The New York Herald Newspaper, March 9, 1870, Page 4

4 EUROPE. | Engiand’s March to Democracy Re- ported from St. Stephens’. Premier Gladstone Introducing the Irish Land Bill in Parliament. Tho United States Mission at the Russian Court and the Czar’s Invitation to the President. Political Disorganization and Military Pauperism in Madrid. ‘The HERALD special correspondents in Europe Supply the following interesting and highly valuavle Tevorte Of the progress of events in Eugiaua, Russia nd Spain to the latest mail date from the Old World, ys ENGLAND. Bugiend’s Progress Towards Democracy The Irivk Land Bill-Sketches in the Impe- vial Parliam LONDON, Feb. 22, 1870, THE IRISH LAND BILL—OUTSIDE. On the afternoon of Tuesday, the 10th inst., the long and anxiously expected Irish Land bill was 10- $rodaced into the House of Commons. The hour ‘was five by St. Stephen's clock, and the man was Mr. Gladstone. Great expectations were of course 4m the ascendant; but except tn the interior of the Chamber itself there was no outward or vistble @ign of excitement. Had the measure related to England we would bave had the rowdles of East London pouring down to Westminster 1m thousands and tens of thousands—cheering Jona Bright for his radicalism, hissing Disraeli for mi: conservatism, “chafing” the Peers for their liveries anu state foot- men, and loudly expressing their conviction with respect to reforms and corruption in ligh places. As it merely affected Ireland, however, whose peri- Odical cry for justice and redress bas for years gone up luke the smoke of a great torment, ne!ody but hon- orable and right bonorabie legislaiors themselves seemed to take any interest in the matier, or to de- note by their behavior that anything of portance ‘was on the eve of transpiring. Land bills for Ireland had been so frequently introducea; so frequently patched and cobijled, and shued and sported with; so frequently rejected and cast aside, that the peo- ple had come (> regard the cry of “fair dealing to- ‘Wards landlord ‘and tenant’ as the easy people in the fable regaraei the cry of “wolf;” ana so there ‘Was quiet in the streets, and no excitement. INSIDE. While, however, such was the state of matters Outside, adairs presented quite a different aspect in- Side the legisistive palace. Westminster Hall and ‘the ordinarily sleepy precincts of the House awoke @arly in the afternoon to an abnormal activity. ‘There was much driving and running to and fro, and hurrying mi hot haste, and an air of anxiety was clearly traceable on the faces of the people's repre- seatatives as they drove up in their caus and stavely family coaches and made their way hurriedly within, Te: wh messengers, election agents, beareris of news] Tr despatches, Iiveried servants trom ‘the clubs, idiers, policical dilettant and a mis- ceV\aneous crowd of onlookers came and went, all Bjcofeasing to be directly interested 10 the question of the bour and exhibiting quite a republican readiness to discuss lt with any one Wo chose to ec..ter the STRUGGLE FOR SEATS. Grandiose Westminster Palace, which has cost tne nation nigh unto two millions of money, bas been Yound by experience to be about the most ii ar. Tanged and inconventent meetiug piace that could have been devised for our great national palaver. Six hundred and Aity-eight representatives there are ‘in all, but sitting accommodation Las only Deca pro- vided for avout 400. Consequently, on nights of im- portant debates a keen struggle and competition for seats occurs, and it is no unusual sigat to see proud country gentiemen who are Loe owners of broad acred estates, sons and heirs of noble dukes and acions of the haughtiest families in the land squat- ted upoa the floor, some with their arms akimbo like mere ordinary mortals, othors with their legs Fare crossed alter the iashion of taliors and ‘urks. On the present occasion the demand for seats is vy Do means so great as I have freq iy Known it; avery early hour, is suMciently above the average to warn the spectator that an enunciation of ministerial pol- = is athand. Prayers are gladly got torocgh, and while hungry and expectant Senators await the ad- vent of Mr. Giadstone a contuscd babel of conversa- tion prev: What the goverument intend to do, what they don’t intend to do; wuat Ireland expects, ‘what she does not expect; what Irishmen will ac- cept, what they will reject; what the eifect of the land legisiation will be in America, and whether it Will exasperate or Conciitate the great Irizh commu- nity of the States, whose influence has made itseif felt 4o much tu the Motner country—ail these wopica come in for their share of discussion, and the notse of many Voices Waxes ever iouder louder, while those who are assembled anxiousiy jong for the ar- Tivai of the Hour and the man, ARISTOCRACY. While we in the Commons are waiting and hum- ming, sniffing snuff and exchanging greetings, tak- ing possession of benches on the urditary principle of “Oxity of tenure” and languidiy scannitig the pro- ramme of busivess, hosts ot duscingutsked anu most iustrious visitors enter the galleries and attract our atvention. Dukes, earis, Darous, princes of tne Diood, archbishops tn their aprous aad shovel bats, dipiomatists nud ambassadors, pour in tn rapid sac- cession and fill the high benches, where, in the Midst of royalty And aristocracy, the figure of the late American Minister, Mr. Adams, used for so many years to pe conspicuéne, but which as bow replaced by liverary Mr. Motley. Proudly and with au air of Conscious superiority they arrive, hheralaed by ovsequious doorkeepers; and as they take their seats a Duzz of inquiry goes round among ‘the Baottaus of the Lower House as to wuo 13 who— Who tue tall stranger in the piain surtout; who the squat, globose individual decorated with orders and Insignia. Yonder in the corner, with his brow rest- ing on nis hand, as though he were wishing to es- cape ovservation, is Karl Granville, leader of per Majesty's government tn the Upper House, and at one time (ere the star of Giadstone rose in tuc ascend- ant) \believed to be whe ofly possibie Prester for Great Britain. The nobie lord suffers from the twinges of hia hereditary enemy, the gout; but he quakes not, neither displays any agitation. Biand, Suilling, pieasage and altogether open ana candid 18 his face, like that of 9 man who can afford to take the world easHy, without vexing hig nerves or wast- ing his tissues. No man in broad England bas a readier wit, @ More pungent stuck of repartec, @ more adroit aptitude of politica! feace, a more genial mode of address, or a more persuasive or concilia- tory manner. Auy one looking for the tirst time into bis broad, honest Saxon countenance could tell (What in reality is the fact) that be ioves humor within the bounds of becoming mirth, 1s accom- plished in ali the light arts of aiver-dinner speaking and is aman in @ thousand fora rout or wedamg breakfast. For the ttme being ne bas left the Peers of the Upper House to Jead themselves, and he sits watching for the advent of Mr. Gladstone, whose oratory Le so much adwmires, and whose political disciple be 18 well satistied to be. Presently there 18a rustie, the doorkeepers are thrown into @ flutter, we in the Gommous crano our necks Lo look upwards, and in steps royalty it- Gell ih the persons of two of the sous-in-law of her Majesty. Vecrs whose domains are wide aud wea!ta favulous, meckly wake Way for Lue visitors, Who are no other than Prin iristian and Prince Yeck. The two offer @ strange contrast, the former being stout, Horid, siigbuy bald, ana nair with the characteristic fairness o/ the German nation, and we latter slim, Gark and comvionplave in form and feature. ‘they take possession of tue chief seats of tne synagogue, by the side Of the robust end somewhat se ing Duke of Cambridge, wao, by virtueor a: ship to the Queen, bas tue honor of comman British army. 9) ators remark thas whe reels Prince bake the in the usual way, he only rec 4 ‘ec! - nizes Prince Christian with a distant nod of the Teak of ber Toough married to one of tie dauguter Majesty, the Prince is not upon over gyon te, weyeral meinburs of the royai family, ‘Tne Pri Wales, tt is well known, s@t his face agains: the riage, and for @ considerabie time would hol communion with his new relative, and his of Cambridge, following suit in tue matter, also pre- served towards him a waty and detlaut reserve Which tt can easily be scen is not yet dissipated. Andaow, just as ube Lour for bringuig in the Land bili approacnes, there comes 1p another nobic- man, Whow vue Peers weicome and for whom they gi make way. Kemarkabie neither for the pos session of orders or decorations, broad sires or re- tainers, huge reut-rolis or chariots, Lord Cairns yet Sakee bis seat among the proua English aristocrac) with the familiarity of an equal, aud with the guict sell-] of # Man whose power arid pesition = is Lo see Lis nan Of me |) pbrauge it peop: 89n 0) ublin widow, Who had to straiten herseif grievolig! oy ie scnool Joes-—iis self-piade geuius, who, \IKS many of out Engitsh Lord Chancellors, has spruag fron fe | grades Of socicly—sirange It is tO soe Lim aie the accepted equal Of noblemen, whose blue low stretches back to Agiucourt wud the times of the Piantageupm, Y@t ue not only sits among them, ous saapes their cougsels and wields & deep ioigeuce over shelt aciious and opluions. this Lordlup, as Y NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1870.—TRIPLE SHEET. yonere aware, succeeded the late Lora Derby vo party in the House y position solely b bis Tr. Lacking te, THR HOUR AND THB MAN. natu! ted to remark upon \d here I am. rally prompued te Tae alras one, anon 3 was nearly Lui 0 tuler a nobleman or the scion of @ noble house to Peel Mr. Gl leads and guides in admission to the Seonaibllity of the public administration. Titlesand wealth were the only avenues to pone aes conservative tendencies the only recommendat to positioa, With the downfall of Wellington, however, there came & change over the traditions and tenden- cies of Briush politics, Democracy began sensibly Lo assert itself, and since that time radical opinions bave been growing, stre: ig and ex! og with a rapidity Wat bas carried dismay into the hearts of te antiquated ariatocracy, more eapeyelly as that rapidisy has been greatly accelerat by househoidesudrage. Consequently we only Mr. Giadstone at the headoi one of the strongest administrations Of late times, plebean Mr. Disraeli with nearly the whole of the Eugilsh conservatism under his thumb, Lord Cairns with the Peers in les! but Mr. John Bright, whose notions upon the bailo! and Anierican institutions caused him im tho good old Palmersvoniaa days to be a hissing and reproach toomMcinisi, one of the guarding spirits of the Minis- try, aod a not unprobabie Premier at no distant date. Possibly some of their 1ordships muignil- nesses bethink themsei these sel anxiously lookti m upon the assembled representatives of the je, Wondering whether or not the to them rights of property are to be iniringed by the billa about to be introduced. When at length five o'clock sounds sonorous from clanyorous Big Hen, and Mr. Gladstone sprit up from the lreasury Bench in nis own swift and impa- “ent manner, to begin his task, the House presents @spectacle suc as perhaps no other assembly in the world could surpass. All that is great and learned aud wealthy and iofuential in Kogiand 13 gathered here within four narrow walls. Beuches und seats are crowded to tnconventence, and hon: orable gentiemen are wedged and packed togetne! thick as tne leaves in Vailombrosa. All faces are turned intent to one spot—all eyes and ears and at- tention are concentrated in One focus, and that spot aud focus 18 Mr. Gladstone, who hes the des- tiny of lreland and peruaps the peace of the empire at present in his keeping. Just as he rises, and be- Tore be has time to start off upon his dimvuit fight of oratory, there rings through the house a cheer that warins the heart makes the nerves danc3— @ Cheer which causes the ears of Whoso hears to tin- gie, which can be raised only by Anglo-Saxon lungs and robust county geatiemen trained to deld sports aud the lusty career of fox hounds. Calmly, and in measured and almost solemn tones, the right honorable gentleman begtus nts oration. ‘There isa hush and a great silence, and ali listeners are charmed. Such powers of speech, such ready com- mand of language, such easy and dignified rictorio and suca gilts of impassioned eloquence have beea given to Do otuer politician of the present genera- tion, with the one single exception of John Bright, Full, clear, mellifuous, his voice rings out, peneira- Ung the remotest regions of the chamber aud caus- ing all who listen to feel how persuasive 1s cultivated elocution and musical —_intona- ton. For @ space he is eloyuent and im- pressive, but when he comes to the details of his Tueasure, his voice beoomes more business-like aud colloquial, and he gets rid somewhat of his oratori- cal atiectation. it 13 no easy tavk to maintain the interest of a bighly educated and fastidious audience for upwards of three hours, but Mr. Gladsvone achieves this feat without any very perceptible effors, For fully that period he keeps the atteation of all rivited, leads captive their feelings and charms their senses. Here and there, in the midst of the cum- brous details, he break#away from commonplace, and soars aloft into noble sentiment and swelling period, the assembiage cheering with that intensity which, 1n its {ullest volume, sounds like the breaking of neavy waves upon the shore, THE SPEECH. Taken as a whole the oratiun was not equal, in pomt of oratorical effect, to Mr. Gladstone's best efforts. It lacked tne impassioned fervor of bis famous reform speeches in 1866, and was not characterised by tme lofty eloquence and vating declamation of his speech upon the Irish Church last year. ‘The perora- tion, however, was equal in its way to anything which the Prime Minister nas achieved. Voice, eye, gesture, were all in perfect accord with nis senti- ments; ana he sweft along in his rhetorical course impressive and magnificent as @ Koman triumph, endiog witha flouriaa thas bad in it something of grandeur and of scholariy mnspiration, WHAT THE SPEECH CONTAINED. Noble lords and princes of the blood chuckled With inward hawkeye-like chuckling as the speech proceeded. Hungry radicalg turned uneasily on their seats and looked at each other with frantic dismay a8 proposition after proposition was re- vealed. Scarcely could the Peers conceal their satis- faction that the democratic government, whom they fear, but are forced to obey, had supmitted a land bill which contained nothing revolutionary. The divine “rights” of: property were, alter all, to be Tespecied; and they rejoiced. Suil less hardly could tne Irish repubitcans conceal their dissatisfaction at What they considered to be the miserable mouse ‘Waich the oitictal mountain had given forth. Wild expectauons had been cuerished with respect to Wuat s ministry would do that had for one of its moving spirits democratic Jolin Bright; and great, therefore, was the disappointment among the ad- vanced and extreme liberals, Heartily tney cherished the hope of good things, put they found that the spirit of old whigism, tnough fast going, is not yet dead, The Clarendons and De Greys and Argyles aud Cavendishes had proved too strong for them, and in the bitverness of their feelings many of their thoughts turned to Mr. Bright, whose radical- lam they are beginuing to think is being leavened py his aristocratic bedioliows of the Cabinet, What the essential propositions of the bill are have been already communicated to you by telegraph. ‘They are extremely simple and can be explained in a couple of sentences. Lng the bili may be de- scribed as a legalization of irish oustoms with re- Bpect to the tenure of land. For many Pg past certain customs bave prevailed tn ireland by which 4. was the babit of landlords and tenants to regulate their mutual relationships, ‘The best known of these 1s What is called toe Ulster tenant right, which se- cures the farmer's compensation for improvements In the event of his being turned off the land by his proprietor. ‘These customs it is the intention of the bill to perpetuate by giving them the force and sta- bility of law and by creating @ special judiciui tri- bunal for the trial and adjustment of differences be- tween landlord aud tenant. ‘fhe Irish demanded perpetuity of tenure, and Mr, Gladstone has given them only security. Wa? WILL THRY DO WITH IT? is the question that is begiining to arise on every side. Comparatively easy it 18 co foretell what Par- lament will do with 1t, but it is not so easy to pre- dict what action wili be taken upon the matter by Irishmen themselves, The general impression 15 that the bill wit pasa. So moderate is it in its pro- visions, 80 little does it interfere with what are called the “rights of property,’’ so entirely free is it from even the tint of coniigvation or revolution, that the conservatives, it ts believed, will unite with the Ministry and the elder whigs and inscribe tie measure on the statute book. At all events, if this combination is effected the bill will besafe. But spite of the most promising of assurances it is very dificult to say what course may be adopted by Ben- jamin Disraeli. He loves office and hates the whigs too heartily not to take full advantage of any golden Opportunity that May present itseif. This he is sure to have in the anger and dipotistaction ot ae Ror: Catholic section of tl louse. That large Dany hate tho pill with @ cruel hatred, ana are almost speechiess with indignation that such a scheme as it ewbraces should have been pro- pounded. Pledgea at the hustings to support uone but a revolutionary measure, hounded on by constituents whose hatreg of the Saxon is as deeply rooted as 1% is impiacable, the eed of the Irish representatives who were such close allies with the government in the congenial work of pulling down the Sstablished Church last session, will this year be found to be their bitterest and most unrelenting foes. Furious Sir John Gray, who 1s one of the leadcrs of the party, and the proprietor of per- bapa the most imfluential newspaper of Dublin, uu- able to contatn his Seelings, rusned tato the lobby as soon as Mr. Gladstone satdown and telegraphed to the Irigh capital—“The bill cannot, must not, shall not pass!” Eight days will be guimficient to set Ire- land ablaze over the matter, and if the conservatives: love the gratification of political revenge better than the security of what tney call the ‘rights’ of their own order, three tnontls may not elapse before Ben- jomin Disraeli once more wielas tbe destinies of England. Mr. Gladstone, nowever, caiculates much upon the readiness of the conservatives to accept a moderate measure, rather than have an immoderate one thrust upon them by their own ciefs, and | am Inclined to believe that events will prove him to be in the right. I have wstrong feeling that the bill wili pass. RUSSIA. Tho Barlingame-Chinese Reception at Court— State Formalities and Imperial Honor—The Emperor Alexander on President Grant’s Visiting EuropeWould Like “To See Him in Russia”—The Grand Duke Alexis on His Projected Viskt te America=Abe Lincoln’s Memory, St. Pereassvne, eb. 17, 1870. The formatities of Mr. Burlingame’s reception yes- terday by the Kmperor ahd the Empress of Russia Were in exact accordance, with the special cere- monial,acopyof which I sent the HuRaLpatew days since, At twelve o'clock uoon Mr. Burlingame and the otherenvoys of Chinagtook their seats in # court carriage drawn by four horses, which had been sent for them. The secretaries followed in two other carriages, cach drawn by two horees, Upon ay rine at the grand entrance of the winter paitte, Which faces the river Neva, the envoys of China were met at the door by a court fourrier and two royal heraids, in the antechamber by the Chief of she Department of Ceremonies, and in she Field Marshal's Hall by the Commander ofthe Palace, In this ball a guard of honor was stationed. Passing om further through the Alexander Hall they made @ halt in the Yellow Chamber, where tea the party passed om to the ® company of greuadiers wore ot hoaor, Here they were re- Gi r Chamber, where the Emperor ang Ka) wi Teceive them. Op presenti of ci Mr, Burlingame made the ress which Tent in my letter. ‘To this address the Emperor answered in a specch which closed with the seutence:—“1s is, @t tae same time, very agreeable tome (o see the interests of China ‘represented by the citizen of a friendly State with which we ure In partioular sympatny,’’ Both Mr. Burlingame’s address and the Emperor's answer were delivered in the French language. ‘Tne Emperor spoke English as soon as these frat formalities were over, and asked Mr, Burlingame z 9 Cpe Meo Me: fa rere gomins to jurope, og woul most gratifying to him to see tue President of the United States io Mr. Burlingame now spoke of the projected visit to America of the Grand Duke Alexis, the third son of the Emperor and the future Grand Admiral of Russia, saying (hat he would receive a generous and beariy welcome. ‘I'he Kmperor nereupon' called the Grand Duke, WhO was at @ short disiance in an otuer 4 of tae chamber, and presented Mr. Buclin- ame to him, In reference to America,*the Grand Duke said that he had beard much of the heartiuess of American looked it pleasure ‘the Emperor now spoke of the kindness with which the Russian feet, under Adaural Li in esotsky, oan received the resolution of Congress, brougit to Russia and delivered to him by Mr. Fox, In fact he enumerated all the differcat acta of cour tesy and kinduess performed by America during the last ten years, He also spoke of events in America since tae beginning of the rebellion, and referred with muca feeling to tue President Linco and the greac work which he done. On toe conclusion of this conversation Mr. Bur- resented the other members of tae Em- a the Empress, who spoke Alter the @udience Buriungame was presented to tne Empress, ‘the bmbassy was now conducted to the Yellow Chamber, waere a iuuca was in readiness for them. Tne service was of gold and all the appointments we of unsurpassed magaiiicence. ‘ine Chinese were much struck by the reception and did not hesl- tate to say that it wus the inest toey had yet re- ceived in any country. Prince Gortchakoil, who ls unwell, had made é! forts to be present at the audience and was partic larly plies at the ailusion made to America and Mr. Burlingame’s nationality at the close of ti Bmperor’s answer. The fact that Mr, Burlingame 1s aQ American citizen was @ large ele- meut in the character of the audience. as ts seen at once from the suort description given here. ‘There was @ cordiality and beartineas in the man- mer and conversation of the Emperor that were called forth by Mr. Burlingame’s nauonality. “'taat was the Amecican element. Tue splendor aad mag- nificence were for the Cuinese, ‘The Emperor and Empress for the first time, I am told, received an embassy together. it 1s usual for the Emperor to receive alone, and tbe Hmpress afterwards, this was also in accordance with the cerewonial drawn up on this occasion. A change, however, was made 1n tis point on account of the extraordinary character @nd importance of the Embassy. America; mentioned SPAIN. The Political Prospect Still Gloomy—Faction, Division and Danger—Prim Sitting on ao Volcano—Condition of the Army—An Officer im a Cafe and His Appearance—His Poverty and .Timely Relief—Carlism—The Great Powers Alarmed—French Military Refugees. Mapm1p, Feb. 21, 1870, The political norizon is becoming darkened, and tempests are near at hand. The Unionists and radi- cal parties do not pull together, and if they should fali out s hurricane must follow. ‘Numerous com- plaints have been brought forward by republican and Carlist Deputies respecting gross abuses com- mitted by government authorities during the late eiectigns, Discontent pervades all classes of society ‘and a general outbreak is shortly expected. That the present state of affairs cannot last much longer 1s most evident, but what will succeed the present government is somewhat difficult to conjecture. The main support of the present Ministry is giving way, the great military wall of the Prim govern- ment is becoming undermined and if not at once repaired the whole fabric will come tumbling about his ears. Saturday being the interpellation day Sefior Ochoa asked the Minister of War if it were true thata large number of officers nad refused to receive their pay with the ten per cent discount or, in other words, if agrand military strike had commenced, and if it were true that many oMcers were in such reduced circumstances as to be obliged to ask alms. Prim sald that ue had no notice that such was taking Place. If yourcorrespondent had been allowed to speak he could bave told the House that only afew days ago he went to a café to meet a political friend, and while breakfasting ooserved an officer of rank, in uniform, sitting near and reading some docu- ments. The man’s haggard face told a tale of sad wunt or fearful dissipation, and as he eagerly watched every mouthiul 1 took I coud not help thinking of the London urchins I have at times observed fatiening their noses against the window panes of a cook's shop; but as bis position dispetied any idea about tus being in want I felt annoyed at his want of education, aud returned his stares 80 as tomviteanexplanation. On Jeaving the place he fol- lowed. To maxe sure that he was following me I stop- a. an acquainiauce and commeneed talking with im, When my roilitary friend also stopped. On ar- riving at the Hotel de Russia the officer envered likewise, and as 1 was abont to mount the grund staircase he touched meon the shoulder. We are in Spain, and 1 naturally expected a duel was on the ‘‘tapia,” and as is my custom when insulted, Was resolved to fignt it out on the spot without watt- ing for secouds, and with the arms rature has kindly provided me with,’ when the officer, with whom I expected to have # serious quarrel, told me such a tale of woe and misery as would have meliea Sterne’s Uncie Toby to tears I gave the officer such relief as I could afford, for which he returned me a worid of thanks, and after shaking my hand hear- tily between both of nis, left, as he sald, to rejoice nis wife and oe: From Bayonne I hear that the Oarlists manage to send across the frontiers into Spain as many arms and as much ammunicion as they like, and it 1s well kMown that they count on jarge pecuniary resources for their tngended invasion. It is said that Don Alfonso, brother of Don Carlos, is sppointea Viceroy ot best l tig ere ong and Valencia; General Elio, the four asgue provinces, and for General (abrera is reserved the posts of Generalissimo of the Royal Forces and Lord High Admiral. Some grandecs aud oitet aniards of rank are beginning Co return Irom Paris, to which Place they had banished themseives on account of the downfall of the Bourbons, ‘nis {s @ pretty sure sign that they nave given up all Hopes of the return of the falien dynasty. e families on the point of leaving the French capital, says mY correspondent, are the Duke and Duchess of Alba, Duke and Duchess de Rapaido, Duke and Duchess de Medinaceili, Mar- quis de Lema aud some others. it is current that some of the nobility here, finding the return of the Queen impossible, have resolved to support the cause of Don Carlos. A day or two ago there was f good deal of talk ebout diplomatic notes that had veen received from London and Paris, pointing out the danger of keep- ing up she political crisis, and urging a prompt set- Vement of the Spanish king quesiion, The conver- sation bas now taken another turn, and the notes have beea otherwise interpreted. It appears that several! European governments, observing the rapid progress of repubiicanism 10 their countries, have exchanged notes touching tne expediency of making @ Vigorous opposition to the propagation of wat doo- trine trom Spain. In expectation of another serious outbreak in Spain troops have beeu ordered to the di v9 Places most threatened, such as the Basque pro- vinces, Navatra, Catalonia aud Avdaiusia, Batal- lions of Chasseurs de Reus, de Mendigarria, de Al- colea, de Alcantara, and de Arapiles are under marching orders, Tueir destination, however, is not known. ‘be Spanish Consul at Bayonne has asked the French government to send into the interior several Spanish emtgres of note, who are on the frontier conspiring Lo overtnrow the present govern- Ment and superintending the introduction of im- mense quautities Of arms and ,other war stores. Rumors were on foot yesterday that hostilities had already commenced i the northern provinces. 1 shortly afterwards learned from ine proper quarter that no outoreak had taken place yet, bul that troops had been demanded. ‘Troops have aiso been sent in pursuit of bands of armed men. It 1s not yet known, nowever, whether they are isurrectionists or “ban- didos." A few days ago the sood folks of the town of Fi- gueras Were much wiarmed at hearing thai a large number of horsemen bad peen discovered at some distance trom the town, and, asthe uulforms were not known, they were set down as new Carllst regi- ments, Later, however, the supposed Carilsts turned out to ba a squadron of French cavairy that appeared to have beer compromised in the late dis- turbapces in France and had fed to Spain. An Austrian Shot In the Vatican. The Roman correspondent of the Eastern Budge, at Vienna, writing on the 19th of february, says:— The news of Count Beust’s note on the Syllabus, which i was cnabled to communicate to you by telegraph iast Tuesday, has produced a great sation here, ‘Ihe note is addressed to Count ‘aulimansdorf, the Austrian <Ainbassador av Kome. Lt warns the Vatican most carpestly syalnay taking any stops which may be tn opposition to the Austrian constitution, or lead to encroachments on the righta of the Austrian State, and declares tae determination of the Austrian government not to supreasink i rake ao ayold congieta between the ex: 18) ay ueand the © tirely inde: any State and ‘This note ts en ot otras yagresment which may be entered wers in the event of nae derstand, purely a a} neous act, consequen' his having Tecetved: information that twenty. Ferrans tt atte tt et a jeue canons condemn certain laws witch of the Austrian constitution, and forbid the lies in the empire to obey th and the Count con- sidered it necessary at once to express bis views on the subject in order that his silence should not be co nstrued into consent, I learn that the government has decided to punish, with the utmost rigor of the law, any priest in Austria who may publish the new canons. It 13 remarkable that all the Austro-Hunga~ Tian bishops, -8ix tn number, Who are now pres- ent at the Council belong to the opposition, with the single exception of the Bishop of Brixen. FOREIGN MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. An English company bas offered $700,000 for the gaming institution at Saxon, in Switzerland. - ‘The wealthiest mercnant in Russia, Mr. Gromof, lately died and left his neirs the modest fortune of 22,000,000 roubles, A snark was recently caught in the channel be- tween Dover and Havre which measured seven feet in length and weighed two hundred pounds, Paris has ieee chiffonniers (as pickers), 6,000 of whom are licensed and 3, shtertopers. ‘Their aggregate gains are 5,600,000 francs per annum. The Burgomaster and council of the small town of Almelo, in Holland, have forbidden in the public streets for fear of accidents by fire. The manufacturers in Holland have petitioned the government tu send @ commercial and diplomatic extraordinary mission to China. It is reported that the Turkish government has de- cided to solve the Church question in Bulgaria by dec!aring its independence. A powerful ,company has been formed in St, Petersburg fof the purpose of working the coal de- posits in the Caucasus, ‘The new Russian settlement of Krasnovodsk, on tne Eastern shore of the Caspian Sea, has to be abandoned on account of the want of fresh water. at Warsaw, in Poland, several Isdies have been fined twenty-five rubles each for not rising. Se their seats during the recital of the prayer for Russian imperial family. At Stralsund two schoolboys quarrelied lately and fought a duel with pistols at Mfteen paces. One had a bullet through his jacket, and the otuer would have been pibet but for @ cigarcase that he carried in bis reas! A quartermaster in the French na’ Toulon, was surprised recently ms formed him that he was heir to the @ fortune of $500,000, Igualada, # town in Catalonia, is under a reign of terror, caused by @ band of forty robbers, who mur- dor and steal wherever anything can be found. ‘hey live in the town and are well known, but no one dares to arrest them. Many people have left the city. A jeweller’s assistant was recently robbed in the streets of Paris of $80,000 worth of jewelry by a man and@ woman. The latter threw herself around his neck and the man felled him by a blow on the head. Most of the property has been recovered and the guilty couple arrested. Recent French medical statistics have demon- strated two facts worthy the serious attention of the better halt of mankind, ‘he frst is that since wo- men have loosened their corsets the annual mor- tality has decreased 1834 per cent. The second is that since women have loaded their heads with hideous chignons cerebral fevers have increased ‘12% per cent. ‘The Spanish fournals record a fearful crime that has been committed near Valencia, A band of mea entered 8 country house by a bole in the roof, at night time, gud bound and ga; the proprietor, nie wife and eldest son, Tae hve ‘Other Gaularen were then brought into the of their heipiess parents and the ruMans tore their tongues and eyes out. They then cut tne feet of the father and son and hung the bodies head downwards by means of ropes fastened to the tendons of the legs. With ling victims still writhing in their agony ‘the wi coolly ared some breakiast and sat down to partake of ‘wo men have been arrested On suspicion. SLE‘GHING UNDER DIFFICULTIES, The Snow and the Mud {a the Park and Har- lem {S.ane—Wretched Condition of the Roads. The morning of yesterday dawned auspiciously for all those who go down the road in sleighs and do business in Harlem fiane. Crispy snow crackled under the feet, tne air ws frosty, the sxy was se- reuely blue; but when the sun flushed the tace of the snow the hopes of sieighing vanished. It was at once evident that the increasing warmth would melt away tne white wintery carpet which covered the Streets, and that before the fasnionable hour of three o'clock but very little of it would be left. Nevertheless there were not wanting many enthu- siasts who, in spite of the warning weather, per- sisted im believing that a sleigh drive over the smooth roads of the Park and through Harlem lane would not be impossible. There was quite a run on fhe livery stables in the earlier part of the day; but sieighs wera at a discount at tweive o’clock, those who made haste to engage them being in an equal hurry to countermand their orders when the anre- lenting sun came out in full force. More for the purpose of seeing how many sane people had caught the snow fever and went a sleigh- ing under dificulties than from any hope he enter- tained of enjoying himself, 2 HERALD reporter en- gaged a smart team yesterday and trotted out toward Harlem. Fifth avenue, which wears its best colors in a winter carnival, was innocent of snow, but was laden with slush’ and mud of the darkest hue. From the Worth monument to the Park the avenue was bare to the pavement, though the sides pear the sidewalks were dark with bile locks of accumulated dirt gathered by the wind, solidified by the frost and soitened by the rays of the sun. Of carriages there were a num- ber, Milled with gayly dressed and beautiful women, Who tried their post to 100k as if they did not care 1 it never snowed; but slelghs were conspicuous by their absence. In the Park, however, there were several misguided people in sleighs, fying over the slush and daaning siiow water in the {aces of pedes- trians with reckless prodigality. These thumped over frozen hillocks of dirs, plunged into pools of mud and «id their very best to make the most of every foot of snow in tueir way. In the upper part of the Park the snow was deeper than in the lower, but quite a8 wet and disagreeable to travel over. Here were to be seem @ iew sleigh-mad people. Where they came from and how they got up town over the bare streets were questions often asked but never satisfactorily answered, as they shot by ip all the glory of bright furs and jingling bells. Harlem lane wae the objective point, for there 1t was fondly joped the treacherous snow would have lain low nd kept cool for a longer period than anywhere else. But mirabile dictu, the lane was even in a ‘Worse condition than the Park. The snow struggied with the water, amd the latter bad the best of the fight; mud mixed inthe quarrel anda the road floated in slusb. [t was a pitiable sight to witness the strug- gies, of the now bopelesa sleighers, whose horscs pludged in the mire. Theywere out fora sleigh ride and were bound to have it at any cost. Their at- vempts to persuade tl thick mud was the Gnest amusement to ail oo the road who had the good sense to leave their sleigh. at home and bring out carriages and buggies. An unfavorable change in the weather toward evening soon cleared Harlem Lane of {ts occupants, but now we sieighs got back to the city is @ mystery. stationed at THE LATE PRIZE FIGHT. ‘ Communication from Sam Colly cr. {From the New York Clipper, March 12. On the evening following tne battle on Mystic Island the light weight champion—Sam Coilyer— vanquished aud sadly depressed 1n spirits, returned to the Louse of his relatives at Williamsburg, L. L, where be has remained up to the present time. He naturally feels deeply chi ined at the, to him at least, utterly unlooked for termination of the en- counter, and his staveruent of the Injury be sustained in the third round (which appears inthe card be- low) may account 10 some measure, at all events, for the bewilderment characterizing bis appearance, the Wilaness of his delivery thereafter and his gen- eral fauity style of fighting. It will be observed that he was perfectly satisfied with the arrangements at tue ring side, though ine aupporters of nis opponent preponderated, but naturally ig aggrieved at the at- tempts made by some parte? to damage him un- Jusuty:— WrLiaMenuea, L. 1, March 7, 1870. NK QueRN—DEAk Six—I with you would thank Mecers. Barney Aaron, Owen Geoghegan and Billy Donnelly, through your columns, Tor Me; wiso the referes. My seconds cid ai that men could do-for me, and the coolness of Geo- ghegan jn the ring agrecably surprised me, while I know that by inking such bold stand for me, lost maay friends. Anything I can do for any of ‘these gentlemen at any time 1 yill be only too glad todo, T have ho fault to find,” Kverything about the ring Was arranged as well as my ‘and when I stepped in erery- body cout xd with, joy to think that { had such a tafe to win, [met witt a misfortune in the third round which decided the day, however. |My Lert lower muged to keep it to myself, and Could to repay those who bad come so far gbty poor show thongh, and none =o much #9 that I am ashamed to ‘The other pariy ought to fecl worse than I do, ry for they are clreuiating a report that L scaled 126} Ibs, god some say 13) Ibe. That shown a lack of common conse; for woaled I was surrounded by fd- ft. Bob smith, Dooney Barris Everybody knows that Edwards gut me at that weight, and that the Game wen would aot risk w cont on him at that weight, M; weight wae 128 Ibs., and_God and my trainer know the worl Thad to doto get (0 it. It looks mean and cowardly to make ii appear that 1 wag beaten at a waighl which he never will dare nglit at ualess he has a soft thing. If 1 had weighed aa Ouuce over 124 Ibs. Billy would not have stripped, sure. Tam, respect(ully, yours, SAM COLLYER. AARON AND EDWARDS. ‘The match between Baroey Aaron and Billy Ed- Wards 19 off. Barney, however, W vacy anxious for a tgus with Cdwards, tain was on snore receiving bis last orders, whem three distinct detonations were heard. They wore the Diowing up Of the Pluto, the pontoon and the mage- ‘ine on shore. What was the cause is unknown, as every one about the store and vessels disappeared im the explosion. Seventeen perisneda on board the Pluto, including the wife and daughter of the cap ‘ain, and nine Workmen repairing the vessel. For- tunately there were mo persons on the pontoon or im the magazine, it being the breakfast hour. The cap- tain of an iron clad lying near says the q joded first, the pomtoom next and Jryeovend = jast. The captain of the schooner says that before he left the hatchways were battened down and covered with tarpaulin, and the deck was washed. Ifit was not for this stavement one might find a very probable cause in the ouwnipresent ciga- rotte, for men bave been seen sinoking while én. gaged in the manufacture of cartridges, and it ts Only a little time ago that.a country store resotved itself into brickbats and mortar by the ean SOUTH AMERICA. False Promises About the Return of the Brazilian Army. LOPEZ'S OPERATIONS IN THE FIELD. Terrible Gunpowder Explosion on the River Paraguay. i. goin - ahead cuainmiar, ning Bis , tn im in! open 4 A Schooner, Pontoon Bridge and Maga- Some damage was rione to Yonsei. lying wt tne i: Brazilian arsenal estao! Je! 5 sine, Blows Up end eweral: | Bestattes ance nwt ew Sofan a ore a le aw: wi Lives Lost. the fiver sad sunk; @ bomb fat, @ mile away, Was overwhelmed by the wave and sunk; four irea-clads guffered some dam- age, and the buildings on shore were injured. ‘The neighboring trees were overthrown for a com siderable distance, torn up by beams and. splinters THE PARAGUAYAN WAR. A Dashing Rald by Lopez's Followors—Giving | buried into the forest by the explosion. | A and on the same day ® the Brazilians the Slip—Lopez’s Refuge | jarge quantity of dead oretunued fisn were ed. Safe—Count D’Ea Powerless—Desertere’ | asiore for a long way down, and the schooners Stories, auchor is said to have been found at the other side Bro Janargo, Feb, 1, 1870, | OF the laland, According to the last from the theatre of opera- tions 600 Paraguayans slipped through the two Bra- URUGUAY. ailian divisions and turned ap not far from tne ERUp SORE “2 Paraguay, near San Pedro. All we kuow of this | The Public ee Establish a Na- bold’ raid, almost to the Brazilian bases, is that Gen- eral Camara marched down against the Paraguay- ans and is ssid to have defeated them and taken thecommander prisoner. Whether despair or mili- tary tacticasuggested the raid wedo not know, as nothing but the bare statement given is yet received. It is now known that the Southern division, under the Comte d’Eu himself, has found tt impracticable toreach Lopez's supposed refuge at Panadero by passing through Igatemy. Besides the difficulty of feeding the troo} and horses so far from the base and the obstruction of the only Rio JANEIRO, Jan. 80, 1870, In ‘Montevideo Duncan Stewart, Mintster ot Fi- ance, was working away on the bank problem how to maintain a gold redeeming tasue of bills, A com- mission had been created, called the Committee of Pubiic Credit, to take charge of the service of the public debt and to advise the goverment, The pre- sident is Mr. Thomas Tomkinson. Another decree formed a committee of nine merchants and capital- ista to aid tue first, and the government promises to submit to both its projects relative to the publio credit and the commercial crises. Tne goverument Toad by cutting t trees into it for @ long WAY. | has also formally announced that it bas no intention there 1 @ teh or country to be passed | ro sound a national bank; that, on the contrary, 1 is through so unhealthy that the troops who | averse to such measure. Fourteen venders have tried to proceed through it were almost all seized by fever and laid up, many dying. In consequence the Comte d’Eu had gone tw the North to try to get to Panaderv from above, and only a corps of observa- tiga was to pe left at Curughaty. erters from Lopeg say he has only 1,500 men left, all suffering greatly from scarcity of food; but deserters’ talea are not much to de relied on. How- ever, the commander of the Braziliap Nortnera divi- sion keeps a number of small parties scouring the country to prevent Lopez collecting cattle (where any few remain), aud tuus starve bim into submis- sion or fight from Paraguay. Probably in time the lan will become effective and pure hunger will force his men to leave him; but the Paraguayans are Seagal and. devoted, and much time may be re- quired for this. General Gelly y Obes has gone to Para; to take commana of the Argentine troops there, General Vedia having given it up in conse- gpecne of the death of his son (a boy), who accl- lentally shot bimseit througn the heaa. General Poiidoro, commandant of the theatre of operations not mmediately under the Comte d’Eu’s immediate command, has obtained leave to recurn nome to Rio, been received for the construction of the Englism bank and the Cape St. Mary liguthouse. Tie tm- ovement of the port of Montevideo is also pro- fected and’ the government called for tenders im Europe, which were to be sent in there by the 1st of January last. Y EX-SECRETARY SEWARD. The Chamber of Commerce Congratulate Him—The Decline of American Commerce Poked Under Mr. Seward’s Nose. At room No, 41 in the Astor House the committee appointed by the Chamber of Commerce to watt upon-Mr. Seward and present him with a copy of the resolutions adopted by that body assembled yes terday afternoon, a little before two o'clock. Mr. Seward, looking extremely well and in company with Messrs. Conkling and Bussell, members of the * committee, entered the room afew moments later. A his health having broken down. round of introductions followed, the venerable ex- Secretary exhibiting his customary affability of BRAZIL. manner and vivacity of conversation as though ne ° Nee were @ man twoscore years younger. Mr, W. B. The Promised Hetura of the Brazilian Army—False Pledges—Safferings of the ‘Troope—Count D’Eu’s Appeal—in Empty Treasury—Roturn of the Lron-clads—Uolonl- zation—Ratlroads—Famiue in Matto Grosso— The Yellow Fover. Rio JANEIRO, Feb. 1, 1870, The Ministry has 1ssued its progratame for the triumphal march through this city of the National Guards and voluntecrs who are to be retired from Paraguay, but the “when’’ of the return remains buried in impenetrable mystery, and the last advices from Paraguay say they are equally as uninformed there, not the slightest indication being presented of the intention to send bac« troops, Every one is asking himself what is the cause of the strange delay in bringing back troops who have long been unneeded for the diminutive operations still required in Paraguay. In Paraguay they have been @ positive obsiacie to the operations, by con- vodge, President of the Chamber, stepped forward to offer bis own congratulations and those of the distinguished - body over which he presides at finding Mr. Seward once more among them after all his many years of arduous service He spoke of the happivess is gave them to see him home again. He alluded to our relations of a com- mercial character with other countries and how our commerce had suffered in the recent rebellion; but he trusted that restrictions would be soon remov: that we would soon become owners of vessels nolonger be mortified by having all our carrying trade done in foreign bottoms. He thought if our merchants were allowed to buy wherever they could do so cheapest our commerce would receive a new impulse and would soon revive. ir. Dodge conciudea by saying:—‘‘While you havo grown stronger by your travels the country has be- come stronger by your representation. Once more let me congratulate you and present you with a copy of our resolutions.” Here Mr. Dodge presented Mr, Sewara with # handsomely engrossed copy of the resolutions suming the scanty supplies of food brought forward, Panag 2 1p pajeniats Sauce, Riba saci Le ta thus embarrassing the supply of the flying columns | foilows:- ‘This visit of the Chamber Goes me honor, and I thank you for it, I think the record of your society should give you no tears for your future usefulness, You have always stood free and untrammeiled, not more in times of peace than in times of civil war, and preventing the mobitization so necessary to suc- ceas in the pursuit of Lopez. The Count a’Eu has for two months and more been asking orders 1n re- gard to sending back some 12,000 infantry, and | am happy to think that in my retirement you bat the government would not give the puertaiiior ines the same kindly feelings you always orders, altnongh their maintenance in Paraguay | have. Geytiemen, “1 sympathize with you in reference the present depression in our com- merce, but this 18 no time to enter upon a | discussion of such @ question, But depend upon it we have the same energy and capital that we had before the war, and we shall begin to build speedily, and redeem ourselves, and in this no nation can eclipse us. One cause for the present state of things Ican plainly see, and that is Our vast internal im- proveweuts. In a single year we nave built four thousand miles of railroads, and while this is being done commerce ts forgotten. The great shipyard of the world is on the Pacific coast. There are inexhaustible mines, extensive forests that will outlast time. ‘These are all accessible, and the great roads now building make them all the more valuable. They are building roads from Puget’s Sound to San Francisco, and trom thence roads wilt soon be constructed that will penetrate into Mexi and all these things point directly to New York, ans ‘will tn time increase her commerce. I have seen no community or people in all my travels that do not look toward the United States for help, sympathy, capital and labor, and the great avenues of tri now gbeing constructed bring us nearer to them, and New York ig the place to be benefited. As Mr. Seward finished Speakiny the gentlemen present shook hands with him and after alew mo- ments’ coaversation departed. WHO ROBS THE DEAD? The Death of Thomas J. Fliyan—A Case ef Accidental Drowning—Theft of Decensed’s Watch—Bad Look for the Police. Coroner Keenan yesterday held an inquest at the City Hail over the remains of Thomas J. Flynn, law of 69 Barrow street, who, on Thursday morning of last week, was found drowned im the doek, foot of Thirty-fourth street, North river, as hag heretofore been printed in the HaRaLp. ignatius Flynn, brother of deceased, was sworn andexamined:—He saw the body of his brother soon after it was found and identified; his large gold watch, which had considerable engraving upon it, Was missing. Bernard Leary, of 69 Atlantic street, Brooklyn. was acquainted with deceased, and saw him alive on Wednesday even! ng shortly before eight o'clock; left him at South ferry; he satd he would stop there till the witness returned; in about ien minutes after- wards the witness returned and was told by the bar- keeper where they bad been that Mr. Fiyun had gone home. David Babcock testified to finding the body in the dock on ‘thursday mornings oMcer McQuade was called, and on coming*up a Mr. Moran examined the body; there was achain in his vest which Mr. Moran puted out and found adouble cased gold cuased Watch attached to it, and returned the watch to de ceased’s pocket. br. Thomas (, Knox examined the body of de- ceased on which he found no marks of violence, and in his opinion death was caused by drowning. Captain Caffrey, of the Twentieth precinct, de- posed that the property shown was handed to him by Sergeant Lowery, who stated that be bad sent oiicer Culbert to secure the property of deceased; tue Captain bas made snquiries of a!! persons whom he thought might Dave seen aeceased, including the conduccors of the cars rupoing near Thirty-fourth street, aud could leara nothing concerning him. Officer Francis McQuade deposed that on Thurs- @ay morning he was calied to see deceased whom he found in tue water; at request of the witness Mr, Moran pulled s watch from the pocket of deceased apd put it back again; officers Cuibert and Coffee then came; the witness and Culbert went to tne station house and left Coffee in charge. Oficer Cuiper deposed that while on post om Thursday morning officer McQuade called him, when he (the witness) went alter officer Coffee; saw deccased in the waier and took a description of deceased, as given by McQuade, and went to the station house with bim; a goid watcn was spoken of in the'description; the witness was sent back by the sergeant for the effects of deceased; on returning officer Coflee Was in charge; no one, cise was there; the body was in the same posttion as when thé wit- nesa lett, face up; scveral persons came up aud with their assistance the body was taken irom the water, then the witness saw that the chain was loose aroun@ the neck of deceased; the witness took the property to the station house; there was no watch on his per- son. ‘Tnis closed the case, and Coroner Keenan, ta charging the jury, said that it was evident a larceny had been committed, and advised the jury in their verdict to recommend the proper authorities to Make an investigation. The jury found “fhat deceased came co his deatb by aceidental drowning, on the sd day of March, 1870. ‘They find that a larceny was committed from the person of deceased afier his death, aud recom- merd that the case be inyestigated by the proper guinorities sorthwita.” was a heavy drain upon @ depleted and embar- Tassed treasury, although the press was almost Unanimous in animadverting upon the procrastina- tion, and although public opinion in the River Plate had become alarmed, and is ascribing ulterior Motives obnoxious to River Plate interests to the Brazilian government. Even yet, although the offi- cial programme shadows forth retirement, the obsti- nate silence of the government and its organs Makes the majority believe that the programme is mere sop to choke animadversion and to avoid categorical declarations. The onjy palpable evi- dence of a reduction of the Braziitaa force in Para- guay is the returning of iron-clads, six ot which have come back of Jate months; but of the effective army not a man. Mr. Samuel Huggins, the American who has founded a colouy of Americans ana Brazilians in northwestern Rio Grande do Sul, within the forty mile fronuer belt of lands, which the government can grant gratuitously to settlers, writes in great spirits as to its prospects, He says about 1,200 per- sons are already located upon 360 acre gratuitous Jots, the foreigners taking vo the bottoms for agri- cuiture, while the Brazilians settle on tue tea (Para- guayan) hills to turn their aitention to its gathering. 4s the settlement is in what used to be called the Missions, it 18 mot unlikely the tea trees (1lex Paraguayensis) ound there were planted by the Jesuits ab the time when they dominated Paraguay, the Missions of Corrientes and a large- part of the Brazilian province of Rio Grande do Su}. Tne tea of Rio Grande do Sul is con- sidered to rank next to that from Paraguay, and that from the old Jesuit plantings is the best, so that some of the few Rito Grandenses who do not disdain any but pastoral Jarming are forming tea plantations where the land suits the plant. In Rio Grande the tea, mate or horoa as it is calied, is used as freely as ’n La Plata. The Minister of ('inauce bas decided that packets continue exempt from anchorage dues, notwith- standing the iaw passed last Legislature, until fur- ther instructions are issued from his ministry. in the Argentine Confeueration President Sar- miento Was a0 bis tour to Kosario, aecompanied by several of the foreign ministers. in st, Paulo the construction of the Jundiahy and Campinas extension -has been adjadicated and the pi: approved by the Presiucat. The meeting to promote ys Y Ing of @company to consiruct a Ime of railroad from Jundtaly. to list was @ succe-s- ful one, and half the necessary amount was at once subscribed. Thee capital required is estimated at $2,000,000, The scarcity of food in the province of Matto Grosso ts aggravating, and sometiines in the capital, Cuyabe, poining can ve bougnt. The government has sent up 800,000 rations of jerked beef and Tarinha from Montevideo. The almost famine in the province ts in part due vo the Paraguayans sweeping it Of cattle, and the rest to Keeping the National Guaras under arms, ieaving none to raise food. To wad tu'the troudles of tuat unfortunate province smallpox has broken out again at Corumba, trom which place three years ago it swept over the province, causing the deatns of over 6,000 of its scanty podulation, which, it may be Nemarked, Was almost entvely unvaccinated. Stuaiipox 1s very prevalent in parts of Brazil, which the coctors say 18 due to the very geveral absence of vaccina- WON, especially among the poorer classes. In Rio yellow lever continues taking its six to twelve lives a day, aud an appeai irom she sanitary junta of Kio has Created a kind of panic, Which 1s advocating the cauise of air and cieanliess, some Brazilians actually venturing to leave a pedroom door or window partlally open at night, Some doctors say, how- ever, that Wo have not genuine yeliow fever among us, but that the so-called yeliow fever Cases are Ouly exaggerated biliousnesa. However, the govern- ment has ordered the maritime hospital of Santa Isabel to be got ready. Hitherto the deaths have been almost totatly confined to foreiguers, and chiefly to those on shipboard or living uear the shore. TERRIBLE EXPLOSION. A Brazilian Vessel with Three Hundred and Sixty Tons of Gunpowder Blown Up—A Pontoon and Magazine Also Destroyed Several Lives Lost. Rro JANEIRO, Feb. J, 1870. ‘The explosion of gunpowder at the islaha of Cer- rito, at the mouth of the Paraguay, consisted of 360 tons of powder. Onthe 2d che Braziian schooner Pluto bad just received a cargo of powder she was to take to Rto, and was alongside the pontoon from which tae yowder had been transferred, The can