The New York Herald Newspaper, July 18, 1869, Page 4

ENGLISH TELEGRAPH STATISTICS A Bourbon Prince’s Opinion of Republics, THE GUARD. RENCH NATIONAL The Nori German Lioyd steamship Rlune, Cap- | tain Myer, from Bremen and Soritaampion, arrived here yesterday. She brings details of our cable tele- | grams up to the 6th. | A Congress of German journalists wil! pe held at | Vienna froin the 24th to the 26th of July. A report is current that an important decision has been come to between the Britisn and Portuguese governments bearing on the wine duties andthe | general tart question. The London Post says that the gentleman who has | been blackhalled at the Reform Club, and because of whose rejection Mr. Forster and Mr. bright have given up membership, ts Mr. G. W. Smalley, the Lon- don correspondent of a New York newspape The Franco-Selgian Commission heli its last stt- ting on Saturday, the 3a, ft is said to have dove its work in manner perfectly satisfactory to the French governinent. The visits of royal personages to foreien courts cost 8 goo: deal of money. The Prince of Wales, no dout thousands away in Hurope and in the sents in Cush aud jewels lately came to £5,900 in London alone. ‘The Le Herate of the 28th nit. sa vat the Empress of the French ts expected to reach Con- | stantinopie ‘u October, and that the Sultan has or- | dered the I’ of Beylerbey to be prepared for | her. Sono brilliant (tes are to be given in honor of her Majc S§ visit. | ‘The draft of the new Servian constuut! which | has just been prepared, proposes that zisla- | tive Body shail consist of 120 members, of whom ninety are to be elected by the people and thurty ap- the Prince. ards in some parts of Portugal have been attacked by the dreaded otdiwin, Certinly Portu- guese Wines are not quite so fashionable in England as they once were, but the news of the outbreak of the terrible disease will still be regretfully received by many «letter of the 29th ult., In the Cov ae “avs:—‘In yesterday's debate in the Cortes Bayonn. a very active and intelligent workipgman, M. Alsina, deputy for Barcelona, took an tmportant part, his speech attracting great attention and being much applauded. This 13 the first time that a Spanish Parliament has seen a workman devating on terms of equality public a®airs with a Spans grandee and a Minister of Finance.”* The inhabitants of Marsetiles have, within the | last few days, found posted on the wai city @ proclamation not signed by any individual, but subserived, “The Committee of the Revolution- ary Comraunes.” ‘The following is a specimen of the styl rhe country demands therty—it will have it—even though by means of tire, stee bombs or ambuscades.”” “spain,” says a Pars letter in the Jounal du Havre, “has asked for the good oMices of France to ; poison, with denunciation and satire, ne youthtul orator won his first triumphs by the fresh vigor of lis on slaught on the Old Country, It would be dimcult to Fourth of July has had im keeping alive and aug- menting the ‘political jealousy Which exists in America With regard to tais country; and also, we | must say, in causing some islmen to reeiprocate the ill-feeling. We are speaking of the times before the civil war, and have in our remembrance those whom many Auericans would now be inclined to look upon as the last generation. We should be | unwilling to touch upon @ subject which might awaken irritability were It not that we believe this annual edullition Of anti-English sentiment ts soon to be exiinet, Fourth of July trades in the old time sprung as much from unquiet national aspirations as any serious animosity to England, The eadeavor to show that the nation nad already proved its | superiority to Burope led to a monstrous exagge- | ration of the feats of arms accomplished in tae | wars of the Kevolution and in 1812—epochs which in their victories or defeats are well nigh forgotten in Bngland, As we have been the only foreign opponesta of the Americans they could only give themselves credit at our expense, and the appetite for self-laudation, whieh @ (rencoman, for mstance, woud si ‘at the expense of halt a dozen Powers, had to be fed by the skirmishes and frigate fights in which they gained the advantage over us. Now, however, that the Americans have had a great war, With immense arnues ranged on each side, equaling or surpassing the oattle fields of Continental Lurope, the old campatgnus, with their petty and isoiated encounters, must seem Uitg ia comparison with tae tremendous siraggle of the revebion, The Union hag now a period of heroisin to redect upon, in which England is not concerned, and. except incidentally, we cannot be brought into the scope of @ congratulatory addreas on the greatest achievement of the American nation ‘This Is only one form of-the gratified ambinoa which will lead to lessen the tendency to vitupera. Uon and neediess dedance, The Americans have attained to recognition im 80 Many ways that they will loge the desire to assert themselves i season and ous Of season as they used to ao. in the acts of life, a8 well as in prosperity and comfort, her people have maue wondertul progress; houses, eqyuipages, dress vie With Chose in the most splendid turopean capitals; literature is gaining strengtn, and, wirat is Of more Lulportance, originality; aud the taought of the nation may be expected in the present gene ration to take focus pecuuar to itself. Americans cousequently leet that tuey can aiford to speak ot themselves and their neighbors in a caim aud dignified tone, and with tho boasts of tie old tme we may expect to find most of the old acrimony vanish. It would be pleasant to receive more generous Fourth of July orations durmg the present year. ‘the peopte ittO be in airicndiy spirit, for tey have just ebcated a monster peace festival, al wach they ve. perfor music on @ larger scale tuan hus ever been Known upon earth. An American, who writes to us, gives a maguiticent descripuon of this solemnity, Wiicu certainly Seems Lo have difered in nature as Well as extent from anything ever heard in Bufpe. such a demonstration in lavor of peace, and such a prodigious combmation of harmony ought Lo have a so.lening eifect on the most strent ous asserters of the Alabama Claims. Moreover, if we except these and the other questions growing wie War, there is notaaz between tue wnicn Should give rise to ili-fesling or justify the harping on the events of the Kevolunon wud Lae war OL i912. ‘The Marquis o! Hartington on the Purchase of Telegrapis. In Committee of the Whole in the House of Com- mous, on Monday, the 5*o inst., the Marquis of Har- brougat 10 is Money bill for completing tue ase Ol the telegraphs, Premising that the basis arrangement of last year Was twenty years’ purchase of we profits up 20 June last, ne ex- plained the steps taken by the Post Oitice authorities wo ertuan these profits and the Value of tae stocks aken over. The chief result of these had been to reduce the claims of the telegraoh companies trom £7,05051 to £9, 7, and of dus profits and The purchase of the righ the railway companies he put at £700,000, the expenses Of eXteuslons at £6u0,000, aud, including compensations to small companies, necessitate: the monopoly clause which tue bill would contain, he calculated = the whole cost of the transfer at £6,750,u0J, quiries of the Post Office show that the business of tue telegraph compames was rapidly and steadily Increwsing—i One case at 18 per cent, and in another at $2 percent per anpun; bus calculating the ave- Tage increase at lu per cent, this sum of £6,750,000 would repre sent not 20, but only 175; years’ purehase of the proiits of 1869, The annual rvente ue put at intervene witt the United States t luce the last named country to observe more closely the laws of neutrality towards the island of Cuba. The Marquis «ie la Valette declined to do so alone, but effered to invite England totake part ina joint application,” “The Russian government,” says the Paris Peuple, ‘is approaching the completion of the considerable armaments with which it nas been occupied during sveral years. At the end of 1866 all the fleid arti ry will be farnished with 9pounder and 4-pounder veechloaders on the new system. The fortresses ill be all supplied with heavy cannou ou the same neiple. he English War Office has issued the following | ice:— \ny volunteers who wish to obtain special se3 1M passing through France to attend uonal in Switzerland must forward witavul delay this ofice, through their respective commanding icers, @ statement contalning—1l. Name and rank; ort’ at which they propose to land; 4. isate at uieh they propose to enter France; 4. Wiether cy propose to make any stay at Paris or elsewhere erunce; 5. By What fronuer town they propose to at France. \n important question relating to trades’ unions { friendly societies was before the Court of Queen's ich om Saturday, the 3d. The point raised was e construction tosbe placed upon the rules of the ialgamated Carpenters and Joiners’ Friendly slety, aud the magistrates at Bradford had refused convict ina prosecution instituted by the society, the ground that its rules operated in restraint of ade, as its funds might in practice be made avatia- \@ for the purposes of strikes. Justice and Mr. Justice Mellor concurred in this veew, while Mr. Justice Hannen and Air. Justice sayes were of a contrary opinion. Under these cir- ‘umstances the junior judge withdrew his judgment, and the deciston of the magistrates was aftirmed. On the Emperor leaving the camp of Chalons, alter his recent visit, Marshal Bazaine assembled all the generais and oMicers, and communicated order from the Minister of War to the effect that all preparations were to be made fora 5 ly cam- paign. The oMcers were to keep their fiell uniforms on hand and settle their famAy matters. ENGLAND. American Independence and Independence. ("rom the London Times, Yesterday the anniversary of An dence Wis 1 the Unto. Years pass by 80 rapidly to ail but tue very young that an dnnuai display gas in it something of weary the Indepen- repetiuon. So it isin this country, and, uo donbt, | there are m America the usual number of people, steadied and sobered by years, wlio never think O1 the Fourth of Ju.y tll ‘they hear the beils and the guns, who never go to | to the speeches and are giad waen the noisiest ¢ year is over. But the day is neverthe brated with an interest and vivacity which never seem to fail, The Americans have but a short history, unmarked tit lately with very sinking events. Constant and immeasurable progress, with- out any limit in the future except the eventual peopling of a continent, have excited their umagina- tons and cularged thetffhopes. ‘They havethad betore them the vision of unbounded empire, of prosperity, happiness and power, such as hi ‘The Lord Chief | National | £674,855, and thie expenditure at 2vou,454, giving & het profit of £414,361; and the interest on £6,750,v00 at 4 per cent § £270,000, and at 35, per cent £236,590, In the oue case there Would be a surplus of £44,000, and in the other of £77,000. ‘fhe bill would give power to raise the purchase money by Exchequer bills or bonds, or by the creation of consolidated stock or lerminabvie annuities, and he anticipated that it would be raised at the lower rue of 35, per cent, so that the sur- pius would be 000. He went with some ininuteness 10to the details of the estimaces of reve - nue and expenditure, and under the first head he caicniated tuat by Ue revision of tariffs and addi- onal facilities the number of messages would be raised from 6,250,000 annually to 8,815,000, which at an average rate of 18. 2d., would give an annual revenue of £514, The revenue from Coatinen' and Atlantic telegraphs he estimated at £109,604, irom private Wires at £25,000, and from transmission of news at £25,000, After assuring the House that the estimates had all been framed on the most mode- rate basis, he concluded by a justification of the monopoly clause, mentioniug, among otuer argu- ments, that the number of offices would be increased from one in 1:,000 to one 1n 6,000 of the population, After some remarks from Mr. Hunt, Mr, Crawford and Mr. Maciie, tne resolutions on which the bul 1s to be founded were agreed to. The Commercial Relations Between Canada and the United States. (From the London Post, July 5.) We are avcustomied to sudden revuisions of feeling ln Ammenca. Starting changes of opinion are char- acteristic of the country. But seldom, even there, has so svaruing and $0 sudden an alteration in na- Uonai sentiment occurred as that lately witnessed in respect of the proposed renewal of the Recipro- city treaty Wii Canada. Not long ago the Dominion was to humbiy beg tor a restoration of trading facili- ties. Canada was to be taught to feel her virtual dependence on the United States. She was to seek | lor prosperity by a union with her neighbor. A very different toue is now observabie, A movement iately originated is gatucring force, and apyarenily rushing toaconclusion that could little have been expected, The pubic voice is caling loudly and unmistakably lor reciprocity with Canada, and tuere is every pros- | spect of a sp ‘ablishment of commercial re- | lations vet we o countries. The Reciprocity treaty between America ana Canada was annulled in 18:6. Under its provisions trade and commerce fourising. tis state ‘hat between the years | 1862 and 1506 they had been auginented by over 300 percent. Thal a country proivasing to be progres- sive, enlighteaed and liberal should have put an end to aconvention under which it was rapidly deve- loping commerciai activity was too straage to have occurred without the stimulus of some powerfat motives. These were the hopes of imereasing the revenue by the customs duties and the coercion of Canada into union with welve hundred miles of frontier avalla- ing lave dissipated the first. As to cond, 1 was possibly open to assumpuon that, when tue coal producers of Nova Scotia, the iuinber- nen of tue Otlawa, tue grain raisers of the Dominion and the fish m its Of the coasts should feel the | inconvenient ay “nee between intimate and re- 1al relations with the United States, a concurreat and irresistible desire would possess them for absorption iato the system of their wealthy and flourisuing neighbors, But tals castle was built in the air. 1ne feeling, the bearing and the reply of the Canadians differed very greatly trom the expectations formed. They objected to American | debt. ‘They disiked American institutions. They were not pleased with American modes of doing bu- | stness. ‘The virtual reply to the covert invitation | was—if you want Canada you must take it frst and | hold it afterwards, Canada had, in fact, a great game to play herscif. Ideas aitogether incompatibie with those propounded were entertained and put in torce. With the full concurrence of England steps to be taken caleulated to raise the Domiaton jy into the rank and to the dignity of a great nation, This has beendone. The two games uave ‘the lot of the mass of mankind in their mos: absorbing emotion has be plation of their national greatness. Yet, until their ‘own great War, there were Jew definite achievements round which this patriotic pride and ddence could gather. They were a grea: naslon, but they had not had great bistorical periods, or great battle days, or @ great literature, or art: whet revolu- tion, their nationality, aud their marvetions Material progeess were the few and simple, though mnghty, themes which thei orators could touch. The anniversary of the national birth recalled something on which the deep patrivustn of the people could dwell with satisiled pr) the nation bad been, was and couid be bat ANT itself to this auspicious event, 1 lavat of Independence furnished a text from which Ameri- can history and American institutions might ve treated in every sense, pol! social or intellec- tual. ‘The celebration of the Fourth of July, extend. Ing through tnree generations, became a habit of the American nature, and fas now something in it of a religious ‘solemnity. f Americans will continue to dwell npon the w innings of the Tepublic In # room at Philadelphia, to consider rhe first principles of their institutions and to congracs late themselves that these have been successfu: both im theory and practice, and are destined to r world. The festival is so firmly rooted in the tional havits that Popularity or to be superseded by any other anni- ‘Such an institntion has ite advaniages, though these are lessened by various (le: . Amid We « solf-seeking and greed, the petty motives and am- ditions of private life, it may be a useral Uuing that men should be invited from ume tw tiuie to wew themseivés as a community, and to resect upon thetr jonal capacities, duties and respon- sibilities, As the individual may make new Fesolves on the day that ne eniers on a new of life, 30 the Union on its birthday nay review its bygone age, and, Wiitle iuduiging In decorous congratulation op the past, may ook ito tte conscience for what is wrong in tne patioual oyg or, Character with a view ro amendment. Fimero, Towever, such celebrations as ihese have most always been made the ovcusions ‘or inordi- boasting, and anfortunatay the Fourth of July has in times been invariably celevrated at the expense of Whatever might be the other topics introdu rits of England Mad a constant place. She furnished the piece de resistance. Ae Wen! Keure of Britannia Was set up to be pelted enovute | it is hardly likely to lose its | | been played to taeir foreseen conclusions, and the | losers could but reshuffle the cards and try their | luck in auother adventure, adopting a difierent styie of play. | “Pre artacte in the Post then gues into an elanorate eriticism on the action of the New York Chamber of Commerce m endorsing the resolution of the Com- | mittee of the House of Representatives in favor of | reciprocal trade with Canada. The conciusion of | the articie 1s as follows:— |g Lhe intimation by the Canadian government that the system of granting ucenses for the in-shore fisheries will be put an end to 4s an unequal ar- rangement has Nad a marked effect upon the Amert- | can government! and upon their shipping and fish- ing interests, Nor must we forget to say tuat it nas been discovered in America that the Alabama claims | will not be admitted as a set-ot or equivalent to any desired acquisition, and that the only possible sur- render that can be made in satisfaction of those | claims ae the Contederate cotton bonds, which have been repudiaved contrary to the law of nations, Better late (ham never, A selfish and a short- sighted poricy, In contravention of all modern ideas of political economy, has been tried and falled—a policy which would have suvjected this mixerable | and misgoverned old country of ours, if it had adopted such a conrse, to the withering wit or the scormlul derision of those whose political creed is that America is the embodiment of wisdom and tree- dom and can do no wrong. Canada, then, is ap- parently on the cve of being relieved’ from ‘oppres- sive restrictions on trade. A plees of political anachropistic Vandalism is abont to be obiiterated by its ators, T abrogation of a rect | procity treaty between two mutually bene fitted countries has, by 18 effects, testified to the soundness of free trade. Experience has ac iengta taught the Americans jessons patent long ago to (he greater part of the Old World. ‘The Canadins, ug to this, will unquestionably de- rive great advantages from the resumption of re- ciprocal trading refauons, no obligations of gratitude. They tie, he That wh ever, u 18 about to ve granted will be of necessity. Liberality or en- jarged ideas respecting international comity have noting to say to Lie matter, IL is to be hoped that the imstrucuon Will not have been thrown away. America lias discovered Utat Canada is not to be treated as a contamacious Inferior, blind to sell- mierest, and that she 18 M0t v0 be coerced in any Way into union with ber neighbor, Possibly then, overrate the itluence which the celebration of the | NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JULY 18, 1869.—TPL?LK the future relations belween the two peoples may be governed by considerations hitherto ignored by the United States. Chinese Emigration to the United states. The London Times of the 5th inst, in its city arti- cle, speaking in retation to the emigration of Chinese laborers to the United States, says:— The most rapid redistribution of races ever wit- nessed seems likely to occur during tne present generation in the indux of Eastern’ people to the Western States of America on the Paciiic. During the year 1866 the arrivals im California from China and Japan were 2,500, 1m 1867 they wer }, and in 1868 they were more than 10,000, Whiie this year they are expected to exceed any previous total, An associution of leading politicians has been formed to encourage the imumigrawon, and it is proposed to introduce these people also into the eastern section of the United States, a house in Chicago having, according to report, sent out an agent to China to contract for 60,000 to wors the Southern plantations, It is the completion of the Pacific Ratiroad that affords facilities for these plans, and an Klea appears to be entertained that “during the next three years the increase of Chinese poptlation will be limited only to the means of ‘transportatiol ‘Their yalue as laborers is becom- ing greatly appreciated, and trstead of persecuting them the disposition is now to meet their yiews and afford them protection. ‘They are supposed to hoard their specio, and it is anticipated “to get up @ sav- ings bank which will secure their confidence.” The importation of Chinese women is attended to, and 1,200 were lauded in San Francisco pn the 20th of last month, The Ketorm Club DiMeulty=The Blackbaliling System. ("rom the London Daily News, July 5. The withdrawal of Mr. Bright and Mr. W, K. Fors- ter irom the Reform Club is now @ matter of such public notoriety that we desire, without discussing the questions Which have been raised in regard vo 1b, to contribute one fact to the discussion, ‘Those who censure Messrs. Bright and Forster tor the extreme course they have thought it proper to pursue seem not to understand the enormity of tue offence of which the two Ministers have to compiain, Tney proposed a candidate, not for permanent member- ship of the Keform Cluo, but for honorary member- ship auring one month. Now it 18 customary in all clubs to regard such @ proposal in the most generous manner. A candidate SO proposed—e is always a foreigner—is rarely, uf ever, blackoalled. It is a very odious thing to exert the right of blackball in such a case, unless for the most strimgent reasons. Here fs a case in point—our contribution to the discussion, There 1s. a club in London which bas some repute tor black- balling. Last year two of its members, men of re- pute, proposed that a certain foreigner should be elected aa honorary member for & month, This proposition was extremely distasteful to nearly all Uhe thembers of the balloting committee, ‘The for- eigner im question happened to be well known im London, and the committeemen disliked the notion of meeting him im their favorite haunt, What did they do? They Knew that it would be extremely oifensive to blackball a for- eigner proposed for a stay of oaly a month, They discovered, however, that no great harm would be done if the committee did not meet tor several weeks to come. The members of committee were summoned regularly every week, bat, strange lo say, week after week they could never make a quorum, and all their business, including that of eiecting the foreign candidate, had wo be postponed. At leugth there came a day when the cominittee were obliged to meet, Another foreigner, Mr, Longfellow, came to town, His stay in London was to be very short, and if he was to be elected into the club it was necessary to get about the business with all possible speed. The committee met and elected him forthwith, But first on the order of business they had to consider the claims of the other foreigner to whom they objected. A single biack Pall would have excluded him, yet they elected him. IRELAND. Cardinal Callen on Catholic Education and the Church Question, Cardinal Cullen delivered an address on the even- ing of the sd inst,, at the close of the session in the Catholic University. He renewed his protest against the non-recognition of the University of 5,000,000 of Catholics by the State, and complained that whey were left to struggle for themseives, while 500,000 of Anglican Protestuuts had the full control of one of the richest Universities tn the world, They had not looked, however, at the rejection of their claims as @ reason for abandoning their rights, He added the following observations on the subject of education and the Church guestion:— ‘They asked for nothing but religious equality with others; they daked for Calbolie education for OXtholiee, and, ing conident that this was right and necessary for the preserva- tion of thelr faith, they could conseat to nothing else nothing lesa, No ‘other measure would satiat, 3, ‘at the same time, they did not Intend to interfere withoihers, or to revent them ‘from giving whatever education they wished to their children. “While thelr hopes bad aot besh realized, stili one should admit that within the short space of time which had elapsed since the time he referred to their cause had made some progress, and they had now e fon to expect that the University and Catholic educati general would obtain the recognition to which tl Fight, and that Catholics would be put on a footing of equality with all other classes of their fellow citizens. Indeed, their claims were #0 conformable with justice and equity the end they must be triumphantly su That that had been the ten the past few months no one could dei Of this great empire declared at the, hustings that religious equality should be introduced into Ireland? Had not the House of Commons deciared, by an immense majority, that that ascendancy which had been forced on them by the sword, confiscation and penal laws, and which had tnilicted unheard: of eviis on this country, should prevail no longer? It mi be, indeed, the House of Lords would not listen to voice of the country, and that the Church biil, prepared by the most iiberai and enlightened statesman of the aye, would be mutilated in the upper House and rendered unworthy of he nation’s acceptance; still, the old fabric of asceadancy educed to auch a tottering state that even If they were Tea fon in a at io (Applatise.) cy of events uring . Had not the peopie poinied this year their wishes must be « ina short time. (Hear, hear.) He might add that perhaps a itie delay would bring them @ fuller measure of justice than Aue higher branch of the Legulature was now willing to give m, He pointed out the injurious effects of the exciusive system upon the cause of education, and deprecated the mixed system as one of the worst modes of sup- ressing the religion and morals of Roman Catho- ics, He asked:— Where could thetr children, whose parents were tolling from morning till night, having neither time nor capacity to teach the truths of reliston, learn these truths? Protestant teachers, whive explaining ‘the doctrines common to Chris- tianity, might impart many things contrary to the Roman Catholle faith, Then the Rom: thoile child did not ‘fee his master efther making the sign of the cross at a] pointed times or going to mass, and he might say, wil some shadow of reason, “These practices are difficult to flesh and biood; my master, who is a good man, does not perform them, and I, not professing to be wiser or better, Wii not submit to practices which be repudiates.” Again, every Roimmn Ca:hoilc sentiment was havished from the ¢lasé books, which fact alone might induce the scholar to think that there was nothing true or valuable beyond them. fie compared the system prevailing on the Conti- nent, and observed tuat hitherto the existence of re- ligious ascendancy had precluded Roman Catholics from demanding their just rights in the matter of education, but now the last kneli of ascendency was sounding and they might expect to see it shortly vaaish ‘rom the land in which it had infitcted so many and severe calamities, FRANCE. The Nation Guard—Its Maintenance and Efficiency. ‘The following petition is being signed by the Na- tional Guards of the department of the Seine:— MESSIEZURS LES SENATEURS—The Institution of a ional Guard, which dates from that glorious year 1780, was founded on this simple and grand idea— viz., to confide the guardianship of the city to the hands of its citizens. The events which have re- cently taken place in Paris and several other cities of France show now badty the present organization responds to that idea. The maintenance of order was exclusively confided to police agents and mili- tary detachinents, The intervention of the former has given rise to numerous complaints and was not efficacious enough to put a stop to aimless tumults and shaineful devastations, which were repeated during several nights in various parts of Paris. To use the army against citizens is fraugnt with great inconvenience; it awakens sad souvenirs and ive rise to real catastrophes. Why was not the Na- tional Guard convoked? It was, no doubt, be- cause its organization does not attain the ct indicated in the preamble of the decree of the 11th of Janaary, 1852, and does not form a suff- clent guarantee against disorder and insurrection. in fact, the National Guard, dissolved in @ great number of quarters, is not strong enongh. It is commanded by chiefs who have not been called to the grade they occupy by the confidence of their co-citizens. Finally, but seldom called together, it ig not exercised and tnstracted as it should be. ‘The necessity of puttiag @ stop vo this state of thi appears to us Clear enough. We demand that the National Guard be henceforth called upon to play the useful and glorious role which belongs to it and which it formerly #0 nobly filled. ‘The National Gvard alone can assure the peace of a city without being a0 instrument Of terror. 1t would soon know how to arrest rioters wituout violating inoffensive citizens, The National Guards of Paris can no longer resign themselves to figure only in useless re- views and parades. The Nationai Guard, tobe ® serious affair, must be reorganized on its ancient basis, It ought to hominate tts own chiefs, whose authority alone reste on the confidence it inspires, and that coufidence can only be expressed by elec- tion, The National Guard ought to b: useful and aid in the security of the city. We therefore de- mand the repeat of the decree of the 11th of Janu- ary, 1862, and the re ization of tie Ni G in conformity with the law votea by the Na- Wonal Assemoiy of Jane 13, 1861, Prince Henry De Bourbon’s Repablice. Prince Henry de Bourbon tas addressed the follow: Ing letter to (ne Minister of state at Madris Panis, June 2% | _ In testimony of my respect for the national sove- reignty id recognizing in the proceedings of the | Constituent Assembly of the Cortes 4 guarantee for ali the radical reforms which modern society de- mands, | swear fidelity to the constitution, in take ing that step J am influenced neither by interest nor ambition. have not been nor sha. | ever be @ pre. tender to the crown that has falien from tue brow of Isabella the Second by her own fault. To aspire to | @ throne without any otner right than that of a blind ambition one must be a hypocrite or a consummate intriguer, and | am neither, 1 betieve that the prince deceives himself who in our time devotes all bis Opinion of 1869, | thouguts and efforts to the foundation of a dynasty, for the universal tendency is towards a repub- | he. Those who oppose that inevitable fact pre- | pare all the storms and misfortunes which the | ardor of a desperate str le could produce, and merit the reprobation ef history. In inaking this declaration | give an unexceptional evidence of | my sentiments and convictions in favor of such a democracy as the elevated and clvuizing spirit of our age demands. Lain not Louis Philippe, calling | himself a simple citizen to possess himself of the throne of Charles X.; 7 am not his father, Philippe Fgalite; tor, iu order to serve the real interests of humanity it is necessary to keep onese!f honest and worthy. [ am not the plagiary of any ambitious egotist. Neither my policy nor my pen shall ever exalt the memory of Caesar, the memorable:despot of Rome; for 1 affirm that there exists more profit to humanity and more glory for a public man hn the illustrious model of Washington. The leg. lator creates, Whie the hero of war scatters mourn- ing in the midst of his blood-stained laureis; he constantly destroys and stains liberty wath his fatal personality. the government make this manifestation public, because it is indispensable that the nation should know the thmost thought of every citizen that occuples an elevated position. HENRI DE BOURDON, Political Reforme—Movements of Individuals and Parties. {Paris (July 3) correspondence London Standard.) The example of the ters parti has proved con- tagious. A large section of the majority, hcaded by M. du Miral, one of the vice presidents of the Cham- ber, has given notice of another amendment, tess vague than that of the fiers parti and almost as im- portant. Here 1s tts text:— We, the undersigned, wish to “interpellate” the government ‘ag Lo the necessity of strengthening the msti:utions of the eun- pire by developing the action and powers of control of the Corps Legislatif by means of — 1, The restoration of the address, ore Libera! and practical organization of the right of ie ere extenaion of tho right of amendment. 4 The eloction by the Corps Legislatit of 1s president and vice presidents, Considering that this is originated by one of the vice presidents appointed by the Emperor, | may, perhaps, be permitted to point out that I was not so very lar Wrong when, three months agv, I wrote that whatever might be the result of the elections, they would deal a deadly blow against personal government. The Emperor himself, [am bound to say, seems to have opened his eyes to what the French call the “realities of the situation.” ‘Tne ‘no surrender’? policy has undergone modification. The Chamber having unequivocally hinted that chamberlains and erries ought not to be deputies, his Majesty, riding to this evening's papers, has called on those of the officers of his household who are mem- bers of the House to choose between their ofMfeial position and their membership. If this be true, it is a step m the right direction; but his interpei BA Majesty will have to submit to further “concessions of principle” and “sacrifices of persons” yet. The rumor goes that M. Rouber, anticipating the impend- ing flat, has tendered his resignation, if that be so, M. Rouner has shown himself a rare tactician. The government has no debater like him to put torward, save Marshal Niel, who is a specialist, and by going out before he is driven out M. Rouher fairly look forward to return to oitice as the head of a Constitu- tional Ministry. ‘The one danger ahead ts obvious enough; tt is that the Emperor should make trifling concessions and still cling to the essence of personal rule, Persever- ance in such a course is sure to bring about a colli- sion between the country and the executive. There {4 also another danger—that the Chamber, in claim- ing necessary liberties, should go too fast and com- pro.nise its present advantage by undue zeal. FOREIGN MISCELLANEOUS !TEMS. Count Bismarck has been named Knight of the Badeu Order of Fidelity, The German journalists will hold a Congress at Vienna from the 24th to the 26th of this month. The President or the republic of Venezuela has recognized the Cuban msurgents as belligerents. The Empress of the French has sent 2,000 francs to the Yacht Club of France to be distribuced in prizes. The Empress of the French has accepted the Sul- ae invitation to visit Constantinople on her way to Suez. The carpenters of Leipzig are on strike, and de- mand one thuler per day, which the masters refuse to accede to, Lady Murray, eldest daughter of the Duke of Montrose, has become a convert to the Roman Catholic Church. Aspeculator in Paris proposes to print all the Paris journa’s on one huge printing press and effect @ saving of ten per cent. The Belgian government has given Rochefort the option of leaving that country or discontinuing the publication of the Lanterne. ‘The ex-King and Queen of Naples intend sojourn- ing at the Lake of Starnberg until afver the contine- ment of her Majesty in the autumn. The French government has oMicially informed the Court of Rome that @ special ambassador will be sent bo attend the approaching councll. At the recent breakfast given at Buckingham Palace, in London, to the Viceroy of Egypt, blue Ed and gilt buttons were worn as full morning ress. Twenty-two Russian spies are reported to be in Turkistan, dressed as fakira, and itis said that the Russian troops are preparing to march towards Khokana and Kolah. The Viceroy of Egypt intends having a foreign legion, consisting chiefly of Frencumen, to be in garrison at Suez and Ismail, the special duty of which will be to guard the canal and isthmu The claims instituted by the Bourbon family against the government of Italy, m reterence to the decree of confiscation issued by Garibaldi in the year 1860, have been rejected by the civil tribune of Naples. The forest of Elzaela, in Spain, between Algesiras and Gibraltar, has just been destroyed by fire over a space of 50,000 acres. That country abounded in game, and was a favorite shooting ground for the officers of the garrison on the rook. It is reported that the King of Prussia has sent a very friendly communication to Napoleon desiring to know his views respecting the Schieswig question, and hinting that the views of France would be con- sidered in the eventful settlement. The colleges throughout France are to be provided with Chassepot rifles, so that the students may be- come accustomed to the hgndling of arins, and re- Meved at a later pet from the preliminary ex- ercises of the National Guard Mobile. A weekly journal is announced soon to appear, under the title of Social Kconomy, and which will be published at the same time tn Paris, London, Germany and New York, and which will be the or- gan of the International Workmen's Association. Experiments are being made tn Belgium with a mitrailleuse invented by M. Montigny. Jt is @ ma- chine composed of thirty-seven tubes,” Two artil- lerymen are enough to manceuvre it, in three min- utes the mmittrailiense fired 370 shots, of which 278 hit the target, 52 missed and 40 missed fre. The Kladderadatsch, of Berlin, has the following caricature on the comparison between the United States and Europe:—Kepresentatives of the various European natious are sifting their respective trea- suries, when the figure of the United States appears to them, bearing the following teiegram:—‘‘New York. The national treasury has Increased by ten millions of doilars since the beginning of June.’ One of the European Finance Ministers—*Sucn fel- lows as those; why they have not even a standing army and still want to have their say.’’ ‘The project of cutting a canal tbrough the Isthmus of Corinth has again come on the ‘apis at Athens. A glance at the map of the Mediterranean shows how important such a caual would be for the trade of all the ports of France, Italy and Austria with Smyrna, Constantinople and the Biack Sea. The ports kt both ends of the canal would not require any very great expenditure, and the canal, if made, would be kept open at very little cost. Its length would be three miles and three-quarters. This work Would cost no more than a fleet of iron-clads to drive the Ottoman navy out of the Mediterranean, for which the Greeks are raising subscriptions, The Bulletin de Lois gives the following statistics of the increase of the population of France during the last twenty years:-—in 1846 the number of in- habitants amounted to 35,400,486, in 1856 to 36,039,364 and In 1866 to 38,067,004. The increase in the first ten years was 666,608, and in the second ten years 2,027,730. The large increase during the second period is due to the annexation of Savoy and Nice m 1860. In 1863 there were 936,067 births, 795,607 deaths and 280,609 marti: In 1868 there were 1,006,258 births, $84,573 deaths and 802,186 mar- rages. “THE PUBLIC HEALTH. , The Filthy Condition of Our Streets. To THe Epitor oF THE HERALD:— In an article upon the public health in your issue of last Sunday the Superintendent of the Board of Health is said to be cogit ating upon the cause of so great accumulations of filth and garbage in our streets, and to have just made the discovery that the police are largely responsible therefor. It seems the Board, to provect'the city from pestilence, in conse- quence of these accumulations of filth, have deemed it absolutely, necessary t bone in Ceca e streets and contemplate an expenditure of a ‘week—that 1s $26,000 a year~in the work,’’ Under the former street clehning contractor, Jt Whiting, we heard nothing of the necessity or of tl disposition for any such expenditure by the city of $500 a week for any such purpose. It seemed the opinion of the press that we paid him en tw keep the stresis clean, Why should we pay t new contractor for doing the work and then spend $500 a week to do it onrselves? Is this sum to be deducted from his monthly payment or is it another iter 10 be patd out of our increased taxation? Who has the street cleaning contract now? Why did the Judge dispose of it, and why 30 soon after it pass ed from his hands are the streets in 80 mnch worse condition than whea he had ity Who is the Super- intendent of the Street Cieaning Department, who assures us that next week earnest efforts will be made to abate this dangerous nuisance of filthy thoroughtares ? The whole subject seems to need ventilation. As the Judge is now an outsider had 2 not better cali upon him rather than upon the Present Superintendent of the department to en- Ul ightep us? Can't you open the valves, i in the air ‘and ventilate the whole matter for as? i) n't 1 don’t know who cal A TAXPAYER, SHEET, PARIS. FASHIONS. Aristocratic Journalism—Letters of Interest— High Lite and ite Dificulties—Tho Viceroy’s Departure from Paris—St. Clond, Com- veigne and Biarritz—Preparations for the Empresy” Visit to Kgypt—The Regional Fete—The Imperial Reception at Beauvatse— Court Life and Court Sport. Panis, June 20, 1869, A man who could make yp his mind to wear the same hat forever would be quite proud to find it in fashion at least four times through his mortal career. In the Same way, one whose occupation is ever that of writing must be delighted to see others make a fashionable pursuit of it before he dies. ‘This case 18 applicable to your correspondent, for rulers and dignitaries are all turning epistolary, and an insignificant journalist cannot help feeling a foot Wigher. The Emperor does not stop writing at all; he began with M. de Mackau and has not euded with his answer to M. Schneider; while on the other ging them to leave his private tife alone: and even M. de Stpiére, the gentleman who donated 10,000 francs as a reward to the sergens de ville for knock- ing people’s heads in with knuckle-dusters, nas taken to writing also, asking through print to be allowed to spend his money as he liked best. ‘This, certainly, is a privilege every man ought to enjoy, though many du not (who have wives), bat even admitting that, no One will deny that this gift of 10,000 francs to the police (two francs and a halt, it has been ascertained, foreach fisticuff at the rate of two blows per head) must remain an eccentricity in the annals of phitanthropophagy. Other letters have excited considerable Interest in court circles— those of the Princess de Bauffremont to her hus- band, which have been read before the learned tribunal now debating whether she may not be divorced from the Prince. The epistles are very charming and prove that the Princess is still very fond of the Prince, but cannot live with him; while the Prince's letters to the Princess prove that he is not at all fond of her, but will live with her. It 1s ® very curious case, The learned counsellors are M. Allon for the Princess and M. Dutaure for the Prince, both most able tac- tictans, Of course every one pities the Princess, who 18 so highly accomplished and in every way a model mother and virtuous wife, and at one part of her counsel’s improvisation a burst of indignation escaped from all the ladies present. He was telling the assembly tnat the Prince had no delicate atten- tions for his wife, and to Ulustrate the fact related that after a long separation from her, while he was in Mexico, she was only informed of his return to Paris by a laconic telegram which she received in her chateau while on her knees in the act of pray- ing he might not be shot. It was worded thus:— “©an't find my shirts; tell by return where they are.’’ Now, thts is not what a tender, pious wife ought to look forward to when she goes up with a partner for life to the altar; nor, in the second place, when she sees him off to Mexico. The shock can be imagined to a sensitive mind full of one’s husband standing with his back to a tree, his eyes blindfolded and a row of brigands or riflemen in front, waiting for a signal to—oh, tt is horrible !—and then, “Can’t find my shirts |’? But these domestic trials in high life must not lead us from other fashionable events. The Viceroy has lett Paris, and tae court will soon leave the Tuileries for St. Cloud, not Fontainebieau, as it was originally decided. From St. Cloud the imperial family will proceed to Biarrita and thence to Compicgne. ‘Three ladies, who set the fashions here, have already ordered the materials for the tents which are to be pitched for them in the Egyptian desert. Each will have a different stripe—the Empress’ will be gray and scariet, Mme, Muzard’s gray and white, Mme, de Gailitet’s gray and red; but these items are pre- cipitate, as notuing is 80 subject to change as a tent. Under these temporary “wonsteads” every novelty will be used for decoration and furniture in the cane and bamboo line. The quantity of inventions for manufacwuring ice, churning buster at table and for crystallizing fruit with @ layer of sweet frost would ‘astonish any one not posved in the exigencies of a Parisian appetite. Our fair summer tourists and chatelaines are tr, their hands at the new a) ratus before the time comes to pack up for the Nile and Suez. The portative fresh butter churn is made of cut crystal aud mounted on silver feet, It is pro- vided with a silver rod which revolves swiftly in the cream and presents ® pat of butter every three minutes. Quite a novelty for the ara, 1 ahould say, where cows areot known to find pas- ture, ‘The irutt refrigerator is made of plated silver. ‘There ia a hollow in the centre of it, for raspoerrti tor instance; all round them rises a wall of arti ice; the fruit is covered with some chemical prepa- ration which adds savor and congeals; after a rotary turn or two the raspberries are frosted. Noone now need wander about in torrid sand searching asolitary date tree for refreshment, and there ts an end to pii- grims going along the Sanara barefooted at the pace of two steps forward and one backward, in order to ‘make the task more penitential; every one will sus- pect them of keeping their souls in their bolies by means of small butter lovisibie to the common eye, but collapsed in their pockets, In consequence of ail the tent pitching, parks and meadows are, round all residences, dotted over with travelling appliances to be rehearsed on, before they stand the coid criticism of the Sphinxes. It would never do to appear ridiculous with all the centuries looking down on pigmydom, Hammocks and rock- ing chairs are being doubled up in microscopic parcels; easels get their legs folded over and over in the most disjointed condition; cushions are being made of appliqaé cloth on white cloth, and a great deal of Algerian tissue 13 made up into petticoats with much taffeta raffle all round. As many as five rane are put on these skirts; a few chemisettes of indian gauze have come out at the watering laces, and, though worked with gold thread, have n laid aside again, on account of the very cool atmosphere we have had through June. Rain nas spolled enjoyment at the seaside, and the grandes eauz are not the exclusive attraction of Versailles, The only sunny day to taik of favored the aap rial visit (0 Beauvais, whither the Emperor and nal fete, ‘The Duke and long looked forward to this event, as their Majesties were to honor tneir resi- dence with @ short stay and partake of lunch at the chateau, It is one of the most splendid m France, and contains the accumulated trea- of the Noailies family, descendant, Empress ina ‘a Daumont, that had been sent to meet them at the station. The jockeys wore the Mouchy livery, tight waist jackets and gray hats. The Duke and Duchess received tueir visitors at the foot of the marble terrace, as- sisted by the Duke's aunt, Lady Standish, woo was Sabine de Noailies, The Duchess thanked the Em- press for honoring the Noailles eatate with her visit, and the Empress kissed the Duchess, saying she was delighted to show them this mark of distinc. tion in public. The lunch was very fairey the only one ad- mitted to it besides the Murat, Mouchy, Noailles and imperial party M. Destatileur, the architect now a the ju. The famous Mouchy sliver was all laid out. It is said to be the very costiiest in France, not excepting the plate of the De Luynes and Rotnschilds. ‘me Empress wi atured in green trimmed with admirable white lace. At two o'clock the whole party left Mouchy by train and arrived at Beauvais at exactly juarter past two. The station had been decorated to look like @ splendid reception hail, and hung with green velvet, iringed with gold. ‘the keys of the town Were presented to the Emperor by the Mayor, in which nothing w ions I proceed with the guests to the cathedral. In the centre of the choir rose a dais of red velvet, fringed with gold and lmed with yellow saun. The Em; yr and kmpress leap begat ha under the portico of the cathedral by the bishop of Beauvais, who made them a short speech, and though could not hear what they an- swered | saw they thanked him for making it short and responded in my own heart. Afver the 7 Deum and Domine Salvum, which were splendidly exe- cuted under the old arched cathedral, the cortege visited the agricultural concours and the prize horse Turbige owner, Baron de Fournont. There the Empress wo admire @ new ploughing machine a large crane, Warranted to lift up things to any height, however weighty they be. It looked as if it could pick up the whole imperial party and toss it as easily as an elephant’s trunk does a pin. There were many other objects of interest to notice in the different sections of the exhibition, and oue was a box made of rock crystal, which a long time ago contained all Henry LV.’s baby clothes. It does uot appear to me that he had as many changes as movlern babies require, at least from the capacities of the box. An Wee naan Poetical spectact ‘Was the group of young ladies in white, with bine paniers, all presenting one yg to the Empress in the person of @ very pretty girl, who, for @ grace- {ul little speech and wavy courtesy, received a kiss from her sovereign on her forehead—her femaie soverel of course. At five clock the im) train loft Beauvais. jor st. Cloud, but w banquet and ball took place in the evening. ‘Tne Duchess de Mouchy was the star, Her tonet filver; ovér whlch asquare bodice wad anort tute, re bodice red currant color, kept on the shoulders oy diamond straps or epaulettes. On the right shoulder began a fell cronswayn ows tie leit adel over tos, aitti jown the left over irk. The Duchess wore 1,600,000 francs’ worth of fam- ily diamonds on her head, ears, neck snd aru; the diadein and earrings were mounted with pea shaped pearts hanging from di clusters, I Thust not omit that her husband ‘tree planted in his park to perpetuate the souvenir of the Emperor's visit to the domain of the Noailles, nor that Napoleon IU, haying driven from the station to the chatesa in @ gray overcoat, while one of bis aide-de-camps, M. art wes in fall notform. ‘The. \usteliigent popalation’ treated Lim to no cries at bor to the better a shout “Vive” to the f Me Rafboauy. “ie was all ight 0) mn TOF Wee eo fy when ‘anon wes over, and the overcoat left behind, hand M, de Mackau has written to the papers beg- -| for soser a &mperor wae a omctal ouk, crossed grand cordon Legton, s white pecktie made him conspicuous. ‘hus nothing can be done without suitable clothes, and a fashion writer 1s indispensable everywhere. The Jast grand show of diamonds at the opera took place on Mme. Musard. She was present for the “ lrophete” in . black Sronadine, but literally showered with gems. Mme. de Mett or nich appeared at the same performance tn a white robe with black velvec bodice, A new bat has appeared. does not defy description, bat requires minute consideratio. It & Leghorn, and cut round, the centre being on the top of the head and the front forming a shady flap, Tho back rises above the chignon.- It i3 trimmed with bows of ribbon and lace; tt has also strings, but they are croased behind on the neck, Another nov- elty—the grand days of “falconry” are dawning on the horizon of Court life and Court sport again. Should this become more than a project & vast Heid for cavaller fashions is open co your correspondent; afield for hoods and for doublets, the lure, the bella and the jesses, for dapple gray palfreys, for velvet, satin and jerkins. But will modern hawking daya show us so blithesome a race of sportsmen as Of oid t Will they rise when dewdrops sparkle in the sun, with the cheery lark, and scamper on the uplands through thorn hedge ‘and brier?) Who has muscle enough left now to seek the wild hawk up in the pa- rental aerie, lined with the feathers and bones of victins? But we will’see. Meanwhile the Emperor and imperial Prince did go “a-hawking” before they leit Cudions, MU.ICAL AND THEATRICAL NOTES. many reopens about the 16th of August. cle ‘om’s Cabin” is in active preparation as the Olymptc. Joe Jefferson Kip Van Winkles at Booth’son the ‘2d of August. “Arrah nw Pogue” succeeds ‘Sinbad!’ at Niblo's on the 24 of August, ‘Tue Worrell Sisters will give us “Lalia Rookh" at Wood's Museum on the 2d of August. Mr. Balfe, the composer of the *‘Bohemian Giri,"* is at present in Paris. Mr. Sothern, it is said, intends to retire from the stage in 1870. Mile, Nilsson is engaged to give a few concerts the English provinces, for which she ts to recelve $20,000, LeMingwell, who left this city just one week ago, opens at Maguire's Opera House, San Francisco, to-morrow evening, in his favorite great impersona- tion of the “Gushing Clorinda.” A female dwarf, named the Princess Félicie, aged six years, and only one foot eight inches high, 1s an- nounced to appear very shortly at the Cirque de Vimpératrice, Paris, The city is still happy in the possession of a goodly number ot provincial theatrical managers, who are in town ior the purpose of procuring ‘talent’ for the coming season, the only obstacle which pre- vents the gratification of their desires oving the price demanded for the lucky poasessors of the par- ticular Kind of “talent” for which they seek. Some Soe succumb, Who will it be, actor or mana- er . Messrs. Unsworth and Eugene, two of the most popular members of Bryants’ minstrel troupe, who, like other lucky millonnaires, nave been rdicineeet 4 during the summer, rejoin the company next wi at the Arch street theatre, Philadelpnia. They wilt return to New York with the company tn about three weeks for the fall and winter season. Mme, Anna Bishop’s concerts at Meibourne have terminated, and that vocalist will probably not again be heard in Victoria, as she proceeds to Europe and America after fulfiliing her Adelaide engagement. It is her mtention to retire into private life in the United States, ‘The Viceroy oi Egypt has committed the dramatic direction of the Cairo theatre to M. Lablache jils. His Highness has commissioned three artists to paint the scenery for tne “lisir d’Amore,” “Muette,” the “Sonnambula,” “Crispino” and “vomare.” Tie stage is to be of precisely the same dimensions as that of the Porte St. Martin, Paris, ‘The artists are bound to have their work delivered by the lat of August, or pay a fine of twenty guineas per day. ‘The styie of entertainments to be givea at Wood's Museum next season bids fair to make that theatre as popular as was the Broadway in days of yore. Mr. Wood intends introducing the best stars he can secure, mounting their speciaiues ip good style, and instead of running the pleces until the people are tired of them, continually changing the programme, thus giving his place the beaelt of a continual novelty in the perlormances. Mr. Augustin Daly kas go far completed his arrange- ments for the approaching fall and winter dramauo season as to fix the date lor the opening of the Fifth Avenue theatre for about the 15th of August, Mr. Daly has not yet made kuown the name of bis open- ing sensation, but we have it, upon good authority, that it will be an original local drama ia four act, filled with tableaux and startling effects. Mre. Chan- frau, Mra. Jennings, George H. Clarke, ‘Foul Play” Harkins, George Holland and Mr. James Lewis are to appear ino the cast. Miss Fanny Herring, the popular metamorphosed blonde from the Bowery, having trotied “ixton’? around and about the vicinity of New York untii the poor, wicked myth was well pigh exhausi starts ut an early day for the ofl regions of Pennsylvania, Where she hopes that “Ix” will botn astonish and delight the oleaginous natives, Who are even now anxiously awaiting nis one. Mr. A. L. Parkes, formerly the business manager of Kelly & Leon’s Minstrels, and more recenuly agent for the Worrell Sisters’ burlesque company, has, we understand, superseded Mr, Samuel Colville as busi- ness manager at Wood’s Museuin. Mr. Parkes has aiready proved himself an energetic manager, and as he thoroughly understands all the ins, outs and wrinkles of the protession and ‘‘show”’ business, he will doubtless prove an efficient assistant to Manager Wood during the coming season. Manager Waliack, who is at present in London, leaves that city on the 7th of August tor this coun- try. He will bring back with him several dramatic novelties in the shape of new plays, one of which will, probably, form the sensation for the inaugura- tion of the regular dramatic season at bis the: n this city, the others being reserved until later in the fall, for the purj of leavening the routine of standard comedies and dramas which, during the coming season, as heretofore, will be the principal attraction at the Wallackian temple. The names and nature of the pieces have not as yet been divulged, but that they will be of a high order of merit Manager Waliack’s judictous and discriminating Judgment gives ample assurance. Several new and strong acquisitions will be made to the company, which, it 8 rumored, will also be re- inforeed by the return of Miss Madeline Henriques, pO a and the addition of Miss Louisa Mogre, which latter lady, it will be remembered, earned for herself the proud title of ‘The Champion Weepist,’”” in the drama of “Alter Dark,’’ which was brought out last winter at Nibio’s Garden. Wagner is about to bring out a new opera, “Tmatra,” concerning which there 18 @ peculiar story. When ‘“Tannhauser” was produced and damned in Paris the composer happened to be in Russia giving concerts. He had got as far as Finland, when the news of the reception found him at Juatra, near Wiborg. On the stone staircase of a belvidere he thereupon engraved the following inscription:— “31 March, 1963, 1 start for Germany. Adieu charm- ing country, adieu dear Russians, noble and intelli- ge nation who alone appreciate my divine mustc. ‘ou alone welcomed with forinidable plaudits my sublime creations, whereas Paris, the centre of ignorance, hisses them. To requite you, dear Sar- matian melomaniacs, I swear belore this torrent to compose an Opera whose hero shall be Imatra; th other persons shall be represented by rocks, firs, fal and soforth. Perhaps I may be induced to put man on the stage, but I am not so sure of thls. “Tmatra” is now finished, and the oath draws near its fuifliment. Mr. E. A. Sothern and the United States. HAYMARKET THEATRE, LONDON, June 26, 1869, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— An articie cut from an American newspaper has been forwarded to me here. 1 am unabie to name the paper in which it appeared, as only # slip was sent tome. I beg to call your attention to the fol- lowing lines, Speaking of Mr. Joseph Jefferson the wrier says:—‘‘tHis artistic position in London was fixed by his performances; bat before he could fairly begin those performances more than one pemon of theatrical weight and imfuence had endeavored to insure his ruin—among them Mr. Sothern, who owed the best of ail he ever had to this country.” Fo the assertion that Lever endeavored to insure the ruin or in any way injure Mr. Jefferson, or any othet actor ey ate from We Cargo apy ul giv my most unqualified contradiction, ant appeal to Mr. Jefferson to confirm the truth of words. The is evident. iY animus of the writer of the article contemplate paying a farewell visit to America, he wishes to convert my old frienas into new ene- mies. ‘That | owe whatever theatrical position I may have gained to America and to the Americans is most certain, as certain as that I am proud to ac- knowledge my obligations to the country that first fostered my earliest endeavors to become an actor. im, sir, your obedient servant, E. A. SOTHERN. MALICIOUS ADVERTISING. New York, Jaly 17, 1869, To THR EvitoR OF THR HRRALD:— Among the “Personal” advertisements of thw morning's HERALD is one directed to me. Its evi- dent intent 1 to Injure me, and it must have been inserted by some malicious person whose enmity I have unknowingly incurred, DENNIS W. O'HALLORAN, Saint Clatre Deville, an eminent French observer of natural phenomena, has recently communicated to the French Academy an interesting paper on the periodic returns of magnetic oe the laws of which he is endeav to ascertain. The phe- nomena of May, August and November, 1868, were Particular objects ot examination. A great number of storms took piace between May 9 and 17, and on August 9 and 10 showers of meteors in great abun- dance were observed. On Al t 1s and 17 a series of terrible earthquakes took place all over tho globe, and on August § and 26 great disturban het yt of oes in the he barometer and of the thermometer ‘The November meteors now constant): 'y year, and in 186% produced a magnifi- February ond April, 1869, were also le for meteors and auroras.