The New York Herald Newspaper, December 14, 1868, Page 6

6 NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1868. OCEANICA. Opening of the Australiaxy Par- liament. All Vessels Arriving at Malbourne from California to Be Qaarantined. One Hundred Men and Women Kid- napped from Savage Island by a Queensland Slaver. Zuropean Seamen Mfurdered and Baten by the Natives of Hfudson’s Island. By the arrival of the steamship Henry Chauncey from Aspinwall we have received our corfeapondence and files from Australasia and Polynesia. NEW SOSTH WALES AND QUEENSLAND, Opening of Parliament—Change of Ministry— Unpopularity of the Governor—Sharp Reply te the Home Government=The Fall in Wool—Arrivals from California te Be Qua- rantined=Proposed Exploring Expedition into Central Australia=The Syduey Yacht Squadron—Buskranging—Supposed Wreck of an American Ship—Thentricals, SYDNEY, Nov. 2, 1868, On the 15th ultimo Parliament was opened by Lord Belmore with the usual ceremonies. The speech of the Governor was merely a string of commonplaces, and contained absolutely nothing of interest, During the adjournment several important political changes had taken place, all of them favorable to the ‘Voting strength of the opposition, and by the defection of Mr. Parkes the Ministry had become so enfeebled that it was determined to make a bold onslaught as Boon as Parliament reassembled, At the very first ®easion of the Assembly, therefore, a nsotion of want ‘of confidence was brought forward by Mr. Robertson, the chief. of the opposition, and but for the casting vote of the Speaker being given in favor of the ad- ministration would have been carried. It was lear, however, that no government could be carried on with a bare majority of one, and the Martin Min- ‘etry resigned. Mr. Robertson has now formed a mew Cabinet, and Parliament has been again ad- Journed until the new Ministers have been re-elected by their respective constituencies. It 1s the Parlia- mentary usage here for a member to resign his seat ‘when called upon to join a Ministry, and then again to go before the people for their suffrages. ‘The most prominentpiank in the platform of the mew administration is to be “free trade.” The ex- isting tariff will soon be greatly modified and many articles wholly relieved from customs duties, while ‘the general policy of the government will be directly Opposed to the protective doctrines of the so-called “friends of colonial industry.” The land laws are also to be reformed and greater facilities than have hefetofore been afforded are to be offered to the smaller farmers for the acquisition of the crown lands. It is hoped that liberality in this direction ‘will give an impetus to emigration, which has now almost entirely ceased, although the present stagna- tion of trade and the prosperity of the colony certainly indicate the urgent necessity of at- tracting population and developing at a more speedy Fate the almost boundless resources of the country. ‘The recent decline in the price of wool has created, very naturally, a good deal of alarm. It 19 more than suspected tlat the wool market is already glutted; and as every year, by the natural increase Of the sheep in the country, the yield of wool will be r, it weeus probable that prices will continue to decline. Sheep runs are now very much less in value than they were afew be gy Mare and the general po for the eres but encour- aging. First qui aly wools, Ranta Still maintain a hig h price; and it is now generally conceded that the future of Australian wool growers must be to raise a large ‘oportion of fine fleeces. Of late years the breed has very generally been neglected; watters has ;the only anxiety of the seemed to be to Taise a large quantity of wool, with- out regard to quality, Now, however, that their eyes have been opened to the ruinous tendency of guch a policy, more attention will be paid to the fine- ness vd the wool and less to the number of pounds The. refusal of the home lennon the Treason-Felony act has pi sharp retort from the Executive Council, a ih ‘aumneet ludicrous to notice how impatient the local Legislature hag shown itself of the advice of the Duke of Bucking- ham, despite their extravagant expressions of loy- alty and re hep oy to the government he administers. The following is certainly a pretty severe rap on the nud les ies 10F her Majesty's Coiomial Secre- ad \ife, it may fairly be presumed, ts better Derr ee eagency wich on for ee DA residin: Bobs =e doubts as to 1.4 time when prompt and +} scan Feleny act and versed @ighth and ninth clauses, and we to recommend thet the claves pie’ ? Expressing atthe sarwe tise e Bope tial 15 Grace the uke Of Buckingham and Chan os will, oa fuller Yon, tel himself justitied 18 ing tke act for ber Majea- ty’s approval. A proclamation has been issued by the Governor, declaring that Whereas information bas been by the govern- spent that simalpox ot pan Praccisco, Gale al sult ‘solony from the We Stave of eal 1 tho said ships or voasp ever, ships or Senses apriviay all boats belongt ae boats ing received a: gt ea oe ships or vessels, and all ‘other articles wha nfo ‘of Brought fo, of being ga board such ships, vessels or bonis, dball in every ‘ase per form 4 Sieaded period rr) than seven poe eur Hod to be @ ed as may necessary ip ular © order be made the Goverdor-1 ies ene Mey ete. gate ade ute Ore The proposal of Dr. Newmayer to c the Aus- falan "Continent from to west will probably Gltumate!, ted. ssh still remains more than bait of Australia unexplored, and although it Js possible that itis merely an arid desert, yet still it is likely that it will be found to have resources of at value. The cost of the proposed expedition owd be £7,000 a year for three years, half of which Would be subscribed by the home government and the remainder divided among the colonies, The ex- peat ion would be provided with ten camels, twenty- ive horses, baggage wagons, cam equipage, leld telegraph, boat, balioo! all kinds f scientific instruments, he of the party would, of course, be how siow, and they do not hope to accom, ~ the proposed journey im less than three years. is intended, however, that the country on cither fide ot the itne of march shall be thoroughiy explored, ant from time to lume messengers will despatched to the coast with news aud letters. The scientific results of an @laborate exploration such as this would no doubt be very valuable. The theory of an interior desert 1s now generally looked upom as unsound; it is known that natives range as far, at least, as the centre of the Continent, and itis hoped that the un- Known portion of Australia will prove as avaliable for grazing —— a8 that already occupied. Captain ‘Thunderbolt, the notorious bushranger, @nd several other members of his profession, have ae extremely active during thé past inonth, Than- rboit is a name of terror through a large section of country, though he has never yet gone #o far as murder, and inferiot bandits frequentiy find it con- Yenient to assume his title, On the Narrau, near Newcoman’s aon Lwo poll eu bad an encounter with & couple of bushrangera, and ip the affray one of the policemen was mortally wounded, In sorta oy bUsbranging in some dis- tricts is now common, and the mail coach im one road _ Ma A up” on two successive jays about @ fortnight ago, £1,000 booty fail- ire altogether into the ands of the rob- Thunderbolt the other day rode boldly village of three or four hundred people, many bushmen, and stayed fot several hours, con- Versing treely with the people, but no one had the Courage to attempt to secure 5 The Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron made their opeuing muster for the season on the 24th ult. at Farm cove, After a few hours’ cruise around the ‘harvor the inaugural trip of the present year was agreeably eclebrated by @ el Commodore Davgar presiding, with, Commodore Lambert, of her Ma) 7. steamer Sonera, A his right, and Captain “Montgomerie, Majesty's steamer Blanche, on his left. the Moeares now Bumbers sev n vessels, with an gare fonnage of 476 tons, and the yacht clab has 119 mem- The coming match ‘vetween. the Xarife and the Mistral, cach of them about fifty tons, excites ® great deal of interest. The Xarifa is built on @ colonial model, and for a couple of years has been fie as oniy Just arrived snag, ak the MUA rived from Bhgi be tbo mneh 19H her. fn England, is said td An attempt is to be made fp the coming s of the Assembly to make Orange tocietion cova They have certainly been duting the past few Years a fruitfal source of — m and if they are suppressed there : some ground to hope that the melancho: religious feuds now agitate the country will die o tus Ukely that the bark Rockwood, which soc saa Neareual or 8am Peauclsey yu Ws Ls of A last, has been lost, ‘The schooner Han- Kises sab aD Three Kings, a quantity of floating ee almanac with the name ‘Rockwood, * written in it was picked up. The spot where wreck was seen is right in the track of the Rock- Met With some RMN vas econ ang ft ag mag elt for for pers 5 re Pl ive al two weeks Sydne; Herons fie leaves for New Zeatand. "tuo ogmpaty lear Europe about re is other, “nt success. In Queensland affairs are very quiet. ‘The, Grmpte Seige we Me pr over 700 Owing to the ig crush ing tahun on he rantion tie tered. ate Boprents, comparatively VICTORIA AND SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Proposed Annexation of Tasmania—Alleged Fraud and Forgery by an American Sea Captain—Suicide of a Lending Actress—Faro and Yankee Grab in Victoria—Prosperity of the Whaling Businese—Big Nuggete—The Melbourne Spring 6 eatricals. MELBOURNE, Oct. 31, 1868 In the absence of political excitement the Argus has quietly brought forward a question dear to every Victorian heart—the annexation of Tas- manta. Althongh the colony of Victoria is the busiest and most populous in Australia her geographical area is comparatively limited» scarcely so large as the State of New York— and sie is naturally eager, to embrace every possible opportunity ef enlarging her territory. Tasmania, overburdened With taxation, has been for years declining in prosperity; hér public debt is constantly growing larger and her population less, Still, tis certain that annoxation to Victoria would enable her to attract a large amount of sur- Plus Victorian capital, and, what is yet more impor- vant, a large measure of Victoriay energy and spirit.’ Victoria, on the other hand, would probably, thongh by no means 60 certainly, gain considerably by the union, Tasmania Undoudtedly possess- ed of marvellous nathral advantages, and capital and enterprise only are needed to make her ono of the most flourishing of Australian communities, The rectification of the Victorian frontier in another direotion 1s also mooted by tak- ing large slices oyt of both New South Wales and South Australia and making the Murrumbidgee, on the north, and the Murray, on tte west, the boun- daries of the colony. This last project {s, however, very distant from realization, although it undoubt- edly only seeks to give to Reiss her natural hmits. Captain ©. G, Robins, late captain ot the American schooner 8, D. Batley, has beem apprehended on @ warrant iggtiéd by the Governor, on the requisition of Genera! Latham, United Stdtes Consn! at Mel- bourne, under the Extradition treaty of 1842, The case has been remanded for a week or ao, but the charges made against the captain have been confirmed sia his own statemefits to the Ripaaias. It seems that Kobins and a man be ee ay id ava Deighted at ft with actual Sango, an filled her a oe ry i ey ho and Darn oF or acute e her at i ret, ew a dl ie a pe able oppor oe retul . a Rovins 5 eltner eer, or most money chooner, but fopk he nae schooner, but Sa of nose be a os salable ca the proceeds in cocoanut oil. This New Zealand, mi @ clear bee eeaatiien. e remainder of the was also disposed of at public auction, the marks on the packages — oop removed or changed Steno” to eae the me ane chooner, but, ate - could produce no papers So dispose of her, without success. nally A abandoned the vessel at Nelson and came on to Mel- bourne, where he Sepoatieg his money in one of the banks and leet q ae atthe Argus Hotel, v 0 which his extradition has been demanded General Latham forgery, founded u, open the Mteration or substitution of names, marks en ee in the Pi castes bees bills ky lad- yw is oe the me cone rted to in eye to defraud a th jurance s spans is ny: any fee ae pee tal featare in the case, These are facts of the case, oy ee 45 oven ths capisin will doubtless, in due cou) ae rs aa be and sent on to San One of the most bi faut en ‘secu stare Denis, f singular refo! of the Australian theatrical world, Mme. has committed suicide. Possessed of Lee of high promi Deloved we large circle of frien jouncement that e had died by her own was very starul A some letters ghe wrote on Bae sue oe —o cont th motive for Seatroyies Eo ant han fiienot been not le ieee was Dora ak a ‘Malines, in uct bean pani surgeon in the French army and het mottier an En woman. ler father died & few years an and her m came out to the colonies, For atew months she was French teacher at the Geelon mar school, but — ently went on the si Her best Ruai iy “Lady Audiey's Borst ppl udley, y Andley's seo Tero hews to have fully naturalized in eae of several banks Is Lan wh te the pais, h from the difficulties im ‘ ia eo iat Seat ne ath, ‘a rttabie have been extremity" prottabie “aoe the naling arate tne Derwent it cer, oe eighty-1 % o i | are same owner, out elevet months, is Taperted to have sixty tons, Derwent Hunter cap plured twenty-one tons in three weeks, and the total at vale a of the oi! on board the mgm ships is. vested the Arte very Tip Rigg sation ye Wiha Tora | pa El ‘0 with 1,208 barrels bi jack ad en after a crnise of fourteen months. ene foli other American whalers have been spoken:—! wlomew Gosnoid, Captain Nicholson, with 1,400 barrels sperm and fifty barrels black; Illinois, with 1,000 barrels; Hunter, 400 ye and the Europa with 210 barrels sperm wn 110 black. he Freuch Consul, Count de Mee Lon | been threatened with a ‘ ing” in a lett agen! Mer. | with had business transactions, appiled jor protection at the police court and got Menderson und over to heep tlie ice, Subsequently, btn ever, Henderson int ee a be aes iy, ana he has been fined ten anit ings for th Captain Middieton, ay ay eprn “ok vessel S which about seven' ~ died uring the passage arne hag been sentenced to sea ak y Amprisonmen t with hard iabor for negeetng and ere to issu rat ie ert Tuél and water to the pas: also for fil hy mane them. aoe big nugge ve turned up he the pas mented at Gympie, im Queens ounce nugget was taken out of the oa bar ¢laim, 130 be dust being also obtained in the course of couple of days, At Ber- lin, near Inglewood, in this colony one man obdained 1, ma usoopie of days 490 ounces, ‘comprising one nugget ounces and a number of smaller Henderson, ones. At the same field two nuggets we spectively, oyuces and 175 ounces bay uscovered, In the i ee the one topic of interest is the ap; Spring leeting, the Mel- bourne thet the Austraiian tart, coming In via aly M NOn’s share of specula- tion, re Wi ity starters, Sydne; Tim, Whii jer, tal noe rittle Fis! rincl) Ragpigker, Gui nare and favoril Sya. ne} bee Theatre a heliew stints je ition. 80 far ir. Stark, thing out 7 Aus yan tho! At the Duke’ 0 rand) ack gor sheep as been Produced with @ great a Vel avi good run. there have been some impor- ct The Ayers Ministry have then, the ween not being urned in again, go) la reported within fifty miles of Adelaide; bit no trustworthy secounte have yet been Teceived of its capabilities. Seventy men and thirty ‘women have been kidnap. ped irom Savage Island by @ Queensiand siaver. POLYNESIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC, Shelling of o Native Village in the Solomon Group by the British Steamer Blanche Fight Earopenns Murdered and Eaten at Hudson's Isinnd~Adventares of a Captain at St. Augustine’s Isiand—New Guinen. SYpney, Nov. 2, 1868, ‘The British steamer Bianche has returned froma among the South Sea Isiands, where ahe Aeapaicbed 10m, (hig 20rd Qn the 1b AcE crnise | was volts Aikte Res tet Rlving lo | & s s unish the natives of Rondova bay for the and eating of the master and crew of bark, Marian Renny. she arrived at Solomon Group on the 6th September, lith anchored in Rondova bay. The ustered in canoes in strong force, but andoned the place before the crew of the Blanche were able to get near enongh to fire at them. ‘The village at the head of the bay was then shelled from the ship, and soon destroyed, A party of sixty men landed, and after searching among the rums found & hut, containing twenty- six human skulls, five of which were evidently those of white men, A quantity of ship stores, such as paints, ofls, &c., was also discovered. A, number of very finé canoes were neces- left by ‘were also to that it i sarily the natives on the beach, and destroyed. The Blanche then re- Sydney, calling at New Caledonia. Itis the lesson she has administered to the natives at Rondova bay will produce a salutary effect among the other inhabitants of the Solomon Group, who are by no means so friendly as might be desired, Reliable information has been received ‘as to the fate of the Australian schooner Harmon, which left the port of Levuka, Feejee Islands, for the Line Islands, about ten months since, Meena np pose of tt a of native pul a hn cargo The to have called we Hudson's Island, one of se there the captain and crew, nambering in all eight men, were fgets and’ eatea by the native Measures wil: soon be taken for avenging this horr! Be crime, cee Bey. Soueny, Seamender of the Spec, a small vessel the South Sea Island trade, has been rong on OG seuee by the Nymph, the same vessel he De on the news of the tmaurder of the cre Harmon, The captain arated fro ns ship, and gives the follow- in {ng account of bis adventures:— “While c) ing among) the islands Colleptingia cargo of cocoanut oll, i gue apres 8) en joat manned by flve Island, and [left the ship Sandwich men in order to land 9 raft of oil casks at \d. ‘The mate was left in our oil depot on the charge of the vessel; the sea was rough, and the shi] being along way from shore darkess gvertook Us fore: mal g land, and after the most strenuous exertiong to reach the shore we were compelled ye cut the casks oat and Eg to execs ne aI ing about all night et foun cathy nthe day avi came, that our out at set with neither Lah nor Ii der these o! eum stances I laid a course for oor a nearest island to lee- ward of us (St. Augustine's), and reac! pe Crea in five are i dimos » at — porparth o shat Abe Pith eon eget ai num! ot h, who would not allow us to go Fate a they held a council of war as to what was to be done with us. But we were ulti- Augustine's. Unfoi of the measies, and the wildfire among the i aha g il no less than 300 of them of it. St the natives bi masts each planed and laid H aowartt monte oe mg saa taviee (ane ace et Sak and them. Tear chy OCF on ne ine le w! [i Feber canes raat grr oat my boats crew of band ich \ders.’? ere 18 @ project now on pedition to New ines, wear bracelet their ae entering settlement ‘a sea coast, ng | Sa. S mately ase haven a ve 30 1d, put and oth — of hitherto ‘acter trom though there Fee a small Dutch the samara end of ey on the resent projech may FO "dla day prey coteata thet re tare lew Guinea, so near to the au Aus ange must be explored. INDIA. Gloomy Prospect in the Agricultural Districts. The news brought from Northern and Central India by the overland mati fs still very serious. The scarcity of water is even worse than the want of in and grass, The semi-famine has extended to rs yf some fears expressed we think thero ts good ox. own 0,000 ng avin grated to’ gorat alone desofated p province. The tt Times of Inve Fry tia “ig om be se’ — nyt nd approaci jual the famine-s austria oe oy in ‘tose. valstriots themselves. we hear only of éontinued mn rapt increasing to Nagpere_ Wr ied ‘A gontielnga Ww 0 has been on 8 visit to writeg on tl myst November as follows:— crops in Bet bese an rope Wal oe bat, unless rain comes goon, po failure. Here and to ieee east Tana ween and mm much worse—in fact ine is inevit- le unless rain comes soon. me istrict officers have come in to the station to consult with the com- missiouer and di modes is sat : energety foe eae cope with the ausirese which has been materially alleviated. in Cobeequeneé GENERAL NOTES. G. A. G. is ahead for United States Senator from Pennsylvania. Wilkinson county, Miss., has. formed an agricul. tural society. Keep it up. Reply to application for mercy to a Pennsylvania Governor—A-Vaughan-Theo, Mra, Sojourner Truth, cighty years old, ig a lectur- ing, May she long sojourn among us. Ben Gregory, @ notorious Texas desperado, is dead. Desperadocs dead, Texas will fourish, It is proposed to set of the upper peninsula of Michigan and make a new State called Superior. Wm, I. Harris, formerly Judge of the Supreme Court in Mississipp!, died in Memphis on the 3d inst. Corn 13 selling at Denton, Te, for ten cents a roa There are no distilleries neighbor- Since the abolition of negro suffrage in the island of J ica the sugar crop bas largely tmcreased, and ee ows an improvement of fifty per cent. ublic meeting for tho pur of taking cone deration the iimportancd ‘a division 0 ot he State, ratiroads, &c., was held in Tyler Smith councy, ‘Texas, on the 30th ult. ‘Tyler will’ — ae ad by many Union soldiers who had a tas ne of during the rebellion, bus none will uh ie 3 “head it off in the way of rallway or any other pro- gresa, ‘The Natchez (Migs.) Courier “awakens fizens of Adama county,” or, State, by an abicit lead ing od in this way:—' gee by our ex that & parte of our state the oitisene are in almost all ed and p—4 4 work for the jotion of of the p "4 sand at ing - , the public well Bade cotan fagtories, a! ics of the day. The fo RS ag Sotearel - a 7 hy esng coe ne Amount of af dans shou! ‘ake up;’’ and if all the connties in Mississippi should do likewise, the State will very soon assume the status of “wide awake.” “COME TO GEOXGIA!” ps tg An Appeal for igration te the South, {From the Savannah Republican, Deo. 8.) We Dud the following in a Richwond paper:— Legge ‘ore Page have ee my ceting 1m Sui ei oo eee or ofr oe jutbora eb ape © wo bar, ain pining th ieesipten promaiaes the re sara resulta, It isa oat mistake investin AO to ato) wont eee of oF Pay extravaga rie! Goor rea en | alin 6009 ‘whan moet 4 them, lo ‘ont ye ya eo sneer ir to be found in the oe i tion everything that ‘be grown from the joride line to the St. Lawrel ‘or Migd oy 0 uhere are no lands th ES of the entire 1088 upper ihe bate. wa while tho lower portion, besides the 1 great aia Biman | wong onank vat can ean init o he Meni ks — to the best trot the Wéat indies, dies, the sweetest oranges we have ever een ar are no} 1] ing on the coast of power for machinery there copy sth move al the mills and factories of the United si To say a of other streams, Bi river vaon but @ ‘above ite jun with the nan fos otal of ninety feet in| mile and ag much available wate all the streams of New England put ners 18 not bee known, but ft is true, and the finds on both sides of the river, can be for akong. Nearly every other wi 4 Creve State of an, ny constran size farn cele Tent sites for madufaotoriés. Then, we come to Georgia. The question of heaith, h holds many back, is the merest delusion, The statistics a will show that our State, in this respect, will com- pare favorably with New York and Ohio, and put to | shame the Northwestern States, to which the tude of ADWVBTAMOD SwUSOY AQ Hy EUROPE. The North German Lloyds’ steamship Main, Cap- tain Von Uterendorp, from Bremen via Southampton Deéember 1, arrived at this port, yesterday, She brings detatis of our telegramsgup to date of sailing. Another shock of earthquake was felt at Bucharest On the night of the 27th ult, Itdoes not appear to have done any damage, The Russian government discovered a conspiracy among the students of Moscow and Kiew on the 27th ult, and numerous arrests have been made, The sale of the Ducheas of Moryn’s jewels, in order to carry out the will of her late husband, took place recently in Paria and realized the sum of $110,000 in gold, The British government has ordered the fortress of Gibraltar to be placed on a war footing, which has so annoyed the provisional government of Spain that they have addressed a note of complaint to the Cabinet of St, James, We learn from Florence that subscription sista have been opened throughout Italy for the relief of the families of Monti and Tognetti, The Papal zouaves have opened a subscription for the relief of thefamily of Monti, and 1,800f. have already been collected. The Egyptian government yas published a notice that 1t will discodnt all Treasuty railway bonds ex- piring before the 1st of April at eight per cent. In the sitting of the Lower House of the Hungarian Diet, Nov. 80, the bills relative to mixed marriages and to religious equality were adopted. The resignation of Sefipr Chao, Spanish Director of the Telegraphs, has been accepted, and Sefior Venancio Gonzales has been appointed in his place. « The Levant mail brings news from Athens to the 22d, announcing that on the 20th Petropulaki left for Crete with several hun volunteers, two pieces of mountain artillery, and éme men trained to their use, The troops marched past the windows of the Ottoman Embassy with thelp flags fying, Colonel Coroneos will soon follow with @ thousand more, The Champer of Deputies at At fias voted a’re- duction of the army from 16,000 to 14,500, and has also granted 2,000,000 + drachmag (each ninety centimes), for the conversion of the grmaments. It has also passed 4 bill against brigandage, asshring & Teward of 10,000 to 20,000 drachmas to any person giving up the Jeader of a Band tito the hands of tne authorities, And, finally the ministerial proposal to allot a grant of 4,500,000 ae to the heirs of the late King Otho has Bedi agreed to without oppo- sition, Iv is sald that MM. Emile Oltivier, Adoiphe Thiers, Jules Favre, Louis Bancel, Emanuel Arago, Ernest Picard, Jules Simon, Henri Rochefort and Gambetta will be the candidates of the liberal union for the ap- proaching Paris elections, ENGLAND. The New Parliament. The London Times of November 28, Suggests that one ey 4 oon of the general monot ny; 1n the. character of members nf been the cat “aottatt of ft the ject which the country hi pe os to ita mind in electing them. It had no ai saa S| Who should peep ye woclety ay iia imply to take men to whose sense keep faithful to their pl or rodtee lal national levance, 1S tee had profited by ih ag poli- ddan, both in gratitude ie ope hope of futare services. The whig ughs had @ pride in a iheasurs sithy ee, led as thelr own work, and ret ‘of secure House, Tory’ borough proprise tte gave (01 ves gave bap Latins, I fare re aoind lus jous contributions of class, t ttongh wi But net object, middle py Dor the patrons of boroughs aed ed anything by last year’s reform to make them anxtous to quic! ol the movement. The work- ng, class has reduced 1t8 ree rome cor nullity alp atbition State by itself. It sqandered ies iipatties on candi- beso tes Whom no other class, jot evén their own ith any imity, would support, while its more educated cl pions were left to fight close boro The same agencies which have made a crotchet infinitely m: sam to @ candidate’s chances than any want of ooh candcate the unusually marked [oN aphee! shown for candidates. The country no ear for the fea ters of new rier com) — to be won ‘which a gal wey Aa Seer to unt It felt Oxford and Cambridge was ee need of one definite and, and was inclined to con- its case to persons who it knew would not, or coud not, eacond its Sel ing The Times regrets the ex &@ rather provincial sentiment vt je a fault of the whole that Frocal res- ility be represented tn the new Parlia- ment at some cost of a deprivation of talents which might have benefited the nation nation at Postponement of the Intend Intended Journey of the Prince of Wales—Probable Political Compli- cations. (From the resign “lps London and Paris, jntended journey ‘or the Prince of Wales ap- bak we uni pratt some pegs a gland events that are at at fe @ bresent mi moment. Onlea' tds to eater and come it a thence for Kayne ut the Queen has it advisable for him to pass some time at the Court of Denmark, so that he Beil be nearer to London should her Majesty decide uy adopting any serious resolution, SPAIN. of Spain—Kmigration and Prosperity. | ee (Nov. 28) correspondence London rae Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla, the Minister of Edu- Watare The cation and Public & man whose patriotism Me oe a of con itened, has no other ambi- tion than that Spain country “ft for free man to live in.’? 8 — evils of 8} aie ie thi arose from, em The to be ind in immigration. Constitute 8) con free Vem ‘toa ih hacen the greater antares 10 8 ct pertooriy true pain has room for more than nt inhabitants. It is true that the fore. iness of some of its provinces and the fer- tility of al) seem to have intended the peninsula for the hap, pleat and weaitbiest agricultural region, and that, independently of the surface of the soil, Spain boasts mineral riches which would reward any amount of capital, industry and ae that might be bestowed upon it. A glance at ti sky and a few days’ experience of this bright ry are suMcient to justify the boast that “the very a of Heaven would fain exchange their abode for Spain, were Ca! the government in harmony with tha manifold Yresninge lavished by nature oa the land. “it,” Don Manuel Ruiz Zorrilia, ‘4f 1 can give ractical demonstration that an Englishman will, can iy bap space of time, be able to enjoy in this those imetitutions, combining thorough Hera wt perfect oer: OT ve i boast own naty tajand, not see Why that tide of emigration whi — over the waste lands of distant continents could not be turned towards gur Pentngulg with mutual advantage to both, countries’? ere is no doubt that the Latin races might, with great benefit to themselves, make room the exuberant growth of bm Teutonic neighbors. Spain ws not -~ only coun- ry labo: under the ot eae of a ba popuiatto Italy also, and especially her isiands of pera and pte would gladiy welcome the ar- rival of mapy hundred tuousand immigrants, But it must be allowed both that the necessity for an increase of population is more urgently felt in Spain, ss ua present « wider opening, especially than any other European Soraretnee, “in the first place, the depopulation of Spain did not arise from natural causes, but from downright human violence; and not from the ravages of foreign ors, but from the improvidence of do- mestic misrule, Spain has had for centuries what Homer called & ‘people-devouring” government. Ferdinand and Taabeiie drove out iny: tet ia, mot all countries where colonization ts abt fs joor neighbor. The coast Galicia @ fow days’ sail from those of Det 6 whole north Tegion of the Pent vlad a er My] Le per nglish " v and moist- ter | FF fal ‘thet sti , though on a larger cate} ‘all ‘And variable climate, though powers. Even the population those rh districts stil ‘preserves Pall the ness gnd robustness of its original Gothic settlers, ft ig not in Galicia, Austria or the Basque vinces that Spain has the rich- est and. most comfortable homes to offer; there 5. ho soil in the ‘world that can mete Fo nfctor pacer of remadura—no soll thas greater want of husbandmen, The ro, ay ana t be the most immediately at- ih Le oh a tad] Sarieeiaen, a ulumate most pro e lands Pe neate oa madara ant per 18 of those of Leon and Cas a eerto Jored not onl ander tb the evils of tia ears attor an prod ander i pnd a: for ir juce. The wat peg a ‘one-nalt of fhe peninsula flow into the Ai bat, between Spain Le sa pat now ow be overtl Yovever oh ie By Yt of @ polttical een the Hog poy be any. Wi ex v2 iro adeid and Lia wa am and the me ~ 4 couid hardly su bait witheus wt the ‘suppor lines and of gocd carfiage ronda eh Rhrow x miles. places which were in some degree hitherto un- peopled, simply or mainly because they were inac- cessible, Spain must, #0 to ap be conquered in the same measure aa it is cc Bverytuing is ede J.29810 bo done, Together with tue husbandman, the sei orice” nares miner, the iat genet fine freee 2 land and—es we the now premised © Present Condition of Spain. Globe, Nov, 30.) wr) ‘fe ppociearination which still fave procrastin ‘or mun ee prov Hetero SE or spes. 18 awaree- rolonged Besor, and no hope. Uf real pro a a the establishment ahment cg Not Not ony do. the the $ sae thetr diapor roval uae hee eral other places, on a secure basis the fault will be theirs and the; ‘Wall Rasy 6 a0 Sinha pol sequences without. having the will ie of of avoid- of Spain the Cortes ut delay. There can be no ly spirit. of patriotism must Prompt every Spaniara to desiderate the greatest The people are in favor of monarchicai institutions and do. not make any stipulations with respect to the future sovereign. of the country, ex- cee et ae eal ee eae The crs 1s @ most serious and perilous one. The provisional pomemninens will risk everything and bring Spain to irreparable ruin if it persista in a delay which is neither necessary nor excusable, FRANCE, The Baudin Subs¢riptions—Extract from the Argument of a Parisian Editor Aguinst the Press Prosecutions. M. J. J. Weiss, editor of the Journal a2 Parts, who had been arrested on the charge of ublishing the Baudin subscription, in the course of along al a before the court, thus spoke in his own As to my personal defence, here is what I have to say:—I have been accused of “disturbing the public peace,” The prosecutor went across the channel to seek in the columns of the Times evidence in sup- ae his allegation, and then told you that you ges had the right A Toker ees intentions; ba ing he added the means of form- your opinion erab you in the shape of my on You see how they were written, and can wine bath of man Iam. means ing beo le claim the bree ip detnan should be convened witl together, and a me in what took place on the 2d of November. The Journal de five rene ber subscription, not on the 8th, as has been stated, but on the 7th, a distinction not ‘without importance, as ew were not at that time aware that roses nan bee n Instituted against thi opening this gueeription we stated that the tative Baudin had died for his ig chgny, and iit erty; that = ublic tribute to his memory could as a tribute to the cause of jom. vand ps object are therefore one passage in answer to the Pays, at journal had stated that ‘the prosecution was meant to call on the jud; not to sanction the 2d of December, but to tify it with law itself.” I thought it nec- casaty to reply, , Tai in the exercise of its sovereign po it absolve the 2d of December, but no court of Jt tice. ei wer of pronounc- ing It to be la’ two fines which WP laf oy bed e journal you know of, I ab- opening the subscrip- tion I meant to geet ry man who died in defence of law; 1 had no intention _ reviving civil war. I re- fused to receive all the subscriptions forwarded to me with letters jag the intentions and motives of the bers. @ paper has even roached of weakness for not in- srry us the honor of sending to us, that noble letter in which he stated his opinion with eloquent — tersencss, which, will survive neon The t regime is not that of Tiberius. M. VAvoout inperial ig not a tool of Se- janus. Tam not premacias Corvas. I have nelther station eloquence; and the tribunal, whatever it sentenoes ime to, will not ex: me to open my veins in a warm bath, (Laughter.) But a8 long as the world lasts there will be a contro- think were but there fons as tO Bastin ie fe ne constitution, admiratic rotesi against the violation of now con oye To honor a noble sptracy; to honor and reverence the dead cannot be nolding ‘up the Uving badaanhies hatred and contempt. RUSSIA. The Russian Trade in the Baltic Sea. The Moscow Gazette the Russian | napa to make the Russian le in the Baltic Lope dent of the Prussian harbors, and railways. is a humiliation for Russia, it says, that ata channels of her trade ip ghonla be Ki BPs atenmahal ae ee and Memel, and she should m & harbor at Libau and aa connentinn that town with Kovno ry, @ tramway, iat tm the opin- jon of the M ts also essential for the security of the empire, for in case of a conflict with Prussia that wer could paralyze its rance and Russia being @ neutral, a French fect biocki the Prusajan ports would do as much harm to the commerce of Kussia as of Prussia. Actual State of the Russian Army. ler ate of the 14th ult., tatistics relstive to the pres- ie figure rane engincors’ in ah ¢ 921,006 =) at is reduced to tert tere serrice ‘haloes dotnet is Seectcas, e 8 of war 320,000 men, besides the irre; troops of Cossacks, which iy time of war it to number 229,000 men, Deducting the majority of the latter for interior service, the effective force of the army in time of war ought to figure up to 1,100,000 men. Presuming about 200,c00 men_to be divided between the Caucasus, Siberia and Tarkistan, Russia can still offer 900,000 against any movement from West- ern Europe. DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES. The Opening of the Roumanian Chambers— Prince Charlew Address. The Roumanian Chambers were opened on Friday, the 27th beng ba by Prince Charles in person. In his speech from the throne hie Highness said that the internal state Soak the Ae ‘ ad ‘ae, the relations with foreign factory. The condition of the finances also was a fouriaht >) and the time was now past when nstunt re- course to loans was necessary. Within the last year the system of roads throughout the country had made a r advance than in the previous thirty years. In reference to forelan Pape oh bis Highness ~ that both the treaty of ‘aris and aiso the situation of country made the aurietiestneud duty which the gov- good understanding existing at present with foreign je ex! presen’ (01 countries, convent are igenbioned which have pa concluded with Austria ahd Rt and, as Tegards the abolition of the consular jurisdiction, Meg have already been oe with ussia to that effect. The Prince also expressed a hope that other Powers would, b; adoption of & similar course of ay ave ~g ae ood will Py heh dia harles apa w 1) Shitea give roy their party ainsesaiobe. New Roumantun Cabinet. The new Cabinet was definitely formed at Ba- charest, November 80, and ts composed of the fol- lowing members:— fF meray of the Counctl and Minister for Foreign fairs—M. Demetrius AGhatacer of the 3 Cogalintscheano, iene of Jui |. Brocreseo, Minister of Finances—! Minister of Public atipe Papedopalo * Oalie Minister of War—Colonet Duke Nenmert. FOREWN SCIENTIFIC WOTES. ‘The Caucase of Tifes aa me following:—In certain @xcavations lately mate co the banks of the Koura, at about half a Jae froma om its ar bt HL the Aragyo, the remains of of he net o discovered. The ai a eS) er S catastrophe ar re aa ens also LF found nee pH have ey several Setdaieaiye = the Penalty 7 Saat wa | ee id then a huge, fee ts ween to rise, | I and lasting the furtace bool as plants, bat on the first aj neh of cold ni the whole isiand sinks and Hes erdormant until the ensu- ing year at the bottom of the lake. The various phases assumed by this strange phenomenon of batare serve as a Weather glass to the country people of the locality, WAS COMMODORE HEADE INSANE? ——— rtunate Domestic Affair—The Other the Come Aa U: Side of the Case—Letter from modore’s Discarded Son-in-Law. VINELAND, N. J., Dec. 10, 1868. . To THE Epiros or HE HERALD:— As numerous reports have been published in the Papers, giving an incorrect statement of the cas of Commodore Meade, and as my own name hag been made more prominent than the truth of the ctrs cumstances fairly admit; in short, “that I had Com}! modore Meade arrested upon a criminal charge, and that when he could not be held upon that charge’ Thad him incarcerated in a lunatic asylum upom the certificates of two Tombs physicians; I beg the liberty of setting myseit right before the public, I have heard of men in olded times attacking castles and taking their wiv by force, I have heard of their tal them out of third story windows, and I have also heard of their quietly walking away ana getting married; but I never heard before, either in history or fiction, of @ man. first confining his oie | father-in-law in @ lunatic asylum and then @iately marrying hts daughter, and I am not ambié } tous to be the’one to start such a precedent, ‘ I first met my wife at the Commodore's om house, 1m Washington, last January. I was then told that it was worth as much as a man’s life to pay any’ attentions to his daughters. Of the number of suitors who had been actually driven away by force of arms upon furtner inquiry I ascertained this to ba the fact. When I had decided to propose to my wife Isent a formal notice to him and a request for hia consent, His answer to this was a peremptory order to desist from all attentions to his daughter; reiterated by another letter threatening serious con- sequences in case I continued these attentions, and wry he ae vi of his objections as follows:— ly age.. Second—My religion. Third—Being’ an utter stranger, Being at the time thiry-four Tah old Iwas at a loss whether he meant} hat I was too young, or too old. I di not care about adopting any new religion, and bein; fully his equal in birth and education and oe lived for eleven years upon my own estates in N Jersey, I could not possibly sympathize with the’ last objection. In respect to tie last letter I consulted his son, Lieutenant Commander R. W. Meade; Father: Francioll, of Brooklyn, formerly his priest; ‘Admiral Hiram Paulding, the father-in-law of two of his sons; Charles A. Meigs, of New York, his brother-in-law, and other membera.af his family, and they all ad:| vised me no attention to it, “that the Coi Todore W ih suffering under aberration of mind an had been in this state for some time.” This I full, believed, as I knew that the Commodore had suffe1 eat injustice from the government in being un- justly xept out of a claim, amounting, I believe, man) liions of dollars, even after the k and justice of the claim had been fully estabitsh and also that from some personal jealousies he suffered injustice in‘his court martial for the loss of the San Jacinto, and had not been awarded the ran! and promotion which he deserved, which to an ony! ey is worse than death. The letter itself was ae | ‘After this I was informed that the Commod was watching around tne Staten Island ferries thal he mi eo shoot me at the first opportunity. I co! tinu attentions the same, and would have biuaea a the thought of anything like personal ger influencing my conduct. For some time p! viously my marriage was igo to take place Pont the ith 9 of “October, at residence of my wife’ s uncle, cette A. Meigs, of Staten heh A fe days before I received a warning tl thé mind of the Commodore was disturbed and inst he would, shoot me for certain in case he saw me, I Cpe however, that upon the 14th of Uctober I would the f in di tht, and in an fergie ‘stand prota tte’ shooting that ~ I felt ‘hat objects less worthy safely in company with my father, my me a my chief secretary, Mr. John L. Burk, arr residence of Mr. ae syulenvenang mse ‘formed By melancho) task reced! —that Placing Sienpidaees in the speominena d Asylum; tag for months past he ai been thi ent big he had threatened lives Mr. So Pe Rothes Mr. Melgs, Secretary Welles, of th Navy, at his ate ee upon his person several nr had been found, and four more revolvers Heese ‘and that.he had a gang, CN gy e to commit violence Bpon iy self in ferry. Instead of this being done tn order promote my it was done only from meodty of humanity, and tt was ex) ae ne 2 such terrible occurrence in the emiy I would posse the marriage or toh it off. The family was also of this disposition. juested, however, that should take jace. My afflanced was n Heeldes, iene had lost her: beauty or met with any es, if she y 1 misfortane, or if all the family had agen I would have been all the tht and the power God ! and ce shield her ali it may tl See | every evil tl shreaten. arriage has received the approbation of every: monber of my Wife's family excepting the monrg dore, Relative to the Commodore's confinem: had no hand in it, nor did my wife, nor did I Eno of it before the oe of my H7 Wells of tae have “stan set se pe the Fant and from Ge ral George iy of he cgntaentent ot the Summnaommen es un bum: and expressing sul that had not been dous ei gone long before. ‘Phe modore was placed in confinement by his son, tenant ‘Commander R. W. Meade, who is now in feamer Sagiiaw: and consequently aren jus present at at om ial ia New York, Dat was sim} the Onuelicoee has recovered hia health there is no one more joyed atitthan myself or who cam wish him better health or a longer life, CHARLES K. LANDIS, BROOKLYN INTELLIGENCE. SuppEN DgaTn.—Willram Snow, a resident of New Jersey, died suddenly on Saturday night at the, residence of his sister, Mrs. Margaret Holt, in Peasy street, near Pearsall. Coroner Fiavin was notified. AccIDENT.—Thomas McCabe fell into an exca' tion made for a cellar, at the corner of Smith Pacific streets, on Saturday night, and was seriously nag He was taken to his home, No. 88 Atlant Gi stree BEoGine.—OfMicer Sweeney deposed before Judg i Cornwell that he found Ann Palmer soliciting alms; on Fulton street on Saturday. The prisoner, oo promising never to be caught begging again, an assuring the Judge she had a home, was depart. MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.—On Friday evening last Mrs. Margaret Main, forty years of age, left her home in Bushwick ayenue, Williamsburg, and hag not since been heard from. Her friends are feartal that she was laboring under an ballucination at thé time of her sudden departure, and are apprehensive, of serious consequences. ‘THE EXTENSION OF PROSPECT PARK.—A meeting of the Prospect Park Commissioners will be held to- night, when the question of making a further ex~ tension to the park, it is understood, will be brought up and discussed, As the meetings of the Commis- sioners are always strictly private, very little is known of their business beyond what they choose to divulge. Any further extension of the grounds wil of course, require an act of the Legisiature; bu the Commissioners can show that a greater extent land will enhance the beauty of the park, they wilh = little or no diMculty in securing the power hate | seek. A Tixweny Destnovep By Fins—Loss $15,000,— The tannery of Edwin M. Gasner, situated at the corner of North Ninth street and Union avenue, E. D., took fire at about six o’clook yesterday morning, and the flames spread so rapidly that firemen were unable to save building or contents. The builds ing was a two story frame one, valued at $2,000, There was a large stock of tanned hides on pane) variously estimated in value at from $10,000 to $15,000, all of which was destroyed. an was an Insurance of oe on a steck and fixtures. lowed 4 A platoon of po! der Captain Wogiom, saved seteral horses in a” stable attached to @ Durning, tannery, ‘The fire was of accidental origin. TERRIBLE BURNING AccIDENT—TarER PRRsoNs Insurep.—A terrible accident occurred at No. 21 Main street about noon yesterday, caused by ord of ki ofl, whereby ¢ pone Rl = ype oes er aay Siren [ang A rset airtane , bi Ue at Mrs. po occupying th jird floor, was in sey, e metal piece! and knocked over & lamp filled with kerosend. {t fil fell ho atowe, aude » the fu and “Satiering over Mrs. McGi: Bre, 8 Seretoping her almost instantly in one sheet of Her husband and daughter (i twelve years) came to her assistance and Thetrcloths ing also caught fire. Both were terribly burned, rae neighbors rushed in and by means of blankets appressed the and the fire fro ed about the Soartments: ‘sunfien, ‘aid “atin in = pat Wee tor the injnr and then had moved to the ot capital. It ts a oat Mrs. Soaubin aan can recover. ewo ethers may poselbiy ee Ree eaters el he -~ ‘of % the owen fem ne ae es the on link’? iat font through routes from New Orleans to the Central States. It is the connecting link with the Memphis and Little Rock road—destined to be the main trunk to the great Weat beyond Memphis. Can this re under {is present management, b: tit? We thi it can,—Memphis Avalanche, ad often risked thelr fives for: anmine. On the léth I =a |