issue is exceedingly simple, though its issue wilt probably depend upon many and complex considerations. vill France acquiesce frankly and finally in the pretensions acquired by Prussia on the fleld of Sadowa’ That is the im- mediate question to be decided and decided by France alone. It is but candid to acknowledge that Prussia can well afford to propose disarmament for » She has nothing to jin by war. Her war is alt ly over and her gains are realized. Her only object now is to keep these gains, and to allow her ition to be consolidated and her pretensions confirmed by lapse of tim: No | one, indeed, dreams that Prussia would ever attack France or seek to pick @ quarrel with her. int Bismarck, it is certain, would preserve fee if he could, since war, if it were to come, could bring him at best nothing but an assurance of what he hoy secure without il. if the Prussians believe inevitable they may possibly think {t prudent to precipitate it, but on no other grounds could any but a pacific policy be expected from the government of Berlin. France, on the other hand, though it resta with her to be the aggressor, may plead some temp: tations to aggression. Reason as we will it is not to be denied that the sqgrundinsranas of Prussia by the late war does affect the position of France in the po- litical aystem of Europe. Prussia is now no longer the Prussia of 1416; she is all North Germany, and bids fair to become Germany entire. Instead of her 17,000,000 of population she may reckon on 40,000,000, so that France in now conterminous with a State more powerfnl for some pi ear than herself, That is quite a new situation, it is none the more ac- ceptable from the fact that Italy has been similarly consolidated and may probably be Prussia’s ally. By these polltical revolutions the influence of France in European councils has in a manner been impaired. Her voice would not be delivered so imperatively as before. She might be less able to command or con- trol the course of external events, She has now on her borders fnstead of @ cluster of weak States a couple of strong ones, some day perhaps to be com- bined against her. Under such circumstances she may think that ttis worth striking a blow for the chance of undoing what has been done or of ar- nape the development of the work and prevent. ing it from being carried any further. A successful campaign against Prussia might detach Southern from Northern Germany, if it did no more, and thus leave one-half of the German nation to be still played off and balanced against the other. We have put these speculations in plain language, as giving France the benefit of such reason aa they contain, but it need not be added that they really e810 | furnish no jastification for the extremity of the war, What the Germans have done they were, by the laws of nature, perfectly entitled to do, nor have they in fact done anything more than the French have long done for theinseives and helped to do for the Italians. Germany has as good a it to national unity as France, uor is it ible that the French can ieee ten interest in the divisions of their neighbors, W ‘Thiers argued that France need not have made one at the cost of her own blood and treasure he had from his point of view a it for his words. But the unification of many was not the work of France. Tt occured without her and shonid have been ac- cepted as an accomplished fact. That it brought any danger to France or threatened in any degree the interests or security of the rench people ovuid not Wakeves May be Ween or said, no Frenchman really feara: that the Prus- sians would invade France or tmagines that France in erselt is less formidable or independent than for- merly. * * * The believers in peace, and the perfectibility of mankind must ex) ce @ severe shock at the spectacle now before . Not only is it thought in Berlin that France (will, with such motives as we have described, conan: chances of war, but these chances are computed and estimated on the assumption that other governments are equally indifferent to peace. The -motives. with which the Contingntal Powers are, if Rot animated, at any rate credited in the specu! itician: differ in no degree from those which min questions of peace or war 200 years oo. not inguch matters advanced one single-step, No- where is the justice or necessity of this or that cause supposed to be taken into consideration, If it 1s heid that the chance of war between France Prussia depends upon the attitude of Russia, it ae ed im- mediately that the attitude of Russla- ‘depend upon her own prospects of in in the. polltioal scramble. In other. words, the stateamen of St. Petersbu could see thelr way to deal- ing with ike} as they would, they would, it is held, be q ready to close with either one belligerent or other. Happily the complication of wishes and fears on that subject is such as to render fn. Conclusion almost \ eapaesib a No combination of Powers can be devised which would not leave a formidable com- bination of Powers opposed to it. Austria is almost as jealous of Russia as of Prussia, and has, designs of her own in the East. If Russia did not guarantee Prussia against Austria, Prussia would be at a heavy disadvantage in confronting France; but what is Prussia to give Russia in return for a sup- port which would certainly make enemies of France and Austria and throw both perhaps over to the side of Turkey? In fact, Russia herself is but half pleased with thir prospective unification of Ger- many, for she too, like France, used to find her ac- count in the divisions and jealousies of herneighbors. Such is the picture as sketcnedin our correspond- ence of the speculations current on the impending war; on such and no higher considerations will the maintenance of peace depend. We will only add that there is one man who can terminate all these calculations in a minute, If the Emperor Napoleon decides for peace there will be no war. We have already stated without disguise the considerations which mae induce the French government to draw the sword, but we must have stated them to little purpose if thelr insumMciency is evident. It would not be worth a war even to undo the effects of Sadowa, but it 1s by no means certain that they could be undone, France would lose by failure far more than she could gain by success, and in the meantime her industry is paralyzed and her wealt! devoured by the interminable and exhausting pre- parations for this anticipated struggle. TURKEY. “Young” Turkey on the Situation of the Empire—The Change of Succession Plan— Imperial Dificulties and the Prospect. [Berlin (Sept. ys correspondence of London Times.) Zia Bey, the late Turkish Minister of Juatice and Secretary to the Sultan, now residing as an exile | at Paris, has published @ curious pamphlet on the succession tothe throne of his country. It is in ‘Turkish, and, like everything penned by this, the principal leader of Young Turkey, has found many readers at Constantinople, where it is secretly circu- lated. Contrary to the opinion entertained by some Western statesmen, he insists that to change the order of succession and make the son of the Sultan instead of the eldest member of the dynasty his heir would be unadvisable under existing circum- stances, The queation, he says, is not a new one. It has been repeatediy agitated within the last fifteen years, and if not finally solved is still acknowledged to be of the utmost moment. But to revive It now, when all Kurope is arming for a war, which, accord- ing to Western diplomats, will first show itself in the East, is to add wantonly to the difficulties be- setting the Turkish empire. Turkey cannot asford to run the risk of internal disturbances, but, on the contrary, ought to be consolidated to be abe to weather the storm menacing her on all sides. As yet Crete remains the stage of civil warfare; Greece and Persia are not well frees oon towards the Sultan; Egypt and the Wal- lachian princtpalities betray a marked tendency to make themselves independent; Servia is arming with a view to enlarge her frontiers. The Montene- grins are but waies the signal to revolt, and dis- satisfaction is rife in Bulgaria, The exchequer is empty, and loans raised for the maintenance of the court, the army and bureaucracy must be pald for at the rate of fifty-five percent. Agriculture and com- merce are suffering from the taxes im 5, the arrears of pay in the army are every now and then allowed to run on for ten or fifteen months, and both Moslem and Christians are in a state of anxious ex- pectancy as to what will be the end of it all. Sucha moment as this has been chosen by the Ministers of the Sultan for reconsidering the question of succes- sion. Is this wise? Nay, is it compatible with ordinary foresight? ‘The matter, mdeed, might be settled at once were an attempt made to remove the dangers arising to the empire from foreign enemies and internal difficul- ties, but the Ministers were determined to shut their eyes to the perils surrounding them, and to deceive friendly Powers as to the real state of things. Strange to say, they were aiming ata change alike pe toll be, age notions and historicp! tra- ditions of the people at a juncture when taternal commotions couid not but be fatal tp the empire. Both the lawful successor and the nation would rise in arms against the contemplated innovation, and the Ministers now intent upon giving the Sultan a lm proof of his omninopotence and _ befriend- Ing his son would soon become aware that they had injured rather than benefited them. In former days the reigning Sultan Abdul Aziz, as.whose private secretary Bey acted for @ period of seven years, would never listen to any proposal of the kind. The Sultan had himself told the author of the pamphlet that hia brother whom he succeeded hi regarded him with such extreme jealousy that he dared not proclaim the birth of his eldest son, which had occurred under the Vespa | reign. It was only after his accession to the throne that Abdul Aziz made known to the world that he had a son, and that his name was Yousuf Iseddin Efendi. Yet, notwithstanding the treatment he had undergone, the Sultan had never displayed any tll will towards the other members of his family, but always looked upon them as his reiatives aod friends, When Murad Effendi, the son of the last Sultan—who would have been the heir to the thone {ff inheritance tn direct line were the law of the land—had @ son born (o him, Abdul Azla fondied the infant and loaded tt with presenta. If now lending @ favorable ear to the pernicious proposals of his Cabinet, this waa owing to the whispers of Fuad Pasha, who had inspired him with this dangerous wish, Fuad Pasha's motive was essentially egotistic in its nature. Some time ago Fuad Ali, Rushdi and Kiamil Pasha, finding their oilicial transactions too narrowly investigated, agreed to send in their resignation, with a view to exact greater privileges for themselves. Fund Pasha did so, but only to. be left in the lurch by the others. He, therefore , lost his piace; whtle thy remained in office, litte caring what became It was then that to reingratiate himself wit! the SS throne, The Sultan, not being ina hurry to follow this counsel, Fuad told him that the thing right firat be (ried in Egypt, ana, if well received cuere, adopted in Turkey, too, In this wise all risks ly to attend the measure would be avoided. The Viceroy of Egypt tad, of course, noviuing to #ay against the proposed innovation, which accord- ingly was carried into effect so far as the Egyptian dynasty was concerned. Since then the Sultin has become more and more Inclined to proclatm the same Mneasure in his own country, and as the Sheik UL Islam, Without Whose appaoval nothing can be none 18 & Weak and submissive priest, tt is not impossible FOREIGN MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. ‘The Soctety of Agriculture and Arts of Versailles, France, 1s endeavoring W domesticate the ostriclt in France. Queen Mohély has returned to her own country, after having waited in vain for the Emperor of France to grant her an audience. A goods train was recently burned on the Mont Cenis Railway by the ignition of a case of ucifer Matches, the contents of which had not been de- clared, Two sovereigns have just entered on the twentieth year of their reign—nainely, the Emperor of Austria wad the King of italy, both of whom ascended their respective thrones within a few months of each other. ‘The mail steamship Ethiope arrived in the Mersey on the isth inst. from the West Coast of Africa, she brought nineteen passengers, sixty-eight ounces of Wd dust, £1,000, $300 and 1,850 francs in specie, er dates are Old Calabar, Auguat 12, unimportant. ‘The Neue Freie Presse gives the following propor- tion of murders to the number of inhabitunts:—In England, 1 in 675,000; in Holland, 1 in 163,000; tn the North German Confederation, 1 in 100,000; in Aus trta, 1 in 77,000; in Spain, 1 in 4,000, and in the Papal States, 1 in 760, Count Bismarck is very fond of cata, an possesses some fine specimens. Some time back eh dl Roma, on Ly leave, noticed this fact, offer send the Count one or two of the fine An ree waa iM ee 40, puch perfection in “NO, No, ied the Minister; * that; forthey will mew in French,” sre ero A Garibaldian oMicer, arrested during last year in Rome while in the act of writing a political letter to his friends im Florence, has been sentenced by the Papal authorities to twenty years’ imprisonment, with hard labor, for the commission of such @ hein- ous crime. The clerical orgaus of Rome comment strongly on the extreme clemency of the court, Taking tt for granted that biasphemy is the cause of earthquakes and other terrestrial commotions, the municipality of Jastebeceny, Austria, has issued the following decree :—“Swearing and blasphemin bein the real cause of carthqnake, it ts hereby for! aden ‘to all whomsoever tt be to swear or blaspheme un- der penalty of receiving twenty-five ane and bee ing fined the sum of twenty-five forins."* The Levant Herald mentions, in relation to Turk. ish finance, that the loan for £7,000,000 was offered against the guarantee of the tobacco duty and the concession of a regte throughout the empire to the lenders, The agent who made this modest proposal, although well recommended by the French Foreign | Office, was but indifferent!y received, as the Porte is © wililag to alienate its best remaining wapledged source ef Ks YeRMO Wat Lorced Lo dy sa. Sulian he advised him to declare his sou hetr to the | that he will be induced to sanction the change. in | that case the most serious convulsions will not fatl to arise, With this conclusion ends the pamphiet, which is full of interesting detatis concerning the administration and leading personages of Turkey. The news ts | NEW YORK CITY. THE COURTS. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT—iN BARKRUPTCY. Before Judge Blatchford. In the Matter of Edwin A, Stokes.—A motion to dissolve injunction argued and denied. Petitions Filed. ‘The b ree rev y of the following named persons were yesterday filed in the clerk’s count:— John ©, Hollister, Edward Serer Jerome Dennis aud Daniel Briggs. Referred to Registers Allen, Dwight, Ketchum and Williams, Condemnation. The United States vs. Four Barrels of Distilled Spirits, Fifty-fourth street, between Tenih and toe avenues, found in Schwartz & Steln’s dis- ery. UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER'S COURT. A Disputed Claim Over a Seizure of Chame pagne. Before Commissioner Osborn. The United States va, Certain Packages of Wine.— It appeared that a quantity of champagne exported by Bouche, fils & Co., of Rheims, was seized in this port some years ago on the ground that no duty was paid thereon. The case was before the courts and eventually compromised by the payment by Bouche, fils & Co., the exporters, of the sum of $17,000, 8. T. Jones, former collector of the port of San Fran- cisco, claims that it was upon his information to the authorities here that the wine was seized, and he now seeks to recover the informer’s share of this amount, being one-fourth of the sum as allowed by law in such cases. The Custom House authorities deny that it was upon Jones’ information the seizure in question was made and contest the claim. The matter was first brought into the United States Dis- trict Court, but Judge Blatchford referred it to Com- missioner Osborn to take testimony. Mr. Jones, the Carry! gave testimony in his own behalf to the effect that it was upon his information the seizure of the wine was made. Mr. Soren counsel for claimant; Churles De Costa for Custom House, Examination still on. SUPERIOR COURT—SPECIAL TERM, Decisions Rendered. By Judge Jones. Thomas Carson vs. Henry A, Farmer,—Motion to continue injunction granted, with ten dollars costs. George A. Starkweather vs, Robert McParland et al.—The deputy must produce the keeper and guch other witnesses as he may have to substantiate the charffe, and the defendant must produce Henry Johnson and such other witnesses as he may have to | be orally examined before me on October 2, 1868, to which day this matter is adjourned, Amos Woodruf vs, Patrick Dickie.—Motion denied, with ten dollars costs. G. W. H. Zeglio vs, Manuel J, Masciemento et al.— Motion denied with ten doliars costs. Marcella Maddox vs. John C. H, Maddor.—Judg- ment ordered, but the Judgment submitted is not in proper form.’ It should prohibit defendant from marrying until the plaintiff 1s actually dead., John J. Williams vs. Sarah Wilkams.—Motion granted directing the plaintlif to pay the defendant alimony of five dollars per week and twenty dollars counsel fee; proceedings in the meantime stayed. By Judge Robertson. Geo. W. Beerson vs. Patrick Callaghan et al.— Order signed and filed in the clerk’s office. Wm. £. Brockway vs. Dominick Davey.—Order signed and filed in the clerk’s oMce. COURT OF APPEALS. Opening of the September Term of the Court in this City. Before a full Bench. The September term of the Court of Appeals was commenced yesterday morning in the Supervisors’ Chamber, west end of the new City Hail, present:— Ward Hunt, Chief Judge, and Associate Judges Charles Mason, Lewis B. Woodruff, Martin Grover, Thomas W. Clerke, Theodore Miller, William J. Ba- con, Charles C. Dwight. Before proceeding to the call of the regular calendar a number of motions were hi The Appleton Divorce Case Again on Appeal. Samuel F. Appleton,'Plaintif ana vs, Amelia Warner, Otherwise Called A Appleton, intand Appellant.—This action, which has acquired for the to tt considerable notoriety in the public prints, is brought to have the marriage between them annulled and declared void, on the ground claimed by the plaintiff that the defend- ant was at the time of her intermarriage with him the lawful wife of William Watner, who was then living. The complaint originally charged that the mare was procured by fraud and concealment by the defendant of the fact, claimed to be within her knowledge, that‘her husband, Wiliiam Warner, was living. Tho plainti is pow insane, and there is no issue of the defendant's marriage with him. He is possessed of a large amount of property in his own right, being a brother of the well known blishers of the name in this city, and in the event of his death the defendant,’ if the validity of her marriage rela- tion with him is sustained will be entitled to dower and one-half of his personal property. If the mar- riage is annulled and declared void, of course she loses all title to the property. In January, 1868, two years after her answer was filed, the now respondent obtained an order to show cause why she should not be granted leave to amend her answer, a stay to the plaintiff's proceedings and leave to renew her motion for alimony. ‘The court at spectal term denied the motion to stay, but granted the motion to amend so far as to allow the defendant to sérve the answer annexed to the order and allowed a counsel fee of $1,000 and temporary allmony of $2,500 per annum. The plaintif appealed from the order so far as it allowed the amendments and alimony, and the gen- erai term, on that appeal, reversed the order upon the plaintiff, striking out the averments of fraud. ‘The defendant now appeals to this court from the order of the general term, claiming that that court had not jurisdiction to entertain the plainti(’s ap- eal. = The respondent contends that, while the general term had power to review the decision of the court at special term, no jurisdiction les with this court to review the general term decision. The Court re- served its decision. The cases on the Nos. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 1 CHTY INTELLIGENCE, lendar for to-d 14, 16, 16, 17, 18, 19, Tae Wearner YesteRpay.—The following record will show the changes im the the past twenty-four hours, as indicated by the ther- mometer at Hudnut's pharmacy, 218 Broadway, | Henaio Buiidin, Average temperature for Monday Rerecerican Primary E.eorions.—The repupli- | can organizations held their primary elections last night for delegates to the various nominating con- | ventions. THR ReRPUBLICAN PRIMARIES.—The republicans | held primary elections last evening in the diferent | wards throughout the city for the selection of deie- gates to the different county and Assembly conven- tions. ACCIDENT ON AN ICR BARGR.—Thomag R. Hassey, | of 70 Ludiow street, while at work on an ice slide at the foot of West Twentieth street yesterday, fell through the hatehway of a bi sustaining in- ternal injuries. He was taken to the Jews’ Hospital. KILLED BY A DuMMY ENoINR.—Rudolpnh Knoe- del, a German, residing at 24 Greenwich street, was | run over and killed yesterdag by one of the Second avenue dummy engines at Twenty-third street. The body was takea to deceased's late res.dence by his triends, SEVENTY-NintH ReGiMeNT, HIGHLANDERS.—The grand picnic for the benefit of the widows, orphans and disabled soldiers of this regiment will take his afternoon and evening at Jones’ Wood. ‘he affair will, no doubt, be attended, as the festi- vais of this organization usually are, by @ large and select company. DEATH OF A VETERAN OF 1812.—William Hendrick, a veteran of 1512, died at the residence of his son-in- law, at Yorkville, on the 20th inst. The deceased veteran served as band leader in the Sixth regularse and was afterwards an active member of Engin, Com: No. 19, The funeral will take place from the Fesldence, corner of Eighty-fourth street and avenue A. FATAL ACCIDENT IN BROADWAY.—Daniel Farron, ‘an Irish laborer, forty-eight years of age, died yes- terday in Bellevue Hospital from fracture of the base of the skull and other injuries received the day pre- vious by @ heavy stone falling on him atthe new building corner of Nineteenth street and Broadway. ‘one of coroners was notified to hold an inquest. Deceased lived corner of Hicks and Amity atrecta, Brooklyn. Frast OF THR TABRRNACLRS.—Last evening at sunset commeneed the concluding part of the festive season of the Hebrews, It is called the Arbor Feast, or the Feast of the Tabernacles; and the whole nature and character of the festival, together with a description of the ceremonies as prescribed by the third book of Moses (Leviticus), were fully ven in these columns on Saturday last. Thi uration of the festival in former times was nin days; it is now ea. confined to eight; an on tne first and [ast are at present considered full hotidays, though the orthodox Jows celebrate the firet and last two days as such. Boarp or Exciss.—The Board mot yesterday after. Qeen. Judae Boswory, Previdept, in tho ches. Present, Commissionera Lincoln, Brennan, Crane, Acton, Stone, Smith and Manterre. The Committee on Applications reported favorabiy in fifty-three cases. The attorney was instructed to commence Sullg im nine cases of unlicensed dealers in this city and submitted complaints against twenty-one licensed dealers. The attorney also submitted the record of conviction in case of Wil- Mam Zabbe, Brooklyn, and asked that hig license be revoked. ‘The calendar of cases set down for trial was then taken up, the licenses in the fol- lowing cases being rerokedssGecsge Dinser, No. 145 Delancey street; thew Gatn, No, 77 Cannon street; Frederick Nestler, corner of 'Patchen aud Madison streety, Brooklyn; Nicholas Serob, No, 70 Stanton street, A number of other cases were disposed of, in bie ae pesneas rie ao revoked, and ve cases adjourned, after which the Board’ adjourne to Tuesday next at one o'clock, . La POLICE INTELLIGENCE. ALLEGED ASSAULT WITH & RAzOR.—A negro named Cornelius Hilton, residing at No. 68 Grand street, yesterday at Jefferson Market charged Robert Potter, of Forsyth street, with drawing a razor attempting to cut bis iniay oy and CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.—Denis Fitzpatrick, driver of @ coal cart owned bv Michael Tobin, of Thirtieth street, was yesterday arrested by officer Hubbard, Twenty-fifth precinct, on the charge of driving a sore and lame horse, Justice Dodge held the accused to answer. DE LUNATICO INQUIRENDO.—Edward Conlin, who recently stabbed his wife and William Reegan and son, living in the game house, a tenement house in East Thirteenth street, as reported in the HERALD, whose murderous assaults were attributed to de- liriumn tremens, is now believed to be a hopeless lunatic. His conduct during his imprisonment, since the assaults were committed caused Judge Shand- ley, of the Essex Market Police Court, to issue an order esterday for his transfer fromm the Essex Market ison to the Tombs for a medical examination as to his mental condition and responsibility. ARREST OF AN EX-MERCHANT.—Yesterday morning detectives Young and Hibberd, of the Eighteenth precinct, arrested Rush Patterson, who for some time has been boarding at the Bull’s Head Hotel, Third avenue. He was arraigne® at Jefferson Mar- ket in the afternoon, when Wesley Bain, proprietor of the hotel above mentioned, appeared and charged that Mr, Patterson had obtained accommodations to the amount of $183 at the hotel and refused to pay for the same, but instead gave Bain two drafts on b brother in Philadelphia, which he represented as good, whereas they were worthless. The accused was formerly an extensive retail dealer on Broad- way. The evidence against him is by no means con- clusive; but Justice Dodge felt warranted in hdlding him for examination, which is set down for Monday ext. Bop STReeT ROBBERY BY FEMALES.—At a late hour on Monday night James E. O’Shea, living at No, 99 Moaroe street, was conversing with a friend on the corner of William and Chatham streets, when two women giving their names as Mary Aun Brad- ley and Ann Brown came up behind them. Mary Ann after a few minutes’ delay thrust one of her hands into O’Shea’s pantaloons pocket and stoie therefrom $45 in United States Treasury notes, after which she and Ann Brown ran of and made their escape, O'Shea gave the alarm, when officer Sulli- van, of the £ourth precinct, peranet the femaie rob- bers and arrested them. Yesterday morning the prisoners gere arraigned before Justice Dowling and committed the Tombs for trial in default of $1,000 bail each. FUTILE GENIUS AND Escares By A Boy.—Peter McLaughlin, a boy fourteen years old, with two other boys, was yesterday brought before Judge Connolly, of the Fourth District Police Court, charged with having broken into the dwelling of John P. Victory, N@# 680 Lexington avenue, and stealing about $200 worth of jewelry, silverware and cloth- ing. Owing to the respéctability of the connec- tions of two of the boys Mr. Victory refused to prosecute them, and they were accordingly dis- charged; but lcLaughiin the Judge refused to let go, knowing im to be an old though youthful offender. It seems that he Mas shown a nie rather remarkable in the way of escaping from places where he has been confined. From a charitable institution. in eel danaags street, where he had been placed by his wi ed mother, he got away through the sewer and afterwards from the upper oad, of the same institution Py, agony: | a rope of his clothes and thus descending to the und, His third escape was from the Catholic ectory in Westchester county. BOARD OF HEALTH. New Interesting Fact—Amount Expended by the Board of Health in Street Cleaning. The Board met yesterday afternoon, President George B. Lincoln in the chair. The usual number of special and general orders, final orders and one modified final order were submitted by the attorney. Also complaints against 110 tenement houses, twenty-nine complaints of non-compliance with or- ders and one of a violation of th Heealth code, in all of which suits were ordered to be commenced. Complaints were likewise submitted against some fat boiling establishments, which were uppropriately — Day plication for permission to erect and main- tain a slaughter house at the foot of Forty-sixth street, North river, was denied, and a similar application forghe foot of Forty-fifth street, East river, endorsed by Sanitary Inspector,Morris and the Sanitary Super- intendent, granted under the provisions of stan ing resolution of the Board covering these applica- tions, The Sanitary Superintendent submitted a report showing the amount of work done by the officers of the Board of Health tn cleaning the streets in this city since the Ist of July last. The report showed a total of 6,885 loads of garbage removed at a cost of 10,573. : President LINCOLN stated that this work had re- cently been suspended by the direction of some of the Commissioners for certain reasons, but as the balance of the appropriation of $30,000 inciuded in the tax levy for extra street cleaning, was still in the hands of the Comptroler, subject to the order of the Board, it was for it to decide whether the work should be resumed, and on motion it was ordered to usual weekly letter was handed in and read as lows; after which the Board adjourned to private session in the President's Room, having tirst decided when it did adjourn for the day to ad- Journ to Thursday next, at two o'clock: — DH. MARMIS LETTER. METROPOLITAN BoaRp oF Hr avin) Bureau ov VITAL StatisTros, Sept. 29, 1868") In the week that ended on Saturday, the 26th ingt., there 4.183 in Brooklyn. Titese re- Still stendily decreas- ing, But it has fot yt w ard healthful state that waa noted atthe end of the fret week in July, then at ‘of three weeks of summer heat. That week Tose deaths in New York than occurred inst nitumn and reduced tem of long continued sum feota of that natural clem- tatry atten: ng putresceut miasms, are not at once overcome by the autumnal weather. which depend on filth and fnfections, de- stroyed 1M7 lives fn New \ork (82.98 per cent of the total humidor of death) and 7% persons (68.56 per cent) in Brook, lyn, and two-thirds of thie class deatha were cértived as dhairhoral disorders, Qnly.2/ of these are accredited directx to cholera {nfantum in New Vork, but there are 66 others eharge:| to the chronic and wasting bowel disorders which, in moat cases, followed cholera infantum that was so prevaient A few weeks ago. Of children under one year there were 156 deaths, or 94.38 cent, and of children under five years of age there were B55, Gr 33.08 per cent of the total in New York Inst week; aud in Krookiyn the same periods gave 8938 and 64.76 per cent tively. rphold Tever cansed twelve deaths in Nbw York and stx in Brooklyn. It seeks the same insalubrious districts that su’. fered the heaviest diarrhoeal mortality. Three out of the twelve occurred in the Twenty-second ward. The mean temperature in the week was sixty degrees Fanrenhert, the average humttity 79100 of otal saturation, and the total ratnfall was equal to four inches depth of water. The range of temperature on Tu ‘and Wednesday was thirty) decrees course of the week there were several auch sudden alternations, some effects of which inay appear next week or inter in the increased num- der of deatha from diseases of the respiratory organs as well as from an increase of dysentery. B. HARRIS. NATURALIZATION. The progress of naturalization in the courts cleariy indicates that a heavier vote will be cast in this city in the coming elections than ever before. Three to four hundred names a day are now added to the list of voters in the several wards of the city, and the cry is still they come. Although Judge Barrett, in the Court of Common Pleas, and Judge Jones, in the Superior Court, were yesterday engaged from twelve o'clock unttl late in the evening—the former until half-past five—in granting the nghts of citizenship to claimants, several nundred people, who patiently wailed all day foran opportunity to present their papers for endorsement, were unable to do.so, and were compelied to leave without the neces- sary certificates of citizenship, _ If the courts were kept open until ten o'clock at night it would be LA gn to naturalize all the pe arm Nearly all those who were admitted to hit orertey, and the day before ted tickets isaut the Naturalization Commit of Li and may safely be counted as so much dem 10 gain. If the republicans show half as much energy and address in the management of their naturaliza- “on bureau the business of the Court of Common Pleas, in which the most work is now done, will be More than one Judge can attend to. As yet, how: ever, the republican committee has made no sign. Judge Barrett, who is inning to feel the ill effects of the foul stincaphere ot the’ court room, ex; pects that two of his brother Judges will be present next week to assist it his inborious duties. GOVERNMENT IMPROVEMENTS.—A statement has ast pr made show! total cost of the govern- ington Wain he gng Scns oe same and all expe eoted with them, i which we farm that wp ta i Preis) Pry THE BROADWAY THEATRE OUTRACE, Mr. Jack, the Actor, Testifes—Letter from District Attorney Hall—The Reason of His Non-Attendance at the Examination—The Right to Carry Pistole—Another Postpone. ment of the Case, The examination in this case was resumed at halt past ten o'clock yesterday morning, before Judge Shandley, at the Essex Market PoliceCourt. Deputy Sheriffs Moon, Hickey and Leary were present, as also was their counsel. The following is the addi- tional testimony taken:— John H. Jack, the actor, recalled, deposed as fol- lows:—At the time that Deputy Sheriff Moon drew a pistol on me Deputy Sheriffs Hickey aad Leary salso drew pistols; previous to the first shot being fired I heard an _ altercation apparently proceeding from the attaches of the theatre and those men; among the exciama- tiona were, “What do you want here?’ “Get out of this,” “Don’t you touch us,” and “Get out of the way;’’ there appeared to be some tussling; I saw some of the stage nands appear from the fourth em- trance, as though they had been pushed or thrown there; at this moment a shot was fired; I entered om the stage, opposite the fifth entrance, with the inten- tion of allaying the excitement and peaventns bloodshed, which at that time appeared inevitable; as I got upon the stage I saw a stage hand with a brace or piece of wood by the fourth entrance, and striking in that direction; I don’t think he truck any one, as the two blows I saw him strike hit against the wings; Mr. John Moore, the stage man- ager, approached this man and took him to task for his conduct and ordered him to desist; the man observed to Mr. Moore that they had no business there upsetting their work; Mr. Moore re- plied, asking who constituted him authority to de- cide in the matter, and told him to mind his own business and he would give all orders that were ne- cessary; atthe same time Mr. Stephen Wilson ran from the fourth entrance towards the centre of the stage and at that instant a shot was fired from the fourth entrance; three shots were fired in rapid suo- cession; I saw a hand protruding from the same en- trance holding a pistol, and as the flashes proceeded from the weapon I have no doubt that the body to whom that hand belonged was the person firing the shots; the shots were all fired in the direction of Mr. Wilson; the latter dodged, or ducked rather simulta- neous With each report of the pistol; at the end of the third shot Mr. Wilson said, “d—n you, you have shot me in the leg, but I know you,”” and he added, “I'll be even with you,’’ or words to that effect; Mr. Wilson retired towards the front entrance on the left hand and inquired if any- body had a pistol; as he made this inquiry Depul Sheriff Hickey advanced across the stage from the fourth entrance with pistol in hand; Mr. Hickey jooked aboat and seemed considerably excited; at the same time I saw Deputy Sheriffs Moore, Leary. Quinn and Ward, and Mr. Moore, the stage manager, expostulating with them; they were going through the same entrance they came in by; Mr. Hickey had stepped over the set water, which brought him to the fifth entrance, and as he passed me as if to join the rest of his party. I said to him, “Oh, put up your pistol, there are none here except unarmed men and helpless women and children;” he paid no attention to my remark, and about the same time I saw Deputy Sheriff Moore brandishing a pis- tol im the face of Mr. John Moore, stage manager; he was saying something, but the confusion was so ‘great [could not understand what {t was; 1 then walked down the stage, when I heard two shots frea in rapid succession; the sound came from the vicini- ty of the left hand of the stage, in the vicinity of the ifth entrance, near the door, where I had seen the stage manager expostulating with the Deputy Sher- itf; a moment after I saw Mr. James Carden, an act- or, leading Leslie Chamberlain, the boy who had been shot; I advised Mr. Carden to take him out the front way, and he took him down stairs for the pur- se of doing so; as they went down stairs Mr. Dan larking came rushing up the stairs; he looked as though he had hastily put on a black pair of pants, black coat and black silk hat; he said to me and Mr. Rankin, who was standing by, “Let me get in the flies; we told him that would be impossibie, and that he had better not go towards the back way, as the men there would shoot and kill him, but out by the front way; | accompanied him tow the front door, and found the door leading towards the front of the house locked, which is always the case at night; I then advised him to pass out tht the orchestra, which he did; I then returned to stare, and there learned that the men had left the building or been arrested, I am not certain whiok; the men were certainly gone; Mr. Little was subst tuted in the place of Mr. Harkins, and after a few myself to the audience the play went om. Cross-examined— Did not observe a drunken maa on the stage,who had iemonly peck connected with the theatre; did not hear Mr. Moore, say that thedranken man was the whole causo the difiiculty; did not see any person resist them after their official character was known; did not think from their conduct that they were officers, even after I was told they were such; the whole oo currence did not occupy over four or five minutes; when I saw Mr. Hawkins he seemed anxious to escape to avoid assassination by these men; heard five or six shots fired; saw one of them take effect on Ste Wilson; did not see the ball strike him; the shot came from the direction of the fourth en- trance; cannot positively name any man who fired @ shot that effect on any per- son; knew Wilson as an unoffendi man; never heard that he was a@ “bruiser;” while the man was shooting at him he did not seem distn- clined to have a collision with the officers; from the time the officers entered the theatre they aoted like robbers or rowdies and seemed utterly regardless of human life; their conduct was inconsistent with all ideas of the proper transaction of public duty; the last shots fired were at the back of the theatre; saw pistols in the hands of moore, Hickey and Leary. Counsel for the accused here asked an adjourn- ment on the case for one week. The Judge expressed his anxtety to bring the tn- vestigation to as speedy a close as possible. A num- ber of witneases had atiended at each session and their patience was becoming exhausted. Counsel urged that it would be utterly impossible for him to attend until next week, and accordingly ab adjournment was ordered one week. District Attorney Hall has sent the following letver to Judge Shandiey, which explains itsel Crry AND Counry oF Naw Your, Disrnict ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Sept, 18, 1868. Deputy Sheriffs. UbGR SHANDLRY:—Some of my esteomod friends of the reportorial staf? have recently in commenting upon this case enacted two new statutes—one making it offence to carry pistol, the other making it the duty of the Di Attorney to conduct examinations and prosecute before magistrates, ho fence to carry. & pistol, concealed or exposed, jot the duty of the District Attorney to prosecute be- velatrat ustom for him to prosecute. requested by the magistrate to argue some law as my assoctate, Mr. Hutchings, combated on Of ail io this cade, tts always thy pleasure @spondence between Mr. Hoard of in regard to prosecuting exoixe was made public and I declined oually In eases presenting grave pub- tions of mixed law and fact I have requested the magia , and they general sent. Tt 'y ‘and 1 think » valu rs an maytatrates hall themae ve gate ‘or the people and in the oature of Ju And Tam opposed to the theory of private counsel belag em- ployed by complainants befcre magistrates, unless tn cases in rent civil rewedies.” A magiatrate’s rt should have testimouy too cleat to eed explanation om oF pressing by @ prosecuting lawyer. Thanking you and the counsel for defence for the courtosy impiled by the awaiting the prosence last week of an advo- cate (rom my ofiee under the impression that one desired to ationd, vellere me yourjobulged and faith(ul rervant, A. OAKEY WALL. The Foul Pinay Cae. New York, Sept. 29, 1338. To Tax Epiros oF THe HeRALo:— As # law-abiding citizen can you inform me why there has been no prosecuting officer on the part of the people at the four last consecutive examinations before Justice Shandiey of the “Foul Play” outrage? I believe the re have to pay these gentlemen, to Say nothing of the lack of courtesy to the Judge. {The answer to the above cammunication is given in the District Attorney's letter in the proceedings of the examination before Justice Shandiey yester- day.--REroRTER.) THE NEW STEAMSHIP WESTPHALIA. rhe latest addition to the mercantile marine of this port is thejnew steamship Westphalia, of the Hamburg-American Packet Company. She is a noble specimen of naval architecture, possessing lines that denote the great skill which was called into service in her construction, and this ts well proven by the speed of her initial trip to this port. Thia vessel is 340 feet in length, 40 feet breadth of beam, 33 feet depth of hold and 3,200 tons burthen. Her hull 1s of wrought iron plates, one inch in thickness, and fastened with double rivets throughout, and all her frames are double, of a thickness that insures the greatest stability to the vessel. Her motive power conslate of two vertical direct acting engines, having cylinders 72 imches im diameter, and a stroke of piston of 4 feet 6 inches. Steam is supplied to these from tour tubular boilers, having 24 furnaces and a natural draft. In all the Ci pees | and equipments of this handsome vessel expense has been the last conside- ration. The dining saloons, ninety and one hundred feet in length, are finished in the most exquisite Oll paintings and embellishments of various forms are seen tn ish profusion, producing the effect of @ home-like feciing upon all that have in- spected them. Accommodations are found for 70 it clASs, 100 second Class and 550 st passen- gers. The Westphalia is brig rigged, and her pro- ler, of cast trom and four bi is fourteen feet diameter. THE CODIFICATION OF THE Laws.—Colone! Simeon M. Johnson has been appointed in the place of Caleb Cushing, resigned, one of the commissioners to codify the laws of the United States, This is 8 wort Of great importance and arduous labor, ae skill, industry and a sys sense seldom foynd in members of the Colonel Jol will brit duties the requisite qual! eS ice read lawyer, of a] an | norides, A mn and au! Gnd untiring Industry, he will prove & valuable # ton to the commission in oral laws in an ceay ple f te(erence.—' ween ivaligencer, apt a