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EUROPE. Tho Public Works and Corporate Money Debts of the City of London. Parliamentary Parties and M. Rochefort’s Position in Paris, Ecumenical Councils and the “First Council of the Vatican.” Our special correspondence and mail reports from Europe supply the tollowing interesting and ex- haugtive details of our cable telegrams to the 13th of November, Of the municipal Mnances and resources of the city of London and the debts of the corporate body, it is enough to publish the following remarks from the city article of the London Times of the 12th of November:— It ig reported that the £2,000,000 loan contemplated to be raised by the Metropolitan Koard of Works under the bill of last session will be in a four per cent, and not @ three and @ half per cent stock, as Was at rst rumored, The existing debts of the Hoard are about £8,000,000, aud they require £2,0u,000 in addition, thus raising their tota: liabuiues to £10,000,0N0. This amount, ac cording \o the provisions of the bill, may be consti- tuted in ibe shape of consolidated stock or annul- ties, charged indifferently on all the securities and Tating powers menuoned in the acts hitherto barre authorizing loans, 80 as tO establisu one ‘und for the interest and redemption of the whole. It may be cailea the “Metropoitan Consolidated Stock,” and is to be issued at such price and times asthe Treasury may approve. ‘ine Public Works Commissioners may Make advances on the stock, and the National Debt Commissioners may, In like manner, select it for iuvestment tor the sayings banks. . A London letter of November 10 says:— Yesterday morniag bis Royal Higuness the Prince of Wales, accompanied by Couct Gleichen and attended ‘by Captain Eliis, proceeded to Windsor Great Park for aday’s shooung oa the royal de- mesne. tis royal Highness leit London by the ten minutes past ten A. M. train irom Paddington, on the Great Western line, and arrived at Windsor about eleven o’ciock. Here a ciar-d-banc, drawn by four horses from the royal mews, was in attend- ance, and the #rimce of Wales at once drove to the forest, ihe reyal party included the Prince of Wales, Prince Christian, Count Gleichen, Viscount Torrenton and Captain Ellis, and enjoyed some first rate sport among the pheasants, hares and otuer ame in the weil stocked preserves around her ajesty’s Flemish farm. Having made some excel- lent bags the Prince of Waies and bis party drove to Frogmore House, wiere the ilu: yus sportsmen were entertained at luncheon by roya! Hign- messes }’rince and Princess Christian of Schleswig- Hoistein. In the Glasgow Baukruptcy Court an examination was held in the sequestration of J. W. Anderson & Co., merchants aud manufacturers, Glasgow and Bel- fast. The principal partner of the firm stated that the debts amounted to £80,250, with additional pos- sible reclamations of £16,500, and the assets to £20,287, showing @ deficiency of £76,465. On being asked to account for the deficiency he stated that his books had been in possession of a committee of the creditors for some time, and that he had not had an opportunity of furnishing the information desired, but that he would make up a statement if allowed time. The examination was adjourned. According to the Moscow Gazette the total amount of contributions poured into the Russéan Treasury 13 286,000,000 roubles. Of this sum 86,000,000 are derived from direct contributions, and 182,000,000 from the duties levied op articles of consumption and other indirect sources. The amount derived from direct taxes is nearly all supplied by the capi- tation tax, the proportion furnished by this tax being eighty-one per cent of the gross sum. The Gazetie observes that this state of things is not just, and it, therefore, proposes to substitute a modifica- ton in the manner tp which it is levied by dividing the Population into classes, or, In other words, py adopt- ing the principle on which the income tax is levied in this country. The Gazette also points out how the national revenue might be increased by a more exjensive imposition of stamp and other duties of a sunilarkind, Of the amount derived irom indirect taxation 131,000,000 roubles are contributed by the The excise duty on spirits, and 11,500,000 on sail. sum pald by the peasantry located on the domains is at present 35,000,000 annually, bat wiftgo on diminishing year by year 2ntilit is ulti- mately extinguished in consequence of their be- coming ireenoiders.” FRANCE. Parliamentary Parties and the Presidency of the Legislative Body—M. Rochefort, His Supporters and the PoliceLa Lanterne Suuffed Out—What Rochefort Was First Arrested For—Party Contradictions—Minis- terial Responsibility—An Aged Lady News- vender—Schoolboy Days—Trade of Paris— Dress Fashions for Compiegne. PARIS, Nov. 12, 1869, It was intended by a large party in the Chambers to have elected as President Monsieur mile Vlivier; but that gentleman has refused to allow himself to be nominated in opposition to M. Schneider. We may probably have stirring times during the elections, as the roughs have already commenced their usual noisy - demonstrations, M. Henri Rochefort has veen cheerea by aconsicerabie number of biouses, who surrounded his carriage when returning from the meeting of electors who admire him, on his way home to tbe Rue Montmartre, which delectavle locality he inhab- ite. Unless some other candidate comes forward in the first circonscription, he will unfortunately be nominated deputy, aa he has no opponent. of course his supporters will be delighted. The government will have no cause tor regret, for be has no weight in a political sense and will bring ridicule on the liberal canse. His admirers cannot shut their eyes to the fact. One of them cried out with enthusiasm, with rence to Rochefort, “What we want is a Comiméisstonaire.” As 1 before told you, M. Allou is a candidate of a different stamp. A barrister by profession, a liberal of ad- vanced views, almost a radical, he is admitted by both friends and opponents to be a man of weight. His return will do more for the cause ot liberty than the election of ali the political biusterers that exist in this fair land of France. All classes are tired of the feverish excitement which the avitators nave caused. Iam writing tuis in a café, opposite to the letter box, to save the post. The landiord, who is in his shirt sleeves, has just exclaimed, “These elec- tions are doing much harm to all ofus. The excite- ment bas quite ‘fattened out’ all business, I wish to God tt was finished, one way or the other.” He has only echoed the desire of ninety-nine ont of a hundred of the inhabitants of this giday city. y As the time for the elections approached consider- able anxiety was displayed by the alarmista, Roche- fort bas arrived safe and sound, in order to presen himseli for the suffrages of his admirers. A gent) man, a writer for the Rappel, who had vee Ze. spatched to Brussels to request btGdance of the great light of the Lantern, {ound tuat person- Age ready to accept the hopes omered for his accept- ance, and both left fos Paris without delay. During the examination GF paggage at Felgnies, the fron- Her, M. Rochefort ana his friend were eyed suspi- clonsly by thrrs gentlemen, one of whom accosted she martyr and requested that he would follow bim. Subseqnently his friend received a similar invitacion, and when the train was about to proceed on tts way 9 \he Franch capital an announcement was made ‘mat M. Rochefort and his companion would not accompany it They had been detained by Monsieur ie Commissaire de Police, who telegraphed to Lille for instractions. The Préfet replied that they must remain in safe hands until an answer to a telegram Could be received from Paris, so there re mained no alternative but to whi away the time with that pleasant morning recreation when hun- ery—breakiast. M. le Commissaire turnea out to be a good fellow. Comffissaries break {ast like ordi. nary mortals; he breakfasted, entertained his dclenus with accounts of the arrests he had made, ame to the conclusion that they were good fellows like himself, they thought he was a good fellow like Wemselves, and so the ume passed merrily, After breakfast, however, Rochefort’s friend managed to give M, le Commissaire the slip. Anxious to send a to Paris the iatter told nim that 1 could Pg i iS =. “Give me a rotorn fitket to Maubeuge.”” ‘The missaire politely opened the wicket himself, the friend of Rochefort proceeded in the trai for Mau- beuge, forgot to get out at that place and arrived safely in ris, long before reaching which @ tele- gram had Deen’ reoatved by the Commssaire, desir ing that, by order of the Emperor, Rochefort was to be set at liberty and to be allowed free license to Occupy himself with his election. If the government had detained him in custody @ lamentable eo Would have been made and an apparent ground for political maignation afforded, although many insist that no difference should be made in the case of Rochefort. People are becoming wearied of politi- cal firebrands and the goveroment has nothing to fear from the short-lived popularity of Rochelors; the dim light of the Lanterne was long singe spuited out, It must be borne in mind that M. Henri Rochefort was not arrested in consequence of any political oflence, but that there is in existence against him @ sentence of four months’ imprisonment for cutung ana wounding, pronounced by the Tribunal Correc- uonel de la Seine, At tue present moment we flud repeated the in- congruities of the lave geueral election, The opposi- tion candidates on the same day solemnly engage to accept as taeir creed duferent doctrines. In the morning, at the Hotel de Ville, the oath of fidelity to the constitution and the Emperor makes the can- didate; in the evening, at the islectoral Comunitiee, a contract to destroy the constitution and dethrone the Emperor makes the iuture deputy. ‘Ihatthe gov- ernment wil abolish the oath because somegnou- sauds of Parisian electors desire it, and tus open Ube doors of the ve cuamber to Viotvor Hugo, aud Lertru Rolin, 18 bardly to be expected; but reaily the oath 18 of liitie value, for among the opposition are many who do not consider the responsibility of the oatn as binding. When it was announced at the réunion éleviorae that M. Henri Rochefort had been arrested, and could not, therefore, appear before his admirers, there was considerable excitement, and 1+ was pro- osed that the other candidates should withdraw ‘rom the contest. One of them, however, “aidn’t see it,” and was hooted accordingly; the other took tue hint, and was popular for the moment. The meeting separated amid loud cries of “Vive Rocne- dort.” On the following evening the light of the Lanterne appeared in person velore the electors of tue First conscription and was enthusiastically re- ceived, He very quickly made it apparent to his friends that he is the man of the revolution; that he knew the destiny of those who accepted tue popular mandate, and wouid give bimself up heart and soul to the cause. He then expiained his reasons for taking the oath, The meeting broke up ateleven o'clock with considerable cheering. The Kappel bas puniished a letter from M, Rochefort in which he deciares that the “free pass’? said to have teen sent by the Emperor sa dream. The truth is that M. Rochefort, being under a condemnation of the trevunal correctionel, could not come into France without permission, perhaps he may not have received it in writmg, as 1t could have been only sent by post, which would have detained him twenty- four hours at the station of Feignies. When the telegraphic permission for him to proceed to Paris Was made kuowy to iim he thanked the Commissary of Police. 1 refer to the “free pass’? as the arrest and everything connected with it will probably be turned to account by tue opposition. Ledru Roilin nas consented to be nominated a candidate in tne fourth conscription, but declines to fake the oath of allegiance. ‘The Ministers have lett ior Compiégne, there was 4 Cabinet council the afternoon of November 8. ‘The Ministry 18 in a state of dissoluuon. itis necessary to tnd successors for several of its members. ‘ae dificulty is to fnd men whose tendencies and character harmonize with the liberal movement. ‘The Counet! of Ministers has decided on modifying artucle seventy-live of the constiwuiion of the year S, Witch Las reference to the responsibility of func- onaries, During the week it wili be announced oMlelally that (he project has been transmitted to the Council of stave. ‘The rigut of direct citation Will be recognized, but if the accusation should prove false the accuser will become the accused and be in his turn prosecuted, The opposiaon is prepariug & graud oattie, and selects the ground of this tawous acuicle; but it 1s more than the probable that the gov- ernment will be peforenand and deprive its oppo- nents of the vantage ground. “Take the Lidert: this evening,” said an old woman in the street last night. ‘La Liberte est fort belle ce soir, Monsieur.” Liverty 18 pleasant at all times, to both man and beast; the lierty to which sue reierred was the journal of that name. I took tae good old luay’s advice and invested three sous—she was & marchande de journauz, 1 soon found the article which had induced her to recommend the paper. io was signed by M. de Girarain, and pointed out in the ablest manner the great absurdity the electors would commit if they elected Henri Rocheiort as thelr representative, AS an oravr he is utterly ineficient—in fact, he is not even medivere, He has made the same speech, Such as it is, at the various electoral reunions, aud peopie are satisiled that he is Bot the Man. Should he be violent, and in the Corps Légisiatl refuse to desist when called on by the President to do so, the latter will deciare the Chamber closed, and none bus the gauche will remain 0 ilsten to ML. Rochefort’s attempts at oratory. ‘The electors of the First circonscription will undoubtedty place themseives im a ndiculous position shouid they clect him, One Writer asks, What security have they tat the man who Will take the oath with the inten- on to break will Keep his word with them? The Libert® suggests that M. Aliou, who 1s reaily a can- Gidate of merit, should come forward in the First jostead of the Fourth circumscription, and thus stile tue Aochefort mania. Phe only eneure 1 have to report is a regular old- fasuioned *‘barring out,”’ which occurred a few days since In one of the largest schools in Paria, The puplis barricaded the doors of the dormitories and enjoyed the pleasures of revolution and the singing at the top of their yolces “La Marseulaise.” The young champions of indepeudence heid out for two days, notwitastanding the threats and entreaties of the director of the estanlishment, bat were at last forced to listen to ‘the voice Of nature, which ap- pealed to their feelings in the hideous iorm of pun- ger. The garrison was starved out. A great diminution in the number of foreign visi- torr to Paris has been observed during thé past six months, in consequence, it is alleged, of the unset- ued state of political affairs. Lhe shopkeepers complain loudly, and declare that in every country “roughout the globe it is now the custom to inquire before starting on @ journey if Paris is tranqcil, Everywhere the reply 1s in the negative, and in consequence many remain at home, or select some other route. Its Calculated that there are on erage 150,000 strapgers in Paris, und that they 000,000 francs per day. Multiply by 363, anu af the end of the year it appears a very respect- avle amount fads ils way into the pockets of Messrs. Les Bouliquiers, No wonder that unese wor- thes should fee! uncomfortable at the prospect of whe drying up of their chief source of profit and plunder, Lhe shopkeepers in the Palais Koyal, the rue de la Paix ana the Boulevards are frettiug them selves into fiddlestriugs. Forsix months they have done nothing, and curse the agitators who are the cause of their losses. referred i one of my letters to a theatrical rep- resentation Which was announced for the benefit of Miie. Sarai Bernhardt, whose apartment aud furni- ture were destroyed by ire some weeks since. As 1 predicted, she las actted a good round sum (19,000 irancs). Something should be done tor the widow and children of Romaiuvilie, Who Lave strong claims on the sympathy Of ihe comrades Of taat actor. Un the same evening that Mile. Bernhardt received the wherewithal to furnish at any rate a portion of anew apartment a letter written by command of the iuperor arrived at the desolate aboue of the widow Romaimyille and her cnlidren; it contained 590 francs, the price of @ box at the representation, which he thought should be organized for their beuelt. Several of the first artistes have taken the 4int and a periormauce will be given at the Theatre des itahens. Complegne ts @ pleasant place, althongh to be in- vited to the Court lor @ visit of five days is Calculated to cause dismay on any but the best balanced minds, accompanied with long purses. Two ladics of my acquamtance left Paris yesterday for Compiegne. On receiving the imperiai miseive their Orst care was to cailon Wurth, the man miliiner, who supplied each of them with twenty dressea, As the boxes ne- ce.sary to convey this amount of female adornment would occupy 100 mach space in their apartments fresh dresses are to be sent down every morning, and those which have been worn on the preceding day will be removi it is the etiquette at Compidgne that @ dress shail not be worn a second time, and when the season begins the leading miilinera of of Paris are in @ flutter of excitement, and remain for months happy. Their unfortunate assistants, however, find no\oing but increased hard work, and sitfrom morning tl night, stitch, stitch, stitching in @ heated atmosphere unui often one and two o'clock in the morning, thea to return toa garrei, fireless and comfortless, Without one Kind thought from those for whose gratification they have toiled, and perhaps have laid the foundation of diseas Wuich will undermine the consmtujion. There has been @ bycicle race fro iw a CSR ae 139 ktlomy w ish eB hont, 1290 1h ten ahi ‘ues Moore ar- Siyeoat Rotel Re ive ialhutes after five P. M. with- out turning @ hair, and gained the prize. Consauve has been found guilty of the murder of M. Samson at Toulon, and of course the addition of “with exiemuailng Circuumtances” nas secured for the conaemmned the retention of a head on tls snoul- ders, ‘There is, it is said, @ Woman at the bottom of everything. The answer to the question, whois she t OF LOi8 OCCARION SBOWS that the drama of love contains Some Monstrous absurdiues, She isa gir without bewuty, Without education, without intelliv gence, Wituoul heart, without any atiribute of a real Woman, ‘The bappiness of two families has been ruined by & silly servant girl. On her account her first lover, samson, was riadied with wounas, On ber eecount Consauve be- came an assassin. He, it appears, loved her to madness and wisued to open the door of repentance for his idol, who looked on and listened with @ stupid air and without a shudder at the trial. ‘The widow of her murdered master was in court, her lover in the felon’s dock; and both the counsel for prosecution and defence stigmatized such precocious depravity. We have litte reason to be proud of our race. Man is @ fine animal. Vota tout. ‘The Ohamber of Commerce at Reims has published some detalis with respect to chatpagne, which may Interest the amateurs of that sparking bever- age. In the year 1847 the sale of champagne ainounted to 9,000,000 botties; at the present time it amounts to 22,000,000, This includes the wine sent from one grower to another in the department, but 16,914,690 bottles bi from Champagne this year—viz., foreign countries, 3,104,496 botties to w chants in France and retail consu lesale mer- Daring twenty-five years 147,603,900 botules have been sent abroad from Champagne, The pop of a champagne cork is @ pleasant sound, and has gladdened the Muenchen belt chanaa the globe. What ENGLAND, The Ecumenical Council—History ef Former Councils Continued—Review of the Proceed- ‘ings and What Was Done—Twe Failures of Such Assemblagee—The “First Council of the Vatican.” Lonpon, Nov. 13, 1869. In my first letter upon the history of the former Councils of the Catholic Church I gave a summary of the eight Councils that were held in the East, from the first Council of Nice, A. D, 325, to the fourth Council of Constantinople, A. D. 869, In my second letter—the one previous to this—I gave a short account of the next four Councils, that is, the four Councils of the Lateran, held from A. D, 1125 to A. D. 1215. In this, my third gnd last letter upon the same subject, I shall endeavor to give a concise view of what was done by the remain- ing six Councils, namely, from the first Coun- cil of Lyons, commenced A. D, 1245, to that of Trent, commenced A, D, 1545, This last group comprises the Ecumenical Councils of Lyons (the first heid there), commenced A. D. 1245; the second of Lyons, commenced A. D, 1274; tye Council of Vienna, com. menced A, D, 1311; the Council of Florence, com- menced in A. D, 1439; the flith Council of the La- teran, commenced A. D. 1612, and that of Trent, the eighteench and last Counell, commenced A, D. 1545. And here let me observe that by some writers there have been occasionally added the Counctis of Bile and of Constauce, but the great majority—indeed 1 may say all—Catholic authors of any standing reject these two Councils as wanting in most of the easen- tial re. uisites of the Ecumenical Councils, It is true that some of the decisions of the Council of Con- stance were formally approved by Rome, but this, of itself, would not constitute the assembly to be one of the whole Catholic Church, and therelore I leave it out, and pass on to those regarding which there can be no dtspute. From tne year 1245 to 1512 the Church called to- “gether no less than eight general couucils, of which, as I said before, two were failures. The first of these was the first Council of Lyons, assembled in 1245, and of which the chief intention was to defend tne Uberty of the Church, threatened by the Emperor Frederick Li. Like every other powerful monarch who had extended his so-called protection over the Church, Frederick became in time the tyrant, and wished to be the dictator of the Pontjf. He invaded the Papal dominions, was the cause of Pope Gregory 1X. dying of grief, and then, advancing against Rome, he tried to make a prisoner of Pope Innocent 1V. Tals Pontiff fea, first to Genoa and then to Lyons, where, a fugitive from the greatest and most powerful ruler of the day, bis voice was strong enough to call together the prelates who compused this the thirteenta Ecumenical Council, which, al- though composed of less thaa two hundred bishops, bad the power, as it had the will, to make its excommunication of the Emperor heard, and to declare what is calied the Patrimony of St. Pever—that is, tae country for a certain distance around Xome to be sacred from the invasion of any secular Power whatever, Here again 1 perceive that undefined but yet earnest struggle of the Church to iree itself trom the trammeis of union with the State. ‘The second Council of Lyons, the fourteenth Ecu- menical Council of the Churcn, commenced ita sittings A. D, 1274, aud was chiefly occupied with attempting to reunite the Kastern with the Western Church, In tais it no doubt failed, and failed signally, he determined obsunacy or the Greek clergy was proof against anything like peace or concord between the two great divisions into which the Church was now split. Various matters of dis- Cipline also occupied the time of this Council, more Purticalariy as regarded the enormous abuses that had crept into the Courch with respect to the money and estates of the clergy, reguiar ag well as secular. Here and there, (00, more particularly in Germany and Northern Europe, certain small sects of heretics had cropped up, all, more or less, having as their basis of practice, 1f not of faith, the most determined ignoring of morals, a3 between the sexes. ‘The Council of Vienna, which commenced its sit- tings A. J). 1811, may be looked upon as almosta continuance of the second Council of Lyons, although ita work was chiefly that of subduing, or placiag in gome measure under order, the Knights ‘Tempiars, Who then owned no less 9,000 houses or convents in Europe, Of the morals of these men I need not speak. Upon the worst vices ot Europe they had engrafted the worst vices of tne East, aud lived lives to which I need not do more than ailluae. To attack a body of men uot only extremely weaithy 3 a corporation, but also related to the first fami hes throughout the West, needed no smali amount of courage, even on the part of a clergy like tnat of the Catholic Church, whose fault 1s certamiy not wat of timidity. Again my limits forbid me going tato de- tals, which must be, moreover, well known to all readers of history. But there can be little doubt bus that the lirst effective blow struck at the influential order of the Lempiars was at this the fiiteenth Ecu- menical Council of the Church. Next tn order to this General Council of Vienna comes that of Florence. This Council commencea lig sittings A, D. 1439 The principal objects that it had in view were, first, to try once more to effect a reunion between tie Kast and the West; second, to deiine more* clearly the authority of the Pope, and toirdiy, to define also the procession of the Third Person of the Hly Trinity from the Father aud the Sony or that which was so long andgis yet termed the Alioque controversy. Many of the Eastern prelates joined this assembly, and tt was here first’ clearly ruied that the Eastern Churches may retain their own ritual and their own discipline And yet be united with the Seeof Rome, And thus it is that in the East a very powerful body has sprung up in each of the Churches who acknowledge the supremacy of the lope and are in communion with the Western Church, The seventeenth Ecumenical Council was the fifth Council of the Lateran, which, as I said above, com- menced its sittings A. D, 1512, and was almost entirely occupied with matters and questions of dis- cipline, By this time, even the most earnest and zealous of Catholics allow, the scandals within the Charch were great and very numerous. From with- Out it was attacked by some of the cleverest men living, aud within an almost universal corruption of morals was to be found among every ciass of the day. England, the North of Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Switzeriand had either become or were fast turning Protestant. ‘the Church was far too wealthy to be @ purechurch, A great reform was wanting, and—as Cathoitcs look at the subject— tus reform Was at last re mes about by the eigh- teenth and last Ecumenical Council, that of Trent, that commenced its sittings A. D. 145, and which“ all imp: readers of history must admit was & most decided triumph in every way for the Catholic Church, Never ia the history of the world id any Citurch or people or nation present so tnany signs of fallung to pieces ax did the whole Catholic Charech at tis tine, in dogmas a multitude of deii- nitions had arisen among the clergy? and unity of teaching on many essential matters’ was aimoat lost, The people, as a rule, were on bad terms with the clergy; the clergy mistrusved their bishops; the latter were at eumity with the Pope. Faith was almost lost in Europe, and morais had long been shipwrecked, But the change that was worked by the Council of ‘Trent was realiy marvellous. New orders sprang up, fired with @ zeal for purity of life and an earn: estness in preaching of faith which commanded the respect even of those who differed most from the Church of Rome. Since the Council of ‘Trent, never was any Church more united against its enemies both within and without The soip had to be taken to pieces, rebuilt and again floated. The umbers were the same, but the pieces had all to be cleared of the rottenness that had gr pon them. It was tne the Catholic Church had been before study of w this council and what it became afterwards that Cansed the late Mr. Macaulay to write that ceidbrated ‘passage, which has given offence to so many super. ficial observers and readers, who cannot see, and, imdeed, do not care to see, below the surfgor Never was any man a more determined ¢: f all Catholic doctrines than that hiatérian @n essayist, and LT Tollowing word: “ bed Nor dg; J m shy, WES, Which indicates that the term of iplon * etoaching. She saw the governments and of all thi nts that now e: ihe nis eat “| te not jued to Nmap the ens ‘+, ther all, and reapec fore the Baxop had set ( Brivain—before France Lad pi * eloquence stil! fouriahed at Antioch, worsh!) in the temple at } per dal pie at Mecca, And in this country, suit exist inished vigor when some traveller (rom New Zealana he midat of a vast solitude, take his stand on » Paul's_[Mi cL veeee PRaste's istery of Ge Pome ® in the Edinburg Heview, October 1MOp ne oes, Tn this and the two preceding letters I have av temipted to bring down aa cleariy as poasibie, with- out turning out of my path, and without entering upon the felds of controversy, the history of all we ecumenical councils from that of Nice, A. D, 325, w the present time. To have made this sketch com- plete would have needed many more letters and much more space in the i1#RALD. But I have made the outilnes as correct gs is possivie, aud think I have managed to Hx in the inemories of your read. ors tne principal events of the eventful Wumes over which we have travelied then Me! Shortly after these lines are printed In New York in your pages a niueteeath ecumenical coun- cil, to be known in history as ‘The First Conncil Of the Vatican,” will have commenced ita sittings. What it will effect in the worid time alone can teil but I don’t think that the bolduess of the Ponti who has called it toyether in any way contradicts what Macauiay sald of the Church over which the aged prelate presides. FOREIGN MISCELLANEOUS NOTES, A woman’s labor congress | Berle rt is now being eld in che mag A large seizure of sword cane umbrellas was effectea by the police at Marseilles, arid Strangers cannot dwell in Barcelona, Spain, with- out previously purchasing @ permit w do so from tue civil Governor. A treaty of friendslip, trade ana navigation was NEW YORK HERALD. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1869—TRIPLE SHEET“ ratified on November 3 between the King of Belgium and the King of Siam. Nationale of Paris asserts that confessed he is the sole perpe- fearful Pantin . Subscription lista are opened in Switzerland for the purpose of erecting 8 statute te the memory of Wilaur Tell tn the cauiton of Url faulting cashier of the Zurich Bank has pa Te gen inp ‘and 38,000 trator of the florins were fouad on The trial of Prince Karaglorgewich for the aasas- sination of Prince Michael, of Servia, still continues, ana the public prosecutor demands @ sentence of ea! It 1s reported that on the occasion of the Council betog opened in Rome, the authorities will cause all the Italian: m pabiects ‘and all suspected Roman citizens to leave thé Holy City, The dinner given by the Sultan on October 17, at the Dolma Baktche palace in Constantinople, honor of the Empress Eugénie, cost 150,000 p! or about $8,000 in gold. The Prince of Montenegro has addressed a q aguse inforuing taem of bis non-partieipation, in Ray forming them non-! the Dalmatian insurrection, Ata recent electoral meeting held in the Fourth circumseription in Paris one individual shouted “Vive ’Empereur,”’ when the Prssident ordered tne people to put out the person who had uttered “thas seditious cry.” On tne occasion of the confinement of the Prin- 2ess Margherita in Naples the municipallty of that city gave new suits of clothes to twenty cab drivers who could pipve that they had never committed any breach of the city discipline. made a raid on the ‘The Pontificat pee has kingdom ot jtaly, arrivals from the it them no less than 500 exiled have recongucted oyer the frontier. ‘ act has produced a painful impression on all classes THE HAYTIEN REVOLUTION: Cheyallier’s Appeal te the Army Against Sal- nave—The Advance em Port au Prince— Peace and Prosperity Desired. JAOMEL, Nov. 12, 1869, The subjoined 1s the ext of the proclamations and the address to the army issued by General Che vallier:— REPUBLIO OF HAYTI, GENERAL OF Division, VICTORIN CHEVALLIER, Gen- eral-in-Chief of the Popular Army. To THs Cox MITTER OF JACMEL AND TO THE MILITARY AU- Sins—the people, t by the Sixs—The people, worn out by the sanguinary ex- actions of Salnave, have prociaimed nis downfall. You are invited to reunite for the carrying on of the revolution, to labor with its members for the or- ganization of a definite and ropnlar vernment, ‘The brave and loyal General Vil Lubin has been proclaimed by the army Provisional President. ‘That those who partake of our sentiments may yes with us we request your attendance fortawita at Camp Ug Safety and the country. Vv. CHEVALLIER, Oamp Os, Nov, 4, 1869, A government little mindful of the true interests of the country and sacrificing them to ita insatiable love of luxury and pleasure—to cupidity and to the Vile instruments of tyranny—compeils the citizens of Hayti to take up arms. From all parts a cry of reprobation arises and @ revolution is being accom- cr ‘This revolution must lead to a better state of things. s One of those who have helped to bring about the present condition of aifairs, borrowing tae mask Of disinterestedness—the like of which the nimeteenth century Bas not witnessed—has succeeded in secur- ing the Presidency. Was this act accomplished to Satisfy the legitimate hopes of the people? No. A series of contscations has signalized the passage to power of Sylvain salnave. ‘The ailapidations conse- quent thereon have ruined the country. ‘the generous and patriotic hearts who devoted themseives to the government of Salnave, ‘because they believed that by such action they could serve their country, have to-day had their eyes opened. This man is a scourge and has destroyed the coun- try. She must expire, if all her children do not see with @ singie eye and depose tne ingrate son of the country who has rapetee none of her institutioi Who has trodden under foot the public liberties, an Who has done worse than the most unprincipled ruler who have sacrificed the general interesis of n to their vile passions, uerais and the army who besieged Jacmel D ce 1n the name of the nation and before God the downfall of Sylvain Salpave, and proclaim Gen- eral of Division Vil Lubin commandant of the dis- trict of Port au Prince, Provisional President of the republic, who will resigu this power on the regular nomination of a citizen elected by the entire people. *Vive la liberté! Vive la Republique, une et indi- visible! Vive la gouverainte du peuple! Vive la be emir Vive le President Provisoire, Vil upin! Vone at the general quarters of Camp Ogé this 14th of November, 1369, at eight o’ciock in the morning in the sixty-sixth year of indepen- dence. A. S. OHEVALLIER, NO. 3—LIBERTY, EQUALITY. GENERAL QUARTERS OF CAMP UGE, Nov. 6, oma And the sixty-sixth year ot Independence. VICTORIN CBEVALLIER, GBNBRAL-IN-CHIEF OF THB POPULAR ARMY, TO THE ARMY:— SOLDIERS—A new order of things has arisen. Itis time that the civil war which has decunated your ert and destroyed the vitality of the country was eu . General Salnave is deposed from the Presidency of Hay. From all parts his downiali is proclaimed. You have made your voices heard—you, who have remained longest faithful to a chiet in whose hands you placed the destinies of your country and who has held them #o cheap, Before the national will Salnave has bowed his head. If, forgetting the submission he owes to the sovereign will of the people, he accedes not, it is necessary that you who have arms in your hands to make the nationality respected and to watch over the safety of your country—it is necessary, J say, that you impose on him obedience and subinission. We are gomg to march, then, against Port au Prince, Close your ranks. Press round your flags; they are the banners of order. Let him who remains behind be prociatmed a traitor to his country. Yet a few days and this land, saturated with the blood of our fathers, and which should never be over- clouded by the actions of their descendants, by dis- order, anarchy and the phalanx of evils which a company them, again flourish under t! shadow of peace. . Soldiers, cry with me, “Vive 1a paix et lordre! Vive la constitution! vive la republigue, une et in- divisible es prospére!"” V. CHEVALLIER, MILITARM@ NOTES. There seems to be a great diversity of opinion in military circles concerning the way the Seventh regiment drills. Now, no one will deny that there is no command in the First or Second division—the divisions par excellence of the militia—which exceis the Seventh in anything that goes to make up a splendid, well disciplined regiment; but taat it does not arill strictly in accordance with Upton should admit of no denial. One of the fleld officers of the command, in ® recent communication, contends that no proposition was ever made to reduce the rate of the motions in the manual, and his side of the question was given as “from the very best authority; but at the same time his assertions did not change the amirmation already expressed In these columus that the tune fixed for the mo- lions to be executed had heen changed from the rate of the “ninetieth part oi a minute” to a much slower one. A correspondent, siguing bim- self “sileut Observer,” and who 18 evidently & mem- ber of the regiment, thus speaks on fhe subdject:— “Whoever (or wheresoever trom) this “very best authority” may be, | assert that it does not amount ae ae or Bins, and of whic! on Kroy f Sanaa e e, why is it that Careaiy Attton's command qh cone tieth part of a minute, but has since in ee ming wil Hiei coat if tus me is log again changed to the rave should be forty-fve motions tf ,bB pxecuted in Oar a hd 10t too fast now? Paty = Zio of Dl w_ red) ne tle to sixty-seven by Colonel Olut, 80 as to be of the ninetieth patt Of @ fiitmute the men will fall forty seconds, “Why don’t the Cofagg! come out boldly, assdme the Cpusequenoss come § cae ‘# command was the oniy company it whic did drill in the manual at the been or and & half the other companies. I quite nae hale and am of the be- asleep in the ranks in ne Qxecuon of the manual. ‘The order given by C ‘one & yas that the time for, and assert that the slowness by orders. Tegimeutal hi is eadquarte, Where there seems to be such @ difference of opinioi from md Would it not be weil to have a vest made, ao that every Company would be uniform in ie drill? , fhe following changes have taken place in the Ninth regunent:—Promoted or appointed—Henry Miller, captain, vice Barwis, res! 5M. P. L. Mont- fomery, iret Ueatenant, vice McOook, ed ; hover’ P. Courtaey, captain, vice Davis, resigned; J. Aired Theriot, first lieutenant, vice Courtney, pro- moted; kdward S, Bowlend, second lieutenant, vice ‘Theriot, promoted; Alonzo Hagerdorn, to be _ tormaster sergeant, vice Slater, discharged. ‘They wil be obeyed and respected accordingly. Ke- signed—First Lieutenans E. Hi. Andrews, Second Jleutenant Theodore W, Myers. The foliowing changes have taken place in the Beventh Ly age ward G, Arthur, captain, vice Kasto! resigned; James H. Lounsverry, dr. rst Lentenant, vice Arthur, promot and Milton 8. Sweet, second eutenant, Vice Lounsberry, promoted; Gdlian V, quil- lard, first heucenant, vice Steele, resigned; Kawara J. Steele, decond eutenant, vice Quillard, promoted. Passed the Board of Examination and received war- rants as non-commissioned officers of the regiment:— First dergeants, Charies L. Gunn and Alexander A. Kevan; Sergeants, F. A. Dawes, Wililain G. Domi- nic and G. F. Martin: Corporals, James H. Burthoio- mew, John L. Boutilier, Thomas R, Buchan, George W. Freeland, Ovear F. Hawley, . W. Hendricks Kaward B. Horton, Charies W, Kane, Frank ¥. W. McMillian, James 1, Price and James The Forty-seventh (Brooklyn) regiment mustered in strong force on Monday evening at their armory on Fourth street, Wilitamsbu: and afterwards paraded the principal streets of tne district, The regiment was warmiy on the line of maroh by thoussnsds of tts entouslastic admirers. ascurg, Intendente, General D. J. Emilio de Gantos, and as rapidly a8 possible carried into operation by ‘ho Captain General. Both of these gentlemen seem far more imbued with the progressive spirit of the &ge than ts cugtomary with Spanish officials, They fully appreciate the gross corruption which has so many years existed in the administration Of affairs here, the many absurd, vexatious and ofttimes. contradictory instructions, resulting from irresponsible power and the greed of those high in authority, under which the employes of the customs have acted, and the great necessity for such revi- sion in the tari assbalk not only determine the amount and character of the revenues, but shall } also redound to the advancement of commerce. The first and perhaps whe easiest step taken was she ex- posure and stoppage of the grosser aud more open frauds in the Quatom House, the perpetration of which, from long habit, had ceased to be considered Traudulent, A thorough overhauling of the Custom House here followed, m which the Captain General in person took part. Tne long habit of entering false invoices was stopped as once, and the mer chants, in consequence of the laxity which had been exercised, were permitted to make out new invoices within @ certain time, instead of submitting to the Confiscation of thelr g2ods, as under the strict ler ter of the law they would be required to, As far as Practicable new instructions in keeping with the proposed reforms were issued, and the way pavea for the initiation of such reforms. In a recent issue of the Gazette the Captain Gene- ral announces the appointment of a commission made up of officials and merchants, to pass upon such revision of the tariff and upon other matters as may be submitted by the Intendente. The decree is preceded by a communication of the latter ofticial to the superior government, in which he states that the reforms in the taruf and administration of the cus- toms should be attended to at once, not oniy from their intrinsic importance, but in ovedience to in- structions trom the Kegent. He continues:— As important as ts a revision in the tari, revision in the sustructions under which the employes of the Custom House act is equauy a0, a8 without the jatter the former would be of no aval, Many of them are old and not adapted to the pre- ‘sent condition of affairs, and asa consequence disputes are Constantly arising beviveen the Custom House and com- merce. ¢ * * A reform of the turiif, even though accept- abie to the diverse interests of commerce, would be of na value if the laws designed for the collection of the tariff should not be in cognizance with the usages of the wage, Modern com- merce requires the utmost facilities for the transaction of business—iberty of action, with the resultant economy of tume. ‘Witnout these requisites the advantuges to be gained by a revision of the tarlif would ve of no avall. These rules and regulations seem to have always been an obstacle to the proper adminisiration of the customs. The appointment of this commission is in accora- ance with the usages here and in other countries where the combined wisdom of administrative and legislative bodies cannot be brought to bear. ‘The report will doubtless embrace the details of tue pros- Pective.@sforms and the best means for) carrying them int execution. ‘They ostensivly follow upon the revolution in Spain, ana are to be in keeping with its liberal spirit. 1¢ will be a matter of great interess to American and other foreign shipping to know that the intricate and vexatious rules of the customs at the various ports in the island, the inter- pretation of which is left to the caprice of individu- ‘als, and under which large fines are oiten imposed on commanders of vessels entirely innocent of any intentional olfence, will be so modified, rendered fixed and determinate as to put an end to troubles under them. All tis promises much; but, while yielding all due credit to the int government here, it should be borne in mind that much has been pron before, and that under the system of rale now existing here a cbc a, Math ater can undo all that we present one ig working with so much energy aud sa- gacity to accomplish, Additional energy 1s to be infused into fleld opera- tions by the presence of the Captain General him- self, Who, upon the arrival of the anticipated 3,500 men from 8; will join to them two or three bat- tations of volunteers and piace himself at their head. Such is the well authenticated statement. Henceforth & portion of the volunteers Will be kept employed all the time, and though, trom appearances, they are likely to be engaged oniy in guarding estates and garrisoning towns, itis to be hoped an opportunity will be afforded them to wipe out the memory of their engagement with innocent unarmed persons in sie Villanueva theatre and the Louvre. Ag stuted in a prevmus communication, the Second battalion has aiready profeeded to the Vuelo Abajo, where it will remain ihirty days, it wil be succeeded by the others in the following order:—First batialton, Colonel J. M. Morales; Third, Colonel Miguel A. Herrera; Second de Ligeros, Colonel Francisco Ampudia; Seventh, Colonei M. Martinez Kico; Artillery, Colonel Miguel 8. Vigil; Firat de Ligeros, Colonel Bonifacio Jiminez; Fourth, Colonel Nivolas Valdivieso; Fifth, Colonel Ramon ae Herrera; Sixth, Colonel F. Calderon y Kersel. The more Lnportant items trom the seat of insur- Tection are as foliows:—Tne insurgents continue to bura estates throughout the Cinco Villas, though the cane is hardly in the best condition ag yet ior that purpose. Great efforts are made to prevent this 10- cendiarism, but ag yet without success. Un the 16th General Lesca left Santa Clara at the head of a column, going in pursuit of the insurgents who burned Taguayabon, in Remedios. The usual num- ber of encounters are reported, with invariable like success tothe troops. They are only of inverest as denoting the prevalent activity in the fleid. The Imparcial ot dad pubiishes # long account of operations of the troops from that city. They came upon @ number of abandoned camps, the insurgents deeing before them, ieaving large quantities of sup- plies benind. ‘The couutry over which they travelled Was mountainous and most diMicult of passage. In one of the deflics @ party of twenty-five came upon from 400 to 600 insurgents, and kept them at bay until reinforcements came up. The Hayames Espanol of the sth bas an official report of Colonel Caw- pillo, which states that be had encountered and dispersed the bands of Jesus Perez, Cintra, Fernan- dez and Naranjo, causing sixty-two deaths, a great pumber of wounded, and burning their encamp- ments, capturing @ quantity Of arms, horses, &c. A party of ingurgenis recently entered the village of Manaca, in Cieafnegos, and carried off four men prisoners. A telegram from the Cinco Villas received last might states Ubat thirteen insurgents had pre- sented themselves to the authorities for pardon. One of the papers of the city publishes the ivilow- Ing prociamation of Cmeco Vaide: rominent in- surgent leader under Quesada. 1 Journal calis him @ bandit of iong standing, and jaughs that so insignificant & person should issue such an ad- dress:— To THE PROPLE OF Camauue From the 7th of October of the past year Lentered into the Tevolution against Spanish despotisns and united myself to the people to combat the absurd institutions by which we are governed, Since that time J have been united to them by ihe hrm tie of the love of democracy, aud have experienced the dangers, the calamities and horrors of war. Stace that time ‘ou bave exercised your rights and performed your duties as ree men. To-day in separating myself to return to my home, there to recover from the aliments with which I am afiticted, and in surrendering my charge and deciining to accept the com- mand which the ettizen General M. Quesada bas tendered me in the east of the island, I again address mysel{ to the people ‘that yy may und d that only causes beyond my cou- trol were capabie of separating me from them. But it is in the joyful hope of returning to reunite with them to prose- cute our object of regeneration and to exterminate tyrauny under whatever form it is concenied and seeing at the ban- quet of nations Cubs appear as one of the most civilized of ¥ CHICO VALDES. ESTATO AGUSTIN, Sept. 29, 1869. It is announced in the oficial Gazette that the first article of the decree of the 28th of September, re- ferring to passports, has application to those em- barking from the island, and not those arriving tere im transiiu, The search for treagure, sorpe time atnce reported buried in the convent Santa Clara, bas ended with no result, In Mariano yesterday a suspicious tmeet- ing Was surprised vy the police an 6 persous corm - posing ph ly cd Pe tone aaa mon ea faan ay wld ine of Spanah ol Henan ven orders 00 ali connignéés Pie ea 9 A vy! Of the line in ports of this island ‘ori 8 mare the bills of the Spanish rs St & muntctpal election was made Cardedag on Stnyay last, bui the nocessary mu ber of voted were dot @8posited, and another effort wili be made t0-morrow, ‘The Diario de ia Marina has seen a letter from Caracas of the 7th inst, which states that a dipio- matic representation from the Cuban msurrection had arrived there, with the ostensible object of in. ducing the Venezuelan government to recognize them as belligerents, At the same time they will endeavor to obtain some recruits to take the Held lit place of those #ympathizers who are passing their Uine in the various citles of tae United States. The property of the following has been seqnes- trated:—D. Francisco re Giralt, Felix Girait and yore Maria Pedra. lf Mayor nega ais ago, presented his report to tbe ont Co rt to the City Council of Havana, setting torch the condition of the different branches ot the mupl- cipal government. Wstimates for the comiug year an integral part of the accompany, or rather form, fail and contains many document, which is very. \terus Of local invereat. ‘The report was accepted by the City Council, approved b Captain General Rodas and ordered published. layor Koberts “Upon taking possession of bis office he found order everywhere, the city burdened with a Jarge Moating debt, the result of current expenses that for long years Ee had exceeded usnal receipts, lack of promptivude in paying salaries of city employes, &c, His firse efort was, by ineans of @ loan, to wipe out the fMoaiing indebtedness and pay all fowitty} in which ne fully succeeded, He then directed wis attention to the new aqueduct, rocured ® joan specially for that pu ald ap kK dues, Increased the ferce largely, ana the work ts now being pushed forward rapidly to completion. ‘The debit of Mile. Sessi at the Italian Upera that I spoke of in my last came off last aight at the Ital- fan Opera. It was @ bold venture; for scarcely a week had elapsed since the departure of La Patt, whose magic voice and pretty person were still so vivid in the ears and eyes of most of the Aaditués assembled in the Salle Ventadour yesterday to pro- nounce on the claims of the débutante, Nothing could be more critical and coid than ‘the audience, It was an ordeal enough to unuerve a avldier armed all in ateel, and it was no wonder the timid girl who had to face it trembled from head to foot. Mile. Sessi is a very pretty blonde, with a profusion of beautiful hair, that told effectively in the third act ot “La Sonnambula,”’ which lovely opera was chosen for her début. She is abous twenty years of age, of rather short stature and an embonpoint out of proportion to her youth. It is tobe hoped it will subside with the hard work before her. Her voice 13 @ pure soprano, of great sweetness and compass, and her execution displayed careful culture and excellent method, She is a pupil of Maurice Stra- Kosch, who trained La Patt! so successfully. In the frst aot of ‘‘La Sonnambula’’ she succeeded, in Spite of her nervousness ana the cnilly aumosphere sround her, in making @ favorable impression; in the second she elicited decided marks of approval; but in the the third mistrust and criticism both gave way and universal exclamations of “Bravo” broke from all parts of the house. ‘Tne fair Seasi was called repeatedly before the curtain at the close, an to the surprise Of many, aud to tue aunoyance of a few of the adherents of other der her success Was pronounced unquestioned and fairly and fully achieved, Another prima douna of high merits 4g therefore added to the limited list of brilliant vocat- ists and the name of Sesai 1s certainly dessimed to grow familiar and perbaps very dear vw ail lovers of tallan Opera. As yet she is a mere novice in ns. but, to judge from ner piacld paysiognomy, she probably never attain to either the vivacity of Patti or the earnestness of Nilsson; still her voice and fect vocalization present charms that will still be idely and readily acknowledged. Isaid in my iast that Pati bad deserted us for Mussia, where she receives, ag last year, the baga- teile of $2,000 per night, to say noshing of the shower of prevents in the way of bracelets, riugs and furs thas are sure to full on ner irom tae haads vi her hyper- borian idotaters. ‘Ine iriends of her youth—and there are many of them in New York—will be glad to learn that her artistic triumphs are not ail she 1s to be cot julated upon; tor, im spite of predictions and even her own distrust, her marri: has turned out &@ very great saccess. Her husvanod, the Marquis de Caux, though a man of fashion mereiy, and not likely therefore to prove eituer an assiduous or very useiul helpnrate, Las, 80 tar, at all events, belied the expectations of many, and bas been not only a very devoted spouse, but an indefatigable sur- veulant of all her business matters, 10 is said be is very anxious for her to amass as rapidly as possiple the large fortune that awaits ner iu all quarters of the world, it may be suid, and thea to retire once more to the private life and old habits of luxurious ease he naturally preiers, Patt 1s getting rich very | Tast. At her marriage $200,000 of ner previous gauns were settled upon her in such @ manner tnat no one, not herself even, can disturb the prineipal. This was a wise: precaution; fur it has fuppened often wich some of her gifted predecessors—sontag and La Grange, for instance—who, like her, married men of the bvau-monde, that they Were obliged reluctantly vo return to the stage they had quilted to recover the means foolisuly squandered by their titlea , lords, The handsome sum seitled beyond the reach even of herseif wili save the provident Pattl from any such painful contingency. Her gains are so large and steady that she must be put- Ung aside annually over $100,0vu, and 1( sae goes to the United States in 1871, as she has contracted to do, she will be apie to invest that year nearly double that amount, ‘I'wenty-five per cent of ali she re- celves 18 settled upon herself, and the balance be- longs in common to herself and husband. It is evident Patti had some judicious friend to look afver her material interests when the iravelled, and it was lucky for her, too, a8 she is iar too mexperi- enced and quileless a creature to have thought of such matters for herself, Let us hope that the fu- ‘ture career of our ilttle New York pet will, both as an artis and woman—and in both she is unsur- Ppassed—continue as prosperous as its dawn. But much, it 18 plain, will depend, as in other similar cases, Ou the good conduct and fair treatment of the Empress’ tate equerry, the Marquis de Caux, her husvand. ‘ We hear very little nowadays in Parts of the fair Swede that a ‘couple years since threw us into an ecatacy of admiration by her lovely impersonation of the hapless Ophelia, The fact 1s the shrewd caote- trice 18 of opinion she has made reputation enough by her successes here and eisewhere, and she ts now grng her sedulous attention to convertt tnat nto good, solid coin wherever it offers and as fast as she can. For tnis reason she has not returned this season tothe French opera, where she has figured 80 prominentiy for tne last two years, and she is hard at work travelling over the Engiish provinces in performance of a contract with a London music pub- lusher by the name of Wood. From ali accounts these Nilsson concerts have not been as iucrative as this Kind of entertainment used to be in England, and whether that comes of their having gone out of fashion or from the people running from the provinces to hear the opera in London, or tne fact that Nilsson 1s not yet sutticiently known to the provincials, it is hard to say; but the result thus far has not met the expectations of her manager. Next year the batile of the operas is to begin again in London, which has been raging for over twenty years. It was suspended this last season by the union of the two rival managers, Gye and Mapieson, but Nilsson objected to singing another season at the same house with Patt, not liking the struggle and rivairy that were naturally forced upon thei; and so tne specu- lator menttoned, of the name of Wood, contracted with her to sing in opposition to the regular opera, and he has engaged the Drury Lane theatre tor that purpose. Nilsson has thus far sung in but two lead- ing re at of Ophelia and Lucia. She cannot hope to go through a third London season, or, I think, her fourth, without adding to her répertoire. She takes, | apprehend, a dangerous risk in ventur- ing upon an opposition almost unaided it the vast resources of the old establishment. It tsw bold and self-reliant. I hope, for her sake, may turn‘ out equally fortunate. ‘The theatres are all in the full tide of their winter experiments. Several have produced new pieces, and the note of Wicca is sounding loudly for others. two fairy pieces produced some weeks ago, in which gorgeous transformation scenes are relieved by equally brilliant displays of ballet legs, are still ran- ning @ muck at the Parisian public, who like everything in the way of th ical amusement, and like it long, and also, I regret to gay, they like it strong, When fairies in short petticoats are about The French have liberty enough in this respect, there 18 no denying, and, as in other things, they are sure to run it into the ground, as we say. Gymnase—one of the very respectable theatres here-—has brought out a yer preity play, in four acts, that seems 80 attractive that you are obliged to Wait ten daya for a place. The classic temple of melodrama, the Porte St. Martin, has revived an old piece, the “Chevalier of the Red House,” in which @ revolutionary song ia to be sung. It is expected this will make some sensation, and draw accordingly, 1 will give you some account of these last named pieces in another letter, fearing I may have over- dosed you with theatrical gossip for to-day. PUGILISTIC. Another Challenge trom Mike McCoole. Sr. Louis, Nov. 25, 1860. ‘The following challenge from McCoole will appear in to-morrow’s Times:— Sr. Louis, Nov. 26, 1869, TROMAS ALLEN—Having attempted to throw all the biame of the recent fiasco at Cincinnati upon me, I deem it | Age to set myself right before the public. 1 went into training, at a heavy expense, ior the avowed and actual purpose of settling my right to the championship, solely apon my merits, and was in a condition vo at least make @ good show for vio- tory. fh 4 @t Oincinnatt, Mr. Alien and nus fmenda refused to accede to my proposition looking to a bringing on of the fight, and I was forced re- iuctantly to this city, without any opportunity at all of redeeming tue promises to wy friends of winning the battle or loaing my money, ‘The preas of Cincinnati, as well os of this city, have been disposed to | GRAY GT VommEHllY gt vreseu tuan if 1 had actus aur been Whip! aa POS >i Byer since uy revs 1 unre ¥ Add ona fight with Mr, Allen, and i Si order to test Alien’s willingness to mect n.2 W ia prize ring, I now lenge him for fun, @ 80] BH anything else he may indicate, within Ld jod of mM one to ten days. Let him and myself indicate @ person, who shall select the grounds, and with five bog me side, Tam ready and anxious to make ¢ battle. 1 make this proposition in order to accommodate Allen, who says he cannot get fair play in the fights for money. 1am prepared to meet him at any time and place to complete arrangements, and desire to = where more a hits can given than hrough the ¢ of a ne . ‘oug! ‘olumns wepeper. McCOOLE. BoLp Ronasry iN BosTon,—Two young men Visited the jewelry and fancy goods store of Fogg & wyer, No, 07 Hanover st Tuesday afternoon, d asked One of the clerks to be suown some watch chains. A tray of twenty-five or thirty fine chaing was accordingly taken from the show case, and the young men examined the goods. They left the estabushment without maki "" & purchase, but reap! about four o’clock. The tray was brought forth again, and. advancing towards the gasiight, about “Ewonty feet distant from the entrance to the.store, for the purpose of examining the chains to better advantage, one of the thieves sud- deniy swept the tray of its contents, and, fol- lowed by his accomplice, darted out of the store and ran at the top of his speed down Hanover street into Friend, pursued by the cler On cee 4 fe thieves were lost Sight of in tl Dock aquare ti crowded locality, and the clerk having trip) uw he could not pursue his game any further, and the bold robbers succeeded in ing. ‘The stolen chains were valued at between $600 and $700, It is thought tne thieves were from New ‘York.—Hoxston ' Post, Now, °