The New York Herald Newspaper, May 22, 1869, Page 4

4. UROPE f me) E eu » Marshal McMation has received the Cross of Knight of the Danish Order of the Elephant, and the French Geverai of Division Durrien the Cross of the Order of the Daunebrog. The New Free Press of Vieana asserts that the subscription of the whole of the capital required for the construction of the intended railway network in Turkey is certain. The seat of the company is to be at Vienna. General Melinkof, formerly Minister of Pubite Works, is presented to the rank of General-in-Chief, and nominated a member of the Council of the Empire. M. de Stoeckl, who has been relieved from his post of Minister to Washington on his own de- mand, has received the Grand Cross of the White Eagle, and also a pension. Count Biondof, Minister of Stockholm, has been made a Privy Councillor. In the action raised by the North British Railway for interdicting whe Caledonian Company paying 48 dividend until it provided for £50,000, which the North British Company claimed under the jot purse agreement, Lord Benholu, im Edinburg, on the 6th inst., refused to grant an interdict, ‘The Prince and Princess of Wales, on their arrival in Athens, Greece, were received with much cere- mony. A Cologne paper states that the Pontifical govern- ment is desirous of obtaining recruits for its army from Germany, with the assistance of the Catnolic Dobility and the religious bodies of that country. Belect young men are to be chosen, and their en- gagement is to be for three years. The Vidovdan of Beigrade, April 21, says that the Sultan has conceded to Servia the right of concluding treaties with foreign countries, The Levant Herald calls attention to the circum- stance that the Turkish government is now at va- #lance with three oni of the four lines of railway in pperation in the country, the disagreement having weference in every case to the payment of specific guarantees and other obligations. The total debt to the companies is little short of half a million ster- ling, and the Zevant Herald thinks that the openly expreased opinion that the Porte is anxious to stave off or repudiate payment cannot fail to seriously damage Turkish credit. ENGLAND. The Royal Literary Fund—Its Origin—Royal Patrons— Benefits—How Administered—A Commendable Institution—Anniversary Cel- ebration—Guests Present—Reverdy John- eon—Charles Sumner the Coming Man. Lonpon, May 7, 1869. Among the innumerable public dinners that an- Bualiy take piace tn London at this season of the year, that of the Royal Literary Fund always fig- ures prominently, for 1t invariably brings together tn a brilliant galaxy the most distingnished men of ‘the literary world, and is generally presided over by some remarkable person in the political, literary or social world. Not unfrequentiy royalty itself gives dignity to the occasion by taking the chair, ‘and the present Prince of Wales made his début in public life by officiating at the anniversary of 1864. Before speaking of the dinner of yesterday it may ‘be interesting to say a word or two of the history of Shis literary institution. Its origin dates from the pee 1778, when it was proposed to a small club of jiterary men that used to assemble for literary and Belentific discussion at a tavern still existing in the ‘westend of London. It isa fact of no small inte- west to every American that on this occasion he club was presided over by no less a person than the illustrious Benjamin Franklin. He ap- proved highly of the benevolent purpose of succor- ing the distress of literary men, who, of all other lasses, stood the oftenest in need of pecuniary re- Met, but with his practical mind he expressed doubts Of the success of the undertaking. He said to the Proposers of the movement that ‘‘with all his energy Qnd enthusiasm ne feared the anvil would wear out the hammer.” Franklin doubsed that the sympa- thies of a commercial country like England could be Bwakened for the wants of a mere literary class, ‘who ought to be able to support themselves or seek wome other calling. Years elapsed without making @ny progress towards obtaining a fund, and ite founder repeatedly recalled the trite phrase of franklin when, in 1788, @ distinguished author ana Scholar of London was arrested for a small debt, and ‘was 80 mortified by his disgrace that he died soon after, heart broken, in prison. This shocking inci- dent touched the feelings of the literary and scientific world, and from that moment the efforts to raise a fund to provide against such sad contingencies gave Promise of success. It was not, however, until 1803 that the Literary Fund became an established fact, for in that year—to his lasting honor be it recordea— the Prince of Wales of that day (afterwards George IV.) became its patron, and began his muni- ficence by presenting to the institution a house for its meetings, &c., and continued his benefactions to the close of his life, his gifts in Money alone amounting to £5,500. His example has been imitated by all his successors, and Queen Victoria has made an annual donation of 100 guineas ever since 1838. These marks of royal sym- pathy for the intellectual class have not been lost on the nobility and others, and consequently the Royal Literary Fund is at the present day one of the most ilourishing of the ¢leemosynary institutions of the metropolis. It renders constant assistance to indigent authors, and its charities are administered in secret. None but certain of its officers know who are the recipients of its bounty, and thus the natural Pride of the unfortunate litterateur ts spared the pain of any publicity. Had this noble society, with its prevent means, existed in the time of dear Oliver Goldsmith he would not have been forced to beg of his neignbor in an adjoining garret the favor of a Landful of coals on a sharp winter's day, Now for the anniversary dioner of yesterday. Lord Stanley was in the chair. His name is famili: to Americau ears of late. He 1s one of the first states- men of the day; was recently Secretary of the Foreign Office, and will likely be the Prime “Minister, while his father, the Eari of Derby, late Prime Minister, still lives, Here 1s a striking instance of hereditary talent. On his right sat Keverdy Johnson, chief Mon of the day; on his left three of the falien Princes of India. Their swarthy complexions and gorgeous Oriental costumes inadg \ gs conspicuous objects, What a story was told in that small group! England in the centre, represented by‘her aristo- cracy, who lead by force of intellect and not by acres. On one side the United States, the eldest born of England's constitational liberty; and on the other India, the victim of England’s superior civilization. The dinner was graced by fleld marshals, admirals, scholars, merchants, bankers and brokers, all as- sembiea in oy to literature. When will New zon imitate this ae task of drawing out our -Minister Was assigned to a venerable diplomat Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, once Minister 10 th United States, if I recollect rightly, but then known as Sir Stratford Canning. In after years he figured as Ambassador to Constantinople. “He fought with such vigor and abil y against the intrigues of Rus- sia to und ie the “sick man" of Turkey that he obtained great popularity and a he made the parting speech to our superseded Minister, and was very eee to the hap States. This Nestor of diplomacy is some eighty years and odd, but the force of mnt revealed the resolution ot his character. When Reverdy Johnson arose there was a great burst of cheering, which touched him acutely. He knew that exception had been taken to his oratorical pranks in England as well as at home; that many condemned his talking 60 much and revealing so many Gipio- matic secrets prematurely. He felt, also, that he rose Tor the last time to address an eminent body of Eng- lishmeg, a mee and discredited Minister. The loud tokens of sympathy and good feeli that were ‘heartily manifested on all sides affected him visibly and totally prevented him making a6 effective a Speech as usual. The appearance, manner and ability of Rever Johnson have conciliated all who have encounter him tn social lite; bat bis numerous speeches have ge him more notoriety and popularity in England ian any American Minister ever before obtained. His overthrow at home cannot be fairly attributed, as time will show, to hiss nmaking here, or even ity he made under in- Ww the inadequacy of the trea Structions from the State ‘Department, It is ve pretty ce: that the Senate meant to & parting Kick to the dynasty of ‘andy “the First, and more es the "retreating one ene Tat, aimed at ———. — an lendid advantage, for he has sprui England that turows all our Maoh men Tiwerly into shade. People here have forgotten Grant and Shi rman, and seem to think that President and Cor are all cowering at the feet of Jupiter Tonans of the hour. ‘The Times gaye that he, more than any other man, brought on the late civil war, and having got through with that now turns his attention to another of @ still more fearful raracter, In short, John Bull is settling into the lief that the New England manufacturers have ut Sumner forward to precipitate @ war with En jand that will secure them, if successful, the mai Df the world, Some here think, and Bright r fhem, that Sumner ts alming at the Presidency. At all events, Sumner has distanced all his contempo- Faries in the political world at home, and if be is not NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, MAY 22, 1869.—TRIPLE SHEET. the greatest man of them all he has become, at least, the biggest of bugabous, FRANCE. Seuator Sumuner’s Speech—How Regarded in KranceThe Belgian Questioo—Au Ameri- can Club Organised, Paris, May 6, 1869. The revival of the Alabama qaestion by Mr. Sum- ner’s powerful speech tn executive session of the United States Senate hay furnished abundant topics for the French press, Very full synopses of the great effort of the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations have been published here, and the com- mentaries have been exceedingly favorable. The Speech and vote of the Senate on the Alabama Con- vention are regarded as exceedingly significant, im showing the true feeling existing between the United States and England, and many of the writers are inclined to see in the situation a state of affairs more threatening than even Senator Chandler can bring himself to believe really exists. There are not wanting French journalists and pub- licists who would like to foment a difficulty be- tween the United States and her old enemy, Great Britain, They see in such a conflict opportunities for French scheming that do not now exist, while the English navy can be used in European waters. They are convinced that sooner or later the old dis- sensions between the great republic and the mother country must be settled bythe sword. Anything they can do to bring about this adjustment will be done with relish. They are somewhat mistaken by the loud talk of some of the Sena tors, and are inclined to think the conflict imminent. The cooler heads believe that the object of the United States government 18 simply to keep the question open until the favorable opportunity arrives to repeat the system adopted by England during our war, of sweeping from the sea our com- merce and destroying our carrying trade in order that she might reap the advan! ‘They vniok that whenever land 1s our government will permit to issue from our ports a cloud of privateers that will cee. and Gestroy or capture English commerce and remove forever her most powertul support. In this belief Englishmen are reluctantly compelled to join, ana hence the fear and terror in jh commercial circles since the Johuson-Stanley-Clarendon treaty has been so ignominiously kicked out of the Senate. ‘The peace-loving Liverté finds 8 striking analogy between the feative and hospitable reception of Mr. Reverdy Johnson in England and the utter futility of nis efforts to close @ question that is not yet ripe for solution, and the manner in which M. Frere Orban, tne -Beigian Ambassador, has been received by tne French government and the result of his mission. After six weeks of feasting and wining M. Orban has only been able to with M. de la Valette in postponing the Belgian question, thus leaving open one of the most fruiiful and dangerous sources of oe oa the ae eure —_ the Lage ingdom, elgium that of Napoleon’s parti- sans could desire. The Belgian juestion is danger- ous to the peace of Europe. As long as the French army is kept upon a war footing and the Belgian or any other trivial question ia cal heart burning and in ation the peace of Europe 1s not secure. For @ long time the want of a central place of meeting for the Americans in Paris has been felt by all the residents. Tuere has never been a pleasant and agreeable rendezvous for our countrymen in Paris. They have been compelled to meet and spend their time in the court of the Grand Hotei, one of the most public and disagreeable places in Paris, or they have been obi to loiter about Thorp’s, where the inclination to imbibe American drinks could not well be resisted, and where pie’s good resolutions were a trifle shaken, or they have lingered about the bank- ers’ offices—all of them well enough in their way, but none of them presenting all the ease and com- forts afforded by a well organized club. We are ina good way of changing all this. An American club, called the Washington Club, has oeen organize‘, and through the oitices of General Dix, who is always active and zealous in everything that may promote the weil being of his countrymen, Tr inission has been obtained from the ister of the Interior vo found the corporation. Under ordi- nary circums' it requires at least six mouths’ time and no smali amount of annoyance ana trouble to obtain this authorization from the government, which does not exactly like organizations of a social character and saugh less those of a political nature in the cordial powerful 1 Dix, not tea days elapsed between the application for an authori- zation for the fot of aclub and < the ee cant eon rouneee. Ae ing Was promptly put ugh outside the pe route, and dnished. so far as the French M. de Forcade, Minister ressing his wish to forward the pianin A in wer. The founders of the club, numbering twenty-five tlemen, will meet this evening to formally organize and elect the offi- cers for the coming year. To-morrow a lease will be signed for six years for a splendid new building in jetion on the corner of the Rue de la and the ward de Capucin, in face of the new Opera House, at the rent of twenty-five thou- sand francs @ year. The house will be ished at an expense of forty to thousand fran¢s, and will be ready for cy by the middle of next September, when the Stars and Stripes will fy out in the very centre of Paris. The location is unequalled in every point of view, and the club will certainly be one ofthe most attractive points in Paris to the Americans, government is concern of the Interior, e: ROME. Departure of Visitore—Relations Between the Holy See and Spain—Contradictory Rumors—The Coming Council—Hostility of the Prese—Presents to His Holiness. Roms, May 3, 1869, ‘The foreign visitors are rapidly deserting us. Crowds of English and Americans are leaving the city daily, 80 that one now hears Italian sometimes spoken in the streets, which was not the case a month since, It is rumored in diplomatic circles that the Nuncio of his Holiness in Madrid, Mgr. Franchi, has received permission to return here on leave of absence—the plea, as usual in such cases, health. There will remain in Madrid only a chaplain in charge of the nouse and archives, This has given rise to reports that the relations are interrupted be- tween the Holy See and Spain; but the fact is that things remain just as they were, and that the Pope can take no decided measure till there is a govern- ment established im Spain with whom to treat. His Royal Highness Prince Alfonso de Borbon has Just been named Lieutenant in the Zouaves, where he has served as soldier and sergeant fora year. “Tremble |’ says @ liberal Italian paper I read last night; ‘the brother of King Charles VII. of Spain ts forming himseif in the school of Mars. When he has conquered the Garibaldians he will go to Spain,” ae, &e, You will have heard the rumor that Austria, France and Italy were agreed to form the garrison in Rome during the Council. There is no truth in the report. There is no doubt that the pact of the 16th of September, on the part of France, has for ita special object the assurance of the existence of two distinct sovereignties in Italy—that of Victor Eman- uel and that of Pius IX.—therefore there is no other Power except France which can, without previous permission from the Holy Father, occupy the Pontifical territory, and the motives are evident which the Court of Rome must nave to refuse to a} an Italian [= fer ¢ hearer we tothe opening of the Ecument- cal Council the hore the press hostile to the Holy See redoubles in its endeavors to awaken suspicions against the tendencies which it persists in autribut- ing to the programme of the fature Council. With this object i! Publish supposed correspondences from Rome, which mention the questions on which they say the episcopate of the Catholic world will deliberate. I know from the best authority that no one, except the Pope himself and those now em- ployed in studying the questions or matters to be subinitted to the Council, know positively what will be treated. There are thirty individuals employed in this great work of preparation, chosen among the prelates and professors of the highest reputation for the purity of their doctrines and their science, and bacoeing. to all nationalities, so that it may preserve @ character essentially Catholic. These men take a solemn oath to keep the secret until the ramme is made public by order of the + and this secret is 80 rigorously observed that a French prelate who belongs to the consulting body, having gone lately tu France, was prohibited by the Holy Father from even speaking of the works of preparation to any one except to the Nuncio in Paris. I have seen the presents given to Pius the Ninth on the occasion of this fiftieth anniversary of his first mi which were at last shown to the public in one of ael's galleries at the Vatican, and [ found been “much ado about noth- that ing.’’ Except the King of Prussia—''O tempora, O mores”—no other sovereign had sent a souventr. William the Third’s is a dine vase of modern porce- Jain of beautiful workmanship and well painted in medallions, &c. The rest of the presents are either from cities or from private persons, and the best of them are vestments, chalices and other ornaments for altars. The city of Munich sends him a splendid pectoral cross of opais and diamonds. There are a good many indifferently painted pictures—the worst of all, the battle of Mentana, where appear in ab- sura attitudes Colonel Charette, D'Argy, &c., &c.— in short, all the heroes of that memorable battle. ‘The fact is that money is what the Pope has received just now, and that in abundance—not less, | am as- sured, than $1,000,000, SWITZERLAND. A Big Movement on Hand—French of Prus- sian Supremacy. Letters received from Switzerland recently speak in @ very confident manner of the startling events Which may within ® comparatively short space of time assume shape. The information alluded to 1s that of a plan for holding Prussia in check. The following is the programme, a3 desorived by the correspondents;— Grneva, May 3, 1869. An organization, somewhat on the federal system, between the Southern German States and Switzer- land 18 contemplated, The various States repre- sented would have their representatives in each of the States 80 combined, with the faculty of voting. ‘This would be & step towards the establishment of & federal republic in the heart of Europe, Austria — probably endorse the plan which Napoleon favors, ‘his project 1s of manifest importance for France and Switzerland, for Prussia has just been manwu- vring very cleverly so as to make an opening in italy and command Switzerland. Prussia, Baden and Italy combine to fund in Switzerland $5,000,000f. for the construction of a tunnel through the St. Gothard, morally reducing that republic to the con- diton of a Prussian province, unless France pre- vents it from being thus absorbed. The above men- by France, would jermany itself a dain tioned pian, secretly encoura; have the effect of opposing in to Prussian ambitton, Alone of his government Napoleon has the ‘ore- sight to understand the dangers to which his pre- sent isolation exposes nim. M. de la Valette is not Ou this poimt in harmony with the Emperor, and the uestion is which policy will prevail in bis councils. berry war or peace hinges upon the decision of 15 point. TURKEY. The Differences with Greece Diplomatically Healed for the Present—The Sporades Their GrievanceeWhat They Desire—Con- stantinople and Its Improvements—Aa In- Jarious Tax. CONSTANTINOPLE, May 1, 1869. Diplomatic relations have been finally renewed between Turkey and Greece by the arrival of the Greek Minister. Mr. Ranghabe, after being received by the Sultan on Sunday, the 28th ult., paid ms official visits at the Porte. Mr. Ranghabe was, your readers will recollect, Hellenic Minister at Paris, and protested energetically against his exclusion from the conference. Mr. Tranos was at first spoken of for this legation, and, it is said, was even mentioned by the Grand Vizier as the representative that Turkey would receive with most satisfaction. Mr. Ran- ghabe’s appointment has been generally approved at Athens, and he will be welcomed by the Greek community here. While his patriotism is above suspicion his conciliatory manners and tact will do much towards dispelling the uncomfortable feeling and mistrust that naturally atill exist between the two countries, Few would have been more suitable for the same mission under the present circum- stances, The subject of the “Sporades” is still occupying attention. This group consists of thirteen islands— Syria Halki, Stamphalia, Scarpento, Stanchio, Calym- no, Jimnos, Sere, Patmos, Nissyro, Piscopi, Vass0s and Nicaria—inhabited by about 100,000 souls, nearly all of Greek blood. The chief trade of these islands has from the earliest times been maritime, of which the sponge fishery on the coasts of Syria and Crete form an important item, Politically the group has for many centuries enjoyea nearly the most complete right of self-government, administered by Demarchs, chosen by popular suffrage. A Turkish petty gover- nor, called an Inndu, has had nominal power, but in reality his functions might be sald to have been merely executive, the council of Demarchs being supreme. A small tribute was patd annually to the Porte, but in other respects these islands were prac- tically independent. About five years ago the Porte, under the advice of some of the protecting Powers, divided the empire into provinces—a system o1 gov- ernment which has certainly many advantages over the (#0 to speak) departmental division of former times, which it has replaced. This system was also extended to the Archipelago, the Governor General of which attempted to limit the old constitutional by “Sporades,” the conti. ‘Treasu! nople. Achmet Kaiserly Pacha, the Governor Gen- eral of the Ee hese to introduce the new order of t! He tried persuasion, and then, Shak proving unavailing, had recourse to force. The sturdy islanders, however, resisted both, and showed the carrying out of the proposed reforms. The ex: ie carrying out of forms. The ex- tunction of the Cretan revolt seems to have been regarded as a favorable opportunity for at- tem| to enforce the itan’s avth , and orders were again sent to the Governor to introduce the new measures, and to employ to that end such force as might be necessary. I much doubt if the moment is opportune, and fear that the attempt to deprive these islanders of privileges upon which ae look as @ birthright must lead to complications which the Porte would have done well to obviate at — The fiscal advantages to be derived from change of policy with regard to this grou} necessarily small, the country being for the most ee oe Sra Geeta a0 en ing wa ie Old Mm were undoyhtedly ari 4 polley SP elsise e new ‘ont 10 this portion of the empire, at allevents just now, may be well doubted. A short time since these people sent @ bg ee tation to Paris to lay their egatecend tore the Emperor and crave his assistance, M. de la Valette declined to receive this deputation; but the facts of an attempt to bring to the atten- tion of a foreign government complaints against the Porte in this way is somewhat significant and has accordingly attracted attention. No decided policy has, so far as I can learn, been resolved on by the Porte, but it has so often given proof of prudence and moderation that it is to be hoped that it will not now be found wanting in either. Constantinople on both sides of the Horn is under- going rapid hey oy Streets are being widened and well planned, handsome houses and still hand- somer shops, in the European style, are being every- where erected, and the Pera side of the Horn espe- cially is rapidly losing if it has not altogether lost the characteristics of an Eastern city. In Stamboul (Constantinople proper), where Ores have not cleared the ground to open up the way to new and modern shaped buildings, vestiges of an Oriental city are to be met with in dirty and narrow streets, over- ae roofs nearly meeting across the street and exciuding air and light, shops more like the tem- porary sheds one meets with at fairs, barring the activity and business energy to be seen there. The bazaars still preserve their peculiarities; the build. | ings themselves, dating centuries back, undergo no change and their occupants seem as unmindful of the march of civilization and change outside. A small portion of these bazaars, burned down a few years ago, have been widened, well paved and generally improved ; but the traveller still dwells with pleasure on the old constructions and their quaint internal an ments, and regar: he new but as inter- lopers and intruders unpardonably marring the curiosities he has come so far to paw i is Dow endowed with its “Lord Mayor, one of thé Ministers remarked in introducing Sever Effendi to the English ATIbAASOCOE @ few weeks ago. Govern- ry ment could not bly have made a better ay pomtment, and if allowed to act, Sever Effendi will not fail to tly promote the interests of the vast city of which he has been named the civic chief. He ia @ man of great energy, thoroughly upright. of enlightened views, most faultiess manners and unl- versaily liked and valued. The Turkish ‘Red Book” has been published. Of 227 pages which it contains, 158 are devoted to the Cretan insurrection; but there is nothing in them that has not already been pablished in sul ice by the different European Cabinets that have given to the public their correspondence with Turkey and between themselves on this important event. A summary of these documents wouid, therefore, have little if any present interest. A Turkish paper, the Pakoimnt Vakat, publishes the new mi ions, which have been tately submitted for approval to the Council of State. ‘These lations greatly modify the oid régime, and cannot fail, if adopted, to attract foreign capital. Hitherto this source of great national wealth has been cramped—rendered unproductive by the enor- mous royalty claimed and exacted bygovernment on all concessions, varying from twenty to twenty- five per cent of the produce. The mines conceded could not be worked under sucn disadvan and the natural consequence was a very insignificant income to the State in the way of dues. The perni- clous effect of this tax has long been pointed out to the vernment, bat it is only a few months si ‘Uhat it has consented to reduce it. By the new lations the royaity 14 to be five per cent only on the ore extracted, payable in kind or its countervalue in cash, at the concessionaire’s option. The duration Of the concession is not to be less than ninety-nine ears. This, in contradiatinction to the terms of om five to twenty years obtainable under the old rules, is a great advantage. I will recur to this sub- pew at greater length when these new regulations ave been finally sanctioned and adopted. The mineral wealth of tne Tarkish empire 1s proverbial, and it needs but to encour capitalists to secure for it its full development and legitimate piace in the lst of national resources, THE MURDER OF DR. AYER, A True Bill Found Against the Negro Wilson. (From the Augusta (fe) {Ghronicle and Sentinel, The Grand Jury of Jefferson county found a true Dill for the murder on Tuesday jast against Wilson Flournoy, a man, for the killing of Dr. Ayer, radical member of the Legislature from that county. ‘The case was called for trial on Tuesday evening, and @ motion was made by Wiison’s counsel for & continuance, on the | ge that the bill nad just been returned against him, and that he had had no time for preparation for his trial, and be cause of the great excitement in the country grow: ing out of the recent homicide, The court granted id ordered the prisoner to be taken from Jail and brought to the jail m this city, which was done on Thursday evening. ‘There was much feeling among the negroes in Jeffer- son against the accused, and the jail had been querera by the whites to prevent a threatened lynch- ing of Wilson by the colored people. Wiison denies the homicide, but the evidence, we learn, ia of the most convincing Character as to his guilt. Geldwin Smith aud the Alabama Treaty— Engtish Controllers of American Funds—The “Beehive” Letter and the Cornell Institute Comments of the Press. {From the Boston Advertiser, May 21.) MR. GOLDWIN SMITH ON THE ALABAMA BUSINESS. Mr. Goldwin Smith has taken an exaggerated view of the import of the rejection of the Alubama treaty, a8 may be seen by the following letter which ap- peared first in the Londoa Beehive, and was thence reprinted in all the London journals. 1t bears the date, Boston, April 18:— piecyier The tnformatior cting the pros} of English eyat- ehaltformatig Perzestnk cael Ee procura, had. Geen collected to the best of my ability, and 1 was about to send it for publication in your colimns; but the apeech of Mr. Sumner has had ‘great an effect in re tvin Atnerican ‘hostility to England, and the continuance 0 friendly relations _ bet: ween the two, countr at this monent to be in such peril, I fear the promotes and organizers of emi- cannot for the present prudently in this ‘Judging from what I know of the general tomper of ihe, American people, aud from the lan- guace respecting Mr. Sumner’s speech which I hear held in verano, f ghould aay there would be no rupture, but at tl eI hold myself prepared which would oblige ingllah residents to leave the country. The following remark from the introduction to his apeech at Ithaca, a month after the above was writ- ten, shows that his apprehensions, though softened, were not entirely removed:—‘In pleading,” he said, “against a rapture of the friendly relations becween the two countries, I am piredne not only for public interests and the interests of humanity. but for the continuance in my own Sone of a en te renting tion, with ha} Sig sae usefuln: bo vice’ of an inst euthon which I anticipate as long and as noble a life in the future as that of my own English seer in the ae Lae pleading, I might almost say, for my own (From the ‘Boston Advertiser (editorial) same nee} There are certainly things im the Uni States not dreamed of in Mr. win Smith's phi- 1 y. His speech at Ithaca can hardly be judged by the short abstract which the telegraph gave of 1t, But his Beehive letter, printed in full elsewhere, 1s complete in itself, and shows how even a scholar, who studies character philosophically, may some- times be misled. Whatever he may have seen, or thought he saw, at the time this letter was written, he must have been soon unaeceived. We give him a it of believing that if he waited Oe aero: two before sending tbe letter he never would have sent it at all, and the Bee hive would in due time have printed his sta- tistics instead, It was certainly not m Boston nor in New England that he saw the evidences of hos- ich he speaks, and nothing but the as- Stumeatea fo him the necessity of being repared Tor su; st im the necess! a rs of affairs which would oblige Bog ish resl- dents to leave this country.” That means war, and as yet the only suggestion of war which has been deemed worthy of a moment's notice has come from the other side of the ocean. Personally Mr. Smith’s career in this country has been strewn with all the flowers of the season, and we trust the time is far removed when he will find any cause to hasten his departure. But at this mo- ment “the continuance of iriendly relations be- tween the two countries” is not in so great peril as his reputation as a cautious and judicial observer. We can readily imagine bis dismay when, with the advantage of a month’s reflection and ex- perience, he read the letter in the Pull Mall Gazelle with the’ comment of that sagacious journal:—‘-We see no reason to sup} that the case is at all over- stated in Mr. Goldwin Smith's letter.” In sendin, news, wrote Charles Lamb to his friend Barron Field, in Australia, ‘the most desirable circumstance, Isup- pose, is that it shall be true. But what security can T have that what I now send you for truth shall not, before you get it, unaccountably turn into a lie?” If the news sent from Boston to the Are hive im London April 18, was questionable then, what shall be sald of it now? To justify such’ foreboding there should be some excite- ment in Washington, a alight trepidation in the great capitals, discussion in the newspapers a little more lively — ne anes som ayes ot oe tation amot people. Wo in spite of this ominous warning, should take his life and fortune in his hands, and imprudently turn his steps in this direction, would be astonished on landing in Boston or New York to find that the only misgiving was that which he brought with him, that 411 the great cities were as calm as & moro- ing, that the special interest speech is kept alive by what the English papers say about them, and that the only unusual sensation to be noticed is one ped Feet stir and com- motion they are exciting a! 5 Yet this letter is printed and commented on as an authentic statement from one who writes of wliat he has and 1s sup} tocomprehend, The leading journals, without a give it currency as an authentic e: the temper of the American people, and fall in the Uniti tes bonds to thet importa nee’ they attached to it. One explains e ice they the excitement now witnessed—by Mr. Goldwin Smith—in by the fact that a large number of Men, naval and military, were on the way to honor when the civil war was cut short, and long for an rtunity of a their career. er thinks it due to such “demagogues” as Mr. Sumner, who never reflects upon conse- a and peed to be restrained by a firm and in- lignant expression of public opinion. Still another improves upon the fears of the Cornell professor and calls u) the United States to renounce Mr: Summer and all who have spoken 1n a similar spirit since this controversy became imminent. And in this way they stimulate one another to greater zeal and more vigorous indignation without being trou- bled with a suspicion of the fact that they are fight- ing a man of straw. Meanwhile the emigration movement goes on. Clubs and colonies, according to an authority not likely to be mistaken, are organ- throughout the kingdum. Not only the miners of Yorkshire and the weavers of Preston and Man- chester, but the machinists of Birmingham and ShefMfeld are turning their thoughts hither, un- daunted by the fierce hostility which may coniront them on these shores. If the subject were less serious and the journals engaged in these exaggera- tions were less respectable, some connection might be traced between this turn in the tide of emigra- tion and their sudden outpouring of bitterness on the land towards which 1t is directed. (From the Boston Journal (independent republican), 21.) We respect Professor Goldwin Smith for frankly and ably stating his objections to Senator Sumner’s 8) h, as tre did in his address at the Cornell niversity last Wednesday evening. It is to his rsonal credit also that he stands up and does this in a community where the main sentiments uttered by Mr. Sumner have met with a hearty re- sponse. And we have no doubt that Professor Smith 1s sincerely desirous of promoting a understanding between both countries and of facilitating the settlement of their dificulties on some just and equitable basis. For all that, however, he liable, like other men, to make mistakes, and he has already actually made a very serious one. It 1g not in the speech to which we bave referred, but in a recent letter to the London Beehive. It ap- Ps that he had undertaken te coliect some sta- isticts in this eh bearing upon English emt- gration, but he has finally decided not to send them forward, ey as he conceived, the speech of Mr. Sumner had had such an effect “in reviving American Gey. to England,” and putting the continuance of diy relations between the two countries “in such ” that there would be no rr ir ized English emigration at ae we oes ee adds—“‘At the same time I hold mysel yee for aturn of affairs which would oblige English resi- dents to leave this country.” - ‘The effect of such an announcement, coming fro! man of the high character and dispassionate dis- position of Frohe Smith, may easily be con- ceived, in the light of the recent excited manifesta- tions of the London press. The sudden fall of the United States bonds in London on the sth of May is said to have been largely due tothe publication of this letter. Of course, those British editors who had in hysterical comments upon Mr. Samner’s felt that they had been abundantly corrobo- jed_ to lash themselves into fresh ry. The Pall for instance— we cite this paper ve of the governing Great Britain, and is usually very dignified and tem- eae seme on rds it as Tagen pote — e an people have en ir. Sumner’s charges inst england broken the law of ions in & most important par- ticular, of having deliberately infi @ terrible in, pay a friendly State, and of having repeat- ly ye lied in order to evade a confes- sion of guilt.” is 18 hard language, but it is be 4 the inning of the irritating advice which thi Srmoereme Crean gives to the people and govern- ment of England. - it urges the latter to adopt a dif- ferent diplomatic tone from that heretofore em- and say to the United States that negotiations can only be resumed on the understanding that the utmost limit of English concessions has already been reached, concluding thus:—“If you t this un- derstanding, we will negotiate no more, and we cull upon you to withdraw charges which are incompati- ‘with the continuance of friendly relations." We quote these remarkable e: in con- nection with Profeasor Goldwin Smith’s letter, be- cause they supply the most a cominent upon ft. Upon which ‘would disin' ited foreigner— ® Prussian or a Russian, for instance—say that the real excitement in this case lies? speech may be searched from beginning to end, ‘without revealing any such bitterness as the ex- tracts given above, nor does the influential press of this country contain anything of the kind, As for Professor Smith, he has simply made the mis- take of @ new comer in this country, and has utterly misinterpreted the sentiments and purposes of the ow ag When he has lived here aa he will now us better; and we can assure him that he will have the chance of disch the quiet duties of his professorship a great a years be- fore he will see our government mani any Gesire to deciare war against England. John Bull is going to do we cannot say. Just at nt he is acting the part of the choleric individ- ual in the play, who seizes a quiet Quaker by the shoulder, shakes him well, wants to know.what he Joses his temper for, and screams, “Why can’t you be caim like me?’ It is one of the most curious de- monstrations the world has witnessed for # long time, and we wait for the upshot, A British Emissary in Our Colleges of Learn- ing—A Side Thrust from a Foreign Source. [From the Hartford Evening Post (radical), May 20. Has Goldwin Smith come to this Qantey as an en! iasary from the British government to be around our game Be and weaken our hearts on the eve of T ecw tom bebe 4 Ko Loy L py ~~ of indignation in the minds of the ir. Goldwin Smith, igaving his chair of Ristory at Cornell University, proceeds to pour cold water on the enthusiasm, and endeavors to scare us Out of our revenge, Air. before an assembly of citi- zens at Ithaca, N. Y., last evening, replied to Mr. Sumner’s arguments, “He warned the American peo- ple against cherishing the nope of securing Ireland or Canada or one of the British West India islands in poem of the Alabama cians, He deciared that r. Sumner’s speech was bitter and rancorous, bringing us to grief in England; and he repeated that stale old fib about the friendliness of the English govern- ment towards this country during the war. In fact, Mr. Smith gave us @ side thrust, which is very aggravating, commg from such a quarter. His speech, though apparently in a very moderate vel, eg pabepoaung io professor of ue of Ce and was perhaps @ violation of the cou extended to him when he was tnvited to a chair in an American university. Mr. Goldwin Smith’s speech will, however, have very little eiiect, for we are now in aconditien to wait just as patiently as England may desire for the settlement of this business. So long a8 we can see England contort and twist and writhe and struggie under one speech froma single Senator we can grow fat on our own sense of importance and leave Mr, Saiith to grow poor on his speeches against war. and was only A Voice from the West on tho Alabama Claims—How Indiana Views the Question. {From the Indiapapolis Journal—radical—May 19 (Indiana sent 250,000 men to the fleld).) Occasionally a stropg and influential paper dis- sents from Senator Sumner’s views of the Alabama case. If their objections extended no further than his impracticable ames ng ber Searenians easily enough crus 01 speech; bu when they ssail his whole seheme of offence and re they are more likely to crush themselves. It is easy enough to talk, like the London Times and the New York Zimes, of the absurdity of national apologies, moral reparation for Wrongs which OO.wpensation cannot yi business we feel a sense of below and beyond the mischief inflict on the plundered vessels, whico demands from money. different We may be at a loss to define it ourselves so as make others understand it; but no man needs to be tuld that the bitterest insults are not always, por often, those that can be weighed and measured to exact The lish used our war to ruin our commerce. They did it with as well settled a Fezpone ag they ever plundered an Indian prince. ney saw their opportunity, and the poreenmens, ss the best, winked at the advantage taken of it. They did under cover, with the disguise of forms and compliances with law which deceived nobody, ‘The act was one of the most infamous bad faith ever exhibited in history. We may safely defy any age or count to pro duce @ case of greater duplicity more enor- mous ay. They pretended to be at peace, to cherish kindly relations, and they carried on @ most desolating war against us all the time, This is & fact, as gross, peipabie, undeniabie as their own island. Now, is there no more in this act than the destruction of the few score vessels which made our commerce so insecure that we had to give it to the English? If a hundred of our vessels should be barned in an English harbor by ncaa aries teh irect pecuniary injury might be as great, wou! auybody think it ap equal wrong? We should ac- cept compensation and feel that the affair was set- tled; but are we to dismiss as a casualty the sys- tematic plunder of our commerce and accept as compensation the money value of the property destroyed? England insists on settling the one case as if if were the other, on making offsets against the piracies of her vessels as if they were innocent ac- cidents. She will not allow that what she did was any more her wrong than the plundering of Galway wreckers or the argon of ‘Thames river thieves. We have insisted , and ought to insist, that it was much more; that it shall not be settied on the basis of acci- dent, in which is no national or moral inculpation. We ouglit to insist, because we have a right to make England understaud how we regard her action. To smooth over the business as she has pro) and we refused is to leave her to believe that we have no perception of her duplicity, no sense of the wrong She has done. That would be neither honest nor wise. Nations should understand each other fully, as well as individuals. We ought to insist, for an- other and still stronger reason. England has estab- lished a precedent which must be disavowed or maintained. Her refusal to stop the Alabama, be- cause her judges, guided by her domestic laws, upon eviaence of her own citizens, elicited after her own fashion, did not feel perfectly clear that the object o1 the vessel was ill amounts simply to a legaliza- tion of piracy in all cases where she may think it safe to it it. Her neutrality is to be determined pod by her ae i their Cog re ingeen Mech ih pad \terpretation er own ‘8, her app! daetbitaes pis Stadt ter ts what she is dot xy or honest . recedent she has made is that, ple ie ‘al against any beliige- ‘That precedent we, and other it to know something about, & settlement as that made: which sets down the Alabama depredations as to be paid for as she might pay for a vessel in @ collision in @ Chan- nel fog, she aM rms her precedent. If she admits the bs gry oe her act in sending out, or letting fo out, the Alabama, she disallows the precedent. We have a right to know what she means todo. As the case stands now we don’t know. Jolnson’s treaty dodged t, and Mr. Sumner is right in d that it shall not dodged. The Senate was ht in kicking out a treaty that should have se! this vital question of neutral relations, and never even no’ it, In what form the settlement should be made may ad- mit of discussion; but that it has not been made in avy form so far, and can never be made. is very cer- tam. National apologies be eee and it may be absurd to expect or demand them; but it is pot im ble to make nor absurd to expect some declaration as to an act which submits the com- merce of every belligerent to the piracies of every neutral which chooses to mould its domestic laws 80 a8 to allow an easy escape for plundering expedi- tions. Damages do not enter into this question at all. It is above all consigerations of money. It is virtually whether every civilized government may safely model its policy after that of old Aigerines or not. INTERNAL REVENUE. - ES «Ag oe Gross Receipts of Theatres, Cars, Stages, Ferries, &c., for April. ‘The following show the gross receipts of the differ- ent places of amusement, railroad cars, stages, and one ferry, together with the total number of cubic feet of gas consumed during the month of April. The increase in the receipts of the Third Avenue rail- road is owing to the strikes on the Second Avenue line, which threw a large portion of {ts custom into tne hands of the upper line:— THBATRES, &U, Names. Brvanv’s Minstrels... Janaushek (Academy) Max Maretzek (Academy) Gross Receipts, $3,806 Third Avenue Railroad. 124,596 Fourth Avenue Ratiroad (New York and Har- lem... sees 136,727 Sixth Avenue Railroad. 60, Rinth Avenue Ratiroad... Central Park North and East River Railroad COMPANY... 6... esses cs eesee esses eerees Forty-second and Grand Street Railroad Com- vob sdedcee O1,088 roadway Railroad Com- ..... 's Express Coath, Lt Eighth Street and Greenpoint ‘ Dodd’ i th Twenty-third Street Stage. Broadway and Second ‘streee Stage... Gas Companies.” Harlem Gaslight Com, sees Metropolitan ty ight Cora Manhattan aa Com New York Gaslight Company. The ferry com; making York is tie New York and Brooklyn, $58,658. MONOLITHIC SIDEWALKS. To THR Enitor or THe HBRALD:— In your Issue of the 17th inst., speaking of the use of steam rollers in the Central Park, you inquire, “Why should not the Park be more generally de voted to such practical sort of instruction, and be the theatre of experiments in pavement on a large scale?’ This subject of pavement is one which is of fuch general interest that while I should not desire to see our public grounds suffer from the mishaps attending certain new experiments with untried in- Yentigns, {t strikes me that our Park Commissioners Would do well to make an attempt to introduce the fine system of monolithic sidewalks now and for several years past so suc lly practised in France. Applied to our beautiful promenades, this system of one-piece artifiolal stone paving would certainly be ad: + «181,528,116 turns in New which returns CUBA. Organization of the Republican Government Cabinet Appointments of President Ces- pedes. We understand that President Cespedes has orga- nized bis full Cabinet for the administration ef the republican government in Cua, and that the noml- ations are as follows:— Francisco V. Aguilera, Secretary of War. Eligio izagnirra, Secretary of the ‘Treasury. Cristobal Mendoza, Secretary of State, Edwardo Agramonte, Secreisry of the Interior, ‘The following ts the oficial circular announcing the respective appointments:— PRESIDENCY OF THE CUBAN REPUBLIC. CrRCULAR.—In all things it 13 necessary to esw@ab- lish order for their proper arrangement, and this ts the more indispensabie in the oillves of govern- ment, whose affairs cannot be — properly administered if they are not weil organized with @ regular course of actiou. With this object, and desiring that the machinery of gov- ernment shall work without obstruction in its reru- lar course, the administration 1s divided into four principal departments, waich are—the Departments of War, Treasury, State and Foreign Relations and Interior—which offices are tus moment placed in charge of citizens Francisco V, ra, Eligto Izagnirra, Cristobal Mendoza and juardo Agra- monte, each one in the order in which the depurt- ments are named. Therefore, in order that the regularity which I desire may be obtained, | direct you to address to them in future your communica- lions, they the proper channels through whic. these should reach the Executive power or iow from it to the chiefs and su of tne de) ments and oltices. Patria and is CARLOS M. DE CES?EDES. Guarmano, April 14, 1869, LITERATURE. Reviews of New Books. Our Apmrgat’s FLAG ABROAD. The cruise of Ad- miral D. G. Farragut, commanding the European squadron in 1867-68, in the flagslip Franklin. By James Eglinton Montgomery, A. M., of the Admiral’s sta. New York: G. P. Putnam «& Son. During the late cruise of Admiral Farragut our many correspondents in Europe sent quite full and graphic accounts of the complimentary reception of our great naval hero by the various governments im whose ports the Franklin touched. The interest naturally felt by Americans in this cruise made these letters of value to the very many thousands of persons who read the HeraLp. Mr. Moatgomery appears to fully appreciate the estimation in which Admiral Farragut 1s held by the public at large. In writing this book he has done what was needed— given a collected account of the cruise. As secre- tary to the Admiral it was to be expected that he should be cognizant of all that transpired on board of the Franklin and at the vartous ports visited. While, therefore, the narrative does not pretend to any especial literary excellence, it is one that cannot fail to entertain the reader. The flattering manner in which Admiral Farragut was received in France. Russia, Sweden, Denmark,Great Britain, Por- tugal, Italy, Rome, Belgium, Egypt, Turkey, Greece, and, in fact, everywhere he went, was, and will ever be, a subject for ren reminiscence to every lover of his country. No American before Admiral Farra- it was ever the recipient of so many attentions in urope. That so many monarchs of the Old Worid should have hastened to receive and entertain the great republican sailor was in itself a compliment to the political system of goverament that could pro- duce so distinguished a man. The book before us is enlivened by numerous incidents of the cruise, which was undoubtediy a most agreeable one, Indeed, every participant, from Admiral Farragut down to the humblest sailor on board the Franklin, appears to have brought back from Europe the liveliest im- pressions of his tour among foreign vations. Not the least item of interest is an extract from @ letter written by Admiral Farragut to a friend in reply to a communication using ‘his name in connection with the Presidency, and in which the Adwiral deciarea that under no circumstances would he risk the repu- tation won in his naval career by accepting @ posi- on of the duties of wifich he knew little or nothing. My entire life has been spent in the navy. By a steady per- severance ‘and devotion to it have been favored with suc- cess in my profession, and to risk that reputation by ent s career at my advanced and that career ove rhioh I have little or no is more than any one has a right to expect from me. I therefore beg that you will tender to those gentlemen who may think with of ‘my thanks for this great determination not to serve proposing my name as a a can Compliment ; but I am fixed in my under any conditions or While the Admiral was at Lisbon he was rather astonished at the King of Portugal inquiring of him if he had not written a history of our recent war. ‘The ola naval hero protested that he “hadn’t turned author yet.” Alt her, ‘Our Admiral’a Flag Abroad’? is a lively, readable work. Messrs. Put- nam & Son have pubiished it in an elegant form. It is printed in large, ee ee on rose-toned paper, giit edged. The illus jons x, an "3 are admirably exe- cuted, covering of green morocco is neat a tasteful. ‘on HER Saxe. By Frederick W. Robinson. Illus- trated. New York: Harper & lishers. 1869. ‘This is one of the best novels that has been pub- fished for some time. Although scarcely so perfect in its delineation of character as ‘Carry’s Con- fession” or “Poor Humanity,” it is still worthy of Mr. Robinson, whose abilities as @ novelist are scarcely 80 well appreciated as they deserve to be. “For Her Sake" 1s a well plotted, ably written work. Sir William Kelpdale, Louisa Kelpdale and Archi- bald Hope are well conceived characters. Maurice Hope is not so happily drawn, Except towards the end of the book all that we are made to know of him is through others and not through himself, as would have been preferable. That he should have made thé sacrifice “for her sake” that he did make was logical resuit of the plot, but it was too abru| made for good effect. Sir Richard and Lady Kel je are excellently drawn characters, and Job is capitally de- scribed. On the whole this novel is well worth reading. The unities are preserved throughout. ‘There are no breaks in the narration, no abomina- ble retrospective views and tiresome reflections which have made nearly all the novels Fecently pub- ished hardly worth reading. Mr. Robinson’s dia- logues are always interesting, and though there is but little of the sensational in the book the events pobevr ee piace are sufidiently exciting and the ine lents numéfous enough to retain the interest of thé reader from beginning to end. BRAUTIFUL SNOW, AND O7rneR PorMs. RA Watson. Philadelphia: Turner Brothers & Co. We should be disposed to place a higher value on Mr. Watson’s poems than we do place were they not marked by a sameness of thought and almost maudlin style of expression which soon wearieg the reader. ‘The first of them, the authorship of whiok’ must, we presume, be accorded to Mr. Watson, is almost the only one really worth reading, and even it is more remarkable for the beauty of the idea it con- veys than for tts felicity of Janguage, which, however, is undeniably fine. With but one or two exceptions all the poems in this collection treat of death, We cannot imagine anything more tire- some than the perusal of 80 gloomy a sul oul He veing relieved by some flashes of life and sun- light, be they never so few. There is an exhibition of morbid oe in this style of poetry which is utterly Mmnatural. It is unhealthy. One would su pose that Mr. Watson has ever a skeleton by his side remind Irim of the inevitable fate of mankind, and that he, mapping himseif in the cloak of melan- choly, had dedicated his life to giving seseareate men and women the nightmare by his poetical pro- ductions, Mr. Watson is undoubtedly a man of fram sna Reese Ws Se efaioaes intervals in nes, which would not interest and be admired by the but he fs essentially @ man of one idea, and collectively his becomes drei monoto- nous. He is a veritable Poet of Death, THE ARK OF THE COVENANT; or, a Series of Short Brothers, pub- w. Discourses U) the Joye Sorrows, Glories and Duties of the B Mother of God. By the Rev. Thomas 8. Preston. New York: Robert Cod- dington, publisher. It is @ pity that Father Preston did not have this book published by some firm that could have brought it out properly. The mechanical execution te wretched, being the quintessence of shoddyism. The contents, however, are well written and quite interesting. Father Preston has really given a very graphic history of the Virgin Mary, which should be read by all who desire to become intimately ac- quainted with the most important events found re- corded in the Bil Works Globe edition. Ilias Grated Hoss saustene oy Daniey and Gilbert. New York: Hurd & Houghton. ‘This, the last volume of the “Globe Edition" of Dickens’ works, contains “The Uncommerotai Tra- veller,” “Master Humphrey's Clock,” “New Christ mas Stories,’’ and @ “general index of characters their appearances, familiar ings from Dickens works.” The book is well printed in large, clear type, and is neatly bound in rea morocco. Miscellaneous, Tu# HONTER'S GUIDR AND TRaPrEn’s ComPANtoN, published by Hunter & Co., of Hinadale, N, H., ia “a complete guide in all the various methods by which to capture all kinds of game, fur animals, 40.” It also gives “full directions how to cure and tan all kinds of skins.” We have received the May number of the Sunday Magazine, Good Words and Good Words for tha Young. All of these are London monthiles, and are among the best of their class of foreign publications, ‘Thowe before us are handsomely illustrated and are | full of choice mation