The New York Herald Newspaper, January 6, 1870, Page 4

4 — NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1870.—1'RIPLY SHBET. EUROPE. Trade, Finance, Political Agitation and Crime ia England. A GLOOMY PaOSPECT AT NEW YEAR. Hilitary Scones and a Field Turn- out in Romo. Grand American Dinnor in the Holy City. Worth German Naval De- velopmonut. Tho German inal steamship Silesia, Captain Trautmano, wiica ies Hanvurg on tho 23a and Mavre the 2osu of Docembor, arrived at this port yesterday morning, landing our European newspaper Gis Gatod Ww her latest day of sulling. ENGLAND. Mo Tax System nud Government Finnaco— A New Agitation in Prospect=irelund’s Cost—Trade Depression aud Pauperism— Parliamoutary ProvpoctsRadicalisn and Crime. Lonpon, Dec, 28, 1860, People are beginning to wear jong faces and to Jingle their moasy uveasiiy im’ their pockets, in view of Wo Approach of the first day of the new year, which brings with tt the shitherto unkuown Srancial po.icy of “pay in advaace.” On the 1st oF January next tas “oeaslling”’ im “Merrie Engiand” WLI be done by the taxgatbers, and the taxpayers, whe paid one-half year's taxes last March and will have to pay another bail year’s taxes next April, for tue past, will have to pay one years taxes ou New Yeai's Day, beiag on what is called assessed axes, from January, 1870, to January 1871, and for 1come wx, from April 1869 to April 1870. Still, (he pubic are essured by the financial prestidisuaicur ut the head of the Briush Treasury Department not aboat to pay any taxes in aivaue iainly, the necessity of pay- dug a year’s (axauion in uno 6am, just at the season of the year when, of ail others, the most money ts J, woavily on a large proportion of Bng- rks und employes of all Kiud, Who@ave ry by depend apou; prsons who live on siwall iacomes, wud laauy even In trade will dnd it no casy matter w meet the Wiisual demand of the taxgatucier so soon alter Christmas. Jt will be fortunace if they are able to console thewtsecives with tho siagalar logic of the Chancelior of (ie + Xchequer and to believe that they are put to no meoaveuieuce wad aro not paying a Year aud a hai’s taxes in a singio year. The chuuces appear to be that there will be a gen- eral outcry aguiust Mr. Lowe's policy among the middle classes as Yoon as its practical application enabies them to apyreciaie its merits; especially as every man of columon sense knows that the extra three miilions and 4 aut thus squeezed out of tue pockets of tac pevpie will barely make ends meet, and that Ue government Wi be left without a sur plus nexi year. its ceria that the extraordinary expendilures Which must oo meviably mourred to savo Ireland from a reve ution wit tore hap swa low up ail the money ww be raised 10 1870 even an insurrection chou d vot actualy bresk Ou. and Involve wie heavy expense Olu war; and Hulisamen are not wei Dieased wo Le Diucucd by universal taxation on uc- COUDE Of the redeliiUNs procavities Of the Lisi. ‘Then, trade is ¢xcepiivua.ly Guil ali over Lagland, auperisun iy increasing alarmingly in ue civies and rrble disiress EXists in the manufactncing dis. triow, Phesolacts Will Make .be Lax algerer’s early call and Incicareu ueimund yet more U weicome, nd there 1 iikely to be a great outcry wcuinst two Ananoud poricy of the adurinistraion Nov yinstaud- weal inviderence wiih which dir, Lowe's V ropeuisuing &@ bankraps treasury ‘Was wt Uist rece.ve, “the state vf irewaad 13 not satisfactory,” says the London Pines. ‘a Very special respousibdticy rests upon her Maest)'s presout auvisers ta conuection With the stave of Irciaud.” says ihe London Vews and other journas. as curiog the past wees two persons have ve -u ussassiused In Ireland, one gow tema has beeu dragged out of his nouse aud bad hig nose CU OU. uuu Scveral rooberies of arms have taken place, there 43 no duubt good ground for botu those sigiemuais. ‘ine stave of Ireland cannot be very salistactury, anu Whea maruers, nainung and robberies go uboeleched and Unpunished there must be @ very giave respoumiviliy resting on tie government. it seems disiculs, indeec, to coajec- ture how Mir. Giaustuue cau ride saiciy over this stormy Insh s:@ Wi.bout wrecaing Ms udminisira- tion, Let the guver..meut pul toren as many special pleas as they may ihsre 1g to denying whe fact that ‘he Irish Caurcn bis Was held up last session nea- gure Of pa: ificatou—a Message Of peace to Liemad, Ie was not cusmuicd, ay s0.ue of toe tory orzans to be & priect rewedy—a panacea fur uli ‘the iL.s chat irish csi 1s weir to; UL 16 Was urged ag a great forwatd siep in tue progress of pactica- fon, Wich would ieave Femiauism and revelion hopolessiy in tue rear. ‘Lhe resa't bas uot justified even this claim, for Sedition hus Leen more rampant than ever since the dwestabiisument ol tue Liisa Church. Outrages have been more ‘requeut and vold, aud the Fenaa Clement has receive wu aiiy iM the shape of emoit- tered anu enraged Vranzelsin, ‘The Lana ‘Lewure vil, Waicn ts to be the next oilve aud Waica, 1 13 announced, 19 to be driven thruugh with disestablsument speed next session already adds to tue disaifected 1 advauce, the old tory jandowners, anu I ts viready conceded by the Britis yeverulmeut tual the secoud message Of peace must Le ivi.cy BOWD ine turvats Of We unruly islanders wit tue pomtor we bayouet und While their bXuds are Wed vealad tae by tue sus Peusi0n Vi tue Laveas corpus. “his 18 Certainly Huta very promising condition Of, and While Mr. Giadsivue’s puricy 13 NO dous. Lib- eral and just, aud wine Le Cavities will be us united on the Lan vill a8 tuey were ou the Courch wt at can reauily Le seeu tut her Majesty’s present ad- Visers Nave us Waid & rowd velore Wie. as ever Was travelleu by we piigrim to vordan, it is atalt CVCULS, O pily taut tues uve HOt Whe power aad tie the Euperor } auswer.”? The actvily Of £Caiau fein has becd Uapieasawlly lusirated cals Week by the tuney discovery oi a plot of tae Brotherlivud vo inake @ ratd on Lis eugiica cown of Danord wad Lo sere @ large LUwvEr vs yoVeruuical aris deposited tuere. base ete City Railronds—A Royal Christening Cake. Some excitewent has been caused in the east of London by the commencement of the work tur sie Coustiugtion vf @ uae ul street rauroud, fur Walcu an act Way Ubsulued asi sessiva of Parliament. ‘the hhne, which WL be doudie, 14 Lo Oxtead trom White- chapel church casiwards, fur about two mules and turce-quarters, A Clinwteulng cake was presented [rem Chester to the Prince aud rriuces of Wues, at Mariborough House, veceutber 24, veiore the ceromony of clirisi @uing the iactest iifant princess. ‘The cgke we) gixiy-five poudds, «8 couica: in form aud has fyar tiers. Tho pede wiou waica it staudg 16 a Cusiio. of purpie velvet, with a border of git, Round tue bollom Lier are Rumerous sales, Coutaining Lue royal vad other arins, ihe apes is a custom suc. moupted Wi! @ crow, trou Wiieh depead minia- ture flags, one beuriny tie movograu “A. EB.” tue Other the Chester ciy arias, A poition of tue autique silver plate of Lord Wil- lougayy u’xreshy, soid iu Londop by Messrs, Cnristy & Manson, febcued Lae GavrMoUs SUN Of Leu guLvEas ounce, being equai to nearly three tines une aide of pola. Mr. Ginustune lef London for Hawarden Caste, Fhntebire, for Christuias, ‘Zhe Briash guvernment will take possession of tne telegrapa lives on the xt of January, but it is likely thas iow Changes will Lake place veiore the iolowing month. Jt 1% ths intentiun to empioy ax many females a8 poddilic in uae ofllces. ROME. 4 Kindly Saint and Good Wenthcr—An Epis copal Holiday—Active Physical Prepara- oa—Street Scenes and Gossip. Rome, Dec. 19, 1860, ‘There once lived a holy Virgin—St. Biblana—who @4d muca in her day to relieve distress and prepare her soul for the world to come; butthe Fathers, when they cauonized ber, uafortunately, asseinbied oma wet day, aud ever since the Romans—ail Ital ans—say When 6 rains on St. Bioluna’s day it will rain for forty aud teu days and nights, The children Of Italy may bave seen ‘“iorty aad ten days’? subse- quent to St. Bibiuna’s day wet, cloady and suniesa, but wo have been very fortunate this year; the good ‘Virgin has youchsafed to keep us moist tor tweive days. On Wednesday last the clerk of the weather took @ reef ip his gombre canvas, doubtless @ (ae command of Bt Bibiana, and through the rig- ° ing of the great globe over head we saw sunshine and felt our bones extend with joy, our muscics relax and our spleen to fee! like binds of grass bistered with sunheat, but made vigorous and emer- ald with the thousand kisses Of a good snower. The Sluice gates of the watery planet were closed; our domes, cupolas and moss-covered tiles were bur- nished wich sunshine; Rome, foreign aad native, Veutured to the Pincian hill; the ladies went shop- Pipg; tne powers taat be were nappy, aod orders were issued to hold tho graad review uf tho Pootl- tical army which was to have taken place on the oth lusi, @3 8 Kind Of relaxation to the imposing ana aviemn ceremony of the sth, ‘The Fathers, who have seen the sturdy sons of Britain north of the equator and in the cities of the young coutinens at the base ot the East Indies, were to have & day of recreation; the yellow-skinued solusmatics from the East, where the great doctors of the Church labored so long and weil, were to havea holiday. Spanish, French, south American, Mexican anu Nortu American prelates were to have an Opportunity of judsing if tae Popo was or was nota good looking as well as a watchful pontii, but St. wBibvano Kept us 10 rata aud itd Icoavedl- enpes uns tus day of grace. Ott the 16th instants ul Kuuwe was alive and busted {sell buyue gloves, pol.sning buttons, fixing chig- Hous, ddjusuns Dosties, Waxlug Mustuches, bird lucks, elarpveung razors, Dlaccing boois and max- lug xeucra: prepuravion for the grand review wuica Was iv take piace 1u the churming vila of Borzhess, iu pre euce of Lue Popo, the Sacred College ant ail tae OOPS, [rou DtookKholM to Meibourge and roi Lisbon wo san Franciscy; but the love aid not come, nor Lue Sacred Colloge us @ body, but ine episcopal boay did appear, la purple and ‘broad hat, to t eulire sallsiaciion of salut aud vender of Cuurch gous, wilo di busiaess IN ta? Corso @s Cheap as “guy ober man’? due sun shoue forth at an early hour tn all the beauy god mivjesty of au italy sky, and the clouds Wuici have huag over our dear Lome since ihe day vl Kiviana were faded iato thin alr and Dot & Wrack Was lest bedind, At aoon the twos aad threes sy Well known to New Yoroers, of the dtilerent reyi- ments Were sven titliag from wa to vical, prin atid j2uuty, With glittering musket or polisved scao- bard, dud cigar in meat, Lose regiuental reuded~ Vous. How a Freuch, Prassian, lialau or Spuuish svidior does atiract ie son of Kngiuad, or fue Ameican, parncuariy UW the late has oven ia tae Northera ana Suuthesn ary ducing the sate cruel War, lu Lurope, 13 exuremeiy imveresting, voun, WHe—daagnters Maccnscalie wad nures Wits #c.0.8 Ol the douse oehind—aujusis Une Omnl- present aya uuerriug glass bo Wis ¢ye and measures fe Romaa soldier, bs ue Zouave or of tue tine, Wit a giwrco thus Would not be unwortay of arwaur, Duke o. Weliugvoa, wud proavauess uls opidion of is paysique, duuoras and Keucral voucing as Mt Od were a recs ulling sergeant or a uicdical Cxauines, “Weil, M’lm DlOWEGd; SOgers Mo. Lue 'elal; they ‘alat 06 lo war; Laay, oedsy, Waldo ye Uuok of em as sugers? Wouldu’t our strect lads soon ciar ’om baway? ‘They dou’ Kaow how to waik. hal our redcouts are the as, ’alut they Bessy 7? Yee 1audee 18 dys 80 Vail; Ws Critical and praotl- ca. “Some of 'om uve flue iooklag icitews; 1 won der bow iney’d trave: from the Lon; Brule to Fair- fax Court couse, Wiiu LWo days! rations, Lo rounds oO} au manitiou, ovEercom, DidaKe. wad Usked, el! Ula Lecuuisen ve Hguling Phi woud Soon take tae G98 Ol wei UE Stone Fiver or Up tus ragged B11es vi Lookout MOUtuIA, DUL Lacy ae yood fur uw tne ay; wev's go ana eo What ticy can do to-day; we're tu huve w review.’ » Atoue o’c ovk YY, M. the advance gaard—cavalry— PO-sca vul ef tae Porta de: Vopolo wad cntereu the ALS BOWLS Of He Borgeese iauhy. in tay UinY Ot bul pretty place wucie 13 an aia phitheatr Dau rag Or Pave Coutss—ib Mas nO, Deed La Much vo mauy years—in which the treops were Certamy it 13 & novel way to wo men. Vacking them inte a circus ta open by Companies ay bs the fashion bere, vub iy hut a miliary ONC—tWwaL 19, OUtside of Louy velure tus 4:09ps begun to arrive the es Of te SCIONS LL AG lave Toyal Nuuse of the represeatayes of tae aucal tarone of uhy, (he Ugly COUNL GIszeuL, Wao 18 tae SOu-ID- Wot QUeGh Isubdliu, Laal Was, Of Spain, aad a humber of Freaca, Baghsn, tralian, Awerican wad Ducen novdies, began to airive, dud te gceapans descended aud Waiked over tug gecea, danp swacd to Che Viciuily Of ue Dull ring. The pidia poopie Qoboled up all the hacks—ilie haces 1a Keme ure gbdOMNAvIe—and the LOWlUrEs uw ues Puce, und tae peovie Wox “Blauks' mare" dressed la Loud alurs, with te llitie une sporting ber vib aud iucker and tie levitable Gonvon Mm aud. ‘Phe nurses and tei adgilrers were 00 snail part of ine crow. q ormer, witi cbeir © usiy P.wited Gatr aud Si SPUUsHO, DTOAM SHOWETS wud OVE LeCks; LO latier dark, seedy, vut jolly and stuvxing, ike a chimacy out of order, ea.lvened the sceae, Wyped 1 om with a uttle bit Of brue Ivalian, because your weil- tovio oman or Florenuae 18 fast curing away fro toe sugarioal hat, jucket, tegg ug8 and red Ke:cliets that overy Itauan Wears iu stury or painlng. ITow the Garoune tu the Wavasa. Were it not for tae nurses, who religiously regard the costume of Uni country a4 sometaug sacred, tue review might have taken place 19 Hyde Wark, ‘Youpkin’s square or Benton barra: and thera could baye been no diflerenes. 1b 1s seidOuu ONE see: anyth ng pero tat currobocates tue ca. stuns vt Ita ans; tae fevieW Was Suppusel ty a {air Opportunity to Kee tae naaves ol the “city of the soul” of ‘iuaetul Italy;’? put erinvline, bagh-hee.cd boots, Swiss und herons’ Ieathers, Irock voats, stovepipe hats, Byron Abilars aud Duke of Edinburg cravats were us numerous as LU the review were to take place ia Picvaduy or ia tne Central Park. The who wo.id is adopiing tight-ttuing pants and elastic crinolnes, square-toed boos auu patent corsets. Nutional cosiumes are dying before the breatn uf the lvcomonve; the Corso Wii soon ve like Broadway, aud the Campayina is not uauke the prauies Of Missourl. ‘Lhe dark skin and coal-black eyes are the only traces of the italy of the picture boogs and romances Gf our early days; bus ours 1s an age of reform, Cf consolidaiuun. baatas- tc cosiuines jall wilh toe Cusious Liat Kepb chev Ln existence, What was made to pleas tuo eye 13 ignoreu; to keep up Lo te aye is necessary in Writing wu o.der jor @ yard Of Lape as for building w pueu- mauio ratiroad, Tho Bagle Call, “Tarn Ont” and Muster—A Papal Ambulance Corps—The Artillery= View of the Parade G.ound=Citizen Toilets—Clerical TogaHow the General Public Looked—Tho Reviewing Generals and Staiia—1bo Manwuvres and “Dismiss.” RomeE, Dec, 19—P. M. Soon after I had closed my morning effusion ihe bugles of the Zouaves were sounding 14 (ho Piazza del Popolo, a8 the cavalry escors had passed the noble eutrance to the Villa Borghese. VPassing out of the city suey broke trom marching by the column in piatoous into fours and kept good tume up tac ascent tht leads trum the street vo the entrance, The ambulance corps toliowed. There were two ambulances, capable, I enould thing, of providing tor twelve men ta cach; but they are huge alfuirs. ‘hey resemble large vans tor removing furniture tuat are, so common in Paris; but tiey must be com- fortable, as the sides can be opencd the whole lengin. ‘The artillery came next; but his Holtness is not very warlike in bis preparations to keep Garibaldi out of Rome, i he 18 0 poorly provided with big guns, Thrée mountain nowitzers und three twelve: pounders, With the necessary caissons, made up the whoie of the Pontifical artillery that was to ve ro Viewed; out I poitced that all the guus were rified, and that shows tere is @ desize to keep up with the miltlary tashion of tue day, evea in Rome, Tao tary train was represented, and only represented, but it showed no small attention to tus brapca of the service. Tne gendarmerie, in physique and costume, are certainiy tue finest looking meu in tie Pope's service, ‘They followed the mlitary tram, aud were precedea by @ fae brass band, The muunted men are broad. sliouldered, bearded like pards and evidently good horsemea, if Italians oan be called such. They were the ooserved of all observers, and certataly are cred- table to the government of Rome, The Antibes Legion came next, with a dozen baglers at their head, but they are too narrow in the Waist and shoulders to be good soldiers. Many of them appeared to suifer from the weight of weir musket, emply Knapsack and cartridge box. Tne tne is no Wevier; the foreign carablneers have a good eppearance, tt is the make-up of tae miu miaD, HOt Lue fm of the welt drilled sudier, Lhe woe Was tollowed by two baccailons of cavalry re- spectably mounted, wita the oid Koman helmet, higaiy pollsuea, glittering in the warm sun and gud- jug the Namk of black horsehair tiat drooped from the centre of the hemes to we waist belt, ‘Cue rus Of carriages afver the troups passed into th: vorgnese grounds Was muuense, For iorty mt- nutes Ley roLed im ue ULLrosen line, and on etuer side hundreds Of pedestriaus. ‘Ine whole of tue iong aveaue leaving from the Porta del Popolo to Wwe Cusino Was Lined w.th carnages and olack wita peopic, ‘Ve latter were the must fortunate aa to a place to see the review, because le occupants of the carriages aud bo get Out @ lung distance Iroin the circus abu Wal« over damp grass. ‘1be scoae in tae vicinity of tue circus was very anl- mating. In tuecentre ue artillery, military tra and awbuiance corps were parked, Part of the Zouaves and line were peur tae Outer edge of the circus, aud enclosing ine whole were tue gendarmeria, Aultibes Legion and the greater part of the Zouaves, ‘The public Were peruuted to OCcUpy tue stone scaLa thal extended round the circus or ouil ring, aud the space between the troops aud the same was de- voted to tueni algo. ‘The whole arena was flied with troops. and peeping trough tue {0 1age ou citucr side (ve viifevevt colors o: the reapective corps and the bright barrels of tueir muskets lormed a very pleasing sigut, highly appreciated by al, but more parucularly by the tauies Un the Cast aide the Visitors at Rome assemvied in lorce. ‘The ladies wore splendid touets, the gentlemen & ta mwde, and the kngush speaking bierurcby, who were quite numerous, handsome cassovks, broad hats and the silk loya indispenssdy necessary lor bishops to wear when in Kome, Way? ‘ike oga— aeingie piece of stuff, purpie silk—ta attacned to tho shoulders by means of a rlobon of the suie material, aud when the wearer is walking, 4 briskty, It foa! beulng Din, iy Romans when Cato! 3 ¥ it is worn here by bishops, and only nere, 4 one of those iuexplicable customs of the Vatican that, like many others, would be venefted py oviny auvolisiied, ‘Ou all sides of the circus the Duvite wore 19 tuou- sands, Barefooted monks and jolly curés from France; robust Germans, who scattered black suit by the gill all round them, were conversing with Urienta.s who had flowing beards and flowerpot Dats; thin-lipped Yankees were exchanging conipil- meng with bdect-laced Englisumea, brace of Scotchmen were as dumb aa if tuev loss their tongues when they entered tue villa; Lut they mae g00d uso of their teeth, as they were dewollsning sandwiches at least four tncaes in thickness, a black bostle in the band of the juntor of the couple Indicated taat they took care to lollow Paul's ud- vice to Tui v¥—tO carry w little someting i & bottle that’s black, for the stomach’s gake. lieland had a large delegation. Many of the stu- denis hud ovtained permission to see the review. ‘the Propaganda students were qulce numerous, and among them @ jet black negro, that I uave learued is one of the Contrapands of South Carvl:na, and was taught his hic, hac, hoc, by & distinguished Catholic priest of Charleston, S. C,, who ls ucre ab present, and that cuifee 13 one of the best students in the college, quick, has a very retentive memory, Well up in languages and devours theology by We ‘toe reviewing oMcer, General Kanzler, Secretary of War, urrived a short time after the troops gut into position. He 1% & course, claret-laced looking wan, with a tuft of dark gray bair ou his chin apd & small mustache upon bis upper hip, almost obscured by toe rubicundity of his cleeks and hose. He 1% broad-shouidered and has a good mil tary has ttpy o At @ distance he resembies Gea McDowell, but tho resembiunce disappeara wien near you. His compiexion 13 not pleasing, but be is cousiuerea a fair military man, ts admutied by all to oe @ much better War Miuister (hun tie irate Belgian, Monselgpeur Merval, who is more at howe, as ho is at present, with hs breviary and boads us a minwter of peace than @ quarreilug, rawpaus, sorohcaded, iguorant Secretary of War. ‘The stait wus very large, but the members of the same ato poor horsemen, aud I can now accoant why there Was no allempt at firing saluies or a tithe of the pomp and circumstance of war, If one of the howitzers nad been tired half the siait would have had thew necks broken. No ouc knew wien the General arrived except by tue pumber of wen be had in his trai; but 1% is & novel way to recoive a War Minister, All over the world when a general cour mauding visits troops he ws received Wil a salule of aruliery, and when the official bead of tue aruiy, alter tue €xecuuion, appears aya reviewing vilicer he 13 saluted avo; buy Kanzier had not # sit fied 1a lis honor, and 4 aa charitable enough 10 nuOwW tuat che salute wags dispensed With as @ Matte: of economy und 19 coasideration of the limbs ol the mounted ouicers. but toere was no systom even in the review, When he, for imstanco, appeared at tne right oO: tis Anubes Legion, tue regiment preseated vrms in twos and tirces, und wen he passed tue first cow. pany the meu cate 10 a sboulder arms oY tae tall uozea along the waoie liuc. A more awkward movement 1 Would be inpossivie to ovnvelve, Alter louking at the Wuole ho went away, the troops tol- lowed is exampio, and the great review, which Was bo bo the aext best thing alter the vpening of the Couucil, tuned out to ve Mat and spirit.ess. J expected at ivast a Hitele drul; even a cue cavalry Were not to take part tm tae aifair—somesmiag Uns6 Would .et these prossnt Who have seoa trvops in other laads Know tat the Roman urvops are as lueiligent, as zealous, weil governed in tue scu00l v( the solder and Gupany; but there was uo such chance ouered., They cauie out to cake sue air aud to cuitivate aa appeute, like the feumaie veauvics who were tvoking at thom througa go.d-runwed glasses and ivory lorguettes, No warohing or wie... lng, sxtrmisuiag or deploying tor the desceadants of tac mea Wause viows broke down tus fortunes of a dozen ewpizes and destroyed the casties of a hundred kingdoms 83 easily as tno Roman of to-day does @ bottie of Caile Kose. Peopie here have been disappointed. | have been ou ihe lookout for a review, but 1 only saw an ordinary dress parade; vut as tuo day was Mine, tas accouure- meuts of the men Very cieua, the Uumber of pretiy Judies lar veyond my expectatiuns, I teu tn uo Wood to be hurd uvon the artay of ene ope, But tae gen- eral ought tO imsiruct lis subalvecns to mforu: tho people wueu a review will take place, aud note ress parade, ‘there were at least 10,000 men under arms m the Villa Waeu Geueral Kabaier euiered, pseveruily they were weil armed and well ciad, but the absence ta was the rauks of tie italian pbysiognowy remarkabie. It would 0G fuspossivic tw suuca Of Strasburg sO many lar-naired, — Dlue- eyed young men, Their wie necks wld Liat they were nos bora veceath tue sky of italy — that Lucy came from the Scucid and Villages of Kast. eru Belgiua, Doubdtiess because tsy aro voluu- tvers tue discipline 1s not Very Ouerous; bub It ts ub. Just to Wrovps to permit thea to grow up imdulereut vw tae govd Of the service. A weil driiled suldier 1s ai ail (.ae3 and 1a ail places a heattuier, neaver and better maa taan he wno ts Ouly halt urilied, There is two much Kul-glovemm aod ca/c-louuging among tue oilcers, ‘Thsro 18 @ flue Caance Ww make the Pope's army 100k a little Lively, but slow-coxchisin 13 alive here, and wherever it ls, russ und ros will aiways be found, An Awcrican “ted Hat” Dinner. Roatg, Dec, 16, 1869, Last Sunday the rector of the American Vo.legs entertained at diuner almost the whole of the Eug- lish speaking bisuops. All the Americaris, with few exceptions, were present. Among tile aistingulsiod strangers were Cardical Barnabo, licud of tio Pro- paganda; the Cardinal Archbishop of Besanson, tao Marquis of Bute, Charies Carroll, grandsoa of “Quuries Carrol, of Carrollton,’ Cuatiss O'vonor, the eminent New org lawyer; Mr. Mealy, tue painter; Cueval.er Ross, the archwologist, aud Mr, vev.in, of New Yo ‘Tue religious nocay es included Archbishops Man- ning, Mcuale, from ireiand; Spauidiag sud Purcelf, of America. It was a siumple, bus subs.antial, a n- ner, but the table talk was racy and very entertaio- lug. ‘Toc Englisn aud Scotca bisvops wore muca p.cased with ner trangatantic brothers in we bonus of unity and sepurated Cordially ulter spenu- lug & happy evening. GERMANY. ‘The Confederato Navy~The Feoling Towards ussia—VDiplomacy with Ecoaumy=To tho Eust. From the year 1870 the Prusso-North German Navy Will have ae its disposal, in addition to the Danizic docks, large cnough to build simultancuusly threo vossela of moderate size, the two great docks of Wilnelmshafen, , During te present year the keels of fve new ships-v:-war will be laid down at one time for the Norta German government, witch, when competed, ‘will be fuliowed by seven or elgut more A storm of great violence pas.ea over Berlia oo the 17th of December, 16 commenced avvut ten olclocs in tie morning and lasted tll between ove nd six 1m tho evening. The Leipsic journal Grenzbote, speaking oi the mission of General Fleury to St. Petersburg aud We Mmportance attributed to tt by tag ullra-ihassiaa press of hloscow, observes:—“Russia seems, not- withstanding, je38 than ever disposed to pluuge mio foreigu enver prises, Uccuslolady LUO OFgals ui Lug id Russian pally CXpross w desire Ww pee kuBsis woUny IM Coucers Wita Feance wud produug by tue ‘Vurco-bygypUan LuLrug4y Bad bie Wasu.reviivn ut tus pocciest, They Would aisd KO iussi 10 Lane advantage of the opening Of tho isthius of Cues to furtucr the hasiera poucy ul Wi.cu ley ure tue Cuampious. Bul ail tueoe uspirauious ure releguiwd Ww the buckgrouna. in tue Prussiau Pariiament @ proposal to make a permanent graus for the expenses of wmbassudors uu cue several Norch Ger.uab Courts was reecued by duo apalnss 0) vo.es, Uy recorded resolution the Society of German Ar- tisis In Kome tus broken vil al couneeuvA Witt Lie Vieuna Court aa. passed eanrely div ae Prussian cawp, by placing usell cumpievly Uader ihe protec: ton of tie Berlin goveraaeat. ‘Aho Berlin worsezetuny says:—The speech with Whica the £mperor of Austria vjeaed tue veic-rain is chiely distiuzuisseu bY wn ouscurily Was Wny #ignily everytiuug OF nothing. 1 wunvUUces vonsii- TuLvUal Changes, DUE Ges LOS give sae Slgulust Ex- Diaowiiun Of fuear Caaracter. 4he verlin sé priats tue following pithy and teil- ing poutical satire.—We hear tae yy pliae ditvully Was even more intercsing tuau ib wus Msoere soemed, Not only was Isauil fucaa supported vy ‘auce dung Wie earliest slages of the mutier, bus he bad Cue UueXpecieu pieasure of Deg deseried vy France Wheu tue decisive mo.neut wad Cowes Your Pacual eins ie:t to wiuself of course Le Could nut choose but yieid to the representauiogs ui ce cug- lish Ambassador, Whu had come expressiy Ww Urp- stantinople for the purpose, aud puuilish ie Lrman with Gruims, trumpeis aud tue tauuder of canuvn, ‘The North-Ger man Gazelle Cr.bcises Wita severity the Lactics Of @ part Of the conservative party in .Le Vrussian Landtag, aud .u doing tuts reers lo tue laxity of purvy aisclpuue and po.utical pariy spirit in Germany. A nu.uoer of soldiers belonging to the Hanoverian Legion 1m France are taking steps to ovtain tac permssiou of We £russaa goverument W retura home During the month of January, 1820, Rendsburg Will cease to be regarded ag a jortined wwu aud several miliary oilices are to be avulishod. ‘Lue game thing Wil 800 happen to Stetun. The Chinese Embassy in the Prussian Parlin- ment Hall. [From the Berlin correspondence, Dec. 18.) ‘The appearance of tho Cuimese Awvussudors and their aviucies iu the Prussian Lowee Clamver created unusual seasation, ‘va@ ministers, conducted by Mr. Burungame in European ciotinng, took iheir seats in tue irual row 01 the diplomatic ioge, and the tures uuaches piuced tuewsoives Mumediately betlnd. Tue laser were ai dressed guke ip blucé satin juckeis und biue duder- ciotues, One Of Wwe ministers appeared in a Line Tove, over Which ho Wore & Wold satin juoket, watie his colleague figured in a tasteless yeliow ish. greon jong slg garment. Lota of them baa caps iWunmed with jur, bus tuos0 of tno atiacués were of pisin Diack wilk, Severai of tae memoers of tue Chatnder pald the:n a visit in the fove, and expiainod fo them in Freavu the dixirivation of ths House the beaches of the diferent purtios, aud other sumuar mattors. fhe Chinese remained fully an. hour in the Chaunber, AUSTRIA. Animposing meoting of the artisan class .0o8 place in Vienna on the 1th mné., and a petition to Count Taaife was adopted “domandiog the anro- scrioved right of forming socteties aud tusiiaung coalitions between thom, libarty of thy press, toral retorm aud abolition of the standing a: no Vienna News Free Piri speaks Of b. menical Council in the following terms:—*Pope Vius LX, inaugurated the Couuck wita & very re- markable discvurse. out of the turgid verbiage of whioh arises, like a bizh defant cild, tho inflexibie ‘non possimus, BQ eXpression best transialed by Wo will not,’ THE STABB.AG OF FRi‘K BESGEX. His Orltioal ConditionAnte-mortem State= ment. Coroner Schirmer was yesterday called to the house of Frank Besgen, tho saloon keeper, who was dangeroosly stabbed in his own piaco on the night of tho 1st inst. with a kni’e in the hands of Wiliam Fletcher, some of ths particulars of which hat already appearod intho Hesaup, Besgea is ia a very critical coadition, STATEMENT OP PRANK BESGEN. On New Year's nigit, January 1, between ten and eieven o'clock, while at the bar of the saloon tn this house (234 West Eightecath street), of which I am pro- Pprie‘or, James Fletcher camo ia crying, saying he had been beaten in the streot, when I remarked shat he could not have beca much; some one toid me that he had taken an empty becr glass from the counter and I saw him go out; a short time aftor- wards he entered, and soon thereatter his brother, Wiillam Fletcher, came in; they both exclaimed, “We will kill somebody to-night;” I told thom that thoy had uo occasion to say #0, or no one had said a cross word to them, and asked them what they wanted to fight tor; they replied that they wanted to fight for tun and give it to the Dutchmen, any how; William Fletcher then attac one of the guests 1 the saloon, when several others of the guests separated th when I saw this 1 puc aim out of the saloon, assisted by several of the guests, when James Fietcner also went out; shortly alter Wiitlam Fletcher, who tad been standing in haliway, burst in the door, and was standing on tue inside to keep tt Closed, and just as I saw lim come in 1 felt that Iwas stanood on the leit side; my daughter cried out ‘‘Fatner, you are siabbed:” 1 wus stabbed by Wiltam Fietcner, alias Dave Fi cher; James Fletcher rau towards vae rear yard while Witham (lis Urother) rau into the street; I ran into the street and called two officers, and soon became tnsensibie; knew no more tli! found m sell in bod; some two weeks ago Willian Fietcher wanted me to take him to board wih me, but I refused him; three or tour days before New Year's eve he wasin the sa- Joon and behaved himself iaa disvrderiy manner, and } told nim [I woul. have him arrested when he (nreatened to quarrei with me. Frances Besgen, danguter of the wounded man, deposext to seciug Willian Fle.cher press in the door, andcome in witha kune in lis fund, saying, “1 will stab you ali: she was bear Lim at tue time, and he threatened to stab her if khe did not get out of the Way; she saw Wiiltau Fieccher stad her father iu tho left side; Fietcher taen rau across the street but was pursued by an olives und arrested. dacub Fuerweh, M. D., Wad called to see the In- jured man at one o’ciock A. M.. January 2, aud Tound him suffering fom a stav wound ta the left side, between the fifin and sixth rips, the wound being three-cightns of an inch wido aaa two inches deep, taking an inward and downward direction. In the doctor's opinion the wound will probably prove fata. ‘tue jury then rendered the following verdict:-— “That Frank Gesgen came to his wounding by being staobed in the chest with @ kn-fe im the Lands of Wiusam Fletcher, Janaary 1, 1870; and we coasider James Fletcher as un accessory.” Bowl tae Ficichers are now in the Tombs awaiting the resuls of their victim's Lijuries, TELSGRAPHY. A Coming Revolation—Mr. “Littles New System. (From the Baltimore American, Jan. 4.] The poies for Mr. Little’s pew system of telezraph- ing are pow beg erected betweea New York aud Wusuingtsn. On the Wusb:ngton road the poies are lying at regular interva.s, and Lue creciing parties, under charge of air. Westervelt, will be diong iD a lew dave to pus them up and suspend the wires. It ig anuicipated tat tue National lelegraph Line will be 10 operation by the ist of March, We examined the tastruments o1 this new system, invented by Mr. Litue, soni s1X months Bi and, it will be remembered, gave w detailed account of its operation. it 18 euirely diferent tom the Morse systen, aud will be ubie Lo transmit 200 words per waits over one Wire. Twenty worda 13 a8 Wack as the mos rapid operator by the morse sysiew Coa tausiMit, so tlas one wire under Wwe Lite sysvem Will be able to do as mucha work us tou of tie wires now in use. {resident Orton, of she Western Unioa Company, in bis annual report Fidiculs (ue Claims Of Mir. Littie, bat we assare hint aud wil lutercsted in telesrapbing tbat we witnessed The operation of bis Mnstrumeut in company Witt two ol tue most Oxpeienced telegraphic experts ta the country, vod Laue by acvual Count it trausuitied teu tundred gad fory ictiers per minuiw. ‘fue Morse a. phubor Was Used, Qua the transmission Wes 48 perfect wnU accurate us Was ever before traus- nutted op Quy ins.rument running at ouc-tenth of Its speed. ‘Tue favt that the ‘ine ts being built shoutd bo satis- factory evidence to ali, dOuvuess, tas 1b iy a reality. ‘bow Who lave couirol of Ib bave had a3 muci ex- perieace in tne teegrapuic business a8 President Ucton, aud Would uot invest severa: hundied tnou- sands of dollars on & Mere experiment. Mr. Litie waticipates W be avle to at once reduce the rate of wlegrapuing to one-half of present prices, and ulu- mavly to wake w UnLorm tart of oue cent per word (o all disiunces. ‘tis would draw ail business ovrrespoudeuce trum the mally and multiply tue amount of Le.cgraplung Lo tenioid what it now 1s Tho Postal Telozraph System. [From the Pottsvi'le (Pa ) Miners’ Jouraal, Jan. 4.) ‘Yue Union Leiegrapu Company, Which emoracss tbree-fouctus Of tue teegrayn lines of te country, ise some O; Las Faliruad conipauies In heir eiiorts tw crust Out @1 vpposition, Lave been buying up Oluer ued Un their swck bas reached avout $48, 000,00, by purchasing tae stocks, vy watering wud declariug dividends nub earued, aud the coun- ury will never conseul Lo be taxed to pay ulvidends On Uiid SLOCK. ALL La0 Lines 816 possesses NOW Can ve built fur less tuan 910,000 Ov, and the slocd wo now selung at tuirty doliars per siare. Now is the time for the goverument to imaugurate the system by taking possession uF the lines in tho county at a1 appraised Vaiuation and incorpurato Ib With Our posial system. Luere 18 nove tas will develop any country $o much as quik aod Gueap communication aud Uausportation througi- Out us Whow extent aud by carry:ng these aius of civilization inio eect it Will jurgely increase the leveuus wiso lo a greater extent stan the outiay re- quireu to carry tus Ccoeap sysiem info eifect. Let (ue peojle everywhere demand the aboultiva of the Traukiug sysieu und the esiaviisimeat of a cheap postal .elegravd sytem and the Post Office Depart- weut Will suun DecO.ue sell Susiaiing, W.bi greater Libis fur Commanicat.ou wud as iwuce OLeaper raves. Snbmarine Cables, [From the Philade phia Ledger, Jan. 4.) hares 10 eubiariue Cab.¢ Gumipanies ure ta every instauce but one duld ata large wuvauce above par, Thus, the Blectric invernatiousi, par £10 ster ing, seis Lor 257 bo 465; Lhe Suvwarine, par £100 sterling, for dtu to tho Anglo Anierican, par £10 ster. hog, a6 1%5 to 2 abu the Angio-Mediterranesn, per $10 seriing, at 17.25, On .he other Naud, the freuen Trausauaouc cabie, par £20 sterliug, irom 15,5 to 16.75, or at @ disvount of 2 5 percent. ‘T'lu3 decine in tle setlug price is due to We apprehension thas the permanent connecion with tue suores of tuo United staces may be toter+ Tupted by the govecnment. It is, however, as- serted that acraugements bave been negotiate eitner for tue cousoudution of the Enguso and Frevcd {ines or tor the maintenance of tue preseue rates for Lue transmission of messuges. ‘The Freuca eabie, according to tue oficial report fornished Lo ihe slockhoiders. Cust BLOUL $1,295,000 ia gold, diswrivuted among the fuliuwing items: Oonsiruciiou and Jaywg of cable, $4,600,000; pay- lent to Keuter & Eriauger forthe Freuch charter, $5v0,00u; payment for American ciarter, $00.v0u; muiscelianeous and extraordinary — expznyea, $1,106,009, vuring the thirteeath week the French eable was in operation tt earned $11,023 in goid, and supposing the same rate withaut auy increase bo be coutinued tur ® year, tho anaual earuings would Amount tu nine per ceut on the capliai invested, But (ue Duumver of Messages has been increasing, so Laat Lie earnings Davo actually been much jarger From taese circumstances it appears that invest ment i transatlauile cabies are believed to be prolit adie, aud consequently the Belgo-Americaa Suo: marive Telegraph Company has been formed. ‘Thus company has just made a contract wit) caoe manufacturers in Eugiaua tor tho making and jaying of @ cabe. ‘Tne cost oft the cable, 3,760 nautical miies long, will be $3,800,000, divided into the lollowing iteus:—3,0v0 Dautical mies, 2,029 yards each of ueep sea cable, $4,420,000; tweaty miles, light shore end, $25,000; forty miles, medium shore end, xv0 400; 100 miles, heavy shore ead, $307,0u. The conductor 13 to bo of seven copper wires lusulaied with tour coatings of gutia per da aud four of compound, alternately, and covered with spun Mania yarn eight strauds each, svaked In tar, aad the whole vo be surrounded witu galta percha compound aud properly covered. ‘The cavie wii then Weigh aoout 1,009 pouuds ty Lhe hautioal mile. The laying of the cavie will cust 50U.0uv, su tiat the cost of the line will amount to 4,341,000 tn gola. This enterprise still requirce ine couseut Of dhe United States government, but Bel. gum has granted to an American company an ex- Clusive priviege for laying cables wetween tne two countsies lor twenty years, CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA, Affairs on tho Isthmns—Zxtensive Con‘la- grations in Valparaiso— Tho Para: cnayan War—Tho Dreyfas Loan Excitement in Peru—Qoneral Nows of Guatemala, Sal- vador, Honduras ond Colombia. Dy the Wost India ana Pactic Steamship Com- Pany's steamer Cailforaia, which arrived in Mobile ‘a few days eince, we re eived the following budget Of news fou Central and South America. COLOMBIA. The Question of State Taxes—Miscollancons * News. Panama, Dec. 21, 1869, Doring the Dast week we have had very severo storms of wina and rain, fortuaately occasioatug no damage. They were evidontiy only the winding up of the wet season. President Correoso returned this morning from a trip into the inverior, where found everything quiet. People were generally weil disposed towards lus goverument, ogous dukes to the 39th.ult. arc unimportant, ‘The Diario OAciat punitanes a letver from a goatic- man nained to.teido, vuucunclug that he Had lorined tm New York @ company for tae nuvigatiun by steamers of ihe river Orinoco and its trioutaries, as also Lake Maracaipo and the rivers flowing tito it. ‘The euterprise 13 regarded as Of cousiceraoie 1m- portance, as it is tuieaded to open up to commerce @ bew and very rich country. ‘the Auten Onciai of yesterday pubd'ishes o do- cree of tae Supreme Court in Bogota on ibe cou mercial contrioulon question, she court decutes (has it has uo jurisdiction in the matier; tuat the wet Of lederation gave ty each State periect riznt to im- pose aad collect such taxes as Ly a majority of tne representatives in the Legisiature may be deeued proper und necessary, and chat no treaties exist with any foreign county guarauteecing Luwuuily tro tuxation wo commerce any more taun to wny obuer interest, fie comuerce of the Isthmus 13 Luus lelt without any redress in case of fature exacnuns. CENTRAL AMERICA. Affairs In Guatemala, Salvador aud [one Guras. Panama, Dec. 21, 1809, The Salvador, which arrived at tiis port on the afvernoon of the lita, brougni very litle news trom tue repubiics of Contral America, GUATEMALA. Dates are tothe sdth. Lverything was quiet ip the pucbioa of the interior. The revoiution had made no pregress, and hitle was known of the movements of tis leader, Serapio Cruz, With the beginning of tuo dry weather, which will permit act.ve military operations, the last will probabiy bo heard of this wisturber of Lie public peace, A lores had been sent to ‘ue devarainent of Vera Yaz tu pre- serve order aud W muiniuiu tae auiuoriiy of we government, SALVADOR appears to beina happy condi.ton. The fairs passed Ou well, With & givds deal of activity aud avin tion among LoL buyers and Beuers. Business Lo Ube giount of vver $4,000,000 Wus Lransactcd, aad the baluuse oF prodt particularly 1a lodigo Was. actions, appears .o vave been ou Che side uf Lie pLo- plo of the country. Lhe price 13 sad to lave ranged as high as tweive reais per pound, Tue comes aud sugar crops ure estimated ut nity per cout greaicr tun they were last year, ‘Tue linerality Of the guvernmedt and 11s Cadeavors Lo make Cou- merce 3 iree us possible by reauuving ail restric: tons O8 tae introduction and exportativa of moue)s pe evidences of plugress ID Wiuicu We people re- jolce. TONDURAS matters appear to be at u standstill. The rains were Intericiing with the work ou tue (s0-Culied) luter- ocean:c Yailroad. Presiacn¢ Guzman wad ugain ascended the VresiJenual caair im dicaragua, und Was ously engages I resioneg harmony by pu.ltical ‘cles Bud Lu euCoUragiug We Mdusliies ol the ouuiry ‘¢u0 rains etill continued in Costa Rica, to use pro- Judice of the coitee crop. PERU. Tho Dreyfas Lonn Excitement—The Arc quipn =Ruailread=The Oroya’ Line—The United States Ship Nyack=Ler Mission Estimates. {Lima (Dec. 13) correspondence Panama Star and Herald.) The warfare waged against tbe Dreyfus loan con- tract continues to be sustained with unabaced vigor, or ratuer fury. The Comercio and the Nacional, our two daly, ar, to speak more correctly, nizhuy, papers, are replote with wost lbellon3s articles, which, if brevity be said to constitute tae soul of wit, are decidedly barren of that coucomitant—in fact 1t 18 @ matter of dificulty at times to extract a grain or two of sense from the Leap of chaif daily winnowed througa their columns, A few days ago the house of Dreyfas was votified by the government to hoid the half yearly payments in readiness, required for tue service of tue veruvian Joan of 1065 in Londou. These payments are to be made to the Peruvian Financial Agent in London on tue 15th of June aud the 16in of Decembor, and taey ginounl, in the aDsenco of precise Ag..res, ty avout £4v0,000 more oF less per halt year, «General news from ihe laterior or along the coast there 18 ubsolutely uoue; tue advent of the Souiberu steamer, that “sweet hope’ to your Lina corres- pondent tu days apparently gouc by, excites no more interest noW than thas of u guano snip irom the Chincha Islands, Lariiquaxes, revotusions, yel- jow fever and the like disuzrecable e.ceteras one was wont to hear af appear buings of tne past, und the country is deciue.ijy uoue tae worse pit on toat account. ‘The great ratiway from Arequipa to tho coast is rapkiliy progressing aod may be expeceed to be Hatshed 1a Buotwer fiiteen montis. The line pro- jected from Arequipa to Puno (avout 260 Bogish iniles), hitherto considered as somewuat probiewati- cal, 10 1s sald Wil be commenced tu real Carnest very snoruy, aad so is the suil mure necessary Und from “Lina to the OGroya, The construction of both these lines has been, or is to be, cuuceded to Mr. Henry Meiggs. ihe contract for this latter tine has not yer been signed, Lui it 1s Knowa that Mr. Meiggs’ tender 1s acvepted. ihe devay tat has been caused 16 abiriouved Lo tie meddling of the Aroquipentans, who insist on having the line trom their cy to Puno coatracied for gad finished first; but tne Fresideut aud the Miois.er sor the Howe Deparimeat are tuily aive to the lamportance of the roud ftom Lima to Oroya and daaily to the head of the river navigation, Which would open up tie Wuole country for emigiauion and progress. ‘ike Arequipenians maintain tuat tue openin, of railroad trattic wiih bolivia ts of greater luaportance to reru (nan that trom Lima to tue head of river neviga- uuon, which is a theory fal.acious ou the face of ib. ‘Tae Oreya line, concvling tae uavigahou of the Ucayale and Amazonas to the Atlantic, cannot fali to develop veru aud Le productive of more commerce ats iminigrativa than cau ever be atvalmed through jOLLVis On ‘uestay, the 5th instant, President Balta, ac- companied by Setiores Doraio, Elmore and some i: Huential gentlemen, paid an oiticial visit to une United Staves man-oi-war Kearsarge, and the Presidentia: = pariy Wus most cordially aad hospitabiy entertained, ‘The Nyack hus goue, ois Baid, to the Gullupagos Islands. in order to take formal possess.o. of the same in the name of the United states government, Tnis wauts, however some confruauo, lhe Galapagos group belonyiug to Ecuador, although sterile aud of no commercial vaiue, night however, 10 the event of the Darien canai project Leing carried througn, ve highly avatlable for # sort of naval siation, und it can scarcely be supposed this the Ecuadorian gov- erument will be allowed to g:ve tae.n up. befor Dr. Lon Luis Mexoues, laveiy appointed Peruvian Bavoy to Braz, lett for Kio Jauciro ou the 4un Inst, via Valparaiso wna the Straits of Magel- ian. From a statement inade tn tue papers ft appears that Counsclior Feltpe Don Jose Faretra Leai has been Appointed Brazilian Minister to Peru under da.e of 1sih Oc.ober iast, and ta likely to arrivesoon, <¢..or Barbuya, the brazilian Minister, aecrediveu os.ensi- biy to Konador) but who hes Oxed his residence here, is to take charge of tue Lrazilian Legauoa at Cara- cas, Venezuela. Selior v. Pedro Galvez, appointed Peruvian Minis it most likely jeave for ter to Lot 1, On Tuesday iast he gave jon ani bis post on the 2sth inst. large dipner party, at whigh the diplowauc corps resident here Were presen ‘bbe estimates for the biennial term of 1869-70 have Deen publisied tn book form, and tue revenue ts set down as amounting to tie lespectan.e sum of 44,723,100 sols (nearly nine miifions sterling) Of this nearly three-fourths—viz., 32,302 600—1s on ace coupe of guano aione—reuily uo enormous igure: while only 12,330,600 (tue baiance) results from cus tom houses and ail ocuer channels, One cannot tielp asking the question, whut wiil be the state of ihings When guano will fat, as it surely must at inst? Repiy—apres nous le uiluge. CHILE. Extensive Conflagrations—Tho British Con- jo Destroyed=Political News—Pablic Works=Miscellancous, {Valparaiso (Dec. 3) correspondence Panams Star and Herald.) In order not to remata bebindhand with the capl- tal, this city was tho scone of anovher grea: confla- GFation, asa sort ar nifog de resetance to the repens Santiago disastor, ‘Tho fire broks outa litle after jour o’clock on the moraing of we 1th ull, Whe o every One was still buried in tho arus of sleep, t\ the building of Don Francisco Aritugaca, opposite the plaza Victoria on the one sive a a Cnacabuca on the other, The Names spread with an gnount of rapidity us totuily Ww preveat the veighoors saving some vf biuir propery. Although the firemen aid ther doty uovly tho joss has been iminense, A number of estabis uments have been burded our, Alihough severil + the houses Were uninsursd tie assucuace compaa come in jor wnother heavy juss, mu.e varucuiarly vhe comoany La America, ‘Ths avculves of Ge U4 ish Consulate were tutaily destroyed, Severs we deols to dreinen wok place again tus Lune, b happily no loss of hits occurred, ‘AMuci agiiation prevaiis in ike ca, ttalaud throv — ¢ Ont the counury On account of Lie Forficumiug & ons for the Coustitueut Asseubly, Adtnougi pu spilt runs high tho governinent enbertatas ao apy» hensions of public tranquility oclug disirbed With respoce to PUDIIC Wurss 1615 LO LO regiotl that the uttention of the goveramen. 148 eeu syne what witvdrawn theroiro;a ou account of tue p litcal complications, ‘The reuisii0ns sent in to Congress about the tag ateainers for tao Straus, a9 alsu vovul vie Leiegraya Ling to Buenos Ayres and te a tag or the sabieactag cable to Panama are still peoding, A coun 60 ‘has beon, however, naumed to report therevu. Don Alejandro Keyes bas been named ¢.eulpotea- tlary Lo adjust a consuiar cunvention wibit boumsur, Ub (he 26:0 of Novem ver a oauquet in oelebral a Of we naval fight of Paudo, waea the Covadon: was captured, wok place in Gus city OD Wiugi © Canton it was shown that the raucvrous lec. agauust spain Bas not yes died oul, PARAGUAY. ae The Progress of War—Conflicting Accor ..« We copy tue following irom the South Amer.can correspoudence of the Panama Star and Heruld, dated Valparaiso, Docember 3, 1869:— ‘Ihe ‘Iransandian mail arrivod late last nigns. Accounts irom Paraguay are consieiaz in the 6x irene. ihe iust courier brougls sme uews of Loves being stil at the head of a considerab.e voay ¢ troops aud ubie to hold ous for a ioug tine yet oO ahd bow again we heal of 18 ve ug 1a piccl- fate M1.n¢ towards the Cordillera aod Louv.an Ler- rtory, aud that the Couns du was im fot pursuil, his march being, however, deiayed through want of provinious. Une Goes not KNOW Wuai Lo Delleve. 16 epvears (o be bragiliaa polics to prolong tue wae And the Occupation Of Puraguayad Ler. riiocs ad byte nuwn. The Argentines woud willugly retire a portion of weir Hoops if the Braziliaas would da She eawe Who, however, In Yankee purvunce, * dove exacily see it.” ‘The provisiohal goverumeut at As sumpuon i under the leadersuip of ae Brana Couuscilor Seuor /araunos, ~ CUBA. Stringent Orders to Prevent Burning of Estatos—The Campaign in Trinidad— _ of Iasurrection—Blood- ss of the Volunteers, News thirst: Havana, Jan. 1, 1870. In order to protect the esti "cs trom inceuc! rism tue Captain General har issued some very suriugeut orders to the plumic.s and those uuder their direction, Tae priucipat points are as fol- lows:—Planvers of each jurisdiction are required 10 give an wccouns to the wulhorities of the pians* adopted tor mutual assistance in case of fre; of tie system of night patrol estubiisicd, and the numb olarins, Lavorera who have au aptitude for it w. be armed, tho permission of the Captain Genera being Orst ovtaimed, and under respofaibility tor use of the arms. A guard of armed meu 1s aul’ rizol to preserve order, subject to ine provis: established by the Capiain Geaeral. Proprictois: olners are required to give notice of anytiin g ou ing puviie tranquillity in their v.cinity, aud at responsidie If they do not, Trausiont persons bo detaiaed and taken before the nearest auth: aiso persona wandering avout tue estates Lali with the laborers or communicating with employers, During the grinding te avouues of tue estates will be closed and watcned, The uge of marches is) hibited to laborers of all classes during the seasoa of grinding, aud smoking must be doue in the piace designated by the proprietor. Muleteers, cartriea and trave}.ers Will, on no pretext, make a tire wikia e38 than 699 métres of the cana lcids, and 3 Wii oe crigumally prosecuied who leave auy yurulDg News jrom Trinidad which reacies us th's mor Is nd.culive OF AN ENerZetG CouryMiga 1 Gue 1 of toa jurisdiction, But few encounters ported, however, aad the troogs sveat to have dulicuity in Unading tae lusursenis, A lew dea poked. AMAA veatiug do wallbag OL tue Lae Dts ivi Davu Captured aod lnueuiately suot. Was juund 12 the bag @orcular from Cespedea (coulents not taade knowa), ana jetters trom Vine une wad Ceviuia, Witch plow Lbat tuose cliels war” turaing Uielr attention entirely to wwe vurni s estates, ihe Jmpurcial of Trinidad says tual st an Ube fast ten days the fires in tual jurisdicie Iudch decreased, No repovt 1s made of these 7 aud itis evideut that the Larming of estates 13 b: carried on Lo & greater extent tian 13 made pub. A running figat of two or tires days 1s reporte, in waich the volundeers of Covadonza toox purt. stubioned at vartoud points in the jurisdictior Owing to thelr bad armament they are nut pera (0 tad® part Ia the catapaign uf Camuzary, caus. them, a8 says 4 certain jouruul, muca aiszust. From the Cinco Villas the 29'h ult. we have Account of a reconnolssance made by Licuteaaat ¢ ouel Bonilio in the mountains Of Luneues and Veguita, where were disc.vered a coustuer: quunaty of munitions and a aumber of tainil €4, w .. Were cunducted to Baez, 1wo incendiaries ‘vei killed on the estate Angel.ta, fa Remedios, ‘The vai- ance leit of & 8.nall band bad preseuted themscives asking for pardon. The chief, Kiigio Jiminez, oad been captuved aud was to be tricd by Verba: court anartial. 4 lever from Mac imsurgeut culef, Dio: lakeo place at the surprise aud capiure of the cn campmens Les Barros, He was tue principal aad iwost active cusef in that locality. According wo the Voz de Cuba the namber of sol- diers arrived here since tue openimg of Whe wsurree {ivi 13 $4,609, Seuor Gutierrez de 1a Vega, the former po itical Goweruor here, returned to tus city in the Co.dins bia, tuougu for Wiat purpose 1s uot Known. Air. EuWard Leo #lum), jae Cousul General m Havana, goes Norv w-day ou tae Columbia. Some 5, anish adswirers have preseated him with a written testimonial, extensively signed, commendiiag te Lack wud courtesy With Wich ius arduous uuuics uss) been performed nere, ‘Tue spiric of tae voluntesrs of this city can * gathered from ihe folluwiag tewgraims. Ib shoula premised tags tue First batialon are protecuug lates La the Pyar dei Rio: — PINAR DEL Rro, Dee. 30, 1869. COMMANDANT OF PRINOTPAL GUARD, Ha. ana:— alate thely brothers cs was held ® sums: exvcutiou, ‘By order of the Colonel. ANTONIO MAURA, Adjutant. bh A Hio Exosunrnoe Tan CouoxEL ov Tux Finer Ba‘. TALL ‘Yue Biath offer thelr salutations to their brothors of the First and felicitate thom upon tae good acrvice atforded tae country. How waoy are the execated / Auswel by vider of Colune! RUS&NDO VILLAVERDE. PINAR DEL KIO, Dec, 20, 1864, ‘The Commandant of the Guard of Frevenvion of Paar + Rio salutes his orothers of the Guard io Uavana. Tee. Vena was shut to-day. JO3e DIA JiLusias YACHTING, The New Xuglish Yachting Codes Lonvon, Dec, 20, 186% To TUE, EpITOR OF BeLt’s Lirs iN LONDON:— In the beginning of this year there was a “Yach Congress,” which, atter several meetings and muci- Parade, produced @ code of salling regulations, m- vended to be aged in o!l matches and supersede all the then existing reguations. Pertaps one of your correspondents would imiorm me wheter any matcn has been sailed under ine regulations of Le code. 1 was ausent irom kogland duriug part of summer, aud uerefore did not lead my Leli regu larly, otherwise I ehould not trouvie you with .be question, Yours, &e. CG, a. PEDSSIRIAMI.M. An English Peer Aguinst Time. ‘From the bubila Evening Mail, Dec. 23.) Lord albert Pelham clntou recently undert fon w bet of lity pounds @ side co Walk, Wituouls previous beeen tn miles im two hours. 4 urucles stipulated that the match should cuine within tnrce days, Ten pounds @ side was post and tne remulniag forty, pounas a sido wade youd Gu the following day. ‘Lhe buckuey Wick grou.d Was nelected, Betting at the start was thie to tro on time, and before the completion of the tuird 11.8 0Le.8 of two to Oae Were uot responded to. “At @ fair pace the pedesiran started, but without any prevenstuns to style, bis ieet coming Gown tus Oud heavily ac every stride. ‘ine first mile occupied Lim, 108.; the second, 1lin. 3$8., and the third, iim, 478.; 80 that, reckouing on tue average ot a ule in twelve minutes, he had but im. 12s. to spare, and seewed to be growing worse every lap. in tus twenty-second round his lordsiip began vo recover, and now getung ts “secoud wind” paced wioug In better #iy.e, duing the fourth mine in tweive secon” faster thau the previous Oae. ‘Pho flika ime wa ten secouds quicker thaa the Jvurti, and hal th distance Was cumpleted in 67m. dus, of zm, 43. 1 hand. He pow began to take it caer, wud the sixt mile occupied Lim, 668.; the seveniu, Liun Jom: th eigutd, 11m. 608; the ninth, 12m, 63., wad the law mie 1 Lim, 648.; the entire distance being 2s Ab. 60m. 676, OF SEL. Os BLCAd Of time, y a Sautl kspiritu, commencing on the 21st .Decemve. J) ny | had txe usual resuit These volunteers have pesa &! i Says that the death of the 10 Borges, is reported wv have }