The New York Herald Newspaper, December 11, 1868, Page 4

4. EUROPE. We give below the following interesting letters from our special correspondents tm several of the principal cities in Europe. AUSTRIA. The Acstro-Hungarian Red Book—The North Schicswig Question—The Spanish Revolue tion—Oricutal Affaire—A General Glance at the Contents of the Red Book. Pastu, Nov, 22, 1868, The Austro-Hungarian Red Book for the current year, containing the correspondence of the Minister for Foreign Avairs, from January to November, 1868, was distributed to the delegates of the Austrian Reichsrath and Hungarian Diet, now in session in this city, yesterday afternoon. By the favor of a public functionary in the Foreign OMce your cor- respondent was at the same time put in possession of a copy. ‘The book contains 139 despatches referring to the various subjects mentioned in the troduction, which introduction, written, as the style tndicatés, by Baron von Beust, I proceed to give you the pith of his “introduction” to the despatches in the Red Book, after reiterating the now familiar phrases concerning the peace-loving tendencies and efforts of the Austrian and Hungarian Foreign Office, states that “the monarchy has not been affected by any question of genera! policy in such a way as to have disturbed it in the work of its ioternal reconstitu- tion and strengthening.” it then addresses itself to the government?s rela- tions to Germany, and here it takes credit for having paid particular attention to the task of maintaining friendly relations with Prussia and the North German Confederation, aud also with the South German States. It continues thi In this respect 1t was important for the imperial royal governineut “to make it clear in good time that while it extibited favor and zood will to te German Schuetzenfest which was celebrated in Vienna—a jest which it was glad to regard as a mani- festution of noble and deepiy rooted sympathies, it atthe same time took up an attitude towards this Jest as towards something which was in its origin and otherwise entirely free from governmental induence and ag being @ manifestation carried out by one only of the nauonalities of which the monarchy is com- fous: On the same account also it thought it to be 1a duty to protest beforehand with emplasis against the deductions which might be drawn from the advent of the volunteers in Vienna in regard to the political attitude of the monarchy. * * */It would however be unjust wo mention the perial royal government's friendty behaviour to its German neighbors without, at the Same time, mentioning the kid and alfection- ate feelings towards their former confederate, which on the otuer side of the German frontier of the mon- archy continue to be felt even after the political separation. in particular has the government found dn the reports Of 1ts representatives abroad numerous testimou.es to the lively and warm interest which is taken tu Germany in the working of the present liberal constitution of the States ruled over by the Hapsburg dynasty, and this uterest is io uaby other paris of the civilized world. * * * And here is, perlaps, the most fitcing place to mention that precisely this va ditused with the constitutional development Austrian end Hungarian mona: has made it easier for the Minister ®f Foreign Aifairs to ward ‘om the protests of foreign holders of State stocks against (he coupon tax and unification of the State debt, or at all events to render them completely pow- eriesa tnjuriously to affect the credit ot State. About ihe North Schleswig question, it disclaims any iniertion of taking a decided Initiative, but the gevernment has, nevertheless, exhorted both the parties immediately interested to moderation and to settle this vexed quesuon:— {t may, therefore, be asserted that no portion of the respousipility will fall upon this government it the conuaued absence of @ settiement of this ques- tion should ever prove a danger to the peace of Europe. About the Spanish revolution the introduction Bays:— immediately after the outbreak of the Spanish movement the government of the Emperor and Kin had uo doubt whatever about the position which it ought to assume towards the same. Its interest pointed out to it that ft should remain in as friendly & relation as possible towards Spain. It is therefore ‘he duty of the government to exhibit sympathy ior the welfare and independence of that country, and not to exercise the silghtest direct or indirect in- Muence in reference to the form of government thereof. The government of his Apostolic Majest: accordingly oniy awaits the establisument of a deil- nite form of government immediately tw re- commence regular diplomatic relations. In the neantie the imperial-royal Chargé ¢’Affaires in rid has been instracted to deciare himself in the se indicated above and at the same time to main- in oficial relations with the provisional govern- ynent. Section two of the introduction 1s devoted to “Oriental affairs.” The writer begins by delicately alluding to the difficulties and triais which in rapid succession beset the Sultan’s government—trials ‘which arise from internal decay. It confesses that a state of clvil war in the Sultan’s dominions would be & cause of great anxiety to the imperial-royai goverament:. According to all those concessions whicn relate to the tmternal constraction and development of Uiose parts. of the Ottoman empire which le close to us and which are of a mature to further /its material and morai Weilare and which, by the increase of confidence in the intentions of the Porte, resirain the attempts of # desperete self-help, raust evoke the sincerest sym- pathy and the warmest support of the government of his imperial and royal Majesty. ‘The writer then mentions the atfentat in Servia, and takes occasion to praise the late and the present governments of Servia as well as the conduct of the Subiline Porte towards Servia at that critical period. die proceeds to say:— * The friendly communication which always existed between the government of his Apostolic Majesty aud Vrince Michael has been mi ed undis- varbed with the regency of Prince Mi und the two governments are both anxious to prove to the world that the Austrian and Jungarian empire is the sincere and unselfish friend of servia. On that account their mutual relations breathe the epirit of frank and friendly co-operation, and thus it happens that atthe present moment ne- gotiations are In train which will bring a number of important affairs of @ commercial and ture to a conclusion equally satisfactory to both countries. ‘The relations of Austria and Huagary with the Danubian Principalities are not so quickly disposed ot as were those with Servia. In reference to the Hilibustering eXpeditions which have been made Srom Roumania into Bulgaria the writer thus ex- presses himself:— A circumstance of the greatest importance to the inuance Of good relations between the Sublime Yorte and the government of the Danubian Princl- palities arose from the inroad into Bulgaria last July of armed bands of filibusters (Freischuaren), which ‘were orgauized on the territory of Moido-Wallachia. Aithough the comparatively small number of tne fill- Dusters was unable to shake the weight and the coa- siteration of t rkish power in tis province and the contemplated insurrection of Bulgaria was frus- traied by the energetic measures of the governor as woll as by (he compiete abst from participation ou the side of the Bulgarian population, yet ih can- be doubled that the jukewarmness with nh the government of the Danubian Frincipaliies went about the hindering of > anon bling of these filbasters was calculated to suae suspicions us to whetuer tie Prince's govera- sincerely desired, or, if it bad the desir star 1 had still the power in presence of the excited public opinion of the country to matmtain Widisturbed that reid 1 to the Porte which was laid down e8 the basis of the national existence of ‘he wmited principaltues of Moldavia and Wallachia by solomu treaties and espectaliy by the twenty eocond aud twenty-fourth articles of the treaty of Sorts of the year 1866, and which relationship was guaranteed by the Powers wich ained that treaty. 4 wet mentioned @vent permits us to meeume thts « jou to be well grounded, 1, ihereture, the exist- ence Of Ubis fact were alone auMeicnt to awaken the | ay cusious of the Powers tia high de: portance is much luereased by the hasty or acuP id the orders for walitary mdvementa | Witich arg out of proportion to the duly of juterual jefevee, aa prescribed in the twenty-«ixth article of the Treaty of Parka, and thereiore Lar exceed Une ac 1 4 jiable necessiiies of ® country whieh ta Hot ned by anybody aud which is, beeides, | Protocwed from every aitack in every direction by 4 ' oe Of e Powers, = ‘T! danger wiich a of Chings show pet be allowed | « 6 of the goverument of th 1 Principals. ‘This danger might pro riun of the prospertty of those countries, for | ock given to thelr positton, based ax it tx upon internatianal treaties, tiey will strip them- elves 0% thowe privileges which Mow oul of those treaties aud Which are absolu'eiy necessary for the | indepeadent development ana the protceuen ot their | jutornal liberty aad for We prosperfy of Uber intial- Haubs. The writer concludes this subject and the sectlon to which it belongs by declaring tha’ ae ‘The government of hit Majesty will, tn ihe accom- | piisiiment of ya Sets, only be guied by those con | sideravioos Witeh the preservation of the dignity wad sulchy Of the monarchy, the protection of its cilzens ( qataangehorigen) aid the tauintenance of troary auipylagons and obligations dewand yf 1, em ante “ Phe ited and ist ston OF pe {ntroduction 19 | headed “egotiations with the Papal Golaye.’ i: | nai tue aviemmpte made bY tho Inaveriai-rovai | » | green and’ blithe as a young stripling. government to induce the Pope to consent to & voluntary abrogation of the Concordat of 1855, on the condition of obtuining a new one 40 altered as to meet xigencies of the present time. ‘Those bran well known, failed, and } concinaiag Seepatch of Baron Rous, written ou ie ol 5 ready oj peared Of the Heal "No new negotiation has since then been set on foot, The Red Book this properly fitted out with the new 4 fnd no handle is given tate ne wel com] which, logy, were by the Hun- last year. ‘It is also to be that the iuuroduction contaifs no allusion to the French alliance, although one scarcely ¢: rates when one sore 6 the pig Amn Besos Beust’ icy. lence byect of Is deesence to the pride and prejudices ot the German Austrians, PRUSSIA. Statistics of the Public Debt—Profigate Ex- penditureo—Penny Wise and Pound Foolish System—Tender Care of the Guelphs—First Appearance of an American Prima Doone. BERLIN, Nov. 19, 1868, Can the lengthened discussion on the Budget be of sufficient “interest to the readers on the other side of the Adantic? 1 fear that this question may be an- Swered in the negative, and therefore refrain from treating you to the endless detalis which now ocoupy the undivided attention of the Diet. Not that the public debt of Prussia is a matter of insignificance when its territorial magnitude and natural resources are compared with those of the United States. In the peculiar way of the Treasury Department of pre- senting the e/at to the Legislature an outsider does not readily obtain a clear understanding of the amount of expenditure and debt, Let 1t suffice, then, to state that the Prussian état is not, as sup- Posed, 167,000,000, but 231,000,000. At the close of 1866 the public debt stood at 259,000,000, requiring for interest and amortization 15,000,000 annually, The provinces since annexed had a debt of 77,000,000, of which 18,000,000 were found in the likewise an- nexed treasuries of Hanover and Hesse in the shape of State bonds, of which the annihilation ts now pro- posed. This gives, then, an augmentation of the Prus- sian debt to the extent of 59,000,000 consequent upon its appropriation of Hanover, Hesse, Nassau and Schleswig-Holstein. The public debt of Prussia has further increased since the war by about 100,000,000 being correctly stated 357,857,421 thalers. When to this is added the aforesaid 59,000,000, also 18,000,000 of floating debt in Treasury notes, we arrive at the respectable amount of 434,000,000, Still further swelled by 25,000,000 of the late rauroad loan, making in all 460,000,000, Is this not bringing Prussia rapidly forward in the race of profiigate expenditure? It taxes the audacity of the Finance Minister, Herr Von Der Heydt, to stand up in his place in the Chamber and defend such alarming figures, for which he is justly held respon- sible by the liberal party, who would willingly force him into a resignation, pon, the ground of incapaci- ty, as they propose to do in the case of the intolerant and Sees ex-Minister of Instruction, Herr Von juller. It is no exaggeration to say that in the event of bad crops, another war or a commercial crisis Prussia may be thrown into such a state of financial embar. rassment that all its former reputation and fair credit might vanish, and it might stand side by side with Austria. It is alleged in defence that the minor States of the North German Confederacy are not proportion- ably taxed, and that Prussia, with a view of concili- its newly acquired subjects, has liberally made Q this deficiency out of herown pocket. This gives a handle to the liberals to say that the smaller sovereignties should do away with aping the courtly pomp of the great va postion by retrenchment, place themselves in @ nh to come up to the captain’s office and settle. show by what petty means Prussia gives an ex- ample of retreuchment we may mention once more the abrogation of the franking privilege of the Diet, It is now shown that during the tour months of a session forty to fifty thousand letters, amounting to only 1,600 thalers postage, have been expedited; so that, while milions have been and are still being squandered in military donations, new weapons, &c., these few paltry thalers would hardly have de- served mention. The true motive of this penny wise and pound foolish measure 1s rather to be found in the wish of harassing the liberals in their constant intercourse with their constituents. The Post Depart- ment has, ever since the late reduction of post- age, given a large get which is also the case with the judicial Department, But such surplus funds are appropriated by Herr Von Der Heydt in the most unblush- ing manner and treated as regular sources of reve- nue to the State treasury. The opposition then matn- tain that if the Diet is to be deprived of the franking privilege why not, in justice, make a taoula rasa und put the royal family, the clerical, feudal, benevo- Ient and patriotic institutions on the same fuotii How litge has succeeded in conciliating aljarge number of her newly acquired subjects we bave frequently shown in former communications. ‘The Simon Pure conservatives do not wish that the revenues artaing from the confiscated property of the ever plotting Guelphs should flow into the Prussian treasury, and even propose that the adminisiration of the jnestered property shall be entrusted to a —- George Kex, the Prince George, Duke of am! se. Two re ‘the representatives from Schleswig elected to the Diet, the well known Herren Kriger and Ablemann, have again refused to swear the oath of allegiance, and the committee to whom the case haa been referred will doubtiess propose to deprive them of their seats. As promised I forward you details of the first ap- [aes of Miss Maria Calisto (Mias Qaliste Hant- ley, of Boston), Wiio obiained a splendid success at tlie Royal Opera. impresario of thls theatre, Herr Von Hiisen, has the merit of naving raised it to Its present position as the first artistic mstitution of its Kind not only in Germany, but upon the Con- tinent. Anxious to make up for ile great loss caused to the opera by the absence of the prima donna, Pau- Ine Lucea, now performing at St. Petersburg, Le has roan to fill the vacancy by the engagement of Miss alisto, who has recently come here from Milan, “This artist,” says one of the first Berlin critics, “whom we heard in the part of Violetta, in Verdi’s ‘La Traviata,’ is fully deserving of the high reputation for talent and schooling whitch has pre- ceded her arrival. H the débutante bad sung her part as in the concert room, with the printed music im hand, or if she had acted it with the dramatic skll of @ Sarolta (leaving the latter's advani of figare and toilet out of the question), she would have _ a still more brilliant and complete success. he general opinion of the audience in the well-filled house was that she sung beanti- fully but coldly; and this was indeed the case. Her voice, im purity and silvery clearness, is similar to that of our best songstreases, with the difference only that the soprano of our American guest is far more sonorous in its lower notes and capable of much greater expansion, Her intonation is nearly always pure as fol, and her mastery ot the purfamente, messare , diatonic and chro- matic scales, trills, arpeggiatura, grupetit and stac- cati is such aa to stamp her an artist of high rank and merit. We do not hesitate to declare that this Miss Calisto may rival any German cantatrice di bravura, Her dramatic capacity, however, judging at least from this one peformance, 1s unschogied and insurficieat; she lacks even the rudiments of stage ronting. Heuce her success on the evening in ques- tion was solely due to her fue vouc® and superior musical talent.’ ‘To-morrow night Miss Calisto will make her sec- ond appearance 44 Aminain “La Sonnambula,” and we have it from the young and charming lady her- self that in this part, which abe far prefers vo that of Violeta, she will have a more favorable opportu- nity to display dramatic talent and cause the critics to modity their opinion, FRANCE. Rossini, His Habite and His Home—iiothe. child, His Wealth and Strategy—A Deserip. tion ot His Chatenu—The Late M. Cavin. Pants, Nov. 17, 15 ‘The events of the day are, very naturally, the d of the King of music, Rossini, known as (he a ‘Swan of Pesaro” (which he would facetiously turn into the | “Monkey of Pesaro”); the death of the king of mil Hons, James de Rothschild, known ast of Kings," and the death of M. Havin, of the Siecle, known as “King Voltaire." All this assamed royalty ts no more; and, as if these vacancies did not exist, song warbics forty free, milliona tinkle from counter to coffer, and tne skeptic looks on untaught by these pase. ing shadows, Death has been riding fast | this week aud seems to be halting now a the threshold of veteran Berryer's house, to which he is confined by serious tMimess; but Auber, the other retnnrkavie savior of this ploiad, is not to be | kept within doors; he was met yesterday on foot, as The other aged celebrity, Lamartine, was much strack at the | Hews of Kussiui's deat; he shook his head mourn. fully, then looked up as if to seck traces of the maestro’s Might, but it ie ail emptiness now in de Vamarth Vision. This swan, too, has sung Nia Jast; his life here below is tt lingering. Crowds ble round Rossinits house and lvok at the It ls situated Wi the Ingres avenue, at Passy, at the entrance of the Bois de Boulogne, high rail- ings, thickly covered with Ivy, forming an evergreen wirdie around-tt, 1 has often been maintained that the apaciots gardens and habitation Which Jatter I4 moro heavy i 623 ge Es B 2 i Fat i F 8 = aif a & EE 2S 4 i} al” iets i fe Here have | often met him, He would touch his hat to famultar faces, but never stop to 8] in this lane, and | have often thought, while loo! at the feras, peat and left, that their feathery mood, their lace- like edgings and clegant shapes were the kind of vegetation his harmonious soul delighted in, Here the birds twitter most lovingly in summer; here scent the dark pines most deliciously, and these things all were language to him, Bat I nay not wile here too long, for the leaves, both russet brown and yellow, are covering up tho path Rossini loved, and the cold November wind is sighing a mournful lullaby. Opposite too, quite across, rises the Kothschild Palace, whose master has joined the composer in death. ‘The princely chateau is also at one of the entrances of the Bois; but James de Kothschiid did not die here, he breathed his iast at his town residence in the Rue Lafitte, and report says that he has willed a small sum to every one of the clerks in employment, It cannot be denied that James de Rothschild was charitable; but if this could be denied would James de Rothscnild have deserved the breath of life | sagen him solong? Jt has been discovered that e Was infinitely wealthier than the most exagger- ated reporter ever imagined or believed wien giving an account of hia financial posi- ton, aud how must the wary Israelite lave laughed inwardly when he eyed over these statistics, ‘Yo the astonishment of all, on the day When the Baron’s ulfairs had to be looked into, he owned that Lis fortune was more than double what his children supposed, a8 his books indicated, and that his private imances amounted to over a mi:iiard. And this is how he kept statisticians on the wrong scent:—he had opened accounts for false debtors under false names, unto whom he would pay in iniluons and millions regularly, There was & book for a certain Petro at Constantinople, another for a prince X, at Moscow, another for a nabob Nani- Syab at Bombay, and twenty others or more, whiie Ppersonate these supposed individuals, thus he would payin the sums they gained, to all appearance, to jingell, He would follow up the iluctuations of Onances in all these different parts of the world, just as if these parties did exist, and place all th specie out to accumulate while his private cl ments confirmed thut ue was the nabob, or vi A 3 prince, alias Kothschiid, He gained 200,000,000 1s4y, He had married his niece, the daughter of Solomon, by whom he had three children. Mme. Rothschild is still a very lovely woman, and not only lovely but benevolent, clever and fond of the dne arts, Her portrait by Ingres in her morning room Tepresents er a4 she was When Ingres was in the zenith of his talent. A story hus beeu told of Henri Heine in the Rue Lafitte which can bear repetition. The poet was invited to dinner, and towards the close of the sumptuous banquet some very vld lachrymx Christ was put before the guests, “Why was that name given to such nice wine?” asked the bankerof the poet. “Lachryme@ Christi!" he repeated, and added, with disdain, “Christ’s tears." “Because, answered Henri Heine, “Christ must mo eo wo see Jews drink so much of this delicious ‘The Baron smiled, bowed, touched the - veeetd glass with his and drank. Another anecdote Baron, aithough it concerns no higher @ person than rayself, your constant correspondent, may well come in your valuable paper. 1 had solicited a card of admittance to the banker’s painting ery, Which was tmme- diately deiivered, and at the appointed hour I found @ man servant in black—for the Baron was not fond of liverie: the entrance of the corridor leading to the reception rooms. I hesitated, knowing that the gallery was on the opposite side, and fearing the servant had taken me for some other morning visitor, showed him my card. “Sir,” he replied, -{ have orders to lead you to the Barou.” When I did stand before the millionnaire | thought him very ungainly, surfeited, and if be had been an object ihsiead of a liv man and I had had the Peckin, of him, I should have stamped ‘fragile’ on the box I put him into, ‘Ihere was @ conqueror in his look, but a conquered one, too, and conquered by contented cravings. A living will and @ sutferii body were before me, like the Jewish race itseif, triumphant though humbled. “Sir,” said tue Baron, most courteously, ‘is there anything else you wor like to see in my house besides my gallery “Everything in this house must be worth seeing,” T answered. “Phen begin where you like and make yourself at home, When you have done above stairs you may go iu the kitchens or cellars, and that is tie man who ia to follow you,” pointing to the black ser- vant. “Now, good morning; 1 shall be glad to hear what you think.’ I bowed, shook the extended hand ana retired. “Phat ws thought @ curious room,” said the re- spectful servant, opening a sinall door, and I looked in, By the expression o. my face he prohably anti- cipated my wishes. “Weill, sir, if you will waik in ‘aud look round [ will stand here till you come out.” J crossed the entrance, the man ndiselessty closed the door between him and myself and f sat down on adeep easy chatr, It was a Gothic boudoir, The windows were of patnted glass, like a temple, On one was Mignon, looking up from Ary Scheffer's “Where is the land where Citrons blooin?’ There ‘Was neither cabinet nor ledge not carved in the mid- die age style; every trifie was a curtously chiselied Or anuigne model. 1 sketched a few things on a fy- sheet, hastliy Jogued others and wished myself a vallu with time to enumerate goods for seizure. ‘The most interesting, periaps, of the treasures I noted that orning Was a golden bell in the centre of the boudoir table. It was massive aod stood on & gold saucer. I drew my chair near to it and copied the lollowmg verse, engraved rouad it in vid Saxon Gotuic mewe:— BY THE QUuACT OF GOD Lid. ‘Now look beluind, and mics Moat troudied skica e 1 from darkness rine 4, triumphant the winds Ven Lerapeatuons rhoke, So like the palme, which Heavieste weights do ire, Virvne oppressede <drows more siraite snd higha, My starria crowno OF glory leat I #00, As fu of Biles As of Bternitic. What ! further saw, and especially what | told the Baron | thought of hia palatial dwewing. shail be the subject of a future lever. It took me a week to Visit What | was admitted to see above and below, and to- morrow, among those who Will fvliow the Baron's remains to Pere in Chaise, though | may come ta amoug the last, 1 shall remember that wien his son Solomon died last winter the bereaved father said to me, “Ab, | vould give all dat Ihave let you see if my boy could be ave again.” rhe few remaining lines to the meme ¥ of “King Voitaire.”” M. de Havin was nowins counsellor of State under the Presidency. He became manager of the Siecle in 1861, whieh paper was founded in 1.46 under Louls Philippe at the same tne as M. de Gtrardia’s Presse, He was the first to carry through with M. de Girardin the reduction of price oa nows- papers m order to Lake Uilem gecesst!).¢ to Lhe means of the popatace. The Siecte, though very democratic, has fery partisans in France aud i crrowation is very large foc a French paper. M. Havin was eixty-nine; he ied of aa atsack brought on by & Viv+ | ieat passion on hearing that the ciertcals had ob- Ja tuajority of votes over the party he adyo- “He was killed by the priests,” says hia ad » The truth is their antagonisia was most lnerkod, notwithsiauding which he ts deeply regret ted. The Bioperor seut twiee tor news of nia health: while Le was stil alive, but M. Havin Was un scious for tive days ad when he did speak it pout was indis Me wil abiy WW od in the direction of the paper | 20 Flee, IRELAND. Phe Hicettons—Liberal Successes vod Cone scevative Dotoats. Dusnin, Nov. 21, 1909, Not since the days of O'Connell and Catholic eman- clpation haa been witnessed such a struggle for pos litical power between tie two parties into whieh che People of Ireland ure divided as the preseus ciection for the 106 members ot the new Parliament. The provisions of the recently passed Ketorm bili added considerably to the resoure of both ranks, aud iniroduced, by the lodger franchiae, a new clement, which tas been tested for tie first tue. The pre. sent contests are nov remarkable so much for the fight between man and ta@n, intainmatory speeches, broken heads or faction rows which in time past marked those events, bnt Itts the bola position whiek has been assuumed by the cbampions of liberal opine ions, aod the support 60 enthnsiasticaily agurded god substantial than iM clegant boiding—were pio H Bited ws a gil slit by the oity of Parusy Dut | thom by the people, uotwithstanding landlord pres- eury aw) suc Like tyraagy, Which Wil cause tae | period to be noted in history as the turning point of ® new era in the career of this country. The fact is, the masses of the people, be- longing to the Roman Oatholio religion, have determined to obtain perfect re! ug snd social equality, which in the country up to the present; §bi8 is display of thetr strength, $8 we acon ai oppneniconsieray by ar rise. ‘The strongholds ot conservatist hiV6 peen boldly and determinedly assaulted, and in most cases 01 to lower their orange-tinted fags. Toryism has ved ‘ital biow Ireland. the fi f'the lias been wrested lamous city of the Prentice anos Oa fre reece, oe eee slaves of advanced liberal opinions, Belfast ‘iollowed example and rejected the late member, Sir Charles or te) replace him by a firm follower of the Gi school. In Newry and the sory 6 eae, fad wile. Se nee party in the upper counties can mi indeed, is iter, Connaught bids fair to reach the same position; and thus, although the is not all conch , there can 5e4 ‘cube that the total gains to the Gi party from Ireland will be much r relatively to the humber of members “rhe ublin Six,’ long the boast of conserva- tives, has recelved @ severe blow by the victory Mr. Pim for the city, who was placed within one vote of the head of the poll, over the petted cham- ion of the tories, In the county Dublin toryism olds powerful sway; but, undaunted my that fac, Mr. Peter Paul McSwiney, chairman of the Nation: Association—weil known, onbiinns, tomany readers of the HeRaALD—raised his flag of opposition. He fought a stout battle, but has not been as successful ag his confreves in othor districts, 1t is also a re- markable fact that as @ candidate for the representa- tion of the Dublin University—always Eagar ded ag he hotbed of conservatism—one of the Episcopal clerical schools of the kingdom, 1s found a man of radical princi pies, whose war cry 13, “‘Away with the barriers of knowledge!” “Perish the senshing power of landiordisin,and confiscate the revenues 0 the estabiishment.” He is not at the head of the poll, but the fact that @ large number of distin- guished members of the University have recorded their votes for him spreads consternation, and causes old gentlemen of the tory schoo! to throw up vheir a ms in horror, and exclaim, ‘What @ time we have lived to see !”” &' ENGLAND. Political Claims and Legal Rights—Vindica- tion of the Press, (From the London Times, Nov. 27.) The distinction between political claims and legal rights was never more forcibly illustrated than in the case of Wason vs. Walter, on which the judg- ment of the Court of Queen’s Beach bas just been given. With that judgment, as most aply and con- vincingly delivered by the Lord Chief Justice of Eng- land, both the public and the press have every reason. to be satisfied, and yet it 1s something like an anom- aly or an anachronism that the question involved in the trial could ever, under actual circumstances, have been raised at all. That question was, not merely whether the press of this country was to be regarded as a free press, but whether the functions of the press were to be discharged at all except at the peril of those concerned, We were actually prosecuted for the publication of @ debate in Parliament; but if it were not lawiul for a newspaper to report even Parliamentary debates, or to comment upon ita reports, of what use would newspapers be, or what would be the meaning of ail those gratulations which statesmen of all parties now employ in ing of the position which the press attains The truth 1s the press has risen, as an institution of the Stat in spite of opinions and traditions essentially adverse to its influence; and, as in this country we have never had “organic principles” of free discussion prociaimed in the blaze of a revo- lution, our jom asserted by silent ‘thot rapid steps, and under such a species of suf- ferance that every iach of progress was open to chal- lenge. The press, in its recognition, acceptance and dischai of one function after another, nas grown as vi yet as noiselessly a3 an oak, and it was only when somebody chowe to ques- ton its doings that the absence of any legal c! ver was perceived. Happily, when the law was in- voked, the result proved to be, not proscription, but recognition. Administered by ju qualified to measure the of the and Nabe gored to conform to its spirit, the law adapted itself to facts, and newspapers at last, after a series of trials and judgments, are practically as free as if their liberties had been defined and sanctioned by a comprehen- sive charter. One step more was gained on Wednes- Last week It was not certain that a journal could publish @ Parliamentary debate without Mability for the character of its contents. The rignt is now placed beyond doubt and will never be tested again. cont ‘rhe whole argument, however, as well as the de- cision, was exceedingly characteristic of the con- ditions we have described as attending the growth of the press in this country. The Court had no doubt ut its judgment, aud yet it acknoweledged that the question had never defore been legatly Q and demanded, therefore, ® solemn and for settlement. Such reports had been pub- lished for years without # suspicion on the part of the public that the right to do so was questionable, Dut at last-an individual did question it, and then as much learning and pains were bestowed upon the ju ent as if it had been one of the kKnottiest points tmagmabie. The Lord Chief Justice was compelied to argue almost labo- riously upon the advantage ‘ing to the Mpc from the practice impeached. *What would come of our attachment to the constitution under which we live if the proceedings of the Great Coun- cil of the realm were shrowded in secrecy and con- cealed from the knowledge of the nation?” “What would become of the right of petitioning, which ts one of the undoubted rights of the people, if they were kept in ignorance of what is passing in Parlia- ment?” “Gan any one doubt that the publicity given to what passes in Parliament is essentially im- portant to the relations between the people and their representatives?” Certainly these propositions very much resemble those eternal maxtins which require no jastidcation, and yet it —— not only that the rinciple did really rematn to be laid down, but that he great facta on which it rested had actually been *<toubted,’! not merely by ordinary individuais, but by the judges of ihe land ihemselves, just one gener- ation ago. Whea the press first acquired intinence in this country it was looked upon with little favor by the authorities in power. Statesmen were afraid, law- yers were jealous of it. All the while that it was spoken of as the ‘fourth Estate” it was left without any established mghts or regular recognition. It was only sale 80 long as it was not prosecuted,and it might be prosecuted on any one of fifty pretences. Nowhere had it been recognized that if there was to be # press it followed tuat certain Ke tek es and rights must needs be accorded to those who con- ducted it, Newspapers had grown to be a necessity of daily life to ali educated persons, and it was the prime object of the most liberal schooi of politicians: m the country to bring this necessity home to all classes of the pulation. One tax alter another was condemned as standing in the way of the muitiplication of newspapers. One law after another Waa passed to render newspapers as untver- sal a Caer pe as was hae poy a ive were expect it 5 zive tho publig fadhtal Pepe &F every tanshetion. it was open to any one to plead t had no busi- ness to report at all; that the alleged “duty” of a Journaltat in such matters had no existence, and Uat whatever we did was done at our hep peril, without any presumption of professional titte to be allowed in our favor. Of “the press’ as it actually existed and was actually regarded by the country, no formal cognizance was taken whatever. Kven now, perhaps, at this very hour, our position ati remains iu many respects indefinite, and yet we have no reason and certainly no disposition to com- plain of it, As our powers bave grown ‘fe fircto, 30 Dave they gradually acquired a character de Jure. Our legal rights have, at a certain disiance, followed upon our political clans, nntil at last, prac- lly speaking, the freedom of the pross is amply cient for the dae di 4 lt might be tn liberties with any exactr What a newspaper mig! publish. But this stage rate, been reached— of fact, Say or print anytl a jury as bel ng wrong. ynesty and fairness, to ice and to dhow that pubite tntereste ax Well as At motives have guided our yews, Whether these principles have, ih any particular instance, been duly adhered to (is usoally & question of com: harge ot ita several func- onsible even now to define vss, oF to Say, for in- or might not se- doubt of obtamiog, When the @ujie justice as Was been done ws now. FOREIGN SCELLAN Attempts are being taade in Spain to colors of the national fag to yellow, red and violet. Keporta from Japan mention taat all the French and Kuglish military and naval imstructora in the sotvioe of the Tycoon have sent in their resignations, Don Carlos, the Count of Madrid, is at present show at the Castle of Goud{nltre, France, as a guest of tie Dake de Ja kocheioucauld. A college Was inaugurated on the 25 Napies for the study of Asiatic ia toereby facilitating che relations vetween italy and the bas ~ On Baron Beasts recent return from’ Pesth to Vicuns le discovered that some thief had entered his house ‘uring his abwence and purloined all his deco- rations. nt Choriosky, Who poisoned tits wife some time in Minich, for which be Was tiprisoned tu tho tortross of Kosenberg, has goue aad, aad has to be kepi lu « vtraigut jacket. imperial Guard of Parts, to which the Prince Imperial is attached, figures on tho list of subscrip tions towards (he Baudin monumens for the sun of thirty-two franca, AN agricultural aud floral exhibition is to bo opened In St. Pexersvurg in May, 1869, to which the Emperor bayribed 10,000 silver roubles. The preliminary preparations denote wual splendor tod magutiicouce, THe BER 1, 1868.—TRIPLE SHEET. sents a Spaniard dusting cleaning the Spantsh and antveit now tl have care- fully cleaned it; who can tell tow soon it will be dirty agaigt’! “ bene the discovery of 0 coe wis obttined from M. Mignard, brother-in-law to the Bins Fea ‘wno has volunteered to substan- the pe sp the trial of the edito: tiase that paper for haw rt, of ta the crops is such ensicn of a famine, on ‘™ Many parts ‘as to cause ‘The were Bomtana the Central i Provinces were more hopeful. The Russian General Werderowski, director of the Russian Customs, stands accused of sulesppropriae The returns of ‘at Nizh- nee-Nov; on! ow @ deficit of 20,000 tons. The of the General and his accomplices was to commence about December 1. From private ce received in Amster- dam from Paris it that on the nignt of the Mth ult, numbers of young men assembied on the left bank of the Seine. Afer denouncing the conduct of the French government towards the Baudin subscriptions they turned off all the gaslights and dispersed, According to @ report recently published by the House of Commons in London Papen that the last Parliament sat 114 sessions in 1! the total dura- tion 804 hours and 34 minutes. In 1867 it sat 128 seasions—time, 1,043 hours, 1 minute. In 1863, 118 seasions—time, 842 hours, 20 minutes, Being: a senior 363 sittings, occupying 2,689 hours, 55 min- ul The merchants of Newcastle, England, were lately swindled ont of $1,000,000 by three Germans by means of false sets of bila of lading on a general cargo mipyed to Rio Janeiro, They left on board of the vesvel, and shipped eighty dozen of champagne with which to comfort themselves under the extenu- ating circumstances, A steamer, with some detec- tives, has been sent after them. litan, passing himself off for the Marquis ‘renchman, has been arrested near Como, ly. He is suspected of being the author of a ‘tnreatening letter sent to Count Bariatynski, in which the latter was hr prone) to deposit ina certain part of the grounds of the Villa d’Este a sum of 10,000f, In case of refusal threats were heid out of killing the Empress of Russia. Many courtesies have been exchanged between the royal families of Russia and italy. ie Empress of Russia has sent the Grand Cross of St. Catherine to the Princess Margaret. King Victor Emanuel has sent the, Supreme Order of the Annonciade to the Grand Duke Alexis, and the Grand Order of Sts. Mau- rice and Lazarus to M. Bartatinsky, aide-de-camp to the Empress, By accepting the Supreme Order of the Annonciade the Grand Duke Alexis becomes “cousin” to Victor Emanuel. Austria is now claiming from the States of South- ern Germany @ sum of 18,450,000 florins due to her on the liquidation of the landed property belonging to the fortresses of the former Germanic Confedera- tion. These governments are said to have replied that article eight of the Treaty of Prague, on which the demand of Austria is based, only confers a right to the moveable property, and the commission insti- tuted ad hooin the month of April, 1867, at Frank- fort, restored to Austria everything to which she had a right, Among numerous caricatures on Napoleon’s policy regarding the Baudin prosecutions, the Fischie'to of Turin, gives the following:—Napoleon is surrounded by an unsurmountable barrier, composed of the vaii- ous newspapers seized, and is threatened to be crushed by a huge stone (the Baudin prosecutions)—‘How foolish! he has worked himself into a labyrinth, well knowing that the rock must iaevitably crash nin.’ Another Dye geveys Napoleon beating a female (Lib- erty), an old lady (Europe) is looking on with evident signs of displeasure and indignation—‘The old lady is quite right to lose her temper when she discovers that an impostor has only united himself to the young woman in order to ill use her.’” CHINA. The Sinking of the Steamer Ajax—The Yang Chow Troublee—How the Lnstigators were Punished—Persecution of Missionaries—The Shanghae Races and Regatta. SHANGHAR, Oct. 14, 1868. Since the date of my last letter nothing of any great importance has transpired, either politically, commercially or socially, and { am quite convinced of the fact that China was never made for nor in- tended to be tne residence of # “special correspond- ent,’’ unless he possess a vivid and versatile imagin- ation. The budget this time will, I fear, be rather meagre, and were it not for the now celebrated Yang-Chow affair and the sinking of the steamer Ajax you would receive but little news. On the morning of the 17th of last month, just after the departure of the Costa Rica, the said Ajax, one of the Holt’s line of steamers running be- tween this port and London and Liverpool, was ob- served to have a heavy list to starboard, and at the same time her stern began to go down slowly. it was soon discovered that her after compartment was rapidly filling, and as the tide was still rising rapidly her engine room became submerged and she finally went down in about six fathoms water, showing nothing but the tops of her houses above the sur- face. It appears that some repairs to the screw were neceasary, and the shaft was drawn out astern (the propeller working abaft the rudder), and as the strong spring tide came rushing in it became de- tached, and the water thus finding easy ingress soon flooded the lower hold and she gradually fillea and sunk. Tenders for raising her were at once adver- tised for, und the fortunate bidder was our townsman, Captain Baehelder, who secures the contract for 45,000 taels, or about 60,000 Mexican dollars. Five thousand taels were paid down at once for any tnci- dental expenses which might be Incurred in making the attempt, and if 1t were successful 40,000 tacls more were to be added, Several triais were made, but the cargo still re- maining on board had got adrift and stopped up the mouth of the pipe so that the pumps could not work properly. These little obstructions were, however, speedily set aright, and at last, on the oth inst., all tulngs having been piaced in bi order, pumping ‘Was resumed, and alter a few hours’ steady work the steamer was safely floated, much to the relief of all concorned. She will, of course, have to go into dock to be thoroughly overhauled, painted and cleaned up, and tt will ire conside- rable venttlation to make her fit to carry a tea cargo again. Of course the 45,000 taela show & good mar- gin on the actual oost of the undertaking, and the fortunate contractor may well be congratulated on uus stroke of good fortune. ‘The Yang Chow troubies are by no means settled et, and have been referred to Pekin for adjustment. Directiy the news of the agsault upon the missionaries reached Shanghae the English Consul repaired to the scene, and a Man-of-war, the Rinaldo, followed shortly after. The Consul, Mr. Medhurst, after ex- perloncing great difficulties and many rebuds, man- by the help of a party of marines, to secure refect of the town) and started ‘with him tor Nankin, tm order to lay the matter before the Vice- roy, Tseng-Krro-Fan. The — owever, Tihan- aged to give Mr. Medhurst the slip en route, so that the latter osgye ym was cpliged to proceed on his mission alone. As long as the Vigeroy saw the guns of the Rinaldo pointed toward Nankin he was in- clined to puni severely the perpetrators of the outrage; but, unfortunately, Captain Bush, of the fri- gate, was taken seriously iil and started sor Shang- hae on short notice, No sooner had she goue than both Tseng-Krro-Fan and the Taontal of Chinkiang took entirely different view of the matter and pos ly refused to punish the instigators of ihe trouble, He did, indeed, issue a pronunctamiento, and order lus people to trembie and obey, to the eilect that parse, one might reat property and houses from the Chinese anywhere within the pre- scribed Limits; but it is so hampered with red tape that it amounts to a prohibition. The Ohe-iA’sien of Chinkiang likewise issued a sinular notice, but hia subjects refuse to adhere to tt, and, moreover, the “people of Chinkiang” have issucd ® counter- proclamation threatening any Chinaman who should rent any land to foreigners, and stating that if any foreigner should dare atiewpt to reside In the native ony (aey would burn down bis house and cast him and lis family into the lames, The Viceroy hus only agreed wo have the house occupied by the Rev. Mr. Taylor and bis party repulrod and to pay $1,000 tn: a ity lor property destroyed; but the umortanate owner of the premises has been persistently hunted dowa, and from being in atuent circumstances Le haw been reduced to boggary. it ts soniewhat singular tat while the Chimes@ ambassador is making such elaborate protesiations — at ome regarding the anxiety of his country- wef to promote the spread of Unristianity all over te that wa of iissionary troabies should reuch us from all quarters, Not only at Yang Chow has the sword of persecution been unsheathed, but ju the North, in Shantung. and aiso in the islaad of Formosa stintlar troubles have come to light, all em- anating from the same cause—tie hosiuily of the maniaring; aid where tiey lead the base herd must follow. While all these trials and troubles are transpiring around us Shanghae is happily ‘ nity from them uli, and for tue enst the races and the regatta will whe a n of most of the residents nere. The ehief feature of ihe regatia was to have been the international eightoared race, aud both Yanks and Hagiistmen were taining WO the best of their ability for that event. The Amoricans, after gettlag hold of every able nan, could just ninke up a crew, while our opponents had twenty-four men in traming to select from. We managed to bear up against ail draw- backs and ,diiicuitied, dra’ one mun getting sick, then another, until, to cap the climax, one of those Who wore most depenied upon While playing a game of rackets attempted to stop a bail with his eye Instead of his bat, and with remarkable success, the ball was stopped suddenly, and the eightoared race Was given up the noxt moraing. ‘Thore 3 to be ah international fou ared race, Keyorm of Uamborg in & caricavure ropre- ] regalia te ‘however, for 4n Ainerican, English, Scotch, German and mi er nd {think the “banner of the starry fold w the way down the course aud “Jwid ow the taple” last veut, CHILE. Political Movemonts—Impeachmeut—Baron Riviere Again—News from the Provincee— ipocks of Ware si7.- 139, Nov, b 186% iit gone es are Ba tertained concerning the results that may follow its termination. The opinion ecems to gain grgund that if the President of the Judiciary is not to be overthrown by fair means other modes of war- fare must be pressed into ihe service, and even now the bitter hatred, personal and Political, entertained for Mr, Montt by his accusers ts evident in every step taken. Im- peachment cannot, in our time, be considered as a success. Here it is inflaming party passions, and the press, occupied by writers in the interest of either cause, does not tend to calm the agitation of the public. In Chile, a country so honorably distun- guished for its peaceful carcer, while its immediate neighbors revel frequently in the delights of revolu- tions, such a movement as this will be taken advan- tage of by all the disaifected,and,as I befure remarked, serious fears exist conceralng the finale. As has before been eommunticated to the HERALD, this im- peachment is nothing more than a party movement to endeavor to render Montt odious in tne eyes of the people and thereby to diminish his chances for the Presidency, As yet the contrary cifect has been roduced. produced. In spite of the popular indignation, so strongly manifested against the advisers of the President, the Cabinet remains unchanged, and will, probably, for some time to come. A more t:apopular adminis- tion than the present one never held oitice in Chile, and ever since tue time of the bombardment ot Valparaiso the general discontent has been on the increase, The Minister of Foreiga Affairs, in his report re- cently submitted to Congress, speaks of the inter- vention proposed by the United States ia the presont quasi war between Spain and the allied republics, and throws all the blame of its non-acceptance oa Spain. Now, the fact 18 well known that Unite her- self has always been the party deiinquent, and has always been in favor of the indeiluite truce pro- thee by France, The Minister of Ecuador is still ere, and, aided by the representatives of Bolivia and Pern, ia endeavoring to obtain ihe consent of ‘rament to the interveniton proposed by d.. What change atfairs Ek take in con- bogey of the present revolution in Spain it is dirt- cult to conjecture, but the continuance of tuly war is not only tnjarious but absurd. The guano deposits of Mejiliones were rented, it will be recollected, to the celebrated Baron de la Riviére. By the terms of the coutract it is neces- sary to export 30,000 tons the first year, and as yet no preparations are apparent for this undertaking. ‘The negotiation was very cleverly arranged by tie Baron, and the government, after havin, een Com- pletely hoodwinked, is now talking ut ci the cpntractor to account for the Leg od sums 0! money he received from the national treasury. It properly conducted there ia no doubt but that the speculation would prove profitable; but the reputa- tion of the Baron may injure its success, A deposit of saltpetre has been discovered on the line dividing the Chilean from the Bolivian territory, but General Melgarejo, the President of the latter republic, made @ present of the whole to one of his friends and defendants, and it seems the works are to be immediately commenced, Ouile strongly remonstrated against wns arri ment and commissioners have been sent to formally de- mand the surrender-of the national property. War was very luckily avoided betwoen tle two nations in regard to the division of the guano spoils, and it is more than probable that the same questions will now arise and be discussed concerning the present saltpetre claims. Of course these difliculties have most unhappy effect on the commercial interests of Meji!iones, The city of Ancud, one of the most important ports In the south of the republic, has been sine by a very destructive fire, which consumed ov fifty houses and mvolved a logs of $50,000 or $60,000. Con; immediately passed a bull appropriating $10,000 for the reitef of the sufferers. The Governor of the Magellan colony and penal settlement has been authorized to extract a small quantity of coal from the deposits that exist in that territory and sell it to vessels passing the Straits, in order to test of es Allairs are in a very way in the Indian coan- try. Not content with the fights with the nians, the soldiers have commenced to fight amoni themselves, and the savages, taking advantage the (aint pe have returned to their old and favorite pastimes of chicken stealing and ee ter. The Indians nad been very eek until the military began their troubles, and it 1s to be regret- ted that again these hostilities have broken out. Business throughout the republic is dull; stills good deal of animation prevails in the copper trade. ‘Lhe United States steamship Dacotah is in port, JAMAICA. Arson and Robbery by Negroes—Extension of the Jamuica Railroad—A Yankee Making Paper Out of Bamboo—A Ship Dock Pro« Jected—The Rains and Crope—American Pro« visio: Kinaston, Nov, 16, 1868. Last week a storeroom attached to a wharf in St. Elizabeth's parish was set fire to and totally destroyed, together with a quantity of rum and sugar ready tor shipment to some port in the United States. A boat that was lying alongside the pier ready to receive the produce to convey to the ship, then lying in Black river harbor, was also destroyed, together with a portion of the picr. Large quanti- ties of rum in all kinds of small packages were afterwards found concealed among the contiguous bushes, showing that the scoundrels who caused the fire were engaged in the work of plunder and that the ire must have originated the fncautious use of a light—a circumstance very common on such occasions. Some years ago your co! dent Was witness to the destruction of a fine brig, loaded with rum, in Montego bay harbor, thi this reckless use of a meee by a spirit thief, who met his aeserts by being blown to atoms by the explosion of bo Pim ig feet moped Rot on gd a3 excited by the grati fact thatthe ioug-talked-or railroad extension: reg. Raa isu Town to Old Harbor at length approaches com- pletion. This will add thirteen miles to the thirteen. that have been in operation for a space of time now approaching a quarter of @ century. Something that will most interest the editor of the HERALD, who Is always on the lookout for the best spcotmens of Dare. - <r a on to relate. The jem of ractical of maki be from the bamboo has, I believe, Been nolved, at solu. tion is to receive practical illustration on this island. A Mr. McCracken—a full-blooded Yankee, to empio; my informant’s | ‘arrived here from the Si! ver Spring Paper ompany of America some time it the cap: ian ig Sade none ces ir. Mr. rac is showing is faith by fig works in the im. Cieen of machinery, which has arrived and 3 now in course of erection in the midiand parish of St. Thomas, in the vale where the bamboo abounds, This gentleman has See @ notable example to our kid gloved gentry by dri' au American wagon with three mules, tandem fasion, through the streets of Kingston, which unwonted phenomenon—of a respectable white man so em- iS ie @ great crowd to join in procession. Let Mr. MocOracken go ahead. There is at least one Jamaican to cheer him on and him success tn his good work. Another sign of awakening Life is the fact that the Shares allotted to this island of the slip dock to be constructed in the harbor are being taken up and that a good sain | generally prevails in moneyed quarters in respect to the completion of @ work so long a desideratum to this mercantile community. ‘The spot chosen for the work is not yet Known, hav- ing beeu kept a profound secret. necessary soundings have been taken by the engineer sent froua Kurope for that purpose. To factlitate this gentie- roan’s work every accommodation was aforded him wy on roek beg _ ad pays on this station. So bgins to look as if it be a fait accompli, Roo) one = ‘The industrial element has been infused into some model schools existing in St, James’ parish, in tho northwest section of tho island, The puptls are twught not only to read and write and to cast ac- counts, but how to work for their living in such oo- cupations a4 picking coir from the husk of the cocoanut aud kindred pursuits, I am informed thas the government is about to establish worshops, Where useful arts will be taught, as well as at Wot- mer’s school—an excellent institution in thig city, fonnded by will of John Wolmer, a wealthy gold- sinith, who died in this city in the early part of the last century. In this excelient institution masters wil be employed to teach such industrial arts as tailoring, sloemaking, carpentering, &@. Tho pro- Position is by no moans anew one. Well dol re. iucinber When it Was first mooted, about the era of slave onvancipation. Tt caused such a row, however, iaily among the Haptists, that the project was adoned for a thu is class of religionists, who were particularly active among the freedmen, took it into their heads—at any rate thos told the lately emanctpated slaves—that the project Was a scheme to retam their ctilidren in slavery. The consequence was tut so Intense was the excile ment among the very ve for the benelt of whose children tie échenn upposed to Le at net it fell through. Lane glad it has revived, ane sincerely hope it will be carried obt; for ag ¥ Ne supposed rendition to slavery, that {8 all Dost, 84 Was when (he proposition was first made. The Ueiober rainy seasons, wanton. were Father backwart nt fenoral throughout ti isiand, viving promise of pe next ToT, and had au excellent shower In this c1y last mig in, Which 1 as | write, itis threavening to pout eer be dim. hope will not happen, as 1m Kay tuft to make my Wey home, £0" Ware res, tn coe ton are not oasy to get through tie cm. “Tho sequence of the foods that pour ms 7 Y jo some parts of the wonneey ten have been ‘swollen, mails dotained, fod soveral persous in endeavoring to croas tho turbid moantain atreams have coe drowned ‘American provisions are in demand, tho markets not being overstocked; consequently fait prices, ea- pooially in the articles of pork and butter, are being realized. Olt vory much wanted. Savoral ver sels having arrived from Halifax with flan stair, the market ts overstocked Wilk this desoription of provisiouds ave at last bee! —