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Bly enongh. Not but that some of our merchant princes ‘are as liberal and generous as any royal princos, dukes or lords. The diffloulty is that tney have not yet learned to regard this matter in its proper light; but it is our intention to discuss it with them until they do understand it. Nor shall weaddress ourselves to any less noble facu'ties than their reason and judgment ; and it will require but a slight exercise of these to see that those who have money to spare can make no better use of it— no use that will reflect more honor on them- selves—than to contribnte a part of it to the de- velopment of a taste which, it is admitted by all whose opinion on the subject is of any value, produces so powerful an influence of Jhuman happiness. As our people are more disposed to imitate the example of England than that of any other dountry we cheerfully turn our attention to England. If her course in regard to the opera be imitated we shall be satisfied; for it will be an immense improvement on the course hitherto pursued in this country. In order that there may be no discouragemont it is well to bear in mind that our English cousins have had their struggles for the establishment of the opera as wellas wo; it has required the efforts of the greatest minds as well as the most, liberal pecuniary patronage. In London, as well as in Paris, thoso who first tried to introduce the-opera were regarded as crazy fanatics or diabolical innovators on Mme-honored customs, whose most appropriate rewards were unsavory eggs hurled at their fheads. In short, Sir William Davenant ‘became as much an object of popular distrust ‘end dislike in 1684 for having accepted the position of director of the opera, in com- pliance with the earnest wish of Charles II., ‘gs Erasmus had become nearly a century and ‘® haif previously for baving undertaken to teach Greek to the students of Cambridge University. Thus, as in the time of Henry "VIIL, Greek was the language of Satan, so in the time of Charles II. the opera was the ‘music of Satan, and it took the friends of the latter, as well as those of the former, nearly a ‘whole century to convince the public that it Thad as little to do with Satan as painting, ‘architecture or any other harmless art. or isclence, It may well excite a smile now that this ‘should have required any great effort, but it ‘required the effort of men of genius. The ‘yrio drama was still regarded as a very sinful thing at best when Dean Swift suggested to Gay, the poet, the idea of the ‘“‘Boggar's Opera.” The author of ‘Gulliver's Travels” told his friend to write a Newgate pastoral, in which all the characters should be thieves and highwaymen, who would relate their exploits in song, and in order to encourage him he dashed off several sketches for him the same night. This satisfled Gay. Houndertook the work and its success astonished all, A still deeper impression in favor of the opera was made by Sheridan's {“Duenna,” which bad a run of seventy-five ights. It elicited such enthusiastic applause the first night that the great orator and ramatist was readily induced to manage its representations himself. After this the friends of the opera had but little trouble. All that ‘was wanting now to secure a foothold for the Italian opera was money, which was soon con- ‘tributed freely. “ The opera house in the Hay- {market was built in 1704, the next year a sub- isidy was granted by the King, and from this forth tho opera may be regarded as established in England. Now, there is but one of all the obstacles ‘alluded to above which the opera has not ready overcome in this country. None ob- fect any longer to the beautiful exotic ; all admit that it deserves our fostering care. ‘all it be allowed to sicken and die because, everything else that serves to refine and lelight us, it requires money to support it? ‘We hope there is no danger of this, Wehave (suggested on former occasions how much might be done by the stockholders of the Academy of Music alone, and we are con- winced thatthe majority of them have every \disposition to do what is right, as evidenced jby the concession roferred to above; but we have already explained, they must ake still greater sacrifices. Very few, if ‘any, occupy their boxes every night during , “season.” Thus many of the best seats are empty, when they might just as well be (ccupled for the benefit and encouragement of the director, Where there is no government subsidy the director must have an inducement In some other form to exert himself as a caterer for the public taste. Not only should he have the privilege of using every vacant seat, he should also have every source of emolument mnected with the Academy now possessed yy the stockholders. Thus, for example, the {barroom is but a small affair to the latter, still precan are the bouqnet tables; but either, pecially the former, would be of considerable importance fo the manager. In short, if we fant Good things of any kind we should be wwilliag to pay for them, and willing to give ‘every readénable ancotiragement to those who provide them for us, Until our men of wealth Jearn fo understand this neither they nor their ‘Jess fortunate fellow citizens can eve realize d dvantages of the opera nd advantage hy fe more pa in the author of the ‘Hen. ait 88 tendro a co palals magique, les beaux vers, Ja danse et la musique, rt do tromper Jes yeux par les couleurs; L'ast plus heureux, de séduire les cwurs, De cent plaisirs font un plaisir untque, ™ ——o Tor MAN Sure To Captorn the White House in 1872—General W. T. Sherman, of !Obio. “Tur Danen Surver.—A despatch from Aspinwall announces the completion of the arvey of the Napipi route on tho Isthmus of Shien Contrary to the hopes which were entertained, the elevation was found to be six hundred and twelve feet above the level ‘Of the sea, Thig great height precludes the possi- bility of a deep cut, and renders ‘a tunnel fecessary if the’canal is constructed along that route, The suitability of the Tuyra route for a canal is, fortunately, still unde- termined, and we may still entertain the hope that it will be found of a sufficiently low eleva- tion to warrant a clear cut from ocean to ocean. Of course, if no low elevation can bo discovered recourse must be had to a tunnel ‘or locks ; but if the necessity for either of these can be obviated It will be oa pre- ferable not to havo it, Thore happily oy | P! ie NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1871—TRIPLE SHEMY. Pabiie Sentiment on the Street Car Mur- der. The Coroner's inquest on the car hook mur- der came to aconclusion yesterday with a verdict against Foster, and he was immedi- ately indicted by the Grand Jury. The testi- mony was quite interesting, but it developed no new facts. It was discovered, however, during its progress that Foster was not with- out friends, and that a heavy pressure was being brought to bear in his favor. Money and influence, it is belleved, will not be jacking to secure him immunity for his crime, The Coroner who conducted the inquest yesterday showed himself fully determined to do his Plain duty in the matter, and we can depend upon our Judges to presenta front equally impervious to blandishments or frowns. It may be seen from the communications which we publish this morning how thoroughly public indignation is aroused by the murder of Mr, Putnam. One correspondent states from his personal knowledge that at one time ‘at least one conductor was working on the Seventh avenue line who had been a thief and had served his two or three terms in the State Prison. Another suggests that the company should be held in heavy damages for injuries received by passengers upon its cars and compelled to replace money stolen by pickpockets thereon, Nearly all concur inf the opinion that Judge Lynch, that terrible dispenser of justice, should be called to the aid of honest citizens here, pro- vided the authorities are not willing or able to mete out his full deserts to this man Foster. We do not think that Judge Lynch’s services will be required, for we have some very fearless and rigid dispensers of the law upon the bench of our crimi- nal courts, any one of whom may be fully relied upon to bestow the utmost penalty of the law upon the murderer. They have uniformly done so for less heinous offences of late, and it is 9 matter of wonder to us that their names and records were not terrible enough to have frightened this man Foster from his crime. Perhaps it is the death penalty alone that- can effectually frighten the dangerous classes into permanent quiet- ness, and they are likely to have an effectual and early scafecrow in the disposition of Foster's case, Several of our correspondents speak of in- sults to ladies travelling in the stages, where there are neither drivers nor conductors to ap- peal to. These insults are not open ones, such as Foster gave to Miss Duval, but they are quiet ones, unseen and unfelt by any but the giver and the recipient, and the escort of the lady is not likely to know of them until the ruffian is out of the reach of his ven- geance. The ladies generally are afraid of getting their escorts into trouble, and perhaps bringing upon them danger and death. They do not appeal to the police or the passengers because they blush at the publicity and notoriety that may result, and they do not care to encounter the inconve- niences and ill-treatment that witnesses receive in some of our lower courts, especially when the ruffian against whom they appear may be the leader of a highly influential gang in the Justice’s ward. As one of our correspondents suggests, these sneaking indignities have ren- dered a journey up or down Broadway a most unpleasant trip for ladies with any claims to beauty, and the impudent leers of the staring statues on the sidewalks have rendered the promenade upon our chief tho- roughfare fully as unpleasant, These out- rages, intangible to the law in their incipi- ency, have culminated in the crime of murder, upon which the law can take firm hold, and in the punishment of which it can erecta warning and an example likely to insure pro- tection from insult to ladies and protection from murder to their escorts. If the law fails in this duty it becomes necessary for every citizen to protect himself, and the honest and sober citizens of the community, when combined together for this work, can sweep at one movement of the arm every thief and rascal, high or low, in the city out of existence. Goop For THE Dgmooracy Norra AND Sovrn—General Sherman, He is good for the North as the great Union soldier who cut the rebellion in twain, and good for the South as the statesman who believes that the South- ern law and order men can take care of their Ku Klux Khnns, Op Vireinta AND THE CENTENNIAL ANNI- VERSARY OF AMERIOAN INDEPENDENCE.—We leara that a delegation of Virginians are in this city making preparations to co-operate with their New York and other Northern brethren in giving éclat to the proposed grand centennial celebration of American Indepen- dence, which will occur in Philadelphia on the Fourth of July, 1876, The few intervening years will soon slip away, and it is creditable to the State thathas been the “mother of States and of statesmen” thus early to take preliminary measures to have herself well rep- resented in the ‘‘good time coming”—the Jules lee of the hundredth birthday of inder nendence and civil liberty on the Fes ne Gadaaie SEE fon- Seine ie 9 Smulating the exam- ple off "Famuany fo @ Withdrawal of its favor- ite candidate YGoresir Hoffman) from the arena of democratic Presidential aspirants, it is remarkable to notice the cordiality with which the same spirit is echoed by the leading democratic papers in the South. Some of our Southern contemporaries are excessively in- dignant at the assertions of the republican Senator, Morton, the so-called ‘Warwick of Grant's administration,” to the effect that the Southern were dictating to the Northern demo- crats, One of the*most influential of the democratic conservative organs in the South goes so far as to advocate non-interference by the South in the next National Democratic Qonvention. Tam Riant Sort or Canprware for the democracy in 1872—General William T. Sher- man, Tur Ku Kivx or Norra Carona ap- parently know no party. Three wretches, who are said to be radicals, recently broke into the louse of a negro man, another radi- cal, in McDowell county, and murdered him, his wife and his four children and then set fire to the house, The woman, badly wounded, managed to arouse ‘the neighbors, and before she died gave evidence sufficient to cause the arrest of the murderers, PARIS. Fort d’Issy Still Held by the Communist Forces. THE GOVERNMENT TROOPS REPULSED. Continued Bombardment of Forts Van- vres and Montrouge. A GENERAL ENGAGEMENT EXPECTED, A Government Barricade Stormed by the Insurgents, THE FEELING AGAINST GEN. CLUSERET. The Barricades Within Paris Converted Into Earthworks, TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORX HERALD. Vanvres and Montrouge Bombarded—An At- tack on Issy Repulsed—The Versnillists Gatning Ground—Fort Issy Deserted—Ru- mored Capture of Dombrowski. Paris, May 1—Evening. The bombardment of Forts Vanvres and Mon- trouge 1s continued. AN ATTACK ON ISSY REPULSED, The Reveil of this evening annouycess that the Ver- Saillists attacked Fort Issy and were repulsed. Workmen who were sent from Paris last night nad unspiked the guns in the fort, which was thereby enabled to make an effectual resistance. THE VERSAILLISTS GAINING GROUND. There was an engagement before Hautes-Bruyéres to-day, and a-general action is expected this evening. The Versaillists are daily gaining ground, FORT ISS¥ DESERTED. Another report’ says:—The re-occupation of Fort Issy by the Communists is again contradicted, and 1¢ is said the fort ts entirely deserted. A BARRICADE STORMED. A force of 15,000 National Guards has carriea & Versaillist barricade in the lower part of the village of Isay atter an engagement. RUMOURED CAPTURE OF DOMBROWSEI. The Moniteur of this evening says it is rumoured hat General Dombrowski and staff have been made prisoners by the Assemblists at Asnicres, A Committee of Pubilc ko estas Case—Troops Concentrated at Issy — Railways Paying Taxes—A’ Denial = The Freemasons. Parts, May 2, 1871, The Commune has issued a decree appointinga Committee of Safety. OLUSERET'S CASE. The arrest of General Cluseret was ordered be- cause lie was guilty of negligence by which the safety of Fort Issy was compromised. The session of the Commune on Monday was an excited one, Serious charges were made against General Cluse- ret, and thesuggestion was even made that he be shot within forty-elght hours: TROOPS CONCENTRATED AT ISSY. ‘There“is now an immense concentration of Com- munist troops in and about Fort Issy, THE RAILWAYS PAYING TAXES. The railway companies have pail the sums de- Manded from them by the Commune, and 1,680,000f. have already been received into the treasury from that source, Weekly payments will hereafter be made by the companies. “ A DENIAL. ‘The official journal of the Commune denies the re- port emanating from Versatiles of victories for the Assemblisia’ forces. i TNE FREEMASONS. The Freemasons have been ordered to retake the banners which they had planted on the ramparts of the city, the Versailles government and troops de- clining to respect them, Fort Issy Still Held by ths Communiste— Failure to Retake Les Mouliaeaux—Fresh Works Constructed Around Issy—Anoth: Attack on Neuilly Expected—Progress of the Intorior Defouces. Paris, Tuesday Evening. The report that General Dombrowsk! was taken prisoner is not confirmed. FORT I88Y STILL HELD BY THE COMMUNISTS, The Versaillists have at no time occupied Fort Isay. After the desertion of the panic-stricken gar- hison the volunteers raised by the Commune issued from the city, and not only reoccupied the fort, which they found empty, but after hard fighting, and at great sacrifice of life, drove the enemy from the trenches, carried one of their barricades, and regained possession of the Cemetery ot Issy. PAILURE TO RETAKE LES MOULINEAUX, They made an attempt to retake Les Moulineaux, but failed, losing heavily in killed and wounded. Evety effort will be made to hold Fort Issy, but, should its capture appear inevitable, tt will be blown up. FRESI{ WORKS CONSTRUCTED AROUND ISSY, The Versailles skirmishers have been expelled from the Park and Cemetery of Issy. New works are being constructed around Issy, rendering the fort more formidable than ever, ANOTHER ATTACK ON NEUILLY EXPECTED. The enemy’s fire to-day has been mainly directed against the Porte des Ternes and Levallois, A fresh attack on Neuilly is expecied, and reinforce- ments have been sent there. THE DEFENCES WITHIN PARIS, Scaffolding has been erected around the column in the Place Vendome. The principai barricades 1n Paris have been converted into strong earthworks, The aes on these internal defences 1s ceaseless, adins of the Commune in bn 91 yeaa Failure to Make Purchaye, re Ke peg germ ore TO, phe A 7 Slag . “ivi Several agents 0! sof the Batls Commune arrived in this city yesterday. They have been commissioned by that body to enter into contracts here for the pur pose of revictualling Paris, but as they propose to pay for their goods in thirty days the dealers decline to contract with them. THE BONAPARTES. Napoleon Suffering from Rhoumatism—He Will Not Return to France—Thiers and Mac- Mahon to Be Regents with Eugenie. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. ~~ Loox, May 2, 1871. The London Post announces that the Emperor Na- polcon is still suifering from rheumatic pains. NAPOLEON WILL NOT RETURN TO FRANCE, ‘The Emperor Napoleon declared yesterday that he would not return to France nor listen to any propo- sitions for Lis return. IMPORTANT—IF TRUE. M, Thiers has determined upon a coup d'état after entering Paris, making himself and Marshal Mac Mahon joint Regents with the Empress Kugénie. ROUMANIA. Reduction of (he Roumanian Army. Bucuanest, May 1, 1871. The Roumanian government as a measure of economy has decided upon the disbandment of the third battalion of each regiment of Infantry, cavalry and artillery In its standing army and the abolition of the regiment of chasseurs, This step Wilk seduce the standing army avout 10,000 men, VERSAILLES. Sortie. from Paris by Way of Choisy le Roi. A DANGEROUS RUSE. The Communists at Neuilly Shelling” Paris with Petroleum Bombs. THE CLAMART STATION STORMED. Occupation of the Chateau of Issy by the Government Forces, ee THE. FORT COMPLETELY SURROUNDED, Red Republicans Elected at Le Mans and Narbonne, TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, A New Army Formiug—A Battle Expected— Communist Trick. VERSAILLES, May 1—Evening. A new army for the reinforcement of that envelop- ing Paris is being formed at Auxerre. A BATTLE EXPECTED. Marshal MacMahon has sent a column of 26,000 troops against the insurgents, who are making a sortie by way of Choisy le Roi. A great battle is expected to-morrow. A DAN@EROUS RUSE. The insurgents at Neuilly are themselves throwing shells into Paris to keep up the indignation of the populace against the Versailles government, The people are led to believe that they come from the Army of the Assembly. RED REPUBLICAN SUCCESSES, The Reds have been successful in the elections at Le Mans and Narbonne, Captur> of the Clamart Station -The Chateau of Issy Occupied—The Fort Surrounded— ‘The Elections Satisfactory. VERSAILLES, May 2, 1871, The Clamart railway station was captured last night by the Chasseurs at the point of the bayonet. Three hundred of the 1nsurgents were killed in the action. THE CHATEAU OF IsSY OCCUPIED. ‘The Chateau of Issy, the defence of which the In- surgents had temporarily abandoned, was simul- taneously attackea by two regiments of Versailles troops. Three hundred Communists were found in the supposed deserted castle, who surrendered to the assailants, and will arrive here to-day as prison- ers of war. General Vinoy, who is now here, is given the credit for these exploits, FORT ISS¥ SURROUNDED. Fort Issy 1s, {n consequence of the recent victo- ries, completely surrounded by Versallles troops. THE ELECTION SATISFACTORY. The truth of the ramors that disturbances have occurred in Lyons is oMicially denied, The result of the recent elections is Le saab to the govern- ment. A General Cannonade—The Walls of Issy Brenched=Important Operations in Pro- gress. VERSAILLES, Tuesday Evening. Cannonading 1s going on along the whole line. A breach has been made in the wails of Issy. IMPORTANT OPRRATIONS IN PROGRESS. In the Assembly to-day Minister Picard stated that important operations were now in progress, and most important results had been achieved. GERMANY. THE GERMAN REICHSRATH. Prince Bismarck’s Speech—Alsace and Lorraine a Bulwark Against French Aggression—An Interesting Revelation—The Ultimatum of the Ex-Emperor Napoleon in 1866— The Peace Conference to Bs Trans- ferred to Berlin—Payment of the War Indemnity. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. BERLIN, May 2, 1871, Inthe German Parliament to-day the bill incor. Dorating Alsace and Lorraine in the empire came be- fore the House. Prince Bismarck restated the arguments on which the measure was based. The annexation of these provinces to Germany was nevessary to give her a bulwark against the recurrence of French aggres- sion, cases of which had been 80 frequent in times past. One instance of comparatively recent date was cited. On the 6th of August, 1866, France sent to Berlin an ultimatum demanding the session of Mayence, The iliness of the Emperor of the French lone prevented hostilities then, During the late war foreign Powers proposed the neutralization of Alsace ana Lorraine; but that Would be insuilicient for Germany and could not be thought of. “As for the inhabitants stiil averse to thelr Father land,” said the Prince, in conclusion, ‘we shall strive to win them back.” ‘The bill was referred to a committee. The Prussian Cross Gazette denies that the nego- Uations for the treating of peace with France are to be transferred from Brussels to Berlin. The North German Gazette says:—"“The German plenipotentiaries at Brussels have proposed the pay- ment of the Ove milliards by France in quarterly ' instalments, bagionIng Jane 3 istf, and enuing March 2, 1874, the payments to be made In gold or its equivatent in paper, The French envoys havo offerea to pay the first milliard in cash, anc the re- mainder in rentes, convertible later. Fortunately the German armies hold possession of sufficient ter- ritory in France to secure the payment ef the in- demnity, in accordance with the preliminary terms of peace, should no other agreement be arrived at.” Abolition of Foreign Legations in Baden. CARLSRUHE, May 2, 1871. The government of Baden has decided to abolish all the foreign legations of the Grand Duchy after November next, BELGIUM. The International Society Busy pane tho Vor viers Workmen—The Guardians of the Peace Prove Unreliable. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORX HERALD. BRUssELs, May 2, 1871. Five hundred workmen, who were employed in digging a canal in the forest of Mertogenvald, marched in @ body to Verviers, and demanded the payment of thelr wages, for some time overdue, Their appearance caused much excttement and apprehension. The gensdarmes proved unreliabie and were confined to their barracks, The town finally paid the workmen their wages, and all fears of a disorder were allayed. BASE BALL IN WASHINGTON. Wasutnoton, May 2, 1871. The “Red Stockings,’ of Boston, defeated the Nationals, of this city, lo-@ay, a4 @ gaune of base bali, { by a score of thirty-two tofoun =, LATEST FROM FRANC. Herald Special Reports from Versailles and Paris. The Early Surrender of Forts Issy, Van- vres and Montrouge Anticipated. Clamart Captured by the Ver- - sailles Troops. Loyal National Guards Within. Paris Or- dered to Get Ready. INTENSE FEELING AGAINST THE INSURGENTS General Megy to Be Tried by Court Martial. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORX HERALD. Our special correspondents jin Versailles and Paris send us the following report of the situation around and within Paris :— VERSAILLES, aneaiey Evening, ) Via Bounoenr, May 2, 1871. fy After hoisting a white flag the insurgent Communists garrisoning Fort d'Issy hauled it down and refused to capitulate. They must, however, soon surrender, as must also Forts Vanvres and Montrouge, ROSSEL DREADED. M. Rossel, the new insurgent Minister of War, is more dreaded by the Versailles authorities than was General Cluseret. Rossel is a man of decided abilities and of great energy, and is altogether a better officer than Cluseret. CLAMART CAPTURED. Clamart has been captured by the forces of the Versailles government after a severe struggle, in which the Communists were defeated, with heavy loss. INSURGENTS FOILED. At Point du Jour the insurgents endeavored to construct a citadel, but Fort du Mont Vale- rien threw six forty-pounder shells a minute into the place and totally destroyed the pro- posed work. HELP FROM WITHIN PARIS, Spies from Paris report that 30,000 National Guards, favorable to the Versailles govern- ment, have keen ordered to be ready to sup- port the government forces, but only when the latter enter Paris, There are 25,000 for- eigners and men under sentence for crimes in the fnsurgent ranks, who will, it is expected, fight to the last. ¢ FEELING AGAINST THE INSURGENTS. The anger of the troops against the insur- gents is inconceivable. I never saw in India or anywhere else such rank animosity exhib- ited. The troops refuse to give quarter, and itis useless for their officers to urge them to show mercy. OONDITION OF THE TROOPS. To-day I. spent six hours at the outposts, and while there was nearly killed. Three times the shells fell in such dangerous prox- imity to the position I occupied that it was wonderful how I escaped injury. I visited one camp of 40,000 men and found the soldiers all in good health and spirits. Dombrowski Not Arrested—General Megy to Be Court-Martialed—Issy Shelled All Day. Paris, Tuesday Evening, Via Boutoayg, May 2—Midnight. The report that General Dombrowski has been arrested is incorrect. MEGY TO BE COURT-MARTIALLED. General Megy, who commanded in Fort Issy at the time the fort was abandoned by the panic-stricken garrison, is to be tried by court martial for abandoning the place, 188Y SHELLED ALL DAY, The batteries~ of the Versailles forces at Chatillon, Meudon and Bretuil have been shell- ing Fort Issy all day. ITALY. Debate in tho Italian Senate—The Papal Guaran- tecs—The Italian Reds at Work—iheir Demonstrations Defeated by tho Italian Government. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HEAALD. Fiorence, May 1, 1871. In the Italian Senate the discussion of the Vapal guarantees is continued, There isevery reason to believe that the debate ‘upon this question will soon be closed, and from the conciliatory tone of the speakers an equitable settle- ment of the fnancial affairs of the Holy See 1s ex- pected, The measures hitherto adopted tend, however, to banish the last vestiges of the temporal power of the Papacy, although it may be said in justice to the and Pulmonary Disorders, old everywhere. Italian government that it has not infringed upon the spiritual independence of the Pope, and that it has so far observed its promises to Count Arnim, the representative of the German empire, and to the other Powers of Europe. The Pope’s right to grant exequaturs to consuls of foreign Powers has been abolished by @ large majority in the Senate, and an amendment to the same bill was rejected. The International Workmen’s Society, which ts closely linked with the present leaders of the Pans Commune, has numerous aiiiiations in Italy, and its emissaries have planned a demonstration to cele- brave the events of 1849 in Rome. The government has, however, taken prompt Measures to repress disturbances, and so the de- monstration has proved a failure. The report which has been current that changes are intended in the diplomatic representation of Italy abroad is ascer- tained to be without foundation. VIEWS OF THE PAST. 1870—The American yout diovno beat the English yacht Cambria in the first of a series of races. 1863—Battle of Chancellorsville, Va., concluded; General Hooker's army compelled to retrea' across the Rappahannock, 1813—Havre de Grace, Md., burned by the British. 1800—Bautle of Eingert, Baden; Moreau aeleated the Austrians. 1469—Nichoias Machtavelll, the celebrated Italian giatesman, bory at Florences | DRY ENGLAN De THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT. The Administration of Ireland Criticised im the p House of Lords—Penny Postage Between Great Britain and the United States Ad- vocated in the House of Commons—Mr. Gladstone and the Postmaster Gen- eral Adverse to the Proposi- tion—The German Pence Festival in London. TELECRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALO. Lonpon, May % 187. In the Chamber of Peers to-night Lords Kimbers ley, Russell anda Gray criticised the whig adminis tration of Ireland, which was ably defended by Earl Granville. In the House of Commons there was an tutercaty ing debate on ocean postage. Mr. Secley moved @ resolve that the Postmaster General should make arrangements with th¢ Postat Department of the United Stated for the reduction of the rate of post age on letters between England and America toone penny. He pointed out the importance of such @ reduction to the commercial and poorer classes, and urged that it would serve to strengthen! the tiea between the two nations, Mr. Mundella and Dr, Heron followed witti Speeches in support of the resolve, Mr. Monsell, the Postmasier General, thought that pending the present contracts with the oceam steamer lines a reduction would be tmpossible. He proceeded to argue generally against a change. 7 Each reduction, he said, had fatied to bring about. an increase of business suficient to compensate the departinent, The shilling rate produced £130,000; the sixpenny rate £93,000; the tureepenny rate brought in only £7,000. 4 os ‘The total cost of the ocean steamer mail service as per contract, was £333,000; the totul receipts Were £363,000; the loss to the department £470,000, Mr. James White understood the Post OMce had & surplus of £1,300,000, which might be applied to the: reduction of the ocean rate. Mr. Gladstone opposed the resolve and begred that the matter might be lett to the discretion of the government. Mr. Seeley scouted the Postmaster General's estt- mate of losses. He had reason to know that the government at Washington was prepared for reduc tion, and England shquld be ready to meet it. The resolve was defeated, and a substitute em- bodying Mr. Gladstone's view was carried. The House then adjourned, The German residents of London celebrated thé return of peace by a festival yesterday, SPAIN. King Amad:us and His Republican Subjects A National Festival. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HEAALD, Manip, May 2, 1871. King Amedeus ana his Queen court popularity by assisting at ull the public festivals and cele brations of the people. ‘The republicans have yet by no means acquiesced in the new order of things, and threaten sertous troubles to the government. ‘The disoraers have as yet, fiowever, not been of @ very formidable nature. ‘A festival was given to-day tn commemoration ob the rising against the French in 1503, which drove King Joseph, brother and nominee of Napoleon L, from the throne of Spatn. The King and Queen took part in the ceremonies. A slight disturbance was created by the republ& cans, but it was easily repressed. Several arreste were made. Died. STORMS.—GEORGE W. Storms, aged 82 years, ‘The relatives and fricnds are thvited to attend tne funeral, from his late residence, 693 Washingtog street, this (Wednesday) afiernoon, at one o'clock, [For Other Deaths bee Eighth Page.) A.—Phi Vv ww Perfumo. tone Nm SE ee Love you. For sale by all druggiets. 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