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4 S&UROPE. ‘Tae Cunard steamship Siberia, Captain Martyn, from Liverpool March 13 via Queenstown the 14th, arrived at (his port last night, She brings three days later details of our cable despatches, ‘The Russian journals announce the burning down of the theatre at Nijny Novgorod after a perform- ance in which Bengal lights had been used, and which, the supposition is, set the scenery in fames. Areport fom Florence, March 12, states that the King of Italy will despateh a general and orderly officer to congratulate the Emperor of Austria upon bis arrival at Trieste. The courtesy is noticeable as an iudication of the complete re-establishment of friendly relations between the two courts. Duke Christian, of Schleswig-Holstein-Augusten- burg, Prince Christian’s father, died on the 11th inst. al his castle at Primkenan, in Silesia, aged 70, Three duels were recentiy fought in Naples, origi- nating in a: sions en Prince Humbert, and the king of Italy as sent the Order of the Iron Crown to the three gentlemen who defended the prince, sword in hand, M, Jules Favre, although quite certain to be re- ejected for Paris, has, to serve the liberal cause, consented to stand in the Gers against M. Granier de Cassagnac. Letters from Touton, France, speak of a continu- ance of stormy weather in that neighborhood. In the single roadstead of the Heres Islands not fewer than six trading vessels had been forced on shore, The crews were saved, but the craft and cargoes lost. M. Henri Rochefort, of Lanterne notoriety, has been invited by more than five hundred electors of Paris to put up for one of the districts of that city. M. Rochefort communicates this factto the Avenir National, and says he shall accept the invitation. Delegates from South America have arrived in Paris for the purpose of soliciting the Academy of Science to appoint a commission of savans to inquire into the causes of the frightful earth- quakes which have of late caused such destruc- tion of life and property. Unfortunately the idea has appeared so chimerical that ihe petition has been rejected. A communication from Rome states that the au- thorities are engaged in organizing a service of re- porters for the proceedings in the Ecumenical Coun- cil. The Abbe Vigidius Marchesse, a Piedmontese, has been placed by the Holy Father at the head of the shorthand writers, This ecclesiastic, a subject of the King of Italy, has only been in holy orders five years. It ts well known in Athens, Greece, that of all the Powers represented at the Paris Conference Russia was the Power which insisted most strenuously upon the Greek government sending a categorical reply within eight days to the declaration of the Conference, In accordance with a decree promulgated on the 11th inst., the Portuguese government takes posses- sion of the Southeastern Railway and its dependen- cies, and concedes to the company an indemnity oT about £500,000, subject to the approval of the Cortes. Mr, Townsend, the representative of the South- eastern Railway Company, has protested against the decree whereby the Portuguese government de- clared its intention to take immediate possession of the railway. Mr. Townsend has, moreover, given orders to the railway officials to resist any such pro- ceedings on the part of the government. It is still Said that M. Troplong's other great office, the Presidency of the Senate, will not be filled up tll after the general elections. It is thought that the Emperor wants M. Rouher to carry him through the crisis and wishes to keep the chair of the Senate open for him as a great reward. On the night of the 10th inst. a great deal of snow fell in Paris, and in many parts of the country it lay very deep indeed. The Seine was dangerously high at the time and considerable fears were entertained of the consequences of the snow suddenly melting. The Lower House of the Austrian Reichsrath agreed to the estimate of the expenditure for the Ministry of Finauce (85,020,371 florins), for the Min- isuy of Commerce (13,630,700 Norins), and for the Ministry of Agriculture (2,176,200 florins), The eat. mates of the revenue of the Ministry of Finance (259,318,425 florins) and of the Mimistry of Commerce (12,212,500 florins) were also adopted.’ The official Gaceta of Madrid, Spain, publishes a circular of M. Sagasta, aflrming the development of typhus in the provinces of Burgos, Saragossa, Madrid, Valencia, Zamora and Salamanca. The document orders an augmentation of the staff of the juntas of health and the formation of sanitary councils, and also the adoption of all suitable hy- genic measures for arresling the development of the epidemic. ENGLAND. State of Pablic Opinion—Reduction in the Naval Estimates—its Probable Effect—The Alabama Question—How it will be Set- tled—Russian Advances in the East a Cause of Alarm—Mismanagement of a Public In- stitution, London, March 12, 1869, Public opinion in England is not unlike a weather- cock, which sumetimes points due north and a few hours afterward may point direct scuth. This fact was never demonstrated more clearly than the night before last, when Mr. Childers, the First Lord of the Admiralty—or, as he would be called in America, the Secretary of the Navy—brought forward the aval estimates for the next twelve months, A very few years ago the universal cry was for eMciency in every department connected with the fleets of Great Britain. “We don’t care what we pay,’’ was the text of every newspaper and every public speaker, “so long as we have our money's worth. Let us have the best ships, the most sci- enUfic gunnery, the best educated naval officers, the most numerous crews, and everything belonging to tie naval service in the best possible order, and we will pay the biil cheerfuliy.”” But now a complete change seems to have come over the na- tion, Economy of the most rigid kind—and by no means & very judicious saving—1 the order of the day. I was in the House on Monday when Mr. Chil. ders explained the various savings which he pro- poses, and which will, when ali is done, econo- mize not more than $4,000,000 to this nation. Iam an admirer of Mr. Gladstone's general policy, and in many things believe that he will do more to ad- Vance the real interests of England thaa any Pre- mier we have had since Sir Robert Peel died. But, in common with every naval officer I have spoken to on the subject, I cannot help thinking that if the clipping down policy in the navy is adhered to Eng- land will in ten years more become a third rate Power on the high seas. Of the six great national dockyards two—Deptford and Woolwich—are hence- forth to be shut up; and at the other four hundred artisans, skilled in shipbuiding, are to be dis. missed. [am told that between this and the end of June there will be some 2,000 or more shipwrights who will leave Engiand as emigrants, the greater part of them having determined to seek a home in the United States. We had just got our navy up toa point of great eMciency, after laboring since the commencement of the Crimean war, in 1864, to do #0, And now this mania for economy has come upon us and we are about to undo all that has been done, This, too, ata time when every civilized nation in the world has greatly increased her marine, both as to ships and men, If ever we drift into another war we shail find ourselves infinitely less prepared than we were when Sir Charles Napier took to the Baltic a feet three. fourths manned by men who had never seen bine water, And this happens at a period when every navy in Europe has profited by years of peace to make her seamen and her ships as eMcient as pos- sible, But there is no use saying a word on the sub. Ject. To-day the English weathercock points towards “economy.” A couple of years hence, when perhaps we have got a quarrel on our hands, or for want of strength will be obliged to put up with a snub, we Shall be giad to buy back, at ten times ite actual value, What we are now discarding ag useless, The ‘weathercock will then veer round and point at “eMciency,’’ and we shall have to pay a hundred fold for it, simply because we are foolish enough to throw qway our Weapons when we have no immedi- ate ase Tor them. The mention of @ quarrel leads naturally to the eonsideration of the Alabama question, My own opinion is that England will eventually have to eat bumble pie and submit to whatever terms America hvowes to dictate in this Matter. It is ali very well for certain newspapers to talk big and deciare that there isa limit to the patience of a great people, Depead upow it, no matler What happens, we never wis Bgl The oid-fasuiwued Juvu Bull piuck— NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1869.—TRIPLE SHEET. sensif which, if often abused, was to be respected if only tor its determined courage—scems to have evapo- rated altogether in England. 1 may be wrong, but I Judge of what | hear and see in every walk Of life, andl cannot help coming to the conclusion that there is really nothing short of an actual invasion of London and a threatened plundering of the Bank of England that would ever induce us to draw @ Sword, There is no use disgal the fact that all classes of imen in this land are now so intent upon making money that nothi would induce them to sanction any war, no matter how ere. that might lessen their guins or increase chances of loss, To a certain degree this state of public f is to be commended. But with nations, as with - | viduals, there 18 a point beyond which ie be- comes cowardice or something very fear that tn England we are, a3 a nation, getting careless of our national honor, and would put up with any amount of insult rather than say to those who insult us, “Thus far you may go, but no farther.” In common with many men on this side of the Atlantic [ have ever been of opinion that in all the various ramifications of the ma English were (or rather England the government of the day was) dt wrol ‘The weathercock 18 now veering round in this matter, Five or six years sity one who held that the tederal cause in the United States that of justice, truth and right against might was looked upon in “society” as a lool or a rogue. Not long be- fore the civil war broke out in the United States the sympathy of England was entirely with the aboli- tionists, aud I velleve, in our silly zeal, without prac- tical knowledge, we did more to perpetuate slavery by exasperating the slaveholders of the South than all the cupidity of those who owned Ld throughout the States. But no sooner was it evident that emancipation must be the result of federal con- quest than we turned round, and, 80 far as was pos- sible, fought on the side of the slave owners—that 18 to say, fought for them by argument, by public opinion declaring itself in every possibie way in their tuvor, and by allowing—for there can be no doubt that we did allow—pirates to arm vessels and leave our shores to injure the trade and commerce of @ nation with which we were at peace, It is very certain that if the Enghsh government had maue use of the ordinary means of prevention it has most abundantly at its disposal the Alabama and other steamers of the kind would never have been allowed to leave our shores, This much almost every Englishman acknowiedges at the present day. The weathercock has veered round also here. But, as the French say of us, and say very truly, we are not a logical people. We have so far acknowledged our fault, but we don’t go to the root of the matter. ‘The foundation of the blunder we made was ac- knewledging the Confederates as belligerents, and until we make amends—so far as it is possible to do so—for this offence against everything like inverna- tional law the Alabama question never can and never will be settled. We are—as a nation, I mean, for in- dividually there are many who have urged this view for eight or nine long years—only now commencing to see this; but our national pride won't allow us to acknowledge it, But, prideor no prides come this acknowledgment must and come it will. ‘here 1s, moreover, no doubt that, although it may prove humiliating for us to (eee Sp our fault, tt will do us great good as a nation. We are far too apt to see the mote in our brother’s eye and ignore the beam that is in our own. No people, and as a rule no press, is more ready to find fault with our neighbors than we Enylish, and yet we cannot even bear to hear mentioned our own much more conspicuous faults. Take, for instance, the question of religious toleration. To read nine- teen out of twenty English papers, or to hear ninety- nine out of every hundred Englishmen speak, any one would imagine that religious toieration was & virtue only known on these tsiands; and yet { have heard Mr. Gladstone denounced again and again by educated men because in his ministry a Quaker (Mr. Bright) is President of the Board of Trade, a Catholic (Mr. Moseel) Under secretary of State for the Colo- nies, and another Catholic (O’Hagen) Chancellor for Ireland. I am quite confident that in the United States you would no more think a man’s religious creed ongut to prove an obstacle to his being in office thun the color of his eyes or the shape of his nose. But | am quite certain—and | speak ad- visedly—that not even Mr. Gladstone, with the im- mens¢ mujority he bas at his back, dare put a Catho- lic or a Jew into his Cabinet, no matter how fitted eitner might be for his post; and yet we have seen long ago in Cataoilic France M. Guizot, a Protestant, many Years Prime Minister, and M. Fould, a Jew, his Min- ister of Finance. Baron Beust, the Prime Minister of Catholic Austria, 1s also a Protestant. But Eng- lishmen cannot see these things in the light of com- mon sense. They declaim aguinst all other nations as bigots, and are themselves—as a nation, not indi- vidually—the greatest bigots on earth. But, to return to what 1s called the Alabama ques- tion, | believe the dificulty will be got over, but not yet foratime. And when the solution does come the damage which either the Sumter or Alabama did to your commerce will form @ comparatively small part oi the moral compensation we shall have to make you. I believe that we shall have to submit to arbitrators our whole conduct toward a friendly Power when a part of that nation broke out in rebellion against the chief government, And now, passing from the Alabama question, which may some Qay (although in common with the rest of the world I sincerely hope not) prove our diMcuity oy sea, let us turn to one of not less magni- tude which seems slowly but surely to be rising in the East. I ailude to the influence which Russia has attained in Central Asia and her gradual advance towards the frontier of British India. In the Moscow Gazette of the 3d instant there appears a sem1-oficial Suggestion that negotuations saouid be opened be- tween the lish and the Russian governments re- [ay | the future relations between these two Powers. Coming from @ government whose pres- ence we have always ignored in Central Asia, this preliminary demand for something like an - meat on terms of equality is not a littie humiliating, or would have been thought go a few years ago, when we were not all so buay making money that we had some time to spare in taking care of our relations with foreign Powers. The Moscow Gazette scouts the idea of Russia giving any guarantee for the observance of the neu- trality of Afmgi Eastern Turkestan or any other territory of Central Asia, and very plainly says that now Russia has got a footing in those countries which border upon India England must accept the position and make the most of it, for Russia will act as circumstances may dictate. Of course, the cloud is now but a mere speck on the horizon, not ao large 43 the palm of @ man’s hand; but | am much mis- taken if it will not grow larger, and that ere ve! long. I have lived more than ten years in india ani know the temper of the people well, and | am quite sure that Lie presence of @ powerfui rival like Russia upon our frontier would @iways prove a source of Weakness to us, and ip times of war it would be a sitive danger. The natives of Hindostan do not jove us. They submit to our yoke because we are strong. But divide our strength, oblige us to with- draw a portion of our Indian army by @ war in Europe, and if Russia is our enemy our possession of India wouid not be worth an hour’s purchase. We were very nearly ariven out of the country wien the mutiny broke out in 1857. Where should we have been if a powerful, well trained foe was ready at any moment to help with money, arms and material force those who were in rebellion against us? A very scandalous case of mismanagement of charitable funds bas i been brought to light im the case of Dulwich College, an institution founded in 1619 for the maintenance of poor scholars and for the relief of the poor in certain parishes, Di the last ten years itis establishment has received an aggregate income of £152,131. Out of this £49,410 has been paid away on pe and of the residue of £52,721 no less than £41,031 has been wasted in the expenses of ment, &c. Had anything of the sort been brought to lignt in France, or Spain, or the United States, how we should have read the de- linquents long lessons upon the commandment “Tuou shalt not steal” in ali our newspapers and our pubiie speeches, As it i hardly any one seeme to Vhink ‘he litte rovbery worth noticing. The Ocean Mail Subsidies. ‘The subject of ovean postage contracts was taken Up in the House of Commons on the 12th inst. The tmatter was introduced by Mr. Seely, who rose to Move that the contracts entered into by the Post- Master General with Messrs. Cunard & Co. and Mr. Willtato juman for the conveyance of mails from this country to the United States be referred to @ select- committee of this House. There were several rea- sons why the practice to which he was about to cali attention should cease. He complaimed that mm making these contracta the two principles of having @ fixed subsidy and equality of I~ ment between the several contractors had not boca complied with. Last year the honorable member for Hampshire (Mr. Sciater-Kootn) said it was the inten- tion of the government, in making new coatracts, to place all the companies on the same footing, and he Said it would be better to;put an end to subsidizing Cunard Company had not been tied r 4 cular time in, performing the ver Dales North German Lioyds was. The Conard and the Inman companies had @ contract for eight years; but the North German Lloyds conid only secure & six month’s contract, and he understood that the Treasury had written to the Post Omce to put an end to the latter contract, The hovorabie mem. ber then went on to show the number oj voyages upon which the Cunard hnd Inman steamers had been beyond their time on the voy; We paid much more for slow boats than we should have t pay for quicker. The expensiveness of the contract with Messrs. Cunard would no doubt be urged, and, Indeed, had been nrged, against a reduction of Power yo a hear.) If we reduced the a of letters to the United States to one penny the which would be entailed thereby would be nothing like the loss we should sustain by renewing the contract with Messrs. Cunard. He objected to the subsidies for the purpose of supporting monopolies, and con- claded by moving for a select committee to inquire into the circumstances under which the contract in question was entered into. Mr. Bagley seconded the motion. The contract had been hastily entered into. The House had iong ago disapproved of subsidies for the carriage of let ters. He believed that the charge of a penny for the bp tthe of @ letter to the United States would yield A suiticlent profit to the owners of vessels employed in the ne fog | of letters. If there were no hong od in favor of 4 class of vessels we might have a daily communication with America in both directions. The Marquis of Hartington believed there was no intention on the Ministerial side of the House to ob- ject to the appointment of a committee. When tne present government came into oMce this contract was Mt and they thought it would be inexpe- dient to withhold their sanction from what the late government had approved of, although vernment were perfectly aware of the strong ob- etion of many, Members on the Ministerial of the House to the granting of these aub- sidies. (Hear, hear.) The government desired, if possible, that the House should have an | earlier opportunity than the contract contemplated 1” cousider tae arrangement, aud asked Messrs, Cunard and Inman to shorten the time for which the 0 rete Samer fn, or of ‘one year’s noti they peri f two to which they wo' we been subjected if the alternative course had adopted. It government had the offer refused made by Cunard & Co. and Mr. Inman have been for a time considerable inconvenience ex- Rerenced, becente they Would Aare tenn ol to nd uy) foreign servi Vol a barry jee Southampton to New Yo Malis would have been des; on more incon- venient days for the mercantile community. other hand, this contract might be more costly than the alternative and probably would be more costly in future, and it bound them for along term of years to one particular arrangement. The subject should be pr ad into by a ecmnma ee of the House, after that inquiry they would be in a better position to form an opinion on the matter. The committee might get through the in- q and report to the House within the time that was to elapse before the contract should be binding, ‘They did not consider as .a government that they were bound to recommend any definite course of ‘There was nothing to bind them to be the defenders of their predecessorsjin this matter, or to induce them to dictate any particular course of action to the House that would prevent it from im- parsially inquiring into the matter and forming mselves an opinion upon it. (Hear, hear.’ After a number of the other members present par- ticipated 1m the debate, pro and con, tne motion was put to the House and carried by a vote of 116 to 86. The Darbam Theatre Burned Down. The Northern Express of ‘the 11th inst. has the following report of the destruction of the theatre:— The Theatre Boral in Saddler street, Durham, at the time of the tire was used by Mr. W. Young as a music hall, and the performances on the previous evening were conciuded shortly after ten o'clock, the 1ast person to leave the place being the property man, who left all apparently safe. On the first ind! cations of the fire tue policemen on duty in different parts of the city at once rushed to the spot, guided by the ames, which had got a strong hold. A good deal of time was lost in bringing the engines into operation, the fire in the meantime having com- peels, enveloped the doomed butlai sending large sheets of flame through the roof. ‘The theatre contained a large quantity of dry timbering, canvas scenes done up with oil, and other com- bustible furnishings, and this in a at measure accounts for the rapidity with which the fire spread. bout half-past three the roof fell in, sending forth s huge volume of fire and smoke, and carrying everything along with it in its descent, leaving nothing but the bare outer walls, Great fears were entertained for the adjoining property, as it was observed that the fire, after the fail of the roof, still haa a strong hold of the beams, rafters, staircases and other woodwork of the place. Mr. Bailes, innkeeper, provided for this emergency Wg removing his family to a place of safety, as also did Mr. T, Rushworth, the occupier of adjoining property, by removing the pane oe or his reper @ neighbor's house. jappily, however, the devouring element was confined to the theatre itseif. The back premises of Mr. Rushworth, however, suffered considerable damage, the roof ot a back hare at) having been forced in by @ portion of the débris failing upon it, The workshops and their contents, belonging to Mr. J. T. Meggison and Mr. J. Askew, have also sustained slight injuries. ‘The fire was entirely got under about half past four o'clock. Nearly the whole of the scenery connected with the theatre has been destroyed. members of the orchestra have also lost their instruments. The cause of the fire is not known, but, as smoking was allowed in many parts of the house, it is pro- bable that it had its origin from lighted tobacco having been left on some of the dry woodwork. The Trial of the Child Murderess—Social Depravity. {Paris (March 12) correspondence London Times.) Absorbed by the debates on the demolitions of Paris, the famous contract between the city and the Credit Foncier, the “irregularities” or illegalities of the Prefect of the Seine, the Parisian press has paid little attention to the details disclosed during the trial which has been just brought to a close at the Assizes of Montauban. These details ex- hibit a social depravity hardly ever surpassed in the annals of crime. The leading criminal in this horrible affair was a woman named Delpech, whose principal occupation seemed to be murdering little children, the offspring of illicit amours, confided to her at their birthor soon afterward, She had car- ried on her trade for some years, when the sus- Picions of the police were aroused. A: search was made in her house, and it lod to the discovery of the skeletons, and in some cases only a few bones of her victims, and she and some of her accomplices before and after the fact were taken into custody and brought to trial. She made @ full avowal, and not only did she not profess any compunction for what she had done, but laughed several times during her examination by the pre- siding Judge. She nas got the name of the “Ogress;”" but the ogress of the nursery tale was less merciless, for she tried to save the children of the wood- cutter, The woman Delpech, beyond all doubt a most hideous creature, has surpassed other criminals both in the quantity and quality of crime. Her price for taking charge of these children varied from 100f. to 400f., as she herself informed the court; her treatment of them she avowed with the most revolt- indifference, without omitting detail. When the jants cried for hunger she gave them oil of vitriol tn a bottle to drinx, and then silenced their screams of agony by plunging their heads in boiling water. The verdict of the jury was “guilty with extenuat- ing circumstances.” What these “extenuating cir- cumstances” were it ts hard to say, unless they were founded on the fact of her having committed ten or twelve murders instead of one or two. The ‘“‘ex- tenuating circumstances,” however, saved her life, ey was sentenced by tne Court to hard labor for e. FRANCE AND BELGIUM. The Franco-Belgian Difficulty. The Paris Memorial Diplomatique of the 11th inst. has the following:— Viscount de Laguéronniére, whose departure for Brussels has been announced by most of the jour- nals, is still in Paris, and will not leave for some days. The reason is that he had to await the re- turn of Baron de Beyens, Belgian Minister in France, who, on being informed of the na- ture of the instructions given to the vis- count by tne Emperor's government, thought the better course to pursue was to return to his capital in order to | mi og the ground for the negotiations which the French representative was about to be charged with. The Baron has now brought back the assurance that the Belgian government is animated with a strong desire to find a combination which would prove satisfactory to both parties and relieve the somewhat strai@d relations at present existing between the two nations. There exists a desire on the part of the French —— to calm excitement on this subject, but @ situation ts pot the less sertous. SPAIN. Attempt te Poison Spanish Soldiers—The Destruction of the Guardia Barrack by aa Incendiary Fire. A communication from Madrid of the sth, in the Paris Patrie, confirms the news already given of a nefarious attempt to poison the soldiers in the bar- rack of Guardia, and aiso of the subsequent conia- of that vast building. The first crime was rendered abortive by the prudence of a captain, bbe] surp! at the color of the soup des for men, gave some of it to a dog, which expired immediately after. “The fire,” says the writer, “broke out stmulta- neously at the four corners of the edifice, and in the course of a quarter of an hour ail those parts of it that contained munitions and other combustible materials became so many biazing furnaces. The ex- trication of the horses was @ matter of no small dim- culty, but was in the end effected. Notwithstanding the most strenuous exertions of the fire le the flames lost litte of their intensity till had wails of the building. I “tae reached the stone yet give you the number of those who have victims of this disaster; { only know that a captain who was engagea in driv’ out the horses must have shea’ from the failing in of @ vaulted root, a# he has not since been heard of. The day after the barrack was still burning. What is worse is that the telegraph announces that similar attempts were made on tue same hy A at Seville, Valencia, Barcelona aud several other cities in Spain.” GERMANY. The Ex-King of Hanover’s Protest. A letter from Hanover in @ Berlin paper say King George has just made against the law of the 1th Feb 'y & protest which completes that of the sth Aprif, in opposition to the ordi be inance of the ‘ay, by which that measure was decreed. The document t# addressed to all the sovereigns of Germany. it passes in silence b; sations of Count von Bismarck, direc personally inst the King and bis advisers, but refutes the false allegations which the Chancellor of the North- ern Confederation brought forward during the dis- cussion in the two Chainbera. Count Stol Wer- nl le, Superior President of Hanover, is said to be quite tired of his runctiona, He came here with the hope of ety] the country with the Prus- sian regime by the aid of his personal relations, and he sees now that he has been mistaken, He is also sald to be Lew tnd annoyed that the Hanoverian nobility do not viait him and show no desire to enter into personal relations with him. He ts believed to have already applied several times to be replaced. RUSSIA, Railway Securities in the English Market. (From the London Times, March IL) The new Kussian raiiway loan appears to have been brought out at an inopportune moment in Bern ead Amsterdam, most of the Qoutinental very favorable, owing to the belief that they would powerfull dvalop fhe reat natural resources of the country, coupled with the faith tn the financial honesty of the Russian goverment’, which was eg) ssronginencd by its conduct war. di the Cri mi seem totally unable to understand that th best credit in the world may bp speedily by mi ment, and @ condition of the mark has at I been induced in London for which there can now be no remedy except from a precise and unreserved declaration that no further tasucs will be made, either directly or indirectly, until after the lapse of some disiart and well-defined period. The following note explains the extent to which Russia has tried the capacity of investors throughout Europe:— LONDON, March 6, 1869. 81n—Your correspondent in this day's city article, 'Rus- sian Bondholder,"’ does not state the full extent of the Habili- ties which the Ri'ssian it has undertaken on bebaif of Russian railw: eu the loans issued fn this market, and amountin, to 2 do, but allow me to give you the’ following addi of railway loane guar. AeecBagse br your ee inom erklcs, have boon negole- mentions ‘our correspondent, whic! ted on the Ghakincatal markets wishin. the last threo years, viz:— r 3 s| : 3 Jelez-Urel. or above £13,000,000," “These apts beepers first class bank- of Deen furnished 9 ane b ere at Berlin, on the ith of July iast year, ina loiter which Toucloss for'your perusal, ‘The itussian government is, no dowbt, quite fons ide In ite intentions, and will carry out its engagements honorably, as Te ee cee eae a card ngniias ts tao eaay SOL oy amiss to on its a ‘ace with fe never‘endi ernie of 2 oy of rapacious ve sionat who, notwitl ing urn the contrary lt Pianago co obtain the tmperial satent “by crook.” remain, yours ot aga YA RUSSIAN MERCHANT, FOREIGN MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. The Weekly Regtster mentions a report, and hopes it is not true, that the Prince of Wales wili.on his journey homeward call at Caprera in order to pay his respects to Garibaidi. A Medica! Congress is to be held at Florence, com- posed of medical men from all nations, the opening of which is announced for September 2u, aud the Sth of October next as the day of closing. Twelve land cultivators have just been tried by the Court of Correctional Police at Florence for ex- citing to revolt against the grist tax, and condemned to terms of imprisonment varying from three years to nine months, The German pnrnale state that Colonel Elwing, the Russian Military Governor of Volhynia, has hanged himself at Gitimir. The suicide 1s attributed to the accidental loss of 5,000 roubles ($4,000) belong- ing to the public treasury. Don Carlos has very recently signed a contract for 14,000 rifles with a oe by Belgian manufactory, which bodes but little for the tranquillity of Spain, and if known, will throw some obstacles in the way of the new proposed loan. Two professors of the Hamburg College became 80 excited over some learned discussion that in pre- sence of the class one gave the other a box on the ears, and the Court has sentenced the offender to pay 300 marks banco for the act. The King of Prussia has presented Senator Hayn, of Hamburg, with a magnificent porcelain vase, in recognition of the hospitality shown him during last autumn. ‘The vase bears on one side a view of the castle of Babeisberg and on the other a view of the Senator's house, ‘The number of suicides recorded in the kingaom of Saxony during 1568, figured up to 210—that 18, 158 men and fifty-two women—and thirty-nine of them occurred in the city of Dresden. ‘The entire popula. tion fs only 610,000 souls; therefore tue cases of feo de se average about one in 3,000. The Monitor of Bucharest denies the rumor that the Prince intends to abdicate In case he should not have the support of the conservative pai ye The offictal o1 also tradicts a report that a friendly Power had oifered to intervene militarily, should the neceasity for such @ course arise. The good people of Linlithgow, Scotland, were re- cently in high revolution because the Department of Woods and Forests threatened to reduce the number of swans on the lake. An ancient tradition states that these swans all disappeared on Cromweil’s com- ing to the throne, but returned immediately after the restoration. ‘The gravity,” says the Etendard of Paris, ‘‘of the recent intelligence from Cuba is said to have awakened the solicitude of the Minister of Marine. If we are well informed orders have been given for the frigate Semiramis, bearing the 1 Rear Ad- miral Méquet, to proceed immediately to that island to protect French interests,”” The Smyrna Impartial of the 11th ult. states that Ahmed Kaiserli, Governor of the Ottoman Archi- ago, accompanied by a squadron, has occapied Byme, the principal island of the Sporad the Porte, in consequence of having cause of legitimate complaints, intending to withdraw from the group their privileges and immunities, EGYPT. The Visit of the Prince of Wales to the Nile. ‘The Prince and Princess of Wales arrived at Luxor on the 16th ult., where they visited the Temple and also the Valley of Kings. Some amusement was afforded by the crowds of Arab children that kept up with the party, offering all kinds of antiquities for sale, and loudly vociferating for “‘backsheesh. Lunch was taken in the tomb of Ramses 1X. A visit was paid to the Temple of Karnak by torchlight, the effect of which was heightened by numbers of satiors and Arabs being placed with torches and rockets in every available crevice of the ruins. The whole fleet got aground at Silsilis, near the first cataract, and ali the steamers had to be lightened. Colonel Stanton’s steamer had to be left benind. CLAIMS ON VENEZUELA. WASHINGTON, March 25, 1860, The following isthe result of the labors of the mixed commission under the treaty between the United States and Venezuela, of the 25th April, 1966, composed of David M. Talmage, commissioner on the part of the United States; José Gregorio Villa- fane, commissioner for Venezuela; Juan C. Machado, appointed umpire; Alfred Alderson, secretary, ‘Total amount of claims presented... Amount agreed upon by the com- Amount decided vy the umpi + 794,122 1,253,910 Amount of claims re, Ciaims were adju American citizens, to wit:— Seth Di several claims accumulated). . . $300,308 Heirs of Jacob idier, deceased., 262'814 Beales, Nobles & Garrison... 250,000 Heirs of William Willet, deceased. 141,000 Ralph Rawdon............ 100,000 Mrs, Narcissa de Hammer. 60,000 Mrs. Amelia de Brissot, . . Frank Hollins.. . Heirs of Leonard Peck, deceased. Heirs of John Donnell, deceased sae Corwin. . joseph Stoc! ee Lorenzo H. Finn.. Joseph Forrest and others. Robert H. Gibbs Joseph Castel. Oliver Taylor. . Total amount adjudicated,...............$1,268,310 The commission closed its labors on the th April, 1868, and by toe treaty ten per cent of the awards were to be paid six months afier the commissioners closed their session, and ten per cent annually there- after for nine successive years, with five per cent interest, payable semi-annually. The first instal- ment became my aecaon February, 1869, with six months’ interes! ounting together to $156,663 in gold, and has not been paid. ras ‘The reason why the public treasury, summing up as follows:—26 lieutenant 44 major generais, 92 briga- dier ges 77 colonels, 96 majors, 65 captains, 66 Neutenants, sergeants, 10 corporais, 31 soldiers, and 652 widows, the frults of revolutions ! The amount of their yearly pensions $683,887. No rt was made of the large number of still in service, and others not on the Mat. It is believed that every general on the foregoing pension list has been qguiity of high t 1m tak- arm against | ‘ag conatéationsl government in revolutions. jong al! litical parte t against each other, and have laid helt have fe country in waste and desolation, and saturated the soll with blood. army of Venezuela in time of war (revolution), 18 about 6,000; in time of peace from 1,000 to 1,600; whole 5 aad 1,400,000, With 160 generals on the pension list, Diseasap Live Stock Sutprep East rrom Bor- FALO.—A contemporary mentions the fact that sheep aMicted with the “row” and a steer with a cancer in its flank arrived at the stock yaras ot this city last week and were shipped thence to the Kast. The facts are correctly stated, but the arrivai of diseased ani- mais at the East Bulfalo yards has become ao com- mon that we have ceased to report each recurrence of the event. There ts scarcely if ever a week in which there are not diseased animals among the k arriving at the yards. Cancer is the most com- and one of the most disgusting forms of disease. A few days since our reporter observed two cases of cancer in a single car load. Vigtiant watch is main- tained by aie ik Jocelyn, and the flesh of the in- fected animals 18 thus kept out of our city meat mar- kets. But here his authority ceases, as he has at present no power to arrest the animals or ent their shipment to Fastern markets. The bill now before the Legisiature of thia State re-enacts the jaw of last year conferring ample power upon the commissioners and inspectors, but it has mot yeu become @ law.—Bufulo Bevress, March %, The Negrete Movement—Commaunication with the Northern Frontier—Iinterviews of the Presideut with the United States Minister Executione—Finances—General Lozada’s Re- tirement—Mexico and Vera Cruz Rail- road—Contract with the Pacific Mail Steam- ship Company. MEXICO, Feb. 27, 1869. The revolution of Negrete, ex-Minister of War under President Juarez, which, at the date of my last letter and telegrams, forwarded by the French steamer, had assumed a most threatening aspect, considering the suddenness with which it burst upon the people and the want of success which the government had met with in its attempts to put it down, "met with a decided check from the loyal troops on the 22d of February at San Murtin Atexcal, State of Puebla, over a hundred miles distant from the capital. The government troops were under the chief command of Major Generals Allatore and Gar- cia, Brigadier Generals Aguiluz, Cuellar, Rodriguez Bocardo and Leyva, commanding separate col- umns of infantry and cavalry. The govern- ment published an extra, declaring that the forces of Negrete had been completely routed, and that, broken up into small squads, he was endeavoring to save himself. The friends of Negrete declare that he trained such scattering of his forces in order to mislead the enemy, and at a given point they reunite. However this may be, it is generally believed that the effort of Negrete will prove a fail- ure, and that the government has exhibited its strength in rapidly smothering this rebellion, A long time had elapsed since the serious and formida- ble attempt at revolution in Yucatan and Stualoa, and the silo of the Zovernmént over both of these had intimidated the many who were cursed with the innate longing for revolution. But it seems that Negrete had the boldness to make another attempt, and failing, there is reason to believe that another popular leader will not be very soon found for this disquiet element of the Mexican population. I speak not of the revolution in Tamaulipas. The truth is that the people here know little or nothing in regard to it. In the absence of railroad commu- nication, and the inability to travel in that direction in consequence of the numerous bands prevailing about the country, to say nothing of the daily rob- bery of the mails to and from Mexico, Tamaulipas is further from this capital than Abyssinia was or is from the HERALD office. AS @ conse- quence we have become accustomed to look upon ‘Tamaulipas as a far distant land, occupied by an un- happy people intent upon playing the part of Kilkenny eats, Generals Escobedo and Cortino are said to be on the spot on behaif of the government, and com- Mmanding troops, with their multitude of subordinate otticers; but the record which at least the former is making for himself rather indicates that there must be some mistake or over-estimate made as to his s0- called achievement at Queretaro in the summer of 1867 over M: ion and Mejia and the imperial Mexican army, and that possibly, after all, that victory may be due rather to Miguel Lopez, whom the world has long siuce branded as a traitor to the cause he espoused. ‘There have been comments of late in the press at the supposed significance of interviews which are said to have taken place between General Rosecrans and President Juarez and his Cabinet. As the times have been lately rather trouvlesome, and itis be- lieved that the danger to which the money “con- ductor” was exposed was imminent and that the revolution of Negrete, which, an hour after its birth, took on of the iargest capital except Mexico im the country, might possibly assume the most alarming aspect, it has been rumored that the visits of General ecraus at the Palace had some extra- ordinary bearing upon the condition of things, and possibly upon the future of Mexico, This impres- sion became so general that the government deemed it advisable to publish the following in the official of Monday, February 22:— F dome dailies of this capital have said that the Minister-of the United States had a conference lately with the President of the republic and his Cabinet upon important business, e know that this news ig not correct. General Rosecrans lately saw the President and some of his ministers twice, but upon private aud extra oiflcial matters, which did not the relations of the republic with the United tates. Esteves was to have been executed to-day at Orizaba, and Lunjan also to-day at Huajuapam. Aiso to-day two colonels, names unkuown, Guevara, and form- erly adjutant genera! to General Zaragosa at Puebla. Nicolas Malo will ——_ be shot. Mavero, the friend of Honorato — ‘was apprehended in the act of pronouncing and killed. Prieto, the chier Who last summer pronounced against the State au- thorities of Vera Cruz Simultaweousiy with Honorato Dominguez, was captured some days since in the State and brought to Vera Cruz, where he was exe- cuted three days since, dying calmly and huzzaing for Mexico, &c. It is stated that General Maio, formerly Colonel Malo, was killed in the ong ment of the 22d. The Colonel Mayer is from le, and Wi Sea ie at Chilpancingo together with Diego. He had, so far as is known, committed no crime against the country, though it was suspected that he had aspirations in that direction. ‘The merchants of this city at a recent meeting Voted to present Colonel Yegay with $16,000 on bis return with his troops to this city, as a testimonial of their appreciation of his fidelity. Also $14,000 to be distributed among hts troops. General Jimenez was to have returned to Guerrero on the 26th. Itis supposed that during his recent sojourn here he had come to an uoderatanding with the government, and also that there is less, if any, probability that either with or without Diego Al- verez he will attempt to revolutionize that State, There haye been arrested and confined in various prisons in this district, during the year 1868, 29,436 criminais, being sometuing pear or over ten per cent of (he population. e estimate of expenses lately presented by the President calls for the foliowing:— For legislative power.. For executive power.. For Department of Justice ana Pub'ic tn- struction, including that of judictai POWET.... 60. .eeeseeereeee For Department of Relations. For Departinent of Government, inc! administration of federal district For Department of Industry. For Department of Treasul For Department of War. + $25,035,361 | year com- mencing July 1, 1869, and terminating June 5o, 1870, as [ohana by Mr. Romero to Congress on the 14th of January last, is as follows:— From import duties at maritime an frontier Custom House. . From Fro m sora of ol ‘4 pilot ices ‘rom ; use ani 100s... From estimated duties collected In place of big internal AUtieS........00660. eee sesesseeees From estimated duties for exportation of From the he proceeds of uncultivated lands and from other sources pertaining to the public treasury. tax on carriages decreed the 19th of November, 1865... 06.6 sescceseeee ot TOU. ..secseversossecssseees eevee ‘ It will be perceived that, comparing the above sums of propos expenditures nd teost }, there results @ ciency of $20,272,007 for commencing July ist, 18969. ‘This very vital subject comes before Se at its April session for the consideration of that body. There has already veen much discussion thereupon in the ‘and In pri- vate circles, and efforts will be made to cut down the expenses and increase the recetpts, although it will be found to be scarcely possible to do the for- mer, a8 the continued disposition to revolutionize admits of no reduction of the army, but rather an in- to collect @ larger revenue is hardly fea) as business is stagnant and capital and cap- italists are looking elsewhere for investment, In reference to the latter the Glove of the 26th re- marks:—'More than thirty individuais belonging to the commerce of this city, leave by the neh steamer which sails from Vera Cruz on the 13th of March. We are toid that the most of these de for good, and that otherahave only a portion of their capital in the business which they have pursued Foreigners who are witidrawing their capital from the country and who remain away themse! ao furnish aa evidence of the confidence aud content which reigns now tn ail classes of Mexican society.” The tatentions of Lozada, the Indian chie! Tepic, are not well understood. On the 17th of January he issued the folfowing circular at San Luts:—"From the year 1867 until now T have re- mained at the hi of these people. During this pam Fd Ihave been governing three times for the liberal, twice for the conservative and once for the imperial government, and durtng all of this time I have consecrated myself exclusively to the service of the people, struggling without rest in the defence of their legitimate rights, and I have the satisfaction of saying that not only have [ succeeded in making their rights to be respected and of value, but | have ranteed them for the future, for which purpose I ave remained in charge of tne special government of the people of this State. But, fatigued with those tolls and for the most powerful reasons, which, in the proper time, will be made known, it ig necessary that I should separate myself from the direction of the people with which f have been encharged in order to enjoy some repose and quiet. To this end | have the honor to nominate in my place Colonel Do- thingo Nava, to whom the archives have been passed over and who takes ation of his office from this date, I have the honor to communicate this to you for your knowledge, and in order that you and those ander re command may have an under. standing with the aforesaid Colonel Nava upon all those official matters which previously pertained to re ‘ith reference to the Mexican and Vera Orus Raulroad Company is may be said that the Mesars, Gibbs, of the weil known London house of Anthony Gibbs & Sons, have lately arrived here. This house has the reputation of i ly, interested in business in Mexico, and has invested tn the pny and also the City Gas. lared that result of the observations of these gentlemen in Mexico will possibly be the further investment of funds on their own part, as well as that of other Lon. don and English capitalists, if Mexico, through her Congress and otherwise, gives the least encourage- ment to enterprise and capital. The 1,000 work- men now employed on the Puebla branch will soon receive large additions to their number, sufficient to complete it by the 16th of September. Work will also commence upon the centre of the line, and it is contemplated putting down tron sleepers in the where those of wood are found unprofitable. concession granted to the company requires it to take down the arches and aqueduct at their termina- tion in the city, and substitute iron pipes therefor. ‘The plans and estimates for this work have been pre and the company await only the decision FS u ° government as to pipes to be subsuituted erefor. A suggestion has been made In the press that Con- gress remove its place of siting to Chay mliepeG, twe or three miles distant. As the lobby in Mexico is rather small it ts dificult to see the necesalty for such @ chi of base; a few of tts members rnd Geniresso) be further away from the Executive A gentleman who recently sent ds into the rural parts to the amount of $7, lost them alt by robbers in the viginity of Rio Frio. Itisrumored that Mr. E. Perry, the agent of the English bondholders, has had late interviews with the Ministry relative to the English debt, ‘The Cierny! the Treasury has concluded a con- tract with Mr, 'T. A. Harris, agent of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. The principal conditions of this contract are the following:—The company can estab- lish in Acapulco and Manzanillo deposits of coal, boats and sexe in Gee OL Eee spalling page and for Bi9) for C8 x85, aut’ tee ot duties, being for said port; it cap also place anchors and buoys wherever it may deem fit, and construct lighthouses and landings; bt] com- pany’s correspondence with its agénts in said por! shall be free of charge; it can embark and disem- bark in said ports passengers, money and merchan- dise; the steamers shall be exempt from duties when merchandise is disembark value does not exceed $1,000; w! exceed $5,000 it will pay that paid by sailing vessels, and when it exceeds that amount it wi that paid by steamers; they are exempt from l= ment of tonnage and anchor duties, and shail only pilot duties when they call a pilot; bring- ing effects for the deposit shall be exempt from ton- nage duties; stone coal, boats and lighters shall be free of all kinds of duties; it can transport its effects from one deposit to another; it is obliged to observe all the laws of the republic; it shall carry the Mexi- can mail four times a month from Acapulco to San Francisco and intermediate ports, and four times a month from Acapulco to Panama; twice @ month from Manzanillo to Panama and intermediate ports. ‘This contract shall last for tive years and shall be submitted to Congress for its approbation. It is, perhaps, among the possibilities that the same line May be very soon induced to make trips to Mazatlan and Guaymas, in place of the Halliday, discontinued, thouse More of the Negrete Movement—Changes in the Cabinet--Trial for Desertion. Mexico Crry, March 3, 1869, It will be remembered that the revolution of the Sierra of Puebla last summer was the result of the dissatisfaction created in the State by the appoint- ment of Mr. Garcia to the Governorship of the State of Puebla by the Legisiature, the people claiming that General Juan Mendez was constitutionally elected by their votes. The unpopularity of Governor Garcia is now increased by the circumstance of Negrete’s late successful occupation of the State capital while the Governor was on a visit in the rural districts of his State, and it is rumored to-night that the resignation of Garcia as Governor will be required in order to prevent frequent revolutionary demonstrations in the immediate future. Itremains to be seen how much stubbornness there may be in Governor Garcia and the part which he will piay ia the draima of the coming summer and spring. Genera! Garcia, the commander of the government forces during the recent campaign against Ni arrived at this capital last evening and has been en- gaged with the Secretary of War and the President in discussing @ plan for the future, There are rea- sons for believing that Negrete will elude the gov- ernment forces which have been in his pursuit and that he is already receiving additions to his forces, which have been fora time separated in different parts, and that they will reunite soon unless the gov- ernment obtains some new advantage. The possibility of General Corona going into the Cabinet as Minister of War in place of General Igna- cio Mejia, should the latter ‘a or be compelled to retire, is being discussed by the press. It does not seem probable just now that President: Juarez will consent to the retirement of Mejia if it can be avoided. The confidence which the former re- poses in the latter is the result of an intimate know- ledge of his antecedents and his character through og years, while family friendships have beea of the closest and most If any change in the Cabinet is effected it is more likely to be in the sep ete! At the Treasury or State and Foreign Relations. Powerful blows will be struck at both of these portfolios in the voming session. The executions at Merida, as the facts be- come better known, have horrified the people. Meanwhile Cauto is enjoying his honeymoon with his bride, while judges are with owlish wisdom dis- cussing the tectinicalities of the law as applied to is case. Eighteen of the thirty-three foreign mer- chants and capitalists who leave by the next French steamer do not intend to return. Colone| Gagern, of the army, charged with deser- tion by General mn ted Secretary of War, for having eee the posit @s secretary to the Governor of Vera Cruz, was to have been tried yesterday. He oy —_ in lame Co noon ene ie obtained ver! rmission Secretary War before aceapalag the TR under Governor Hernandez one lez, of Vera Cruz. The judge Was tl and his case did not come on. THE NEW GAME LAW. ‘The following is a réswmé of the Game law as now before the Legislature of this State:— Section 1. Deer cannot be killed on Long Island for five years, and only during October, November and December in the rest of the State. Sec. 2, No fawn in the spotted coat shall be killed at any time, and gry sau its only from the 1st of February to the lat of November. Sec. 3. No pigeon roosts shall be disturbed. Sxc. 4 No wood duck, black duck, mallard or teal shall be killed between the Ist of February and the 16th of August, except on Long Island. No punt Po ee be used, aud wild fowl shall not be dig- urbed at night when in their resting places. Seo. 5. Penaity fity dollars. Sec. 6 per oy small birds. Sec. 7 forbids shooting chickens that have been imported to restock the country. Ssc. 8. Woodcock shooting commences July 4, quail shooting October 20 and partridge shi mber 1. Ec. 9. No can kill woodsock on Long island for five years s re ee ee eee SEC. 10, and snaring quail and part- ridges are f« en. SEc. 11. Shooting on Sunday is prohibited. 51 2 On Long Island wild fowl caunot be killed from a battery, nor by sailing for them, nor at any aoa tt 3 RCS. for or si ing forbidden under penaity of twenty-five dollars. RC. 15 forbids the ye Bod streams or ponds inhabited by trout or k base, ‘Sac. 16 requires fish passes over dams, he taking of trout with any- {ne Sly and Aut except ob Long flan, waar june, an x and, Wi they can be also taken tu March. : SEC. 18 excepts persons in breeding trout from the of the above section so far as it in- terferes with their business. Sec. 19. No salmon trout can be taken in No- Ss December, January and February except on e Sxc. 20. Black bass and mascallonge cannot be taken from the lat of January to tue ist of May, and in Lake Mahopac-not until July 1. Skc. 21 forbids trapping, spearing and netting in fresh waters, requires the meshes of shad nets to measure seven and a quarter inches, and the nets on Long Island to have six-inch mi (A con- fused and complicated section.) Sec. 22. Penaity. ‘Ske. 23 prohibits the capture of sheepshead with @ net in Jamaica bay. Seo. 24 provides how penalties shall be re- covered, ‘Seo. 25 provides that the act shall not apply to me kilied out of the State In a place where the law id not forbid the kliling, except that no quail deer, rairie chickens or partridges shail be sold afte: st of March, no matter where they were killed, Sk. 26 protects express companies. Ske. 27 excludes Lake Ontario and tte estu a except that no set nets, pounds or fixee nets shal be used anywhere from Uctober to May. (4 clause that may severely affect our shad fisheries.’ ‘Seo. 28 excludes Oneida Skos, 29, 30, 31 and 82 a creek and Scanedaga VI See. 33 repeals other Suc. 34, Act to take e. local to Fona’s Bush immediately. DratHs FrRoM Hypnornontia.—John D. eos died of hydrophobia in Frankfort, Ky., last bunday night, after suffering horribiy for twenty-five hours. About three months ago he received a bite (rom # smaildog in lis meat store. The wound healed Beg A and he gave the subject no farther thought until he was seized last Saturday with spasmodic convulsions when he tried to quench his thirst. He Was tended by all the leading physicians of the lace and Was rational to the item pting to in jure no one, and refraining careening hie family lest the disease be communicated to them. Timothy Creedon, @ citizen of Cincinnatl, who was bitten by a pe tefrier nine weeks ago, died from the effects of the terrible disease on Reunenday morn- ing. Two other persons had also been bitten by We same dog before le Was killed, confidential nature. - S