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i OS ER gear , ¢ f fs a be iF: war material. EUROPE. “Count Bismarck’s Circular on the Ger- man Mode of Warfare. COUNT DE CHAMBORD ON FRENCH RUIN, Mr. Mundella on the Relations Be- tween Eugland aud America, RUSSIAN HOSTILITY TO GERMANY. ‘The Inman steamship City of Antwerp, Captain Lockhead, from Liverpoo! the 19th ult., via Queens> town the 20th, arrived at this port yesterday In ad+ ance of the Cunard steamship Palmyra, which left two days belore her and is now due in Boston, The Queen Marie Antonie, wife of King Amadeus te First, was tu bave left Turin on the 23d ult. for Spain. ‘The four Prussian pioneers who blew up the rail- ‘way bridge before Longwy were all killed by the explosion. In Birmingham great activity continues in the gan trade, One thousand rifles are turned out per day. Tt is expected the Sultan will be rea‘ty to leave Chatham in the course of a few days, All her ballast 4 On board. Sub-Lieutenant Scott, who had charge of the Peyche when she ran ashore with the Eclipse expe @ition on board, has been dismissed her British Majesty's service. ‘The London eho states, but not authoritatively, that Mr, Childers has absolutely resgned, but Mr. Gladstone has not accepted his resignation. The Loudon Teiegraph rays there 1s no truth in ‘the statement made by the London Times that Mr. Childers has resigned. 1t is hoped tat he will .eed ‘only temporary rest. It is confidently stated that the Irish Education ‘wi has no chance of being introduced next session, ‘as the whole time of Parliament will be devoted to Military subjects. ‘The first foreigners to be admitted to Chatham G@ockyard, under regulations, are an Admiral of the Amperial Russian Navy and officers of his staf. ‘Visitors will not be allowed to enter any workshops or factories or to witness experiments. The London Gazetie of the 16th ult. contains the Queen’s proclamation summoning Parliament to meet on Thursday, the 9tn day of February, “for the Gespatch of divers urgent and important affairs.” In‘ormation from Rome anuounces there has been @ change in the conduct of the Prassian Ambas- sador towards the Vatican. Hitherto his attitude has been favorable. The London Times’ Berlin correspondent states that Lord Granville has accepted the proposal of Bismarck to pay for the British ships sunk at Du- clair. ‘The Russian budget for 1871 was made pubiic on the 19th ult., and shows the revenue as weil as the expenditure to be 48,990,000 roubles, Teu and one- third million roubles are devoted to the construc- ton of railways, The German troops, according toa Berlin paper, Row occupy, not partiaily but completely, tlirty- two of the eighty-six French Departments, com- prising 15,000 communes, Tney exercise in these all civil and military pewers, control the posts, telegraphs and railways, and regularly collect the taxes, GERMANY. The German Mode of Warfare. Count Bismarck has addressed a note to the North German representatives abroad, in reply to the barges made on the pari of the French government by M. de Chaudordy, against the German mode of carrying on war. Count Bismarck thinks that the @espatch in which those.charges were made could ‘only have been intended for the French public and that section of the foreign press which is opposed to _ Germany. He charges that the French have wilfully ignored the common law of nations, and says:— ‘On twenty-one diiterent occasions, wilch preclade the s iZ aioe, of accident or ke on the part of the Frenc! pe, flags ot trace have been tired upon, whi ed by a trampever sounding bis bugie. Ti . fred upon by musketrr, ur vy grape, by slugle markemen, afumes by volley eral trumpeters were Killed, - @nd the bearers of the tags of truce wounded on these occa’ sions. The Judicial aiidavie proving these cases are lying ore Count Bisma! me aid will be printed upholding al! stipulauons of the Geneva Convention, maintains that the Germins are _ &nd says that more tnan a hundred French military men are moving about at Versailles with the great- est freedom as surgeons and attendaxts, while on ’ the other hand he gives instances of the ill treatment which Germans in such occupations have received ‘ from the Frencii. He aisu alindes to the expiosive buliets which were fo at Strasbourg, and an- + Bounces that he will bring this matter before those . Who signed the Si. Petersburg Convention. At sea, 4 he adds, (he Frencn have likewise scouted inierna- Yonal law, and the German men-of-war will conse- gaently be ordered to make sale against French Bbips. He reviews the measures which the French } Boverpment has receutly waken, and says what if ‘tose who are now in power calctiaced upon remain- at tue head of the nation under ordinary con- ditions they would scout the adopiion of such “measures in the interest of the future of its country:— But the dictatorship which has assumed power in France by a coup de mecin, and which Is neither acknowledged by the * Buropean Powers nor by the people, ouly considers the Luture of the couutry tn proportion to its own fnterests and passions. The rulers in Pans and bordeaux auppress the londly utieved desire of the people for an expression of its wil! aa jorcibly us every other ‘ree utterance of opinion hy word or letter. By means of a reign of terror so arvitrary aa to be impossible in any otner Luropean country they extort Arom the people their money and their means to carry on the " Teonflict, because they foresce that its end will likewise be that © of their usurpation, Count Bismarck concludes by saying that if, in View of this state of tings, the Germans are forced - wexercise the rights of war with a severity which they regret, and which apperiains neither to the “German national character nor to their traditions, Mme responsibiliiy thereof fails upon those persons | Who, without call or justification, have undertaken and forced upon the Freuch people the conunuance ‘Of the Napoleon.c war against Germany, wile cast ing aside the traditions of European wartare. German Demands in the East. The acquisition of Saigon, in French Cochin China, for a German naval station, 28 a part of the andemnity to be exacted from France, has been dis- cussed from time to tune by the German press, and ithe Berlin Geographical Society has just issued a re- 4 Port which Is favoravie to the project. Mat the increasing German trade in Eastern Asia “renders tie constant presence of men-of-war neces {wary and that in so remote a part of the worid the German fleet requires for its protection a station mere it can rendezvous, refit anJ obtain the neces- ermany cannot becomin ist h flag for par tion in the concessions om the Chinese ese authorities, but oUcht to support Its uiplo- #3 and consuls by the presence of an ¢g The report combats the notion that . sition-of Sazon might entail au nsive colu- policy, und contends t! nt 18 well ted ciiher tor Wop itself into a color oder advisable. It de ealthy, and suggests tha German yoiunteers, who woul ‘cumstances may bes Saigon risoned by wae | Phe following letter has heen addressed vy the tof Chambord to the Union and the Gazette de impossible for me longer to keep silence. Boi hoped thatthe death of so. mauy ueroes f the field of battle, that the energetic resist- o! @ capital resigned to endure ail to keep the outside tis wats, Would spare my countr trials; but the bombardment of Paris wrings my grief a ery which | cannot The of Chrisuan kings who have made Fr: at the sight of her disasters; condemned to ty to redeem them the price of my lie, 1 my testimony beiore peoples and kings, and |, #2 much as 1am able, in the face of turope, st the most sangninary and Jamentabie war was ever waged. Who fhould speak word if Be for the era Pe Bovis, of Cioide, of Genevieve, for the m of Charlemagne, of Saint Louis, of Philip usius, and of Henry 1V.; for the capital of the cos, be avis and of elvilization? No! 1 will pod wee the 4 eity perish which each of im, ora used to call “uy good town of Paris.” Inee 1 can do noch ldure my voice shall be Ahom my extie to provest st the rum of county. voice sual cry to Barth aud to ain. Itis urged | ation or to | 1 | ittbrough ¢ Heaven, assured of meeting with the sympathy of man and awaiting the Sustige of God, “HENRI. dan, 7, 1871, BELGIUM. Belgian Neutrality—Count De Chaudordy’s Circular to M. Tissot. We are informed that, on the lith ult,, M. de Chandordy, Delegate at Bordeaux from thd Ministry for Foreign Affairs, addressed to M. Tissot, Chargé @’ Affaires of France in London, a despatch in reply to some observitions suggested to Lord Granville by the complaints of Count Hernstor® with regard to tho soi-d/sant violation of the neutrality of the Belgian territory by a few French Franes-tirours, In this despatch M. de Chaudordy shows that Qus violation was accidental and caused by the presence beforehand of Prussian soldiers on Belgial territory, aud that, on the con. trary, the neutrality of this territory is regularly and continually violated by the Prussiaus, who have theu mais escorted by aymed ublans. Prassia also | continually violates the neutrality of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg by her ulians and by detach- ents of troops, Who cross the territory of the ud Duchy to return to their corps. Finally, | Prassia retains, notwithstanding energetic de- mands, a large number of Wagons belouging to the Luxembourg Railway, as well as Swiss and Austrian Wayons, wich they use for military purposes. de Chaudordy’s despatch concludes by begging Tissot to deciare to Lord Granville that “nthe dst of her trials France has lield fast to her hopor In respecting i.ternational law, and learns with re- gret that any credit could have been given to the jeclarations of a Power which has never scru- pled to violate 1t,”? RUSSIA. Russian Hostitity to Germany. [St. Petersburg (Jan. 5) correspondence of the Lon. don News] While many people are dispose] to think that the London Conference was not only proposed by Count Bismarck for the efal settlement of the Black Sea question, but as a fresh proof of the amicable feeling entertained by the Berlin Cabinet towards this country, the Russian national pi overflows | With bitter animosity towards Germany, accusing her of leaning more end more every day to the in- | terests of the West of Lurope, and ready to give a | viovent blow at the polley Russiain the Oriental | | | question, The loudest ba) ok this subject is, of course, the Moscow Gazetie, which lor some ume past has been assuring ls reaGers #3 @ positive fact that Count Bismarck has been talked over by the persuasive eloquence of Mr. Odo Kussell, at Ver- Sailles, into a promise of supporting the English ollcy im the East; that Koumania is to immediately separated from Turkey. and that that important frontier State is to be given to and incorporared with the Austrian dominions as a compensation for the entrance of the South German States into the pew empire. Assertions and stric- tures of @ Slinitar tendency are to be fowad in abund- | ance in all the other organs Of the national party, as MU the mot Wordre had been given to work out the idea in every concelvabie shape, and the thine had gone by for speaking of j’russia and Germany in amicabic terms. The enueavor of the Moscow Gazette to represent Prince Gortchakof’s note a3 having been misused by Count Bismarck in tne in- terests of Germany, and as having led te an evolu- tion towards the Engilsh policy in the East, has at length taken roet aud begun to create a want of confidence and itveiy distrust of all the intrigues that are being concocted at Ver. Sallies and Berlin, In the present excited state @ national ty in this country with regard to We Eestern question and everything di- rectiy or indirectly conuected witn it, tne alleged impénding cession of tue Danubian Principalities to Austria, and the rumors of the declaration of the independence of Roumania, as well as the amicable Janguage of Count Bisinarck’s despatch to Vienna, have not failed to create an intense sensation and to give rise to an uncoworiable teekng of Insecurity aod doubt, that finds a responsive expression 1D ihe patriotic articles met with daily im the press. The confereace ou the Euxine question is looked upon here as the touchstone of Vrussia’s lature polley and conduct towards this country, and the result 18 expected with imore than usual curiosity and excileucnt, while tt is considered by ali parties: as an ulier impossibility that Russia should make even the most wifling concession to obtain 4 pacific solution of the problem. Ii 1s a very long time since the attention of our politiciaus bas been absorbed So much by foreign policy aud our relauons with ocher countries as at present, and even the preliminary steps that are being taken for the intro- duction oi the bew law of conseripuon are not so much ventilated :n the press and in political circles as they Were three weeks ago. That the Germans are working in secret at some plan for establishing their preponderauce on a firm footing is considered here as an lucontroverllbie fact ever since Lorenz Stein potated out at Vienna the danger to which Austria wouid be exposed by the Kussian dominton of th: Black Sea ma long article, to waich a mas- terly reply and compiete refutation was written by our acaueniician, W. Besobrasoi. It must, however, be remarked that the Russian press are 80 accus- tomed to exaggerate and cook their intelligence with Attic sait before serving it up to their readers, thas itis scarcely to be wonderei at the public should be aeceivea into the betlef of even such improbable fictions as Count Bismarck’s alleged tn- tention of transferring Roumania to Austria; or, a8 Was not long ago asserted here, of Roumania being augmented at ihe expense of Ausiria, ENGLAND. Mundella on English Relations Amcrica. On the 19th ult. the annual meeting of the Shef- fleld Chamber of Commerve was held, and at which Mr. Mundella, M. P., was present. Mr. Mundella, in the course of his remarks, sald:—From my ex- perience in America I am bound to say there is not that danger of war with that country which we are lea to suppose too often from the speeches which are made oy men like General Batier. The Ameri- cans regret that we give such undue prominence to } the speeches of men of that character. General Batler may be said to represent novody but himself, On all sides, and by all parties, | have been assured | that such ts the case. I do nope that the effect of your resolution wiil be that some better understand- ing may be come to between this country and Atierica, and that questions which require settle- ment between tie One country and the other may soon be settied, Isay tis because] have my be- hef that we may go beyoud ordinary diplomacy; Uhal We May not only estabiish a court of arbitra- ; Uon Which should settle questions in the past, but one that should be permanent, to which you could refer all questious—past. present and to come—and | tus prevent anythiog uke an international war be- tween the Euglish-speaking people. Mr. with The Approaching Royal Marriage. The government contractors are busily engaged in fitting ap St. George's chapel, at Windsor, for the | approaching marriage of her Royal Highness the Princess Louise to the Marquis of Lorne, and have | received directions to complete the extensive ar- | rangements by the latter end of Febrnary, as it is | expected the royal marriage will be celebrated on | or about the ninth of March. The preparations com- prise a canopy over the steps of tie grand entrance | at the west end leading to the nave of the royal chapel, opposite the Horseshoe cloisters; it will be Hity-ihree Jeet in length and sixteen feet wide, so y Vv p will be a tempo- hand side for the ted on the night special accommodation of her Royal High. | nes: bridesmaids, | near the cenotaph of the late King of the Belgians, opposite to the cenotaph erected by the nation to the memory of lis consort, the Princess charlotte of | Wales, At the south entrance of the chapel, facing Henry VIIl.’s gateway and the Castle guard rooms, another portico, fifty-three feet vy sixteen feet, will be placed similar to the one erected at the marriage of we Prince and Princess of Wales, Jor the con- venience of the company who may be honored with an invitation to be present at the ceremony. A gal- lery will be built near the altar, between the Lincoln chapel and the aitar lumediately fronting her Ma- jesty’s private pews for the accommodation of about one bandred of those personages connected with the Duke of Argyle’s family, Another covering will be placed, of similar dimensions to the two former, at the entrance of the cloisters, which wili connect the Prince Consort's Memorial chapel with the east end of dt. George’s chapel, und form @ convenient entrance to the former chapel, which is fitted up as puon room for the accommodation of the The outside of the three porticocs will be d with canvas aud the inside ued with crim: son cloth und decorated. rks are fast pro- | wressing, there being a large number of hands em- ployed. SPAIN. landing. ¥. Amadeo the First entered Madri and after xt that has been feared, it ts D to think what a complete success tne entry wrottd be tsanmnared He vehaved splendidly, a t inated. He beha' made as great & e affection of progress towards ‘the population of rid asit was possible for a man to doin one day. The Prince’s journey from the rallway station to the Cortes was performed on horseback; a capital horse he rode, and he sat him well. Passing We church where Prim’s body was ye in state he dismounted to see for the first me, and pay respect to, the remains of him whd had served him so faithfully. From the Cortes he rode to the residence of Prim'’s widow, with whom he is said to have cendoied most unaffect- edly. The procession and ceremonies over, he ordered his carriage in oricr to pay a visit to Ser- rano. A carriage and six horses Were brought to the door, ‘Take off jour,” said he, and with one officer in attendance he made his call. Nothing te So calculated to win Spaniards toward a Ereat per. son as voluntarily laying aside the externals of greatness. So King Amadeo has made fond pro- gress ou the first day of his Madrid life. rranod 16 to form @ governipent to-day, and it ls probable, from the names spoken of, that it will be a remarka- bly strong Ministry, All men are ready to serve under Serrano, He commands the r spect of every one, and no ody thinks of being jealous of him, Power and dignity seek him more than he them. He takes them choerfully, as a part of his duty to his country; but 1s always ready to go into private life With the spint of a boy let loose from school, All, without exception, express hearty satusfaction at the first impression the King has created, The funds have taken a pomp, of two per cent, and still look upward. The republicans and parusans of the past are silent, and the general determination seems to be to give Amadeo a Jair chance, ‘This feeling has — prospect of lasting, and ds all that is required to give rest to Spam atter her long period oi trouble. ‘THY QULiNTINE FREE LOVE AND MURDER CASE IN CLEVELAND, O10, _ A Cleveland jury has slightly deviated from the precedents established in the cases of Sickles, Mc- Farland, Cole and others. A despatch from that city announces that in the case of Galentiae, who shot and killed Dr. Jones in October tast for im- Proper intimacy with his wife, a verdict of guilty of manslaughter has been rendered. The circumstances leading to this crime may be | briefly summed up as follows:—A few days before the homicide Gaientine learned, upon returning home from a prolenged absence, that Dr. Jones, who occupied an apartment iu the same house with himself, bad taken advantage of his absence to make outrageous advances to hus wife, The woman, after curious hesitation and pre- varicauon, divulged a disgusting state of criminality on the part of the murdered man, stating substantially that, during the first few days of her husband's absence Jones offered her 1m- Proper attentions, which she coldly and decidedly Tefused, and upon nls persisting she declined to have anything to say to him. In the early part ef August Jast, however, when Galeutine had been gone some months, she found it necessary to apply vo the Doctor for ald in some business matter. Ex- cusiog himself at the time, he left her, promising to return early m the evening. He did not, however, but after midnight she heard a Knock at her sleeping room door. Asvertaining that Jones was there, she refused him admittance. He pretended to go away, but before she feil tutu a dose a grating noise was heard at the closet door connecting her apartment with the main hall aad in a few moments the in- truder was in her room. He accomplished his villany, and the woman, in fear of her life, lived in adultery with him until the return of her hus- band, early in October. Even then she feared to acquaint him with the situation, on account of his violent Lemper and the fearful scandal that must inevitably ensue. Galentine, for unknown reasons, however, suspected something wrong, and made ingury, but coud find out nothing ull the wile hintea at @ part of the atrocious aifair, She be- sought him, however, to do nothing in the matter, Which would only bring disgrace on the family. Galentine, for a day or two, did nothing. Mean- tune, Jones attempted again to control the wife, and this determined the husband in his fatal course. ‘This, at least, 18 the version of the atfair, slightly } Modified, as given by the woman herself. The other side of the story can never be known, as the victim dia not live to plead bis cause. It has been pretty well understood that none of the parties were models of virtue, and it has been alleged that Galenuine was not ig- norant of the criminal intimacy existing between Joues and his wife, but attempted to make mer- chandise of the transaction, aud was willing for & sufficient a consideraticn to Keep une mat- ter hashed up, Such a view of the aftair, if exten- sively entertained, must have seriously affected Galentine’s case, and, perhaps, was the cause of his conviction of even manslaughter. Toe trial lasted over two weeks, and, notwithstanding the testimony Was mostly of a flithy and disgusting character, a considerable number of women says the Plain Deaer, were in regular attendance, | sitting day after day and listening to testimony and remarks which ought to vring the blush to whe cheeks of any lady. Whether they regarded tne victim, Jones, in the ight of a mariyr—.s Richard. son was viewed by a similar Class of females who attended the McFarland trial—ts not stated. falentine Sentenced to Ten Years? Im- Prisonment. CLEVELAND, Feb, 2, 1871, Dr. Galentine, who was convicted of manslaugh- ter for kiliing Dr. Jones for the alleged seduction of Galentine’s wife, was this morning sentenced to im- prisonment in the peultentlary for ten years, the inil penalty for that crime. Dr. DOK Di PARTMENT, Meeting of the Boxrd of Commissioners. The stated meeting of the Dock Commissioners was neid yesterday afternoon, Commissioner Agnew presiding. Commissioners Smith, Henry, Wood and Hunt were also present. After the reading of the minutes of the last meet- ing Commissioner HUNT reported from the Execu- tive Committee a resolution that the Eighth and Ninth Avenue and the New York and Harlem Rail- road Companies should have power to dump snow into the river from the end of the slips at the bot- tom of Cherry, Fourteenti, Twenty-third, Twenty- second, Forty-sixth, Forty-fourth and Fifty-sixth Streeta, East river, and Twenty-second, Fifty. seventh, Fitty-eighth, Fifty-ninth aud Spring streets, North river. The resolution was adopted. A resolution was also adopted empowering Super- intendent Fitzgeraid to remove a building erected on Fifty-s1xth street slip, East river, if it shouid be used for any ether puryose than sheltering the dock | clerks from the river. A resolution was adopted empowering the Knick- erbocker Ice Company to erect a one story building over the Forty-ninth street pier. Some discussion ensued as to the proposal to en- force a payinent of a dollar a day for each horse | working on a pier unprovided with a proper plat- | form. An opinion from the Corporation Counsel was read, recommending that this paymeut should take the fourm of a penalty, to be collected by the superin- tendent of the district or bythe lessees of the piers. This advice was embodied in a resolution making It an enactment of the Commissioners, A communication from the Prot Commissioners wast mixed up with the snow that was being dumped into the river with the sanction of the Dock Com- | missioners, Commissioner Wood explained that authority had only been given to dump irom the end of the piers, and not into the slips, and that, therefore, the dam- age done to thejharbor was, in nis opinion, inap- preciable. The matter was finally referred to the Executive Comsnitiee, and the Commissioners went into es ecutive session. A CO:D F.NARCIER, A firm in this city that has an extensive reputa- tion for being frequently “short, on one occasion gave a party a check for $100, dated a few days ahead, and requested that it would not be used without first seeing the drawers. This request was acceded to, A week passed by, and the holder of the check gave notice that he wanted the money; but the other party requested a day or two longer. The holler couldn’t see it, however, and presented the check for payment, which was refused, there being not funds enough to pay it. The holder looked astounded; said it must be a mis- take; that the parties from wnom he received it never could have done such a thing as draw a check upon a bank wherein they bad not money The Fature of the Spanish Nation. | The Jollowing Jetter, trom an English banker in | Madrid to a frieud in Scotlaud, wilt (says the Scots | nan) be interesting to all wo take an interest 1n the aflairs of Spain. The writer was a personal friend of Marsiial Prim, and his information Is to be | strictly relied on:— Maprip, Jan. 3, 1871, | id year went out very sadly with us here, and men’s hear re quaking with dread at the | news expected from hour to hour. Poor Prim, who | etfected the revolution that rid this country of a | dynasty Wiich Was a disgrace to it, and who guided | oy ol reconstruction, preserving ! order throughout that period in a wondertul degree, | Without poutical executions and imprisouments, | Wats, #8 you know, musderet on tae same night on which he was to leave Maarid he had obusined for nu had finis his words which the a “What t | wie the King.” the horrible deed was the cLofun extensive scheme of revolution: but pated ite object, for It threw the spirit of union trivUsin into ti] political parties, so tha pete, the greatest opponent of the new King, be cane Priui’s substitule to reeave the Prince oi bi TRA The 30vh.?? 1 day the ist; the King c it Was discovered Lat iirst tt de and | \ | warehouse of Smith & Gr: enough to pay it. He then asked the teller how much the account was short of the amount neces- sary to make the check good, and he was told that the firm had ninety-seven dollars to their credit, ‘The ho! the matter returned ttended to, and in about half an deposited five dollars to we & Co., and then, going to the paying terler, asked him to’ certify the check, whicn Was limnediate'y done, the account having’ been made tonishment of the frm when the: ¥ balance to be only two dollars 1 seven, and that the check lad been paid, ean rT imagined than described, BUAGLARY IN WILLIAMSBUIG. At an carly hour yesterday morning the clothing liamsburg, Was buargiariously entered and robbed of cloth, in pieces, valued at about two thousay dollars. An entrance to the bnilding was effect through the skylight, and the burglars confined thelr operations vo Une fifta story. A large quantiiy | of goods Was Jeft on the roof of the building by me thiev, , and several pleces of clown were aiso 10: anundnished building adjoining, These were covered by the firm, A youu man who slept ¢ the tirst Coor Of the establishment beard nothing of ie doings of the robbers, ad, complaining that a great desl of xand was | er then left the bank, saying that he must | ‘Ove | 1 of | y, No. 95 Broadway, Wil. ! HISTORY OF THE BLACK SEA CLAUSE. Maintenance of a Russian Fleet in the Black Sea a Menace to Turkey. THE FIRM ATTITUDE OF RUSSIA, The Proposals of the Allies Refused by the Csar’s Government, NEUTRALIZATION OF THE BLACK SEA, [From the Pall Mall Gazette, Jan. 18.) The Conference met yesterday in the Fore! Office and Immediately adjourned Uil the 24th inst., when it 18 hoped a French representative may be abie toattead, There are too many signs that in this qnestion of the Black Sea clause this process of priming has been largely aud caretully carried out, It is all the more important, therefore, that some one should explain what are the questions at issue, their origin and true value, A fii and interesting ac- count of the negotiations which resnited the treaty now under consideration will be found in the number of the dinvurg Review, For our Jers’ benefit we note some of the principal fea- tures in that narrative. ' REVISION OF THE TREATY OF 1841, On the 2 ly, 1854, M. Dron, Ly wrote to the Frencli 'Mioister at Vienna, pointing out that the facilities which Russia possessed for developing a maritime Po exin the Black Sea were @ permanent menace fo Turkey, and laying down four points for which the alites were contending. ‘The third of these was that ‘‘the treaty of the 13t of July, 1841 (known as the Treaty of the Straits), | shouid be revised by the high contracting parties in the Interest of the aarupees balance of power, and with a view to a limitation of the Russian power in the Black Sea.” The allies held to theiy four points thro’ ghout the war, end, above all, to this third point, to which, on the other hand, Russia was equally strenuous and determined in her opposiuen, Austria, when consulted, declarea that withont the third pointshe wenld not negotiate, and Prussia also accepted it, It was thus incorporated im the | Memorandum of the 2sth of December, 1354, which ‘Was the basis of the Vienna Conference:— ‘The revision of the treaty of July 18, 1641, must have for its object to connect the extstence of the Ottoman empire more completely with the European equilfbrium, and to put an end to the preponderance of Russia to the Black Sea. As to the arrangements to be made in this respect, they depend too directly on the events of the war for it to be possible at pre- sent to determine the basis ; it is suflictent to point out the principle. } THE ATTITUDE OF RUSSIA, In the conference Itussia declined to make avy proposal on the subject. Austria recommended a system of naval equipose—that 1s, that the two riveraip Powers, Kussia and Turkey, should bind themselves by treaty to maintain in the Black Sea a certain number of ships und no more. France also thought there should be a limitation of naval forces there. Lord Jolin Russell, supporting this proposi- tion, remarked “that the Black Sea was excep- “tuonal; that the principle of closing the Dardanelles had been adopted by the public law of Europe; that of the two Powers which ulone command the shores ot the Black Sea the one, already very strong, con- tinually augments its forces, while the other is Weakened by her contest with Russia. in this state of things England regards the excessive increase of | the Russian teet In the Black Sea as Gomme menace hanging over the Bosphorus and Constanti- nople. To admit that the Ottoman empire is an essential element of the European equilibrium, and ish to maintain at the same time aperpetaal menace directed agaist that empire, ts a flagrant inconsistency.” WHAT RUSSIA PROPOSED. While Russia rejected the (Tgonoe of a iimitation of naval forces a8 incompatibie with her dignity, Prince Gortchakoff submitted a document rebutting the charge against Russia of abusing her preponde- rance in the Black Sea, and proposing to open the Dardanelles and Black Sea to the fags of all nations on condition that Russian ships should have the right—with the consent of the Horte—to pass out as freely as the others entered. This was negativea absolutely by Turkey, England and France as totally incompatible with their policy and objects, and the | hegotiations were broken off. Although Lord Ras- sell, with M. Drouyn de Luuys, leaned toward the oe of a counlerpoise between the Russian and lurkish fleets in the Black Sea, the British govern- ment insisted that the limitation should be abso- luce. Ina circular to the Queen’s representatives abroad Lord Clarendon made the toliowing re- marks, Which have not yet lost their appropriate- ness or force:— THE ENGLISH CIRCULAR. Rassia has asserted that a regard for her dignity precludes her from acceding to the terms proposed by the aliles on the third point. But the dignity of Russia cannot require that she allould keep up in time of threshold of her weaker neighbor, a force wholly unneces- sary for purposes. of self-derence, but enabling her at the shortest notice to anbvert the independence of tbat neighbor and to change the territorial distribution of Europe. Yet such is the position which Russia hi in the Bisew Sea, and which she ven now publicly avowed her determination not to renounce. It is needless to dwell on the absence of any motive of self- reservation to justily this determination on the part of asia. It would be & mockery to protend” that sno hae anything to fear from the hostility of Turkey; and while Tarkey is at peace and free from threatened attack b: Russia, and while the Straits between the Mediterranean an. the Black Sea areclosed excepttoa smail and limited num- ber of ships of war of the Western Powers, Russia has nothing to fear from the naval forces of England and France ; while, on the other hand, tye present state of things in the Black Sea demonstrates that when war exists between Russia and Turkey, and when the Straits are consequently open to ail the naval forces of the Sultan's allies, England and France, if suiticient time be afforded them, can collect in the Kuxine a naval armament strong enough to sweep from the waters of that sea every ship bearing the flag of Kussia. Russia has indeed, alleged that the preponderance which she wishes to maintain in the Black Sea is essential for the seourlly of the Turkish empire against the aggressions of other Powers; but it fs not trom the hostility of the Weatern Powers, but from the traditional, and it i# not too much to Say avowed, policy of Russia that the Turkish empire has danger to apprehend. The present war has been undertaken to provide securities against those ambitious desizns of Rus- eace, and on the fmmediate 5 = sia which menace the safety of Turkey and the future re- pose of kurope ; and, in short, to quote the words of a recent Kussian proviamation, to prevent, as far as Turkey is con- cerned, the accomplistiment of the wishes and the views of Peter, of Catharine, of Alexander and of Nicholas, ‘The’ Western Powers, in coujunctign with Austria, have considered that this object would most effeciually be te- cured by restriciing within reasonable bounds the power of Russia in the Biack Sea, Russta, however, has refused to subscribe to these reasonable proposais; and in their place she has offered two schemes of moditication of the treaty of ‘14, the practical ettect of which would be, that whichever of the two schemes the Western Powers mizht accept, those Powers would be obligec to keep up perpetually in the vi- einity of the Dardanelies a iarge naval force prepared to act In any contingency which might occur. Por, wccording to | one scheme, Russia proposed that the Straits between the Mediterranean andthe Black Sea should at all times be open to the ships-of-war of all nations, and theretore, of course, to her own Wlack Sea and Baltle fleets, ‘The effect of this scheme would have been that Constan- tinople would at all times have boon expose! to ail the dangers waich might bave arisen from the eudden appearance beiore | that city of an overwhelming Russian armament; while the | tranquillity of the Mediterranean, and all the great interests that sea, woud have been action of a powerful Russian ment from the Euxine. le to disturbance by the allying forth at any mo- To guard against this double danger the governments of Engiand and of France would have been compelled to main- tain in the Mediterranean war establishments in time of peace, and permanently to station their armaments at a great ‘distance trom their arsenals and resources; no that a peace concluded on such conditions would have been nothing more than an armed truce divested of the security | which is the essence of peace, and mpanted by that ceasation of expenditure which oug Mow the termina- tion of a war, ON THE FALL OF SEBASTOPOr, and the conclusion of a treaty with Sweden, by Which the allies would have been able to carry the war imto Finland, Austria renewed the offer of her good offices, and the four points were again pre- sented in a more detalled form. The third point | now cook the shape of an agreement that the black Sea should be neutralized, that its waters should be open to the merchant marine of ali nations, but not to any ships of war; that there should be no military arsenals on its banks, and that Kussia and Turkey should mutually engage to matntain in the Black Sea } only a specified numver of light vessels for the service of the coasts. Be‘ore this was submitted to Russia it had been warmiy discussed by the Western Powers, A proposal by France to lower the terms provoked an indignant remonstrance from England, Lord Pal- merston declaring that sooner than accept inade- qaate terms, England and Turkey weuld carry on the war alone. England insisted that the engage- ment a8 to the Black ; mbodted in the general treaty with modified without thelr assent, c the day, and on the Sth of January, 1856, Nesselrode, accepting the bases of negotiation reierred to the third pomt:— Aur. 8 fs at bottom only a reproduction of the proposal emanating from the Imperial Cabinet (that ts Riwaia herself), Comut , thus | which your Excellency was charged to comm| eto the Austrian goverament. We accept 1, and th consent that the convention to be made ctwecn Russia nnd the Porte | for this purpose should be previonsiy submitted to the sanc | tion of the contracting Powers, We’ h amend- | ments to propose, on 4 to make the terms more c! | other in a trilting suppression of the THE CON PARIS. These preliminaries be ng settied the Congress of Paris opened on the 25th of Febenary, and on-the 4th of March the third point came up for consideration, | at agreed that tie Black Sea shouid be neutral | ized, and that its waters and ports, while thrown | open to the mercantile marine ef every nation, | should be “formally and in perpetuity mterdieted to the fag of war, either of the Powers possessing its | coasts or of wny other Power, with tle exceptions stipulated in the preseut treity.”” ‘The paragraph | as to the pronibition of military arsenals was also | adopted. “Lord Clarendon pointed out that the | Maunleuance of an arsenal of the first class at Nico- jaiei, thong not on the shores of the Biack Sea, netion; the ord with reference to the would justify public In “atiributing to Russia — intentions she cannot | entertan aoe this the First Pienipotentiary of | Russia replied “that the Emperor, tis augast master, on acceding with sincerity to the propost | tlons of peace, firmly resoived strictly to carry out | anthe engagements resniting from them; * * | thatan order at once to provide for his engagements | and for the requirements of the naval service, the | Emperor intends only to authorize the construction * | at Nicolatett of the els of War mentioned in the of the negonation.”” Farther, Count Orlot ced to the inser his de jon in me a that, to prove his sincerity, the p@ passage through the Bos- It rdaneites for the two ships of th ine wluch aione were then at Nicglaiei, and whiel NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1871—WITH SUPPLEMENT. ‘would have to to me poy jo srocaen It must not be supposed that the o1 it at y tate ts te tothe neutralization of Sng Widek Beds That is the leading question, but a number of other thurg fertew pons out, the aeraayeurent as 10 the urg Ve points out, arrangements Roumanian provinces and the navigation of ite Danube are more or less dependent on the neutrall- zation of the Black Sea. Indeed, the Danube was Opened by Austria on the express condition that no ships of war should be within reach of its mouth. ‘That Austria is not disposed to watve that condition ay be gatheret from the letter from Pesth 1n to day's Tones. “It,” it says, “the rule as to the neu- trality of the Black Sea be altered the Austrian government will consider the provisions with re- Spect to the Danube to have ¢ ased altogether, and Will demand other guarantees for the protection of the river than those devised in the treaty of 1856. ‘The perpetuation of the European Commission would be one of those guarantecs.” NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Lieutenant Richard C. Hooker has been ordered to duty in the Hydrographic OMlee. Master Edward W. Sturdy has been detached from the receiving ship at New York and ordered to report to the Chief of the Bureau of Navigation for duty. ‘The Naval Board, of which Vice Admiral Rowan 13 president, authorized to examine into complaints of omicers claiming to have been unjustly treated in the promotions made by Mr. Wells in 1805, under the act of that date, convened tn Washington on Wed- nesday last, and entered upon the duties assigned them, | It is understood there are a considerable num- ber of naval officers who feel aggrigved at the manner in which they were overslauzhed, who will take advantage of the sitting of this board to have the subject matter of thelr complaints investigated, Charles H. Poer has been appointed secretary to Vice Amiral Rowan, The Staf and Line Dimculty—What ‘More Justice? Has to Say Abont Ir, New York, Feb. 1, 1871, To THE EpiToR OF THE HERAL! The letter signed “Justice,” which appeared in your issue of January 31, criticising a pampniet written by “some staff oMcer” of the navy, con- tains one or two inaccuracies which I beg of you the space to point out. ‘The writer states that “sea service Is, of course, the oniy service to be considered in the record of a naval oflcer and the only service re- garded by the department in the detail for shore duty or leave of absence.” Let us turn to the Navy Register for 1870 and examino its “service column.” We find that No. 1 on the list of commanders, since promoted to captain, had been thirty years and four months in the service, of which he had spent sey- enteen years and eleven months at sea. Nos. 60 and 85 on the same list had served respectively twenty-eight years and ten months and nineteen years and six months, of which the former had spent twenty-one years and two months and the latter sixteen years and six months at sea. The per- centage of sea service then was, approximately, for No. 1, 65; for No. 60, 75, and for No. 86, 84 per cent. Yet the tormer is detailed for shore ek and the two latter are at sea. Maoifestly sea service 1s not, “of course,” the only service to be considered. Again, the present chief ef the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, althougn he ‘has seen less sea service than ninetecn of the commanders,” has seen more than seventeen of the captains, more than four of the commodores, and more than two of the rear ad- mirals, apd shows greater length of service than any of the captains, and than many of the commo- dores, The fact 18, as 18 well understood by naval officers, that while the completion of a single cruise is al- jowed as a claim for a tour of shore duty or a leave ol absence, the sum of an officer's sea service and the length of his shore duty or leave de- pend upon the exigencies of the time, and often upon the peculiar direction of the oficer’s abiliaes, The rank of all officers is established by lw according to seniority, upon which the na- ture of their duty exercises no influence whatever. It should also be remembered, in considering the service of line officers, that four years at the Naval School, and one, sometimes two years on the prac- tice cruise, are included in the columsn of the Navy Register as shore and sea service. ‘The signers of the memoriai appended to the com- munication from “Justice” have plainly been misled as to the Claims of staff oficers. The dangers against which they warn Ege ¢ “equality of rank with the captain of the vessel or independence of his control—do not, and never have, existed, these points having been espectaliy excepted by the Stevens bill, now before the Senate committee, | MORE JUSTICE. Justice to a Naval Officer—A Wrong State- ment Promptly Corrected. In the House of Representatives some time since Mr. Swann, of Maryland, made some remarks against the honor and veracity of Captain Peirce Crosby, United States Navy, which called ferth the following letter from that oMicer:— UNITED SvaTEes Navy Yarp,) PULLADELPHIA, Jan 48, 2861. 'f Sin--My attention has been called to the refections cast upon my bonor and veracity In your speech before the House of Representatives on the Sth Inat., wherein you say :— “The testimony of Captain Crosby upon this port 1s much to be re; ted on his own account.” “The feeling which would induce an officer to detail the un- led expressions which fell {rom Admiral Godon at private dinner table or elsewhere, In the confidence of fi miliar intercourse, would be very apt to give a false coloriag to anything he might ‘Ae'T dvd bor "detait t from Admiral Godon at reading my evidence, I presume my name Was mentioned in connection with the matter by mistake; bn', agit has placed me sn a false position, I bring it to your notice, hopin, t will be only neoessary to ‘call your aitention tothe tack, nguarded expressions which fell table or elsewhere, ” a8 you Will wee by in order to have you do me the justice to rectify the mistake. Tam, sir, very respectfully, your ovedient servant, PEIRCE CROSHY, Captain United States Navy, Hon. Mr. SWANN. The reply to it was the amende honorable on the floor of the House, where the first statement was made. Mr. Swann spoke as follows:— Mr. Speaker, in commenting upon the Paraguayan test!- mony T inadvertently confounded the name of ‘Captain Crorby with that of another witness. I have arisen to’ say, sir, that I deem ft due to that otlicer that I should exonerate im, a8 1 do now, from the reflections intended to be con- veyed Ja the paragraph to which he refers in tha: letter. ARMY INTELLIGENCE, FORTRESS MoNnog, Feb, 2, 1871. A general court martial has been convened here for the trial of such cases as may be brought before it, Itis composed as follows:—Lieutenant Colonel James Roberts, Fourth artillery, President; Captains Richard Loder, Fourth artillery; S. S. Eider, First artillery; Lieutenants G. . Barstow, Third artillery; Wm. E. Van Reed, Fifth artiliery; J. W. Murray, First artillery; M. C. Greer, Fourth artillery; W. F. Stewart Fourth artillery; J. Jalig, Third artillery ; F. V. Greene, Fourth artillery, and Capiain 8. N. Benjamin, Second artillery, Judge Advocate, Quite a flutter was caused among the oMicers of the Artillery School of the grade of second lieuten- ant at the receipt o! a circular from the War De- partment inguiring as to which of the infantry regi- ments they woul i prefer to be transferred to, “About five officers trom each artillery regiment will be re mired to fill vhe vacancies in the infantry service. he officers here seem not anxious to serve in that branch of the service, Army Pereonals. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2, 1 First Lieutenants 0. M, Mitchell and Rovert Craig, of the Fourth artiliery, and Second Lieutenant (, C. Wolcott, Talrd artillery, have been relieved from their present duties and ordered to report without delay to the chief signal oficer of the army for duty. Colonel Reynolds, commanding the Depart ment of Texas, is ordered to repair to this city, bringing with him certain records. First Lieuten- ant Alexander Grant, of ths First cavairy, is or- dered to oe a detachment of recruits from Bt. Louis tothe Division of the Pacttic, Ca,tain Parker, of the Twelfth iniantry, is assigned to simi- Jar duty. Inentenant Colonel George L. Andrews, of the Twenty-fifth infantry, is relieved trom duty ag Sue perintendent of Indian Affairs for Arizona, and or- dered to join lis regiment in Texas, An army order has been issued limiling the staff of division commanders. It provides, among other things, for one assistant adjutant general, or an oMicer to act in that capacity if none be asaigned, | and the anthorized er of aides-de-eamp of the commander's grate; Riso one medical director. 8 THE DEAIH OF DELIA DIxos, Doctors Disagree and the Jury Decide for Them. Coroner Hermann yesterday concluded ihe investl- gation commenced several days ago in the case of Mrs, Della Dixon, late of 145 West Twenty-fourth street, Who dled from the effects of injuries alleged to have been received on the 25th day of April, 1869, by being thrown from one of the cars of the Seventh Avenue and Broadway Raliroad Company by the sudden starUng of the in which she had been riding. Dr. Randolph, who attended deceased, was of the opinion that death was caused by St NG OF THE BRAIN, the result of the injuries received, voroner James W. Ranney, M. D., who also attended Mrs, Dixon, was examined—Took issue with Dr. Randolph; he dtd pot deny that deceased died from softening of the brain, but seemed post tive that the injuries recelved had NOVMING WHATEVER TO DO WiTH WASTENING the fatal result, Dr. Ranney made an explanation io the Jury tending to sustain nis theory of the case. rhe matter was then submitted to the jury, who found that deceared died from softening of brain consequent upon an injury reeerved on a Seveuth aycuue car on the 26th day of April, 1862. meme A Caso in Admiralty— Alleged Fraudulen eg ruptoy~Violation of the Revenue Law--A .. New Pcint of Practice—Decisions: Sa UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT. — oi eRe aa Causes Submitted Without Oral Argitment. WASUINGTON, Feb. 2, 1871." No. 14. Henry Stagg v8. The Connecticut Pre Life Insurance Company—Error to the Clreuit Court Jor the Diswrict of Missourt.—This was an action brought by the defendant in error to recover some twelve hundred dollars of the insurance company for services rendered aa its agent in the elty of St, Louis in the conduct of its business at that place. The agency was authorized in October, 1848, by a letter of attorney watch provided that he was to re- ceive for his services a Commission of ten per cent on frst premiums and five per cent on all re- newals secured on policies taken through hig agency. He claims to have continued bis ser- Vices un! June, 156, when, without fault of his, he was discharged, the renewal premiums of the company secured through him atthe time anionat- in; to over $70, Ou this sum the five per cept per annua commission is claimed, and the action Was lo recover an instaluent them due. The de- Jeudant pleaded that the contract was “during the pleasure of the company,” and that this language Tacant that while the pluinuff was the agent o1 the company, and no lounger, was he entitied to the -flve per cent commissions. The plain- ul controveried and offered evidence to show @ usage of custom to the effect that agents of insurance companies received this comiission on renewal policies so long ag the policies were renewed, and not merely while the agencies Were continued by the companies, The Court ruled that the agency was estabitshed by the’ contract made and governed by it, and not by! usage; and that the words ‘turing the pleasure of the company" jgave the company the right to dis- continue the agency ai its pleasure, and that afier. the agency was discontinued no commissions werd’ recoverable, it was also held that by @ circular; issued by the company in 1819 this feature of the contract was made more cerialn by Lhe use of the’ words ‘so long as you continue the agent of the’ company.” Tie question of ine coutinuance of the ——— aiter the ageucy ceased is the main one in the case, and on this polut the plaintittim error Insists that the eyiicuve offered to show the usage should have ''cca adinitted, and that there is nothing in the contra: conflicting with tnls usage, to wit:— ‘That agents of insurance companies are to have the supulated percentage on renewal premiums on po}l- cles secured by them, 50 long as such premiums are’ pald, whether the agents coutinue 1a the employ of the companies or not. The company contend thas the letter of attorney and the subsequent eon both show that the plaintiff was entivled to demand! commissions only as long as he remained the agent of the company. No. 164. Franklin Parmelea and David A. Goge vs. Dantel Lawrence—Error to the Supreme Court af Minois,—This suit is brought here on the allegation! that the State court upheld a local statute which was brought 1u question, though it was repugnant: to the Yeveral constitution as impairing The obit. oy of contracts. The case was this:—The plain. | Uf in error agreed to pay twelve per cent interest @ time when 81x per cent was the legal rate, with penalty of forfelture for usury. The Legislature of the State repealed these forieitures and raised the legal rate of interest to ten per cent. The question’ 1s Whether the repeal of these penaities and tne snb-! stitution of ten per cent in the place of six per cent as the legal rate of interest was such legislation ag impaired the obligations of tue contract, deiend- ants here maintain that the law s:mply enabled the lender to recover the percentage stipulated and coula not be considered as in any sense impairing a con-' tract. It sinply substituted a new one. The plain- tds Insist that the law imposes upon them an addi- tonal obligation for @ violation of the jaw existing atthe tume the contract was made, and that it is therefore ex post sacto, The statute is for this rea- son in violation of the federal constitution, and it in every sense changes and impairs the obligations of this, the contract entered into between the parties, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT—IN ADMIRALTY. Damages for Injury to a Consignment Rain'ns. Before Judge Blatchford. Jonn E. Devin and William Rose vs. The Steam- ship Bellona, her Engines, dc.—Judge Blatchford delivered judgment in the above cause yesterday. in March, 1869, one Leask shipped at London on board the steams hip Bellona 494 boxes of raisins de- liverable to order at New York under bill of lading, Which Was afterwards endorsed to the libeilants, ‘The raisins were not delivered in the good order in which they were shipped, and through carelessness, | neglect and improper stowage sixty-nine boxes were broken open and injured, and layers of raisins taken out of said boxes. For this the libslizuts claim $500 damages. The answer alleged th::t the: of ralsins were put up im very thin packages, an that they were properiy’ stowed amt dine charged. After @ pretty long opinion on the matter in dispute, Judge Blatchford holds that the vessel must respon fer such of the’ raisins in fact shipped m the sixty-nine boxes as ‘were not delivered, aud a reference 18 ordered toa commissioner to ascertain and report the value of the raisins so not delivered. A. J. Heath for the libellants; G, W. Wingate for the claimants. UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS’ COURT. Another Case of Alleged Fraudulent Banke ruptcy. Before Commissioner Betts, The United States vs, Moxes Rothschild, Isaac Kaufer and Rosa Lernhoimer.—The defendants have carried on business as dry goods merchants at 83 White street. It is claimed that they fatied on the 26th of last month, and on the 31st of the samean involuntary petition was filed against them, forci them into bankruptcy. They are now proceeded against on the criminal side of the court, on an am- aavit sworn to "by one Charles Vannier, a clerk in the employ of Wilmerding, Hoguet & Co., to the effect that the defendants, Watle contemplating bank- ruptey and insolvency, optatned goods tu the amount. of $3,400 from Wilmerding & Hoguet. Upon this {transaction an indebtedness of $2,021 still remains, Mr. Vaunier states that the whole of the defend- ants’ debts amouut to about $40,009; that they rep- resented themselves to be worth $38,000, and that he (Vannier) examined their stock of goods and found it of the value only of $8,000 or thereabouts, Mr. Vannier further swears he has reason to believe that the defendants had recently bought a large stock of goods, which they have been disposing of at auction and also by pawning, and that no record of these transactions can be found in the books of the alleged bankrupts. Rothachild has been held to bail on the above charge in the sum of $5,009; and It Ie robable that the other parties named with him have been already arrested. Thts class of offence has, within the gd month or two, on several occa- sions engaged the attention of the United States courts; and as it 1s one that strikes deeply ans seri- ously at commercial honor, credit ana reputation, 1t is well to see that there 1s a law which can grapple ‘with and will punish it when the crime is uudenia- bly proved. Charge of Selling Cigars Without Stampa. Before-Commissioner Shields, The United States vs, Ramon Lopcz.—The defend> ant, Who nad carried on business at 83 Canal street, was charged with seiling clgars withoat stamps. The evidence offered in support of the accnsation showed that the defendant was engaged in the manufacture of cigars in a room at the place above indicated, and that after he had manufactured them he sold and exposed them for sale in the same room. The Commissioner held the defendant to await the action of the Grand Jury, taking bail, however, In the sum of $500 for nis appearance when called upon for trial. : Seizure of Diamonds—The Case of A. G. Radclitte. Colonel Whitley, Chief of the Secret Service De- partment, has seized diamonds worth about $8,000, part of those alleged to have been smuggled into . this country from England by A. G. Radcliffe, who has already, as reported im the HERALD, undergone an examination before Commissioner Osborn, and who is now in prison awaliing a final decision upon nis case. The diamonds in question had been put ina place of safety. Among them are 109 carats of rubies and sapphires. In the event of the conyic- tion of Radeliife the diamonds, of course, will be confiscated. Colonel Whitley has been recently ap- pointed a Custom House juspector in addition to his other duties, and he made the seizure above re- ported, aciing under special authority of Collector Murph: He has also seized in Jersey City, in trans:tu, 11,000 bunches of imported ‘diamond’ cigarettes, worth about ninety dollars per thousand. ‘The owner of this property has not been found. The Gotenel claims that the cigarettes had beep smng- gied. Decisions. By Jndge Sutherland. M. Maloughney cs. M. J. Duy et al.Order granted. Union Mutua Life Insurance Company of Maine vs. James Boyd ct al.—Memoranda for counsel, in the Matter of B. G. De Coslalos, a Supposed Lunatic.—Inguisition confirmed and order granied. By Ju ‘ge Cardozo. Louise M. Mairs, vs. Frank Mairs.—Report of res fereo confirmed and judgment of divorce granted, Special Nori : By Judge Barnara. Doring the February term of tie Supreme Court at Chambers orders of arrest will not be granted un- Jess defendant is & non resident or 18 about te depart from the jurisdiction of the Court, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS—SPECIAL TERM, A New Poiatof Practice. Before Judge Joseph F. Daly, A case came up yesterday morning vefore this branch of the court of some interest vo the lezal